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for the 1st time in a century the us house of representatives fails to elect a speaker after a 1st round of voting ah play. you're watching al jazeera live from joe, how with me for you back. people also coming up the number of russian soldiers killed in the ukrainian attack climb. so 89. moscow says the attack happened because truce were using their mobile phones. protesters in bolivia, block roads in santa cruz, the latest demonstration demanding the release of the regents, governor and brazilian football greats. pallet's laid to rest in a private service, tens of thousands lined the streets to say their final good bye. ah,

ah, thank you very much for joining as the u. s. house of representatives has adjourned . after failing to pick a speaker, it took 3 attempts, but hard line conservatives blocked kevin mccarthy's bed. it's the 1st time in a century that the vote took more than one ballot. the politicians will reconvene on wednesday to try again. john hendern reports from capitol hill. it was a picture of republican chaos for the 1st time in a century, members had to vote for the speaker of the us house of representatives more than once and still after 3 times failed to produce a winner. a speaker has not been elected. a group of dissatisfied right wing republicans in the house freedom caucus had a list of demands, easy removal of the speaker or prime committee assignments in fiscal conservatism. and to highlight them, they banded together to block would be house speaker kevin mccarthy might the day began as it has every 2 years. for 200 years,

there were no nation offering. i rise to day to nominate the gentleman from california. kevin mccarthy, a came jeffries of new york. there were votes, mccarthy, jeffrey this mccarthy jeffries. but even with the votes, counted no 11 again and again tore and again inside the capital and at the white house. democrats, including president biden, watched the embarrassment of their political rivals. he's just not going to insert himself, he's going to let the process play out. i and continue to do the, the work of the american people. and they cheer democrat hakim jeffries, the honorable hacking jeffries of the state of new york, has received 212 who came out on top in all 3 ballots, but not with the majority needed to win the speakership. the voting has a long way to go to beat the record. in 1856. the house picked a speaker after

a $133.00 ballads in 2 months. the new speaker will have a razor thin majority and little ability to pass legislation with a democratic senate and a democratic president is mccarthy and his allies regroup and hopes of winning another day. the rebels marked the day as a victory and proof of their power in a clearly divided party john henderson, l. jazeera, capitol hill. well, let's take a closer look at who voted against kevin mccarthy and why the so called rebels belong to a group called the house freedom caucus. it's on the hot right of the republican party. many are supporters of former president donald trump and backers of an uncompromising brand of conservative politics. their demands include giving rank and file members of the house more influence over legislation, where he is how kevin mccarthy reacted to the outcome of the vote. today, this is the day i wanted to have, you know, i think there was a lot of things we want to do. we want to repeal 87000 irises. we want to set up

the instigation. we want to notice the different committee here. we have actually on the board let america transfer, but if we're able to work out are differences. this time will only be strong. or incoming democratic leader had came, jeffries is making history as a 1st black politician to had a major party in congress. he had this to say about the turmoil in the republican party. sad day for democracy, it's a sad day for the american people. house democrats are unified, ready, willing, and able to get to work on behalf of every day americans. we also head to try to find common ground with the other side of the aisle to solve problems and behalf of the american people. but we don't have a willing partner. ah,

russia is blaming soldiers use of mobile phones for one of the biggest attacks on his strobe since this thought of the ukraine war. the defense ministry now says $89.00 service men were killed when temporary barracks in the eastern city of mo keefe k. were targeted on new year's day earlier, they admitted 63 were killed. ukraine says around $400.00 died. russia says unauthorized use of mobile phones helped ukrainian forces pinpoint the soldiers location. meanwhile, a vigil has been held for some of the dead russian troops in their home town of tamara mourners observed admitted silence before laying flowers at a soviet era war memorial. to bolivia now where hundreds of trucks are blocking highways in the farming hub of santa claus to protest against the arrest of their governor. louise camacho was detained last week after he was accused of trying to

