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This small group of House Republicans to want to live up to that deal and america could be faced with paying the price for that. Republican hardliners want more spending cuts. A partial shutdown could result in Paycheque Delays for millions of americans, Air Travel Distruptions and impacts to public programmes focused on everything from poverty to environmental safety. Earlier on monday, the Us Agriculture secretary, tom vilsack, warned that if a decision isnt reached by october 1st, millions risk food insecurity. It isa it is a programme that impact and effect of a 50 of all newborns in this country. Nearly 7 million pregnant mothers, new mothers and Young Children count on it every single day to receive support. With a shutdown, what we would see across the United States is a denial of those benefits and opportunities. In some cases, it would be literally within a matter of days. The last Government Shutdown in the us was in 2019. Us senator bob menendez says hes confident hell be cl
Londons metropolitan police have launched an investigation into allegations of Sexual Offences following the recent claims against Russell Brand. They are already looking into a possible offence back in 2003 police also describe these new claims as non recent. Brand has denied all the allegations against him, which include rape and sexual assault. I asked our Entertainment Correspondent, Colin Paterson what the met police has been saying. Without mentioning Russell Brand by name, the metropolitan police have said they have launched an investigation into allegations of Sexual Offences. This follows the channel 4 dispatches and sunday times joint investigation into Russell Brand, in which one woman accused him of rape and three women accused him of serious sexual assault, including one who was 16 at the time. Whats significant about this development in the last hour is its the first time the Met Police Have said they have launched an investigation. Last week when they put out a statement
Politics. The Us Government could runs out of money at midnight saturday, House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy unable to contain the most fervent trump republicans in his caucus. Is donald trump pulling the strings, intent on Sewing Dysfunction . The former president is in South Carolina this hour, emboldened by new polling which shows him getting stronger. We will put that to our panel the guardians Whitehall Editor Rowena Mason and ian bremmer, the president and founder of the eurasia group. Theyll give us a view on the crisis facing armed policing on both sides of the pond. And Industrial Action in the midwest, more train strikes here britain. Is it purely a cost of living crisis or is the system rigged against the ordinary worker . Good evening. There is no disputing that, despite all his legal problems, President Trump is the front runner in the republican president ial primary and running joe biden close in National Polling 14 months out. This poll has them neck and neck, both at 46 . Th
Lets Return Straightaway to that breaking news that has just come into us from the grid. News that they say they have received a number of allegations of Sexual Assault in london following news reports about the comedian Russell Brand. Metropolitan police. They have said they also received a number of allegations of Sexual Offences committed elsewhere in the country and will investigate these. The offences, they say, are all non recent. They say the officers will be Offering Specialist support to all of the women who have made the allegations. Just to repeat that breaking news. Metropolitan police saying they have received a number of allegations of Sexual Assault in london following news reports about comedian Russell Brand. Of course over recent days Russell Brand has strongly insisted his innocence in terms of the allegations made by the reports in the sunday times. The times in channel for s dispatch documentary. That is just coming into us in the last few minutes and we will have