will spend the money on he will spend the money on alternative rail, road and bus schemes instead. alternative rail, road and bus schemes instead. the world gymnastics championships continue with japan taking the gold in the men's team final ahead of china and the united states. opening statements begin in the trial of the one—time crypto currency billionaire sam—bankman—fried on seven counts of fraud and conspiracy. the search for a new speaker of the house of representatives is under way after that historic vote. he was pushed out of his job way after that historic vote. he was pushed out of hisjob by way after that historic vote. he was pushed out of his job by members of his own party. a motion to remove kevin mccarthy from his role as speaker of the house of representatives passed narrowly overnight. it makes him the first speaker in us history to be voted out by the chamber. doing the right thing isn't always easy, but it is necessary. i don't regret standing up for choosing government over grievance.

it is my responsibility. it is myjob. i do not regret negotiating. our government is designed to find compromise. i don't regret my efforts to build coalitions and find solutions. i was raised to solve problems, not create them. the ousting of the speaker follows months of fractures and in—fighting in the republican party. this was brought to a head over the weekend when kevin mccarthy secured a funding deal with the democrats to avoid a us government shutdown. that deal was highly criticsed by hardline members of the party including matt gaetz, who accused mccarthy of doing a "side deal" with democrats over funding for ukraine. the house is now in recess until a vote on his replacement takes place next week. republicanjim jordan of ohio has already thrown his name into the ring for the position of leader, as has house majority leader steve scalise, with more names expected in the next few days.

meanwhile, the interim speaker has ordered former house speaker nancy pelosi and her deputy to leave their offices in the capital building. president biden has been talking about the removal of speaker kevin mccarthy, urging political leaders to change the "poisonous atmosphere" in washington. let's hear what he had to say. the house will now reorganize and select a new speaker. i know it's going to take some time, but i remind everyone we have a lot of work to do and the american people expect us to get it done. the argument we reached was about what comes next, but we had an agreement. we reached an agreement over the weekend. funds for government, only another a0 days. we cannot and should not again be faced with an 11th hour decision, brinksmanship that threatens to shut down the government. and we know what we have to do. we have to get it done

in a timely fashion. more than anything, we need to change the poisonous atmosphere in washington. i know we have strong disagreements, but we need to stop seeing each other as enemies. we need to talk to one another, listen to one another, work with one another and we can do that. ijoined with minority leaderjeffries in saying that our republican colleagues remain committed to working in a bipartisan fashion. we were prepared to do it as well for the good of the american people. twice in the last six months both houses came together on a bipartisan basis, once to avoid default, once to keep the government open, and while we should never have been in the situation in the first place, i'm grateful that leaders on both sides came together, including former speaker mccarthy, to do the right thing. live now to washington dc. brian lanza is a republican strategist and a former communications director for president trump's transition team.

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commitments and itjust becomes a matter of who can get to the magic number first. matter of who can get to the magic numberfirst. which is 219. it number first. which is 219. it doesn't seem that there was a plan in place to move to oust the old speaker, there was no unity candidate ready to go. if speaker, there was no unity candidate ready to go. if you look at janua candidate ready to go. if you look at january when _ candidate ready to go. if you look at january when kevin _ candidate ready to go. if you look at january when kevin mccarthy l candidate ready to go. if you look i at january when kevin mccarthy tried at january when kevin mccarthy tried to become speaker for the first time there was not a clear alternative. that is the reason why kevin was able to hold onto the speakership, there was nobody obvious to replace him. some members got to the point that they felt it was more critical for kevin to be moved out of the speaker's office than have a clear line of succession. it is a bit slow, line of succession. it is a bit sloppy, but line of succession. it is a bit 51°ppy, but government line of succession. it is a bit sl°ppy, but government is line of succession. it is a bit sloppy, but government is sloppy. when the caucus decides who is the next speaker, by next tuesday, you will have a unified front going into

