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this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm rich preston. our top stories: a great night at the oscars for the eccentric, multi—verse film everything everywhere all at once. it's won seven awards, including best picture, best director and best actress for michelle yeoh. lam in i am in hollywood and it is indeed phenomenal success for the cast and crew of everywhere you, winning in almost every major category — — everything everywhere all at once. the us government announces a rescue plan to ensure all depositors in the failed silicon valley bank can retrieve their funds at the start of the next working day. the uk prime minister is in california to discuss defence and the potential threat from china with leaders of the us and australia.
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and hopes of a deal between gary lineker and the bbc in a row over impartiality which disrupted sports programmes over the weekend. the eccentric sci—fi movie everything everywhere all at once has won best film at the annual oscars ceremony in hollywood. it also won best director, and michelle yeoh became the first asian to win best actress. two of her co—stars, jamie lee curtis and ke huy quan, won best supporting actress and actor. the hotly tipped german movie all quiet on the western front won four oscars, including best international film and best score. best actor went to brendan
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fraser in the whale. let's cross live to hollywood and our north america correspondent, peter bowes, whose been at an oscars watch party at the legendary roosevelt hotel. peter, the big awardsjust came during the last half or so? yes, a slew of awards for everything everywhere all at once. as the room empties, this was the watch party and many other parties are just other parties arejust beginning. the other parties are just beginning. the cast and crew of that film have a huge amount to celebrate, seven wins out of a total of 11 nominations. that is quite an achievement by today's standards at the oscars. several of the other nominated films like elvis, go home empty—handed. michelle yeoh winning in the best category of actress and her
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first oscar win and it was a very emotional acceptance speech with a very clear message to any other actress out there who may be feeling down on her luck and that she has been overlooked, never to give up. let's listen to what she said. give up. let's listen to what she said-— she said. for all the little bo s she said. for all the little boys and _ she said. for all the little boys and girls _ she said. for all the little boys and girls who - she said. for all the little boys and girls who look l she said. for all the little i boys and girls who look like she said. for all the little - boys and girls who look like me watching — boys and girls who look like me watching tonight... this is a beacon _ watching tonight... this is a beacon of— watching tonight... this is a beacon of hope and possibilities. this is proof that— possibilities. this is proof that dreams, dream big and dreams— that dreams, dream big and dreams do come true and ladies, don't _ dreams do come true and ladies, don't let— dreams do come true and ladies, don't let anybody tell you that you are — don't let anybody tell you that you are past your prime. thank you! _ you are past your prime. thank ou! , you! cheering. the other- you! cheering. the other big i you! cheering. i the other big when you! cheering. - the other big when we you! cheering. _ the other big when we got in the last 15 minutes was best actor for brendan fraser for the whale. this was hotly tipped, certainly the last few weeks and had been winning at
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most of the award ceremonies for playing a morbidly obese 93v for playing a morbidly obese gay man, a performance where he sits on the sofa for much of the film. many said it was a little bit like watching a play, all taking place in one room but being lauded for his abilities and skills as an actor to get across his message, to get through the words he was speaking and many times, just the expression through his face. it really made an impact on many people. i noticed in this room, he actually got the biggest year of the night, clearly a lot of local supporters of his. again, a very emotional acceptance speech. have a listen. it a very emotional acceptance speech. have a listen. it has been like — speech. have a listen. it has been like a _ speech. have a listen. it has been like a bit _ speech. have a listen. it has been like a bit of _ speech. have a listen. it has been like a bit of a - speech. have a listen. it has been like a bit of a diving . been like a bit of a diving expedition on the bottom of the ocean— expedition on the bottom of the ocean and the air on the line to the — ocean and the air on the line to the surface is being watched over— to the surface is being watched over by— to the surface is being watched over by some people in my life, like my—
