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news america. the u.s. military says a russi fighter a u.s. drone. ssru 'ro' jiast' according to an officials, but russian officials say there was no physical contact. the u.s. justice department is said to open an investigation into the collapse of silicon valley bank. cyclone freddie which made a second landfall in southern africa has killed more than a hundred people. pakistani opposition leader nafter his k supporters clashed with police as they tried to arrest him in his home. the tiny data center being used ♪at

welcome to world news america in the u.k. on pbs and around the globe. we begin tonight with news that an american surveillance drone has crashed and the black sea after an incident involving two russian fighter jets. the u.s. and russia have given different accounts of what happened. here's the u.s. version given by the pentagon press secretary. >> had 7:03 a.m. central european time, one of the russian aircraft struck th propeller, causing u.s. forces to bring the and q nin down in international waters. is incident demonstrates a lack of competence, in addition to being unsafe and unofsional. laura: the u.s. hasaircrad overe not uncommon, but it was the

first time one led to a crash. ington some in russia's ambassador to the u.s. for a meeting. russia's defense ministry said the fighter jets did not come into contact with the u.s. drone and the claims the drone crashed because it lost control.ourter t gary o'donoghue joins me. this is pretty serious, isn't it, the russian ambassador being summoned by washington. gary: that isblbaeroony of displeasure, and they clearly are unhappy. ailndbuzzg of one another's es all the tim ap around wai t, hraftdown is one'e americans are unhappy about that, not least because it is millions of dollars worth of hardware. they say that th incident went ssaifte drone before

they hit its propeller and the plane had to come down in the sea. it is a different account from the russian side, but there will be diplomatic repercussions to this. you will hear later on from the pentagon again because they are g ispr isoinrymameura: interest. what is a u.s. drone doing overn some way with surveiance? on:.ry we know the u.s. and nato allies had been supplying raine intelligence as well as the hardware that has been the focus over the last year or so. the american say that this on one reaper o armed --,which can be they won't say whether it was

armed on this occasion -- they say it was conducting an isr operion. that is intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance. for you and me, that is fighting. that is not something the russians will be happy about, and if they can disrupt that process and stuff the information getting to the ukrainians, they are going to try to do that. this is part of are seeing. in this particular case, it is coming into the open because of the catastrophic consequences. laa: gary o'donoghue in washington, thank you. after the turmoil in the banking industry after the takeover of two u.s. banks by regulators, a rally in the stock market as investors breaed a sigh of relief as nual inflation came in at 6%, showing prices rising but at a slower pace. let's get more on this from samira hussain. apparent an investigation is

being opened by u.s. regulators or prosecutors into the collapse of that regional bank. samira: not just one investigation. there will be two investigations. one is being handled by the department of justice that will be looking into what exactly happened, but you also have the sec, one for security regulators in the united states, looking at what exactly led to everything that happened over the last few days. confused about what happened? let me explain that to you in a video. onewest bank collapsed, then another, and now the amerin government -- one u.s. bank collapsed, thenth aanerno, aske start of another banking crisis? all of silicon valley bank's troubles began last week when the bank was trying to raise

money and doing so fast when word got out that customers at the money -- with money at the bank freaked out and ran to get everything out at once, but the bank ran out of cash. a ton of companies use svb. the knock-down efft would've been huge if svb failed. remember the last time a u.s. bank failed in 2008? it sparked a financial crisis and turned into a global recession, and nobody wants to apate so does it seem as though the panic was averted? tell us what the latest mood is on wall street. samira: if you look at the way markets were trading today, specifically if you look at those regional banks, they were taking a pretty big hit on financial markets yesterday as

investors were really nervous and wondering, which other banks could be at risk? today if we look, there's been a bit of a rebound. we saw the inflation data. it was in line with what everyone expected, so you saw this rebound in markets, but everyone is wondering, does that mean everyone is safe or the bankg industry is safe? for now, yes. you saw that the u.s. government went to great lengths to assure the american people that the banking system is in fact safe. you had the u.s. president joe biden speaking from the white house to say exactly that. it is not often that the president will come out and make these kinds of direct messages to assure people about the fiial system in the united states. laura: that inflation figure at 6%. given that rising inflation led to rising interest rates, thought to be one of the facts behind the collapse of those banks, what does the u.s.

