experiment. new reporting about a conservative lawyer working for former president trump and his six-point plan to undo the 2020 election. up first though for us days of consequence here in the nation s capital. a government shutdown looms in nine days. the united states collides with its borrowing limit in a month. democrats are trying to address those big issues while in the middle of an unruly school-yard fight over a giant spending plan that is a make-or-break moment for the biden agenda. in that fight there are some big democratic family divides over the $3.5 trillion price tag and over the policies all that money pays for. house speaker nancy pelosi telling lawmakers in a closed-door meeting this morning they need to work things out and they need to do it by next week. one of her top lieutenants says that will happen. we re going to get this done. we always do. we re a coalition, not a cult, and so we embrace the fact that people have different ideas and perspective
investigate the death of a pro kremlin blogger and an explosion in st petersburg. and a return to the moon with the return of artemis to. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s newsday. it is eight in the morning it s newsday. it is eight in the morning here - it s newsday. it is eight in the morning here in - it s newsday. it is eight in - the morning here in singapore and eight in the evening in new york where donald trump is spending the night ahead of his arraignment on tuesday. i want to show you the scene live in new york and as we understand that he is in his suite in the trump tower in and hatton, presumably conferring with his lawyers for what will be an unprecedented moment in us legal history. that s before never that is because never before has a us president sitting or previous face criminal charges. we will be looking at what could happen nextin looking at what could happen nex
nuclear weapons. it s seven in the morning in singapore, and four thirty am in the sri lankan capital colombo where celebrations have been taking place after gotabaya rajapaksa became the country s first sitting president to quit. he did so after months of angry protests over the rapidly rising cost of living, and shortages of food and fuel. from colombo, rajini vaidyanathan reports. a moment to savour after months of struggle. now there s joy. these demonstrators had one key demand, that the man they blame for their economic woes resign. tonight, president gotabaya rajapaksa did. protesters say they are celebrating what represents a victory for people power. it s the end of the rule of the rajapaksas, after a week of turmoil on the island. just yesterday at the prime minister s office, security forces were overrun by protesters. it was one of a number of government buildings taken over by the masses. today, protesters handed it back to the authorities, soldiers now on guard,
board brings charges against yorkshire and several individuals over allegations of racism. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. it s 6am in the morning in singapore and midnight in brussels, where the us defense secretary has said he will move heaven and earth to ensure ukraine receives the weapons it needs to combat russia s invasion. lloyd austin was speaking at a nato meeting and called on allied countries to urgently increase deliveries of arms during a pivotal moment in the war. here s a glimpse of what secretary austin had to say. we cannot afford to let up, and we cannot lose steam. the stakes are too high. ukraine is facing a pivotal moment on the battlefield. and we are seeing what presidency zelensky warned us about after failing to take kyiv and reassessing its combat aims, russia has shifted its combat aims, russia has shifted its focus to the donbas. and we cannot underestimate the challenge that ukraine fac