A 2nd night of running battles in beirut as protesters demand action. Taken on the crisis. President donald trump is set to stand trial before the senate the house of representatives has delivered the impeachment charges against him to the upper train but from prosecution of abuse of power and obstruction of congress and that makes him the 3rd president in u. S. History to face such proceedings others are castro has more now from capitol hill. Inside the locus are the articles of impeachment documents accusing President Donald Trump of abusing his power and obstructing congress the 7 newly ordained impeachment prosecutors follow democratic members of the house who will argue that trump should be removed from office as president is not above the law he will be held accountable he has been held accountable he has been in huge the senates reception of the articles marks the beginning of the trial phase of the crimes impeachment the 100. 00 u. S. Senators will soon be sworn in as jurors wi
Of kashmir of its special status. As the us mourns those who died in two mass shootings. President trump condemns extremism but stops short of announcing tighter gun controls. Announcer live from our studios in singapore and london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7am in hong kong, where the residents are waking up after yet another day of widespread disruption. Police arrested 82 protestors as tens of thousands of people took to the streets in the territorys first general strike in more than 50 years. Protests spread right across the territory, with major roads blocked, public transport severely delayed and more than 200 flights cancelled. The normally buzzing city was brought to a standstill. Our correspondent nick beake has this report. Hong kongs deepening crisis is exposing a dangerous clash of cultures. Tonight, pro democracy activists, dressed in black, fought street battles with men loyal to the beijing backed gove
In two mass shootings. President trump condemns extremism but stops short of announcing tighter gun controls. Announcer live from our studios in singapore and london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 8am in hong kong, where the residents are waking up after yet another day of widespread disruption. Police arrested 82 protestors as tens of thousands of people took to the streets in the territorys first general strike in more than 50 years. Protests spread right across the territory, with major roads blocked, public transport severely delayed and more than 200 flights cancelled. The normally buzzing city was brought to a standstill. Our correspondent nick beake has this report. Hong kongs deepening crisis is exposing a dangerous clash of cultures. Pro democracy activists, dressed in black, fought street battles with men loyal to the beijing backed government. Violence rained for a third day running and this, one of more than 1,000
After a weekend of Mass Shootings that left 31 dead, in ohio and texas, President Trump has announced hell visit el paso on wednesday. The attack there is being investigated as domestic terrorism. In an address to the nation, mr trump condemned hatred and White Supremacy, and called for reform of Mental Health and gun laws. His language, from a prepared script, was in sharp contrast with his rhetoric on twitter and at public rallies and in a rare statement, former president barack obama has called on americans to reject language from any of their leaders that feeds a climate of fear or normalises racism. Our north america editor sopel reports. Weve been here before, well be here again. Another heart wrenching vigil in an American City where deadly gun violence has made an unwelcome intrusion. In the midst of this darkness, there were also stories of immense heroism. Specialist soldier glendon oakley rescued many children, but hes haunted by the ones he couldnt save. I understand it was
But its new president is now determined to bring it back. As part of his antidrugs campaign, Rodrigo Duterte has made public calls for dealers to be assassinated. Since then, over 3000 people have been murdered on the countrys streets. Reporter this little girl in this coffin had nothing to do with drugs. Danica garcia was simply in the wrong place atat the wrong time. The 5yearold from dagupan died from a bullet wound to the head. She is the youngest victim in the philippines socalled war on drugs. Gemma reys garcia danica was sitting in the courtyard, when suddenly, two armed men came and shot at my husband. They got him in the stomach. He ran out back, and they fofollowed him. Thats where danica was shot and killed. Reporter the local river flooded and d the family h homes still under r water. Danicas grandfather, maximo, survived the floods and now lives in hiding. His name is apparently on a police watchlist. The hunt for presumed drug dealers goes on. Since the end of june, more