Ministers questions. It is always a little different, the pmqs ahead of the budget. He has vacated the chair for the Deputy Speaker. She will be going through some of the notices ahead ofjeremy hunt, the chancellor, delivering his Budget Statement. He will take to his feet shortly and will probably speak for about an hour shortly and will probably speak for Aboutan Hourand shortly and will probably speak for about an hour and then it will be the turn of the leader of the opposition, keir starmer to respond. We will take both of those live and uninterrupted and we will then have reaction from the Chief Secretary to the treasury, laura trott, part of the treasury, laura trott, part of the Treasury Team and her shadow for labour. Here isjeremy hunt. Madam Deputy Speaker, as we mourn the loss of life in israel and gaza, the loss of life in israel and gaza, the Prime Minister reminded us of the Prime Minister reminded us of the need the Fight Extremism and heal divisions. I start today by r
the health secretary steve barclay is here too. and we ll hear from the first female astronaut heading to the moon. morning. with you and me for the next 60 minutes science presenter michael mosley, who trained as a doctor. former health minister james bethell. and campaigner for kids safety, beeban kidron. both of you members of the house of lords. if we look at the front pages, they are all over the place. the sunday telegraph has a story about electiry pylons. but that picture of the prime minister, the future king, and the other future king stuffing his face with pizza at the cricket is in the papers. the mirror leads on the sixth supect in the stephen lawrence murder case, a story that the bbc broke last week. stephen s friend duwayne brooks says the suspect was there. the sun newspaper talks about zac goldsmith and his friendship with p0p goldsmith and his friendship with pop star ellie goulding. he made the news quitting the government with a blast at rishi sunak on
hello and welcome to bbc world news. 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 four days, 15 votes, and numerous concessions, but the 20 or so rebels within his own party were eventually persuaded. sancha berg reports. after more than four days, it was over. ..of which the honourable i kevin mccarthy of the state of california has received 216. cheering and applause ..to cheers from republicans in the house. chanting: usa! usa! usa! the democrat leader, hakeem jeffries, handed over the gavel. . .. kevin mccarthy. cheering and applause ..to the new speaker s clear relief. that was easy, huh? laughter i never thought we d get up here. this should have been a straightforward process, after republicans won a slim majority in the house last year. it usually takes just one ballot. not this time. a speaker has not been elected. a speaker has not been elected. it took 15