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house of representatives is hereby declared vacant. and with that, kevin mccarthy s nine month term as speaker was over. the final straw his decision to do a deal with democrats to keep the government open. he didn t hesitate to point the finger of blame at the eight republicans who ousted him, led by matt gaetz, his nemesis. look, you all know matt gaetz. you know, it was personal. it had nothing to do about spending. the unprecedented removal of the speaker has left congress in chaos. so much so, they ve decided to take a week off while they work out what to do next. one rebel, though, was unrepentant. this was the right call. the american people deserve a leader and a speaker who will tell the truth, and so too does the international community. they need to know that the next speaker is going to be honest and won t go back on their word. with republicans focusing firmly on themselves, the question of funding for ukraine, which congress controls, remains undecided. ....
the northern leg of the h52 high speed rail line, connecting birmingham and manchester. mr sunak told his party s conference that every penny of the project s £36 billion budget would now be spent on transport projects across northern england and the midlands. our political correspondent vicky young reports. for some, it was the announcement they d been dreaming of. after weeks of speculation, rishi sunak finally confirmed hs2 wouldn t, after all, run from birmingham to manchester. i am ending this long running saga. i am cancelling the rest of the h52 project and, in its place, we will reinvest every single penny. his alternative is to fund hundreds of projects upgrading roads, new tram systems and stations and electrifying train lines. the £2 bus fare in england will be extended until the end of 202a. mr sunak said he s willing to take difficult decisions but not everyone is on board. former prime minister david cameron led the criticism, calling the h52 decision wrong. ....
called it a chinese hoax, an american job killer. one of his big election campaign promises was pulling the us out of the biggest international agreement ever drawn up to combat climate change. he s now said he ll give his decision on that in 16 hours time. china and the european union are preparing a joint statement in support of the paris accord. i asked the bbc‘s david willis, in washington, what looks likely to happen. he said that he is close to reaching a decision on whether to keep america part of the paris accord. there is deep division, we are told, in the white house on the part of those in favour of remaining in favour of this agreement and those who say that america should leave. among those, allegedly urging president trump to keep faith and keep membership is his daughter ivanka, who is an environmentalist, the heads of several big businesses, including some energy companies including exxon mobil and shell and the pope, pope francis, of course, met with ....
in this country. also in the next hour. a development in the investigation into the manchester concert bombing. police release new images of salman abedi and say they re now sure he acted alone. vote counting begins in the first round of parliamentary elections in france. exit polls show new president macron‘s centrist party winning about 30 % of the votes. good evening and welcome to bbc news. theresa may has carried out her cabinet reshuffle after being warned by senior colleagues that she needs to change her leadership style after the conservatives lost their commons majority in the general election. but there are few new faces and many senior ministers keep theirjobs. let s just recap the ins and outs: damian green is made first secretary of state and cabinet office minister a promotion to key role for an old may ally. liz truss is demoted. she moves from head of thejustice ministry to chief secretary to the treasury, a non cabinet post. david lidington become ....
may says she will get on with the job of delivering a successful british exit from the european union, following thursday s disastrous election which saw her conservative party lose its parliamentary majority. making changes to her cabinet, mrs may has kept most of her senior ministers. but she appointed an influential former adversary, michael gove he was a leading brexit campaigner. with brexit talks starting in a week the prime minister has faced damning criticism from colleagues. vicky young reports. she s putting on a brave face, but theresa may knows she has thrown her party into turmoil. the shock of election night is still sinking in. after church this morning, the prime minister rang round colleagues who d been defeated on thursday. she s in office for now, but for how much longer? i said during the election campaign that, if re elected, i would intend to serve a full term. but what i am doing now is actually getting on with the immediate job and i think that ....