is accused of shooting dead eight children and a security guard at a school. as rehearsals continue for the coronation, police warn of swift action against any protestors on the big day. erling haaland, looking for this record here. he s done it. and erling haaland breaks the record for most premier league goals in a season as manchester city return to the top of the table. on newsnight at 10.30pm: did ukraine fly the drones at the kremlin that humiliated russia, and what will putin do next? and how a brand of beer has become the latest target in the us culture wars. good evening, russia has accused ukraine of trying to kill president putin by launching two drone strikes on the kremlin. unverified footage on social media appears to show an object flying over the kremlin before a small explosion. ukraine says it had nothing to do with it. russian officials say they disabled the drones and have described it as a terrorist assassination attempt. our russia editor, steve rosenber
hello and welcome to bbc world news. the government of switzerland says that the country s biggest bank, ubs, has taken over its troubled rival credit suisse in an emergency measure designed to protect the swiss economy. fears about the possible collapse of credit suisse sparked falls in stock markets around the world over recent days, and raised fears of another global financial crisis. the rescue deal follows a weekend of emergency talks between the two banks, after credit swiss saw its value plummet over the past week. the swiss national bank said the deal was the best way to restore the confidence of financial markets and to manage risks to the economy. our geneva correspondent imogen foulkes explains the significance of this merger on the global stage. it s early days. but i don t think it s going to be easy. ubs is the bigger of the two, but both of them are already huge. if you lookjust in switzerland, both of them have at least one branch, more in a big city like bern
coast of england, southern wales, 50, 60, 70 mph coast of england, southern wales, 50, 60,70 mph winds, some disruption, lingering across the south west of england tomorrow morning. elsewhere, the south west, east anglia, the midlands and wales will see the rain breaking up into heavy showers, some sunny spells in between. a lot of cloud feeding into north east england and eastern scotland, some rain and feeling cool scotland, some rain and feeling cool, sunny spells in western scotland and northern ireland, albeit with a scattering of heavy and thundery showers. this area of low pressure tends to clear away eastwards into the weekend but still a couple of weather fronts left behind for saturday. so quite a messy weather picture on saturday. a lot of cloud, a couple of different bands of rain. we will have a keen easterly breeze making it feel rather cool for the eastern coast, seven in aberdeen, nine in hull and even further inland and further west it is not going to be quit
the chairman of the bbc, richard sharp, is facing questions in parliament this morning. he s appearing in front of the digital, media, culture & sport committee he s likely to be asked about his involvement in securing a loan for former prime minister boris johnson. let s listen in. establish the facts about the loan arrangement with the then prime minister, which was being set up at the same time as he was making the appointment of the bbc chair. essentially, from what i ve read, there were three people involved, sam blythe, borisjohnson and you. who started the whole procedure, who approached herfirst? weill. who started the whole procedure, who approached her first? approached her first? well, first of all, thank approached her first? well, first of all. thank you approached her first? well, first of all, thank you very approached her first? well, first of all, thank you very much approached her first? well, first of all, thank you very much for - approached her f
and turkey issues an international appeal for help. we ll be taking a look at how world leaders are responding. welcome to the programme. we begin in turkey and northern syria, where two powerful earthquakes have killed more than 2,000 people. many more injured and still missing. we ll look at the damage done and the rescue operations. first, let s see where this happened. the first earthquake had a magnitude of 7.8 the epicentre in turkey s gaziantep province. there have been almost 30 other shocks in the region, all powerful enough to magnify the damage. a second major earthquake 130km north of the first one. these pictures show buildings collapsing in south east turkey. the country has declared a state of emergency. here s president erdogan. translation: we do not know how far the number of dead and injured - will rise as debris removal works continue in many buildings in the earthquake zone. our hope is that we will recover from this disaster with the least loss of life