it s great to have you back with us, amara. she s back off the slopes in europe. she had a wonderful vacation. thank goodness i got off the slopes. i wasn t standing most of the time. i was seriously tumbling down the hill the entire time i was there. i ve got a few bumps and bruises and i m happy to be back. i have been watching you. it s good to be back. your skiing and snowboarding form is better than mine. that s really bad. america s largest banks come to the rescue of first republic, throwing out a $30 billion lifeline. the efforts underway to shore up the financial sector and prevent a bigger crisis. do you believe it s possible that one day we will see president vladimir putin in the dock? i think those fail to understand history. an arrest warrant if russian president vladimir putin for alleged war crimes. putin s response to the war and the odds that he s actually arrested. is he resisting? is he combat irv at all in those moments? no, not at all.
i m ben brown in the studio our other top stories this hour... as the regulator ofgem lowers the price cap for gas and electricity, there are fresh calls for the government to stop a rise in energy bills in april. a new panorama investigation uncovers evidence that women are being misled and manipulated about abortion by some crisis pregnancy advice centres,in the uk. the first female speaker of the house of commons, betty boothroyd, dies at the age of 93. good afternoon from windsor, where rishi sunak and the eu have struck a new agreement to amend post brexit trading rules with the eu. the prime minister said the deal marked a decisive breakthrough after years of wrangling, allowing smooth, free flowing trade while preserving the belfast agreement, the setttlement which underpins devolved government in northern ireland. mr sunak said the agreement would remove any sense of a border in the irish sea, the chief complaint of unionists who have boycotted stormont in prote
flying over 1000 hours since the earthquake struck. they say they will continue to keep going as long as aid is needed. china fails to condemn russia s invasion of ukraine, causing tensions at a meeting of the 620 major economies. and over 2,000 people take part in copenhagen s annual light run as the city celebrates being designated this year s unesco world capital of architecture. hello and welcome to bbc news. votes are being counted in nigeria s most competitive presidential election in decades. the process has been largely peaceful, but there were some reports of violence in lagos earlier. the contest is a tight race between three frontrunners, as mayenijones reports. frustration and anger. many nigerians want to take part in this election but have been disappointed by the lack of organisation. gang violence and threats by militant islamists have made voting difficult in some regions. and in this polling station on the mainland of lagos, electoral officials never even