the bbc�*s imogen foulkes joins me now from bern. imogen, what more can you tell us about the steel? emergency — about the steel? well, it's an emergency deal _ about the steel? well, it's an emergency deal that - about the steel? well, it's an emergency deal that was - about the steel? well, it's an i emergency deal that was pushed about the steel? well, it's an - emergency deal that was pushed on the swiss government, the swiss national bank by the crisis at credit suisse. you heard the swiss president calling it the best solution. frankly, the only solution. frankly, the only solution. but credit suisse's shares were in freefall. there's been a lack of confidence in the bank for quite some time. now ubs will take over credit suisse with, i have to say, a certain amount of reluctance. behind that is $100 billion liquidity from the swiss national bank to make sure that all the problem that ubs swallows as it swallows credit suisse don't make ubs, which will now be the last big bank standing in switzerland, which it won't have too many problems itself by going ahead with this takeove

imogen in geneva, thanks _ though, i'm sure about that. imogen in geneva, thanks forjoining - though, i'm sure about that. imogen in geneva, thanks forjoining us. - the uk government has banned the social media app tiktok from their phones. it comes amid security concerns because tiktok is owned by a chinese company. there've been claims that the data of tiktok users could be passed on to the chinese government — an allegation the company strongly denies. the prime minister rishi sunak has been under pressure from some mps to follow the united states, and the european commission in banning the app from government devices. here's chancellor of the duchy of lancaster, 0liver dowden, announcing the move in the commons. mr speaker, this is a precautionary move. we know that there is already limited use of tiktok across government, but it is also good cyber hygiene. given the particular risk around government devices — which may contain sensitive information — it is both prudent and proportionate to restrict the use of certain apps, particularl

that was imogen foulkes as the are agreement.ey are speaking about _ agreement. that was imogen foulkes as they are speaking about the - agreement. that was imogen foulkes as they are speaking about the deal l as they are speaking about the deal to allow exports of grain from ukraine, no—dealthat was to allow exports of grain from ukraine, no—deal that was due to expire having been extended. let's return to the situation regarding the uk illegal migrant arrivals. the uk home secretary, suella braverman, has arrived in wonder to discuss the controversial plan to send migrants there if they have entered the uk illegally. the deal was first agreed 11 months ago but so far no one has been sent to the central african country. the plan is facing criticism of her home and abroad. the uk, has described the plan as ground—breaking and says it hopes that miss pravin 's visit will reaffirm its commitment to the partnership. let's speak to our correspondent simonjones now. this visit by the uk home secretary, is it more about symbolism is th

==imogen foulkes there in bern.al leadership expert chris roebuck, a former head of leadership at ubs. if ever there was a test of leadership, this is it, isn't it? that is an underestimate! it is a test of leadership for the government, swiss regulator, and for ups and for switzerland as a country. we have got here to some degree of the first of where we were in the financial crisis where ubs was hit badly and credit suisse wasn't and the reason we're here now is fundamentally that because ubs was hit badly and bailed out and learn the lessons and what's interesting is that since the financial crisis it is clear that from scandals and the things credit suisse did not learn those lessons —— and other things. the fundamental one isjust that —— and other things. the fundamental one is just that making money at any costis one is just that making money at any cost is a recipe for disaster and your risk management must be right in leadership is about integrity as much as profitability. i just in leadership is about integ

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our correspondent imogen foulkes explains the significance of this merger on the global stage.y days. but i don't think it's going to be easy. ubs is the bigger of the two, but both of them are already huge. if you lookjust in switzerland, both of them have at least one branch, more in a big city like bern, but at least one branch in every town. so we are looking certainly at probably thousands ofjob losses, because what is the point of having two branches of the same bank in a small town or village? that's clearly not going to happen. but i think also if you look globally, there is going to be a lot of scrutiny now. these are both globally important banks. now it will be just ubs. what is going to happen with the investment sector? with the wealth management sector? further down the line, given that this meltdown seemed to take the swiss financial regulators by surprise, what does it mean for switzerland's reputation for being a safe place to invest your money? this is a catastrophe, frankly. william lee is chief economist at the milken institute. he says the takeover deal was

