hello. i'm carl nasman. thanks forjoining us. euro looking at low pictures of the capitol building here in washington, dc with some breaking news coming out. that lawmakers have reached a deal in principle at least on raising the debt ceiling, just coming a short time ago. resident biden had made a phone call to republican speaker kevin mccarthy. there is no news of what exactly was discussed in the cold butjust moments ago we're getting is that a deal has been in principle between republican and democratic negotiators. we are also expecting some news

coming out of washington, dc, at about ten minutes past the hour. we'll be monitoring that as well and we also know that republican leaders and republican leaders and republican lawmakers will be holding a call around 9:30pm eastern time, so it about 20 minutes, and there will be briefing republican lawmakers on the deal that has been agreed in principle. i believe we also have a tweet from the republican speaker of the house kevin mccarthy. he might be giving some more information on what could be an ideal, what we are expecting next, but again, this is something we have been tracking for many days and weeks and months in terms of what could be in this deal and whether or not lawmakers could come to an agreement about raising the debt limit here in the united states. of course we know that the deadline had been extended to june five, when know that the deadline had been extended tojune five, when the us treasury said that essentially the country would no longer be able to meet its

debt obligations. certainly something the lawmakers have been working on throughout the night to be sure to get that deal done before some drastic financial consequences came into play. with me is our presenter helena humphrey. this had been a bit of a sleepy note now all of a sudden we're a bit more news. so, helena, what is the latest?— what is the latest? what we knowmake _ what is the latest? what we knowmake a _ what is the latest? what we knowmake a difficult - what is the latest? what we knowmake a difficult few . knowmake a difficult few months, months of stalemate. seems that we have some movement on the debt ceiling deal, and tentative deal. it was around 6pm eastern time that we understand president joe biden had a lengthy phone call with house speaker kevin mccarthy, lasting over an hour. then we started to get to the news from multiple sources that it appears that a tentative deal, a deal in principle, has been agreed on between both of them. and we know as you have

just said, kevin mccarthy will hold a fairly eminent phone call with republicans as well to update them on the progress. he will then have to sell this deal to his side as democrats well as well. mccarthy has also said that lawmakers would get 24 said that lawmakers would get 2a hours if they needed to come back to washington to then vote on a deal. with reminding our international audience that it is the memorial day weekend. a lot of people had left washington. could see some momentum on a potential deal. journalists on capitol hill were hoping for this moment. in terms of the deal itself we know its contours, but not necessarily as details. when these kind of deal is the devil is always in the detail. if we take a look at what had been discussed in the past week, it was about a compromise that both sides could try to sell to both sides could try to sell to both republican and democratic lawmakers. in terms of that compromise, what we believed it was being offered was

essentially an extension of the debt ceiling limit for two years, so they could pass the 2024 presidential election, so moving any potential issues past that date, then they had to be some kind of compromise, the republicans, for example, from the democratic side, wanted commitments, most controversial saying that when it comes to social safety programmes, for example, the people of labour things such as food stamps, that they would have to work for them. those are the potential details that we might see. but i think it is worth pointing out at this stage it is tentative and it hasn't yet gone to lawmakers. as i mentioned, kevin mccarthy tweeted just a short moment ago. he said "i just got the phone to the president a bit ago. after he wasted time and refused to negotiate for months, we have to a agreement in principle that is worthy of

the american people". there will make an announcement shortly. there is a link in that tweet as well. but he says that tweet as well. but he says that he will deliver a statement at 9:10pm. we'll try to bring that love you if we can. circling back to helena humphrey here in the studio as we get the breaking news that there is a potential deal in place between republican and democratic negotiators. what happens next, because this deal, we may have some kind of framework in place. it is in a done deal yet, right? framework in place. it is in a done dealyet, right? it is framework in place. it is in a done dealyet, right?- done dealyet, right? it is in a done deal _ done dealyet, right? it is in a done deal yet. _ done dealyet, right? it is in a done deal yet. even - done dealyet, right? it is in a done deal yet. even if- done dealyet, right? it is in a done deal yet. even if you | a done deal yet. even if you look at that tweet, it is interesting to see the language that which says that after wasting time, the president had been wasting time for months, it appears to be that he is trying to present this as they went to republican lawmakers, right? particularly to more conservative republican lawmakers who have more stringent demands to say that ultimately we were the side that got more out of the negotiations. because this deal

