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this is bbc world news. it s newsday. good morning. it s 7am in singapore, midnight in london, and 7pm in washington, where the us house of representatives has narrowly passed a republican party proposal to repeal barack obama s affordable healthcare act. after suffering an embarrassing setback in march, president trump finally notched up his first major legislative victory. the vote in the house of representatives was tight. 217 to 213, with no democrats voting in favour. but quite how quickly this bill becomes law is a very different matter, as it still faces steep hurdles in the senate. here s our north america editor, jon sopel. the moment itjust after two o clock this afternoon in washington when trumpcare this afternoon in washington when trumpca re became a this afternoon in washington when trumpcare became a thing. the ayes are 217. the nays are 213. the bill is passed. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. shame, shame, shame, sham ....
to balance the books. expect action when philip hammond unveils the contents of the famous red briefcase next wednesday. it has been a big day in northern ireland, results being declared in the northern ireland assembly election. these were pictures from earlier, 7a seats declared not long ago, sinn fein and the dup polling strongly. one developing piece of news, as a result of his party not looking like it will do so well, the ulster unionist party debt mike nesbitt has announced that he will resign leader. he felt he had to ta ke resign leader. he felt he had to take responsibility for the rejection of his party s message and what had happened. the election was called after sinn fein withdrew from the power sharing executive in january. that is all from me, we re now going tojoin january. that is all from me, we re now going to join a special election programme presented by my colleagues. they have reporters at every cou nt colleagues. they have reporters at eve ....
world ahead of the commonwealth games in australia. and not one, not two, but three boaty mcboatfaces. the little yellow submarines, named by the public, set off on their first scientific expedition. and carol has the weather. thank you and good morning. they call thank you and good morning. they ca ll start thank you and good morning. they call start to the day with frost around first thing and we have a wea k around first thing and we have a weak weather front sinking south bringing cloud and patchy rain. for most of us it will be dry and right with sunshine. more details in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. the legislation paving the way for theresa may to begin the formal negotiations for withdrawing britain from the european union faces its final test in parliament today. ministers hope mps will reject the two changes made to the brexit bill in the house of lords. peers want to guarantee the rights of eu citizens in the uk and ensure parliament has a ....
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