this is a deal and it s good news, i believe, for the american people. the agreement prevents the worst possible crisis, a default for the first time in our nation s history. the two parties have untiljune 5th to reach an agreement to prevent the us government running out of money. our correspondent in washington jessica parker has more. this deal is set to raise the debt ceiling for two years. that s a big win for the white house. why? well, it means that, forjoe biden, who of course is seeking re election in the 2024 presidential race, he won t have to face this political drama, instability, brinkmanship, right in the run up to that presidential election, so he ll be pleased with that. but the republicans are trying to say they ve chalked up wins in terms of policy, so they are talking about, for example, kevin mccarthy, the house speaker, that there will be curbs on spending. he s talked about how there will be tougher work requirements for some people in receipt of food a
for people in england, scotland and wales, average energy bills are set to fall by over £400 a year, that s over $500. the energy regulator ofgem has lowered its price cap for the typical household bill to £2,076, though the actual bill will still, of course, depend on how much energy people use. at its peak last year, the price cap reached more than twice that level, but households were shielded from the full impact of energy prices by a government price guarantee of £2,500. let s get more now from our personal finance correspondent kevin peachey. finally some good news. bills are still high but not as high as they were? ., , , still high but not as high as they were? . , , . ., , were? that this is certainly the case. were? that this is certainly the case- energy were? that this is certainly the case. energy prices were? that this is certainly the case. energy prices clearly - were? that this is certainly the case. energy prices clearly a i were? that this is certain
new charges, or wholesale changes in how the fbi handles politically-charged investigations. so, jessica is here with that story, but also evan perez is joining us from washington. okay evan, just walk us through the bottom line of this report. well, the bottom line after four years, alison, this is all we got from john durham. there s a lot less here than certainly donald trump was paul promising us for many months, remember he was out there saying durham is coming, and he was expecting people to go to prison. as you pointed out, durham does not make any new prosecutions at the end of this report. but you know, he did find a lot of mistakes by the fbi in the way they conducted this investigation back in 2016, and he believes that a lot of it has to do with confirmation bias, not political bias. again, a finding that i think the former president would not be very happy with. i will read you just a part of what the report says, it says that based on the review of crossfire h
hello. i am tadhg enright with your top business stories. politics is leading business news today. as you ve been hearing, leaders of seven of the world s top economies are meeting in hiroshima, japan. but it s two that aren t attending that will be occupying most of their time. as well as new sanctions on russia, they will be focusing on china, and how to counter its increasing economic power. the bbc s nick marsh is in hiroshima for us. a huge focus on the sanctions against russia. but as we ve been talking about that already, i want to pick up another theme of these leaders using the economic pressure on china. what more can you tell us about the? china. what more can you tell us about the? you “ust call the elehant us about the? you “ust call the elephant not us about the? you “ust call the elephant not in us about the? you just call the elephant not in the us about the? you just call the elephant not in the room. - us about the? you just call the elephant no
anniversary. right now, i m in buffalo, new york. having reached at two churches on a very solemn sunday for the city. today marking the one year anniversary of the racist mass shooting at the top supermarket that left ten black residents dead. president biden also addressed the anniversary. where he lamented the played of gun violence that appears only be exhilarating in the wake of the buffalo massacre. telling the american people, he is doing everything he can to reduce gun violence. but congress must do more. new york governor kathy hochul is here in her hometown of buffalo. she will join me in a minute. before participating in a memorial event tonight for those lost in the mess shooting. that tragedy is just one of the things they are contending with this weekend. the governor is calling for more federal aid to help care for an expected influx of asylum seekers. tensions in the southwest border have been declining in the days since the covid days. they re already straine