For only the fourth time in american history, articles of impeachment have been drafted against a president. Democrats who control the house of representatives have filed two charges against donald trump, accusing him of high crimes and misdemeanours, abuse of power and obstructing congress. The house will vote this week and that could mean a trial in the Republican Controlled Senate in january. Mr trump says hes done nothing wrong, that impeachment is madness and a witch hunt. This report from laura trevelyan. Its only the fourth time in history lawmakers have tried to impeach an american president and remove him from office. Democrats are charging mr trump with abuse of power and obstructing congress. The House Committee of the judiciary is introducing two articles of impeachment charging the president of United States, donald j trump, with committing high crimes and misdemeanours. Democrats allege mr trump made a white house visit to ukraines president and military aid for that country contingent on mr zelensky announcing political investigations. With the 2020 election looming, democrats say they should move now. The argument, why dont you just wait, amounts to this why dont you just let him cheat in one more election . Why not let him cheat just one more time . Republicans counter that the president did nothing wrong and democrats are trying to rerun an election they lost. Impeachment is the removal of the highest elected person in this land. I dont care if you think americans who support President Trump are deplorables, but you do not have the right to disqualify their vote just because you do not like President Trump. Mr trump himself responded with his signature tweet. Meanwhile, the full house could vote on whether to impeach the president as early as next week. Republicans are looking ahead to a january trial in the senate that they control. The battle lines are drawn here in washington. Laura trevelyan, bbc news. Live now to washington and to republican strategist rina shah. Rina, i know you met with House Speaker nancy pelosi on tuesday. What did you take away from that meeting and, more generally, from the charges of the democrats have chosen to level against the president . We are feeling sort of just not any other emotion but wow, what a day. This is truly an historic day, and to have seen and heard from Speaker Pelosi on saturday as today, for me, it was really humbling that a woman of her age and her stature and of everything she stands for can speak so everything she stands for can speak so eloquently after the morning that was filled with unveiling those two charges that are so important and they were very succinct, abuse of power and obstruction of congress and the only1. 5 power and obstruction of congress and the only 1. 5 hours later did Speaker Pelosi come out and mention that she had struck a deal with the white house over the us mca. 0ne moment we are talking a impeachment and then we are talking trade. She met with us and she so beautifully stated what the reasons were for the democrats coming out and saying that the president s actions in regards to the ukraine are impeachable. We wa nt to to the ukraine are impeachable. We want to get to next week already. As a republican strategist, there seems to bea a republican strategist, there seems to be a shift in the republican lines of defence. Mr trump did nothing wrong to perhaps it was troubling, perhaps it was not quite right but it was not impeachable. What should we make of that . right but it was not impeachable. What should we make of that . I think what we should really look at right 110w what we should really look at right now is how unified the republicans are and this is something that actually i think one then the white housein actually i think one then the white house in 2016. The republicans follow the line pretty well and i have one message and it was the democrats were fudging the facts, they are lying and today in response to the two articles of impeachment being revealed to the american public, republicans were saying democrats are acting on emotion. They have never liked this president and therefore the Swift Movement on this enquiry and heading towards an Impeachment Vote is purely because they want to deny this president every election that would be pretty much guaranteed. In many ways i will say this, that all those listening, look at how unified the republicans are behind this one message and whether they believe be wrong or not, they are saying the president has done something wrong, fine, but is it impeachable . That is up for debate with democrats, particularly moderate democrats who will have a tough election if they vote for impeachment next week. They are saying, are the actions really impeachable . It is really theirs to lose here. On the day that these charges were filed, charges which accuse the president of abusing the power of his office to exert pressure on american ally at war with russia, it sends a curious message that the white house puts out this particular picture of the president in the oval office with the Russian Foreign minister. You can take it as just diplomacy or a deliberate provocation or as a kind of indication in plain sight of where the president s loyalties lie. Asa where