over the republican party and will 2023 be the year democrats take on the judiciary? i am ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. good news, the house of representatives officially has a new speaker. in the early hours of the morning after four days and, yes, 15 rounds of voting, kevin mccarthy managed to drag himself across the finish line. earlier today, president biden released a statement congratulating the new speaker. pledging the work with mccarthy to deliver for the american people. white house republicans spent the week bickering excuse me, while house republicans spent the week bickering, biden was busy building bridges literally. on wednesday, the president traveled to kentucky to celebrate last year s bipartisan infrastructure. lot more than one billion dollars in funding from that bill will go to words repairs to repair the great spence bridge. biden stood alongside senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, creating a stark split screen between what was happeni
updates and news reports on the demise of a brazilian footballer seem to me to be just a little bit excessive, perhaps. others put it more strongly, such asjenny fenwick. now to a loss of another kind. after the ending over the past few months of dateline london and the film review both reported on this programme a third news channel staple had its final edition on monday, signed off by david eades, who himself left the bbc this week. just to say that tonight has been the final edition of the papers, here on bbc news channel. all i can say now is thanks for watching. the papers theme plays. but many people had plenty to say about the dropping of the papers a nightly review of the next day s newspapers featuring two guests, normallyjournalists. one of its original presenters, clive myrie, described it as the end of an era, tweeting. and we ve heard from a number of fans, including helen murphy. muriel crane added. well, the move comes ahead of the planned bringing toge
of a temporary ceasefire ordered by president putin. mexico s president defends the military operation that captured the son ofjailed drug trafficker el chapo, triggering violence that killed at least 29 people. cheering and the flamboyant stars of the drag queen world hit the pink carpet in east london. there are signs that days of deadlock in the us house of representatives could be coming to an end. the senior republican kevin mccarthy says he s confident he ll win enough votes in the coming hours to be elected speaker. so far, he s been blocked 13 times by hard line conservatives. it comes on the second anniversary of the january 6th attack on the us capitol building. gary o donoghue reports from washington. commemorating the heroes of january 6th two years ago for their courage in the face of overwhelming odds. it was the moment american democracy teetered on the brink, as protesters, supporters of donald trump, stormed the capitol, bent on preventing the ratification of
by president putin. mexico s president defends the military operation that captured the son ofjailed drug trafficker el chapo, triggering violence that killed at least 29 people. cheering and the flamboyant stars of the drag queen world hit the pink carpet in east london. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. all eyes are on the us house of representatives, where a 14th ballot is under way to chose the next speaker. the senior republican kevin mccarthy had said he was confident he ll win enough votes in the ballot taking place as we speak. david willis is our north america correspondent in washington. david, i know it is ongoing, but what can you tell us? it is auoin but what can you tell us? it is going and but what can you tell us? it is going and it but what can you tell us? it is going and it is but what can you tell us? it is going and it is quite - but what can you tell us? it is going and it is quite a - going and it is quite a cliffhange
accidental shooting. ukrainian officials accuse russians of opening fire in several areas in spite of a temporary ceasefire ordered by president putin. mexico s president defends the military operation that captured the son ofjailed drug trafficker el chapo, triggering violence that killed at least 29 people. cheering and the flamboyant stars of the drag queen world hit the pink carpet in east london. the us republican kevin mccarthy has fallen agonisingly short in his latest attempt to be elected speaker of the house of representatives. he needed one more vote to secure victory, but has now failed 1a times, in a matter of days. there was a heated exchange on the floor of the chamber when mr mccarthy confronted one of the rebels, matt gaetz, who has repeatedly blocked his election. a 15th vote is now under way. david willis is our north america correspondent in washington. david, some extraordinary scenes on capitol hill. tell us what you saw from your perspective. what you