We have to worry more from our adversaries or just america have to worry more from its adversaries because the president is seemingly incapacitated or at least hes at hospital here is incapacitated whats happening in the want to know if you get seriously sick when it could happen we dont know. What happens to the chain of command what happens in the white house who will be in charge will he become seriously ill the 25th amendment allows for transference of power that means that the Vice President mike pence were taken troll of the government. And if he were to become sick because hes been in contact with the president then there is a secession stipulation that would allow for the speaker of the house to take power and thats nancy pelosi but were not quite at that stage yet. Of course very special. One hospital. Just seen in the pictures. On the screen. Its not just the average hospital is it you know this is where president s go for treatment and even. Donald trump went there last year
Trouble for donald trump reports he sought help from another foreign leader in the pits to discredit the miller investigation. Im joanna gash of the at the world athletics championships in cattle where its been a dream run for african athletes as they ignite that passionate. Well as if celebration has turned into escalating violence on the streets of hong kong tens of thousands of people have defied warnings from police that it would be very very dangerous to protest on whats the 70th anniversary of the founding of the peoples republic of china around 6000. 00 Police Officers have been stationed across the territory theyve confirmed that they have used law of brians of ammunition as well as tear gas and water cannon to break up the cried of the demonstrators. Well lets see if we can go straight to our reporter sara couric whos in hong kong for the latest syria were seeing dramatic shes here in that situation is deteriorating by the air just give us a sense of whats happening where you
And coming up in sport, england have a battle on their hands to keep their ashes hopes alive after australia dominated. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. The family of a lawyer who was stabbed to death with a screwdriver outside a busy Shopping Centre in newcastle, have described him as a kind and caring man who was always first to help others. Peter duncan died in hospital following the incident near eldon square on wednesday evening. Seven teenage boys aged between 1a and 17 remain in custody on suspicion of murder. Andy moore reports. It was an attack in broad daylight, just outside this busy Shopping Centre. Peter duncan, a lawyer, was taken to hospital after being stabbed, but could not be saved. His family described him as a kind and caring man who was always first to help others. They said he would be deeply missed, and his death would leave a huge hole in their lives. It appears to have been a chance encounter between the victim and the offender, which then led
Calls for comment on the India Pakistan border after new delhi revokes the special status for the disputed region. And puerto rico a senate calls awful voted to confirm the new governor as legal questions are raised or the his eligibility. Has been a new escalation and the u. S. China trade or washington is accusing beijing of manipulating its currency after it lower the value of the you are a stocks have dropped nearly 3 percent on wall street beijing says it will stop Chinese Companies from buying u. S. Farm products lets go to our correspondent alan fischer he is joining us live from the u. S. Capital and eventful day in the trade war allan ending with donald trump doing something hes been threatening for a long time. Exactly he said on the campaign trail the very 1st thing he would do on his far stay in office in the white house was the clear china come see manipulator well he tweeted a few hours ago that thats exactly what they were doing a lot in there come see to drop against th
Record temperatures and hate waves in europe the United States and the arctic coincided with a major ice melt in greenland data from scientists at the danish me to a logical institute shows melting on almost 60 percent of greenlands ice sheet that released 197000000000 metric tons of water into the Atlantic Ocean in july we actually now see a. Signal of. Climate change Global Warming the arctic is actually warming at twice the rate of the rest of the world and now theres a very clear signal that is or may is actually driven by too much Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere so as this year 2 increases so should temperatures around the world were going to see more of these type of heat wave. These heat wave events. Behind large wildfires since early june wildfires in the arctic pumped out more than 100000000. 00 tons of Greenhouse Gases thats equivalent to belgiums Carbon Dioxide emissions in a year climate Scientists Say there is still time to limit Global Warming to 1. 5 degrees celsius abo