Kevin mccarthy says bring it on. And by it i mean a fox news on contributor ship. Sources telling cnn that just ousted speaker Will Leave Congress before the end of his term, perhaps as soon as a new speaker is elected. This as donald trump endorses a man once called a legislative terrorist by a past republican speaker to be the next speaker. Also ahead, eight years after donald trump came down the escalator and said mexico is sending rapists to the u. S. , in a new interview, trump says undocumented immigrants are, quote, poisoning the blood of our country. Well get reaction from one of his republican president ial rivals. Plus a bold message exclusively to cnn from a female activist behind bars in iran who was just awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Welcome to the lead. Why bother to continue to represent the good people of barks bakersfield, california when there is money to be made . We start today on capitol hill. Moments ago sources told cnn that ousted House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy i
Spoke about the issues at stake with the president of the un generalassembly, dennis francis. Thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news, president. This is obviously a very busy week at the General Assembly, but also special summits on the sdgs, global finance, Un Security Council is meeting as well, High Level Health meetings, but leaders of some of the most powerful countries have chosen not to attend france, the uk, india, china, russia. Do you consider that a snob . No, i dont. I dont at all. Of course, we hoped that the house would be full, but we appreciate that leaders may have other pressing matters that require their attention, and i am sure the views and perspectives of those countries not led by Heads Of State and or government will be expressed and represented by their heads of delegation. But if you have only one of the five permanent members sending their leader here, does that raise legitimacy issues about the un . No, it doesnt, because the permanent members have a
Our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, sent this report from doha. The first steps to freedom. Finally, leaving iran. Two hours later, touching down in doha. Imagine the emotion inside this plane. Opening the door on a new life, five former prisoners. Relief and joy palpable as they embraced american and qatari officials. The success of months of indirect talks here between arch enemies, iran and america. These are three of the freed prisoners. Two others did not want their identity revealed. 67 year old, morad tahbaz, arrested five years ago, in a crackdown on environmental activists. 58 year old, emad shargi, a businessman arrested in 2020, also on charges of spying. And 51 year old Siamak Namazi, who spent the longest in tehran s notorious evin prison. He issued this statement today. We spoke to one of his relatives who also spent time in evin prison. It is a joyful day but knowing Siamak Namazi and his strong personality and his values, im sure that he will try to come
For both trump and president biden. How voters feel about a potential rematch in 2024. Were following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. Theyre on their way home, right now, Five Americans who were wrongfully detained in iran for years are in the air en route to the United States. Its the result of a rare deal between washington and tehran. On the other end of it, the United States released five iranian nationals and freed up billions of dollars in iranian funds strictly for humanitarian use. But the white house is very quick to note that this deal does not mark a cooling of tensions between the two adversaries. In fact, the Biden Administration Just Announced a new round of sanctions on tehran. Cnns Natasha Bertrand has been tracking all of the latest details. Natasha, this was the result of a complicated multiyear long effort. Yeah, boris, the Biden Administration has been trying to get these Prisoners Released from iran for th
Efforts will be seen today. Lyse doucet, our efforts will be seen today. Lyse so russia and ukraine lawyers doucet, our chief efforts will be seen today. Lyse doucet, our chief international in court, side by side, correspondent, thank you very much. Arguing their cases. Were hearing, first of all, from russia. So how did we get here . Well, a few days after russian tanks rolled across the border, more women have come forward with allegations ukraine brought this case about Russell Brand. The Times Newspaper says several women have to the International Court contacted its journalists since saturday, when it published the accounts of four women ofjustice, claiming that russia who accused the comedian of raping or sexually assaulting them. Was abusing the Genocide Convention mr brand has denied those claims by claiming falsely genocide and insisted all his relationships were consensual. Was being committed in eastern David Silitto reports. Ukraine, in order to try to justify what russia