Promising to punish those guilty of abuse. The white house and ukraine expert has testified that he felt a sense of duty to flag up a phone call thats at the center of impeachment proceedings against donald trump lets unchain Will Alexander vinland was among 4 people questioned on tuesday the Trump Administration has dismissed their testimonies as personal opinion and conjecture helen fisher reports from washington. This could be a pivotal week in the donald trump impeachment hearings many of the shuttle to give evidence were on the controversial july call with the ukrainian president that kills a key claim the hearings are based on 2nd hand reports giving evidence of tenet colonel alexander vigilant a career army officer and the ukraine expert on the National Security council he was concerned by the call by President Trump pushing for an investigation into Democrat Joe Biden and his son immediately took those concerns to a white house lawyer it is improper for the president of the Uni
Also head out of business how weeks of antigovernment protests in iraq are affecting trade. Israel says its fighter jets have launched attacks in Syria Warplanes hit Syrian Army Targets and irans could force in the early hours of wednesday morning thats according to the Israeli Military serious as many of the rockets were shot down a day earlier israel intercepted 4 rockets launched towards the occupied Golan Heights from syria as an author is our correspondent monitoring developments out of beirut zina whats the significance of the targets here. Well multiple targets multiple locations the attacks are being described as wide scale extensive the israeli army a knowledge ing that it was behind the attacks in and around damascus according to the Israeli Military they hit positions bases warehouses arms the pows belonging to the quit this force now this is an arm of the Iranian Revolutionary guards they do have a presence in syria but also in the Israeli Military statement they mention th
Melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us we start with hong kongs ongoing protests now on monday we had scheduled a guest to come on the program but he didnt end up making it because he was arrested during the weekend for obstructing a Police Officer thats according to police as a quick reminder hong kong has had a summer of discontent 1st over an unpopular extradition bill that will allow the government to hand over people in the city to china to the unrest now which has become a more general expression of resistance against the communist party in beijing so our guest activist johnston yung chang yen was held and then at one point police took him back to his apartment. For a home search here they are looking through his stuff and young had a message for everyone. I feel with this. Assertion just testified where he said. Her pussy cat. Was to straighten out. Hair while before fighting for freedom so take your free. Were glad to now get our guest Johnson Young change i
Spanish steps so what is next for catalonia well go live to boston from. The United Nations General Assembly rejects Donald Trumps recognition of jerusalem as israels capital but the vote isnt as one sided as expected well get reaction from our correspondents in washington and in jerusalem. For pilots rather in germany holds the first of a strike the Budget Airline has the account crippled in Service Travel is everything they need to know. That the origins of the man in red father christmas may be on his way but the way is he coming from exactly goes in search of son to kill. The. Hello and welcome my name is Christopher Spring a thanks for joining us separatist parties in catalonia appear to have won a slim majority after yesterdays crucial Regional Elections the result could further inflame tensions between the wealthy spanish region and Central Government in madrid spanish Prime Minister mariano a hall he called the election off to stripping catalonia of its autonomy and sacking its
Assembly rejects Donald Trumps recognition of jerusalem as israels capital but the vote isnt quite as one sided as i had been expected to be getting reaction from our correspondents in washington and jerusalem. And the all regions of the man in red father christmas may be on his way but way is coming from actually goes in search also sent to us. Hello and welcome my names Christopher Spring its good to have you with us separate his policies in catalonia appear to have won a slim majority off to yesterdays crucial Regional Elections the result could further inflame tensions between the wealthy spanish region and Central Government in madrid a spanish Prime Minister mariano to haul called the election off the strip in catalonia if its all told to me and sacking its government following an independence declaration in late october. Long before vote counting was finished the party of former Catalan Leader catalyst please the moment was celebrating victory. We see exactly right we saw it not