Well look at all those pledges both lib dem and tory and do the sums. Also tonight Prince Andrew announces tonight he is stepping back from public duties for the foreseeable future, following his interview about his friendship with jeffrey following his interview about his friendship withJeffrey Epstein. The charity that usually offers dental care in poor countries, now offering its services here. Jose mourinho is appointed manager at spurs. Has the self styled special one still got what it takes . Later in the hour, we will have sportsday with all the latest reports, results, interviews and features from the bbc sports centre. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. We will bring you all the election news in just we will bring you all the election news injust a we will bring you all the election news in just a few moments, but literally in the last few minutes, Prince Andrew has announced that he is stepping back from public duties. Lets go straight to our royal correspondent
Hour israel is facing the prospect of another election as Opposition Leader benny gantz fails to form a Government International fallout from the hong kong crisis u. S. Lawmakers take a stand on human rights and the u. K. Summons chinas ambassador over claims of torture. And americas largest a cigarette maker is accused of targeting teenagers and misrepresenting the safety of its products. And in spore and shows a marine who was already settling into his new job the former man united boss held his 1st Training Session as taught a manager i had of their primarily clash against west ham on saturday. Of course we begin the hour in washington d. C. The u. S. Ambassador to the e. U. Has told the impeachment inquiry that President Donald Trump did want a quid pro quo deal called and solomon told members of the call of congress there was a campaign led by the president himself to pressure ukraine to investigate his political rival joe biden said it was communicated to him through trumps perso
Now on bbc news, it is time for electioncast. Electioncast from the bbc. We are in this election because of brexit. We dont want to be thinking about a general election. We want to be buying our christmas presents. If anyone comes up to you and says they know what is happening, cock an eyebrow, smile politely and turn your back. Hello, everyone. It is the end of the first full week of the general Election Campaign. The main news is that everyone who works on this programme has finally started calling it reflection cast because we are going to look back at what has happened. It has not gone with the public at all so you can just call it electioncast. We have crammed into this tiny studio with some big brains to talk about the weeks events. I will let them introduce themselves. Hello. I am the former adviser to sajid javid. Introduce themselves. Hello. I am the former adviser to sajid javidlj used to work for the labor party. Any airport base anecdotes . This morning we were coming back
Follow him down in jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up under siege students to university in hong kong remain holed up. In the u. S. Approve a bill to support human rights that. Unrest in bolivia continues to spiral the Security Forces try to stop ongoing protests. A significant moment in the impeachment inquiry of u. S. President donald trump came on wednesday during testimony from the ambassador to the European Union gordon song and said he had no direct evidence from Border Security aide to be withheld from ukraine in exchange for investigations into his political rivals but he and other u. S. Officials believe the 2 were connected alan fischer reports from washington d. C. From the u. S. Ambassador to the e. U. Stunning testimony and said it was abundantly clear to everyone ukraine would not receive military aid from the u. S. Or a meeting at the white house unless it announced an investigation into a Company Connected to the son of political opponent joe biden
But trump remains defiant insisting he wanted nothing from ukraine and that the inquiry should and. Also students is still under siege at a Hong Kong University as the u. S. Congress approves a bill demanding china respect human rights and a new symbol emerges to represent the diverse groups of people behind the protests in chile. So more dramatic testimony has been delivered on the 4th day of the public. Pietschmann inquiry into u. S. President dont trump and just the past few hours weve heard from the Deputy Assistant secretary of defense laura cooper also david hale the under secretary secretary for Political Affairs but when asked what they knew about u. S. Military aid being withheld from ukraine now in her testimony cooper mentioned that ukrainian officials are asked about the stalled a as early as july 25th contradicting President Trumps defense that they had no idea anything was on hold my staff showed me 2 unclassified emails that they received from the state Department One wa