Outspoken journalist. Opinion to step back. Ive never seen such a reaction to a royal interview. I mean, there have not been that many royal interviews but the reaction was just so condemnatory and he came across so badly. Not once expressing regret female artists dominate for those, or sympathy, the grammy nominations. Among the front runners for the victims of epsteins behaviour. Buckingham palace will be hoping that andrews statement and his withdrawal lizzo and Billie Eilish. From public duties will stem the criticism. They will be hoping, too, that the epstein allegations it was a day of explosive testimony in the impeachment inquiry, as the Us Ambassador have now run their full course. To the eu Gordon Sondland gave tonights decision has been taken evidence. The ambassador said he was acting after discussions between andrew, at the express direction of the president on ukraine. The queen, the prince of wales whos in new zealand and senior officials. The democratic led house of re
Overnight temperatures between three and six celsius, and with any lengthy spells we could have a touch scotland. Of frost but most will be frost free. On friday, rain pushing north Prince Andrew in windsor this but the main focus of the rain will morning amid growing calls for him come later in the day and to talk to american investigators. Coming up on afternoon particularly across wales and live, all the sport. Katie shanahan. South west england with the rain turning heavy here. The wind will be hello, good afternoon. Its a stronger but feeling less chilly, and then through friday night the rain continues to pour down, particularly across cornwall. We could see some issues building in as we head into the first part of saturday morning. It is a weekend of two halves. Saturday we have rain at times, it will be turning milder. On sunday there will still be some showers around, more general rain later in the day arrives across the south west. The forecast on saturday sees rain gradually
Plus, tackling Climate Change and the critics. We catch up with coldplays chris martin. In business car clash gm sues Fiat Chrysler for racketeering accusing its rival of bribing unions. Fiat calls the lawsuit astonishing. A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. As always on the programme, you can be part of the conversation a new bbc survey suggests that 40 of adults in the uk would fake a sickie if they needed to take a day off at short notice. Is it everjustified . Have you been caught out . Tell us what you think just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Lawyers for alleged victims of the us sex offender, jeffrey epstein, have welcomed a statement from Prince Andrew that he will cooperate with Law Enforcement agencies. They say he should go to the states immediately to speak to police. The prince has stepped back from royal duties because of his links with epstein, who killed himself injail. Our royal correspondent, nichol
For the first time in nearly a century, the us capital is celebrating a baseball world series title. The us house of representatives has endorsed the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. The vote was almost entirely along party lines, with democrats supporting it, and republicans against. Its only the third time in modern history that the house has voted against a sitting president. Democrats are looking into whether President Trump betrayed his oath of office by trying to get a foreign power to investigate his political rival. As Laura Trevelyan now reports, its clear mr trump and House Speaker nancy pelosi are on a collision course. On this vote the yeas are 232, the nays are 196. A historic moment. A house of representatives votes to formalise an impeachment enquiry into the president. On the table. Did donald trump create a high crime and misdemeanour in trying to strong arm the ukrainian president into investigating joe biden . Thats the accusation. The house divided almost e
In nearly a century, the us capital is celebrating a baseball world series title. The house of representatives has endorsed the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. The vote was almost entirely along party lines, with democrats supporting it, and republicans against. Its only the third time in modern history that the house has voted against a sitting president. Democrats are looking into whether President Trump betrayed his oath of office by trying to get a foreign power to investigate his political rival. As Laura Trevelyan now reports, its clear mr trump and House Speaker nancy pelosi are on a collison course. On this vote the yeas are 232, the nays are 196. A historic moment. A house of representatives votes to formalise an impeachment enquiry into the president. On the table. Did donald trump commit a high crime and misdemeanour in trying to strong arm the ukrainian president into investigating joe biden . Thats the accusation. The house divided almost entirely on party lines.