[00:39.99]Chief Justice Roberts, a Conservative, cast doubt on the standing of those who brought the case
[00:44.99]whilst Justice Samuel Alito compared the issue to emerging technologies like mobile phones and the internet.
[00:51.62]The suggestion from all three is that the court is shying away from a groundbreaking decision one way or another.
[00:58.28]The governor of the Cypriot Central Bank Panicos Demetriades has promised what he called a superhuman effort
[01:04.37]to reopen the country’s banks on Thursday.
[01:07.03]They have been closed for nearly two weeks to prevent a bank-run while an international bailout was being negotiated.
[01:13.47]A draft of the deal seen by the BBC proposes capital controls including a weekly limit on withdrawals and an export limit on Euros.
[01:21.68]The Cypriot finance minister Michael Sarris said the measures would be temporary.
[01:27.63]“There will be some bleeding, some outflow. We believe that’ll be controlled.
[01:32.17]And once we get the message that things begin to get back to normal I think we will be able to lift those controls.
[01:40.07]I think we are talking a matter of weeks.”
[01:42.76]Pope Francis has announced that he won’t move into the official papal apartments but will instead remain in a Vatican guesthouse.
[01:50.01]The Pope’s spokesman said he wanted to live in community with others.