As the impeachment inquiry around President Trump intensifies, with congressional hearings due to go public next week, more revelations have emerged from testimony already given behind closed doors. This time from bill taylor, the top american diplomat in ukraine. He told the hearing he was astonished that the president appeared to have made military aid to ukraine a us ally, under threat from russia dependent on ukraine investigating joe biden, one of his rivals for the white house. Ambassador taylor responded that was my clear understanding, Security Assistance money would not come until the president of ukraine committed to pursue the investigation. Then from the lawmaker questioning him so if they dont do this, they are not going to get, that was your understanding 7 ambassador taylor says yes, sir. The follow up are you aware that quid pro quo literally means this for that . The response i am. Lets go to our north america correspondence. Peter bowes, what is the significance of al
Electric. I have been in 14 and were live in leeds constituencies already, and the a city with five universities, numbers of people coming out to work so were here this morning talking to students about their concerns in and support and campaign for labour the run up to next months election. Is already much greater than it was the jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering british at the start of the 2017 election. Backpacker Grace Millane in new zealand are shown cctv footage of her last known moments. 0ur party and our members are so up for this fight, so up for this trying to break the world battle, we are going to win this land speed record the british team say theyre feeling confident. Election and we are going to win it because we offer something very different. I dont suppose there are too many people in this audience that we the daily telegraph. Its all right if you do it in private, i good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im annita mcveigh. Understand it had a bizar
We must proceed straight to an election. Well have the latest from westminster and from brussels, and the likelihood of an election before christmas. Also tonight. A lorry driver appears in court charged with the manslaughter of 39 people found dead in a container in essex last week. And we report from the district in vietnam, where its thought many of the victims in the lorry came from. The death of a british teenager has changed the way social media firms deal with harmful posts, according to the head of instagram. And how one of the worlds most powerful telescopes is unlocking the mysteries of dark energy, the force that makes up most of the cosmos. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, the countdown is under way to the Rugby World Cup final. England get ready to face south africa in a repeat of the 2007 showdown. Good evening. The Prime Minister, who said last month that hed rather die in a ditch than ask for another brexit delay, has written to the European Council president , a
We will not allow this to continue and one way or another we must proceed straight to an election. In other news, the driver of the lorry in essex, in which 39 people died, appears in court charged with their manslaughter. The death of a british teenager has changed the way social media firms deal with harmful posts, according to the head of instagram. Campaigners call on the government to extend how long women can store their frozen eggs, saying the 10 year limit breaches human rights. And at 11 30 well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers, ros altmann, former pensions minister, and mihir bose, writer and broadcaster. Stay with us for that. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The Prime Minister, who said last month that hed rather die in a ditch than ask for another brexit delay, has written to the European Council president , accepting a three month extension to the brexit process. Its the formal confirmation that mrjohnsons pledge to take britain out of the
Organisation to resign. The United States imposes sanctions on turkey over the military offensive in Northern Syria as the uk calls on president erdogan to withdraw forces as soon as possible. And the duke and duchess of cambridge meet pakistans Prime Minister during their visit to the country. And coming up on bbc news, andy murray says he will leave the european open in belgium, if his wife kim goes into labour. She is due to give birth this month. Good afternoon. The European Unions chief brexit negotiator says a deal is possible and must be agreed tonight. He said a deal is still possible if the legal text is agreed this evening. Downing street says borisjohnson is aware of the time constraints and wa nts to aware of the time constraints and wants to make progress as soon as possible. Morning. What felt like all of europe was waiting to hear if talks were making progress. Even if an agreement will be difficult, more and more difficult, to be frank, it is still possible this week. L