We do have shots of the live vote and will bring those to you when it happens. Lets explain what this is all about. This is all to do with the Spending Bill which was passed by Speaker Mccarthy over the weekend an agreement, which helped the Us Government avoid plunging into a shutdown. But matt gaetz has Accused Mccarthy of doing a side deal with the white house over funding for ukraine which he denies. It would take a simple majority in the house which republicans control by a narrow margin. But its a risky move because, historically speaking, lets go into the congress and listen in as that debate begins. Mr cole listen in as that debate begins. M cole of oklahoma has laid the solution on the table. Cole of oklahoma has laid the solution on the table. Those in favour will solution on the table. Those in favour will say solution on the table. Those in favour will say i, solution on the table. Those in favour will say i, those solution on the table. 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This vote is in effect a vote to kill a resolution that photo . This vote is in effect a vote to kill a resolution that is to kill a resolution that is demanded the speaker of the house be ousted. The name of that is a motion to table, but what matters is that the house has moved to say we dont want to deal with that resolution, lets not deal with that, lets shelve it. So if there are enough votes to say to shelve it, then everybody goes back to what they were doing. If there arent, then theyll have to move on to the actual motion to vacate, which is to oust mr mccarthy, the house speaker, from his role. The numbers are very tight there are 221 republicans, and it has to be just a tight there are 221 republicans, and it has to bejust a simple majority, so if there is only eight more than three republicans who voted against, the chances are that mr mccarthy will lose the vote, especially as democrats said they would not come to his rescue. However, not all democrats are there. There are a number who are absent, and if they are absent, then the number of the majority changes. So its really very tight and we cant really call it at the moment. So barbara, were looking at the numbers now, 179 republicans voting yes, 159 democrats not voting . And 63 saying no yeah mikel yeah mike i cant really give you and as we go tally, ill wait yeah mike i cant really give you and as we go tally, ill and as we go tally, ill wait till we aet and as we go tally, ill wait till we get to and as we go tally, ill wait till we get to the and as we go tally, ill wait till we get to the final and as we go tally, ill wait till we get to the final results, and as we go tally, ill wait till i we get to the final results, then well be able to have a better idea of whats going to come next. 50 of whats going to come next. So lets talk about the wider issues then, ratherthan lets talk about the wider issues then, rather than throwing you details you cant see yourself, i apologise. How much is this a sign of tensions within the Republican Party . You described as a civil war in their Publican Party when we spoke earlier in the programme. Thats how hakeem jeffries, the head of the democrats in the house, described it, saying it was a civil war within the Republican Party, it had nothing to do with the democrats and they didnt feel the need to rescue mr mccarthy. It is very much an internal thing. You have this group of republican rebels, right wing rebels who have been a thorn in the side for mr mccarthy since even in the process of him being elected, and are very much committed to slashing government funding. And mr mccarthy continued to give into their demands as things approach towards trying to get a Spending Bill togetherforfunding the government. It looked like the government would shut down, then he pumped the break and went to a Spending Deal the democrats approved, than that brought this conflict to a head, which is why you are seeing this move to try and oust him by a handful of very hard right republican members, led by matt gaetz, whos been the most outspoken, hes the one who put down that resolution. So its very much a problem within the Republican Party and just shows you this republican populist wing, if you want to put it, how they have grown in number and power within the House Of Representatives. The vast majority of the republicans have backed mr mccarthy and would probably back a move to try and get him back onto the ballot again if he is ousted this time, but it does show that the Republican Party in the house is split. RePublican Party in the house is slit. , Republican Party in the house is slit,. , Republican Party in the house is slit. ,. , split. Indeed, we are looking at that tally now, split. Indeed, we are looking at that tally now, another split. Indeed, we are looking at that tally now, another ten split. Indeed, we are looking at that tally now, another ten minutes left of voting on that counter motion, as you said, barbara, to try and throw out the challenge to the republican speaker to oust Kevin Mccarthy. We will come to that developing story once that vote has concluded. The government of pakistan has said that all Illegal Immigrants must leave the country by the end of the month or face expulsion. The deadline has caused alarm among foreign residents, including an estimated 1. 7 million afghan nationals. Interior minister Sarfrez Bugti also said that properties and businesses owned by Illegal Immigrants would be seized. The announcement comes after two Suicide Bombings targeted religious gatherings in pakistan last week, killing at least 57 people. Live now to Bbc South Asia editor anbarasan ethirajan. Hes in london but monitoring the story. Tell us more about this and why has the government decided to do this . If why has the government decided to do this . ,. , � ,. , why has the government decided to do this . � ,. , this . If youve seen what happened in pakistan in this . If youve seen what happened in pakistan in the this . If youve seen what happened in pakistan in the last this . If youve seen what happened in pakistan in the last few in pakistan in the last few months, where there have been a number of attacks, Suicide Bombings on Security Forces and also on civilian gatherings, causing dozens of casualties, now the pakistani government says theyve identified that 14 government says theyve identified that 1a out of 2a attacks were involved with afghan nationals who are residing in pakistan, and thats one of the reasons why they want to take action against all Illegal Immigrants in the country, and most of them are believed to be afghans. And the Un Refugee Agency says that about 1. 