government at the moment is struggling with a lot of service delivery issues to round out factor, imogene platforms are unstable and it's also well known fact that our water and wastewater and regulation systems all dilapidated failing. and the severe pressure had been under capitalized and then in many ways all dysfunctional. so all things being equal, i do not see the scrutiny around. in fact, i see an accelerated right of collapse coming. and i see ultimately this is very likely to trigger unrest there, some restaurant this guy to ripple across the country. and i'm afraid this is where we're hidden white. interesting to know that in the case of load shedding, alternative sources of energy can be made accessible. but wood water, alternative sources may not be as accessible all available. this means that the situation of water is shedding or shorted and have more dire consequences than what we, as africans have already experienced. for our see, i'm normal, we couldn't get into hattiesburg in noon and chinese company, i've been importing red quote, amounts of russian crude oil as emitter

imogen fawkes escalators from geneva. the negotiations for this grain until the dead to the wire. to expire today but we have a statement from the united nations a big deal could be extended. immediately, there was more confusion. ukraine said it was extended for 120 days, hinting they got what they wanted. russia hit back saying that all partners in the grade deal that it has been extended for 60 days that we set a week ago we had been prepared to accept, so i think we can safely say grain can still be exported from the black sea, but we do not know for how long. let's not forget this is a very, very important dealforfood insecure deal for food insecure countries in dealforfood insecure countries in the horn of africa, somalia, for example. it relies on a grain which the world food programme buys it ukraine. then we have yemen, afghanistan, they too are insecure and we have seen a rise in global food insecure and we have seen a rise in globalfood prices insecure and we have seen a rise in global food prices at any disruption to the global grain supply will push those prices up ag

that of course, you know, i'll journalist julius imogen block and tell us a more about that. he joins us from the, again, a capital come ala. now, uganda already has laws prohibiting homer sexuality while lawmakers feel the need more and harsh laws. that is the same question that observes and critics have been asking because in the past, in the recent past we've no todd may be, be gay. parade's may be big sim, 6 marriages or big public events by the gay community. and some critics are asking why, at this point, i asked the same question before the move out of the bill. he told me that actually the gay community has been recruiting children. they have been recruiting children in schools. he alleges, and he thinks that this is the right time to rein on them and talk what caused new morality? give me an idea about the support this bill would have in the general population. it's important to fuss. appreciate what you got the looks like when it comes to same sex unions. you gannons are widely anti gave and they publicly talk about this president george, him. a 70 has himself descr

imogen foulkes has the latest from geneva.eal really went down to the wire and the agreement was due to expire today but now we have had a statement from the united nations saying, yes, the deal can be extended but immediately after statement came out, there was then more confusion. ukraine said, great, it has been extended for 120 days, that is what we asked for, kind of hinting we got what we wanted. russia then hit back saying, no, we told all our partners in the black sea grain deal that it has been extended for the 60 days that we said almost a week ago we were prepared to accept. i think we can safely say grain can still be exported from the black sea but we don't know for how long. let's not forget this is a very, very important deal for food insecure countries in the horn of africa, somalia, for example. successive drought is said to be on the verge of famine. it relies on grain which the world food programme often buys in ukraine. then we have, for example, yemen, afghanistan in the midst of humanitarian crises, they

our geneva correspondent imogen foulkes explains the significance of this merger on the global stage. days. but i don't think it is going to be easy. ubs is the bigger of the two but both of them are already huge. if you lookjust in switzerland, both of them have at least one branch, or more in a big city like bern, but at least one branch in every town. so we are looking certainly at probably thousands ofjob losses, because what is the point of having two branches of the same bank in a small town or village? that is clearly not going to happen. but i think also if you look globally, there is going to be a lot of scrutiny now. these are both globally important banks. now it will be just ubs. what is going to happen with the investment sector? with the wealth management sector? further down the line, given that this meltdown seemed to take the swiss financial regulators by surprise, what does it mean for switzerland's reputation for being a safe place to invest your money? this is a catastrophe, frankly, not just for credit suisse but for the swiss financial sector. mohamed el—erian —

to rolled out for a imogene platforms are unstable and it's also well known trek that our water and wastewater and regulation systems, all dilapidated failing under severe pressure, had been under capitalized. and then in many ways all just functional, so all things being equal, right? of collect coming and i, she ultimately this is very lucky to trigger abreast nessa restaurant. this goes, horses may not be as accessible all available. this means that the situation of water st. we, as africans have already experienced it for our t arm. no, no, we couldn't get into hannah's bird. police expecting up to a 1000000 people at rallies nationwide. that's as the french public protest, the government plan to raise the retiree.