central bank do with 6%? does it carry on with raising rates? samira: that is the big question, and that is what everyone is debating. you saw that the head of the fed jerome powell was on capitol hill and told lawmakers, look, we are going to have to raise interest rates, and we will be aggressive about those interest rate hikes for much longer. cue the calamity we saw. a lot of people are wondering, will be rate rise? a lot of banks are speculating if we will see the rate rises. there's even one bank that is speculating there could be a rate cut. if you feel like march madness is not your thing, you could go to a fed bracket. laura: samira hussain with bit of a basketball reference there. that's march madness, the college basketball, she's talking about, and i know that because my childr are in a

u.s. college, in fact. one of the most powerful storms on record has brought flooding and landslides to southern malawi. rescue and relief efforts are being hampered by the rainfall in the wake of tropical storm freddie. po inmmal citalths have bee in the south of the country. according to the red cross, more than 20,000 people have been made homeless. a very unusual weather pattern, the second time in aonth that storm freddie has struck southern africa, previously hitting mozambiquend madagascar are before reaching malawi. reporter: with each passing day, the extent of tropical storm freddie's devastation in southern malawi is becoming clearer. the destruction of roads, brges and lives, about 200 people killed with hundreds more injured, and officials fear the death toll will keep rising as the rain shows no sign of stopping. >> we hear a voice of a child

crying, please save me, please save me. then after opening the door, we discovered the minded went over our house. reporter: a potential humanitarian crisis is unfolding. malawi's department of crisis management says thousands of households have been displaced. the malawi red cross told the bbc that they worked to reach me areas that have made it difficult to reach by land or air. freddie is the most intense storm in the southern hemisphere. it struck madagascar and mozambique twice, but malawi has suffered the heaviest toll. authorities gave heaviest warnings to low-lying areas, but

said some communities fled before it was too late. the rains are expected to continue for 48 hours before a weekend freddie returns eastward towards mozambique. laura: a short time ago, i spoke with our reporter in zimbabwe. how unusual is it to have a cyclone circle back around and make a second landfall as freddie did in this case? reporter: incredibly rare, laura . as far as we understand, it is on course to break several records. cyclone freddie began off the coast of australia in early february, moved across the indian ocean west towards madagascar, pummeled of the indian ocean island, moved westward towards mulvaney beak -- mozambique. there was an expectation it would dissipate, but it struck a second time, causing havoc in madagascar, and turned around again.

many experts are saying even though it is probably the most intense cyclone to have affected the southern hemisphere, it is likely to break the record of the longest running cyclone. laura: because of the geography, how difficult will it be to get aid to the devastated parts of malawi and mozambique? reporter: what we understand is that in malawi, which h been the worst affected, a lot of the terrain, especially the roads and bridges, have been washed away by this torrential rain, and that has been the major problem, trying to get the search-and-rescue teams out in those districts cut off by these heavy rains. laura: these are nations which are being extremely badly affected by the impact of climate change. is there some resentment about

this, which is playing into the reaction in those countries, the fact that these storms appeared to be more intense? reporter: the understanding is that africa and southern africa is one of the worst affected by climate change, but it contributes so little to the carbon emissions. the figure is about 4%, but they appear to haorne the brunt of some of these adverse weather conditions. madagascar are when cyclone freddie first hit was the worst affected on the continent. it has called on western nations to do more to make sure those who are affected are set up in conditions that the fit their dignity, that they are not just thrown into tents and given plastic buckets, and there is a: western nations to contribute more when these humanitarian disasters occur. laura: thank you so much for being with us.

let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news tonight. joe biden has issued a new executive order on gun control. it would increase the number of background checks before somebody can buy a gun. mr. biden went to monterey park in california where a gunman killed 11 in january. the measures does not require the approval of the s. congress. meta is cutting 10,000 jobs. chief executive mark zuckerberg said in a statement that the losses were part of a year of efficiency and that they would be tough. he added that 5000 vacancies at the company would be left unfilled. former u.k. prime minister boris johnson give evidence in public about whether he misled mps about parties at downing street. he will be questioned in a televised session wednesday. an initial report published

eaier this month said mr. johnson may have misled parliament multipl times. he has rejected this, saying he believes the process will vindicate him. poli in pakistan have used tear gas and water cannon to remove supporters of the opposition leader imran khan from outside of his residence in lahore. the clashes between police and protesters broke out after officers arrived with a warrant for the former prime minister's arrest. he ifacing allegations that he incorrectly declared gifts from foreign leaders while in office. our pakistan correspondent caroline davies has been speaking with mr. khan. caroline: what sorts of things have you heard? >> i've been following everything from here. first of all, the police came in without any knowledge. we saw the news that police were coming to arrest m and we didn't have many workers, so

they immediately tried to remove the workers. theyod she ttoir water cannons, teargas shelling. washing our faces as it came right inside the house. now they are gathering more force. i am prepared for that. caroline: why are you resisting arrest when the police are coming now? >> we had taken veil, protective veil until the 18th. on the 14th, there's no reason why they should have to arrest me. what i would want is rule of law, and rule of law means

