welcome to bbc news. i'm lisa—marie misztak. our top stories: the race is on to recover the wreckage of an american surveillance drone. credit suisse plans to borrow more than $50 billion to shore up its finances after shares hit rock bottom on wednesday. three people charged over an indonesian football stadium disaster await their fate. a political shake—up in the netherlands — the farmer—citizen movement could win provincial elections. and we meet the afghan orchestra trying to keep traditional music alive after the taliban takeover.

america's defence secretary says he's had a rare phone call with his russian counterpart in the aftermath of a collision between a russian fighter jet and a us drone. the race is now on to recover the wreckage of the unmanned aircraft. it's thought to be 1,200 metres deep in the black sea. russia has also said it will try to find the wreckage. meanwhile, america's top general said the whole incident was a result of russia's increasingly aggressive behaviour in the area. us defence secretary lloyd austin gave this update earlier. asi as i have said repeatedly, it's important that great powers be models of transparency and communication. and the united

states will continue to fly and to operate were ever international law allows. and it is incumbent upon russia to operate its military aircraft in a safe and professional manner. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, james landale, has this report from kyiv. this is the kind of unmanned aircraft that crashed. an mq—9 reaper patrolling the skies over the black sea. gathering information over the war below flown remotely by pilots thousands of miles away. this is the type of russian warplane the us claims struck their drone — an su—27 fighterjet, two of which encountered the aircraft near crimea early yesterday. us commanders said the russian planes flew in front of the drones several times and dumped fuel over it. after which, the drone�*s propeller was struck, spinning it out of control.

but russia denies causing the crash, saying the drone was approaching russian territory when it lost control to due to what a spokesman referred to as sharp manoeuvres. translation: | want to - underline, russian fighterjets did not use their onboard weapons, did not come into contact with the unmanned aerial vehicle and returned safely to base. ukraine's foreign minister played down the risk of an escalating cofrontation between two of the world's nuclear superpowers. as long as russia controls crimea, this kind of incident will be inevitable, and the black sea will not be a safe place. so, the only way to prevent such incidents is actually to kick russia out of crimea. do you fear escalation? no, i think it'sjust routine incidents. it's happening from time to time.

a us spokesman said steps are being taken to protect the wreckage of the drone but accepted it might be too deep underwater. russian officials expressed confidence they could discover what was left. james landale, bbc news, kyiv. samuel charap is a senior political scientist at the rand corporation. he's in washington. collision is unusual. close calls, those have happened frequently in the last ten to 12 years but we don't have a record in our research on the subject in any case where there was an actual collision or equipment like this. there were cases like that _ equipment like this. there were cases like that during _ equipment like this. there were cases like that during the - equipment like this. there were cases like that during the cold l cases like that during the cold

war but nothing since. the americans _ war but nothing since. the americans are _ war but nothing since. the americans are saying that they are not looking for any escalation. russia has denied downing the drone. in your assessment what does this say about us and russia relations? neither side wants to use this as a belly to escalate tensions and/or and up into direct conflict, so you are seeing both sides played down that prospect and try to contain any escalation that might emerge from this. more broadly though, we are in a time when the communication between the us and russia is so minimal that it is precisely these kinds of incidents or perhaps not involving an unmanned airframe involving an unmanned airframe in this case, but you can imagine it involving a manned aircraft or ships that could spiral out of control and

unintentionally get us into a much worse place. he mentioned the communication _ much worse place. he mentioned the communication between - much worse place. he mentioned the communication between both are minimal. the us defence secretary spoke to his counterpart in russia. should there be worry about more risks like this being taken in the future? ~ . ., , future? well, i mean, asi said, these _ future? well, i mean, asi said, these kinds - future? well, i mean, asi said, these kinds of- future? well, i mean, as i - said, these kinds of aggressive intercepts are occurrence that, if not frequent, relatively come along russia plasma periphery. is the collision. there were us officials talk about it, their assessment seems to be that the collision was an accident, in other words, the pilot was looking to pass closely and basically compel the us drone to change course or leave the area where it was. but instead, due to pilot error, it clipped the propeller and ended up damaging his own plan, the russian

