good morning. it is the start of the meteorological some this thursday. the weather this week is looking settled. at times there will be some cloud. there will also be some sunshine. mostly dry. but also at times a chilly breeze in the far and east of england. details later in the programme. good morning. it s monday, the 29th of may. our main story. turkey s president, recep tayyip erdogan, has secured another five years in power after winning the country s most important election in years. mr erdogan appealed for national unity as he celebrated victory last night over his opponent kemal kilicdaroglu, who declared the result unfair. our correspondent aruna iyengar has this report. cheering. ecstatic erdogan supporters outside the presidential palace in ankara last night. earlier in the day, the president had sung to the crowd and recited a poem. this erdogan supporter says, bye bye mr kemal. thank god, islam has won. translation: we are very happy. full ofjoy- - i can t ev
inning spending, consequential reforms that will rein in government overreach. there are no new taxes, no new government programs. jason: here is what we mow is in the deal: it suspends the debt ceiling until after 2024 election, no increase in non-defense spending for the next fiscal year, and it caps it at 1% the following fiscal year. it also increases defense spending and money for veterans. we re also learning it claws back some unspent covid-19 pandemic funds and cuts nearly $2 the billion in money used to hire new irs agents. it also reportedly expands work requirements for some adults receiving food stamps but no work requirement changes for medicaid. the house republicans are expected to come back to the washington on tuesday and and vote on the bill on wednesday. we ll take it up with congressman brian mast and congresswoman beth van duyne. meanwhile, china has spent the week courting african countries like the democratic republic of congo for rare either minerals
president cut his trip short to handle the pending economic crisis in d.c.. manufactured crisis that is easily avoidable. house republicans, however, refused to raise our debt limit unless the white house case to their spending cut demands which would hit low and moderate income families the hardest. nbc news is kevin mccarthy will meet in person tomorrow at the white house in hopes of moving past this standstill. before biden left japan, he said republicans must be willing to compromise instead of holding the economy hostage. it is time for republicans to accept that there is no bipartisan deal to be made solely, solely on their partisan terms. they have to move as well. all four congressional leaders are meeting default is not an option. of course, and i know you know this, republicans raised the debt ceiling without conditions three times during the pro trump presidency. now they are not acknowledging that. instead they are seeing stuff like this. here s speaker mc
i m not ashamed to say is this. when i go to a hotel and there is a roll of wrapped toilet tissue, i put that wrright in hh bag. he takes it from the hotel room. see? no shame. i paid for that. when was the last time you purchased toilet paper from the grocery store? it has been a while. i ve been yooaeen using the ang from marriott for a long time. appreciate it. thank you for providing his toilet paper for the rest of his life. listen, i ll tq tips and cotton balls and face wipes. get on that toilet tissue game. that takes up too much space. it is not practical. but something i didn t know about you. all right. to the news now, all eyes are on the g7 summit in japan as world leaders meet today for another day of high stakes talks. top of the agenda, aggression by russia and china. this morning president zelenskyy arrived in person to shore up support. all this happening as the debt ceiling fight in washington looms in the background and over president biden
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