Queens speech, lets get on with our vision for a britain where fairness and balance are at the heart of what we do. The Prime Minister promised that this queens speech would dazzle us. On closer inspection, mr speaker, it is nothing more than full gold. Well have detail and reaction and well be asking how the parliamentary process is likely to unfold. Also tonight. Englands euro qualifying match against bulgaria was halted twice tonight after racist abuse from the crowd. The civil war in syria looks set to enter an even more dangerous phase with Government Forces on the move to help kurdish fighters against turkey. Violent protests in barcelona after Catalan Independence leaders are given long prison sentences by the spanish Supreme Court. The two winners of the 2019 booker prize forfiction are the two winners of the 2019 booker prize for fiction are Margaret Atwood and bernadine everest oh. And a surprise result at this years booker prize two authors are joint winners of the prestigio
Hello and welcome. A second whistleblower has come forward in the impeachment inquiry into President Trumps conversations with the ukrainian president. A lawyer involved has told American Television the second whistle blower is another Us Intelligence official. Donald trump has been accused of using military aid to ukraine as quid pro quo if ukranians agreed to dig up dirt on his rivaljoe biden. National security lawyer mark zayd confirmed the reports on twitter saying the whistleblowers have also made a protected disclosure under the law and cannot be retaliated against. What is more a lawyer involved has told American Television the second whistle blower what is more d whistle blower is another Us Intelligence official. Donald trump has been accused of using military aid to ukraine as quid pro quo if ukranians agreed to dig up dirt on his rivaljoe biden. National security lawyer mark zayd confirmed the reports on twitter saying the whistleblowers have also made a protected disclosure
Hours after its militaryjets and artillery began hitting territory held by kurdish led forces. Just days ago President Trump ordered american troops withdrawn from the border area, a decision thats been widely condemned, at home and abroad. The area under attack is controlled by the kurdish Led Syrian Democratic forces, who played a leading role in defeating the Extremist Group that calls itself Islamic State. They are long time american allies, but regarded by the turks as terrorists. The turkish government says it wants to clear Kurdish Forces from a 30 kilometre safe zone along the border, to resettle up to 2 million Syrian Refugees whove been living in turkey. One Monitoring Group says 10 civilians have already been killed. The bbcs orla guerin is on the border. In syria, a new round of warfare. The town of ras al ain under heavy bombardment, one of several just inside the border in the kurdish controlled north east. Its the start of a turkish offensive that is alarming europe, has
A second whistleblower has come forward in the impeachment inquiry into President Trumps conversations with the ukrainian president. A lawyer involved has told American Television the second whistleblower is another Us Intelligence official. Donald trump has been accused of using military aid to ukraine as quid pro quo if ukranians agreed to dig up dirt on his rivaljoe biden. National security lawyer mark zayd confirmed the reports on twitter, saying the whistleblowers have also made a protected disclosure under the law and cannot be retaliated against. Our washington correspondent Chris Buckler gave us more details on the latest whistleblower. This second whistle blower has been described as a Us Intelligence official and they apparently have first hand knowledge of this controversial conversation that took place between donald trump and the ukrainian president. You might remember, in that phone call back in summer, President Trump asked zelensky to launch an investigation into his po
The pope speaks out against those who started the amazon fires comparing their greed to a new form of colonialism. and prepare to be inspired well meet the 75 year old whos probably stronger than you. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 1 am in london and 8 am here in singapore and also in hong kong, where scores of people were arrested on sunday after new emergency laws where brought in to try and end months of civil unrest. Tens of thousands of demonstrators took part in the latest protests and there were violent clashes as they were met by riot police. The new law forbids people from Wearing Masks to try and conceal their identity at demonstrations with a possible one year prison sentence. Our asia correspondent Rupert Wingfield hayes reports from hong kong. Loud bangs. At what point does a protest movement become a rebellion . Today in hong kong, it felt close to that edge. It is now illegal here to cover yourface in