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hours time. new figures are expected to show net migration to the uk reached a record level last year. what a way to seal europa league football for the first time. ensisos cracker earns brighton a draw, and a place in the group stages of next seasons competition. # waterloo, i was defeated, you won the war. and well hear from abba on those eurovision reunion rumours. plus, the perfect day to take to the river, here in baiano on the banks of the thames, a bit more clout around the uk b...

that is what we are hearing from the white house about debt ceiling negotiations at this hour. house speaker kevin mccarthy sounding more confident now that a deal can and will be reached before the new june 5th deadly. chair of the congressional black caucus, congressman steven horsford is with us to discuss what is at stake. and lets talk about governor ron desantis roll out on twitter, yall. the florida republican officially announced hes running for president. but there was no crow...

prevents the worst possible crisis, default for the first time in our american history, economic recession, millions of jobs lost and protects key priorities, accomplishments and values that congressional democrats and i fought long and hard for. president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy have a deal to raise the debt ceiling in exchange for spending cuts. we will go through what is in the agreement and the reaction from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. we have new reporti...

former supreme court justice sandra day oconnor honored today in d.c. as an american pioneer, on and off the bench. are there lessons the country can still learn from her remarkable life? speaking of high ranking women, vice president kamala harris with an extraordinary political challenge to be a game changer in next years election. the biden campaigns bold plan to make abortion the pivotal issue for 2024 and putting harris in charge of making it happen. and whats it going to take...

but first our correspondent abduljalil abdulrasulov reports from the front line in bakhmut, in the east of ukraine, where troops are under pressure because of a dwindling supply of military hardware. in the bitter cold of winter, this deadly war grinds on, and big guns, provided by western partners, still play a crucial role. ukraines 93rd brigade is stationed near bakhmut. they say the russians attack at least twice a day. theirjob — to stop them advancing. as the conflict turns to ...

hello, im helena humphrey, great to have you with us. we begin with the us presidential race. florida governor ron desantis becoming the latest republican to launch his bid for the partys 2024 presidential nomination, and the chance to challenge sitting democratjoe biden. on wednesday, debuting this campaign video in a bid to position himself as a donald—trump—style conservative without the drama. mr desantis is widely seen as donald trumps main republican rival in the race for the...

not default in 11 days when the u.s. government runs out of money and is unable to pay its bills. we have team coverage of all of these new developments. phil mattingly is in japan at the g7 summit. lets begin with melanie in washington, d.c. help us understand where things stand. is the president optimistic? >> reporter: what i would say is the talks have not blown up completely yet but they are hanging by a thread. after a weekend of rejected offers, installed talks, the negotiators ...

>> steve: who would have known decades ago one day vanderbilt would have biltmore.com and thats where you go to look at all the information. it is a big attraction there. throughout the year but especially at christmas. >> ainsley: so pretty and north carolina is just a dream. and the people are so nice. everyone who works there was just lovely to us. i thanked them all. but you should go see it. interesting like we said in the story there are 10 different designers and they are assign...

2016 campaign and russia, special counsel john durham released his findings yesterday, a 300-page report. and in it, durham, who was first appointed by that attorney general william barr in 2019, accuses the bureau of acting negligently but did not reveal any bombshells, as many republicans had long claimed he would. durham found no evidence the justice department and the fbi conspired in a deep state plot to investigate trumps ties to russia in 2016. in addition, durham did not recomm...

great to have you with us. we begin with some news from the war in ukraine. russia says its troops have fully captured the ukrainian city of bakhmut. kyiv has denied those claims, but if true, it could mark an end to the longest and bloodiest battle of the 15—month war. russia has been trying to take bakhmut since last year in a grinding war of attrition. and in the last hours, the russian news agency interfax has said president putin congratulated his troops and the paramilitary wag...