coming out of washington, dc, at about ten minutes past the hour. we ll be monitoring that as well and we also know that republican leaders and republican leaders and republican lawmakers will be holding a call around 9:30pm eastern time, so it about 20 minutes, and there will be briefing republican lawmakers on the deal that has been agreed in principle. i believe we also have a tweet from the republican speaker of the house kevin mccarthy. he might be giving some more information on what could be an ideal, what we are expecting next, but again, this is something we have been tracking for many days and weeks and months in terms of what could be in this deal and whether or not lawmakers could come to an agreement about raising the debt limit here in the united states. of course we know that the deadline had been extended to june five, when know that the deadline had been extended tojune five, when the us treasury said that essentially the country would no longer be able to me
hello and welcome to the programme. we start with a big story in the uk. more thani million national health service staff in england will get a 5% pay rise after health unions here backed the deal. ambulance workers, nurses and physios will also get a one off sum of at least £1655. but the pay deal was signed up at a meeting between the government and 1a health unions, representing all nhs staff above doctors and dentists. one minister said it was time to bring the strikes to an end. the uk health secretary steve barclay said he was pleased with the this is a good day for nhs staff who will benefit from this pay rise, an extra will benefit from this pay rise, an extr ., :: :: :: ., ., , will benefit from this pay rise, an extr ., 11:11: ., ., , ., extra over £5,000 for a ban six and is a paramedical extra over £5,000 for a ban six and is a paramedical midwife, extra over £5,000 for a ban six and is a paramedical midwife, so - extra over £5,000 for a ban six and is a
with a strike by nurses. the family of yousef makki when the fight to have a fresh inquest into his death. a surprise fall in the amount spent by shoppers in december, as people cut back on their christmas spending. # it would be so nice. # and tickets have gone on sale for madonna s good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news channel. the ukrainian president volodomyr zelensky has appeared via videolink to make a direct appeal for tanks, at a meeting of western defence chiefs in germany. representatives of more than 50 countries are discussing the co ordination of stronger military support for kyiv. president zelensky called on the allies to agree the delivery of tanks and other advanced weapons as a matter of urgency. germany is under pressure to allow its leopard two tanks to be exported to ukraine, which isn t a member of nato. the uk has commited to sending 1a challenger 2 tanks to the frontline. here s our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. for western defence chie
punk movement of the 1970s, has died in london. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we begin with the news of the death of pele, widely regarded as the greatest person ever to play what he himself described as the beautiful game . he passed away in hospital in sao paulo, surrounded by his family at the age of 82, having suffered from cancer. during his career he became the first and so far only player to win three world cups, and he scored more than a thousand goals. during his life, he was also a charity fundraiser and a campaigner on several issues. joe wilson reports now on the life of a true sporting great. the greatest. it s opinion. but pele led, others stand on his shoulders. well over 1,000 goals, a career of over 20 years, three times a world cup winner. brazilian football, synonymous with flair and success, was built on pele. in 1958, pele took part in his first world cup tournament, aged just 17. he scored six goals in four matches,
montague. the refugee crisis is one of the world s most enormous problems. 60 million people have fled their homes and countries. my guest today says the problem is fixable, and we can do it easily. he is the economist, professor sir paul collier. the solution, he argues, is to give refugees jobs. in doing so he suggests everyone will benefit. but if the answer is so simple, why has it not been done before? professor sir paul collier, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. you have said, of the syrian refugee crisis, that it is entirely manageable, we can do it easily. yet we are talking about millions of desperate people on the move. why do you say it is so fixable? because it is. the reason we have a mess is because of two reasons. one is that we have in international system which is hopelessly broken. we have a system built in 1950 that is com pletely a system built in 1950 that is completely unfit for the 21st century problems. we never changed it. we ve got a brok