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competition between us weirdly. hello. welcome to the programme. we begin in the united states. paralysis continues in the us congress. the republican leader in the us house of representatives, kevin mccarthy, has failed in his 11th attempt to get elected speaker of the house. the session has now been adjourned and voting will continue on friday. a small group within kevin mccarthy s own party has been derailing attempts to elect him. republicans took control of the house in november s midterm elections, but the deadlock has left the chamber unable to swear in members or pass legislation. gary o donoghue reports. the total number of votes cast is 434. it hasn t taken this long to elect a speaker in more than 160 years, and that was before the american civil war. now, into a third day, the deadlock remains. the republican leader still unable to get enough votes within his own party, but nor can anyone else. we are just going to keep working until we solve it. or maybe not. a s ....
why countries in east asia and the pacific region are among the worst affected. we start in ukraine where a battlefield commander in the eastern town of bakhmut has told the bbc that the fighting is ferocious. a us official has said russian forces have made incremental advances around the town, with mercenaries from the russian paramilitary wagner group heavily involved in the assault. the battle has been described as a meat grinder with high numbers of casualties on both sides. almost all of the city s 70 thousand occupants have fled. russia is working hard to capture bakhmut in the hope it could lead to the fall of sloviansk and krama torsk as well the two most important cities in the donbas still under ukrainian control. but ukrainian forces are holding firm. the bbc s yogita limaye reports from the city. this is what the merciless bombardment of a city looks like. and how it sounds. once a quiet place known for sparkling wine, bakhmut is now a byword for war ....
the met office has confirmed that last year was the hottest on record. and tens of thousands of mourners attend the funeral of pope benedict the 16th. the service was led by pope francis who praised his predecessorfor his wisdom, tenderness and devotion. upset for emma raducanu who retires with an ankle injury from the asb classic in auckland less than two weeks before the australian open. hello, good afternoon. prince harry has claimed his brother prince william physically attacked him, according to a newspaper which says it s seen a copy of harry s forthcoming memoir. the guardian says the book has details of a row between the brothers in 2019 over meghan markle, prince harry s wife. it quotes harry as saying that william grabbed him by collar, and knocked him to the floor. the royalfamily have made no comment. this report is from our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. i don t know how staying silent is ever going to make things better. so says harry, in the latest ....
which is out next week. and the struggle to try to protect forests in the philippines, with many of them devastated by illegal logging and mining. it s seven in the morning in singapore and seven in the morning in china which is set to reopen to the world on sunday, welcoming international travellers and returning residents without the need to quarantine for the first time since 2020. this coming against a surge in infections in the country since beijing lifted covid restrictions. in some of its strongest criticisms of china to date the world health organisation has accused beijing of under reporting the number of covid deaths, china s foreign ministry has responded that china had transparently and quickly shared covid data, and that china s epidemic situation is controllable . facts have proof that china maintain close facts have proof that china maintain close communications with the world health close communications with the world health organization and ....
paid their last respects to the former pope benedict 16th before his funeral at the vatican on thursday. it s seven in the morning in singapore, and one in the morning in ukraine, where a ukrainian battlefield commander in the eastern town of bakhmut has told the bbc that the fighting there is ferocious. a us official has said russian forces have made incremental advances around the town, with mercenaries from the russian paramilitary wagner group heavily involved in the assault. the battle has been described as a meat grinder with high numbers of casualties on both sides. almost all of the city s 70 thousand occupants have fled. russia is working hard to capture bakhmut in the hope it could lead to the fall of sloviansk and krama torsk as well the two most important cities in the donbas still under ukrainian control. but ukrainian forces are holding firm. the bbc s yogita limaye reports from the city. this is what the merciless bombardment of a city looks l ....