The white house has been ordered to hand over documents relating to the impeachment investigation of President Trump. A statement from the heads of the democratic led Inquiry Committee said they sent a letter to the acting white house chief of staff, mick mulvaney, demanding evidence related to allegations that mr trump pressured ukraine for political favours. They accused the president of defiance, obstruction, and cover up. Our washington correspondent, chris buckler, reports. What one president asked another is what is at the heart of these enquiries. And how far it donald trump go to press president zelensky to investigate his political rival joe biden and his son. The chairman of the three congressional committees have now issued subpoenas demanding documents that they hope will also reveal what was discussed inside the white house. In an open letter, they said multiple requests have been ignored, and they accused President Trump of choosing a path of defiance, obstruction, and cover up. Donald trump did ask the ukraine president launch an enquiry into the violence. He claims that was his right. This is about corruption. And if you look and if you read the constitution and many other things, i have an obligation to look at corruption. I have an actual obligation. And amid all the talk of impeachment, mr trump continues to make unfounded allegations about mr biden, who hopes to challenge him in next yea rs biden, who hopes to challenge him in next years president ial election. We are pointing out when he is lying, when there is no evidence, none, not one little tiny piece. The American People know me, and they know him. They know, even the people who know him, even the people who support him lacks character even the people who support him know he lacks character. That has been given more weight by this newly revealed text by bill taylor, the most senior diplomat to ukraine. In it, he writes. Donald trump insist that there was no quid pro quo. The democrats insist they need to see all of the white house documents to get a clearer picture of the president s actions. Text messages, how damaging they are, what they might mean, just go to our website. There is a lovely piece of analysis from our north america reporter who takes us through all of that. A little later in the programme, we will have a look at both sides of the political divide and how they are reacting to the impeachment investigations. The website, bbc. Com and go to the news section. Lets get some of the days other news. Anti Terror Police have taken over an investigation into a knife attack at the Police Headquarters in paris on thursday. Four Police Employees were killed by a worker, who was shot dead at the scene. The European Commission says it has no plans to hold further talks with british officials over the weekend after discussions broke up on friday evening without agreement. Borisjohnsons europe advisor, david frost, will return to brussels next week. The former assistant of Robert De Niro is suing the actor for what she claims are years of gender discrimination and harassment. Graham chase robinson claimed the star was verbally abusive and subjected her to unwanted physical contact and sexually charged comments. In response, mr de niros lawyer said the allegations were beyond absurd. Hong kongs entire metro system has been shut down following violent demonstrations by thousands of protesters, who defied a newly imposed ban on wearing face masks in public. Its the first time the whole network has been closed since the unrest began four months ago. Demonstrators lit fires outside several stations, and attacked businesses and banks linked to china. Police responded with live ammunition and tear gas. Rupert Wingfield Hayes reports from hong kong. Hong kongs chief executive made her whole cabinet stand with her and face the cameras together, visually declaring their support for the dramatic step she was about to take. We believe that the new law will create a deterrent effect against masked violent protesters and rioters. And will assist the police in its Law Enforcement. The objective of this regulation is to end violence and restore order the objective of this regulation is to end violence and restore order, and i believe this is now the broad consensus of hong kong people. That is certainly not what it looked like on the streets outside. In hong kongs Central Business district, news of the facemask ban brought angry Office Workers onto the streets in their hundreds. They tore down a giant banner celebrating communist chinas 70th anniversary. Rapidly put it to flame. Within hours, the numbers on the streets had swelled from hundreds to thousands. Carrie lam has told the people of hong kong, if you come out on the streets tomorrow wearing masks, you will be a criminal. Well, this is their response, they are furious, and they are challenging her and her government to do their worst. This young woman did not want to show her face butjust listen to her anger. We are not afraid of this unlawful act and we will tell the government that we will not surrender because of their suppression. And also the government because they are pro beijing. We are hong kong, we should be given the democracy to rule, the rule of law. Attacks on police by masked protesters, like this one on tuesday, is the reason the government says it has been forced to bring in the facemask ban. But tonight, it seems to be making the violence even worse. This is video of a policeman under attack in a town. The officer has fired his gun. Now the protesters respond with petrol bombs. As the midnight deadline passed and the new facemask law came into effect, the tear gas grenades continued to rain down. The streets continued to burn. Rupert Wingfield Hayes, bbc news in hong kong. Iraqi Officials Say at least 60 people have died during four days of Anti Government protests. Nearly 200 have been injured. Many of the deaths occurred on friday, including those of at least two policemen. In central baghdad, gunfire erupted as the Security Forces confronted a group of demonstrators. Gareth barlow reports. Funerals for some