details will help others. once the book came out, i felt incredibly free. i felt a huge weight off my shoulders. hello and welcome to bbc news. a historic agreement to protect the world s oceans has been approved, after ten years of talks. the high seas treaty aims to safeguard marine life in 30% of areas that don t belong to any single country. only about 1% of these areas are currently protected. the deal is being hailed as a massive step by climate activists, as our reporter esme stalla rd reports. the ship has reached the shore. cheering and applause it took all night, but countries from around the world finally agreed on how to protect the high seas. high seas are international waters that aren t controlled by any nation. we will formally adopt the text in all six official languages of the united nations. high seas are international waters that aren t controlled by any nation. they make up two thirds of the world s oceans and play host to most of our planet s marine life
Speaker. That says a lot about where we are right now. Lets look at you were one of the eight who voted to vacate, kick Kevin Mccarthy out of the speakers chair. You just heard Congressman Gimenez talking to jake saying he wants mccarthy back. Is there any chance youll have A Change Of Heart . Im not going to vote for Kevin Mccarthy. As carlos also said, we have 221 members, were going to find someone to move forward. Even if its a temporary basis, but we will find somebody so that we can get our work done. What happens now . Well, right now, folks are going into conference, theres going to be a lot of yelling and screaming. I will go into conference, after it settles down a little bit. And i think we come up with either the 30day plan. Or jim wants to go back to the floor for a second vote. If we get a second vote, is going to lose some votes on the first vote. And hes going to gain some votes. But i anticipate the vote will still be in that 15 to 25 range. Was the 20 votes effectivel
No clear evidence of that. President biden yesterday on 60 minutes doubling down on a warning to others in the middle east. It comes as the u. S. Military is increasing its presence in the region amid a threat from iran and hezbollah. U. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken back in israel this morning to continue diplomatic talks after a weekend of meetings with leaders in the middle east. Meanwhile, in gaza, Palestinian Civilians are in dire need of humanitarian aid. Well go live to israelgaza border for the very latest on all of that in just a moment. Also ahead, an update on the speakers race here at home. Republicans have a vote planned for tomorrow, but it appears the nominee once again does not have the support needed to win. There is so much news on this monday morning. There really is. Probably the most important election in europe. Oh, my gosh. Over the past decade. Poland. I dont think thats an overstatement in poland. Right now, it looks like the pro west, pro european, the
good. and cnn this morning continues right now. suspicious letters were sent to election offices, potentially laced with fentanyl. just bringing fear to these election workers who are just trying to do the right thing. this is domestic terrorism. speaker mike johnson is struggling to come up with a plan to avoid a government shutdown. i think there s a honeymoon period here, might be shorter than we thought. the house is out of session, the senate is out of session. nobody is here. these folks represent the eyes and ears of mar-a-lago. just regular people working these kind of day jobs. the former president went, quote, ballistic. a political decision was made by a very politicized department. if i m a prosecutor, this is the best case scenario. the shakeup that could very well shift the entire balance of power in the senate. i will not be running for reelection. we ll see where he goes from here. democrats have no margin for error. joe manchin doe
From the Nigerian Government today. Half of the food aid meant for people whove been forced to leave home because of islamists in the north east has not reached them. Heres a statement from the acting president diversion of Relief Materials has dogged food delivery, he then references the reported diversion of over 50 trucks in every 100 trucks sent. He also announced that hundreds of soldiers and police will guard the convoys in an effort to keep them safe. You want a measure of how pressing the situation is for some nigerians, the situation is for some nigerians, the un is estimating eight and a half Million People are in need of life saving aid. Close to 6 million require Emergency Health care and with reference to that Islamist Insurgency being driven by boko haram in the north east of nigeria, that has left over 2. 5 Million People away from their homes. We saw that statement from the acting president in nigeria, we got in touch with our correspondent there, martin patience and he