the authorities in south sudan are facing calls to release journalists who were arrested after video footage appeared to show the country s president wetting himself. welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. kevin mccarthy has been elected speaker of the us house of representatives after heated exchanges which almost saw fellow republicans come to blows. it took 15 rounds of voting for mr mccarthy to win the powerful role, even though his party has a majority in the chamber. no government business can be carried out unless a speaker is in place, as our washington correspondent gary o donoghue explains. it took them four days and 15 separate ballots before they finally got there. the honourable kevin mccarthy of the state of california, having received a majority of the votes cast, is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. cheering not since the american civil war more than 160 years ago has it taken this long to elect a speaker. that was easy,
hello, a very warm welcome to the programme. it is good to have you with us. kevin mccarthy has been elected speaker of the us house of representatives after heated exchanges which almost saw fellow republicans come to blows. it took 15 rounds of voting for mr mccarthy to win the powerful role, even though his party has a majority in the chamber. no government business can be carried out unless a speaker is in place, as our washington correspondent gary o donoghue explains. it took them four days and 15 separate ballots before they finally got there. the honourable kevin mccarthy of the state of california, having received a majority of the votes cast, is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. cheering not since the american civil war more than 160 years ago has it taken this long to elect a speaker. that was easy, huh? after multiple concessions and days of arm twisting, and at times tempers almost boiling over, kevin mccarthy finally persuaded enough on the r
scotland against the world as they take on the war torn country in the world cup play off. tonight with the context alex massie, scotland editor for the spectator, and amanda renteria, former adviser to hillary clinton. welcome to the programme. we start with breaking news from the us there s been a verdict in a trial watched by millions around the world. a virginia jury has found that amber heard defamed her ex husband, johnny depp, and has been ordered to pay $15 million in damages. ina in a statement, johnny depp said the jury in a statement, johnny depp said the jury had given him his life back. amber heard said the disappointed she feels is beyond words. let s go live to out correspondent nomia iqbal, who is outside the courtroom in fairfax, virginia. i v e i ve been watching us over the past hour, you ve been right there let s get to the part where the jury and thejudge came in, everyone was standing up, then it turned out the paperwork hadn t been filled out corre
In some instances during the war in gaza. The document says however that the Us Government does not have complete information to verify its assessment. It also finds that, despite israel not fully cooperating with us efforts to get humanitarian aid into gaza in the initial months, it does not currently assess that israel is prohibiting or restricting the transport of aid supplies. Its been a difficult week for Us Israel Relations. President joe biden said the us could suspend certain Arms Shipments to israel if it launches a full scale invasion in to rafah a densely populated area where over one million civilians are sheltering and in dire need of humanitarian assistance. Our correspondent tom bateman has been at the Us State Department and sent this update. This report has been three months in the making with President Biden under growing pressure from human rights organisations, from the partys Democratic Base over the way that the weapons were being used by the israelis in gaza. Wha