>> the office of speaker of the house of the united states house of representatives is hereby declared vacant. >> the u.s. house of representatives votes to ousted speaker for the first time in history. chaos in congress as hard-line republicans lead the revolt against kevin mccarthy with uncertainty on who will replace him. this is al jazeera live from delhi. also coming up, cases that could

affect the u.s. presidential race. both donald trump and hunter biden appear in different courtrooms. serbia detains a political leader accused of orchestrating an attack on northern kosovo, and al jazeera gains exclusive access to the now deserted city in care about -- care about -- nagorno-karabakh. we start in washington, d.c., where the u.s. house of representatives has voted to oust speaker kevin mccarthy in a historic showdown. a motion passed by 216 votes to 110 votes against. it was put forward by fellow republican matt gaetz. he and other hard-line members of the party accused mccarthy of making a deal with democrats to prevent a government shutdown. it is the first time at have speaker has been ousted from his position. this is the moment the vote passed.

>> on this boat, the ueas -- on this boat, the yeas are 216, the nays 110. the office of speaker of the house of the united states house of representatives is hereby declared vacant. >> this was the scene, the media frenzy as kevin mccarthy left the chamber. the republican party is believed to be having a meeting soon to plan its next moves in this unprecedented event. take us through how this post went. >> it is the ultimate irony because this boat was passed because democrats supported hard-line republicans in the

house. the reason the vote was brought was because the speaker of the house except democratic support in passing a short-term funding bill. it is ultimately incredibly ironic, but it is also history in the making. it is the first-ever time this has happened in u.s. history. the last time i motion to vacate was invoked was way back in 1910, and it failed then, but this time, it has passed, and that is because democrats voted with eight hard-line republicans and have now put through the pro tempore speaker, temporary speaker patrick mchenry, a north carolina republican, but he will just be a stopgap position. republicans are already starting to talk about when the vote is going to happen, and most importantly, who is going to stand for the post of speaker of the house. >> we are in uncharted territory, are not we? we have both sides huddling to decide their next moves.

>> very much so, remembering as well that part of the reason for this is the incredibly slim republican majority in the house. with that slim majority, it means that a group of eight hardliners, for example, can determine the course of the republican party, and that is what has happened in recent months, and that is what has plagued kevin mccarthy as speaker, that a small group of hard right republicans were able to drive the direction of the entire republican caucus. those divisions are going to continue in this coming leadership race. difficult to see how there will be an agreement on the next speaker of the house or indeed that they will be able to get a majority vote in the house to appoint such a speaker, so it is going to be a very torrid period for republicans in particular, but looming over all of this as well is the knowledge that in a couple of weeks, another deadline for funding the government could be hit.

45 days was the deadline to fund the government on a short-term basis, but now you have a wretched republican caucus, congress basically in complete chaos, and at the same time, they have got to get together to negotiate a series of bills to avoid the government not being funded in the months ahead. >> busy time ahead for congress. thanks very much for joining us from washington, d.c. former u.s. president mike pence was speaking live on stage when the news of mccarthy's ouster was told to him. >> america will be secure and the world will be more peaceful. >> thank you, and i'm going to interrupt with some breaking news. democrats have joined with republicans to oust kevin mccarthy from speakership of the u.s. house of representatives. clearly this is developing as we are talking right now, but with a development like this, what sort of a message do you see something like this sending to

other countries about the stability of u.s. government? i mean, the speaker of the house is arguably the most powerful member of that chamber. what do you think this says to countries who are looking at what is happening here? >> well, let me say that chaos is never america's friend. and it's never a friend of american families that are struggling, and i'm deeply disappointed that a handful of republicans would partner with the democrats in the house of representatives to oust the speaker of the house, but i expect before the week is out, there will be more votes on who will be elected speaker of the house, and i expect that most of the republicans in the congress will vote again for kevin mccarthy come the way they voted