the president s loyalties lie. As a republican strategist, it makes defence more difficult surely, doesnt it . One would think that. Conventional wisdom would lead you to that. I regularly meet with the bush appointees, those who were for president george w bush, and the people are aghast at how the Trump Administration seems to always act recklessly without any regard, forget the rule of law, just what society would think, forget establishment vote on capitol hill, they almost dont care to conceal their intentions anyway. It is a 5050 their intentions anyway. It is a 50 50 chance here. Was it aikens my coincidence or was it orchestrated . It my coincidence or was it orchestrated . It is my coincidence or was it orchestrated . It is always a 50 50 shot with this white house and i think itjust goes to the nature of how this president operates, no regard for anyone but himself and that speaks to why he went to a foreign power, ukraine, and said, would you mind doing me a favour . When i saw that transcript with a call with the ukrainian president and black and white, i felt a connection with Speaker Pelosi s words today when she said they gave us words today when she said they gave us guidance on what to do with a president who acts this way, who engages with foreign power. And i wa nt to engages with foreign power. And i want to make one notify may. This is important. 0ur want to make one notify may. This is important. Our us founders were so concerned about the interference of foreign powers in our elections and republic that they made so that nobody can be a us president unless they were born on us soil, and i think that is so big, so tremendous. We ought to remember that. Our founders were concerned about foreign interference and the Trump Administration seems to make it like it is just business as usual. Administration seems to make it like it isjust business as usual. Very interesting to talk to you as ever. Thank you very much. Thank you. Now from washington to jersey now from washington tojersey city. Officials injersey city, across the river from new york, say six people have been killed, three wounded in a shoot out that moved from a cemetery to a Kosher Grocery store and lasted several hours. The dead include a Police Detective and two suspected gunmen, along with three customers at the shop. Authorities say they do not believe it was a terror attack. This update from the mayor ofjersey city. It still is an active seen and we just entered the building so ijust wa nt to just entered the building so ijust want to give a quick update. There we re want to give a quick update. There were two incidents today are two different locations, one at the cemetery and one at a corner store at bayview and Martin Luther king. I wa nt to at bayview and Martin Luther king. I want to start by just saying at bayview and Martin Luther king. I want to start byjust saying that the Jersey Police department did a phenomenaljob and it is a very tough day for them. Two officers we re tough day for them. Two officers were shot, one recently gave his life and pronounce at the medical centre. The second officer was shot in the shoulder and he should recover and to other officers are receiving medical treatment to shrapnel. We enter the building about ten minutes ago. There were multiple deceased inside the building so we will have more information on that shortly. The mayor ofjersey city. We will keep an eye on that for you. Lets get some of the days other news. The us has restricted the training of saudi military aviation students at three military bases. Defence secretary mark esper ordered a review after last weeks Fatal Shooting of three sailors in florida by a Saudi Air Force lieutenant. The fbi is still trying to determine what motivated the attacker. Top officials from the us, mexico and canada have signed a revised trade deal after more than two years of tough negotiations. Usmca replaces the 25 year old north American Free trade agreement. Us House Speaker nancy pelosi the key democrat needed to move the agreement forward and us labour unions have given their blessing to the deal, which they say now includes improved labour standards. The us has blacklisted four of myanmars top military leaders for alleged human rights abuses against Rohingya Muslims and other ethnic minorities. The sanctions come just hours before myanmars de facto leader, aung sang suu kyi, is due to defend her nation against charges of genocide, at the United Nations highest court. Nick beake reports from the hague where the genocide hearing has been taking place. They used to think Aung San Suu Kyi was the epitome ofjustice. Not any more. Today, they demanded her arrest. A one time human rights icon, now standing up for an army accused of genocide. Good morning, ms suu kyi. Are you defending the indefensible . The Nobel Peace Prize laureate took her seat at the uns top court and listened to accounts of the brutality the Rohingya Refugees had suffered in her country. I could smell the stench of genocide from across the border in myanmar. Stories of helplessness in the face of mass killings, of mass rape and mass torture, and of children being burned alive in the sanctuary of their homes and places of worship. Nearly 750,000 Rohingya Muslims