this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. kevin mccarthy fails in his 12th and 13th attempt to be elected speaker of the us house of representatives — but claims he now has enough support to win. president biden says history will remember those who protected american democracy — as he marks the second anniversary of the capitol attack. prince harry faces criticism over remarks about killing taliban fighters in afghanistan in his controversial autobiography. ukraine says russia is continuing to carry out attacks — despite declaring a ceasefire for orthodox christmas. a record number of ambulances were delayed dropping off patients at a&e in england over christmas — as the prime minister admits the nhs

is under enormous pressure the former italian football star, gianluca vialli, has died, following a long battle with pancreatic cancer. two years to the day since the capitol riots in washington — which saw supporters of donald trump try to stop the ratification of the election results — there's still gridlock in the us house of representatives — as members attempt for a fourth day to elect a new speaker. this is the scene live on the floor of the house ——there has been some momentum favouring the frontrunner, kevin mccarthy. 1a conservative republicans — who were among a group preventing him from winning a majority — have now

swung behind mr mccarthy. it still leaves him five votes short of the 218 he requires. the 13th vote initially followed and he picked up one more backer. this is the result of the 13th vote announced.— is the result of the 13th vote announced. , ., announced. the tellers agree in their tallies _ announced. the tellers agree in their tallies that _ announced. the tellers agree in their tallies that the _ announced. the tellers agree in their tallies that the total - announced. the tellers agree in l their tallies that the total number of votes cast is 432. of which the honourable kevin mccarthy of the state of california has 214. applause no member elect having received the majority of the votes cast, a speaker has not been elected. that was the moment _ speaker has not been elected. that was the moment the result of the 13th vote was announced. instead of voting a 14th time for a speaker, the house voted to adjourn until 10pm washington time. well for more on the continued

deadlock we are joined now by our senior north america reporter anthony zurcher in washington. thank you so much forjoining us. i suppose, first of all, how long can this drag on for? and, of course, what is the impact of this on the politics? what is the impact of this on the olitics? ~ , ., ., ., politics? well, it is going to drag on as long _ politics? well, it is going to drag on as long as _ politics? well, it is going to drag on as long as the _ politics? well, it is going to drag on as long as the sixth _ politics? well, it is going to drag on as long as the sixth the - on as long as the sixth the remaining republicans who are voting for someone other than kevin mccarthy wanted to. in fact, it will only take four of them to continue to block kevin mccarthy from being elected speaker, assuming that they keep showing up and voting for their own nominee, so there is an intense pressure on these remaining republican holdouts to try to get them to either not vote or vote for kevin mccarthy up until the ten o'clock return tonight. and we will see if they make any progress at that. but what it means on the whole is that this is a sign that this is

a very difficult chamber to govern with a slim republican majority, and the challenges facing the house of representatives over the next year, passing a budget, raising the debt limit, things like that, that is going to be difficult for these republicans in congress to do because there is a small subset of their majority that is very adamant in using their power in order to push forward their conservative principles. £31 push forward their conservative --rinciles. .., , push forward their conservative --rinciles. , ., push forward their conservative principles-— principles. of course from a business — principles. of course from a business cannot _ principles. of course from a business cannot be - principles. of course from a l business cannot be conducted principles. of course from a - business cannot be conducted while this goes on. so we do have that deadlock, as we were saying. of course, kevin mccarthy says that he now does have support. we will have to see. what could have changed? what things does he have to resort to, what has he been doing to try to get the backing he needs, given that he has failed in the last two votes? 20 holdouts coming into today and there have been negotiations with

there have been negotiations with the group of those 20 over the past couple of days to try to see what they wanted in exchange for their support and what they wanted was an agreement to keep the budget under control, to limit the amount of spending from the federal government. more powerfor this conservative block among the committees that organise and run the house of representatives. more freedom on the floor of the house of representatives to introduce amendments to the legislation and the ability of the limited number of members of congress even just one, apparently, to trigger a new election for the house speaker, at least about to see if the house speaker should be replaced. so that way give them a certain amount of influence of a kevin mccarthy if he were to win, and it sounds like an agreement was reached around these sorts of priorities and that was enough for at least 14 of the 22 sign—on. enough for at least 14 of the 22 sian-on. �* ., , . ., ., sign-on. anthony in washington from our senior north _ sign-on. anthony in washington from our senior north american _ sign-on. anthony in washington from

