this is bbc news — it's newsday. welcome to the programme. starting with news in the us where its been a busy day for politics, with president biden at the centre of events — both willingly and unwillingly. the day began with the republicans in congress launching impeachment hearings. they accuse him of profiting from his son's business ventures while serving as vice president. it's worth noting that several previous investigations, including one by thejustice department, hasn't found any evidence of that, but the republicans say there is a case to answer. the house oversight and accountability committee has uncovered a mountain of evidence revealing howjoe biden abused his public office for his family's financial gain. the years, president biden has lied to the american people about his knowledge of and participation in his family's corrupt as schemes. —— business. while that was happening in washington, president biden was making his way to arizona, where he made the latest of his set piece speeches as he campaigns for re—election. this one was about threats to democracy and it's pretty clear where he thinks they're coming from. and there is something dangerous happening in america now. there is an extremist movement and it does not share the basic beliefs in our democracy. the maga movement. not every republican, not even the majority of republicans subscribed to the maga ideology. they know because they have been able to work with republicans my whole career. but there's no question today's republican party is driven and intimidated by maga extremists. there are extreme representative carried out in all the institutions we know it. earlier, i spoke to sean dilley, our correspondent in washington, to get the latest. there is no history of any present successfully being removed from office, because once an impeachment process happens it's then down to the upper chamber in congress, the senate, to vote by a 2000 majority to remove that person from office. we saw that with both donald trump's impeachments and before that the senate would not do the —— two—thirds. there is a 51—30 —— 49 democrat majority. there is not really much chance of that. why now? the speaker, kevin mccarthy, is under a loss of pressure from the hard—line republican party, people including, say, matt gaetz and marjorie taylor greene, head of what is looking like, increasingly, a government shutdown this sunday. the politicians in congress have got till midnight on saturday to reach a deal there. what this is about is mr mccarthy keeping that support of the hard—line of the republican party stopping himself has said he not even move towards impeachment proceedings without a vote on the house, you know, of congress, men and women, socially, of the house of representatives. he did go ahead anyway. he buckled under ahead anyway. he buckled under a lot of pressure. you have to bearin a lot of pressure. you have to bear in mind that the speaker in congress is not like speak in, for example, the uk house of commons or the canadian house of commons. like his democratic party predecessor, nancy pelosi, kevin mccarthy is a highly partisan political operator and he is playing to the ground because ultimately he is worried about his own position. sean dilley reporting there. as forformer president as for former president donald trump he was not in the public eye but there is one new slide report. his lawyers have now said he will not be seeking to move a criminal case that alleges he was part of a conspiracy to overturn his 2020 presidential election loss in georgia from a state court to a federal court. now, that could shorten the time it would take for a trial involving mr strom to take place. no date has been set for that though it is unlikely it was not until early next year. mr trump denies those allegations. to the big headline that came out of europe now. the dutch police have arrested a gunman after three people died in shootings in the city of rotterdam. officers say the 32—year—old opened fire in a house before setting it on fire, then entered a local medical centre opening fire. anna holligan has sent this report from rotterdam. the suspect has been named tonight by the justice department, tonight by thejustice department, a student. rotterdam's student community is in shop one of their own members suspected of multiple killings. 0ne members suspected of multiple killings. one of the teachers among the dead. supper at the razma's medical centre say the killings have left a scar on the entire community. a place where people learn how to save lives. he came to take them. the suspected government was a student studying at the erasmus university, which is affiliated with the hospital. as shots rang out, staff were rapidly evacuated, some pushing their patients to safety. 0thers terrified and trapped, tapes call to help for hospital windows. we cannot get out. translation: we windows. we cannot get out. translation:— windows. we cannot get out. translation: ~ ., ., , translation: we heard there was a shootinu. translation: we heard there was a shooting. first _ translation: we heard there was a shooting. first we _ translation: we heard there was a shooting. first we all _ translation: we heard there was a shooting. first we all had - translation: we heard there was a shooting. first we all had to - a shooting. first we all had to stay inside and then suddenly we all had to go outside. i was working with children and we had to get them all out of the consulting rooms and then we ran outside.