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over by some people in my life, like my sons, holden, lee lin and _ like my sons, holden, lee lin and griffin, _ like my sons, holden, lee lin and griffin, i love you, my manager, _ and griffin, i love you, my manager, joanna, jennifer plant and my— manager, joanna, jennifer plant and my best first mate jamie. thank— and my best first mate jamie. thank you _ and my best first mate jamie. thank you again. each one and all. thank you again. each one and aii~ i_ thank you again. each one and aii~ i am — thank you again. each one and aii~ i am so— thank you again. each one and all. i am so grateful to you, good — all. i am so grateful to you, good night. all. i am so grateful to you, good night-— good night. certainly a very --oular good night. certainly a very popular win _ good night. certainly a very popular win for _ good night. certainly a very popular win for him. - good night. certainly a very popular win for him. and i good night. certainly a very i popular win for him. and there we have it. the end of the 95th academy awards. let's introduce to you the host of talking movies and time, it really was a gallop towards the finish line and all of those awards for everything everywhere all at once. it for everything everywhere all at once. . . , for everything everywhere all atonce. . . , for everything everywhere all at once. . . , ., at once. it certainly was and we thought _ at once. it certainly was and we thought it _ at once. it certainly was and we thought it one _ at once. it certainly was and we thought it one point i at once. it certainly was and we thought it one point that | we thought it one point that the german language film all quiet on the western front may have won. what was interesting about the victories is that it does show the academy, the oscars is inching towards inclusivity. if you look at everything everywhere all at once, that film has a cast of
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asian and asian american actors and they have not featured so heavily in a best picture went before. and a german language film getting four and it shows how the composition of the academy is becoming more international is being manifested and these awards being more inclusive. i manifested and these awards being more inclusive.- being more inclusive. i think it's a fascinating _ being more inclusive. i think it's a fascinating film - being more inclusive. i think it's a fascinating film and i being more inclusive. i think it's a fascinating film and to | it's a fascinating film and to be honest with you, i watched and was not a huge fan of it and was not a huge fan of it and i struggled with it. i was thinking what it is about and it is very complex in its storytelling and i think you had a similar reaction to me. but there were so many people who instantly got it and maybe it does reflect the times we are going through? i it does reflect the times we are going through?- it does reflect the times we are going through? i think it does. in many _ are going through? i think it does. in many ways. - are going through? i think it does. in many ways. it i are going through? i think it| does. in many ways. it deals with a chaotic multi— verse and many say that people tapped into that in the wake of a pandemic but also it may be a generational thing. pandemic but also it may be a generationalthing. i pandemic but also it may be a generational thing. i think younger people really like this
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film and i, like you, had difficulty with it and then i focused on the mother—daughter relationship at the centre of the film and i did find that actually quite moving. i am pleased it is at the forefront of the oscars this year because that will shape up hollywood in a way. i that will shape up hollywood in a wa . . , ., ., that will shape up hollywood in awa. ., ., a way. i was going to say what is meant _ a way. i was going to say what is meant for _ a way. i was going to say what is meant for the _ a way. i was going to say what is meant for the future - a way. i was going to say what is meant for the future and i is meant for the future and especially asian american filmmakers who i mentioned earlier, have spoken on special occasions over the last few weeks of this award season how they feel they could not have made this film a few years ago. i think that's true and i think there is a sense of euphoria tonight and it opens up possibilities for asian actors and stories but we have these bubbles of celebrations like this — such asian—american actors and stories but then two years down the line, will it still be like this? but certainly a great move. the thing i liked about this film was it was codirected by two
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young filmmakers, 35 —year—olds, and their only claim to fame prior to this is that they made a film in which daniel radcliffe played a corpse! they have come a long way! corpse! they have come a long wa ! , corpse! they have come a long wa! , . . , corpse! they have come a long wa ! , . ., , ., corpse! they have come a long wa ! , . . , ., ., corpse! they have come a long wa! way! they clearly have a bright future ahead _ way! they clearly have a bright future ahead of— way! they clearly have a bright future ahead of them! - future ahead of them! definitely, they have a five year deal with universal pictures. these two guys, they pushed aside steven spielberg, the most revered or respected moviemaker in modern cinema. so there is a shift going on in this film industry and i welcome it. i think spielberg is great but all power to these two fellows, the daniel's. band two fellows, the daniel's. and we 'ust two fellows, the daniel's. and we just heard _ two fellows, the daniel's. and we just heard from _ two fellows, the daniel's. and we just heard from brendan fraser there and it is a great comeback story for him? definitely. voters love comeback stories and he was a
