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
Plaid cymru is promising a £20 billion investment in what it calls a green jobs revolution for wales. Launching its election manifesto, the partys leader, adam price, said there would also be major investment in rail and bus services, a new offshore wind farm, and three tidal lagoons to generate electricity. He also talked about his ambition for an independent wales. Heres hywel griffith. Once, these valleys powered britains industrial revolution. Now, the rhonddas coal mines have become museums. Post industrial wales is a place struggling with its political identity, where some sense an opportunity. Plaid cymru sees this brexit election as a chance to sell its vision. Although most people here voted to leave the eu, it wants wales to remain, as an independent nation. We want to be at the heart of europe, on our own terms, in our own right, standing proud. The partys manifesto calls for another referendum on eu membership. It also pledges thousands ofjobs from Green Energy Projects li
Now on bbc news, its time for click. This week, could this be the future of gaming . Move over vin diesel, we are about to get fast and furious. And are you ready for a debate with a robot . Streaming services have changed the entertainment landscape. Theyre taking bigger and bigger chunks from the dvd market, theyve completely revolutionised the music industry, and theyve got terrestrial tv execs quaking in their expensive boots. But what about streaming video games . Well, thats a lot harder, because you need to make the game responsive and playable. So could streaming ever kill the games console . This week, tech giant google launched stadia, a brand new games streaming platform. You would no longer need an expensive computer or the latest game console to play the best titles. In theory, you only need a good wi fi connection. Or at least, thats the idea. Marc cieslak has been putting stadia through its paces to see if it lives up to the expectations. Google stadia does away with one
Links following his bbc interview. The former Us National Security adviserjohn bolton has accused the white house of having denied him access to his personal twitter account since he resigned in september. In his first tweet in two months he wrote he also urged his followers to stay tuned for what he called a backstory. A senior official in the Us Administration said the white house had not denied mr bolton access to his account, and didnt have the technical means to do so. Mr boltons comments come after a dramatic week at the impeachment hearings. On friday President Trump phoned into a fox News Programme and said he would welcome a full impeachment trial in the senate if the house of representatives votes to impeach him. Nada tawfik has more. Adjourned. Less than 2a hours after two weeks of dramatic and contentions public impeachment hearings ended, President Trump is out with his counter attack. Increasingly, every waking moment in washington seemed to hang on the latest revelations
Security is visible for the holidays. And in boston, lining the charles river, a half Million People will watch the fireworks. City Officials Say they are a bit nervous. Obviously, everyones concerns have been raised because of all the isis activity thats going around. Reporter isis is urging its sympathizers to attack in the u. S. The fbi reports no specific plots uncovered, but in pittsburgh, the cops are alert. The lone wolftype thing, there is generally no precursor warning because of the very nature of it. Reporter heres a warning, the roads are jammed. This is new jersey on the way to the beach, the heaviest holiday traffic in eight years. Heres denver. Cheap gas has more people driving. Prices today are almost 90 cents per gallon lower than they were last year. Reporter jammed roads . Check. Fear of terrorism . Check. Millions having holiday fun . Check. In pittsburgh theres been so much rain, they say their big problem is they had to cancel their annual regatta. And Boston Poli