Spending deal to US government shutdown cleared

US Senators have taken a major step towards ending the longest government shutdown in American history, after backing a compromise deal. The breakthrough came after a number of Democratic senators agreed to support a Republican stopgap measure to extend government funding until the end of January and to back a larger package to fully fund several key agencies.

COP30, one of the world's most important climate conferences formally opens in Brazil today. It's the latest global summit held under the auspices of the United Nations to try to tackle climate change.

The BBC director general Tim Davie and the head of news Deborah Turness have resigned after criticism that a BBC documentary misled viewers by editing a speech by Donald Trump. The US President has welomed the resignations.

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(Photo: American Airlines planes line up on the tarmac at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, more than a month into the ongoing U.S. government shutdown, in Arlington., Virginia, U.S. Credit: Annabelle Gordon/Reuters).