And tiny manuscript but a big price. One of the first works by Charlotte Bronte is sold for 500,000. Voiceover live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 9am in the morning here in singapore, 1am in london and 9am in hong kong, where activists remain under siege inside the polytechnic university. But around 100 protestors including 50 minors have been led from the buildings as part of a deal negotiated by a group of school head teachers. Theres been more violence as police try to keep the campaigners trapped inside. Outside the university, protesters have tried to break the police lines while police have responded with rubber bullets and tear gas. 0ur correspondent Rupert Wingfield hayes has the latest. For a few minutes today, it looked like the siege of Hong Kong Polytechnic University might end peacefully. The young protesters began streaming down the stairway, that on sunday was set aflame to block the police from storming
Of the worlds oldest sports. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington dc, where the impeachment inquiry continued to unfold on thursday, and President Trump went on the attack. Hes furious about reports that he asked attorney general william barr to hold a press conference clearing him of any wrong doing in that phone call with ukraines leader, in which mr trump asked for an investigation into his political rivaljoe biden. At the Time Military aid to ukraine was on hold. Mr barr refused to hold a news conference. All this as highly anticipated public impeachment hearings are due to begin next week. Vice president mike pence accused the democrats of using the inquiry as a way of overturning the 2016 election result. What is going on in washington, dc todayis what is going on in washington, dc today is a disgrace. Behind closed doors there is a so called impeachment enq
Well have the latest live from the Pacific Islands nation. And go to the top of the class. Just how does one of europes smallest neighbours outperform its richer neighbours . Well, weve been to estonia to find out. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore and midnight in the uk where an investigation by bbc panorama has discovered that lawyers for five of thejeffrey epsteins accusers the convicted sex offender have made a request for Prince Andrew to give evidence in their court cases. The five women allege that the prince witnessed how epstein and his guests behaved at a number of his homes, as Darragh Macintyre reports. The allegations made by Virginia Giuffre about Prince Andrew have raised questions that wont go away. The lawyer for five ofjeffrey epsteins accusers says he wants Prince Andrew to testify as a witness in their court cases. The women say the prince witnessed how epstein and his guests were g
It gives me great pleasure to the death as they try to tackle Climate Change. To declare open this 25th session. And top of the class. Just how does one of europes smallest nations outperform so here in madrid, as the annual un its richer neighbours . Weve been to estonia to find out. Talks on Climate Change get under way, one of the loudest demands is from the countries most vulnerable to those bigger storms. We worry about our livelihoods. We worry about the future generations. We worry about our country. We exist as people. We in the small islands, we exist as people. We have our cultures, we have our families, we have our livelihoods, and we face extinction. You cant get away from that. Good morning. And its not a nice it is 9 00am in singapore and 1 00am in the uk. Thought, its scary. An investigation by bbc panorama has all the time, the gases that discovered that lawyers for five of the accusers ofjeffrey epstein, the convicted sex offender, are heating up the atmosphere have ma
Good morning. Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london, and 8pm in washington dc, where the impeachment inquiry continued to unfold on thursday and President Trump went on the attack. Hes furious about reports that he asked attorney general william barr to hold a press conference clearing him of any wrongdoing in that phone call with ukraines leader, in which mr trump asked for an investigation into his political rivaljoe biden. At the time, military aid to ukraine was on hold. Mr barr refused to hold a news conference. This, as highly anticipated public impeachment hearings are due to begin next week. Vice president mike pence accused the democrats of using the inquiry as a way of overturning the 2016 election result. What is going on in washington, dc today is a disgrace. Behind closed doors, there is a so called impeachment enquiry that i think the American People know is nothing more than a partisan impeachment, the latest effort by democrats to try and overturn the results of the 2016