A very warm welcome to you youre watching r. T. International with me nicky aaron its great to have you with a. Democrat led committees have issued a legal notice demanding Donald Trumps personal lawyer turn over documents to the impeachment inquiry they accuse Rudy Giuliani of being involved in attempts to pressure ukraines president to investigate corruption allegations against former Vice President joe biden trumps potential rival in the 2020 president ial race trump alleges biden tried to quash the ukrainian probe into a gas company on whose board his son hunter biden start joe biden has publicly boasted about forcing the Ukrainian Government to fire the countrys corrupt prosecutor democrats accuse trump of offering ukraine more military aid as an incentive to launch an investigation into biden. Well meanwhile the biden camp has sent a detailed memos to the media explaining why there was no conflict of interest and told top news channels to stop giving Rudy Giuliani at a time caleb
Hour of trade, barry knapp back. Certainly the tone feels better. Do you think its fundamental with the trade tensions or some month end rebalancing stuff . I suspect theres a bit of month end rebalancing going on i think its too early to tell whether the Macro Economic fallout from the latest negative Business Confidence shock has what degree of effect its had next weeks ism on tuesday, payrolls on friday, will be much more important bempl marks to see whether were over the hump sort to speak on this i tend to be cautious and not chase the move today. On the big stories that we are watching today, kayla has the story. Josh lipton is tracking tariff concerns for apple kayla . The hope began when chinese officials said there was some Effective Communication of the two countries and it continued this morning when President Trump said in a radio interview theres a conversation scheduled today. I have talked scheduled theres a talk scheduled for today at a different level and yeah, they ha
Over 100 women have been killed by their partner this year. Standing by with more on a march taking place today. Damage in the bahamas as Hurricane Dorian makes its way totowards floridi. At least five are confirmed dead so far. Up, the british pound hits its l lowest level against the dollar in n three years on e latest brexit turmoil. We will have more on that and the mararket with stephen carro, coming up. What would you do if your Flight Instructor pasassed out while yu wewere inn a flight lesson . A happy outcome on n that s scay storyy on the way. First, our top story on live from pararis. Genie british mps will be in parliament in a few hours for their first session since the summer break. This could be the last chance they have to block a no deal exit from the European Union. Mps will tryative to seize control of the agenda and force another delay to britains exit from the eu if it cannot secure a divorce deal from brussels. If they are successful, Boris Johnsons government is
Good evening. One of the most prominent figures in american politics, the Majority Leader in the senate, has called for new elections in israel. Chuck schumer says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has lost his way and accused him of pushing support for israel to new lows. Mr schumer, a democrat, and the highest ranking jewish official in america, also called for the Palestinian Authority president , mahmoud abbas, to step down, saying a new generation of leaders was needed, to work towards peace. All this comes as the us imposed sanctions on three extremist Israeli Settlers in the occupied west bank, whove been accused of harassing and attacking palestinians. The Settler Movement is controversial with many countries, including the uk, which sees israel as an occupying power, and the settlements as illegal. Israel disputes this. West Bank Violence has surged since the start of the gaza war, triggered by hamas s attack on israel on october seventh. The us and uk have already imposed fin
Republicans have already hit back at his words. Schumer is one of americas highest ranking jewish politicians and a close ally of President Biden. Heres some of what he had to say in the senate. The fourth major obstacle to peace is israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has all too frequently bowed to the demands of extremists like ministers smotrich and ben gvir and the settlers in the west bank. The State Department has responded to Chuck Schumer s comments, stressing they are not a reflection of President Biden s position. Obviously, congress is an independent branch of government. I think the government of israel understands quite well how the Us Government works. They interact frequently, notjust with members of the executive branch, but with members of congress, including senator schumer, who has travelled to israel a number of times over the years. And im sure they fully understand that he speaks for himself. Hes obviously someone we are in close contact with, but not a