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huge star in the 1990s in �*the mummy�* films and hit hard times and now he has come back and i don't know what it is about the oscars, but it makes everyone cry! i oscars, but it makes everyone c ! ~ ., oscars, but it makes everyone c ! ~' ., , , ., cry! i think i would burst into tears if i _ cry! i think i would burst into tears if i won _ cry! i think i would burst into tears if i won an _ cry! i think i would burst into tears if i won an oscar! i cry! i think i would burst intol tears if i won an oscar! would ou? tears if i won an oscar! would you? he _ tears if i won an oscar! would you? he is— tears if i won an oscar! would you? he is very _ tears if i won an oscar! would you? he is very human - tears if i won an oscar! would you? he is very human therel tears if i won an oscar! wouldl you? he is very human there is something very likeable about him. it was a good performance but i take issue with that. i thought it was a disappointing film, unfortunately. you cannot - lease film, unfortunately. you cannot please everyone, _ film, unfortunately. you cannot please everyone, tom. - film, unfortunately. you cannot please everyone, tom. you i film, unfortunately. you cannot. please everyone, tom. you were successfully pleased with the indian filmmakers? it successfully pleased with the indian filmmakers?— successfully pleased with the indian filmmakers? it has the most prolific _ indian filmmakers? it has the most prolific film _ indian filmmakers? it has the most prolific film industry i indian filmmakers? it has the most prolific film industry but the oscars that has always been a bit snooty about indian films but this year 21, a documentary won, about an elephant rescue camp and then triple our won for their best original song
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naatu naatu, which is my favourite from the oscars this year. i favourite from the oscars this ear. ~' . favourite from the oscars this ear. ~ . ., , ., year. i think we agree it was a aood year. i think we agree it was a good awards _ year. i think we agree it was a good awards show, _ year. i think we agree it was a good awards show, no - good awards show, no controversies we were aware of. maybe some behind—the—scenes we don't know but it was a good night. tom, great to talk to you, look forward to next year. that is the end of the 95th academy awards and a universally big popular win for the felt everything everywhere all at once. you will find lots more detail about the acadamy awards on our website — including this live page. just head to bbc.com/news — or use the bbc news app president biden says he'll speak about the latest us banking crisis on monday morning. his government has announced
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a rescue plan that it says will ensure all depositors in the failed silicon valley bank will be able to retrieve their funds as early as monday. a statement issued earlier by the us treasury and federal reserve said american taxpayers will not have to foot the bill. it said the plan will ensure the resilience of the broader us banking system. shares in banks fell sharply around the world on friday, when svb was shut down by regulators following the biggest banking collapse for 15 years. here's what us treasury secretary, janet yellen, had to say. whenever a bank, especially one like silicon valley bank with billions of dollars in deposits, fails, it's clearly a concern from the standpoint of depositors, many of which may be small businesses. they rely on access to their funds to be able to pay the bills that they have, and they employ tens of thousands of people across the country. we've been hearing
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from those depositors and other concerned people this weekend. so let me say that i've been working all weekend with our banking regulators to design appropriate policies to address this situation. i can't really provide further details at this time, but what i do want to do is emphasise that the american banking system is really safe and well capitalised. it's resilient. so will the announcement that all deposits would be recoverable be the end of the story? here's robert scott, a financial analyst based in washington. i think that there may be other banks that are getting into trouble — although, frankly, the measures announced by the treasury and the federal deposit insurance corporation, will protect most banks in the us. but i think that begs the larger question —
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what is causing this problem? it's really overly aggressive policies by the us central bank, the federal reserve. they've raised interest rates eight times over the past year by over four percentage points and this has created the problems for the banks. janet yellen says us taxpayers will not be footing the bill for this. many people will be wondering who is footing the bill for this? well, the banks are charged a deposit insurance — there's a fund of, i think, roughly $100 billion that will be drawn on to cover any costs involved and, frankly, the fed itself can simply cover these losses out of its reserves. but this, again, begs the larger question — what is going to be the long—run cost of the fed policy?
