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and treasury ministers discuss the challenges facing the national health service. iran is facing international condemnation for hanging two more people said to have been involved in nationwide protests. the uk called their executions "abhorrent". as ukraine celebrates the orthodox christmas, russian—backed forces there say they've downed a drone lauched in breach of a temporary ceasefire. it appears to be another sign that the temporary truce called by president putin has been ignored. you are watching bbc news.. now it's time for sports day hello and welcome to sportsday this satu...

hello, a very warm welcome to the programme. it is good to have you with us. kevin mccarthy has been elected speaker of the us house of representatives after heated exchanges which almost saw fellow republicans come to blows. it took 15 rounds of voting for mr mccarthy to win the powerful role, even though his party has a majority in the chamber. no government business can be carried out unless a speaker is in place, as our washington correspondent gary o'donoghue explains. it took them four days and 15 separate ballots before they finally got there. the honourable kevin mccarthy of ...

of representatives. cheering. not since the american civil war more than 160 years ago has it taken this long to elect a speaker. that was easy, huh? after multiple concessions and days of arm—twisting, and at times tempers almost boiling over, kevin mccarthy finally persuaded enough on the right of his party to back him, with a little help from a friend. i do want to especially thank president trump. i don't think anybody should doubt his influence. he was with me from the beginning. somebody wrote the doubt of whether he was there and he was all in. it was donald trump's supporte...

it appears to be another sign that the temporary truce called by president putin has been ignored. now on bbc news — a programme called the big cases: killing my children's abuser. a warning this programme contains themes some viewers may find distressing. a woman has been jailed for stabbing to death a convicted paedophile. paedophiles tear lives apart. that's what they do. her children had been sexually abused. were you glad he was dead? yes. oh, yeah, definitely. she stabbed michael pleasted repeatedly. he bled to death. 20 minutes later she re—emerged. you can see the knife. ...

the newly—elected speaker of the us house of representatives, kevin mccarthy, has said former president trump helped him finally secure his position, after 15 rounds of voting and sometimes acrimonious exchanges with fellow republicans. he said "i don't think anybody should doubt" mr trump's influence. president biden congratulated mr mccarthy for his win and said he looked forward to co—operating with this party. our washington correspondent gary o'donoghue reports. it took them four days and 15 separate ballots before they finally got there. the honourable kevin mccarthy of the...