live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 8am in singapore, and 7pm in washington where the first day of the new us congress has been full of drama. after the swearing in of new members, the house of representatives is stuck at the very first hurdle for the first time in 100 years the house failed to elect a speaker in the first ballot. the house has now adjourned until wednesday after three rounds of votes. the latest saw the republican kevin mccarthy fall 16 votes short of the 218 majority required. nothing can go ahead until a new speaker is elected. here is the moment when the latest result was announced. the honourable hakeem jeffries of the state of new york has received 212. honourable kevin mccarthy of the state of california has received 202. no persons have received a majority of the whole number of votes cast by surname, a speaker has not been elected. 0ur correspondent on capitol hill, will grant told me more about the significanc
leaders were women. one of them, my guest today, ericka huggins. she spent two years imprisoned and she became a symbol of the black panther struggle. looking around oakland today, has anything really changed? ericka huggins, welcome to hardtalk. well, thank you! it s an honour to be here. it is a great pleasure to have you on the show. i want to take you back to your years as a leader in the black panther party. when you reflect on those years now, does it feel to you like ancient history, or part of a struggle that continues till today? well, it certainly doesn t feel like ancient history because the life that i lived and that all of my friends lived at that time stays with me. it s a very pivotal part of my life. and i think that history sometimes. well, let me say, i have a particular view of history, that it doesn t happen in segments, that it flows like a river. so i m still in the river and, um, doing the best i can to uplift humanity, like i did then. let s take you b
and american football star damar hamlin remains in a critical condition, after suffering a cardiac arrest during a primetime nfl game. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. the first day of the new us congress has been full of drama. after the swearing in of new members, the house of representatives is stuck at the very first hurdle. for the first time in 100 years, the house failed to elect a speaker in the first ballot. the house has now adjourned until wednesday, after three rounds of votes. the latest saw the republican kevin mccarthy fall 16 votes short of the 218 majority required his chances scuppered by members of his own party. nothing can go ahead until a new speaker is elected. here is the moment when the latest result was announced. the honourable hakeem jeffries of the state of new york has received 212. cheering and applause. the honourable kevin mccarthy of the state of california has received
watch by the pips. my favourite pip is always the last one. lara watches tv with friends. i guess the idea is we re not actually meant to be in the same place. a tasteless fluid called water. it goes in your mouth and then disappears? today we are literally stepping into history. we are at alexandra palace and this place has seen it all. that s the studio in there. 2022 marks 100 years of the bbc. goodness me. what began with a single radio transmission has transformed into a global broadcaster. in that time, it has covered the biggest events of successive generations, working to inform, educate and entertain the nation. and throughout those hundred years, the bbc has been pushing the boundaries of broadcasting, embracing and sometimes even creating the latest technology. 100 years of broadcasting. it is amazing when you think of it. you don t look a day over 30. and this studio in alexandra palace has a very special place in bbc history. in 1936 the bbc television service wa
in his tomb at the ecumenical necropolis overlooking the city. thousands of mourners lined the streets to say goodbye. we have the latest now on the walrus touring the coast of england. he s gone from scarborough to northumberland. the walrus is called thor and the hope is that he s heading north to arctic waters. danny savage has the story. he s been on a grand tour of the uk. thor, the wandering walrus, first appeared in hampshire in the middle of last month. on new year s eve, he hauled himself up a slipway in scarborough before surfacing again in blyth in northumberland. in north yorkshire, they cancelled scarborough s fireworks display so he wasn t disturbed, but thor didn t really care. he vanished into the north sea before the festivities were due to start. he didn t disappear for long, though. this isn t the sort of thing you usually spot through the rigging of the vessels of the royal northumberland yacht club. a pontoon in blyth, nearly 100 miles further north, was