Democrats in the United States congress say impeachment hearings against donald trump could be held in the coming week. The allegations centre on claims he put pressure on ukraine, to dig up dirt on a potential rival, whos running for the white house in 2020. Joe biden is one of the front runners for the democratic nomination to challenge mr trump. But a former prosecutor in ukraine, says there was never any dirt to dig up. Jonah fisher reports from the capital, kiev. Advertisement voiceover joe biden promised ukraine a billion dollars if they fired the prosecutor of. With an impeachment enquiry underway, President Trump is on the attack, tweeting a new video about his possible opponent in next years election. Weve stepped up the official assistance to help backstop the ukrainian economy. This was four years ago in kiev. Joe biden was Vice President and the obama administrations go to man on ukraine. Advertisement voiceover burisma is the leading. At the same time, his son, hunter, had
A war with Ukrainian Forces in Eastern Ukraine moment 10000 people have been killed since the fighting began 5 years ago. Ukraines new president vladimir the linsky says he wants to revive peace negotiations with russia hes been courting european leaders recently rooted in zelinsky have already spoken by phone the Prisoner Exchange could be an important and if step towards further dialogue and to simmons algis it. Is a professor of comparative politics at kiev cademy and hes joining us now from the ukrainian capital thank you very much for being with us on aljazeera. What do we make of the fact that the sailors particularly are being returned in this prisoner swap. Well this is important victory for you creatine but actually when were talking about exchange we should be very cautious how to call it because from a formal point of view from ukrainian point of you can snort any sheet or because of sailors because sailors hat to be released by putin any way you are you rightly mentioned th
Repeatedly state irans government is only interested in Nuclear Energy and not arms several Nuclear Scientists have been assassinated and employees here hide their identity for safety the Higher Quality chemical elements or isotopes iran says it needs are made here theyve arrived through an underground tunnel from the main reactor by the radio isotopes are produced here in these cells when theyre send back from the reactor it is cuts and so number one and sent to the episodes according to the type of radioisotopes and the process continues that in some cases we have to extract the main material from the original material the isotopes then come here for further purification they are all then packed in special containers and sent to medical facilities in iran and to other countries. These radioactive isotopes can be used to detect blood clots and to treat and kill cancer cells and officials here say theyre used to treat more than a 1000000 patients in iran each year the International Ato
Virgin galactics plans to put tourists into space. Thats in half an hour, here on bbc news. Good afternoon. A group of mps, including some rebel conservatives who were expelled from the party, are preparing legal action if borisjohnson refuses to agree to a parliamentary bill which would require him to ask for a further delay to brexit. The Prime Minister has said he would rather be dead in a ditch than ask for the eu for another delay, beyond the october 31 deadline. The labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn speaking this morning said the government had a duty to comply with the will of parliament. We are not taking legal action as a party but we are aware of the action is being discussed and prepared for. The shadow attorney general was attached to the case discussed in court this week but it is an interesting question you asked. The court is making a decision to make a Prime Minister abiding by the law made by the parliament of which he isa made by the parliament of which he is a member. The
A bbc investigation has uncovered allegations of brutal beatings and torture by soldiers in indian administered kashmir. Its 25 days since the Indian Government withdrew the regions special semi autonomous status, clamping down fiercely on dissent and arresting thousands of people. Kashmir is claimed by both pakistan and india. The two Nuclear Armed neighbours control different sections of kashmir, and have fought two wars over it. Despite a near communications blackout, Sameer Hashmi has been inside kashmir, and sent this report. You may find some of it distressing. Behind these razor wires lies an uneasy calm. Restrictions everywhere we go. But for many kashmiris, the crackdown has come at a cost. We have come to investigate disturbing allegations. Soldiers came here, we are told, looking for violent protesters. 13 men were allegedly pulled from their beds, tortured and beaten. These brothers, like all the people we spoke to, were too scared to reveal their identities. We saw their i