us treasury secretary janet has again sent a letter to congress warning the treasury would be unable to satisfy its obligations as early as 1june. presidentjoe biden will meet top lawmakers including republican house of representatives speaker kevin mccarthy at 3p able a good time on tuesday. of course that meeting was postponed from last friday. samira hussain has more from new york. in less than two weeks the united states could fail to meet its debt obligations. if lawmakers in washington cannot come to some sort of agreement. the republicans have continued to demand cuts to social security before they will agree to raise the borrowing limit. us presidentjoe biden has repeatedly said he would not set conditions that must raise the debt limit his failure to do so would result in an economic catastrophe. some of the possible outcomes of the job losses, those that depend on social security benefits won t get paid, and of course the most dire of outcomes would be the loss of c
jets to ukraine. also tonight, protestors disrupt a speech by the home secretary, where she said it wasn t racist to want to control borders and reduce immigration. we uncover a fraud where british men are paid to claim they are the fathers of children born to migrant women. the rohingya muslims, six years after they fled myanmar we meet a little boy who s spent his life in a refugee camp. and once a rising star of digital news media, valued at £5 billion, now vice has filed for bankruptcy. but with two teenagers fatally stabbed this month, will the action be enough to stop young people carrying weapons? good evening. the ukrainian armed forces are to be supplied with hundreds of air defence missiles and armed drones by the united kingdom. this new supply is in addition to the allocation of cruise missiles announced last week. the news came on the day president zelensky held talks with rishi sunak at the prime minister s country residence, chequers as part of his tour
could hospitals in england see more scenes like these? senior doctors are voting on whether to take industrial action over pay. hello and welcome. we start in the uk where ukraine s president has made a surprise visit the latest stop on his tour of european capitals to secure fresh promises of military aid to fight russia s invasion. prime minister rishi sunak promised to send hundreds of air defence missiles and long range attack drones but stopped short of sending jets. rishi sunak tweeted this picture welcoming president zelensky when he arrived at chequers the prime minister s country residence the pair in a bear hug, the caption reading: welcome back . volodymir zelensky had earlier described rishi sunak as his friend . there were then handshakes on the doorstep before the pair held bilateral talks, lasting around two hours. ukraine s president says the pair discussed western nations providing kyiv with fighter jets, with the aim of creating what he calle
the home secretary says the uk should train its own lorry drivers and fruit pickers to bring down immigration. a british man goes on trial in cyprus accused of murdering his ill wife. he tells the court she begged him to help end her life. and the bbc investigation into how adults are being diagnosed with coming up on bbc news. they won the premier league seven years ago, now leicester are fighting to stay in the top tier of english football. but victory against liverpool could give them a lifeline. good evening. the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelensky, has met rishi sunak at his country residence chequers on the final stage of a whistle stop diplomatic tour. the president personally thanked the uk and said he was grateful for the aid because it could save the lives of his people in their fight against russia. on saturday he was in rome shaking hands with the pope whom he invited to kyiv. sunday was berlin. germany s leader, olaf scholz, announced a defence weapons packa