millions of dollars to deal with illegal channel crossings. hello and welcome to bbc news. start in the us where regulators have shut down silicon valley bank, one of the major lenders to tech companies and start ups. in one of the largest banking failures in the us since the 2008 financial crisis. tech correspondent jane clinton has explained how it happened. but forjames. this is one of the days that will go down in silicon valley history and it certainly one of the most stressful days for silicon valley founders in modern times. we spoke to people today who have been able to withdraw their money from silicon valley bank and some haven t. one person put in a wire request yesterday and waited nearly 2a hours and eventually found out they got the money out but another person says they have tried and tried and tried and have not been able to withdraw any funds and say they physically came down to one of these branches to try and get these branches to try and get the money out.
let s get started then. schools in england return today after the latest lockdown, and many parents are desperate for this next step. not only will it bring a better balance between work, life and home, but it should also lead to an improvement in mental well being. the reopening of schools will also have a significant impact on the economy. according to uk government figures, around 53% of parents say they had a reduced ability to work as a result of the schools being shut. in another piece of research, published today by the government backed behavioural insights team and jobs website indeed, showed that offering flexible working explicitly in job ads would increase applications by up to 30%. so is the end of lockdown also an opportunity to reset the way we work? let s discuss this. ann francke, chief executive of the chartered management institute, joins me now. good morning to you. some parents may already be up, getting packed lunches made and all sorts to get the kids b
james clayton reporting from silicon valley. brett king is a fin tech order and co founder of mobile banking start up movement and joins us from north carolina. we heard from our reporter a sense of panic and concern around start ups. you are in that industry. how are you feeling in terms of what this means for the companies like you moven. means for the companies like you maven- you moven. silicon valley bank is a you moven. silicon valley bank is a mainstay you moven. silicon valley bank is a mainstay of - you moven. silicon valley bank is a mainstay of the - you moven. silicon valley bank is a mainstay of the fin | bank is a mainstay of the fin tech industry. a lot of intakes started their businesses running accounts out of there and so forth and there will be companies cannot make payroll next week as a result of this presumably fin techs. unless the deal is done last minute. but there is some uncertainty around it but at the same time, it s not entirely unex
a very big blow for china as a fin tech industry as well ok thank you very much for your analysis. ok and. a very long running story this coalition it s taken what three months and we go one absolutely america lumber vacations and in fact to sift through before on that can happen because you know during the upcoming coalition talks to form a new german government a request from refugees to reunite with their families will be one issue that is topping that agenda it is a politically charged complicated and expensive process and even when german authorities approved family reunifications the red tape in places like greece for example can prolong the wait our next report looks at what this means for the people caught up in the middle who say that they are the victims of broken promises . more yard and his younger brother abdul rahman like living in cologne their new home but they say they can only be truly content when the rest of their family