More than 15,000 nurses in Northern Ireland walk out in an unprecedented strike over pay and patient safety. Relatives of four british soldiers killed in the hyde park bombing win a civil case against convicted ira member, john downey after his criminal trial collapsed in 2014. And coming up in sport, liverpool through to the final of the Club World Cup after beating mexican side monterrey. Historic scenes coming to us from the united states, members of congress are getting ready to vote on whether to impeach donald trump. Impeachment is the two stage procedure which can lead to the removal of a sitting president. In the first stage today, a majority in the house of representatives would need to support the move. ani if that passes a trial would be held in the us senate dominated by republicans next month. Thats unlikely to happen. But if it did donald trump would be forced from the white house 0ur north america editorjon sopel has this report. Merciful god, we pause in your presence a
Weekend, the outbursts of ray racism, and begin having to be stopped by the referee, it was actually affecting the whole of the netherlands. The reactions and politics, worldwide, in this country have been huge. The reactions of the players of the Dutch National team and the highest level of dutch professional football to take a strong stance against racism. But may be to make it so strong, it will never happen again. Lets take a look at the rest of the days sports news making the headlines. Tommy fleetwood has put himself in a good position to win the race to dubai. Hes fourth at the season ending world tour championship, and will be crowned europes top golfer if he finishes outright third and Bernd Wiesberger is outside the top two. The austrians currently 14th. Granit xhaka could return to the arsenal side this weekend, despite saying he wasnt sure if he would play for the club again. Xhaka was stripped of the captaincy after an angry confrontation with fans during a match against c
International tennis federation, who got 3 billion worth of investment from an Investment Group decided they would try to get it all done in one week and get attention on the event. I think there will hopefully make a difference. Whereas, if your country was knocked out before the final, unless you are a hardcore tennis fan, you probably didnt pay much attention to the finals taking place in november. The hope is that one big global event, whoever is in the final, there will be a big global audience tuning in. Some people are confused by gerald piquet is involved in this. Roger federer hasnt particularly wanted a new competition. Mind you, he hasnt played much in the davis cup in recent yea rs. Played much in the davis cup in recent years. He has referred to this as the gerald piquet cup on several occasions. Lleyton hewitt, still the captain of australia, very much against this reorganisation. He said it is ridiculous. He said it is like me trying to make changes to the champions leag
A marine euro has been named as the new manager of the English Premier League side tottenham the former Manchester United boss appointed 12 hours after the london club sacked moderate to tina. China has some of the u. S. Diplomats after the Senate Passed a bill to support human rights in hong kong it comes after months of protests that if the legislation becomes law top officials from the territory could be sanctioned by the u. S. In future in hong kong a standoff between police and protesters on a University Campus shows no signs of ending aljazeera sara clock reports. In a city rocked by violence and months of protests everyday life is carrying on. Primary and secondary schools have resumed classes after being closed for more than a week some major roads have also reopened but traffic is still congested and some bread lines remain blocked. At Polytechnic University in Central California up to 100 protesters are refusing to leave riot police have surrounded the campus ready to bike ar
There was a scare for world number 11 david goffin who dropped the first set, but fought back to beat colombias daniel galan in three sets. It gave belgium a 2 0 lead after they won their opening singles match as well. Welcome to bbc news, im mike embley. Our top stories colombia playing at the top level of in hong kong, younger activists are led out of the besieged 00 01 28,924 2147483051 37 29,177 university campus, 2147483051 37 29,177 4294966103 13 29,430 but a hundred protestors remain. Tennis for the first time, won the double match. All that action only took place after this Opening Ceremony in madrid, with rafa nadal taking part for the hosts spain. Its the first year the davis cup is seeing this format, with 18 countries split into six groups of three, with the Group Winners and two best placed runners up into the knockout stage. Great Britains Andy Murray says hell only give his thoughts on the revamp once the tournaments over. For years, mens tennis has been dominated by fed