With real madrid. Donald trump has just become only the third president in the history of the United States to be impeached at the house of representatives, setting up a trial in the senate would have to decide if he should removed from office. Houses controlled by his opponents, the democrats and his own party dominate the senate. The strong expectation is that he will be acquitted in the senate. This is how it was formally announced in the house. The ayes are 230, the nays are 197. Present is one. Article1 is adopted. That was nancy pelosi there. The president is speaking right now at a rally in michigan. This was his response a short time ago. So yesterday i sent her a letter. Her party have nothing. They should be impeached, every one of them. The president in michigan and our correspondent is on capitol hill for us right now. Gary, ina capitol hill for us right now. Gary, in a sense this is as expected. The result was expected in the house and widely expected he will be weeded in the senate. He is running on party lines. How significant is this . He will be acquitted. It is an utterly predictable vote but a truly historic moment. President trump now joins the club ofjust three other president s in this countrys 230 odd political history to be impeached and face this sanction and he will 110w and face this sanction and he will now go forward to a trial in the United States senate. A hundred senators there will decide his fateful top it is a political trial, dont forget, and because the republicans have a good majority there and a two thirds vote is required to remove him, he is safe in office. But, and this is a huge bite, he will not want to be part of this exclusive club of three and he has described it tonight as a suicide note for the Democratic Party ahead of next years elections. Have there been any surprises in the procedures in the house of representatives . Any movement or any uncertainty for the republicans in the senate . We are still unclear about what will happen in the senate in terms of rules. There is opposition and went nurses. A question of whether or not the secretary of state may give evidence there. But the key thing is that the senate decides its own rules for the trial. It only has two stipulations that it must follow, one is that the chief justice of the Supreme Court presides over the trial and the second stipulation is that a two thirds majority is needed to remove a president. After that they can make up the rules as they please. But after christmas, after the holidays we will see that trial u nfold the holidays we will see that trial unfold in january. The holidays we will see that trial unfold injanuary. Again, another moment in American History. Still on these life pictures of the president had his rally in michigan. You make the point that this could play badly for the democrats. Everybody always says at some point in the discussion of this the bill clinton came out of impeachment with his rating is much improved. That is right. Bill clinton did come out of impeachment with improved ratings but the republicans won the presidency two yea rs republicans won the presidency two years later, didnt they . That is the alkylation that democrats are making. They have seen the polls move a little in their direction in the eight weeks or so since impeachment was announced and it is 110w impeachment was announced and it is now a political battle to decide the legacy of this impeachment in the run up to election day in november next year. Thank you very much for that, gary. Im joined now by casey burgat, expert on the house of representatives with the free market thinktank, r street. Hes based in washington, dc. Thank you very much. What did you make of what you just saw there in the house . We got exactly what we we re the house . We got exactly what we were expecting. The only thing that many of us were watching tonight is just how many democratic effect as there would be. There ended up being two, which was expected. And then to see if any chance of any republican member of the house who left their party and ended up voting yes, giving democrats a voice of bipartisanship. They ended up with two democratic defectors and republicans kept their party in line which was about what we expected and 110w which was about what we expected and now we move on to the senate were a whole new process will unfold in january. And to be clear, the defect as you mention, the tensions and the expectations here are people who feel they may be at risk dependent on how they vote. Everyone has their eyes towards next november. We have never been disclosed, in fact we never been disclosed, in fact we never had a sitting president in his first term facing and we have never had an impeachment this close to the next election with a president is on the ballot. Everyone has their eyes to next november and this will be the defining vote for many of these members when they go back to their districts and asked to be re elected. 0n the democratic side, saying they held the president of countable as they said they would end on the republican side saying that this is a sham and a witch hunt in the president s words and it is theirjob and duty to protect him and they say they have. In terms of procedure, what will we see in the senate . Anything we should watch out for, things that may not go how they are expected to . This is the question on everybodys mind now that were to the senate. As the lead mentioned, the senate can make its own rules on impeachment. There are very few details within our constitution and even within senate procedures. So majority vote within the senate can decide their own procedures. Right now the two party leaders, Mitch Mcconnell and his counterpart Chuck Schumer are having negotiations behind the scenes to see if they cant come to an agreement on this. Mitch mcconnell and the republicans have the vote so if they want to put in procedures that will make this a quick process and one that does not introduce any new witnesses or new information, they can do that as long as they do not lose four republican senator votes. But we wait to see how those procedures will be finalised. Thank you so much. We will have much more on this and just a moment. This quite Dramatic Development that donald trump has just become only the third president in American History to be impeached by the house of representatives. He now faces trial in the senate which is dominated by his party, the republicans. More on that to come. Authorities in New South Wales have declared a seven day state of emergency as firefighters battle around 100 bushfires. Tuesday was australias hottest day on record. Average temperatures nationwide reached 40. 