hello, i m sally bundock, welcome to the programme. ukraine s president zelensky is returning home from a meeting of g7 leaders injapan. he left the summit having secured further promises of financial and military support, including american made f 16 fighterjets. the commander of ukraine s ground forces says they re close to surrounding the eastern city of bakhmut. ukraine has disputed the russian claims to have taken full control of the city. russia has lost thousands of men in the assault on bakhmut many from the wagner mercenary group. our diplomtaic correspondent james landale reports from kyiv. for more than eight months, in what s now the longest battle of this war, ukrainian forces have defended bakhmut. the eastern city is now largely in ruins and largely in russian hands in particular in the hands of fighters like these from the wagner mercenary group, whose leader yevgeny prigozhin claimed to have full control here. from house to house, he said, we took the
The leaders of the 21member apec forum have issued a joint declaration. It commits the apec nations and regions to study the feasibility of the new Regional Economic integration. It would be called the free trade area of the asia pacific. The statement says the results of their research will be compiled by the end of 2016 with the goal of setting up the new framework at the earliest possible date. Translator the apec leaders have agreed to promote a road map to create the free trade area in the asia pacific. This is a historic step forward. President xi says he hopes to create the proposed free trade framework as soon as possible. He stressed this meeting produced major results. The chinese president also announced that his country would provide 10 million to help strengthen the role of apec. This is being seen as an apparent attempt to increase chinas influence in the region. This is the first time china has hosted the apec forum in 13 years. Leading up to it, president xi worked hard
Good to have you with us. Todays attempts to end the Government Shutdown and raise the debt ceiling focused on the senate. The two sides remain far apart. The senate has now adjourned for the day, but the members spent much of the afternoon laying out their positions both on the floor and in talks behind closed doors. Theres been talk of a shortterm increase in the debt ceiling, which the country is scheduled to hit on thursday, october 17th. But a white house Statement Issued after president obama spoke by phone with House Minority leader nancy pelosi praised her efforts to pass a oneyear increase hinting that the Administration May reject any attempt to fix the problem for only a few weeks or months. The house and senate will both be back in session tomorrow. We want to bring in john following the process from the capitol. Where do we go from here, john . Reporter where do we go from here, tom. That is the 64,000 question. Nobody really knows. What we know is the house and senate are
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A very good day to you. We begin this hour with the weapons test that north korea is calling, quote, a Great Success. That nations leader kim jongun was reportedly there to oversee the launch of a Ballistic Missile from a submarine. That missile fired off the eastern coast of the korean peninsula. In response, the u. S. Quickly condemned that test, urging the north korean government not to destabilize the region. France also weighing in, calling on the e. U. To initiate their own sanctions against north korea. This latest missile test has south korean officials keeping a close eye on activities to the north of its border. Paula hancock is calling it all in seoul, south korea. Paula, good to have you. North korea calling this latest test a success, but what are we hearing from south korea about it . Reporter well, george, its interesting that we have heard from the joint chiefs of staff on saturday night when this happened, and they did say that this missile flew about 30 kilometers, an