Uk and around the world on bbc world news. Welcome back. Yes, it is welcome back, just two months since welcome back, just two months since we last gathered in this very room inside the palace of westminster for the state opening of parliament. Back on the 14th october Boris Johnsons government with no parliamentary majority put forward, lets say, a rather thin programme. Today, the queen will present a legislative programme from the conservative government with a big majority in the house of commons following last weekss election. We are politically in a different world. A world in which the parliament, the government and the monarch have been in sharp focus, a course of some tension as well. And a year dominated once again by the brexit question and process. What will the queens speech tell us about the governments other priorities, apart from brexit, for the year ahead . This is Boris Johnsons second queens speech in the sake space of nine weeks. Boris johnson has been resident at n
1000000000. 00 pledge to help and hopelessness. First lets begin in the u. S. Where president Donald Trumps acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney has been summoned to testify in the impeachment inquiry and the testimonies of 2 key figures in the probe have also just been made public they are excerpts of interviews with the former u. S. Special envoy to ukraine kurt volker and gordon song the current u. S. Ambassador to the e. U. Witnesses have said the vulcan song played a key role in trumps unofficial channel to Ukrainian Government officials trump is accused of withholding military aid to ukraine unless the country investigated his democratic rival joe biden. Well shiver clancy joins us live now from washington d. C. With the latest on this 1st of all she had but what does the testimony this latest testimony reveal. You know its a funny thing barbara you wait all day for 2 transcripts and 3 suddenly turned up because actually its slightly superseding the 2 transcripts from the depositi
Donald trump of peach when wiring is democrats prepared to release key testimony. At the baghdad roadside which iraqi protesters have transformed into a canvas of this complex. In sports south africas world cup winning rugby team has arrived on to a heros welcome but by captaincy khaleesi the squad is now set for a 5 day victory parade around the country. Yemens internationally recognized government has signed a power sharing agreement with southern separatists the deal was brokered by saudi arabia and aims to end months of violence between Government Forces and the u. A. E. Backed fighters Saudi Crown Prince mohammed bin sound man says its a step towards a broader solution to the war in yemen our diplomatic editor james bays reports now from the united nations. A deal is signed that its hoped may bring peace to one part of the violent war in yemen presiding at a ceremony Saudi Crown Prince mohammed bin so man those signing the government of yemen president had he a key saudi ally was
Road side which iraqi protesters have transformed into a canvas of discontent. Thank you for joining us yemens internationally recognized government has signed a power sharing agreement with southern separatists the deal was brokered by saudi arabia and it aims to end the months of violence between Government Forces and the u. A. E. Backed fighters Saudi Crown Prince mohammed bin. Step towards a broader solution to the war in yemen diplomatic editor james bays reports now from the United Nations. A deal is signed that its hoped may bring peace to one part of the violent war in yemen presiding at a ceremony Saudi Crown Prince mohammed bin so man those signing the government of yemen president had to be a key saudi ally was among those present and the Southern Transitional council which was strongly backed by the United Arab Emirates even though all the while theyve remained part of the Saudi Led Coalition in yemen but the real war in yemen is obviously between the hard government the co
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