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hello. i'm lukwesa burak. within the past couple of hours, president biden and the republican house speaker, kevin mccarthy, have reached an agreement in principle on a new government debt limit, ending weeks of wrangling. mr mccarthy said there would be historic reductions in spending, and no new taxes or government programmes. democrats and republicans have untiljune 05 to reach agreement to prevent the us government running out of money. this is how mr mccarthy announced the breakthrough. after weeks of negotiations we have come to an agreement in principle. we still have a lot of...

ittems to help tackle the rising cost of living crisis. the people of turkey have gone back to the polls for the second round of the turkish presidential election, with voting now under way in a presidential election run—off between long—time authoritarian leader, recep tayyip erdogan — and his main rival, the secular opposition leader, kemal kilicdaroglu. here they are voting in the last hour. in the first round earlier this month, president erdogan won 49.5% of the vote — just over 4% more than his rival. both candidates are chasing support from nationalist voters. these ar...

counter—offensive. the comments come after attacks on dnipro and the wagner group claiming it fully captured the city of bakhmut. the battle there for control has been the longest of the war. the head of russia's wagner mercenary group has announced that its forces have started withdrawing from the ukrainian city. ukraine denies this. now, one of the country's most senior security officials says ukraine is ready to launch its long—expected counter—offensive against russian forces. oleksiy danilov has been speaking exclusively, to our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. thi...

chances. the british tv presenter phillip schofield resigns from itv after acknowledging he had an affair with a younger male colleague from his daytime show. problems at airports in the uk. longer waiting times at passport control. problem with the border force e—gates system. let's look at the impact. this picture, tweeted on saturday morning from london heathrow�*s terminal 5, gives an idea of some of the delays which have been building up. heathrow airport said — "we are aware of a nationwide issue impacting the egates, which are operated by border force. 0ur teams are work...

just closed and the result is expected to become clear in just a few hours. around 64 million turks were eligible to vote — turn out in the first round was closing in on 90% — and they had a choice between two veteran candidates: the two—times president recep tayyip erdogan — and the opposition leader, kemal kilicdaroglu. the election takes place amid a faltering economy, with inflation in double figures and a cost—of—living crisis. both of the candidates have been out to cast their vote. this was the incumbent president, recep tayip erdogan, in istanbul. he arrived by li...