Welcome to the programme. The us senate has agreed to postpone a vote on ending the Us Government shutdown to noon on monday thats i7oogmt. 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. Our correspondent david willis gave me the latest from washington. There was to have been a vote in the early hours of monday morning, duncan, which has now been postponed. Members of the senate are heading home and they come back onto the floor of the Senate Chamber at 10am, and there will be a vote at midday. Basically, the republicans are offering funding of an olive branch
Newsday. It is seven in the evening in washington dc. The politicians have agreed to ensure that the Us Government is open on agreed to ensure that the Us Government is open on oui agreed to ensure that the Us Government is open on our at least. Republicans and democrats had been locked in a stand off that threatens to keep tens of thousands of federal workers at home. The primary cause, the fate of young Illegal Immigrants who the democrats want to help. Mondays deal is only a temporary measure as issues are yet to be resolved. Here is laura trevelyan. The scene in the senate was the result of the high end doors negotiation. In return to funding the government for the next two weeks, democrats got this. The government remains open. It would be my intention to proceed the legislation that would address darker, Border Security and related issues. The childrens temporary permits start to expire in march. They got a vote to vote on other things. The government says the president was no me
Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london, and 5. 30am in the morning in kabul, where afghan Officials Say the number of People Killed when a group of militants launched an attack on the Intercontinental Hotel has risen to 18. All of the gunmen also died, but it took the Security Forces several hours to bring the situation under control from kabul, Zia Shahreyar reports. The final moments of a fight that had lasted all night. Gunfire and explosions, as Afghan Special forces battle 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. We are in the area. You can see the Hotel Intercontinental on the hill in kabul, and as you can see, it was burned, part of the hotel was burned. And black smoke has blackened the southern part of the hotel. More than 150 people, including som
But not for long. Congress has approved a temporary spending measure to fund the federal government, ending an acrimonious debate and a 3 day shutdown. Its now been signed by President Trump to allow government to function for another 2. 5 weeks. Laura trevelyan reports from washington. The motion is agreed to. This was the moment the impasse was broken and the way cleared for the government to reopen. The scene in the senate was the result of behind closed doors negotiations between centrist republicans and democrats. In return for voting to fund the government for the next few weeks, democrats got this. Assuming that the government remains open, it would be my intention to proceed the legislation that would address daca, Border Security and related issues. Democrats had said they wanted a deal to protect the young people brought here illegally as children whose temporary permits start to expire in march. What they got is agreement to vote on this and other immigration matters in febr
But not for long. Congress has approved a temporary spending measure to fund the federal government, ending an acrimonious debate and a three day shutdown. It will be signed by President Trump later to allow government to function for another two and a half weeks. Laura trevelyan reports from washington. The motion is agreed to. This was the moment the impasse was broken and the way cleared for the government to re open. The scene in the senate was the result of behind closed doors negotiations between centrist republicans and democrats. In return for voting to fund the government for the next few weeks, democrats got this. Assuming that the government remains open, it would be my intention to proceed the legislation that would address daca, Border Security and related issues. Democrats had said they wanted a deal to protect the young people brought here illegally as children whose temporary permits start to expire in march. What they got is agreement to vote on this and other immigrat