up a dramatic night and early morning on capitol hill. reporter: out took 14 failed votes, intense negotiations to flip more than a dozen holdouts in a final tally that took place well after mid might. it ended with speaker mccarthy being handed the gavel. he was met with a standing to ovation. from the great state of california and the next speaker of the 118th congress, kevin mccarthy. [cheers and applause] that was easy, huh? [laughter] i never thought we d get up here. ing. reporter: speaker mccarthy squeezed by with 216 votes, 212 democrats backed congressman hakeem jeffries. six republicans in total voted present. since they weren t nos, the threshold for majority was lowered to 215. one moment showed just how impassioned things had become. congressman-elect at the time mike rogers of alabama was physically restrained by other members after attempting to confront congressman matt gaetz. the victory came after that,s just one more round later. i may not know al
244,000 people seeking unemployment insurance last week. as americans struggle with the rising costs of everyday goods. new details about former president trump allegedly trying to call a witness involved in the january 6th committee s investigation. we begin this morning with what appears to be a stark difference between the president of the united states and israel over how to deal with iran. during a joint news conference with israeli s prime minister in jerusalem, president biden defended his efforts to restart an international agreement aimed at preventing iran from building a nuclear weapon. this is a vital security to both israel and the united states. and i would add for the rest of the world as well. i continue to believe that diplomacy is the best way to achieve this outcome. and we ll continue to work with israel to counter other threats from iran throughout the region. but the israeli leader said diplomacy will not work and that the international community
in ukraine anymore. political uncertainty in italy after the prime minister, offers his resignation but the president refuses to accept it. and ivana trump, donald trump s first wife and the mother of three of his children, has died, aged 73. hello and welcome to the programme. celebrations have been taking place in sri lanka after gotabaya rajapaksa became the country s first sitting president to quit. he did so after months of angry protests over the rapidly rising cost of living, and shortages of food and fuel. the delay in handing over his letter of resignation was, it seems, to do with his flight from the maldives to singapore. from colombo, rajini vaidyanathan reports. music. a moment to savour, after months of struggle. now there s joy. these demonstrators had one key demand, that the man they blame for their economic woes resign. tonight, president gotabaya rajapaksa did. protesters say they are celebrating what represents a victory for people power. it s the end of t
southwest of the capital, kyiv. ukrainian officials say the missiles fired from a submarine in the black sea hit a commercial building. now on bbc news, panorama: the downfall of borisjohnson. my my friends, in politics, no one is remotely indispensable. the world turned is remotely indispensable. the world turned upside down. in a matter of days, the leadership of borisjohnson matter of days, the leadership of boris johnson fell apart. matter of days, the leadership of borisjohnson fell apart. in of boris johnson fell apart. in the of boris johnson fell apart. in the last two minutes, the health the last two minutes, the health secretary sajid javid has resigned. health secretary sa id javid has resignedh health secretary sa id javid has resigned. rishi sunak has announced has resigned. rishi sunak has announced his has resigned. rishi sunak has announced his resignation. i has resigned. rishi sunak has i announced his resignation. five ministers resigning announce
been killed in a russian missile strike in vinnytsia southwest of the capital, kyiv. ukrainian officials say the missiles fired from a submarine in the black sea hit a commercial building in the city centre. now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. ethiopians have known much conflict in recent history but the war which broke out between the government and the people s liberation front, 2.5 years ago, has been particularly devastating. tens of thousands have been killed and millions displaced. plus there are also ethnic conflicts and other parts of ethiopia such as in the west and the communities are restless. my guest is meaza ashenafi, the first woman to be appointed chiefjustice of the federal supreme court of ethiopia. now there is hope of making progress in the peace talks taking place but will there be justice for the victims of war? chiefjustice meaza chief justice meaza ashenafi chiefjustice meaza ashenafi in addis ababa, welcome to hardtalk. you h