united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria. today on the program, an exclusive interview with the chancellor of germany, olaf scholz. on putin s war in ukraine, on whether ukraine and russia should start talking about a peace deal, and about the future of europe itself. and, chevron ceo mike wirth on the present and future of oil. which still powers our world. and also just where did covid come from? the so-called lab leak theory just got new life this week. we ll follow the facts with dr. leana wen. but first, here is my take. we re often told that america is deeply divided, that polarization makes it impossible for us to make any progress in policy. that our country is so internally con flicked it cannot project unity and strength to the world. but on the most important foreign policy issue confronting policymakers, the problem is closer to the opposite. washington has embraced a wide-ranging consensus on china that has turned into a classic example of g
the billionaire is here, too. let s get the latest from kelly o grady in los angeles outside first republic bank that yesterday at this time, its very future was in question. not so much today. kelly? that s right, neil. first republicly closed down 62% yesterday. i just checked and looks like it s up 28% today. that s a good sign for them. we re seeing more concern with scb. the fdic is looking to avoid a bailout and look for a buyer. we re learning that the fdic is looking to hold another auction to sell svb after attempts failed this weekend. my sources tell me a number of private equity firms are considering the acquisition but they re not sold on buying the bank in its entirety yet. this comes as a shareholder class action lawsuit has been filed against the bank and the former cfo and coo. there will be many suits to follow on this front. this comes as governmental scrutiny ramps up on what went don at svb. the doj is investigating the collapse. this is routine in a si
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a political clip for instagram. and a senior un official visiting kabul says progress is being made to ensure that afghan women continue work with aid agencies, despite the taliban ban. you are watching bbc news. now newscast. hello, it is chris, back in the studio in westminster and no longer in edinburgh. here in the studio. we have got this week, we ve had to guess in recent weeks in the first edition of newscast in this, we have three. forthe edition of newscast in this, we have three. for the price of one. we have brigid phillipson, labour, shuttle education, we have grand, the business secretary and we have the deputy leader in the house of competence. and we ll talk about that in the second and an issue that has dominated our lives down the last couple of days which is the coming together of two very naughty and complex and controversial issues and complex and controversial issues and what is the uk constitution and the other one is this planned lot of the other one is
carley. todd: brooke singman joins us with the latest. brooke: brian walshe was arrested yesterday for murder of his wife and being charged with improper transz port of a body. authorities face the task of prosecuting a murder case without ana s remains. brian could appear in court today as early as 9 a.m. dependent on defense attorney availability. here is a timeline leading up to brian s arrest. new year s day ana was last seen alive. it wasn t until january 4th police were notified, they arrested and charged brian with misleading investigators on the 8th and january 9th, police recovered a bloody xief from the basement of brian and ana s home. police report revealed brian had threatened to kill ana several years ago. yesterday brian walshe was charged with the murder. a friend of ana said she was a forgiving wife that believed the best in brian. she was always defending brian and giving him chances, maybe that kindness killed her, sounds horrible to say. she is a giv