record levels of deforestation in february. one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the southern hemisphere rips through mauritius and madagascar twice and is now heading for mozambique for the second time. we start in the us, and regulators have shut down silicon valley bank, a major lender to tech companies, after it ran into financial trouble. worries triggered a sell off on global financial markets. it s the largest banking failure in the us since 2008. james clayton has been explaining how it happened. this day will go down in silicon valley history, certainly one of the most stressful days for silicon valley founders in modern times. we have spoken to people today who have been able to withdraw their money from silicon valley bank, and some who haven t. one person i spoke to said they put in a wire request yesterday, they waited nearly 2a hours and eventually found that they had got the money, but we spoke to another person who said they have tried and tried and tr
on the rescue effort. also on the programme three people are arrested after a protest turned violent outside a hotel providing refuge for asylum seekers in merseyside, north west england. us fighterjets shoot down an unidentified object over alaska. the pentagon says president biden gave the order to seek and destroy. the object was flying at an altitude of 40,000 feet and posed a reasonable threat to the safety of civilian flight. us northern commanders beginning recovery operations now. and harry potter comes to the world of video games but will the hogwarts legacy be tarnished by protests against the author s views on transgender issues? hello and welcome to the programme. fears are growing for the hundreds of thousands of people in turkey and syria in need after monday s devastating earthquakes. some are living in makeshift shelters and cars in freezing conditions, and there are warnings that aid is not reaching areas fast enough. more than 23,000 people are now known
with their energy bills after april is to be announced by the government. lots of storis in the mix today we d love to hear your thoughts on them. get in touch with me on twitter, @annitabbc, and use the #bbcyourquestions. and coming up, the final countdown. preparations are under way in cornwall for a rocket launch tonight that could mark a breakthrough moment in the uk s space race. harry has accused members of his family of being complicit in the pain and suffering endured by his wife, meghan. in two television interviews which were broadcast on itv and the american broadcaster cbs he admitted his relationship with his brother and father was strained but insisted he hoped for reconciliation. the palace hasn t commented on either interview, which were given in advance of the official release of prince harry s book spare. our royal correspondent daniela relph reports. harry, the interview. what an original name! the themes of the interviews were familiar. fury at the
the amazon, and deforestation there went up by a staggering 99% in a year. figs there went up by a staggering 99% in a year. there went up by a staggering 99% in a year. as long as they don t reach 99% in a year. as long as they don t reach the 99% in a year. as long as they don t reach the entire - 99% in a year. as long as they don t reach the entire region, | don t reach the entire region, illegal deforestation will ramp up. illegal deforestation will ramp u - . illegal deforestation will ramp u -. , , illegal deforestation will ramp u. , , illegal deforestation will ramp u . , , , ., ., up. the numbers paint a difficult up. the numbers paint a difficult picture - up. the numbers paint a difficult picture for - up. the numbers paint a - difficult picture for president lula da silva. after years of surging deforestation under his predecessorjair bolsonaro, he pledged to end illegal logging. we just left behind pledged to end illegal logging. wejust left behind a government
tropical rainforest in the world, but under lula s predecessorjair bolsonaro, deforestation went up by 75%. so now lula is promising to aim for zero deforestation. joe biden has made fighting climate change one of his biggest priorities. but it is unclear whether today he will agree to contribute to the amazon fund, which is an international scheme to finance zero deforestation in brazil. find deforestation in brazil. and are they likely deforestation in brazil. and are they likely to deforestation in brazil. and are they likely to find any common ground here, is there anything they don t agree about? . ., , , anything they don t agree about? a . , , ., about? actually they sort of disa . ree about? actually they sort of disagree on about? actually they sort of disagree on how about? actually they sort of disagree on how to - about? actually they sort of disagree on how to handle i disagree on how to handle russia s invasion of ukraine. biden has really rallied behind ukraine