sumi: thank you. a solemn moment.geant at arm's leading the late president into the center of the rotunda. we see the dignitaries gathered, preparing for the service. we will be following this and come back to the ceremony taking place in the capitol as part of late resident jimmy carter's state funeral. it is just under two weeks until inauguration day and president-elect trump held one press conference at mar-a-lago speaking on a wide range of topics. on the ongoing war in the middle east he said "all hell will break loose if hostages and gauze are not released by the time he enters office." he also spoke of plans for american territorial expansion saying he would use economic force, canada 51st state of america. mr. trump: because canada and the united states, that would really be something. but why are we supporting a country, $200 billion plus a year, our military is at their disposal, they should be a state? that is why it is a bill. sumi: the outgoing prime minister justin trudeau responded on x saying "there i

hello, i'm sumi somaskanda. we have some breaking news.onald trump's request to hold his centres in his hush money quest in new york and it means the sentencing will now go ahead as planned on friday morning in new york. the president—elect had urged the

our colleague sumi somiskanda has been speaking in the last hour to his brotherjack, himself a footballhristian university. jack, thank you forjoining us. i am so sorry for your loss. how are you and your family doing today? we how are you and your family doing today?— how are you and your family doing today? we are doing all riuht. doing today? we are doing all right. obviously _ doing today? we are doing all right. obviously it's _ doing today? we are doing all right. obviously it's pretty - right. obviously it's pretty tough, you know, losing somebody like my brother. he was such a great person. he had so many friends. if i were to put an announcer, if i were to ask who was his best friend, many people would stand up. he was my best friend, i looked up for to him for everything. all i ever wanted to do was make him proud. he was so selfless and kind, resilient, and my parents and my sisters have been pretty emotional as you could think and i'm just trying to be the rock for them. it's been pretty tough, though. i been pretty tough, though. i can't imagine how devastating this moment

hello, i'm sumi somskanda.icials in los angeles are warning they expect the number of people killed in a series of devastating wildfires to rise as emergency crews struggle to contain the powerful blazes. five people are confirmed to have died as flames fanned by strong winds tear through homes and businesses. you through homes and businesses. can see the smoke above you can see the smoke rising above los angeles in these pictures here. the body of one man was found outside his levelled home; a garden hose in his hand. about one hundred and eighty thousand people have been ordered to flee their homes. strong winds are predicted to continue overnight. many neighbourhoods have been left unrecognisable. residents have described the firestorm as "apocalyptic". there are still 5 fires alight around the city 7 2 completely uncontained. one is the palisades fire, which was the first to erupt on tuesday. it spread rapidly to become one of the most destructive in the history of los angeles — burning 17 thousand acres. o

his brotherjack has been speaking to my colleague sumi somaskanda.s. if i were to put an announcer, "stand up if you were tiger's "best friend," hundreds of people would stand up. it hurts. that was my best friend. looked at him, looked at him, looked up to him for everything. he was my role model, my inspiration. all i ever wanted to do wasjust make him proud. he was so selfless and kind, resilient. and my parents and my sisters just have been pretty emotional, as you could think. and, you know, i'vejust tried to been there to be that rock for them. it's definitely been pretty tough, though. jack, you've been talking a little bit about the fact that you spoke to your brother on the phone just hours before new year's eve. can you tell us a bit about that conversation? yeah. you know, it wasjust another phone call. like i said, that's my best friend. my inspiration, my role model. we talked every day. he was the first person i told about, you know, whatever it was — good, bad, indifferent. you know, italked to him so much. and he... we thought it was

i'm sumi somaskanda. thank you forjoining us. the fbi says it now believes a 42—year—old us army veteran acted alone in the attack on new year's day that killed 1a people and wounded dozens more in new orleans. shamsud—dinjabbar drove a pick—up truck into large crowds gathered in the city's french quarter before police officers shot him dead amid a firefight. the fbi says they conducted hundreds of interviews and combed through the suspect�*s social media profiles. first and foremost, let me be very clear about this point. this was an act of terrorism. it was premeditated and an evil act. this was obviously a critical incident and with that, lots of information and with that, lots of information and tips come pouring in from law enforcement, first responders and the public stub we have been aggressively running down these tips and information. as you all know, that takes time, and we will continue to do so until every lead has been followed through on. this investigation is only a little more than 2a hours old, so i ask you to ke

