been falling during friday s trading as investors weigh up what stresses and problems may lie within them. concerns were sparked at the beginning of this week when switzerland s biggest bank ubs was forced to rescue its rival credit suisse. but fears seemed to ease as policymakers and politicians offered their ressaurances that their were no wider problems after the recent failures of two us banks. as you can see here, stock markets across europe are down. other banks to suffer on friday include barclays and natwest here in the uk as well as germany s commerzbank and spain s banco de sabadell. so the german chancellor has again been trying to reassure investors. translation: the banking system is stable in europe and the european union has supervisory structures in various areas, including the euro area, which have enforced strict rules and it has now proved its worth and enables us all to say that european bank supervision and the financial system are robust and stable. patr
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Now on bbc news, its time for a special programme. Global questions the taiwan, china conflict. Hello, welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi, from Liberty Square in taipei, the capital city of taiwan. The main island of taiwan lies about 160 kilometres across the waters from china. In the past few months, china has stepped up its military exercises, and fired missiles over taiwan, in growing tensions with the government here. The chinese president , xijinping, has reiterated the claim that taiwan belongs to china, and he says he does not rule out the use of force to take it over. Meanwhile, the United States, which supports taiwan, has hardened its position with President Biden saying he would send american troops to defend it. So, if china did invade taiwan, it would be a conflict with huge global dimensions, one that involves the two superpowers, the United States and china. That is global questions, taiwan, a flashpoint with china and the world . Applause welcome to the