top or former president, evil morales in 2019. demonstrators say the governor must be released. andrea van baker reports, highway traffic in bolivia, as farming region of santa cruz has come to a standstill. protesters, one to release of luis commercial, the governor of santa cruz, who was detained last week. much as accused of leading the political unrest in 2019 at night to the removal of name president even morales. he denies the accusations. the ongoing protest saw threatening the delivery of grain and food around the country during storm robert humble, a contractor truck and i carry gas from bolivia to brazil. but here's the situation is difficult because of the block. a people are angry because the governor is in prison and he's right wing and they want him freeze or then we are paying and suffering for it because we can't move on because it doesn't, sir. good god, god lamb, sport, the suffering. the consequence of this political situation,

we don't support any particular body, but cargo transport bears the brunt of the situations and its cargo transport to sustain 2nd, please trade. protesters face off against police. there may tear gas in return. they said with fireworks gravel lines. the st. the government is cooling order. lucas is double scandal. what these mobilization seek with the deterioration of calm and stability with violence, confrontation, hate, and tension is to preserve the impunity of those who participated in what happened in november 2019. in a handwritten letter, camacho says, president luis, our se would be responsible if he died from illness or anything else. olivia's government says his health is stable. for now, the situation remains pains with some saying he needs to be brought to justice. all others are acquainting his freedom with their own andrea from lake oh to 0.

thousands of people in peru gathered on the streets of the capital, lima. on tuesday, demonstrators and conservative groups were calling for peace, such as reports suggested, the former president, supporters would protest. on wednesday, a wave of unrest has hit pharaoh. since federal castillo has asked it in december, almost 2 dozen people have died in confrontations with the police instead. in brazil, hundreds of people, hundreds of thousands, actually of people have lined the streets of santos in the south to bid farewell to football. legend pelley, a free time woke up when i was carried through the city on a fire track. his coffin was draped with the flags of brazil and the santos football club. john harmon reports the b of a point, a waiver that the lation for edgy so nasa mental, better known to the world as pele tons of santos.

the club and town where he spent almost all of his playing days, who gave it to cheer mode for his final journey. he from bella bell miro stadium, where he 1st arrived as a callo, 16 year old to the town cemetery, where he rest is an 82 year old legend. thousands more had already passed by his open casket inside the stadium during a 24 hour wake. new president luis ignacio lula was among the last of them writing by helicopter from south power plate. the malta had a long journey to tina was by bus from his home and minister ice. the state where pele was also born just for this, a chance to see the coughing go, boy asked him why, especially as like the majority of people, he, he pulled too late to see pele in his prime. on the didn't tell the piano when we were children, brazilians were disappointed with politics, the economy and everything in the country and pele was the 1st black person to be

successful in brazil, he was very respected. everywhere he went in. the world pele seemed to belong to the brazilian people, and then the world a syria winner with a wide smile and humbly demeanour flashed across t. v's and technically during the 1970 woke up being rate whether he was with robert, from movie stars, to you as president, you probably are aware of who are with me here to day. and by the way, my name's ronald reagan. he would almost always be the most famous person interview . i'm sure. but for many sank by in the town of santos. the connection was less starry eyed. more intimate now by my father who unfortunately campaign he said because he passed away was a big supporter of santa's and was friends with pillow, with pepper catania zito, lima. he was great friends with them all. and i decided along with my daughter and my mom to come here to represent my father. because if he was alive, he would definitely be here. paying his homage to pele,

the funeral possession took 4 hours to wind through santos. and to get here to the towns vertical cemetery, just under a kilometer away fillet, have wanted to be placed on the 9th floor because 9 is the number that his dad don been you're also fuller had on the back of his shirt for his family actually change that when he died and decided to put him on the 1st floor instead, because they wanted him to be more accessible to the fans and people that wanted to come and visit him. this it seems, would be the new shrine for pele in a country that still reveals him. john holman, out visitor santos. at least 9 people have been killed in 2 car bombings in central somalia. the explosions happen in the city of my house in the hearing region. a police station was targeted 1st, followed by the house of a somali government official archer. bob has claimed responsibility fil a head on al jazeera trying to i not. they're different says the philippines president is in

