this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories... president vladimir putin visits mariupol, the ukrainian city which was captured by invading russian forces last year. switzerland's biggest bank, ubs, is in advanced talks to buy all or part of its troubled rival credit suisse. donald trump says he suspects there are plans to arrest him on tuesday, he's called on his supporters to protest. former prime minister borisjohnson will publish evidence in his defence ahead of a grilling by mps over whether he misled parliament about covid rule—breaking parties.

and researchers in the uk say they now know why swimming can significantly improve your mood. state media in russia is reporting that president putin has visited mariupol — the ukrainian city which was captured by invading russian forces last year. (map)the tass news agency says he travelled there by helicopter, and visited local residents. it's mr putin's first trip to the ukrainian territory which has been occupied by russia since the invasion was launched just over a year ago. we've received these pictures, which we understand to be mr putin in mariupol on saturday evening. he's shown driving around in a car, and also visiting what appears to be a child ren�*s playground. and other footage shows him visiting a theatre, and talking to a group of people on a street,

before visiting a flat. the visit came at the end of a week when the russian president was charged by the international criminal court with forcible abductions of ukrainian children. the trip to mariupol — which was unannounced, and not made public until after he had left, camer after mr putin visited crimea — the region which russia first invaded and then annexed nine years ago. i've been speaking to our diplomatic correspondentjames landale, who's in kyiv, about mr putin's tour... you can see a tractor base play area behind him and you will notice it has been floodlit because presumably this was all taking place in the dead of night. and other footage shows him visiting a theatre, and talking to a group of people on a street, before visiting a flat. the visit came at the end of a week when the russian president was charged by the international criminal court with forcible abductions of ukrainian children. the trip to mariupol — which was unannounced, and not made public until after he had left, camer after mr putin visited crimea — the region which russia first invaded and then annexed nine years ago. i've been speaking to our diplomatic correspondentjames landale, who's in kyiv, about mr putin's tour...

the timing is important. this comes just a couple of days after president putin was accused by the international criminal court of being a war criminal for the alleged deportation of thousands of children from occupied ukraine to russia. throughout this conflict, whenever there is some kind of setback or something that has been done to russia, vladimir putin tends to respond — sometimes militarily, sometimes diplomatically, sometimes with some kind of public images. and i think that's what we're seeing here. we're seeing public images that he wishes to show after the international court made the accusation against him on friday. so, yesterday he was in crimea, today, he was overnight in mariupol, essentially producing pictures that — all these pictures are from russian state television — but images that show, you know, today, a town that is apparently being reconstructed after the devastation last year

at the hands of russian artillery and russian air strikes. he's shown talking to residents who seemingly seemed to be happy with the new buildings that have been made, that are shown in the pictures, as you said, the playground there, too. so i think this is a sense of mr putin saying, you know, the international community can say and do what it wants. but in russian—occupied crimea, it's business as usual and life is getting back to normal. that, at least, is the the imagery that he wishes to portray. so it's a bit of business as usual, a bit of defiance. but we should note these pictures are taken amidst hugely tight security. they take place, most of them in darkness. he's been driven around and there are residents seemingly standing in a group on the side of the street in the middle of that darkness. so, you know, as ever, these are carefully controlled images that we're getting. presumably, as you say,

if you do it at night, that reduces the risk of a kind of unexpected encounter with a civilian who just happens to be out doing their shopping, something like that, because it does look very quiet. what about this, this announcement on friday, the icc, presumably, again, as you say, this is partly the defiance to say, i don't care what this court we don't recognise anyway says — i'm able to move freely in ukraine. i wonder, though, if even the existence of that warrant might complicate any prospects of any future negotiated settlement because, and you'll correct me if i'm wrong about this, the icc is independent of government, so presumably, even if there were a deal that ended the war, the icc warrant would remain live. yeah, i mean, the icc warrant remains live until such time that either vladimir putin is arrested and subsequently potentially faces trial or when vladimir putin dies. you know, there's no time limit to it.

