shooting in texas. # is simply the best, better than all the rest. and tributes to the queen of rock and roll, tina turner, who has died at the age of 83. if great to have you with us. we begin with the us presidential race. ron desantis has launched a bid for the 2024 presidential nomination and the chance to challengejoe biden. he is widely seen as donald trump s maine republican rival in the race for the white house. the former president remains the dominant force in the republican party. his announcement wasn t a surprise, but the way he made it was unorthodox, a conversation on twitter spaces with elon musk. i am running for president of the united states to lead our great american comeback. we know our country is going on the one direction, we see it with our eyes and we feel it in our bones, our southern border has collapsed, drugs pouring into the country, city is hollowed out by spike in crime, the federal government making it harderfor the average family to make end
a very warm welcome to the programme. i m sally bundock. we start here in the uk. allies of the former uk prime minister, borisjohnson, have condemned the cabinet office for releasing details about possible covid lockdown breaches to scotland yard and thames valley police. lawyers preparing the government s case ahead of the public inquiry into the handling of the pandemic have sent the police information about meetings held at downing street and the prime minister s country retreat, chequers. the allegations have come to light during preparations for the covid public investigation. mrjohnson has replied to the allegations in a statement. his team says. 0ur political correspondent, jonathan blake, has more details. there is no investigation. what has happened here is that the lawyer through borisjohnson lawyer through boris johnson cosmic ministerial diary from the time of the pandemic in the process of preparing evidence for a forthcoming public enquiry which will examine th
arrested in connection with an alleged corruption case. take a look. these are the moments after the arrest. you can see in the circle there with the white sleeves and waistcoat, that is imran khan. you can see absolutely surrounded by paramilitary forces there. he has taken and put in the back of that black truck and then taken away to an undisclosed location. so we don t know where he is being held right now. that was the momentjust after his arrest. this, we think, just before. khan is behind the camera here. these are those paramilitary forces trying to get in. these pictures, i should say are from a pti official, the political party of imran khan. the party have called on his supporters to take to the streets. that has happened in places like karachi and turns across the country can actually, imran khan supporters have come out to protest against his arrest. let s get more on this with our south asia regional editor anbarasan ethirajan. just talk us through what we know
and japan meet for the first time in 12 years, seeking to set aside historic differences. the european central bank has hiked interest rates by half of 1%, despite the impact of rising rates on the banking sector. it comes as central banks and governments around the world are nervously watching whether the crisis surrounding credit suisse will develop into a global banking crisis. shares in credit suisse have stabilised after the swiss national bank offered it a funding lifeline. so how did we get here? credit suisse was already in trouble before its biggest investor saudi national bank announced on wednesday that it could offer no more financial support. that lead to its share price plummetting by 30%. late wednesday the swiss central bank said it would provide financial support to the tune of $54 billion us dollars. that has reassured the markets for now but concerns remain about contagion from the collapse of the two us banks last week. it is all quite complex, it is all q