Hello and welcome. In breaking news this hour, there are reports that the us president s special representative for ukraine, kurt volker, has resigned. Its after he was named in the whistleblower complaint at the centre of impeachment proceedings into donald trump. Meanwhile those 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. 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. President trump has lashed out at the inquiry saying its a witch hunt. Our north america editor jon sopel looks at the days events in washington. We will bring you those details. We will be speaking to our correspondence shortly about that. Now we get the background and everything that has been happening. We have also been hearing about mike pompeo, he has been subpoenaed by those impeachmen
The taliban has condemned a decision by President Trump to cancel secret afghan peace talks at camp david, warning that american has the most to lose. It is a sudden halt after nine rounds of talks to try to end nearly 20 years of war in afghanistan. Our chief International Correspondent lyse doucet reports from kabul. A busy kabul junction. The attack said to have changed President Trumps mind. A young us soldier died here, a romanian, ten afghans, aged ten to 70. The taliban struck this kabul neighbourhood too, the very day last week the us said it had reached a deal in principle with the taliban to start bringing its troops home. Theyve been negotiating for nearly a year in the gulf state of qatar, and the taliban almost hit the diplomatic jackpot a trip to camp david to talk to President Trump, his classic high stakes summitry. But now, its off. A taliban spokesman sent us their response. A few days ago, the Peace Agreement was concluded with the us negotiation team, and it was ini
The taliban has condemned a decision by President Trump to cancel secret afghan peace talks at camp david, warning that america has the most to lose. Its a sudden halt after nine rounds of talks to try to end nearly 20 years of war in afghanistan. Our chief International Correspondent lyse doucet reports from kabul. A busy kabul junction. The attack said to have changed President Trumps mind. A young us soldier died here, a romanian, ten afghans, aged ten to 70. The president vented his fury on twitter. There is not a day without violence. Taliban struck this kabul neighbourhood last week, the very day last week the us said it had reached a deal in principle with the taliban to start bringing its troops home. Theyve been negotiating for nearly a year in the gulf state of qatar, and the taliban almost hit the diplomatic jackpot a trip to camp david to talk to President Trump, his classic high stakes summitry. But now, its off. A taliban spokesman sent us their response. A few days ago,
The taliban has condemned a decision by President Trump to cancel secret afghan peace talks at camp david, warning that america has the most to lose. Its a sudden halt after nine rounds of talks to try to end nearly 20 years of war in afghanistan. Our chief International Correspondent lyse doucet reports from kabul. A busy kabul junction. The attack said to have changed President Trumps mind. A young us soldier died here, a romanian, ten afghans, aged ten to 70. The president vented his fury on twitter. There is not a day without violence. Taliban struck this kabul neighbourhood last week, the very day last week the us said it had reached a deal in principle with the taliban to start bringing its troops home. Theyve been negotiating for nearly a year in the gulf state of qatar, and the taliban almost hit the diplomatic jackpot a trip to camp david to talk to President Trump, his classic high stakes summitry. But now, its off. A taliban spokesman sent us their response. A few days ago,
Our first report is from our North America correspondent nomia iqbal. On this vote, the yays are 311 and the nays are 112. The bill is passed. The moment has been a long time coming. After more than six months, a bill pledging further military aid for ukraine finally passed. Translation today we have got the decision we were waiting for on the american Support Package for which we fought so hard. President zelensky, how is. . President zelensky had personally met with us lawmakers to lobby for support. Many in congress waved ukrainian plans during voting, but there was still divisions, with members of the Democratic Party backing kyiv, others in the Republican Party not so much. But this is the sell out of america today. When we have members of congress in there waving the ukrainian flag on the United States House Of Representatives floor, while were doing nothing to secure our border . I think every american in this country should be furious. But the house speaker, republican mikejohn