our senior north american reporter, i our senior north american reporter, thank you. as we have been saying, the house has voted to adjourn voting until 10pm washington time. that is in just under an hour. presidentjoe biden is marking the second anniversary of the deadly attack on the us capitol by pro—trump supporters. he's awarding presidential medals to officials and police officers for their part in resisting the attempt to overturn the result of the presidential election. here he is speaking just a short while ago. you held the line that day and what was on the line and what was on the line was our democracy. history will remember your names. and history will remember your names. they will remember your courage, they will remember your bravery, they will remember your extraordinary commitments to your fellow americans. it's not hyperbole, that is a fact. that is a fact. folks, history is also going to remember your instincts to respond, to do something,

as he did, as we all watched, this is the irony of it, america watched it. watched it on television, saw it repeated and repeated. in the past months, we have heard you testify to the nation about what happened that day. what you are thinking about the time it was happening. what you are thinking now. the threats, the violence, the savage and us of what happened. ——the threats, the violence, the savageness of what happened. the trauma, all real. it's not an exaggeration to say america owes you. america owes you all — i really mean this — a debt of gratitude. 0ne we can never fully repay. unless we live up to what you did. the taliban have responded to claims by prince harry that he killed 25 people while serving as a helicopter pilot in afghanistan. a taliban spokesman said the killings amounted to war crimes. there's also been criticism and unease about that

claim here in britain. a former british commander called his comments "ill—judged". 0ur royal correspondent daniela relph reports. it is a raw, unflinching story of his life, intimate even embarrassing details shared. pain, anger, sadness explored. prince harry's spare has spared very little and the reaction to it has been polarising. in the book harry describes the day his grandmother the queen died. his family travelled to balmoral without him after a row. harry eventually charted his own flight. by the time he arrived in scotland the queen had died. he found out as his plane was about to land. it is some of the personal stories that are perhaps the most shocking to read.

harry tells us in great detail how he lost his virginity aged 17 to an older woman in a field behind a pub. he confirms that he had a relationship with the tv presenter caroline flack who died almost three years ago and in the book and then the interviews to publicise it he describes using drugs as a teenager. there is a fair amount of drugs, marijuana, magic mushrooms, cocaine, that is going to surprise people. but important to acknowledge. elsewhere his main american interview deals with racial bias in the media. i had no idea they were so bigoted. i was probably bigoted before the relationship with meghan. this would be familiar territory for diana in many ways. she cooperated on her own book filled with revelations. almost 30 years on the shock factor has been repeated. do you think this book is going to be very damaging for the royalfamily?

i think it will be, because remember diana always used to say to me that harry was the back—up, in the nicest possible way. and she wanted harry to be william's wing man, not as we have seen, his hit man. reflecting on his army service in afghanistan, harry says he believes he killed 25 taliban fighters, a claim many in the military view is a misjudgment. i think he is wrong when he says in his book that in were seen as being inhuman and just as chess pieces to be knocked over. that is not the case at all and not the way the british army trains people as he claims. and in an extraordinary development the taliban has criticised harry saying the people he killed were human, with families waiting for their return.

the publishers promised in revelation and self—examination. the book seems to have delivered than there may be more to come as his well trailed tv interviews are broadcast in the coming days including a more light—hearted turn on the late—night american chat show. tuesday in a late—night exclusive, that's an exclusive, prince harry right here on this show. prince harry's truth as well and truly out there. from the royalfamily, still no comment. daniella relph, bbc news. coloneljames stuart spent more than 30 years in the british military — starting in the falklands war in 1982 as a young officer in the scots guards — he is now director of pavocat — a company which specialises in the law, and advises on the behaviour of armed forces in battle.

