on tuesday, representatives of us presidentjoe biden and congressional republicans met again on capitol hill. the two sides have untiljune 1st to come to an agreement on raising the govenrment s borrowing limit, or risk the us not being able to pay its bills. some analysts have warned a default could lead to huge job losses in the us and even a global recession. stocks on wall street finished sharply lower on tuesday. despite this, optimism among leaders remains. negotiations are very hard, very difficult, both sides have to understand they won t get everything they want. we are trying to get to a budget that is reasonable and bipartisan. that democrats and republicans in the house and senate will be able to vote on and agree on. this is the process, that s why we are moving in this way, to make sure it s bipartisan, but also reasonable. that s what you all can look forward to. for the latest on this story, i spoke to cbs news congressional correspondent, nikole killion. has
we go undercover to expose those behind this criminal enterprise. this fake fathers scam is incredibly elaborate, very sophisticated, incredibly difficult to police. we found some men are being paid thousands to be fake dads. and it s happening across communities under the radar of the authorities. shocking, isn t it? it s not a one off. it s been going on for years. there s a scandal waiting to be exposed. i m divya talwar, an investigative journalist. a year ago, i stumbled across some strange posts on social media. i had no idea then that these posts would lead me to uncover a brazen, sophisticated criminal operation. there are so many posts here. if anyone wants me to be their baby s father to make fake documents, contact me. and hejust left his mobile number. the posts seemed out of place. they were in open vietnamese facebook groups, supposedly for people trying to find jobs. and the same words kept cropping up in the dozens of posts we came across. almost all of thes
a very warm welcome to the programme. i m sally bundock. we start here in the uk. allies of the former uk prime minister, borisjohnson, have condemned the cabinet office for releasing details about possible covid lockdown breaches to scotland yard and thames valley police. lawyers preparing the government s case ahead of the public inquiry into the handling of the pandemic have sent the police information about meetings held at downing street and the prime minister s country retreat, chequers. the allegations have come to light during preparations for the covid public investigation. mrjohnson has replied to the allegations in a statement. his team says. 0ur political correspondent, jonathan blake, has more details. there is no investigation. what has happened here is that the lawyer through borisjohnson lawyer through boris johnson cosmic ministerial diary from the time of the pandemic in the process of preparing evidence for a forthcoming public enquiry which will examine th
hello, i m mark edwards with your sports news. manchester city manager pep guardiola says he wants the 115 premier league financial charges against the club dealt with as soon as possible. the catalan, who has a contract until 2025, has also said he would not quit the club while the charges remain unresolved. guardiola hasjust led manchester city to their fifth premier league title in six seasons however in february, they were charged with breaches of the league s financial rules from 2009 to 2018. they were also accused of not cooperating since the investigation began in december 2018. city have denied financial wrongdoing. guardiola was speaking ahead his side s tie with brighton as they look to claim the treble, with the fa cup and champions league finals to come next month. i will stay next season when we are handed breaches for the premier league. don t worry, we will be there. if it happens, it happens. it happened with uefa, and now with the premier league. so let s go
who is best placed to offer an alternative? well, my guest today isjulius malema, leader of the radical populist economic freedom fighters. if malema were to get even a share of power, what would that mean for south africa? julius malema, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. thank you very much. it s a pleasure to talk to you, mr malema. we are speaking as south africa is in the middle of an energy crisis. it seems set to get worse. what do you think it is doing to this country? well, its aim is to collapse this country and undermine the democratic project, because those in power have relegated their responsibilities, to who, we don t know. they have not maintained the power stations. they have not built the new ones that are functional. and as a result, we are where we are. the interim ceo of eskom, the state owned energy company, said yesterday that over the coming months of winter they might get to a stage eight situation, which means there could be power cuts for pretty much 1