where negogtiators working to avoid a us debt default are back on capitol hill for talks tonight. negotiations have been described as productive, but there s still no deal. earlier, presidentjoe biden and speaker of the house kevin mccarthy led talks on raising the debt ceiling to ensure the us can continue to pay its bills. biden and republican congressional leaders now have just ten days to avoid a default. president biden said: kevin mccarthy spoke outside the white house, and the bbc s nomia iqbal was watching. he said the meeting was productive. he said the tone was good. he appeared in an upbeat mood and he said there was still a way to go before they make a compromise. he did say that he believed the president does want to make a deal. bear in mind, we are fast approaching the deadline, and if a deal is passed, it would take more than a week, or about a week, to get through congress. the speaker appeared confident that would happen. i never wanted to be here. i do not
verified live, 3 hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. police have started digging near a reservoir in portugal, in the long running investigation into the disappearance of madeleine mccann. you can see on you can see on your screen you can see on your screen live pictures of the area where the police are searching. the arade dam is 50 kilometres from where the british toddler went missing in praia da luz 16 years ago. the operation is being led by german police looking for evidence to link her disappearance to christian brueckner, a german man who was made a formal suspect by portuguese prosecutors last year. our correspondent navtej johal is at the barragem do arade reservoir in the algarve where the search is taking place. so far today the search has been focused around the arade dam, this vast expanse of water you can see behind me, and you can see still a couple of officers wearing white forensic suits jutting out from the promontory in the
russia is preparing for a major ukrainian offensive, with vast defenses set up in key areas in the south of the country, including crimea. we ll have all the details from our new bbc verify team it s been investigating. also on the programme. we will bring you the latest updates on the search for madeleine mccann, who disappeared in southern portugal in 2007. police are to search around a reservoir near where the british three year old girl went missing. and we ll look at the political headaches that greeted joe biden and rishi sunak on their return from the g7 leaders summit injapan. the prime minister has met with his ethics adviser over what to do about suella braverman. the home secretary was caught speeding in 2022 and asked the civil service for advice on arranging a private speed awareness course. she says she s confident nothing untoward happened . meanwhile, president biden returns to the negotiating table in washington for talks with the republican house speaker
i paid the fine and i took the points. and the chelsea flower show starts in london its 110th year. with in london its 110th year. king charles including c1 paying with king charles including camilla paying a visit in the next hour. welcome to the programme. three hours of breaking welcome to the programme. three hours of breaking stories welcome to the programme. three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. we start in portugal, where officers investigating the disappearance of a young british girl 16 years ago are to begin searching a remote portuguese reservoir visited by the suspect christian brueckner. madeleine mccann was three years old when she vanished from her parents holiday apartment in praia da luz on the algarve in may 2007. kate and gerry mccann, from leicestershire, continue to hope that she is still alive. police have begun closing off roads leading to the man made arade dam ahead of the official start of the search. twenty p
when clocks should go forward. ukrainian security officials have accused russia of depriving belarus of its sovereignty, after president putin said he would station nuclear weapons there. the secretary of the national defence council said on twitter that the move was a step towards the internal destabilisation of belarus. and he said the kremlin had taken the country as a nuclear hostage. ukraine says the deployment violates nonproliferation commitments, something mr putin has denied. translation: we have already transferred - to belarus our well known, very effective complex iskander. it can be a delivery vehicle as well. on april 3rd, we will start training the crews. onjuly 1st, we will finish the construction of the special repository to store the tactical nuclear weapon in belarus. our correspondent in kyiv, hugo bachega, elaborates on the reaction that s come from this move. i don t think there was any surprise here in ukraine. russia and belarus have been talking abo