Government but one it says was driven by practicalities not politics. Announcing the total ban on huawei kitted britains planned 5 g. Network by 2027 the culture minister said u. S. Sanctions blocking quote ways use of american lycra chips would make the company less reliable in future the best way to secure our networks is for operators to stop using new affected huawei to quit and to build the u. K. s future 5 g. Networks said to be clear from the end of this year Telecoms Operators must not buy any 5 g. Equipment from a while away and once the Telecom Security bill is passed it will be illegal for them to do so. The move against way will please washington which has been pressuring the u. K. To act the company had expected it its warning u. K. Mobile users will lose out in a statement it says regrettably our future in the u. K. Has become politicized this is about u. S. Trade policy and not security over the past 20 years while way has focused on building a better connected u. K. As
Maxwell a friend of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein pleads not guilty to sex trafficking charges. U. S. President donald trump says he assigned legislation and an executive order to hold china accountable for imposing its National Security law on hong kong at a rose garden News Conference trump said he is ending hong kong preferential treatment he says the people of hong kong if at their freedom taken away to the side legislation and an executive order to hold china accountable for its oppressive actions against the people of hong kong. The hong kong or tanami act which i signed this afternoon passed unanimously through congress this law gives my administration powerful new tools to hold responsible the individuals and the entities involved in extinguishing hong kongs freedom weve all watch what happened not a good situation their freedoms been taken away their rights have been taken away and with it goes hong kong in my opinion because it will no longer be able to compete with
Stay away from any downed wire, call 911 and call pg e right after so we can both respond out and keep the public safe. They sir were following tonight lawmakers are out of town on holiday recess, but president trumps impeachment trial in the senate is still kind of looming over congress, cnns Kristen Holmes reports on why the standoff over the senate trial will likely last weeks. Top lawmakers Digging Deeper in their standoff over how president trumps impeachment trial will work if you did nothing wrong. Mister president. Why do you seem so Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer intensifying his push for witnesses and documents sending a letter to all senators saying he needs a further information on the president s effort to pressure ukraine into announcing investigations the blocking of a white house meeting between trump and ukrainian president and the freezing and eventual release of nearly million in security aid to ukraine schumer also saying democrats will press for a full senate
That Christmas Day crash happened just before 10 00 last night on foothill road just north of kentwood drive in pleasanton. We have new information from ktvus quigley live this afternoon at the scene with more of what happened. Greg . We might this is really just a heart breaking story. We have seen friends and family of these teenagers coming by this site to be there was x. They are still working on the repairs and opening this road back up after several hours. Those family members telling us some of the victims were just 13 years old. Shocked by this deadly crash. A small bouquet of flowers rests near foothill road just outside of essendon marking the place were three teenagers died and two were seriously injured in a single car crash, christmas night. This is durable. This is pretty much worst nightmare. Reporter two of the victims are brothers. Friends of the victim still some of the teenagers involved are students at dublin high school. Some of the students involved in the acciden
Go nats. Were here today talking about good things, reclation. And im going to keep my comments bereave because i know colleagues have been very engaged in this and a couple of you want to make some opening comments as well. But we have three pieces this morning that were kring, s 1665 which is sim pli fooigs access act. Senator hien lak calls it the sore act. I like the acronym. S1723, the ski area fee retention. We all love skiing. Already. Extraordinary. Cant wait. S1967, the reclation not red tape act from senator widen. This hearing is building off one that we held in march where we focused on improsk access ichb structure and permitting to meet the demand on our federal lands. The proposals that were looking at today i think are a good start in addressing those issues. Senator hien wick and widen have put forward legislation to streamline the systems in place to process permits for our outfitters, guides and nonprofits. Senator gardners bill would help facilitate the private inve