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Global News Podcast

US political chaos as Kevin McCarthy loses House speaker votes

Global News Podcast

BBC

Daily News, News

4.38.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

The House of Representatives fails to choose a leader in a first round for the first time since 1923, as Republican leader Kevin McCarthy repeatedly fails in his bid to be elected speaker. Also, the disgraced founder of the FTX cryptocurrency company pleads not guilty to fraud charges, and Brazil pays an emotional farewell to football legend Pele.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

0:05.9

And Valerie Sanderson and in the early hours of Wednesday,

0:08.5

the 4th of January, these are our main stories.

0:11.6

In the US, the Republican Kevin McCarthy has failed several times

0:15.6

to get the votes he needs to become Speaker of the House of Representatives.

0:19.8

The founder of the failed cryptocurrency firm FTX has pleaded not guilty

0:24.3

to fraud charges in a US court.

0:26.4

75 years after docking at Tilbury, we look back at the arrival of West Indians on the wind rush.

0:33.0

They came with great and good intentions.

0:36.7

Part of that intention was actually about contributing to rebuilding Britain.

0:45.8

Also in this podcast, widespread condemnation of the controversial visit

0:50.6

by Israel's new far-right security minister to Al-Axha compound in Jerusalem.

0:55.8

And in Brazil, thousands bid farewell to the legendary footballer, Pelley, for the last time.

1:01.4

This is a day of mourning, but it's also one of stand-up relations.

1:05.7

The resilience wants to stand off their king of football and they're doing it in style.

1:16.0

We begin in the United States where the House of Representatives is currently in deadlock

1:20.8

of a who should be its new speaker.

1:22.8

The Republican Party won control of the House at the midterm elections

1:26.4

and it had been thought the job would go automatically to Kevin McCarthy,

1:30.5

who's been minority leader for the past four years.

1:33.6

But several of his own party have refused to back him.

1:36.4

And as we record this podcast, it appears he has now failed to get the necessary

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