sumi somaskanda is there to keep you right up to date, but from me and the team in london, thanks for. the new year didn't get off to the best of starts weather—wise. some parts of the uk had strong winds, heavy rain and flooding and with that rain clearing away, we've been ushering in some colder air. so frost and ice to start thursday morning, and then a day of sunny spells and some wintry showers. the satellite picture clearly shows the band of cloud that brought the heavy rain on new year's day, but then a clearance. those clear skies pushing down from the north. also a speckling of shower clouds and this cold air digging southwards. so a widespread frost and some ice to start thursday morning. could be some slippery surfaces for the journey back to work, many places through the day, though, will see lots of blue sky and sunshine, but some wintry showers running down this east coast. some for wales, northern ireland, the odd shower for south west england and frequent snow showers in the north of scotland. further accumulations of snow are possible here. windy up towards the north

his brotherjack has been speaking to my colleague sumi somaskanda.gh, you know, losing somebody like my brother, he was such a great person. he had so many friends. um, if i were to put an announcer, stand up, if you were tiger's best friend, hundreds of hundreds of people would stand up. it hurts, you know? that was my best friend. uh, looked at him, looked at him, looked up to him for everything. he was my role model, my inspiration. uh, all i ever wanted to do wasjust make him proud. um, he was so selfless and kind, resilient. and my, uh, my parents and my sisters are just have been pretty, pretty emotional as you could think. and, you know, ijust try to been there to be that rock for them. um, it's definitely been pretty tough, though. jack, you've been talking a little bit about the fact that you spoke to your brother on the phone just hours before new year's eve. can you tell us a bit about that conversation? yeah. uh, you know, it wasjust another phone call. like i said, that's my best friend, my inspiration, my role model. um, we talked every

i'm sumi somaskanda. thank you forjoining us.and wounded dozens more in new orleans. shamsud—dinjabbar drove a pick—up truck into large crowds gathered in the city's french quarter before police officers shot him dead amid a firefight. the fbi says they conducted hundreds of interviews and combed through the suspect�*s social media profiles. first and foremost, let me be very clear about this point. this was an act of terrorism. it was premeditated and an evil act. this was obviously a critical incident and with that, lots of information and with that, lots of information and tips come pouring

. - i'm sumi somaskanda. it's good to have you with us. the attack on new year's day that killed 11! people and wounded dozens more in new orleans. shamsud—dinjabbar drove a pick—up truck into large crowds gathered in the city's french quarter before police officers shot him dead amid a firefight. the fbi says they conducted hundreds of interviews and combed through the suspect�*s social media profiles. tom bateman has more from new orleans. the first moments before a deadly rampage. a planned attack unleashed in just seconds. and the narrowest of escapes for some. the fbi probe is now focusing on shamsud—dinjabbar,

i'm sumi somaskanda. welcome to the programme.ongress, sworn in friday with the smallest republican majority in nearly a century. because of that narrow majority, mrjohnson could only afford to lose one republican vote for the speakership. he fell short in a first round of voting when three republicans chose members other thanjohnson. but after a closed—door meeting, two switched their vote tojohnson, leading to this moment on the house floor. the honourable mike johnson the honourable mikejohnson of the state of louisiana, having received the majority of the votes cast, is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives for the 119th congress. 218 voters were needed to for mrjohnson to win the speakership. and 218 is the number he received. some hard—right republicans were unhappy withjohnson's leadership and threatened to prolong the process. but in his acceptance speech, mrjohnson pledged to unite the party around what he called president—elect donald trump's "common sense agenda".

hello, i'm sumi somaskanda. we have some breaking news. us supreme court rejected donald trump's request to hold his centres in his hush money quest in new york and it means the sentencing will now go ahead as planned on friday morning in new york. the president—elect had urged the court to consider whether he was entitled to an automatic stay of the sentencing. the justices rejected this 5—4. john roberts and amy coney barrettjoined the three rebels in the majority and the judge overseeing the case it did indicate in a recent ruling that he would not consider a jail term for donald trump but he was found guilty of falsifying records to disguise reimbursement for a hush money payment to the adult film star stormy daniels made back in 2016. we have seen a reaction for the president—elect tonight. he has been meeting with gop governors and said the following, "he thought it was a disgrace that the judge overseeing the case should not have been under the case but he did indicate he would comply with this ruling. he said, "i will do my little

martin "tiger" bech was a former football player at princeton university. 0ur colleague sumi somaskandaas been speaking to his brotherjack, who is himself a football player at texas christian university. jack, thank you forjoining us. i am so sorry for your loss. how are you and your family doing today? we're doing all right. obviously it's pretty tough, you know, losing somebody like my brother. he was such a great person. he had so many friends. if i were to put an announcer, "stand up if you were tiger's best friend," hundreds of people would stand up. it hurts, you know? that was my best friend. looked at him, looked at him, looked up to him for everything. he was my role model, my inspiration. all i ever wanted to do wasjust make him proud. he was so selfless and kind, resilient. and my parents and my sisters are just have been pretty emotional, as you could think. and, you know, i'vejust tried to been there to be that rock for them. it's definitely been pretty tough, though. i can't imagine how devastating this moment is for you and your family, jack. your family is from louisiana

