still holds part of the burned out city of bakhmut. but how much of it and for how long? and senator tim scott getting into the race for president today with florida s ron desantis not far behind. good morning, welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m christine romans. this monday. president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy are set to meet again today as they try to strike a deal to lift the debt ceiling. only ten days in june 1st. that s the earliest estimated date the government might not be able to pay all of its bills. mccarthy spoke to the president sunday by phone from air force one as he flew home from japan. i believe it was a productive phone call. and so at the end of the phone call, what we agreed to do is we re going to have patrick mchenry get back together withese going to ask his team, get back together. so, we can walk them through literally what we ve been talking about. i think some of the challenges they may not comp
748 people. Witnesses have described victims dropping dead on the streets as temperatures hit almost 45 degrees celsius or 113 degrees fahrenheit over the weekend. Hospitals and morgues are just overwhelmed with the growing number of dead and frequent Power Outages have left many pakistanis without airconditioning or running water. Cnn correspondent simon mosin joins us with more on the death toll with this intense heat. The pakistani troops are handing out water and salt tablets but so many people need assistance right now. How bad are things today . Reporter incredibly bad. That is the official death toll we know about. And that is the official death toll. There are People Living in Rural Communities and they may have buried their death immediately and not reported the number of deaths. The heat is incredible but not unprecedented. We had recordbreaking temperatures over the weekend but this is a hot part of the world. And there is a criticism of the Central Government just not being
His decision to resign online a short time ago. He said his departure could help the Prime Minister negotiate a way out of the countrys debt crisis. He said he would wear the creditors loathing with pride. Thousands of people celebrated in athens Central Square cheering waving flags and setting off fire crackers as well. The no vote is unprecedented and it could send greece on an exit path. The government is reacting to the resignation. Yanis varoufakis played a key role or a leading role in the negotiations as the finance minister since the first day of the government. The Prime Minister feels a need to thank him for his unremitting efforts to promote the governments interests and position to the greek people under difficult conditions. Under the counsel of political leaders his replacement will be announced and that meeting is happening as we speak. And Elinda Labropoulou joins us from ath witness the latest developments. We are hopefully going to be hearing from Alexis Tsipras right
More than 1,000 people have died in pakistans brutal recordbreaking heat wave. Nearly all of those deaths happened in karachi, resources are overwhelmed with morgues and hospitals filled beyond capacity. Pakistans electricity grid is also being strained with frequent Power Outages being reported. Earlier cnn correspondent saima mohsin visited a morgue and graveyard. These scenes may be upsetting. Reporter even as we approached the morgue the stench of death surrounded us. Corpses covered in flies left out in the heat. A charity runs this morgue but it is struggling to provide the service. Daily Power Outages means the cold room cant be kept cool. I want to take you in to show you the extent of the problem. There is a putrid, pungent smell. Bodies upon bodies, piled high. 650 people have been brought here in just a few days. I really couldnt stay inside there any longer. That is supposed to be a cold storage unit in a morgue. Its hot and sticky in here. And it seems like even the dead a
It is 10 00 a. M. In greece less than a day before greeks begin casting their votes in a referendum that may determine the countrys future in europes single currency. Tens of thousands of greeks demonstrated in athens on friday. Here you say Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras attending one of the rallies. He is encouraging people to vote no in the referendum which would essentially mean that greece does not accept the austeritydriven terms of a bailout plan offered by european lead leaders. Translator on sunday wed are all sending a message of democracy and dignity to europe and all of the world. We are resending a message of hope to the people because on sunday we do not simply decide to stay in europe we decide to live with dignity in europe. And a short walk away from that rally was this. A huge crowd of demonstrated to support a yes vote. A yes vote endorses the expired bailout terms. Mr. Tsipras came to offer promising to end harsh austerity measures. But many people say he has put gre