hello and welcome to bbc news. banks and governments around the world are nervously watching the european markets to see if the crisis surrounding credit suisse will develop into a global banking crisis. so far the markets seem reasonably calm with shares in credit suisse rising almost 30% after the swiss national bank gave it a lifeline. and other stocks are up too. but there are concerns that a potential interest rate rise later on thursday by the european central bank could add further volatility to the situation. earlier our business presenter sally bundock explained why the situation at credit suisse was notjust important to the financial community but to all of us: a real worry about credit suisse. if that bank, which is 160 odd years old in switzerland, were to fail, it could have the same effect that the lehman brothers collapse had in 2008, which is it brings a huge amount of fear within markets about the stability of other banks. so people therefore act very quickly
hello and welcome to bbc news. banks and governments around the world are nervously watching the european markets to see if the crisis surrounding credit suisse will develop into a global banking crisis. so far things seem reasonably calm with shares in credit suisse rising almost 30% after the swiss national bank gave it a lifeline. but there are concerns that a potential interest rate rise later on thursday by the european central bank could add further volatility to the situation. earlier our business presenter sally bundock explained why the situation at credit suisse was notjust important to the financial community but to all of us: a real worry about credit suisse. if that bank, which is 160 odd years old in switzerland, were to fail, it could have the same effect that the lehman brothers collapse had in 2008, which is it brings a huge amount of fear within markets about the stability of other banks. so people therefore act very quickly and remove their funds from banks
through his controversial pension reforms. we start with increasing warnings from western governments over the use of the chinese social media platform, tiktok. today the british government banned it on all government and civil servants devices. take a listen. we re also going to ban the use of macro when devices. we will do so with immediate effect. mr speaker, this is a precautionary move. we know that there is already use of tiktok across government, but it is also good cyber hygiene. on the face of it the app might not look like a threat to national security. it s exploded in popularity as a platform to share short videos of viral dances and comical voice overs. and has become a part of today s youth culture. tiktok claims to have more than one billion monthly users worldwide. and last year it was the most downloaded app in the world. the app is owned by the chinese company byte dance. and that s what s worrying governments. because the app can collect data stored on t
A swipe at joe biden. Well, he had a long time to do a lot of things, and he didnt, and hes certainly not in condition to do it now. He is not equipped to do it. A fox news poll out just this evening has biden widening his lead on trump, 5038. That compares to 4840 a month back. Proviso, its a national poll. We have some statebystate polling to show you later on in the broadcast as well. Today in a surprise ruling with political implications as we mentioned, the u. S. Supreme court ruled against Trumps Campaign promise to immediately end the daca program, protecting people who were brought to the u. S. As children. Its the second setback this week for the white house. On monday the court ruled gay and transgender workers are indeed protected by civil rights law. Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer celebrated the daca decision in the emotion of the moment live on the senate floor. This decisions amazing. Im so happy. These kids, their families, i feel for them, and i think all of ameri
Front burner in this country in terms of public opinion. Tonight in a streaming interview with his eldest son, trump took a swipe at joe biden. Well, he had a long time to do a lot of things, and he didnt, and hes certainly not in condition to do it now. He is not equipped to do it. A fox news poll out just this evening has biden widening his lead on trump, 5038. That compares to 4840 a month back. Proviso, its a national poll. We have some statebystate polling to show you later on in the broadcast as well. Today in a surprise ruling with political implications as we mentioned, the u. S. Supreme court ruled against Trumps Campaign promise to immediately end the daca program, protecting people who were brought to the u. S. As children. Its the second setback this week for the white house. On monday the court ruled gay and transgender workers are indeed protected by civil rights law. Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer celebrated the daca decision in the emotion of the moment live on th