towards the end of the week. mild for the most part, it may turn colder in the north by the very end of the week. this is bbc news, the headlines. the new republican speaker of the us house of representatives, finally elected after 15 rounds of voting, says former president trump helped him get there. kevin mccarthy s repeated attempts to secure the job almost saw fellow republicans come to blows. rishi sunakfound a meeting with health leaders to tackle the pressures in the nhs highly valuable, downing street says. the prime minister, health secretary and treasury ministers met health experts to discuss crucial challenges. iran is facing international condemnation for hanging two more people said to have been involved in nationwide protests. the uk called their executions abhorrent. as ukraine celebrates the orthodox christmas, russian backed forces there say they ve downed a drone lauched in breach of a temporary ceasefire. it appears to be another sign that the temporary tr
tonight at ten: dire warnings for the future of the planet, as the cop 27 climate conference begins in egypt. delegates are told the last 8 years have been the hottest on record accelerating the effects of climate change we must answer the planet s distress signal with action ambitious, credible climate action. the prime minister rishi sunak arrived in egypt this evening after reversing his initial decision not to attend. and tonight mr sunak made his first public comments about the expletive ridden text messages sent by sir gavin williamson whom he appointed to government. downing street says rishi sunak thinks offensive messages sent by government minister sir gavin williamson are unacceptable . the devastated ukrainian city of mariupol, where an estimated 1,500 new graves have been found we have a special report. and, in the us, campaigning reaches fever pitch as the democrats and the republicans pull out their big names for the mid term elections. good evening. th
towards the end of the week. mild for the most part, it may turn colder in the north by the very end of the week. this is bbc news, the headlines. the new republican speaker of the us house of representatives, finally elected after 15 rounds of voting, says former president trump helped him get there. kevin mccarthy s repeated attempts to secure the job almost saw fellow republicans come to blows. rishi sunakfound a meeting with health leaders to tackle the pressures in the nhs highly valuable, downing street says. the prime minister, health secretary and treasury ministers met health experts to discuss crucial challenges. iran is facing international condemnation for hanging two more people said to have been involved in nationwide protests. the uk called their
in no uncertain terms, about the treatment of mps who had not backed the truss leadership campaign. even accusing her of rigging the ticket allocations to the queen s funeral, something she denies. a number of his messages contain expletives. he warns, there is a price for everything . that is not acceptable, he should not have said it. he has said he regrets doing so. he has given. so what is the consequence for him? he has given some context that this was at a time of heightened frustration. downing street said the first time the prime minister saw sir gavin williamson s texts was in a sunday newspaper and, yes, rishi sunakfound the content unacceptable. but number 10 won t comment further while the conservative party is looking into the official complaint against sir gavin. rishi sunak was already facing criticism for bringing suella braverman back to the home office despite her reaching the ministerial code. breaching the ministerial code. labour and the liberal democrats are crit