millions of dollars to deal with illegal channel crossings. hello and welcome to bbc news. start in the us where regulators have shut down silicon valley bank, one of the major lenders to tech companies and start ups. in one of the largest banking failures in the us since the 2008 financial crisis. tech correspondent jane clinton has explained how it happened. but forjames. this is one of the days that will go down in silicon valley history and it certainly one of the most stressful days for silicon valley founders in modern times. we spoke to people today who have been able to withdraw their money from silicon valley bank and some haven t. one person put in a wire request yesterday and waited nearly 2a hours and eventually found out they got the money out but another person says they have tried and tried and tried and have not been able to withdraw any funds and say they physically came down to one of these branches to try and get these branches to try and get the money out.
Parliament where they both candidates will have to present themselves with up there will be a vote of mps, which would be in indicative vote. It would show how many mps support each candidate and that vote would then be. Michael forward to the conservative Party Members who have all week until friday next week to do in on line vote to choose one of the two. They will have seen ben which m p, how many mps favour each candidate or the alternative, only one passes the threshold at the minute rishi sunak is over, so rishi sunak patches a threshold. If he scoops up many more votes and Penny Mordaunt doesnt make 100 then there is no need to press forward with the rest of that process and rishi sunak tomorrow would be the winner. Damien, thank you very much. Im would be the winner. Damien, thank you very much you very much. Im delighted to say im delighted you very much. Im delighted to say im delighted by you very much. Im delighted to say im delighted by the you very much. Im delighted to s
Now on bbc news, its time for a special programme. Global questions the taiwan, china conflict. Hello, welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi, from Liberty Square in taipei, the capital city of taiwan. The main island of taiwan lies about 160 kilometres across the waters from china. In the past few months, china has stepped up its military exercises, and fired missiles over taiwan, in growing tensions with the government here. The chinese president , xijinping, has reiterated the claim that taiwan belongs to china, and he says he does not rule out the use of force to take it over. Meanwhile, the United States, which supports taiwan, has hardened its position with President Biden saying he would send american troops to defend it. So, if china did invade taiwan, it would be a conflict with huge global dimensions, one that involves the two superpowers, the United States and china. That is global questions, taiwan, a flashpoint with china and the world . Applause welcome to the
ceremonies have been taking place in thailand to mark the start of a four day funeral for victims of a mass killing at a nursery. strike action leaves just 20% of regular rail services running across england, scotland and wales today as workers walk out for the 11th time this year. hello and welcome to bbc news. president putin has suffered an embarrassing setback in the war with ukraine, after a huge explosion on the only bridge linking russia with the crimean peninsula. the bridge partially collapsed, but has now reopened to light traffic. russia annexed crimea in 2014, and after occupying these regions in red, it s managed to establish a corridor up through southern and eastern ukraine. the kerch bridge, connecting russia to the crimean peninsula in the black sea, was an important supply route for sending russian in the black sea, was an important supply route for sending russian troops and artillery into ukraine. the blast there is another humiliation for the kremlin, a