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
at the kitchen of this pub in romsey, near southampton, they are trying to get the staff they need by training apprentices. and there is no age limit. at 58, claire o neill was starting to find her old job as a housekeeper too physically demanding. but rather than retire early, she is now starting a whole new career as a chef. i like the thrill and the buzz of the kitchen, it s a very lively atmosphere a lot of the time. it can be very challenging, but it is also incredibly rewarding, when you have fed over 100 people on a sunday and you get to the end of the shift and you think, i don t know how we did that, but we did. like millions of workplaces across the country, this pub s problem isn t a lack of customers. ever since the bounce back from the pandemic, the problem has been finding the staff. half a million workers have exited the place, some retiring earlier than before. businesses like this are trying to lure older workers back in. the experience, the life skills, the way the
too physically demanding. but rather than retire early, she is now starting a whole new career as a chef. i like the thrill and the buzz of the kitchen, it s a very lively atmosphere a lot of the time. it can be very challenging, but it is also incredibly rewarding, when you have fed over 100 people on a sunday and you get to the end of the shift and you think, i don t know how we did that, but we did. like millions of workplaces across the country, this pub s problem isn t a lack of customers. ever since the bounce back from the pandemic, the problem has been finding the staff. half a million workers have exited the place, some retiring earlier than before. businesses like this are trying to lure older workers back in. the experience, the life skills, the way they carry themselves and can talk to people naturally. i think it s great having the energy of young people joining the business but you can t train experience. one change the government is reportedly planning is to raise