the first prime minister with south asian roots who, after a period of turmoil in his party, promised to unite the conservatives. we ll look at how he did. and the us house of representatives finally has a new speaker, as trump loyalist mikejohnson get s thejob. it concludes 22 days of confusion, after kevin mccarthy was ousted three weeks ago. here to talk about all this are rebecca harding, an independent trade economist, and bryan lanza, former deputy communications director of trump campaign. let s of trump campaign. begin with breaking news coming let s begin with breaking news coming to us from the united nations. we were discussing earlier how the security council had two votes which were put forward. one from russia and one from the united states. we now have the decision on the united states. russia has vetoed the united states. russia has vetoed the us draught resolution on israel gaza calling for humanitarian pauses. that draught got ten votes in favour, three ag
welcome to the world today an hour of international news from the bbc. the former lawyer and fixer for donald trump who once said he d take a bullet for the fomer president, today took the stand as a star witness for the prosecution in mr trump s hush money trial. michael cohen is testifying about his role in what prosecutors say was a cover up of payments to hide an affair with the adult film star stormy daniels. mr trump denies falsifying business records to reimburse his then lawyer for the payment on the eve of the 2016 presidential election, when the story could have been politically damaging. mr cohen a former close ally turned foe of mr trump pleaded guilty in 2018 to tax offences, fraud and campaign finance violations. the latter charge stemmed from the same payment at the heart of the current case. earlier i spoke to our correspondent nada tawfik who has been in new york and staying across the trial for us. i asked her about the latest on what michael cohen h
cody gakpo has just scored a second for the visitors. a reminder that a win for villa would secure a top four finish and give them a place at europes top table for the first time since 1983. half hour on the clock, 2 1 liverpool. staying with the premier league, bournemouth manager andoni iraola has signed a one year contract extension through to 2026. in his first season in charge the spaniard has led bournemouth to their best premier league points total, and they could still finish as high as 10th. the all time top scorer in the women s super league vivianne miedema will leave arsenal at the end of the season. the dutch strikerjoined from bayern munich 7 years ago and has scored 125 goals in her 172 appearances for arsenal. she won the 2019 wsl title but was out for 10 months last year with a serious knee injury and has only played 13 times this season. she s only 27, but the arsenal haven t offered her a new contract and manchester city are believed to be one of the clubs
it is to rejoin horizon the european union s e95 billion science research programme, under what it calls a new bespoke agreement. it says it has secured new financial terms that protect the taxpayer. tensions following brexit saw britain locked out of the scheme, which allows companies and research institutions to apply for funding worth billions of euros. the uk says it will also nowjoin copernicus europe s earth observation programme. but it won tjoin the atomic energy programme euratom instead pursuing its own nuclear fusion research programme. the uk bus might take a minister welcomed the deal, and said this deal is a huge milestone from the uk, growing our economy. but the uk s opposition labour party has been pushing for the country to rejoin horizon. peter kyle is their science spokesman. the horizon programme is a e95 billion pool of resources which can bring different companies, different organisations, different research units together, but also governments,