Are racing to strike a compromise deal to end the Government Shutdown before the start of the working week. A vote is expected in the coming hours. Their failure to Reach Agreement on friday meant that much of the federal government shut up shop, with hundreds of thousands of federal employees facing uncertainty as monday morning approaches. Both sides are blaming each other, with divisions over military spending and immigration policy. Sundays debate is still going on, but this is how the republicans and democrats laid out their their arguments at the start of the session. This is day two of the Senate Democrats Government Shutdown. Day two since the democratic leader made a political calculation to do something that, according to a recent survey, even most democrats dont support. He shut down the government to appease a portion, a portion of his partys left wing base. It makes you shake your head. Who comes up with ideas like this . It all really stems from the president , whose inab
Trump is not former director of Communications Anthony scaramucci in half an hour here on bbc news. At least 18 people have been confirmed dead in an attack by taliban militants on a luxury hotel in the afghan capital, kabul. The gunmen entered the hotel last night, spraying guests with bullets before breaking into rooms and taking hostages. 160 people were rescued from the hotel by the Security Forces. Our correspondent Zia Shahreyar reports from kabul. The final moments of a fight that had lasted all night. Gunfire and explosions, as Afghan Special forces battled to regain control of the Intercontinental Hotel. One soldier throws a grenade. He moves away, then the explosion. The room is soon on fire, evidence of the struggle that had taken place. The Afghan National flag waving from the roof, proof that the building has been reta ken. More than 150 people, including some foreigners, were inside yesterday evening, when gunmen burst in and opened fire. Translation there were old people
Against australia. Good evening. Turkey is being urged to show restraint tonight, as it continues an offensive into Northern Syria that its feared will further destabilise a war torn region. Turkish troops crossed the border with syria as part of a military effort to target a Kurdish Militia in the province of afrin. The Kurdish Group has been backed by the United States in the fight against so called Islamic State. But turkey regards it as a terrorist organisation. From the border, mark lowen reports on a potential new front in the syrian war. As if syria needed more of this. Artillery fire from turkey, launching a new ground and air offensive. Its called operation olive branch, though its anything but a gesture of peace. From the air, turkish f 16s struck yesterday. Their target the syrian Kurdish Militia, or ypg. Turkey sees them as terrorists, linked to the outlawed pkk, who have long fought an insurgency in turkey on behalf of the kurdish minority. And it wants them pushed back fr
The economics editor at the independent and ruth lea, whos an economics adviser for the Arbuthnot Banking group. Thats the papers at 11 30. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Turkey is being urged to show restraint as it continues an offensive into Northern Syria that its feared will further de stabilise a war torn region. Turkish troops crossed the border with syria, as part of a military effort to target a Kurdish Militia in the province of afrin. The Kurdish Group has been backed by the United States in the fight against so called Islamic State. But turkey regards it as a terrorist organisation. From the border, mark lowen reports on a potential new front in the syrian war. As if syria needed more of this. Artillery fire from turkey, launching a new ground and air offensive. Its called operation olive branch, though its anything but a gesture of peace. From the air, turkish f 16s struck yesterday. Their target the syrian Kurdish Militia, or ypg. Turkey sees them as terrorists, li
Welcome to the programme. The us senate has agreed to postpone a vote on ending the Us Government shutdown to noon on monday thats 5pm british time. The vote will be on a stopgap spending measure. But in the meantime, the federal government will remain closed as the working week begins. The failure of the majority republicans and minority democrats to Reach Agreement on friday meant that much of the federal government shut up shop with hundreds of thousands of federal employees facing uncertainty as monday morning approaches. Both sides are blaming each other with divisions over military spending and immigration policy. Lets go live to washington now and our correspondent, david willis. David, still no deal . Still no deal and there was to have been a vote in the early hours of monday morning, duncan, which has now been postponed. Members of the senate and heading home and stable comeback onto the floor of the Senate Chamber at canadian and there will be a vote at canadian and there wi