live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in singapore, and 6pm 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. 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. it s important because nothing can go ahead until a new speaker is elected, so this could potentially go on for days until someone is chosen. here is the moment when the latest result was announced. honourable kevin mccarthy of the state of california has received 203. 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 elec
rating. i can tell you, royalty or not, you would pain for such numbers. the queen won t be attending a service of thanksgiving amid some discomfort we re told during this platinum jubilee. it will not get in the way of what they re saying will be a number of events prescheduled and will go into the evening, including this beacon, series of beacons being lit throughout the day and the evening. it s about 9:00, 10:00 p.m. there, i should say. we ll be monitoring this. martha maccallum will be joining us to give us a sense of the flavor of this and what is in store the next few days. in the meantime, developments close to home look a little bit diceyer and murkier. the back and forth of the administration and how to address inflation that is running amuck. gas prices hit another record high. talk that there could be a shakeup within the administration. they re officially denying it, but we re watching it nevertheless amid over who is responsible for the inflation run up that wa
where does he get this from it s significant that the pope calls abuse a crime and not just a sin because two thousand words it s just too much to really have started from a new continent. also coming up tonight a great city sort of those three years in that sixty two billion euro bailout for greece are over but the pain remain. static still to continue affecting the population and. so bit of a catch twenty two situation. or we begin the day with that letter from pope francis the pontiff sent a letter to all members of the catholic church to address the growing list of child abuse claims against priests of the pope s hand appearing to be forced after last week s unprecedented report from the u.s. state of pennsylvania. and investigation alleging some three hundred priests
molested and raped at least a thousand boys and girls and while pope francis has made clear his condemnation of the sins and crimes he has left uncertain how or if he plans to use his authority to bring to justice