hello and welcome to bbc news. france is braced for more protests in the coming days over pension reforms, following the cancellation of king charles state visit to the country. the king and queen consort camilla were due to arrive in paris tomorrow, but president macron said it was common sense to cancel the trip. demonstrations are planned this weekend against water shortages, while blockades of oil refineries are leading to fuel shortages on some garage forecourts. simonjones has the latest. police patrolling the streets of paris last night, trying to prevent a repeat of scenes like these. on thursday, what had been largely peaceful protests against the president and his pension reforms turned violent. that night, piles of uncollected rubbish in the capital were satellite. the french authorities say almost 1000 fires were started. this was nantes. and similar scenes on the streets of strasberg. and in bordeaux, the entrance to the town hall was satellite. this city, alo
and hopes of a deal between gary lineker and the bbc in a row over impartiality which disrupted sports programmes over the weekend. hello and welcome to bbc news. the us government says people and businesses who have money deposited at silicon valley bank, which collapsed last week, will be able to access all their cash from today. a statement from the us treasury and the federal reserve said depositors would be fully protected and said american taxpayer would not bear any losses from the move. the same guarantees have been given to account holders with signature bank of new york, which was badly hit by the turmoil and came under regulatory control on sunday. in the uk, the government has announced that hsbc will buy the uk arm of svb, meaning customers will be able to access their deposists and banking services as normal. here s the uk s finance minister. well, there was never a systemic risk to our financial stability in the uk. the bank of england governor made that clear
the biden administration approves a controversial oil drilling project in alaska despite fierce opposition from environmentalists no losses will be borne by the taxpayers. the money would come from the fees the bank pays in the deposit insurance fund. junior doctors in england begin three days of strike action in their dispute over pay and conditions and at the academy awards, one film wins almost everything all at once, including best actress the uk s prime minister rishi sunak says china represents a challenge to world order, as it has fundamentally different values. the remark has come ahead of major talks on a defence agreemtment between the us, uk and australia, due to get under way in san diego shortly. here are pictures of president biden that move is seen as an attempt to counter chinese military power in the indo pacfic region. the discussions come as the uk also way in san diego shortly. here are pictures of president biden leaving andrews airbase for those