thank you so much forjoining us. he describes them as chess pieces being taken off the board, what effect do you think his words have?- taken off the board, what effect do you think his words have? thank you for havin: you think his words have? thank you for having me- _ you think his words have? thank you for having me- i— you think his words have? thank you for having me. i think, _ you think his words have? thank you for having me. i think, i _ you think his words have? thank you for having me. i think, i was - for having me. i think, i was a soldier as he said to my site action in many countries and different conflict zones. and what we see, and this is why it is so important is that abuses of humanitarian law tend to follow very well—worn stepping stones, and one of those stones is when the person stops thinking about the enemy as humans but as figures of hate, ridicule a sense of alienation from its very russian— ukraine. in the neck stone is when you start talking the figures as numbers and violence becomes mathematical. it all becomes part of that dehumanisation process and it is something that we teach leaders to look out for and to stamp on, if

that sort of body count mentality starts to become an obsession. i recognise it for my time in the military and i am utterly confident that everyone i ever starved would have stamped on it if they come across it. i think what he is trying to deal is to explain combats to somebody who doesn't understand combat, and that is a very, very difficult thing to do. i think in doing it, he has used some very injudicious language. {line doing it, he has used some very injudicious language.— doing it, he has used some very injudicious language. one of the thins he injudicious language. one of the things he said _ injudicious language. one of the things he said was _ injudicious language. one of the things he said was they - injudicious language. one of the things he said was they trained l injudicious language. one of the i things he said was they trained me to other than in terms of the enemy he was fighting against. 0f to other than in terms of the enemy he was fighting against. of course, the ministry of defence says it won't comment on operational details for security reasons, but what do you think prince harry meant then by that claim that they trained me to other than? i

that claim that they trained me to other than?— other than? i don't recognise the characterisation. _ other than? i don't recognise the characterisation. one _ other than? i don't recognise the characterisation. one of- other than? i don't recognise the characterisation. one of the - other than? i don't recognise the i characterisation. one of the things that was a golden thread do everything i did in the military and everything we teach in humanitarian law and training is that of course they are the enemy, of course you have to exercise violence, that's part of what you are there for her. but the moment that you start to dehumanize them, that is the stepping stone that takes you towards international humanitarian law and abuse, and that is not something that could be tolerated and should be tolerated by any right minded leader or a soldier or sailor or airman. ~ . .., minded leader or a soldier or sailor or airman. ~ . .. , minded leader or a soldier or sailor or airman-— or airman. what can be done to revent or airman. what can be done to prevent this _ or airman. what can be done to prevent this mentality - or airman. what can be done to prevent this mentality then, - or airman. what can be done to prevent this mentality then, or| prevent this mentality then, or attack led?— prevent this mentality then, or attack led? ~ �* attack led? well, as i say, you've not attack led? well, as i say, you've got to keep _ attack led? well, as i say, you've got to keep an — attack led? well, as i say, you've got to keep an eye _ attack led? well, as i say, you've got to keep an eye on _ attack led? well, as i say, you've got to keep an eye on it. you've i attack led? well, as i say, you've i got to keep an eye on it. you've got to be careful that you don't yourself stoke up the sense of otherness in the person that or the

institutions that you are taking on and directing people to go and fight against. such where you see asked me if got to stamp on it. it got to explain to the people you are sending them to do this violence that the consequences of combat are that the consequences of combat are that people will get hurt, both your site and their side, but if you accelerate that into abuse, it is just a cycle that never stops. you can see it's being played out day after day after day in ukraine, it is the consequence of dehumanizing year enemy. you get problems that starts to run away from you. i think, i don't think, in fact i don't think, i know that the british military does not exercise this kind of teaching to its people. and i

