house of representatives is hereby declared vacant. and with that, kevin mccarthy s nine month term as speaker was over. the final straw his decision to do a deal with democrats to keep the government open. he didn t hesitate to point the finger of blame at the eight republicans who ousted him, led by matt gaetz, his nemesis. look, you all know matt gaetz. you know, it was personal. it had nothing to do about spending. the unprecedented removal of the speaker has left congress in chaos. so much so, they ve decided to take a week off while they work out what to do next. one rebel, though, was unrepentant. this was the right call. the american people deserve a leader and a speaker who will tell the truth, and so too does the international community. they need to know that the next speaker is going to be honest and won t go back on their word. with republicans focusing firmly on themselves, the question of funding for ukraine, which congress controls, remains undecided. it doe
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well, the vote for the position likely won t be until next week. but in the meantime, a temporary speaker is serving in mccarthy s place. patrick mchenry, a republican representative from north carolina has taken the gavel, he topped a confidential list of interim leaders named by kevin mccarthy when he got the job. until mccarthy s replacement is elected, no progress can be made on a long term spending bill to keep the government open past mid november or a new aid package for ukraine. catie edmondson is a congressional reporter with the new york times. she told us why a leaderless house could mean more chaos in the weeks to come. you have a republican party at odds with itself right now, at least in the house, but we have again a stopgap funding bill that is going to run out in the middle of november and negotiations really should start as soon as possible in order to make sure the us government does not shut down next month. and you also have the house floor currently para
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. it s a high speed railway which is what the hs stands for and it was touted as the uk s 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
own goalfrom joel matip. not as a manager of liverpool, so much more as a football person, i think the only outcome should be a replay. that is how it is. it would happen again. i think a replay would be the right thing to do or the referee has the opportunity to bring both coaches together and say, sorry, we made a mistake, but we can sort it. and we start from there. champions league football will return to st james park for the first time in 20 years later, as eddie howe s newcastle take on paris st germain. newcastle drew their first game on their return to the competition against ac milan and will now face the french champions, who won their first game against borussia dortmund. howe believes the clubs progress has been rapid since the saudi led takeover two years ago this week and both he and former captain alan shearer are hoping it can continue. i think initially nothing like this was in our thoughts at the speed at which it has happened. the only thing in our thought