hello, i m lukwesa burak. president biden has said a deal with republicans to raise the us government debt ceiling is very close and he s optimistic it will be achieved. the two sides have a little more breathing room after the treasury secretary, janet yellen, extended the deadline slightly, saying the government would not run out of money untiljune 5. they re working on an agreement that would ensure no repeat of the stand off before next year s presidential election. as the clock ticked down to the midnight deadline which hasjust passed mr biden hinted a deal might be not be too far away. with regards to the debt limit, things are looking good. i m very optimistic. i hope we ll have some clearer evidence tonight, before the clock strikes 12:00, that we have a deal. but it s very close and i m optimistic. and our north america correspondent nomia iqbal sent us this update. lawmakers have now been given a little more time to find that much needed solution. many of them h
in praia da luz, the long running search has resumed, with police digging near the arade dam, just 50 kilometres away from where she went missing. also tonight the disgraced entertainer rolf harris has died aged 93. we ll talk to a reporter that sat through every day of his sexual assault trial. we will also speak to the chief rabbi of ukraine about the impact of russia s invasion and what he s doing to support people across the county. but first, we start with that news that the former british prime minister borisjohnson has been referred to police over new allegations he broke lockdown rules during the covid pandemic. the information was passed to police by the government s cabinet office. it s being reported that the referral is to two police forces based on recently discovered information. it should be stressed at this stage, police are investigating, and no breach of the rules has been confirmed. live now to our uk political correspondentjonathan blake. hi there. this is
hello and a warm welcome to the programme i m sally bundock. thousands of military personnel have been taking part in the biggest rehearsal so far for king charles coronation this saturday. the rehearsal was held overnight in central london on the route between buckingham palace and westminster abbey. just hours before it got underway a man was arrested outside the palace on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon. here s our reporter vincent mcaviney. with the coronation just days away london s mammoth security operation was tested at the sovereign s own residence last night stopping the police say a man approached the front gates of buckingham palace at around seven o clock on tuesday evening, throwing what are thought to have been shot cartridges into the grounds. he was quickly detained and found to be carrying a knife for which he was arrested stop he was also carrying what they said was a suspicious bag, so the area was cordoned off and a controlled explosion w
business reporter this morning is katie silver has been looking into the story for is and joins us on the programme. always going to get you on the show. what is your sense of the key things to look out for today? key things to look out for toda ? ,, ~ ., ., ., today? sure. we have heard from the a-rou today? sure. we have heard from the grow) and today? sure. we have heard from the group and the today? sure. we have heard from the group and the key today? sure. we have heard from the group and the key things - the group and the key things are the war in ukraine and then china, particularly when it comes to china is its relationship and how is it how it plays our going forward when it comes to taiwan. the meeting began at the end of last night, a working dinner between the foreign ministers. we also saw the eu s top foreign policy chief, josep borrell, addressed the group by video link. is said basically when it comes to china they have the decision was the relations
morning as katie silver and she has been looking into this story for us and joins us on the programme live. it was great to get you on the show. what is your sense of the key things they re hoping to discuss and achieve at this meeting? figs discuss and achieve at this meeting? discuss and achieve at this meetinu? a ., meeting? as you said, at the to of meeting? as you said, at the tap of the meeting? as you said, at the top of the agenda meeting? as you said, at the top of the agenda is - meeting? as you said, at the top of the agenda is china. . meeting? as you said, at the | top of the agenda is china. we have seen it already. we heard, for example, last night there was a working dinner to kick off this three day event and by video link we heard from the top foreign policy chief of the eu, the high representative josep borrell. he is basically called on leaders of the g7 to put china and particularly its behaviour when it comes to taiwan as the major focus that they