welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines... a day of high drama in washington — as congress fails to elect a house speakerfor the first time in 100 years. in brazil, thousands of people line the streets to say farewell to the football legend pele — who has been laid to rest. the european commission says there's majority support for eu— wide travel restrictions for people arriving from china. it comes amid a surge of covid cases there. the american football star damar hamlin remains in a critical condition — after suffering a cardiac arrest during a primetime national football league game.

live from our studio in singapore — this is bbc news. it's newsday. it's 7am in singapore, and 6pm in washington where the first day of the new us congress has been full of drama. after the swearing in of new members, the house of representatives is stuck at the very first hurdle — for the first time in 100 years the house failed to elect a speaker. the house has now adjourned until wednesday after three rounds of votes. the latest saw the republican kevin mccarthy fall 16 votes short of the 218 majority required. it's important because nothing can go ahead until a new speaker is elected, so this could potentially go on for days until someone is chosen. here is the moment when the latest result was announced. honourable kevin mccarthy of the state of california

has received 203. ——has received 212. honourable kevin mccarthy of the state of california has received 202. no persons have received a majority of the whole number of votes cast by surname, a speaker has not been elected. lets go to the us capitol now and our correspondent will grant(how lets go to the us capitol now and our correspondent will grant. great to have you on the programme. talk as to how significant this is in terms of the historical context? the it is really significant. as he mentioned, 100 years since this process has gone to a second round, let alone a third. ultimately what

mr mccarthy was aiming to do was to avoid just four of his colleagues voting against him. he had 20. so that tells you the strength of feeling there is against him among the hard right of his party, those who feel that he is essentially part of the establishment and unable to deliver the role of the speaker as they would want it. they have been trying to force him to offer them certain concessions, but they were not that be on the rules package so that it's easier for them to force him out if they wanted to or for for them to force him out if they wanted to orfor him to for them to force him out if they wanted to or for him to put them for them to force him out if they wanted to orfor him to put them in key positions on congressional committees. none of it so far he seems to have been enough, if anything, it is moving further and further away from mr mccarthy. an extraordinary day in congress. 50 what extraordinary day in congress. so what happens now, given the fact that he has not been successful so far? ~ . . , ,

that he has not been successful so far? ~ . ., , , ., , far? well, certainly this will only no now far? well, certainly this will only go now to _ far? well, certainly this will only go now to further _ far? well, certainly this will only go now to further rounds. - far? well, certainly this will only go now to further rounds. they l far? well, certainly this will only i go now to further rounds. they are adjourned for the night and we will then see what happens at a fourth round, and from there, perhaps maybe fifth and sixth, who can tell at this stage what might make going overnight is a certain amount of negotiation behind the scenes. 0ne presumes there's been a pretty serious amount to that already happening between the different rounds, but may be something significant will be able to shift in the next few hours. exactly what that might involve and what kind of concessions might be involved is hard to say at this stage, given that several important ones have already been made. the possibility of mr mccarthy actually dropping out is what is being positive in some quarters. he said he's not prepared to do that in any circumstances, his supporters don't want him to come up at the rebels on the other side say they won't vote for him in any circumstance either, so it is a very entrenched intractable situation at the moment. yes, a tricky situation indeed.

thank you for keeping us up—to—date on the latest on that story. we can talk about this more in fact with the white house colonists, niall stanage in washington. —— columnist. i don't know if you are able to pick up on what our correspondent prior was saying there talking to some of the main reasons kevin mccarthy has been unsuccessful so far. what are you hearing about that? ~ . ., , so far. what are you hearing about that? . . , ., , so far. what are you hearing about that? . . , , that? kevin mccarthy has been unsuccessful _ that? kevin mccarthy has been unsuccessful because - that? kevin mccarthy has been unsuccessful because this - that? kevin mccarthy has been l unsuccessful because this group that? kevin mccarthy has been - unsuccessful because this group on the hard rates do not trust him. they don't see kevin mccarthy is one of them. they are basically right about that. kevin mccarthy has someone who at least initially hailed from the more moderate establishment wing of the gop. the complication for hanan is the republican majority is so small that those hard rates members have a lot of leverage and they can frustrate them and have frustrated them today from any realistic chance of becoming speaker. 50

