This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC Wild Service.
A monkey to sign in the early hours of Monday the 10th of November, these are our main stories.
US senators have taken a major step towards ending the longest government shutdown in American history.
Donald Trump has welcomed the resignation of the BBC's director general and head of news following claims views were misled by the editing of a speech by the US president.
Also in this podcast,
activists in Afghanistan say that Taliban authorities have ordered women to wear burqas to be allowed into hospitals.
When a woman going to hospital in different provinces of Afghanistan,
they have to go with a male shatron, otherwise they are not allowed.
We start in Washington,
where US senators have passed a deal that paves the way for the end of the longest government shut down in history.
On this vote, the yeas are 60 and the nays are 40.
Three-fifths of the Senate duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative.
The motion upon reconsideration is agreed to.
The shutdown has brought pain to Americans.
Low-income families have lost food stamps and federal employees have been forced to work with no pay or be furloughed.
The deadlock was broken when several Democrat senators voted with their Republican rivals.
Anthony Zercher is our North America correspondent.
The government shutdown isn't over,
but it is heading towards a resolution after 40 days where both the Republicans and Democrats were at odds.
As you mentioned, a group of Democrats in the U.S.