Peter Reddick News Today

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 ...

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 ...

security official tells the bbc that ukrainian forces are now ready to launch a long—awaited counter—offensive. the comments come after russian attacks on dnipro and the wagner groups recent claims it has fully captured the city of bakhmut. the head of russias wagner mercenary group has announced that his forces have started to withdraw from bakhmut. ukraine denies this. the battle for that city has been the longest and bloodiest of the war. now, oleksiy danilov — the secretary o...

So really, thats not a good enough excuse. many sub—postmasters have had their convictions overturned and have been promised compensation. but for victims like baljit, this document is a traumatic reminder of the way they were treated. peter reddick, bbc news. twitter has pulled out of the european unions voluntary code to fight disinformation, the eus internal market commissioner, thierry breton, announced the news on the platform. breton tweeted: he added that fighting disinformation will re...

That the post office has had a rotten culture at its core for a number of years. and this information was not made available by the post office, this information came about because of the campaigners and people who are fighting forjustice from the post office, so this is how it came to light. otherwise, it would have stayed buried for a very long time. a spokesperson for the post office said it did not tolerate racism, but that the language was historic. well, i think describing the document as ...

St Edmunds, Hargrave Church has been saved from potential collapse - Credit: St Edmunds, Hargrave Church A beloved ancient church which faced a "race against time" for survival has been saved - after villagers rallied round to stop the "tragedy" of its collapse.  Cracks first began to appear between the east chancel wall and the remainder of the building at St Edmunds, Hargrave Church, near Bury St Edmunds, in 2014 - not long after parishioners had fixed a leaking roof. A three-inch crack i...