does have to get bipartisan approval, right? a tentative deal in principle means nothing until you get that sign off, evenif until you get that sign off, even if it passes in the house it will take 60 us senators before it even gets to the desk of the us president. all of these, as you mentioned, as do happen but the 5june. that was an extension, already, from the us present secretary janet yellen. she is aware that markets have already been jittery over the issue. there is the potential of the contagion effect. the original deadline was the1 contagion effect. the original deadline was the 1june. we now have until the 5june but this doesn't mean, i think it is fair to say, that this is over the line. both sides now are talking with their parties with their lawmakers and they will have to sell this deal.- have to sell this deal. again, that breaking _ have to sell this deal. again, that breaking news, - have to sell this deal. again, that breaking news, the - have to sell this deal. again, | that breaking news, the white house and has republican speaker kevin mccarthy have made an agreement on a bill in principle to raise the debt ceiling. staff apparently will continue to work out those details throughout the night.

negotiators have been on capitol hill having plenty of late nights, even as many lawmakers took off early memorial day weekend. we know as well that has leadership have informed the gop members there will be a conference call coming up. we can take you load to the capitol building, now. we have been seen outside. we're waiting for kevin mccarthy to be delivering a press conference at any time shortly. we can bring you that tweeted that he sent a few moments ago as we started to get the flurry of news after waiting for a long time for any kind of updates or development on what is only was taking place kevin mccarthy, 20 exactly what we have been reporting. —— tweeting. of course there were lots of sticking points in these negotiations between democrats

and republicans. there were talks over a proposed work requirement forfederal aid requirement for federal aid programmes like medicaid assistance and food programmes assistance and food programmes as well. those were requirements that the democrats were opposed to and the republicans were fighting for. we also know that many of the republicans were fighting for more cuts to federal spending. this was a scene we have seen repeated many times throughout the years when it comes down to the years when it comes down to the debt ceiling. this time around we do appear to have at least a deal in place. but as you mentioned, this isn't the end of the road. we'll keep monitoring developments on capitol hill as we wait for has republican speaker kevin mccarthy to step to the microphone and will bring you that live when we have it. two other news, now. in ukraine, a fresh air attack

on kyiv has left at least one dead and a further three injured. the city's mayor vitali klitschko says around 20 russian explosive drones had been eliminated — but that a fresh wave is heading towards the capital. russia has stepped up its attacks on kyiv over the past month, using barrages of drones and missiles in an attempt to overwhelm the city's defences. this latest attack comes as one of the country's most senior security officials says ukraine is ready to begin it's long—awaited counter—offensive. 0leksiy danilov, the secretary of ukraine's national security and defence council, has been speaking exclusively to our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. this is what's left of bakhmut in eastern ukraine. images filmed by russian forces of the ruins they now largely control. mercenaries from the wagner group claim they're withdrawing, being replaced by regular russian troops. but ukraine insists its forces are still engaged on the ground in the outskirts, as the country's most senior security official told us.

translation: we control 'ust a small part of the city, i and we admit that. but you have to keep in mind that bakhmut has played a big role in this war. are the wagner mercenary group withdrawing, as their leader, prigozhin, says? translation: yes, that is happening. l but it doesn't mean that they will stop fighting us. they're going to concentrate more on other fronts. 0ur intelligence is following that. we understand where they will appear next. they are regrouping to other free locations and we're following that. voiceover in ukrainian and all the while, ukraine is preparing a counter—offensive. this propaganda video broadcast by military commanders to raise morale and encourage what they called a decisive offensive. but when might it begin? translation: we will figure out when -

that will start so that we can have the best result at that point of war. it could happen tomorrow, the day after tomorrow or in a week. it would be strange if i were to name dates or the start of that or another event. that cannot be done. but you're ready. translation: we're always ready. - the same as we were ready to defend our country at any time. and it is not a question of time. we have to understand that that historical opportunity that is given to us by god, to our country. we're taking you live to capitol hill were kevin mccarthy is speaking now. let's listen in. it mccarthy is speaking now. let's listen in. . , , mccarthy is speaking now. let's listen in. , ., ~ listen in. it has his dark reductions _ listen in. it has his dark reductions in _ listen in. it has his dark reductions in spending, j reductions in spending, consequential reforms that will lift people out of poverty and into the workforce, rain in government overreach. there are no new taxes. there is a lot

