Shortly in london. A man has been arrested over the death of an ex Royal Navy Officer who was hit as his car was stolen from outside his home in manchester. This couldve happened to absolutely anybody. You hear a noise downstairs, you go to see what it is. Its incredibly tragic. Any bit of information, we really need to hear it. Four tram drivers admit to falling asleep on a line in croydon, where seven people died after derailment last year. And the cities vying to take over from hull as uks next city of culture. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Im Karin Giannone Live In Paris where the centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron and the far right National Front Leader Marine Le Pen have made it through to the second round of the french president ial election. Macron who has never held Political Office told his supporters they had changed the face of French Politics, and it was his job to reconcile the country. Marine le pen described her victory as historic and said a vote for her was ke
Since the U.S. created the Summit of the Americas process in 1994 the summits have been burdened by international bureaucrats pushing for taxpayer-funded, statist development programs and hijacked by Hugo Chavez and other anti-American, anti-globalization activists. In its place, the Bush Administration should immediately announce a Western Hemisphere Trade Summit with the U.S.'s FTA partners, including Panama and Colombia.
when macron won in 2017, he won as the anti-trump candidate. she s a trump protege, a little softer and more mel ifluous. as far as it affects ukraine, marine le pen, who is the daughter of jean marie le pen, who founded the national front, she would take france out of nato. she s anti-immigration. she s anti-globalization. her party once upon a time wanted to take france out of the european union. it s the same kind of weaponization of grievance against globalization for people, for voters who feel left out, the lesser educated, the lesser employed. so it would be a grievous wound against the west and against nato and against the european union and against democracy if ms. le pen won. i am glad that you went broad because it is important to understand that context. i want to ask you on ukraine
From New York this is Democracy Now. To Democracy Now. Now Democracy Now dot org The War and Peace Report I m Amy Goodman on Capitol Hill the House Judiciary Committee will begin impeachment hearings next week into whether President Trump withheld military aid from Ukraine to pressure Ukraine to investigate his political rivals Joe Biden and his son Hunter the New York Times reports Trump knew about the whistleblower complaint about his July 25th phone call with the Ukrainian president and that Congress had been informed when Trump decided to unfreeze the withheld $391000000.00 in military aid an Office of Management and Budget official testified to the House Intelligence Committee that 2 of his colleagues quit after expressing concern and frustration about Trump s decision to withhold the aid and an anonymous senior Trump administration official who s blasted the administration said they would reveal themselves before the 2020 Alexion the official is the author of the book a warning