both men said talks were productive and repeated their stance that a default is off the table. to avoid that, though, they ll have to work out an agreement within the next ten days. my college michelle fleury explains. even before president biden met with house speaker kevin mccarthy, negotiators were once again around the table, trying to strike a deal to avoid a default. now, sources say the white house is now offering to keep spending flat from this year to next, while republicans they say they want to increase defence spending while cutting everything else by up to 22%. treasury secretary janet yellen confirmed over the weekend that june 1st is the hard deadline, when the government can no longer pay its bills. and the deadline for a deal may actually be sooner in order for it to pass the house and senate in time. and there s another worry even if they do get a deal done in time, will rank and file members of both parties go for it? the impact of defaulting would
This summer the Rijksmuseum presents musical highlights on paper alongside historical musical instruments. The more than 60 objects in Music! span 300 years, from the 16th to the 18th century. They include the oldest surviving French trombone, made in 1593, a Venetian lute dating from 1637, and drawings by the French artist Jean-Antoine Watteau. The display runs from 1 June to 27 November 2023, and is accompanied by music from each period in the galleries. The display aims at creating.
medium term and long term measures to intervene also for the future, to protect the banks of the rivers. this is destroying the banks. we need intervention. we saw in the past that the extreme weather events are more and more normal, i would say in italy last year we lost a 6 billion euros due to the drought. this year, the floods so we need infrastructure intervention from the government. paolo di stefano, thank from the government. paolo di stefano, thank you from the government. paolo di stefano, thank you very - from the government. paolo di stefano, thank you very much. | stefano, thank you very much. thank you. the port of dover boss has told the bbc everything possible has been done to avoid a repeat of the very long delays experienced at the start of the easter holidays although he couldn t guarantee there would not be any queues. this friday and the weekend are expected to be busy, with half term school holidays getting underway for many people and another bank holiday a
leaving 14 people dead last week and forcing thousands from their homes after six months rainfall fell in a day and a half. according to the coldiretti national confederation farmers association more than 5,000 farms were left under water in the region, which includes a so called fruit valley , as well as corn and grain fields. with the damage being said to be incalculable . on monday luxury goods group lvmh and car maker stellantis each donated i million euros $1.10 million to support flood relief efforts in northern italy. live now to paolo di stefano, head of eu and international affairs, coldiretti national confederation, the italian main organisation of agricultural entrepreneurs at national and european level. welcome. thank you for being with us. tell us how these floods have impacted on agriculture in the region. thank you, good morning. as you said we are speaking about the