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

And Valerie Sanderson and in the early hours of Wednesday,

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

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

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

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

to fraud charges in a US court.

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

They came with great and good intentions.

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

Also in this podcast, widespread condemnation of the controversial visit

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

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

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

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

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

of a who should be its new speaker.

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

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

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

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

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

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