as michelle mentioned, the usjustice department has filed a lawsuit against visa.ys the world's largest payments processor illegally stifled competition to maintain a monopoly over the american debit card market, through means like paying off potential competitors. visa says the claims are "meritless" and added that it will defend itself in court. former cryptocurrency executive caroline ellison has been sentenced to two years in jail for her role in the collapse of ftx. she was convicted for helping her ex—boyfriend, ftx founder sam bankman—fried, steal $8 billion from customers of the now—defunct crypto exchange. ellison had testified against bankman—fried, who is currently serving a 25—year prison sentence forfraud charges. japan's outgoing prime minister fumio kishida has wrapped up his visit to the us, which is also his last overseas trip before he steps down on friday. glen fukushima used to work at the office of the united states trade representative. he told us how japanese businesses are reading the us presidential election. i think that in general, there'

the usjustice department alleges that monopoly tactics are driving these gains.jected this and said it faces stiff competition from the likes of microsoft and tiktok. staying with the us, investors watching kamala harris and donald trump going head—to—head talking about the cost of living and trade policies. the chief investment officer at deutsche bank international private bank gave us a sense of what to expect. that's 55 days to election date so it's clearly a big focus at the moment to see both candidates take up against each other in terms of content, and in terms of style. that's the first time both of these candidates will be seen so there will be a lot of scrutiny on that. the full expectation that of course kamala harris will offer the voter a choice, being able to reflect back on the first presidency trump had in the past, events that unfolded during the time — we had covid here to deal with, we had trade tariffs being imposed, january 6th insurrection going on, that is one thing that's expected to happen, but on the other side trump's expected to refle

as michelle mentioned, the usjustice department has filed a lawsuit against visa. the world's largest payments processor illegally stifled competition to maintain a monopoly over the us debit card market, through means like paying off potential competitors. visa says the claims are "meritless" and added that it will defend itself in court. former cryptocurrency executive caroline ellison has been sentenced to two years in jail for her role in the collapse of ftx. she was convicted for helping her ex—boyfriend, ftx founder sam bankman—fried, steal $8 billion from customers of the now defunct crypto exchange. ellison has testified against bankman—fried, who is currently serving a 25—year prison sentence forfraud charges. the chief executive of novo nordisk — best known for weight—loss drugs wegovy and ozempic — was grilled at a senate hearing in the united states. senators accused the company of treating the us like a "cash cow" by pricing the drugs at over 15 times that of europe. the company did not commit to cutting prices, but said it would work towards helping p

the usjustice department alleges that monopoly tactics are driving these gains.s rejected this and said it faces stiff competition from the likes of microsoft and tiktok. staying with the us, there was a wave of buying in us markets, following wall street's worst week of the year. investors are betting that a federal reserve rate cut later this month will boost a slowing economy. the bbc�*s ritika gupta has more from new york. us stocks rebounded on monday as dip buyers emerged following wall street's worst week of the year. the s&p 500 and the nasdaq each closed the session over 1% higher, while the dowjones outperformed, adding nearly 500 points. technology stocks, which were amongst the hardest hit last week, led the charge higher, with nvidia and tesla still, all sector groups contributed to the gains on monday. outside of tech, retailers, banks and industrial shares also staged a comeback as investors believe a rate cut would give a boost to the flagging consumer. while september is typically a challenging and volatile month for stocks, so far this has been

eight other people have been charged and sanctioned and the usjustice department has seized 32 internetamerica correspondent jenny kumah has more. there's some 65 days until the us presidential elections and the biden administration has called out what it says is russian interference in that vote. multiple government agencies have announced a range of measures to tackle the spread of russian disinformation and that includes visa restrictions, sanctions and indictments. amongst that, the us treasury department has indicted the managing editor of rt, the russian state broadcaster and her deputy. they are accused of spending £10 million to secretly pay an unknown company in tennessee to spread thousands of videos on social media. in a statement to the bbc, rt has dismissed the claims in a mocking statement saying "2016 calledd and it wants its cliches back." a reference to russian interference in the past us elections. russia wants to sow division amongst american voters and undermined international support for ukraine which russia invaded two years ago. the us says it is not just russia d

meanwhile, visa's share price fell more than 5% after the usjustice department sued america's largest

the usjustice department charged him three years ago with the sex trafficking of girls and women.11 people have died in southern morocco after exceptionally heavy rainfall. 1a others are missing in tata province. several houses have been washed away and roads damaged by flash floods. the country's weather service said the region had been suffering from drought for six years. in neighbouring algeria the authorities have sent 114 emergency services personnel — including divers and rugged terrain specialists — to the western saharan province of bechar. sir keir starmer, says he's prepared for the uk government to be unpopular, if that's the price to be paid, for an improved economy. in his first major televison interview since becoming prime minister, he's been defending cutting winter fuel payments for most pensioners in england and wales, a move mps will be voting on this week. here's hannah miller. we're going to have to take the tough decisions and take them early. things will get worse before they get better. so we've had to take tough decisions to stabilise the economy... it's

the usjustice department charged him three years ago with the sex trafficking of girls and women.e died in southern morocco after exceptionally heavy rainfall. 1a others are missing in tata province. several houses have been washed away and roads damaged by flash floods. the country's weather service said the region had been suffering from drought for six years. in neighbouring algeria the authorities have sent 114 emergency services personnel — including divers and rugged terrain specialists — to the western saharan province of bechar. the paralympics have drawn to a close with a lavish closing ceremony in paris. china topped the medal table with great britain second. nicky schiller has more. so the paris paralympics are over. 11 days of competition ended with a spectacular closing ceremony in the stade de france, celebrating the over 4000 athletes who took part in 22 different sports. although some of them having to wear ponchos thanks to the french weather, there was also a celebration of parisian nightlife with 24 different artists from the electronic music scene performing. b