stories and we started in the us. congressional leaders are due to meet with president biden for emergency talks on how to deal with the debt ceiling. reports are coming in the treasury secretary janet yellen has been personally calling chief executives to warn them of the dire consequences a default could have on the us and the global economy. so how did washington get here? samira hussain has been investigating. first of all, this debt ceiling crisis is actually a political crisis, itjust happens to hinge on a must pass piece of legislation to save the country from economic catastrophe, so what is happening here? major consequences for the economy. the us could default on the economy. the us could default on the dead in a metabolic. weeks on the dead in a metabolic. weeks to on the dead in a metabolic. weeks to go before the federal government weeks to go before the federal government is weeks to go before the federal government is unable - weeks to go before the fed
getting a taste of the action in one of britain s fastest growing industries, our technology correspondent explores what the new year might bring in the world of gaming. and answering our call of duty is matt. thank you. while it is cold and icy for some this morning, if you delete your new years walk yesterday with the rain, you don t need to today, it is looking good, lots of sunshine around. thank you. plenty from matt and john through the morning. we start the first bank holiday 2017 our main story. rail fares across england, wales and scotland will rise today, with passengers facing an average increase of more than 2%. public transport campaigners say the fare rises are another kick in the teeth for long suffering rail passengers . but the transport secretary, chris grayling, said the government was delivering the biggest rail modernisation programme for more than a century. here s our transport correspondent, richard westcott. punctuality across britain is well below t
a moment of brilliant improvisation in a 2 0 win over crystal palace, to help his side move up to third in the premier league. if you ve overindulged during the festive period, have you decided to turn over a new leaf for the new year? it will be a short one, for one month i will try and do some yoga! every day? every day. i ll be discussing why we make resolutions and what we can do to make sure we stick to them. and matt has the weather. good morning. if one of your resolutions is to get more exercise, why not embrace the great outdoors this bank holiday? it is cold and quite icy today, but plenty of sunshine around. the full forecast, coming up. good morning. thanks for being with us on this first bank holiday of 2017. first, our main story. rail fares across england, wales and scotland will rise today, with passengers facing an average increase of more than 2%. public transport campaigners say the fare rises are another kick in the teeth for long suffering rail passeng
with passengers facing an average increase of more than 2%. punctuality across britain is well below target, strikes have brought one of the busiest operators to a standstill, but none of it stops rail fares going up again today. i think it s a disgrace. particularly as the railways aren t efficient, you know? there s always delays. in terms of the increase, well, it s fair. you ve got to pay for things, if it includes paying for wages and people earning more money. across britain, the average ticket will be 2.3% more expensive. season tickets, among the fares regulated by the government, go up less at 1.9%. it follows years of stinging rises. even allowing for inflation, fares have risen 25% since the mid 1990s. season tickets in the south east of england are now regularly over £4000 or £5,000. successive governments have put the prices up because they want passengers to pay a bigger proportion of the rail bill so that other taxpayers pay less. ministers say they re reinve
the new year s eve nightclub attack in istanbul in which 39 people are known to have died. the authorities are continuing their hunt for the suspect, who escaped after opening fire on party goers. officials have now identified all but one of the victims and they say nearly two thirds of them were foreign nationals. funerals for some of those killed are being held today. from istanbul, our correspondent selin gerit reports. this is the gunman that has sent shock waves across the country. he is still at large, but now his motives could be clearer. the so called islamic state claimed responsibility for the attack. in a statement, they said the shooting was carried out by a soldier in revenge for the turkish‘s governments strikes on islamic state in syria. eight people have been detained, but the gunman is not thought to be among them. in the area, some more funerals were held today. 29 of the victims are farne national foreign nationals. a 29 year old actor from lebanon was