the next budget negotiations, which is critical going forward. what is critical going forward. what about this _ is critical going forward. what about this rule _ is critical going forward. what about this rule that _ is critical going forward. what about this rule that one - is critical going forward. what about this rule that one member can force all this to happen, force it to a vote, and effectively force the speaker right? will that will stay or go? i speaker right? will that will stay or to? ~ , ., speaker right? will that will stay or io? «' , ., or go? i think it will stay. that has been _ or go? i think it will stay. that has been our _ or go? i think it will stay. that has been our rule _ or go? i think it will stay. that has been our rule that - or go? i think it will stay. that has been our rule that has - or go? i think it will stay. that. has been our rule that has been or go? i think it will stay. that - has been our rule that has been in office for nearly a century. it has been utilised more, weaponised more, in recent times, but the rule had very little to do with kevin losing the speakership. a lot of members felt they couldn't trust him enough to go forward, and that becomes a problem when you're the leader of the party, trust matters, and when you lease that, that becomes a problem. when you lose the trust of your caucus during a bad position. going forward, whoever becomes the

next speaker will learn from a kevin tate, wattie promised everybody, then delivered nothing, the cold, hard truth to have this logjam moving forward. this hard truth to have this lo “am moving forwardfl hard truth to have this lo “am moving forward. this idea that we have 40 days _ moving forward. this idea that we have 40 days or— moving forward. this idea that we have 40 days or so _ moving forward. this idea that we have 40 days or so now _ moving forward. this idea that we have 40 days or so now before . moving forward. this idea that we have 40 days or so now before a i have 40 days or so now before a potential government shutdown threat. do you think whoever is in position by tuesday or wednesday next week will get something together? next week will get something to . ether? ., , next week will get something touether? . , ~ next week will get something touether? ., , ~ , ., together? yeah, but i think you will be different- _ together? yeah, but i think you will be different. president _ together? yeah, but i think you will be different. president biden - be different. president biden promising ukraine funding. the next speaker will come forward and say no ukraine funding. we be in a stalemate and whether we shut down government in 40 days will be completely to terminate on how hard the republican house members want to go on the funding ukraine. you will

probably see president biden clink on that. we will see the end of the united states funding ukraine. we will see the end of the united states funding ukraine. the gymnastics world championships continue in antwerp, belgium, with japan taking the gold in the men's team final ahead of china and the united states. the big star at the championships is of course simone biles. the american gymnast has qualified for the women's all—around final. on sunday, she became the first woman to land the yurchenko double pike vault, a high—difficulty skill historically only done by men at an international competition. the yurchenko double pike vault, a high—difficulty skill historically only done by men at an international competition. let's speak to olympic gymnast danusia francis. thank you for coming on the programme. let's start with this achievement by biles, yet another remarkable one against her name. she now has remarkable one against her name. sue: now has five remarkable one against her name. sie: now has five skills named after her,

two on the vault. i think this one appeared as someone a few years ago if a woman would ever do at yurchenko double pike, most people would have said no. it is incredible she is pushing the boundaries that she is pushing the boundaries that she is. we she is pushing the boundaries that she is. ~ . , . she is pushing the boundaries that she is. ~ ., , .,. , she is pushing the boundaries that sheis. ., , she is. we are seeing a clip of it there right _ she is. we are seeing a clip of it there right now. _ she is. we are seeing a clip of it there right now. what _ she is. we are seeing a clip of it there right now. what is - she is. we are seeing a clip of it there right now. what is it - she is. we are seeing a clip of it| there right now. what is it about that that is to testing foreign athletes? it that that is to testing foreign athletes? , , ., that that is to testing foreign athletes? , ,., ,~' ., athletes? it is so high-risk. not many men _ athletes? it is so high-risk. not many men do — athletes? it is so high-risk. not many men do it. _ athletes? it is so high-risk. not many men do it. the _ athletes? it is so high-risk. not many men do it. the men - athletes? it is so high-risk. not many men do it. the men have| athletes? it is so high-risk. not. many men do it. the men have the ball ten centimetres higher and there are more powerful, so if you had that landing slightly wrong or take a slightly wrong, the risk of injury is so high. she has been having her coach standing in, which is half mark off, but she realises the risk and so does her coach. this might even help in changing that route that they will hopefully allow coaches to stand on these high—risk vaults forward. that coaches to stand on these high-risk vaults forward.—