from any realistic chance of becoming speaker. from any realistic chance of becomin: seaker. u, ., , becoming speaker. so could he drop out? from what _ becoming speaker. so could he drop out? from what we _ becoming speaker. so could he drop out? from what we have _ becoming speaker. so could he drop out? from what we have heard - becoming speaker. so could he drop out? from what we have heard from kevin mccarthy before is that is not something he is planning to do, but at some point this becomes an indefensible position, doesn't it? it does at some stage. if there is no erosion in two opposition to mccarthy, he will have to drop out at some stage, if you can't get there, you can't get there, and wishful thinking does not change that. having said think that will make a good point in his report which is that because of the way that the maths lines appear, both the pro—and anti—mccarthy factions can each thwart the other, and other breads commit the republicans trend to kick mccarthy over for a heart rate figure, than they are easily enough there mccarthy or mccarthy loyalists to stop that person from getting the speakership. so this is why we are in the middle of something of a debacle here, to be honest. my goodness, what do you

have described there, for people watching from other parts of the world, itjust seems so bewildering. what does it mean in terms of actual impact to everyday life for american citizens? the key point there is that nothing can get done in the house of representatives unless you have a speaker. it essentially freezes action in that chamber, the lower of the two parliamentary chambers here in the united states. that obviously really throws a wrench into any kind of legislative action. the houses that chamber that has the most control over things that government spending. now, to be clear, there are things that president biden can do by executive action, but he is not a monarch, an absolute ruler, there are limits on those powers. really this puts everything into a state of stalemates. fix, everything into a state of stalemates.— everything into a state of stalemates. �* ., ., , stalemates. a state of stalemates, when will be watching very closely indeed. thank you so much for

joining us with your insights and thoughts. joining us with your insights and thou~hts. . ~ joining us with your insights and thou~hts. ., ~ , ., let's take a look at some of the stories in the headlines in the uk and around the world. russia claims 89 servicemen were killed in the ukrainian attack on makiivka — with the unauthorised use of mobile phones meaning ukraine's military were able to determine the solider�*s location. the missile strike on new year's eve hit a building in the city where russian forces were stationed. the british government says it is doing "everything possible" to resolve pressures on the national health service, after renewed criticism about long waits for emergency care. downing street said the nhs was facing an "unprecedented challenge", and that ministers had been "up front with the public" about what would be "an extremely challenging winter." rail passengers in the uk have been facing a day of disruption — as thousands of union members began the first of two 48 hour

strikes on tuesday. the government urged organisers to "get round the negotiating table". union bosses have accused the government of blocking a deal to end the dispute. to brazil now, where thousands of people have lined the streets to say their final farewells to the football legend pele as his funeral procession made its way though the city of santos. 0ur south america correspondent katy watson has been watching events. as the wake drew to a close, the last few people raced to see pele's coffin and say their last goodbyes. pele was a huge soccer player here in brazil, and we love soccer, but he was also a huge human being. he supported a hospital in our city called hospital pequeno principe and he donated a lot of money to research, and that is why we are here today. he is the most known brazilian

person around the world, you know, pele is money. how many times i got in the us and places and stuff because i was brazilian and because people knew pele. this man was first in line yesterday and was queueing again to say another goodbye after yesterday. translation: pele united us all. he was humble, as well as being the best player in the world. he was a marvellous human being. and then one high—profile visitor sped through the gates. # 0le ole ole ola, lula, lula!# lula's first presidential event since taking power at the weekend — he was greeted with cheers and boos, a country united in mourning but deeply divided by politics. but when it comes to pele, he is man who brings people together.

the week ended in a caskets made its way to its final journey. the week ended in a caskets made its way to its finaljourney. then the carnival started. what better way than samba to celebrate this brazilian legend? this is a day of mourning but also one of celebration too. wanting to send off their king of football, and they are doing it in style. pele's coffin paraded through the city of santos passing by his mother's house, she turned 100 last year. the final journey was now complete. and what a journey it was. laid to la id to rest laid to rest in his beloved city of santos. not a block of flats, a necropolis fit for a king. with an enviable view over his old football stadium, pele's final wishes honoured. katy watson, bbc news, in santos.

