hi there. thank you for being with us. we begin with a developing story in the united states. the colorado supreme court has disqualified trump from the ballot in the state s presidential election next year. it its ruling the court says it is because of his role in the capitol attack in january 2020 one foot his campaign immediately denounced the ruling is undemocratic and said they would appeal to the us supreme court. let s bring in north america correspond to peter bowes who joins us life. peter bowes who joins us life. peter connelly ruling applies only to the state s republican primary. so what does this decision mean? primary. so what does this decision mean? well, this, as ou decision mean? well, this, as you say. decision mean? well, this, as you say. applies decision mean? well, this, as you say, applies only - decision mean? well, this, as you say, applies only to - decision mean? well, this, as you say, applies only to the l you say, applies only to the republ
russia is preparing for a major ukrainian offensive, with vast defenses set up in key areas in the south of the country, including crimea. we ll have all the details from our new bbc verify team it s been investigating. also on the programme. we will bring you the latest updates on the search for madeleine mccann, who disappeared in southern portugal in 2007. police are to search around a reservoir near where the british three year old girl went missing. and we ll look at the political headaches that greeted joe biden and rishi sunak on their return from the g7 leaders summit injapan. the prime minister has met with his ethics adviser over what to do about suella braverman. the home secretary was caught speeding in 2022 and asked the civil service for advice on arranging a private speed awareness course. she says she s confident nothing untoward happened . meanwhile, president biden returns to the negotiating table in washington for talks with the republican house speaker
washington, where the us debt ceiling fight is heating up, with both sides showing no room for compromise yet on an issue that impacts the global economy. us treasury secretary janet yellen has issued a letter to congressional leaders, warning the us could run out of cash byjune 1st. that s prompted president biden to call a meeting with the top leaders in congress next week seen here. in the letter, yellen warned: speaker mccarthy responded to yellen in a statement, saying: the republican controlled house passed a debt ceiling bill last week that includes steep spending cuts. senate democratic majority leader chuck schumer announced a process to pass a clean bill with no cuts just hours ago. meanwhile, a little relief in the banking sector. wall street giantjp morgan chase took over the troubled first republic bank in a 10 point 6 billion dollar deal brokered by regulators. hey seized first republic early on monday, after efforts to rescue the bank fell through over the we
that tried to keep people in the labour party when many were thinking of leaving it during thejeremy corbyn years. this week he is announcing a new approach to crime, an approach that attempts to prevent crime, protect communities, he says that whenjeremy corbyn was leader, labour gave the impression they were more concerned about the criminals than they were about the victims. welcome to political thinking. thank you. when keir starmer finally announced that there was no way back forjeremy corbyn, as someone who is a veteran for the struggle inside the party, how did it make you feel? i felt relieved, is the truth. there are two reasons for this, one is the necessity for keir starmer as a leader of the party to show that he has changed the party and that he will change the country. that has been done. for me too, my history and politics goes back to lambeth when i was first elected as a councillor, lambeth had previously been run by the hard left under ted knight. so i have