And sun, sea but few signs of tourists. Sri lanka struggles to shrug off the impact of the Easter Sunday attacks. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news its newsday. Its 8am in singapore, 1 oclock in the morning in london, and 8 00 in the evening in washington, where theres been a dramatic escalation in the war of words between President Trump and his Democratic Party opponents, on the question of impeachment. The president has given a series of irate News Conferences. In one, he accused the leading democrat adam shiff, in one, he accused the leading democrat adam schiff, whos chairman of the house intelligence committee, of being a low life whod committed treason. In another, he said democrat president ial hopefuljoe biden and his son were stone cold crooked. More now from my colleague in washington laura trevelyan. It should have been a routine visit by the president of finland to the white house but, with President Trump at the centre of an unfolding i
Announcer live from out studios in singapore and london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its midnight in london and 7am in the morning here in singapore, and also in hong kong, where the airport Authorities Say operations have now resumed after mondays shutdown. Theres been a weekend of skirmishes between police and demonstrators, angry about what they believe is chinas erosion of their freedoms. Beijing has raised the stakes, claiming the weeks long unrest, has begun to show what it calls the sprouts of terrorism. Jonathan head reports. As the last flights came in, the passengers were greeted with a chorus of appeals from young people waving posters, pleading for support. They feared the police were about to storm the airport. Its sudden closure left travellers bewildered and stuck. Catherine morgan and her daughter helena were due to fly back to britain, but their flight was cancelled. We flew in from taipei this morning, and it was fine until we got to arrivals an
Donald trump has been accused of promoting unfounded conspiracy theories about the apparent suicide ofJeffrey Epstein. The us president , retweeted a baseless claim that bill clinton was involved in the death. The disgraced financier was found dead in his new yorkjail cell while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges involving under age girls. The fbi and the Usjustice Department have opened investigations. Chris buckler reports from washington. Jeffrey epstein was once the man at the centre of high society parties and a figure instrumental in the abuse of underage girls. His death in a new york prison, just weeks after another apparent suicide attempt, has raised many questions. Some, including the citys mayor, have called it convenient, given the countless claims about his crimes and the alleged involvement of some of his rich and famous friends. Among those retweeting conspiracy theories was donald trump. You know what, he had information on the clintons and the man ended up dead
In singapore and london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 1am in london and 8am in the morning here in singapore, and also in hong kong, where the Authorities Say operations have now resumed at the airport after mondays shutdown. Theres been a weekend of skirmishes between police and demonstrators, angry about what they believe is chinas erosion of their freedoms. Beijing has raised the stakes, claiming the weeks long unrest, has begun to show what it calls the sprouts of terrorism. Jonathan head reports. As the last flights came in, their passengers were greeted with a chorus of appeals from Young Hong Kongers waving posters, pleading for support. They feared the police were about to storm the airport. Its sudden closure left travellers bewildered and stuck. Catherine morgan and her daughter helena were due to fly back to britain, but their flight was cancelled. We flew in from taipei this morning, and it was fine until we got to arrivals and there was a mass pro
And well bring you the story of the asian ice man, whos finding ways to indulge his passion at his kuala lumpur home. Good morning. Its 8 00am in singapore, 1 00am in london, and also 8 00am in hong kong, where the territory has experienced a tenth successive weekend of clashes between pro democracy protestors and riot police. Tear gas was fired after two petrol bombs were thrown near the main police headquarters. Earlier, beijing warned britain not to interfere in hong kongs affairs, after the uks foreign secretary dominic raab suggested there should be an investigation into ongoing violence against the pro democracy movement. From hong kong, heres jonathan head. This is how it starts every weekend now in hong kong. Theyve turned improvising barricades into an art form. They work with impressive speed and coordination. Theres never much time before the police arrive. These confrontations are now a familiar routine in hong kongs streets. Generally, the protesters retreat, avoiding dire