House vote could end longest US government shutdown

Members of the US House of Representatives have returned to Washington for a vote that could bring the longest government shutdown in history to a close. Many public services have been suspended since October, with wide ranging impacts including US air travel and food benefits for 41 million low-income Americans. We hear the stories of people who have gone without SNAP food aid during the shutdown.

The BBC has spoken to a medic and a patient from el-Fasher's main hospital who fled the site shortly before one of the worst alleged RSF massacres as the Sudanese city fell. We are joined by our correspondent Barbara Plett Usher.

Prosecutors in Turkey have announced more than 140 charges against Ekrem Imamoglu, the imprisoned mayor of Istanbul who's widely viewed as the main rival to President Erdogan. We speak to our Europe online editor Paul Kirby.

Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has said that the FIFA World Cup next year will “definitely” be his last. We are joined by our sports reporter.

We've been hearing stories about interfaith relationships on OS, after the US Vice-President JD Vance expressed hope that his Hindu wife will convert to Christianity. We bring two couples together in conversation about their experiences of converting to their religious faith for love.

Presenter: Rahul Tandon

(Photo: Volunteers load boxes of food into cars at an event held by the Community FoodBank of New Jersey to deliver emergency food relief to Federal workers and SNAP recipients amid the US government shutdown in Leonia, New Jersey, US, 6 November, 2025. Credit: Mike Segar/Reuters)