As the queens speech spells out the ambition of borisjohnsons new government. My governments priority is to deliver the united kingdoms departure from the European Union on the 31st of january. One of the worlds biggest free trade agreements, the us mexico canada deal, is set to be passed by the us congress anytime now. Well be live in new york with all the latest. Yesterday, donald trump was impeached by the house of representatives. Next comes a trial in the senate. But today, democrats are saying theyll hold off sending the articles of impeachment to the Senate Unless republicans change their terms. Well have more on that in a moment, but first in the last hour President Trump has been speaking. I dont feel like i am being engaged, because its a hoax, its a setup, its a horrible thing they did. They happen to have a small majority and they took that small majority and they took that small majority and they forced people and they said, oh, no, we dont want to talk to anybody, they put the arm on everybody, they tried to get them to do what they wanted to do for the many people were likejeff but they didnt want to vote that way. President trump has also announced that this man, white house lawyer pat sipolloney, is likely to be his main lawyer for the Senate Impeachment trial. But a standoff is developing between the republicans and democrats over how that will proceed. Heres the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi. Wed like to see a fair process, but well see what they have and well be ready for whatever it is. Is that your requirement, you need to see fair process before sending it over . We would hope there would be a fair process, just as we hope that they would honour the constitution, by the way. I didnt see it but i heard some of what Mitch Mcconnell said today, and it reminded me that our founders, when they wrote the constitution, they suspected that there could be a rogue president. I dont think they suspected that we could have a rogue president and a rogue leader in the senate at the same time. So republicans and democrats are arguing over how the trial will proceed. But in the end the republicans have a majority in the senate, and their leader there is Mitch Mcconnell. The opposition to impeachment was bipartisan. Only one part of one faction wanted this outcome. The houses conduct risks deeply damaging the institutions of american government. This particular house of representatives has let its partisan rage at this particular president create a toxic new precedent that will echo well into the future. So could this become a drawn out affair. Heres michael izikoff, the chief investigative correspondent at yahoo news. That leaves open the question that, rather than a rapid trial, as a lot of us had expected for quite some time, this could be prolonged. We dont know yet. At the heart of the disagreement is witnesses. The democrats want former and Current White House staffers to give testimony at the senate trial. Senator mcconnell has blocked that move. Heres the leading democrat in the senate, chuck schumer. If the house case is so weak, why is leader mcconnell so afraid of witnesses and documents . We believe the house case is strong, very strong, but if the republican leader believes its so weak, why is he so afraid of relevant witnesses and documents, which will not belong things very long in our proposal, four hours for each witness. Which will not prolong things. And just a reminder there were witnesses at the last impeachment trial, that of bill clinton. But they gave evidence in private, and excerpts were played during the trial. There is no sign the republicans are even considering that form of witness statement. A few things to work through with gary odonoghue. What has mr trump been saying . As you would expect, not feeling he has been impeached, and i think thats a reference to the idea that there is not a ground swell in the country or people on the streets, i think that is what he is driving at. Difficult to assess that, really, but also wrapping himself in the grand old pa rtys cloak, parading wrapping himself in the grand old partys cloak, parading today a convert from the democrats, a member of congress who has switched over to the republican side who voted against impeachment last night as a democrat, in effect, so he has been going down that line, and also talking a little bit about the senate trial, he was asked whether he might have the white House Counsel as his lawyer, and he indicated that might be an idea, the official white House Counsel, and therefore he is actually the president s lawyer. Bank a matter of that isnt confirmed . He free wheels in these situations, their in mind, answering questions. It doesnt necessarily mean that will happen, and given that we dont know the rules of the senate trial yet, you might want to hang on to see what kind of lawyer and what kind of team you would assemble, given those rules, so i think that is, asi given those rules, so i think that is, as i say, just him shooting the breeze of it, like he does stop for the democrats, is there a calculation, the longer this goes on, the more political time and capital they use up for something they know probably wont end up in impeachment . What is their thinking . I think there are upsides and downsides, and nobody how can predict how the cards will fall in terms of the legacy of this impeachment, whether it would be politically advantageous one way or the other, but the longer it goes on, the democrats might get some concessions in that senate trial, but the problem is they have got their own business of choosing a president ial candidate to do, and several of them are senators who have