with laura kuessnberg, paddy 0 connell and henry zeffman. it seems every time you turn on the news, there has been another strike somewhere, there was a strike on an american military base this morning in iraq. so, this hotting up of tensions continues apace, and this morning we had grant shapps the defence secretary on the programme, who said earlier this week we are in a prewar world, who said earlier this week we are in a prewarworld, in who said earlier this week we are in a prewar world, in other words, who said earlier this week we are in a prewarworld, in otherwords, he was anticipating that there will be more conflicts coming down the tracks before too long. which sounds like a pretty alarming message, but i think most politicians you talk to at the moment would say actually thatis at the moment would say actually that is probably true. i at the moment would say actually that is probably true. that is probably true. i heard it summed up that is probably true. i hea
to $1 billion, although bloomberg reports that credit suisse sees that as vastly undervaluing the bank. the swiss banking giant had been caught up in the market uncertainty triggered by the collapse, nine days ago, of america s silicon valley bank. it had been offered an emergency credit facility of more than $50 billion by switzerland s central bank, but that had not prevented a sharp fall in its share price. our business correspondent marc ashdownjoins me now. an urgency around these talks in switzerland to try and facilitate this takeover by ubs. this takeover by ubs. yes, the shares were this takeover by ubs. yes, the shares were sliding this takeover by ubs. yes, the shares were sliding all- this takeover by ubs. yes, the shares were sliding all last - this takeover by ubs. yes, the i shares were sliding all last week and there was a period of a pause for a couple of days when markets have been shut till tomorrow morning, so this has given them time to sort this out
vladimir putin, has visited the ukrainian city of mariupol. it s the first time he s ventured inside territory seized by russian forces since last years invasion. his visit, under cover of darkness, has been fiercely criticised by the exiled council of the southern port city, which has seen some of the fiercest battles of the war. i m joined now by the ukranian mp for kharkiv, maria mezentseva. thank you for being with us. what you make of this visit by president putin? well, nothing spectacular really. it is one of the first visit to the occupied territories that president putin has conducted. this is the scene of a brutal invasion. and i am looking at the footage of him sitting all alone in the filler monarch building, and russian authorities are claiming that they have restored the building etc, we are asking, what has been done regarding the cleaning of the green seeds over their quest but this is not a joke for us at all. apart from criticising that visit, i am linking i
it s newsday. it s 6am morning in singapore, and midnight in khartoum where fighting has continued between the sudanese army and the paramilitary rapid support forces. these are the latest pictures of sunday night from the capital, khartoum. earlier, a three hour temporary humanitarian pause was meant to have allowed civilians to escape, but it s not clear how well it was observed. the world food programme halted its operations in sudan after three of its members were among nearly 70 people reported to have been killed. international efforts to end the fighting we will continue with sue don in the moment, but let s take you to breaking news in alabama. authorities are giving an update following a deadly shooting at a teenage birthday party. from the fbi as well as the office of prosecutorial services in montgomery, they ll be assisting our victim service officers in serving these victims. our thoughts and prayers are with all the families. there are no words to describe the
more violence in paris tonight as tens of thousands of people are out on the streets again across france to protest against president macron s pension reforms. everyone, say hi to luke! and the 22 year old singer songwriter who found himself on stage in front of 20,000 people with ed sheeran. and on bbc london. are billionaire s son who fled to yemen after a murder investigation admits to the bbc that he was involved. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the terrorism threat level in northern ireland has been raised from substantial to severe meaning the risk of an attack is now highly likely . the rating is based on an mi5 intelligence assessment and comes after a rise in activity by dissident republicans, including a gun attack last month on a senior police officer. the northern ireland secretary, chris heaton harris, says the public should remain vigilant, but not be alarmed. 0ur ireland correspondent, emma vardy, sent this report from belfast. the attack