the temperature up here in the alps is rising by about twice the global average. it s already increased by 2 degrees celsius. and 20 years since the us led coalition invaded iraq to topple dictator saddam hussein, we look at the legacy. hello and welcome to bbc news. the world s financial markets have reacted with unease following last night s emergency takeover of the troubled swiss bank credit suisse. shares in credit suisse fell by more than 60% this morning after european markets opened and the value of banking shares across europe have dropped sharply. credit suisse was bought by rival swiss bank ubs in a deal brokered by the swiss government over the weekend. here s the chief executive of ubs explaining the rationale behind the deal. translation: it means we bring back stability and security for credit suisse clients, but also that we keep the reputation of the swiss financial centre high. and finally it means we are stemming the turmoil in the international financial
hello to you from buckingham palace. the sun was out a little earlier but the clouds have come in and the wind has picked up, but today is still looking like it should be a very special day in the royal calendar. in the next few hours, the princess of wales will make her first public appearance since she was diagnosed with cancer at today s trooping the colour. i don t if we can see some live pictures, but the crowds are starting to build up. they arejust out of shot. some anti monarchy protesters are here, so they have been some shouts of not my king . but other shouts of the national anthem. quite an atmosphere building up anthem. quite an atmosphere building up here at buckingham palace. later this morning the princess of wales will be in the carriage parade with her children, prince george, princess charlotte, and louis. this is for the birthday celebrations for the king, and then they will make their way to horse guards along with their way to horse guards along with t
Coming up the governments challenged over its plans to delay its proposals to clean up our air. Should children be able to take their books into their English Literature exams . And with Parliament Due to come to an end this week, so mps can hit the campaign trail, a Lords Minister is gearing up for a busy time. When all the mps disappear to try and get re elected, it is the Lords Minister who does all the work. The Environment Secretary says the government will publish draft plans to tackle Air Pollution on 30th june, with a final plan in mid september. The courts had given ministers until 4pm on monday to set out measures to combat illegal levels of Nitrogen Dioxide pollution. On friday the department for environment, food and Rural Affairs lodged an application with the high court to postpone publication of its draft clean air plan until after the election. It argued the move was necessary to comply with election purdah rules limiting Government Announcements with political implicat
of ukraine is all lies in what might come out of that meeting. hello. it s a week for the spring flowers. some warm sunshine by day, the odd downpour, but some of the wettest conditions by night, all of us will see some rain. this chart shows how rainfall totals will be totting up darker colours with the wettest conditions for the week in the west, those brighter patches on the hills in the west we could see another 75 to 100 millimetres of rain and there s certainly been some wet weather around so far today. the satellite imagery, the view from space shows all this cloud pushing its way northwards. so it s a northerly flow actually from south to north that brings in the milder weather. brightest conditions continue in the far north of scotland. some sunny spells, mainly in scotland, cloudy this afternoon, outbreaks of rain or drizzle, but brighterfor a time in northern ireland, northern england, the midlands and east anglia. and where you see some sunny spells here with gentle south w