Government shutdown. Take a look at this, a deal is approved in the senate after being approved in the lower house as well. It means Government Workers will be paid, and will keep the government running for the next 45 days, and in 45 days they will have to come to another day. The other thing about this particular deal is that it excludes any more aid or money for ukraine, which was a condition of some of the republicans, that they demanded. Lets take a listen to the Senate Majority leader, the democrat, chuck schumer. It has been a day full of twists and turns, but the American People can breathe a sigh of relief. There will be no Government Shutdown. Democrats have said from the start that the only solution for avoiding a shutdown is bipartisanship. And were glad that Speaker Mccarthy has finally heeded our message. In the end, more democrats supported this bill in the house than republicans, proving bipartisanship was the best answer all along. I want to thank my colleagues here in
Six and a half Million Viewers tune in to channel 4s First Episode of the Great British bake off, but did the show rise to the challenge . Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Tropical storm harvey has moved east to neighbouring louisiana, after battering the city of houston in texas for the past four days. Thousands of people there have fled their homes in search of Emergency Shelter amid severe flooding. Residents in port arthur, texas 90 miles east of houston are said to be in survival mode. residents have been posting pleas for help on social media and calling local radio and tv stations for help. The storm has made landfall for the second time this time in the neighbouring state of louisa na. The state increased its emergency resources, doubling up on high water vehicles, boats and helicopters on duty. These are some of the latest pictures from houston where a night time curfew to prevent looting from abandoned homes, as authorities and volunteers battle to rescue stranded peop
Which was planted to mark two decades since Princess Diana died. Police are investigating after a box of 70 fireworks was set off in a pizza shop in liverpool. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Tropical storm harvey has moved east to neighbouring louisiana, after battering the city of houston in texas for the past four days. Lets go straight to houston and join laura trevelyan. Welcome to houston, a city where so many neighbourhoods are underwater. Look at the destruction and devastation the flooding and aftermath of Hurricane Harvey has caused. In this neighbourhood were still seeing flooding even though the storm has passed, because reservoirs outside houston are so full with water they are over spilling so the authorities are over spilling so the authorities are doing controlled release of the water through the dams, which means water through the dams, which means water levels here are still rising. There are more than 10,000 people in shelters in houston, yet another shelters
Would also say that we need to look very carefully at the terms of any trade relationship. American football stars kneel during their national anthem, protesting against racism in the us. Donald trump says theyre unpatriotic. The germans are digesting an election result which will reverberate for years to come. Angela merkel has led the Christian Democratic Party to be the biggest in this election, but that and it is a big but, this has been a disastrous night for the chancellor. The cdu and csu have lost ground since the last election. Lets bring the latest projections we have, the latest exit polls, which show you the cdu and csu projected to get 33 , below where they were polling recent days, and also well below the over 41 they got in the last election. The second part of this story is the social democrat party. Its worst ever showing in the general election, projected at 21 , and this is yet another european ce ntre left and this is yet another European Centre left party experienc
The world is unprepared for the impact on societies of falling fertility rates will have, according to a big new global report. China has said it will take all necessary measures to safeguard its interests, after the uk decided to purge Huawei Technologies from its 56 infrastructure. China said britains decision was political, and not an issue of National Security. It comes as President Trump welcomed the uk decision, saying it was him who convinced britain to abandon the chinese tech giant. Beijing has also warned of reciprocal sanctions against the us, after the president ruled out further trade negotiations and ended hong kongs preferential trade status. Our north america correspondent, peter bowes reports. The us has long been campaigning for britain and other countries to ban equipment from the chinese tech giant. The about turn follows months of pressure from washington, including imposing tariffs on china. Huawei posed a National Security threat, said the Trump Administration. T