In each time zone and vote for any candidate other than mr putin or spoil their ballot papers. The Rolling Protest has been dubbed noon against putin. One of the main issues that voters are thinking about, is the war in ukraine. On that, here are two voters from an area just north of moscow. I wish this special operation would end as soon as possible. It is a pity people are dying, she says. Can you imagine how many people died, and now ourfront line regions are suffering . I am an elderly person but im really worried about this. I came to vote for a man who does everything to ensure there is no war in the world, this man says, that our country lives and prospers and that there is no fascism in any country, not in ukraine or any other part of the world. Our russia editor, Steve Rosenberg is in moscow and gave his assessment of the calls from kremlin critics for protests across russia. This was an idea that was proposed by russian Opposition Figures abroad in exile, it was supported by
More in the way of cloud. Northern ireland is turning cloudy because of this approaching Weather Front which will change things. It means this dose of Summer Weather may not last that long for all of us. Even ahead of this cloud, there are some cloudy areas, parts of central and Southern Scotland and northern england, this cloud could produce the odd spot of light rain. Further south there will be the odd shower but most places will be dry and in the best of the Sunshine Temperature is 25, maybe 28 celsius. Quite a humid field to the weather as well. I mentioned the weather as well. I mentioned the Weather Front out towards the west. Through this evening its expected to bring heavy and possibly thundery rain eastwards across northern ireland. There could be localised travel disruption, may be some flooding. That rain will then push north east across scotland. It is going to be quite a warm and muggy night, minimum temperature is 15, 16, 17 night, minimum temperature is 15, 16,17 degree
goal of the day. tommy doyle. here is the fa cup semifinal draw. manchester city, who hammered burnley 6 0 yesterday, will play championship side sheffield united, who beat blackburn 3 2 and brighton, who beat grimsby 5 0, will face manchester united. arsenal have extended their lead at the top of the premier league to eight points after beating managerless crystal palace at the emirates, in the only match in the premier league on sunday. the gunners got off the mark thanks to a smart finish by gabriel martinelli. and that lead was doubled thanks to bukayo saka. arsenal were comfortable in the second half. granit xhaka made it three before palace, who sacked former gunners midfielder patrick vieira this week as their head coach, pulled one back. saka then completed the win, to make it 4 1 with his second of the day. mikel arteta s side now well clear of their nearest rivals, manchester city. the desire and the energy right from the beginning of the game, we were really deter
devastated in the early months of the war. # i ll take the world apart to find a place for a peaceful heart. and we hear from yusuf cat stevens about music, faith and performing at glastonbury. it s 7am in singapore, and midnight in switzerland where the government has reached an emergency deal with the country s biggest bank, ubs, to take over its troubled rival credit suisse. the annoucement comes just before global financal markets open on monday, in an attempt to settle nerves in the global financial sector. credit suisse has seen its value plummet over the last week due to fears about the company s financial health. credit suisse had been caught up in the market uncertainty triggered by the collapse, nine days ago, of america s silicon valley bank. here s the swiss president alain berset speaking at a press conference earlier. on friday the liquidity and volatility showed it was no longer possible to restore the necessary confident and that the swift and stabilising solu
hello and welcome to bbc world news. 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. fears about the possible collapse of credit suisse sparked falls in stock markets around the world over recent days, and raised fears of another global financial crisis. the rescue deal follows a weekend of emergency talks between the two banks, after credit swiss saw its value plummet over the past week. the swiss national bank said the deal was the best way to restore the confidence of financial markets and to manage risks to the economy. our geneva correspondent imogen foulkes explains the significance of this merger on the global stage. it s early days. but i don t think it s going to be easy. ubs is the bigger of the two, but both of them are already huge. if you lookjust in switzerland, both of them have at least one branch, more in a big city like bern