Now on bbc news, Monday In Parliament. Hello again and welcome to Monday In Parliament, as mps call for more help for those living in flats with Inflammable Cladding. Theyre locked into an absolute nightmare, in unsafe homes, unable to sell, unable to remortgage and facing mounting bills. The Housing Minister says the government is on the case. It is vital that dangerous cladding is removed as fast as possible, and the government will not tolerate unnecessary delays. Also in this programme, a message for those unsure about the covid jab. This is a safe vaccine. Everyone who qualifies should take it and you should trust i the government and the nhs in order to supply it. But first, ministers have come under pressure from mps including many on their own side to do more to help People Living in homes with dangerous cladding. Three and a half years after the Grenfell Tower disaster, in which 72 people died, thousands of leaseholders are facing large bills to remove Inflammable Cladding and
the government of switzerland says that the country s biggest bank, ubs, has taken over its troubled rival credit suisse in an emergency measure designed to protect the swiss economy. credit suisse has seen its value plummet over the last week due to fears about the company s financial health. regulators in switzerland had spent the day trying to pave the way for a deal to be struck before the financial markets open tomorrow. here s the swiss president alain berset speaking at a press conference earlier. on friday, the liquidity outflows and market volatility showed that it was no longer possible to restore the necessary confidence, and that a swift and stabilising solution was absolutely necessary. this solution is the takeover of credit suisse by ubs. it is supported by the federal council following several meetings with the swiss national bank, with our regulator, with credit suisse and ubs. the federal council welcomes the takeover and is supporting it by guaranteeing
let s remind us of the events that led us to where we are today. richard sharp was appointed chairman of the bbc in february 2021. at the start of this year the sunday times reported he was accused by a group of mps for failing to declare his involvement in securing an £800,000 loan for mrjohnsonjust involvement in securing an £800,000 loan for mrjohnson just before he recommended mr sharp for the bbc job. there was discussion of his listenership with eventbrite minister and there was added pressure for him to resign amid the gary lineker impartiality row last month. mr sharp denies any wrongdoing. as i mentioned, started in the sunday times and we are going live to the whitehall editor at the sunday times. gabriel, quite a skip on quite a conclusion. what is your reaction? i on quite a conclusion. what is your reaction? ~ ., . on quite a conclusion. what is your reaction? ~ . . ., , reaction? i think, in a way, it has codified and reaction? i think, in a way, it has co
e-a-g-l-e-s! excitement as the biggest event in america s sporting calendar the super bowl kicks off in phoenix, arizona. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it s almost a week since the devastating earthquakes in turkey and syria in which so far more than 33,000 people have died. the united nations, however, says it expects that figure to double. remarkably, though, survivors are still being pulled from the rubble. united nations aid vehicles have now begun arriving in syria but the head of the un s relief mission says many people have a right to feel abandoned. part of the problem is that rebel groups still control parts of the north west, following years of civil war. 0ur middle east correspondent, quentin sommerville, and cameraman robbie wright have managed to gain access and sent us their first report from inside the rebel held area. a border and a catastrophe shared, but in the aftermath of the earthquake, syria and turkey c