Happened happened. We would exchange them. I said only on one condition that he doesnt come back. He is a killer. Hes a gangster he is the person who brought my country to the war ive seen the humanity and these humanity, these are bad. These are animals. While i of course disagree with those in the past, i think the American Public disagree with those, but i do think that people see that donald trump is the only candidate in this race, its going to be able to fix this prices. Were going to continue Military Pressure and were going to continue to try to get those officers the taste youre going i agree about the urgent need to increase humanitarian aid in gaza and get this Ceasefire Deal live from london this is cnn newsroom with max foster and Bianca Nobilo warmer at the top view as joining us to the us and Around The World. I, max foster and im going to blow it is monday, march 18, atm here in london and we begin in russia, where president Vladimir Putin is poised to cement his grip o
As he prepares to do this again, hes trying to improve his partys fortunes. This morning, jeremy hunt was keeping his cards close to his chest as he toured the tv studios. But he did give this hint. I do want, where its possible to do so responsibly, to move towards a lower tax economy, and i hope to show a path in that direction. But this will be a prudent and responsible budget for long term growth. With roughly £13 billion to play with, thats less than hed hoped for. The chancellor is scrabbling around for ways to find more cash that would allow him to reduce taxes. And labour arent saying whether theyd prioritise tax cuts or not. So would you bring down taxes now . Well, we want to bring the tax burden down in the long run, but were not going to promise anything which is not completely responsible and fully funded and fully costed. And youll see all of our plans in the manifesto for getting the economy growing because that Economic Growth is so crucial to making People Better off,
those the 2024 presidential ballot. counting has begun ir after those counting has begun in pakistan after a campaign marred by violence. president zelensky fires the chief of the army. a new study suggests erectile dysfunction drugs could also reduce the risk of alzheimer s disease. let s round up the business news of the day. we start with the entertainment giant disney whose share values have climbed by nearly 10% today after better than expected earnings were posted after the bell on wednesday. disney followed up with hand outs for investors in the form of share buy backs and bigger dividends. along with a number of major deals and upcoming events that clearly has markets excited. erin delmore is in new york for us. first of all, those investors will be pretty happy today, won t they? they well and they will be even happier if they check the stock price is right now. what is this news based on? a great earnings report yesterday from disney and from good news for inves
the wall street giant said it would pay $10.6 billion dollars to the federal insurance deposit corp, after officials shut down the smaller bank. first republic had been under pressure since last month, when the collapse of two other us lenders sparked fears about the state of the banking system. meanwhile, the managing director of the international monetary fund kristalina georgieva says she expects more weaknesses to be exposed in the banking sector. so just how vulnerable is it? let s ask the chief global investment officer of oreana financial, isaac poole. isaac, great to get you on the show. in the first instance, how much of a risk do you think there is of a failure amongst other us banks in the system? i failure amongst other us banks in the system? failure amongst other us banks in the system? i think there is a real risk of that- the system? i think there is a real risk of that. this the system? i think there is a real risk of that. this is the system? i think
protesters in iran, the biggest ever iranians overseas.- ever iranians overseas. i ust don t ever iranians overseas. i ust am like ever iranians overseas. i ust don t like you i ever iranians overseas. i ust don t like you anymore. h and we speak to colin farrell and brendan gleeson about their new film about the end of a friendship britain s former prime minister borisjohnson and the former finance minister rishi sunak, have held face to face talks about the conservative leadership race, though neither has formally declared their intention to stand. penny mordaunt, the leader of the house of commons, was the first to formally declare, on friday. mr sunak has the public support of over a hundred conservative mps the threshold required for this leadership contest. some of mrjohnson s former cabinet colleagues have warned against his return to downing street, barely three months after a series of scandals forced him out. our political correspondent damian grammaticas