— ran outside. elite police units, including - ran outside. elite police| units, including snipers, stormed the hospital as the suspect rampaged through. —year—old male electro was shot deadin —year—old male electro was shot dead in one of the classrooms. footage has emerged showing a man in camouflage clothing being taken from the hospital building in handcuffs. a mile away, this was the site of the first shooting. he is suspected of killing a woman who was 39 and her 14—year—old daughter and her 14—year—old daughter and then lighting a fire. the motives are still unclear. all the indications are he was acting alone. anna holligan, bbc news, rotterdam. 0n the news of the ongoing tension between as a baseline and armenia. it's now thought around 70,000 people have fled their homes in the small region of nagorno—karabakh, a landlocked area in the south caucasus mountains. it's internationally recognised as part of azerbaijan, but for three decades has been controlled and largely occupied by armenians, many of whom are now trying to escape, after an azerbaijani military incursion, to retake control. on thursday separatist leaders say they're officially ending independence efforts. 0ur eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford has the very latest. the children of nagorno—karabakh have known two was in their short lives. now they have fled as refugees. the land they grew up on has been disputed for decades, but for them it was just home. disputed for decades, but for them it wasjust home. their father fought them it wasjust home. their fatherfought for them it wasjust home. their father fought for karabakh in 2020 and again last week. so i ask how he feels about leaving, about surrender. translation: , h, about surrender. translation: , , , translation: very bad, terribly bad. could you _ translation: very bad, terribly bad. could you have _ translation: very bad, terribly bad. could you have got - translation: very bad, terribly bad. could you have got more . bad. could you have got more hel ? bad. could you have got more help? what — bad. could you have got more help? what else _ bad. could you have got more help? what else could - bad. could you have got more help? what else could we - bad. could you have got more | help? what else could we do? i'm too upset. _ help? what else could we do? i'm too upset. why _ help? what else could we do? i'm too upset. why can't - help? what else could we do? i i'm too upset. why can't answer these questions. the i'm too upset. why can't answer these questions.— these questions. the armenian border town — these questions. the armenian border town has _ these questions. the armenian border town has taken - these questions. the armenian border town has taken in - these questions. the armenian border town has taken in so - border town has taken in so many refugees, some are sleeping in their cars. vehicles that now carry a life was back with the possessions. the exodus happened so quickly, many here still seem stunned. there is a giant scramble to help the tens of thousands in need, including the most vulnerable. donations are flooding in, scooped up by exhausted families who have often travelled four days to reach here. sophia and angelina are still recovering from their trip and from ude under fire are still recovering from their trip and from ude underfire in their village right on the front line. marian�*s husband was hit by shrapnel then, but he didn't want to be filmed. the family are being hosted by a woman who fled nagorno—karabakh in the last war. now she is helping a new wave of refugees. today, they all saw the official decree that the separatist republic, which they call artsakh, is being resolved. translation: zzii , ., , being resolved. translation: [111 , ., , , translation: 30 years building our lives there _ translation: 30 years building our lives there and _ translation: 30 years building our lives there and then - translation: 30 years building our lives there and then they - our lives there and then they say there is no artsakh anymore. that is a tragedy for the armenian people. but we have no strength left to fight because we were left alone. we were abandoned. nagorno—karabakh is rapidly emptying out. but as they go, the ethnic armenians are not only leaving their homes and their property, they are also surrounding their long dream of independence. let's now take a look at some other stories in the headlines. an american soldier has landed backin an american soldier has landed back in the us after being freed by north korea. travis king had been serving in south korea when he crossed the border into the north. us officials say they will be focusing on mr king's medical evaluation and reuniting him with his family before looking at a disciplinary issues. the us is offering a $5 million reward for information leading to the arrest of those behind the killing of an ecuadorian presidential candidate, a former lawmaker and proceeding journalist who was gunned down in august, less than two weeks before the residential election. ecuadorian police have arrested six suspects who they say are all colombians belonging to criminal groups. health and women's rights activists have been predestined in mexico city to mark international safe abortion day. crowds have been marching through the city and it comes as mexico's supreme court decriminalised abortion earlier this month. it was a huge victory for abortion rights advocates was for the ruling since 2021. the 15—year—old girl stabbed to death on her way to school in south london yesterday has now been named as elianne andam. herfamily yesterday has now been named as elianne andam. her family have been to the scene on thursday night and paid tribute to their daughter