And zambia has been seen by many as a test case for how well the common framework works. But despite protracted negotiations, the zambia Debt Relief Deal has collapsed, raising doubts about the workability of the common framework. Zambias president hakainde hichilema, who inherited a huge Debt Overhang when he was elected in 2021 has been spearheading efforts to get the countrys economy back on track. I spoke to the zambian president in an exclusive interview and began by asking him about the economy. I think we did our part as a country in terms of meeting our obligations. We did that well ahead of time. Now it is for the other part of the stick to come on board. The bilateral creditors, i think we are doing reasonably well. Delayed . Yes, it was delayed. But the private creditors, we now need to close and put this to bed so that it can create the headroom we needed, we anticipated long before. But these delays are beginning to negate the gains that we already made as a country in our
i had a friend from high school had put something up on my facebook. diana is one of my oldest friends. i just fell apart. i couldn t believe it. still doesn t seem real to me. the wedding was in the woods. a really nice, outdoor, forest wedding. a few years later, the marriage was in shambles. she wanted to have a clean divorce. then a call out of the blue. they were going to meet? yes. followed by a shot. the meeting was set up for someone to get hurt. did they find the shooter? no. just vanished? vanished. who was this mystery man on a midnight mission? he brought everything that you would need to murder someone. turns out it was a gunman police and maybe even you already know. i had seen the dateline previously. someone was hiding a secret. where there s smoke, there s fire. someone else couldn t keep one. she just started crying and said, it s all true. it s all true. and a conspiracy to kill is caught on camera. when we
administration officials, they ve made clear their position is the same as it has always been. the president wants a clean debt ceiling increase. there have been no negotiations on anything but a clean debt ceiling increase. republicans are in a very different place right now. the difference between right now and yesterday where those two positions stand is they have about a month to figure this out. the president has international travel, how they figure something out is still very much an open question. to remind people, this is money that has already been spent. this is not future spending. it has already been manu, does this new deadline one month from today change anything when it comes to negotiations? we haven t seen any real willingness to give on either side so far. not at the moment, jake, of course this letter just came out, but even kevin mccarthy, the speaker saying earlier today in israel that they will not do what the white house has been demanding for th
the world. i m rosemary church, just ahead on cnn newsroom. hollywood writers are headed to the picket line, thousands set to go on strike, a move that will bring productions to a grinding halt, and sent shockwaves through the industry. a dire warning from america s treasury secretary saying the country only has about a month to pay its bills, or risk an economic catastrophe. plus, a former u.s. marine killed on the front lines of the war in ukraine, fighting in one of the war s bloodiest battles. we will hear from his mother about what compelled him to join the fight. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. and we begin with the breaking news from hollywood, where television and film writers are now on strike. a move that will very likely shut down most tv and film productions in the u.s. for the foreseeable future. the strike was announced hours ago after the rioters killed and studios failed to reach an agreement islands before a midnight deadlin
be for the report. a possible to tackle most of the, day of a train carrying crucial supplies blown off its tracks. it is beginning of the ukrainian counter offensive? and americans are lonely and isolated and it s now a full-blown health crisis. that is what the surgeon general saying tonight as he opens up about his own struggles. let s go out front. good evening, i m erin burnett. out front tonight, out of cash. treasury secretary janet yellen issuing a stark warning tonight that the amid united states will run out of money as soon as june 1st, if congress does not raise or suspend the debt ceiling. in a statement, she writes after reviewing recent tax receipts, our best estimate is that we will be unable to continue to satisfy all of the governments obligations by early june and potentially, wait for it, as early as june 1st. if congress does not raise or suspend the debt limit before that time. and right now, the white house and congress could not be for the way from a d