of those killed during iraqs protests. Increasing anger against the government is proving deadly. The violence in majority shia regions is the worst in recent years. For days, crowds have defied the authorities and curfews to challenge corruption and unemployment, which is at i6 among young people. Over one fifth of iraqis live on less than 2 a day. The government hasnt stood up for me. I am only living with the help of god. No housing, no salaries, and i am a graduate with five languages. This is a country of nepotism. The poor have no link to the parties. Who speaks on behalf of all those people . As the violence attracts international concern, the influential cleric and political figure Muqtada Al Sadr called for fresh elections. The government promised reform. Tomorrow, parliament will meet, and these committees will start work. We wont wait long to approve these reforms, which will come from the council of the government and from the parliamentary committees. We will remove the government from office, this man said, even with our last breath. But with such determination, and such a dire economy, can the government make the required reforms . Gareth barlow, bbc news. Buckingham palace says prince harry has begun legal action against the owners of the sun and the daily mirror newspapers, in relation to alleged phone hacking. Its not yet clear when the princes allegations date from, but in a phone hacking criminal trial in 2011 he was named, along with prince william, as a victim. His move follows the announcement earlier this week that his wife meghan was taking a separate legal action against the mail on sunday. Our royal correspondent, johnny dymond, reports. All smiles at the end of a high profile tour. But in the works, a legal bombshell. Harry is suing two of the biggest Newspaper Groups in britain. Mirror group newspapers, publishers of the daily mirror, and news group newspapers, which publishes the sun, and the now closed news of the world, are the defendants. The case allegations of harrys calls being hacked in the early 2000s. The news of the world closed down as a result of phone hacking revelations. Its owner paid out huge sums to celebrities, as has mirror group newspapers. I think its because prince harry has declared a one man war against the tabloid press, an ill advised one. I am not defending phone hacking in any shape orform. But the timing is so significant, and i know there is division between senior royals and their advisers over the wisdom of what he has done. The news comes just two days after it was revealed that meghan is taking legal action against another newspaper the mail on sunday for publishing a letter she wrote to her father. As that was announced, harry launched an angry and deeply personal attack on the tabloid press, and what he said was its Ruthless Campaign against his wife. Royals rarely reach for a lawyer or a writ, and the reason is it is such a high Risk Strategy. They can be cross examined, they can also have disclosure go to places that they dont really want. So it is a very high Risk Strategy. Things are outside their control. It is also a high Risk Strategy for the editors who are going to have to give evidence too. The royal family is always high profile, but harry has pushed back before. Johnny dymond reporting there. Stay with us on bbc news, still to come. In memory of the lives lost in paris, well take a look at the new sculpture by the american artistjeff koons. This was a celebration by people who we re this was a celebration by people who were relishing their freedom. This was a celebration by people who were relishing theirfreedom. They believe everything is going to be different from now on. They think their country will be respected in their country will be respected in the world once more, as it was before slow but im a lot of it took power. The dalai lama, the exiled spiritual leader of tibet has won this years nobel peace prize. Two grenades exploded, and a group of soldiersjumped grenades exploded, and a group of soldiers jumped out and grenades exploded, and a group of soldiersjumped out and ran grenades exploded, and a group of soldiers jumped out and ran towards the president firing from kalashnikov automatic rifles. After 437 years, the skeletal remains of henry viiis warship emerged. But even as divers works to boy her up, the mary rose went through another stomach churning moment. The mary rose went through another stomach churning momentlj the mary rose went through another stomach churning moment. I will be the peoples governor. I want to represent everybody. I believe in the people of california. This is bbc world news, the latest headlines. Democrats have issued a legal demand to the President Trumps chief of staff for documents relating to an impeachment inquiry. Thousands of protestors in hong kong have defied a government ban on face masks and held unofficial marches and rallies. As the impeachment investigation deepens against President Trump, so do divisions in america. With the president ial election just over a year away, the battle lines between democrats and republicans are drawn, and the stakes couldnt be higher. Aleem maqbool reports from california on how both sides are reacting to recent events. Applause there are many on the left in america hopeful donald trump could be removed from office. At a town hall meeting in california, democrats gathered to hearjohn dean, the whistle blower who helped bring down president Richard Nixon. This president is making Richard Nixon look like a choir boy. The idea of Donald Trumps impeachment appears to be galvanising grassroots democrats. Calling another world leader and asking them to interfere with our election, it is disloyal, its unpatriotic. It makes me worried and angry for our democracy. For me and i think all the other people here today, my neighbours and friends, we really want to see impeachment move forward. You have to wonder why the leftist dems are pushing so hard to impeach. The media forgets that they have been screaming for impeachment since the election. The impeachment issue appears to be energising those