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we start tonight here in washington — these are live shots of the capitol building. the biden administration and the republican majority in the us house of representatives have reached an agreement in principle on a new government debt limit. the deal will be put to a vote on wednesday. well have more on what we know so far shortly, with our north america correspondent jess pakrker shortly. but first lets hear from the leaders at the centre of these negotiations. house speaker kevin ...

is there any sign yet of the much heralded counteroffensive by ukraine? for the west and ukraine, if they were to go too early, ahead of all that hardware being in place, then we could see the front lines we see now in place for some time to come. after the g7 summit in hiroshima is a chinese attack on taiwan more likely likely or less likely? i think for now xijinping has made the calculation that he simply cant afford to invade taiwan. and should we lose sleep at night for fear that ...

thanks forjoining us. we begin in ukraine where a fresh air attack on kyiv has left at least one dead and a further three injured. the citys mayor vitali klitschko says around 20 russian explosive drones had been eliminated — but that a fresh wave is heading towards the capital. russia has stepped up its attacks on kyiv over the past month, using barrages of drones and missiles in an attempt to overwhelm the citys defences. this latest attack comes as one of the countrys most senior ...

going to be discussing all of that with these three experts. there they are. the big boss of one of africas largest renewable energy companies, an energy expert from the world bank, and a leading moroccan environmental campaigner. also on the show, im going to sit down with the moroccan government minister tasked with the mighty challenge of making sure everything is in place for this country to enjoy the abundant wind and sunshine whilst transforming its economy. wherever yourejoining...

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any deal will needs to be approved by a divided congress, with a vote expected on wednesday. mccarthy spoke in the past hour. ijust got out i just got out of over the president. i spoke to him twice today. after weeks of negotiations we have come to an agreement in principle. we still have a lot of work to do. but i believe this is an agreement in principle that is worthy of the american people. it has historic reductions in spending, consequential reforms that will lift people out of ...

counter—offensive. the comments come after attacks on dnipro and the wagner group claiming it fully captured the city of bakhmut. the battle there for control has been the longest of the war. the head of russias wagner mercenary group has announced that its forces have started withdrawing from the ukrainian city. ukraine denies this. now, one of the countrys most senior security officials says ukraine is ready to launch its long—expected counter—offensive against russian forces. ...

counter—offensive against russian forces. in a rare interview, oleksiy danilov describes the planned assault as an "historic opportunity". now on bbc news...political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking, a conversation with rather than an interrogation of someone who shapes our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. every so often theres an issue that bubbles up. if youll forgive the metaphor, and reaches beyond the westminster bubble. the i...

now on bbc news — click. this week, how robots are helping the british army stay safe in hostile environments. it is not only about going into a building knowing there will be any threat in there. it is what is in there else as well. laura put chatgpt through its paces. laura put chatgpt through its aces. ., ., , , paces. no time to stop between the sets but _ paces. no time to stop between the sets but i _ paces. no time to stop between the sets but i have _ paces. no time to stop b...

coming out of washington, dc, at about ten minutes past the hour. well be monitoring that as well and we also know that republican leaders and republican leaders and republican lawmakers will be holding a call around 9:30pm eastern time, so it about 20 minutes, and there will be briefing republican lawmakers on the deal that has been agreed in principle. i believe we also have a tweet from the republican speaker of the house kevin mccarthy. he might be giving some more information on w...