Ebola, the World Health Organization approves the first vaccine. And venice underwater the highest tide in 50 years causes severe flooding in the italian tourist city. Voiceover live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 9am in singapore, iam in london and 8pm in washington, where President Trump has again denounced the impeachment inquiry into him as the first public hearings got under way. It started with testimony from the acting Us Ambassador to ukraine. Bill taylor said it was clear to him the white house was making both military aid and a visit to washington by the ukrainian president conditional on ukraine launching an investigation into mr trumps democratic rival joe biden and his son. Our north america editor jon sopel has the latest. History in the house. This is like the super bowl for politics, the day the impeachment hearings go public. And coast to coast, all the Us Tv Networks are gearing up for the unfolding dra
Medvedev is part of the new generation looking to see the old guard. Here he was with plenty of his own replies, taking the first set on a tie break. The dial had come to london recovering from an abdominal injury. Did he really have the stomach for this . The second set showed he had all that was required. Medvedev misplacing a forehand and the match was level once more. Into a third set, the contest now impossible tojudge. A third set, the contest now impossible to judge. Medvedev the first to make his move, 5 1 up matchpoint. But here again, rathers return winning five games in a row divorce and other tie break. Extraordinary drama by the narrowest of margins. None more so than the very final point. A second look said this was out and the dial, for the moment, stays in. Any lingering questions answered by the world number one. Honestly, i have been super lucky. That is the real thing. Sorry for daniil medvedev. He was playing much better than me in the third of course, and this was
The Pacific Island of bogun ville votes in the hope of independence. And in support of rafael nadal doubles up so winning effect in front of his home crowd the world number one showing his fighting spirit to help spine advance to the davis cup before. We begin this news in burundi where elections are now 6 months away but there are concerns over security opposition leaders say theres a climate of fear and intimidation against those who are critical of the governing party the u. N. Has issued a warning but the government has told al jazeera that the election will be free and fair i was there as Catherine Sawyer reports now from commercial capital. Protected by when you can to cross memories of what happened 4 years ago the main flow for this man he tells us hes young son was. Shot by police while on his way to buy bread. Riot started in 215. Rounds and warn a 3rd tom but his opponents say it was unconstitutional street protests a failed coup vigilante like attacks and assassinations thr
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