Also on the programme a dangerous operation is under way in new zealand to retrieve eight bodies from the volcano that erupted on monday. This is as close as we can get. There has been quite a bit of volcanic activity in the area, toxic gases, tremors and of course the risk of another eruption. People are voting across the uk in the third general election to take place within five years. Polls close in three hours time. And Greta Thunberg takes President Trumps trolling on the chin by changing her twitter bio to reflect his insults. Hello and welcome im katty kay in washington and James Reynolds is in london. Its a big day in the uk where the general election is under way. Because of local reporting rules theres not actually much we can say about it today so we will get to it later in the programme. Here, there have been angry hearings on capitol hill about the articles of impeachment against donald trump. Republicans have argued that democrats were just looking for a reason to get rid
Held as the military takes control. Thousands ofjobs to go online retailier asos buys topshop and three other brands but doesnt want their stores. Well wishers Around The World send messages of support to captain sir tom moore, who remains in hospital with covid 19 and pneumonia. Over the last ten months youve been our inspiration, youve been at the nations heartbeat. We all thinking of you. And coming up on bbc news. Liverpool could be the busiest club on Transfer Deadline Day with the Managerjurgen Klopp looking at two defenders in their bid to retain the Premier League title. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Tens of thousands of people in parts of england are to be urgently tested, after more cases of the highly transmissible South African Variant Of Coronavirus were discovered. Two cases were found in surrey, and testing kits will be delivered there this afternoon. Testing will also take place in london, kent, hertfordshire and walsall. Previous cases in the uk we
And when politics meets football protests take place in spain ahead of barcelonas match with real madrid. In just the past few hours, donald trump has become only the third president in American History to be impeached by the house of representatives. That sets up a trial in the senate, which has to decide whether he should be removed from office. The house is controlled by his opponents, the democrats. His own party, the republicans, dominate the senate. The strong expectation is that he will be acquitted in the senate. This is how the impeachment was formally announced. The yeas are 230, the nays are 197. Present is one. Article1 is adopted. A News Conference followed that vote. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi praising her colleagues in the democratic party. I could not be prouder or more inspired than by the moral courage of the house democrats. We never asked more of them or how they were going to vote. We never whipped the vote. And you saw all the public statements that some of them m
It has been a day of high drama and declaration. 0n the floor of thousand representatives. What is at sta ke thousand representatives. What is at stake is Donald Trumps legacy. In all likelihood, he will be known as the president who was impeached. 0nly the president who was impeached. Only the third in american history. The president himself is called impeachment an ugly word. Impeachment is no less than accusing the elected president of the United States of what the constitution calls high crimes and misdemeanors. But a skilled life to the floor thousand representatives. This is the scene as people are debating this is what they have been debating. 0ne republican laying out their case in defence of the president and then a democrat accusing the president and back and forth on this of power and abuse of congress. It has been going on all day and by most estimates, there been about two more hours to go before they vote on those articles of impeachment in congress and will be 11 capitol
This is terrorism. It is domestic terrorism. These are people who intend to create mass harm, mass violence. President trump has urged people to come together to fight, confront, and eradicate the scourge of anti semitism. Also tonight. As bushfires in australia worsen sydneys famous new year fireworks display will go ahead despite calls for it to be cancelled. We meet the uks first paramedics trained to prescribe in an effort to ease pressure on the nhs. And englands cricketers have lost the first test against south africa in centurion. Good evening. The governor of new york andrew cuomo has called the knife attack at a jewish celebration in new york state domestic terrorism. Five people were injured, two of them critically, during a hanukkah gathering at the home of an orthodox rabbi. A man has been arrested. In recent weeks, police have stepped up patrols in jewish neighbourhoods, following a series of anti semitic hate crimes. Our washington correspondent Chris Buckler reports. Mem