the authorities in south sudan are facing calls to release journalists who were arrested after video footage appeared to show the country s president wetting himself. welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. kevin mccarthy has been elected speaker of the us house of representatives after heated exchanges which almost saw fellow republicans come to blows. it took 15 rounds of voting for mr mccarthy to win the powerful role, even though his party has a majority in the chamber. no government business can be carried out unless a speaker is in place, as our washington correspondent gary o donoghue explains. it took them four days and 15 separate ballots before they finally got there. the honourable kevin mccarthy of the state of california, having received a majority of the votes cast, is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. cheering not since the american civil war more than 160 years ago has it taken this long to elect a speaker. that was easy,
we ll be live with our deputy political editor and our business editor and asking how the government can pay for its committments without cuts in public spending. also this lunchtime: manchester crown court hears how a nurse accused of murdering babies on a neonatal ward tried to kill a premature baby girl on two consecutive night shifts. after the latest russian attacks on ukraine, nato says sending air defence systems there is a top priority. and a bbc investigation shows how displaced families in syria are begging for money on tiktok, which then keeps a big slice of the proceeds. and coming up on the bbc news channel, england s preparations for the t20 world cup continue in canberra, testing their credentials against the hosts australia in the second of their three match series. good afternoon. in the last hour, the prime minister has said she ll absolutely stick to her promise not to cut public spending. she was speaking at the first prime minister s questions since last
shrank unexpectedly by 0.3% in august. manchester crown court hears how a nurse, accused of murdering babies on a neonatal ward, tried to kill a premature baby girl on two consecutive night shifts. after the latest russian attacks on ukraine, nato says sending air defence systems there is a top priority. blood supplies fall to a critically low level in england, prompting nhs blood and transplant to declare its first ever amber alert hospitals may have to postpone some elective surgery. and scientists successfully transplant tissue from a human brain to that of a newborn rat and say the hybrid organoids can not only play the 1970s video game, pong, but will also help with research into brain disorders. but will also help with research we but will also help with research will be talking live the we will be talking live to one of the experts involved. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has said she ll absolutely stick to her promise not to cut public