well, earlier, my colleague sumi somaskanda spoke to marta costanza youth, who is a principal deputyrjoining us. i want to start by asking you about what president biden has said. also, border patrol authorities have told the bbc, they have said that the lifting of title 42 will mean more chaos at the border. and right now there are, of course, tens of thousands of people waiting to cross into the us. is the state department concerned about the situation at the border? thanks so much, sumi. so, obviously, we are concerned with the situation at the border. however, we've known for some time title 42 would be lifted. and so the state department really has been focused on a plan to work with the region, throughout the region, on a series of initiatives to help decongest the border and to help provide people protection in the region and along the way. so let's talk about some of those policies that were unveiled by the biden administration that work, as you said, with the region. and the biden administration's new asylum policies are, of course, predicated upon working with countries whe

janet napolitano speaking to my colleague sumi somaskanda. who also spoke with dr victor trevino.our new programme. you have said before that the expiration of title 42 would lead to a massage surge of migrants as many border towns have expected, what are you seeing in laredo today? first of all, thank you for having me. what has been put into place of the last 15 days when i issued a declaration of disaster has been utilised. at this point these systems are holding up. now the city border control, the county ngos, and our mexican counterparts across from us are working together to get through this. now, remember, laredo continues to be one of the safest cities with the inner city. 0ur with the inner city. our biggest problem will be the transfers from texas that are currently being overwhelmed at this point. the transfer will overwhelm us. another concern is we don't have a paediatric intensive care unit and with the arrival of family units i don't want to see any child get gravely ill and not be able to treat them. as we know, they take this long journey, some of the children ma

hello i'm sumi somaskanda. welcome to our show. let's take you straight to live pictures from hiroshima, where world leaders are meeting for the g7 summit. at the moment we know that they have already arrived as nick marsh just mentioned, have already arrived as nick marshjust mentioned, we have seen some of the leader is going on, they are expected to exit now and lay a wreath at the hiroshima peace memorial park and there we see them, president biden and the japanese prime minister fumio kishida there as well. the european commission president ursula von der leyen just behind them. again, this is a poignant moment as we just heard from nick marsh there and there of course we saw all of there of course we saw all of the leaders, rishi sunak and the leaders, rishi sunak and the german chancellor olaf scholz. we also see the french president emmanuel macron there and the european council president shall michelle as well as the italian prime minister. we see all of those leaders again in all of those important moments symbolically as

he's been speaking with my colleague, sumi somaskanda.f. they released a statement. the chief scientist released a statement saying, quote, "we remain "committed to a responsible approach to a:i.. "we are continually learning to understand emerging risks while also innovating boldly". you say you have good things to say about google, but do you trust tech companies, generally, to move forward with al responsibly? well, i think one problem is that, microsoft decided to put one of these advanced chat bots into being, and in other products. and google doesn't have much choice but to respond to that. it can'tjust sit back and not compete with microsoft. before that, google was in the lead in al and google chose not to release this thing, these things, because of all the dangers. it used them internally and it used them to make search better and so on. but it didn't actually release them to the public, even though it had chatbots because of the potential dangers. and so in that sense, i think google behaved very responsibly. but you can only d

hello i'm sumi somaskanda.ght at the border of the united states and mexico, and concerns that there will be a surge of migrants following the expiration of title a2. that's the measure put in place three years ago, which allowed us authorities to turn asylum seekers away

congressman aaron bean, speaking with my colleague sumi somaskanda. of former prime minister imran khan on tuesday on corruption charges was illegal. though the court ordered his immediate release, the judges asked him to continue to lodge at a police guest house for his own safety. at least ten people have died across pakistan in protests sparked by mr khan's detention. let's bring in our pakistan correspondent caroline davies who's in islamabad. we saw the violence, we saw the protests after imran khan's arrest this week. what has been the reaction to the supreme court ruling? reaction to the supreme court rulin: ? ~ ., reaction to the supreme court rulin: ? ~ . ., reaction to the supreme court rulina? ~ . ., ., ,, ., ruling? when imran khan appeared in court, in ruling? when imran khan appeared in court. in front— ruling? when imran khan appeared in court, in front of— ruling? when imran khan appeared in court, in front of those _ ruling? when imran khan appeared in court, in front of those three - court, in front of those three judges, he was pret

hello, i'm sumi somaskanda. we start in ukraine, where officials have dismissed claims that the city of bakhmut has fallen to russia, after wagner mercenaries said they've started handing over control of the eastern city to moscow's army. the battle for bakhmut has been the longest and bloodiest of the war. this aerialfootage taken earlier this month shows intense shelling in a residential area. most people fled before fighting broke out. bakhmut is of little strategic value, but its capture would be a symbolic victory for russia. the battle for bakhmut began last august. ukraine says its forces still control part of it. our bbc verify team has been looking at images that show the extent of the destruction there during these months of fighting. this is bakhmut before russia invaded ukraine. once famous for its sparkling wine and thousands of rose bushes. this is bakhmut now — reduced to a landscape of ruin and death. but not defeated, the ukrainian army told us. ukrainian troops stay in south—western part of bak

hello, i'm sumi somaskanda.ere have dismissed claims that the city of bakhmut has fallen to russia, after wagner mercenaries said they'd begun

hello, i'm sumi somaskanda. thank you forjoining us. we start in ukraine.y night's air raids, the country's supreme court has dismissed its top judge.

