towards the end of the week. mild for the most part, it may turn colder in the north by the very end of the week. this is bbc news, the headlines. the new republican speaker of the us house of representatives, finally elected after 15 rounds of voting, says former president trump helped him get there. kevin mccarthy s repeated attempts to secure the job almost saw fellow republicans come to blows. rishi sunakfound a meeting with health leaders to tackle the pressures in the nhs highly valuable, downing street says. the prime minister, health secretary and treasury ministers met health experts to discuss crucial challenges. iran is facing international condemnation for hanging two more people said to have been involved in nationwide protests. the uk called their executions abhorrent. as ukraine celebrates the orthodox christmas, russian backed forces there say they ve downed a drone lauched in breach of a temporary ceasefire. it appears to be another sign that the temporary tr
it appears to be another sign that the temporary truce called by president putin has been ignored. now on bbc news a programme called the big cases: killing my children s abuser. a warning this programme contains themes some viewers may find distressing. a woman has been jailed for stabbing to death a convicted paedophile. paedophiles tear lives apart. that s what they do. her children had been sexually abused. were you glad he was dead? yes. oh, yeah, definitely. she stabbed michael pleasted repeatedly. he bled to death. 20 minutes later she re emerged. you can see the knife. i bring life into the world. it never occurred to me that i would be guilty of taking life out of the world. did a man need to die? did children need to be hurt for the truth to come out? i think i had the knife in my left hand, and i remember him trying to grab it. i had taken the law into my own hands, i had done that. in 2014, sarah sands and her young sons moved into a maisonette on this estate, t
the newly elected speaker of the us house of representatives, kevin mccarthy, has said former president trump helped him finally secure his position, after 15 rounds of voting and sometimes acrimonious exchanges with fellow republicans. he said i don t think anybody should doubt mr trump s influence. president biden congratulated mr mccarthy for his win and said he looked forward to co operating with this party. our washington correspondent gary o donoghue reports. it took them four days and 15 separate ballots before they finally got there. the honourable kevin mccarthy of the state of california, having received a majority of the votes cast, is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. cheering. not since the american civil war more than 160 years ago has it taken this long to elect a speaker. that was easy, huh? after multiple concessions and days of arm twisting, and at times tempers almost boiling over, kevin mccarthy finally persuaded enough on the right o
iran is facing international condemnation for hanging two more people said to have been involved in nationwide protests. the uk called their executions abhorrent . the newly elected speaker of the us house of representatives, kevin mccarthy, has said former president trump helped him finally secure his position, after 15 rounds of voting and sometimes acrimonious exchanges with fellow republicans. he said i don t think anybody should doubt mr trump s influence. president biden congratulated mr mccarthy for his win and said he looked forward to co operating with his party. our washington correspondent gary o donoghue reports. it took them four days and 15 separate ballots before they finally got there. the honourable kevin mccarthy of the state of california, having received a majority of the votes cast, is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. cheering not since the american civil war more than 160 years ago has it taken this long to elect a speaker. that w
iran is facing international condemnation for hanging two more people said to have been involved in nationwide protests. the uk called their executions abhorrent. you are watching bbc news. now it s time for click. as cop27 winds up in egypt, this week we ll look at some of the latest tech that is trying to clean up our planet. we ll muster up a mass of moss that s mopping up the mess in the air. that s easy for you to say! we will find out if hydrogen can do the heavy lifting. and check out our latest merch. if you don t like the band, don t worry, the logo comes back off. once again, the leaders of the world have been coming together in an effort to fight climate change. as cop27 comes to a close, campaigners are warning that key commitments aimed at securing the future of the planet are at risk. in the year since cop26 happened here in glasgow, there has been a lot of criticism that the event was all talk and not much action. change is not going to come from inside there,