so one would assume that that warrant constrains president putin's travel to the 123 member states, countries around the world that sign up to the authority and jurisdiction of the international criminal court, because if he steps foot in any of their territory, those member state governments are obliged to try and arrest him and then make sure that he is sent to the hague for trial. that, at the moment, seems unlikely until such time, potentially — you know who knows what's going to happen in the future. it would require quite a lot of political change, i imagine, in moscow for that to happen. so in the meantime, i think mr putin is showing that in some areas, ie crimea and in mariupol, he can still travel as freely as he wishes and he can visit and show off those parts of mariupol that he wants to show are being reconstructed. because this is... when i say when i say

defiance, this matters, because this city for ukraine is a symbol of its resistance from last year, and that may be one of the reasons why he's visited it. james landale in the ukrainian q. james landale in the ukrainian capital kyiv. some financial news — and talks are taking place in switzerland about a possible takeover of the troubled bank credit suisse. it's understood that the country's biggest bank, ubs, is in negotiations to buy all, or part, of the organisation. credit suisse had been caught up in the market uncertainty triggered by the collapse, nine days ago, of america's silicon valley bank. it had been offered an emergency credit facility of more than $50 billion by switzerland's central bank but that had not prevented a sharp fall in its share price. analysts say a takeover deal by ubs could be finalised before the markets re—open on monday. our business correspondent marc ashdownjoins me. it is still very, very unclear, isn't it, what's shape this might take, but there is no lack of clarity about the real power dam at crisis this bank is in. it's not

just a bit wobbly, it is in serious trouble. , ,, , , , just a bit wobbly, it is in serious trouble. , ,, ,, , ' :: trouble. yes, credit suisse is 170 ears trouble. yes, credit suisse is 170 years old. _ trouble. yes, credit suisse is 170 years old. when _ trouble. yes, credit suisse is 170 years old, when the _ trouble. yes, credit suisse is 170 years old, when the foundation l trouble. yes, credit suisse is 170| years old, when the foundation is the banking world. it is that a rocky last few years though and i was on the brink of this takeover and this is a fast—moving situation because of the impact on the banking world in stock markets in the world as well and there are reports that the ebs, a much bigger bank, is in talks which include the swiss central bank and regulators out there as well and the bank here in chance level of monitoring the situation. details of that at the moment the let's backtrack a bit and see how... early this week that talks about the silicon valley bank, theissues talks about the silicon valley bank, the issues without so than on tuesday credit suisse said in their annual report that they had identified material weaknesses in their financial reporting. that spooked investors. the biggest shareholder, the saudi national bank said they are not going to put any more money in. they didn't have an issue with the bank, just a regulatory io% issue with the bank, just a regulatory 10% and didn't want any more than but certainly spooked investors saying if they need money investors saying if they need money in the where the going to get it

from? the share price collapsed, went down 20% that day and then the swiss central bank stepped in and said they were pumping about $54 billion, £44 billion... but effectively _ billion, £44 billion... but effectively that _ billion, £44 billion... but effectively that hasn't - billion, £44 billion... but effectively that hasn't worked? know, shares carried on sliding all week long. it is laid from 80 billion to £6 billion in those years so are we heading for a possible takeover. how might work is very pickled and tricky to work out. ubs are not doing this the goodness of their heart. they want to get a good deal out of this and instead they have asked the swiss government to cover some of the possible losses if had here, $6 billion, £5 billion, a back story i guess for potential losses because they may well have to restructure it. credit suisse has 95 banks domestically and around switzerland but also has a sort of global... switzerland but also has a sort of ulobal. .. . switzerland but also has a sort of alobal... . .,, switzerland but also has a sort of alobal... ,, .,, ., , global... she has got his finger in a lot of pies? _ global... she has got his finger in a lot of pies? exactly, _ global. .. she has got his finger in a lot of pies? exactly, all- global... she has got his finger in a lot of pies? exactly, all about i a lot of pies? exactly, all about investin: a lot of pies? exactly, all about investing and _ a lot of pies? exactly, all about investing and managing - a lot of pies? exactly, all about investing and managing assets| a lot of pies? exactly, all about i investing and managing assets of a lot of pies? exactly, all about -

