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countdown to shutdown. new republican house speaker, mike, johnson lays out his plan to prevent a catastrophic closure of our government in five days. members of his own party arch buying it. we're live on capitol hill this morning with overnight reaction. plus, in the dark. the world health organization says that it's lost contact with the largest hospital in gaza, as israeli forces are still showing sites all around it. live report from israel, coming up. later, the dawn. trump's former fixer, michael cohen, says there is a reason why the most indicted ex president in history opera...

And coming up in Sportsday On Bbc News. The worlds greatest sprinter prepares for his final bow. Well hearfrom usain bolts pre World Championships Press Conference at half past six. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Over Three Million british gas customers face a hefty rise in their electricity bills. The company argues that its own costs have risen and from september it will charge 12. 5 more for electricity. So what does that mean . Well, a typical household on a dualfuel tariff will see its annual bill go up by £76. Its the first increase from british gas for nearly four yea...

A shutdown of the United States government is a possibility as House Republicans are planning to oppose any stopgap measure unless their demands are met.

It incentivizes congress to pass all 12 appropriations bill by the end of the year under threat of an automatic continuing resolution with the 1% across the board spending cut for agencies. but here is my question. does that kick in at the end of the calendar year, which december 31st, january 1st 2025, or does that kick in at the end of this fiscal year, which is september 30th? >> who knew you are a budget watcher, jonathan? >> it would not, clearly you have to give the process time. doing it this far would be much too early to do that. so we give them time into the new year, budget deals ca...

>> reporter: marcia and christa say they know the fight is not over but they also know how far they have come. jason carroll, cnn, boston. all right. on capitol hill the deadline to avoid a government shutdown is just six days away. a key bill to fund the military is also on the negotiating table. the national defense authorization act accounts for $850 billion in funding, including aid to ukraine, nato and taiwan and house republicans got a provision included in their version to rescind the covid vaccine mandate for members of the military it is up for a vote in the senate this week. joinin...