The leaders of 2 west african nations ivory coast and guinea are expected to run for controversial 3rd terms of tobar. The search for bodies continues in the aftermath of lebanons deadly port explosion and so does the search for answers 16 port officials have now been detained but many lebanese dont blame the people running the port instead theyre blaming the people running the country protests have taken place in central beirut calling for a complete overhaul of the political elite theyve been backed by french president Emmanuel Mccall hes been touring neighborhoods devastated by the chemical explosion the death toll from tuesdays blast is now a 149. 00 and its expected to go up Bernard Smith has more. On the streets of beirut on thursday frances president Emmanuel Mccomas eventually moped by people many of them calling for a turn of french mandate fronts was the clonal power here before independence and his because micron has essentially stepped into a void left by lebanons own polit
It the greatest threat to commercial livestock in a generation. And a special bbc investigation reveals Domestic Workers being sold in kuwait via an online slave market on platforms provided by google, apple, and facebook. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 9 00 in the evening in washington where the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump has entered a new, and more heated phase. The us house of representatives voted to formalise the process and move towards public hearings. The vote was the first formal test of support for impeachment and went along party lines. Laura trevelyan has this report. On this vote the yays are 232, the nays are 196. A historic moment. A house of representatives votes to formalise an impeachment enquiry into the president. On the table. Did donald trump create a high crime and misdemeanour in trying to strong on the ukrainian president into investig
Im sumi so much going to thank you for joining us we start with that breaking news story britain and the e. U. Saying they have reached a deal on the u. K. s withdrawal from the European Union british Prime Minister Boris Johnson is hailing it as quote a great new deal as he said on twitter earlier and hes urging the u. K. Parliament to approve it this week now the deal lays out terms on some a big Sticking Points including border and customs issues between e. U. Member ireland and Northern Ireland which is part of the u. K. But johnsons Northern Irish allies in parliament the day you say they do not plan to back the deal lets listen to some of the points of agreement outlined by Michelle Benet in particular the new points of agreement with the u. K. Compared to the previous braggs until agreed with Boris Johnsons predecessor theresa may. But you could go hormones are the one to do or one for. Sure i groom. People. The question of the protocol in our group and lost on our young. Were a
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