And were in sudan where Climate Change being blamed for driving villagers from their homes. And once considered an ally of the us President Donald Trump has linked to the president ial decision to withhold military aid to ukraine with a push to have kiev investigate his political rival however Gordon Tsonga and said he has no evidence that donald trump ordered that directly the Us Ambassador to the e. U. Testified before the impeachment inquiry on wednesday some land implicated other top officials saying everyone knew what was going on and the inquiry is a major topic in the latest democratic president ial debate candidates attacked donald trump accusing him of being corrupt and a criminal in a few hours will be more testimony were expecting to hear from the white houses top russia expert fiona hill and david holmes a staffer at the u. S. Embassy in ukraine. Alan fischer wraps up yesterdays events out of washington. From the u. S. Ambassador to the e. U. Stunning testimony recorded so
With Law Enforcement without any accused of Sexual Offences condition and without any more delay. The number of people being sectioned by police in england and wales increases by a fifth in two years. Regardless of who is the biggest band in the world is, you have to realise that youre going to be polishing ed sheerans boots. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Labour will unveil its general election manifesto as the party sets out its plan for government. Jeremy corbyn says the programme represents the most radical and ambitious plan to transform the country in decades. Its expected to include proposals for a windfall tax on oil companies. Labour says it wants to shift the uk towards a low carbon, Green Economy. They say theyll set up a new green transformation fund, worth 250 billion pounds, to be paid for through borrowing, creating hundreds of thousands of green apprenticeships. Housing is another core issue in the manifesto the party says it will expand social and affordab
Sri lanka former president Banda Rajapaksa is sworn in as Prime Minister joining his brother to run the country. Back with support joins him a raynier takes training at tottenham for the 1st time and says hed relishing the chance to develop the clubs younger player. A man once considered an ally of donald trump has linked the president s decision to withhold military aid to ukraine with a push to have kiev investigate his political rival but Gordon Sandland said that he has no evidence that trump ordered that directly the Us Ambassador to the e. U. Testified before the impeachment inquiry on wednesday sandland implicated other top officials saying that everyone knew what was going on and the inquiries a major topic in the latest democratic president ial debate candidates attacked trump accusing him of being corrupt and a criminal. In a few hours theyll be more testimonies were expecting to hear from the white houses top russian expert fiona hill and from david holmes a stuff at the u.
Other rocky women defy a tradition and raise the voices to demand change. Simmering here with set to give its 1st News Conference as tottenham head carriage in the next hour. Relishing the chance to develop the clubs younger players. In the next hour the impeachment inquiry into donald trump will wrap up this weeks hearings with 2 new witnesses expected to make public new details of white house contacts with ukraine fiona hill is the white houses top russia analyst she reported directly to former National Security advisor john bolton who has refused to testify she is expected to give details of a socalled shadow Foreign Policy run by trumps personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani and Gordon Salmond david holmes an official at the u. S. Embassy in ukraine hell testify alongside her he says that he overheard a call between trump. In song land in which the president asked the diplomats if ukraine would investigate the by bands will have more on thursday is expected to proceedings in just a few mome
Plus, tackling Climate Change and the critics. We catch up with coldplays chris martin. In business car clash gm sues Fiat Chrysler for racketeering accusing its rival of bribing unions. Fiat calls the lawsuit astonishing. A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. As always on the programme, you can be part of the conversation a new bbc survey suggests that 40 of adults in the uk would fake a sickie if they needed to take a day off at short notice. Is it everjustified . Have you been caught out . Tell us what you think just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Lawyers for alleged victims of the us sex offender, jeffrey epstein, have welcomed a statement from Prince Andrew that he will cooperate with Law Enforcement agencies. They say he should go to the states immediately to speak to police. The prince has stepped back from royal duties because of his links with epstein, who killed himself injail. Our royal correspondent, nichol