been involved in the trial, and that process begins in february, so they cant hang on too long. They dont want the trial going on to that sort of period. And they might see some erosion of their support in the opinion polls if they are seen to be dragging theirfeet on the opinion polls if they are seen to be dragging their feet on the process. There are a number of para meters process. There are a number of parameters that come into play, and thatis parameters that come into play, and that is why i think you are seeing nancy pelosi in particular being very cautious with her own party, refusing to allow any triumphalism over this, because that would risk alienating the public, i am sure. We have spoken to gary every day this week, and we have also talked about australia. Hundreds of fires continue to burn out of control across australia. And there are more fatalities. Two nsw rfs volunteer firefighters have died tonight near buxton, in south western sydney. These are all the current fires burning. There is a particular concentration in New South Wales, but there are many others elsewhere. And theyre likely to worsen with more hot, dry weather is forecast. Australia is waking up to another day of extreme heat. Its the hottest place in the world right now. Thursday set a new record the average temperature was 41. 9 celsius. But temperatures in some places went much higher. In south australia, temperatures reached 49. 9 degrees. Thats so hot the roads melted. Of course, australia is always hot and dry at this time of year, but not like this. The fire season has started earlier and the temperatures are higher. That is why we are seeing more and more pictures like this coming in. This is from the Blue Mountains to the west of sydney. This is the same fire its being called the mega blaze because several fires have come together. Already over 400,000 hectares have been burnt and its not finished yet. Across the state of New South Wales where all of these pictures are from a state of emergency has been declared. And these fires are affecting air quality. These pictures are from sydney where doctors say the smokes causing a health crisis. The bbcs phil mercer is in sydney, where extreme heat and smoke have become part of every day. The streets here in sydneys outer western suburbs are almost deserted. Air quality is at a hazardous level. It is so bad. My eyes are stinging, my throat is dry and my lungs feel sore from all of the smoke blown in from the bushfires. Scientists say extreme weather events like these fires are becoming more frequent and more extreme because of Climate Change. And despite the overwhelming scientific consensis around Climate Change, it remains a controversial issue in australia. Bear in mind fossilfuels which contribute a great deal to Climate Change are a major australian export. Look at how the story is being covered differently. Here are two headlines in fridays newspapers one in the Sydney Morning Herald, considered to be editorially left leaning, the other from the Rupert Murdoch owned right leaning newspaper the australian. You can see the australian trumpeting coal exports and taking aim at a group of former fire chiefs who criticised the governments actions at the recent un Climate Summit in spain. Heres what they said earlier this week. We had no moral leadership, as we saw in madrid. The bushfires were not even mentioned. Other countries were aghast that, while australia burns, our government went over there and argued against tougher emissions standards. This has to change. Id like to tell you what Prime MinisterScott Morrison thinks about this weeks escalation. But hes on holiday so i cant. Thats prompted plenty of people to use the hashtag wherethebloodyhellareyou. Thats a reference to this Tourism Campaign slogan which was launched when he headed the tourism agency. The model who was in that campaign has evenjoined in. The acting Prime Minister has defended mr morrison. Everybody deserves a break. Hes worked hard this year. Hes achieved great things for australia. Everybody deserves a holiday. Protestors have been demonstrating outside the Prime Ministers sydney home hes not there of course. But the holiday isnt their main issue its his governments policies on climate and energy. Remember this from 2017. He brought a piece of coal into parliament to show his support for the industry. Australia is the worlds biggest exporter of coal most of it goes to china and japan. And coal mining employs 38,000 australians. Despite that, the protesters outside his house are saying things have to change. Heatwaves are becoming longer and more severe. Our bushfire season is creeping into spring and winter. We are living in a dangerous climate and it is time for our Prime Minister to get out of the pockets of the coal and gas lobby groups and start thinking about the future of australians. Australia was criticised in madrid for a plan where it will attempt to meet its commitments under Paris Climate Accord in part by using emissions credits it earned several years back under a previous climate plan. The Paris Agreement aims to keep the global temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees celsius above pre industrial levels. Its architect the former french environment minister Laurence Tubiana has said. So some strident criticism. But Scott Morrison has repeatedly defended the countrys Climate Policies here he is at the un back in september. Australias internal and global critics on Climate Change willingly overlook or perhaps ignore our achievements, as the facts simply dont fit the narrative they wish to project about our contribution. Australia is responsible forjust 1. 