This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
I'm Uncle Desai and in the early hours of Thursday the 13th of November these are our main stories.
President Trump assigned a bill to end the 43-day shutdown of government after it was passed by the US House of Representatives.
The White House says emails released from the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were selectively leaked by Democrats to create a false narrative about President Trump.
Also in this podcast prosecutors in Milan investigate allegations that wealthy Italians took part in so-called sniper safaris during the Bosnian War of the 90s and a mass ejection of energy and particles from the Sun means a spectacular light show may be visible in many parts of the world.
When it's particularly strong it can travel even further away from the poles,
can be easily visible to the naked eye even
if you're not necessarily at a dark site and it's just gorgeous like such a show.
It's spectacular.
We start in the United States, where after 43 days,
the longest ever US government shutdown is coming to an end.
The House was back in session on Wednesday for the first time in weeks,
and it narrowly approved a Senate bill that will provide the necessary funding to reopen government.
On this vote, the A's are 222.
The A's are 209.
The bill is passed.
The motion is adopted.
Signing the bill into law,
President Trump blamed the Democratic Party for what he called the madness of the past 43 days.
I just want to tell you the country has never been in better shape.