been sentenced to 3.5 years in prison. and millions of catholics around the world prepare to say a final farewell at the funeral of pope benedict xvi. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the us house of representatives has adjourned for a second day without electing a speaker, extending the paralysis at the heart of american politics. president biden said having a congress that can t function is embarassing for the country. republican kevin mccarthy has been stopped six times so far by a group of hardliners within his own party who refuse to back him. without a speaker the chamber is unable to swear in members, fill vital committee roles or adopt rules for passing legislation. let s speak to our north america correspondent peter bowes. what has just happened, what is going on? good question. another rollercoaster david the end result is the same, voting for the new speaker, in that there is no result, the impasse, the deadlock continues because kevi
since the summer, the us calls for a un security council meeting to discuss north korea s continued use of ballistic missiles. the world s disappearing glaciers a new report says a third could have melted to nothing in less than 30 years. and wakanda forever the long awaited sequel to the oscar winning film black panther has had its european premiere in london. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin with dramatic developments in pakistan, where the former prime minister imran khan is recovering in hospital after being shot in the leg. mr khan, who was ousted from power in april, was attacked while leading a week long protest convoy from the east of the country to the capital, islamabad. police have arrested a suspect and released a video in which he appears to confess to the crime. the us, britain, canada and saudi arabia are among several countries which have condemned the assassination attempt. o
tonight, more classified documents from biden s time as vice president found at a second location. first telling cnn, the president s legal team discovered this batch during a search conducted after the other classified documents were found back in november. it s just adding to the chaos and maybe the delight of some in washington d.c. tonight. if you look down pennsylvania avenue from the white house to congress, investigations are brewing. you can argue that some are absolutely warranted. you can argue some are absolutely not. but this is president biden s new reality, as he navigates the next two years with republicans controlling the house. i want to bring in former republican congressman, joe walsh, cnn political commentator, ashley allison, and téa mitchell, washington correspondent for the atlanta journal constitution. look, biden does not have the smoothest of paths ahead of him. we can say that with a straight face and perhaps a little bit of a smile or a friend. as
after he became the first current or former president ever to be hit with a search warrant. and just hours after becoming the first ever to invoke his fifth amendment right against self-incrimination, which is a pillar of civil liberties, but which he used to say only mobsters do, until he took the fifth and saying what only mobsters say when ever they re searched, in this case suggesting without anything at all to back it up, that federal agents planted evidence when they searched mar-a-lago on monday, which then quickly became a republican talking point, or in the case of lindsey graham, senator graham, who sits on the judiciary committee and who clearly should know better, just another toxic idea to smile and not along with. we know they doctor evidence. we know they plant evidence. sure. we know they hide evidence. we know they lie. we know they leak. i mean this is not anything new. this has been this has been years they ve been doing this. we can t just say, oh,
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