an emergency rescue. the move is aimed the mat halti investors panic. turmoil swept the global banking industry. now credit suisse lost 25% of its shares despite a $50 billion l loan. gina, will this ubs move to halt the panic, will this work? good question. it certainly should help to secure some amount of comfort in at least europe about whether we were going to see an orderly resolution to credit suisse. i think this was hanging over markets. there s a lot of rush to get this done before asian markets opened. the fact they ve successfully done that i think should inject some amount of sense of comfort that these sort of things can reach a time lly resolution and authorities are on top of these problems. and how are the problems at credit suisse different than doomed the two others that failed last week? the think credit suisse s problems were many and predated a lot of the fed s moves. we had seen scandals in credit suisse and problems in their banking arm. we saw th
the bill is passed. the us senate approves - the bill is passed. the us senate approves aid - the bill is passed. the us senate approves aid to i the bill is passed. the us - senate approves aid to ukraine, the largest aid package since russia invaded. the man behind film scores that mesmerized the millions, composer vangelis has died at the age of 79 years old. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to newsday broadcasting live to you today from sydney, australia. a bit ofa a bit of a grim and gloomy day, the sun is coming up 2a hours before australians had to the polls after a heated election campaign, some of the main issues for you injust campaign, some of the main issues for you in just a moment, but first, let me talk you through some of the facts and figures. the liberal national coalition has been in power since 2013 and is seeking another three year term going up another three year term going up against some of the opposition labour party, minor parties
Would heavily favor the russians as vladimir putin meets with mariupol. the president made this visit to the ukrainian port city of mariupol, arriving by helicopter, the kremlin says, and then driving himself a few minutes to the outskirts of the city where he was shown newly constructed apartment buildings by a deputy prime minister who pointed out that much of the city has been destroyed, that the russian government is demolishing ruins and trying to hospitals and kindergartens that the russian military arguably destroyed in the very first place. putin was introduced to a handful of residents who thanked him for their new apartments saying that they had had nothing until they were given these new buildings.
How long do you think it will be until you can reopen the port again? we have no idea when we will be able to reopen the port. we are facing a disaster that s going to happen in the next few weeks when the new crop is here and the old crop is not exported. the un has warned that unless russia allows the ports to reopen, there could be mass hunger and famine for years. russia says sanctions imposed on it would need to be looked at if the world wants to solve the crisis. while many in the west will feel that russia is holding safe passage through the sea hostage, if no agreement is reached, ukraine s crop could rot while others starve. caroline davies, bbc news, 0desa. ukraine s president says russian forces have completely destroyed the eastern donbas region accusing moscow of senseless bombardments as it intensifies its attacks. in another development, the international committee of the red cross says its registered hundreds of ukrainian prisoners of war who ve left the besieged
Call today. hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. we begin this hour with desperation in the ukrainian port city of mariupol. the mayor there urging residents to leave amid another surrender deadline from russia. a marine commander there making this dire and he says possibly final plea. translator: we might have only a few days or even hours left. the enemy s units are ten times larger than ours. we appeal to the world leaders to help us. the mayor telling brussels