investing and managing assets of its clients as well so that is part of the sea they want to break this up as well and they want to break this up as well and they want to break this up as well and they've gotjobs here 50,000 staff employed around the world in ubs in canary wharf... but that there will still be jobs but it is a question presumably if you've got two different banks with two teams in london boasting the same job, it is kind of... it is inevitable that some of those are going to go —— boasting the same job. yes, 50,000 when the world, 10,000 between the two. how does that stack up when it comes to it? there is a real push to secure future. credit suisse is seen as one of the 30 or so banks around the world that is so important to the system just cannot be allowed to fail. that was the old problem in the banking crisis and we had these banks and they said were too big to fail and actually becomes a problem because when it is to big to fail the danger is even if it is dysfunctional you just keep shovelling money in and throwing good money after bad. mb? shovelling money in and throwing good money after bad. why make one economist said _ good money after bad. why make one economist said banks _ good money after bad. why make one economist said banks are _ good money after bad. why make one economist said banks are too - good money after bad. why make one economist said banks are too big - good money after bad. why make one economist said banks are too big to i economist said banks are too big to fail but too big to say potentially as well. big feature of the

financial crisis piece of the strikingly keen to get this done by the end we can. stock markets were open and age tonight. mat the end we can. stock markets were open and age tonight.— the end we can. stock markets were open and age tonight. not that many miles away. — open and age tonight. not that many miles away. is _ open and age tonight. not that many miles away, is ityes, _ open and age tonight. not that many miles away, is ityes, and _ open and age tonight. not that many miles away, is ityes, and seven - open and age tonight. not that many| miles away, is ityes, and seven name in the city of london. —— not that many hours away. but -- not that many hours away. but they don't — -- not that many hours away. but they don't get _ —— not that many hours away. pm they don't get that done there is a fair idea of the impact that could add if there is nothing in place. which is about the shelling and he took took to economist they say doesn't feel like we have an 2008 situation went back then pretty much every bank was exposed. but situation went back then pretty much every bank was exposed.— every bank was exposed. but this is swiss banking _ every bank was exposed. but this is swiss banking we _ every bank was exposed. but this is swiss banking we have _ every bank was exposed. but this is swiss banking we have this - every bank was exposed. but this is swiss banking we have this image i swiss banking we have this image whether it is entirely wrong or not but certainly in england the banking image switzerland is built as image on is the idea there is nowhere safer to put your money in a swiss bank. , ., , safer to put your money in a swiss bank. , . , . ., �* bank. yes and there is certain i've an hint bank. yes and there is certain i've anything credit — bank. yes and there is certain i've anything credit suisse _ bank. yes and there is certain i've anything credit suisse has - bank. yes and there is certain i've anything credit suisse has had - bank. yes and there is certain i've anything credit suisse has had its| anything credit suisse has had its issues of the past four years and this is not at the moment spent with the banks but that fear that it does, you know, is all about confidence. if confidence goes, money tends to follow so i think, as i say, that is why the government of the bank of england andrew bailey and andrew hunt at monitoring the

situation carefully, everyone very clean that there is something in place within hours really to be sure that there is something in place within hours really to reassure the markets the next week.— within hours really to reassure the markets the next week. you'll come back if there — markets the next week. you'll come back if there is _ markets the next week. you'll come back if there is any _ markets the next week. you'll come back if there is any further - markets the next week. you'll come back if there is any further news. . back if there is any further news. mike ashdown, a business correspondent. former us president donald trump says the former us president, donald trump, says he expects to be arrested on tuesday and has called on his supporters to protest. in a post on his own social media platform, he claimed to have seen leaks from the manhattan district attorney's office which is yet to comment. mr trump is accused of paying hush money to an alleged mistress. here's our north america correspondent david willis. four months after he announced a third run for president, donald trump could make history for a rather different reason. responding to speculation in the american media, he took to his own platform, truth social, to level a capslock chorus of accusation against the manhattan district attorney, whose office, mr trump believes, has been leaking news of his imminent arrest. central to a long—running

