been sentenced to 3.5 years in prison. and millions of catholics around the world prepare to say a final farewell at the funeral of pope benedict xvi. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the us house of representatives has adjourned for a second day without electing a speaker, extending the paralysis at the heart of american politics. president biden said having a congress that can t function is embarassing for the country. republican kevin mccarthy has been stopped six times so far by a group of hardliners within his own party who refuse to back him. without a speaker the chamber is unable to swear in members, fill vital committee roles or adopt rules for passing legislation. let s speak to our north america correspondent peter bowes. what has just happened, what is going on? good question. another rollercoaster david the end result is the same, voting for the new speaker, in that there is no result, the impasse, the deadlock continues because kevi
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. a ukrainian military commander in the shattered eastern town of bakhmut has described to the bbc the fierceness of the fighting there. he said he hadn t seen russian forces fight anywhere else with similar determination, advancing under fire even when the ground was littered with their comrades bodies. a us official has said russian forces have made incremental advances around the town, with mercenaries from the russian paramilitary wagner group heavily involved in the assault. the battle has been described as a meat grinder , with high numbers of casualties on both sides. almost all of the city s 70,000 occupants have fled. russia is working hard to capture bakhmut in the hope it could lead to the fall of sloviansk and kramatorsk as well the two most important cities in the donbas still under ukrainian control. but ukrainian forces are holding firm. the bbc s yogita limaye reports from the city. munitons expl
right now, in the house republican pockets, have come to power after 2009 and that is a really important state there because the tea party movement came to be in 2008/2009 and these were people who wanted to rip the establishment but at that time they had policy goals, like i mentioned earlier, there doesn t seem to be any goals right now, these people seem to want to cause chaos and disarray, they want to embarrass the establishment and they will also want to gain instant celebrity status as well so it really takes away from that desire to be public servants and do the best for the american people. i certainly think we will recover from this, i m an optimist or i couldn t have worked in politics this long but i do think this is a huge embarrassment for republicans. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: millions of catholics around the world prepare to say a final farewell at the funeral of pope benedict xvi. the japanese people are in mourning, following the death of emperor hirohi
embarrass the establishment and they will also want to gain instant celebrity status is well so it really takes away from that desire to be public servants and do the best for the american people. i certainly think we will recover from this, i m an optimist by couldn t have worked in politics this long but i do think this is a huge embarrassment for republicans. an plenty of drama still to come. rina shah, thank you very much. a ukrainian military commander in the shattered eastern town of bakhmut has described to the bbc the fierceness of the fighting there. he said he hadn t seen russian forces fight anywhere else with similar determination, advancing under fire even when the ground was littered with their comrades bodies. a us official has said russian forces have made incremental advances around the town, with mercenaries from the russian paramilitary wagner group heavily involved in the assault. the battle has been described as a meat grinder , with high numbers of casualties on