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but the i why i party says it's preferred candidacy is either accurate. imogen blue the matter of his stumble omen. so she became anchored 1st c h p, back in 2019. well said him, consider join us now from anchor to and pick the problems that seem to be falling, the opposition and it does seem the opposition of begun to disagree with each other . it will be music to the is of the government definitely it will be a music for they are so the government, the government circles have been criticizing the position for not being able to come around the common presidential candidate. and so far and yesterday, the opposition ally and 6 members came together. they discussed the man and everybody was sure that from the meeting is may no position they their camera coach would come out. and today we heard the 2nd largest supposition party leader met alex, and i also ran and who also was an interior miss there during the late 19th. and she said that she is, i guess it's because she, according to the public opinion, polls chemical, it start role as an opposition candidate doesn't have my chance. and

let's get the latest now from our correspondent in switzerland — imogen foulkes...isse 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 b

imogen foulkes has the latest from geneva.tions to extend this grain deal really went down to the wire. the agreement was due to expire today, but now we have had a statement from the united nations saying the deal can be extended. but immediately after that statement came out, there was more confusion. ukraine said it has been extended for more than 120 days, kind of hinting they got what they wanted. russia then hit back saying they told all the partners in the black sea grain deal that it has been extended for the 60 days that they said almost a week ago they were prepared to accept. i think we can safely say grain can still be exported from the black sea, but we don't know for how long. let's not forget, this is a very, very important deal for food insecure countries in the horn of africa. somalia, for example. successive droughts, it is said to be on the verge of famine. it relies on the world food programme which often buys grain from ukraine. then we have yemen, afghanistan, they too are food insecure in the midst of hu

imogen fox is the latest from geneva.e and the agreement was due to expire today, but now we have had a statement from the united nations saying, "yes, the deal could be extended," but immediately that statement came out and there was more confusion. ukraine said, great, it has been extended for 120 days, what we asked war, kind of hinting that they got what they wanted. russia then hit back saying number, we have told our partners in the black sea gradual that the tasman extended for the 60 days that we said almost a week ago that we said almost a week ago that we were prepared to accept. so i think we can safely say grain can still be exported from the black sea but we don't know for how long, and let's not forget this is a very, very important dealforfood insecure deal for food insecure countries in dealforfood insecure countries in the horn of africa, somalia for example, successive drought is supposed to be on the verge of famine — it relies on world food programme often buys in ukraine. then we have, for example yem

joining us now from geneva is our correspondent imogen foulkes. a problematic bank. it _ hasn't it? yes it has. this has been a problematic bank. it is _ hasn't it? yes it has. this has been a problematic bank. it is one i hasn't it? yes it has. this has been a problematic bank. it is one of- a problematic bank. it is one of switzerland's big banks, it has global reach. it has had a litany of problems to do with scandals around management, practice, a spying scandal, exposure to groups like green seal that lost a lot of money. the problem with credit suisse is confidence. we saw the statement, the attempted rape ski statement from the swiss national bank last night saying that actually. that obviously overnight has decided that it's not going to be enough and credit suisse will avail itself from this $55 billion credit extension the swiss national bank has offered. now we see credit suisse's shares jumping up this morning and there are still underlying concern for this bank. let's see how long those share prices held steady. let's see what happens

i'm joined now by our geneva correspondent imogen foulkes. what has been said?d? it is being delivered right now and - what has been said? it is being delivered right now and we - what has been said? it is being | delivered right now and we have what has been said? it is being - delivered right now and we have just heard about two minutes before i came on air to talk to you that all four of the bankers, who can't be named, but they are all former employees of the zurich branch of the gas from banks, they have all been found guilty of lack of due diligence. that means that they failed to properly find out where the money that was being invested in the money that was being invested in the back, many millions, had actually come from. was the person investing it, was it really theirs? the judge investing it, was it really theirs? thejudge said it investing it, was it really theirs? the judge said it couldn't have been. and the person who was investing it was this russian musician, cellist, sergei roldugin, not with a big income, but he had many millions. also a clos

