Now with what both sides are saying. What is at stake here, greg . A six hour debate, that is how much time is allotted for this intense discussion. Countless flareups between democrats and republicans all leading to this. One of the rare things both sides have said and agree on history will judge this moment. It is tragic, this makes impeachment necessary. He gave us no choice. It is a matter for the voters to. Not this house. Not in this way. Not in the way this is being done. Reporter House Speaker nancy pelosi opened a fierce debate whether or not to impeach president donald trump. It kicked out a six hour back andforth that will lead to in the story both both vote this afternoon. Our National Security is at stake. Stand up for that. Our Election Integrity is at stake. Stand up for that. Our constitution is at stake. Stand up for that. It is absolutely apolitical, sir, simply because they dont like the man that occupies the white house. Reporter the allegations that President Trump
We begin with breaking news. Theres been a plane crash in the Central Asian country of kazha kstan. Details are still coming in, but its understood the aircraft was carrying around 100 passengers and crew. It went down near the city of almaty, en route to nur sultan. In the past few minutes, the official death count has risen to 9. This statement from the Kazakh Aviation Authority, published in the past hour, says at 07 22 flight no. 22100, of bek airline, in the direction almaty nur sultan lost altitude during take off and broke through a concrete fence. There was a collision with a two storey building. Rescue operations and the evacuation of passengers and crew began immediately. The plane was a fokker 100 video published on social media appears to show much of its fuselage intact as search and rescue operations continue. The Kazakh Aviation Authority has now suspended all flights of this type of aircraft until the circumstances of the accident are clarified. According to preliminary
Hello and welcome to bbc news. A plane crash in Central Asian country of static site. The country of static site. The country of static site. The country of kazakhstan. Its understood the aircraft was a fokker 100, carrying 95 passengers and 5 crew. It went down shortly after taking off from almaty en route to nur sultan. In the last few minutes, the government updated the official death count to m. These pictures we received in the last hour show the scene of the crash. The Kazakh Aviation Authority said the plane lost altitude during take off and broke through a concrete fence. There was a collision with a two storey building. There was no fire and much of the fuselage of the plane is still intact. Rescue operations and the evacuation of passengers and crew began immediately. All flights of this type of aircraft have now been suspended in kazakhstan until the circumstances of the accident are clarified. And in the past few minutes, the president of kazakhstan has tweeted his condolen
Of fraud, bribery and breach of trust it was a big test of his hold on power. But the israeli Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, has retained control of the governing likud party, in an internal election, and will now lead israel into its Third National election within a year. It is due in march. Mr netanyahu has tweeted that hes achieved a huge win, and his rival, gideon saar, has admitted defeat. Rich preston reports. This was the first serious challenge to Benjamin Netanyahus leadership in ten years. But he seemed to still have the support of party loyalists, winning more than 70 of the votes. A huge win , mr netanyahu tweeted shortly after polls closed. Confidence in israels longest serving Prime Minister had been shaken after two failed general elections and an indictment on corruption charges, accused of accepting gifts in exchange for political favours and doing deals to get good press coverage. Charges he denies, calling the whole thing a witch hunt. His challenger and a leade
Good morning, welcome to bbc news. At least 12 people have died, after a passenger plane crashed in kazakhstan. The bek air flight had just taken off from the countrys biggest city, almaty, and was travelling to the capital, nur sultan, when it crashed into a building. 60 others were injured in the crash. 98 people were onboard the flight, including five crew. 0ur moscow correspondent Sarah Rainsford gave us this update. The latest that we are getting here are the extraordinary account of the people who have survived this crash. A couple of people have been telling their story to local media and even describing how they managed to walk away from the wreckage of this plane. One man, a businessman, who was flying up to the countrys capital, nur sultan for business meetings today, he was sitting in the 15th row of the plane, just over the wing. If you look at the wreckage, its the front part of the plane in front of the wing that was the most badly destroyed as the plane ploughed into tha