u.s. troops have come under attack 78 times by iranian backed groups. good morning. alexandria: good morning, according to defense department u.s. contractor was killed after a group crashed unmanned ariel vehicle into a building in northeast syria 1:30 local time. once determined it was iranian origin, the war posing group says eight iranian fighters were killed in that action. lloyd austin said the airstrikes were conducted in response to attacks by the group irgc. we will defend our people. no group will strike our troops with impunity. republican congressman matt gates offered this, it is deeply sad to see americans killed and troops killed in syria. this is price of guarding oilfields in other countries. iran continue to stain desert sand with the blood of america s best. since 2021, air kurilla says u.s. troops have come under attacks by iranian backed groups and we will defend our people and respond at time and place of our choosing. we are postured in the face of an
tonight on the reidout leader mccarthy, do you have the votes for speaker tomorrow? do you have the votes for speaker locked in tomorrow? we ll have a good day tomorrow. kevin mccarthy plays let s make a deal with the most radical fringe members of the republican caucus. with his longtime quest to become speaker in serious peril. or comical peril, depending on your point of view. one vote he needs belongs to george santos, the biggest liar in washington since donald trump left town. we re getting a look at trump s taxes but where did santos get his money? also tonight, gen z finally arrives in congress. congressman-elect maxwell frost joins me. and republicans love to call themselves pro-life, but in recent weeks, many of those same people were voting against bare minimum protections for women and children. tonight, we re calling them out. we begin tonight with happy new year to all. we re in 20-michael jordan and hopefully 2023 won t decide to play baseball i
but there s still the risk of a few showers from that frontal system that flows across the top of the high. but as the high pressure becomes established, we ll start to tap into some pretty warm air that we ve seen recently across spain and portugal, so the temperatures are set to climb. and this could be the first widespread warmth we ve seen this summer, temperatures in leeds getting up as high as 26 degrees. hello, this is bbc news with lukwesa burak. we ll be taking a look at tomorrow morning s papers in a moment with lucy beresford and joe twyman. first, the headlines. prince charles is reported to have described the government s rwanda asylum scheme as appalling . one conservative mp says more understanding of the policy is required. he s entitled to his view, as is anyone else, but a number of the views that have been made about the matter seemed to be on the basis of a lack of information about what this programme has been like. police in brazil searching for a missi
latest we have. just to confirm organic material being sent for forensic analysis. you may remember this material was found in the river and appears to be human remains. and the blood had been found earlier on the blood had been found earlier on the suspects boat. 0bviously, earlier today the investigation but obviously determined disturbing news. the president in los angeles for the summit of the americas bows and arrows said earlier that hope was fading, given the length of time that the two had been missing. that is the breaking news out of brazil. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the political commentator, polly mackenzie, and david bond, the deputy political editor at the evening standard. tomorrow s front pages, starting with. it s been a week since we last spoke, doesn t time fly when you have and fun? such a lot has happened in between. let s bring you up to date at home at the front pages. the times,