that cia director william burns made a secret trip to ukraine to brief president volodymyr zelenskyy and share u.s. intelligence on russia s next moves in the war. actor and producer alec baldwin now faces criminal charges in the fatal shooting of a crew member on the set of the film rust. our legal experts are weighing the evidence and whether the involuntary manslaughter charges will stick. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin with the partisan showdown over raising the debt ceiling and fears of an unprecedented default by the united states. our chief congressional correspondent manu raju explains where this critical fight stands tonight. reporter: tonight congress and the white house engaged in a risky standoff as the u.s. reaches its $31.4 trillion borrowing limit. the white house and congressional democrats say no negotiations to raise the debt ceiling and no conditions
hello and welcome. at least 68 people have been killed after a passenger plane crashed in nepal. the yeti airlines flight came down close to the tourist town of pokhara. the search has now been called off for the night and will resume on monday, in daylight. it s understood a number of foreign nationals are among the dead. from kathmandu, our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan sent this report. and a warning, you may find some of the images distressing. what s thought to be the final moments of yeti airlines flight 691. first, you see it veer off course. then, you hear it. the smouldering remains of the twin engine plane, which had 72 people onboard, including children. it came down close to its destination the tourist town of pokhara. most of those onboard were nepalis. chaos and confusion, as people searched for survivors. speaking in the capital, nepal s prime minister says the authorities are trying to work out how this crash happened. translation: the incident- was trag
against a probable supreme court decision to overturn the roe v. wade case, that legalised abortion nationwide. large rallies have taken place in houston, new york, washington, los angeles and chicago. now on bbc news unspun world. hello, and thanks forjoining me for unspun world the programme where we tap into the bbc s unrivalled array of experts worldwide to get the unadorned facts about what s really going on. this week, can vladimir putin survive his army s widespread lack of success in ukraine? he sounded as if he was trying to argue that this is not a mistake, believe me as if he was pleading his case in a way. is the war entering a new phase? both sides are trying to assess where they go next, how long they can last, how much ammunition they ve got. and how has it all gone so badly wrong for one of the world s most delightful cities, beirut? the lights have just gone off. 0h, they ve come back on again. is that a thing that people have to go through all the time
hello, and thanks for joining me for unspun world the programme where we tap into the bbc s unrivalled array of experts worldwide to get the unadorned facts about what s really going on. this week, can vladimir putin survive his army s widespread lack of success in ukraine? he sounded as if he was trying to argue that this is not a mistake, believe me as if he was pleading his case in a way. is the war entering a new phase? both sides are trying to assess where they go next, how long they can last, how much ammunition they ve got. and how has it all gone so badly wrong for one of the world s most delightful cities, beirut? the lights have just gone off. 0h, they ve come back on again. is that a thing that people have to go through all the time? 0h, three to four times a day. last monday, victory day in russia, looked like being a moment when we d find out what direction president putin seems to be taking his war in ukraine. would he make nuclear threats against nato? woul
This is cnn breaking news. Good morning. Welcome to cnn this morning. It is sunday, october 8th. Im victor blackwell. Im amara walker. Our colleague Becky Anderson is live in tel aviv as we continue to follow developments in israel. We will be checking in with her in just a moment. Fighting in israel and gaza is raging into a second day. At least 350 israelis are dead and more than 300 palestinians have been killed. And thousands of people on both sides of the border have been injured since the attack began 24 hours ago. Today hamas says it has fired at least 100 rockets into southern israel. Many of their fighters are still in the country after infiltrating the border yesterday. At this hour, Israeli Defense forces are still fighting to remove militants from eight different areas inside the country. In gaza, israel is striking back. Israeli forces are using drones to keep hamas militants from crossing the border to israel. Idf sent dozen of airstrikes into gaza. They say they have hit