the authorities in south sudan are facing calls to release journalists who were arrested after video footage appeared to show the country s president wetting himself. welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. 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 the state of california, having received a majority of the votes cast, is duly elected speaker of the house 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,
ever present censorship. sometimes there are extreme cases of media houses being shut down or journalists being arrested and also what happens to those journalists even after being arrested, we know at least ten have been killed since 2014, but partly because of the civil war and the fragility of the country, and there has been a lot of criticism of the political leaders and their role in the civil war and when itjournalists have touched on that, it has led to a big come down from the authorities. that, it has led to a big come-down from the authorities. that, it has led to a big come-down from the authorities. thank you. bi clam from the authorities. thank you. big clamp down- today is the final day of planned strike action on britain s railways after months of disruption. members of the rmt union are on their second in their long running dispute about pay and conditions. our business correspondent marc ashdown reports from king s cross. it has been another hugely frustratin