Sometimes when ive heard some bad news or bad things that had happened outside, ijust, here and do some mechanical things. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news its newsday. Glad you could join us. Its 7 00am in singapore, midnight in london, and 7 00pm in washington, where the white house has published a letter to senior democrats, confirming that it will not co operate with impeachment proceedings against donald trump. The letter calls the process constitutionally illegitimate and claims democrats are seeking to deprive the American People of their president. Earlier, the Trump Administration blocked a key figure from testifying at an impeachment hearing. Gordon sondland, the Us Ambassador to the eu, was going to be asked whether he urged ukraine to investigate the former Vice President joe biden and his son. He released a statement saying hed been directed to stay away. Laura trevelyan has more from washington. Hes the manor House Democrats wa nted he
Meet afghanistans robotic team winning prizes and acclaim across the world, against the odds. Sometimes when ive heard some bad news or bad things that had happened outside, ijust, here and do democrats response was swift. Some mechanical things. Live from our studios the failure to produce this witness, in singapore and london, 00 01 11,005 2147483051 37 20,217 this is bbc world news 2147483051 37 20,217 00 00 02,764 its newsday. The failure to produce these documents, um, we consider yet additional strong evidence of obstruction of the constitutional functions of congress a coequal branch of government. Democrats were keen to question Gordon Sondland because hed been dealing with ukraine in the run up to the phone call between President Trump and that countrys leader, in which mr trump asked Volodymyr Zelensky to do him a favour and investigate the bidens. Us military to ukraine had been suspended days before. In Text Messages given to congress, veteran us diplomat bill taylor wrote.
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Kilometers along the islands west coast. In the ocean, scuba divers are hard at work. The water here is 5 meters deep. A diver swims near a large steel frame. Current designed to speed up corral growth. The divers are growing coral due to the danger of the white sands disappearing. Around ten years ago, the waves began to wash away the sands during the rainy season. What we are selling is our pristine fine white sand and the crystal blue water, so if its gone, there will be no island. There will be no tourist destination. From 2012, work began with the cooperation of Japanese Research ergs to analyze the cause of the sand loss. Based on the results of that study, local people are trying to take action. For me, its a small challenge. Its a beautiful place. No doubt about it. Very beautiful. Not just the sand. But the under water. But it is a challenge because there are so many problems that somehow erode the benefits from the resources. Can the island protect its white sands . We follow
In the ocean, scuba divers are hard at work. The water here is 5 meters deep. A diver swims near a large steel frame. Current designed to speed up corral growth. The divers are growing coral due to the danger of the white sands disappearing. Around ten years ago, the waves began to wash away the sands during the rainy season. What we are selling is our pristine fine white sand and the crystal blue water, so if its gone, there will be no island. There will be no tourist destination. From 2012, work began with the cooperation of Japanese Research ergs to analyze the cause of the sand loss. Based on the results of that study, local people are trying to take action. For me, its a small challenge. Its a beautiful place. No doubt about it. Very beautiful. Not just the sand. But the under water. But it is a challenge because there are so many problems that somehow erode the benefits from the resources. Can the island protect its white sands . We follow the work under way to save the beaches o