Hello, and welcome to bbc news. The Us Democratic president ial contender, joe biden, has accused donald trump of an overwhelming abuse of power. It follows reports he tried to pressure ukraine into opening a corruption investigation against mr biden and his son. President trump has not denied the reports, claming it doesnt matter what i discuss. This is what mr biden had to say about the affair a litte earlier. I know trump deserves to be investigated. He is violating every basic norm of a president. You should be asking him the question, why is he on the phone with a foreign leader, trying to intimidate a foreign leader, if thats what happened. But appears to be what happened. But appears to be what happened. You should be looking at trump. Trump is doing this because he knows i will beat him like a drum, and he is using his abuse of power and every element of the presidency to try to do something to smear me. That was a pretty fired up joe biden a couple of hours ago. David willis i
And france declares monday a national day of mourning following the death of former president , Jacques Chirac. Good morning. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7 in the evening in washington where white house officials stand accused of trying to bury evidence that President Trump abused his power by asking a foreign leader to help him smear a political rival. The allegations came in a letter from a whistleblower, which lawmakers had been asking to see for weeks. They called mr trumps top intelligence officialJoseph Maguire to explain to them why he had initially refused to share the information with them. Our north america editor jon sopel reports. Joseph maguire is a man whos spent his career living in the shadows. Not any more. The evidence that the acting director of National Intelligence is giving today could have a critical bearing on the future of Donald Trumps presidency following that contested call with ukrainian leader. I have a feeling that your country is going t
Following the death of former president , Jacques Chirac. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, 1 in the morning in london and 8 in the evening in washington where white house officials stand accused of trying to bury evidence that President Trump abused his power by asking a foreign leader to help him smear a political rival. The allegations came in a letter from a whistleblower, which lawmakers had been asking to see for weeks. They called mr trumps top intelligence officialJoseph Maguire to explain to them why he had initially refused to share the information with them. Our north america editor jon sopel reports. Joseph maguire is a man whos spent his career living in the shadows. Not any more. The evidence that the acting director of National Intelligence is giving today could have a critical bearing on the future of Donald Trumps presidency following that contested call with ukrainian leader. I have a feeling that your country is going to do fantastically well. Donald trump, who met
Intimidation and bullying. China has been celebrating 70 years of communist rule but in hong kong more violent demonstrations. The police have been using teargas, pepper spray and live rounds. And biologists have discovered one of the oldest remnants of evolution seen in humans yet. Well have the details. 30 days til brexit is due to happen. We can bring you right up to date. Weve started to get an idea on how the uk thinks it can leave the eu and avoid border checks between Northern Ireland and the republic of ireland. This matters because its the biggest single block to a deal on how the uk leaves. Tony connelly from Irelands National broadcaster rte got the scoop on this. He put this on twitter late last night. The Prime Minister has since disputed that the leak is entirely accurate but says he accepts the reality of customs checks. Hes been interviewed by the bbcs laura kuenssberg. If the eu is going to insist on customs checks, as we come out, as it is, then we will have to accept
Remembering the largest Airborne Assault in history, a 97 year old veteran of the battle of arnhem takes to the skies to mark its anniversary. The Us Democratic president ial contender and frontrunner, joe biden, has accused donald trump of an overwhelming abuse of power. It follows reports he tried to pressure ukraine into opening a corruption investigation against mr biden and his son. Leading democrats say if true it could be grounds for impeachment. President trump says its another witch hunt. Our north america correspondent david willis reports. I know trump deserves to be investigated. He is violating a very basic norm of a president. You should be asking him the question, why is he on the phone with a foreign leader, trying to intimidate a foreign leader . If thats what happened, thats what appears happened. You should be looking at trump. Trump is doing this because he knows ill beat him like a drum and is using the abuse of power and every element of the presidency to try to d