evidence at court, that many of the statements denied that they were ever traffic for ready trial. none of them had ever been trafficked. during the investigation mr ramzan was arrested. he had never really met the defendant, had nothing to do with trafficking, had never been alone in a room with errors let alone in a room with errors let alone had sex with her. he described in court is utter consternation at being publicly arrested on the promenades and questioned by the police. i will set out more of the impact of this offending upon him and his family later in his remarks. the defendant set about seeking to back up allegations against mr ramzan and the fictitious traffickers. she did so in a number of ways. i will summarise here only some of them. she manipulated people with whom she was in contact via snapchat to contact her. she would rename these people in her phone with the names of supposed traffickers. she would induce sexual messages from them and take screenshots o
after banking shares saw sharp falls on monday. the sell off continued in asia with japan s largest banks also seeing heavy losses. shares of mufg, miz uho and smfg were all down around 8% in trading. the nikkei exchange was down over 2% overall. here in europe, we ve seen credit suisse drop another 5% in early trading. on monday, major us banks lost around %90 billion in stock market value, bringing their loss since svb s collapse to nearly $190 billion. many are now speculating the federal reserve will pause its plans to keep raising interest rates, designed to tame inflation. we re nowjoined by greg swenson, who s an international investment banker, founding partner at brigg macadam. talk to me about the perception of rate rises being not only part of the cause of this but also now the federal reserve having a rethink about what it does for the cost of borrowing given what we have seen in the banking sector. great borrowing given what we have seen in the banking sector. t
i had my first cancer diagnosed about six or seven years ago. that waiting time is very, very hard. i don t think until you have been through it, you can actually understand it. despite the walk out, some hospitals are able to continue with some routine operations, but it is a mixed picture. the full impact on cancellations will not be known for a few days. one thing we re seeing that is different from other strike days is that demand for care has been sustained. in previous strike days, we saw that drop. it means the nhs is trying to keep things going, it was already overstretched, but it has fewer resources at its disposal. the government says the bma s pay claim is completely unaffordable. it s urged officials to call off the strike and enter into pay talks along with other health unions in england, and help bring this ongoing dispute to an end. katharine da costa, bbc news. new employment figures showjob vacancies in the uk have fallen for the eighth time in a row. the of
up to a million households in england, scotland and wales could be paid to use less electricity this evening, as part of a scheme to avoid blackouts. would you switch off your oven or avoid using the washing machine to get a discount? get in touch with me. california police say the gunman suspected of killing ten people near los angeles was a 72 year old man, who shot himself dead as they tried to apprehend him. former employees of the welsh rugby union have told the bbc about a toxic culture of sexism at the organisation. hello and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister is facing growing pressure today, over allegations about the tax affairs of the conservative party chairman nadhim zahawi, as well as a separate row about the appointment of the bbc s chairman. it s emerged that former chancellor mr zahawi paid a penalty to hm revenue & customs of around £5 million, to settle a dispute over his tax affairs. he says the error that caused it was careless and not deliberate
we report from the worst affected district in paktika province. and wimbledon begins in front of full crowds for the first time in three years. novak djokovic begins his quest for a fourth successive wimbledon title. coming out, i will bring you the latest from the all england club on the opening day of the championships, where we have had rain and now thankfully sunshine, with novak djokovic, emma raducanu and andy murray among the big names in action. welcome back to bbc news. let s go straight back to that breaking news in the last hour or so. news that russia has carried out a missile strike on a shopping centre in the central ukrainian city of kremenchuk. at least two people have been killed and 20 others injured. president zelensky said more than a thousand people had been inside at the time of the attack. let me show some of the latest pictures that have come in, and these in the immediate aftermath of that strike, 3:50pm local time, it was, and we see the huge fires t