in his controversial autobiography. the great british race to space the countdown s on for the first ever rocket launch from uk soil. two years to the day since the capitol riots in washington which saw supporters of donald trump try to stop the ratification of the election results there s still gridlock in the us house of representatives as members attempt for a fourth day to elect a new speaker. this is the scene live on the floor of the house where a 12th vote has not broken the deadlock. but, there has been some momentum favouring the frontrunner, kevin mccarthy. 1a conservative republicans who were among a group preventing him from winning a majority have now swung behind mr mccarthy. but it still leaves him five votes short of the 218 he requires. business cannot be conducted in the lower chamber of congress without a speaker. the honourable band mac of the state of california has received 213. no member elect having received a majority of the votes cast, t
For libelling the food writer jack monroe on twitter. Tributes have been paid to the racing legend john surtees who has died aged 83. Commentator Murray Walker described him as one of the greatest people whos ever lived in the history of motorsport. Now on bbc news, a look at the build up to the 2018 winter paralympics, in the path To Pyeongchang. From a rather basic beginnings to a new age of technological innovations. Paralympic sport has come a long way. Record numbers watch the london and rio summer games. Another Winter Paralympians are starting to make their mark, too. 2014 was undoubtedly the biggest winter paralympics to date. From a british perspective, a at least dazzle, winning six medals. That was four years after drawing a blank in vancouver. But will that be good and of the podium places In Pyeongchang . Jade hetherington was one britons biggest success stories, securing four of gbs six medals. But she since retired. Her Paralympic Team mate Kelly Gallagher is still compe
to imbue into people. that every single time a trigger was pressed, there was a legal team involved. so at the time he was based at camp bastian when he was a goner and copilot and there was a legal team embedded there with the military. and they went over every single engagement. using something called the gun camera which would be in the nose of the helicopter gunship and that was examined. so yes it was possible that he could have countered this number up but i m told by a number of people, very clearly no one did that and that was absolutely counter to their conscience so people have appalled that he would make this allegation which seems to have backfired which has not endeared him to the military were the taliban which have criticised him there because the idea of dehumanizing your enemy is
safe in a place like afghanistan, where people can relax. they can laugh. they can get some exercise. and enjoy the fresh air. and instead, what we re hearing is that it was somebody with a suicide vest who detonated it on a sidewalk and turning that fun event into a scene of absolute terror, as people were running roadway, those injured, again, 16 service members, two u.s. service members killed, two contractors killed, as well. and a lot of questions now about how this could have happened. what are the natives saying about it? reporter: so, there s a statement just out from the native secretary general saying, quote, my thoughts go to the loved ones of those killed at bagram airfield and to the wounded. nato stands with afghanistan in the fight against terror. these attacks, while rare, are not unprecedented. you ll remember a couple of years back in helmand province at camp bastian, taliban gun fighters were able to get on to an airfield and were running gun
president obama and british prime minister, david cameron are about to speak at a joint news conference, we have gotten reports of an explosion from a base in afghanistan of a british base. mick, can you tell us more about these reports at camp bastian, i believe it is. my read out said that there are allegations that it could have been a suicide attack. what intelligence do you have to share with us? tall details are sketchy. there was a bit of a scare just about the time that secretary panetta s plane was landing at a british air base in afghanistan, when a lone driver in a stolen truck managed to drive on to the run way of that air strip. now that driver somehow ended up