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hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. global leaders pay tribute to the veteran us diplomat, henry kissinger, who s died at the age of 100. the united states has long been a welcoming country we have life pictures tonight of the rafer crossing, where people are being released rafah. you can see the ambulances. we just lost those pictures, but standing by. i can t give you the names until we ensure they are back in israeli hands. six women, two of them from the same family, sisters, whose father and older brother are still held in hamas. this is them crossing the border a few minutes ago into egyptian territory. then they are transferred to israel, and you can see they re in the hands of the international committee of the red cross. the important thing is one or two of these women in fact, three of them, still have relatives inside gaza still. they will be released. bittersweet for many of them tonight. will not be told who is alive ....
menendez. as we begin a new hour, grasping for a plan. the new house speaker facing a major task to avoid a costly government shutdown. with time running out, republicans and democrats are already criticizing his new plan. also tonight, the israeli prime minister with a significant statement about the future of gaza. and the new warning about the 2024 race. donald trump has a few things planned for the doj and immigration policy if he were to win again. and it is just as dangerous as you would expect. this is american voices. we begin this hour on capitol hill, with yet another countdown to a costly government shutdown. congress has until the end of friday, six days from now, to pass the funding bill. just hours ago, the new house speaker, mike johnson, unveiled his plan to keep the government funded. it is a two state approach, funding some parts of the government until january, others through february. this new plan does not include spending cuts, nor additional ....
pass a new funding bill. just hours ago, the new house speaker, mike johnston, unveiled his plan to keep the government funded. it is a two-step approach, putting some parts of the government until january, there is still february. this new plan does not include spending cuts nor additional military aid to israel. this untested strategy also serves as a major first test for speaker johnson, who has limited experience and battles. already getting pushback from his own caucus, congressman saying today, quote, it has a 100% clean and i 100% opposed. nbc news confirms roy is now one of three republicans to already say no deal. in the meantime, the white house is calling the spawn a, quote, recipe for more republican chaos, and more shutdowns. in a new statement, press secretary added house republicans are wasting precious time with an un-serious proposal that has been panned by members of both parties. nbc news capitol hill correspondent has more. hi, alicia, six da ....
just hours ago, the new house speaker, mike johnson, unveiled his plan to keep the government funded. it is a two-step approach, funding some parts of the government until january. others through february. this new plan does not include spending cuts, nor additional military aid to israel. this untested strategy also serves as a major first test for speaker johnson, who has -limited experience with budget battles. he s already getting pushback from his own caucus. texas congressman chip roy saying, today, quote, it s 100% clean and i 100% oppose. nbc confirms roy is one of three republicans already saying no deal. meanwhile, the white house calls this plan, quote, recipe up plan for more republican chaos and more shot down. house republicans wasting precious time with an un-serious proposal that has been panned but members of both parties. nbc news capitol hill correspondent, julie tsirkin, has more. hey, alicia. six days ahead of next friday s government shutdown, de ....
confidence to invest in china is at a record low. one of the biggest shipping lines is explaining why the red sea crisis is contributing to the problems for shipping goods around the globe. there will be problems for the global economy of all these problems continue to grow. wherever you are joining all these problems continue to grow. wherever you arejoining me all these problems continue to grow. wherever you are joining me from around the world, hello. but first, ever since the end of the second world war, peace and prosperity had been tied together the global trade. selling stuff to other countries. is that now unravelling? amid growing hostilities, politicians are putting up hostilities, politicians are putting up more barriers to trade. in particular when it comes to the technology of the future. youssef imposed a range of new tariffs on china. with regard to electric vehicles in particular. the eu is also putting tariffs on electric cars from china. if talks fail to so ....