as the harms start emerging from this and being demonstrated, will have greater traction in a court than it will take for us to pass a new law, get it ratified, and then for the regulators to take action. in other news. the oil giant shell has significantly beaten its own company issued expectations, with a net profit oif $9.65 billion for the first three months of the year. former mastercard boss ajay banga has been elected to lead the world bank, as it strives to help low income countries overcome debt and combat climate change. he begins his five year term on 2 june replacing david malpass, who sparked outcry by appearing to question the role of humans in climate change. us regional bank stocks tumble in pre market trade while european stocks held losses after the european central bank raised interest rates by a quarter point. contracts on the s&p 500 fell as pacwest bancorp said it s in talks with several potential
back but then recovered, back nine birdies mean still in touch, just three shots behind the lead. and all tests of brookline mean on the last day, that could all change. joe lynskey, bbc news england s cricketers have taken early wickets against the netherlands in the second one day international in amstelveen. the hosts won the toss and chose to bat first, and a short time ago, they were 191 for 7 in the 37th over. the match has been reduced to movers per side due to overnight rain. the former wimbledon champion, simona halep, has been beaten in the semi finals of the birmingham classic. beatriz haddad maia who won the nottingham open title on 12 june, came through 6 3, 2 6, 6 4. she ll face zhang shuai of china in the final this afternoon after her win over sorana cirstea. matteo berrettini has beaten filip krajinovic in the queens final