summit. this was present buys then the meeting the japanese president. on top of their agenda, they will be keeping an eye on negotiations back home on the government debt ceiling, with the possibility of a catastrophic default at the white house fails to reach an agreement with the republicans. biden started by expressing his pride thatjapan and the us have stood together in holding russia accountable in the face of a complex security environment. it face of a complex security environment. face of a complex security environment. , , ., ., environment. it seems to me we are dee enin: environment. it seems to me we are deepening our environment. it seems to me we are deepening our corporation environment. it seems to me we are deepening our corporation on - environment. it seems to me we are i deepening our corporation on merging technology, including partnerships between united states and japanese companies and universities as well. in areas like quantum computing and sem
the lowest incomes. a manchester city masterclass. they dominate real madrid to reach the champions league final in their pursuit for a remarkable treble. good morning. a cloudier start to the day to day that we will see sunny spells developing. a few showers across southern, eastern and central england. another front bringing rain across western scotland and northern ireland later. all the details throughout this morning s programme. it s thursday, the 18th of may. water companies in england have made an unprecedented apology for failing to do enough to stop sewage from flowing into rivers and seas. water uk says it will invest £10 billion over the next decade to put things right, promising the biggest modernisation of sewers since the victorian era. our environment correspondent, jonah fisher, reports. for years, campaigners have complained about the amount of sewage that flows into our waterways, and that profit has been put before the health of our rivers and beaches.
of the ivor novello songwriting academy. he spoke to our music correspondent mark savage ahead of the ceremony. # i ll send an sos to the world # i hope that someone gets my # message in a bottle, yeah. sting, welcome to bbc breakfast. thank you, good morning. good morning. we are here because you are being given the fellowship of the ivor novello academy, so for people who don t know what that is, explain why that is so important. yes, fellowship, sounds a bit like lord of the rings. the fellowship. it s very meaningful to me, because that s what i put on my passport, i am a songwriter. that s my profession, and it s a profession i m very proud of. the first hit song you had was roxanne. do you remember listening to the chart countdown on radio 1