hanging over america s head, but because of the good work of president biden as well as democrats and the house and democrats and the house and democrats in the senate, we are not defaulting. democrats said from the start and we must take default of the table. for a long time republicans, many republicans in the house resisted, house republicans ready to take default hostage in order to pop as a radical heritage to gender that never could have passed with the american people. so tonight s outcome is very welcome news for our economy and for american families. i sank my colleagues for the good work tonight. i commend president biden and his team for producing a sensible compromise under the most difficult circumstances. so many of the destructive provisions in the republican bill are gone. senate majority leader chuck schumer there, welcoming the outcome of the vote and praising the work of democrats. our north america correspondent jessica parker has been following this. t
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prime minister rishi sunak is aiming to finalise a deal with brussels on post brexit northern ireland trade rules early this week some speculate as soon as tomorrow. government officials held talks with their counterparts in brussels on sunday in a bid to overcome some of the detail that is currrently unpallatable to some politicians in northern ireland. the so called northern ireland protocol has split political opinion since its inception in 2021. it is the trade deal that was agreed to ensure the free movement of goods across the irish land border after brexit. what do business leaders based in northern ireland think about these latest developments? joining me now is roger poland, head of the federation of small businesses northern ireland good to talk to you again. are you hopeful, are you with those who are domestic and think a deal could done this week? we are deal could done this week? - are hopeful of a deal being done this week and the last miles of the race are
Emmanuel macron wins the french presidency, but that may prove to have been the easy part. We assess how his en Marche Movement hopes to tackle the huge problems of the french economy. And President Trump wants to cut red tape to get drugs on the market faster, but the Pharmaceutical Industry is wary of president s bearing gifts. So now lets focus on the Business Implications of that result in france. Well look at all the Market Reaction as well in this of World Business report. So, he got thejob. Emmanuel macron is to be the french president. Now the hard work begins. His first challenge will be to form a government with crucial parliamentary elections in june. The outcome of that will determine how much power the new president has to tackle the lengthy list of economic problems. As weve highlighted before on this Programme France has had a high Unemployment Rate for many, many years. Currently it is about 10 of the workforce, or 3 million people. That co m pa res workforce, or 3 mill
On fake news during the Election Campaign, saying itll do all it can to tackle the problem. In sport, theres hope yet for arsenals season. They beat Manchester United and are still in the chase for the Champions League places. And carol has the weather. Good morning. For some of us, the good morning. For some of us, the good weather will last. A bit more cloud in the north and east and still cool down in the north sea coastline. I will have more details in about ten minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Frances newly elected president , Emmanuel Macron, has promised to heal the countrys divisions following his resounding victory over the far right leader, Marine Le Pen, in yesterdays election. The pro eu candidate secured 66 of the vote and atjust 39 years old, he will become the countrys youngest ever leader. Speaking at a Victory Rally outside the louvre in paris, he said the task ahead was immense and made a plea for unity. Heres our europe correspondent, Damian Grammaticas.