After 40 days of stalemate, this is the first sign of any progress - and the agreement could pave the way for government services to resume

President Trump tells reporters at the White House that it “looks like we’re getting close to the shutdown ending” on the 40th day of the government remaining closed.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters on Saturday, the 39th day of the shutdown.

Two top leaders at the BBC resigned on Sunday amid an escalating scandal over impartiality and bias that plunged Britain’s public broadcaster into one of its biggest crises in recent years.

BBC Director General Tim Davie has resigned following a controversy over an edited Donald Trump documentary.

The BBC has been embroiled in a spate of allegations that it had failed to maintain political neutrality in its reporting, including in its coverage of Trump, the Israel-Hamas war and over trans issu...