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in sport, he s done it luke littler s dream run continues, as the 16 year old becomes the youngest person to reach tonight s world darts final. tha nkfully thankfully not as windy today but there are now over 300 flood warnings across the uk following storm henk. at least the prospects are a little bit drier. full forecast on breakfast. good morning. it s wednesday, 3rd january. our main story. junior doctors in england are about to begin a six day strike the longest in nhs history. tens of thousands of routine operations and appointments are likely to be postponed as hospitals focus on emergency care. members of the doctors union, the bma, have asked for a 35% pay increase. the government says that is unrealistic. 0ur health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports. what do we want? fair pay! when do we want it? now! a new year, but still no end in sight to the junior doctors pay dispute, which started last spring. the six day walk out is their longest yet, and comes
warning over the country s debt ceiling. this is the amount of money the us government is allowed to borrow to pay for pretty much everything they do. without an agreement to increase what the federal government can borrow, it could run out of money by earlyjune. at that point the federal government might not be able to make wage, welfare and other payments. our north america business correspondent michelle fleury is live in new york for us. we have been here before but once again, a stark warning that if nothing is done, it causes huge repercussions around the world. this is because as repercussions around the world. ti 3 is because as you say it is going to affect the jobs of government employees in the united states and have a knock on effect on the border economy, but then there is beyond the shores of the united states, the kind of ricochets it will have around the global financial system and that is why you have had this increasing drumbeat as we get closer to the kin
so how did washington get here and what would happen if the borrowing ceiling is not lifted? my colleague samira hussain has been investigating. first of all, this debt ceiling crisis is actually a political crisis. itjust happens to hinge on a must pass piece of legislation to save the nation from economic catastrophe. so, what exactly is happening here? weeks to go before the federal government is unable to pay its bills. well, the us government spends more money that it brings in. so it needs to borrow money to pay its bills. it can only borrow a certain amount of money. and if it needs to borrow more, congress has to prove that. it used to be a routine thing, but not any more. republicans see this as an opportunity to extract demands, like cuts to affordable housing or other social security spending. but us presidentjoe biden says, no way. you need to pass this legislation with no strings attached. so off to the white house the two warring political parties go to tr