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the republicans have been unwilling to budge on. and time is ticking. janet yellen has estimated the government could run out of money to pay its bills as soon as next month. its congresss job to do this. if they fail to do it, we will have an economic and financial catastrophe that will be of our own making. there is no action thats evident biden and the us treasury can take to prevent that catastrophe. fin treasury can take to prevent that catastrophe. on tuesday, president joe _ th...

party. this man donated more than £630,000, oralmost $800,000, to party. this man donated more than £630,000, or almost $800,000, to the party between 2014 at 2020. some of his companies were alleged to be involved in a scheme to move money from one of the richest oligarchs out of britain. he is not subject to any criminal action and denies wrongdoing. 0rdered an 0be for businesses and services and in philanthropy, he has been a major donor with access to senior party leaders. 0ne be...

hello, im samantha simmonds. the man widely seen as the �*godfather of artificial intelligence has quit his job at google, warning of the dangers of ai. dr geoffrey hinton�*s pioneering research on deep learning and neural networks has paved the way for current ai systems like chatgpt. but in a lengthy interview with the new york times, dr hinton said he now regretted his work — and is worried that al technology will flood the internet with misinformation. google responded in a s...

russia. putin was not in the kremlin at the time and ukraine strongly denies any involvement. a short time ago attacks on ukrainian cities including odesa, kerrherson and a kyiv. one of the drones shot down have the words for the kremlin and for moscow written on them. nic robertson is live for us. what have we learned? >> reporter: president zelenskyy has set absolutely we do into the attack putin, we do not attack moscow, we defend our own villages, were struggling with ammunition, s...

democrat, congressman brendan boyle joins me shortly. more than 11,000 film and television writers are on strike. they go on strike after talks over pay and job security in the face of new challenges from streaming and ai collapse overnight. what luke russert has learned about dealing with grief after the loss of his father tim. do you have advice for other millennials, other young people dealing with loss? >> its never easy. i realize why theres this voice in my head speaking to m...

how do i have my kids here? how do i have my elderly mother live here where i carry her out of her house? >> a powerful storm in the west dumping a dangerous am of rain on millions of residents putting dozens of california communities under a state of emergency. well take you there and cnn weather center for the latest. and republicans descend on iowa. a stop on the road to the white house. ron desantis had to say to keep voters there. who wouldnt like to work a four-day workweek. ho...

better way of getting money in pockets and pay— better way of getting money in pockets and pay packets - better way of getting money in i pockets and pay packets sooner. welcome to the programme. more than i welcome to the programme. more than 1 million nhs staff in england or to get a 5% pay rise and a one—off cash payment of at least £1600. thats after unions accepted the governments offer on pay. the royal couege governments offer on pay. the royal college of nursing and the un...

welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in sudan, where rival military factions are fighting for control of the capital khartoum. fighting has continued into the night, with dozens killed. earlier, the sudanese army and the paramilitary rapid support forces announced a temporary humanitarian pause, but its not clear how well it was observed. the world food programme halted its operations in sudan after three of its members were among nearly...

hello and welcome. we begin today in the us. president biden has condemned the killing of four people at a birthday party in alabama this weekend as "outrageous" and "unacceptable". the countrys latest mass shooting happened at a 16th birthday party in the town of dadeville. on sunday night, people gathered for a vigil to remember the victims of the shooting. 28 other people were injured, several critically. so far, theres been no information whether any suspect was killed or arrested....

returning to our top story this hour, fighting is raging for a third day in the sudanese capital, khartoum. the clashes are part of a power struggle within the countrys military leadership, who have failed to deliver a transition to civilian government. doctors in sudan are telling us almost 100 civilians have died, they expect that figure to go up as more reports come in. you can foreign secretary, james cleverly, has called for a ceasefire and is urging both sides to return to talks....