hard line u. s. republicans block kevin mccarthy s bid to become speaker of the house of representatives in the 1st round of voting ah, i m chilling mcdonald, this is al jazeera, alive from london, also coming up israel s new security minister stokes. tensions with palestinians, with a visit to alex, a most common time widely condemned as a provocation. brazilians lined the streets of some tosses. football legend pele is carried to his final resting place. a new year, new train strikes, whale work is in the u. k. welcome people back to work with 5 days of industrial action. ah, ah, there warm welcome to the program. the leading contains a for speaker, the u. s. house of representatives. republican kevin mccarthy has failed to be elected in the 1st round of voting. it s the 1st time in a 100 years that the election will go to exec and rand. well, the republicans took control of the house with a narrow win of amber s mid term elections. mccarthy was considered the front runner,