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jon: 15 mckay was a catastrophic this with mitti hicks outside the damage theater meteorologist adam klotz is standing both the forecaster. but we begin tonight with fox weather correspondent max gorden and a hard-hit little rock, arkansas, max. in little rock, arkansas this looking like a bomb went off around 50 people went to the hospital and pulaski county, one person unfortunate confirmed dead. the national weather service says this wasn t the f3 tornado. a high end ef-3 with high when someone is 65 miles per hour per. touchdown local type in a tornado issue for communities around arkansas as a tribute tour through the see the national weather service offices in little rock had to transfer duties over to the memphis office meteorologist here took shelter, homes and businesses were ripped apart by the tornado. even though warnings were sent out about the severe storms the twister still took some by surprise. here s a one man who said he was out shopping when he ....
predawn hours when most people were at home asleep in their beds. rescue crews are now scouring the region looking for victims trapped under tons of rubble that were once homes and businesses. the civil defense, meantime, is urging people to evacuate buildings and together in open areas as aftershocks continued to pose a deadly threat. the quake was felt as far away as cairo, egypt, and at one point a tsunami warning had been posted for italy. that warning has since been lifted. turkey by the way, is no stranger to powerful earthquakes. it sits on top of a major of several major fault lines. 18,000 people were killed back in 1999 when a series of quakes hit northwest turkey. we ll continue to monitor this developing story throughout the morning, an, and marianne rafferty we now return to our scheduled programming already in progress from that type of committee targeting women of color will ask our sunday panel about the political battle over who gets a seat at the table ....
a very warm welcome to the programme. we begin here in the uk. it is the morning after that budget. the chancellor has insisted his first budget is transformational and will get people back into work. jeremy hunt set out major changes to pensions and benefits, as well as an expansion of free childcare in england, all designed to boost economic growth. the new pension tax rules will allow higher earners to save more into their pensions, tax free. the opposition labour party has said it s the wrong priority for the wrong people. emma simpson reports. at this nursery in south east london working parents like charlie love the idea of 30 hours of free childcare for those nine months and over in england. her daughter, dorothy, will hopefully qualify. will hopefully qualify. other to - line, will hopefully qualify. other topline, ecstatic, will hopefully qualify. other topline, ecstatic, i ve - will hopefully qualify. other topline, ecstatic, i vejust i topline, ecstati ....
as $54 billion from the swiss central bank. is it enough to calm fears of a new financial crisis? plus: rates rethink. will market turmoil force the european bank to scale back a rise in the cost of borrowing later today? and the generation x factor. why the over 50s have the skills so many employers want, but aren t applying for thejobs. let s now get down to business. we start here in the uk, where households and businesses are weighing up whether they will be better or worse off following the chancellor of the exchequer s first budget. jeremy hunt wants to kick start a stagnating economy that s lagging behind its rivals across the developed world. the big focus getting more people into work and tackling the labour shortage that has left more than a million job vacancies unfilled. there will be more free childcare and changes to benefits and pensions. but there will be no tax cuts for individuals or businesses. companies still face a rise in corporation tax from 19% to 25 ....
hello and welcome to bbc news. banks and governments around the world are nervously watching the european markets to see if the crisis surrounding credit suisse will develop into a global banking crisis. so far the markets seem reasonably calm with shares in credit suisse rising almost 30% after the swiss national bank gave it a lifeline. and other stocks are up too. but there are concerns that a potential interest rate rise later on thursday by the european central bank could add further volatility to the situation. earlier our business presenter sally bundock explained why the situation at credit suisse was notjust important to the financial community but to all of us: a real worry about credit suisse. if that bank, which is 160 odd years old in switzerland, were to fail, it could have the same effect that the lehman brothers collapse had in 2008, which is it brings a huge amount of fear within markets about the stability of other banks. so people therefore act very q ....