hello and welcome to bbc news. banks and governments around the world are nervously watching the european markets to see if the crisis surrounding credit suisse will develop into a global banking crisis. so far the markets seem reasonably calm with shares in credit suisse rising almost 30% after the swiss national bank gave it a lifeline. and other stocks are up too. but there are concerns that a potential interest rate rise later on thursday by the european central bank could add further volatility to the situation. earlier our business presenter sally bundock explained why the situation at credit suisse was notjust important to the financial community but to all of us: a real worry about credit suisse. if that bank, which is 160 odd years old in switzerland, were to fail, it could have the same effect that the lehman brothers collapse had in 2008, which is it brings a huge amount of fear within markets about the stability of other banks. so people therefore act very quickly
instability in the west bank does not continue. that includes making sure that extremist settler violence stops. we as you know if they can steps this week in the united states to impose visa restrictions on it responsible individuals and necessary it will take further action but we have seen some progress there. what more needs to be done to ensure that this extremist violence ends. finally on gaza, it s very important that even as we are focused on what s happening day in, day out, that we are also not only thinking about but working on what comes next up is eagerly building a foundation for a durable peace and durable security. tomorrow we will have a chance to welcome colleagues from around the region here in washington, from the arab league in the organisation of islamic cooperation and i look forward to attending those discussions with them. we had a chance to discuss our approach to the people s republic of china. we are aligned on key challenges that we face in the in
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