simply whoever breaks the law should be punished now, whether it is somebody in my party or somebody, my opponent. we should all be subject to the law of the land. caroline: the law of the land says there is an arrest warrant out for you. are you not following the law of the land? >> it is not the law of the land because i had protective veil until the 18th. it's not the law of the land. it's the law of the jungle. laura: the pakistani government has said it has nothing to do with the arrest, and the arres has nothing to do with elections. let's go to a u.k. team of structural and civil engineers turkish engineers have already found inferior building materials were used in t construction the. our signs editor rebecca morelle

has more. rebecca: the devastation of last month's earthquake. more than 50,000 people lost their lives as buildings collapsed in the biggest earthquake to hit the region in almost a century. now an investigation is beginning to try to find answers amongst the wreckage. how many buildings did you end up serving as a team? she is leading the field investigation team. structural engineers in the u.k. and turkiye are working together to assess the damage. she's been getting the latest update. do you think they got these aggregates locally? the river pebbles should not be there. they weaken the structure. she has also found some still

bars, which means the concrete doesn't cling to them. this kind of in-depth analysis can be done only with having experts on the ground. the successes of the ones that are still intact and perform perfectly well is as important as neighbors have colpsed. it is key to what we can do. the collapse of some buildings is into because of poor -- is not because of poor nstruction. there is a process called liquefacon that can turn the ground into a heavy fluid, like very wet sand. a telltale sign is a building that has toppled over. at this engineering company, computer simulations show why some buildings fail.

>> we are starting to see more movement in the columns. the connection with the central core has failed. that part has collapsed. the building has performed badly. rebecca: buildings can be designed to sustain seismic events. >> we can see the performance of the columns and the beams and floors and ceilings. that is a clean bill of health. the basic design principle is to allow some form of damage within the building. that damage absorbs the energy of the earthquake, which means the building will move a little bit more. things will crack, but generally the building will survive. that is the baseline. rebecca: how do construct buildings in an earthquake zone? the vertical columns should be stronger than the horizontal beams. you don't want to get what is called pan caking where one layer collapses on top of other.

dampers can be addtoo. they act as shock absorbers as the building sways, and rubber bearings can be fitted underneath the building to absorb the energy of t earthquake so it does not transfer to the structure above, but all of tcosts money, an retrofitting an older building can be more expensive. with so much destruction, there is a huge task ahead. it will take years of planning to rebuild. the hope is the findings of the investigation will ensure this kind of devastation is not seen again. rebecca morelle, bbc news. laura: a public swming pool in britain is being heated by a small data center that is only the size of a washing machine. a project is believed to be a u.k. first is saving thousands of pounds in energy costs, as jenny kuma now reports. jenny: this pool is the first in

the country to use a pioneering technology to heat the water and cut down on carbon emissions. this is where the magic happens. >> here it is. this is a deep green unit with computers immersed in oil. jenny: when you put stuff in, ey could end up in a data center. >> we all rely on the cloud in our everyday lives, whether it is banking or testing, but the computer centers generate enormous amounts of heat. data centers need to get rid of that heat. most of the time, it gets thrown into the atmosphere. this system is different where we are immersing the computers in oil and putting it into the heat exchanger. jenny: like businesses all around the country, they have had to deal with astronomical rises in energy bills. they've gone up from 18,000 to 80,000 in a year.

they say the new technology will bring them big savings. >> i'm hoping thiwill bring a significant reduction, potentially 40,000, 50,000 pounds per year. >> we need to do more of this going forward. >> it sounds excellent. if it saves the bills, fine. >> really good idea. jenny: the governing body swim england has warned that more than 100 pools across the country are under the threat of closure because of higher running costs. the sector announced the announcement of 63 million pounds of government funding to help. >> this funding is helpful and will allow us to invest in the deep green technology, things like air source heat pumps, so we can move away from gas

entirely. jenny: seven other pools in england have signed up to the heating scheme used here. the company behind it hopes it can help keep the leisure centers afloat. bbc news, exit or. laura: i hope the french were watching because france is counting down to the 2024 olympic games literally, and that could be a y to save money. organizers unveiled the sign in paris to mark 500 days until the start of the games. anticipation is building, and so is the demand for tickets. organizers said that they have sold 2.3 million tickets in phase one. olympic fever is alive and well in france. i am laura trevelyan. thanks for news america. narrator: funding for presentation of this program is provided .. the freeman foundation. by judy and peter blum-kovler foundation.

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>> evening and welcome. >> a russian jet forces down a u.s. drone as it conducts surveillance. >> the president signs an executive order to increase background checks on gun purchases. >> as the fallout from two bank failures ripples to the markets, inflation eases but stays high, complicating the federal reserve's response. >> and an american manufacturer is accused of -- of violating sanctions by doing business with the russian arms industry. >> the reason it is so important is because they can taken on refined hunk of meta