pilot, and the us drone had to be sort of brought down by its operators. so, ithink be sort of brought down by its operators. so, i think that that sort of thing, assuming the worst assessment, reading between the lines, is right, is unlikely to be common, but i think the russian military is under a lot of stress, been at warfor a year, under a lot of stress, been at warfora year, in under a lot of stress, been at warfor a year, in ukraine, under a lot of stress, been at warfora year, in ukraine, and you are likely to see the potential in areas whether us russia are operating in close proximity, these kinds of close calls, that sort of inevitable almost. samuel charap, political scientist at the rand corporation. thank you very much for your time. . ., ., the swiss central bank has agreed to provide a loan of more than $50 billion to the troubled banking giant, credit suisse, if needed. shares in the bank have plunged 20.4%, sparking a wider sell—off in european stocks, which closed down more than 3%.

it comes days after the failure of silicon valley bank in the us. we can talk now to hal lambert — founder and ceo of point bridge capital and a former director at credit suisse. thank you for taking the time to come on the programme. with shares in the swiss and a plunging wednesday, now the new announcement of the bank potentially borrowing up to $50 billion, what do you think in your assessment is happening at credit suisse? the your assessment is happening at credit suisse?— credit suisse? the bank has been poorly _ credit suisse? the bank has been poorly run _ credit suisse? the bank has been poorly run for - credit suisse? the bank has been poorly run for a - credit suisse? the bank has been poorly run for a very . credit suisse? the bank has i been poorly run for a very long time and when you have poorly run banks and a credit situation like we're having now globally, those other banks that tend to run into problems. there is a big that with credit suisse they potentially defaulted, that could have ramifications for other banks because we are all interconnected, they are learning to each other, doing cross trades with each other, so there are other banks that will have exposure to credit

suisse, but the loan evidently from the swiss national bank, they will use those funds to buy back some of their debt is what i've read. perhaps they will try shore up the debt that was trading at very big discounts because people, there is a probability now in the market, 45— 50% chance of default by credit suisse so they will step into try to some of their own bonds. i don't think it'll and with this. there will have to be more done. you mentioned the need to be more done and the connectedness of banks. we saw the collapse of us banks lastly, the sbb bank and signature bank mac last week. is there a domino effect happening?— is there a domino effect haueninu? , , , happening? there is because what comes _ happening? there is because what comes down _ happening? there is because what comes down to - happening? there is because what comes down to it - happening? there is because what comes down to it is - happening? there is because i what comes down to it is people need to trust their banks, because banks are inherently leathered so they're taking in deposits and lending them out to companies and individuals, so there has to be trusted there. if people start pulling their money out, the deposits,

their money out, the deposits, the bank does not have all those assets in house. they've learned the funds out and you get what's a classic bank run, what happened to silicon valley bankin what happened to silicon valley bank in california and signature bank in new york. it spreads. people look at their banks more closely and go, wait a minute, can i trust this bank has the capital it needs? the governments are coming out to try to assure people but they don't believe their governments! the logical thing to do is pull funds out if there is risk of potentially losing those funds.- there is risk of potentially losing those funds. after the financial chaos _ losing those funds. after the financial chaos of _ losing those funds. after the financial chaos of 2008, - losing those funds. after the financial chaos of 2008, the | financial chaos of 2008, the regulators announcing tougher restrictions on banks. fire restrictions on banks. are ost- restrictions on banks. are post- financial— restrictions on banks. are post- financial crisis - restrictions on banks. fie post— financial crisis measures not working? they haven't. silicon valley bank you here as a special case. they had a lot of deposits, 90% plus of the deposits that were too big, too high for the insurance so they were subject to being lost if

the bank went into failure. as soon as there was with the bank might have a problem, people pulled their money out. you had that happen. the other problem is there was poorly run. silicon valley bank was buying along the data treasuries, long dated mortgage—backed securities that are aaa rated but you can still lose money on them and they did because they were buying longer dated bonds when interest rates were 1.5% and no interest rate on the short and 5%. so they were lost over 20% in value of those securities and that was very large losses. silicon valley bank at about $200 billion of loans, credit suisse is about three times that size in lending. about 580 billion in assets, what they call assets which are loans. it assets, what they call assets which are loans.— which are loans. it is a big problem- _ hal lambert, founder and ceo of point bridge capital and a former director at credit suisse. thank you for your time. thank ou. in indonesia verdicts will be handed down on thursday for three police officers charged with negligence over a deadly stampede in

