Links following his bbc interview. The former Us National Security advisorjohn bolton has accused the white house of having denied him access to his personal twitter account since he resigned in september. In his first tweet in two months he wrote he also urged his followers to stay tuned for what he called a backstory. A senior official in the Us Administration said the white house had not denied mr bolton access to his account and didnt have the technical means to do so. Mr boltons comments come after a dramatic week at the impeachment hearings. On friday President Trump phoned into a fox News Programme and said he would welcome a full impeachment trial in the senate if the house of representatives votes to impeach him. Nada tawfik has more. Adjourned. Less than 2a hours after two weeks of dramatic and contentions public impeachment hearings ended, President Trump is out with his counter attack. Increasingly, every waking moment in washington seemed to hang on the latest revelations
Lizzo and Billie Eilish. It was a day of explosive testimony in the impeachment inquiry, as the Us Ambassador to the eu Gordon Sondland gave evidence. The ambassador said he was acting at the express direction of the president on ukraine. The democratic led house of representatives is investigating whether or not the president improperly put pressure on ukraine to investigate his political rival the former Vice President joe biden. The bbcs north america editorjon sopel reports. The day a simmering pot boiler became a blockbuster drama, with this unlikely character as the leading man. Gordon sondland, a wealthy hotelier, was made ambassador to the European Union on the strength of 1 million donation to Donald Trumps inauguration committee. Now hed come under oath to eviscerate the president s account of his dealings with ukraine. I was acting in good faith. As a president ial appointee, i followed the directions of the president. We worked with mr giuliani because the president directe
As the impeachment inquiry around President Trump intensifies, with congressional hearings due to go public next week, more revelations have emerged from testimony already given behind closed doors. This time from bill taylor the top american diplomat in ukraine. He told the hearing he was astonished that the president appeared to have made military aid to ukraine, a us ally under threat from russia, dependent on ukraine investigating joe biden, one of his rivals for the white house. Ambassador taylor responded that was my clear understanding, Security Assistance money would not come until the president of ukraine committed to pursue the investigation. Then from the lawmaker questioning him so if they dont do this, they are not going to get. That was your understanding 7 ambassador taylor says yes, sir. The follow up are you aware that quid pro quo literally means this for that . The response i am. Speaking within the past hour at a Campaign Rally in louisiana, President Trump accused
As what we have seen the last few nights because we have cloud around. Parity with their male counterparts. But through thursday morning, that rain band will almost grind to a halt across parts of north wales, the north midlands, Northern England and the rain will be heavy and persistent at times. Like i said, producing some as the impeachment inquiry around President Trump intensifies, localised flooding and travel with congressional hearings due to go public next week, disruption in places and well also more revelations have emerged have quite a keen east north east from testimony already given wind, making it feel pretty raw behind closed doors. So not very pleasant conditions throughout the day on thursday here. To the north of it, bright, probably the best sunshine for western scotland. A few showers which will be wintry on the hill but quite blustery here and some heavy, this time from bill taylor, the top maybe thundery showers across southern and south western american diplomat
President trump has accused the british Prime Minister, theresa may, of making a mess of brexit. In a series of tweets, he also said the us would no longer deal with the uks ambassador in washington. It comes after e mails from Sir Kim Darroch were leaked in which he described Trumps Administration as inept. Our north america correspondent nick bryant reports. At a personal level, it has always looked more like an awkward rather than special relationship. The reserved vicars daughter alongside the brash manhattan tycoon. And, although this is not the first time that donald trump has criticised theresa may, it is is his most brutal assault yet. He fumed on twitter. The ambassador he is referring to, of course, is Sir Kim Darroch, britains man in washington, whose leaked secret messages to london describe donald trump and his administration as inept, insecure, and incompetent. Yesterday, the president singled out the ambassador for criticism. Now, he has broadened his attack. His tweet t