15 times over earlier in the year. >> joining us live from washington, d.c., is a republican political strategist. mike pence lost for words when he heard the news. what was your reaction to the result of this boat -- vote? >> complete shock. i remember watching kevin mccarthy come up through the ranks of the party, and today, where he sits is in a very unique place in history. to be the first ever ousted speaker, not only is it big on the face of republicans at a time when they don't need it, it is truly a moment at which we have to ask ourselves, so much of congress is willing to eat its own. how much of this republican caucus is willing to do the work of donald trump to blow it all up before it gets the results it wants. right now, what we see kevin mccarthy suffering from is the

same mentality donald trump took to the white house, which is the "i alone can fix it" attitude. even though democrats crossed over and helped mccarthy to avert a government shutdown at the 11th hour just a couple of days ago, he did not want to give them any nice words. he wanted to score cheap political points and make it seem like he was like teflon, and today, we have seen that even his own colleagues do not trust him, and he could not keep the speakership, so even though we thought the battle for the speakership was over back in january, it continues today. >> tell us about this republican caucus, this small number of people from the party who seem to have such a hold over the party as a whole. who are they and why are they doing this? >> they are right hardliners.

they have come to congress with what they say is an edict from their constituents, which is essentially to curb washington's appetite for spending taxpayer money, but what i have seen in them is a lack of desire to pull the levers of government, to do the hard work that is policymaking, to reach across the aisle and compromise with their colleagues who are democrat. the playbook of these republicans in the far right freedom caucus and what i call the burn it down caucus as they have been dubbed by many here in washington, is that they essentially want to blow up the system. they want to be celebrities. they want to be seen as demagogues who did the right thing, and they want to stick it to their colleagues under the same tent by saying you are the republicans in name only, and that is what they are calling kevin mccarthy and his allies today. quick to do you think they are going to succeed? we have been passing kevin mccarthy today in this historic vote. in under 45 days, government

will shut down unless another temporary funding bill is put in place or an agreement is made. is that going to happen? >> make no mistake, kevin mccarthy's ouster as speaker of the house of representatives, and extremely powerful position, as we all know, part of the gang of eight, regularly exposed to our nation's top intel, not only one of the leaders of our people 's house -- the leader, excuse me, but truly one of the most for most speakers in these united states. his ouster has huge geopolitical impact not only for aid to ukraine, for example, but how it makes this appear on the world stage, the stability that comes with the wheel of government. that is no longer there. republicans are in disarray. it has been said many times before, but it is official, with

him being gone as leader, it shows that even those regularly coming to his side no longer believe he has what it takes to lead republicans into what will be a very, very contentious and tough and pivotal election here for the republican party as a whole -- election year for the republican party as a whole. i know mccarthy has a secret list he sort of worked out of people he wanted to succeed him. i think a lot of people within the republican caucus are still reeling from the shock, but when they look within, they may find one of their own, like the head of the republican caucus in the house. she is a millennial female from upstate new york, and she may be seen as someone who can continue a steady hand, but again, a lot remains to be seen at this moment. >> it certainly does. thanks very much for joining us.

>> thank you. >> the judge in former u.s. president trump's multi-civil fraud trial has moved to prevent verbal attacks. the former president, his two sons, and the trump organization are accused of using false financial statements and inflating their net worth by billions of dollars. we have this report from outside the court in new york. >> day two of the trial here at this courthouse in new york city. the trial is turning a little mundane, and what i mean by that is the witnesses being called now are accountants, appraisers, bankers, and consultants. at the core, this is a case about property value, which means it is a case about numbers. the attorney general claiming that trump and his associates intentionally inflated the value of trump properties in order to get more favorable loans, which

would be a crime, but trump and his lawyers have been arguing in court and are trying to lay out the argument that there are many different ways to do property appraisals, and they are saying that the numbers that were used by the attorney general's office to bring these charges are simply incorrect, so that is what the case is dealing with right now with some of these witnesses. trump arrived here in court. he is here and he does not have to be. he has volunteered to be here. as he went into court, he spoke to journalists, and he attacked the attorney general that brought these charges against him. >> this case should be dismissed. this is not a case. and she should probably be dismissed also because she is terrible and grossly incompetent . at a minimum, she should start

