From inside the deadly, dirty world of myanmars jade mines, where hundreds die every year searching for green gold. Announcer live from our studios in london and singapore. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 6pm in houston, texas where the top 10 democrats vying to take on donald trump next year, are about to take the stage. Front runnerjoe biden will go head to head for the first time with Elizabeth Warren, his fast rising rival, in the three hour debate. But others like Bernie Sanders, kamala harris, Pete Buttigeg and beto orourke are all looking to make their mark. Laura trevelyan is in houston. All eyes on joe biden all eyes onjoe biden and Elizabeth Warren today, the first time they go head to head, but theres lots of other candidates as well. Will there bea other candidates as well. Will there be a clearer sense of the front runner after the debate tonight . Thats the 1 million question, of course, and the candidates ar
Where hundreds die every year searching for green gold. Announcer live from our studios in london and singapore. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 7pm in houston, texas, where the top 10 democrats vying to take on donald trump next year are taking to the stage for a televised debate. Front runnerjoe biden will go head to head for the first time with Elizabeth Warren, his fast rising rival. But others like Bernie Sanders, kamala harris, Pete Buttigeg and beto orourke are all looking to make their mark. Laura trevelyan is in houston. Shes watching it all from there. Laura, obviously its the first time we are seeing joe biden come head to head with Elizabeth Warren, but there is a lot of other contenders too. What are their chances . Well, thats right. Theres ten candidates on stage tonight. The debate is about to begin. They have all filed in and are behind their podiums and finally the top contenders to take on donald trump and wh
You can watch the entire conversation on the future of representative so mark democracy tonight at 9 30 eastern. In the wake of the recent shootings in el paso texas, the House Judiciary Committee will return early from summer recess to mark up gun violence includeon bills which banning highcapacity ammunition ,agazines, restricting firearms and preventing individuals convicted of misdemeanor hate crimes from purchasing a gun. Begins wednesday, september 4. If you are on the go, listen to our live coverage using the free cspan radio app. Amy klobuchar campaigned in New Hampshire. She talked about her qualifications for the third round of debates next month. After opening comments, she spoke with voters in the crowd. New hampshires first primary is held in february. [applause] [laughter] ms. Klobuchar hi everybody. Bill and i have the great pleasure of having senator Amy Klobuchar here today. Because we are running late, im going to suggest that perhaps you look at her website which con
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