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for the bbc, not the government. the british chancellor, jeremy hunt, has met the governor of the bank of england, andrew bailey, to discuss the collapse of silicon valley bank, which mostly financed tech start ups. the director general of the bbc, tim davie, has apologised for the widespread disruption to bbc sports output today but says he won t resign. a number of tv and radio programmes have been pulled from the schedules after presenters and pundits walked out in support of gary lineker. the former footballer was taken off this evening s match of the day programme which he presents for breaching the corporation s social media guidelines. tim davie spoke to our north america correspondent nomia iqbal. well, i m very sorry for the disruption today. it has been a difficult day and i am sorry that audiences have been affected and they have not got the programming. as a keen sports fan i know, like everyone, that to miss programming is a real blow and i am sorry abo ....
former director of intelligence says the only explanation for the pandemic is a leak from the chinese laboratory. the damage caused is very real. pizza delivery man was in the right place at the right time as a suspect happened to run right by him. police thanked the policeman for the assist and said if he is ever interested in a job, they are hiring. steve: live from the avenue of the americas as you look up that green stuff up there, that s central park. it is the 18th day of april. it is tax day. attention all people if you have not put your taxes in the mail, you have got until midnight tonight. it s going to be a beautiful day here in new york city. we have got 48 degrees. ainsley: taxes finished for you? steve: yes. a couple of weeks ago. pete: do people still put them in the mail. ainsley: my dad always did at midnight. pete s pete i know you can. ainsley: downtown main library midnight i always rode with him. pete: out of protest? ainsley: ....
welcome to bbc news. we start in moscow, where a prominent critic of vladimir putin has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. the journalist and opposition activist vladimir kara murza played a key role in persuading western governments to sanction russian officials for human rights abuses and corruption. the us says it s evidence of an escalating campaign of repression in russia. the eu called it unacceptable. the uk summoned the russian ambassador. here s our russia editor, steve rosenberg. handcuffed and in a bullet proof cage, one of president putin s most prominent critics. vladimir kara murza faced multiple charges, including treason. the verdict, guilty. the punishment, the maximum possible. 25 years in prison. access to the courtroom was heavily restricted. along with otherjournalists and foreign diplomats, we crowded into another room to watch on tv screens. for more than a decade, vladimir kara murza has been a high profile opponent of the kremlin. he helped p ....
right now we re watching the manhattan d.a. s office where we believe a grand jury will hear today from robert costello, a former legal adviser to michael cohen, and heightening the interest today, he s potentially the final act before a decision is made about whether to issue an indictment against donald trump. costello was called in at the request of trump s attorneys, leading many to believe his testimony will be aimed at undermining cohen s credibility. cohen himself is also there, he says, as a rebuttal witness. i want to bring in nbc s garrett haake outside the d.a. s office. legal analyst glenn kirschner joins us as well. garrett, what have you seen or heard today, if anything, of the comings and goings? what s the very latest? reporter: chris, we re all operating on the same scraps of information. no signs of costello or cohen yet. that shouldn t be a surprise. the grand jury typically meets in the afternoon. we would expect to potentially see them sometime he ....
state regulators wasting little time to take possession of silicon valley earlier today before a sudden cash crisis risks becoming a bigger one. then just as quickly reassuring investors their money was safe. the fdic taking control of silicon valley bank s deposits and letting customers know that they would have access to their funds by monday morning. it was all meant to avoid a run on the deposits and one that could spread. neither happened today. janet yellen said she was watching silicon and a few other banks she didn t name very carefully. other government officials stressing that silicon s case was very unique. in the case of silicon, it happened very fast after announcing a big loss on the bond holdings earlier this week. most of the bonds were bought long before the aggressive rate hikes that began almost a year ago. meaning those investments were underwear as bond prices declined and silicon was struck. today s strong employment report showing a bigger than ex ....