protection in the united states, while it seeks buyers for its assets. that s hot on the heels of its subsidiary silicon valley bank being taken over by us regulators and the british arm of the same bank being bought by hsbc. separately, in an extraordinary move to contain panic in the banking system, 11 of america s biggest financial institutions have agreed to a $30 billion bailout for first republic, a regional us bank based in san francisco. here s samira hussain in new york. good to have you with us. explained this bankruptcy protection, how significant is it for svb financial group? it significant is it for svb financial . rou . ? ., , significant is it for svb financial u-rou? ., significant is it for svb financial a-rou? ., .,., significant is it for svb financial u-rou? ., . , , , , group? it wasn t a total surprise that svs, group? it wasn t a total surprise that svs, the group? it wasn t a total surprise that svb, the parent group? it wasn t a total s
of 30 billion dollar rescue package for the embattled first republic bank in the us. hopes turkey will ratify finland s application for nato membership as the leaders of the two countries meet. and a former professional surfer has broken the world record for the longest surf session in australia. hello and welcome. the chinese president, xijinping, will travel to russia next week for talks with president putin. the state visit follows us claims that china may be considering sending weapons to russia to support its war in ukraine. meanwhile, there s been a big boost for the ukrainian government. slovakia has followed poland with a promise to send it combat aircraft. from kyiv, james landale reports. before the war, they agreed what they called a partnership with no limits. one that next week will bring president xi to moscow in a rare show of solidarity, for a leader in need of allies. china has neither endorsed nor condemned president putin s invasion of ukraine. but it has k
strengthens alliances with adversaries. vladimir putin meeting with syrian president bashar al-assad and a planned meeting with chinese president xi shipping next week. lucas tomlinson life in washington, good morning, lucas. good morning ashley and todd the russian warships may be spending hours looking for peace is at that $32 million rack andy will find much according to the u.s. military top brass. the russian seem to agree saying, i don t know if we can recover it or not, but we will certainly have to do that. we will have to deal with it. still not sure if the russian fighter jet meant to collide with the american drones and crashing down into the sea 75 miles south southwest of crimea. we know it landed in the plexi. probably 4,000 or 5,000 feet of water. the recovery efforts would be difficult at that depth. there is a pattern with aggressive actions being conducted by the russians. we know the intercept was intentional. we know that aggressive behavior was inte
life in washington this morning. good morning, ashley and todd, the warships scouring the plexi unlikely to find anything according to top i don t know if we can recover or not, but we will certainly have to do that and have to deal with it. the u.s. top officer said not sure if there fighter bit to make jet meant to call her life crushing down into the sea 30,000 feet about 75 miles southwest of crimea. it went over and landed in the black sea. it is probably 4,000 feet of water. to that depth. but there is a little bit more aggressive actions being conducted by the russians. we know the intercept was intentional. we know the aggressive behavior was intentional and we also know it was very unprofessional and very unsafe. general milley said he has evidence of the collision that is not yet been released. many downplay the incident saying it needs to be investigated and move on. russians and best are not as diplomatic saying, a diverted attack on russian aircraft in u
tornadoes kill at least two dozen people in the southeast, and the severe storm threat isn t over yet. and nukes next door, vladimir putin now says he ll put tactical nuclear weapons right on ukraine s doorstep in belarus. all right. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin with the crisis in israel , where the country s main airport just halted all takeoffs . it s part of a general strike called for just a short time ago by israel s largest labor union . the aim is to stop benjamin netanyahu s government from pushing through a highly controversial judicial overhaul what one labor leader called quote this craziness. right street. protests against that plan have intensified huge crowds filling the streets of tele viv after netanyahu fired his defense minister. for opposing the overhaul. cnn s had asked. gold is live in jerusalem this morning. what are we hearing from prime minister netanyahu this morning had asked nothing