we start tonight here in washington these are live shots of the capitol building. the biden administration and the republican majority in the us house of representatives have reached an agreement in principle on a new government debt limit. the deal will be put to a vote on wednesday. we ll have more on what we know so far shortly, with our north america correspondent jess pakrker shortly. but first let s hear from the leaders at the centre of these negotiations. house speaker kevin mccarthy said there would be historic reductions in spending and no new taxes. he shared this statement a little earlier. ijust got off i just got off the phone with the president and talk to him twice today and after weeks of negotiations we have come to an agreement in principle. we still have a lot of work to do but i believe this is an agreement in principle worthy of the american people. it has historic reductions in spending, consequential reforms that will lift people out of poverty into
of downing street earlier this week, has been released while under investigation. he was detained on thursday on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving. hello and thanks forjoining me here at the bbc s headquarters in central london. is there any sign yet of the much heralded counteroffensive by ukraine? for the west and ukraine if they were to go too early, ahead of all that hardware being in place, then we could see the front lines we see now in place for some time to come. after the g7 summit in hiroshima is a chinese attack on taiwan any more likely likely? more likely or less likely? i think for now xijinping has made the calculation that he simply can t afford to invade taiwan. and should we lose sleep at night for fear that artificial intelligence, ai, is going to take over the world? we are going to have to have systems in place to police it. we almost need a new police force entirely focused on al. the city of bakhmut in ukraine now seems to be pretty m
and the winning team s captain being strechered off after collapsing on the pitch. all: what happened to - the math teacher s garden? it grew square roots. from larking around in school to being crowned britain s funniest class, we ll speak to the 10 year old behind their winning joke. and in weather, it s going to be a sunny, coola and in weather, it s going to be a sunny, cool a day for many but the dry story continues and will do so through much of the coming week. all of the details right here on breakfast cooler. it s sunday the 28th of may. our main story questions still remain this morning as to why passport egates stopped working at major airports across the uk. tens of thousands of passengers were left waiting hours as passports had to be checked manually. the home office says the issue has now been fixed, as vincent mcaviney reports. woman: this is gatwick s line. at the start of a bank holiday weekend and half term, it was the last thing these travellers at ga
polls open, both contenders have been trying their hardest to win over the last looters and bead to s new president. in the uk, the post office apologises for using racist language to describe sub postmasters who were being wrongly investigated as part of the horizon computer scandal. itv says it investigated rumours of a relationship between presenter phillip schofield and a younger employee in 2020 but both repeatedly denied it. hello, i m lewis vaughanjones. we will start with the latest on those delays getting into the uk at passport control. a home office source has told the bbc that uk border force e gates are now starting to come back on. a nationwide issue with the e gates, which started on friday evening, have resulted in long queues at passport control at airports across the country. the bbc understands the gates will be switched on in the busiest sports first and that the it issue has now been resolved. live now to our reporter david waddell at london heathrow ai