New developments in washington as the impeachment inqury against President Trump gathers pace. Mr trumps dealings with ukraine are at the centre of the inquiry, and testimony has now emerged, from a senior american diplomat, whos told congressional investigators the president s personal lawyer ran a Smear Campaign against the former Us Ambassador to ukraine, to try to get her removed. George kent, whos in charge of ukraine policy at the state department, accused Rudy Guiliani of spreading what he called lies about marie yovanovitch. She was later recalled from her post. More on that and other developments from our north america correspondent david willis. Firstly we should say that he testified last month but a transcript has only just testified last month but a transcript has onlyjust been made public. Yes. And it is a long and comprehensive transcript. He gave a lot of evidence to that enquiry last month and george kent hitting the headlines today for that claim that there was a Smea
Hello to you. New developments in washington as the impeachment inquiry against President Trump gathers pace. His dealings with ukraine are at the centre of the inquiry and testimony has now emerged from a senior american diplomat, whos told congressional investigators the president s personal lawyer ran a Smear Campaign against the former Us Ambassador to ukraine to try to get her removed. George kent, whos in charge of ukraine policy at the state department, accused Rudy Giuliani of spreading what he called lies about marie yovanovitch. She was later recalled from her post. George kent testified last month before the house impeachment inquiry and the transcript has only just been released. The bbcs david willis has been taking a look. It is a long and comprehensive transcript. He gave a lot of evidence to that enquiry last month, mike, and george kent hitting the headlines today for that claim that there was a Smear Campaign orchestrated by Rudy Giuliani against the Us Ambassador to
New developments in washington as the impeachment inqury against President Trump gathers pace. Mr trumps dealings with ukraine are at the centre of the inquiry, and testimony has now emerged, from a senior american diplomat, whos told congressional investigators the president s personal lawyer ran a Smear Campaign against the former Us Ambassador to ukraine to try to get her removed. George kent, whos in charge of ukraine policy at the state department, accused Rudy Giuliani of spreading what he called lies about marie yovanovitch. She was later recalled from her post. George kent testified last month before the house impeachment inquiry and the transcript has only just been released. The bbcs david willis has been taking a look. And it is a long and comprehensive transcript. He gave a lot of evidence to that enquiry last month and george kent hitting the headlines today for that claim that there was a Smear Campaign orchestrated by Rudy Giuliani against the Us Ambassador to the ukrain
Highs, the nasdaq just a fraction off its record close that optimism rippling through asian trade. A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Tell us what you think just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. We start in the us where the impeachment investigation against President Donald Trump is about to move to a new stage. All this week, the democrat led inquiry interviewed witnesses behind closed doors, building up the momentum for the first public hearings next week. The latest reports suggest the committees investigating the president have now subpoenaed acting white house chief of staff, mick mulvaney. Mr trump insists he has done nothing wrong and says the whole inquiry is a hoax. Our north america correspondent, david willis has this report. As senior official of the us state department, george kent told congressional investigation that one point he was told by a superior to keep h
To build more homes. Tests of Driverless Cars on uk roads are set to be given the green light in this weeks budget. And our sunday morning edition of the papers is at 10 1i5am. This mornings reviewers are katy balls, Political Correspondent of the spectator, and the journalist and broadcasterjames rampton. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. The pressure on the zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe to stand down is intensifying with both the military and his own party set to take further steps to remove him. The head of military veterans says the Ruling Zanu Pf Party will remove the 93 year old as its leader at a meeting this morning. Now the Zanu Pf Youth League, which until now has strongly supported president Robert Mugabe, has called for him to step down. Tens of thousands of protestors lined the streets of harare yesterday calling for his resignation, but mr mugabe has so far resisted. Lets speak to ben brown in harare. Bring us up to date with the latest developments. We have hear