9 celsius. But thursday may be even hotter, with winds expected up to 100 kilometres an hour. Emergency services are preparing for the worst. 0ur correspondent phil mercer is in penrith, west of sydney. Temperatures in parts of New South Wales are expected to reach 45 degrees celsius today. The authorities here in australias most populous state have issued a state of emergency because of the heat and its likely impact on the bushfire danger that is spreading across much of eastern australia. We are in the suburb of penrith, about 50 kilometres from the centre of sydney. It is roasting hot out here today. People are trying to escape the heat as best they can. Many children and their parents have come to this waterpark in penrith to try and seek some relief across the road there is a Shopping Centre and it is standing room only in the air conditioned spaces people are looking to escape this heat that has affected so much of australia in the past few days. A very hot mass of air has been moving from the west to the east and with it, of course, is the east and with it, of course, is the danger of heat related illnesses, heat waves in australia other nations silent killer, killing more people than bushfires, floods and storms have put together. The advice for people is to stay indoors, if they can. 0ther the advice for people is to stay indoors, if they can. Other people doing what they can to keep cool. As far as the bushfire danger is concerned it is very extreme hearing New South Wales. The danger extends to the north, to queensland and also to the north, to queensland and also to the north, to queensland and also to the south in victoria full of it promises to be another brutal day here in australia. Lets get some of the days other news. All Mcdonalds Restaurants in peru have closed for two days of mourning after the deaths of two teenagers on sunday. The young man and woman were electrocuted during their overnight cleaning shift at a branch in the capital, lima. Perus ministry of labour is to investigate the companys safety procedures. There are already outbreaks of measles in samoa, fiji, and tonga, and now authorities in kiribati in the Central Pacific are trying to contain their own outbreak a case has been confirmed there for the first time. An 11 month old boy is receiving treatment. Kiribati is several thousand kilometres from samoa, where measles has killed 76 people most of them children in recent weeks. Its emerged that the highest earning youtuber is an eight year old boy, and for the second year in a row. Ryan of ryans world reviews toys, and according to an annual top 10 ranking by forbes, that earned him 26 million this year up from 22 million, in 2018. There have been mass protests outside the stadium in barcelona ahead of a game with real madrid, which was postponed back in october because of widespread demonstrations then over the jailing of nine catalan separatist leaders. The barcelona fans and the other protesters want a legal referendum on independence for the North Eastern region of spain. Gavin dallow lee reports from barcelona. In the shadow of barcelonas football stadium tonight, the crowds outside are making a political point. Catalan independence demonstrators are outside every corner of the stadium, while record numbers of Police Stand Guard as one of the biggest spectacles in world football, real madrid and barcelona, takes place inside. Well, the demonstrations tonight have been largely peaceful, but small groups of catalan separatist protesters have been burning the dustbins all around the stadium and throwing projectiles at police. And theyve responded cat and mouse style, getting out and pressing then back. This game had already been postponed two months ago, given the tensions here in spains North East Region in the aftermath of the jailing of catalan separatist leaders for attempting independence in 2017. The gathering started hours before the match, and it was no coincidence that spains biggest Football Game was targeted. The clasico is seen by millions of people around the world. Every country where ive lived, for example, people can watch the clasico, right . So the opportunity that you have to send a message to the world is clear, and its, like, free. 0rganisers behind tonights actions say they will continue to target Public Events and places. The flames of the catalan protest movement shows little sign of dying out. Gavin lee, bbc news, barcelona. Stay with us on bbc news. Still to come meet the six Million Dollar dad the man who hopes his new bionic arm will make him a better father. Saddam hussein is finished because he killed our people, our women, our children. The signatures took only a few minutes, but they brought a formal end to 3. 