ukraine and israel. republicans are blocking the bill until they get concessions on border security and immigration. we will get the latest from the hill, plus 2023 was the hottest year in 125,000 years. it seems like a good time to convene a nearly 200 world leaders and thousands of representatives of global industry to work on climate change. i am going to be joined by the legendary bill mckibben to talk about what actually gotten at this year s massive u.n. climate conference. another hour of velshi begins now. ence another hour of velshi begin now. reporter: good, morning it s not a december 17th. i m ali velshi. we are now less than one month away from the start of the 2024 primary season, which kicks off on january 15th. with the first-in-the-nation gop caucuses in iowa. january is going to be a busy month, in addition to iowa, new hampshire will also hold its primary, plus there are three republican debates currently scheduled to take place during the month, and on t
welcome to the lead i m jake tapper. we begin with continuing drama on capitol hill. day two for the chaotic and his tor historic fight for the speaker of the house. i ve never seen this. the house has adjourned until 8:00 p.m. after mccarthy failed on his attempt not one, not two, not three, not four, not five, but six, six attempts to win a majority of votes in the house to become speaker. a source says republicans believe there may be a path forward between the promccarthy and anti mccarthy republicans to negotiate, to choose a house speaker. let s go to manu raju on capitol hill. i am hearing as you are hearing from members of congress, you re hearing from them off the record i guess and hearing from them on camera, who are saying yeah, they think there actually might be a way forward. some are saying that too, on the record chip roy being one of them. others are suggesting there is not. there is still very little room for error for kevin mccarthy but mccarthy just le
could soon be relocated because of rising temperatures and extensive human activity. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 6am in the morning in singapore, and midnight in france where president emmanuel macron looks set to lose his parliamentary majority. he now faces the prospect of having to work out deals with other parties to get his reforms through. but it was a good day for the far right and the far left they both apear to have made large gains. our correspondent lucy williamson has more. emmanuel macron s presidency just got tougher. early projections suggest his centrist coalition has lost a third of its seats tonight. it is now more than 50 seats short of a majority. just look at the mood. translation: the situation is unprecedented. the national assembly has never seen a configuration of this type in the fifth republic. this situation constitutes a risk for our country, considering the challenges that we have to face. this is n
ecision today by the nation s highest court that could have major impcations. the unprecedented and historic prosecution of donald trump. the justices announcing they will hearen appeal by a defendant. josepher fisher. he has been indicted on seven charges including obstruction of official proceeding, which is a charge brought by jack smith against dald trump. now fisher is to dismiss that count. central question before the supreme court according to the new york times quote, can the government charge defendant in those cases uederal law that makes it a crime to corruptly obstruct an official congressional proceeding. here s how the times lays out the move. theecision to hear the case will complicate and perhaps delay the start of mr. trump s trial. now scheduled to take place in washington imarch. supreme court s ultimate ruling which may not arrive june will likely address the viability of two of the main counts against mr. trump and could severely limit efforts by the sp
From the council and the Tenant Management Organisation that ran the block are likely to be interviewed under caution. Now on bbc news, all the latest Business News live from singapore. It has been a bumper week of earnings fall the tech names, but is on shares fall after earnings miss their mark. Is on shares. Amazon. And as the us company on track to meet president trumps Ambitious Goals . Second quarter gdp figures are released today. Hello, and welcome to Asia Business report. Im sharanjit leyl. It has been a big week of earnings from tech companies, household names, with services that are very much part of a everyday lives. We have seen fantastic Quarterly Results from googles parent company, alphabet, as well as facebook. But the latest, twitter, has bucked the trend. Its Quarterly Report card showed the companys Quarterly Report card showed the compa nys revenue was Quarterly Report card showed the companys revenue was down about 5 and advertising revenue fell by about 8 . Now,