china for talks with president. she will have a latest from beijing ah, and football style ronaldo says several big caps tried to him after he left majesty night. it will have more on his deal with saudi class. ah ah there, thanks for joining in. it's a saga forecasts for western germany and denmark, those details right here right now with this batch of rain rolling through. but as it bumps into colder air, it's going to generate some significant snow for our slow so weather alerts in play, we could see up to 30 centimeters in time. it will turn colder for eastern scandinavia, western russia. here's of wake up temperatures on saturday. dark of the blue and

the purple, the lower the temperature. moscow, you could be waken up to almost 30 below. i'll get back to the here and now for central europe, that record warms continues. in fact, it's been so warm that snow in the alps is melting, and this warms will continue for the next several days. spain and portugal then, and not a bad day mix of sun in cloud, malaga has a height of 20 degrees and for the other side of the mediterranean, run the boss 1st could see a few showers brush into is stumble, 11 degrees, nothing major here and still dealing with those winds for the coast of egypt really top end of africa, it's quiet. so as we dip toward the south, we've got a band of rain stretching from vin talk rate through to the su to and for this eastern side of south africa, those rains are really going to pick up over the next few days. could see some flooding for the western cape province, just a few showers in cape town with the high of 21 degrees on wednesday. ah ah

with ah ah oh, they're watching al jazeera live from doha with me for the back people. a reminder of our top stories. the us house of representatives has started the year in

disarray with hard line conservatives locking. kevin mccarthy from becoming speaker after 3 failed vote. the house adjourned. they'll try again on wednesday. hundreds of thousands of people lined the streets of santos in brazil to bid farewell to football. legend pelley on tuesday, the body of a 3 time world cup when it was carried to the city on a fire truck before he was laid to rest in a private cell. and protesters in bolivia, blocking highways to protest against the arrest of a local governor. police detained, louise camacho, the governor, santa claus last week, accusing him of being involved in a cool drink protests in 2019 of the philippines president is on the 2nd day of his visit to china, ferdinand marco's junior has met members of the standing committee of the national people's congress. he's also meeting the chinese leadership in ping later wednesday . let's listen to this is really easy part

all of our we following so that we are able to tell the shop now going to use and now to katrina you in beijing has falling. the state visit for katrina. tell us about how is gone so far and what is being discussed during this visit. well, dating attaches a lot of important to this visit on accounts from the count from both sides of seems to be going well. marco will be here in china for a total of 3 days, and earlier on wednesday he met with the john to the head of china is national people congress. now, both of those men spoke about strengthening cooperation, especially as the global economy recovers from the pandemic. as well as meeting lee john shoe mark is scheduled to meet with. nico chung china is premier and of course

meet with president she g p, which he will be doing shortly on a banquet. and they're also have a discussion where they will, they are expected to sign up needs $10.00 to $14.00 deals on a range of issues, any stretching from agriculture, technology, culture and tourism. and people, people exchanges as well. now both sides have really expressed high hopes for this visit. michael himself has said that this is harold new chapter in china, philippines relations that it will really switch things into high gear. and for china, it has not been the smoothest road for these 2 countries of the past few years. but the media here are saying that this will mock a golden era in the bilateral relationship the are looking for closer corporation, katrina, but there's still some real tension around the issue of the site sounds trying to season it oh, that's why that's really

a major sticking points now china claims much of that disputed territory dispatch despite the fact, but china's claims were invalidated by an international court in 2016 in favor of the philippines. now despite that ruling, china has continued to build artificial islands and middle us not have the about that they've also complained about chinese ships swarming. they say filipino boards, filipino fishing boats, as well as intimidating filipino or fishing boats in, in that region. now 4th slides have said in recent days that they do not want this sticking point. this disagreement to define the relationship and they are expected to sign a lisa on wednesday. a deal that they say will help to avoid miscalculation and miscommunication in the south china seats. so will be watch very closely for that. and we both know that for both sides a lot is at stake for this meeting for the philippines. well, china is that top trading partner, a major source of tourism, a major source of foreign direct investment, and they didn't seize manila as

