hello and welcome to bbc world news. the government of switzerland says that the country s biggest bank, ubs, has taken over its troubled rival credit suisse in an emergency measure designed to protect the swiss economy. fears about the possible collapse of credit suisse sparked falls in stock markets around the world over recent days, and raised fears of another global financial crisis. the rescue deal follows a weekend of emergency talks between the two banks, after credit swiss saw its value plummet over the past week. the swiss national bank said the deal was the best way to restore the confidence of financial markets and to manage risks to the economy. our geneva correspondent imogen foulkes explains the significance of this merger on the global stage. it s early days. but i don t think it s going to be easy. ubs is the bigger of the two, but both of them are already huge. if you lookjust in switzerland, both of them have at least one branch, more in a big city like bern
just ahead on cnn newsroom mr. president a decision on whether to seek an indictment is very close at hand and frankly it is quite likely here. we re not out of the woods with the winter storms and this is a big one. we re looking at this as a big event. all four of the americans who were kidnapped are back on u.s. soil. we heard gunshots and there were 12 continuous shots. we saw people being taken away in black bags. liver from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is friday, march 10. this 4:00 a.m. in new york where donald trump may be just a short time away to become the first former president ever to be criminally indicted. the district attorney s office recently offered him one final chance to testify next week. that would be before the grand jury hearing evidence in the stormy daniels hush money case. according to the ti times, in almost always indicates an indictment is close. the investigation centers on $130,0
led the country. he has vowed to make his country a great environmental power . pope francis has addressed thousands of people who ve gathered at st peter s square in the vatican, a day after the death of benedict xvi. the pope described his predecessor as a faithful servant of the gospel, and the church. the archbishop of canterbury, justin welby, has described britain s social care system as broken . in his new year message he said that he wanted everyone to work the climate campaign group extinction rebellion says it will temporarily stop using public disruption tactics in the uk. hundreds of the activists have been arrested after blockading traffic, locking and gluing themselves together, but the group say very little has changed . now on bbc news. review 2022 the war in ukraine. over the next half an hour we will chronicle russia s invasion and tell the story of the conflict which has seen many thousands of people killed or wounded and millions of others displaced
has triggered international outrage. two people have been shot dead in paris and two others seriously injured. police say a 69 year old man has been arrested. you are watching bbc news. now review 2022 the war in ukraine. over the next half an hour, we will chronicle russia s invasion and tell the story of the conflict which has seen many thousands of people killed or wounded and millions of others displaced. the story of the war is told by our correspondent paul adams, and a warning you may find some of his programme distressing. translation: a decision has been taken about a special military operation. singing. translation: we are defending our independence, our country. i glory to ukraine. explosion. in the depths of winter, a growing menace. russia flexing its muscles. preparing for something. moscow said these were simply drills, it had no plans to invade. but for months, it held a gun against ukraine s head. the west was alarmed. satellite images showed russian forces
with hours to go, the final round of frenetic campaigning for the us mid term elections is under way ahead of the in person polls opening on tuesday. tens of millions of votes have already been cast. but there s still plenty to play for. earlier, president biden spoke at a rally in maryland, in support of the democratic candidate for governor, wes moore. he told the crowd that the election is not a referendum, it s a choice of two very different visions for america. biden, who has avoided campaigning in several swing states as his approval rating continues to lag, travelled to the reliably democratic state, where the nominee is widely expected to win back the republican held governorship. former president trump is speaking in ohio at a rally to support the republican jd vance for senator. he spoke to the crowd about immigration, claiming that president biden and the democrats have not done enough to stop migrants and drugs from entering the us across the mexico border. there