a football stadium last year. indonesia's human rights commission has said police officers firing tear gas into the crowds was the main cause of the fatal stampede at malang's kanjuruhan stadium, in which 135 people were killed. 0ur correspondent, valdya baraputri, is injakarta. talk us through the background of the case. talk us through the background of the case-— of the case. yes, so i'm going to take you — of the case. yes, so i'm going to take you back _ of the case. yes, so i'm going to take you back to _ of the case. yes, so i'm going to take you back to october. of the case. yes, so i'm going. to take you back to october the first of last year. early—morning indonesians were shocked by the deaths dozens of people and it was at a stadium in malang a city called kanjuruhan stadium. there was a match between two football clubs, rivals that night. looking at the unruliness of the two supporters from the two football clubs, the game was only attended, only allowed to be attended by the home club

supporters. that club lost that night and not long after the game and its supporters went to the pitch to express their disappointment. while the players were still there. their action was met with force by the police and witnesses said that the police punched and kicked supporters and some supporters fought back. attention escalated and the police fired tear gas on supporters, not only the ones at the pitch but also at the stands. people ran and scrambled to look for the exit gates, only to find that they were locked. this caused the deadly stampede that night. in and 135 people died at the stadium hospitals and more than 600 others injured. this was one of the deadliest stadium tragedies in the world's football history. valdya baraputri. thank you very much for the update.

german football fans clashed with italian police on wednesday evening, after eintracht frankfurt supporters arrived in the italian city of naples, despite being banned from attending a champions league match against napoli. a police car was set on fire and smoke bombs and flares were thrown at officers, who responded with tear gas. local media said eintracht fans were also attacked by some napoli fans. the match was played without incident inside the ground, with napoli winning 3—0 to progress to the quarter—finals. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: the afghan orchestra trying to keep traditional music alive after the taliban takeover. today, we have closed the book on apartheid and that chapter. 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 news. the latest headlines: the race is on to recover the wreckage of an american surveillance drone downed over the black sea.

credit suisse plans to borrow more than $50 billion to shore up its finances after shares hit rock bottom on wednesday. early exit polls from elections to 12 provincial parliaments in the netherlands suggest an astounding victory for the recently formed farmer—citizen—movement. formed in 2019 in the wake of widespread farmers protests, the party is projected to win the most seats ahead of prime minister mark rutte's liberal conservative people's party for freedom and democracy. 0ur correspondent in the hague, anna holligan was watching the exit poll results come in. a political victory reflecting auroral unrest. all the predictions indicated the farmer—citizen—movement party would do well but it has gone beyond expectation. translation: :, , translation: what is happening? what is happening _ translation: what is happening? what is happening here? _ translation: what is happening? what is happening here? we - translation: what is happening?

what is happening here? we knew| what is happening here? we knew we were going to end but this is indescribable.— is indescribable. caroline van der plas has _ is indescribable. caroline van der plas has galvanised - is indescribable. caroline van i der plas has galvanised farming communities over government plans to buy up thousands of dairy farms in an effort to reduce pollution but have to meet 2030 climate targets but the exit poll shows her conservative nationalism has resonated beyond the farming industry, among voters nationwide increasingly disillusioned with the governing coalition. translation: governing coalition. tuna/mom- governing coalition. translation: , :, , translation: has shown it is fed u- translation: has shown it is fed up with — translation: has shown it is fed up with the _ translation: has shown it is fed up with the policies. i translation: has shown it is fed up with the policies. this l fed up with the policies. this is notjust about nitrogen, this is about citizens who were not seen or heard, were not taken seriously and who have problems and they are not being dealt with. the problems and they are not being dealt with. :, , , dealt with. the nitrogen issue has been exaggerated - dealt with. the nitrogen issue has been exaggerated and i dealt with. the nitrogen issue| has been exaggerated and the propose solutions will lead to food production shortages and