fled the myanmar armys so called clearance operation in 2017, launched after rohingya militants had attacked security posts. Myanmar argued its response was legitimate, in the face of a dangerous terror threat, and few in the buddhist majority country had sympathy for muslims, widely regarded as illegal immigrants. So to this day, they languish in the worlds biggest refugee camp, their stories as harrowing as ever. Rojina begum explains how the Myanmar Military snatched her baby and threw him in a fire, that her parents and most of her siblings were shot dead, that she was raped by four soldiers. Aung san suu kyi didnt have to come to the hague today, she didnt have to sit and listen to the sickening allegations made against her country. She chose to. And tomorrow she will personally defend the country from the charge of genocide. Shell say it simply didnt happen. Its seen as a Patriotic Defence by most of myanmar, including her supporters whod come to court today. But its a strategy that could destroy any remnants of her global reputation. Nick beake, bbc news, the hague. Stay with us on bbc news. Still to come the last full day of campaigning begins in the uk general election, with brexit and the Health Service the key battlegrounds. John lennon was shot at the entrance to the dakota building in the centre of new york. Theres been a crowd here standing in more or less silent vigil and the flowers have been piling up. The 14th ceasefire of this war ended at the walls of the old city of dubrovnik. This morning, witnesses said shells were landing every 20 seconds. People are celebrating the passing of a man they hold responsible for hundreds of deaths and oppression. Elsewhere, people have been gathering to mourn his passing. Imelda marcos, the widow of the former president of the philippines, has gone on trial in manila. Shes facing seven charges of tax evasion, estimated at £120 million. She pleaded not guilty. The prince and princess of wales are to separate. A statement from Buckingham Palace said the decision had been reached amicably. This is bbc news. The latest headlines in the United States, leading democrats have unveiled formal impeachment charges against donald trump. The president has called the process sheer political madness. The United States has imposed sanctions on four senior Myanmar Military officers, accusing them of committing serious human rights abuses against the countrys Rohingya Muslim minority. A sixth person has died in new zealand after yesterdays volcanic eruption on white island. The latest victim died in hospital. Eight others are missing on white island, presumed dead. Police have launched an investigation into how 47 people came to be around the active volcano when it erupted. The bbcs Shaymaa Khalil sent this from the nearby town of wha katane. The postmortem process is starting today to identify those who have it looks like the surface of another planet. This is white island hours after its devastating eruption. Its dangerous for this rescue helicopter and for those men looking for survivors. 0fficials officials have said there is a 50 chance of another volcanic last in the next 2a hours. Eight bodies remain buried on this ash covered rock. 0ne remain buried on this ash covered rock. One of the paramedics who originally helped move the injured to safety described the scene. Originally helped move the injured to safety described the scenem was quite an experience. It was like. Ive seen the chernobyl miniseries, and there was just. Everything was blanketed in ash. It was quite an overwhelming feeling. Mary lives close to the whakatane harbour. Fees been on a trip to the volcano with a local guide who also was a family friend. Hayden Marshall Inman was on the island when the volcano erupted. He died of his injuries. Hes a lovely guy, hayden. Weve known hayden since he was Primary School age. Going through the Swimming Club and soccer and all the things kids do hes the same age as our son. Mary says her community did not see the island as a threat. Youve got masks, youve got your helmets, your glasses. You are well kitted out. Theres a lot of safety things beforehand. I suppose the fact it hasnt erupted before, weve got a bit. We just take it for granted. Health Officials Say those who are being treated in hospitals across the country have suffered severe burns. Two british women are among the wounded. New zealands prime minister, jacinda ardern, visited some of the injured in hospital, and thanked those members of the Emergency Services who were first to respond. For years, thousands of tourists have been coming here, getting on these boats to reach the scenic white island, but after this disaster there are already questions about weather warnings of volcanic activity are being taken seriously and whether peoples safety is being compromised. New Zealand Police have launched an investigation to look into the circumstances of the deaths and injuries on white island. An active volcano that has long been a tourist attraction, but has now turned into a site of utter devastation. Shaimaa khalil, bbc news, whakatane. Here in the uk, the labour party was forced onto the defensive after damning comments by the Shadow Health secretary, jonathan ashworth. It was revealed hed been