September 14, 2023: Biden to address budget cuts, gov shutdown, Libya floods, Mitt Romney, Ukraine

September 14, 2023: Biden to address budget cuts, government shutdown, Libya floods, Mitt Romney, Ukraine

1. U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday will address the impact of federal budget cuts and a looming government shutdown on the American people, in what aides described as a major economic speech, with less than three weeks before funding for the government runs out.

2. Survivors of a flood that swept away the centre of the Libyan city of Derna picked through the ruins on Thursday in search of loved ones from among thousands of dead and missing, while authorities feared an outbreak of disease from rotting bodies.

3. U.S. Senator Mitt Romney will not seek reelection in 2024, capping a roller-coaster ride through Republican politics from the height of his party's 2012 presidential nomination to the depths of tribal warfare in the age of Donald Trump.

4. Chief executives from a wide array of U.S. companies will meet White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients to discuss refugee resettlement and sponsorship programs, a White House official said.

5. For soldiers in Ukraine's "Spartan" brigade, danger could lurk behind every bush and in every field as they fight in Kyiv's counteroffensive against deeply entrenched Russian forces.

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