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its 4:00 in washington d.c. a hail mary move by the disgraced ex-president that serves as an indication that special counsel jack smith may well be close to making a decision on whether or not to indict donald trump. were at donald trumps dear attorney general, the special counsel is being mean to me phase. make no mistake we have been here before. late yesterday lawyers for the ex-president asked for a meeting with merrick garland. the letter itself was brief, filled with the usual tr...

important issues facing her country. she remains defiant when it comes to the treatment of the minority rohingya refugees and says that she is in no hurry to step down as the leader of the country. you are the worlds longest serving female leader. often described as the iron lady of bangladesh, you are the daughter of the founder of the country. i just want to know, how have the last 14 years have been for you personally? the last 14 years have been the best time for bangladesh. in eve...

about moving to what it describes as a more precise phase of military operations have been constructive, with further diplomatic efforts due to take place today. president biden spoke by phone to israels prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his national security advisorjake sullivan held face—to—face talks with him. its understood the american leadership discussed a scaling back of israels high—intensity military operations in gaza but with no specific timetable. mr biden said h...

major hurdles remain as negotiators resume debt ceiling talks on capitol hill with speaker mccarthy and his top lieutenants refusing to budge on their key budget demands. >> the president -- i dont understand why they thought this would never come. these are areas i will not raise taxes. we will bring in more money. i will not pass a clean debt ceiling. wont put that on the floor. we have to spend less than last year. the u.s. surgeon general will join me on his new warning about a y...

showers, some of the showers could be wintry to the far north and east, temperatures will feel colder than this, because of the added wind chill. sophie. thank you very much. that is it from the bbc news at six. it is time to join that is it from the bbc news at six. it is time tojoin our that is it from the bbc news at six. it is time to join our news teams where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday. im gavin ramjaun. manchester city and arsenal learn their opponents for the champi...

catastrophe. default is off the table and only way to move forward is in good faith toward a bipartisan agreement. >> todd: the speaker vowing to be in touch with the president every single day until a deal gets done. >> i thought the meeting was productive. i thought it was more productive than the other meetings, we made the circle smaller andul somewhater, we are getting closer, dont give up on us. >> todd: that agreement needs to come soon to fulfill the nations current spending ob...

again. and so i dont want to be in the prediction business with something as heavy as that. what i will say is that my meeting with the director of the masad last night, we met for more than twice the expected 45 minutes because we had a very detailed conversation about how to move forward to secure the release of the hostages. ultimately that will be something that we have to work in a very sensitive way between the u.s. and israel, working with qatar, with egypt, with other actors. a...

deadline is june 1st. who has time for a break? well, apparently conversations are not productive, at least thats how the gop is framing it. here was the republicans lead negotiator, congressman garrett graves who walked out of the room early today. >> the house passed the strong bill. it has great savings, and its responsible and puts us on a path. until people are willing to have reasonable conversations about how you can actually move forward and do the right thing, then were not go...

than 100 years. the reason for that, thatis than 100 years. the reason for that, that is probably quite a deep, dark story but prince harry has always maintained he was prevented from taking legal action against newspapers by buckingham palace. that they didnt want him giving evidence in the witness box went the argument. of course, buckingham palace denied that. it has tried to settle claims here and there when it could come against the many newspapers who have been involved in this l...

quickly heating up this week as republican candidates begin firing shots at one another over who is the right person to lead the party against president biden in the 2024 election. but is the gop primary already shaping up to be a two-person race before former president trump and florida governor ron desantis? >> or is there a dark horse candidate voters should pay closer attention to? were going to discuss that coming up. >> speaker mccarthy and i have had several productive conversat...