secretly recorded criticising Jeremy Corbyns leadership, saying there was no chance of winning the election. Mr ashworth has since apologised for the comments, insisting it was just banter. Political editor Laura Kuenssberg has the latest. Chanting oh, Jeremy Corbyn those nails might be nibbled down to the quick by friday. This election matters so much in so many ways. Therell be no more tories. The crowd in the cold in lancashire tried to keep warm with a song. But its hope, not confidence, here. Im just hoping its a miracle and that people are wrong and that labour people get out and vote. The tories are just not taking care of business. They are not taking care of the people of this country. A miracle will happen, yeah, and Boris Johnson will get his just desserts. Eventually, the leader emerged. Cheering chanting oh, Jeremy Corbyn dont get tired, get invigorated by the rain. Get invigorated by the cold. Get brisk in your walking, but also knock on all those doors and, on friday, youll have an early christmas present. Thank you very much cheering except even in his home crowd, questions chase him. Mr corbyn, can i ask you aboutjon ashworths comments . Do you agree withjon ashworths comments that you cant win, mr corbyn . One of his allies, jon ashworth, the Shadow Health secretary, was recorded by a tory friend suggesting labour cant win, and that mr corbyn could be a Security Risk in government. The conversation was leaked to a tory supporting website. I was having a bit of banter. Later, awkwardly, he tried to laugh it off. You said more than once to him, the situation for labour is dire. I know, because hes also saying, 0h, Jeremy Corbyns going to win. So its a bit ofjoshing around. And hes leaked it. I cant believe it. Did his boss really think it was just a bit of fun . Ive had a chat with jon ashworth. He called me straightaway. Hes out there campaigning for a labour government. Hes out there defending our national Health Service, and jon has my full support, and im cool with jon. We get along great. After all this, labour seems right now only likely to square the circle if they had the snps support to put together a government. In exchange, shed say, for another vote on scottish independence. And they share a target. If scotland votes snp, we can make sure we lock borisjohnson out of government. We can find an escape route from the mess of brexit and, crucially, we can put scotlands future into scotlands hands. Even if the lib dems initial burst of enthusiasm hasnt become a surge, every vote in the west country or elsewhere could make a difference. We recognise that this is a fight for the soul of our country. Are we open or closed . Are we generous or selfish . Do we reach out and work with others or do we pull up the drawbridge . We can stop brexit, and we can build a Brighter Future thank you very much. Cheering Boris Johnson, though, is determined to blast through the other parties trying to block his path to a majority. Subtle, hes not. Nor was his dig at labours embarrassment today, speaking at a factory owned by a tory donor. The other very relevant point that mr ashworth made was thatJeremy Corbyn wants to block brexit. And nor was his closing message to the country, the same as on day one. Weve only got 48 hours to get this thing done. I want you now to reflect on the gravity of the choice we have before us. Ive never known a moment when the choice before us was so clear and so stark. Even the tories bus, though, tonight faced its own obstacles, with climate protesters gluing themselves to the vehicle. By their own admission, the conservatives are not yet home and dry. Laura kuenssberg, bbc news, staffordshire. Big picture stuff now. Melting ice caps show us the impact of climate change, and scientists are accumulating more and more data to quantify whats happening. Researchers have now established that greenland is losing ice seven times faster than it did in the 1990s. That will expose millions of people to coastal flooding by the end of this century. This from the bbcs science editor, david shukman. As the world heats up, the great ice sheet covering greenland is under threat. Huge blocks of ice have always broken off in the summertime, but this process is now accelerating. Ive seen for myself how melting ice is sending massive torrents of water to the ocean. More and more of the ice is thawing as temperatures rise. Now a major new study using data from satellites has calculated how much of greenlands ice has disappeared. The areas marked in red are where melting has been most extreme, and the scientists who did the research are shocked. Its quite depressing, really, um, the ice sheets have been heated by, in greenlands case, by the oceans and the atmosphere for several decades and its got to the state that were in today. Its going to get worse, not better, and its going to continue for decades. Whats happening in greenland has implications right around the world. Since 1992, 3. 8 trillion tonnes of ice have melted from it and ended up in the oceans. Thats raised their height by 10. 