The first public televised hearings in President Trumps impeachment inquiry have got underway in washington, after weeks of testimony behind closed doors. Donald trump is accused of withholding military aid to ukraine an american ally, under threat from russia to pressure ukraines new president into helping him politically in next years us president ial election. The impeachment inquiry has the potential to remove mr trump from office. He denies any wrongdoing. Our north america editor jon sopel has been watching. 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 drama that could be the decisive moment of the trump presidency. And early this morning, in the white house residence, the light is on and the tweets are angry. In the committee room, its a scrum, an hour before the hearing gets under way. First up was this man, george kent. He is a Senior State
On social media and do they add up to anything . A new study in the lancet shows teenagers are failing to meet physical activity recommendations, putting their future health at risk. And well be speaking to the vivienne, the newly crowned winner of ru pauls drag race uk, live in the studio. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. The man accused of killing british backpacker Grace Millane has been found guilty of murder. Grace millane was killed in auckland last december. The defendant, who cant be identified under new zealand law, had pleaded not guilty. In an emotional statement outside the court, graces father, david millane, welcomed the verdict but expressed his sorrow that his daughter had been taken in such a brutal fashion. The verdict of murder today. Will be welcomed by every member of the millane family and friends of grace. It will not reduce the pain and suffering that weve had to endure over the past year. I cant see it. Grace was taken away from us in the most
Provide an outright majority but the party more than doubles its seats. The Third Largest in parliament. Saudi announces it will sell up to 0. 5 of shares to Retail Investors and stays mum on what could be the worlds ever largest mistake. Well, good morning and welcome to street signs a check on markets and how they are fairing this morning a wall of red for asia and nikkei down a quarter of a percentage point but a big move for the shanghai currencies. Big mover in the hong kong index here this after Hong Kong Police opened fire on protesters during todays morning commute, leaving one man in critical condition. Now, these latest demonstrations come after prodemocracy lawmakers were arrested on saturday it weighed on stocks in asia, as i have been recounting shanghai actually the lowest, the most its dropped in the last four months for more inform oiation on whata been happening getting sold on rare week day violence as weekend unrest rolls over to the citywide protests on monday drops
In the star ship program. Guy how far are we now to the star ship program . Its a big piece. Matt talking 30 rockets instead of the nine on the falcon. Its really adding complexity to the program and you see them thinking of technology that allows you to get it all the way to mars as complexity, too. Hellon elon talked about the physical issues of getting to gravity and when you get to that size rocket, you Start Testing technology, physics, or our understanding of it as we know it today. Vonnie theres no particular regulator for these type of missions but the International Telecommunications union coordinates the allocation for frequency of communications, matthew, so in a sense space x is given a lot of freedom and seems to be using the freedom pretty well. Lets talk about the satellites and go up in the tower and then one is at the ch lower orbits and they have to push their own solar panels to survive in space. Its very ingenious. Matt theyre using a lot of technology though its go
Operating with the highest cost in the eurozone with a combined return on equity in the 2nd quarter of 0 that low profitability is a huge risk to the Financial Stability of the local economy as it hampers the build up of equity further stimulus thats also unlikely to be meaningful in a country committed to running a balanced budget well meanwhile wall streets rally which has been rory nover expectations of a u. S. China trade deal has stalled after the Dow Jones Industrial average the s. And p. 500. 00 and the nasdaq all finished at record highs on friday stock futures for all 3 are now lower in fact all 3 major u. S. Stocks indices posted highs and the s. And p. 500 registered a 5th straight week of gains on friday but what seems to be slowing things down christine mentioned it just a minute ago concerns about china pushing for additional tariffs to be removed by the trumpet ministration joins us now to discuss this and other market stories is the c. E. O. Of Euro Pacific Capital Pete