senator tim scott, democrat senator ben cardon on what comes next and then the andrew cuomo fuss and the democrat who challenged him and was bullied by him, assemblyman ron kim is here to tell his story. welcome, everybody and happy, well, saturday and weekend, things are warming up in texas that s good to hear, temperature s now above freezing. that s also good to hear, but then there are all of the other issues in the lone star state and they are not going away. the very latest now from grady trimble, following it all, right now in fort worth. hey, grady. reporter: hey, neil, this is one of many water distribution sites across the state of texas, with the power back on, many texans are struggling with an even more basic need. that s what you see here. water as well as food and in some cases, people are waiting in incredibly long lines for these bare necessities because, well, grocery store shelves have been wiped clean. through the snow hard to find food right now. al
avoid a speeding fine. warring factions in sudan sign a seven day ceasefire agreement, allowing humanitarian access and the withdrawal of forces from essential facilities. hello, i m krupa padhy. good to have you with us. a defiant ukrainian president, volodymr zelensky has told the g7 summit in hiroshima that russia does not occupy the embattled city of bakhmut. it comes after conflicting reports of who is now in control of the eastern city. russian president putin has congratulated the wagner mercenary group of capturing the city. but that s been rejected by ukraine. and this follows confirmation from president biden that the united states and partners will help train ukrainian pilots to fly fourth generation fighters such as the f 16. president zelensky has long called for such jets to better fight russia s full invasion of ukraine. our asia pacific correspondent, laura bicker, sent this report from hiroshima. this president knows the cost of war. as he paid tribute to
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
good afternoon. militants in the gaza strip have fired rockets atjerusalem as intense fighting continues with israel. more than 30 palestinians have been killed, according to local health officials, since israel began its military operation yesterday. israel says it acted to counter what it called a direct threat from the islamichhad group. another senior islamichhad commander was killed overnight. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent yolande knell reports. a huge crater in southern gaza that marks a serious blow by israel to islamichhad. its most important commanders the palestinian territory was killed here in a stroke with several others. translation: it was horri inc. several others. translation: it was horrifying- they several others. translation: it was horrifying. they targeted several others. translation: it was horrifying. they targeted the - several others. translation: it 1-033 horrifying. they targeted the house with rockets. there were bodies on t
on free school meals. chance here for england. england score! and it s gold for england s women in the hockey, as they beat australia at the commonwealth games. good afternoon. a ceasefire between israel and the islamichhad group could be imminent after two days of violence that have been the worst between israel and gaza for a year. militants fired rockets towards jerusalem today after a second commander was killed in an israeli air strike. egypt has been trying to broker a truce to which israel is reported to have agreed. the israeli operation began on friday. since then, at least 30 palestinians, including several children, have been killed. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent yolande knell reports. a crush of grief for islamicjihad s most powerful commander in gaza. revenge, the mourners shout, and soon it came, the armed group filing barrages of rockets at israeli cities. the death of the veteran militant is a serious blow to the jihadist group. he was killed h