and south american nationals trying to reach the united states. dozens of people were also injured in the incident. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. on the face of it, russia s war on ukraine has galvanised a strong and united european response sanctions on moscow, weapons supplies to kyiv and a readiness to host millions of ukrainians fleeing the war. but scratch the surface and there are significant variations. romania is notably reticent about the scale of its aid to ukraine. why? my guest is romania s foreign minister, bogdan aurescu. is his country ambivalent about confronting russia? foreign minister bogdan aurescu, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you. how destabilising has russia s war on ukraine been to your country, romania 7 as you know, romania is the nato and eu member state with the longest border with ukraine, and we have been, since the very day one of the war of aggression of russia aga
king charles will begin his first state visit as monarch when he arrives in germany with the queen consort. italy introduces a law banning the production and sale of synthetic foods including artificial meat. and football superstar, lionel messi, scores his 100th goalfor argentina three months after leading his country to world cup glory. president biden has urged congress to act now to ban assault weapons, following monday s deadly school shooting in the us city of nashville. three children and three adults were killed. police say the suspect had legally purchased seven guns. nomia iqbal reports from nashville this is the moment when audrey hale prepares to kill. the 28 year old turns up at the school in a car, shoots the glass to get inside, and then stalks the halls with a rifle. minutes later, police officers michael collazo and rex engelbert arrive. let s go! footage released by police shows when officer engelbert enters the school. after a room to room search of the
a top republican has accused us regulators of being asleep at the wheel in the period leading up to the implosion of silicon valley bank. those comments in the first of two bruising congressional hearings intended to shed light on the failings that led to the lender s collapse. in response, the regulator pointed the finger at executives saying they did a terrible job of managing risk. we are still reconstructing the supervisory racket, we understand they were issued a matter requiring attention based on the inaccuracy of their interest rate risk modelling. essentially, the risk model was not at all aligned with reality. today, the hearing continues. the collapse of svb and signature bank created shock waves across the global banking sector, with central bankers moving to reassure nations that the structural integrity of the financial system remains intact. joining me now is greg feldberg, director of research for the yale program on financial stability. you were director
why? my guest is romania s foreign minister, bogdan aurescu. is his country ambivalent about confronting russia? foreign minister bogdan aurescu, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you. how destabilising has russia s war on ukraine been to your country, romania? as you know, romania is the nato and eu member state with the longest border with ukraine, and we have been, since the very day one of the war of aggression of russia against ukraine, in the front line of the efforts of the international community to counter the effects of this war. and the effort of romania was very strong in support of ukraine on very many dimensions, and this is very much appreciated by ukraine. this is very much appreciated by our partners. i had the pleasure these days to talk with my counterpart, james cleverly, we have signed today a very important document, a joint declaration on updating our strategic partnership between romania and the united kingdom. yeste
across northern ireland, north west england and definitely into areas of scotland and then later in the afternoon we have a zone of heavy rain working into wales and parts of southern england. sunny spells in short supply, overall a cloudy and blustery day but mild with temperatures as high as 16, one of the warmest days of the year so far. as we head through wednesday night, the bad of heavy rain crosses the uk and for thursday, still aren t settled but a better day with sunny spells and showers and the showers will turn heavier with some of under ten, the greatest chance of thunderstorms in this line of shower stretching from south west england to the home counties and london and east anglia. still mild with temperatures 15, maybe up to 18, and in the last day of what has been a 5°99y in the last day of what has been a soggy month, march, is wet, more heavy rain for england and wales, especially into the weekend, we begin april, but the weather is not really changing with