Plans. The u. N. Urges rich countries to do more to tackle the surging refugee crisis well report from one of the worlds biggest refugee camps in kenya. Sit down was never meant to be a long Term Solution to get the last people to live as a refugee you can the camps thats all they know. For in 5 refugees live in developing countries a global summit in geneva hears calls for more fairness. Im told me a lot and well welcome to the program we begin with a growing spat between germany and the u. S. Over energy the u. S. Senate has backed sanctions against companies building a pipeline which will carry you brush and gas to germany north stream 2 is due to Begin Operating in the coming months but u. S. Lawmakers want President Donald Trump to sign the sanctions into law later this week as part of a push to counter russian influence in europe. The u. S. Government move is the latest episode in a gathering geopolitical storm. The buildings to hold further construction of nearly 10000000000 eur
Refuses to say when the articles to the senate for trial. Well theres been a shooting attack in moscow near the headquarters of the f. S. B. Security service lets go straight now to moscow and our correspondent step vasant step what more do we know at this stage 3 people dead. Its still unclear how many many people have died there was indeed a shooting incident at the lubyanka the headquarters of the secret Service Agency here in moscow its not clear exactly where these attackers were there are some media reports that they actually went inside the building but others say they were outside of the building there has been reports also also confirmed by police that it were using machine guns kalashnikovs has been mentioned and also those streets now have completely been cordoned off in that area around lubyanka area to make sure that the people who are still in their side and the police is doing this ongoing operation is also saw some unconfirmed reports that some of the attackers might ha
Lets go now to lebanon where the president has designated a former minister of education and hezbollah backed academic. As the countrys next Prime Minister well just moments ago today addressed the public stating what he hoped to achieve in his new role the beloved. I was informed by his excellency the president michel. The outcomes of the parliamentary discussions in line with the constitution i was there to form the government to begin with extend all appreciation and deep gratitude to his excellent through the president. Theyre excellent members of the parliament for the trust they placed in me similarly extended opposition to all the members of the parliament hoping that i would be able to. Very. Left up to the confidence placed in me when i form the government in consultation with the president on the basis of the constitution so that the government will live up to the aspirations of the people a government that will live up and realize their concerns and meet their demands and pr
Algeria swears in a new president after an election people wanted protesters rejected. As illegitimate so how will he manage his critics and can he ends months of demonstrations demanding political change this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program. For the 1st time in 20 years algeria has a president who isnt. The former leader stepped down in april when thousands of people rallied against his bid for a 5th term in office but it appears many people are also unhappy with the man taking over. A sworn in on thursday after winning last weeks election which had the lowest turnout in algerias history at less than 40 percent the former Prime Minister was one of 5 candidates who all had ties with. To blue and has offered to hold talks with protesters who for 10 months have been calling for a complete overhaul of the political system he says the election put algeria back on the path to legitimacy. In the could be this is the big success of the fruits of the Civil Movement our people
Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its news day. Newsday. Its 8am in singapore, midnight in and 7pm in washington, dc, where the us house of representatives is set to vote later on wednesday on whether to impeach donald trump. Its over claims that he threatened to withhold military aid from ukraine unless it investigated his leading democratic rival in next years president ial election joe biden and his son. In a letter to the House Speaker, nancy pelosi, mr trump called the impeachment process an illegal, partisan attempted coup, that will, based on recent sentiment, badly fail at the voting booth. The democrat controlled house is expected to vote in favour, which would lead to a trial in the senate, probably injanuary. Heres the president speaking earlier. This has been a total sham from the very beginning. Everybody knows it. Ive never seen the Republican Party so ive never seen the Republican Party so united. We got about 100 of the vote. I belie