i m laila harrak. republicans already raising concerns over the agreement in principle on the debt ceiling as both president biden and house speaker mccarthy race to seal the deal with their allies in congress. the gop turns on one of its own in texas in an unprecedented move to impeach the state s attorney general. details and how that official is reacting. and we re live for you in istanbul as voting there gets under way for turkey s presidential runoff election. we begin in washington where congress is drafting new legislation on the u.s. debt limit hours after officials reached a deal to try to avoid a disastrous default. the white house and republicans say they agreed in principle to raise the u.s. debt ceiling and cap government spending. house speaker kevin mccarthy says law maeshls are now expected to vote on that agreement this wednesday. before it can move forward, he must convince hardliners that it s worth it. here s how he characterized the deal. after week
i m sally bundock. welcome to the programme. we begin with breaking news from ukraine. the capital, kyiv, has come under heavy fire with officials calling it exceptional in its density. they say the vast majority of missiles were shot down by air defence systems. these are the latest pictures, and government messages warned people to keep away from windows as debris from intercepted missiles was falling from the sky. the mayor of kyiv, vitali klitschko, said some of the debris fell on the city s zoo. in the past few days, president volodymyr zelensky has been on a european tour, in which he was promised several billion dollars worth of military equipment by western allies, including uk prime minister rishi sunak and president macron of france. these are the pictures we have been receiving. a heavy artillery fire overnight in the capital, kyiv, with many being warned to move away from windows, to go to safety, go to bunkers as ukraine does try are as many missiles as possib
jean carroll rape and defamation cape. the judge denied it and carroll is back on the stand. tacopina is trying to cast doubt on carroll s motivation. you received lots of love from this trial, people planning watch parties of your case, he said. yes, she said. you wanted more publicity when you book came out. yes, she said, my book wasn t selling. you went back to bergdorf goodman, at least 23 times after you say donald trump raped you, he said, you weren t concerned to go back? no, she said. i ve made that clear that bergdorfs is not a place that i m afraid to enter. you posted a facebook poll in 2012 asking would you have sex with trump for $17,000 if you could give the money to charity or close your eyes and he s not allowed to speak. you joked about having sex with trump for money, you said. yes, she said. in your advice column, you told me who said they were assaulted to go to the police, he said, you didn t go to the police, he said. i didn t call the police after do
this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. we start in sudan where the united nations is sending its top aid official to help co ordinate relief efforts. it comes as the agency s humanitarian coordinator in sudan says that the situation there is turning into a full blown catastrophe warning that more than 800 thousand people may flee the country as a result of the ongoing violence. meanwhile, fighting continues in the capital khartoum despite a ceasefire agreed by both sides. evacuation flights are still taking off from port sudan on the red sea today. those not able to leave there by plane are taking boats across tojedda in saudi arabia. our correspondent andrew harding reports. on sudan s coast, the scramble to escape goes on. with airlifts ending, foreign nationals register for a boat ride to safety. this morning, some 300 of them arrived here injeddah, saudi arabia, having crossed the red sea from port sudan. all sorts of embassies on hand to claim th