been derailing attempts to elect him. republicans took control of the house in november s midterm elections, but the deadlock has left the chamber unable to swear in members or pass legislation. gary o donoghue reports. the total number of votes cast is 434. it hasn t 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, but nor can anyone else. we are just going to keep working until we solve it. or maybe not. a speaker has not been elected. the speaker has not been elected. a speaker has not been elected. and while there s no speaker, the house can t do a thing no committees, no legislation, no rules. a chamber utterly paralysed and locked into a seemingly endless loop. well, it s groundhog day. democrats who have voted for their leader solidly on every ballot have been quietly enjoying the spectacle. som
three days, 11 votes and still no us house speaker as kevin mccarthy fails to win over conservative hardliners. the nhs remains under relentless pressure, says a health leader, urging people get the flu jab, help save lives. good morning and welcome to the bbc news channel. more revelations from prince harry s autobiography have emerged including accounts of drug taking, details of his time in the army, and a claim that he and prince william urged their father, king charles, not to marry camilla, now the queen consort. the revelations come from his book, spare, due to be published in the uk next week. copies have gone on sale in spain, and some newspapers also got hold of it in advance. other claims come from interviews prince harry has given to promote the book. in the book, prince harry makes a number of accusations about his family. there are also details about intimate moments of his private life and, as reported yesterday, a claim that he was physically attacked by
off patients at a&e. save the nhs! rishi sunak invites unions to a meeting with government early next week to discuss a string of disputes that have led to strikes. we want to have an honest, grown up conversation about what is affordable, what s responsible for the country. those invitations have gone out and i m hopeful that those meetings can happen on monday. the uk and the german pharmaceutical company biontech join forces to speed up research into potential cancer vaccines. and the former chelsea striker and manager, gianluca vialli, has died at the age 58. and coming up on the bbc news channel. under pressure frank lampard says he understands the fans frustrations at everton. he s hoping for an improvement in form away to manchester united in the fa cup tonight. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. prince harry has said he wants reconciliation with the royal family, despite leaked extracts from his memoir containing a series of sensational accusations aga
to an end to the industrial action. progress for the three dads and their campaign for suicide prevention on the curriculum. they visit a school where lessons are already being taught. the race is on in the premier league title race as manchester city beat chelsea to narrow the gap between themselves and leaders arsenal to five points. it might be a wet and windy start to divide upon spots of scotland but todayis divide upon spots of scotland but today is a drier and brighter day for most. it s friday the 6th of january. more revelations from prince harry s autobiography, spare, have emerged, four days before the book is due to be officially released. in the latest leaks, harry says he took cocaine aged 17, killed 25 taliban fighters whilst serving in afghanistan, and that he and his brother william urged their father not to marry camilla. our royal correspondent sarah campbell reports. across the commonwealth, it s prince harry s book which has war in the house of windsor, a
covid jab technology. and the former chelsea and juventus player gianluca vialli has died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 58. and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel we ll get the latest from old trafford where everton are looking for a change of fortune, as they face manchester united in the fa cup. priorities is targeting dangerous gangs but what about some of the controversial police tactics? good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the revelations from prince harry keep coming after his book due out next week was published early by mistake in spain. from the way he found out that his mother had died and his childhood resentment about being the younger brother, to the extent of his drug taking and more recently how he found out the queen had died from the bbc website rather than his family. it is all laid out in public. meanwhile there s been criticism and unease about his claim to have killed 25 taliban fighters desribing them