New developments in washington as the impeachment inqury against President Trump gathers pace. Mr trumps dealings with ukraine are at the centre of the inquiry, and testimony has now emerged, from a senior american diplomat, whos told congressional investigators the president s personal lawyer ran a Smear Campaign against the former Us Ambassador to ukraine to try to get her removed. George kent, whos in charge of ukraine policy at the state department, accused Rudy Giuliani of spreading what he called lies about marie yovanovitch. She was later recalled from her post. George kent testified last month before the house impeachment inquiry and the transcript has only just been released. The bbcs david willis has been taking a look. And it is a long and comprehensive transcript. He gave a lot of evidence to that enquiry last month and george kent hitting the headlines today for that claim that there was a Smear Campaign orchestrated by Rudy Giuliani against the Us Ambassador to the ukrain
At the United Nations in new york, the teenage activist Greta Thunberg has made a scathing attack on World Leaders gathered for a special summit on Climate Change. Around 60 heads of state attended. Some very prominent figures stayed away. She accused them of betraying her generation through their inaction on global warming, and said young people would never forgive them if they failed to do more. This from our north america correspondent nick bryant. A sweltering september scorcher in new york city. Not much sign of autumn here. And it hasntjust been a long summer, but north of the equator, the hottest ever on record. So today, at the riverside headquarters of the United Nations, an urgent Climate Action summit, this global body once more sounding the alarm. The world is losing the race against Climate Change. Applause in this air conditioned auditorium, the heat came from the 16 year old swedish activist Greta Thunberg, the un hoping to harness what is being called the greta effect h
Tour as a family. At the United Nations in new york, the teenage activist Greta Thunberg has made a scathing attack on World Leaders gathered for a special summit on Climate Change. Around 60 heads of state attended. Some very prominent figures stayed away. She accused them of betraying her generation through their inaction on global warming, and said young people would never forgive them if they failed to do more. This from our north america correspondent nick bryant. A sweltering september scorcher in new york city. Not much sign of autumn here. And it hasntjust been a long summer, but north of the equator, the hottest ever on record. So today, at the riverside headquarters of the United Nations, an urgent Climate Action summit, this global body once more sounding the alarm. The world is losing the race against Climate Change. Applause in this air conditioned auditorium, the heat came from the 16 year old swedish activist Greta Thunberg, the un hoping to harness what is being called
Korea has accused the United States of being a warmonger on the eve of joint military exercises between the us and south korea, monday struggles of the largest ever involving us and south korean troops. President Trumps National security adviser has said the us and its allies are ina race has said the us and its allies are in a race to tackle the problem of north korea before the secretive state achieves its nuclear ambitions. This report. American military might on display near the Korean Peninsula. Here, a rare sight. Three us aircraft carriers, so called super carriers, brought together last month for the first time in a decade. And now the us decision to hold another round of air exercises has raised tensions again. On monday five days of air drills will begin, the largest ever joint drills with us and south korean forces. They will simulate air strikes on mock north Korean Nuclear and missile targets. This comes as president Trumps National security adviser warns the possibility o
Commercialization phase of the other companies developed ip. These Companies Face the same precious to compete in the global marketplace. Any other u. S. Multinational company is facing today, including the pressure to locate facilities and plants in the u. S. Or abroad, threatening the livelihood of thousands of u. S. Workers. One of the most effective tax incentives utilized by several european nations is the patent box. My question to you, dr. Hines, is ginn the growing diversity of companies in the Life Sciences industry and the increasingly specialized roles of bringing ip to market and the hundreds of thousands of jobs in the commercialization, development, and manufacturing of these products, how do you suggest that we equitably allocated benefits in the context of a patent or Innovation Box model . And specifically, as it relates to our competitors around the world who are already moving in this direction. I know this to me appears to be a complication to the tax code, but at t