Hello and welcome to bbc news. Impeachment proceedings appear to be gathering pace in the us as democrats say theyre hoping to hold hearings into President Trump, as early as next week. It follows claims from a whistle blower that mr trump put pressure on the president of ukraine, to investigate joe biden, the democratic frontrunner in the race for the white house. The subpoenas are already flying. Secretary of state mike pompeo has been ordered to hand over documents concerning contact with the Ukrainian Government by next friday. As the democratic controlled House Foreign Affairs Committee Puts it, your failure or refusal to comply with the subpoena shall constitute evidence of obstruction of the houses impeachment inquiry. President trump has lashed out at the inquiry saying its a witch hunt. Our north america editorjon sopel has the very latest. There is support and defiance but also there is anger. In a twitter feuds like this morning he took aim at the Democratic House intelligen
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Will be very dark and very hard. We dont have many places the people in camps. With one week to go before election day in the United States their focus turns to the key swing states that are set to determine who wins the race of the white house. And the birds ruffling a few feathers in west sussex. We go in search of the peacocks on the loose in the south downs. Hello, good afternoon. Let usjust out with some breaking news. We now hearing that the number of dead migrants who were crossing the channel when their boat capsized, the number of dead migrants who were crossing the channel when their boat capsized, the number of debt has increased lives and we are hearing from our correspondent says simon jones in Tunbridge Wells that it is a man, a two children aged five and eight and they were in a boat that was carrying migrants crossing the channel. The boat capsized, a bit of information coming in from the health authorities. They are saying that 15 people altogether were taken ca re of
Legitimate claims and will end the widespread abuse of the system. Jon david has the latest from the white house, david. Hi, jon, President Trump is at the white house this evening and hoping that the deal with guatemala is just the beginning of many deals between many other Central American countries and the United States, guatemala has agreed to pay money and allocate more resources to stop migrants from flowing into the United States, the president signed a deal with guatemala yesterday in the oval office, considered a safethird agreement, jon, force migrants travel to go guatemala to u. S. To claim asylum in guatemala, could seek asylum in the United States. Landmark agreement will put the coyotes and smugglers out of business, these are bad people, these are very, very bad, sick, deranged people, who make a lot of money of other peoples miseries. Speak offing southern border, the president taking aim at congressman cummings from baltimore, the president tweeted earlier this mornin
Legitimate claims and will end the widespread abuse of the system. Jon david has the latest from the white house, david. Hi, jon, President Trump is at the white house this evening and hoping that the deal with guatemala is just the beginning of many deals between many other Central American countries and the United States, guatemala has agreed to pay money and allocate more resources to stop migrants from flowing into the United States, the president signed a deal with guatemala yesterday in the oval office, considered a safethird agreement, jon, force migrants travel to go guatemala to u. S. To claim asylum in guatemala, could seek asylum in the United States. Landmark agreement will put the coyotes and smugglers out of business, these are bad people, these are very, very bad, sick, deranged people, who make a lot of money of other peoples miseries. Speak offing southern border, the president taking aim at congressman cummings from baltimore, the president tweeted earlier this mornin