think that he, as to repeat what i said, i think what he is trying to do as he is trying to explain a very complicated in motion, which is combat, to somebody who doesn't understand, and he has used bad language. understand, and he has used bad [aniiuae, ., understand, and he has used bad laniiuae. ., ., understand, and he has used bad laniuaie. ., ., ., understand, and he has used bad laniuaie. ., . ., language. good to hear from you coloneljames — language. good to hear from you coloneljames stewart. - language. good to hear from you coloneljames stewart. thank . language. good to hear from you | coloneljames stewart. thank you language. good to hear from you - coloneljames stewart. thank you so coloneljames stewart. thank you so much for your time. coloneljames stewart. thank you so much for your time.— now to the war in ukraine where there have been fresh strikes on the front line — just hours after a temporary russian ceasefire came into force. president putin ordered the 36 hour pause to mark 0rthodox christmas — but a regional governor in eastern ukraine says russian forces are failing to implement their own ceasefire. earlier, president zelensky accused russia of playing dirty tricks. translation: now they want to use i christmas as a cover to at least i briefly stop the advance of our guys in donbas and bring equipment, ammunition and mobilise men closer to our positions. what will this bring? just another increase

in the death toll. everyone in the world knows how the kremlin uses respite at war to continue the war with renewed vigour. 0ne front line location where there have been reports of continuing artillery fire is near the city of kramatorsk — which is in ukrainian hands. 0ur correspondent james waterhouse is there and had this assessment of how the ceasefire has been holding up. very few expected this ceasefire to actually work. this is a part of ukraine which is no stranger to war before the full scale invasion. the army had been fighting russian backed separatists here. we are very close to the front line, and we've already heard sirens. a possible symptom of the ceasefire not working, but relatively close by. in the city of bakhmut, where we're seeing some of the heaviest fighting, there have been reports of artillery fire being exchanged by both sides. russian forces have accused ukraine of targeting its positions. ukrainian officials close by have accused russian forces of doing the same.

i think these accusations and counter accusations were expected. but look, vladimir putin had said he wanted to allow 0rthodox christians to celebrate christmas. all the early signs suggest that this was probably more part of the information war rather than a meaningful gesture of goodwill. the extent of the problems at hospitals over christmas and new year in england has been made clearer today. new nhs data shows that a record number of ambulances were delayed dropping off patients at accident and emergency units. it comes as new figures show another significant rise in both covid and flu infections. there were more than five thousand flu patients in hospitals in england last week — up 47 per cent. last week there were nearly 3 million covid infections in the uk — double the previous week. that's1 in 22 people, according to the office for national statistics.

0ur health editor hugh pym reports. an a&e department this week. we were allowed to film at a time of intense strain. at royal berkshire hospital they say they are doing everything they can to get people seen. it is always hard, isn't it? this is always the toughest time of year and every year it gets tougher, at some point something has to change because we can't keep doing that. they have 100 patients in the hospital who are fit to leave but can't because of hold—ups and community care. managers say temporary care must continue. ——managers say temporary funding must continue. what would help as a commitment to the funding on an ongoing basis for the medium term because that provides providers in domiciliary care to plan for the future with confidence. at st marys hospital in london patient numbers are 16% higher than before the pandemic. they are trying to reduce the pressure on a&e. here at the same day emergency care

centre patients who can be treated quickly are being dealt with and if needed they can come back for follow—ups. the key thing is they won't need hospital beds. but the boss says hospital building has not kept up with demand. we are having to deal with higher patient numbers in a very small space. we have clearly also got a whole range of things as people recover from the pandemic. we are seeing an increase in the severity of some of the conditions we are seeing. at a different hospital, sue who had chest pain spent 16 hours in a&e. she had been told to make her own way rather than calling an ambulance. she was appalled by what she saw. to be honest with you ijust wanted to get out, because i felt i was safer at home than in the hospital. i didn't feel confident. not that they didn't know what they were doing, there just weren't enough people

