Severe flooding in the italian tourist city. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington where President Trump has again denounced the impeachment inquiry into him as the first public hearings got under. It started with testimony from the acting Us Ambassador to ukraine. Bill taylor said it was clear to him the white house was making both military aid and a visit to washington by the ukrainian president conditional on ukraine launching an investigation into mr trumps democratic rival joe biden and his son. Our north america editor jon sopel has been watching. History in the house. This is like the super bowl for politics, the day the impeachment hearings go public. And coast to coast, all the Us Tv Networks are gearing up for the unfolding drama that could be the decisive moment of the trump presidency. And early this morning, in the white house residence, the light is o
People were arrested. Of shia was raised, i invited all the muftis to discuss and to do welcome to hardtalk some discussion about how can with me, zeinab badawi. So thats just one example we look into a few points that of the kind of religious tensions malaysia has one of asias were talking about. Are so pertinent in our country . What has happened in that incident . Number one. But, no, youve got most vibrant economies a lot of power. Hang on, hang on, the result of decades of stability i have got an answer. Actually, if you look youve got a lot. And Economic Growth. Youre saying to me, into the incident you mentioned 0h, my hands are tied. In the hindu temple, it was not its a state affair. its also a multi ethnic, driven by any religious factor. No, thats not the case. Your office sits in the office multi religious federation religious factor was used of the Prime Minister. No, no, no. But the majority ethnic zeinab, you must understand the you are saying it is muslim malays dominat
Ebola, the World Health Organization approves the first vaccine. And venice underwater the highest tide in 50 years causes severe flooding in the italian tourist city. Voiceover live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 9am in singapore, iam in london and 8pm in washington, where President Trump has again denounced the impeachment inquiry into him as the first public hearings got under way. It started with testimony from the acting Us Ambassador to ukraine. Bill taylor said it was clear to him the white house was making both military aid and a visit to washington by the ukrainian president conditional on ukraine launching an investigation into mr trumps democratic rival joe biden and his son. Our north america editor jon sopel has the latest. History in the house. This is like the super bowl for politics, the day the impeachment hearings go public. And coast to coast, all the Us Tv Networks are gearing up for the unfolding dra
President zelensky and president shared their recollection of trump and from the podium he overhearing this call. For the most part, i have no said no, absolutely not. I never brought up the word reason to doubt their accounts. Its true that the president burisma in any of my conversations with anybody. Speaks loudly at times, and its lets move on to secretary of also true i think we state, mike pompeo. You will remember he made primarily discussed asop rocky. Television appearances and he acted like he didnt know what its true that the president the interviewer was talking likes to use colorful language. About when asked about the call anyone who has met with him for and the pressure on ukraine and any reasonable amount of time knows this. So now sondland is presenting while i cannot remember the precise details, again, the evidence in exhibits that white house has not allowed me dispute that. Its important to note, norah, that the president himself has to see any readouts of the call
Investigations were important to President Trump. We did not discuss any classified information. Other witnesses have recently shared their recollection of overhearing this call. For the most part, i have no reason to doubt their accounts. Its true that the president speaks loudly at times and its also true, i think we primarily discussed asap rocky. Its true that the president likes to use colorful language. Anyone who has met with him at any reasonable amount of time knows this. While i cannot remember the precise details, again, the white house has not allowed me to see any readouts of that call and the july 26th call did not strike me as significant at the time. Actually, actually, i would have been more surprised if President Trump had not mentioned investigations. Particularly, given what we were hearing from mr. Giuliani about the president s concerns. However, i have no recollection of discussing Vice President biden or his son on that call or after the call ended. I know that