A lot of these Network Executives are very close to the people they were hanging out with Jeffrey Epstein her amy amy roebuck. Hello youre watching the weekly here on r. T. International im Rosana Lockwood welcome to the program. And 1st our top story bolivia is a long serving president ever morale is has announced he is stepping down from office and this follows 2 weeks of intense protests in which bolivia suffered many millions of dollars worth of damage. Reports. It all began on the 20th of october the bolivian president ial election then jury vote counting president incumbent president evill morale is allegedly gathered enough votes to avoid a Runoff Election and the opposition cried foul at ledged irregularities voter fraud in the way that the votes were counted and monitors international monitors agreed ventured the president morales said that hes he agrees that there be regularities that there would be an investigation and that that would be a runoff vote but he refused to resig
A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business, and sport. Also in the programme amazons head scientist says alexa could one day become an active companion that can see and even walk around the home. What do you think . Is this a thrill or a threat . Are you a fan of Digital Assistants . Tell us what you think just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. We begin in hong kong. Police in hong kong have used live ammunition at pro democracy demonstrations and shot one protestor at close range. Protesters had called for a general strike on monday and have been trying to disrupt transport in hong kong by setting up barricades. Shocking pictures of the incident in the sai wan ho district were livestreamed on social media. An unarmed demonstrator can be seen approaching an officer, and then falling to the ground after being shot at close range. Local media are reporting that he is in Critical Condition in hospital. The police have issued a statement de
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
Marginally, they are at 120 seats, but their normal putney would be podemos, with them they would not get the 176 seats required, the right has also done well but they do not have enough seats. There will be lots of negotiations. It is a story all over europe, we had here with 2017 by theresa may, we had in germany, and is, we have had it in italy, it is a european story. It is a european story where we have many key countries, as you mentioned, with coalition governments. France was the one that bucked the trend with a Brand New Party created by emmanuel macron. But we will see what the next election will bring because the by election has proved not all is that wealth up you mention the fact that in spain the conservative Popular Party came in second, but what is interesting is that the right Wing Party Vox did extremely well. There was a surge to vox. They are very anti immigration, spain is in the mediterranean and you always see the ships with the refugees come over, 0 you always s
Fellow that good morning just gone 9 oclock here in moscow youre watching r. T. International our top story this the bolivian opposition claims the police are seeking to detain evo morales who has resigned as the countrys president but the chief of police to nice theres an arrest warrant this says a coup is underway i did know in front of the world and the bolivian people that a Police Official publicly said he was instructed to execute an illegal arrest warrant against me in addition violent groups assaulted my home this coup destroys the rule of law rose his resignation follows weeks of violent protests and pressure from the army to quit the opposition a key just the government of electoral fraud. Secured a 10 point lead there boy avoiding a runoff but it has more details. It all began as a result of the election president ial election on the 20th of october livea choosing between mr Moralez Carlos Mesa the opposition candidate and a 3rd party. I want to denounce what is taking place