more within the bill. we still have more work to do tonight to finish all the writing of it. i do want to take a moment and thank gary graves and patrick mchenry for all their work on this and for all the work that will be done tonight. i know you will have a lot of questions. i would take them tonight. 0ut questions. i would take them tonight. out of respect i want tonight. out of respect i want to breathe our members about where we currently are. i expect to finish the writing of the bill, checking with the white house and speaking to the president again tomorrow afternoon, and then posting the text of it. tomorrow. and then be voting on it on wednesday. but thank every time. and i think this is very worthy of the american public. —— thank you for time. it the american public. -- thank you for time-— you for time. it appears that ma be you for time. it appears that maybe all — you for time. it appears that maybe all we _ you for time. it appears that maybe all we get _ you for time. it appears that maybe all we get from - you for time. it appears thatj maybe all we get from kevin mccarthy, there, house speaker, with a simple address. he has been working of course over

time as many negotiators and lawmakers have, on capitol hill, but says he won't take any questions and they are still working on the bill, but as we heard a deal has been reached to raise the us government's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling. it would keep non— defence spending roughly flat for the current year and for 2024, at least according to a source are familiar with the negotiations. they were taking place on saturday. there are no budget caps after 2025. this is a preliminary deal put in place between republicans and democrats and hearing speaker of the house kevin mccarthy they're telling us in to say that something has been put in place, but we don't know much more about the details. we don't know much more, helena, but this appears to be a breakthrough between these two

sides? we breakthrough between these two sides? ~ , ., breakthrough between these two sides? , ., ~ ., breakthrough between these two sides? ~ , ., ~ ., ., sides? we should know more soon. sides? we should know more soon- kevin _ sides? we should know more soon. kevin mccarthy - sides? we should know more soon. kevin mccarthy says i sides? we should know morej soon. kevin mccarthy says he will post the text tomorrow. he said he will be out in open and put it out for everyone to see, saying that he thought he was going to get a deal that people could be proud of, that was worthy of the american people. keeping to his promise and saying that he would have lawmakers come back to washington and vote on it on wednesday. some people have beans regulating as to whether lawmakers would be recalled over this memorial weekend, coming back tomorrow to vote on it, but it appears not now. in terms of the latest of what we know, we were watching very closely today with joe biden and kevin mccarthy holding that lengthy call from around 6pm eastern time here in washington, going on for over an hour, and we assume that during that call they perhaps were hashing out the last elements of this deal. and we know that basically mccarthy's

job, now, is to speak to members of the republican party and sell this deal, to make sure that he gets all the approval on his side, and assemble have to be done with the democrats. but in terms of what we know about the deal, i think it is fair to say it is contours, even if we don't necessarily know the details of the deal. as we know, in politics, in washington, in the us, the devil is in the detail. they will be key to understanding what the deal exactly looks like. 0ver understanding what the deal exactly looks like. over the weekend we got an idea of the shape of it. it was being seen as a compromise that both sides could sell to their party, right? essentially, as you were saying, keeping spending flat through to 2024, so avoiding all the drama we have seen in the months until after the presidential election. military spending, though, is exempt from that, and they will be very interesting. ukraine as well be watching that closely as well. i think that is fair

to see that could see potential increases in military spending. but for the republicans, they wanted the democrats to cede some ground when it came to issues such as social safety nets, for example. what people would have to do in order to be eligible forfood would have to do in order to be eligible for food stamps, for example. when they have to work for them? that is something that the republicans wanted. whether they did indeed get that we don't know at this stage but we will be waiting to see that text posted as the house speakerjust promised in that press conference. lots house speakerjust promised in that press conference.- that press conference. lots of oints that press conference. lots of points that — that press conference. lots of points that get _ that press conference. lots of points that get brought - that press conference. lots of points that get brought up - points that get brought up during these negotiations, oftentimes the party that has the control will use this debt ceiling as leveraged to try to get concessions from the other party. we also heard from kevin mccarty saying that he will be speaking with presidentjoe biden tomorrow afternoon. they held about a 90 minute phone call, as you mentioned, earlier today. those were the two sides. without that kind of approvalfrom presidentjoe approval from presidentjoe biden, we approvalfrom presidentjoe biden, we wouldn't really see

