on tuesday, representatives of us presidentjoe biden and congressional republicans met again on capitol hill. the two sides have untiljune 1st to come to an agreement on raising the govenrment s borrowing limit, or risk the us not being able to pay its bills. some analysts have warned a default could lead to huge job losses in the us and even a global recession. stocks on wall street finished sharply lower on tuesday. despite this, optimism among leaders remains. negotiations are very hard, very difficult, both sides have to understand they won t get everything they want. we are trying to get to a budget that is reasonable and bipartisan. that democrats and republicans in the house and senate will be able to vote on and agree on. this is the process, that s why we are moving in this way, to make sure it s bipartisan, but also reasonable. that s what you all can look forward to. for the latest on this story, i spoke to cbs news congressional correspondent, nikole killion. has
where negogtiators working to avoid a us debt default are back on capitol hill for talks tonight. negotiations have been described as productive, but there s still no deal. earlier, presidentjoe biden and speaker of the house kevin mccarthy led talks on raising the debt ceiling to ensure the us can continue to pay its bills. biden and republican congressional leaders now have just ten days to avoid a default. president biden said: kevin mccarthy spoke outside the white house, and the bbc s nomia iqbal was watching. he said the meeting was productive. he said the tone was good. he appeared in an upbeat mood and he said there was still a way to go before they make a compromise. he did say that he believed the president does want to make a deal. bear in mind, we are fast approaching the deadline, and if a deal is passed, it would take more than a week, or about a week, to get through congress. the speaker appeared confident that would happen. i never wanted to be here. i do not
hello, i m sumi somaskanda. we start in washington tonight, where negotiators have been working to avoid a us debt default. negotiations have been described as productive but there s still no deal. earlier, presidentjoe biden and speaker of the house kevin mccarthy led talks on raising the debt ceiling to ensure the us can continue to pay its bills. biden and republican congressional leaders now have just ten days to avoid a default. president biden said: wwe reiterated once again that default is off the table. and the only way to move forward is in good faith toward a bipartisan agreement. kevin mccarthy spoke outside the white house and the bbc s nomia iqbal was watching. he said the meeting was productive. he said the tone was good. he appeared in an upbeat mood and he said there was still a way to go before they make a compromise. he did say that he believed the president does want to make a deal. bear in mind, we are fast approaching the deadline, and if a deal is
6 00 a. M. In gaza and this is our continuing breaking News Coverage of the war in israel, fox news at night. And this is now a live look at gaza city, 40 minutes before sunrise. Over the past few days these last minutes of darkness have been used by isreali forces to unleash a barrage of air strikes, rocket fire that has crippled gaza. 300,000 isreali troops are now on the border with gaza waiting for word to begin what appears to be a major ground assault. The death toll is also rising with each side losing upwards of a thousand people, 22 americans are also confirmed dead. And 17 more remain unaccounted for. As the Biden Administration scrambles to rescue u. S. Citizens being held hostage by hamas. We begin tonight with the Senior Foreign Affairs correspondent greg palkot. Greg, we are hearing loud noises and seeing flashes, any indication from where you are that this ground war has started or just air strikes . Trace, yeah, we have no indications of ground action yet although we se
he s been reading a lot. so he is trying to keep himself strong. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. padel is the tennis/squash hybrid that s becoming the must play sport of 2023. anyone can play it and then you sort of get addicted it s a very social sport, so it s a lot of fun. it s a cross between squash and tennis. it s tennis scoring, but you can play off the backboard like you can with squash. well, it couldn t be simpler bats instead of rackets, and the rest is pretty obvious. i mean, it is a sign ofjust how popular the sport is becoming that it is attracting this kind of investment. each of these courts cost £30,000, and here they ve got 14 of them. but the uk is embracing it, and a national team yes, there is one well, they re doing pretty well.