Exposure as protests in chile and to a 7th week. Donald trumps political rivals of late at what they say is overwhelming evidence of the u. S. President s misconduct in office the 300 page impeachment report says trump used his power to seek help from ukraines president to benefit his reelection bid i did your castle reports from washington d. C. House intelligence chairman adam schiff presentation of his committees report on donald trump offered little more than was already known but its a key moment in what could be the impeachment of a president this is not about ukraine this is about our democracy this is about our National Security this is about whether the American People have a right to expect that the president isolationist. An act of their interests with their security in mind and not for some illicit personal or political reason so americans should care deeply about where the president and states is betraying their trust in him betraying that oath that he took to the constitu
Good afternoon i hope everybody had a good thanksgiving break. Welcome back to washington, welcome to brookings im bruce jones the director of the policy program at brookings and its my pleasure to welcome you to our event for east Asian Pacific affairs. David stillwell is appointed as assistant secretary of state by President Trump of the 20th of june he served in the air force for 35 years beginning as a Korean League west in 1980 and retiring in 2015 as a Brigadier General he was the asia adviser to the chairman of the joint death of staff from 21 to 2013 you also recently served as the director of the u. S. Focus group. He was also an adjunct fellow thank you to your service to this country. As you can see from his background the david has been at the forefront of managing the policy questions the shape the u. S. And china friendship. Working tirelessly behind the scenes to build policy with china is also then keeping our wider focus on the region as a whole. Where we have a huge n
A festival happening this week in amsterdam ill be looking at why it says that its chinese projects like this one with a dominatrix in the awards. China is condemning a u. S. Bill that threatens sanctions against Senior Communist Party officials because of their treatment of were muslims hundreds of thousands have been detained as part of a crackdown in the Northwestern Region of. The bill passed by the u. S. Congress as the closure of those detention camps and it names members of communist party who washington says are responsible for abuses she has been following all the developments from washington d. C. Where the bill has received overwhelming support. 471 bipartisan support for this bill condemning the treatment of muslims and shown during calling for the closure of those cameras also battling the export of surveillance equipment to the u. S. U. S. Companies heavily involved in that also calling for the secretary of state to come up with a report with its assessment of the state D
Brookings. David was appointed assistant secretary of state by donald trump. He previously served in the air force for 35 years, beginning as a linguist in 1980, retiring as a brigadier general. He was the advisor to the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and served as the defensive attache in beijing. He recently served as the director of the China Strategic Focus Group in hawaii from 2017 to 2019, where he was an abjects adjunct senior fellow. David, thank you for your service to our country and the important work you are doing now. As you can see from his background, he has been at the forefront of managing policy questions that shape the future of these relationships and has been working tirelessly behind the scenes to build policy to china and is preoccupied with keeping our wider focus on the region as a whole, where we have a huge number of relationships, partners, allies, and interests that go beyond simply the question of china. Assistant secretary stillwell and i were here
Its about 2 30am. Now on bbc news, wednesday in parliament. Hello again, and welcome to wednesday in parliament. Brexit deal or no deal, mps are told were leaving the week after next. Would you be comfortable with a short technical extension to get it done . No, i think it is important that we leave on the slst of october. Where next for immigration policy . A voice of experience speaks. Its possible that the home office has come up with. The best brains have come up with a very good scheme, but i would simply urge the home secretary and the home office to look very carefully at the lessons that have been learned in the past. And gender wars on the Committee Corridor. The more socialist the country, perhaps the better. Im not going to be lectured by a man on the best place to be a woman. I dont think youve got any equity in this. All that to come and more. But first, the last day at westminster before the key european summit in brussels was dominated by speculation about whether a brex