In the halls of power, but not tonight. On capitol hill, lawmakers are in crunch talks to avoid a Government Shutdown, that is live pictures coming to you there from capitol hill. The republicans, who hold a slim majority in the house of representatives, are at a deadlock, with members on the right of the party demanding wide ranging spending cuts. Time appears to have run out to pass all the bills necessary in time for the start of the new fiscal year, on october 1. The question now is whether lawmakers can pass a Stopgap Measure to buy more time. If they dont succeed, all non essential functions of the federal govenrment will shut down, with Nonessential Workers places on furlough. The last shutdown, between December 2018 and january 2019, lastest 35 days, the longest ever in us history. Republican House Speaker kevin mccarthy, has not ruled out avoiding the shutdown by making a deal with democratic lawmakers. But conservative republicans have threatened to oust him as speaker if he
hello and welcome to our viewers joining us from the united states and all around the world. i m laila harrak. hospitals in gaza facing a dire situation. al shifa hospital is almost out of essential supplies. test of thousands of pro-palestinian demonstrators march in london, demanding a cease-fire in the israel/hamas war. and the end to an historic career. megan rapinoe bows out of professional soccer. what she calls the worst possible outcome. the israeli military has offered to evacuate infants and other patients from gaza s largest hospital sometime today. while the hamas-controlled health ministry in gaza said three new born babies have died since friday night at al shifa hospital after nearby shelling knocked out a generator supplying oxygen to the neonatal unit. a gaza health official tells cnn the other infants were hand-carried to the operating rooms which still had oxygen, unlike other hospitals across ga gaza. idf says it s been engaged in heavy fighting with ham
rights ever since. gay marriage is illegal in latvia, though the country s constitutional court recognised same sex unions last year. an airstrike in a sudanese city on saturday killed at least 22 people, health authorities said, in one of the deadliest air attacks yet in the three months of fighting between sudan s rival generals. the assault took place in 0mdurman, outside the capital, khartoum. it was one of the deadliest attacks in urban areas near the capital and elsewhere in sudan. american soccer star megan rapinoe says she will retire at the end of this season, and after the women s world cup this summer. it will be her fourth world cup appearance. the 38 year old wrote on twitter that she never could have imaged the ways in which soccer would shape and change my life forever. india s top court is set to deliver its verdict on whether same sex marriage can be allowed. it s a proposal that has sharply divided opinion in the country. while the government and religious groups h
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