5 years of conflict, a conflict that has claimed more than 200,000 lives. Before an audience of world leaders, the president s of bosnia, serbia and croatia put their names to the peace agreement. The romanian border was sealed and silent today. Romania has cut itself off from the outside world in order to prevent the details of the presumed massacre in timisoara from leaking out. From sex at the white house to a trial for his political life, the lewinsky affair tonight guaranteed bill clinton his place in history as only the second president ever to be impeached. This is bbc news. The latest headlines donald trump has become only the third president in the history of the United States to be impeached by the house of representatives. The focus will now turn to the republican controlled senate. Its widely believed mr trump will be acquitted and remain in office. More now on our top story anita kumar is White House Correspondent for politico. Thank you very much for your time. What do you make of what we have just seen . Its very dramatic today. Inaudible. We knew the democrats had enough votes to impeach and that the senators. Do so. Still, a very dramatic day here in washington. Anita, we are having some trouble with the connection. Lets stay with it. I hope you can hear me 0k. With the connection. Lets stay with it. I hope you can hear me ok. In a sense this has all gone on party lines as expected. It sounds very legal, but it is all in fact political. Thats right. He did come down to democrats versus republicans doesnt act it did, they guarantee that the president will not be removed from office and the president knows that. The senate, nobody in washington things that thinks the president will be removed from office. So how significant is it . Years only the third president to be impeached by the house. Democrats and a lot of the house. Democrats and a lot of the country think the president. Anita, you will have two forgive me. Anita, you will have two forgive me. Anita kumar, White House Correspondents dinnerfor anita kumar, White House Correspondents dinner for politico. The connection is so bad were not sure if we can stay with it White House Correspondent for politico. There is more information on the bbc news website. We will go back to anita if we can. There have been mass demonstrations across poland in protest against plans to punish judges if they question the governments planned changes to the judicial system. Lawmakers are due to vote on the proposals on thursday morning. Rich preston has this report. Thousands gathered in some 200 towns and cities across the country. Here in warsaw, huge crowds outside parliament. The governing law and Justice Party wants to introduce sweeping changes to the judicial system, and it wants to be able to find or sacked judges who question the reforms. The government says the changes are needed to tackle corruption and to modernise the system. It wants to be able to punishjudges who system. It wants to be able to punish judges who game the system. 0thers punish judges who game the system. Others say. They try to put us in jail, and if this law comes into force, they will succeed. Translation this law introduces sanctions against judges peoples decisions. Judges decisions. Sanctions against judges peoples decisions. Judges decisionsm does not allow them to work autonomously. Translation the adoption of this law means the separation of powers will be almost complete, the dish area will be subject to executive and legislative powers. The judiciary. But it could cause wider problems. Pollen is a member of the European Union and eu members agreed to eu law. Boland says the privacy laws could force it to leave the union. They also say it is a form of control from the government over the judiciary. Richard preston, bbc news. Lets bring you back to the top story, nancy pelosi is giving a press c0 nfe re nce. Story, nancy pelosi is giving a press conference. I would like to thank our chapman, all six of them chair thank our chapman, all six of them chaira man thank our chapman, all six of them chair a man chairmen was that i think you will be inspired by the moral courage of our caucus, especially our freshman members who reviewed the facts, understood the constitution, made their decision again to honour their oath of office. Im very proud of them. Speaker of the house of representatives, nancy pelosi there on capitol hill. We will have more to come in and next few hours. That move on for the moment to west africa. In west africas sahel region Big Questions about security and stability have led to the head of the French Military issuing a stark warning about its future. Theres been a French Military presence in the region since 2014. The chief of staff of the French Military says the future of west africas sahel region rests on what happens in the coming year and the threat of the so called Islamic StateGroup Filling a power a power vacuum. 0ur west africa correspondent Louise Dewast sent this special report from central burkina faso, where families have been forced from their homes. Aside from the shed of eatery, there is little comfort here for these little and children. Its been a month since they their village, leaving everything behind. Transition mark we didnt want to leave our homes, but we were so afraid. We heard gunshots. So we had to leave and come here. Translation . To leave and come here. Translation . They to leave and come here. Translation . They couldnt say who attacked their village, but islamist militants have been operating in the area. While they feel safe here, they are desperate for more support and they are not the only ones in urgent need. Weve just arrived on the top of a hill where two tents have been set up. About a dozen children are living here. Told they left their village about three months ago and theyve been living here under these tents, the girls on one side and the boys on the other side, and mostly living without any pa rents. Side, and mostly living without any parents. There is one mother present, and an aunt who helps out. For the most part, the children seem to be fending for themselves. The old est to be fending for themselves. The oldest is 13. Despite the conditions, she says she feels safer here. Translation i am here. 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