do you work in education do you have children in school? are you worried how this will affect their studies and wellbeing? let me know by getting in touch with your comments and questions on twitter @annitabbc and use the hashtag bbc your questions. millions of people in the us prepare to head to the polls and vote in the midterm elections. new research suggests over half of young people between 11 18 are navigating a world outside of school that is increasingly isolated and home based. and the purr fect home? how one family turned their house into a cat rescue centre. thank you forjoining us at the bbc news channel this morning. new allegations of bullying have been made against the government minister sir gavin williamson claims which he denies. he s already facing two investigations a conservative party one and a parliamentary one after sending abusive text messages to the former chief whip, wendy morton. sir gavin williamson is currently minister without portfolio
president zelensky welcomes the announcment of us military as ukraine celebrates its orthodox christmas, russian backed forces say they have downed a drone. 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 four days, 15 votes, and numerous concessions, but the 20 or so rebels within his own party were eventually persuaded. sancha berg reports. after more than four days, it was over. ..of which the honourable i kevin mccarthy of the state of california has received 216. cheering and applause ..to cheers from republicans in the house. chanting: usa! usa! usa! i from republicans in the house. the democrat leader, hakeem jeffries, handed over the gavel. . .. kevin mccarthy. cheering and applause ..to the new speaker s clear relief. that was easy, huh? laughter i never thought we d get up here. this should have been a straightforward process, after republicans won a slim maj
44 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. The xl bully dog was destroyed at the scene. Police say in order to make sure the safety of the public. We will bring you many developments. Lets turn to the conservative Party Conference in manchester where in just over an hours time, the Prime Minister is expected to confirm that the part of europes biggest Infrastructure Project the h52 high speed rail line connecting london to the north of england will not be built as planned. Costs have risen and the train line, which is already being built from london to birmingham, will not continue onto manchester. Hs2 trains will still run to the city, but on slower existing tracks, defence secretary grant shapps said earlier. The route from birmingham to leeds has already been scrapped. Lets get more reaction about the future of the h52 rail link. Frances read is at euston which is the designated terminus in london. What has the response been
Under the policy, anyone entering the uk illegally, could be sent to rwanda, with no limit on numbers. The government hopes the policy will stop people trying to make the dangerous crossing on small boats. The plan has been strongly criticised by human rights groups, and the Uk Supreme Court ruled the policy was unlawful. Here is mr sunak setting out a timeline for his plan. The first flight will leave in 10 12 weeks. Now, of course that is later than we wanted, but we have always been clear that processing will take time and if labour peers had not spent weeks holding up the bill in the House Of Lords to try to block these flights altogether, we would have begun this process weeks ago. Lets speak to our Political Correspondent in westminster, peter saull. Peter, its been months of this being blocked, how different is this evening going to be . Being blocked, how different is this evening going to be . Someone told me earlier on tonight evening going to be . Someone told me earlier on
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