gansu province. more than 250 other people have been injured in the 6.2 magnitude quake. rescuers are braving freezing weather with temperatures below 13c to search for survivors. the government has dispatched teams of rescue workers to assist local emergency crews. let s go live to our china correspondent, stephen mcdonell who is in beijing, what more can you tell us? a what more can you tell us? powerful, shallow earthquakes struck the plateau as before midnight, bringing down people s homes and killing 118 residents as they slept, of those we are told 105 people died in gansu province and 13 in neighbouring qinghai. the rescue effort started through the night into the early hours of the morning and has continued today in very difficult, freezing conditions. we are told that 11100 firefighters have been sent to assist in the rescue effort. we are getting footage of emergency tents being set up. you can imagine one of the terrible things when this sort of accident happe
a reservoir in connection with the disappearance of british girl madeleine mccann. it s 8am in singapore, and 3am in the russian region belgorod, where russia says it s hunting ukrainian saboteurs who crossed the border and injured eight people. the local governor said one village had been shelled and several people had suffered shrapnel wounds. ukraine has denied having anything to do with the attack but suggested russian paramilitaries were involved. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports. smoke in the distance. the first hint of the drama ahead. russia said saboteurs had forced their way from ukraine into russian territory. the bbc has located this video to a border checkpoint south of belgorod. it appears to show military vehicles having crossed over. ukraine denied responsibility. it said russian citizens from two paramilitary groups were behind the attack. the russian army sent in reinforcements. local residents couldn t believe what was happening. the local govern
we start tonight in washington, where talks to avoid a us debt default have been described as productive, but there s still no deal. presidentjoe biden and speaker of the house kevin mccarthy led negotiations on raising the debt ceiling to ensure the us can continue to pay its bills. biden and republican congressional leaders now have just ten days to avoid a default. president biden said: kevin mccarthy spoke outside the white house, and the bbc s nomia iqbal was watching. he said the meeting was productive. he said the tone was good. he appeared in an upbeat mood and he said there was still a way to go before they make a compromise. he did say that he believed the president does want to make a deal. bear in mind, we are fast approaching the deadline, and if a deal is passed, it would take more than a week, or about a week, to get through congress. the speaker appeared confident that would happen. i never wanted to be here. i do not like the idea that you govern by chaos, yo
where negogtiators working to avoid a us debt default are back on capitol hill for talks tonight. negotiations have been described as productive, but there s still no deal. earlier, presidentjoe biden and speaker of the house kevin mccarthy led talks on raising the debt ceiling to ensure the us can continue to pay its bills. biden and republican congressional leaders now have just ten days to avoid a default. president biden said: kevin mccarthy spoke outside the white house, and the bbc s nomia iqbal was watching. he said the meeting was productive. he said the tone was good. he appeared in an upbeat mood and he said there was still a way to go before they make a compromise. he did say that he believed the president does want to make a deal. bear in mind, we are fast approaching the deadline, and if a deal is passed, it would take more than a week, or about a week, to get through congress. the speaker appeared confident that would happen. i never wanted to be here. i do not
hello, i m sumi somaskanda. we start in washington tonight, where negotiators have been working to avoid a us debt default. negotiations have been described as productive but there s still no deal. earlier, presidentjoe biden and speaker of the house kevin mccarthy led talks on raising the debt ceiling to ensure the us can continue to pay its bills. biden and republican congressional leaders now have just ten days to avoid a default. president biden said: wwe reiterated once again that default is off the table. and the only way to move forward is in good faith toward a bipartisan agreement. kevin mccarthy spoke outside the white house and the bbc s nomia iqbal was watching. he said the meeting was productive. he said the tone was good. he appeared in an upbeat mood and he said there was still a way to go before they make a compromise. he did say that he believed the president does want to make a deal. bear in mind, we are fast approaching the deadline, and if a deal is