looking for the murderers and criminals, the violent criminals all over new york. do something about all the illegal migrants pouring into our city and state and not spend the next six months in a courthouse. her numbers are fraudulent. she is a fraud. >> while this is happening in new york, about 150 km south in bloomington, delaware, on tuesday, the current president, joe biden's 53-year-old son was in court. he is facing department of justice charges for illegally possessing a gun while using drugs in 2018. hunter biden has a history of drug and alcohol use, but he says he has been sober for the last several years, and he claims he is innocent. he pleaded innocent in a very short court appearance on tuesday morning. he says this is all politically motivated. he claims that this is just the

republicans pushing for these charges in retaliation for the charges that have been brought against donald trump. certainly a split screen, if you will, in u.s. politics right now with the former president in court here in new york and the current president's son in court not too far from here. >> still ahead here on al jazeera -- a warning that thousands of children displaced in sit on faced death in refugee camps in chad and south sudan. >> hello there. welcome to look at the international forecast. we have some nasty weather developing across the southeast of australia.

a developing area of low pressure just rattling its way through. intensified very swiftly, actually, so the possibility of severe rain, maybe some heavy showers into tasmania, but it's pushing up into a good part of that eastern section of new south wales. we do have some bush fires burning here. we could well see some localized flooding as this system makes its way through. drier, brighter weather coming back in. temperatures trying to recover. 16°c in melbourne and 18 in adelaide. meanwhile, we have got some wet weather making its way towards taiwan at the moment in the form of typhoon kueng you, feeling across the south of the country. all parts of taiwan will see heavy and flooding rains, but the worst of the weather will be across those heavy southern

areas. not too bad for japan. >> i have the right to boycott anyone i want to, and the state has no business getting involved in that. quickstart has chosen to bless us because we protect israel. i'm going to do at the state level all that i can to support that. >> a new three-part series explores the implications of u.s. anti-boycott laws. >> i regret not knowing more about the issue when i voted. >> i'm looking forward to my day in court. >> part two, in court, on al jazeera.

>> you are watching al jazeera. here's a reminder of our top stories this hour. the u.s. house of representatives has narrowly voted to oust speaker kevin mccarthy in a historic showdown. it was put forward by fellow republican matt gaetz. members of the party accused mccarthy of making a deal with democrats to prevent a government shutdown. this was the moment the vote passed. >> on this about, the -- on this vote, the yeas are 216, the nays are 210. the office of speaker of the house of the united states house of representatives is hereby declared vacant. >> a republican strategist and senior vice president of touchdown strategies says

whoever takes over for mccarthy will likely experience the same issues. >> i used to work at the republican national committee and the national republican senatorial committee, and i don't think there is anyone happier right now in washington that my loyal opposition. this is a great day for democrats and probably self-inflicted for republicans. i don't think it is hard to disagree with a lot of the things that gaetz laid out. the money that congress is spending, 40-your high inflation, but there needs to be practicality. the issue is that republicans have a five-seat majority in the house of representatives, and we have members that represent very different districts with very different constituencies. some of which are probably very

excited about this, and some of which think it is chaos, but kevin mccarthy has a very difficult job. i'm kind of confused by this. what's the point? whoever steps into mccarthy's position is going to have these same challenges. republicans are making it harder on themselves, there is no doubt about that, and it is unfortunate. when joe biden ran for president, he ran on taking chaos out of office, and his administration has done the opposite. all this has done is take away some of the power of that argument. >> at least 21 people have died in a bus crash near venice in italy. fire fighters said the bus caught fire after careening off a bridge over a railway line. two children are amongst the dead. the italian prime minister has expressed her profound condolences. serbia says it has arrested the suspected leader of an attack that killed one police officer

in northern kosovo last month. dozens of gunmen ambushed a police patrol before barricading themselves in a monastery near the border. three fighters were killed in a siege that lasted several hours. the attack was one of the most serious in recent years. >> a very senior ethnic serb politician here in kosovo was arrested by the public prosecutor's office in serbia on charges not only of threats against general security but also the unauthorized possession and trafficking of weapons. prosecutors allege he obtained weapons in bosnia-herzegovina, transported them to belgrade, the capital of serbia, and then down to kosovo where they were hidden in locations ahead of the assault on september 24 that shocked the entire region. authorities in the capital of kosovo said they would like the investigation expo dated --

expedited. the interior minister in kosovo has previously released a video showing footage from drones. it has increased tensions between the two sites significantly in the week and more since it took place. >> azerbaijan has again urged ethnic armenians to return to karabakh after it ceased the territory. al jazeera secured exclusive access to a deserted city. >> if you did not hear the hooves, there would be complete silence. even animals here have gone quiet. the village has been deserted.

