continue to slaughter more innocent ukrainians. we don t want to see that. again, we ll see what these leaders come out with and what they say at the end of these discussions. we ll watch this very, very closely. again, we have communicated privately to the chinese. we certainly have communicated it publicly that that would not be an outcome that s to the better, not only of china and their interest, but certainly to the ukrainian people and to the whole idea of peace. what does it say to you that after the international criminal court issued that arrest warrant for putin, that, a, xi did still show up in russia, but you saw putin over the weekend in mariupol, in all of these other cities. i think to your first question, you ve got to keep this relationship in some sort of context here. these are two nations who chafe and bristle at the idea of u.s. leadership or u.s. influence around the world. they don t like playing by the r rules, that the world order has in place and
groups has come into effect to allow people to be evacuated, but there are concerns that it may not hold. hundreds of people have died since fighting started between the sudanese army and rsf paramilitary force. in recent days, more countries have attempted to evacuate their diplomats and citizens this is a member of the dutch military handing out earplugs as they get ready to take off. and this was the scene as the spanish defence ministry helped diplomats and citizens on to their plane. live now to kalkidan yibetal, in the ethiopian capital addis ababa. it s good to see you. what is happening at the moment? is it realistic that this ceasefire will hold? will hold? well, there are fears it might will hold? well, there are fears it might not - will hold? well, there are fears it might not hold, . fears it might not hold, because this is not the first time the two parties have agreed to a ceasefire. in the previous instances, this ceasefire did not hold, there was fightin
it comes after the embattled lender revealed that it suffered a huge drop in deposits during the first quarter. first republic came under intense pressure after silicon valley bank and signature bank collapsed last month. the bbc s samira hussain has more from new york. normally when a company s earnings for are released, executive hold a call with analysts where they take questions. but that wasn t the case for first republic bank. executives spoke for about ten minutes and then took no questions. it is perhaps an indication ofjust how bad things have become at the regional bank. during the first quarter, it lost $102 billion in customer deposits. that s way more than half of the $176 billion it had on hand at the end of last year. after silicon valley bank and signature bank were taken over by federal regulators, wall street worried that first republic could be the next bank to go down, since it has similar clients to silicon valley bank people in the startup space. on mo
first republic came under intense pressure after silicon valley bank and signature bank collapsed last month. the bbc s samira hussain has more from new york. normally when a company s earnings for are released, executive hold a call with analysts where they take questions. but that wasn t the case for first republic bank. executives spoke for about ten minutes and then took no questions. it is perhaps an indication ofjust how bad things have become at the regional bank. during the first quarter, it lost $102 billion in customer deposits. that s way more than half of the $176 billion it had on hand at the end of last year. after silicon valley bank and signature bank were taken over by federal regulators, wall street worried that first republic could be the next bank to go down, since it has similar clients to silicon valley bank people in the startup space. on monday, the bank said it would cut about a quarter of its staff and slash executive compensation. samira executive