a very important country. strategically. manella is of course, also very close to the united states. something that they do is not happy about, and they're really wanting to minimize any u. s. influence in the region which china seas us is or in backyards, or we expect that beijing will be a really launching a very strong charm offensive. while macos is in town, katrina you with the latest, they're from beijing. thank you. man mars military leaders say they will release 7000 prisoners to mark independence fate. the celebrations included a military parade in the capital navy door. the festivities come just stays after the military rulers increase, formerly to answer cheese prison term to 33. is that your to has faced international condemnation and i formation after season. power 2 years ago in lawyers have been held for 3 kurdish victims killed in an attack in paris in december, a 69 year old man has been charged with a letter for the shootings at the kurdish cultural center. osama bin javert reports

from the paris saba where the attack happened. johnson to use the company the coffins of the 3 kurdish refugees killed in paris on december. the 23rd. the funeral seems to have united the kurdish community across europe. thousands gathered in a prison suburb to pay their respect. many have come from other regions of france and neighboring countries. the community is disappointed and afraid after the kurds were shot dead in the tent district of the city, which is all to a large goodish community. relatives of the dead, an act of her said they are insulted as curds and as frank citizens, because they feel the state has failed in its obligations. it's yamato, a letter. we want justice and truth. she will use to conspiracies in turkey. but in france, we would like to know what's behind us, who did the killer meat when he was in prison. who is really this person being called a madman. we want answers tomorrow. so if we are from syria,

iran, iraq and turkey, they're also angry at the goblins in their home countries. the gathering provided an opportunity to express their political views as well. oh, certainly we thought kurds flane repression would be safe in europe. but when we are targeted in the heart of paris, that raises questions on how we see european countries. the anger is also directed at french authorities for not declaring it a terrorist attack. and some will additions agree, roster that the french state must be more transparent. the fact that the crime is qualified as a to attack shouldn't be related to the color of the skin of the perpetrators. a racist attack is a political act and the terror attack. the 69 year old white male accused of the murders is a reading, a formal investigation and trial. the bodies will now be taken to the kurdish region of northern iraq and turkey for burial. generally marks 10 years since the

killing of the activists in paris and div latest 3 killing have reopen all homes. there been demanding an investigation for the last decade, but are afraid that once again, they're dead will not just plumb a job with all the vera paris. the founder of the collapse crypto currency exchange f t. x has heated not guilty to fraud san bank mon free is facing charges in the u . s. federal court is accused of using his customers money to fund lavish, real estate purchases and political donations. his out on a $250000000.00 bond. a judge has banned him from accessing or transferring crypto currency. medical workers in the united kingdom say the national health service is quote, intolerable and unsustainable. they're wanting, they could be nearly 500 extra desks a week caused by delays in emergency care. where we challenge reports and emergency service struggling to serve emergency growing with england hospital

waiting lists or the stories of people who call for an ambulance and waited hours like mary jane, lonnie who's 87 year old mom fell one evening and hit her head. so you arrived to the following morning and so i think that's a total of 10 and a half hours, the waiters to the ambulance, then there were another 10 hours inside the ambulance outside the hospital. i believe the hospital, the, i need department folk pushed that they use the i'm going to say the back of the ambulance. it stretches out the next award has. what is individual stories like mary jane's there are stories told by data. so here's a stat for you. if i'm fallen ill or got injured in england in november and taking myself off to accident and emergency as a strong chance, i would have been one of nearly 40000 people that had to wait more than 12 hours to be admitted to a hospital department. now that is

