Republican party that is poised to unleash painful consequences about the whole country. Some recess. Over the first to back for the House Of Representatives was in fact chaos. House speaker Kevin Mccarthy has been unable to move forward with crucial Appropriations Bills or Government Spending bills, and its not because democrats and republicans are fighting with one another. The fighting is happening among republicans. There have been ultimatums, insults thrown between members, closeddoor meetings, and no progress on anything substantive for which the house is actually responsible. And listen to essential the government will shut down, if nobodys past, mccarthy announced that he will open an Impeachment Inquiry into president joe biden. Now that is a gambit that is certain to fail. And i dont mean that mccarthy cant possibly get biden removed from office if not just impeach of the house, but a trial and a vote in the senate. It is unclear if a mccarthy can win Impeachment Vote in the
hello, i m victoria valentine. we start in india where world leaders are expective to arrive in new delhi in the coming hours, ahead of this weekend s 620 summit. this was earlier us presidentjoe biden departing washington for the summit. uk prime minister rishi sunak is also expected to attend. the 620 group consists of 19 of the world s wealthiest economies and the european union. it accounts for 85% of global economic output and two thirds of its population. it s a key forum for international issues but there are deep divisions over some of these, like the war in ukraine. live now to siddarth varadarajan, the founding editor of the independent indian news website the wire. thank you very much forjoining us here on bbc news. what hope is there that india is able to push to the fore the agenda of the global south? i think for india, the 620 has always been about, in a sense, pushing the ideas, views and interests of the global south. we ve been doing this since 2008,
good to see you. i m yasmin vossoughian. we re following breaking. is a red sea showdown involving an american warship. missiles, drone attacks launched by an iranian-backed group. we re gonna tell you what happened here. it s committed forces expand their offensive south. an attack on the area that gaza residents were told to go to to be safe. the biden administration, meanwhile, pushing israel publicly to do more to protect civilians. as israel defense itself, it matters how. the united states is unequivocal, international humanitarian law must be respected. too many innocent palestinians have been killed. the white house also making clear today that they had no advanced warning of the hamas attack after hearing that they had the blueprint for the october 7th plan a year before it happened. we re also following other news, that donald trump is spinning himself as the defender of democracy, despite trying to overturn an election. the fallout from elon musk s profane mess
from israel. nbc news confirming that the are closing in on a deal to release some of the hostages. i believe that we are closer than we have been in quite some time. maybe closer than we have been since the beginning of this process. we are talking about considerably more than 12, beyond that, i want to see where this goes. i don t want to say anything that would jeopardize the completion of the, deal which is the most important. right, now no hostages have been released, and the israeli offensive continuing undeterred with al-shifa hospital caught in the middle. a world health official describing it as a, quote, death knell, rather than a working medical center. the president weighed in on the israel hamas war with the new op-ed this weekend, calling for a two-state solution. laying out his vision for the future of gaza, which puts him at odds with prime minister mention netanyahu. plus, the hearing in donald trump s federal election interference case tomorrow morning w
on many different things. he would not allow us to have witnesses or talk, would not allow us to do anything. the judge was a tyrant. it is dangerous, irresponsible. for anyone to say this was rigged just because they don t like the verdict. americans should feel somewhat reassured, our democracy worked. justice was done. [ chanting ] go to jail. the democratic party on the left so different desperate to stop that they will risk the destruction of our entire legal system to do it. it is the first time that i am seeing him face any sort of consequences. he is showing he wants to fight for us no matter what they try to do to him. after the verdict the fallout. former president donald trump vowing to appeal conviction on the 34 felonies as president biden says no 1 is above the law and that it would be reckless to criticize the verdict. we are also keeping a very close eye on the financial fallout as the biden and trump campaigns try to fund raise heavily off of all