where in a few hours time for emergency talks on how to deal with the country s debt ceiling. some reports say the treasury secretary janet yellen has been personally calling chief executives to warn them of the dire consequences a default could have on the us and the global economy. so how did washington end up here? michelle fleury, north america business correspondent. it feels oddly familiar, these last minute talks to try and avert a crisis. last-minute talks to try and avert a crisis. , , , , ., ~ , crisis. yes. this is high-stakes olitical crisis. yes. this is high-stakes political theatre crisis. yes. this is high-stakes political theatre that crisis. yes. this is high-stakes political theatre that we - crisis. yes. this is high-stakes political theatre that we are i political theatre that we are witnessing, president biden will meet with congressional leaders later today, meet with congressional leaders latertoday, but meet with congressional leaders later today
weather can t make its mind up. we will eventually get something drier and warmer with more sunshine, but the chance of rain in liverpool before then. that sums it up for the whole uk over the next couple of days, a mixture of sunshine and showers developing more widely and the met office has issued a yellow warning for thunderstorms this afternoon and into the evening in this area where we will get the really heavy downpours, hail, thunder and light rain, 20 or 30 millimetres of rain in that area too. thunder and lightning. downpours hedging from the midlands to the south east, turning drier in north west scotland, north west england and eventually northern wales, heavy showers elsewhere, temperatures peaking at 17 or 18. downpours arriving widely over the next few hours, continuing in the evening in the south east and east anglia, they will fade away but there is more cloud from the atlantic into northern ireland and western scotland bringing more showers, clearer skies
some reports say the treasury secretary, janet yellen, has been personally calling chief executives to warn them of the dire consequences a default could have on the us and the global economy. so how did washington end up here again? samira hussain has been investigating. first of all, this debt ceiling crisis is actually a political crisis, itjust happens to hinge on a must pass piece of legislation to save the country from economic catastrophe. so what exactly is happening here? major consequences for the economy. the us could default on its debt in a matter of weeks. debt limit measuresl may be exhausted. weeks to go before the federal government is unable to pay its bills. well, the us government spends more money than it brings in, so it needs to borrow money to pay its bills. it can only borrow a certain amount of money and if it needs to borrow more, congress has to approve that. it used to be a routine thing but not any more. republicans see this as an opportunity t
what a game later at the bernebeu where manchester city have the chance to get champions league revenge over real madrid when they go head to head. we can speak to olly foster. it is pep guardiola s treble chasing team against the team thatjust love this trophy. against the team that “ust love this tro - h . . against the team that ust love this tro - h . . ~ . against the team that ust love this tro . h . ., ~ ., ., against the team that ust love this troh . . . ., against the team that ust love this troh. . ., ., trophy. real madrid have won it 14 times, trophy. real madrid have won it 14 times. winning trophy. real madrid have won it 14 times, winning it trophy. real madrid have won it 14 times, winning it last trophy. real madrid have won it 14 times, winning it last year, - trophy. real madrid have won it 14| times, winning it last year, beating liverpool in the final, and of course also but this time they have erling haaland and this time the real madrid s
said in regard to that claim, he was mortified after making that comment and apologised. the person concerned agreed the matter was closed, no further action was taken. regarding the other claims, they are simply untrue. the report today emerged during the guardian s investigations into the cbi which is in turmoil after a whole broader series of allegations of misconduct. they have promised a review of its culture and a new director is at the helm trying to turn things around. tesco was one of dozens of businesses which have paused its membership concerned at these allegations. of course now tesco finds itself in the spotlight itself. it says that this is a serious allegation, if anyone has concerns and information, to get in touch. the prime minister has also been speaking about new plans unveiled , aiming to ease pressure on doctors surgeries by allowing pharmacies in england to prescribe certain medications. they will include the contraceptive pill and medication for comm