investigation undertaken by the da's office is the porn star known as stormy daniels. prosecutors have been looking into whether mr trump made illegal payments in order to buy her silence before the 2017 presidential election, following a brief affair. that, he denies, but it is the final five words of that social media posting that have proved particularly disconcerting to some. "protest," he writes. "take our nation back." a message chillingly similar to one he delivered shortly before the uprising at the us capitol building on six january, 2021, which saw a violent mob of trump supporters lay siege to the seat of government. senior republicans have rallied to mr trump's defence. on twitter, the house speaker kevin mccarthy said arresting the former president would amount to what he called an outrageous abuse of power.

but his democratic opponent nancy pelosi branded mr trump's social media message reckless, saying its aim was to keep himself in the news and ferment unrest amongst his supporters. mr trump's legal team say they have received no indication of their client's impending arrest, but he is facing legal battles on a number of other fronts as well. america 45th president could become the first one ever to be charged with a crime. now to uk politics, and the former uk prime minister borisjohnson is to publish evidence in his defence before he faces questions from mps over whether he misled parliament about parties held in downing street during the covid lockdown. his own government brought in the laws, banning many gatherings at the time but mrjohnson was fined for attending drinks parties. misleading parliament is seen by other mps in the uk as a serious breach of the parliamentary rules. boris will appear before a committee of mps on wednesday in a televised session investigating his actions.

the story is dominating the british political tv talk shows on sunday morning. 0ur political correspondent tony bonsignore has been picking out the key details for us. rishi sunak would rather not, this week, that we were talking about parties held or not held during covid lockdowns. but that's what we are going to be talking about, this mammoth session we're expecting on wednesday afternoon. key moment, i think, for borisjohnson's future in westminster. 0liver dowden again, cabinet minister, was asked about this. he was very close to borisjohnson, one of his chief lieutenants. he was asked about what to expect. this is what he had to say. i've known borisjohnson reasonably well over the years. i'm quite sure that he will put forward a robust defence of his conduct. it will then be for the committee to make that determination and, if necessary, the house of commons to make that determination. i think that's the proper process to go through.

borisjohnson's team's been out in the papers today. i've got, you know...they're talking about the dossier they're going to produce, which they say is going to clear the prime minister — might not be that simple, though, and i suspect the seven mps on the committee, privileges committee, might have other ideas. meanwhile, the government's agreement with rwanda about sending illegal migrants there has been updated, so that it covers more people. on a visit to the country's capital, kigali, the home secretary said the deal has been strengthened. yesterday, suella braverman was given a tour of potential migrant housing. the policy is facing legal challenges, and opponents say it breaks international law. let's get the latest now from our correspondent in switzerland — imogen foulkes... potential takeover of credit suisse

ljy potential takeover of credit suisse by other competitor ubs. a cross on the now. i was talking a bit about this to marc ashdown earlier. it is something about the idea of swiss banking which implies there is nowhere safer to put your money and come in a sense, switzerland has a formidable reputation in the financial services sector. people alarmed by this sudden collector credit suisse? i alarmed by this sudden collector credit suisse?— alarmed by this sudden collector credit suisse? i think they i think the reason _ credit suisse? i think they i think the reason this _ credit suisse? i think they i think the reason this government - credit suisse? i think they i think the reason this government is i the reason this government is sitting behind me at the moment in emergency session is because there is huge alarm and an absolute determination to find some solution, a rescue, if you like, before markets open tomorrow because, you know, credit suisse's shares plunged. it has to do with lung problems for credit suisse but also global financial nervousness related to other things, to banks in america. now, switzerland has two big banks. credit sweets and ubs.

