Australian intelligence officials investigate allegations of a plot to get a chinese spy elected to parliament. And we meet the malaysian punk rocker whos leading the Straight Edge Movement, by promoting a totally sober lifestyle. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 9am in singapore and the same time in hong kong, where leader carrie lam has said the government will seriously reflect after local elections saw Massive Gains by pro democracy candidates. They secured almost 90 of District Council seats in sundays poll. Its being seen as a stinging rebuke of ms lams leadership and a show of support for the protest movement. From hong kong, Rupert Wingfield hayes reports. This is not the sort of Media Attention usually given to the winners of a local council election. But last nights victory for hong kongs democrats was no ordinary win. It was an unprecedented landslide. These newly minted young politicians won 85 of all the
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
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
Force affecting parts of Greater Manchester, northern derbyshire, up into parts of west and South Yorkshire. The potential that we could see up to 100 millimetres of rain over high ground. That sort of rainfall will bring some localised flooding and certainly some very poor travelling conditions, but in a broader area than that across Northern England, also north wales, you can expect some very wet weather through the guest of the afternoon. For scotland and Northern Ireland some showery rain, its drying out and brightening up, quite breezy. To the south a mixture of sunny spells and heavy, thundery showers and those are your temperatures for the rest of the afternoon, 8 10. The rain will continue for a time across Northern England and north wales. Thats why we are so concerned about flooding and travel problems. The rain will sink down into the midlands. It will tend to peter out. To the south east of that, one or two fog patches, one or two showers. Quite a chilly night, chilly and N
Southeast. There will be new hospitals, schools, railways, better broadband, new connections, and opportunities for every part of our great nation. As the uk Election Campaigns kicks into gear both parties set out their economic plans today and well talk about that in a minute. But first the Opposition Labour Party has again faced allegations of anti semitism even a former labour cabinet minister calling for voters to back boris johnson. But labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn has sought to keep his campaign on track. He gave a speech in manchester a short time ago. Because if we dont do that and get that investment, what kind of future and what kind of hope is there for people in areas that have been totally left behind ever since the ravages of Margaret Thatcher and the tories in the nineteen eighties . If we are to give hope to communities that have had nothing for so long, then we have to invest in them, and thatis then we have to invest in them, and that is the absolute priority that we wi