and researchers in the uk say they now know why swimming can significantly improve your mood. state media in russia is reporting that president putin has visited mariupol the ukrainian city which was captured by invading russian forces last year. (map)the tass news agency says he travelled there by helicopter, and visited local residents. it s mr putin s first trip to the ukrainian territory which has been occupied by russia since the invasion was launched just over a year ago. we ve received these pictures, which we understand to be mr putin in mariupol on saturday evening. he s shown driving around in a car, and also visiting what appears to be a child ren s playground. and other footage shows him visiting a theatre, and talking to a group of people on a street, before visiting a flat. the visit came at the end of a week when the russian president was charged by the international criminal court with forcible abductions of ukrainian children. the trip to mariupol which w
defiance, this matters, because this city for ukraine is a symbol of its resistance from last year, and that may be one of the reasons why he s visited it. james landale in the ukrainian q. james landale in the ukrainian capital kyiv. some financial news and talks are taking place in switzerland about a possible takeover of the troubled bank credit suisse. it s understood that the country s biggest bank, ubs, is in negotiations to buy all, or part, of the organisation. credit suisse had been caught up in the market uncertainty triggered by the collapse, nine days ago, of america s silicon valley bank. it had been offered an emergency credit facility of more than $50 billion by switzerland s central bank but that had not prevented a sharp fall in its share price. analysts say a takeover deal by ubs could be finalised before the markets re open on monday. our business correspondent marc ashdownjoins me. it is still very, very unclear, isn t it, what s shape this might take, but there i
they are globally systemic credit suisse. they are classed as too big to fail. they are required to have enough capital to stop them failing evenif enough capital to stop them failing even if really bad things happen but credit suisse looks on the verge of failure and the most likely scenario seems to be a takeover by ubs but everybody he is approaching that with an awful lot of queasiness, if you like. switzerland doesn t want one big bank. it wants that reputation you talked about of a number of banks where you re safe with us. 0bviously, headlines like we are seeing this week really don t help. the swiss economy relies on its financial sector and it relies on the financial sector with a good reputation. it on the financial sector with a good reutation. ., , ., , reputation. it does raise interesting reputation. it does raise interesting questions, i reputation. it does raise - interesting questions, doesn t it, because the bank but in money, what, in the middle of the week to t
and, as i say, starting to look irretrievable. it looks like we might even hear of a takeover by ubs later this evening but that will cause nervousness here and it will also apparently because thousands of thousands ofjob losses. when a religion, first it was the matterhorn disappearing from toblerone s wrappers, now it is a swiss bank with a reputation such as credit sweets potentially disappearing too. i don t know what to say about the symbolism for switzerland! i m sure the country fight back. thank you so much. the european union s top diplomat has announced agreement between serbia and kosovo on how to normalise relations between the two countries. belgrade has not recognised kosovo s independence since it was declared 15 years ago. speaking after 12 hours of talks, the eu s foreign policy chief, josep borrell, told a news conference in north macedonia that the deal would bring significant benefits for both sides.
borisjohnson s team s been out in the papers today. i ve got, you know.they re talking about the dossier they re going to produce, which they say is going to clear the prime minister might not be that simple, though, and i suspect the seven mps on the committee, privileges committee, might have other ideas. meanwhile, the government s agreement with rwanda about sending illegal migrants there has been updated, so that it covers more people. on a visit to the country s capital, kigali, the home secretary said the deal has been strengthened. yesterday, suella braverman was given a tour of potential migrant housing. the policy is facing legal challenges, and opponents say it breaks international law. let s get the latest now from our correspondent in switzerland imogen foulkes. potential takeover of credit suisse