live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 8am in singapore, and 7pm in washington where the first day of the new us congress has been full of drama. after the swearing in of new members, the house of representatives is stuck at the very first hurdle for the first time in 100 years the house failed to elect a speaker in the first ballot. the house has now adjourned until wednesday after three rounds of votes. the latest saw the republican kevin mccarthy fall 16 votes short of the 218 majority required. nothing can go ahead until a new speaker is elected. here is the moment when the latest result was announced. the honourable hakeem jeffries of the state of new york has received 212. honourable kevin mccarthy of the state of california has received 202. no persons have received a majority of the whole number of votes cast by surname, a speaker has not been elected. 0ur correspondent on capitol hill, will grant told me more about the significanc
By the islamichhad armed militant group. The huge number of deaths at the hospital triggered angry Street Protests in palestinian cities in the west bank and across the arab world. President biden has been visiting. President biden had been hoping to attend a summit of arab leaders injordan after visiting israel but that has been cancelled after the president of the Palestinian Authority pulled out following the hospital explosion declaring three days of mourning for the men, Women And Children killed. The Palestinian Health minister said the number of People Killed in gaza over the last 10 or ii the number of People Killed in gaza over the last 10 or 11 days is now at least three and a half thousand. With more than 13,000 wounded. The Director General gave this reaction to what happened. It is shocking. It is horrified. 0ur Colleagues are totally horrified, especially that our hospital has received has received a number of threats. We have issued days and days before a warning that if
we call for the preservation of the historic status quo. it is a point we have made our israeli partners, it is a point we have made to them as recently as recent hours. it is the point they have also heard from their arab neighbours, including the hashemite kingdom ofjordan, again, whose special role as custodian ofjerusalem s holy sites we deeply appreciate. to brazil now, where thousands of people have lined the streets to say their final farewells to the football legend pele as his funeral procession made its way though the city of santos. 0ur south america correspondent katy watson has been watching events. as the wake drew to a close, the last few people queued to see pele s coffin to say their final goodbyes. pele was a huge soccer player here in brazil, and we love soccer, but he was also a huge human being.
notjust here, but across much of israeli and palestinian society that this could be the start of another round of deadly violence. this was the third fatal attack in a week. praised by palestinian militant groups but condemned by the president in ramallah. earlier, israel s head of state visited jordan s king who is historically custodian ofjerusalem s muslim sites, to talk about ways to bring calm in the run up to religious holidays. we must fight together any type of terror and then cooperate together for the benefit of the security of our nations. but what happened here is a reminder of how good intentions can be undermined. in the days ahead, holidays overlap for muslims, jews and christians. the challenge will be to stop that from sparking conflict, as it has in the past. yolande knell, bbc news, bnei brak.