alex was also presented with a copy of newly minted coin, commemorating coleman, along with the common barbie dolls. what s the lesson for you? not to take no for an answer. there s a big gigantic yes at the end of the road. nbc news, washington. brave bessie s legacy, to take us off the air, on this friday night. on that note, i wish you a good friday night. i m in for stephanie ruhle, maybe her son, and you can watch the meaty hassan show, sundays on msnbc. for all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you for staying up late. see you this weekend. thanks to all of you at home for joining us this hour. tomorrow, president trump is holding what he is billing as the first official rally of his 2024 presidential campaign. now trump could have picked anywhere in the country for this event, he might ve focused on iowa, where the first republican presidential caucus is going to be held. he could ve stayed close to home, in florida, and ribbed ron desa
after bloomberg reported they are among the banks under scrutiny in a us department ofjustice probe into whether financial professionals helped russian oligarchs evade sanctions. shares of ubs and credit suisse fell more than 6%. and secondly deutsche bank slumped more than 13%, after a sharpjump in the cost of insuring against the risk of default after concerns about what happened to credit suisse. so what is happening to an already beseiged banking sector? hopefully, russ mould, an investment director at aj bell, can help us make sense of it. ross, what is happening? i think ubs and credit suisse under in a regulatory investigation is clearly unfortunate. equally, both forums have been under regulatory scrutiny before, so perhaps you shouldn t be quite so shocked there. i think the rise in deutsche bank is indicative of wider loss of confidence in the banking sector. i think there is a gathering fear that central banks may have overdone it with great interest rate increases
hello and welcome to bbc news. the french prime minister has condemned the violence that accompanied a day of mass demonstrations against reform of the country s pension system. the interior ministry says more than a50 protestors were arrested and 440 members of the security forces injured. more than 1 million people took to the streets on thursday to protest against the retirement age being raised from 62 to 64. most of the protests were peaceful, but there were violent clashes with police in paris and in other cities, including bordeaux, toulouse, lille and nantes. vincent mcaviney reports. bordeaux s town hall set alight by protesters overnight. more than a million had taken to the streets across the country through the day, angry at president macron s raising of the retirement age from 62 to 64. in paris, where over 100,000 had marched in a largely peaceful demonstration, the night was also hijacked by violent protesters. running battles through the capital s centre betwe
been falling during friday s trading as investors weigh up what stresses and problems may lie within them. concerns were sparked at the beginning of this week when switzerland s biggest bank ubs was forced to rescue its rival credit suisse. but fears seemed to ease as policymakers and politicians offered their ressaurances that their were no wider problems after the recent failures of two us banks. as you can see here, stock markets across europe are down. other banks to suffer on friday include barclays and natwest here in the uk as well as germany s commerzbank and spain s banco de sabadell. so the german chancellor has again been trying to reassure investors. translation: the banking system is stable in europe and the european union has supervisory structures in various areas, including the euro area, which have enforced strict rules and it has now proved its worth and enables us all to say that european bank supervision and the financial system are robust and stable. patr
executive faced strong questioning from us lawmakers about the social media app s alleged threat to us national security. the french government says more than a50 people have been arrested in clashes between police and crowds protesting an increase to the country s pension age. more than a million people took to the streets in major hello and welcome to bbc news. israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, is holding talks with rishi sunak in downing street this morning. as mr sunak met his counterpart at the door for a handshake, they could clearly hear loud shouts of shame in hebrew from protesters waving israeli flags and placards stating their aim of saving israeli democracy . protests are continuing in israel, where the government is pushing ahead with controversial reforms that would limit the power of the courts. well, let s speak now to paul adams, our diplomatic correspondent. the protests following mr netanyahu on this visit to the uk. they consist of. there are