but at what cost? with soaring energy bills it is getting more expensive to heat pools like this one, so they may have to close for good. good morning from wimbledon where there is some disappointment after andy murray and emma raducanu both went out on centre court. but british number one cameron norrie went through to round three. good morning. early rain in eastern parts of northern ireland and scotland which will become confined to the north east of scotland. for the rest of us, sunshine and showers, some thundery. details later in the programme. good morning. it s thursday, 30thjune. our main story. the uk will provide an additional £1 billion in military aid for ukraine, after president zelensky urged nato leaders to do more to help the country s war effort. at the nato summit in madrid, the military alliance branded russia the biggest direct threat to western security. our security correspondent frank gardner has more. ukrainian troops on salisbury plain, part of an e
Once strangers but now they are heroes. Holiday heroes, now extended family members. The parents credit the community with saving them twice. Starting first with a good samaritan. A great samaritan. This family says everything started just before a 2 30 last friday night with an incredible heroic act. He drove off the main street and banged on my door and when i opened the door i was starting to grasp our house was on fire, he just ran up the stairs grabbed my son picked up my daughter and pulled them out of the house. Rita says they have used their fireplace at least three times but on this night the top of the chimney caught fire and spread. The Fire Marshal Office determined a malfunctioning fireplace was the cause. The family says they had just relocated one month ago from qatar and lost everything. We took them into our house to distract them but it was terrifying. Yet, both parents were smiling on camera. We are fine because of our neighbors and the community. I am so thankful. W
Indian coastline. Good to have you with us. In washington, focus shifted to the impasse. The talks came after Senate Democrats rejected a republican bill to temporarily raise the debt limit and fund the governmental. Afterwards, senator harry reid spoke about his history with Senate Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell and how that might impact steps going forward. Senator mcconnell and i have been in this body a long time, weve done things in the body together, i know him, he knows me, we dont agree on everything, and that is probably an understaple, but we were whirps together. Togetherwhips together, we revamped government together as whips. If we have political sciernts out there now, this is a class case of what Political Science is all about. We have had too little sitting down trying to work out problems. Thats what were doing now. What seems to be a pattern here, day 12 ended with a lot of call and very little action. John terrett are reports from capitol hill. It was a very are pro
Moved from the house to the senate. The majority leader harry reid says he is hopeful for a compromise soon, one that will break the budget impasse before default. I want to bring in al jazeeras john terret joining us from capitol hill. I hope you have a record player because i have a record i would like to sell you, albeit a broken record reporter i am going to go get one after this broadcast in the light of what you said. Thats for sure. We could lead a long playing record into the we small hours. There is a lot happening, but there is no real progress. The headline news, i think, is we just heard in the past few minutes with harry reid, the majority leader in senate had a telephone call with his republican counterpart, mitch mccog. We are told it was cordial. We know they met face to face yesterday. Today, we are told they simply agreed to keep on talking. We are also told that nancy pelosi, the minority leader in the house had a telephone call with president obama today at which th
Cyclone phailin slams into the indian peninsula. How long troops will stay in afghanistan good to have you with us. In washington president obama met with Senate Democrats today to try to reach an agreement over the shutdown and debt ceiling. Meantime it is no, no and no from the white house, congress and the senate. John terrett joining us from washington. Were waiting to hear a yes john. What more can you tell us about president obamas meeting with the Democratic Congress caucus . No no and no. The meeting was in the oval office and present at the meeting were apart from the president of the United States himself, harry reid, Dick Durbin Charles schumeer they put a lid on the day which means the president wont be speaking about it either. We have heard a resume that the meeting went rather well, a state of the union really, so the president could be on the same page as everybody in the Democratic Party in the senate and the reason for that is they had had a meeting earlier in the day