the government of switzerland says that the country s biggest bank, ubs, has taken over its troubled rival credit suisse in an emergency measure designed to protect the swiss economy. credit suisse has seen its value plummet over the last week due to fears about the company s financial health. regulators in switzerland had spent the day trying to pave the way for a deal to be struck before the financial markets open tomorrow. here s the swiss president alain berset speaking at a press conference earlier. on friday, the liquidity outflows and market volatility showed that it was no longer possible to restore the necessary confidence, and that a swift and stabilising solution was absolutely necessary. this solution is the takeover of credit suisse by ubs. it is supported by the federal council following several meetings with the swiss national bank, with our regulator, with credit suisse and ubs. the federal council welcomes the takeover and is supporting it by guaranteeing
spurs are six points off the champions league places. they play manchester united on thursday. daniel levy has turned tottenham into a huge club. he s done many, many good things. he s built some fantastic infrastructure, the best training ground in the country, the best stadium in the country. he s turned tottenham from a mid table team to contenders at the top end of the table, in an era in which the financial landscape of football has moved away from spurs. that said, the decisions made over the last five years have almost all of them been bad, ever since the decision not to back mauricio pochettino in the transfer market, which of course led to the end of pochettino s tenure. and since then, it s just gone from bad to worse at spurs. i don t really think they know what direction they want to be headed in. all the appointments they ve made in the last few years have been disasters. it s an incredibly difficultjob at this point because you ve really got to re energise the w
the cold air is firmly in place and will be difficult to shift. we start with a frost in scotland and northern england on wednesday, much more cloud further south. some sunshine around but again cloud building up. some showers across northern england. at thick enough to bring some light rain or drizzle and temperature is not really changing much on wednesday. for the rest of the week, it is going to be dull with a lot of cloud around. an increasing chance of some rain especially across southern parts of uk but slowly it becomes a little less cold. and that s bbc news at six you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website from the six team it s goodbye. hello, and welcome to sportsday. i m jane dougall. the challenge cup draw will be taking place here injust a few moments time. keep watching to find out who plays whom in the sixth round of rugby league s most prestigious cup competition. after tottenham s most humiliating defeat in a decade, will they lose
beat my former team. a special event for pep guardiola, but the pressure is mounting on manchester city to win the champions league, as you know. manchester city supporters will have a little smile with that draw. staying with manchester city for a minute, defender kyle walker will not face criminal charges after the allegation that he indecently exposed himself in a bar. cheshire police had been investigating an alleged incident in south manchester earlier this month but they say the matter is now closed . it said a 32 year old man attended a police station voluntarily for questioning yesterday and was dealt with by an out of court disposal . manchester united remain favourites to win the europa league, despite being drawn against the team that have won it more times than anyone else sevilla. it s going to be tough because they are really experienced in the europa league so many times. so i don t know the team now in detail, i don t know. i have to focus on that. manches
a harmful gene. hello and welcome to bbc news. dmytro kuleba, ukraine s foreign minister, has warned that countries which mistreated ukraine during the darkest moment of its history will be held to account after the war ends. in an interview with the bbc, he also warned western allies that delaying the delivery of weapons will cost the lives of ukrainian soldiers. our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, has been speaking to him, and began by asking him why the battle for bakhmut in the east of ukraine is so important. the battle for bakhmut is now the longest of the war. more than half a year of bloody fighting for control of what is little more than rubble. but ukraine s foreign minister told me holding the city was vital, and notjust for the damage it s causing to russia s army. defending bakhmut is emotionally very challenging, because people find it hard emotionally to take, carry the burden of this death, loss of human life and destruction. it s a struggle t