The Trump Administration is facing fresh turmoil over its dealings with ukraine. The secretary of state mike pompeo has been ordered by the house of representatives to hand over documents as an impeachment investiogation continues. Congressional committees have also summoned five state department employees, including its special envoy to ukraine, kurt volker, who has now resigned. President trump says this is just a witch hunt. Our north america editor jon sopel reports. God bless you mr president. Theres support, theres defiance, but also theres anger. In a twitter fusillade this morning he took aim at the Democratic House chair of the house intelligence committee, adam schiff, the person who will play a key role in impeachment hearings. The Inspector General found that serious allegation of misconduct by the president credible. Donald trump said of him. And then the whistle blower who revealed details of the president s conversation with his ukrainian counterpart volodymyr zelensky.
Hello and welcome to bbc news. Democrats in the us house of representatives have stepped up their impeachment inquiry into President Trump. The us secretary of state, mike pompeo, has been ordered to hand over documents to an Oversight Committee in congress. Its trying to determine whether President Trump jeopardized National Security in his dealings with the government of ukraine. The committee has also ordered five members of mr pompeos staff to give evidence. One of those is kurt volker, who in the last few hours has been reported to have resigned from his position as the us special representative to ukraine. Our north america correspondent, jon sopel reports on how President Trump has reacted as the inquiry gathers steam. Man god bless you, mr president. Theres support, theres defiance, but also theres anger. In a twitter fusillade this morning he took aim at the democratic chair of the house intelligence committee, adam schiff, the person who will play a key role in impeachment he
To the impeachment investigation. Hosts japan make history by beating ireland for the first time with a stunning 19 12 victory at the rugby world cup. And coming up, click tests all things audio, by paragliding, breaking glass, and going to an eltonjohn concert, thats in half an hour here on bbc news. Good morning. As conservative mps gather in manchester this weekend for their Party Conference the Scottish National party has said it believes theres a realistic prospect of a no confidence vote being held next week to try to bring down borisjohnsons government in an attempt to avoid a no deal brexit. The snp would need the support of other opposition parties in order for the vote to pass but the liberal democrats and some tory rebels say they are not prepared to back the labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, as leader of a temporary government. The snp mp Stewart Hosie joins us from dundee. Thanks forjoining us. What likelihood is there then the vote of no confidence this and when . Well, i wou
Stability and a minimum of order certainly is essential to security. This is what will anchor a climate in which freedom and economic and social progress will flourish. Having tried to paint a picture of the security situation in central africa, one that encompasses the very notion of security that must necessarily address the challenge of the democratization and development, i would like now to go to my third and last point in this set of remarks. And here i will hone in on the expectations of africa as to its cooperation with the United States of america. Ladies and gentlemen, i call for a deepening, dare i say, a regrounding of relations between africa and the United States of america. It seems to me that africa and the usa are two continents that ignore each other rather than recognizing everything that should bring them together. It is time to change this anomalous state of affairs. And specifically to that end, i give to america five propositions. First, i invite the United State