hello, i'm sumi somaskanda.e start in ukraine, where officials have dismissed claims that the city of bakhmut has fallen to russia, after wagner mercenaries said they've started handing over control of the eastern city to moscow's army. the battle for bakhmut has been the longest and bloodiest of the war. this aerialfootage taken earlier this month shows intense shelling in a residential area. most people fled before fighting broke out. bakhmut is of little strategic value, but its capture would be a symbolic victory for russia. meanwhile, the ukrainian president volodymr zelensky made a surprise commencement speech for graduates atjohns hopkins university in the us. i'm proud that ukraine is not losing a single day in its defence against russian terror. every day, we do everything to become stronger, to give more protection to people, to save more lives. the united states is also not lost a single day to help ukraine repel the russian aggression. the battle for bakhmut began last august. ukraine says its forces

hello, i'm sumi somaskanda.re another day of talks to tackle the us debt crisis has failed to produce results. on tuesday, representatives of us presidentjoe biden

hello, i'm sumi somaskanda. welcome to our show. we start in ukraine.ght's air raids, the country's supreme court has dismissed its top judge. vsevolod kniaziev was detained for allegedly taking multi—million dollar bribes. prosecutors say he was arrested as part of their biggest ever

i'm sumi somaskanda. welcome to our show.is officially the end of a controversial immigration policy in the us and officials are warning about a potential surge of migrants at the us mexico border. let's remind ourselves what the policy is, and how it might affect us immigration. the temporary law introduced by donald trump, known as title 42, meant illegal migrants could be removed quickly. it expires overnight tonight. the policy made it easier for the us to send people back to mexico, using the coronavirus pandemic as a justification. the winding down of covid measures means the policy no longer has any public health basis, prompting officials to announce it would end on may 11th, the same day as the official us public health emergency. and when it ends, in a few hours from now, the us will return to a policy where migrants are screened, to determine if they are eligible for asylum, and quickly deported if they do not qualify. in the past hour, a federal judge in florida has temporarily blocked the biden administration fro

hello, i'm sumi somaskanda.abused former magazine columnist ejean carroll, and then defamed her by branding her a liar. carroll had accused trump of raping her

hello, i'm sumi somaskanda. we start tonight with a developing story.raids in the gaza strip, striking targets belonging to the

hello, i'm sumi somaskanda. we start at buckingham palace.harles, which will take place this saturday.

i'm sumi somaskanda.ght — the wall streetjournal is reporting that deutsche bank will pay $75 million to settle a class—action lawsuit brought against the company for faciliating financierjefrey epstein�*s sex—trafficking ring.

hello, i'm sumi somaskanda. another day of talks to tackle the us debt crisis has failed to produce results. on tuesday, representatives of us presidentjoe biden and congressional republicans met again on capitol hill. the two sides have untiljune 1st to come to an agreement on raising the govenrment�*s borrowing limit, or risk the us not being able to pay its bills.

hello, i'm sumi somaskanda.is due to expire and officials have been warning about a potential surge in migrants at the us—mexico border.

hello, i'm sumi somaskanda.where officials have dismissed claims that the city of bakhmut has fallen to russia, after wagner mercenaries said they've started handing over control of the eastern city to moscow's army.

hello, i'm sumi somaskanda. we start tonight in ukraine. evacuated from a high rise block of flats after

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i'm sumi somaskanda. welcome to our show. we have news coming out of the ukrainian

hello, i'm sumi somaskanda. thanks forjoining us.ors working to avoid a us debt default are back on capitol hill

hello, i'm sumi somaskanda.ling fight is heating up, with both sides showing no room for compromise yet on an issue that impacts the global economy.

hello, i'm sumi somaskanda. ceiling fight is heating up, with both sides showing no room for compromise yet on an issue that impacts the global economy.

hello, i'm sumi somaskanda.y of talks to tackle the us debt crisis has failed to produce results. on tuesday, representatives of us presidentjoe biden

i'm sumi somaskanda. welcome to our show.'s investigation into donald trump's 2016 campaign ties to russia.