to do what was necessary. there are 25 people waiting at the moment admission for a bed in this department. the health secretary visiting watford general hospital today defended the government's record. at a time when the treasury is under very significant pressure because of the costs of the pandemic and the cost of the war in europe, the impact that has on cost of living and energy crises, the chancellor has prioritised the nhs and social care. more strikes are threatened. junior doctors say they are voting on a plan to take three days of action in england in march. if we do go on strike we will be giving employers enough time to make provisions and make sure patient safety is put at the forefront of that but right now we feel the situation is so desperate that we need to take action for everyone involved including the patients. the union representing ambulance staff, unite, has called a strike onjanuary 23

adding to the workouts already planned this month by other unions. now for your sports news. the italian football federation says that death has left an unavailable void. the former striker died at the age of 58, six years after he was first diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. he also had a successful managerial career. the clubs at his impact will forever be written across their history. jane google reports. train for trainforand train for and with his countrymen as they lifted the trophy at wembley. as part of they lifted the trophy at wembley. as i’arto ,.p they lifted the trophy at wembley. as iarto�* ,.p they lifted the trophy at wembley. asiarto’,..~.,., , ., as part of backroom staff, he had ila ed as part of backroom staff, he had played a key _ as part of backroom staff, he had played a key role. _ as part of backroom staff, he had played a key role, but _ as part of backroom staff, he had played a key role, but shortly - as part of backroom staff, he had. played a key role, but shortly after their successful tournaments, that former chelsea manager announced he was taking a step back. his cancer had returned. as a player, he was

considered one of the most dynamic and versatile strikers in italy had ever produced. after champions league medal, he was signed by chelsea in 1996, helping them win the fa cup the following year. he went on to manage at the club, giving a young john terry his debut. and in 2000, he led chelsea to the fa cup final, this time as their manager. they won, beating aston villa 1—0 and giving him a significant piece of english silverware. e significant piece of english silverware.— significant piece of english silverware. ., ., , ., silverware. e without doubt now in terms of trophies _ silverware. e without doubt now in terms of trophies one _ silverware. e without doubt now in terms of trophies one is _ silverware. e without doubt now in terms of trophies one is the - silverware. e without doubt now in terms of trophies one is the most| terms of trophies one is the most successful manager that chelsea have ever had. ihis successful manager that chelsea have ever had. , ., ., ., ever had. his international career wasn't quite _ ever had. his international career wasn't quite so — ever had. his international career wasn't quite so impressive. - ever had. his international career wasn't quite so impressive. at. ever had. his international career| wasn't quite so impressive. at the italian 90, he missed a penalty against the usa and was subsequently dropped from the team. but he was brought back for the semifinal against argentina where his scale shone through, playing a part in the salvatore selassie's goal. in 2017,

he was first diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, calling it an unwanted travel companion. he announced he was in remission and continued as assistant coach for italy. butjust over a year later, the cancer returned. attributes fretted in this morning with the cob chelsea saying his impact as a player, coach and most importantly as a person will be forever written across our club's history. he passed away at the age of 58, leaving a wife and two daughters. his final public image will be of him celebrating a trophy for his beloved country. he won the fa cup as he saw in the report there. the third round of the english fa cup takes place this weekend with the first tie on friday night already underway, 12 time winners manchester united are playing everton at old trafford. united were in front after four

minutes thanks to antony, but conor coady equalised soon after following some poor goal keeping from david de gea. coady has since scored again, this time at the wrong end, his own goal has given manchester united a 2—1 lead with over an hour played. and doctors have provided another positive update on the health of nfl player damar hamlin who collapsed on the field after suffering cardiac arrest on monday whilst playing for the buffalo bills. the 24 years old remains in hospital but had his breathing tube removed overnight and is said to be progressing remarkably. he also made a video call into a team meeting earlier where he spoke to his teammates. that is all your support for now. back to you. thank you very much. a reminder of oui’ our top story. still gridlock in the us house of representatives as members attempts for a fourth day to elect a new speaker. there has however been some momentum favouring the front runner, kevin mccarthy, 14 conservative republicans who were among a group preventing him from winning a majority swung behind in the first vote of the day. the 12th

