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of staff at the department of homeland security and tom peck, political sketch writer at the independent. welcome to the programme. it's starting to feel a bit like groundhog day on capitol hill. that's because the house is trying again for a third day to elect a speaker of the house. we've now had eight votes. and in all eight, the republican kevin mccarthy has failed to receive enough votes. he hasn't even been able to swing the needle in his favour at all. this is the scene live in the house now where a ninth vote is under way. it already appears that he has lost to this vote as w...

the economy with its new plan to cut tax and increase borrowing. don't forget, don't forgive. the only way to stop this is with a labour government. applause and nasa has deliberately flown a space—craft into an asteroid — to push it off course — in the first test of a planetary defence system. voting has ended in widely discredited referendums organised by russia in four occupied regions in ukraine. as expected, russia is claiming that an overwhelming majority of residents are in favour ofjoining russia, but not all the votes have yet been counted. ukraine and the west have co...

hello and welcome to bbc news. google has announced it's taking steps to remove data from its servers that could be used to prosecute people for visits to abortion clinics in the united states. it comes after the us supreme court's decision to remove a woman's constitutional right to an abortion. several states have already acted to outlaw the procedure, or severely restrict access to it. geoffrey fowler is a tech columnist with the washington post, and says tech companies need to do more to protect the sensitive data of their users. google today made basically the first statement it...

climate change. the family of archie battersbee lose their latest legal attempt to move him from hospital to a hospice to die, but supporters say they will fight on. we inherited a bunch of formulas from the labour party that shoved all the funding into deprived urban areas, then they... rishi sunak�*s words to an audience in tunbridge wells. he's defended his remarks, saying it's notjust cities which are in need. the first hosepipe ban of the summer comes into force in much of hampshire, with more areas to follow. and it's never too late — george miller becomes the oldest common...

the nhs in england is increasingly reliant on doctors and nurses recruited from outside the uk and eu, analysis by the bbc has found. hello. if you havejustjoined us, a warm welcome to bbc news. china is halting cooperation with the us in several key areas, including climate change, military talks and efforts to combat international crime. the new measures follow a trip to taiwan by senior democrat nancy pelosi. china views the visit as a challenge to its claims of sovereignty over the island. taiwan's foreign minister, joseph wu, has defended ms pelosi's visit and said that taiwan w...