a 355 percent increase on the same figure from the previous november. according to the royal college of emergency medicine delays like this costing 300 to 500 lives every week. the causes pinch points and blockages to full wards and star shortages. we also recognize the big pressure that we're seeing play through in terms of ambulance handle. the delays is largely triggered by those who are fixing leave hospital, but delayed in doing so. we need to free up that big capacity. but also pretty much anyone involved with the n h s y. this much cherished national institute. it is so critically ill and they'll tell you this, what we're seeing is the results at 10 years of under funding under staffing, and under resourcing, the address, what the pandemic has done is it's aggravated the situation. the system inside of say, is now brittle and unable to flex with the seasons or surprises. many,

many winters have been challenging. but what we've seen this year is that the usual level of winter pressure that we might see would usually a beat in the summer. you'd get a bit of a respite, you'd be able to do more work and then the inter pressures become again. but this year it became so pressured that the whole summer felt like winter level pressures . so then when we got to winter, we were already at a much higher base light of pressure. when will the n a chest get better? will it get better? the doctor's prognosis is gloomy, not for many months, and not without serious financial help. rory challenge al jazeera london now certain pharmacies in the u. s. will be allowed to sell abortion pills for the 1st time. their food and drug administration has change its regulations. the move means pharmacies can provide the medication, but will have to be certified. women will also need a doctors prescription. the abortion pills will be available in states where the

procedure is allowed, that oil change come several months after the supreme court struck down. roe v wade, the ruling that protected federal abortion rights. pakistan's government has ordered shopping malls and markets to close early as part of a plan to conserve energy. it says a shorter, ours could save a country, hundreds of millions of dollars. back a sign is in economic crisis in a struggle to find foreign currency to pay for energy in ports. a delay in talked with the international monetary fund has delayed financial aids, thailand legalize the sale and use of marijuana 6 months ago. but now critics say the market is out of control. some argue it needs to be heavily regulated or classified as a criminal offense again. and as tony chang reports, even some supporter is agree, it's time for more roles. i those for tobacco and alcohol. it's the enticing new attraction. pulling tours bank to thailand. after several years of coven,

19 i solution will not exactly new marijuana has always been available. but now tremble as of flooding in to get a legal high. we used to have this in thailand as people who just go to reagan bar inches by whatever they want in the regular and suddenly it's just like a big trend for me is good that it's working tourists are probably coming here more for the we'd rather than to come an experienced thailand properly however, i think it's great. i think it should be legal. with legislation in 2020 to the cannabis market exploded tourists and locals have flocked to the new license. we'd retailers shops are popping up on almost every busy street is now booming business . they have been issuing the license is about 5000 for the shops right now in thailand. wish me like there are a lot of shops, but not every one is thrilled by marijuana's new status. some of the most

passionate advocates for legislation, but found their arguments trampled in the stampede to get into the market. the people that i been fighting alongside to have this legalize, i'm not the one benefiting the one who are opening up shots every other bloody day . right now is not the people that i knew. i do not fight for this so that there are california weed on bankcorp streets and the law remains unclear in many areas, purchase and possession in private is legal, but technically recreational use is still against the law. but those have been pushing the benefits of medical marijuana. the original intention of the change in legislation has been loss. gone the quinta, high level before the tourists come to toyland, the government informed them they would only carried recreational use. but we do encourage medical uses that are and that they can get services and advice from the

tire traditional medicine clinics and hospitals. legislation may become a hot topic ahead of elections later this year. as many conservative ties remain opposed to the sale of drugs on their streets, but with the weed business now firmly part of thailand's economic revival, it could be hard to what route. tony chang al jazeera. bangkok. christina rinaldo says he turned down many football crabs around the world to join saudi arabia's. arthur. he is arrived in riyadh after agreeing to a 2 and a half year contract with $206000000.00 a year. the 37 year old was a free agent after his high profile split with manchester, united art man out why tree is a football, unless he says we're now does. signing will help the saudi need to grow and develop your mountain investment and started with boy and, and, and so sport in general and the kingdom has been enormous.