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
of bloody weekend with two separate shooting incidents. wholly intolerable situation. silicon fallout after at collapse. and new york community bank is expected to buy out a big chunk of signature bank for 2.7 billion. 19 at the free-throw line and a turnover. walker comes in and he scores. [cheers] steve: 6:00 here in new york city. it s 1:00 in the afternoon in russia and we start this hour and this program with a fox news alert. chinese president xi jinping will arrive in moscow within the half hour, we believe, to meet with russian president vladimir putin. it s xi s first visit to russia since putin ordered that invasion of ukraine last year. rachel: part of china s plan to counter the united states and establish a new world order with beijing at the forefront. brian: i like the last world order but we will see what happens. the chinese president wants to brand himself global peacemaker stand with ally face international arrest warrant for war crimes in ukraine
it s a wholly intolerable situation. making big moves fallout after silicon valley bank. u.b.s. buy out credit suisse for more than $3 million. new york community bank expected to buy out signature bank 2.7 billion. walker comes in, and he scores! [cheers] steve: time now for a fox news alert. russian president vladimir putin now speaking in moscow where it is 2:00 in the afternoon, just after the arrival of china s president committee jinping. brian: this is the conspiracy theorist xi visit since russia s invasion of ukraine and the media expected to focus on countering the u.s. and establishing a new world order. mark meredith joins us live from the white house. mark, good morning made a visit to russia. he touched down in moscow about 40 minutes ago. be in russia for at least two days. later today in the next few minutes it looks like he will be meeting one on one with russian president vladimir putin. ahead of the visit russian calling strategic part n we he
separate shooting incidents. banks making big moves to ease the fallout after silicon valley banks collapse. more than $3 billion. new york community bank is expected to buy out a big chunk of signature bank at $2.7 billion. at the free throw line. walker comes in. and he scores! [cheers and applause] steve: good morning, syracuse, new york. it is 8:00 in the east. you got 30 degrees for a daytime high of 50. by the way, today is the first full day rather the first day of spring. it eventually arrives the vernal equinox doesn t 5:24 this afternoon. welcome aboard. our number three for this monday march 20th 2023 in ainsley s place today, we ve got rachel. it s great to have you. rachel: it doesn t feel like spring. steve: it is 30 degrees. brian: grab your tank tops, your muscle starts. put on your tight pants. rachel: is this your wardrobe at home? brian: when it is spring, i have no choice. rachel: he is from long island. brian: let s get to it. i
Both xi and putin have mentioned the ukraine one but also this process of peace talks means it is in all likelihood going to be front and centre when they have their talks in the coming days, you would love to be there when they are speaking behind closed doors, what will xi be saying to putin about the war really, will he be saying it is time for russia to pull back might he suggest you can keep going argo in hard up and beijing will find a way to back you. i m nowjoined by professor sergey radchenko, who teaches at thejohn hopkins school of advanced international studies. he s an expert in russia s foreign relations. i don t know if you could hear stephen there, but is your sense that president xi is there to show