and remembering an icon. tina turner the queen of rock & roll. and we begin this very busy hour with very latest from washington where time is literally running out for negotiators to reach a deal to raise the debt ceiling. there s just one week until the treasury secretary s estimated deadline to stave off what could be a devastating debt default. top credit agency has now put the country s aaa credit rating on negative watch. pointing to partisanship as hindering a solution. here is what speaker mccarthy had to say just this morning. everybody is very professional in these meetings. look, i m a total optimist. we will get this done, and we will have a better bill because of it. and joining us this morning with more is garrett haake. also with us, cnbc s dominic chu. garrett, mccarthy seems optimistic about a deal. what are you hearing from the democratic side? no, that s exactly right, jose. on the fitch part of this specifically, democrats are frustrated. t
this is bbc news. the headlines: israeli air strikes pound the south and north of gaza. us defence secretary lloyd austin says the us has spoken to israel about making the war in gaza are more surgical. so we will continue to stand up for israel s right to defend itself and we will also continue to urge for the protection of civilians during the conflict, and to increase the flow of humanitarian aid into gaza. en verify, we look at how the war is impacting en verify, we look at how the war is impacting this trade route for oil in the impacting this trade route for oil in the red impacting this trade route for oil in the red sea. and the bbc understands the democratic unionist party has ruled out any deal to restore power sharing in northern ireland before christmas. time for a look at the business news now with tadhg. we are also talking about the potential looming crisis in world oil shipping. the oil giant bp has supended all shipments of oil through the red sea afte
let s ta ke let s take you to those live pictures from tel aviv where we expect to hear from lloyd austin, the us defence secretary, who is on a visit to israel. he s been holding talks there, and we are being told that the news conference will get under way any time soon. so we are going to keep that box up there so we can go to the news conference whenever it comes in. the united states is becoming increasingly isolated in its strong support for israel s military campaign. on sunday, britain, germany and france called for work towards a sustainable ceasefire . this is a live shot, looking across at gaza. we have seen images like this of smoke across the skyline through the day. hamas officials say that 110 palestinians were killed in israeli airstrikes onjabalia the biggest refugee camp in gaza on sunday. israel has issued no direct response but say it s been targeting terrorist infrastructure. on the programme today we ll get more on conditions in gaza and the diplo
tonight with new developments on two key countries for this country and the free world, how to avoid default in debt and how to ensure that russia s invasion of ukraine is rolled back. president biden at the g7 summit is grappling with both. on ukraine, a milestone, with president zelenskyy due to travel from ukraine to japan this weekend. president biden gave his okay for a joint allied effort to train ukrainian pilots on f-16 fighters and other advanced aircraft. and on the debt ceiling, it looks like talks, which the president was being updated on remotely, are back on again. they resumed tonight just hours of kevin mccarthy s republican negotiators called a halt to them earlier today. we have correspondents spanning the globe tonight. phil mattingly traveling with the president in japan. what is the latest you re hearing from white house officials about debt ceiling negotiations? reporter: you know, anderson, as you point out, there was a pause, house republican negotia