Theyre seen as symbols of the state that these armed groups are fighting against as they vie for independence from thailand or autonomy from this country which is predominantly buddhist the u. S. Envoy to the e. U. Is old it is testimony in the impeachment inquiry and president don trump. Now recalls a meeting where he said u. S. Military aid was likely dependent on ukraine launching investigations demanded by trump i did joe castro has more from washington d. C. The transcripts reveal that a key witness has reversed his testimony regarding the question that is at the center of this impeachment inquiry and that is whether trump used u. S. Security aid to bribe the Ukrainian Government to help him with his Reelection Campaign the witness in question here is ordered some of the u. S. Ambassador to the u. And initially he had testified that there was no quid pro quo but upon reviewing the transcripts of other witnesses who had implicated him directly he now says his memory has been jarred
Im the executive director of the American Academy of political and social science. Its my pleasure to welcome all of you to our seventh annual Daniel Patrick monaghan lecture. Briefly, were really pleased to see such a full house as always. Were happy to be joined by folks worked with senator monaghan. Mora is pat monaghans daughter and a tremendous supporter of our organization and this initiative from the beginning. Id also like to thank sage publications. Sage in the publishing world is probably the preeminent Publishing House concerned with the social sciences. They also publish the title called the annals of the American Academy. Theyre also the principal cosponsor of this lecture, having given us generous funding to support this enterprise so thank you to them. Also a quick thank you to the willard staff and to my staff at the American Academy. Theyve just been terrific in getting all this started. We are going to have a brief time for question and answer after ambassador powerst
New studies show how measles devastates the bodys immune system making it harder to fight off other infections. And a special bbc investigation reveals Domestic Workers being sold in kuwait via an online slave market on platforms provided by google, apple, and facebook. Live from al studios in singapore and london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8 00am in singapore, midnight in london, and 8 00pm in washington, where the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump has entered a new and more heated phase. The us house of representatives voted to formalise the process and move towards public hearings. The vote was the first formal test of support for impeachment and went along party lines. Laura trevelyan has this report. 0n on this vote the ayes are 232, the naze are 196. An historic moment. A house of representatives votes to enforce an impeachment enquiry into the president. Did donald trump create a high crime and misdemeanour in trying to strong on the uk
Hello and welcome to bbc news. The white house says President Trump will make a major statement at the white house on sunday, following a tweet from the president saying something very big had just happened. No details have been given of what mr trump was referring to, but theres speculation that it could concern the leader of the Islamic State militant group, Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi. Us media reports suggest he was the target of a Us Special Forces operation in the syrian province of idlib on saturday. With me is our News Reporter gareth barlow. What more do we know . With regard to the Us Government and donald trump, very little. Late on saturday night he tweeted, very simply, something very because happen. No further detail and explanation. Over an hour later the white house put out a little bit more expansive comment saying the president of the United States would be making a major statement tomorrow. That is sunday morning from the white house but again no further detail or explanati
Hosted by the American Academy of political and social science. She is the recipient of the academies 2019 Daniel Patrick moynihan prize. Good afternoon. Can you hear me okay, everybody . Im tom kecskemethy, executive director the American Academy of political and social science. It my pleasure to welcome all of you to our seventh annual Daniel Patrick moynihan lecture on social science and Public Policy. Very briefly before you move into todays proceedings, i know we all want to hear from ambassador power, were pleased to such if the last as always, happy to be joined by folks who work with senator moynihan and to be joined by members of the family who have been so supportive of this enterprise from the start. I havent seen morena yet but she may be. She will be with us at some point today. Maura is his daughter and shes been a tremendous supporter of our organization and this initiative from the beginning. I also would like to thank Sage Publications your sage in the publishing world