and american football star damar hamlin remains in a critical condition, after suffering a cardiac arrest during a primetime nfl game. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. the first day of the new us congress has been full of drama. after the swearing in of new members, the house of representatives is stuck at the very first hurdle. for the first time in 100 years, the house failed to elect a speaker in the first ballot. the house has now adjourned until wednesday, after three rounds of votes. the latest saw the republican kevin mccarthy fall 16 votes short of the 218 majority required his chances scuppered by members of his own party. nothing can go ahead until a new speaker is elected. here is the moment when the latest result was announced. the honourable hakeem jeffries of the state of new york has received 212. cheering and applause. the honourable kevin mccarthy of the state of california has received
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the first sitting of the new us house of representatives has been full of drama. three attempts to elect republican kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house have failed. he hasn t been able to secure enough support from his own party a group of right wing republicans have refused to back him, and the california congressman has refused to drop out of the race. it s the first time in 1000 years that a speaker hasn t been elected in the opening round of voting. 0ur correspondent in washington, will grant, explains the significance of the stalemate. of this is not the way that kevin mccarthy or the republicans wanted the first day in congress is a majority to go. not by a long way. by the third round of voting, as many as 20 republican colleagues did not vote for him, denying him the chance of taking speaker of the house. why does any of this matter? first and foremost because of that role is particularly important in
it found that evidence showing the grooming and sexual exploitation of a schoolgirl was handed to m15 months before she was charged with terror offences. the case against rhianan rudd was later dropped, after the home office concluded she was a victim of exploitation. she took her own life in a children s home last year. daniel de simoni reports. rhianan rudd was the youngest british girl ever prosecuted as a terrorist, although the charges were dropped ultimately. government found that rhianan rudd had been a victim of exploitation. just a lovely girl, she wasn t horrible in any way. this is her mother s first interview. she was just a little different. aged 1a, rhianan became absorbed by right wing extremism. neo nazi christopher cook from his home in the us was grooming and sexually exploiting her over the internet. she met him online. we found that cook was also in contact with a then partner
the case against rhianan rudd was later dropped, after the home office concluded she was a victim of exploitation. she took her own life in a children s home last year. daniel de simoni reports. she was the youngest ever british girl deemed a terrorist, although the charges were dropped ultimately. government found that rhianan rudd had been a victim of exploitation. just a lovely girl, she wasn t horrible in any way. this is her mother s interview. she was just a little different. aged 1a, rhianan became absorbed by right wing extremism, neo nazi christopher cook from his home in the us was grooming and sexually exploiting her over the internet. she met him online. we found that cook was also in contact with a then partner of rhianan s mother. an american who had previously been in a white supremacist gang in the us.