On wednesday, house of representatives is almost certain to vote in favour of impeaching President Trump. Thats whats prompted an extraordinary letter from the president to the speaker of the house of represantatives. From the president to the speaker of the house of representatives. It includes baseless allegations, for example. Theres massive exaggeration too. He also accuses democrats of. If the house votes in favour of impeachment, there will be a trial in the upper house of congress, the senate, and today the House Rules Committee has been meeting to establish the rules that will govern that process. The president is facing two articles of impeachment. The chair of the committee set out the first one. President trump withheld congressionally approved a to the ukraine. Not to fight corruption, but to extract a personal political favour. President trump refused to meet with ukraines president until he completed the scheme. The second charge against president is obstructing congress
On the campaign as the Party Leaders focus on their target seats in the last few days. Also tonight. British citizens are among eight people missing after a volcano erupted off the coast of new zealand five people have died. Joseph mccann, who carried out a series of sex attacks, is sentenced to 33 life sentences thejudge says he will always be a danger to society. Russia is banned again from all major Sports Events for doping this time forfour years. And one of the last surviving raf pilots who fought the luftwaffe in the skies during the battle of britain has died at the age of 101. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news. All the reaction from the london stadium, where arsenal were hoping to bring an end to their nine game run without a win. Good evening. With just three days to polling day, the state of the nhs is once again dominating the election campaign. Borisjohnson has been criticised after initially refusing to look at an image of a four year old boy with suspected pneumonia
A miraculous survival a woman whose heart stopped for six hours after she collapsed in a snowstorm in spain describes how doctors managed to revive her. And britains anthonyjoshua squares up for one of the biggest fights of his career in saudi arabia. Coming up on bbc news. Chelsea manager Frank Lampard will be able to buy players injanuary, after their transfer ban was halved by the court of arbitration for sport. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. A man who carried out a string of sex attacks on 11 women and two children has been found guilty of 37 offences. Joseph mccann a convicted burglar whod been released from prison by mistake kidnapped and raped victims chosen at random on a cocaine and vodka fuelled rampage over a two week period last spring. The women and one boy were aged between 11 and 71 years old. Mccann had been released from prison after a probation error in february. Our Home Affairs Correspondent june kelly has this story and a warning her report does c
More details emerge about the duchess of sussexs court action against the mail and mail on sunday. And at 11 30 well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers, broadcasterjohn stapleton and the telegraphs womens editor claire cohen. Stay with us for that. The duke of york has answered questions for the first time about his relationship with the financierjeffrey epstein. Prince andrew has been accused of having links to the billionaire who killed himself in prison while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. In an exclusive interview with bbc Newsnights Emily Maitlis Prince Andrew was asked about his relationship with one of epsteins accusers Virginia Roberts, who said she was forced to have sex with the duke three times. Buckingham palace has denied all the allegations against him. 0ur royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell reports he is continuing with royal duties. Last sunday he was at the cenotaph, laying a wreath with his nephews, and yet for month after month
I respect him and his record. And i think that what we need to do now is honour the will of the people and get brexit done. Meanwhile, the labour leader claims a leaked government document shows the Prime Minister is misleading people about his brexit deal this is cold, hard evidence that categorically shows the impact a damaging brexit deal would have on large parts of our country. The london fire brigade commissioner strongly criticised over the grenfell disaster agrees to stand down early. The miracle of a woman whos heart stopped beating for six hours and lived to tell the tale. It feels really incredible that i survived it and im just really lucky to be here and to kind of be able to get on with my life. And coming up on bbc news. Chelsea manager Frank Lampard will be able to buy players in january after their transfer ban was halved by the court of arbitration for sport. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. A man described by police as one of the most dangerous sex