nearly everyone is gone after ethnic armenian leaders agreed with azerbaijan that the state would cease to exist. it seems everyone just got up and left. strewn with whatever people could carry with them, the town center where thousands have gathered now paints an unreal, eerie scene. the morgue staff left, too, so even the dead are being repatriated to armenia by the red cross. >> rural areas have not been reached yet. >> the streets are completely empty. all that you can see here are a scattered few checkpoints. russian peacekeepers inside and maybe a few soldiers. you have the last remaining ethnic armenians.

>> gathering at a point where -- for those who want to leave, he says this is our city. also a place where those who are staying say goodbye. this ethnic armenian man hugged the first azerbaijani he saw. he says i want to live here with everyone. i have azerbaijani friends who tell me i should not leave, so i am staying here. the administration says it started a registration center, provided ambulances, revamped mobile networks and connected the city to the electric grade, but the few people left behind still need urgent care. >> if you ask me about the immediate needs, it is certainly true. consider power, gas for the winter coming and water. for the outskirts and the other

regions for sure, we have been here for decades, and we look forward to working with azerbaijan authorities. we are, actually working in concert with them. >> in order to have a future, the city will need humans to refill its empty streets. >> police in bangkok have detained a 14-year-old boy for a shooting in an upmarket shopping mall. authorities say the attacker appeared to open fire at random as shoppers fled. at least two people were killed. tony chang reports from outside the shopping center in bangkok. >> just after 4:00 on tuesday afternoon when shoppers rush for the exit in one of bangkok's high-end shopping malls, in the

confusion, a gun shot rings out. >> it was just gunshot after gun shot. i heard about five shots firing. everybody was just running all over the place. >> some people told me just run away. i asked why. they said because there is some terrorism. and then some thai guy helped me get out of the place. >> public transport temporarily halted in this busy area in the heart of hancock's commercial center and quickly reopened as hundreds of shoppers attempted to flee. inside, the police cornered and disarmed a single gunman, a 14-year-old boy now in custody. after armed police searched the mall for several hours, the area was declared secure. >> there are two dead, five

injured. three were at the police general hospital and two at bangkok christian hospital. they are foreigners. one is chinese, one is burmese. >> thailand's prime minister hasn't condolences to the families of the bereaved and wounded, but it does little to restore confidence as he tries to attract tourists to return to thailand. questions are now bound to be asked about how a 14-year-old boy with a history of mental illness could get his hands on a lethal weapon, particularly as it comes just days before the one-year anniversary of the worst mass killing in thai history. >> thousands of children are at risk of dying from malnutrition in eastern chad. the united nations is struggling to deliver aid to more than 400,000 refugees.

they have been arriving from darfur since the month-long conflict. >> unable to breast-feed her sick child, she comes to this field hospital operated by doctors without borders. her baby is diagnosed as acutely malnourished. >> it started with fever and diarrhea. >> this is why she and her baby will spend several weeks recovering. health facilities in and around the area are overstretched and poorly equipped to deal with such emergency cases. the border town hosts more than 400,000 people, forced from their homes by riding across the border in sudan. >> doctors is a 20% of children in these camps are severely malnourished. they say both the mothers and their babies suffer from poor

nutrition. >> when this facility opened two months ago, 200 acute malnouri

(sophie fouron) it's always interesting to listen to the sounds of nature, especially here. you hear the bald eagles, a lot. the ravens. salmon jumping. you kind of understand why they call it "the last frontier". you can't really go further than baranof island. it is what you imagine alaska to be. kilometers, and kilometers, and kilometers of forest. there are very little paved roads here. you don't spend much time in your car, but you spend