farms closure according to the party. they also see it as a fundamental part of the dutch landscape. translation: can see there is a sense _ landscape. translation: can see there is a sense of _ there is a sense of powerlessness, we do not know what to do. —— you can see. something is being imposed on us and decisions are being made by desk studies but what is really going on?— by desk studies but what is really going on? how can we influence _ really going on? how can we influence it? _ really going on? how can we influence it? on _ really going on? how can we influence it? on the - really going on? how can we influence it? on the other. really going on? how can we l influence it? on the other side of the spectrum, thus we can write police use water canister remove people calling for the state to invest more in renewable energy and and government subsidies forfossil government subsidies for fossil fuel government subsidies forfossil fuel industry. the government subsidies for fossil fuel industry. the turnout was the highest and 30 years. voter's confidence has been shaken, politicians and the ache systematically neglecting the vulnerable people elected to serve. these exit poll

underlined the current polarisation, particularly over the government plans to tackle the government plans to tackle the climate crisis and prime minister mark rutte will be aware of the power of the farmers party in the senate. and how difficult it will be to push through any policies. a federal case in texas could threaten access to a widely used abortion pill across the united states. a conservative christian legal advocacy group wants to revoke the approval of the drug mifepristone, used in medical abortions. the case is the latest challenge to abortion access since the us supreme court overturned roe vs wade lastjune. 0ur news reporter azadeh moshiri is with us in the studio. so what are the stakes here? if you are a woman who believes in the right to a safe and legal abortion and was devastated as millions work when roe v. wade was overturned

last year, this court case is going to concern you, especially because it is a federal case and it will have implications across the country. some women are angry and that is why there were protesters outside the courthouse who had banners saying not your uterus. 0ne courthouse who had banners saying not your uterus. one was dressed up in a kangaroo costume mocking the judge. dressed up in a kangaroo costume mocking thejudge. that is because of this drug is used so widely across the country, one of eight two peel regiment but sometimes use on its own and it set is so common it is used in more than half of pregnancy terminations in the states. �* : pregnancy terminations in the states. �* ., :, states. but there are some who believe in _ states. but there are some who believe in this. _ states. but there are some who believe in this. one _ states. but there are some who believe in this. one protester i believe in this. one protester was _ believe in this. one protester was playing _ believe in this. one protester was playing outside _ believe in this. one protester was playing outside the i was playing outside the courthouse. _ was playing outside the courthouse.— was playing outside the courthouse. ., :, , , courthouse. and a group is an uinu courthouse. and a group is arguing this _ courthouse. and a group is arguing this drug _ courthouse. and a group is arguing this drug is - courthouse. and a group is l arguing this drug is allegedly unsafe for the women who take it should never have been sold

in first place. it should never have been sold in first place-— in first place. why is this particular _ in first place. why is this particular group - in first place. why is this particular group think i in first place. why is this | particular group think this drug should never have been approved?— approved? they are citing several reasons, - approved? they are citing several reasons, they i approved? they are citing several reasons, they are | several reasons, they are arguing the drug was fast tracked by the food and drug administration and it was using a closet meant for life—threatening diseases and therefore allegedly should not have been used in the first place. they are also arguing this means this drug did not have to deal with as much testing as it would have otherwise and they are citing a 19th—century lot which says abortion peels should not be posted or mailed across the country but the biden administration, the department ofjustice's lawyers sparred with the group's lawyers in the courtroom and they are arguing this drug has been used for more than 20 years and that there is not the data to backup safety concerns.—

safety concerns. thank you for the update- — let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. a court in pakistan has ordered police to suspend an operation to arrest the opposition leader, imran khan, until thursday morning. it followed pitched battles between security forces and supporters of mr khan outside his residence in lahore. the confrontation began on tuesday when police tried to arrest the former prime minister for failing to appear in court over corruption charges. mr khan says the charges are politically motivated. floods have hit parts of south—east turkey already struggling to recover from february's earthquakes. the deluges have killed at least ten people with the province of sanliurfa receiving a third of its annual rainfall in just two days. widespread public sector strikes have taken place in england over pay, pensions and working conditions. among those taking action were teachers, junior doctors, civil servants and local bbc staff. since the taliban takeover in august 2021, playing and listening to music in public in afghanistan has been banned.