on the right as well. This is a meeting of Trump Supporters in beverly hills, angry about the impeachment inquiry. I think most people dont think its absolutely an attack on donald trump, it is really an attack on the people who voted for donald trump. I am kind of sad because i think it is not authentic and at the end of the day i love my country, and i would like impeachment to be reserved for the most serious of situations. The guest speaker at this conservative gathering was an activist and street artist on the far right. He is a trump supporter on the extremist fringes who thinks the impeachment inquiry will only help the president. It is going to enrage the right. Youre only going to infuriate the right. Bring more voters out. If you think for one second someone is going to say, oh, my god, donald trump is colluding with ukrainians, it is not going to happen. Democrats say impeachment is simply about the president having committed a crime. Many republicans tell us that it all has to do with the left still being unable to accept the election result of 2016. Aleem maqbool, bbc news, in los angeles. Just to bring in some breaking news in iran. We are hearing that the australian couple have been released from detention in iran and all charges against them have been dropped. Apparently, you might remember the couple were detained, they are from perth. They were detained in tehran for several months after they were arrested for reportedly flying a drone but we are hearing that they have now been released. We will of course keep across that on bbc news for you. Facebook is under fire for plans to extend encryption across all its messaging services. Critics claim the move will make it harder to fight online crime, including child abuse and terrorism. The us, british and australian governments have joined forces to raise serious concerns about the plans. 0ur security correspondent, gordon corera, reports. I believe that the future is private. Earlier this year Mark Zuckerberg announced plans to use what is called end to end encryption on all of facebooks messaging services. This would mean only the sender and recipient of the message could read it. So even if Law Enforcement agencies asked for access to those messages it would not be able to provide it. The home secretary has been in Washington Signing a deal to make it easier to get a ccess signing a deal to make it easier to get access to data held in america. And inajoint get access to data held in america. And in a joint letter with us and australian officials she has called on facebook to rethink its plans. The encryption is creating those spaces, their spaces for terrorist organisations, child abusers, those people who are seeking to do harm to other individuals and our national security. So i would really urge facebook to engage with those in active dialogue, which is something that has not happened thus far. It is why we have issued this letter. Facebook owns whatsapp, already encrypted and subject to complaints from police. But the company now plans to extend encryption into its other services. Today privacy campaigners backed facebook, arguing it was important for everyones communications to be protected. Effectively what the government is saying is that citizens should not have a right to a private conversation and that government should always have a back door in. Facebook seems unlikely to back down and the battle over encryption and what kind of security we want and with what consequences is onlyjust beginning, gordon cabrera, bbc news. A new sculpture by the american artist jeff koons has been unveiled in paris. The bouquet of tulips was intended as a gift to the city in memory of the victims of 2015 terror attacks. But theres been a lot of criticism of the design with opponents saying its inappropriate and the connection to the attacks isnt obvious. There was also a three year dispute over its location. It was feared the sculpture would interrupt views of the eiffel tower before it was installed in a Museum Garden just off the place de la concorde. Hrag vartanian is an art critic and editor in chief of hyperallergic. So why all the controversy about the sculpture . Well, people were really confused why there wasnt a public process to this sculpture. And try and understand why the victims themselves were not consulted or asked. And so people were wondering why it was placed near the art museum as opposed to the site of the attack. And there is a lot of confusion about the process, and now that it has been unveiled, i dont think a lot of those questions have been answered for people. The issues were raised in 2016, i believe, when this sculpture was announced. It is extraordinary that some of them havent been dealt with or addressed. Absolutely, it is really kind of peculiar why this would happen quite this way. And when we interviewed one of the survivors of the attack, they were really perplexed why nobody was consulted, and what this process is. I think a lot of people feel that this is a very top down approach this monument especially a monument which is supposed to speak to peoples pain. And such a communal. There was such a sense of community after the attacks, so people really hoped that it would reflect that. There was also criticism ofjeff koons himself, wasnt there . There seemed to be this idea that he was being so generous, but people had to manufacture, and there was millions of dollars spent on the sculpture. So people were kind of wondering why it was done this way. And people considered jeff koonss sculpture. It seemed strange because he spoke about his own experience and his own issues that he has dealt with Different Things like 9 11 in new york. But he wasnt really talking about the specificity of this incident. And people were hoping that that would be the case. It should be said, i have read that some victims have said nice things about the sculpture, been supportive. But there is a long history of sculptures that get kind of negative feedback. What tends to happen . Do they get replaced, or do theyjust kind of continue to exist . I think they tend to sort of exist