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Away News I m David for Republicans have been straining to contain the fallout over former Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton s upcoming book even as President Trump s impeachment trial continues in the Senate A.P. s Saager may Ghani has more Bolton writes he personally heard President traumatized withholding aid to Ukraine for investigations of Joe Biden Democrats like Adam Schiff say Bolton should be subpoenaed to testify the president s impeachment trial to further proof wrongdoing you can erase all doubt the president s calling the book nasty and untrue wild also saying it has classified national security material the White House has told Bolton s lawyer that information cannot be published g.o.p. Leaders have told senators Cawley Bolton could set off a long legal fight and delay the president s expected acquittal deputy White House counsel Padfield and also warned that this institution will be effectively paralyzed for months on end Saager Magni Washington
As a Day Out top story this morning the government has a big decision to make about the Chinese tech company Huawei with the details his Our security correspondent Gordon Corera this morning ministers and intelligence chiefs will gather for one of the most contentious and significant decisions the National Security Council has had to take whether to let the Chinese company qual way play a role in building the U.K. s 5 g. Telecoms network after an outline of the issue they will be presented with what essentially boils down to 2 options the 1st is to exclude the company entirely that s what the U.K. s closest ally the United States wants but it would come at a significant economic cost the 2nd option is to allow Huawei in but with restrictions on where and how it operates in order to try to manage the risk Boris Johnson insists he won t put national security at risk when ministers make that decision but there have been warnings from the us that British sovereignty is in danger if a is a
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