a remarkable legend of football indeed. if you want to get in touch with me i'm on twitter — @bbckarishma you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... the american football star damar hamlin remains in a critical condition — after suffering a cardiac arrest during a primetime national football league game the most ambitious, financial, and political change ever attempted has got under way with the introduction of the euro. tomorrow in holland, we're going to use money we picked up in belgium today. and then we'll be in france and it will be the same money. it's just got to be the way to go. george harrison, the former beatle, is recovering in hospital

after being stabbed at his 0xfordshire home. a 33—year—old man from liverpool is being interviewed by police on suspicion of attempted murder. i think it was good. just good? no, fantastic. bell tolls. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm karishma vaswani, in singapore. 0ur headlines... a day of high drama in washington — as congress fails to elect a house speakerfor the first time in 100 years. in brazil, thousands of people line the streets to say farewell to the football legend pele —

who has been laid to rest. the european commission says there's majority support for eu— wide travel restrictions for people arriving from china — amid a surge of covid cases there. beijing has threatened reciprocal action against countries that impose restrictions. the picture in shanghai is getting worse — officials there say that cases in the city are up to 30 times higher than the previous wave, and that 70% of residents may have contracted the illness. all of this comes as covid continues to spread globally — and reports of rising concern over a new variant. joining me now is professor andy pekosz, a virologist from johns hopkins university. great to get you on the programme, professor. it feels like deja vu doesnt it — we are talking about entry restrictions again — the us says its decisiosn are based on science — do these entry restrictions work?

travel restrictions or testing programmes really do nothing more than often times delay the inevitable. they are never perfect we are much better off focusing on the core problem, which is what we really want to know them of the types of variants that are circulating in china and things that we can do to help get a better insight into that is really the important thing at this time. professor, we have heard from the front to help organisation who are consistently asking for more data, more transparency from china. are you optimistic we are going to get that kind of data? we you optimistic we are going to get that kind of data?— you optimistic we are going to get that kind of data? we have seen over the last coume _ that kind of data? we have seen over the last couple of— that kind of data? we have seen over the last couple of weeks _ that kind of data? we have seen over the last couple of weeks and - the last couple of weeks and increase in the amount of virus sequences that have been coming out of china, so i am hopeful that that trend will continue. what we have seen so far is not nearly enough given the size of china and the number of cases that are there. it's

a step in the right direction i'm hopeful that they will continue to share some of that sequence data with the rest of the road so we can all see what is happening there and the evolution of this virus more effectively. the evolution of this virus more effectively-— the evolution of this virus more effectively. from a public health perspective. _ effectively. from a public health perspective, what _ effectively. from a public health perspective, what are _ effectively. from a public health perspective, what are the - effectively. from a public health perspective, what are the sorts | effectively. from a public health i perspective, what are the sorts of things that, you know, and authorities need to be aware of right now, both people dealing with this in china and also other countries who are trying to manage covid searches as well. hospitalisation rates are the most important thing, so we have to keep an eye and hospitalisation rates and instill other public health interventions as quickly as possible, if you to see those rates reach levels that are causing the infrastructure to be stressed, i think from a virus perspective, a variance can appear anywhere in the country, anywhere in the worlds, what we want to really pay attention to is the limiting case numbers so

the virus doesn't get the opportunity to repeal the —— replicate and communicate the strain and spread more easily evade immunity induced by infection or vaccination. that's a critical part from the virus perspective. professor, how worried should we be? so much of the world has been vaccinated now and has been dealing with this for sometime. how concerned should some people be? i think we really need to embrace the most recent batch of booster vaccines here in the us and in europe that have been available. it is clear that getting a booster shot is protecting people from hospitalisation come mother the variants are getting resistance to some of that immunity and therefore we are not seeing the same effect on case numbers. we want to make sure to use the tools we have in place, we have good good anti—virals. those two things should be utilised to keep severe case numbers down.