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just last week, the chairman jerome powell threatened to raise rates even faster in the future. and this despite the fact that wage demands — wages in the us actually slowed significantly last month, to less than 3% on an annualised basis. when svb really started to flounder on friday, it hit markets around the world. asian markets have already opened and the nikkei still down 1.1!%. how long is it going to take before a confidence boost kind of hits the markets again? i would certainly expect markets to continue to sag but when they realise that — that this contagion has been contained, then i think that markets will recover. this is typical in financial markets to see this kind of bounce. again, the larger question is will the fed keep raising rates and when will that hit the economy? you have to remember the economy responds slowly to these rate increases and yet, the fed's been pounding the brakes for over a year now. president biden has said he's going to hold those responsible
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fully accountable for this. what does that mean? well, i think that's an interesting choice of words. it seems to suggest that the bankers themselves are the root of the problem whereas, in my view, the fundamental cause of this bank failure is, in fact, the policies of the federal reserve. so, is he going to firejerome powell? is he going to begin to put more progressive members on the federal reserve? there's now several vacancies. he could appoint economists who are much more worried, for example, about the threat of unemployment that's going to hit black and brown and poor workers the hardest. robert scott. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: he's the bbc�*s highest—paid presenter — we'll look at how gary lineker�*s row with the corporation could be resolved. today, we have closed the book
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on apartheid and that chapter. cheering and applause. more than 3,000 subway passengers were affected. nausea, bleeding, headaches and a dimming of vision — all of this caused by an apparently organised attack. the trophy itself was on the pedestal in the middle of the cabinet here. now, this was an international trophy, and we understand now that the search for it has become an international search. above all, this was a triumph for the christian democrats of the west, offering reunification as quickly as possible — and that's what the voters wanted. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines —
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a great night at the oscars for the eccentric multiverse film everything everywhere all at once. it's won seven awards, including best picture, best director and best actress for michelle yeoh. the us government announces a rescue plan to ensure all depositors in the failed silicon valley bank can retrieve their funds at the start of the next working day. in the us, a 3—way summit gets underway in san diego on monday when president biden hosts the british and australian prime ministers rishi sunak and anthony albanese. the aukus group was set up 18 months ago, named after australia, the uk and the us. its remit — to provide co—operation to counter any potential threats from china. on arrival in san diego, the british prime minister explained how the meeting there would make people safer. well, the government's first priority — my priority — is to keep our country
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safe and today, we're publishing our integrated review, which sets out our foreign policy and approach to security policy. and it's clear that the world has become more volatile, the threats to our security have increased, and that's why we're investing £5 billion more in our world—beating armed forces over the next two years and increasing our defence spending to 2.5% of gdp, so we can continue to be a world leader when it comes to defence and keep our country safe. our correspondent will grant is in san diego for the meeting. prime minister rishi sunak has now arrived in california and the first order of business here in san diego is a bilateral meeting with his australian counterpart anthony albanese. now, the two men have a lot to discuss. neither of them was in power when this trilateral grouping with the united states was first established, yet they both have a lot to benefit from it. the idea is that a number of nuclear—propelled submarines will be sold to australia, built both here in the united states and in britain — a huge shot in the arm for the shipbuilding industry
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in the uk and here in the us — and, of course, a massive support for australia's naval capabilities. why is all of this happening? really because of a shared concern about china's expansionist ambitions in the south china seas, in terms of its role in the indo—pacific region more generally. beijing has criticised the group for what it calls "acting with a cold war mentality" and "undermining "nuclear non—proliferation agreements". australia has been at pains to point out that the submarines will not be carrying nuclear weapons, will only be carrying conventional weapons, but some observers are worried about a sort of new cold war, about a sort of second arms race. will grant. saudi arabia's state—owned oil giant aramco has announced
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a record profit of $161.1 billion for 2022, helped by soaring energy prices and bigger volumes. emily brown reports. aramco is the biggest company in market value and is the second largest in profits in the world. the saudi oil giant has announced a record profit of $161.1 billion — that's more than a 46.5% rise compared to last year. it's the latest energy firm to report record profits. britain's shell recently reported a $39.9 billion profit. this comes after energy prices spiked following russia's invasion of ukraine in february last year. critics have pointed to aramco's impact on the climate crisis. amnesty international said it's shocking for a company to make this kind of profit through the sale of fossil fuels. meanwhile, aramco said
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the results were underpinned by stronger crude oil prices, higher volumes sold, and improved margins for refined products. the company's ceo amin nasser said the company would not only focus on expanding oil, gas and chemical production, but also invest in new lower carbon technologies. the profit has allowed the state—controlled company to pay a dividend of $19.5 billion, mostly to the country's government. aramco's profits have drawn an outraged response from activists — particularly those warning about the ravages of climate change — as saudi arabia continues to be the largest exporter of oil in the world. emily brown, bbc news. talks between the bbc and gary lineker are said to be "moving in the right direction" after a second day of scheduling disruption on tv and radio. bbc news understands there are hopes of a resolution soon but not all issues are "fully resolved" at this stage.
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presenters, pundits and commentators have pulled out of bbc football coverage in support of mr lineker, who was taken off air by the bbc for criticising government asylum plans. our media correspondent david sillito has more. reporter: have you spoken to tim davie yet, mr lineker? i'm going to walk my dog and i'm going to do my shopping, so would you mind letting me do it on my own? gary lineker was today not giving anything away but behind the scenes, talks have been going on to try to resolve a situation that has meant match of the day... cheering and applause. ..turned into this — no presenters, no commentary, just the sound of the match. however, there is hope on both sides tonight that talks are moving in the right direction and a resolution may be in sight — but they're not quite there yet. there are still questions about his tweets, which described government policy on migrants as "immeasurably "cruel," and the language being used "not dissimilar "to that used by germany in the �*30s".