hello i'm sumi somaskanda. thank you forjoining us.ter and as the leader of the governing liberal party. he says that he will continue to serve as the prime minister until the country chooses a new leader. it marks an end of an era for one of canada's longest serving prime minister. mr trudeau has been under pressure to resign for months, with more than twenty members of his party urging him to go, following a historic defeat for liberals in a toronto election in june of last year. earlier on monday, trudeau said that it is time for a reset in canadian politics. my my friends, as you all know, i am a fighter. every bone in my body has i was told me to fight because i care deeply about canadians, i care deeply about this country and i will always be motivated by what is in the best interest of canadians. this country deserves a real choice in the next election and it has become clear to me that, if i am having to fight internal battles, i cannot be the best option in that election. ten years ago, justin trudeau was a popular leader cons

his brotherjack has been speaking to my colleague sumi somaskanda. pretty tough losing somebody like my brother. he was such a great person. he has so many friends. if i were to put an announcer to say to stand up if you were tiger's best friend, hundreds of people would stand up. it hurts, you know? that was my best friend. looked at him, looked at him, looked up to him for everything. he was my role model, my inspiration. all i ever wanted to do wasjust make him proud. he was so selfless and kind, resilient. my parents and my sisters have been pretty emotional as you could think. i just try to be there to be that rock for them. it's definitely been pretty tough, though. jack, you've been talking a little bit about the fact that you spoke to your brother on the phone just hours before new year's eve. can you tell us a bit about that conversation? yeah. it was just another phone call. like i said, that's my best friend, my inspiration, my role model. we talked every day. he was the first person i told about whatever it was, good, bad and different. i

hello, i'm sumi somaskanda. year's day has been identified as 42—year—old shamsud—dinjabbar, a us citizen and army veteran from texas. at least 15 people have died. dozens more have been injured. the attacker was killed in a shoot—out with police officers. two of those officers were injured. authorities say the attack was an act of terrorism, and jabbar wasn't the only one responsible. these images shared by earthcam show a group of police officers running toward the scene. and this picture from social media, checked by our team at bbc verify, shows law enforcement, many heavily armed, surrounding a white pick—up truck in the aftermath of the incident. an islamic state group flag was found in the vehicle along with potential explosive devices. local officials say that ensuring safety for all residents and tourists in the area is now a top priority. our correspondent tom bateman has the lastest from

i'm sumi somaskanda. it's good to have you with us. the fbi says it now believes a 42—year—old us army veteran acted alone in the attack on new year's day that killed 1a people and wounded dozens more in new orleans. shamsud—dinjabbar drove a pick—up truck into large crowds gathered in the city's french quarter before police officers shot him dead amid a firefight. the fbi says they conducted hundreds of interviews and combed through the suspect�*s social media profiles. tom bateman has more from new orleans. the first moments before a deadly rampage. a planned attack unleashed in just seconds. and the narrowest of escapes for some. the fbi probe is now focusing on shamsud—dinjabbar, an american born in texas, who spent more than a decade in the us military, including a year—long deployment to afghanistan. so i'm born and raised in beaumont, texas, and now live in houston. and i've been here all my life. in 2020, he posted this video of himself pitching his services as an estate agent and it specialist, who, he said, had learned the me

we're in the studio today, myself and sumi and courtney. such a breezy week that we're doing the episode live this week because we just so much going on. live this week because we just... so much going on. ..couldn�*t get anything on tape. yes, and today is big news of donald trump being sentenced in his new york hush morning case, which brings a very dramatic close to this. he was given a sentence of unconditional discharge, which is one of the most lenient sentences he could have gotten, which meant no jail time, no probation, and no fine. obviously, this does mean that he has the blight on his historical record of returning to the white house as a felon. so, you know, it is big news. he said he planned to appeal the case. what do you guys think — does this where does this leave things? what do you guys think — where does this leave things for donald trump? you know, it's interesting we were speaking as this news came out yesterday. we were speaking on friday, of course, and on thursday night, the news came out that the supreme court was

