and south american nationals trying to reach the united states. dozens of people were also injured in the incident. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. on the face of it, russia s war on ukraine has galvanised a strong and united european response sanctions on moscow, weapons supplies to kyiv and a readiness to host millions of ukrainians fleeing the war. but scratch the surface and there are significant variations. romania is notably reticent about the scale of its aid to ukraine. why? my guest is romania s foreign minister, bogdan aurescu. is his country ambivalent about confronting russia? foreign minister bogdan aurescu, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you. how destabilising has russia s war on ukraine been to your country, romania 7 as you know, romania is the nato and eu member state with the longest border with ukraine, and we have been, since the very day one of the war of aggression of russia aga
king charles will begin his first state visit as monarch when he arrives in germany with the queen consort. italy introduces a law banning the production and sale of synthetic foods including artificial meat. and football superstar, lionel messi, scores his 100th goalfor argentina three months after leading his country to world cup glory. president biden has urged congress to act now to ban assault weapons, following monday s deadly school shooting in the us city of nashville. three children and three adults were killed. police say the suspect had legally purchased seven guns. nomia iqbal reports from nashville this is the moment when audrey hale prepares to kill. the 28 year old turns up at the school in a car, shoots the glass to get inside, and then stalks the halls with a rifle. minutes later, police officers michael collazo and rex engelbert arrive. let s go! footage released by police shows when officer engelbert enters the school. after a room to room search of the
a top republican has accused us regulators of being asleep at the wheel in the period leading up to the implosion of silicon valley bank. those comments in the first of two bruising congressional hearings intended to shed light on the failings that led to the lender s collapse. in response, the regulator pointed the finger at executives saying they did a terrible job of managing risk. we are still reconstructing the supervisory racket, we understand they were issued a matter requiring attention based on the inaccuracy of their interest rate risk modelling. essentially, the risk model was not at all aligned with reality. today, the hearing continues. the collapse of svb and signature bank created shock waves across the global banking sector, with central bankers moving to reassure nations that the structural integrity of the financial system remains intact. joining me now is greg feldberg, director of research for the yale program on financial stability. you were director
A gun attack. The socalled Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack. Alleged abduction of this vietnamese business. Has soured relations between berlin. Plus some usually low temperatures are making life difficult in many parts of the United States and forcing some to put their new years plans. I met her thanks for joining us the iranian government is warning people not to take part in what it calls illegal rallies the move comes as antigovernment protesters take to the streets for the third day in a row. In
a gunfight when an attacker attempted to break through security outside a church in cairo suburb the socalled Islamic State has claimed responsibility in the past year it has killed dozens of christians in Church Bombings and shootings. I had least eight Coptic Christians were killed in fridays gonna tax. I a joint funeral was held i was later attended by hundreds of people i queuing to enter the Church Mourners expressed grief and anger at yet another attack on the