3 of global emissions. Australia is doing our bit on Climate Change. Earlier this year, the thinktank the Lowee Institute released a report which found 64 of the population sees Climate Change as a critical threat. Have a look at this graph from the report the dark blue here shows the number of people who say Global Warming is a serious problem and want steps taken even if that involves significant costs. Then in light blue are the people who think its a threat, but believe in more gradual action. The orange is people who want to be sure that Climate Change poses a threat before any steps are taken that may have economic consquences. Have a look at how that compares globally this is research from 2018. It looks at attitudes towards Climate Change. The dark green here shows how many people consider global Climate Change a major threat. Australia is a long way down the list in terms of percentage of people who are actively concerned. The bbcs been speaking to people in sydney. Dont get me started on the government thats just. Yeah, he should be doing so much more. The bushfires, ithink, are just a normal part of australia. A little bit worse this year, but ten years ago was the same, and i am not so sure that Climate Change is responsible for what we are experiencing here. Latika burke is a journalist with the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper, based in london. I spoke to her earlier. There has been a very ferocious debate in australia for about the last decade, and its been split largely down this idea that the Climate Science is something that can be questioned, Climate Change, if it is happening at all, is not the fault of human activity, and then on the other side disbelief that we should have been acting a lot earlier to introduce Carbon Trading schemes, something was tried and failed the government was defeated over, and the other idea, that we should be also transitioning our very fossil fuel dependent economy to renewables. So far, those debates have not really had any outcome. Its continued to slip. As we just saw in your excellent summation, with no resolution except what we are seeing this summer, and that is a catastrophic weather event, which scientists always said to australians australia would be at the front line of Climate Change. When it comes, it will mean more extreme weather events of what we already experience, and thats the floods, thats the droughts and the bushfires. Help me understand the coal industry within political discourse in australia. I was mentioning 38,000 people work within it. Thats a significant number, but its not a huge number in the context of australias population but it seems, looking from afar, the coal industry has become symbolic of something larger. Well, australia has not had a recession. At a time when the global recession happened, the Global Financial crisis happened, australia kept growing as an economy, and that was largely because of our mining industry. So australians also inherently understand that that is part of our lifeblood. If we are going to transition to a cleaner economy, it has to be done gradually, so there has been a reluctance in the australian political psyche to have to pay for what we know is coming. I think that is probably starting to change, and extreme weather events like this certainly underline, and the reaction, particularly among younger members of the community, that australia has not lifted its weight enough. Younger members of the community may be more minded to be worried about Climate Change anyway but i wonder, as your newspaper interacts with its leadership, whether you can see this particular bushfire crisis shifting the dialogue in australia . Yes, we have had an enormous response to our paper, the Sydney Morning Herald. We had thousands and thousands of readers writing in, anxious and worried about this. To put this into context, some of my friends at home have been texting me that their children cannot go out to play, children cannot go to summer camp and spend a day outdoors. They have all been indoors. Children are coming home with their eyes swollen and red. This is not normal in australia. And well have more on that story from our science editor David Shukman later in this edition of outside source. Stay with us on outside source. Inafew in a few minutes, news from russia. Three people have been killed in a shoot out close to the Security Services hq in moscow. A man who murdered his baby son and tried to kill his partner has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 23 years at newcastle crown court. Fiona trott has this report. No tears, no hysteria. Not what youd expect from a man whod just murdered his baby. It stabbed his partner as well to stop how come you have got blood on you . partner as well to stop how come you have got blood on you . I killed her. Amazingly, his partner, andrea, survived. She was stabbed six times. Today she made this statement. But he made her a victim throughout their relationship, a victim of coercive control, a very different life to the one portrayed on social media. This is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. Our lead story is. President trump may have been impeached but republicans and democrats are now locked in a standoff over how the senate trial will proceed. At least one person has been killed and five wounded in a shooting in moscow. A gunman reportedly opened fire outside the headquarters of the Security Services, the fsb, in central moscow. Part of the shootout was captured on camera. Heavy gunfire. More details have been emerging about the incident. The fsb has said this was a lone attacker, who has now been neutralised. Heres olga ivshina from bbc