putin s surprise visit to the russian occupied city of mariupol devastated in the early months of the war. like all ukrainians, like all mariupol residents, i feel today a war criminal vladimir putin visited the scene of a crime he committed for several months. it s been 20 years since the us led coalition began its war in iraq to topple the dictator saddam hussein we ll assess the history. # i ll take the world apart to find a place for a peaceful heart. and the return of a 60s pops icon we hear from yusuf cat stevens, about music, faith and performing at glastonbury. hello and welcome to the progamme. switzerland s biggest bank ubs has agreed to take over its troubled rival credit suisse. the rescue deal follows a weekend of emergency talks between the two banks, after credit suisse saw its value plummet over the past week. banking regulators hope the deal will restore confidence to the financial markets. credit suisse had been caught up in the market uncertainty tri
he committed for several months. it s been 20 years since the us led coalition began its war in iraq to topple the dictator saddam hussein we ll assess the legacy. and valencia s streets come to life for a five day festival, celebrating the spanish city s culture, history and people. hello and welcome to the programme. switzerland s biggest bank, ubs, has agreed to take over its troubled rival, credit swiss. the rescue deal follows a weekend of emergency talks between the two banks, after credit suisse saw its value plummet over the past week. banking regulators hope the deal will restore confidence to the financial markets. credit suisse had been caught up in the market uncertainty triggered by the collapse, nine days ago, of america s silicon valley bank. here s the swiss president, speaking at a press conference. on friday, the liquidity outflows and market volatility showed it was no longer possible to restore the necessary confidence, and that the swift and stabilis
ukraine condemns president putin s surprise visit to the russian occupied city of mariupol, devastated in the early months of the war. translation: like all ukrainians, translation: like all ukrainians, like - translation: like all ukrainians, like all- translation: like all - ukrainians, like all mariupol residents, ifeel that ukrainians, like all mariupol residents, i feel that today a war criminal, whose name is vladimir putin, visited the scene of a crime he committed several months. it s been 20 years since the us led coalition began its war in iraq to topple the dictator saddam hussein we ll assess the legacy. valencia s streets come to life for the five day fallas festival, celebrating the spanish city s culture, history and people. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk, on pbs in the us, and around the world. a weekend of emergency talks has concluded with switzerland s b
rentals of e scooters. hello and welcome. ukrainian officials have said a deadly explosion at a cafe in st petersburg shows that domestic terrorism is breaking out in russia. no one has claimed responsibility for the blast on sunday, that killed vladlen tatarsky, a well known blogger who backed the russian invasion of ukraine, but who in recent times had expressed criticism of the military campaign. azadeh moshiri reports. spiders are eating each other, thatis spiders are eating each other, that is how one ukrainian officials described a blast who killed a pro kremlin blogger. suddenly everything exploded and there was smoke, it was like a slow motion movie. we were seated in the back half of the whole, everyone started to run. those who were near had blood on them. there are conflicting reports about what happened. some suggest that vladlen tatarsky, seen in this recording, was handed a statue in a box as a present, but it contained a bomb hidden inside. the bbc has not ver
Seeking rapid eu membership. But could regional instability and outside meddling thwart his ambition . President jakov milatovic, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. Its a great pleasure to have you. You have made it quite clear your overriding political ambition and aim is to get montenegro into the eu within the next five years. But its not going well, is it . Exactly. I think that that is why i have entered montenegrin politics a few years ago, to bring the country to the eu, and this is what i am doing on a daily basis, pushing for it. I think that all the good things are not easy. And in that way, we are trying our best. But pushing for it is one thing, promising your people that within a term a five year term you can deliver it is quite another. And surely you have made a promise that you cant keep. No, thats not really true. I think that we can keep the promise and i think that having montenegro into the eu within the next five years is a very realistic thing to do. I