Again im peter dobby youre watching aljazeera live from our World Headquarters here in doha also coming up mali and together again to demand the resignation of the president after reports of a military mutiny. More protests and strikes him by the roots for pressure is mounting on the president Alexander Lukashenko over his disputed reelection. There we are lets get going a u. N. Back tribunals has convicted a member of hezbollah over the assassination of the former lebanese Prime Minister rafiq hariri the 2005 killing set the stage for years of confrontation between rival Political Forces judges of the hague found. Guilty of committing terrorist acts and of homicide today they set a ball. The car used in the attack and coordinated surveillance of her riri beforehand the 3 other hezbollah members well they were acquitted because of a lack of evidence none were in court as denies involvement and has refused to hand the men over the judges while hezbollah as leaders and the Syrian Governm
Search bar. The hearing will come to order. The chairs authorized to declare recess at any time. Let me say good morning and welcome to todays hearing and oversight of the department of research and development enterprise. Welcome mr. Secretary we are delighted that youre here today. As you know this committee has jurisdiction over the department of energy and its a vitally important science in Energy Research and develop activities. The laboratories and facilities i hope much more quickly from now on and i look forward to working with you throughout this congress. With a budget season, i would like to bring just a few minutes and a few items to your attention and ill start with the good news. Which is despite the ministration best effort to make cuts across the board and develop my programs most actually fared well in the house of representatives and particularly pleased to see the increased to the budget for the loan programs office, both of which have yielded transformative results
Ring out again, to mark the 70th and the bells of westminster tennis who has died at. Age of 49. Following his refusal to step down aspresideflt of lmbabwl the countrys ruling party, zanu pf, has agreed to begin the process, hours after he appeared on national television, and demanded the right to continue. Hes accused of allowing his wife to usurp power and, who is expected in thereafter the a suggestion of talks and a road map has encouraged speculation that Robert Mugabe is starting to feel the political pressure as, piece by piece, his power is shredded. His mps gathered in harare to begin the Legal Process of impeachment, removing him from office by parliamentary vote and telling us it could happen in days. We are expecting the motion to be moved tomorrow and a committee to be set up tomorrow, and hopefully by wednesday, because the charges are so clear, we expect that we should be able to vote in parliament. It could be done that soon . Yes. In the audience, a first lady in wait
Angela merkel could be out of office by next year. Its not the most likely outcome, but it is possible. Thatin that in itself is extraordinary. This is why the pressure is on. Since the election, the chancellors cdu party has been trying to form a coalition with the liberal fdp party and the greens. Well, the fdp has pulled out of talks. Ms merkel has now told german broadcaster zdf she does not rule out new elections and is ready for a new candidacy, and that shes reluctant to form a minority government. Broadcaster asks, what now, and they may ask. The election in september delivered a shock. We knew that the block she led at its worst result in almost 70 years. It still has had the biggest number of seats in the bundestag, but it only had two clear routes to a majority. One work with the social democrats, but they dont want to, so thats out. Martin schulz has been clear he doesnt want to do that. Or two, work with the greens and the free democrats. But, as weve now seen, Christian L
News. The bbc understands there was broad agreement at a Cabinet Committee meeting that the government should increase the financial offer to the eu, but only in return for moving on to trade talks next month. Earlier, the eu chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier, said brussels was ready to offer the uk the most ambitious trade deal, but only if its terms were met. Also today, its been announced that amsterdam has been chosen as the location for the European Medicines Agency when the uk leaves the bloc in 2019. Another london based organisation, the european banking agency, is to be relocated to paris. This report from our political editor, laura kuenssberg, contains some flash photography. Have you agreed to pay more money, foreign secretary . They are never going to agree every single thing. Was there a row in there . He said we would get money back when we leave. She said it would cost us billions. Will you pay more money . But ministers have tonight agreed that the Prime Minister