not like that the government of the day did not like. and i think that is a very dangerous not like. and i think that is a very dangerous place to be in. us regulators have shut down silicon valley bank. it is the biggest banking failure since the 2008 financial crisis. officials in the german city of hamburg say the gunman, who shot dead seven people at a jehovah s witness meeting hall, was a former member of the religious group who left on bad terms. and we ll catch up with lesley paterson, the triathlete who is nominated for numerous awards at this weekend s oscars, for her screenplay of a german first world war epic. i went iwent up i went up to tom cruise, and i said my name is lesley paterson. he said, i know your story, how many hours of the day. 7 hello, and welcome to bbc news. the turmoil over the bbc s effective suspension of its highest paid presenter, gary lineker, has intensified in the last few hours. after the presenters of some of the corporation s other
good morning, everyone. we begin this hour with breaking news overnight. last-minute changes to house speaker kevin mccarthy s debt limit bill. the rules committee worked through the night, ajudge at 5:20 this morning as mccarthy scrambles for republican support ahead of today s possible vote. breaking news just in. ukrainian president zelenskyy has just had a conversation with chinese president xi jinping. that s notable. they had not spoken since before russia invaded ukraine. also, a multi-state manhunt underway this hour for four inmates who escaped from a mississippi jail. one them accused of killing a man and stealing his truck after breaking out of prison. where that investigation is this morning. this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. we begin on the u.s. economy and breaking news. house speaker kevin mccarthy reversing course and making big changes to his debt limit plan in the early morning hours as he scrambles to try to get enough republican vot
as israeli police stopped palestinian men from entering the compound, forcing them to pray outside the old city gates. tens of thousands of catholic worshippers have gathered in saint peter s square in rome as pope francis presided over easter sunday mass. the pontiff is expected to pronounce the traditional holiday blessing later. a four storey residential building has collapsed in the french city of marseille leaving at least five people from the surrounding structures injured. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for global questions: brazil s amazon fight. hello, welcome to global questions. we are in rio dejaneiro in a country which like most countries these days is confronting many crises at home. few national policies have such global consequences as the fate of the amazon. it s the world s largest tropical rainforest, covering much of northern brazil. it s under growing threat, from deforestation, large scale farming and ranching and mining. newly elected preside
next hour to tomorrow s blockbuster trial in delaware. fox news defending itself against extensive evidence it told viewers a story of conspiracy and fraud in the 2020 election it knew wasn t true. on the panel to discuss is brian lanza, who was a member of donald trump s transition team, and the former labour leader kesia dugdale, now director of thejohn smith centre in glasgow. in other trump related news, senior republicans have been in manhattan today to investigate the district attorney alvin bragg s performance on violent crime. that would be the same alvin bragg who two weeks ago indicted donald trump. we will get the thoughts of our panel on that, and maybe we will test them on their maths. rishi sunak announced today he is setting up a review to tackle the anti maths mindset. notjust a uk problem us schools have experienced a recent fall in standards, too. but let s begin in delaware. in his summaryjudgment issued before this trial gets under way tomorrow, the judg
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