America. I yield and tribulation, may god bless america. Iyield back. And tribulation, may god bless america. I yield back. That was the Republican House minority leader Kevin Mccarthy giving his speech about ten minutes long, so weve heard from the majority and minority leaders and now we expect to hear from the chairman of the Intelligence Committee under schiff, walking up to the podium and he will wrap up this debate on impeachment and we will get into the voting process. Madam speaker, my colleagues, after eight hours, let us colleagues, after eight hours, let us return to where we began with the articles themselves. Article one charges the president of the United States with abusing the power of his office by coercing an ally into cheating in a us election on his behalf. It charges the president of the United States, it charges. The house will be in order. The gentleman has a right to be heard. The gentleman shall suspend. The gentleman may resume. It charges the president of the
In the commons as part of their debate on the report mps stood in silence to pay their respects to those who lost their lives. Well have the latest on the grenfell report, which is based on the first phase of the official inquiry. The other main stories on bbc news at 5. Borisjohnson heads for probably his last Prime Ministers questions before the election, both he and Jeremy Corbyn gave a flavour of whats ahead. Leadership means standing up for the people of this country, standing up for our police, standing up for nhs, making sure it gets the funding that it needs. People have a chance to vote for real change after years of conservative and lib dem cuts. Privatisation and tax hand outs for the richest. And six years after the Helicopter Crash onto the clutha pub in glasgow killing ten people a report says pilot error was to blame. Its five oclock. Were live at westminster where the house of commons has observed a minutes silence in memory of the victims of the fire at Grenfell Tower
Looking at the european stoxx 600, some downward pressure. The focus is on the trade deal. It is a partial trade deal. Will not round tariffs go into effect. A lot of focus on the chinese economy. The other big story is brexit. 125. 66 is where we are seeing cable at the negotiations are ongoing. And there is a brexit summit as we like to call it with eu leaders in brussels on thursday. Coming up on bloomberg surveillance we speak to the former fed governor. Nobel also expecting the prize in economics to be announced later today. Let us get straight to the bloomberg first word news from new york. Says he ist trump ready to go with more tariffs on turkey. This comes after the u. S. Withdrew troops from the north of the country but the move has pushed kurdish fighters into the arms of president assad. Forces from the Syrian Government are returning to the northeast for the first time in years. And spains top Court Sentenced cut elan separatists catalan separatists to 13 years. Former cat
Be held before long but mps will also consider amendments, which could include votes for 16 to 18 year olds. Its 5pm. Were live at westminster where the house of commons is inching its way towards a decision on holding a general election before christmas. Mps are debating a bill presented by borisjohnson, which is meant to clear all its commons stages today, but its already looking to be a less than straightforward process. Theres disagreement on the date, the 12th of december proposed by the government, is being challenged by the opposition. But labour, after much internal debate, is now backing the calls for an election. Jeremy corbyn said that the ruling out of a no deal brexit had dealt with labours main concern. The Scottish National party and the liberal democrats want a 9th of december poll but theres talk of a possible compromise around the 11th december. There are extra demands for giving votes to 16 and 17 year olds, and allowing eu nationals resident in the uk to vote in a g
322. The noes to the left, 306. The ayes have it, the ayes have it. Following that defeat, the Prime Minister said he remained confident that his brexit deal will get through parliament by the end of october, and will do this by bringing forward legislation back to the commons next week. I continue in the very strong belief that the best thing for the uk and for the whole of europe is for us to leave with this new deal on october the 31st. And, to anticipate the questions that are coming from the benches opposite, i will not negotiate a delay with the eu. And neither does the law compelled me to do so. I can tell our friends and collea g u es do so. I can tell our friends and colleagues in the eu exactly what ive told everyone in the last 88 days ive served as Prime Minister, that further delay would be bad for this country. Bad for our European Union and bad for democracy. So next week, the government will introduce the legislation needed for us to leave the eu with our new deal on oc