stress test showed they have enough capital to weather a severe economic slump. they have more than $100 billion in assets each. the results are a vote of confidence for the financial sector after the collapse of the silicon valley bank earlier this year. elsewhere in the united states, presidentjoe biden has vowed to restore the american dream, in a speech promoted his so called bidenomics policy. michelle fleury reports from new york. michelle fleury reports from new york- michelle fleury reports from new york. , ., ., new york. joe biden went on the road to make new york. joe biden went on the road to make his new york. joe biden went on the road to make his pitch new york. joe biden went on the road to make his pitch to - road to make his pitch to sceptical americans. the president sceptical americans. the president outlined - sceptical americans. the president outlined his i sceptical americans. the president outlined his economic vision for the future, and la
a severe economic slump. the 23 banks tested at more than $100 billion in assets each. that results in a vote of confidence for the financial sector after the collapse of the silicon valley bank earlier this year. elsewhere in the us, president joe biden has vowed to restore the american dream in a speech promoting his so called bidenomics policy at a rally in chicago. he is courting voters ahead of the presidential re election bid next year. michelle fleury explains. joe biden went on the road to make his pitch to sceptical americans. the president outlined his economic asian for the future and laid out what his policies have delivered so far. ., , his policies have delivered so far. ., . ,, ., , far. today, the us has the hithest far. today, the us has the highest economic - far. today, the us has the highest economic growth i far. today, the us has the - highest economic growth rate, leading the world economies, since the pandemic. the highest in the world. find since th
elsewhere in the us presidentjoe biden has vowed in other news china has passed its first foreign relations law aimed at providing a legal basis to hit back against sanctions and what chinese media called western hegemony. the law on foreign relations gives beijing the right to take quote countermeasures and restrictive measures against acts that endanger china s security and development interests. the move comes as the us and china becoming increasingly locked in a dispute spanning politics and trade. china has seen parts of its country gripped by a historic heatwave this month. but it s not the only country in asia affected india too, is sweating under a prolonged heatwave. the weather is putting stress notjust on people s health the climate was a topic discussed at the world economic forum gathering in the chinese city of tianjin this week. dr melissa lott an energy researcher with new york s columbia university talked to us earlier. she explained what needs to be do
insisted that she was the victim in a skiing accident that s the subject of a lawsuit in the us state of utah. giving evidence, the oscar winning actress said she d been hit from behind by terry sanderson, who claims he was the victim. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, from prague, i m stephen sackur. how solid is put in s home front? welcome to our talk. it means nothing for russia. it means nothing for the russian president and it will not change the way putin made his decisions. first of all, you know, you are going to close all ways to legislate russia by this decision. it is the final step to close any possibility to negotiate with russia. the second topic is the reason for this decision. you know, the arrest warrant for putin for saving children, donbas children, thousands of children who were in danger during the war, during the last nine years. and of course russia has to save their lives. and of course russia should and must g
earlier, emmanuel macron s government narrowly survived a vote of no confidence over the plans to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. china s president xijinping is in moscow for a state visit with a man now wanted for war crimes. such is the geopolitical fallout from vladimir putin s invasion of ukraine. the fact that the international criminal court has issued an arrest warrant for the russian president won t deter him for his continued assault on ukraine, but it does raise new questions about the long term consequences for russia. my guest is russian mp and state tv talk show host evgeny popov. how solid is putin s home front? evgeny popov in moscow, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. it s good to have you on the show, mr popov. your president, vladimir putin, is a wanted man. the international criminal court has filed war crimes charges against him. do you recognise the symbolic importance