who was, they said, the light of their lives. they say they cannot comprehend what happened. the actor sir michael gambon, who played albus dumbledore in six of the harry potter films, has died in hospital at the age of 82. sir michael, who won four tv baftas, worked across television, film, radio, and theatre in a career that spanned nearly six decades. david sillito looks back on his career. welcome, welcome to another year at hogwarts. michael gambon as dumbledore. a great acting talent who never took it too seriously. tom! tom, you are sitting here! 0h, back where i started? his stage breakthrough was in alan ayckbourn�*s the norman conquests, and in particular, a scene in which he ends up dining on the little chair. you are all right where you are. good evening. carry on, talk amongst yourselves. no, not that one. the table was down like that. i actually saw a bloke one night fall out of his seat in the circle, laughing. i mean, you couldn't stop them. the whole house up. brilliant. i'm sorry, the shame... but it was the tv drama the singing detective that truly made him a household name. however, his screen career had begun... i'm gavin kerr! ..with a bit of scottish swashbuckling in the borderers. he left school without any qualifications, but he had a talent for acting which led to dozens of roles on stage and screen. here's your chance to improve your table conversation. here, in the cook, the thief, his wife and her lover, with helen mirren. i'm going to smile when i think about mike, because he was incredibly funny. he had this natural irish sense of humour. naughty, but very, very funny. an extraordinary actor. what do you want? i brought you some coffee. if i wanted coffee, i'd have rung for it. and we will all miss him a lot. his name was also famously attached to a certain corner on top gear. laughter. applause he enjoyed the accolade. he had a taste for devilment and hoodwinking gullible journalists. please... dumbledore and harry potter may have brought him a new global recognition, but he was defiantly un—starry. he described his face as looking like an old wet bag. but in beckett's ehjoe, he could use it to hold an audience without saying a word. beneath that cloak of mischief was a seriously good actor. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bringing you different stories from — bringing you different stories from across the uk. most of the time _ from across the uk. most of the time i_ from across the uk. most of the time i keep this wretched thing out of— time i keep this wretched thing out of the way and out of sight _ out of the way and out of siuht. , , out of the way and out of siuht. ,, ., ., sight. zipped it away and for: et sight. zipped it away and forget it- _ sight. zipped it away and forget it. that _ sight. zipped it away and forget it. that has - sight. zipped it away and forget it. that has been. forget it. that has been 79—year—old tricia's solution ever since she got her new phone and it is the same story for so many older people who have been invited to these free it sessions in birmingham. from the old school _ it sessions in birmingham. from the old school where _ it sessions in birmingham. from the old school where we - it sessions in birmingham. from the old school where we used . it sessions in birmingham. from the old school where we used a i the old school where we used a face—to—face deal with banks and people and get feedback and any difficulties we have then, you know, it was much easier. this class in the city centre is the first of around 1000 which bt and a uk charity, ability net, running up and down the country. with more services moving online, people in this session though they have to change with the times. there are 11 mainly people in the uk who do not have the basic digital skills they need. we know that people over 65 are ten times more likely to fall into that category. you are life with bbc news. four of six women rescued from the back of a lorry in france on wednesday must leave the country within 30 days, a french public prosecutor said. the four vietnamese and two iraqi women were found by police after getting into the lorry, which they believed was heading for the uk. one of the women spoke from inside the vehicle to a bbcjournalist, who then contacted the french police. six young women sitting inside a lorry in france. i six young women sitting inside a lorry in france.— a lorry in france. i cannot take a breath. _ a lorry in france. i cannot take a breath. she - a lorry in france. i cannot take a breath. she was i a lorry in france. i cannot take a breath. she was in j a lorry in france. i cannot i take a breath. she was in a very distressed _ take a breath. she was in a very distressed stage. - take a breath. she was in a very distressed stage. i - take a breath. she was in a | very distressed stage. i was panicking. i thought we did not have a lot of time left to get out safely and realised that there were three people in the group supposed to be together with them but those people decided not to get into the truck and they took a photo of the number of the lorry. they were in and i sent the information to the police to check the lorry. at the beginning i was so horrified. i wanted to cry. i thought i was the only one who could help limit that point and they did not know where to point them. you must have felt a great sense _ you must have felt a great sense of— you must have felt a great sense of responsibility because you have — sense of responsibility because you have the power to potentially save their lives. i did potentially save their lives. did not potentially save their lives. 