bbc news. studio in singapore, this is bbc new- welcome to bbc news. our top story today: the us defence secretary says he had a rare phone call with his russian counterpart in the aftermath of a collision between a russian fighterjet and a us drone. the race is now on to recover the wreckage of the drone which is thought to be 1,200 metres deep in the black sea. russia has also said it will try to find the wreckage. meanwhile, america s top general said the whole incident was a result of russia s increasingly aggressive behaviour in the area. us defence secretary lloyd austin gave this update earlier. asi as i have said repeatedly, it is important that great powers be models of transparency and communication. the united states will continue to fly and to operate wherever international law allows. and it is incumbent upon russia to operate as military aircraft in a safe and professional manner. our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, has this report from kyiv. this is t
america s defence secretary says he s had a rare phone call with his russian counterpart in the aftermath of a collision between a russian fighter jet and a us drone. the race is now on to recover the wreckage of the unmanned aircraft. it s thought to be 1,200 metres deep in the black sea. russia has also said it will try to find the wreckage. meanwhile, america s top general said the whole incident was a result of russia s increasingly aggressive behaviour in the area. us defence secretary lloyd austin gave this update earlier. asi as i have said repeatedly, it s important that great powers be models of transparency and communication. and the united states will continue to fly and to operate were ever international law allows. and it is incumbent upon russia to operate its military aircraft in a safe and professional manner. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, james landale, has this report from kyiv. this is the kind of unmanned aircraft that crashed. an mq 9 reaper patrolling th
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the swiss central bank has agreed to provide a loan of more than $50 billion to the troubled banking giant, credit suisse, if needed. shares in the bank have plunged 24%, sparking a wider sell off in european stocks, which closed down more than 3%. it comes days after the failure of silicon valley bank in the us. our correspondent, michelle fleury, has more. hopes that the problems of us banks would stay in the us have not panned out. shares in switzerland second largest bank credit suisse dropped to record lows. we should point out that credit suisse is a bank that has been terminal for years. credit suisse is a bank that has been terminalfor years. as one analyst put it it has been a slow moving car crash. two new things have happened to spook investors. the bank said there was material weakness in its financial reporting and its top supporter ruled out lending it any more money. all this adds to concerns about
A football stadium last year. indonesia s human rights commission has said police officers firing tear gas into the crowds was the main cause of the fatal stampede at malang s kanjuruhan stadium, in which 135 people were killed. 0ur correspondent, valdya baraputri, is injakarta. talk us through the background of the case. talk us through the background of the case- of the case. yes, so i m going to take you of the case. yes, so i m going to take you back of the case. yes, so i m going to take you back to of the case. yes, so i m going to take you back to october. of the case. yes, so i m going. to take you back to october the first of last year. early morning indonesians were shocked by the deaths dozens of people and it was at a stadium in malang a city called kanjuruhan stadium. there was a match between two football clubs, rivals that night. looking at the unruliness of the two supporters from the two football clubs, the game was only attended, only allowed to be attended by
In indonesia verdicts will be handed down on thursday for three police officers charged with negligence over a deadly stampede in a football stadium last year. indonesia s human rights commission has said police officers firing tear gas into the crowds was the main cause of the fatal stampede at malang s kanjuruhan stadium, in which 135 people were killed. our correspondent valdya baraputri is injakarta. great to get you on the show. talk us through the background of this case. iam going i am going to take you back to the first of october last year, early in the morning indonesians were shot by the deaths of dozens of people at a stadium in malang called kanjuruhan stadium. that night there was a match between two