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the time is ticking for congress to take action, because its congress that has an exit constitutional responsibility here. they swore an oath to -- and the 14th amendment of that constitution says, the validity of the public debt of the united states shall not be question, which presumably means, you need to pay the debt. june 5th is only nine days from now. the house of representatives has adjourned for the long memorial day weekend. republican leadership said, they will provide 24 ho...

hear in the next few minutes? >> reporter: they are walking into the room where they will have this bilateral meeting, this is at a hotel here in hiroshima. the president there shaking the prime ministers hand. and this is real an important moment. u.s. officials say that they view prime the prime minister a political ally in the surprising role that he has taken over the war in ukraine and applying sanctions on russia that havent been a guarantee. so you hear a lot from american offic...

people arent allowed to camp there without the permission of landowners. now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to a new series, conversation with rather than an interrogation of someone who shapes our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. my guest this week is the leader of britains second largest trade union, sharon graham who replaced the rather better—known len mccluskey. we are at a time with strikes on the health service, strikes on...

and this is "cnn newsroom." the extreme winter weather threat is most certainly not over yet for millions of americans. relief is around the corner eventually. vladimir putin says he is ready to negotiate over ukraine so long as russia gets what it wants. you will hear ukraines response to that ultimatum. and china is downplaying the rap pedally spreading covid-19 outbreak. the countrys overwhelmed health care system tells a very different story to the official numbers. it is mon...

Being able to peacefully coexist or are we on the verge of a robot colors. Artificial intelligence is now spreading throughout our society ai will experts be able to agree on ethical guidelines or will this Technology Create deadly new autonomous weapon systems. Or advice or robot collapse stores august 14th on d w. L n a very warm welcome indeed to quadriga coming soon from the heart of berlin of this week the focus is on the dangerous standoff between iran and the u. S. In the persian gulf whe...

About ukraine as well. they are expected to announce new sanctions really trying to close some of the loopholes that exist that have allowed certain russian entities to evade sanctions. and they will talk about the actual battlefield in ukraine as ukraine prepares for the counteroffensive. the real hope among the leaders is that ukraine will be able to regain territory that will provide it leverage at an eventual negotiating table. of course where and when that happens remains to be seen. but th...

Now? how big of a blunder is this for china? is it leverage for the americans? >> first of all, you know, closed -- one-party states, closed systems, as we are learning again or as putin perhaps again is learning, are not always the best predictors of how their actions are about going to be received outside their borders. they really have no experience in trying to manage any kind of a political debate. theyre basically used to doing what they want and not hearing anything back. and so it is har...

With a number of other people now who were doing different things in the trade union movement so it was a good initiative, definitely. the thin . initiative, definitely. the thing that _ initiative, definitely. the thing that brings - initiative, definitely. the thing that brings you - initiative, definitely. the thing that brings you to this job is not public profile, you are a lower trade union unionist than your predecessor led mccluskey. you call it strike plus, other people call it leverage...

>> to be honest, i think that we depend on the good will of the taliban to change their minds about this. and for them to really consider the well-being of their own women and children right across the country. we need access to these life-saving services. so id say were wholly dependent on their good will. i dont know that id call it leverage, but i think that is the only thing that we can do is to repeal to their good will and reversion the decision. >> i understand the human suffering and dif...

Came out yesterday on inflation, sandra, the number 1 highest increase in prices was guess what? energy prices. they were up 35 to 40%. this san unforced error, its the result of a biden policy that has stopped pipelines, stopped drilling in alaska. >> sandra: environmental regulations that are trying to kill our oil -- the biggest winner. >> sandra: go ahead. >> i was going to say, the biggest winner is vladimir putin. >> sandra: where do you stand on this pipeline, nord stream 2 being leverage...