we start in new york, where, as we ve been reporting, sam bankman fried the former cryptocurrency tycoon convicted of stealing billions of dollars from customers has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for his crimes. our cyber correspondent, joe tidy, was the last person to interview the 32 year old founder of the collapsed crypto exchange ftx before his arrest in december 2022. and he takes a look back at the rise and fall of the man behind one of the biggest financial crimes in us history. one interesting thing that s been happening pretty recently is that the bitmex bitcoin perpetual futures ran up a lot in price. this was sam bankman fried in his element at his desk, talking crypto and making incredible profits. his hair and shabby look were all part of the appeal and brand. sbf, as he was known by legions of fans online, portrayed himself as a maths genius who wasn t interested in personal wealth. it was all about developing the cryptocurrency industry and giving
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he will step down before the next general election in the republic of ireland. mr varadkar became ireland s youngest taoiseach in 2017 when he became leader of fine gael. shortly i ll speak to one of our chief presenters in washington caitriona perry who used to work for the irish broadcaster rte and who has followed leo varadkar since his early days, but first, let s listen to mr varadkar announcing his resignation from the steps of government buildings earlier today. i know this will come as a surprise to many people and a disappointment to some, and i hope at least you will understand my decision. i know that others will, how shall i put it, cope with the news just fine. that is the great thing about living in a democracy. there is never a right time to resign high office, however, this is as good a time as any. budget 2024 is done, negotiations have not yet commenced on the next one, the institutions of the good friday agreement are working again, and our trading relation
to hawaii on monday to meet the survivors and emergency workers in maui. the white house says biden is expected to visit the areas of wildfire damage and discuss the next steps in the recovery operations with officials. officials have now reopened the road to the worst hit part of the island, giving most survivors their first opportunity to assess damage and retrieve their belongings. however, people are still barred from entering the town of lahaina, which was destroyed in the blaze. our correpsondentjohn sudworth has been on maui since last week, and has more. there s been some criticism, of course, over the speed of the national government response to this disaster. so it will be welcome news here on maui that the president and the first lady are coming here. i m in the community, we are some distance away from the devastated town, but nonetheless, you can see from these destroyed homes and businesses the power of the weather event that the fire crews were tackling that ni
i know this will come as a surprise to many people and a disappointment to some, and i hope at least you will understand my decision. i know that others will, how shall i put it, cope with the news just fine. that is the great thing about living in a democracy. there is never a right time to resign high office, however, this is as good a time as any. budget 2024 is done, negotiations have not yet commenced on the next one, the institutions of the good friday agreement are working again, and our trading relationship with the uk in the post brexit era is settled and stable. the new taoiseach will have a full two months to prepare for the local and european elections and up to a year before the next general election. my reasons for stepping down are both personal and political. i believe this government can be re elected and i believe my party, fine gael, can gain seats in the next dail. most of all, i believe the re election of this three party government will be the right thin