Remembering the largest Airborne Assault in history, a 97 year old veteran of the battle of arnhem takes to the skies to mark its anniversary. The Us Democratic president ial contender and frontrunner, joe biden, has accused donald trump of an overwhelming abuse of power. It follows reports he tried to pressure ukraine into opening a corruption investigation against mr biden and his son. Leading democrats say if true it could be grounds for impeachment. President trump says its another witch hunt. Our north america correspondent david willis reports. I know trump deserves to be investigated. He is violating a very basic norm of a president. You should be asking him the question, why is he on the phone with a foreign leader, trying to intimidate a foreign leader . If thats what happened, thats what appears happened. You should be looking at trump. Trump is doing this because he knows ill beat him like a drum and is using the abuse of power and every element of the presidency to try to d
Hello and welcome. The Us Democratic president ial contender and frontrunner, joe biden, has accused donald trump of an overwhelming abuse of power. It follows reports he tried to pressure ukraine into opening a corruption investigation against mr biden and his son. Leading democrats say if true, it could be grounds for impeachment. President trump says its another witch hunt. Our north america correspondent david willis reports. Leaders talk to other leaders all the time of course, but one particular phone conversation and delays proving particularly contentious. Reports suggest mr trump had other matters on aid aside from aid to ukraine. The wall street journal has claimed mr trump repeatedly urged mr vladimir the la nky repeatedly urged mr vladimir the lanky does make zelensky to investigate the son ofjoe biden. He worked for a gas company in the ukraine while joe biden worked for a gas company in the ukraine Whilejoe Biden was serving as vice president. Joe biden threaten to withho
With an almost carnival like atmosphere. Everyone united in their desire to save the environment. The Us Democratic president ial translation we cant contender and frontrunner, keep on going like this. Joe biden, has accused donald trump this is an emergency. We have to take big measures of an overwhelming abuse of power. In terms of the budget, it follows reports he tried in terms of the general organisation to pressure ukraine into opening of the states spending, a corruption investigation against mr biden and his son. Where the environment is to take leading democrats say if true priority over everything else. But as the day wore on, it could be grounds for impeachment. The situation became more violent. President trump says its another witch hunt. Chanting. Anarchist groups accused our north america correspondent of exploiting the climate protests to make trouble. David willis reports. Soon police were firing tear gas as demonstrators damaged shop windows and started fires. 0ne off
Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 9pm in brazil where wildfires continue to rage across the amazon rainforest. Brazils president Jair Bolsonaro says his government lacks the resources to fight the fires and said that countries that give money to preserve the amazon interfere with brazils sovereignty. But conservationists have blamed his government for whats happening, saying the president has encouraged the clearing of land by loggers and farmers. The french president Emmanuel Macron added his voice to those concerned. He tweeted our house is burning. Literally. He said wildfires in the amazon were an International Crisis and called on this weekends g7 to address the issue. Camila mota sent this report from sao paulo. Fire in the amazons rainforest. This is happening in the Worlds Largest and most important ecosystem, thats home to three million species of plants and animals and one m
After she says greenland is not for sale. More allegations about prince Andrews Links with the convicted sex offenderJeffrey Epstein. Buckingham palace says any suggestion of impropriety with minors is categorically untrue. Live from our studios in london and singapore, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its midnight here in london, 7 00am in singapore and 1 00am in the morning in berlin, where borisjohnson began his first foreign trip as Prime Minister. On thursday, he goes to paris. Mrjohnson wants european leaders to change the deal agreed with his predecessor theresa may. The eu response has been firm until now not a chance. Chancellor Angela Merkel greeted him with smiles, but warned him he only had 30 days to come up with an alternative. 0ur Political Correspondent ben wright is in berlin. Another Prime Minister arrives in berlin to demand more concessions on brexit. Prime minister, are you hopeful of a deal . Its a familiar tune, but this time the deadlock is stark, and its Bo