216210 to Leadership Challenge and voted 216 210 to remove him. The vote comesjust a day 216 210 to remove him. The vote comes just a day after Florida Republican congressman matt gaetz introduced the motion to oust him. He became speaker of the house injanuary, after 15 rounds of voting and many concessions to his fellow republicans. He addressed the media just a short while back. Lets listen in. Thing i will tell you is doing the right thing isnt always easy, but it is necessary. I dont regret standing up for choosing government over grievance. It is my responsibility, it is myjob. I do not regret negotiating. 0ur government is designed to find compromise. I dont regret my efforts to build coalitions and find solutions. I was raised to solve problems, not create them. So i may have lost a vote today but as i walk out of the chamber, Ifeel Fortunate Today but as i walk out of the chamber, i feel fortunate to have served the american people. I leave the speakership sense of pride, accomplishment, and yes, optimism. From the day i entered politics, my mission has always been to make tomorrow better than today. I fought for what i believe in and i believe in this country of america. My goals have not changed. My ability to fight is just in a different form. You need 218. Unfortunately, 4 of our conference can join all the democrats and dictate who can be the republican speaker in this house. I dont think that rule is good for the institution, but apparently im the only one. I believe i can continue to fight, may be in a different manner. I will not run for speaker again. I will have the Conference Pick someone else. Live to washington, dc. 0ur correspondent sean daley is following the story very closely for us. Good to have you back on newsday. Wejust played out a glimpse of what Kevin Mccarthy had to say, but what do you make of his overall statement . He what do you make of his overall statement . Statement . He spent a lot of time talking statement . He spent a lot of time talking about statement . He spent a lot of time talking about himself, l time talking about himself, actually. I wasnt really sure why he was talking too much about selling cars to make £5,000 and how he wasnt able to be an intern in the house. The central point, though, it says he does not regret negotiating. The reason he was deposed with a very central reason he was deposed as at the hardliner said he was unhappy he did a Back Room Deal with the democrats at the weekend, who faced with a Government Shutdown supported a very last minute bill that Kevin Mccarthy introduced to keep Government Funding going through until the middle of november. But it excluded funding for ukraine. That is something democrats would never normally vote for but they did so on this occasion because apparently he had offered their separate deal that they would enter a different bill for funding ukraine. So at least on the front of on the face of it thats why his gun. The brutal reality though is that the Republican Party is at war with itself. It has eaten itself alive for the world watch here. It has got rid of the speaker because they are broadly unhappy with the policies of the hardliners who have got rid of and the policies of the republican majority. Policies of the republican majority policies of the republican maori. , ~. , majority. Funding to ukraine remains one majority. Funding to ukraine remains one of majority. Funding to ukraine remains one of the majority. Funding to ukraine remains one of the key majority. Funding to ukraine i remains one of the key divisive issues in the party. What comes next, how is that likely to play out . Next, how is that likely to la out . , n. , play out . No Kevin Mccarthy means no play out . No Kevin Mccarthy means no promise play out . No Kevin Mccarthy means no promise to play out . No Kevin Mccarthy means no promise to love i play out . No Kevin Mccarthy means no promise to love it| means no promise to love it introduced a bill in the coming days. Extraordinarily, the house has just risen now until next wednesday. We know that this building behind us, they need time to find possible candidates to succeed Kevin Mccarthy. We heard him saying just in the clip we played there that he wouldnt be running again. No surprise there, sherlock, because he has just been deposed, he would get the necessary support. I think everybody has been caught in a slightly compromising position here because nobody really thought we are likely to see a new speaker. Maybe six or seven hours ago it was looking quite likely that there was either going to be some support from the democrats, given that he has fallen on his sword over a deal he has made with them, or that some of them would abstained, but what now happens is the question of the 6 billion of the 24 billion promised byjoe biden that was going to be released before the middle of november. Thats not happening. Its on the same day that 27 Foreign Ministers from the European Union countries had met in kyiv, and they have said we can see the bottom of the barrel as far as ammunition is concerned for ukraine, so does actually leave ukraine in a slightly precarious position. Joe biden the president saying we need to get this done and there is an increasing urgency to get that done. Nothing now can even happen until the speaker is in place. A speaker cannot be a place until the early as next week, because they have risen. So these are going to be very worrying times for president zelenskyy and indeed joe biden in the white house, and fierce, everything you see now, is the result where you get different parties running given bits of the government and those different