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hello and welcome to bbc news. state media in russia is reporting that president putin has visited mariupol — the ukrainian city which was captured by invading russian forces last year. the tass news agency says he travelled there by helicopter, and visited local residents. if confirmed, it would be mr putin's first trip to the ukrainian territory which has been occupied by russia since the invasion was launched just over a year ago. we've received these pictures, which we understand to be mr putin in mariupol on saturday evening. he's shown driving around in a car, and also visiti...

and researchers in the uk say they now know why swimming can significantly improve your mood. state media in russia is reporting that president putin has visited mariupol — the ukrainian city which was captured by invading russian forces last year. (map)the tass news agency says he travelled there by helicopter, and visited local residents. it's mr putin's first trip to the ukrainian territory which has been occupied by russia since the invasion was launched just over a year ago. we've received these pictures, which we understand to be mr putin in mariupol on saturday evening. he's...

vladimir putin, has visited the ukrainian city of mariupol. it's the first time he's ventured inside territory seized by russian forces since last years invasion. his visit, under cover of darkness, has been fiercely criticised by the exiled council of the southern port city, which has seen some of the fiercest battles of the war. i'm joined now by the ukranian mp for kharkiv, maria mezentseva. thank you for being with us. what you make of this visit by president putin? well, nothing spectacular really. it is one of the first visit to the occupied territories that president putin has...

we'll have a special report. hello, very warm welcome to the programme. the financial times is reporting that ubs — switzerland's biggest bank — has agreed to buy credit suisse for more than two billion dollars. there's been no confirmation yet of whether the offer has been accepted. it's thought an earlier offer of $1 billion was considered too low. the swiss banking giant had been caught up in the market uncertainty triggered by the collapse, nine days ago, of america's silicon valley bank. it had been offered an emergency credit facility of more than $50 billion by switzerland...

the financial times is reporting that the swiss bank ubs has offered to buy its rival, credit suisse, for more than $2 billion. the swiss government is due to hold a press conference in about half an hour's time in bern. credit suisse had been caught up in the market uncertainty triggered by the collapse, nine days ago, of america's silicon valley bank. it had been offered an emergency credit facility of more than $50 billion by switzerland's central bank, but that had not prevented a sharp fall in its share price. let's get more on this with our business correspondent, marc ashdown....