parts of the administration interacts with the social media company and judge siding with the plaintiff on overreach and the administration pleasured platforms to address posts that contributed to vaccine hesitancy they said. the preliminary injunction specifically restraints employees from a number of agencies from meeting with social media companies or urging them in any way to remove, delete, suppress, or reduce content and posts involving criminal activity, national security threats and efforts to suppress voting and conduct cyber attacks impacting elections are exempt from the ban and white house says it is weighing the next steps and reviewing the ruling, which came down on a federal holiday. now tonight, the president will celebrate independence day on the south lawn after military families and this morning addressing a virtual without having gun violence this holiday weekend. they re part of the answer. they ll make a big difference. the president briefly touched
hello there. we begin in the us where, in an extraordinary move to contain panic in the banking system, 11 of america s biggest financial institutions have agreed to a $30 billion bailout for first republic. shares in first republic plunged, as investors worry that it could be the next to fail. it follows the stunning collapse of two other specialist lenders, including silicon valley bank. samira hussain reports from new york. the collapse of two us banks have spooked investors who are now left wondering which bank could be the next to fail. that s been putting a ton of pressure on smaller regional banks. depositors at first republic have withdrawn billions of dollars and the regional banks share price has been cut in half. now the biggest of the american banks have stepped in, led by the likes ofjpmorgan and citigroup, 11 companies have agreed to make $30 billion of uninsured deposits in first republic. they have done this in the hope that it will be enough to shore up conf
senegal celebrates the rich traditions of the continent s fabrics and textiles with some of africa s leading contemporary designers. welcome to world news america, in the uk, on pbs, and around the globe. we start in france, where hundreds of protesters have filled the vast square opposite the parliament building in central paris. they started fires and chanted their opposition to the government s move to push through unpopular pension reforms without a parliamentary vote. president emmanuel macron opted to invoke a controversial article in the french constitution, after a frantic series of meetings with close aides and ministers revealed he d lose a potential vote. the french prime minister elisabeth borne was booed as she arrived in the national assembly to announce that the government would trigger article 49.3 of the french constitution. a short while ago our correspondent hugh schofield joined us from outside the parliament building. hugh schofield, the use of this c
hello, i m victoria valentine. a very warm welcome to the programme. donald trump is spending the night in new york, at trump tower, before appearing in court later. he s set to make history once again, this time as the first president of the united states to be charged with a criminal offence. the charges relate to money paid to a porn star to keep quiet about an affair before the 2016 election. this is the scene live in new york. it sjust gone midnight, and thejudge has ruled that pooled media will be allowed to take still pictures in the courtroom, just before the hearing gets underway, but tv cameras will only be allowed in outside corridors. security measures will be in place with the authorities expecting demonstrations by the president s supporters and opponents. let s get the latest from michelle fleury in manhattan. donald trump has travelled to new york where he is spending the night in his namesake tamme behind me and he is reportedly meeting with lawyers going thr
hello and welcome. finland will become the 31st member of nato later on tuesday. the application to join the western military alliance was prompted by the invasion of ukraine by russia, with which finland shares a long border. our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, has this story. finland only said it wanted to join nato last year. this afternoon, its flag will be raised at the headquarters in brussels, the quickest accession process in nato s recent history. president putin went to war against ukraine with a declared aim to get less nato. he wanted nato to remove our forces, our structures, from all allies that havejoined after 1997, meaning all allies in central and eastern europe. and he wanted nato to make it absolutely clear that nato s door was closed for any new membership. he s getting the exact opposite. he s getting more nato presence in the eastern part of the alliance, and he s getting two new members, with finland and sweden. finland s long frontier with russi