bits of the government frankly not liking each other very much, but certainly with the case with the Republican Party, they dont seem to like themselves very much at the moment, at least as far as Kevin Mccarthy versus the eight or nine hardliners. Or nine hardliners. What is the overall image or nine hardliners. What is the overall image being or nine hardliners. What is the overall image being projected| overall image being projected of the Republican Party, especially of a global audience and at a time when the us is gearing up for elections . Chaos, really, isnt it . Matt gaetz is an ally of the former president donald trump, as are many of the other hardliners, including Marjorie Taylor greene. At the moment, there are notjust a question of ukraine funding not happening, and you have to bear in mind that where there are republicans like who are loath, are neutral to the president joe biden, the United States government had essentially made a commitment to president zelenskyy at a time when they are fighting on the front line against russias occupation of the country. And so are common to that degree, it looks like the United States government have got a very self inflicted headache. 0ne have got a very self inflicted headache. One of the key points, one of the reasons that democrats really werent fond of Kevin Mccarthy was that he as speaker had met Withjoe Biden back in may. They had done a deal between House Of Representatives and the white house to potentially avoid this situation, and they had agreed everything right up to and including funding packages. But at the 11th hour that was taken off the table, and in this regard now, joe biden is in a situation where he has made a promise and hes not sure if or when hes going to be able to deliver it, at least in the short term. Deliver it, at least in the short term. We will have to leave it there. Short term. We will have to leave it there. Thank short term. We will have to leave it there. Thank you i short term. We will have to i leave it there. Thank you very much for your perspective on that developing story. To the other story developing in the big headline from italy. There have been terrible scenes, after a bus veered off a flyover in venice and fell on to the road below. At least 21 people are dead. Around 40 have been injured. The local mayor has described the scene as apocalyptic. Jon donnison reports. In the darkness, emergency crews are battling to rescue the injured and recover the dead, the bus upturned and crushed by the force of the fall. From up on the bridge, it veered off. You can see the drop. Eyewitnesses say the bus then caught fire when it hit the ground. It happened in the mestre district, on the mainland, across the water from venices tourist centre. In a statement on social media, the citys mayor said the scene at the crash site was apocalyptic, and italys Prime Minister expressed her deepest condolences. 0n the bridge, you can see where the bus went through the crash barriers. Investigators are now trying to work out why. Officials are warning that the number of People Killed is likely to rise, with italian media reporting that several children are among the victims. Jon donnison, bbc news. Marco albertini, freelance journalist, was at the scene a little early and describe whats happening there. Here it really dramatic. Whats happening there. Here it really dramatic. I whats happening there. Here it really dramatic. I mean, whats happening there. Here it really dramatic. I mean, right l really dramatic. I mean, right now, it is four firefighters tracks, and at least seven ambulances. And you know, the people, there are 40, 50 people around here. The road is blocked. We cannot go further right now. But the crash is right now. But the crash is right in front of me, and there are 21 dead right now. 18 wounded. As far as i know. Qm. Wounded. As far as i know. 0k, riaht, wounded. As far as i know. 0k, right. And wounded. As far as i know. 0k, right, and marco, wounded. As faras i know. 0k, right, and marco, having said that, our Rescue Efforts over, have all the injured been brought out . What can you tell us on that . Us on that . Yes, i think so but it is uncertain, us on that . Yes, i think so but it is uncertain, because us on that . Yes, i think so but it is uncertain, because right l it is uncertain, because right now they are lifting up the bus, it crashed into the ground, and they are hoping that there arent people under the bus. But right now the county are still going on, so we dont know the exact number of the passenger and the dead and the wounded. 50 of the passenger and the dead and the wounded. Of the passenger and the dead and the wounded. So that was a short while and the wounded. So that was a short while back. And the wounded. So that was a short while back. We and the wounded. So that was a short while back. We will short while back. We will continue to track that story and get you updates as it develops. Note the other big headline from thailand. A14 year old been arrested in the Capital City Of Bangkok after a shooting at a Shopping Mall. Two people have been killed and five others injured in the incident that took place in the incident that took place in a luxury Shopping Mall. This is cctv footage of the 14 year old suspect being arrested after surrendering to the police when he was cornered in a shop. He added been using a handgun according to police. The suspect is reported to be from a school not far from the mall. Jonathan head sent this update from the scene. Still seeing ambulances leaving this Shopping Mall more than three hours after this shocking incident, where we believe the police are still inside with the 14 year old boy that they apprehended, and who they say carried out the shooting. It started in the late afternoon, when theyre small, is it pretty much always is, would have been very crowded. It is an exceptionally popular mall in bangkok and people heard multiple gunshots on the lower floors, some went for the exits, people were seen streaming out of the exits in panic. 