welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is early start. we begin with global markets in turmoil in the wake of the failure of two major commercial banks, svb and signature bank in the united states. global markets, asian shares closed down sharply as investors fear further bank collapses to come. european stocks have been climbing though in the last few hours, a mixed performance now, but trying to find some footing this europe. and look at u.s. futures, they are up slightly. we ll try to make sense of all of this for you in a moment. one place you don t want your investment dollars right now, regional bank stocks. first republic shares first more than 60%. western alliance bank corp down 47%. driving the u.s. market overall, extreme fear. according to cnn business fear and groeed index. clare sebastian is joining us now. explain why u.s. futures are up again. yes, and there has been five straight down sessions, basically a week of losses le
firefighters in france say a huge forest fire in the gironde region is now being contained, after overnight rain. warnings in the uk over the use of disposable barbecues after a weekend of wildfires in parts of england. and labour is to call for the energy price cap in england, scotland and wales to be frozen this autumn, to help with the cost of living. let s talk more about what labour will be saying tomorrow about the price cap on energy prices. sir keir starmer expected to say tomorrow the price cap should be stuck here in october, so ofgem does not have the power to raise the price cap from the current level of £1191. the plan was suggested in a meeting last week between the government and energy companies. the plan suggested by a couple of the bosses of energy companies that the price cap should be kept fixed and not go beyond the £1971 level from october. a fund should be set up. it would cost £50 billion. that is something that would cover the costs in the short te
firefighters in france say a huge forest fire in the gironde region is now being contained after overnight rain. and warnings in the uk over the use of disposable barbecues after a weekend of wildfires in parts of england. hello, welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the author sir salman rushdie has reportedly been taken off a ventilator and is able to speak again after he was stabbed in new york state. there s been no official confirmation from the hospital in pennsylvania where he s being treated although us media outlets say the news was confirmed by his agent. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports. a day after sir salman rushdie was stabbed, he is now said to be awake and off a ventilator. the author s condition has not yet been fully updated, but fellow writers have been tweeting their relief at finding out he s able to talk. michael hill, the president of the chautaqua institution where mr rushdie was attacked, tweeted his happiness
with energy bills expected to continue rising, 70 charities have written to the two candidates to be the next prime minister, calling for £1200 of government support to help low income families make ends meet this winter. ., ., , ., , this winter. throughout history, it has been government s this winter. throughout history, it has been government s role - this winter. throughout history, it has been government s role to . has been government s role to provide support to households who need it in a time of crisis. we saw it during the pandemic using the furlough scheme and the £20 uplift a universal credit per week and we need to see that again now. we need to see that the government at least doubles that support to low income households right now or we are going to be facing a winter of truly terrifying circumstances. fix, to be facing a winter of truly terrifying circumstances. a source of many of terrifying circumstances. a source of many of these terrifying circum
including the stunning win over ukraine in munich. good evening. we start the programme with a bbc investigation that has uncovered shocking claims that the greek coastguard has caused the deaths of dozens of migrants in the mediterranean over a three year period including nine people who were deliberately thrown into the water. more than a0 people are alleged to have died as a result of being forced out of greek territorial waters, or taken back out to sea after reaching greek islands. with more on this, here s paul adams. for more than ten years, migrants escaping war, persecution or poverty have used a number of routes to reach europe. some travel from north africa to italy. others cross from turkey to the nearby greek islands. for many greece is seen as the best way into europe. last year, just over 41,000 people arrived using that route. human rights groups say thousands of people seeking asylum have been forced back, illegally, from greece to turkey. denied the right