you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in atlanta. we re less than 40 minutes to the launch of axiom two. it s the second mission to the international space station. on board is a former space station commander who has spent more time in space than any other american along with a pilot and two mission specialists from saudi arabia. we ll bring you that launch live in about a half an hour. and negotiations will resume over the debt crisis. they will set the stakge for a high-stakes meeting tomorrow. the president is flying home from the g-7 summit in japan. here s what mccarthy had to say about that conversation. i believe it was a productive phone call. and so at the end of the phone call, what we need to do is, we re going to have patrick mchenry get back together with he s going to ask his team, get back together. so we can walk them through literally what we ve been talking about. i think some of the challenges here they might not completely understand h
interference. meanwhile, g7 leaders injapan announce new sanctions against moscow. here, what stamp qualify for the final of your oblique and violent clashes marked the end of the match. and one other headline belief in a god plummets in uk who would talk to the author on a new report today. let s start this half hour with a different story because the brother of the tv presenter philip schofield has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for sexually abusing a teenage boy. to him at found guilty of 11 offences last month. ginny reports now from exeter. his brother set the crimes were despicable and disowned his sibling in the statement. timothy schofield arrived in court in the glare of intense media interests at his trial last month, he admitted that he had watch pornography with a teenager but insisted this victim was 16 and consented. he denied there was any sexual abuse but the jury found him guilty of all charges. during the hearing, the court heard a statement from the v
case, but what we know is this, the irs whistle-blower s lawyers have written to members of congress saying that the whistle-blower and his entire team have been removed from the ongoing and sensitive investigation of the high-profile controversial subject about which our client sought to make whistle-blower disclosures to congress. the whistle-blower previously alleged political interference in the investigation of that high-profile, controversial subject who fox has been told is hunter biden. as for the whistle-blower s removal from the investigation, his legal team says its client, was informed the change was at the request of the department of justice. the move was condemned as retaliatory action by house speaker kevin mccarthy who said by a twitter that republicans on the house, weighs and means committee, will expose any possible cover-up at the irs and republicans will protect the whistle-blowers who shine a light on government misconduct. congressman richard nea
this is bbc news, the headlines: two summits dominated by the future of ukraine president zelensky arrives in jeddah to appeal for arab support. unfortunately, there are some in the world and here among you who turn a blind eye to the cages and the illegal annexations. syria s president assad is invited to that arab league gathering we ll assess the significance of that after a decade of brutal civil war. the clean up after devastating floods in northern italy continues, which left 14 people dead and forcing thousands from their homes. we will be live on that story in just a moment. sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. alun wyn jones, alun wynjones, the most capped international player for wales, alun wynjones, the most capped international player for wales, has retired from international rugby. he played 170 test matches for wales and the british and irish lions. he had been named in the squad for the world cup i
at the white house with more on this. good afternoon, mark. good afternoon. we expect the meeting to begin any moment now. as you mentioned, top congressional leaders talking about the debt ceiling. we re going to get video from inside the oval office with the president sitting down with the leaders, listening to remarks before the meeting. the president, the vice president, speaker mccarthy and schumer and mcconnell. the biden administration has urged congress to raise the debt ceiling as soon as possible warning any delay could hurt the u.s. economy. the white house once again urged congress to act now and negotiate spending later. we are right now having a conversation negotiating on the budget. that s what the president has been very clear about. we want to go back to regular order and talk about appropriations. and we ve been very clear that the debt limit needs to be taken care of. congress needs to do their constitutional duty. republicans who control the house o