pea be the answer to deforestation in the rainforest? scientists say they ve found a way to eliminate the taste of peas so they can be used instead of soya beans in plant based products. but will consumers be convinced? but first in the us, a deal on the country s debt ceiling took a step closer last night clearing its first procedural hurdle, despite a revolt from hard line conservatives. tonight it goes to a vote a make or break vote on the deal. without agreement, the us would hit its borrowing limit on monday. that would mean defaulting on its $31.4 trillion dollars worth of debt. in turn, that would mean federal and military workers would stop being paid, and the economy could fall into chaos. jordan weissman, who is washington editor of the political newsletter semafor. thank you for being with us. last night, thank you for being with us. last night, that thank you for being with us. last night, that deal thank you for being with us. last night, that deal
he talks about the spring offensive and also towards the end, listen to his description of the russian forces, let s take a listen. i believe we will see the results of true combined arms effect, tanks protected by infantry against anti tank guided missiles, artillery keeping heads down, engineers reducing the obstacles, breaching the fortifications that the russians have established, air defence, keeping the russians off the ukrainians, electronic warfare jaminet russians already not a and control, all orchestrated by very good ukrainian command and control, and using drones over the russians to attack them in depth with the precision munitions that the us and uk and others have provided. and this is going to break, i think, the front lines. where they will do this attack, i m not going to speculate, although the ukrainians have said that their objective is to sever the ground lines of communications that enables the russians to go along the south east coast into crimea. we
Shows promising results. In sport, European Club footballs biggest night in sport, European Club footballs biggest night. Home fans will be hoping gareth bale gets to play at some point in the Champions League final. And ben has the weather. Good morning. We have swept away the warmth and humidity from the last couple of days. A fresher weekend ahead with spells of sunshine and a few passing showers, all the details coming up. Good morning. First, our main story. Theresa may and Jeremy Corbyn have faced tough questions from a tv audience, just days before the general election. They were challenged separately in a Special Edition of Question Time in york. Mrs may faced uncomfortable questions about nhs funding. While mr corbyn faced a Robust Exchange over whether he would use the uks nuclear deterrent. Our Political Correspondent vicky young was there. They came here hoping to persuade people that they have what it takes to lead the country. No one expected an easy ride but from the sta