1 did not think i had any potentially save their lives. i did not think i had any power. ijust tried my best. ijust feel relieved that finally they are safe. now toa to a developing story we are keeping a close eye on. nearly 1,000 people have died of dengue in bangladesh. authorities say this is the country's most severe outbreak of the disease yet and they are struggled to contain the spread of the disease with hospitals overwhelmed. bbc bengali service corresponent akbar hossain gave us an update of the situation from dhaka. this is a very extraordinary situation. we have seen this monsoon. i have got the just published figure by the bangladesh's health department, which says that nearly 200,000 people have been tested positive for dengue and nearly 1000 people died. and in the last several months and the death figure is increasing every day. and we can see that every day 13 to 15 people are dying in recent weeks and the number of infected people infected with dengue is increasing every day. initially, it started in dhaka city. the dengue outbreak, the mosquito borne viral fever. now it is spread across the country in all 64 districts and patients are increasing in bangladesh's rural areas. as you mentioned earlier, the hospitals are overwhelming many hospitals in bangladesh are now over capacity. so they are struggling to cope with the patient. and many hospitals are facing the shortage of intravenous fluid, which is necessary to treat their dengue patients, to rehydrate them. so in the meantime, you know, the government has launched awareness campaign to prevent dengue, but with no success. many experts say that this issue, when they warned that the dengue outbreak might be at the severe stage, but it was not taken care of by the authorities because they thought it was a seasonal disease and it might go away. so there was no long term planning to curb mosquito and to fight against mosquito and because this is a mosquito borne viral disease. the maldives will be choosing a new president this weekend in a run—off race that has been framed as a choice between new delhi, on one hand, and beijing's on the other. the incumbent developed close diplomatic and commercial relations with india while his challenger advocates closer ties with china. but the geopolitical rivalry is hanging over an election that is dominated by issues from terrorism to climate change. earlier — i spoke to azim zahir — a maldives analyst and a lecturer at the university of western australia. i asked him if the maldives was caught in a tug—of—war between india and china. there is a truth to some extent to that. in fact if you look at the opposition campaign, one of the key pledges is that independent sovereignty is under threat and that is from india so a key pledge keep for him is that if he gets elected he would be seen to send back indian technical and navy personnel stationed in the maldives. so one of his key pledges is that he's going to send back these indian personnel present in the maldives and a core part of his voter base, the most vocal part has been conducting an india 0ut campaign and that will not be taken very positively by the other. if the opposition gets elected then there could be a very serious diplomatic row between the two. from a local perspective, the kind of rivalry between india and china doesn't completely define this election. there are a lot of issues that are more locally driven but to the extent that international affaires are concerned, this is definitely a contest between two political parties with completely different sides when it comes to india — china rivalry and the growing competition within the indian ocean. the barbie film has found its way into russian cinema streams or rather an unauthorised copy. pro— kremlin politicians have denounced the film. steve rosenberg reports. russia's leaders accuse the west of destabilising russia. and of plotting to dismember russia. they claim there is something ungodly about western values. so they are not exactly tickled pink by her arrival. the barbie movie has made it to moscow despite hollywood sanctions. a pirated version, that is. russia's culture ministry has criticised it for not promoting what it calls traditional russian values. this mp wants barbie dolls banned from russian kindergartens.- banned from russian kindergartens. banned from russian kinderaartens. ., kindergartens. and as for the film? for— kindergartens. and as for the film? for me _ kindergartens. and as for the film? for me it _ kindergartens. and as for the film? for me it is _ kindergartens. and as for the film? for me it is so - kindergartens. and as for the film? for me it is so far - kindergartens. and as for the film? for me it is so far from j film? for me it is so farfrom reality that i don't think it promotes what racial wants to have with the world today? what does russia want to bring? some people talk about traditional values. ., .., people talk about traditional values. ., .«i people talk about traditional values. ., ., ~ ., values. how can you talk about the values _ values. how can you talk about the values as _ values. how can you talk about the values as representative i values. how can you talk about the values as representative ofj the values as representative of a country that has invaded its neighbour. we a country that has invaded its neighbour-— a country that has invaded its neiuhbour. ~ ., ., , neighbour. we have a different position on _ neighbour. we have a different position on that. _ neighbour. we have a different position on that. we _ neighbour. we have a different position on that. we believe i position on that. we believe that our neighbour was so aggressive to us.