the taliban say it is un—islamic and they locked the doors of the afghanistan national institute of music in kabul when they returned to power in 2021, forcing the students of the music school to flee the country. but now, this determined group of young musicians are back on the international stage fighting to keep afghan music alive. shekiba habib reports. these are the students of afghanistan's most prestigious music institute, after fleeing from their country. this is the start of their 2023 tour of europe. translation: i never imagined the taliban could take over i and ban music within a day. tanslation: when the taliban came, l i was sad because i wasn't able to continue studying. i was like a prisoner sitting at home.

back home, they had freedom to perform in public and status as professionals. but when the taliban returned, everything regressed. after breaking all their instruments, the taliban locked the doors to their music school. years of dedication and passion were destroyed in seconds. but the school's former students are far from defeated. translation: we won't let their actions go unnoticed. i we will play our music even louder. these musicians flourished in afghanistan before the taliban cut short their career. the might have lost their stage, their music school and their musical instruments but what's remaining is their art and their resilience. now living as refugees in portugal, the students have revived their orchestra and their mission. how do you feel before going to the stage?

excited. which piece do you like the most? she replies. the one that's about afghanistan? it's good. the first concert of the tour and it's a sell—out show. music plays translation: the taliban wanted young girls and boys _ to bejust like them, uneducated and without progress, without a future. translation: when the taliban are gone, i will go _ to afghanistan to teach music to girls and boys.

shekiba habib, bbc news, paris. that is all for now, thank you for watching. hello. it's quite mild out there and that's how it's going to stay over the next few days. but with that comes a lot of cloud and occasional outbreaks of rain. and that's what we've got in the headline for thursday. so here's the satellite picture and you can see this thick cloud streaming in from a south—westerly direction. you can see the weather fronts here, a broad area of rain—bearing cloud and that mild current of air all the way from the azores, wrapping around the low pressure, and we've got those weather fronts pushing through. so the forecast through the early hours shows that heavier rain across more northern parts of the country. rain, dribs and drabs, elsewhere and very mild in the morning,

about 10 in the south and also in northern ireland. still a little on the chilly side in northern scotland, around two degrees, where, earlier on, we had some snow across the highlands. so the forecast for thursday shows that heavier rain making its journey further north. there will be some rain also around other western parts of the country, but also sunny spells developing in northern ireland, but also heavy showers, possibly some thunderstorms, too. one or two glimmers of brightness possible also in east anglia and the south—east. mild, up to 15 degrees in some spots, but still chilly in stornoway, 7 degrees, and about 5 degrees in the northern isles. now, that low pressure is still with us on friday. in fact, multiple areas of low pressure and weather fronts sweeping across the country. it won't be raining all the time. in fact, on friday, from the morning onwards, you can see that rain is quite showery out towards the west. also a spell of showery rain for the extreme south—east and also east anglia. there will be some sunny spells, so certainly not raining all the time. temperatures every bit as mild, if not milder, 15 or even 16 celsius.

still that colder air sitting in the north and the north—west of scotland, around 8 degrees or so. into the weekend, a very undulating pattern in ourjet stream. and when we see these big ridges in the jet stream, that means that milder air is still streaming in from the southern climes. and you can see that mild air engulfing many parts of western europe and even reaching central parts of europe as well. so the outlook into next week shows those temperatures into double figures, in fact, hovering around 1a, 15 degrees. but with that, a lot of cloud, outbreaks of rain, but sunny spells from time to time, too. bye— bye.

this is bbc news, the headlines: the us is desperate to find the drone that came down in the black sea during an encounter with russian fighter jets on tuesday. us general mark milley, says recovery won't be easy because the drone is submerged underwater, but the russians are determined to find it. credit suisse has announced plans to borrow more than $50 billion from the swiss central bank to shore up its finances. shares in the bank hit rock bottom on wednesday, sparking a wider sell—off on european markets, which closed down more than 3%.

a verdict is expected on thursday in the case against three police officers charged in connection with the deadly stampede at a football stadium in indonesia last year.