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the newly—elected speaker of the us house of representatives, kevin mccarthy, has said former president trump helped him finally secure his position, after 15 rounds of voting and sometimes acrimonious exchanges with fellow republicans. he said "i dont think anybody should doubt" mr trumps influence. president biden congratulated mr mccarthy for his win and said he looked forward to co—operating with this party. our washington correspondent gary odonoghue reports. it took them four...

iran is facing international condemnation for hanging two more people said to have been involved in nationwide protests. the uk called their executions "abhorrent". the newly—elected speaker of the us house of representatives, kevin mccarthy, has said former president trump helped him finally secure his position, after 15 rounds of voting and sometimes acrimonious exchanges with fellow republicans. he said "i dont think anybody should doubt" mr trumps influence. president biden congr...

iran is facing international condemnation for hanging two more people said to have been involved in nationwide protests. the uk called their executions "abhorrent". hello to you in the uk and around the world in ukraine, vladimir putin had said his forces would stop fighting for 36 hours so orthodox christians could celebrate christmas this weekend. the ceasefire was supposed to run from 9am yesterday morning to 9pm today uk time. and while millions of ukrainians and russians were able...

im katie phang. we start todays show with more new evidence from the january 6th committee. theyve released more transcripts today, including interviews with critical players like donald trumps son don junior and top adviser stephen miller. miller admitted being told of a march to the capitol, telling the committee, quote, i think there might be, like, a plan for there to be a, you know, a peaceful walk to the capitol. the transcripts also revealing don junior was perturbed by the capi...

centre in dover, in south east england, was the result ofan act of terrorism. authorities believe andrew leak, who is thought to have killed himself after the attack last sunday, was motivated by an extreme right—wing ideology. now on bbc news, the travel show. good girl! straight on! my name is lucy edwards and nine years ago, i lost my eyesight completely. since then, ive been on a mission to use social media to showjust because im blind doesnt mean im broken. how does a blind girl...

as world leaders gather in egypt for cop27, can they prevent geopolitical issues from casting a shadow over tackling climate change? and the 34—year—old singer and rapper aaron carter has been found dead at his home in california. hello and welcome to the programme. the crucial us midterm elections, which will decide who controls congress, are just days away and president biden and barack obama have taken to the stage together at a campaign rally in pennsylvania. mr biden urged the...

hello and welcome to bbc news. the crucial us midterm elections, which will decide who controls congress, are just a couple of days away and president biden and former president obama have taken to the stage together at a campaign rally in pennsylvania. theyre trying to get every last vote out for their candidate john fetterman, whos up against republican mehmet oz, whos been endorsed by donald trump. president biden said this is a defining moment for us democracy. this isnt a referend...

the un urges elon musk to ensure twitter respects human rights as concerns grow about the platform spreading more hate speech since his takeover. and singer and rapper aaron carter is found dead at his home in california. hello, welcome to the programme. the crucial us midterm elections, which will decide who controls congress, are just a couple of days away and president biden and former president obama have taken to the stage together at a campaign rally in pennsylvania. mr biden urg...

Impacts and are supported to develop away from fossil fuels. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines. Extreme right wing terrorist ideology was behind the firebombing of a Migrant Processing Centre in dover last sunday, say the police a � disturbance� at a london Immigration Removalfacility during a power outage with reports suggesting it was caused by the detainees disruption on the railways, despite a series of strikes being called off by the unions. Thousands of people gathered in seoul to...

british police say extreme right—wing terrorist ideology was behind the firebombing of a migrant processing centre in the south east of england. the un urges elon musk to ensure twitter respects human rights as concerns grow about the platform spreading more hate speech since his takeover. and singer and rapper aaron carter is found dead at his home in california. the crucial us midterm elections, of days away and president biden and former president obama have taken to the stage tog...