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and american football star damar hamlin remains in a critical condition, after suffering a cardiac arrest during a primetime nfl game. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news — it's newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. the first day of the new us congress has been full of drama. after the swearing in of new members, the house of representatives is stuck at the very first hurdle. for the first time in 100 years, the house failed to elect a speaker in the first ballot. the house has now adjourned until wednesday, after three rounds of votes. the latest saw the rep...

in his tomb at the ecumenical necropolis overlooking the city. thousands of mourners lined the streets to say goodbye. we have the latest now on the walrus touring the coast of england. he's gone from scarborough to northumberland. the walrus is called thor and the hope is that he's heading north to arctic waters. danny savage has the story. he's been on a grand tour of the uk. thor, the wandering walrus, first appeared in hampshire in the middle of last month. on new year's eve, he hauled himself up a slipway in scarborough before surfacing again in blyth in northumberland. in north...

welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. it's great to have you with us. the first sitting of the new us house of representatives has been full of drama. as speaker of the house have failed. he hasn't been able to secure enough support from his own party. a group of right—wing republicans have refused to back him, and the california congressman has refused to drop out of the race. it's the first time in a hundred years that a speaker hasn't been elected in the opening round of voting. our correspondent in washington, will grant, explains the significance of th...

sports. hello and welcome. we begin in washington where the us house of representatives has adjourned in disarray after three failed attempts to elect the republican kevin mccarthy as speaker. it's the first time in a century the procedure has a small number of hardline republicans are refusing to support mr mccarthy. nothing can go ahead in the house until a new speaker is elected. our north america correspondent peter bowes has the story. the heart of us government deadlocked because its members can't agree on who will be the next speaker. the house of representatives is meeting fo...

7,500 going into social care. we'll be looking at the severe strain on the nhs — and at whether the government's plan is enough to tackle the problem. also on the programme... four in five trains are cancelled at the start of days of industrial action by rail workers — due to last until saturday. questions about how mi5 dealt with the case of a 15—year—old girl groomed for extremism — she later took her own life. in brazil, thousands of people line the streets to say farewell to the football legend pele — who will be buried in a private ceremony later. and the walrus who'...