0thers streaming out of the exits in panic. Others went to hide inside stores, barricading themselves in until the police could come. Police have released a Video Showing them confronting the young shooter. He went down on his knees, he was carrying a handgun and then surrendered quite quickly to them. Trying to ascertain what his motives could possibly be for carrying out such an attack. It is sometimes cited as the most visited spot in east asia, it is visited by most tourists who come to the city, so it is a very high profile location. Gun crimes like this are relatively uncommon in thailand. There is a lot of small scale gun crime, theres quite a lot of gun ownership. They have been in recent years a couple of very shocking large scale shootings outside bangkok, but nothing like this, right in the very heart of the capital. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. Bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. Qm. Bringing you different stories from across the uk. 0k, ladies, so when. From across the uk. 0k, ladies, so when. 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Youre live with bbc news. The United States has announced sanctions on more than 20 individuals and entities, based in china, which make and distribute compounds later used in illegal drugs. They include ingredients for fenta nyl, a Synthetic Opioid thats has been blamed for Tens Of Thousands of recent deaths. 0ur North America correspondent peter bowes in los angeles. This is, indeed, an attempt to clamp down on what is called the Precursor Chemicals, the raw ingredients that go into making fenta nyl. The Synthetic Opioid that is so deadly. It is responsible for killing Tens Of Thousands of people in the United States alone every year. According to Thejustice Department here, it is Chinese Companies that are responsible for making these Precursor Chemicals that then find their way into the fentanyl compound, which is, again, then used by mexican drug cartels as part of their operation getting drugs into the United States. So there is a global chain, if you like, a chain that starts in china, and thats why Thejustice Department has announced this clamp down in terms of indictments and sanctions against those companies. And the sanctions mean they will essentially be cut off from the us financial system. And that means in turn that anyone in this country doing any kind of business with those entities will be breaking the law, and would themselves find themselves at the end of a lawsuit. So this is a us wide, but you can see it more globally in the terms of its likely impact. Early morning raids and daily on the homes ofjournalists of a website critical of the government. It is in connection with illegal funding from china, something the website denied. Journalists have been questioned in various Police Stations and laptops and phones sees. The Broadcasting Minister denied any involvement of the government. Critics say it is an intentional attack on press freedom. An editor targeted by police spoke to us earlier. The thing about police spoke to us earlier. The thing about the police spoke to us earlier. Tug; thing about the charges is they are old. There is an already ongoing case filed by the Enforcement Director which is sort of a Financial Crimes Agency which has accused us of irregularity in money from overseas in the form of investment from an American Company and services are provided to that company. There is an ongoing case which clearly does not have much force in it which is why today you have the Delhi Police Being Unleashed and filing terrorism charges, if you please, against the organisation. Tojump charges, if you please, against the organisation. To jump from an accusation of chinese, so called chinese funding, when the money it received was money from an American Company, to jump from an American Company, to jump from that situation it could not sustain to one they are now alleging that it has been involved in acts of terror tells you how desperate the government is to shut down the voices of independent media and this is a situation where they have managed to compromise a large section of the media which sings the governments ten but there is a small section, like newsclick, who are still out there reporting honesty, fearlessly about what is happening in the country and the government wants to shut them down. The government of pakistan has said that all Illegal Immigrants must leave the country by the end of the month or face expulsion. The deadline has caused alarm among foreign residents, including an estimated 1. 