almost a0 people are dead after a passenger train and a freight train collide head on. and the singer ed sheeran opens up about using music to cope with depression last year after his pregnant wife was diagnosed with a tumour. and coming up on the bbc news channel: the long awaited disciplinary hearing following azeem rafiq s allegations of racism in yorkshire cricket club has begun in london. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. fresh questions have been raised about the judgement of the former health secretary matt hancock during the covid pandemic after a collection of his whatsapp messages were released. the messages, dating back to april 2020, published by the daily telegraph, cover issues such as care homes, schools and testing. in one of the most serious allegations the paper claims the messages show mr hancock ignored advice from senior medical officers to test everyone going into care homes in england, something he strongly denies. here s our political ed
happening now breaking news the white house just released the results of president biden s physical exam. his doctor declaring the president remains healthy and vigorous. will not have any impact on voter concerns about his age? also a new valve by the president to shoot down anything in the sky that threatens the u.s. he is speaking out for the first time about the downing of three unidentified objects saying there is no evidence they are linked to china or its spy balloon. a special grand jury investigating trump says some witnesses may have lied in their testimony about efforts to overturn george s 2020 election results. we are breaking down the new revelations about the probe and the possibility of perjury charges. in the united states and around the world, i am pamela brown and you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. let s get to the breaking news. the just results of president biden s annual checkup. the information about his health taking on adde
and how the great pyramid of giza continues to reveal extraordinary secrets. scientists discover a mysterious hidden corridor welcome to newsday. we begin in india, where a meeting of 620 foreign ministers has ended without a finaljoint statement, due to bitter divisions over russia s war against ukraine. it s the first time the us and russian foreign ministers met in public since the invasion, but their exchange has been tense. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, said the talks were marred by moscow s unprovoked and unjustified war. were china to engage in material, lethal, support for russia s aggression, or to engage in a systematic evasion of sanctions to have russia, that would be a serious problem for our countries. i made clear that there would be consequences for engaging in those actions. so, i m not going to detail what they would be but, of course, we have sanctions authorities of various kinds and that would be one of the things we and others would lo
things the growth plan and making sure with things like the growth plan and making sure with things like energy intervention, that people right across this country are the queen s official death certificate has been published. it was signed by the princess royal and reveals the monarch died of old age. one of the most dangerous storms in us history hits florida, damaging buildings and submerging some coastal areas in floodwater. florida s governor, ron desantis, says the impact of the damage across the state will set records. tributes flood in from across the music world for the rapper coolio, famous for the 90s hit gangsta s paradise. hello. the chancellor, kwasi kwarteng, has dug in to defend his mini budget, saying the government will stick to its plan to try to boost the uk economy. he s said they will also continue to pursue efforts to help people with their energy bills, despite criticism of the tax cutting schemes he announced last friday. his comments came after th
tonight with the context, ron christie former adviser to george w bush and ayesha hazarika journalist and former labour adviser. welcome to the programme. it s the first day of the new us congress and it s already one full of drama. the new us congress and it s after the swearing in of the new members, the new house of representatives is stuck at the very first hurdle, choosing a new speaker of the house. we ve already had rounds of votes. the latest kevin mccarthy received. short of the 218 majority. this is the scene live in the house now another round of voting is under way. nothing can go ahead until a new speaker is elected, so this could go on for hours or perhaps even days until someone is chosen. we ll go live to our correspondent will grant on capitol hill for us in a moment. but first, let s rewind back to the days and weeks before the midterm elections. all the polls pointed to a resounding republican victory in the house, a red wave that would have meant today w