so how did washington get here and what would happen if the borrowing ceiling is not lifted? my colleague samira hussain has been investigating. first of all, this debt ceiling crisis is actually a political crisis. itjust happens to hinge on a must pass piece of legislation to save the nation from economic catastrophe. so, what exactly is happening here? weeks to go before the federal government is unable to pay its bills. well, the us government spends more money that it brings in. so it needs to borrow money to pay its bills. it can only borrow a certain amount of money. and if it needs to borrow more, congress has to prove that. it used to be a routine thing, but not any more. republicans see this as an opportunity to extract demands, like cuts to affordable housing or other social security spending. but us presidentjoe biden says, no way. you need to pass this legislation with no strings attached. so off to the white house the two warring political parties go to tr
shot in gaza city, where just hours ago. the israeli military has carried out air raids in the gaza strip, striking targets belonging to the islamichhad militant group. palestinian officials said three commanders of the group were among at least nine people killed. several others have been wounded. civilians are reportedly among the dead. airstrikes are going on in different areas, also across the gaza strip. it started at two o clock in the morning with the airstrikes targeting three locations, two in gaza city, the main city, and one in the south, rafa, quickly the news was spread around with bombs, everyone was awake and the ministry said that nine people were killed and several others were killed and several others were injured. ms nymagee had issued a statement saying that three of the top leaders top military commanders were killed alongside their wives and some of their children also killed me attack. if nymagee had said we would revenge. islamic jihad has said th
hello, i m sally bundock. welcome to the programme. we begin with breaking news, a story developing overnight. the israeli military has carried out air raids in the gaza strip, striking targets belonging to the islamichhad militant group. palestinian officials said three commanders of the group were among at least 12 people killed. several others have been wounded. powerful explosions were heard throughout gaza city and rafah in the south of the gaza strip, causing panic among residents. in a statement, the al quds brigade, the military wing of islamichhad, said resistance to israel would continue. the death in israeli custody of an islamichhad hunger striker last week was followed by the firing of hundreds of rockets from gaza into israel. soon we will go live to gaza city to speak to rushdi abualouf. three senior officials killed in gaza airstrikes, his say the israeli military launched strikes against the militant group on tuesday. these are the pictures we are receiving a
enter their final day, people across the uk are taking part in community events. the big help out will see people taking on volunteering roles, and members of the royal family have been dropping in on some of the projects as charlotte gallagher reports. after the glitz and glamour of the coronation concert, today s celebrations come down to earth. scouts and their volunteer leaders are just some of the thousands of people taking part in the big help out. and a famous face is getting involved too. you ll make it makes us all a better person when we get involved. we extend our network and meet new people and develop new friendships. we feel like we are doing something positive. and i love that. members of the royal family are at some of the events, including the prince and princess of wales and their children. they ve been in slough, helping the scouts were a bit of building work, with prince louis keeping up with his older brother, getting behind the controls of a digger. th
the national trust says that the recent cold weather has delayed blossoms in many parts of the uk, but the trust also says that when the temperatures start rising, we can look forward to a riot of spring colour, like these cherry trees in shipley in west yorkshire. and talking of temperatures rising, let s get the expert view with chris. well, we had temperatures up to 16 degrees today. that was in nantwich in cheshire. that is one feature of the weather this week. it s been pretty mild so far, more of that to come. it s also been quite grey and cloudy with rain around. more of that to come as well. this month has been a pretty wet month so far. alder grove, to the west of belfast, has had one and a half times as much rainfall as we would normally see in an average march. loads more to come. that area of cloud as the rain we had today and it will continue overnight. we have weather systems lining up in the atlantic, waiting to swing in. it is across western areas of the count