vaults forward. that is interesting. what is it about _ vaults forward. that is interesting. what is it about her _ vaults forward. that is interesting. what is it about her that _ vaults forward. that is interesting. what is it about her that gives - vaults forward. that is interesting. what is it about her that gives her| what is it about her that gives her these extraordinary abilities? i think she is blessed with a physique thatis think she is blessed with a physique that is so perfect, especially for the powerful set of gymnastics. she is such a powerhouse when it comes so naturally to her. i have had the opportunity to train with her and in training she does everything so effortlessly. i think someone that doesn't know gymnastics, if they were to watch they wouldn't even realise that what she is doing so difficult because she does with such ease. ., ., difficult because she does with such ease, ., ., ., difficult because she does with such ease. ., ., ., ., .,, difficult because she does with such ease. ., ., ., ., ., ease. you no more than most what noes into ease. you no more than most what goes into this. _ ease. you no more than most what goes into this, giving _ ease. you no more than most what goes into this, giving you _ ease. you no more than most what goes into this, giving you a - goes into this, giving you a fantastic career in the sport. we are seeing pictures of you, i think this is in tokyo. what is it about the sport that you need to get to the sport that you need to get to the top, like you did? so the sport that you need to get to the top, like you did?— the sport that you need to get to the top, like you did? so many hours of dedication — the top, like you did? so many hours of dedication and _ the top, like you did? so many hours of dedication and training, _ the top, like you did? so many hours of dedication and training, but - the top, like you did? so many hours of dedication and training, but also i of dedication and training, but also being able to pull off this level of skill when it is under pressure you

only get one chance. it is not a team sport where you can pass the ball not doing your best performance. it is gee up there for that minute that minute were minute and a half. it is you can handle the pressure at the right time and simone biles certainly can. this idea of taking _ simone biles certainly can. this idea of taking a _ simone biles certainly can. this idea of taking a bit _ simone biles certainly can. this idea of taking a bit of _ simone biles certainly can. this idea of taking a bit of time out, as she did, then coming back, were people thinking it is just not possible to do that and be back at the highest standard? i possible to do that and be back at the highest standard?— possible to do that and be back at the highest standard? i think when she took the _ the highest standard? i think when she took the time _ the highest standard? i think when she took the time of— the highest standard? i think when she took the time of people - the highest standard? i think when | she took the time of people weren't sure if she was going to come back. in my minds, as a fan of hers, i thought if she did she would be able to get to that level, just because of how natural it comes to her. i wondered if she would start off slow, but she has come back outscoring everybody worldwide and she is not the world champion is doing exactly that. extraordinary stuff. doing exactly that. extraordinary stuff- great _ doing exactly that. extraordinary stuff. great to _ doing exactly that. extraordinary stuff. great to get _ doing exactly that. extraordinary stuff. great to get your - doing exactly that. extraordinary stuff. great to get your insight, l stuff. great to get your insight, given your fantastic experience. thank you.

spain, portugal and morocco will co—host the 2030 men's fifa world cup, but only after uruguay, argentina and paraguay have staged the opening three games. the deal brings to an end a dispute between the two rival bids. the three south american nations had claimed the right to host the world cup to mark the centenary of the first fifa competition, which was played in uruguay. the deal means that for the first time the world cup will be played across three continents and six different countries. earlier, i spoke with gavin hamilton, editor and writer at sport business. he gave me his reaction to this solution. it's a very messy compromise on behalf of fifa and its president, gianni infantino. he was desperate to avoid a messy bidding process between spain, portugal and morocco on the one hand and the south american bid on the other hand. you also have to bear in mind he's running another bidding process for the 2034 world cup and the last

