Good morning. It is 9 00am in singapore, 1 00am in london and 8 00pm on capitol hill in washington, where the Housejudiciary Committee has been debating for the last hour or so the articles of impeachment against President Trump. After what will be a spirited discussion, they will most likely vote later on thursday, ahead of a vote in the full house next week. If the president is impeached, the senate would hold a trial in the new year. With me is our north america correspondent peter bowes. Peter, tell us more about how this debate is unfolding. Well, this is a debate, as we expected, that is very impassioned from both sides. The democrats saying that President Trump has committed constitutional crimes and should, in effect, face the music. These two articles of impeachment, the charges against the president that he abused his position as president , and abuse of power, and also tried to essentially lock the process to withhold information power, and also tried to essentially lock the
Trump later on tuesday im going to get your scope at the sports the World Antidoping Agency finds itself facing criticism from all sides after handing russia a 4 year ban from sports. Thank you very much for joining us we begin this news hour in algeria where a court has sentenced to former Prime Ministers to long prison terms for corruption i made or height we yeah he was sentenced to 15 years and his predecessor abdel to 12 the charges came from sweeping investigations into fraud allegations after the former president up there as hes beautifully stepped down in april lets bring in who is covered algeria extensively for us here on aljazeera a significant ruling that comes just 2 days before the election tell us 1st up. Whos been convicted and why folly it is quite significant of the same time its unprecedented you have 3 people widely considered by the alleged by the algerians as the main pillars of the political elite in algeria during the time of former president of the disease but
We start with gender equality and the rising number of women at the top levels of business and finance. Today Christine Lagarde oversees her first policy meeting at the head of the European Central bank. Shell be named later as one of the worlds most powerful women by Forbes Magazine alongside the bosses of general motors, ibm and banco sa ntander. Lets put this in context though. This year the number of women running americas Top Companies hit a record high of 33. But thats still only around 6 . The number of female Board Members of companies around the world has almost doubled in the last decade but still, on average just 20 of Board Directors are women. According to research by the Bank Credit Suisse gender diversity is good for business with companies with both male and female directors outperforming male only run companies. Also figuring on the forbes list today will be ursula von der leyen as of this month the first woman to head up the european commission. As the first woman to
But the Shadow Health secretary, Jonathan Ashworth, insists he was joshing around when he told a friend there was no way labour could win the election. Oh, the tories are going to lose and i was like saying, no, youre going to be fine, you know . Joshing as old friends do. Hes only gone and leaked it all to a web site and hes put me. And selectively leaked it and i thought he was a friend. The Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi arrives in the hague to defend the government of myanmar as graphic details are heard of the mass murder, torture and rape of members the Muslim Rohingya minority there. Murder, torture and rape of members wetherspoons murder, torture and rape of members said it will ir £200 wetherspoons said it will invest £200 million, creating 10,000 jobs. And the latest banksy street art gets protection after its reindeer are given red noses. And coming up on bbc news liverpool need a point at salzburg tonight, or theyre likely to be out of the Champions League at t
Myanmars leader on science and she is at the International Court of justice to defend her countrys treatment of Rohingya Muslims. Democrats in the u. S. Are expected to announce formal articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump later on tuesday. Im going to go with the sports the World Antidoping Agency find itself facing criticism from all sides of the hunting russia for you banned from all sports. Thank you for joining us we begin this news hour with a Nobel Peace Prize in oslo ethiopias Prime Minister abi ahmed has just received the prize for his efforts saying reaching peace with neighboring every trio made was recognized for his role in ending a decades long military standoff and reestablishing relation. Between the 2 countries receiving the prestigious award the Prime Minister said he was accepting it on behalf of all ethiopians and eritreans who made he said the ultimate sacrifice for peace. Is a level of love sustaining peace is the hard work yes were most childish