Well have the latest live from the Pacific Islands nation. And go to the top of the class. Just how does one of europes smallest neighbours outperform its richer neighbours . Well, weve been to estonia to find out. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore and midnight in the uk where an investigation by bbc panorama has discovered that lawyers for five of thejeffrey epsteins accusers the convicted sex offender have made a request for Prince Andrew to give evidence in their court cases. The five women allege that the prince witnessed how epstein and his guests behaved at a number of his homes, as Darragh Macintyre reports. The allegations made by Virginia Giuffre about Prince Andrew have raised questions that wont go away. The lawyer for five ofjeffrey epsteins accusers says he wants Prince Andrew to testify as a witness in their court cases. The women say the prince witnessed how epstein and his guests were g
It gives me great pleasure to the death as they try to tackle Climate Change. To declare open this 25th session. And top of the class. Just how does one of europes smallest nations outperform so here in madrid, as the annual un its richer neighbours . Weve been to estonia to find out. Talks on Climate Change get under way, one of the loudest demands is from the countries most vulnerable to those bigger storms. We worry about our livelihoods. We worry about the future generations. We worry about our country. We exist as people. We in the small islands, we exist as people. We have our cultures, we have our families, we have our livelihoods, and we face extinction. You cant get away from that. Good morning. And its not a nice it is 9 00am in singapore and 1 00am in the uk. Thought, its scary. An investigation by bbc panorama has all the time, the gases that discovered that lawyers for five of the accusers ofjeffrey epstein, the convicted sex offender, are heating up the atmosphere have ma
Growing tensions between the uk and china as a british consular worker tells the bbc he was tortured by chinese secret police. And we talk to the star of a hotly tipped film at this weeks singapore Film Festival. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its 8am in singapore and midnight here in london where Prince Andrew has decided to step back from his royal duties for the foreseeable future. It follows controversy surrounding his friendship with the convicted paedophile, jeffrey epstein. And his disastrous interview at the weekend with the bbc. The prince has denied having sex with a 17 Year Old Girl procured for him by epstein. But a number of organisations linked to his work have begun to distance themselves. Nicholas witchell reports. Driving himself into Buckingham Palace yesterday, the only sighting of Prince Andrew since the newsnight interview was broadcast. Hostility towards him has shown no sign of lessening. Poison prince and pari
And we talk to the star of a hotly of england in the west midlands, tipped film at this weeks into west country and wales through singapore Film Festival. The day. Thats an area to watch as things get wetter. Those temperatures, 9 10 degrees. Lets set into the weekend. Its a weekend dominated by low pressure. We got one slow moving area of low pressure which is why we are seeing that rain developing. How far north the rain gets, a little bit uncertain. Most of the rain across england and hello, and welcome to the programme. Wales, perhaps heading towards northern ireland, as far north as its 9 00am in singapore and 1 00 the central belt, allowing something in the morning here in london, drier and brighter to arrive across parts of the window and wales and where Prince Andrew has decided to step back from his royal duties temperatures again typically 9 11 for the foreseeable future. Degrees. Some rain around on it follows controversy surrounding his friendship with the convicted paedoph
Lizzo and Billie Eilish. It was a day of explosive testimony in the impeachment inquiry, as the Us Ambassador to the eu Gordon Sondland gave evidence. The ambassador said he was acting at the express direction of the president on ukraine. The democratic led house of representatives is investigating whether or not the president improperly put pressure on ukraine to investigate his political rival the former Vice President joe biden. The bbcs north america editorjon sopel reports. The day a simmering pot boiler became a blockbuster drama, with this unlikely character as the leading man. Gordon sondland, a wealthy hotelier, was made ambassador to the European Union on the strength of 1 million donation to Donald Trumps inauguration committee. Now hed come under oath to eviscerate the president s account of his dealings with ukraine. I was acting in good faith. As a president ial appointee, i followed the directions of the president. We worked with mr giuliani because the president directe