As the impeachment inquiry around President Trump intensifies, with congressional hearings due to go public next week, more revelations have emerged from testimony already given behind closed doors. This time from bill taylor the top american diplomat in ukraine. He told the hearing he was astonished that the president appeared to have made military aid to ukraine, a us ally under threat from russia, dependent on ukraine investigating joe biden, one of his rivals for the white house. Ambassador taylor responded that was my clear understanding, Security Assistance money would not come until the president of ukraine committed to pursue the investigation. Then from the lawmaker questioning him so if they dont do this, they are not going to get. That was your understanding 7 ambassador taylor says yes, sir. The follow up are you aware that quid pro quo literally means this for that . The response i am. Speaking within the past hour at a Campaign Rally in louisiana, President Trump accused
As what we have seen the last few nights because we have cloud around. Parity with their male counterparts. But through thursday morning, that rain band will almost grind to a halt across parts of north wales, the north midlands, Northern England and the rain will be heavy and persistent at times. Like i said, producing some as the impeachment inquiry around President Trump intensifies, localised flooding and travel with congressional hearings due to go public next week, disruption in places and well also more revelations have emerged have quite a keen east north east from testimony already given wind, making it feel pretty raw behind closed doors. So not very pleasant conditions throughout the day on thursday here. To the north of it, bright, probably the best sunshine for western scotland. A few showers which will be wintry on the hill but quite blustery here and some heavy, this time from bill taylor, the top maybe thundery showers across southern and south western american diplomat
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Across england and wales. The jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering british backpacker, Grace Millane in new zealand are shown cctv footage of her last known moments. Several people have been injured and more than 1,000 people were evacuated from a theatre in londons west end, hello, this is bbc news after part of the ceiling collapsed. With me, annita mcveigh. In the bbcs your questions, the headlines former labour minister ian austin, we head to leeds home to five universities, who left the party in february, to answer students questions has urged people to vote about next months election. Conservative in decembers general election. And in sport, tottenham edge closer towards the Champions League labour promises an additional knockout stages by thrashing £150 billion of Public Investment in what it calls an irreversible shift in wealth red star belgrade. In favour of working people. But the tories say its fantasy economics. The liberal democrats, plaid cymru and the greens
Electric. I have been in 14 and were live in leeds constituencies already, and the a city with five universities, numbers of people coming out to work so were here this morning talking to students about their concerns in and support and campaign for labour the run up to next months election. Is already much greater than it was the jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering british at the start of the 2017 election. Backpacker Grace Millane in new zealand are shown cctv footage of her last known moments. 0ur party and our members are so up for this fight, so up for this trying to break the world battle, we are going to win this land speed record the british team say theyre feeling confident. Election and we are going to win it because we offer something very different. I dont suppose there are too many people in this audience that we the daily telegraph. Its all right if you do it in private, i good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im annita mcveigh. Understand it had a bizar