7 million afghan nationals. Interior minister Sarfrez Bugti also said that properties and businesses owned by Illegal Immigrants would be seized. The announcement comes after two Suicide Bombings targeted religious gatherings in pakistan last week, killing at least 57 people. Sumera khan, a journalist and political analyst from pakistan, explained what has pushed the country to make this decision. I would say that it is not just these two bombings. That pushed pakistan to do these actions against the Illegal Migrants of afghanistan, or i should say those refugees that are residing in pakistan who crossed into pakistan illegally, and they were living here without any documented proof of their residence in pakistan. Im talking about those who are aliens here in pakistan. Im not talking about those who are well documented, who are living as legally residing in pakistan. Im talking about those who are aliens and living illegally. So the whole story started from the beginning of this year. When there was a huge bombing in the city of peshawar, police lines where we lost more than a hundred people and the bombing took place in a mosque. In the centre of the city of peshawar. And it was a huge damage for the pakistani forces, because the pakistani police, pakistani cops were targeted in that attack. After that there were a series of attacks on cops and soldiers across the borders where demonstrations were taking place in the city. So the Chief Of Army Staff of pakistan, he had to come up with a very clear stance for the first time i think in the history of pakistan that army chief is issuing the statement warning the afghan authorities, the interim government of afghanistan, do not let the terror expand outwards like the taliban, and isis, do not initiate these attacks in pakistan because pakistan, you talked about the interior minister, they found substantial evidence of refugees involved in these attacks. The asian games continue this week and singapore has been celebrating its first Track And Field medal in 49 years. Gold in the 200 metres finals for the women with just 23. 3 seconds. She also won at the silver in the 100 metres. It is a remarkable comeback for the champion who only quit herjob after a rough patch. Shejoins us now. Quite a pleasure for me to be speaking to you. Thank you very much for your time. Thank you for having me. Congratulations. Thank you for having me. Congratulations. How does it feel . It feels Congratulations. How does it feel . It feels amazing. Congratulations. How does it feel . It feels amazing. I Congratulations. How does it feel . It feels amazing. I am | feel . It feels amazing. I am still kind of coming back for the crazy moment two days ago so really living in it right now. , so really living in it right now. , now. You tasted success at the a. E now. You tasted success at the ace of 18 now. You tasted success at the age of 18 but now. You tasted success at the age of 18 but then now. You tasted success at the age of 18 but then you now. You tasted success at the age of 18 but then you had now. You tasted success at the age of 18 but then you had a i age of 18 but then you had a few challenges after that. How difficult was that period and what really kept you going . It what really kept you going . Tit was difficult. I had a lot of self doubt and a lot of people started riding me off, thinking i was not capable of doing anything like that, achieving anything like that, achieving any of those kind of feed. Writing me off. In my mind a new this is what i wanted to do, that i had a gift, god has given me this gift to run and pursue my passion so i guess thatis pursue my passion so i guess that is what got me through all that is what got me through all that and here. That and here. You met the qualifying that and here. You met the qualifying mark that and here. You met the qualifying mark for that and here. You met the qualifying mark for the qualifying mark for the olympics in paris, do you have your eyes on 0lympic olympics in paris, do you have your eyes on olympic gold next . Well, lets see. Step by step. Right now the eyes are on the olympic semifinals, i came in 0lympic semifinals, i came in 17 overall with my pace. Leading up to paris, the goal is to either repeat that or do one better. Is to either repeat that or do one better is to either repeat that or do one better. You quit your day ob as a one better. You quit your day job as a copywriter one better. You quit your day job as a copywriter to one better. You quit your day| job as a copywriter to become one better. You quit your day i job as a copywriter to become a full time athlete. Was that a tough decision . T fulltime athlete. Was that a tough decision . Fulltime athlete. Was that a tough decision . I was granted this scholarship tough decision . I was granted this scholarship in tough decision . I was granted this scholarship in novemberl this scholarship in november last year, so let me have a little bit more security leaving my previous job to join this scholarship so i was able to train full time without having to worry. It was not that tough decision. That tough decision. Your scholarship that tough decision. Your scholarship was that tough decision. Your scholarship was revoked | that tough decision. Your. Scholarship was revoked into thousand 18 after your injury. Have you been in contact with the officials who made that decision since . The officials who made that decision since . Well, the same Eole Decision since . Well, the same people that decision since . Well, the same people that have decision since . Well, the same people that have granted decision since . Well, the same people that have granted me i decision since . Well, the same i people that have granted me the scholarship again this time, so, yes. Scholarship again this time, so, es. ,. , so, yes. 