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sports. hello and welcome. we begin in washington where the us house of representatives has adjourned in disarray after three failed attempts to elect the republican kevin mccarthy as speaker. its the first time in a century the procedure has a small number of hardline republicans are refusing to support mr mccarthy. nothing can go ahead in the house until a new speaker is elected. our north america correspondent peter bowes has the story. the heart of us government deadlocked because ...

The republicans in the house wanted to start their majority, but there had been these indications, and both sides have dug in, and there is no indication yet of when this is going to end. so far, kevin mccarthy has doggedly refused to drop out of the race. it is the first time in 100 years that a speaker has not been elected in the opening round of voting. on that occasion, it took several days. history could be about to repeat itself. peter bowes, bbc news. consultant rob stutzman. could have y...