amount to a comeback. comeback is a weird thing- i amount to a comeback. comeback is a weird thing. i didn t amount to a comeback. comeback is a weird thing. i didn t go amount to a comeback. comeback is a weird thing. i didn t go anywhere. - hello, thank you forjoining us. we start injapan where leaders of the g7 group are gathering in the city of hiroshima with concerns about global security high on the agenda. japan s prime minister has warned the world is at a crossroads because of russia s attack on ukraine. the leaders will have to tackle increasing instability across the indo pacific region. there are fears over north korea s nuclear capabilities and the threat of action of china against taiwan. let s speak to a lecturer in london, an expert on china and international politics. thank you for talking to us. there are a number of things on the agenda, russia, china, but also if we look at the chosen venue for this meeting, hiroshima, notjust a prime minister s home
crisis that we ve seen this kind of stunning bank collapse. that s why when president biden before the market came on the airwaves and told the nation that the government would be stepping in. watch. no losses this is important important. no losses will be borne by the taxpayers. let me repeat that. no losses will be borne by the taxpayers. instead, the money will come from the fees that banks pay in to the deposit insurance fund. martha: is that accurate? let s bring in david asman and fox business correspondent susan li. the market sold off a lot early on. bounced back. now it s up 163 points. i want to ask you why in just a moment. first of all, this idea that the taxpayer is not on the hook in any way for this. let s play this janet yellen sound bite. during the financial crisis, there were investors and owners of systemic large banks that were bailed out and were certainly not looking and the reforms that have been put in place means that we re not going to do th
china actually trying to assert its influence in central asian states, very close to the war in ukraine. we heard the president call zelensky, saying china is moving towards a mediating role. we are not seeing just this strong china but one trying to be a mediator in international relations. we are seeing the g7 as somewhat a counter to this with what japan tries to emphasise with this free indo pacific. ~ ., ., emphasise with this free indo pacific. ~ . ., ., h, , pacific. we are hearing about unity within the global pacific. we are hearing about unity within the global response - pacific. we are hearing about unity within the global response to - within the global response to russia s invasion of ukraine. the leaders of australia, brazil, india and vietnam have been invited. is this trying to get members of the so called global south onto the same page?
influence and de diplomacy. what does this mean? this is quite large. it s huge for the entire world. they have broker add deal between the iranians and the saudis. that scenario that we ve done the last 75 years. the prince has said i m going to align myself more with the chinese than the americans. that s significant. what is xi doing next week? next week he goes to moscow. he s going to push his peace plan, going to pick up the phone and call zelensky, which he s not done since the i vaccination started and try to broketer peace plan going forward. what has he done here in south america? he s increased trade from $12 billion a few years ago to over $300 billion. what did he do today? this is president xi. in a party of congress, he talked about the reunification of taiwan with china. what is his foreign minister say about this? this used to be the ambassador of the united states.
contribute to deescalation. now it is a near impossibility that biden would come now. because this is the moment where the u.s. is trying get americans out of ukraine. r removing non-essential diplomats and telling american citizens to get out. we understand on this call zelensky also made requests for financial aid. and military aid. according to a senior official. who spoke with us. ukraine has been very appreciative of the military aid that the u.s. and others have been sending. at the same time they say they need more. and they need more sophisticated weapons. including antiaircraft weapons. that could be used against russian planes or helicopters in a potential invasion. but the attitude of zelensky has taken two paths. on one hand he said he needs more aid. to fend off the russian threat. and on the other hand he said the threat is not significant enough to warrant panic.