live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 8am in singapore, and 7pm in washington where 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. 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. honourable kevin mccarthy of the state of california has received 202. no persons have received a majority of the whole number of votes cast by surname, a speaker has not been elected. 0ur correspondent on capitol hill, will grant told me more about the significanc
trillion covid relief bill into law, the white house now saying tonight the first checks could land this weekend. with direct deposit. mary bruce and whit johnson standing by with late reporting on all of this. also making news this thursday night, a new charge in the trial of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin. the jury will now be allowed to consider third degree murder in the death of george floyd. what this means. the allegations against governor andrew cuomo. tonight, a sixth accuser with the most serious allegation yet. her allegation now referred to the albany police department. the severe storms tonight. winter weather alerts across several states and denver could see up to two feet of snow in this. prince william breaking his silence today. what he said when asked about meghan and harry and their allegation involving race. what prince william is now saying tonight. and take a look at this image this evening. the american couple and what they sp
signing his historic $1.9 trillion covid relief bill into law, the white house now saying tonight the first checks could land this weekend. with direct deposit. mary bruce and whit johnson standing by with late reporting on all of this. also making news this thursday night, a new charge in the trial of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin. the jury will now be allowed to consider third degree murder in the death of george floyd. what this means. zw the allegations against governor andrew cuomo. tonight, a sixth accuser with the most serious allegation yet. her allegation now refer to the albany police department. the severe storms tonight. winter weather alerts across several states and denver could see up to two feet of snow in this. prince william breaking his silence today. what he said when asked about meghan and harry and their allegation involving race. what prince william is now saying tonight. and take a look at this image this evening. the americ
affect the global coronavirus picture, how much will that be on the agenda? a bit of it will be there. because some of the things that the pandemic actually brought us, as far as the relationship goes, is that china is actually the principal source of vaccines from the philippines, especially when it started out. but the issue right now has to do with, and i think there is a public discussion in the philippines right now, as to whether or not stricter arrangements should be put into place, as far as visitors coming from china is concerned. right now, we have not yet barred chinese visitors from coming, but at the same time, there is a strong public discussion going on as far as this issue is concerned. yeah, those discussions this issue is concerned. yeah, those discussions happening i this issue is concerned. yeah, | those discussions happening in other parts of the world too, of course. how much do you