overall. that left him still five votes short of the 218 he requires. at 13 vote immediately followed and he picked up one additional backer. the session is now adjourned until 10pm local time in around five and half hours. 0fficial census data has for the first time, revealed the size of the lgbt plus community population in england and wales. more than 1.3 million people aged over16 more than 1.3 million people aged over 16 said they identified as lesbian gay or bisexual. 262,000 people set their gender identity was different from their sex registered at birth. psychologist and author doctorjulia spoke to us about what the census data reveals.— the census data reveals. older individuals _ the census data reveals. older individuals are _ the census data reveals. older individuals are less _ the census data reveals. older individuals are less likely - the census data reveals. older individuals are less likely to i individuals are less likely to complete the test for this question, they are less likely to complete the question. so at 20% of older individuals didn't complete or didn't respond to the question on

sexual orientation. there are lots of different reasons. it might be that it's a heterosexual person who thinks it's not the government's business to know what is happening in their private life. i think more likely though it is someone who is lgbt plus and has lived through a history of the government criminalising and allowing for or encouraging the systematic discrimination of lgbt people. so if you have lived through that and you live through a time when equal marriage wasn't possible, for example, you are probably less likely to trust the government with your own clear identity, so you mightjust say nothing rather than the wrong thing. one thing that was great about the census as they allowed for a right inbox where you could complete other and then write in your own sexual orientation, and the single most popular thing that wrote in this other category was pansexual. now, pansexualand pa nsexual. now, pa nsexual and bisexual are pansexual. now, pansexualand bisexual are terms that are sometimes used synonymously in general both apply to tracking the people who are attracted to those of multiple genders. so i think it's

important for us to talk about to come if we are comparing gay and lesbian as a category, it was 1.54% that we actually compare that to combined statistic of bisexual or pansexual which is 1.51%. those pa nsexual which is 1.51%. those numbers pansexual which is 1.51%. those numbers are incredibly close. so thatis numbers are incredibly close. so that is really important. within those who are attracted to those of multiple genders, we also know they are less likely to have a label at all. so if you are, for example, somewhere on the scale and my sexuality research today uses a version of what's called the kinsey scale, which allows you to choose sexuality between zero to an exclusively heterosexual and sex, exclusively heterosexual and sex, exclusively homosexual and you can be somewhere in between. that finds that people are much more likely to choose a number that isn't exclusively homosexual, heterosexual or asexual. so we see that more people say that they are clear or fall within the spectrum if they are able to do so, which in a categorical question that was presented within the census, they were not able to.—

were not able to. now, for the weather with _ were not able to. now, for the weather with helen _ were not able to. now, for the weather with helen willits. - good evening. large waves will continue to be an issue around our coastline throughout the weekend. the next area of low pressure — deep area of low pressure will bring further gale force winds, as well, to many exposed coasts and hills, and yet more rain. so there are yellow warnings out for wales and the southwest from the met office for the issue or the concern for flooding. here comes that rain as we go through this evening overnight to western areas, gradually easing its way eastwards, but it takes its time. so initially, temperatures will dip away. quite chilly initially in eastern areas, but temperatures then rise as we head towards morning. that rain, as you can see, only slowly clearing away from the west — but as it does, replaced by sunshine and heavy showers with the odd rumble of thunder, and that rain could linger in eastern areas for much of the day. temperatures will start at 11—12, but they'll dip down later in the day to 8—9, which is still a little bit above average for this time of year. heavy showers, strong—to—gale force winds on sunday, perhaps a little dry on monday.

this is bbc world news, the headlines... the frontrunner to become the next speaker of the us house of representatives has said he now has enough support to win. kevin mccarthy said he was confident he will secure a majority of votes during friday evening. meanwhile, president biden is marking the second anniversary of the attack with a ceremony at the white house. a minute's silence was held at the capitol building earlier in the day. ukraine says russia is continuing to carry out attacks — despite declaring a ceasefire for the orthodox christmas. president putin ordered the 36—hour pause, but a regional governor in eastern ukraine says russian forces are failing to implement it. there have been more claims and allegations about the royal family that have been leaked from prince harry's