a warm welcome to all of your viewers in the united states and around the world. i m paula newton. coming up this hour. and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which you re about to enter, so help you god? yes, i do. congratulations and god speed. and god speed indeed. with that, kevin mccarthy finally becomes speaker of the house. hear what mccarthy had to say as he takes over that gavel, and how democrats are already responding. all this comes as washington marks a dark day in its history. how the january 6th insurrection was commemorated and the latest prosecutions against those involved. and a school shooting in virginia leaves a teacher badly wounded, parents shocked and a 6-year-old boy in police custody. announcer: live from cnn center, this is kcnn newsroom with paula newton. four days of marathon voting have finally ended with kevin mccarthy as the new speaker of the u.s. house of representatives. right up unt
speaker after four days and 15 rounds of voting. this was the moment that the longest speaker contest in 164 years came to a close. [ cheers ] but before the house selected its new speaker, the cameras captured a stunning political soap opera playing out on the house floor just before midnight. mccarthy and his allies thought they had the votes locked up in round 14, but florida congressman matt gaetz waited until the end of the ballot process to vote present even though mccarthy needed just one more yes vote to win. a stunned mccarthy walked up the house floor to confront gaetz. as he walked away looking dejected, enter arms services committee chairman mike rogers who lunged at gaetz and had to be restrained by fellow republican congressman hudson. many thought this was game over and the vote to adjourn until monday box office to pass be but then a breakthrough with gaetz was reached. mccarthy changed his vote on adjourning, and dozens followed. then the 15th time was the ch
concessions he made to them in order to get their votes? reporter: jake, that is really starting to come into focus. the number of concessions and promises that kevin mccarthy has made over the course of the negotiations has been quite outstanding, and i should caution that this stuff has not been put on paper. there has not been anything put out that we have seen. this is based on the reporting from me and my fantastic hill team. but i just want to walk you through just to give the viewers a sense of what has been agreed to and what a kevin mccarthy speakership could look like. the big one is he agreed for any single member to be able to call for a vote on ousting the sitting speaker. that s something he used to say he would never budge on. now any member could call for that vote. he s agreed that his leadership pack is not going to play in primaries to try to beat conservatives, at least in safe districts. that s something conservatives have complained about in the past.
and at the commonwealth games it was gold for scotland s eilish mccolgan, in the 10,000 metres last night, and for england s katarina johnson thompson, who became hepathlon champion. hello and welcome to bbc news. the mother of 12 year old archie battersbee says the legal battle to postpone the withdrawal of her son s life support has come to an end. it comes after the european court of human rights refused an application to delay the withdrawal of his treatment. his family now wants him to be taken to a hospice as louisa pilbeam reports. she says she ll fight for him until the end. but archie s mum accepts she s now at the end of her legal fight for her son s life. 12 year old archie has been in a coma on life support since he was found unconscious in april. last night, the european court of human rights refused to intervene to stop that life support being withdrawn, ending the family s last hope. absolutely devastated. frustrated, angry. let down. so many emotions. hollie
in response to a us senator s visit to the island. the family of archie battersbee seek permission to move him to a hospice doctors warn this carries significant risk. and how disposable facemasks are blighting birdlife in 23 countries around the world. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel. england s anna henderson wins the first home nations medal on day seven at the commonwealth games, taking silver in the women s cycling time trial. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the bank of england has predicted that the uk is set to enter a recession this autumn lasting more than a year. it says inflation is likely to peak at 13% later this year and today it has announced the largest rise in interest rates for 27 years. the 0.5% hike means that interest rates now stand at i.75%. the move is part of attempts to curb spiralling inflation, by making borrowing more expensive and discouraging spending. but it makes mortgages and loans more expensive for million