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right now, president biden is flying back to washington with a deadline looming. nbc news is reporting tonight that republican house speaker mccarthy had what he said was a productive call with the president earlier today. the two leaders agreed to sit down one-on-one tomorrow in pursuit of a bipartisan compromise on the debt ceiling hike. before leaving the gc some of this morning in japan. we are seeing this right now on capitol hill. i think there are some maga republicans in the house who know the damage this would do to the economy. because i am president, and presidents are responsible for everything. biden also announced another round of military aid to ukraine. reiterating support for ukraine s defense with russia. i will be talking about it with senator bill cardin, he joins me just a minute. plus the gop presidential field grows even larger this week. south carolina senator tim scott making his 2024 white house bid official tomorrow. florida governor ron des ....
the odd shower for the what s left of that rain is stuck across northern england. the odd shower in other parts of england and wales but again some sunshine to dip temperatures not changing much. warm in the sunshine in england and wales. all of our weather is coming in from the atlantic, and that means some more cloud coming our way for sunday, but this weather front is slowing up, so many places are going to be dry on sunday. the best sunshine and warmth will be in the east. thanks, darren. and that s bbc news at six on thursday 18th august. you can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website. from the six team, it s goodbye. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. goodnight. hello, and welcome to sportsday i m hugh ferris. the headlines this evening. england try to cling on to south africa as they go past their first innings score on day two of the opening ....
necessarily. onto the guardian, this staggering figure according to the i staggering figure according to the government spending watchdog public accounts committee concluding that £770 million was played with fast and loose in the awarding of covid contracts. it s an extraordinary some. it really is. contracts. it s an extraordinary some. it really is. and this is lots ofthe some. it really is. and this is lots of the covid some. it really is. and this is lots of the covid contracts some. it really is. and this is lots of the covid contracts that - some. it really is. and this is lots of the covid contracts that were l of the covid contracts that were handed of the covid contracts that were handed out, they are now starting to be looked handed out, they are now starting to be looked at by the public accounts committee, so the watchdog in parliament that overlooks the expenditure of our money. now he was they expenditure of our money. now he was they found exp ....
or france at wembley on sunday. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are benjamin butterworth, who s a late editor and senior reporter at the i newspaper, and martin bentham, the home affairs editor for the evening standard. let s ta ke let s take a look at tomorrow s front pages. the i leads with the conservative leadership debate, which ended abruptly after presenter kate mccann fainted during the live programme. talk tv have said she s recovered, but followed medical advice not to continue. the express stays with the tory leadership, saying liz truss will set new targets for police to cut serious crime by 20%. whilst the times says rishi sunak has pledged to scrap vat on energy bills next year if he wins the race to be the next conservative party leader. the guardian says a report by the public accounts committee has found the government acted fast and loose with more than £700 a committee of government advi ....
is celebrating the best win of his career, knocking the seventh seed marin cilic out of the australian open. and we had some shocks in the cup last night, plymouth will be looking to join the list against liverpool tonight. good evening. baroness rachael heyhoe flint has died at the age of 77. one of the finest women s cricketers in a 22 year england career, she captained her country for 12 years and was the first woman to be elected onto the full mcc committee. the ecb says cricket was hugely enhanced by her fearless approach and pioneering spirit. earlier i spoke to clare connor, director of women s cricket at the ecb. she obviously left an enormous mark on the sport for everything she has done as a player, everything she has done for the lady taverners, the charity, the mcc and latterly as an ecb board member. the game has progressed hugely in recent years and rachael paved the way for a lot of that progress. we use the word kind of pioneers and trail blazers quite l ....