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
Leader of the soviet union. And we talk to the child refugee from ghana whos now at the summit of britains fashion journalism. Hello and welcome to the programme. Russia has been accused of Shelling A Town near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear power plant in ukraine, where a team from the Un Nuclear Watchdog is expected on thursday. The plant, which was taken by Russia In March sits on the banks of the dnieper river, 200 kilometres from crimea, which it annexed in 2014. Our correspondent James Waterhouse has the latest from kyiv. The chances of International Inspectors making it to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear power plant were once remote. They are now looking a lot more promising or probable. At the moment, they are in the city of zaporizhzhia, a good hour and a half from the plant itself, but there are still bends in the road. Moscow installed Officials Say they dont yet have the right permissions to make it through their own military checkpoints. In their words, they will have to get in the que
and a female iranian climber who competed in south korea without a headscarf now says her veil fell off accidentally there are fears she will be arrested when she returns to iran. we start in ukraine, where the president says there is no space left for negotiations with russia following further attacks on the country. according to volodymyr zelensky, russian strikes have now destroyed around a third of ukraine s power stations. he s made another appeal for further western military support. translation: to guarantee the l protection of our skies and reduce the capabilities of russian terrorists to zero, we need significant and more modern air defence systems and more missiles for the systems. cities across ukraine have come under attack on tuesday, for which russia has admitted responsibility. there have been further air strikes in the capital kyiv, and also in dnipro, kharkiv, zhytomyr and zaporizhzhia. ukraine s civil defence service says hundreds of villages across the co
leader of the soviet union. and we talk to the child refugee from ghana who s now at the summit of britain s fashion journalism. hello and welcome to the programme. russia has been accused of shelling a town near the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in ukraine, where a team from the un nuclear watchdog is expected on thursday. the plant, which was taken by russia in march sits on the banks of the dnieper river, 200 kilometres from crimea, which it annexed in 2014. our correspondent james waterhouse has the latest from kyiv. the chances of international inspectors making it to the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant were once remote. they are now looking a lot more promising or probable. at the moment, they are in the city of zaporizhzhia, a good hour and a half from the plant itself, but there are still bends in the road. moscow installed officials say they don t yet have the right permissions to make it through their own military checkpoints. in their words, they will have to g
leader of the soviet union. we talk to the child refugee from ghana who s now at the summit of britain s fashion journalism. and painting the town red the notorious spanish tomatina festival returns after a covid enforced absence. hello and welcome to the programme. russia has been accused of shelling a town near the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in ukraine, where a team from the un nuclear watchdog is expected on thursday. the plant, which was taken by russia in march sits on the banks of the dnieper river, 200 kilometres from crimea, which it annexed in 2014. our correspondent james waterhouse has the latest from kyiv. the chances of international inspectors making it to the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant were once remote. they are now looking a lot more promising or probable. at the moment, they are in the city of zaporizhzhia, a good hour and a half from the plant itself, but there are still bends in the road. moscow installed officials say they don t yet have the