Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Us republicans and democrats are blaming each other for the continued stand off over the governments budget, which has led to the shutdown of many Public Services in america. A bill to fund the federal government for the coming weeks did not receive the required 60 votes by the midnight deadline. President trump accused the democrats of putting politics above the interests of the American People. The Democrat Senate minority leader, chuck schumer, blamed hard, right wing forces in the white house and said dealing with mr trump was like negotiating with jelly. We can do big things, but the president needs to step up and lead. The republicans control the presidency, the senate, the house. They know whos responsible. The American People know that the republicans control the presidency, the senate and the house and they know whos responsible. America knows. This is the trump shutdown. Only the president can end it. We democrats are at the table. Were r
Officials said four gunmen began firing on saturday evening, shooting at staff and guests. Translation at first i heard some gunfire and after 15 minutes, a worker from the hotel approached and said suicide attackers entered the hotel. Local media reports say several people have been killed. Its unclear how many, yet it is believed the security guards at the entrance to the hotel may be among those injured. The Intercontinental Hotel in kabul is popular with foreign guests, situated on a hilltop outside the city and has been the target of an attack before in 2011 when 21 people died. Security forces said two of the gunman had been shot and killed. Two more are thought to be hiding in the building with reports they had taken hostages on the upper floors. The attack comes days after the us embassy in kabul issued a warning about hotels in the city, saying extremist groups may be planning an attack and saying hotels as well as public gatherings could be potential targets. It is still not
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Real madrid in the finals. Ukrainian authorities are gradually losing control of the east of the country. About one dozen towns are now partly controlled by prorussian groups. Armed separatists seize government buildings and there are maximum alert but it is unclear what may change. In donetsk, we report on the gradual takeover of these sites. You see the chipping away of control of kiev of this situation, these eastern regions of the ukraine, the luhansk regi on where i was yesterday, and the Donetsk Region where i was right now. We see the same scenario over and over, they fall to the hands of separatists. Separatists or taking control of strategic building sites, local Administration Buildings and tv towers, police stations. They arrive on the scene usually in a large crowd that will gather in front of the building, and they will start shouting prorussian slogans and youll have a smaller, core group of armed men often in military fatigues, often carrying weapons and assault weapons