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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 group's recent claims it has fully captured the city of bakhmut. the head of russia's 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 of ukraine's national security and defence council — says an assult to retake territory from russ...

saying he feels closer to a deal today than he has before, but not everyone in his party is as optimistic. one top republican negotiator warning the deal is still teetering on the brink and could fall apart entirely. meanwhile, the national deficit continues to soar to new heights and treasury secretary janet yellen says there are only eight days remaining to pay america's bills. is everyone on board? >> reporter: we'll see about that. he came in to the capitol this morning and told reporters he's feeling optimistic and thinks progress has been made and really they're focused on a ...

appreciate your company. coming up on i do cnn newsroom," close put no white smoke. that's how one republican describes negotiations on the u.s. debt ceiling. ukraine assessing the damage after one of russia's deadliest attacks in recent days targets a hospital. people flocking to a u.s. monastery where a nun's body appears to show no signs of decay nearly four years after she died . a flurry of activity on capitol hill as the white house and republicans race to finalize a deal to raise the u.s. borrowing limit, called the debt ceiling, and avert financial catastrophe. a pers...

against russian forces. in a rare interview, oleksiy danilov told the bbc the planned assault was an "historic opportunity" — but the government had "no right to make a mistake" when making such an important decision. mr danilov has been speaking to our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. we have been talking about this counteroffensive for months, and during that time ukraine has been building up stockpiles of ammunition, it's been taking receipt of tanks and armoured vehicles from the west. it's been training its troops as much as it can. so when we sat down with oleksiy dan...

some breaking news — in the past hour the british tv presenter, holly willoughby, has reacted to phillip schofield's admission to a relationship with a younger employee, saying she is hurt. on friday, mr schofield resigned from itv saying he had lied to cover up the relationship, which he described as "unwise, but not illegal". itv has said it investigated rumours of the relationship but both repeatedly denied it. our correspondent, katharine da costa, has more on this story. so what has holly willoughby been saying? she willoughby been saying? has been responding to d that she has...