time fifa had two bidding processes is running almost at the same time was 2018 and 2022, which went to russia and qatar in very controversial circumstances, where there was lots of horse trading, accusations of vote rigging and bribery and fifa has been tarnished by that and scarred by that and is desperate to avoid that process again. but 2034, which is a really big factor in this 2030 decision, is likely to go to saudi arabia because they are the country that's most prepared to spend the money on a bid. fifa is desperate to avoid accusations that saudi arabia would be influencing a bidding war between south americans and spain, portugal. so they've set up this messy compromise where the world cup is going to be played over three continents with six different countries. i don't know what it says about fifa's green credentials and its efforts to be carbon neutral, but it's a mess. let's get to the practicalities, then. how is that going to work?

is everyone going to be flown out to these three countries in south america and then everyone flown back to europe and north africa for the rest of the competition? we don't know. and that's, i think, a bridge that fifa will cross when it has to. the world cup in 2030, like the world cup in 2026, will be expanded to 48 teams in smaller groups. it's going to be a messy process because there will be certain teams that have to travel to south america and play in south america and if they qualify for the knockout stage, will end up travelling over to europe, and there will be teams that have qualified from the group stages having just been in a single country in europe and will have potentially an advantage. so it's going to be a very strange situation, but people will find a way to muddle through it, i imagine. so why notjust give, if it was uruguay, you know, the 100 years on, why not give uruguay and countries around it the world cup?

i think for the simple reason now that, with 48 teams in a world cup, no single country can afford to host the tournament. we're seeing the �*26 world cup being co—hosted by the usa, mexico and canada, and usa and mexico have in the past hosted a smaller world cup on their own, but no one country can do it. the one country that can afford to do it, because it's throwing billions and billions at sports in general, is saudi arabia. so they will be confident of bidding probably against australia, possibly australia and new zealand, for the 2034 world cup. so in your eyes, this doesn't do any favours for fifa's reputation? well, i think fifa doesn't have a great reputation to defend in the first place, but it is very good at organising tournaments. and, as we saw in qatar, the circus arrives, it organises the world cup and it leaves again and it will do the same again in 2026 in usa, mexico and canada and now it will spread its tentacles around the world in 2030.

around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. the school trip, the highlight of the year for thousands of children across the region. where we live, there is no shortage of great places to visit. english heritage runs 34 of them in yorkshire, including con hillsborough castle, where these children from rotherham are visiting today. here and at other sites across the country, schoolchildren are becoming less frequent visitors. as a charity, our costs continue to rise, whether it be payroll, producing support materials, or cost to continue to rise, which means as a charity we are having to subsidise each year more and more our education programme. english

herita . e education programme. english heritage is _ education programme. english heritage is launching - education programme. english heritage is launching a - education programme. english - heritage is launching a fundraising appeal today so i can keep offering free school trips to every child. it says it wants them all to be able to discover the places where was made. you're live with bbc news. opening statements have begun in the trial of sam bankman—fried in new york, the one—time crypto currency billionaire, on seven counts of fraud and conspiracy. as well as capturing global attention, the case could also influence how crypto is regulated. earlier, i spoke erin delmore, north america business correspondent. opening statements are under way in the trial today. it's the second day that the jury has come in to the courtroom in lower manhattan today. jury selection concluded this morning and the prosecution is in the midst of making its opening statements. the defence will then have the opportunity to follow and then they will be able to begin calling witnesses. now, the prosecution's case shapes up around intent, trying now to prove that sam bankman—fried did intentionally defraud customers and investors.

