the president is set to meet with congressle leaders on tuesday, and sources tell cnn the temperature could be just right for bargaining. here s the latest from washington. president biden says he s likely meeting with congressional leaders on tuesday, setting up another showdown over the debt limit. the president said his aids are working through the timing with that meeting, but top economists say the staff level talks have been constructive, and they said they talked about the need of avoiding default. president biden struck an optimistic tone that an agreement will be reached. i learned a long time ago, and you know as well as i do it s never good to characterize talks in the middle of the talk. i think there s a desire on their part as well as ours to reach an agreement. i think we will be able to do it. in preparation for this upcoming meeting with president biden, house speaker kevin mccarthy and other congressional leaders. officials have said some of the discus
will face off once again at the end of the month in the next stage of an election that has been viewed as a referendum on the now 20-year tenure of president erdogan. jomana ca ra cha is joining us now. what would this runoff look like? what s happening behind you? it s still a pretty boisterous scene even at 2:00 in the morning in istanbul. reporter: it is, jim. we are right outside the headquarters of president erdogan s a.k. party here in istanbul. as you can see, hundreds and hundreds of people have been turning up here. you ve got families who are out here. you ve got people who are driving around on motorbikes and their cars waving the turkish flag and the flag of president erdogan s party. this looks like a celebration, but there is no celebration yet. as you mentioned, this is still too close to call. we understand from the country s supreme election council that nearly 90% of the vote has been counted so far, but they haven t given any indication of what these cand
nashville tennessee, six innocence lost their lives. three of them nine-year-olds. the faces of these beautiful children are imprinted on my heart. like many parents in this country, i wake up in the middle of the night thinking about these families and praying for them. i cannot conceive of the depths of their pain. as americans, we need to have an open and honest discussion about how to protect our children, tomorrow. not decades from now, tomorrow. what is the real practical solution? what would actually save lives? republic in talk of health has merit but how do you fix this legislatively? it is hard to think about. it seems nearly impossible to fix the human heart or the human mind from the halls of congress. and as for the drumbeat for gun control, let s say just in theory, that you abolish the second amendment and ban guns entirely. that would fix precisely nothing. there are currently more than 390 million guns in this country. and even if you did try to confiscate th
hello, i m lucy grey. it s become increasingly clear the ceasefire in sudan is not holding. there are reports of fighter jets and drones targeting positions held by the powerful paramilitary, rapid support forces, or rsf. there s also shelling in the country s capital, khartoum. hundreds have now been killed, and tens of thousands have fled the conflict which is destabilising the entire region. one of the gernerals leading the rsf in the fight against sudan s army has told the bbc he will not negotiate until the fighting ends. mohamed hamdan dagalo, also known as hemedti, was speaking to zeinab badawi. our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, is following developments. there had been the suggestion from the south sudanese government of an invitation to the two men leading these rival factions to travel to meet face to face. that has not materialised. clearly there has been an enormous concerted international effort led by the americans, the saudi arabians, the gulf and other
in syria and libya. abdalla hamdok said there needed to be a unified international effort to persuade the sudanese military leader and the head of a rival paramilitary force to hold peace talks. despite agreeing to a ceasefire, fighting has continued in parts of the capital, khartoum, with reports of fighterjets and drones targeting positions held by the rapid support forces, or rsf. hundreds have now been killed, and tens of thousands have fled the conflict which is de stabilising the entire region. one of the generals leading the rsf in the fight against sudan s army has told the bbc he will not negotiate until the fighting ends. mohamed hamdan dagalo also known as hemedti was speaking to zeinab badawi. i want to put it to you that the people particularly in khartoum are living in an ordeal, what would it take for you to allow humanitarian corridors? translation: first of all i would like to thank- the bbc for the interview regarding the truce. we have been asking for