as assistant to the secretary of state, and the international trade economist rebecca harding. welcome to the programme. if at first you don t succeed, try, try and try again seems to be the game plan for kevin mccarthy in his bid to become the speaker of the house, after failing three times yesterday to get enough support from his party. but 2a hours on, the stalemate continues. he s lost twice again already today and now we are heading to a sixth vote, all because a small group of right wing republicans are blocking his path. some of them say they will never support him, no matter what concessions he gives. but mr mccarthy isn t backing down. this is the scene live in the house now, where that sixth vote is expected. nothing can go ahead until a new speaker is elected, no bills can be debated, no decisions made. so, it has to be resolved, no matter how long it takes. it could go on and on until some sort of deal is made behind the scenes. to give you a bit of history if you
quite but it does mean that you ve got quite big but it does mean that you ve got quite big voices in the backbench who got quite big voices in the backbench who got the potential to cause destruction. sol who got the potential to cause destruction. so i think there s probably destruction. so i think there s probably a window wisdom to keeping probably a window wisdom to keeping your enemies close. i think the last keeping your enemies close. i think the last two keeping your enemies close. i think the last two cabinets have become very good the last two cabinets have become very good at showcasing diversity, and of very good at showcasing diversity, and of course, the appearance of diversity and of course, the appearance of diversity does matter. of course it does diversity does matter. of course it does. genderand diversity does matter. of course it does. gender and ethnic diversity, seeing does. gender and ethnic diversity, seeing people in public o
to be showers. the showers are not going to be widespread today. as is the way with to be widespread today. as is the way with showers, some places will completely dodge them. in cornwall, it is one of the completely dodge them. in cornwall, it is one of the places completely dodge them. in cornwall, it is one of the places that completely dodge them. in cornwall, it is one of the places that could - it is one of the places that could avoid the showers. i will tell you why. showers across most of the country are pretty random in nature, across the south west of nature we have showers across inland areas. places like st austell, taunton and bristol, you are underneath the convergence zone and you could see shower after shower. places like hampshire and dorset are probably staying entirely dry. temperatures, like we have seen over recent days into the high teens, in the best of any sunshine across the east, low 20s. look at this cloud working to the north west of franc
hello to you from buckingham palace. the sun was out a little earlier but the clouds have come in and the wind has picked up, but today is still looking like it should be a very special day in the royal calendar. in the next few hours, the princess of wales will make her first public appearance since she was diagnosed with cancer at today s trooping the colour. i don t if we can see some live pictures, but the crowds are starting to build up. they arejust out of shot. some anti monarchy protesters are here, so they have been some shouts of not my king . but other shouts of the national anthem. quite an atmosphere building up anthem. quite an atmosphere building up here at buckingham palace. later this morning the princess of wales will be in the carriage parade with her children, prince george, princess charlotte, and louis. this is for the birthday celebrations for the king, and then they will make their way to horse guards along with their way to horse guards along with t
very extreme cold as well where i live. this is troubling and people here are. concerned. there is concern about water supply in switzerland. reports of lack of snow and the effects on the economy and the resorts as well has a negative impact on their well being. a lot of impact on their well being. a lot of impact in addition to the environmental ones of. , . . ., ., environmental ones of. rebecca, how much ou environmental ones of. rebecca, how much you think environmental ones of. rebecca, how much you think we environmental ones of. rebecca, how much you think we need environmental ones of. rebecca, how much you think we need to environmental ones of. rebecca, how much you think we need to start - much you think we need to start planning for these kinds of extremes, whether they last a short while or not? i extremes, whether they last a short while or not? while or not? i think we have to build a system while or not? i think we have to build a system where while or not