mccarthy. the current republican leader has sent the new proposal to his colleagues to try to overcome significant resistance to his ascension. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram is live on capitol hill tonight. hello, chad. the math. there are at least five g.o.p. members who oppose mccarthy for speaker and, perhaps, more. kevin doesn t have the votes. what we ll do, we ll block kevin. there will be 10 to 15 members vote against him on the first ballot tomorrow that will vote for andy biggs. mccarthy can only lose four votes and still prevail. mccarthy is desperately making concessions. do you think the rules package you released last night has moved any votes to yes. yes. and what will you do if you don t have 218 on the first ballot? mccarthy finally agreed to one demand. he would lower the bar to hold a new confidence vote for speaker if members don t think he s doing a good job. but that didn t satisfy mccarthy detractors. there is nothing
the united nations is looking seriously divided over how to respond to north korea s latest missile test the 11th this year, and the first with an intercontinental ballistic missile. all have been in breach of un sanctions. the american ambassador has said the us is prepared to use military force if we must . the us wants new un sanctions, but russia says attempts to strangle north korea economically are unacceptable . all this as president trump visits poland, ahead of the 620 summit. here s our diplomatic correspondent james landale. today, on the coast of south korea, a barrage of missiles, fired by local and us forces: a simulated attack on the leadership, a show of force and retaliation, backed up tonight by hard words from the united nations security council. today is a dark day, a dark day because yesterday s actions by north korea made the world more dangerous. their illegal missile launch was not just dangerous but reckless. it showed north korea does not want to
the united nations is looking seriously divided over how to respond to north korea s latest missile test the 11th this year, the first with an intercontinental ballistic missile. all have been in breach of un sanctions. the american ambassador has said the us is prepared to use military force if we must . the us wants new sanctions, but russia says attempts to strangle north korea economically are unacceptable . all this as president trump visits poland, ahead of the 620 summit. here s our diplomatic correspondent james landale. today, on the coast of south korea, a barrage of missiles, fired by local and us forces: a simulated attack on the leadership, a show of force and retaliation, backed up tonight by hard words from the united nations security council. today is a dark day, a dark day because yesterday s actions by north korea made the world more dangerous. their illegal missile launch was not just dangerous but reckless. it showed north korea does not want to be par
the united nations is looking seriously divided over how to respond to north korea s latest missile test the 11th this year, the first with an intercontinental ballistic missile. all have been in breach of un sanctions. the american ambassador has said the us is prepared to use military force if we must . the us wants new sanctions, but russia says attempts to strangle north korea economically are unacceptable . all this as president trump visits poland, ahead of the 620 summit. here s our diplomatic correspondent james landale. today, on the coast of south korea, a barrage of missiles, fired by local and us forces: a simulated attack on the leadership, a show of force and retaliation, backed up tonight by hard words from the united nations security council. today is a dark day, a dark day because yesterday s actions by north korea made the world more dangerous. their illegal missile launch was not just dangerous but reckless. it showed north korea does not want to be par
but can it see off the rise of protectionism and nationalism? plus: high steaks scandal why a corruption probe is carving a slice out of brazil s multi billion dollar meat industry. hello and welcome to bbc news. the united states has warned it is prepared to use its considerable military forces on north korea following tuesday s long range missile test. the us ambassador to the united nations told an emergency meeting of the security council that the test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile represented a sharp military escalation. as world leaders are preparing to head for the 620 summit in hamburg, both beijing and russia, called for restraint and dialogue. nick quraishi reports. 0n the coast of south korea, a barrage of missiles is fired by local and american forces. commanders said the tests indicate what could happen if the us loses its patience with north korea. a show of force, backed up by strong words at the un security council. yesterday s actions by