Would then have to go to the president to decide to avert a shutdown before midnight tonight. Within the last hour, we heard from the Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer. I have very good news for the country democrats and republicans have come to an agreement and the government will remain open. We will have avoided a shutdown. Bipartisanship, which has been the trademark of the senate, has prevailed and the American People can breathe a sigh of relief. But this is a bridge cr and Leader Mcconnell and i have agreed to continue fighting for more economic and security aid for ukraine. We support ukraines efforts to defend its sovereignty against putins aggression. So, thank you. Thank you to my colleagues on both sides of the aisle for their excellent work. The bipartisanship here in the senate set the tone for todays result and i hope it sets the tone for the future. The Top Republican in the senate, mitch mcconnell, offered this commitment. Most Senate Republicans remain committed to
Had to say. Just moments ago on the house floor, we passed by overwhelming numbers the ability to keep government open for the next six weeks. Youve got to understand why we are here. The senate has produced not one Appropriation Bill through the floor. The house . More than 70 . Discretionary spending has now passed. I do not believe our troops need to be punished for us not getting the work done. So i ask congress will stay in session the next two weeks, continue to work to get this done. Lets take a closer look at whats in the stopgap measure. The bill keeps the governments funding at 2023 levels, but only for now. It also freezes the us s aid to ukraine. Democrats had originally tried to plug this gap with a 6 billion aid package, but that measure was removed from the resolution in order to secure the votes needed to pass it. All of this only lasts for 45 days, so the us could be back at the same cliff edge in just over six weeks time. A shutdown would leave hundreds of thousands o
Families. And how a hardening of attitudes make some think that the only possible victory will be one secured on the battlefield. I just want it to stop and for our. Neighbours to go away. This is the face of battle, modern war in ukraine. A grenade attached to a commercially made drone before being sent on its way. These ukrainian soldiers from the armys 24th Mechanized Brigade allowed us rare access to a position several hundred metres from their enemy as they hunted them. Now theyre stepping up the accuracy of their attacks. Drone whirs. With custom made fpv, or first person view drones. We are aiming for big guns like automated Grenade Launcher and sp6. Self propelled guns. Yeah, yeah, yes. Self propelled gun, Something Like that. And then comes in the lower priorities, so, just regular troops. Two years ago, would you have ever imagined you would be doing this . Oh, no, no. Gods sake, no. But what can we do . We can only fight and protect our land. I just want it to stop and for o
Dust of afghanistan. Back in ukraine, this is what they are facing. Ground littered with russian mines and explosives. Ukraine is now the most heavily mined country in the world and it is what has bogged down their advance. Russia has laid hundreds of thousands of mines across ukraine, scattered over an area the size of florida. In some places, the minefields are ten kilometres deep. And in just one square metre there could be as many as five mines. Sappers are now being targeted by Russian Forces so they mostly have to conduct their work at night and there are simply not enough of them. What you describe being a sapper in ukraine at the moment as being the most dangerous job in the world . Yes, absolutely. Are a lot of them being killed by mines, by Russian Artillery because they are working on the front line . Have you lost many friends . What message would you like to send to the west . Keep going. We need your help. Is that because you are worried that the west will not keep going
In your toilets. Crowd cheering since Rina Sawayama broke out into the music scene in 2017, she has been doing it her way. Shes campaigned to change rules for the brit awards, landed a hollywood role, come out as pansexual, and has been hailed as the future of queer pop music. And ive come to ask her how she got to this point and whats next. Youre preaching even though im dead. Like the first time im in my prime. How come you dont expect me to get mad when im angry . Youve never seen it done. Rina sawayama, welcome to in conversation. Thank you so much forjoining us. Thank you for having me. Its surreal. How would you describe this particular moment in your life . It feels like so much has happened in the past few years. The first phrase that comes to mind is probably a sigh of relief. Ithink, you know, my career really took off during the pandemic, and im so grateful for that, you know . It was really unexpected. But at the same time, i worked solidly through the pandemic, then out of