6 millimetres, which doesnt sound much but, for every extra centimetre of sea level, up to six million more people are put at risk of flooding, and more melting will make things worse. Siren wails a Warning Siren on a winter night six years ago as the coast of lincolnshire was flooded. Imagine how much worse it could be with an even higher sea level. Welcome to the ceremonial opening. All this is being discussed here in madrid, at the un climate conference. Countries are arguing over how to stop heating up the planet. Amid all the delegates, a leading scientist tells me there is still time to reduce the gases that are causing the melting. If you cut emissions significantly, you really can limit the impacts from sea level rise. Whereas if you continue to emit on a path that we are on now, 01 even more severe, that will actually have really severe impacts in the future. So, there is the chance to make a difference . There is a chance, yes. Dont give up hope. Campaigners from 0xfam highlight the dangers of rising seas, and say World Leaders are failing to respond. David shukman, bbc news, madrid. 0n on and unfortunately related topic. On an unfortunately related topic. A shroud of smoke from australias bushfires has caused chaos in sydney, bringing dangerous air quality, and ruining visibility in its harbour leading to the cancellation of ferry and boat rides. The haze is the thickest to blanket the city during this years fire crisis. Health warnings are in place, and there are fears worse is to come. Thats it for now. Thank you so much for being with us. Hello there. Yesterday we had some very strong, squally gusts of wind. Looking at the top gust, well, that was recorded in capel curig in the north west of wales, where we a gust of 78mph. But quite widely, really, across northern england, scotland and wales we had gusts well up into the 60s of miles an hour, and there was reported some disruption out and about as well. The squally band of rain has been pushing its way clear and now ourfocus is on showers following. You can see this line of showers just out to the west of ireland. This is a trough that is going to be quite important for our weather. The other thing youll notice as well is that it is going to feel quite a lot colder, looking at the weather picture for wednesday. So with more detail, if youre heading outside over the next few hours, showers will continue for Northern Ireland and scotland. Wintry, may have some snow up over the high ground in scotland, where things get a little bit slippy. 0therwise temperatures only just above freezing. So probably not frosty but feeling cold when you factor in the breeze that well have to start the day. Looking at the weather picture for scotland and Northern Ireland, they will continue to see showers feeding in here. Some of them heavy, with hail and thunder. Still some snow up over the high hills in scotland as well. Whereas further south, for the midlands and eastern england, we start off dry with some sunshine with some sunshine for the most part, showers though through the morning develop across wales and western england, and these will push eastwards through the day. This is our trough and, because it is quite an organised area of showers, it does mean that most areas will see at least one or two downpours at some point during the day. Its going to feel colder. Temperatures between five and nine celsius. Heading through the night time, wednesday night, showers continue to feed in across the north and west, where it will continue to be quite windy. Otherwise the winds fall light across eastern areas. Temperatures drop away quite quickly, with a frost. Eventually we will start to see milder air working back in to the south west later on in the night and that will tend to mean the frost is more limited to North Eastern parts of the uk. Thursday, a chilly start to the day but a bright start across eastern areas. This band of rain bumping into the cold and its probably going to bring a short lived spell of snow across the high ground of northern england, before the weather turns milder and any snow transitions back to rain. Eventually it turns mild, ten or 11 degrees across the south west but a cold day for scotland and the far north of england where we will continue to see some wintry showers. Beyond that, through friday and indeed on into the weekend, we continue our brisk flow of west north westerly winds, low pressure never too far away. Temperatures below normal for the time of year across the north of the uk, where it is going to continue to feel chilly. But close to normal further south, in england and wales. Thats your weather. This is bbc news. The headlines President Trump has urged the us senate to try him quickly after Democratic Leaders in the house of representatives unveiled the two articles of impeachment against him. They charged mr trump with abuse of power and obstruction of congress by allegedly pressing ukraine to interfere in the next us election. The United States has imposed sanctions on four senior Myanmar Military officers, accusing them of serious human rights abuses against the countrys Rohingya Muslim minority. New Zealand Police say continuing volcanic activity is preventing them recovering the remaining eight victims from mondays fatal eruption on white island. Dozens of tourists were rescued from the island, but many are badly burnt. Victims names and nationalities are expected to be released as they are identified