and emmy nominated journalist caroline modarressy tehrani. in washington, new house speaker kevin mccarthy is about to preside over his first order of business. the new republican led congress will sit in the next hour to vote on the rules package. now that might sound a bit in the weeds but it is the nearest thing to a formal contract, setting out everything the speaker gave away last week, as he fought to secure the support of those on the hard right. it includes a rule change that will meanjust one member can bring a motion to throw him out. there are also concerns among more moderate republicans that mccarthy has agreed to a budget deal that could result in a cut to defence spending. this has a proposed billions of dollars cut to defence, which i think is a horrible idea. when you have aggressive russia and ukraine, you ve got a growing threat of china in the pacific i m going to visit taiwan in a couple of weeks, how will i look our allies in the eyes and say, i nee
Of the favourites to win the tournament. I played a really good match against a great Tennis Player and being able to do that after having a solid level so far for the entire tournament ijust, you know, ithink the entire tournament ijust, you know, i think i have plenty of good tennis left in me. Now to golf where we now know europes full team as they aim to win back golf s ryder cup which begins later this month. Before monday, rory mcilroy, jon rahm, viktor hovland, tyrrell hatton, Matt Fitzpatrick and Bob Macintyre were the automatic qualifiers for the team, through the european and world points lists. That meant six other players could be selected by captain luke donald and hes now revealed his wildcard picks. The most eyecatching is this one. Ludvig aberg, the 23 year old from sweden who only turned professional injune and who won yesterdays european masters in switzerland, has now become the first ryder cup player in history whos never played at a major. Tommy fleetwood, sepp str
The hostages still held by hamas. Israel katz said their freedom was a top priority. Hamas has posted a new video, which shows two of the hostages captured during its october attack. Keith siegel, and omri miran, both identify themselves. While the video is not dated, there is a reference to the recent passover holiday. Its the second such video that hamas considered a terror group by the uk and us governments has published in the past few days. Our correspondent, anna foster, sent this update from tel aviv. Omri miran s father was actually already on the list of confirmed speakers for this event tonight. When he got up on the stage, he talked about the moment, he said he was sitting having coffee with someone and talking about his grandchildren when the man he was talking to held his phone and said, look, they have released a video of omri. What was also interesting was as the crowd were gathered here tonight, is they showed that video in full, it is not something that normally happen
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. buckingham palace has responded to the allegations made by prince harry and his wife, meghan, in their interview with oprah winfrey, saying the royal family is saddened to learn how challenging the last few years have been for the couple. the statement says that some issues, particularly that of race, are concerning but it doesn t admit any wrongdoing and says it will address the claims privately. our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports. the revelations in their interview have been heard. there has been hurt on both sides. tonight, buckingham palace issued a statement from her majesty the queen. it read: it amounted to just 61 words. the palace made it clear it would not be commenting further. earlier, while the palace was pondering its response the daily business of the british royal family continued. the prince of wales was at a vaccination centre in northwest london. a normal visit, apart from the i
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. buckingham palace has responded to the allegations made by prince harry and his wife meghan in their interview with oprah winfrey, particularly that of race, are concerning. but it doesn t admit any wrongdoing and says it will address the claims privately. saying the royal family is saddened to learn how challenging the last few years have been for the couple. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. the revelations in their interview have been heard. there has been hurt on both sides. tonight, buckingham palace issued a statement from her majesty the queen. it read. it amounted to just 61 words. the palace made it clear it would not be commenting further. earlier, while the palace was pondering its response the daily business of the british royal family continued. the prince of wales was at a vaccination centre in northwest london. a normal visit, apart from the inevitable question. reporter: sir, can i