remarks about killing taliban fighters in afghanistan in his controversial autobiography. the great british race to space the countdown s on for the first ever rocket launch from uk soil hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk, on pbs in the us or around the world. two years to the day since the capitol riots in washington which saw supporters of donald trump try to stop the ratification of the election results there s still gridlock in the us house of representatives as members attempt for a fourth day to elect a new speaker. this is the scene live on the floor of the house where a 14th vote is now underway. there has been some momentum favouring the frontrunner, kevin mccarthy. 1a conservative republicans who were among a group preventing him from winning a majority have now swung behind mr mccarthy. it still leaves him 5 votes short of the 218 he requires. business cannot be conducted in the lower chamber of congress without a speaker. elizabeth landers
thatis a little bit similar to the console that is used on playstation. that is what he was saying, but it came across very badly and the taliban at the time heavily criticised him saying we are not again prince harry, this is not a game. this is war and this is afghanistan. do not belittle and trivialise the conflict that that country was undergoing. so i think the view in the military both past and present serving members is pretty negative about that. . . , members is pretty negative about that. ., ., ~ ., , that. that was frank gardner, harris security correspondent that. that was frank gardner, harris security correspondent talking - that. that was frank gardner, harris j security correspondent talking to me little earlier. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the great british race to space. we report on the build up to the first ever rockets launched from uk soil. the japanese people are in mourning following the death of emperor hirohito. thousands converged on the imperi