on tuesday, representatives of us presidentjoe biden and congressional republicans met again on capitol hill. the two sides have untiljune 1st to come to an agreement on raising the govenrment s borrowing limit, or risk the us not being able to pay its bills. some analysts have warned a default could lead to huge job losses in the us and even a global recession. stocks on wall street finished sharply lower on tuesday. despite this, optimism among leaders remains. negotiations are very hard, very difficult, both sides have to understand they won t get everything they want. we are trying to get to a budget that is reasonable and bipartisan. that democrats and republicans in the house and senate will be able to vote on and agree on. this is the process, that s why we are moving in this way, to make sure it s bipartisan, but also reasonable. that s what you all can look forward to. for the latest on this story, i spoke to cbs news congressional correspondent, nikole killion. has
unusually high for november, we live in daytime highs researchers in the uk say blood that of around 17 degrees, some rain in the north west, has been grown in a laboratory has been put into people, sunshine further south east. in a world first clinical trial. it could help scientists manufacture rare blood groups. and liverpool have drawn holders real madrid in the last 16 of the champions league in a repeat of last season s final. the head of the united nations has warned the cop27 climate conference in egypt that nations must co operate in the effort to reduce global emissions or perish. antonio guterres decribed the progress made since last year s gathering in glasgow as woeful. the prime minister, rishi sunak, is expected to warn world leaders later that it s essential that countries stick to the commitments made then to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees celsius above pre industrial levels. delegates have now agreed to discuss sending money to poorer nations to hel
and coming up at 3:30, operation relocation, looks behind the scenes of one of the uk s biggest hospital s transitions from old to new. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. nurses are likely to take their first ever national strike action according to their union. the royal college of nursing is still counting ballot papers returned by its 300,000 members, but it says those counted so far suggest support for strike action possibly before christmas. the rcn wants a 5% pay increase above the rate of inflation. nurses working in accident and emergency and critical care would be exempted from striking to maintain services. the government said nurses should carefully consider the impact on patients. and, as our health editor hugh pym reports, other health workers could also soon be staging industrial action. here s our health editor hugh pym. possible strike action is already looming of the nhs in scotland. members of two unions, including ambulance staff at the gmb, have v
as the candidates to be the uk s next prime minister prepare to go head to head. welcome to the programme. we start with the extreme heat across europe. it s facing its worst drought in a long time. we ll look at that in a moment. but first the high temperatures are also causing big wildfires. let s go to france. there s a huge wildfire near bordeaux, in the south western region of gironde. this is what it looks like at night. thousands of hectares have been burnt. 10,000 people have been forced to evacuate the area, and several homes are destroyed. it s spreading so fast because it s so dry. this is the scene in the day. you can see a plane dropping chemicals used to slow the fire down. more than a thousand fire fighters are there trying to control it. let s hear from one of them. translation: for l the moment, the fire is progressing in every direction. if i may say, the wind is not steady for the moment. it will rise in the course of the day. we are told that the wind will
lets get you the latest on the israel gaza conflict. israel says it has now all but completed its military objectives in the north of gaza and is proceeding aggresively with ground operations in the south. around 170,000 people in khan younis, have the israeli military has again urged people to evacuate from areas they re targeting. around 170,000 people in khan younis, have been warned to leave for their safety. the world health organization says it has been told by israel to move medical supplies out of two warehouses in southern gaza within 2a hours although israel has denied this. these pictures show explosions and fire in gaza on monday evening. a spokesman for the un children s charity, unicef, says there s nowhere safe for people to go. and there are reports from gaza that at least 30 people have been killed at two schools where people were sheltering, including children. earlier reports, from the official palestinian news agency, put the number of dead at 50 i