Fiercely divided u. S. House of representatives votes to impeach President Donald Trump he says its a deeply disgrace also ahead. Then the close honkin find out next why so many migrants travel from here to europe not through the mediterranean but across the atlantic or something. Dont be disturbed to the sport. For you banned from sport for doping offenses president Vladimir Putin says the sanctions are unfair and politically motivated. But we begin this hour with breaking news out of libya where the u. N. Recognized government says it will accept an offer of military support from taki the tripoli based administration is fighting an offensive by the world can be for have to his forces are trying to capture the capital schools in the Southern District of. An intra party has now been closed with r. T. Say its because of sporadic fighting and shelling by have forces well we have reporters in 3 countries crucial to this story sebastian is standing by moscow monitor joe is in istanbul but
Lets go now to lebanon where the president has designated a former minister of education and hezbollah backed academic. As the countrys next Prime Minister well just moments ago today addressed the public stating what he hoped to achieve in his new role the beloved. I was informed by his excellency the president michel. The outcomes of the parliamentary discussions in line with the constitution i was there to form the government to begin with extend all appreciation and deep gratitude to his excellent through the president. Theyre excellent members of the parliament for the trust they placed in me similarly extended opposition to all the members of the parliament hoping that i would be able to. Very. Left up to the confidence placed in me when i form the government in consultation with the president on the basis of the constitution so that the government will live up to the aspirations of the people a government that will live up and realize their concerns and meet their demands and pr
Mass detentions as indias most populous state cracks down on protesters opposing a new citizenship law and the daughter of angolas former leader says corruption ickes ations are politically motivated after her Bank Accounts were frozen. For the sport the rockets star is back from injury and back in business james harden schools 35 points east and down the nuggets and the f. B. I. So supporters of iranian backed groups have just left the fortified green zone of the iraqi capital where there had been laying siege to the u. S. Embassy it was off their own leaders ordered them to leave early on wednesday the crowds were still throwing rocks theyd set fires outside the compound angry over sundays airstrikes by the United States on the hezbollah brigades camps these killed. Least for the 7 scientists irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini has also condemned the u. S. Strikes and warns teheran will defend itself if threatened. If you ron decides to confront a country it will do it without he
Now on bbc news its 22 years since a british driver broke the sound barrier and the world land speed record by driving a car across an american desert at 763mph. Today, the same man is trying to smash his own record with a new car, the bloodhound this time, in africa. Andrew harding has been following his progress. Well, the thing about the land speed record is it is the last of the amateur corinthian sports. It is done purely for the love, the fascination of it. Some people argue, well, the old cars are no more, but forget it is a car, we are pushing the boundaries of engineering to its absolute limit. Every day i go, why are we doing this . It may be the last land speed record as we know it. This is a story about stubbornness and ingenuity, and yes, about speed, too. It is the story of a quest to design and build the worlds fastest car, and then to find a place flat enough, long enough, to actually drive it. There are not many spots on this particular planet suitable for racing faste
This is a story about stubbornness and ingenuity, and yes, about speed, too. It is the story of a quest to design and build the worlds fastest car, and then to find a place flat enough, long enough, to actually drive it. There are not many spots on this particular planet suitable for racing faster than the speed of sound. You cant just pick a straight stretch of road. At 500, 700, 900 miles an hour, the wheels would rip apart mere tarmac, which is why we have come to a remote corner of south africa, close to the borders of botswana and namibia, to a place called the hakskeen pan, on the southern edge of the giant kalahari desert. So here we are, we have come to the hakskeen pan. Beautiful, flat, miles and miles of dried mud, this lake bed, surrounded by these low, dark, red brown hills. A stunningly beautiful place. We are 800 metres above sea level here, a lakebed of mud and salt that floods briefly, once every year or two, and those white tents on the lake edge, well, think of them a