any deal coming through. it will be interesting to see what ends up in the package. we have a few details starting to trickle in. as you mentioned, one of the biggest hangups and lessen the democratic side with these requirements for aid programmes, federal programmes, like medicaid assistance or food assistance, and some of these details trickling in. at least it says that there may be no changes to medicaid and that is a big thing for democrats. it would be unlikely that president biden would agree to any deal that didn't include that. and as well, you know, joe biden had promised a run on student debt relief something that the republicans were looking to take away in these debt negotiations. it looks like that student debt relief will remain in place. but these are just will remain in place. but these arejust preliminary will remain in place. but these are just preliminary frameworks and those details, as kevin mccarthy told us, are still to be worked out. we will bring you those details as we get them. helena humphrey, thank you for walking through that. we will make sure that we bring

you guys any more updates as we get them. you, helena. now to turkey, where the first ever presidential election runoff is set to begin, with polls opening in just under five hours. it's a two—way race between the current president recep tayyip erdogan, who has been in power for two decades, and his main rival, the secular opposition leader, kemal kilicdaroglu. in the first round of the election earlier this month, president erdogan won 49.5% of the vote — about 4% more than his rival. both candidates are now chasing support from nationalist voters. 0ur middle east correspondent anna foster is in istanbul. both of these contenters have squeeze every last drop out of theircampaigning. kemal kilicdaroglu has been in ankara. president erdogan here in istanbul. they both looking to

push over the 50% mark, because that is key. the expectation is that we will this time find out who turkey's next president will be. let's looking a little more detail and to the turkish people people are choosing between. recep tayyip erdogan, has been in powerfor 20 years, first as prime minister, then as president. he has been accused of becoming an authoritarian leader changing the laws to protect themselves. also making this a deeply religious country. certainly in terms of civil society, the rule of law, that it was beforehand. he and his supporters say that he is a strong leadership candidate, that he is the sort of man that turkey needs to really cement its position in the world and to deal with some of the problems in turkish society, like the economic crisis, for example.

he has been calling just today on his supporters not to be complacent, i think, not to look back at the fact that he was so close last time round, to go out today and to keep voting. translation: are we running to the polls tomorrow? - cheering we will cast our votes from the early hours of the morning. we will not lose anyone who voted in the first round. do we agree on that? cheering and for whatever reason, if anyone can't go to vote, we will encourage them as well. that is what president recep tayyip erdogan has had to say. the challenger, kemal kilicdaroglu, is a very different character. he's a quietly spoken former civil servant. he spent a lot of his campaign talking about his vision of a secular — a more secular future for turkey, talking about a more democratic country, saying that he would improve things like free speech. but his critics say that he wouldn't be strong enough of the world stage, that he hasn't got the leadership

experience to really provide a contrast to mr edogan, to really push forward in the way that he would like to. but kemal kilicdaroglu says that he can solve some of the problems that turkey has been suffering. translation: the situation that our country is in right i now is not good. turkey needs to get out of this. to be able to do that, we need to put up a fight together — no matter how we look at the conditions we are in. a pessimistic atmosphere has been created for everyone. today, turkey has some serious economic problems. we will go to the polls and cast our votes. we will replace an authoritarian government through democratic means. so how do voters not just here in istanbul but across the country responded to that? what do they think about the issues that the contenders have really been talking about? well, the economy is one of the biggest things that people have been considering.