they are globally systemic —— credit suisse. they are classed as too big to fail. they are required to have enough capital to stop them failing evenif enough capital to stop them failing even if really bad things happen but credit suisse looks on the verge of failure and the most likely scenario seems to be a takeover by ubs but everybody he is approaching that with an awful lot of queasiness, if you like. switzerland doesn't want one big bank. it wants that reputation you talked about of a number of banks where you're safe with us. 0bviously, headlines like we are seeing this week really don't help. the swiss economy relies on its financial sector and it relies on the financial sector with a good reputation. it on the financial sector with a good reutation. ., , ., , reputation. it does raise interesting _ reputation. it does raise interesting questions, i reputation. it does raise - interesting questions, doesn't it, because the bank but in money, what, in the middle of the week to try and shore up credit suisse? it looks like that money didn't have the desired effect, so that's quite an expensive bet and i suppose some

people must be saying, well, hang on a minute, and our regulators been asleep on thejob? a minute, and our regulators been asleep on the job? given that you acknowledge that some of the problems in this bank are quite a long way back. problems in this bank are quite a long way back-— long way back. they do but the perception _ long way back. they do but the perception here _ long way back. they do but the perception here at _ long way back. they do but the perception here at least - long way back. they do but the perception here at least and i long way back. they do but the i perception here at least and also from the swiss financial regulators was that credit suisse had turned it round. they have got a new ceo, he seems very reliable, they have got a three—year plan. he said earlier this week don't worry about us, we've taken the medicine, we are on the right track. he was begging just a couple of days ago to be allowed to continue with that plan but as you say the swiss national bank offered this $50 billion support for credit suisse. it stabilised the shares but only for a few hours and then they started going down again. i think again this is nervousness. some might say over nervousness in globalfinancial some might say over nervousness in global financial markets that you get a kind of run which is unstoppable and credit suisse has certainly been caught up in that

and, as i say, starting to look irretrievable. it looks like we might even hear of a takeover by ubs later this evening but that will cause nervousness here and it will also apparently because thousands of thousands ofjob losses. when a religion, first it was the matterhorn disappearing from toblerone's wrappers, now it is a swiss bank with a reputation such as credit sweets potentially disappearing too. i don't know what to say about the symbolism for switzerland! i'm sure the country fight back. thank you so much. the european union's top diplomat has announced agreement between serbia and kosovo on how to normalise relations between the two countries. belgrade has not recognised kosovo's independence since it was declared 15 years ago. speaking after 12 hours of talks, the eu's foreign policy chief, josep borrell, told a news conference in north macedonia that the deal would bring significant benefits for both sides.

i want to stress that to open the path towards reaching the strategic objective ofjoining the european union, serbia and kosovo need to normalise their relations. there is no way around it. and this agreement and this annex, which is integral part of the agreement, it's an important step forward in order to make it a reality. and we will continue working tireless until we reach a comprehensive agreement on the normalisation of their relations. josep borrell talking in north macedonia on saturday. 0ur balkans correspondent guy delauney has been explaining the significance of these agreements. they're still going to have to carry on talking until kosovo and serbia reach this normalisation agreement.

so it's not the end of the road. i mean, somebody was saying to me last night, this is a map to a road map to a direction towards an agreement. and it feels a little bit like that at the moment. what we have got agreed, according to the european union, is an annex on the implementation of an agreement for kosovo and serbia to normalise their relations. and when you look at both this annex and the agreement, they're extremely light on detail, and straightaway, mr borrell was saying that, for example, kosovo is going to enter into negotiations on arranging some sort of limited autonomy for the ethnic serb minority in kosovo. but it's got to negotiate that — it hasn't actually been agreed. so i think what we're going to take away from this is things are still moving forward, but a lot is still in play and a lot still has to be explained to the people of kosovo and serbia by their respective leaders.

