down. of course, the question tonight is, where is that exactly and when will it come down? by the way, how will it come down? the a spy balloon. the pentagon refusing to say whether they are considering shooting it down what looks like a chinese spy balloon floating high above some sensitive sites in this country. but officials telling cnn they haven t ruled it out either. meanwhile, this balloon, which is the size, by the way, of three school buses, is just meandering along thousands of feet up in the sky. it was spotted twice on wednesday over montana and twice over missouri today, including in colombia, missouri, this very often-afternoon where this exclusive footage was shot. it s flying about 60,000 feet up, 18,000 feet higher than a commercial airplane does. and now the pentagon says there is another chinese spy balloon that is currently somewhere over latin america. we will talk about what the heck is going on in the skies tonight. here to help us figure all this out,
there will be a lot of cloud around and we could have some rain around from time to time. condition should improve in the afternoon. we have got some heavier rain affecting the south west of england. through the day rain becomes more patchy and places they become drier. across other parts of the uk, plenty of sunshine, just a few showers in the north west of scotland. it will feel quite pleasant in the sunshine, temperatures hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines: large parts of britain s rail network grind to a halt as 50,000 thousand workers stage a walkout in the biggest rail strike so far. prime minister liz truss has arrived in birmingham for the conservative annual conference she has admitted that there has been disruption in the uk economy following the mini budget. the ukrainian military says it has regained control of the strategic eastern town of lyman in the donetsk region from russian troops just a day after moscow annexed the area. millions o
arrived in birmingham for the conservative party conference, as she admits that there has been disruption in the uk economy following the mini budget. the ukrainian military says it has regained control of the strategic eastern town of lyman in the donetsk region from russian troops just a day after moscow annexed the area. now on bbc news, it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. who can catch arsenal at the top? mikel arteta s side are too good for tottenham in the north london derby. keeping the pressure on rangers hit four past hearts, but rivals celtic end the day top. it s pole for leclerc in singapore and a spanner in the works for verstappen as he chases a second f1 title. welcome to the programme. arsenal s superb start to the season goes on, after a dominant performance in the north london derby to beat rivals tottenham 3 1 this lunchtime. spurs weren t helped by a red card as they missed the chance to leapfrog their riva
the lead starts right now. new witness tran scripts released from the january 6th committee, including one from donald trump s own son, and an unusual request from one sitting gop senator. then, officials are calling it the largest russian missile strike since the war began. ukrainians say it could have been so much worse. plus, some signs of relief on the horizon for tens of thousands of southwest pas passengers who have been stuck in the airline s meltdown for now eight days. welcome to the lead, i m phil mattingly. and we begin with our politics lead and new insight into the january 6th investigation. the committee released more testimony transcripts from 19 witnesses, including trump s son donald trump jr., trump attorney christina bobb, kimberly guilfoyle, stephen miller and former white house press secretary stephanie grisham. there s one key thing that sticks out, and that s the role of mark meadows. he was, of course, trump s chief of staff on january 6th an
no person, having received the majority of the whole number of votes cast by surname, a speaker has not been elected. so, they voted again. no person having received the majority of the whole number of votes cast by surname, a speaker has not been elected. so, the third time was not the charm. and this lasted for almost five hours. we re talking about three consecutive ballots. and they could not elect a speaker of the house. and this was frankly a once in a century occurrence. this hasn t happened in the last 100 years, not to be able to finalize who was going to be your speaker in that first round, let alone after three rounds and there s still no conclusion. a tough day, everyone can say, for kevin mccarthy. after all of this time, his dream of being speaker was within his reach. and he believes it still is. but so far, it has succeeded his grasp. so, the question tonight is where are we now? so, there s still no speaker of the house. and they re going to do the wh