US House elects new Speaker

Republicans finally rallied behind a new standard-bearer yesterday as the US House of Representatives elected its 56th speaker -- ending weeks of party infighting that paralysed Congress in a period of international and domestic crisis.

Louisiana's Mike Johnson, a staunch ally of Donald Trump and who spearheaded legal efforts to overturn the 2020 election, won unanimous support from his party to lead the lower chamber of Congress and draw a line under the chaos.