Yourself out of it all and im so proud. Of surrounding themselves with people who are serious who know what theyre doing who are representative of all people not just some people and us being able to dig ourselves out of this hole a mass protest has been taking place in the colombian capital bogota against the social and economic policies of the president even duke a few of the protests are part of a broader National Strike being led by Union Members students teachers and a large contingent of colombias Indigenous Community theyre demanding a meeting with president to kate to discuss the recent deaths of indigenous activists about 10000 people from the Indigenous Community of arrived in the capital. A volunteer taken part in trials of a Coronavirus Vaccine has died in brazil but offer to say testing will continue its the 1st death reported in the various trials taking place worldwide report said the person was given a placebo and not the test vaccine is being developed by Astra Zeneca
Does the violence the brother of the man whose death sparked the protest has issued an impassioned plea for peace and unity in his brothers name also coming up. A year ago this german politician were shot dead at his home a man is due to stand trial for his murder which is part of a disturbing rise in attacks by far right extremists in germany. And in the bundesliga leipsic boost their chances of a spot in the Champions League in a 6 goal match up against. Im brian thomas good to have you with us today u. S. President donald trump has threatened to send in the military to put an end to the violence thats come alongside the protests sparked by the death of george floyd. The president speaking at the white houses police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to clear protests nearby later thousands of people marched through brooklyn in new york city shouting for justice a wave of protest began after a video emerged white Police Officer kneeling on floyds neck. Well as the protests enter their
Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its news day. Newsday. Its 8am in singapore, midnight in and 7pm in washington, dc, where the us house of representatives is set to vote later on wednesday on whether to impeach donald trump. Its over claims that he threatened to withhold military aid from ukraine unless it investigated his leading democratic rival in next years president ial election joe biden and his son. In a letter to the House Speaker, nancy pelosi, mr trump called the impeachment process an illegal, partisan attempted coup, that will, based on recent sentiment, badly fail at the voting booth. The democrat controlled house is expected to vote in favour, which would lead to a trial in the senate, probably injanuary. Heres the president speaking earlier. This has been a total sham from the very beginning. Everybody knows it. Ive never seen the Republican Party so ive never seen the Republican Party so united. We got about 100 of the vote. I belie
Phase one could be coming soon. The fast fashion sector is under the spotlight today, as one of its leading players gets ready to tell us its latest financial results. The british giant primark helped spearhead the rise of the industry, and its performance will come in for major scrutiny as the sector faces increasing pressure. British mps have scrutinised fast fashion and made a series of recommendations. These include a penny tax on every garment sold, in order to help fund more recycling, and moves to ban the incineration of unwanted clothes. In the uk alone, consumers send around 300,000 tons of clothes a year to incineration or landfill. The Environmental Campaign Group Friends of the earth says up to 64 of fabrics we wear are now synthetic, and these are damaging when burned or sent to landfill. The fashion sector employs around 60 million workers. The Walk Free Foundation estimates a0 Million People are living in modern slavery today, many of them in supply chains of western clo
Our man in washington, Sir Kim Darroch, has resigned, but that is not the end of the matter. Now a Police Enquiry will try to get to the bottom of who leaked his e mails. The memos, published in the mail on sunday, called president inept and insecure. Mail on sunday, called president ineptand insecure. Mrtrump responded by calling the ambassador wacky and pompous and said he could no longer deal with him. Last night scotla nd no longer deal with him. Last night Scotland Yard launched is enquiry and the assistant commissioner gave this warning to the rest of the media. He said. In may, Gavin Williamson was sacked as defence secretary after being accused of leaking secrets from the National Security council, a charge he denied. Scotland yard were called on them to launch a criminal enquiry but they declined, saying there is no evidence of a crime had been committed. The whole question of press freedom is now becoming a major issue in the battle to become the next Prime Minister. This mor