professor, a virologist from johns hopkins university can think you so much forjoining us on newsday with your thoughts. a man charged with the murder of four college students in the us state of idaho has agreed to not fight extradition to the state following his arrest in pennsylvania. bryan kohberger is accused of killing 3 women and one man in the small town of moscow idaho on the 13th of november. the phd crimonolgy student was arrested in pennsylvania last thursday. his public defender said mr kohberger was confident he would be found innocent and would not fight the extradition to idaho, which retains the death penalty. a bbc investigation has raised questions about how the uk deals with children who are involved in extremism. it found that evidence showing the grooming and sexual exploitation of a schoolgirl was handed to m15 months before she was charged with terror offences. the case against rhianan rudd was later dropped, after the home office concluded she was a victim of exploitation. she took her own life

in a children's home last year. daniel de simone reports. she was the youngest ever british girl deemed a terrorist, charges were dropped after the government found she was a victim of exploitation. just a lovely girl, she wasn't horrible in any way. this is her mother's interview. she was just a little different. aged 1a rhianan became absorbed by right—wing extremism, neo—nazi christopher cook from his home in the us was grooming and sexually exploiting her over the internet. she met him online. we found that cook was also in contact with a then partner of the mother. an american who had previously been in a white supremacist gang in the us. the evidence shows he had also influenced rhianan.

i was checking on her computer because she was spending a lot of time up there. she spoke to her mother and said that she became concerned and contacted the government scheme against radicalisation, prevent. she came and said she had downloaded the pdf of how to build a bomb, and i went you cannot do that. rhianan rudd was barely involved in prevent because within weeks she was arrested. as a formal terrorism suspect the de—radicalisation programme would no longer engage with her. while in bail, she sells her name was put in kjaer, she was then charged a terror offences for allegedly possessing a weapon making guides. at that stage, defence lawyers became involved and wanted rhiannon referred to a specialist government unit here in the home office which considers whether people are victims of trafficking and exploitation under modern slavery lies. the government

eventually concluded she was a victim of exploitation. the prosecution was abandoned. the? prosecution was abandoned. they should have _ prosecution was abandoned. they should have seen _ prosecution was abandoned. they should have seen her _ prosecution was abandoned. ii—iiléi should have seen her as prosecution was abandoned. tie: should have seen her as a prosecution was abandoned. ti91 should have seen her as a victim rather than a terrorist. you know, she was a child, an autistic child she was a child, an autistic child she should've been treated as a child that had been groomed and sexually exploited. we found that the authorities had been passed evidence of what had been happening. an fbi investigation into christopher cook had seized images and messages showing rhianan being exploited. the fbi gave the security service m15 months, before rhianan was charged. rhianan took her own life last year in a private children's home, where she was placed. i called and spoke to her and i said, there is something wrong, please watch her, she is going to do something, and they had three police officers standing in my living room telling me that my daughter had died.

counter terror investigations involving children are complex. a child can be a victim of exploitation and a threat to others. the lawyer in charge of reviewing terror laws thinks changes are needed in appraoch some children. you can almost have an injunction as it happens with anti—social behaviour, which might require you to have monitoring software on your mobile phone and that can be done quickly, and keep them out of the criminal justice system altogether. there will be an inquest into the death of rhiannan and no date has been set and it could be some time before the case is heard, but a government spokesman said that m15 takes its responsibilities to those who could be at risk of harm very seriously and if it learns that someone may be at risk, it will be passed on to the relevant authorities. the other organisations that we approached with their findings said that they cannot comment

until the inquest is concluded. the american football star damar hamlin remains in a critical condition after suffering a cardiac arrest during an american football game last night. the buffalo bills player fell to the ground after colliding with an opponent — watched by millions on prime time tv. his injury has highlighted concerns about the safety of american football. 0ur washington correspondent, gary 0'donoghue has been following the story. something no sports fan wants to see — a player rushed off to hospital following a serious injury. it was in the first quarter of the game that damar hamlin made a tackle and was struck in the chest by another player's helmet. after getting up for a moment, he then collapsed, suffering a cardiac arrest. medics then rushed onto the field. other players clearly distressed at what had happened. the game was soon abandoned. fans gathered outside the hospital to express their concern.

