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their celebrations, that s for sure. also celebrating today, is kate cross. she s been named in england s squad for the ashes test with australia after recovering from illness. the pace bowler needed multiple rounds of antibiotics to treat a parasite infection, but has been included in a is player squad for the four day test at trent bridge starting on 22nd june. she said on social media, it s always so special . the test is followed by three t20s and three one day internationals. full details of the squad are on the bbc sport website and app. it s a huge day for women s sport in england. last year was the baroness this morning euros. this summer at the ashes. the winners of the ashes in particular, for us, i think is much as we can we would encourage people to get out. and watch what we are hoping will be some really entertaining cricket. meanwhile, the men s ashes starts in four days time and australia got the perfect warm up by beating india on sunday to become wor ....
steve scalise will be here on the push to impeach dhs secretary mayorkas and now explosive testimony on the border and the illegal drugs that are pouring over it every single day. failed at your jobs, entrusted with the highest level of power at twitter, when you were faced with the new york post story instead of allowing people to judge the information for themselves, you rushed to find a reason why the american people shouldn t see it. we are talking about hunter biden s half fake laptop story. i mean, this is an embarrassment. i think you guys got played by the fbi. john: republican house oversite committee on twitter on hold for a moment due to a power outage on capitol hill. not before sparks flew as lawmakers tried to get to the bottom of why the social media giant suppressed the hunter biden laptop story up to the run-up of the 2024 election. happy wednesday. sandra: we ll let you know as the lights get flipped back on, this is america reports. thre ....
the presidents of brazil and china are due to hold talks in beijing shortly. luiz inacio lula da silva and xijinping are expected to sign trade deals. they will also discuss the war in ukraine. our correspondentjoao da silva has the latest from singapore. well, we don t know the exact contents of the agenda, but, as you mentioned there, there is at least a couple of issues that are likely to make it into the talks. first, of course, it is trade and investment. the brazilian side has said they expect to sign more than 20 bilateral agreements. it signals their desire to strengthen economic relations with china. president lula who was returned to power only a few months ago knows he needs brazil s largest trading partner if he is to deliver on his promises to fight poverty and to really boost brazil s stagnant economy. and china, it is also interested in consolidating trade ties with brazil. beijing is facing growing tensions with the us which is its largest trading partne ....
jake. it is unfounded. for several reasons. firstly, the banking sector overall is much better capitalized than it was in 2008. there have been huge changes. a full-scale banking meltdown crisis, is it possible? maybe. is it likely? absolutely not, so the experts say. i was talking to one such expert here in israel where i am. the tech sector which has been so badly hit by all of this. i spoke to the venture capitalist of the viola group. he said it s not a system at risk, but when it comes to runs on banks, today they can be much faster than you think. run on the bank of the world of internet is very quick. but i do believe it s an isolated, specific event. i don t think it will have huge impact. this is not 2008. reporter: putting that into wider view, it s certainly going to hit the technology sector because tech borrowed from these institutions, but the speed at which the regulators moved shoring up the depositor savings making it clear investors won t be bailed ....
I don t really want to live my life in fear that now i ve got a car, i i don t want to drive it anywhere. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. your live with bbc news. you are watching the contract. a us government official has accused china of using cuba as a secret base for its spying operations for years. the unnamed official told the wall streetjournal china had upgraded its intelligence collection facilities on the island which is around 260 miles from miami in 2019. however, us secretary of state antony blinken downplayed concerns about china s intelligence capability, saying the biden administration s diplomatic efforts since 2021 had slowed down beijing s attempts to expand overseas. we can speak now to ryan berg, the director of the americas programme at the centre for strategic and international ....