voting for speaker. this time louisiana congressman mike johnson is the fourth nominee for republicans. hello, and welcome. i m sandra smith in new york, a big welcome back to you, john. john: good to be back, john roberts in washington, and this is america reports . remains unclear whether mike johnson will have the support to win the job. chad pergram, of course, has been watching this for what feels like weeks now, because it has been weeks. chad, what s the latest? they are getting very close to taking yet another ballot here for speaker of the house. what they have been doing the past couple of minutes here is putting into nomination the candidate for this particular round, of course mike johnson, the new one here and pete aguilar, the chair of the democratic caucus is again nominating hakeem jeffries, the democratic leader. this feels different than some of the other chapters we have been through over the past couple of weeks. i talked to a couple members a few min
mr netanyahu says that they will go back and they will do that military operation in rafah, where1.4 million palestinian civilians are sheltering. that s something the americans, as things stand, do not want them to do. mr netanyahu isjust saying, you just heard him saying they re one step away from victory. you know, there are lots of israelis who say that is absolutely untrue, that he hasn t, quite patently, he hasn t succeeded in the war aims that he stated getting the hostages back and eliminating hamas as a force in gaza because they are still able to fight. and his critics also say that he s prolonging the war artificially for his own political reasons, to escape a day of reckoning for mistakes that he may have made. now, of course, on both sides, six months on is a very significant milestone. a lot of people didn t think that this war was going to last that long, but i think it might even last a lot longer now. i have been to one of the israeli border communities, wh
beaten in this event, it s his 13th world title in a career that also includes four paralympic gold medals on the track. it is getting harder as i am getting older, certainly the recovery afterwards. i do not know if it is the fact i am getting older or that we had only seven weeks to get ready for this. as i came across the line i looked at the crowd and i celebrated and i struggled to get up off the floor. i was pretty out of it for a long while. today s early kick offs are just getting underway in the premier league, it s manchester united against bournemouth and no score yet but the game wayne rooney and luke shaw have both made a return to united s starting line up. it s also goalless in the early stages of the scottish cup quarter final between rangers and hamilton academical. and after all the talk, some of it not pleasant, it is finally fight night. tony bellew is fighting for the first time as a heavyweight and he with a stone lighter and david haye. i am he with
which produces peugeot vehicles reportedly reaches a deal to buy general motors‘ european operations. britain is not be legally obliged to make a final budget payment to the eu after brexit, according to a house of lords committee. downing street has described the report as a significant contribution . thousands of people are marching in london to demonstrate over nhs cuts. protestors have travelled from across the country and jeremy corbyn is expected to address the crowd. now on bbc news, click. this week: smoking streets, burning fruit and keeping our cool as we go live in virtual reality. we are about to put a whole new spin on the world of mobiles. we are at the mobile world congress in barcelona, the big show devoted to phones, tablets and all things mobile. we are a bit behind schedule, but we are going to get there. although, if we look a bit distracted it s because we are preparing for a rather audacious experiment. it is not that we are not interested in the fl
weather continues through the afternoon, northern ireland should see most of the show was fading away. gusty winds spreading across wales, the south west of england, and outbreaks of rain and hill snow around as well. particularly in england, wales, the midlands and northern england. southwards, sunny spells of io northern england. southwards, sunny spells of 10 degrees or so. in the evening, more snow for the likes of the peak district, which clears to the peak district, which clears to the east. things dry out for most of us the east. things dry out for most of us overnight tonight, the odd shower across parts of scotland, ice likely here. chilly on monday morning, mist and fog patches around first thing. heavy rain works into the far south west of england, with strengthening winds. they clear quickly and then better than today in terms of more dry weather and sunshine, still a scattering of showers, temperatures of 7 iid. hello, this is bbc news with me, maxine mawhinney.