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took kevin mccarthy 15 embarrassing ballots to become speaker in january by will selling the speakership off to the dark evaporate corners of his caucus and being put in what matt gaitz called a straitjacket. he called it the next logical step in the g.o.p. hunter biden investigation which so far has turned up zero wrongdoing by president joe biden. even republican members of kevin mccarthy s caucus have acknowledged it. here is one of them. the time for impeachment, if there is evidence linking president biden to a high crime or misdemeanor. that does not exist right now. all the same in an effort to please other hard right extreme maga members of his caucus that have been grumbling loudly about kevin mccarthy s leadership. kevin mccarthy today announced something most house speakers only considered a last resort when things reach the ken buck standard. the last time was in 2019 and only after news of a whistleblower complaint that revealed donald trump pressured u ....
israel is hitting what it says are hamas targets across gaza. it s unclear if palestinians are receiving warnings to leave certain areas. a stunning downfall. the president of the university of pennsylvania resigns amid public outrage over her testimony to congress about anti-semitism on campus. leaders of venezuela and guyana have agreed to meet because of a dispute over land. we begin this hour in gaza where israeli air strikes and ground operations are ongoing against what israel says are hamas targets across the strip. some of the fiercest battles are said to be in and around the southern city of khan yunis which the idf has described as a hamas stronghold. due to poor communications, it isn t clear if palestinians are able to receive warnings. two large explosions are building in central gaza early saturday setting off a scramble to pull victims from the wreckage. residents say at least 150 people were thought to be sheltering inside. the hamas-run health min ....
breakfast. it s thursday the 7th of december. our main story. rishi sunak is considering who to appoint as immigration minister following robertjenrick s dramatic resignation. he left in protest against new legislation designed to give the government the power to send migrants to rwanda. mrjenrick says the bill, which will be presented to parliament today, doesn t go far enough, because people arriving in small boats can still challenge their deportation to rwanda at the european court of human rights. our political correspondent, damian grammaticas, reports. it s nice to see you, have a good evening. why did you resign, sir? the answer is simple. nice to see you all, thanks very much. and it makes this a moment of perilfor rishi sunak. do you think the prime minister will be able to stop the boats, mr jenrick? as immigration minister, robertjenrick had vowed to see asylum seekers deported to rwanda even after the supreme court ruled the plan unlawful. this was tues ....
in the next few hours, after 118 days on strike. the dispute over pay, conditions and the threat of artificial intelligence to performers livelihoods has paralysed production at film studios and streaming services. it comes after the alliance of motion picture and television producers, representing the likes of disney and netflix, made a best and final offer to the union. suranjana tewari in singapore has been following the story. this is a huge for the business of hollywood? this is a huge for the business of hollywood? that s right this is the sag-aftra of hollywood? that s right this is the sag-aftra and - of hollywood? that s right this is the sag-aftra and it - is the sag aftra and it represents a lot of the actors who play the smaller roles, the lower level actors and they have reached a deal with the union that represents big streamers like disney and netflix. as you mention, they were one of two unions to go on strike this year, the others being the writers ....
control of northern gaza after intense fighting. 50,000 palestinians fled to gaza city yesterday three evacuation routes after israel open a safe passage on the road to the south for several hours. meanwhile, a senior un official has accused both sides of committing war crimes. here is more from yolande knell. israel s vast military might on display once again. it says hamas has lost control of northern gaza and its troops are battling inside gaza city. this is a critical point in the war. and for the first time the bbc was given access behind israeli lines in gaza, escorted by soldiers. while the bbc had editorial control of the report, these pictures were cleared for use by the israeli military. i made it a huge disruption, officers showed what they said was a hamas weapons factory, set up below a family apartment. they insisted hamas, not israel, was responsible for civilian loss of life. we israel, was responsible for civilian loss of life- loss of life. we know in ....