Independence saying the election makes it an arguable. That will be live shortly. Australia ensures another date of record breaking temperatures as a state of emergency is declared in New South Wales to try to cope with the raging bush fires australia endures. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. Donald trump has become only the third us president in history to be impeached. The democrat majority house of representatives voted in favour of impeachment on two charges, setting up a trial in the senate. Impeachment is when charges of wrong doing are brought against a president by the Lower Chamber of the us congress. Mr trump is accused of withholding military aid to ukraine to try to get the country to investigate his political rival, joe biden. And also of obstruction of congress because he allegedly refused to co operate with the impeachment enquiry. But being impeached doesnt necessarily mean he ll be removed from office. For that to happen, the senate would have to convict
Boris johnson has hailed the conservatives resounding election victory as extraordinary and urged people across the uk to heal their divisions over brexit. Speaking in downing street, mrjohnson said he would repay the trust of labour supporters, who had voted conservative for the first time. The labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn says he will stand down, but he hasnt said when. And in scotland the Scottish Nationalists made further gains. Lets hear first from boris johnson. Iam forming i am forming a new government and on monday mps will. Mps will set out from constituencies that have never returned conservative mps for 100 yea rs. Returned conservative mps for 100 years. They will have an overwhelming mandate to get brexit done and we will honour that mandate late january 31st. The National Executive will have to meet in the near future and it is up to them they will make that decision not me. I hope there will be a period of good discussion within the party and i think that is healthy and
Privilege like rubin did ever again in this country thatll be a high high priority for him because colvin and and the labor party became available for that they were going to take away the kind of privilege of his wealth they way from fighting its cold is the whole background to media matters the easy thing for them to do is to implement boundary changes weve been to have a new commission to make the seats even even smaller in areas that labor could do better in i mean thats thats probably on the cards but he may be thinking of other things he may be thinking of changing the Voting System so you have to go through various stages of id to actually be able to vote and that would harm labor in particular ways its perhaps a party for him and for the people who backed him in the people who gave the money for his campaign they never want to see the fat of social Democratic Left wing labor party again john. Famously the Bullingdon Club reputedly. He used to send their Members Around oxford to
Reputedly used to send their Members Around oxford to burning a 50 pound note in front of the homeless is that what britain is seriously looking forward to that kind of future i think unfortunately i mean im from yorkshire and we have like you know large mining communities securely where we literally for you know the police the politicised police force in the street and now were seeing those very same people suddenly voting for the conservatives. The one kind of area to come for the i draw the bricks it now becomes completely the conservative creation because you said to grieve there johnson opposes an inquiry into what you call politicised. Event famously in the miners strike why did all the mining towns where did they all go tory is it racism are anti immigrant so i think there is a i think we have to be only so we have to call it what it is in the a large appeal to bigotry in. Conservative. Kind of styling in the way that theyve sort of position themselves to the rival on the money
Cheering applause in this stage in the Election Campaign which is now over i dont think i will take any questions but i will talk briefly to the media. Thank you all very much, everybody. Borisjohnson there in sedgefield in the north east. Tony blairs former constituency. The ultimate political humiliation some might say to the labour party as borisjohnson repeats those messages that we saw outside downing street yesterday. Unite and level up being one of the key mantras there and talking about health care, education and police, all the factors we have seen him say in the election trail. We are still joined by tony blairs former political secretary. What did you make of that . It is masterful in a way to be able to say we are here and we have taken the north east . You can see the confidence that a massive majority has given him. It is his country and it will be his agenda. Unite, level up. Powerful m essa 9 es agenda. Unite, level up. Powerful messages because we are a divided country