Links following his bbc interview. The former Us National Security adviserjohn bolton has accused the white house of having denied him access to his personal twitter account since he resigned in september. In his first tweet in two months he wrote he also urged his followers to stay tuned for what he called a backstory. A senior official in the Us Administration said the white house had not denied mr bolton access to his account, and didnt have the technical means to do so. Mr boltons comments come after a dramatic week at the impeachment hearings. On friday President Trump phoned into a fox News Programme and said he would welcome a full impeachment trial in the senate if the house of representatives votes to impeach him. Nada tawfik has more. Adjourned. Less than 2a hours after two weeks of dramatic and contentions public impeachment hearings ended, President Trump is out with his counter attack. Increasingly, every waking moment in washington seemed to hang on the latest revelations
Hello to you. President trump has signed into law a bill that backs pro democracy protesters in hong kong, despite objections from beijing. The new legislation, approved by Congress Last week, requires the state department to certify, every year, that hong kong has significant autonomy from the rest of china. That will decide whether hong kong retains the favourable trading terms with the us that have helped maintain its position as a world financial centre. The law also threatens sanctions for human rights violations. Nick beake is in hong kong. What difference does essentially make. The government in hong kong has attacked this bill. The leadership in beijing, surely it plays into their hands. It has tried to betray the protesters as unrepresentative minorities and puppets of powers. They have, that is absolutely the case. But today, talking to the Pro Democracy Movement, they are ecstatic. They believe this is International Recognition of their fight. In the same week they have done
Hello to you. The Chinese Government has announced it would take firm countermeasures after President Trump has signed into law a bill that backs pro democracy protesters in hong kong, despite objections from beijing. The bill, approved by Congress Last week, requires the state department to certify, every year, that hong kong has significant autonomy from the rest of china. That will decide whether hong kong retains the favourable trading terms with the us that have helped maintain its position as a world financial centre. The bbcs nick beake is in hong kong. Today, talking to the Pro Democracy Movement, they are ecstatic. They believe this is International Recognition of their fight. And, believe this is International Recognition of theirfight. And, of course, comes in the same week they have done extremely well in this district elections. And they have really shown that the wider public here in hong kong support their cause, they would say. And, so, really, the news coming from amer
The princes decision. Also on the programme tonight. On the campaign trail on teesside, borisjohnson holds out the prospect of major changes to National Insurance. And in london, the lib dems publish their manifesto, pledging to stop brexit if theyre elected. At the impeachment inquiry in washington, a us diplomat says he followed Donald Trumps orders to put pressure on ukraine to investigate a political rival. And the special one is on the move again. This time its to spurs, where hes signed a four year deal. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, its a winning start for Great Britain in the revamped davis cup, beating the netherlands 2 1 in their Opening Group game. Good evening. Prince andrew, whos been engulfed in controversy because of his links with the convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein, has announced he will not undertake any royal duties for the foreseeable future. The prince, whos 59, acknowledged that the epstein scandal had become a major disruption to the royal family,
At the age of 80. The Chinese Government has announced it would take firm countermeasures after President Trump has signed into law a bill that backs pro democracy protesters in hong kong, despite objections from beijing. The bill approved by Congress Last week requires the state department to certify every year that hong kong has significant autonomy from the rest of china. That will decide whether hong kong retains the favourable trading terms with the us that have helped maintain its position as a world financial centre. The bbcs nick beake is in hong kong. Nick, first of all, this bill signed by the president overwhelmingly approved by congress, what is actually new here . What difference will it make . Well, mike, it will make a difference in that every year they will have to be. I tell you what, as i talk, letsjust walk this way, because we are on the campus of the trashed polytechnic university, and what is happening behind us, you will be able to see that there are emergency te