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the bbc said it was a breach of impartiality rules and outside old trafford today, there was a variety of views about the topic. that might be gary lineker�*s beliefs but i don't think he should've aired �*em. freedom of speech, as far as i'm concerned — within reason, obviously, yeah. ijust think someone in that position, i don't think i they should be speaking out. but i never think of gary lineker and bbc together. i think of gary lineker separate from the bbc. he's freelance, he should be able to say what he wants. meanwhile, another programme that went out in reduced form was today's women's super league. and the disruption has also raised wider questions about tensions between the government and the bbc and the corporation's chairman, richard sharp, and an ongoing inquiry about disclosures about a loan guarantee to borisjohnson, which he says he had no part in arranging. he is still in hisjob. gary lineker isn't able to present the football commentary. i think there is a sense
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of proportionality here. and while a group of conservative mps have called for action to be taken against gary lineker, the government was today saying this is a matter for the bbc to resolve. what needs to happen as a result of notjust the discussions about gary lineker but also about the chairman of the bbc following the independent investigation that's now happening is that we need to make sure we maintain that trust in the independence and the impartiality of the bbc. but while programmes dropping off the schedule is a sign all is not well at the bbc, one former bbc director—general feels it's not quite a crisis. we've lost a couple of sports programmes so far — which is obviously disappointing for match of the day fans who got a much truncated version of match of the day — but walking into the bbc this morning, it's — it's — you know — for a place which is meant to be in complete crisis, is its usual rather boring, solid self. you'll get run over. be careful. however, after this weekend of disruption, there are signs both sides are moving towards a resolution.
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david sillito, bbc news. a record—breaking heatwave is affecting parts of spain with temperatures topping 30 degrees — more than 80 fahrenheit. palma de mallorca and the region of castellon both broke previous records for march — the highest since 1981. the heat saw people flocking to the mediterranean beaches and to outdoor bars and restaurants. just two weeks ago, the balearic islands were hit by unprecedented snow storms. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @richpreston. much more is on our news website, including the page covering all of the action from the oscars and the not so red red carpet. thank you for watching.
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goodbye. hello there. the snow was melting on sunday, temperatures were widely in double figures, but that doesn't mean the cold weather has gone away because we've got warnings from the met office through monday and into tuesday for snow and ice across northern parts of the uk. and it's cold in the far north of scotland — temperatures close to freezing first thing in the morning. otherwise, it is a very mild start to monday. we may well have some early sunshine across eastern parts of england before we see a few showers. other parts of the uk, more cloud, showers or longer spells of rain, and the rain in scotland is going to be turning more to snow, particularly over the hills, as a northerly wind strengthens. it's going to be a windy day. we'll see gales developing in the north of scotland later and strong to gale force winds widely across england and wales, where we've still got temperatures in double figures on monday afternoon. but it's getting colder in northern ireland and particularly in scotland, and that rain undercut by that cold northerly wind will be turning to snow. more fresh snow, particularly
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over the hills — 5—10 centimetres above 300m. could be a bit of snowjust for a while at low levels, too. and that mixture of rain, sleet and snow, mainly for the hills, will sweep down across england and wales after dark, clearing away by tuesday morning. and then, we're all in a north—westerly wind which will bring down colder air once again. and it will bring a mixture, really, of sunshine and scattered wintry showers, initially across scotland, northern ireland. they'll push down into england and wales — not much, though — arriving in southern england or south wales, and the afternoon may be drier in scotland and northern ireland. but it's colder — typical temperatures are going to be four orfive degrees, but there'll be a north—westerly wind as well, which will make it feel even colder. and those temperatures will fall very quickly overnight as we see skies clear and the winds drop. wednesday morning will start with a widespread frost. temperatures in scotland could be about —8 or so. and while it's a dry start, we'll see the cloud
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increasing during wednesday. rain coming in a little more quickly with some snow over hills in the north, particularly for scotland. still quite cold air — temperatures around 5—8 degrees. so, over the week ahead, while we've seen some mild weather over the weekend, things are turning colder. we've got the risk of some snow and ice but then, things turn milderfrom thursday, when we're more likely to get some rain.
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this is bbc news. the headlines: it's been a great night at the oscars for the eccentric, multi—verse film everything everywhere all at once. it won seven awards including, best picture, best director, and best actress for, michelle yeoh. brendon fraser was voted best actor for his role in the whale. the us government has announced a rescue plan to ensure all depositors in the failed silicon valley bank can retrieve their funds by the start of the working week. the treasury said the plan will ensure the resilience of the broader us banking system. the uk prime minister has flown to california to discuss defence and the potential threat from china. rishi sunak is due to meet the australian prime minister

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