jack bech talking to my colleague sumi somaskanda.tablish a definitive link between the new orleans attack, and a tesla cybertruck which exploded outside a trump hotel in las vegas. the driver was killed in the explosion. las vegas police have identified 37—year—old matthew alan livelsberger as the man who rented the vehicle and drove it from colorado to las vegas. his badly—burnt body had a bullet wound to the head. police say he appeared to have killed himself while setting off explosives in his vehicle. our correspondent in las vegas is lilyjamali. i'm standing in front of the trump international hotel in las vegas, where there remains an enhanced law enforcement presence. one day after a tesla cybertruck packed with fireworks and camping gas exploded at the entrance. that explosion killed the person driving the vehicle and also inflicted minor injuries on seven other people. authorities believe that the driver was 37—year—old matthew livelsberger of colorado springs, colorado, but they are still awaiting confirmation. the driver's

hello, i'm sumi somaskanda. the man who drove into a large crowd in new orleans in the early hours of new year's day has been identified as 42—year—old shamsud—dinjabbar, a us citizen and army veteran from texas. at least 15 people have died. dozens more have been injured. the attacker was killed in a shoot—out with police officers. two of those officers were injured. authorities say the attack was an act of terrorism, and jabbar wasn't the only one responsible. these images shared by earthcam show a group of police officers running toward the scene. and this picture from social media, checked by our team at bbc verify, shows law enforcement, many heavily armed, surrounding a white pick—up truck in the aftermath of the incident. an islamic state group flag was found in the vehicle along with potential explosive devices. local officials say that ensuring safety for all residents and tourists in the area is now a top priority. our correspondent tom bateman has the lastest from new orleans. new orleans at new year'

i'm sumi somaskanda in washington and this is bbc world news america. a rapidly evolving wildfire has taken hold near los angeles, growing tenfold in just twenty minutes. former presidentjimmy carter's funeral procession arrives at the capitol, where he will lie in state until thursday. donald trump holds out the prospect of extending us territory — and floats the idea of military action for control of greenland and the panama canal. welcome to world news america. we begin with breaking news from los angeles where a rapidly evolving wildfire has taken hold near the city, growing tenfold in the space ofjust twenty minutes. let's show you live pictures — huge smoke plumes can be seen rising above the pacific palisades area. aircraft and fire engines have been trying to stop the fire's spread. wind gusts of more the a hundred and twenty kilometres per hour have been whipping through the area with local fire service officials saying fire conditions are as bad as they get. these are as bad as they get. images live from pacific palisades these images live fro

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i'm sumi somaskanda. welcome to the programme. republican congressman mikejohnson is re—elected as speaker of the us house of representatives. he will lead the 119th us congress, sworn in friday with the smallest republican majority in nearly a century. because of that narrow majority, mrjohnson could only afford to lose one republican vote for the speakership. he fell short in a first round of voting when three republicans chose members other thanjohnson. but after a closed—door meeting, two switched their vote tojohnson, leading to this moment on the house floor. the honourable mike johnson the honourable mikejohnson of the state of louisiana, having received the majority of the votes cast, is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives for the 119th congress. 218 voters were needed to for mrjohnson to win the speakership. and 218 is the number he received. some hard—right republicans were unhappy withjohnson�*s leadership and threatened to prolong the process. but in his acceptance speech, mrjohnson pledged to unite th

i'm sumi somskanda in washington and this is bbc world news america. whole neighbourhoods razed to the ground — widespread devastation in los angeles as wildfires keep on burning. i'm hell hampers where the scale is becoming ever clearer in los angeles. andjimmy and jimmy carter will be buried at his home town in georgia after service here in washington, dc. welcome to this extended hour of world news america. officials in los angeles are warning they expect the number of people killed in a series of devastating wildfires to rise — as emergency crews struggle to contain the powerful blazes. five people are confirmed to have died as flames — fanned by strong winds — tear through homes and businesses. the body of one man was found outside his levelled home; a garden hose in his hand. about 180,000 have been ordered to flee their homes. strong winds are predicted to continue overnight. many neighbourhoods have been left unrecognisable. residents have described the firestorm as "apocalyptic". there are still five fires alight around the city — two complete

well, sumi, there is no doubting just how big a crisis this is for mr trudeau's liberal party after ninewer. there is a sense of tiredness, of directionless, and it is facing opinion polls that are some of the worst in its history. a short while ago, i was just outside the prime minister's office, a little way up the road from parliament here. there was a small crowd of protesters cheering and dancing to the song na, na, hey, hey, goodbye. um, you know, that's to be expected, of course, but i think there is a sense in the wider country of something of the inevitable about this and whatever kind of political crisis it is, that crisis this is it also leaves canada with something of a strategic crisis at the helm. a lame duck prime minister. parliament prorogued. no sitting legislature. just as donald trump takes office promising a major trade war. where do things go from here, then? well, as you've been explaining, one way or another, canada has to hold an election by october. at the heart of all this, some observers suggest, are some of the same forces shaping politics elsewhere in the wo