what we don t know, obviously the numbers. we don t know when or how this will happen. we do know the way that it s written says it s an answer to an appeal, a letter from the head of the judiciary who essentially frames it as being many people who went out to protest, particularly the young, were misled, by foreign agents, propaganda from abroad, and that they now want forgiveness. and they re still described as riots, nothing more, nothing less. so, in terms of how the authorities frame this, obviously nothing has changed. also, it makes clear that people who are accused, who have been charged with more serious crimes, so that s spying, murder, destruction of state property, won t be pardoned. the issue about that is that many, many activists, many people involved in this say that those people who have been charged with the strongest offences have not had fair trials. they ve been summary trials. so they haven t had a fair look at what their case is anyway. i think this is
five or ten years being really characterised by a lot of churn and push towards more statism. we remain quite sceptical of the ability to turn the economic fortunes. there have been good signs in the past, a few days that they are a bit more rational, realistic, setting the gross targeted 5% but the end of the day, the composition of the committee is reallyjust where xi jinping is, that shows that politics will be there for a little while longer so we take the news with a grain of salt. i longer so we take the news with a grain of salt- longer so we take the news with a grain of salt. i wonder some of the events matching grain of salt. i wonder some of the events matching away grain of salt. i wonder some of the events matching away from - grain of salt. i wonder some of the i events matching away from mainland china do weigh on the willingness of international companies to continue investing in increased investments investing in increased investments in china. we have t
thanks to the quick action of my administration over the past few days americans can have confidence that the banking system is safe. your deposits will be there when you need them. small businesses across the country that have deposit accounts at these banks can breathe easier knowing they will be able to pay their workers and pay their bills. and their hard working employees can breathe easier as well. last week when we learned of the problems at the banks and the impact they could have on jobs and small businesses and the banking system overall, i instructed my team to act quickly to protect these interests. they ve done that. on friday, the government regulator in charge, the fdic, took control of silicon valley bank s assets and over the weekend took control of signature bank s assets. treasury secretary yellen and the team of banking regulators have taken action. junior doctors in england begin three days of strike action in their dispute over pay and conditions. the
flu is now infecting mammals in the uk. manchester united are into the league cup final. newcastle stand between them and a first trophy for six years. hello and welcome to the bbc news channel. the energy giant shell has reported record annual profits of £32 billion in 2022, more than double what it made this in the previous year. the profits are the biggest in the firm s history boosted by higher energy prices since the start of the ukraine war. shell has already said it will pay tax in the uk for the first time since 2017 as a result of the government s windfall tax. i m joined by our business editor simonjack. morning, simon. of these massive profits in context. the morning, simon. of these massive profits in context. profits in context. the highest in the shell s profits in context. the highest in the shell s 115 profits in context. the highest in the shell s115 year history, - profits in context. the highest in i the shell s115 year history, double what it mad