it signals concern about the health of the sector, following the collapse of first republic and its acquisition byjp morgan chase. the wall street giant said it would pay $10.6 billion dollars to the federal insurance deposit corp, after officials shut down the smaller bank. first republic had been under pressure since last month, when the collapse of two other us lenders sparked fears about the state of the banking system. meanwhile, the managing director of the international monetary fund kristalina georgieva says she expects more weaknesses to be exposed in the banking sector. so just how vulnerable is it? let s ask the chief global investment officer of oreana financial, isaac poole. i think there is a real risk of that. this is probably not the end of bank failures. we are seeing these problems in the smaller, regional, medium sized banks, really exposed to higher interest rates. we are going to see another interest hike from the fed which might add extra pressure on dep
live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. we start in sudan, where the united nations is sending its top aid official to help co ordinate relief efforts. it comes as the agency s humanitarian coordinator in sudan says that the situation there is turning into a full blown catastrophe warning that more than 800,000 people may flee the country as a result of the ongoing violence. meanwhile, fighting continues in the capital khartoum despite a ceasefire agreed by both sides. evacuation flights are still taking off from port sudan on the red sea. those not able to leave there by plane are taking boats across tojeddah in saudi arabia. 0ur correspondent andrew harding reports. 0n sudan s coast, the scramble to escape goes on. foreign nationals register for a boat ride to safety. this morning, some 300 of them arrived here injeddah, saudi arabia, having crossed the red sea from port sudan. all sorts of embassies on hand to claim
i m karishma vaswani. we begin with the banking turmoil in the us. shares of several regional banks have closed in the red on monday. it signals concern about the health of the sector, following the collapse of first republic and its acquisition byjp morgan chase. the wall street giant said it would pay $10.6 billion dollars to the federal insurance deposit corp, after officials shut down the smaller bank. first republic had been under pressure since last month, when the collapse of two other us lenders sparked fears about the state of the banking system. meanwhile, the managing director of the international monetary fund kristalina georgieva says she expects more weaknesses to be exposed in the banking sector. so just how vulnerable is it? let s ask the chief global investment officer of oreana financial, isaac poole. i think there is a real risk of that. this is probably not the end of bank failures. we are seeing these problems in the smaller, regional, medium sized banks,
on an issue that impacts the global economy. us treasury secretary janet yellen says the us could run out of cash byjune 1st, prompting president biden to call a meeting with the top leaders in congress next week. in a letter to the leaders today, yellen warned: speaker mccarthy responded to yellen in a statement, saying. the republican controlled house passed a debt ceiling bill last week that includes steep spending cuts. senate democratic majority leader chuck schumer announced a process to pass a clean bill with no cuts just hours ago. meanwhile, a little relief in the banking sector. wall street giantjp morgan chase took over the troubled first republic bank in a $10.6 billion deal brokered by regulators. they seized first republic early on monday, after efforts to rescue the bank fell through over the weekend. the failure of the bank is the second largest in us history, and the third in the country since march. samira hussain has more. as of monday, first republic custo