When the House Of Representatives is led by a Different Party to the one that controls the senate and also occupies the white house. Deadlocks. Not unheard of. The government shut down six times since 1990. And when they happen, they can last for a short time, even days. But theres usually a very clear reason why. Last time, for example, the government shut down in 2018. It was 35 days that those services were stopped. And this was because of a very clear disagreement about Donald Trumps wish to build a wall on the southern border. 2013, similarly, very clear Policy Disagreements saw a 16 day shutdown when representatives fell out over the provision of 0bamacare. This time, though, the reasons are far less clear. The republican speaker, Kevin Mccarthy, says that he thinks the Biggest Issue is president biden s wish to send more money to ukraine. But he said a short term deal probably could have been done before now in exchange for stronger Border Protections on the south of the country
By Armenian Separatists for decades, but is internationally recognised as part of azerbaijan. The United Nations says its sending a mission to the region this weekend, to assess the humanitarian situation. The team will look at the needs of people remaining in the territory as well as those who are on the move. Azerbaijan has said it would allow such a visit to take place. We will have more on that later. The Us Government will run out of money to fund itself by the end of saturday unless congress can agree a last minute deal. It would be the 22nd time in the past 50 years that Us Government services have had to be shut down because of a Budget Deadlock in congress. The House Of Representatives will reconvene in washington On Saturday Morning local time. Sean dilley has the latest. Well, this is what you get when the House Of Representatives is led by a Different Party to the one that controls the senate and also occupies the white house. Deadlocks. Not unheard of. The government shut
Welcome to bbc news. Tropical storm harvey, which has caused devastation in texas, is now heading towards neighbouring louisiana. Record amounts of rainfall have fallen across the region. Large parts of houston the countrys fourth largest city are still under water. More than 20 people have died and nearly 200,000 people have registered for financial help. 0ur correspondent, laura trevelyan, is in houston for us. Welcome to houston, where you can see behind me the absolute chaos that the catastrophic flooding has called in the aftermath of hurricane harvey. As you can see, people have had to abandon their homes and cars. These are extraordinary scenes. This morning, ive witnessed dramatic rescues. People have come from all over texas and even out of texas with their boats, just to do whatever they can in the face of this extraordinary situation. The flooding behind me has been worsened by the fact that we are in houston, weather 2 macro reservoirs on the outskirts are full and have bee
Im sorry she hasnt read the items which are on the website. Theres a multitude of specific dates for specific programs and will continue update this as a go to the parliament. It is true we are the most transparent government ever in this country and one of the three most statutory gimmicks in the world. Paul wiedefeld. World. [inaudible] will the minister met that it will have scottish [inaudible] once again we have a request from the s p for hardworking people to pay their taxes for those taxes didnt be used to lobby the very government which is giving out the grand. I think that is wrong in principle. We have been using this in practice over a year and because it was working well thats why weve extended it across the government. Order. Questions to the Prime Minister. Question one, mr. Speaker. Thank you, mr. Speaker. This morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others, and in addition to my duties in this house, i shall have further such meetings later today. People
Question one, mr. Speaker. Thank you, mr. Speaker. This morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others, and in addition to my duties in this house, i shall have further such meetings later today. People look for to their share of 3 million apprenticeships. But the question how this is going to happen. On the eve of National Apprenticeship week in the Prime Minister tallis does have a Delivery Plan or is he making it up as he goes along . Weve achieved 2 million the last parliament. We are confident of achieving 3 million in this parliament. We do have a Delivery Plan based on Large Companies continuing with their plans for apprenticeships. We want Small Companies to do more. We want the Public Sector to join in with larger apprenticeship lanes and we review the progress towards a can my right honorable friend update the house on progress being made in tackling the force of that in iraq and in syria . I totally understand what my friend said and it was a striking what ass