3 million afghans are registered with various groups, with various aid agencies, and an equal number are estimated to be without proper documentation, and thats a big worry for these people if they are deported back to afghanistan, which is already witnessing economic trouble, many people want to flee the country because of the security situation. Now for pakistan, they want to show their own public that they are trying to get a grip on the situation because what we saw a few days ago, major Suicide Bombing killing more than 50 people, this is one of the reasons why to secure the security of the country, they say they want a crackdown on all Illegal Immigrants. They want a crackdown on all Illegal Immigrants immigrants. With an election likely next ear, immigrants. With an election likely next year. How immigrants. With an election likely next year, how much immigrants. With an election likely next year, how much is immigrants. With an election likely next year, how much is this immigrants. With an election likely next year, how much is this a next year, how much is this a political vote winner . Next year, how much is this a political vote winner . Well, at the moment the government political vote winner . Well, at the moment the government is political vote winner . Well, at the | moment the government is ruling, political vote winner . Well, at the moment the government is ruling, and they are supposed to be Holding Power until the end of january when the National Elections are called. But it is very unusual for a Caretaker Government to come out with such a major policy decision, even though pakistani authorities have been routinely rounding off all the afghan Illegal Immigrants and back to afghanistan, such a major policy decision. We are talking about a Million People here, and thats what is a surprise to many people, and they wanted to show the pakistani public that they are taking the situation under control and some of those attacks were leading towards the afghan settlement. But we must also remember that the border that separates pakistan and afghanistan, people have historic rights to come over but both sides, the pastor of community were moving across the border. Now what will happen to the special permits given to those communities . Thousands of people have businesses but never registered with the pakistani authority. So itll be a difficult task for the pakistani authorities to find these people into port, and this will also strain relations further with the Taliban Administration in kabul, and all the tested ministration in pakistan is concerned and described as a embarrassing democrat Embarrassment as an Embarrassment. Embarrassment as an Embarrassment. Embarrassment as an Embarrassment. 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For more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. Youre live with bbc news. The second stage of the uks covid Public Inquiry is under way. It will examine the key decisions made by borisjohnson, his government, and advisers, in the early days of the pandemic. Planning for lockdowns, travel restrictions and social distancing will all be looked at. Our Health Editor hugh pym reports. Remembering loved ones lost to covid, families gathered for the opening of this latest phase of the inquiry with Video Messages played at the start of proceedings. There are so many unanswered questions. We need answers. Hopefully they will learn from it, because i wouldnt wish this on anybody. Its not just the fact that my dad died, its the how and he died. I some of the key questions were set out at the inquiry. In the momentum is decisions the government took concerning the control of the virus, the lockdown is, the social restrictions, the shutting of businesses and schools, did the government serve the people well, or did it failthem . The inquiry says borisjohnson, rishi sunak and others would be called to give evidence, and he quoted from a diary kept by the former Chief Scientific Adviser sir Patrick Vallance at one point saying number ten was in chaos as usual. The familys lawyer highlighted breaches of Lockdown Rules by those in authority. The families urge the inquiry not to ignore the undermining of public messaging that these crass and disgraceful events caused. Whilst the vast majority of the country buckled down and complied and came together, some did not. I didnt have the energy to have a conversation for very long. It would knock me out. In 2020, i interviewed this woman who had long covid and co founded a campaigning group, and now with colleagues they are represented at the inquiry. It seems that thousands and thousands of people caught covid before the lockdown, when we knew that covid was rampant, really, in the population. We werent measuring it but it was clearly spreading massively. This uk Public Inquiry is divided into modules. Weve already heard about preparedness ahead of the pandemic and from today the focus is on the governments response to covid. The hearings will continue for three years, but it is this stage of the inquiry which families hope will explain decisions made by ministers. Hugh pym, bbc news. Turning to india now and police in the capital, delhi, have carried out Early Morning raids on the homes of several journalists and other employees of the independent newsclick website, which is known to have been critical of the government. The operation is reported to be in connection with alleged illegal funding from china something the website denies. There are no reports of arrests, though journalists have been questioned at delhi police stations, and laptops, phones, and computers were seized. Indias information and Broadcasting Minister denied any involvement of the government, saying that the investigative agencies were merely doing theirjob. Critics say its an intentional attack on press freedom. Earlier, i spoke to siddarth vadharajan, the editor of the wire website, in india, who says he was targeted by police with defamation charges himself. Well, the strange thing about the charges that theyve levelled against newsclick is these are old charges. Theres already an ongoing case filed by the enforcement director, which is a financial crimes agency, that has accused newsclick of irregularities in money that i got from overseas in the form of investments from an American Country and services that it provided to that company. So there is an ongoing case which clearly doesnt have much force in it, which is why today you have the Delhi Police Being Unleashed and filing terrorism charges, if you please come against the organisation and its founding editor. So to jump from an accusation of so called chinese funding when the money that newsclick received was through regular banking channels from an American Company tojump regular banking channels from an American Company to jump from that information, which they couldnt sustain, to one where they are now alleging that newsclick has been involved in acts of terror tells you how desperate the government is to shut down or silence the voices of independent media. And this is a situation where they have managed to compromise a large section of the media, which essentially sings the governments tune. But theres a small section of websites, if