gives no one everything they want, but that s the responsibility of governing. this is a deal and it s good news, i believe, for the american people. the agreement prevents the worst possible crisis, a default for the first time in our nation s history. the two parties have untiljune the 5th to reach an agreement to prevent the us government running out of money. our correspondent in washington jessica parker has more. this deal is set to raise the debt ceiling for two years. that s a big win for the white house. why? well, it means that, forjoe biden, who of course is seeking re election in the 2024 presidential race, he won t have to face this political drama, instability, brinkmanship, right in the run up to that presidential election, so he ll be pleased with that. but the republicans are trying to say they ve chalked up wins in terms of policy, so they are talking about, for example, kevin mccarthy, the house speaker, that there will be curbs on spending. he s talked abo
it s gold again for laura muir. on another golden night for the brits in munich, muir retains her crown as the 1,500 metre european champion. (organ plays) they were once a key part of going to the pictures. we ll take a look at the cinema organs being raised back to life. good morning. it is a blustery start to the good morning. it is a blustery start to the weekend, especially in the north west of the uk where there are also outbreaks of rain. but not everyone also outbreaks of rain. but not everyone will see wet weather today. all the everyone will see wet weather today. all the details are coming up. good morninu. it s saturday august 20. our main story: train passengers are being warned of more severe disruption across the uk s rail network today as tens of thousands of workers go on strike. it s the sixth day of national walk outs so far this summer in an ongoing dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. network rail says only a fifth of its services will be running
e. 0ne party needs enough seats to form a majority government. now on bbc news, the travel show. this week, on the show, meeting mummies in chile. wow, there are so many mummies here, vivien. ..grannies in austria. this is the open kitchen where our grandmas and grandpas bake their lovely cakes. ..and cabbies in england. in the chilean region of arica, on the northern fringes of the country s atacama desert, you ll find clues that something significant lies beneath the ground. hidden in the sand are some of the oldest mummified bodies in the world, evidence of an overlooked culture that once lived and thrived here on the western coast of south america. it s amazing how close these skeletons are to the surface and, apparently, there is layer after layer after layer of bodies going down as low as 2m underground. this is crazy. ifeel quite strange, walking on the dead here. between 7000 and 1500 bc, the hunter gatherer chinchorro people called this area home and developed comple