by about twice the global average. it s already increased by 2 degrees celsius. 20 years since the us led coalition invaded iraq to topple dictator saddam hussein, we look at the legacy. hello and welcome to bbc news. the world s financial markets have reacted with unease following last night s emergency takeover of the troubled swiss bank credit suisse. shares in credit suisse fell by more than 60% this morning after european markets opened and the value of banking shares across europe have dropped sharply. credit suisse was bought by fellow swiss bank ubs after a deal brokered by the swiss government. here s the chief executive of ubs explaining the rationale behind the deal. translation: it means we bring back stability and security for credit suisse clients, but also that we keep the reputation of the swiss financial centre high. and finally it means we are stemming the turmoil in the international financial markets. these three goals are very, very important to us. we
for their lowest paid workers. rmt members who work for the 1a train operating companies are still due to go on strike, but this vote todayis due to go on strike, but this vote today is being seen as a breakthrough. we will have more of that on the news channel and the bbc news at six. time for a look at the weather. here s ben rich. good afternoon, today is the spring equinox, the beginning of the astronomical spring. and certainly, we have been feeling the days getting longer. the sunrise this morning in the east of england was just before six o clock in the sun won t set in parts of northern ireland until nearly quarter to seven this evening. but you may not get to see too many sunrises and sunsets this weekend because the jet stream, high up in the atmosphere, is blowing strongly across the atlantic feeding what is essentially a conveyor belt of weather systems in our direction. it will often be cloudy and there will be quite a lot of rain. this is the rain we expect to a
today, she s meeting with the home office to voice her concerns over licensing. the frequency of reviews they re only every five years, they should be annually. they need to increase the cost and the gun licensee needs to cover that. i think they need to not give gun licences to people that lie, and i think they shouldn t give gun licences to people that have reoccurring mental health or depressive episodes. it comes as a report in the wake of a shooting in plymouth has recommended urgent changes to gun control. 22 year old jake davison killed five people an inquest found there had been catastrophic errors by police when it came to vetting him. in the prevention of future deaths report, coroner ian arrow said there had been an abject failure to adequately train police officers and staff involved in firearms licensing decisions, that root and branch reform of firearms legislation is needed, and that current gun laws are at odds with public safety, and future deaths could occur unles