we start tonight here in washington these are live shots of the capitol building. the biden administration and the republican majority in the us house of representatives have reached an agreement in principle on a new government debt limit. the deal will be put to a vote on wednesday. we ll have more on what we know so far shortly, with our north america correspondent jess pakrker shortly. but first let s hear from the leaders at the centre of these negotiations. house speaker kevin mccarthy said there would be historic reductions in spending and no new taxes. he shared this statement a little earlier. ijust got off i just got off the phone with the president and talk to him twice today and after weeks of negotiations we have come to an agreement in principle. we still have a lot of work to do but i believe this is an agreement in principle worthy of the american people. it has historic reductions in spending, consequential reforms that will lift people out of poverty into
thanks forjoining us. we begin in ukraine where a fresh air attack on kyiv has left at least one dead and a further three injured. the city s mayor vitali klitschko says around 20 russian explosive drones had been eliminated but that a fresh wave is heading towards the capital. russia has stepped up its attacks on kyiv over the past month, using barrages of drones and missiles in an attempt to overwhelm the city s defences. this latest attack comes as one of the country s most senior security officials says ukraine is ready to begin it s long awaited counter offensive. oleksiy danilov, the secretary of ukraine s national security and defence council, has been speaking exclusively to our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. this is what s left of bakhmut in eastern ukraine. images filmed by russian forces of the ruins they now largely control. mercenaries from the wagner group claim they re withdrawing, being replaced by regular russian troops. but ukraine insists its fo
polls open, both contenders have been trying their hardest to win over the last looters and bead to s new president. in the uk, the post office apologises for using racist language to describe sub postmasters who were being wrongly investigated as part of the horizon computer scandal. itv says it investigated rumours of a relationship between presenter phillip schofield and a younger employee in 2020 but both repeatedly denied it. hello, i m lewis vaughanjones. we will start with the latest on those delays getting into the uk at passport control. a home office source has told the bbc that uk border force e gates are now starting to come back on. a nationwide issue with the e gates, which started on friday evening, have resulted in long queues at passport control at airports across the country. the bbc understands the gates will be switched on in the busiest sports first and that the it issue has now been resolved. live now to our reporter david waddell at london heathrow ai
divisive presidential elections. hello, i m lucy grey. british tv presenter holly willoughby has reacted to phillip schofield s admission about a relationship with a younger employee, saying she is hurt. on friday, mr schofield resigned from itv, saying he had lied to cover up the relationship, which he described as unwise, but not illegal . itv has said it investigated rumours of the relationship but both men repeatedly denied it. our correspondent katherine da costa has the latest on holly willoughby s reaction. she s been responding to the news that phillip schofield had had a relationship with a younger man on the show this morning in 2020. and in a statement on her instagram account, holly said. it s taken time you betterjust remind us how big a name tv in tv phillip schofield is, particularly for people watching around the world who may not know him. yeah, that s right. so, he is a household name in the uk. he started out as a children s tv presenter. he went on to hos
hello, i m lucy grey. a home office source has told the bbc that e gates are starting to work again at uk airports. a nationwide issue, which started on friday evening, has resulted in long queues at passport control. the bbc understands the gates will be switched on in the busiest spots first and that the it issue has now been resolved. graham satchell has the latest. gatwick airport, described by one passenger today as an utterjoke. this is manchester, where again there were huge queues for passport control. and at heathrow, arriving passengers were forced to wait more than three hours. than three hours. there was absolutely than three hours. there was absolutely chaos than three hours. there was absolutely chaos at - than three hours. there was| absolutely chaos at passport control, i waited something like 2.5 hours to get out of the airport. this is when scenting at luton airport. this is when scenting at luton airort. . , , airport. already been in the queue now f