world, i m max foster. bianca nobilo is off. the president will host for a high-stakes meeting. the president keeps changing positions, waiting those days and changing positions. why the financial markets are nervous about this, is it the 1st or the 14th. it is they destroyed us, it s tragedy tonight, but for today, in our hearts. three, two, one, engines, full power, and liftoff, falcon 9. this is just the beginning of a great journey for all of us. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is monday, may the 22nd. 9:00 a.m. here in london. 4:00 a.m. in washington where the clock is ticking down until the u.s. possibly defaults. negotiations in debt ceiling are set to resume between president joe biden and house ecker kevin mccarthy. u.s. treasury secretary janet yellen is again warning congress anded white house they must come to a resolution soon. i indicated in my last letter to congress that we expect to
between the voting systems firm dominion and fox news. star hosts tucker carlson and sean hannity are also expected to take the stand. more on all of those stories in a few minutes. first, a full round up from the bbc sport centre. hello. day four of the world snooker championship is well under way with two england vs scotland battles under way in the afternoon session. john higgins is leading david grace 10 7, and england sjudd trump is taking on anthony mcgill, where he s leading at the crucible. let s take you straight there. that is anthony mcgill at the table, a ropey start but he came from two frames down to level at 2 2. however, trump has fought back and took the fifth frame, which means he is now leading 3 2. don t forget, judd trump was last year s finals, eventually it was until ronnie o sullivan. mcgill has only beaten judd trump winds in his career. security of course stepped up at the crucible after last night s protest, uninterrupted coverage on bbc iplayer, th
we start with news that s been breaking in the last hour or so. police in the northern german city of hamburg say several people have been killed in a shooting incident; several others have been injured. hamburg police said a large scale operation was under way in the alsterdorf area. german media are reporting that the shooting took place at a jehovah s witnesses centre. ambulances are at the scene. police say they have no idea what might have motivated such a deadly act. earlier i spoke tojenny witt, a journalist based in hamburg who gave us a sense of the situation on the ground. the details are very scant, several people been injured and some have been killed they have not given a figure on the number of fatalities do know from police reports of the scene is that when officers arrived at the scene, they heard a shot inside the building and went inside and found several people injured and dead at the scene. whether the perpetrator was among these people is not clear at
all at once. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we start with news that s been breaking in the last few hours or so. police in the northern german city of hamburg say several people have been killed in a shooting incident, several others have been injured. hamburg police said a large scale operation was under way in the alsterdorf area. german media are reporting that the shooting took place at a jehovah s witnesses centre. ambulances are at the scene. police say they have no idea what might have motivated such a deadly act. earlier i spoke tojenny witt, a journalist based in hamburg, who gave us a sense of the situation on the ground. the details are still very scant. the police have said that several people have been injured and several people have been killed. they have not put a figure on the number of fatalities yet. what we do know from police and from reports at the scene is that when officers arrive
police in the german city of hamburg say several people have been killed in a shooting incident, and several others were injured. the attack happened inside a meeting hall forjehovah s witnesses where an event had apparently been under way. it s believed the attacker was among the dead. tim allman has more details. a quiet street in hamburg at around nine o clock in the evening local time. in the distance, a figure appears to have climbed up the outside of a building and is appearing inside. then, after a short pause, he raises what appears to be a handgun and opens fire. not long after, armed officers arrive and a storming the building. slowly, carefully they make their way upstairs, no idea if the government is waiting for them. this is kingdom hall, a place of worship for local jehovah s witnesses. it seems they were in the middle of a service when the attack took place. translation: did not realise what was happening, - translation: did not realise what was happening, i -