newsroom the next speaker of the 118th congress, kevin mccarthy. after days of drama, 15 rounds of voting and tense moments on the floor, the house elects a speaker. i never thought we d get up here. how the drama played out and what it means for the future of kevin mccarthy and the gop. we got our boy. excitement from buffalo bills players on safety damar hamlin. the latest on his condition and more on that moment when he facetimed his teammates. california slammed with heavy rain, flooding and mudslides and the danger isn t over. we re tracking the next line of storms as millions remain under flood warnings. it was really devastating and me not knowing exactly what the situation was, because all i heard was gunshots. shock and anger in virginia after a 6-year-old shoots his teacher. what we are learning about the moments that led up to the shooting. the fda grants approval for a new alzheimer s drug and it s a mixed bag of benefits and risks. could
7,500 going into social care. we ll be looking at the severe strain on the nhs and at whether the government s plan is enough to tackle the problem. also on the programme. four in five trains are cancelled at the start of days of industrial action by rail workers due to last until saturday. questions about how mi5 dealt with the case of a 15 year old girl groomed for extremism she later took her own life. in brazil, thousands of people line the streets to say farewell to the football legend pele who will be buried in a private ceremony later. and the walrus who s wandered from north yorkshire to northumberland attracting huge crowds on the way. on bbc london and coming up on the bbc news channel. arsenal host newcastle united tonight with the chance to go 10 points clear at the top of the premier league. good evening. downing street says it s providing the nhs with the funding it needs, despite what it calls the unprecedented challenge facing the health servic
penny mordaunt has less than an hour now to make that 100 threshold. her team say this lunchtime that it s going down to the wire and it s extremely close. we ll bring you that announcement at 2 o clock live in our specially extended coverage programme this afternoon. also this lunchtime. western allies denounce a russian claim that ukraine could use a dirty bomb there are fears the kremlin might use it as a pretext to escalate the war. phosphate pollution of rivers threatens the building of tens of thousands of new homes. and he s back in the tardis david tennant travels through time once again to return as dr who. and stay with us here on the bbc news channel 4 continuing coverage and analysis from our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. good afternoon. within the next hour or so, we could know who is britain s next prime minister. at two o clock, norminations close in the conservative party leadership race. rishi sunak has a commanding lead, with 192
search nursing careers . staff shortages are one of the most pressing problems facing the health service and the next prime minister. more than one in ten nursing jobs are currently unfilled in england, with big gaps in other roles. it comes as unions across the health service start to ballot members over pay and working conditions. this morning, 15,000 ambulance service staff in england and wales have begun voting on possible strike action, though that would not affect emergency call outs. without significant increases in pay, nhs workers and ambulance workers will continue to leave the service for higher paid jobs elsewhere. they can t continue working under the extreme pressures that they are doing. this is more than just about pay this is about patient safety and standards, as well. siren wails last week, the scottish government raised its pay offer to health staff. unions now say they will consider it. all this as the nhs is juggling other pressures. waiting lists for
investigation. let s break down what each side is arguing before this judge right now. cnn s sarah murray is leading us off. sarah, walk us you therough it. reporter: ana, this is going to be the continuation of this court fight over whether there should be this third party to go through what was seized at mar-a-lago. the justice department has argued that this is not a necessary step. they re saying that the trump team pushed an inaccurate narrative about the search and that putting a special master in place now when they ve already gone through the material is just going to slow down their criminal investigation and could potentially impede this national security risk assessment that has already been under way. they re also pointing out that while there are some potentially attorney-client privilege materials, that executive privilege doesn t apply in this scenario because you re talking about sharing information with the executive branch. but the trump team in their fili