This is terrorism. It is domestic terrorism. These are people who intend to create mass harm, mass violence. President trump has urged people to come together to fight, confront, and eradicate the scourge of anti semitism. Also tonight. As bushfires in australia worsen sydneys famous new year fireworks display will go ahead despite calls for it to be cancelled. We meet the uks first paramedics trained to prescribe in an effort to ease pressure on the nhs. And englands cricketers have lost the first test against south africa in centurion. Good evening. The governor of new york andrew cuomo has called the knife attack at a jewish celebration in new york state domestic terrorism. Five people were injured, two of them critically, during a hanukkah gathering at the home of an orthodox rabbi. A man has been arrested. In recent weeks, police have stepped up patrols in jewish neighbourhoods, following a series of anti semitic hate crimes. Our washington correspondent Chris Buckler reports. Mem
Up to bring the book to life. Hello and welcome to bbc news. President trump says he wants to face an impeachment trial in the senate. But he also wants the anonymous whistleblower, who raised concerns about his phone calls to ukraine, to give evidence. Mr trump is currently being investigated by a house of representatives committee. Its examining claims that he withheld military aid to force ukraine to investigate his political rival, joe biden which he denies. Nada tawfik has more. Adjourned. Less than 24 hours after two weeks of dramatic and contentions public impeachment hearings and, President Trump out with his counter attack will stop increasingly, every waking moment in washington seem to hang on the latest revelations from these 12 us officials, told us fact witnesses by democrats to bolster their case that President Trump abused his office for personal particle gain. With impeachment all but certain and pressure building, the president rang into his favourite programme firefo
This is bbc news welcome if youre watching here in the uk, on pbs in america or around the globe. My names mike embley our main headlines mondays parliamentary election in canada. The liberal party led byJustin Trudeau is projected to form a minority government. The polls have started closing across canadas six time zones. Im lyse doucet in toronto, bringing you the latest results of the votes are counted. The other main stories this hour israels long standing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fails to form a government, after two inconclusive elections. His rival benny gantz now gets his chance. Japans new Emperor Naruhito will formally ascend the chrysanthemum throne in the next hour. And Northern Ireland decriminalises abortion and same sex marriage despite a last ditch attempt to derail the move. Hello. Votes are being counted in canadas parliamentary elections and the result is likely to be among the closest the country has ever seen. Neither the liberals of Prime MinisterJustin T
To get brexit done and get this excellent deal over. The dup arent the only ones not in favour of the, labour say they wont be backing it either. As it stands, we cannot support this deal and will oppose it and parliament on saturday. And with two weeks to go until the uks official departure date the eu says theres no reason for any further delays. Also on the programme. High stakes diplomacy in ankara. The us Vice President announces a deal has been reached with president erdogan for a brief ceasefire in northern syria. Hes the key witness the impeachment inquiry wants to hear from. Today Gordon Sondland answers questions about pressure for ukraine to investigate joe biden. Welcome. Michelle is in washington. Im Christian Fraser here in brussels. The deal with the eu is done. Boris johnson has managed to get an agreement, something many of us thought was impossible. The eu did move, contrary to its own assertions, and to those of many experts and, dare i say it, journalists. But to ge
And why six elephants were found dead at the foot of a waterfall, in a Thailand National park. Hello and welcome to bbc news. Parts of hong kongs metro system are still closed after stations and businesses were vandalised in the latest Anti Government protests. The violence followed a decision by the territorys chief executive, carrie lam, to use Emergency Powers to ban the face coverings frequently worn by pro democracy demonstrators. Gareth barlow reports. Hong kongers resist, that was the call as protesters formed human chains. Thousands defiant against the ban against facemasks. Everyone knows carrie lam is messing up hong kong. This is why she is pushing through with the emergency law. We all expect the next step to be imposing a curfew. This is a tool, a way to suppress hong kong people. Carrie lam has not learnt from this and has not done anything to appease us. She is just constantly suppressing us. Throughout the city, shops are closed and transport hubs remain closed after a