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hello, i'm sumi somaskanda. a key first vote on the us debt ceiling has passed and will now be considered by the entire house of representatives. the deal, struck by president biden and speaker kevin mccarthy over the weekend, suspends the debt ceiling until the beginning of 2025 and avoids a potential global economic crisis. the house is expected to vote on the bill wednesday before sending it to the senate for a vote. which would then go to the president to become law. treasury secretary janet yellen says the us will not be able to pay its bills if this doesn't pass byjune 5. north korea has carried out a failed attempt to launch a military spy satellite. these images released by the south korean defence ministry show the space vehicle being retreived from the water. state media in pyongyang said the projectile had come down in the sea because of serious defects. they said a second attempt would be made as soon as possible. the launch prompted neighbours south korea and japan to briefly issue — then rescind —

hello, i'm sumi somaskanda.e start tonight in washington, where another day of talks to tackle the us debt crisis has failed to produce results. on tuesday, representatives of us presidentjoe biden and congressional republicans met again on capitol hill. the two sides have untiljune 1st to come to an agreement on raising the govenrment�*s borrowing limit, or risk the us not being able to pay its bills. some analysts have warned a default could lead to huge job losses in the us and even a global recession. stocks on wall street finished sharply lower on tuesday. despite this, optimism among leaders remains. negotiations are very hard, very difficult, both sides have to understand they won't get everything they want. we are trying to get to a budget that is reasonable and bipartisan. that democrats and republicans in the house and senate will be able to vote on and agree on. this is the process, that's why we are moving in this way, to make sure it's bipartisan, but also reasonable. that's what you all can look fo

hello, i'm sumi somaskanda. thanks forjoining us.start in washington, where negogtiators working to avoid a us debt default are back on capitol hill for talks tonight. negotiations have been described as productive, but there's still no deal. earlier, presidentjoe biden and speaker of the house kevin mccarthy led talks on raising the debt ceiling to ensure the us can continue to pay its bills. biden and republican congressional leaders now have just ten days to avoid a default. president biden said: kevin mccarthy spoke outside the white house, and the bbc�*s nomia iqbal was watching. he said the meeting was productive. he said the tone was good. he appeared in an upbeat mood and he said there was still a way to go before they make a compromise. he did say that he believed the president does want to make a deal. bear in mind, we are fast approaching the deadline, and if a deal is passed, it would take more than a week, or about a week, to get through congress. the speaker appeared confident that would happen. i never wanted to be her

hello, i'm sumi somaskanda. first, news out of ukraine, with explosions heard in the capital of kyiv. our correspondent hugo bachega, who was sheltering underground, when the air raid alert in the capital went off at around 02:20 am local time. the bbc team heard at least one loud explosion and the city's air defence has been activated. earlier today, ukraine says at least 21 were killed in an attack on kherson. missile strikes hit a market, a railway station, a petrol station and residential builings. it comes as ukraine's president zelensky denied that his country carried out an alleged drone attack on the kremlin. russia says it was an attempt on vladimir putin's life. this video, which appears to show the drone attack, remains unverified. our analysis editor ros atkins has been taking a closer look. russia claims ukraine try to kill vladimir putin in the early hours of wednesday. this is the first video we have. it's in moscow. we see an object fly in from the left and explode. now let's pause here. we know

hello, i'm sumi somaskanda. we start tonight in ukraine. russia has launched another wave of aerial attacks on the ukrainian capital, kyiv. sirens sounded and explosions were reported from around the city in the early hours of tuesday. officials said air defence systems were responding. the mayor of kyiv, vitali klitschko, described it as a massive attack and told residents to stay in air raid shelters. reuters, citing the mayor klitscho, are also reporting "at least one person dead, one person hospitalised" in the air attack. strikes have been reported for several days. on monday, russia mounted a series of daytime strikes on kyiv. the city's military administration says all were shot down and no targets were hit. residents were seen rushing to the nearest shelters, as explosions were heard overhead. and this here is sunday evening. ukrainian officials say that 66 out of roughly 75 cruise missiles and drones were intercepted by their defences in what was the 15th air attack on the capital this month. our diplomatic correspondent, james lan

i'm sumi somaskanda. great to have you with us. we start with two big meetings today.ts of world leaders, but each hold huge potential to shape the trajectory of the war in

hello, i'm sumi somaskanda.e start in ukraine, where officials there have dismissed claims that the city of bakhmut has fallen to russia, after wagner mercenaries said they'd begun handing over control of the eastern city to moscow's army. the battle for the city has been the longest and bloodiest of the war. this aerialfootage taken earlier this month shows intense shelling in a residential area, most people had already fled before fighting broke out. bakhmut is of little strategic value to moscow, but its capture would be a symbolic victory for russia. here's part of the recording made by the head of that russian mercenary group, wagner. translation: we are withdrawing units from bakhmut. _ today, it's 5am on the 25th of may. by the 1st ofjune, the main parts of the unit will be relocated at the rear camps. we're handing over our positions to the military. ammunition, positions, everything, including food rations. the battle for bakhmut began last august, and ukraine says its forces still control part of it. o

