and researchers in the uk say they now know why swimming can significantly improve your mood. state media in russia is reporting that president putin has visited mariupol the ukrainian city which was captured by invading russian forces last year. (map)the tass news agency says he travelled there by helicopter, and visited local residents. it s mr putin s first trip to the ukrainian territory which has been occupied by russia since the invasion was launched just over a year ago. we ve received these pictures, which we understand to be mr putin in mariupol on saturday evening. he s shown driving around in a car, and also visiting what appears to be a child ren s playground. and other footage shows him visiting a theatre, and talking to a group of people on a street, before visiting a flat. the visit came at the end of a week when the russian president was charged by the international criminal court with forcible abductions of ukrainian children. the trip to mariupol which w
the financial times is reporting that the country s biggest bank, ubs, has offered to buy credit suisse for up to one billion dollars, although bloomberg reports that credit suisse sees that as vastly undervaluing the bank. the swiss banking giant had been caught up in the market uncertainty triggered by the collapse, nine days ago, of america s silicon valley bank. it had been offered an emergency credit facility of more than 50 billion dollars by switzerland s central bank but that had not prevented a sharp fall in its share price. more now on one of our main stories this hour a potential takeover of the struggling credit suisse bank by another swiss based bank, ubs. let s get the latest now from our correspondent in switzerland imogen foulkes. what is the latest on these stories to try and shore up we hearing a lot of things but i can tell you the crisis talks taking just on the road from me in berne financial authority of the banks, people are being very tight lip
vladimir putin, has visited the ukrainian city of mariupol. it s the first time he s ventured inside territory seized by russian forces since last years invasion. his visit, under cover of darkness, has been fiercely criticised by the exiled council of the southern port city, which has seen some of the fiercest battles of the war. i m joined now by the ukranian mp for kharkiv, maria mezentseva. thank you for being with us. what you make of this visit by president putin? well, nothing spectacular really. it is one of the first visit to the occupied territories that president putin has conducted. this is the scene of a brutal invasion. and i am looking at the footage of him sitting all alone in the filler monarch building, and russian authorities are claiming that they have restored the building etc, we are asking, what has been done regarding the cleaning of the green seeds over their quest but this is not a joke for us at all. apart from criticising that visit, i am linking i
hello and welcome to the programme. the financial times is reporting that ubs has offered to buy credit suisse for up to $1 billion dollars, although bloomberg reports that credit suisse sees that as vastly undervaluing the bank. the swiss banking giant had been caught up in the market uncertainty triggered by the collapse, nine days ago, of america s silicon valley bank. it had been offered an emergency credit facility of more than $50 billion dollars by switzerland s central bank, but that had not prevented a sharp fall in its share price. our business correspondent marc ashdownjoins me now. where are we up to with these negotiations? fist where are we up to with these negotiations? where are we up to with these negotiations? where are we up to with these ne . otiations? ., ., negotiations? at the moment we have not heard anything negotiations? at the moment we have not heard anything new negotiations? at the moment we have not heard anything new for negotiations?
united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria coming to you from new york. today on the program, panic in the markets as the banks need rescuing again. i ll ask one of the people who was at the center of the storm the last time around, the former ceo of goldman sachs lloyd blankfein about whether the system is stable. and is your bank account safe? also, how did it come to this? did we learn the wrong lessons the last time? i ll talk to gillian tett of the financial times. then, don t mess with the french people s retirement plans. that is the lesson from weeks of strikes and protests that sent chaos in parliament as government pushed through their policy anyway. which brought the outrage right back to the streets. we ll tell you what you need to know. but first, here is my take. on his trip to saudi arabia last year, president biden made an emphatic declaration about u.s. policy in the middle east. he said, we will not walk away and leave a vacuum to be filled