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fights to prevent its collapse. ministers are drawing up contingency plans while the supplier looks to secure extra funding amid debts running into billions of pounds. celia hatton has more. the future of the uk s biggest water company is far from watertight. but the government is reassuring thames water s 15 million customers they won t lose access to water as work continues behind the scenes to try to rescue it from collapse. thames water is £14 billion in debt and in crisis mode after the surprise resignation of its ceo on tuesday. no clear reason has been given for sarah bentley s departure. ministers are considering a plan to bring the utility giant temporarily under public ownership if it can t sort out its debts. we need to make sure that thames water as an entity survives. there s a lot of work that the government is trying to do on resolving sewage. certainly, up until now, the regulator has been focused on keeping consumer bills down, but there s a lot of inf ....
support had saved lives. on his trip, the ukrainian leader was awarded the prestigious charlemagne prize. now on bbc news, talking business. hello there, it has been sunny this weekend and has hello. a very warm welcome to the programme. let s take a look at what s on the show. we ve spent everything we ve saved. it s the country with more consumers than any other on the planet. so how do businesses tap into india s billion plus consumers? as the country s population takes over china, we ask can india boast not only the largest number of people but also one of the most economically powerful? we meet people interviewing manisha jain who has been meeting and interviewing consumers across india for the boston consulting group, and ritesh agarwal who is still under 30 years old and has already built the biggest hotel network in india and is spreading his reach around the world. talking of hotels, our big boss this week runs the biggest travel company on earth. we spent al ....
currently sheltering in an underground bunker, said the air raid alert in the capital went off at around 02:20 local time. the bbc team heard at least one loud explosion, and the city s air defence has been activated. earlier today, ukraine says at least 21 were killed in an attack on kherson. missile strikes hit a market, a railway station, a petrol station and residential builings. it comes as ukraine s president zelensky denied that his country carried out an alleged drone attack on the kremlin. russia says it was an attempt on vladimir putin s life. our russia editor steve rosenberg sent this report from moscow. flying in from the left, what appears to be a drone. then an explosion over the kremlin. this footage is unverified, but the kremlin says that overnight, two drones targeted the residence of the president. moscow blames ukraine, but says that no one was injured. on russian state tv, a dramatic start to this talk show. the presenter announces breaking news. ....
standard, and i used to be deputy chief of the criminal division in the southern district of new york, i wouldn t have touched a guy like michael cohen, especially if he s a convicted perjurer. that s robert costello after testifying in manhattan yesterday, and he could be the last witness the grand jury hears from before voting on an indictment for the former president. we ll break down what s next in the case in just a moment. meanwhile, more members of the oath keepers are held accountable for the violence on january 6th. and also ahead, what we re learning about the first face-to-face meeting between chinese president xi jinping and russia s vladimir putin since the invasion began. began good morning, and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, march 21st. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ve got a lot to get to. we ll begin this morning in new york city, and the manhattan district attorney s office ahead of a possible criminal ....
offers almost indicate an indictment is close. and the investigation you may recall centers on $130,000 that one-time fixer, michael cohen, paid to buy the silence of stormy daniels near the end of the 2016 campaign. cohen s later reimbursed by the former president, according to the times, he s yet to testify but is expected to, joining us now with more cnn s, kara scannell. one of the dire details? even the new york times reported that donald trump was offered to appear before the new york grand jury investigating the hush money payment scheme. that is required under the law, when there s a criminal investigation. so, that step certainly indicate in tells us that this investigation is wrapping up, that s also evident by the parade of witnesses that have met with prosecutors and appeared before the grand jury. we reported yesterday, kellyanne conway had met with manhattan prosecutors, hope hicks has also been in. as well as some top executives at the trump organizatio ....