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in his controversial autobiography. the great british race to space the countdown s on for the first ever rocket launch from uk soil. two years to the day since the capitol riots in washington which saw supporters of donald trump try to stop the ratification of the election results there s still gridlock in the us house of representatives as members attempt for a fourth day to elect a new speaker. this is the scene live on the floor of the house where a 12th vote has not broken the deadlock. but, there has been some momentum favouring the frontrunner, kevin mccarthy. 1a conservative republicans who were among a group preventing him from winning a majority have now swung behind mr mccarthy. but it still leaves him five votes short of the 218 he requires. business cannot be conducted in the lower chamber of congress without a speaker. the honourable band mac of the state of california has received 213. no member elect having received a majority of the votes cast, t
he s giving a wrong impression when he makes those sorts of comments. that s not the way the british army sees things. also on the programme. gridlock outside hospitals with a record number of ambulances having to wait more than half an hour to hand over patients. a report on britain s growing space industry. and the former chelsea and juventus player gianluca vialli has died and stay with us here on bbc news for continuing coverage and analysis from our team and correspondence in the uk and around the world. good evening. there are yet more sensational claims and accusations from prince harry after his memoir, due out next week, was published early by mistake in spain. they include the way he found out his mother had died, his childhood resentment about being the younger brother, the extent of his drug taking, and more recently, how he found out the queen had died from the bbc website rather than from his family. meanwhile there s been criticism and unease about his claim to
in japanese politics. and our other main story this lunchtime: durham police confirmed they are not fining keir starmer and angela rayner over allegations they broke lockdown rules last year. the race is on to replace borisjohnson as conservative leader and britain s next prime minister the first contenders throw their hats in the ring. another big rise in the number of people with covid in the uk infections are up 18%. and i am at wimbledon where britain s cameron norrie will play the six time champion novak djokovic for a place in the men s final. and coming up on the bbc news channel: former fifa president sepp blatter expresses his relief as he and former uefa boss michel platini are both found not guilty of fraud following a trial in switzerland. good afternoon. world leaders have been expressing their shock and grief after the assassination of japan s former prime minister shinzo abe. he was shot while making a speech in the city of nara, and later died in hospital.