A 2nd night of running battles in beirut as protesters demand action. Taken on the crisis. President donald trump is set to stand trial before the senate the house of representatives has delivered the impeachment charges against him to the upper train but from prosecution of abuse of power and obstruction of congress and that makes him the 3rd president in u. S. History to face such proceedings others are castro has more now from capitol hill. Inside the locus are the articles of impeachment documents accusing President Donald Trump of abusing his power and obstructing congress the 7 newly ordained impeachment prosecutors follow democratic members of the house who will argue that trump should be removed from office as president is not above the law he will be held accountable he has been held accountable he has been in huge the senates reception of the articles marks the beginning of the trial phase of the crimes impeachment the 100. 00 u. S. Senators will soon be sworn in as jurors wi
Also in the programme australian intelligence officials investigate allegations of a plot to get a chinese spy elected to parliament. And we meet the malaysian punk rocker whos leading the Straight Edge Movement by promoting a totally sober lifestyle. Live from our studios in singapore and london. This is bbc world news. It is newsday. Glad you could join us. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore and the same time in hong kong, where leader carrie lam has said the government will seriously reflect after local elections saw Massive Gains by pro democracy candidates. They secured almost 90 of District Council seats in sundays poll. Its being seen as a stinging rebuke of ms lams leadership and a show of support for the protest movement. From hong kong, Rupert Wingfield hayes reports. This is not the sort of Media Attention usually given to the winners of a local council election. But last nights victory for hong kongs democrats was no ordinary win. It was an unprecedented landslide. These ne
[inaudible] [inaudible] welcome to the hudson institute. I am john, senior fellow and director of the center for american, culture. Hudson promotes American Leadership in Global Engagement for secure, free, prosperous future. We were founded in 1961 by strategist herman con. We challenge thinking and help with transitions of the future through disciplinary studies and defense, international relations, economics, we are delighted to host british journalist, author, think tank or david goodhart. He is currently the head of a demography unit a policy change think tank. His former editor of prospect magazine and former director of the centerleft he most. His previous book successes and failures the postwar immigration was a runnerup. David has written a powerful book, the road to somewhere, the populist revolt of the future politics. You can see on amazon and elsewhere. Britain, like the United States is culturally divided. Its a culturally divided nation. Her other probes this with consid
The debt ceiling and budget, can their winning streak continue . And the real read on the American Housing market. One area that is on fire now and fueling growth for Home Builders. The Third Quarter reporting season is just getting under way. There are already fears about earnings in the current or fourth quarter. Bob pisani on the floor, what is fueling the concerns, bob . Revenues. And youre right. Were in the middle of q3 earnings season. The professional community is already concentrating on q4 and the guidance. And the guidance is a little bit troubling. Its two of the banks were okay. Ge was okay. Let me put up companies that indicated. The guidance is going to be tough or conservative guidance for the fourth quarter. Its not just one sector. We see mively cron talking abou issues. In the agriculture business, monsanto a week and a half ago talked about issues. The china consumer has been clearly impacting earning thats we heard a week and a half ago from young and wing ka seen
Being associated with the paris attacks. Our top story so far today, the french president Francois Hollande is continuing his whirlwind mayor tonight to gain support against isil. Today he will meet the italian Prime Minister and then fly to moscow for talks with the russian president Vladimir Putin. Hes expected to try to win over the russians finding a political solution to syria and a larger International Coalition against isil which would include both the kremlin and the United States. While in britain the Prime Minister there, david cameron, hes due in Parliament Later on try to continue vinc convince pe more military and competing versions of what happened in turkey. The Turkish Military is insisting it downed the jet for crossing in to its territory but only after it had sent several warnings. However, the russians are denying this. There were two pilots flying the jet, one died and the other was rescued by the syrian army. This is his version of events. Translator there has bee