this is going to be the crux of the case here, whether it was negligence, as mr bankman—fried himself has said, he never intended for any of this to happen. he has decided to plead not guilty to all of these seven charges he's facing. now we are waiting for the defence to go and make its opening statements before calling witnesses later today or tomorrow. just remind us what the allegations are here. what did he allegedly do? absolutely. mr bankman—fried is accused of defrauding ftx's customers and investors. at the heart of this case is the closeness of the relationship between the crypto vehicle that he founded, ftx, and the crypto hedge fund, alameda research, that he co—founded, moving money from one to the other that resulted in an $8 billion hole. investors and customers who put their own money into ftx are now out the difference of the money. this is part of this stunning fall from grace that we saw from ftx

in november of last year. mr bankman—fried was extradited from the bahamas and arrested in the us in december. and there are clearly implications beyond this for the reputation of cryptocurrencies more widely. absolutely. people are looking to the us now to see how this new industry is being regulated and what laws and what safeguards are put into place to police the behaviour. now, this is a flash point and it's not the only crypto exchange to come into focus. we have lately seen regulation crackdowns on other crypto exchanges and we've also seen those founders debate moving their businesses to places that they think might be less under the spotlight, less under the public eye facing these tightening regulations here in the united states. so at stake in this trial is more than just the fate of mr bankman—fried, who, if found guilty on all seven charges, could face decades in prison. there's also the larger case here of what the future of crypto

in the us looks like. some breaking news regarding donald trump. his legal team have filed their notice of appeal. the judge's ruling last week that he committed fraud. his lawyers have said they were going to appeal. he and his two aduu were going to appeal. he and his two adult sons and the trump organization are accused of gaining financial advantage by giving misleading valuations of their properties. as well as scrapping the high—speed rail link to manchester, prime minister rishi sunak has also announced big plans to crackdown on smoking. he wants to stamp it out altogether and he's proposing to do it by increasing the legal age at which people can buy cigarettes in england by one year every year. at the moment, you have to be 18, so in practice, it means that anyone aged 14 or under now, would never be able to buy

a cigarette legally. here's our health editor, hugh pym. smokers out today, but the government wants to cut the number under a radical new plan, the legal age for buying cigarettes and tobacco will rise by one year every year from 18. there will be varying impacts and there are varying views on bridgwater in somerset today. probably a good idea, to be fair. why do you think it might be a good idea? cigarettes aren't very good for people. either bring it to nobody smokes or let everybody be equal. i think the age should stay at 18, . it should be legal for people to buy cigarettes, disease stress relief. it is better than people i buying illegal substances. smoking rates have come down a lot with things like the ban in public places. back in 1980, 40% smoked. in recent years, it is less than half of that. medical experts say there is still a serious health problem.

around one in four cancer deaths in the uk are linked to tobacco usage. the annual cost of smoking to the nhs and social care in england has been put at £3 billion. but there are taxes on cigarettes. the great majority of people who smoke do not want, wish they had not started. they are doing this now because they were addicted in their younger lives. this means that they are trapped in a situation that is causing them ill—health and will eventually, in many cases, sadly kill them. critics argue that raising the legal age for sale of cigarettes each year will not have the intended result of cutting smoking rates. ten or 15 years down the line, will it have 33—year—olds able to buy cigarettes and 32—year—old cannot? straightaway you will have a fairly large informal market of smokers who are old enough to buy cigarettes selling cigarettes to people who are not old enough. smokers are encouraged to switch to e—cigarettes

to help quit tobacco, but there is increasing concern about under—18s vaping. the government will consult on restricting flavourings and disposable vapes, though teachers and parents say action is urgently needed. a murder investigation has been launched after a man was attacked and killed in sunderland by what police believe to be an american xl bully dog. the man who died has been named as 54—year—old ian langley. police say the dog was destroyed to protect the public and a man has been arrested. our correspondent fiona trott reports from sunderland. a community, shocked by a dog attackjust metres from their own front door. the animal was destroyed shortly afterwards to protect the public. another dog, also believed to be an xl bully breed, was taken away. this is what xl bullies look like. last month, the government announced a ban. existing owners will have to register them and ensure

they are neutered and muzzled when out on a lead. this is a quiet housing estate, and their lives have been turned upside down. there are three areas here that have been cordoned off and are being manned by the police. they're knocking on doors, asking for information. and most importantly, this. there are people here who are coping with what they saw or heard yesterday, and some of them have lost a friend. he was a great person. he was a people person. that is the sad thing, that he died without getting help after the help he gave to the community. we all have characters in all our villages. some people like them, some don't. i found him great. the man they remember fondly has now been named by the police as ian langley. his family are being supported by specially—trained officers. fiona trott, bbc news, sunderland. now to a truly inspiring story.

