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competition between us weirdly. hello. welcome to the programme. we begin in the united states. paralysis continues in the us congress. the republican leader in the us house of representatives, kevin mccarthy, has failed in his 11th attempt to get elected speaker of the house. the session has now been adjourned and voting will continue on friday. a small group within kevin mccarthys own party has been derailing attempts to elect him. republicans took control of the house in novembers m...

been derailing attempts to elect him. republicans took control of the house in novembers midterm elections, but the deadlock has left the chamber unable to swear in members or pass legislation. gary odonoghue reports. the total number of votes cast is 434. it hasnt taken this long to elect a speaker in more than 160 years, and that was before the american civil war. now into a third day, the deadlock remains. the republican leader still unable to get enough votes within his own party, ...

speaker votes stalemate. for a third straight day kevin mccarthy rejected now ten times to lead the house of representatives. and royal rumble, prince harry accuses his brother the future king offengland about shoving him in a fight about meghan markle. tonight the new revelations. >> odonnell: well, good evening and thank you for joining us on this busy thursday night. tonight, there is promising news from doctors about buffalo bills safety damar hamlin. they say today marks a good tu...

that bill will deliver on the demands for a new britain, a new approach to politics and democracy. a new approach to growth and our economy. last year was officially the warmest on record in the uk — with an average annual temperature more than ten degrees. # changing my numberand im changing the locks... _ and will more success flow for this girl band after they scoop the bbc�*s sound of 2023 award? and coming up on the bbc news channel — tears for emma raducanu, who rolls her a...

the met office has confirmed that last year was the hottest on record. and tens of thousands of mourners attend the funeral of pope benedict the 16th. the service was led by pope francis who praised his predecessorfor his wisdom, tenderness and devotion. upset for emma raducanu who retires with an ankle injury from the asb classic in auckland less than two weeks before the australian open. hello, good afternoon. prince harry has claimed his brother — prince william — physically att...

pope francis leads mourners for his predeccessor benedict xvi — at an open air funeral mass at the vatican. upset for emma raducanu after she retires from her second—round match at the asb classic in auckland with an ankle injury. and coming up this hour — hear more from the girl group flo, who are the winners of the bbc�*s sound of 2023 award. sir keir starmer has promised that a labour government would devolve more power out of westminster — by giving local authorities more...

we begin this hour with celebration turning into tragedy at the university of georgia. just hours after the football team was honored for winning a national championship one of their key players, 20-year-old, was killed in a car crash along with a member of the football staff, 24-year-old chandler lacroix. cnn is live in athens, georgia. what do we know about what happened? >> reporter: we just got a statement indicating this happened at 2:45 early this morning. that car was traveling ...

the house this morning. lawmakers set to vote again in two hours. but gop leader kevin mccarthy has put up a new offer he hopes will win over a faction of his party. that has been fighting against his candidate us is. what hes giving up now and why it might hurt him with moderates. also what is president trump trumps roul roel? hes made call to holdouts asking them to vote for mccarthy. what they told him to do instead and why hes now predicting a big win today. plus the man accused ...

from northern france. with prices of 3000— 4000 euros per person and 40 people in the boat, do the maths, it is more lucrative than drug trafficking, with lighter charges. and from supermans costume to superstar guitars, millions of pounds worth of items from the worlds of film, television, and music are up for sale at a memorabilia auction in london. a very warm welcome to the programme. north korea has launched a missile overjapan, sparking anger in tokyo. it defies a un security c...

showing again that it has the ability and the determination to keep pushing russia back. but president zelenskyy says he still needs help to keep it up. yesterday, he asked the g-7 for more military might and today, germany sent over an ultra modern air defense system so new its never been used on the battlefield. crediting this type of help with saving lives across ukraine. saying the barrage of missile attacks would have been even worse had the ukrainians not been able to shoot down ...