for the alleged deportation of thousands of children from occupied ukraine to russia. throughout this conflict, whenever there is some kind of setback or something that has been done to russia, vladimir putin tends to respond sometimes militarily, sometimes diplomatically, sometimes with some kind of public images, and i think that s what we re seeing here. we re seeing public images that he wishes to show after the international court made the accusation against him on friday. so, yesterday he was in crimea, today, he was overnight in mariupol, essentially producing pictures that all these pictures are from russian state television but images that show, you know, today, a town that is apparently being reconstructed after the devastation last year at the hands of russian artillery and russian air strikes. he s shown talking to residents who seemingly seemed to be happy with the new buildings that have been made, that are shown in the pictures, as you said, the playground there, t
this is bbc news. welcome if you re watching here in the uk, or around the globe. i m ben boulos. our top stories. switzerland s biggest bank, ubs, is in advanced talks to buy all or part of its troubled rival credit suisse. president vladimir putin visits mariupol, the ukrainian city which was captured by invading russian forces last year. the financial times is reporting that the country s biggest bank, ubs, has offered to buy credit suisse for up
this is bbc news welcome if you re watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories president vladimir putin visits mariupol the ukrainian city which was captured by invading russian forces last year. switzerland s biggest bank, ubs, is in advanced talks to buy all or part of its troubled rival credit suisse. former prime minister borisjohnson will publish evidence in his defence ahead of a grilling by mps over whether he misled parliament about covid rule breaking parties. donald trump says he suspects there are plans to arrest him on tuesday he s called on his supporters to protest. and researchers in the uk say
they now know why swimming can significantly improve your mood. the russian president, vladimir putin, has made his first known visit to mariupol the ukrainian city which was captured by invading russian forces last year. russian state media 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.
and then make sure that he is sent to the hague for trial. that, at the moment, seems unlikely until such time, potentially you know who knows what s going to happen in the future. it would require quite a lot of political change, i imagine, in moscow for that to happen. so in the meantime, i think mr putin is showing that in some areas, ie crimea and in mariupol, he can still travel as freely as he wishes and he can visit and show off those parts of mariupol that he wants to show are being reconstructed. because this is. when i say when i say 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