- that our neighbour was so aggressive to us. you hear this so often from _ aggressive to us. you hear this so often from those _ aggressive to us. you hear this so often from those in - aggressive to us. you hear this so often from those in power l so often from those in power here. even though it was rational invaded ukraine they say does not russia who is the aggressor, is america, nato, the west who are threatening russia. the authorities use this alleged threat to rally russians around the flag, to boost patriotism. it is about love for the motherland, not barbie land. and so you get more of this kind of entertainment. a three—hour drive from moscow we find paratrooper popstars. singing of russia's invincibility. for this top of the patriotic pops, almost a full house. 0n the screen behind them, no barbie or canjust vladimir. do screen behind them, no barbie or can just vladimir. do these patriotic notes strike a chord? to find out i asked people about the barbie movie? translation:— about the barbie movie? translation: ., translation: right now we need atriotic translation: right now we need patriotic russian _ translation: right now we need patriotic russian films _ translation: right now we need patriotic russian films to - patriotic russian films to raise morale and tree tells me. and we need to cut out western habits from our lives. this woman thinks art is universal. to become a more commercial cultured and sociable person, she says, you need to watch films from other countries. but being cultured and sociable are not russia's priorities now. those are boosting patriotism and winning a war. steve rosenberg, bbc news, russia. before we go a quick look at this. a teenage boy has been arrested in connection with the cutting down of one of the uk's most photographed trees. the sycamore gap tree on hadrian's wall has been famous in a key scene in kevin costner�*s 1991 film robin hood prince of thieves. it was also a piece of solace that place of solace for many. after a ll after all the cloud around on thursday and the heavy overnight rain, friday looks to be dry and bright for many of us thanks to a ridge of high pressure so good sunny spells around to start the day but there will be some showers developing mainly on the north and west of the uk and these will be frequent across the and west of scotland, close to this area of low pressure. a squeeze on the isobars here so windy day come across scotland with scales here and later went further south. there could be a weather front bearing the far south—east through the morning. it will do so and then there is plenty of sunshine around. it will feature further north and here is where we will see most of the showers with some of them and that make heavy and thundery and gales up to 55 miles an hour. in the south, showers patterning western coastal areas otherwise it is mainly dry. 20 degrees in the south—east, not quite as warm and humid as it has been. a fresher field and humid as it has been. a fresherfield of things. as and humid as it has been. a fresher field of things. as we had through friday night with the slightly cooler air mass, skies and when turning light for a while we will see mist and fog develop and it will also be a chilly night to come. single figures across the board, as i was three or four degrees across rural aberdeenshire. into the weekend we have high pressure bringing fine unsettled weather to start with and this next frontal system will sweep into central western and northern areas through the day. so we start chilly and i was sunshine and then the sunshine will become hazy as the frontal system moves in. but most of the rain will be across northern ireland and wales, northern england pushing into southern scotland. the far north of scotland, southern south—east england should stay dry with sunshine although hazy at times. 20 degrees and mid—teens where we have wind and rain. into sunday it looks like that front clears its way into the north sea and we will have a hang back with the weather front across england and wales. something a bit cloudierfor england england and wales. something a bit cloudier for england and wales with splashes of rain. brightening up in the afternoon and brighter sunshine, a couple showers in the north and west here the mid— high teens but warmer and muddier across the up warmer and muddier across the up to 23 degrees. it is mixed into the new week and it will start off unsettled with settling down around the middle part of the week and we will see showers across northern areas by the end of the week and it stays fine unsettled in the south. evergrande's once highflying german comes under police surveillance in china. we will have more on what that means for the well�*s most indebted property developer. and the clock is ticking on capitol hill. will hard right republicans give in or will they trigger a government shutdown? hello and welcome to asia business report with me, arunoday mukharji. we're beginning in china with evergrande and the that it's once highflying chairman, hui ka yan, has been placed under police surveillance. 0n ka yan, has been placed under police surveillance. on a statement on thursday the world's most indebted developers that that measures against him were taken due to suspected merriment or conduct. without offering any further details. early in the day evergreens are trading in its shares had also been suspended. now, that is just one shares had also been suspended. now, that isjust one month after the firm's previous 17 month suspension had been lifted. katherine shi as