agreement on a framework that will pay for any final negotiated agreement, so the revenue side of this we have an agreement on, okay? thank you. the framework, an agreement of a framework. that sounds like a big deal, right? but there are a lot of missing pieces. no specifics yet, for example, on just what tax hike democrats have agreed to support and even more important, no agreement yet on how much money democrats need to raise meaning no agreement yet on the final price tag for that big democratic plan. let s get straight up to our chief congressional correspondent manu raju. manu, they make this announcement out to be a big deal, but a lot of questions. reporter: there are a lot of questions and not a lot of clarity. let s be clear. members have not signed off on this in the rank and file. even some of the key chairmen of the committees are still in the dark about what exactly this means and what this means is an agreement about some of the options that they could do
to the author paula mcgrath about her novel a history of running away. good evening and welcome to bbc news. it s only a few hours since theresa may named the judge who will chair the grenfell tower inquiry and already sir martin moore bick is facing questions about whether his brief is wide ranging enough. sir martin promised a vigorous inquiry into what caused the fire and how it spread so quickly with such fatal consequences. but many local residents, some of whom met the judge this afternoo, of whom met the judge this afternoon, say they want to know who should be held responsible for the disaster. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. away from the debate about the number of deaths and the risk from cladding, dozens of families are morning. dozens of families are mourning. relatives of tony disson laid him to rest today, close to the tower. relatives of tony disson laid to rest today, close to the tower. and this is the man facing the task of explaining t
he became leader in 2012. this is to tie in with the 20th anniversary of the uk handing hong kong to china. here are some of the pictures we have of the visit. this isn tjust about the past, it s about the present. great care is being taken to make sure any pro democracy protestors don t get anywhere near mr xi. and he s re asserted the one country, two systems formula that has governed hong kong since the british left. we ll get more on president xi s visit in just a moment, but before we do, let s hear from the last governor of hong kong, the man in charge at the time of the handover in 1997. that s him there with prince charles there. he s been speaking to my colleague babita sharma who asked, if after 20 years the people of hong kong feel let down by britain? we have obligations to people in hong kong. their obligations included in the treaty between britain and china which the chinese pretend doesn t involve us. we should be standing up for people s writes in hong
president trump s temporary ban on refugees and travellers from six mainly muslim countries is now officially in effect. the us supreme court has allowed parts of it, after a five month battle with human rights groups. the trump administration says the ban is necessary to block terrorists from entering the country. many have argued that it unconstitutionally singles out muslims. these were the scenes at airports gci’oss these were the scenes at airports across the country when president trump s original travel ban was imposed without warning in january. it was called unconstitutional, a ban on muslims. but despite months of legal challenges, president trump once again has his travel ban, at least parts of it, in place after victory at the supreme court. this has been one of the president s top issues. he has talked consistently about how he believes the united states needs to do more to enhance oui’ states needs to do more to enhance our screening procedures and to take a
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