Hello and welcome to world news today. President tump has been reacting angrily today to moves by the democrats to impeach him. A whistleblower in the Us Intelligence service has accused mr trump of putting pressure on the Ukrainian Government during a phone call to investigate his democratic rivaljoe biden whos son was involved with a business there. Mr trump has accused the democrats of fabricating a version of his conversation with the ukrainian president. Hes sent out ten tweets on the subject so far. In his latest one the president says. However, the intelligence communitys Inspector General has described the whistleblowers complaint as credible. The speaker of the us house of representatives, nancy pelosi, has been speaking to the talk show morning joe about what happens next. I think we should move with purpose and expeditiously, not hastily though. And the matter is in the hands of the Intelligence Committee the leadership of adam of whom we are very proud and we are members of
While at university, have called on colleges to help stop protests by millions of young people that swept across the globe, demanding action against Climate Change, have come to a close. From australia to india, europe and the United States, they took to the streets to call for change. Their inspiration is teenage activist Greta Thunberg who told crowds in new york we will make them hear us. Nick bryant has the story. Dont let our people die Climate Change is not a lie the protests followed the sun. From the low lying Pacific Islands to drought ridden australia, from the streets of south africa to the Brandenburg Gate in berlin. The children of the world, the inheritors of our Climate Change crisis. What do we want . Climate justice when do we want it . Now young voices speaking with passion and urgency, because theirs is the future thats at stake. Considering we have such a short amount of time to turn this issue around, its vital that young people are at the forefront of this convers
Hello and welcome to bbc news. Impeachment proceedings appear to be gathering pace in the us as democrats say theyre hoping to hold hearings into President Trump, as early as next week. It follows claims from a whistle blower that mr trump put pressure on the president of ukraine, to investigate joe biden, the democratic frontrunner in the race for the white house. The subpoenas are already flying. Secretary of state mike pompeo has been ordered to hand over documents concerning contact with the Ukrainian Government by next friday. As the democratic controlled House Foreign Affairs Committee Puts it, your failure or refusal to comply with the subpoena shall constitute evidence of obstruction of the houses impeachment inquiry. President trump has lashed out at the inquiry saying its a witch hunt. Our north america editorjon sopel has the very latest. There is support and defiance but also there is anger. In a twitter feuds like this morning he took aim at the Democratic House intelligen
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In football, Kevin De Bruyne helps man city score a massive eight goals and secure victory against watford. And 75 years on from the battle of arnhem, a mass parachute drop takes place in the netherlands to mark what was known as operation Market Garden in world war two. Good evening. The labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn has intervened in an attempt to oust tom watson as his deputy, in a row thats overshadowed the start of labours conference in brighton. The grassroots group, momentum, had tabled a motion at the partys Ruling National Executive Committee to abolish tom watsons role. But this morning the nec backed Jeremy Corbyns proposal to review the position instead. Tom watson likened the ploy to remove him as a sectarian attack on a broad church. Our Political Correspondent iain watson reports. Despite the smiles, friends of the labour leader said he was livid when he found out of plans last night by fellow left wingers to oust his deputy, tom watson. There is no love lost between them b