Husband members right now propelled house members propelled by the or urgency of developments both here and in the middle east are trying to vote in a speaker. Right now the house has taken a recess after the first vote in the last hour for republican representative jim jordan of ohio fell short of the 217 minimum needed to win his bid for speaker. Democrat Hakeem Jeffries has the most votes but still short of the minimum at 212. The importance of this vote cannot be understated. Until a speaker is elected, congress cannot respond to emergencies or crises is. And the high stakeses in the middle east definitely constitute a major crises in which the u. S. Is playing an a increasing role. Tonight President Joe Biden will depart the white house to head to israel, jordan and egypt. This as incoming hamas rockets fired directly at cities to the north including tel aviv continue to rain down. 4re67b days after eleven days after the surprise attacks in southern israel in which 1300 israelis w
We wont be seeing families split apart. This is a fair and serious offer. Gary haggarty a former loyalist paramilitary Turned Supergrass pleads guilty to 200 charges, including five murders. After the attack outside Finsbury Park mosque, Police Charge a man with terrorism related murder. After their last victory 46 years ago, could a win once more finally be in the lions grasp . And coming up in the sport on bbc news the dutch teenager Max Verstappen is quickest in first practice for the azerbaijan grand prix Lewis Hamilton finishes down in fifth. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Police investigating the fire at Grenfell Tower have said it started in a faulty fridge, and that insulation and tiles on the block have failed subsequent safety tests. They say more than 600 999 calls were made on the night of the fire, some of them over an hour long, and truly harrowing in their content. The number of presumed dead remains at 79, but they fear the final number will be highe
Police charge 47 year old Darren Osborne with terrorism related murder over the attack outside Finsbury Park mosque. Gary haggarty a former loyalist Paramilitary Commander Turned Supergrass pleads guilty to 200 charges, including five murders. And mark kermode gives his verdict on the latest Transformers Film and other releases in the film review at 5. 45. Our main story at five detectives investigating the Grenfell Tower fire say they are considering a number of possible criminal offences including manslaughter after revealing that the cladding on the building has failed initial fire safety tests. Scotland yard has also confirmed that the fire thought to have killed at least 79 people started in a hotpoint Fridge Freezer. The government has ordered an immediate examination of the unit by technical experts to establish what went wrong but says there is no reason to believe there is a generalfault. Fourteen buildings across the country are now known to have cladding which gives cause fo
I thank my honourable friend for the way he represents his constituency and we will continue to listen to people and continue to respond to their concerns in any way that we can. With 2. 4 million households in the uk facing fuel poverty this winter, which will be exacerbated by the pandemic, will the Prime Minister consider introducing a one off winter fuel payment to every household at risk . We will consider all sorts of measures to alleviate poverty and suffering in the months ahead and the best thing we can do is to follow this package of measures scrupulously, drive down the virus and keep the economy moving. The last six months have been tough for our country and it sounds like the next six months will be tough, as well, and it is vital we ta ke be tough, as well, and it is vital we take our constituents with us and they understand what is being asked of them. At the beginning of lockdown the Prime Minister looked into the camera and said, i need to level with you, folks, and th