as a new problem for speaker mccarthy has emerged, the rebellious conservative freedom caucus, including some members threatening to oust mccarthy over the deal. russia s capital city attacked. putin blames ukraine. the trial begins for the gunman behind the deadliest attack on jews in american history at pittsburgh s tree of life synagogue in 2018. the shooter hasn t disputed he s the one pulling the trigger. why did his lawyer enter a plea of not guilty? welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. in our money lead, a make-or-break moment. the committee is debating the bipartisan debt ceiling deal struck over the weekend to try to avoid an economic catastrophe. but there are multiple hard line republicans on that very committee, the rules committee, who are furious with the deal. they have the chance to derail it all right now. one of those conservatives, congressman chip roy joined his freedom caucus earlier to urge the entire republican house caucus to vote no. they re
welcome to our viewers many the united states and all around the world. a compromised deal has been reached. the bill has been written. but the u.s. debt limit drama is far from over, with a major hurdle in the hours ahead. moscow hit by german strikes. and new attacks struck the ukrainian capital overnight. and growing concern over the future of dianne feinstein, after a report reveals the 89-year-old is having to rely on her staff more and more. the bipartisan deal to raise the u.s. borrowing limit and save the country from defaulting on its debts will face its first serious hurdle in the coming day. the house rules committee will take up the bill. and several members have been slamming it. house speaker kevin mccarthy says he is not worried about that committee, with democratic and republican leaders facing revolts in their ranks. and members who say their side gave up too much in negotiations. but the u.s. president is optimistic. the deal will make it across the fi
linking russia to occupied crimea describing it as an act of terrorism. cabinet ministers are urging tories to rally behind prime minister liz truss, to avoid risk of defeat at the next election. now on bbc news, it s time for our world. for the past year, i have been reporting on the most important story of my life. my name is omid montazaeri, and i m a reporterfor bbc persia. this story is about a massacre that took place in my home country, iran. in 1988, the iranian government, led by ayatollah khomeini, ordered thousands of political prisoners to be killed. my father was amongst those killed. i was just two years old. now, for the first time in over 30 years, one of the perpetrators of the killings is on trial, a government official called hamid nouri. this is hamid nouri. he is the first member of the islamic republic ever to stand trial outside iran for atrocities committed in iran. protestors chants. less than 15 hours til verdict and everyone is so anxious. iraj me
england on christmas eve. the victim has been named as 26 year old ellie edwards. a 30 year old man and a 19 year old woman have been arrested. the number of people heading out to the boxing day sales rose compared to last year but footfall remains far below pre pandemic levels. although there are the usual discounts on the high street, households are of course now being squeezed by the high cost of living, as katy austin reports. oxford street in central london filled up as the day went on, as shoppers hunted for bargains. yeah, i always come out. it s my birthday today, so, and i don t think it s as busy as it used to be. it used to be a lot busier before. there are a few discounts? just shops so far are the shops have started giving sales maybe a bit earlier than usual that s what we heard but there are still quite a few discounts. a company that tracks how many people are out at shopping destinations says compared to last year, when covid badly affected trading, it s
to growing pressure from beijing. you are watching bbc news. now ourworld iran: catching a killer. for the past year, i have been reporting on the most important story of my life. my name is omid montazaeri, and i m a reporterfor bbc persia. this story is about a massacre that took place in my home country, iran. in 1988, the iranian government, led by ayatollah khomeini, ordered thousands of political prisoners to be killed. my father was amongst those killed. i was just two years old. now, for the first time in over 30 years, one of the perpetrators of the killings is on trial, a government official called hamid nouri. this is hamid nouri. he is the first member of the islamic republic ever to stand trial outside iran for atrocities committed in iran. protestors chant. less than 15 hours til verdict and everyone is so anxious. iraj mesdaghi was a political prisoner at the time of the 1988 prison massacre. an estimated 5000 prisoners were killed. iraj survived. ever since,