live from cnn world h headquarters in atlanta, welcome to all of you watching in the united states, canada and around the world. i m brynn kim brunhuber. this is cnn newsroom. fresh fighting was reported saturday in afghanistan s panjshir value i why, the only territory the taliban haven t captured. panjshir is home to the national resistant front which has been opposing the taliban for decades. the fighting intensifies. in the capital the company s fragile economy got a small boost saturday when the largest currency exchange market opened for the first time in three weeks. ordinary afghans have been starved for cash because banks are limiting withdrawals. journalist ben farmer is in kabul and joins us by phone with the latest from there. let s start with the fighting in the panjshir. what is the latest on the conflict there? it looks as though we may have lost ben. we might try and reach him again later on. now earlier, i spoke with ben and so we re going to play a littl
let s get down to business. how many zoom calls have you been on in recent weeks? for some, it s too many to count and that s why the company has reported results that beat all expectations. this is a company that has boomed during the pandemic with user growth exploding. but what is ahead as we return to the office and schools re open? despite reporting a 54% jump in quarterly revenues that for the first time just exceeded $1 billion shares fell by 12% in out of hours trade. joining me now is rebecca bezzina, senior vice president, r/da, a digital agency. rebecca, welcome to the programme. so what did you make of zoom s results? programme. 50 what did you make of zoom s results? programme. so what did you make of zoom s results? of zoom s results? look, it s not unexpected. of zoom s results? look, it s not unexpected. i of zoom s results? look, it s not unexpected. i think- of zoom s results? look, it s not unexpected. i think as i not unexpected. i think as we ve s
let s start here in the uk, because thousands of non essential retail shops across england will be reopening today after being closed for almost four months. pub gardens, indoor gyms and hairdressers are among the businesses that can now welcome customers. the easing of the lockdown will be a relief to many, but what effects has it had? according to the british retail consortium, the three lockdowns have cost non food stores approximately £30 billion in lost sales. however, it s not all bad news. the accountancy firm pwc believes consumer confidence is at highest level since 2008, when it began tracking consumer trends. kyle monk is director of analytics and insights at the british retail consortium. what are your members expecting from reopening today? and how have shops prepared for today? and how have shops prepared for toda ? , ., , , and how have shops prepared for toda? ,., and how have shops prepared for toda? , ., ., today? obviously an important da for today? obviou
i m eric sean, more and more lawmakers are calling for tougher action by the administration. president biden, though, defending this even though they rolled back some trump administration policies. critics are citing the person that the president has put in charge of the situation and that s vice president harris. she s in denial. president biden, he s in denial as well as as a matter of fact, she laughed at it the other day when a reporter asked her, are you going to get down to the border and that sarcastic laugh of hers, she doesn t plan on going down to visit the border because i think she would certainly get an earful from border patrol and many of those communities that live around that border that are are around that border because they see the humanitarian crisis. they see what s happening. eric: the biden administration, though, says it has a plan and taking action. alex hogan live at the customs and border protection center in donna, texas with the very latest t
it is a combination of some releases. also a provision related to the travel sector. the question is, how do the economies get through this pandemic? anna: that was ubs ceo on the latest earnings. planning to buy back $4.5 billion over the next three years. the results are a boost to the ceo whose start at the bank has been overshadowed by a probe into money laundering at his former employer. we just saw a ralph hamers speaking to our bloomberg client manus who joins us now. a number of threats to pull together. there is the news around the share buyback and the underlying performance of the business. there is also the battle the ceo himself is facing in terms of his legacy and his former employer. let s start with the numbers and the buyback. . what stood out for you? manus: he inherited a strong bank in a strong position, but this is about agenda. the reason you hold ubs is because it was above the value. when we valued shares, we thought, i might get a dividend, but this i