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and emmy—nominated journalist caroline modarressy—tehrani. in washington, new house speaker kevin mccarthy is about to preside over his first order of business. the new republican—led congress will sit in the next hour to vote on the rules package. now that might sound a bit in the weeds — but it is the nearest thing to a formal contract, setting out everything the speaker gave away last week, as he fought to secure the support of those on the hard right. it includes a rule change that will meanjust one member can bring a motion to throw him out. there are also concerns among...

Welcome back. so, in the next half hour we are expecting a giant leap forwards for the uk space industry. providing there are no last—minute hitches and the weather behaves itself in the south—west of england, then a converted boeing 747 will soon take off from the spaceport in cornwall, a re—purposed virgin atlanticjet — know as cosmic girl — is being flown by sqn ldr matthew stannard, who is an raf test pilot. he will fly it out towards the atlantic and about an hour after take—off, at around 35,000 feet, he will release a rocket that is being carried beneath the wing. it will fa...