us treasury secretary janet has again sent a letter to congress warning the treasury would be unable to satisfy its obligations as early as 1june. presidentjoe biden will meet top lawmakers including republican house of representatives speaker kevin mccarthy at 3p able a good time on tuesday. of course that meeting was postponed from last friday. samira hussain has more from new york. in less than two weeks the united states could fail to meet its debt obligations. if lawmakers in washington cannot come to some sort of agreement. the republicans have continued to demand cuts to social security before they will agree to raise the borrowing limit. us presidentjoe biden has repeatedly said he would not set conditions that must raise the debt limit his failure to do so would result in an economic catastrophe. some of the possible outcomes of the job losses, those that depend on social security benefits won t get paid, and of course the most dire of outcomes would be the loss of c
it s seven in the morning in singapore, and two in the morning in turkey where voting has closed in one of the most critical elections. the country is deciding whether president erdohan remains in power after 20 years. it is expected to be a close race between him and an opposition leader kemal k l cdaroglu. he is a former civil servant who heads an alliance of six opposition parties, both secular and islamist. he promised to scrap many of the powers acquired by mr erdogan and return turkey to a parliamentary system. and also called for better relations with the west including renewal of turkey s bid for membership of the eu. the current leader recep tayyip erdogan first came to power as prime minister in 2003 and became president in 2014. under him turkey enjoyed strong economic growth, but it s been hit by high inflation, and the recent earthquakes in which tens of thousands died. he s also become increasingly authoritarian with more powers in the hands of the president
hello, i m nancy kacungira. let s ta ke let s take you straight to berlin where the german chancellor olaf scholtz and president zelensky are holding a press conference. he said he will continue to support the ukraine as long as needed. he said more than1 million refugees ukraine as long as needed. he said more than 1 million refugees are ukraine as long as needed. he said more than1 million refugees are now living in germany. those are some of the lines coming out of that press conference where we are watching president zelensky who has been meeting with his german counterpart, the german president frank walter steinmeier and he has now met chancellor olaf scholtz and this is the conference they are holding. who will bring you more as they come in. let s cross to our correspondent jenny hill who is in berlin. jenny, what more are we hearing from president zelensky and the german chancellor? figs president zelensky and the german chancellor? , , ., president zelensky and t
announcer: live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in thailand. there s huge uncertainty about the country s future direction. the two main opposition parties have agreed to form a ruling coalition. that s after they defeated their military backed rivals in a general election. but thailand s upper house the senate is dominated by the military, and they could yet block a reformist prime minister. from bangkok, jonathan head reports. stunned by their success, thailand s youngest and most progressive party came to celebrate at the place they call democracy monument, built to commemorate a democracy that many thais say they have never had. today we have politics driven by hope in this country. they were told by an mp who, like so many in the party, has spent time injail for his political views. move forward caught the public s imagination with the boldness and cl
Olympics now just days away. Russian police have ended a Deadly School siege in moscow. They captured an armed student who was accused of killing two people and holding other students hostage. The school is in the north end of moscow. Interior Ministry Spokespersons say the gunmen held more than 20 students captive at one point. They say he shot and killed a teacher and a Police Officer who worked as a guard. Russian news agency rt reports that all schools in the country have had armed guards since the 2004 terrorist attack on a school in north ossetia. Security forces in moscow and across russia are on high alert ahead of the olympics and the black sea resort city of sochi. The Opening Ceremony for the winter games is on friday. Officials in thailand are counting ballots as people on both sides of the countrys deep political divide weigh in on the legitimacy of the general election. Protesters blocked millions of thais from voting in sundays disputed poll. Authorities say the demonstr