abroad for safety. evan s friends collect and translate letters of support for him from all over the world, helping keep his spirits up and their own. evan is not a spy. evan is a journalist. and my greatest hope is that evan is released as soon as possible and can go home, can go back to work and go back to his family, can come and spend time with all of us again, as he should be doing right now. that s the greatest hope. the conditions in the camp have declined seriously. the barracks have black mold. but paul whelan is now facing his fifth christmas as a prisoner. are you worried that there s going to be another deal that you re going to be left behind again? yeah, i am worried that there ll be a deal to leave me here. with each case, my case is going to the back of the line that s being left in the dust. it is russia that put him here, but paul whelan wants america to push harder to get him home. sarah rainsford, bbc news. some breaking news. the irish government has deci
so they have a deal, but do they have the votes? right now the race to get party holdouts onboard with the debt ceiling agreement, that potentially catastrophic default just days away. we ll have the latest. plus, what caused part of an apartment building to collapse? rescue dogs are now scanning for any sign of survivors in davenport, iowa, as the city s fire chief says the building is structurally up snsound posing threat to his teams. we ll follow those and more stories coming in right here to cnn news central. so some good news over the weekend. president biden and speaker mccarthy face another heavy lift after hammering out a deal in principle to raise the nation s debt ceiling. they have to get their parties to support it. based on early reaction, it may not be entirely easy. the house vote is expected on wednesday. hard liners from both sides are signaling they at least will not support the agreement. so here s part of what s in it. it suspends the debt ceiling thr
developments in the last few minutes, the news we have been reporting to the course of the day that two sisters killed and a mother killed in a shooting in the west bank. we see the pictures of the scene. the operation that followed in the immediate aftermath stop the update comes on the mayor. he has said that the three women were residents of the settlement which lies south ofjerusalem. according to the mayor, the family were travelling for holiday when the attack happened and were immigrants from the uk, originally from london. no confirmation of that from the bbc so far it certainly was comments being reported from the mayor of the west bank settlements that these two sisters were originally from london here in the uk. not clear whether would they wear dual nationals because earlier we were reporting they were to is really sisters and more details coming in all the time and since that latest attack we have sin reservists calls up in israel as tensions are ratcheted up aga
sport, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here s ollie foster. hello from the bbc sport centre. the second round is well under way at the first golf major of the year, the american brooks koepka has moved three shots clear at the top of the masters leaderbaord. he was one of the early starters at augusta and birdied the par five second move to eight under. he had beenjoint leader withjon rahm and victor hovland who don t start their second round for another few hours. koepka then eagled the eighth to move to ten under. he is one of 17 rebel liv series golfers who are taking part at augusta. jason day has made a strong start, but has just slipped back to six under, fourth on the leaderboard. scotland s women failed to qualify for this year s world cup, but they have claimed a morale boosting victory over the co hosts australia. they won 1 0, nicola docherty with a long range effort straight after the break that went in off the post. the match was being played a