a spirited 104—year—old has left her walker on the ground and made a 13,500 ft tandem jump from an aeroplane. it makes dorothy hoffner, who was born and raised in chicago, the oldest person in the world to tandem skydive. she surpassed the previous guinness world record set by linnea larsson from sweden, who completed the tandem jump at the age of 103. the organisers from skydive chicago, who facilitated dorothy's jump, are now working to have her extraordinary accomplishment officially recognised by guinness world records. now here's the weather with tomasz. hello. for many of us, it's been quite a cloudy day and, across scotland really quite wet, persistent rain, particularly in the west and also in the highlands, through the central lowlands. here's that weather front. really overcast here, but to the south the clouds have been a little more broken, some bright spells and just the odd shower. the forecast for this evening,

then — that band of rain is starting to fizzle away early in the morning on thursday, but the next weather front is approaching. north of that weather front, quite chilly in the north and the east of scotland, around four degrees in aberdeen, but to the south with the south—westerly winds, it's going to be rather humid in the morning — temperatures around double figures in most towns and cities. so, here's the weather map for thursday. high pressure trying to build in from the south, with the warm southerlies coming our way. but, before that happens, this weather front, this bulk of cloud and damp weather, if not wet weather, needs to sweep through, initially through northern ireland wales, then northern england gets the rain and also scotland. despite the cloud and the rain, 17 in belfast, 18 in hull, but in the south and the south—east, this is where the best of the weather will be on thursday and thursday evening, and temperatures mayjust nudge up to about 20 celsius. again, thursday evening, overall, a lot of cloud. we have to wait for that warm southerly to develop, at least till friday. still rain in the north—west of the country, so not warm and sunny everywhere by any means.

in fact, that sunshine is probably going to be reserved for the southern half of the uk, but still, temperatures nearly 20 degrees in belfast and newcastle on friday, about 22 or so in the south. here's the all—important weekend. so, the weather fronts and all the rain—bearing cloud, that's moving northwards, whereas to the south, high pressure is building. now, the north of scotland, it's a different wind direction here, it'll be colder — stornoway only 12 celsius. but look at northern ireland — the bulk of england and wales all in the 20s, perhaps as high as the mid—20s in the south of the country. that is around ten degrees above the average for this time in october. scotland, though, in the north, will be closer to the seasonal norm. look at this outlook for cardiff, for london. it looks like the middle of summer. in belfast, also the high teens, possibly exceeding 20 celsius at some point during the weekend. that's it for me. have a good evening.

hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching the context on bbc news. i am ending this long—running saga. i am cancelling the rest of the hs2 project. i'm very disappointed that he announced that today. you should stand up, particularly when something is really important to your region. i don't see how you can take a plan that goes beyond the life of any . individual government and basically

tear it up at a party conference. - rishi sunak says he is the �*change' candidate. brave enough to deliver the tough decisions. gone the northern leg of hs2. gone the a—levels, to one day be replaced by the advanced british standard, and gone, if you are 14, your right to ever buy a cigarette? is that a formulae to haul the conservatives up the polls, we will get reaction to all the prime minister's big announcements. also tonight, chaos in american government, mccarthy as house speaker is ejected, republicans have no plan as yet to replace him. and the 2030 world cup will be staged in six countries, on three different continents. is that the definition of a �*sustainable' tournament? good evening, this was a big moment for rishi sunak — a year into office, trailing labour 16 points in the polls,

but an opportunity at this conservative party conference