our geneva correspondent, imogen faulks has more... named, but they are all former employees of the zurich branch of gazprombank, they have all been found guilty of what's called lack of due diligence. that means that they failed to properly find out where the money that was being invested in their bank, many millions, had actually come from. was the person investing it, was it really theirs? thejudge said it couldn't have been. and the person who was investing it was this russian musician, a cellist, sergei roldugin, not with a big income, but he had many millions. also a close friend of vladimir putin, believed to be godfather to the russian president's daughter. so, the implication is this money might have been connected, if not to vladimir putin himself, to the now—sanctioned russian political establishment and that sergei roldugin, the musician, was acting as a strawman for mr putin or his close associates. so, all found guilty. only seven months suspended sentences, the maximum they could have been sentenced to. so, not a lot, bu

our geneva correspondent imogen foulkes highlighted what was of particular interest in this report. crimes, they have what they say is very detailed evidence, they have a list of possible perpetrators, both individuals and people in the military, and when i asked them they said labour also working on tracing the chain of command further up to the people in government in moscow who planned what this report says is a systematic violations, crimes against humanity. another jittery day for anotherjittery day for banking stocks as the european central bank hikes in interest rates despite worries about the financial sector. it was an avenue of more than 120 mature trees in plymouth, but in the dead of the night the council sent in the chainsaws. only 16 trees were saved by local campaigners. as jenny kumah reports. they came late at night to carry out what has been described as the chainsaw massacre. then at around 1am, protesters were able to serve an injunction to stop the cutting. you cut any more trees, it will be a criminal offence. do you have anything to say? nothing to say to the

here is our correspondent imogen foulkes in bern.ened accounts between 2014 and 2016 of a man called sergei roldugin. now, it was well known at the time that this man, mr roldugin, a humble cellist, but actually also a very good friend of russian president vladimir putin, and what is alleged is that the bank executives did not ask mr roldugin where he got all these millions and millions that he was depositing in the accounts they opened for him. under money laundering law, they should have asked those questions. the allegation is they didn�*t. therefore, they are charged with failure of due diligence. but what�*s most interesting is what this case might reveal about the secret wealth, alleged wealth of the russian president, vladimir putin. hundreds of people attended a vigil in cardiff last night for three young people killed in a car crash, which has left two others critically injured. it comes as the police force is being criticised over why it didn�*t find them sooner. our wales correspondent hywel griffith reports. a moment to h

image and 8 -- imogen is on the democrat line. >> a lady called earlier and asked about who made thedecision to let our medication leave -- be made in china. i'm just calling back because it goes back even further than that. under ronald reagan. ronald reagan took an attack against the unions in the united states for political reasons. the unions supported democratic party when ronald reagan got elected bit by bit he allowed manufacturing all types of manufacturing. he and the republican party in the democratic party later on. they allowed these companies to take their manufacturing offshore and they bring the product back into the united states tariff free to be sold but the main reason it was was to destroy the conglomerate of the unions that the plight of the democratic party. so they can take a political base course. they got a down that it's like you don't make anything in the united states. it affects everybody. i have a card -- a car that's been in the shop six weeks and they tell me the part won't be in until the end of march. just to fix a car. a fender the goes on a car. ev

image and 8 -- imogen is on the democrat line. >> a lady called earlier and asked about who made thedecision to let our medication leave -- be made in china. i'm just calling back because it goes back even further than that. under ronald reagan. ronald reagan took an attack against the unions in the united states for political reasons. the unions supported democratic party when ronald reagan got elected bit by bit he allowed manufacturing all types of manufacturing. he and the republican party in the democratic party later on. they allowed these companies to take their manufacturing offshore and they bring the product back into the united states tariff free to be sold but the main reason it was was to destroy the conglomerate of the unions that the plight of the democratic party. so they can take a political base course. they got a down that it's like you don't make anything in the united states. it affects everybody. i have a card -- a car that's been in the shop six weeks and they tell me the part won't be in until the end of march. just to fix a car. a fender the goes on a car. ev