guy delauney. at least 14 people have been killed after an earthquake in ecuador. 13 of the casualties were in and around the southern province of el 0ro and one young girl also died in northern peru, when her family home collapsed. the us geological survey says the tremor had a magnitude of 6.8. the effects were widepsread, including the collapse of this building, a museum, which was mounted on a pier at the seaside. it had stood on the same spot for more than 60 years. the popularity of wild swimming has really taken off in recent years, with both the physical and mental benefits being widely publicised. researchers in the uk say they now know why the pastime can significantly improve your mood after studying brain function, following cold water immersion. edward sault has been to meet one group of swimmers on the isle of wight. it is 3 degrees air temperature, 7 degrees in the water,

and it's time for me to get in the sea with these swimmers from swim the wight. i have a chronic kidney and bladder issue, and back pain also — i take a lot of painkillers — and this really helps. i get a real calmness when i come here, and it's where my head, actually, it's probably the only place it really switches off. i feel really amazing - and really awake and alert. ijust love it. clears the brain of any sort of thoughts you don't need. just, like, had a mental, physical reset. swimming is something i've done all of my life, i absolutely love it. and when i get out of the water — especially this time of year — i really feel buzzing. and now researchers from bournemouth university, the university of portsmouth and university hospitals dorset say there is scientific proof. so we had participants come down

to the lab who are completely naive to cold water swimming, so they weren't exactly pro athletes — they were your average people. we got them in the scanner next to us here, then they hopped out of the scanner, very quickly got into a cold water bath that we had prepared, they were in there for about five minutes and then we got them back out, towel—dried them, back into the scanner. it potentially opens new avenues for us, for potential treatments for some of the mental health disorders that are plaguing us at the moment. back in the water, and the chilly temperatures are not putting anybody off. i think it's a little bit like having a computer, switching it off and on again. nothing matters when you're in the water. it gives you some sort of buzz, and the colder the water, the bigger the buzz. these swimmers will be back here tomorrow for another dose of vitamin �*sea'. edward sault, bbc news, on the isle of wight.

0ur our top story about the putin visit, by russian state media is now on the front page of the bbc news website. you are watching bbc news. hello there. for many of us, it has been a fine start to mothering sunday, some blue skies and sunshine. this was the scene earlier on in hampshire, but a scene replicated across many parts of the uk in the sunshine, we will start to see the cloud thickening a little bit, though, towards western areas of the uk and you can see that on the satellite image from this morning. this is a weather front and a weather system bringing some outbreaks of rain as well, but ahead of that many of us, dry with sunny spells. we'll keep the sunny spells for many, one or two showers perhaps possible in central and south—eastern areas as we go into the afternoon.

the rain, though, moving its way into northern ireland by the afternoon, pushing into western areas of scotland, maximum temperatures down a little bit on yesterday, but 11—14 or 15 degrees, but that will still feel quite pleasant in those sunny spells. but the rain will continue to spread north and eastward through this evening. it could be quite heavy for a time, actually, across north wales, north—western parts of england. cloud for many of us tonight and it means it is going to be relatively mild going into monday morning. temperatures to start off in the morning 7—11 there in belfast, but a wet start to the day in northern ireland. that rain will spread north and eastward, pushing into scotland into the afternoon, rain across northern parts of england will gradually ease, further showery rain spreading into the south—west. for most, though, it is going to be dry. again, some sunny spells, and temperatures up a little bit and it could reach 16 celsius across eastern areas of england. into tuesday, we are between weather systems, one will move into the north—east fairly early on in the morning and another weather system pushing in from the west as we go into wednesday.

so, yes, some rain around northern and eastern areas on tuesday morning. it will clear away, though, sunny spells then developing, but also some heavy showers and we could even see the odd rumble of thunder into the afternoon in central and eastern areas. temperatures up a little bit, though, maybe 15, i6 celsius for many. by the end of the week, we are continuing to see low pressure situated to the west, a further weather system spreading in from the atlantic, giving further showers or longer spells of rain. you may notice maybe a little bit of snow around the north—east of scotland by the end of the week, some slightly colder air will slowly move its way in here, but really for most of us it is looking dry, sorry, showery for the end of the week with temperatures about 11—15 or 16 celsius with some sunny spells. that is all from me, bye—bye.

this is bbc news. the headlines... president vladimir putin visits mariupol — the ukrainian city which was captured by invading russian forces last year. it is his first trip to the russian—occupied territories of eastern ukraine's donbas region since the start of the war. in march 2022. switzerland's biggest bank, ubs, is in advanced talks to buy

all or part of its troubled rival credit suisse. regulators are trying to facilitate a deal before