and take on personas. In this case, we will find out whether it becomes some kind of instagram hit, or it becomes a place where people rally during times of mourning. These are things that we are going to discover in the coming weeks and years. That is something we will have to discover as time goes on. We simply dont know. But the other thing is people may be very upset after a while. And who knows what the upkeep of these things can be . Especially if there is vandalism or damage. So we will have to wait. A french man has been able to move all four of his paralysed limbs using an exoskeleton suit controlled by his mind. The 30 year old was paralysed from the neck down after falling 15 metres in a night club four years ago. He said using the exoskeleton made him feel like being the first man on the moon. Heres our medical correspondent, fergus walsh this is mind controlling machine. Thibault, who was paralysed in all four limbs, is sending instructions to his exoskeleton suit using brain signals. The movements may bejerky, but it is a significant technological achievement. The study in the journal lancet neurology explains how thibault had surgery to place two 5cm implants on the outer membrane of his brain, above the areas which control movement. Electrodes read his brain activity then beam messages to a computer which converts them into instructions for the exoskeleton. Thibault practised by learning to control an avatar in a computer game, and then gradually mastered increasingly complex movements. This is a brain computer interface. Scientists at Imperial College london are pioneering uk research into implants. Theyve praised the french exoskeleton study as ground breaking. This is a very important and significant step. Usually it has been demonstrated through a movement ofjust a single limb, and in this case they have demonstrated all four limbs simultaneously, although the complete exoskeleton was still attached to the ceiling, so many other elements are missing, such as balance. Any device implanted in the body carries the risk of infection, but the potential benefits are huge. The technology that merges brain, body, and machine is moving at a rapid pace. As well as paralysis, there are potential applications for implants in the fields of epilepsy, even depression. 0ne team here at imperial is even working on a gut implant to suppress appetite and control obesity. The exoskeleton cant yet be used outside the lab, and the technology is so expensive it will be out of reach of most of those with spinal cord injuries. But, as a proof of concept, it is an impressive step forward. Fergus walsh, bbc news. Before we go just a reminder of our breaking news. An australian pair have been released from detention in iran. That is according to Australias Foreign Affairs minister. He was next weather system coming m, he was next weather system coming in, the next one coming in on monday. More rain to come this weekend, not a wash out though. There will be more dryer brighter skies either side of an area of heavy rain as it spreads eastward. This is how we start on saturday morning, quite chilly across the eastern side of the uk where we have had clear skies overnight, may be a touch of frost in the coldest parts of north east scotland. And where it is clear there could be mist in patch fog. Any early sunny spells in the east we re any early sunny spells in the east were increased with increasing cloud isa were increased with increasing cloud is a weather front comes in from the atlantic. Initially light rain feeds east but notice how there is heavy rain coming in to western parts as we go through the afternoon. Here is a look at four oclock, the wind speeds and temperatures, strengthening south easterly wind. The far north east of scotland is still dry, still sunny spells around into the Northern Isles but a wetter picture through western scotland and outbreaks of rain with heavier bursts into parts of england and wales. Patchy rain feeding east ahead of that with thickening cloud. That rain will get heavier still as we go through saturday night and into sunday. In fact some brighter colours showing up on the rainfall so colours showing up on the rainfall so its a reasonably high rain totals going into sunday as that term is more widespread, slowly pushing further east. It will be a mild night going into sunday morning. The big picture for part two of the weekend shows that frontal system with the rain, heavy at times, right across us and in no hurry to clear a eastwards. A bridge ridge of High Pressure briefly coming in before the next front comes in on monday. The yellow triangles indicating where the met 0ffice triangles indicating where the met office has weather warnings for rain. They could be 15 to 30 millimetres, may be more in the wet spots, the risk of flooding and travel disruption. This weather front easing a little bit on sunday but still giving outbreaks of rain. Most likely to break out into rain on sunday in these parts. The next weather system coming in on monday, there will be more to come next week, not all at times, there will be sown at times but basically autumn full throttle. This is bbc news, the headlines. The white house has been ordered to hand over documents relating to the impeachment investigation of President Trump. The heads of the democratic led Inquiry Committee said they sent a letter to the acting white house chief of staff demanding evidence related to allegations that trump pressured ukraine for political favours. Thousands of protestors in hong kong have defied a ban on face masks and held rallies demanding political reforms. Earlier, police fired tear gas at protesters whod attacked buildings, including chinese banks. The territorys entire Metro Network was shut down the First Time Since the unrest began four months ago. Prince harry has begun legal action against the publishers of two newspapers for alleged phone hacking. This comes just days after his wife, meghan, announced she was suing another newspaper for publishing one of her letters. Now on bbc news,
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