prevents the worst possible crisis, default for the first time in our american history, economic recession, millions of jobs lost and protects key priorities, accomplishments and values that congressional democrats and i fought long and hard for. president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy have a deal to raise the debt ceiling in exchange for spending cuts. we will go through what is in the agreement and the reaction from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. we have new reporting on the evidence that manhattan prosecutors have in the hush money case against former president donald trump. also ahead, the latest from the war in ukraine following the largest drone attack yet by russian forces on kyiv. good morning. it s 8:00 a.m. on the east coast on this monday, may 29th memorial day. i m jonathan lemire. joe, mika and willie will be back with me live tomorrow. let s dive into the news. in washington, a deal has finally been made over the debt ceiling. we have goo
ukraine condemns president putin s surprise visit to the russian occupied city of mariupol, devastated in the early months of the war. translation: like all ukrainians, translation: like all ukrainians, like - translation: like all ukrainians, like all- translation: like all - ukrainians, like all mariupol residents, ifeel that ukrainians, like all mariupol residents, i feel that today a war criminal, whose name is vladimir putin, visited the scene of a crime he committed several months. it s been 20 years since the us led coalition began its war in iraq to topple the dictator saddam hussein we ll assess the legacy. valencia s streets come to life for the five day fallas festival, celebrating the spanish city s culture, history and people. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk, on pbs in the us, and around the world. a weekend of emergency talks has concluded with switzerland s b
of his journalism called dispatches from the diaspora. gary younge, welcome to the media show. let s go back to some of where it all began. you studied french and russian at heriot watt university in edinburgh, and then in yourfinal year you received a scott trust bursary from the guardian to study journalism. and i think you were quite clear at that point that you wanted to be a columnist. why? because i had been very politically involved and my entry into writing was partly because i d studied languages and studied to be an interpreter and i like to manipulate words, but it was also because i had been very involved politically, almost precociously, and that i thought i had things to say. and what i didn t realise at the time was the degree to which reporting, running out, talking to people, finding out, all of that, is the nuts and bolts of everything, including column writing. so as someone who hadn t done an awful lot ofjournalism and heriot watt didn t have a student new
illegal annex president this was his first visit since ordering a full scale invasion of ukraine 13 months ago. now bbc news. it s the media show. my guest today has covered some of the most defining stories of our time. gary younge briefly became part of nelson mandela s entourage, joined revellers as president obama was elected, and has covered much else too gay marriage, brexit, the windrush scandal, and the black lives matter movement. gary left full time journalism at the guardian in 2020 to become professor of sociology at the university of manchester. although he continues to write articles for various publications and books. his new one is a collection of his journalism called dispatches from the diaspora. gary younge, welcome to the media show. let s go back to some of where it all began. you studied french and russian at heriot watt university in edinburgh, and then in your final year you received a scott trust bursary from the guardian to study journalism. and i
gay marriage, brexit, the windrush scandal, and the black lives matter movement. gary left as a full time journalism at the guardian in 2020 to become professor of sociology at the university of manchester. although he continues to write articles for various publications and books. his new one is a collection of his journalism called dispatches from the diaspora. gary younge, welcome to the media show. let s go back to some of where it all began. you studied french and russian at heriot watt university in edinburgh, and then in your final year you received a scott trust bursary from the guardian to study journalism. and i think you were quite clear at that point that you wanted to be a columnist. why? because i had been very politically involved and my entry into writing was partly because i d studied languages and studied to be an interpreter and i like to manipulate words, but it was also because i had been very involved politically, almost precociously, and that i thought