Youre watching the context on bbc news. The republican partys search for a new House Speaker continues, with Steve Scalise nominated then dropping out of the race all in a day. Now itsjim jordans turn to try and win over the house. Welcome back. Alljournalists, cameramen and women know that they are putting themselves in grave danger, its a risk weve all taken in conflict zones. And today we saw the horrible consequences of that a videographer from the Reuters News Agency was killed earlier in the day in Southern Lebanon by an israeli rocket. The agency has confirmed the death and said that two of his colleagues have been injured, as well. Reuters said it is deeply saddened by the death and they are urgently investigating with the israeli authorities to understand what happened. Afp and aljazeera say the members of their staff who were in the same position were also injured and hospitalised in that same strike. I want to play you a clip from her International Editor jeremy bowen from t
Because we serve your interests. Why labor . Because we will grow every corner of our country. Why labor . Because we have a plan to take back our streets, switch on Great British energy, get the nhs back on its feet, tear down the barriers to opportunity and Get Britain Building again. A plan for a britain built to last. A plan to heal the wounds. A plan to turn the page and say in a cry of defiance to all those who now write our country off. Britain must, britain can, britain will get its future back. Thank you. Conference. Lucy fisher is Whitehall Editor of the financial times. Thank you forjoining ours. Were about a year out for that expected uk General Election. What was the manifesto over all that keir starmer was presenting from labour . Interesting leave the speech today wasnt jam packed interesting leave the speech today wasntjam packed with interesting leave the speech today wasnt jam packed with flashy policies and the rain rabbit out of the hat was about house building, a p
According to israels public broadcaster. Three Israeli Soldiers have been moderately wounded thats accordind to the broadcaster on x. They added attackers had been killed. With all of this in mind, talking this evening, i just want to begin by getting your reaction to what weve been seeing. Gosh, well, i mean the hostages massively complicate situation there because obviously in the israeli psyche, hostages are extremely important, every israeli life is really important, and they have been known in the past to, you know, in releasing israeli hostages to give up a lot in return. A few years ago when an israeli called gilad shalit was released by hamas, that was in return for 1000 Palestinian Prisoners. So, the fact that there are so many other hostages who are still being used as Human Shields essentially by hamas in gaza since they have taken them back there, that massively complicates the situation for israel as it looks to deliver a response a proportionate response or a disproportio
House of the United States House Of Representatives is hereby declared vacant. Mccarthys cardinal sin, say his critics, was working with President Biden and the democrats on a last minute Budget Agreement to avoid a Government Shutdown last weekend. Lets take a closer look at the lawmakers who want to take his place. Jim jordan of ohio was first elected to congress in 2007. And on friday morning his bid got a major boost. Former Preident Donald trump Writing On Truth Social jordan is one of trumps biggest congressional allies, receiving the president ial medal of freedom from trump in a closed door ceremonyjust days after the 6 january capitol riot in 2021. Jordan is 59 years old. He currently chairs the Housejudiciary Committee where he launched several investigations into President Biden, his son hunter, and the fbi. He is also a founder and former chairman of the ultraconservative House Freedom caucus and was among more than 100 republicans who voted against 300 million in aid for u
I am ending this long running saga. I am cancelling the rest of the h52 project. And in its place. And in its place, we will reinvest every single penny, £36 billion, in hundreds of new Transport Projects in the north and the midlands, across the country. This means £36 billion of investment in the projects that will make a real difference across our nation. Applause ijust want to remind you exactly what hs2 actually is. Its a High Speed Railway which is what the Hs Stands For and it was touted as the uks biggest infrastructure project, aiming to transform public transport between london, the midlands and the north. The first part, between west london and birmingham, is already under construction and will be completed. But the length stretching further north from birmingham to manchester has now been officially scrapped. A separate leg from nottingham to leeds had already been canned. The last official estimate on hs2 costs, excluding the cancelled section, added up to about £71 bil