six 9 billion acquisition of activision blizzard. thus despite being rejected by the uk just three weeks ago. uk said it was concerned any such deal could hinder future competition. japan had approved the takeover in march but us federal trade commission is also seeking to block it. what exactly is going on? what is going on because some countries are saying we have no issues with this deal and the uk and the us have some very specific reservations? figs the us have some very specific reservations? the us have some very specific reservations? ~ , ., ., reservations? as mentioned earlier, the federal state reservations? as mentioned earlier, the federal state commission - reservations? as mentioned earlier, the federal state commission has i reservations? as mentioned earlier, the federal state commission has a l the federal state commission has a very widespread concerns about this which they are outlined last december. there were three areas they were looking at, they fe
in the house of commons, where we re expecting an urgent question to the home office on the implications of the national crime agency s investigation into mrjavad marandi. this comes after the bbc reported that javad marandi, a businessman whose foreign companies were part of a global money laundering investigation, is a major donor to the conservative party. the question has been tabled by snp mp alison thewliss. asking if the home secretary will respond or make a statement. we will head back the is should get any further developments. the british telecoms giant, vodafone, is to cut 11,000 jobs over the next three years as part of an overhaul to cut costs. the firm s new boss, margherita della valle, said its performance had not been good enough. posts will go at the company s headquarters in the uk and in other countries. our business reporter theo leggett has more. talk to us about what we know about the job losses, talk to us about what we know about thejob losses, 11,000
to test a new alert system. ireland secured an historic grand slam title in dublin. a convincing 13 point victory over england saw them win the six nations in front of a huge home crowd on st patrick s weekend. you on st patrick s weekend. may have dodged the sho yesterday you may have dodged the showers yesterday but today it will be drier and brighterfor many yesterday but today it will be drier and brighter for many with sunny spells. the full forecast throughout the morning. it s sunday 19th march. our main story: lawyers for donald trump say the former president was merely speculating, when he said he expected to be arrested on criminal charges next week. prosecutors have been investigating alleged hush money payments made on mr trump s behalf, prior to the 2016 presidential election. if he is indicted, it would be the first criminal case to be brought against a former us president, as david willis reports. in order to make america great and glorious again, i am tonight
11 of america s biggest private banks have stepped forward with a $30 billion rescue package for the troubled first republic bank. fears had been growing that the regional lender might be at risk of failure as a result of market turmoil. our north america correspondent peter bowes has more. well, this clearly is a big boost. there were fears it could go underjust like silicon valley bank did last week, and this $30 billion from 11 major banks that includejp morgan chase, citigroup as well, crucially important to keep first republic alive, because first republic is a very prominent bank here in california, in los angeles. over the last few days, we have seen people queueing outside to take their money, their investments out of that bank and place them with other larger banks, such has been their concern that it could go under. there has been a ripple effect, if you like, throughout the banking communities, and a ripple effect that we have seen really now go right across the wo