Calls quote extraordinary measures to avoid defaulting on our debt. Which looks a lot more likely now that the most conservative wing of the Republican Party seems to have a Tightening Vice around speaker Kevin Mccarthy. If they can keep the government open, the Republican Party is gearing up for a series of investigations into President Biden. What they Just Announced a couple of moments ago, in a second. One of the investigations, the president himself, all about handdelivered to them, wrapped in a shiny bow, the white house is facing hard questions about why it was not more transparent about the discovery of classified documents, and not one, but two locations. Especially as the president himself was criticizing the former president for mishandling his own classified documents. White house lawyers say the number of documents found is small and nbc news has just confirmed what one of them was marked with. What we know about that document in a moment. And what exactly is the process b
and in other news. on the eve of the us midterm elections: democrats and republicans make their closing arguments this is the scene live in the state of maryland, where president biden is due to address the crowds. and bursting at the seams: we meet 72 members of the same familyall living under the same roof. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 8am in singapore, and 2am in egypt where the cop27 climate summit has started in sharm el sheikh, with the darkest of warnings from the head of the united nations. antonio guterres said the world was on the highway to climate hell with no sign of slowing down, and that humanity needed to co operate or perish . last year s climate conference in glasgow agreed a number of pledges on cutting emissions, but the un says progress on these has been woefully inadequate . our climate editorjustin rowlatt is at the summit in egypt and sent this report. in the egyptian desert, world leaders have been gath
democrats and republicans make their closing arguments to american voters. this is the scene live in the state of ohio, where former president donald trump is due to address the crowds. and bursting at the seams we meet 72 members of the same family all living under the same roof. hello and welcome to the programme. we start in egypt, where the cop27 climate summit has started in sharm el sheikh with the darkest of warnings from the head of the united nations. hell with no sign of slowing down, and that humanity needed to co operate or perish . last year s climate conference in glasgow agreed a number of pledges on cutting emissions, but the un says progress on these has been woefully inadequate . our climate editorjustin rowlatt is at the summit in egypt and sent this report. in the egyptian desert, world leaders have been gathering to try and tackle the climate challenge including the british prime minister rishi sunak, arriving in egypt for what are expected to be s
while attempting to land in stormy weather. authorities say more than 20 people survived the crash, and were taken to hospital. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk from helsinki. i m stephen sackur. when vladimir putin launched his invasion of ukraine, he probably didn t consider the impact it would have on another neighbour, finland, but maybe he should have, because after decades of pragmatic coexistence, finland has made a big strategic decision to join nato, to send weapons to kyiv, and to build a big fence along the border with russia to keep russians out. my guest today is the president of finland, sauli niinisto. do finns now see russia as the enemy next door? president sauli niinisto. welcome to hardtalk. thank you. mr president, finland hasjust made a major strategic shift. this country is now prepared to join naito. prepared tojoin nato. how big a deal is that? it is, but if you look back, let s say time before.after cold war ende
with less tha 48 hours until us midterm elections, president biden and donald trump continue on the campaign trail, in the push to win crucial votes. and elon musk threatens a permanent ban for twitter users who create false orfake profiles. we will tell you all you need to know. a very warm welcome to the programme. at the cop 27 climate conference in egypt, world leaders will highlight the steps they are taking to tackle global warming, as developing countries hope for reforms of the climate finance system. richer nations are to outline their programmes for reducing carbon emissions. poorer countries have welcomed the prospect of a debate on setting up a compensation fund. our climate editor, justin rowlatt, has the latest from the conference in sharm el sheikh. cyclones ripped through madagascar earlier this year. floods displaced more than a million people in nigeria last month, while another year of low rainfall pushed parts of somalia and elsewhere in east africa even c