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the prime minister arrives injapan for a summit of g7 world leaders in hiroshima. how exactly do our bodies get older? the bbc s medical editorjoins volunteers being body scanned to reveal the secrets of ageing. # i ll send an 505 to the world and a special honour for sting at the ivor novello awards for songwriting. and coming up on bbc news, frosty conditions delay the start of the second golf major of the year, the us pga at oak hill in new york. good afternoon. water companies in england have apologised for not doing enough to stop sewage from flowing into rivers and seas. last year there were 800 untreated discharges every day on average, which has caused mounting public anger. the water companies have promised to spend £10 billion to put it right by modernising sewers, although it will mean higher bills for customers. our environment correspondentjonah fisher. for years, campaigners have complained about the amount of sewage that flows into our waterways and that profi
raised. it s nonnot an acceptable situation for us to be able to pay our bills. that s treasury secretary janet yellen, reiterating her belief that the united states will go into default if the debt ceiling is not raised in just nine days. it comes as president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy are set to meet again today in hopes of hashing out their growing differences on the budget. also ahead, we ll recap the president s trip to japan for the g7 summit, which included a meeting with the ukrainian president. plus, we ve got new reporting on turmoil inside the trump legal team that s representing him in the classified documents investigation. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, may 22nd. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us. we ll begin this morning with the debt ceiling. president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy are expected to meet one-on-one today at the white house. this comes after a weekend of
conflict at its doorstep, either through a belligerent north korea or china s increased aggression against taiwan. and the world s most famous shipwreck, the titanic, we ll show you the first full sized sd scan that s been created. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. there ve been dramatic scenes in northern italy, after 1a rivers burst their banks, flooding 23 towns. at least eight people died, after parts of the emilia romagna region saw, half a metre of rain injust 36 hours. the extreme weather comes as scientists warned that the world will almost certainly experience its hottest year on record within the next five years. here s our climate editor, justin rowlatt. remember last summer? temperatures in england breached a0 degrees celsius for the first time, driving wildfires and helping make 2022 the hottest year ever recorded in the uk. and we can expect even hotter weather worldwide in the coming years, according to the world meteo
a celebrity news agency has said it will launch a thorough investigation into an alleged car chase between prince harry and meghan, and members of the paparazzi in new york. some of the photographers were acting as freelancers for back grid usa during the incident. the couple say the pursuit lasted for two hours and involved multiple near misses. the news company says that isn t true. police in new york have confirmed an incident took place. nada tawfik reports from new york and a warning that this report contains flashing images. tuesday night in manhattan, the duke and duchess of sussex are filmed leaving an awards ceremony in midtown with meghan markle s mother doria ragland before the incident in question. earlier meghan had been recognised for her advocacy on behalf of women and girls. it was the first time the couple appeared in public together since the duchess s absence at the king s coronation. not long after leaving in a black suv, they claimed they were involve