there ve been further revelations by prince harry about his life in britain s royal family. his new book isn t due out until next week but parts of it have already been made public. it contains a series of claims, including an allegation his brother prince william physically attacked him. now on bbc news: addiction a mental health crisis? a warning this programme deals with upsetting themes. hello. hi. tony. jeremy. it is april 2021 and i am in north west england meeting tony. covid rules apply. we still have our masks on. with a bit of luck we re getting the end of it. thankfully we hit it off and that is good news because for the next year or so i will see a lot of him. when we finish with this what would you like people to understand about you and people like you that we do not understand at the moment? we feel love and hate like everybody else, we are people just like everybody else. we are human beings. most drug addicts have a reason that they are addicted. for tony
this is bbc news. the latest headlines: for an historic eleventh time, hardline us republicans have prevented their own party s candidate, kevin mccarthy, from being elected speaker of the house of representatives. deadly violence has erupted in the mexican state of sinaloa following the arrest of the son of the drug baron el chapo guzman. the covid omicron subvariant, xbb.1.5, is causing concern among scientists after its rapid spread in the united states in december. the world health organization says it s the most transmissible omicron subvariant that s been detected so far. the new variant was estimated to account for over 40% of covid 19 cases in the united states in the last week of december. that s up from just under 26% in the previous week, according to data from the us centers for disease control and prevention.
welcome to bbc news. i m rich preston. our top stories: a speaker has not been elected. the longest race in more than 150 years: kevin mccarthy repeatedly loses the vote to be elected speaker of the house. deadly violence in mexico follows the arrest of a leader of an infamous drugs gang. the omicron covid subvariant rapidly spreading across the united states, the most transmissible yet. and prince harry alleges in his new memoir that his brother prince william physically attacked him. there is always been this
welcome to bbc news. i m rich preston. our top stories: a speaker has not been elected. the longest race in more than 150 years: kevin mccarthy repeatedly loses the vote to be elected speaker of the house. deadly violence in mexico follows the arrest of a leader of an infamous drugs gang. the omicron covid subvariant rapidly spreading across the united states, the most transmissible yet. and prince harry alleges in his new memoir that his brother prince william physically attacked him. there is always been this