you feel like you need to do something. and so this is a way ofjust showing that you care. it's more important than a game and people are more important than the game. buffalo is praying for him. and whatever you believe in, like good vibes and positive energy towards them and hopefully he's 0k. the club have said on social media that the player spent last night in intensive care and was in a critical condition. they praised the outpouring of support they received. it was during the european championships 18 months ago that denmark's star, christian eriksen, collapsed during a game against finland. he suffered a cardiac arrest as well, but wasn't involved in any collision. fellow stars are all too aware that it can happen in any sport. the safety of our of players in all sports is always the most important. so, you know, it was a terrible thing to see.

and i wish, you know, nothing but the best for that kid. american football, like other sports, has become much better at monitoring the risks of head injuries and concussion in particular. but doctors say heart injuries are still a risk. football players, they don't start out having head injuries before they start playing. all of those occur during play, and all of all of the players are at risk for that. the cardiac screening is a little bit of a different situation because you're looking for people that may have relatively rare underlying cardiac conditions. most athletes don't have any underlying heart conditions. damar hamlin�*s family have praised the actions of the paramedics and doctors and have asked everyone to keep the football star in their prayers. gary 0'donoghue, bbc news. the saudi football club al nasser has laid on a lavish reception in riyadh for their new star signing — cristiano ronaldo. the portugal captain said his work in europe was done — and he hoped to break new records in saudi arabia. it's been reported that ronaldo's salary could be more

than $160 million dollars a year that's all for now — stay with bbc world news. hello there. wednesday morning we will be getting off to an exceptionally mild start, given we are in earlyjanuary. mild is a feature of the weather through the rest of the week. it will also be windy and there will be spells of rain because on the satellite picture we can see various weather systems heading in our direction, various areas of cloud moving our way to bring further rain at times. a very mild start to the morning, double—digit temperatures first thing in many places, even in the north of scotland where tuesday was quite cold, wednesday will dawn on a slightly milder note, some outbreaks of rain here, also some rain in the south—east corner, that tending to clear. then it's really a sunshine and showers day, most of the showers will be found across northern ireland, southern scotland,

and the far north of england. cloud will thicken in the far south—west of england later with some spots of rain, and it will be quite windy, but temperatures north to south seven to 1a degrees. through the night, we will continue to see some showers through northern ireland, southern scotland, and the far north of england, and a bank of cloud will be rolling its way in from the south—west with some spots of patchy light rain and drizzle. clear spells elsewhere, overnight lows two to ten degrees. into thursday, we'll start off under the influence of this very weak ridge of high pressure so a decent amount of dry weather first thing. low pressure, though, you will notice approaching from the west, that low actually deepening as it approaches our shores. so we will see a lot of cloud rolling north—eastward through the day, some patchy rain for england and wales, some heavier rain getting into northern ireland and western scotland through the afternoon with a strengthening wind but again it will be mild, eight to 13 degrees. now, as our area of low pressure passes to the north—west of scotland as we go through thursday night, see the white lines,

the isobars squeezing together, a swathe of gales likely to affect western parts of scotland, could turn very windy through the central belt for a time on friday morning. still some showers around on friday but this is a window of somewhat drier weather, some spells of sunshine, perhaps a little less mild but only a little, still seeing highs of between eight and 12 degrees. and then for the weekend, saturday will bring outbreaks of rain eastwards, further showers on sunday. it will remain quite windy throughout the weekend.

ss bbc news, we will have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour straight after this programme. it's not fair, the boys never have to come home and help. i wonder if i had an arranged marriage, would i get someone who'd let me play football whenever i wanted? who are you talking to? move on up by curtis mayfield plays. bend it like beckham was a huge success and it made history as the highest grossing film about football. # hush now, child. my mum probably hates the film because we've watched it that many times. there are so many elements of it that are still true today. - i was like, "this is me on screen. "she's found her people. "maybe i can find my people."

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