vladimir putin, has visited the ukrainian city of mariupol. it s the first time he s ventured inside territory seized by russian forces since last years invasion. his visit, under cover of darkness, has been fiercely criticised by the exiled council of the southern port city, which has seen some of the fiercest battles of the war. i m joined now by the ukranian mp for kharkiv, maria mezentseva. thank you for being with us. what you make of this visit by president putin? well, nothing spectacular really. it is one of the first visit to the occupied territories that president putin has conducted. this is the scene of a brutal invasion. and i am looking at the footage of him sitting all alone in the filler monarch building, and russian authorities are claiming that they have restored the building etc, we are asking, what has been done regarding the cleaning of the green seeds over their quest but this is not a joke for us at all. apart from criticising that visit, i am linking i
we ll have a special report. hello, very warm welcome to the programme. the financial times is reporting that ubs switzerland s biggest bank has agreed to buy credit suisse for more than two billion dollars. there s been no confirmation yet of whether the offer has been accepted. it s thought an earlier offer of $1 billion was considered too low. the swiss banking giant had been caught up in the market uncertainty triggered by the collapse, nine days ago, of america s silicon valley bank. it had been offered an emergency credit facility of more than $50 billion by switzerland s central bank, but that had not prevented a sharp fall in its share price. our business correspondent marc ashdownjoins me. we spoke a little earlier. it s not offering to billion. offering to billion. they have aareed offering to billion. they have agreed that offering to billion. they have agreed that figure. offering to billion. they have agreed that figure. it s - offering to billion. they
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
and now it s time for sports day. hello and welcome to sportsday i m gavin ramjaun. england s women edge a tough match against india, on theirjourney to securing a spot in the semi finals of the t20 world cup. stuart broad s on fire for england in new zealand, as they look set to clinch the first test match. and arsenal are back on top after a thiller at aston villa, with two late goal. also coming up in the programme, the ownership race hots up for manchester united. sirjim ratcliffe s officially in the running, along with a bid from qatar. and a moment to remember for st helens with a famous victory in australia, to claim rugby league s world club challenge. hello and welcome to sportsday, hello there, and welcome along to the programme, a busy day of football on the way. but we start with cricket first and it was billed as a crucial group encounter, between england and india at the women s t20 world cup. and england s11 run win earlier see them stay top of the grou
to former gang members. and chelsea win a place in the last eight of the champions league. we will have that and all the latest stories. good to have you with us. we have a very busy programme for you. so let s get started. here in the uk, the prime minister rishi sunak says he s up to the fight to bring in new legislation that would detain and deport people arriving by boat to claim asylum. it comes as the un refugee agency says it is profoundly concerned by the plans that it says would breach the un refugee convention and undermine britain s humanitarian tradition. our political correspondent ian watson has more. as the boats keep coming, so the political problems keep growing. rishi sunak it is trying to turned the tide. if this new law does not stop the boat, will he have failed? it boat, will he have failed? if we get this right, it will make a difference. we are in the early stages but we have given it long hard thought and as i said at the beginning of the year, i only