leaders from the g7 group of wealthy nations have announced a new security pact with ukraine. the deal s been signed at a meeting of the military alliance in lithuania. those security commitments are a broad international framework to deliver modern advanced military equipment, such as fighter jets, training, and intelligence sharing. it s been welcomed by president zelensky who has swallowed his disappointment at the lack a of a timetable for ukraine tojoin nato. welcome to you, president of ukraine volodymyr zelensky. our dear friend volodymyr zelensky, president of ukraine, welcome to you, volodymyr, it s good to have you here. applause ukraine may not yet be a member of nato, not by a long way. but today, it was embraced, almost, as one of their own, taking part in a new council where kyiv can raise concerns on an equal footing. translation: we ve discussed in detail the confrontation - with russia and what can be done to keep ukrainians safer. we re grateful to our partn
let s now get down to business and the drama that let s now get down to business and the drama that has let s now get down to business and the drama that has been unfolding over the weekend in switzerland is dominating once again. they ve had fraught negotiations as the authorities, the central bank and leaders of two of its biggest banks tried to reach a deal to prevent another damaging financial crisis. late on sunday it was announced. the troubled bank credit suisse has been taken over by its rival ubs in a government backed rescue worth over $3.1 billion. that s less than half the value of credit suisse at the close of trade on friday. the deal s been widely welcomed, including by the bank of england, the european central bank and in the us. switzerland s central bank wanted to prioritise financial stability and protect the swiss economy. here s the chief executive of ubs. translation: it means we bring back stability translation: it means we bring back stability and
issued with emergency flood warnings. and a jury in new york clears the actor, kevin spacey of making unwanted sexual advances towards a m year old. hellpfind welcome leadership contest in four months after liz truss resigned saying she couldn t implement the policies on which she was elected as leader. under a new system, candidates will need the support of at least 100 mps by monday, with a view to having a new prime minister by next friday at the latest. the bookies favourites are liz truss s predecessor borisjohnson and the man she beat to the job, rishi sunak. here s our political correspondent, ione wells. the shortest serving prime minister in british history. her position unsalvageable. we set out a vision for a low tax, high growth economy that would take advantage of the freedoms of brexit. i recognise, though, given the situation, i cannot deliver the mandate on which i was elected by the conservative party. i therefore have spoken to his majesty the king to
training, bombs and the so-called death list, what a right wing extremist group was allegedly doing right before the capitol riot. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. sri lanka s president and prime minister say they will resign after protestors stormed the residences of both leaders as the country s seemingly endless economic crises boil over. saturday demonstrators broke through to reach the presidential palace calling for the president to leave office. and they also set fire to the prime minister s private residence. his office says that he was moved earlier to secure location. these unprecedented protests come after months of anti-government demonstrations across the country. they must go. it is time for us to think of the country. we left everything and came for the sake of the people. the president and the prime minister and to have a new era for sri lanka. i feel sad that they didn t go earlier. because if they had gone earlier, the
we got one text message. secret service has maintained that they have been fully c comp compliant. netflix is being heralded as good news. we re seeing the end of the era of infinite content. hello and welcome, it is wednesday, july 20th, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 3:00 a.m. in the central u.s. a global heatwave is scorching the northern hemisphere with hundreds of millions of people enjoying record breaking temperatures. and while world leaders debate on what do about climate change, the hot spell is harming public health, buckling infrastructure and fueling deadly wildfires. in the u.s. at least several cities have appointed so-called heat officers to help people stay safe. right now more than 100 million americans are under extreme weather alerts. and 265 million are facing it is upwards of 90 degrees farenheit which is 32 in celsius. central plain citys in oklahoma and texas are getting the worst of it, they could see 115 degrees. and in many areas people are doi