congress warning that the treasury would be unable to satisfy its obligations as early as the 1st ofjune. presidentjoe biden will be meeting top lawmakers including republican house of representatives speaker kevin mccarthy and it is now scheduled for 3pm on tuesday after being postponed from last friday. more from new york. in less than two weeks, the united states could fail to meet its debt obligations and if lawmakers cannot come to some sort of agreement. the republicans of continued to demand cuts to social spending before they will agree to raise the borrowing limit. us presidentjoe biden has repeatedly said he would not set conditions and that lawmakers must raise the debt limit because failure to do so would result in an economic catastrophe. some of the possible outcomes ofjob possible outcomes of job losses, possible outcomes ofjob losses, those who depend on social security benefits when i get paid and the most dire of outcomes would be the loss of confidence in a
injerusalem. remember, earlier this week, israeli police raided the mosque after palestinians barricaded themselves inside, after the evening ramadan prayer. that led to palestinian militants firing rockets into israel from lebanon and gaza, and israel hitting back with airstrikes. the al aqsa mosque, the third holiest site in islam, is located on a hilltop complex known by muslims as al haram al sharif, and byjews as the temple mount. jews revere it as the location of two biblical temples and it is the holiest site injudaism. thousands of muslims and jews are gathering injerusalem with ramadan and passover overlapping this year. earlier, tens of thousands of people protesting against the israeli government s plans to gain more control over the judiciary, held a minute s silence for the victims of a wave of recent attacks on civilians. two british israeli sisters who were killed in a shooting in the occupied west bank yesterday have been named as maia and rina dee. their moth
we want to start with the latest news from israel. hundreds of palestinians have barricaded themselves inside al aqsa mosque injerusalem. remember, earlier this week, israeli police raided the mosque after palestinians barricaded themselves inside, after the evening ramadan prayer. that led to palestinian militants firing rockets into israel from lebanon and gaza, and israel hitting back with airstrikes. the al aqsa mosque, the third holiest site in islam, is located on a hilltop complex known by muslims as al haram al sharif and byjews as the temple mount. jews revere it as the location of two biblical temples and it is the holiest site injudaism. thousands of muslims and jews are gathering injerusalem with ramadan and passover overlapping this year. it is around this time thatjewish visitors are supposed to be allowed in to the al aqsa mosque so we will be keeping a close eye on events there for you, and we ll bring you any update on that when we get it. meanwhile, this fra
jewish worshippers have been gathering at the western wall for passover prayers this morning. it usually draws tens of thousands of worshippers, with crowds spilling out from the wall s plaza into the surrounding areas. there is a heavy security presence today and officials are concerned there could be violence. just a short distance away hundreds of palestinians have barricaded themselves inside al aqsa mosque injerusalem. these are the latest images from the mosque. police said they were bracing for violence, but so far it has been calm. jordan, which manages the religious complex, has warned of catastrophic consequences if police storm the mosque. i m joined now by the bbc s middle east correspondent, yolande knell. yolande knell is injerusalem. there are concerns about what is going on in al aqsa mosque. tel is the latest because it was just last week that police stormed the mosque and there were really tense scenes, weren t there? talk us through what is going on. ~ . y
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