turkey's economic crisis has been long and it is deep — people have been really feeling it in their pockets, here. things like the country's response, particularly the government's response to the devastating earthquake in february, a lot of people unhappy with that — they saw it as slow and lacking. that didn't seem to damage the support for president erdogan too much in those southern areas. another concern are refugees, mainly syrian refugees. there are around 3 million of them in his country. and immigration has become a hot topic. both sides have been trying to outdo each other in terms of how many refugees they can remove from this country and how quickly. so what happens next, when the turks wake up at about sam, the polls will open and they will spend the day until 5pm casting their votes. unlike two weeks ago, where there were presidential and parliamentary votes, this one is simple — one ballot paper, two candidates. when the polls close at 5pm, counting starts immediately. we expect as people here

in turkey are starting to think about going to bed a lot of that counting will have been done and we will have a clear idea of who turkey's next president will be. let's ta ke let's take a look at other stories making news. it's been a day of long delays and frustration, for passengers arriving at major airports in the uk, because electronic passport gates broke down. officials say technical issues at uk border force were to blame, with the e—gates faling last night. as a result, staff had to check passports manually, which takes more time. this evening, the home office says the problem has been fixed, and the gates are working again. british tv presenter holly willoughby has reacted to phillip schofield's admission about 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 men repeatedly denied it. detectives investigating the attempted murder of dci john caldwell

have tonight charged seven men with attempted murder. those charged are aged between 28 and 72. two of the men who have also been charged with being members of a terrorist group, namely the ira. three of them have also been charged with preparation of terrorist acts. all seven are due to appear before dungannon magistrates court via video link on monday. we wa nt we want to return to the breaking news. the president and speaker mccarthy have an agreement in principle. these are live pictures of capitol hill. throughout the knights of the past few days of these weekend, the team finalising a bill. we have a few of the details beginning to

trickle in of this deal and the framework that has been put in place. there were few sticking points between democrats and republicans. among them, these requirements forfederal requirements for federal packages. these requirements forfederal packages. these were work repayments that the democrats were against and republicans were against and republicans were pushing to have some sort of requirements attached to federal aid programmes and it appears many of those requirements have not been put in place. the president apparently fought policies that would have taken away healthcare, that would be medicaid and, and what he said would have pushed people into poverty. the agreement does not include any changes that would have changed medicaid and that has 21 million americans on that programme. also a programme called snap, involving food aid and apparently limited to no requirements for that. details

coming through. some details still to be worked out and we will hear more about that tomorrow after president biden and mccarthy speak. more news at the top of the hour. thank you for watching. hello there. it really was a gorgeous day today across england and wales, lots of sunshine around. temperatures in west yorkshire reached 24.3 celsius, making it the warmest day of the year so far. in northern ireland and scotland we saw more cloud for a while, producing one of two spots of rain. that was mainly due to a very weak weather front — that's heading its way out into the north sea. following on from that, we've got some cooler air coming around our area of high pressure from the north, so temperatures for many of us will be a little bit lower on sunday. we start quite chilly where we've got the clearer skies across eastern areas of scotland. temperatures here could be close to freezing in one or two places. there is more cloud coming

into the north—west mind you, and we've got that cloud affecting some eastern parts of england and into the north sea. there will be some sunshine at times in scotland and northern ireland. the cloud coming and going, particularly in the north—west, and with the north—easterly breeze across eastern england, it will push that cloud further west, although hanging on to the best of the sunshine in west wales, western england and along the south coast. but the highest temperatures are going to be pushed to the south—west this time. it will be cooler further north and east, and quite a significant drop in temperature on sunday for the north—east of england. but it's still dry. we've got high pressure in charge. the position of the high means that there's some stronger winds on monday into shetland, blowing in more cloud, and there is also a stronger east to north—easterly wind affecting southern parts of england, which will make it feel a little bit cooler, probably. and we could blow in some cloud in the morning through the midlands and eastern england. that should break up in the afternoon. lots of sunshine around on bank holiday monday. there is cooler air in place across england and wales. highest temperatures will be further west. in northern ireland and scotland, it is turning a bit warmer on monday, temperatures back into the low 20s.

high pressure remains in charge on monday and into tuesday. the position is not really changing very much. light winds for many, but still those stronger winds through the english channel and southern parts of england. with the wind coming in off the north sea, we could see more cloud through much of the day on tuesday for eastern areas of england. always going to be warmer towards the west and the north, temperatures getting into the low 20s. and in scotland, we could see highs of 24 degrees or so on tuesday. and really all week we are dominated by high pressure, it is still dry, sunshine most days, and those temperatures reaching the mid 20s for the middle part of the week.

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