welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. paralysis continues in the us congress the republican leader in the us house of representatives, kevin mccarthy, has failed in his 11th attempt to get elected speaker of the house. the session has now been adjourned and voting will continue on friday. a small group within kevin mccarthy s own party has been derailing attempts to elect him. republicans took control of the house in november s midterm elections, but the deadlock has left the chamber unable to swear in members or pass legislation. gary o donoghue reports. the total number of votes cast is 434. it hasn t taken this long to elect a speaker in more than 160 years, and that was before the american civil war. now, into a third day, the deadlock remains. the republican leader still unable to get enough votes within his own party but nor can anyone else. we are just going to keep working until we solve it. or maybe not. a speaker has not been elected. and
been derailing attempts to elect him. republicans took control of the house in november s midterm elections, but the deadlock has left the chamber unable to swear in members or pass legislation. gary o donoghue reports. the total number of votes cast is 434. it hasn t taken this long to elect a speaker in more than 160 years, and that was before the american civil war. now into a third day, the deadlock remains. the republican leader still unable to get enough votes within his own party, but nor can anyone else. we are just going to keep working until we solve it. or maybe not. a speaker has not been elected. the speaker has not been elected. a speaker has not been elected. and while there s no speaker, the house can t do a thing no committees, no legislation, no rules. a chamber utterly paralysed and locked into a seemingly endless loop. well, it s groundhog day. democrats who have voted for their leader solidly on every ballot have been quietly enjoying the spectacle. som
this is bbc news. the latest headlines: for an historic eleventh time, hardline us republicans have prevented their own party s candidate, kevin mccarthy, from being elected speaker of the house of representatives. deadly violence has erupted in the mexican state of sinaloa following the arrest of the son of the drug baron el chapo guzman. the covid omicron subvariant, xbb.1.5, is causing concern among scientists after its rapid spread in the united states in december. the world health organization says it s the most transmissible omicron subvariant that s been detected so far. the new variant was estimated to account for over 40% of covid 19 cases in the united states in the last week of december. that s up from just under 26% in the previous week, according to data from the us centers for disease control and prevention.
serving a life sentence in the united states. and now, after six months of careful surveillance, exco s armed forces have captured his son, 0visio guzman lopez. translation: after repelling a direct attack, the security forces identified a video among the members of the criminal group. they were arrested while carrying weapons that belonged exclusively to the mexican army and the air force. moments after his arrest, cells that are part of his criminal group set up19 are part of his criminal group set up 19 roadblocks and armed attacks in different parts in the city of culiacan. the governor the city of culiacan. the governor s the city of culiacan. the governor s warning - the city of culiacan. the governor s warning residents governor s warning residents to shelter in place, warning there is a danger across the city of culiacan. even a plane scheduled to fly from the city was hit by bullets before taking off. the mexican defence minister has said us officials assisted with the