shortly after the announcement, my colleague sumi somaskanda discussed us presidentjoe biden�*s announcementresident of the council of foreign relations. he shared his reflections on the announcement. throughout the last 16 months or so the west has almost been debating with itself. should we give ukraine this or that ever more capable piece of equipment? might it be a little too much for putin and the russians to swallow? what then might the russians do in retaliation or escalation? what i am glad to see is that whether it is tanks or aeroplanes now, we're giving ukraine the capability it wants and needs. i can't sit here though and predict whether this would be militarily decisive. it is quite possible it will help ukraine. it is also possible, even after another six months of fighting, that the battlefield will look an awful lot like it looks now, in which case the conversation about what next and in particular what about diplomacy will come to the fore. you wrote specifically about this in your piece in foreign affairs where you wrote, "the most likely outcome of the conflict is not "a c

i'm sumi somaskanda. bank has confirmed the bank has agreed to up to $75 million to settle a case involving sex—offender and former

hello i'm sumi somaskanda.et's start in london, where rehearsals have been taking place for king charles�* coronation on saturday. a short while ago the traditional gold state coach left westminster abbey on it's journey back soldiers dressed in bright yellow and red military uniforms paraded past buckingham palace towards westminster abbey just after 12.20am on wednesday. crowds ran through stjames�* park to find the best spots along the mall with many trying to spot their relatives in their military outfits. these rehearsals come just hours after a security incident outisde buckingham palace. uk police detained a man after he reportedly approached the gates of the royal home and threw items, thought to be shotugn cartridges, into the palace grounds. police say the arrest is being treated as a mental health incident rather than terrorism. our correspondent robin brant has more details. it happened just after seven o'clock on tuesday evening when police say a man approached the front gates of buckingham palace,

hello, i'm sumi somaskanda.n tonight in washington, where the us debt ceiling fight is heating up, with both sides showing no room for compromise yet on an issue that impacts the global economy. us treasury secretary janet yellen has issued a letter to congressional leaders, warning the us could run out of cash byjune 1st. that's prompted president biden to call a meeting with the top leaders in congress next week — seen here. in the letter, yellen warned: speaker mccarthy responded to yellen in a statement, saying: the republican—controlled house passed a debt ceiling bill last week that includes steep spending cuts. senate democratic majority leader chuck schumer announced a process to pass a clean bill with no cuts just hours ago. meanwhile, a little relief in the banking sector. wall street giantjp morgan chase took over the troubled first republic bank in a 10—point—6 billion dollar deal brokered by regulators. hey seized first republic early on monday, after efforts to rescue the bank fell through over the

hello i'm sumi somaskanda.begin right here in washington dc where democrats and republicans are scrambling to close a deal on raising the federal debt limit. there is still no deal in place but as many lawmakers leave for a holiday weekend, president biden has hinted a deal might be not be too far away. with regards to the debt limit, things are looking good, i'm very optimistic. i hope we will have some clearer evidence tonight, before the clock strikes 12, that we have a deal. but it is very close and i am optimistic. so according to the president, we might get the news of a deal in less than an hour. a top republican negotiator, congressman patrick mchenry, was a bit more cautious with his assessment, saying: "we are in the window by which we meet thejune five deadline. it's not over, we're not done." "but we have to come to some tough terms in these closing hours." earlier on friday, congress got a bit more runway for its negotiations. us treasury secretary janet yellen sending this letter to congressional

hello, i'm sumi somaskanda. thank you forjoining us. we start in ukraine.kyiv cleans up after monday night's air raids, the country's supreme court has dismissed its top judge. vsevolod kniaziev was detained for allegedly taking multi—million dollar bribes. prosecutors say he was arrested as part of their biggest ever anti—corru ption case. ukraine is under pressure to tackle corruption as a requirement forjoining the european union. the reuters news agency says mr kniaziev could not be reached for comment. meanwhile, ukrainian officials have praised their anti—missile defence system. overnight, it blocked an intense barrage of russian rockets over the capital kyiv. they say the system shot down six advanced russian hypersonic missiles, which president putin has claimed are "unstoppable". kyiv�*s mayor, vitali klitschko, described the night. actually, last night, our citizens didn't sleep because three hours long, beginning at 230, we have a bombing alarm, and at the whole night we listened to huge explosions and it actually was one of the massive missile a