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I start my rest now before i get ready for the next season. And my rest now before i get ready for the next season. My rest now before i get ready for the next season. And how do ou for the next season. And how do you respond for the next season. And how do you respond to for the next season. And how do you respond to the for the next season. And how do you respond to the media you respond to the Media Coverage back home . T you respond to the Media Coverage back home . I mean, it has been an coverage back home . I mean, it has been an overwhelming coverage back home . I mean, it i has been an overwhelming amount of support. It has been so nice just to see everyone coming together and celebrating this very big thing for singapore. They so a gold medal so everyone is super proud and happy to be witnessing this kind of thing for their country. Kind of thing for their country kind of thing for their country. Kind of thing for their count. � country. And spot has i was been a unifying country. And spot has i was been a unifying factor. Country. And spot has i was been a unifying factor. I country. And spot has i was i been a unifying factor. I want to understand from you, what kind of message do you have a fellow athlete, based on everything you have been through, the kind of comeback, what would you like to tell them who are looking at you right now perhaps as a role model as well . Right now perhaps as a role model as well . Well, i mean, sort is model as well . Well, i mean, sport is something model as well . Well, i mean, sport is something you model as well . Well, i mean, sport is something you are. Sport is something you are passionate about, i say go for it. Do not let people tear you down because that is bound to happen in the process. But as long as you know what it is that you want and you are tracking yourself, there is nothing else you need to worry about. ,. ,. , about. Shanti pereira, Congratulations about. Shanti pereira, Congratulations once i about. Shanti pereira, Congratulations once again and it was a pleasure speaking to you and we wish you all The Very Best in your future endeavours. Thank you for taking your time to talk to us. And let you be in that moment. Thank you. That is it for this addition of newsday. You can find more on the bbc website. Thank you for watching and stay on with bbc news. Hello there. Were now all into some fresher feeling air. But temperatures are still a little above the average for this time of year. Tuesday was rather blustery with sunshine and showers for most of the uk. There will be some more rain in the forecast as we head through the week, but its mostly out towards the north and the west. The further south and east you are, the drier your week is likely to be, and then things will be turning warmer and more autumn warmth for most as we head into the weekend. Now, on wednesday, as you can see, weve got rain out towards parts of western scotland, across northern ireland, too, driven in by this area of low pressure. So its a wet start to the day here, further south across england and wales, lots of clear skies throughout the night. So a chillier start to the morning than weve been used to of late and still rather breezy with a Brisk Westerly wind. Thats across Western Areas of scotland, the west highlands, argyll and bute. There are some localised Weather Warnings in force, some of this rain likely to pep up at times. It curls around across to northeastern scotland, up towards the northern isles, and then our front sinks southwards across northern ireland, the borders into northern england, perhaps, as we head through the afternoon. Bright skies to the north of the Weather Front with a few showers around, the sunniest skies across england and wales, a few isolated showers out towards the west. Temperatures again in the mid to the high teens with a Brisk Westerly wind blowing. Now, we dont have to wait for too long before the next low Pressure System pushes some more fronts our way. And theyre going to arrive as we head through thursday morning, say, some further outbreaks of rain, quite saturated ground by now out towards southWestern Areas of scotland. The warnings extending further north as we head towards the end of the week. Some spells of rain, too, for northern ireland. A lot of cloud being thrown towards eastern areas, the best of any brightness towards the southeast of england. Temperatures once again in the mid to the high teens in celsius. Now, as we head through friday, youll notice that these Weather Fronts are starting to come more round towards the north and the west, being driven away by the High Pressure building in from europe. And that is going to keep us largely dry throughout the weekend. And there will be a lot of sunshine around. As you can see with that now southerly wind, we start to see the warmer air feed through and the temperatures rise, particularly for england and wales. So it will be feeling warmer over the weekend. Temperatures up to 26 celsius in Southeast England on sunday, low to the mid 20s across much of wales, low 20s for northern ireland, perhaps a little cooler and wetter for scotland. Bye bye. Peter bowes in los angeles. Us markets take a tumble and hong kong stocks slide as evergrande remains in focus. Jufy evergrande remains in focus. Jury selection begins at the trial of the former chief of the bankrupt Crypto Exchange ftx. Hello and welcome to Asia Business report. Lets start with the markets here in asia. Tokyo stocks have opened lower this morning, while the dollar briefly topped 150 yen overnight for the First Time Since october 2022. That is what danny kaye is looking like, down by 1. 63 . The yens weakness is fuelling speculation the government may step in to prop up the currency to stop it from falling further. The japanese Finance Minister said they are watching the Currency Market closely and are also ready to respond. Lets also take you through how the us markets are doing. They fell sharply as it focused on the downside were strongly surprisingly strong job market. The s p 500 dropped 1. 37 . It wiped out the last of