Hour israel is facing the prospect of another election as Opposition Leader benny gantz fails to form a Government International fallout from the hong kong crisis u. S. Lawmakers take a stand on human rights and the u. K. Summons chinas ambassador over claims of torture. And americas largest a cigarette maker is accused of targeting teenagers and misrepresenting the safety of its products. And in spore and shows a marine who was already settling into his new job the former man united boss held his 1st Training Session as taught a manager i had of their primarily clash against west ham on saturday. Of course we begin the hour in washington d. C. The u. S. Ambassador to the e. U. Has told the impeachment inquiry that President Donald Trump did want a quid pro quo deal called and solomon told members of the call of congress there was a campaign led by the president himself to pressure ukraine to investigate his political rival joe biden said it was communicated to him through trumps perso
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London with the top stories from europe including the french president says Member States to seriously consider the future of nato as he hosts a sector general in stoltenberg in paris and the devastating crash which killed 95. 00 football fans 30 years ago the former British Police chief in charge of the match is found not guilty of manslaughter. In sport Brazilian Teams the bank are now targeting success of the Club World Cup in qatar the rio sorry that lifting the League Trophy just days after becoming south american champions. Iraqi Security Forces have opened fire on crowds in a Southern City as antigovernment protests there worse and at least 29. 00 people are reported dead after the protests in nasiriyah and another 3 deaths in the jar for the army earlier dispatched around to see the provinces for the instructions to restore order. Id say the iranian consulate in the shop was set on fire from back to. Reports. In at uk a dramatic escalation hundreds of antigovernment protesters
But trump remains defiant insisting he wanted nothing from ukraine and that the inquiry should and. Also students is still under siege at a Hong Kong University as the u. S. Congress approves a bill demanding china respect human rights and a new symbol emerges to represent the diverse groups of people behind the protests in chile. So more dramatic testimony has been delivered on the 4th day of the public. Pietschmann inquiry into u. S. President dont trump and just the past few hours weve heard from the Deputy Assistant secretary of defense laura cooper also david hale the under secretary secretary for Political Affairs but when asked what they knew about u. S. Military aid being withheld from ukraine now in her testimony cooper mentioned that ukrainian officials are asked about the stalled a as early as july 25th contradicting President Trumps defense that they had no idea anything was on hold my staff showed me 2 unclassified emails that they received from the state Department One wa
Here and also coming up firming up their grip on power sri lankas new president appoints his brother to be Prime Minister. And a show of support for hong kongs protesters as the u. S. Congress threatened sanctions if human rights are not held. A man once considered to be an ally of donald trump has publicly stated the president wanted to withhold military aid to ukraine in exchange for an investigation into his political rival americas ambassador to the European Union testified before the impeachment inquiry into the u. S. President on wednesday hes gotten some deal and he also implicated other top officials saying quote everyone was in the loop alan fischer reports from washington. From the u. S. Ambassador to the e. U. Stunning testimony and said it was abundantly clear to everyone ukraine would not receive military aid from the u. S. Or a meeting at the white house unless it announced an investigation into a Company Connected to the son of political opponent question joe biden was t