measure designed to protect the swiss economy. both banks will be given a liquidity assistance loan of up to $110 billion. ukraine condemns president putin after he visits the devastated city of mariupol captured during the russian invasion. an aide to president zelensky called him a criminal returning to the scene of his crime. environmental scientists prepare to unveil eight years work showing the global scale of the climate change. this report is expected to become the benchmark for world governments on how to respond to the growing crisis. serbia s president, aleksandar vucic, says he has declined to sign a proposal by the european union intended to normalise relations with kosovo. the eu has been trying to broker a deal, 15 years after kosovo declared independence. you re watching bbc news. coming up click but first it s time for sportsday hello and welcome to sportsday i m gavin ramjaun. 8 points clear and flying arsenal put crystal palace away at the emirates
by the european union intended to normalise relations with kosovo. you re watching bbc news.coming up it s the travel show but first it s time for sportsday hello and welcome to sportsday i m gavin ramjaun. a five star showing from brighton as the premier league side end grimsby s fa cup dreams of wembley semi final. 8 points clear and flying arsenal put crystal palace away at the emirates, with saka on the scoresheet twice. and exeter beat london irish in extra time to win the premiership rugby cup. from the bbc sports centre, this is sportsday. hello there, and welcome along to sportsday. as the fa cup quarter finals come to their conclusion. and real cracker to finish with. manchester united got the better of fulham at old trafford. in a fiery encounter. it was a relatively quiet first half but it really sparked after half time. fulham took the lead thanks to aleksander mitrovic. who would later go from hero to villain. willian was judged to have handled on the lin
demonstrations against proposed reforms to the digital system in israel. tens of thousands of people take part in demonstrations across israel against proposed reforms to the judicial system. and bbc presenter gary lineker says he stands by his comments attacking the uk government s latest immigration policy. hello. the head of the un nuclear watchdog has demanded immediate action to prevent a disaster of the russian occupied zaporizhzhia in ukraine. remarks come after at least nine people were killed. at least nine people have been killed as the country has again come under sustained russian missile attack. ukraine s military says russia fired nearly 90 missiles and drones. and many people including in the capital kyiv remain without power. the areas on this map show some of the locations hit by the strikes. also hit was the only functioning power line used for electricity to cool the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, which is occupied by russia. power has since been restored.
surged 10% last year to $150 billlion. they have moved to reduce reliance on the us dollar by setting up payment clearing in the chinese currency, the yuan. former brazilian president dilma rousseff is to be sworn in today as head of the new development bank a rival to the world bank and imf set by by the so called brics countries of brazil, russia, india, china and south africa. let s speak now to william jackson, who is emerging market economist at capital economics. xi has been signalling the post covid reopening of china by hosting a series of world leaders. what can we read into the fact that brazil s leader has been among the first? you are absolutely right. as china moves into its postcode environment it seems to be wanting to spread its international wings. we have seen talks between saudi arabia and iran recently, and now we have cordial words with president lula, hayes and china at the moment. there is a big political angle to this, to find a way to cement relatio
a draw ahead of the second leg next week. to compound united s misery, defender lisandro martinez was forced off with injury and manager erik ten hag says it s not an achilles tendon problem. i think it is not an injury, he will not play on sunday, but i can say what the diagnosis is and i would prefer to wait and then we are clear and we know exactly what it is. assistant referee constantine hatzidakis says he is looking forward to returning to officiating after the english football association confirmed he will face no further action for clashing with liverpool s andy robertson. hatzidakis and robertson came together at half time during liverpool s draw with arsenal last week, with the official appearing to raise his elbow to the defender. the assistant referee was stood down while an investigation took place. that has now been completed and he will face no further punishment. the 38 year old also confirmed he has apologised to robertson. new york red bulls forward dante