Entry but cutting across all of that is I think a feeling that the Kurds are potentially dangerous Let me think that a lot of things here over the years so yeah he certainly managed to create quite a jingoistic atmosphere tributes have been paid from both sides of America s political divide to Congressman Elijah Cummings who has died aged 68 the House speaker and fellow Democrats Nancy Pelosi called Mr Cummings a leader of towering character and integrity as chairman of the House Oversight Committee the veteran Baltimore politician played a key role in the impeachment inquiry into President Trump and class repeatedly with his administration. Gordon sond and the u.s. Ambassador to the European Union has begun giving testimony to the congressional impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump the diplomat said the president had instructed him to involve his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani in talks with Ukraine about tackling corruption Chris Barker reports from Washington Gordon Sunderland says D
Ensuring presidents can abuse their offices for personal gain Joe Biden is trying to refocus the ethics debate squarely on President Trump says that Trump has abused to the presidency to enrich himself and he refers to the presidency as the most corrupt administration in modern history pledges that if he s elected no future president will be able to abuse the office of the presidency for personal gain he plans to buy foreign governments and introduce a constitutional amendment to publicly financed elections his plan comes a day ahead of the next Democratic debate and a day after news that his son Hunter would be stepping down from the board of directors of a Chinese backed private equity firm. N.p.r. News the chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today strongly urged the lift officials to participate in a hearing set for later this week on the issues facing the growing rider handling industry letters of the company s chief executives Representative Peter De Fa
The Kurds believe America has abandoned them so they re making a deal with Syrian forces with the involvement of Russia to work together to defend against the Turkish invasion a busy week ahead for House Democrats and their impeachment inquiry Capitol Hill correspondent Suzanne Malveaux says President Trump s former Russian advisor will appear before a number of House committees this morning former White House official Fiona Hill is expected to testify behind closed doors after receiving a subpoena she will join former special envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker and former ambassador to Ukraine Marie you have on of it to chomp officials who have already testified President Trump is up and tweeting this morning about the impeachment investigation among other things but b.b.c. Called him one of the most prolific pedophiles in Britain Richard Hochul was stabbed to death in prison today Michael Kraemer an mit professors of Egypt Banerjee and s. 3rd Duff Lo who are married to one another were awa
The typhoon has caused the suspension of electricity water and transportation services affecting people s lives the government will do its utmost to resume these as soon as possible despite the typhoon damage 2 major sporting events have gone ahead as planned in Japan the hosts there playing Scotland in a Rugby World Cup game while the Japanese gong pre-auth who took place. Hundreds of family members of Vyas fighters are reported to have escaped a camp for displaced people in northern Syria after Turkish airstrikes nearby Sebastian Usher reports Easter camp holds around 12000 people displaced by the war they include almost $800.00 linked to i.a.s. All of whom the Kurds say have now skate after Turkish attacks nearby amid the chaos of this latest conflict it s unclear where they might have gone if their escape is confirmed but it gives new force to the Kurds exasperated threat that they cannot guarantee the security of the thousands of biased suspects they hold in the face of the Turki
20 King and historic monuments like the Blue Mosque Istanbul is divided between 2 continents and this has given Turkey a strategic significance historically both in the region and the world. In the last few days Turkey has launched an air and ground offensive in northern Syria and this unilateral decision has been widely condemned what implications does this have for Turkey s future well as a power in the region I ve got a top panel and a local audience with plenty of questions to jointly after the news. B.b.c. News with Sue Montgomery the Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abbes says rescue efforts will continue into the night after the most powerful storm to hit the country in decades left large areas underwater typhoon had to be stumped torrential rain causing landslides and several inland rivers to burst through flood defenses nearly 30 people have dined the prime minister Shinzo spoke to reporters night after all night when most of the money I pray for the souls of those who lost the