Severe flooding in the italian tourist city. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington where President Trump has again denounced the impeachment inquiry into him as the first public hearings got under. It started with testimony from the acting Us Ambassador to ukraine. Bill taylor said it was clear to him the white house was making both military aid and a visit to washington by the ukrainian president conditional on ukraine launching an investigation into mr trumps democratic rival joe biden and his son. Our north america editor jon sopel has been watching. History in the house. This is like the super bowl for politics, the day the impeachment hearings go public. And coast to coast, all the Us Tv Networks are gearing up for the unfolding drama that could be the decisive moment of the trump presidency. And early this morning, in the white house residence, the light is o
It is also the kind of immigration we have got. We want people coming here who want to contribute but we have to control the costs. The labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn refuses to confirm whether or not Free Movement of people from the eu will be included in the partys general election manifesto. My instinct is to recognise that the economies are interdependent around the world, that we all benefit from people moving to and working in different societies. The government and the armed forces are accused of covering up illegal killings by british troops in afghanistan and iraq. And in half an hour the bbcs Technology Programme click looks at the perils of the gig economy. Prince andrew has categorically denied having any sexual contact with a woman, who says she was forced to have sex with him when she was 17. He told Bbcs Newsnight he could not have been with Virginia Roberts on the day in question in 2001 as he was at home after spending the afternoon at a Pizza Express in woking with his
Of a difficult situation if they want to change the protocol. That was a point want to change the protocol. That was a point that want to change the protocol. That was a point that we want to change the protocol. That was a point that we reflected on yesterday. It is interesting because there will be a majority of politicians elected who either support the protocol or, in the case of the party, they say they can work with those issues within the executive. If we talk about the middle too distant future, what about the immediate future and the prospect for getting a Functioning Executive it up and running again . Maybe this is overoptimistic so i will caution what im saying with that, but i generally think its a case of when it comes back, not if. If you look at the unionists at the crossroads, first of all they have various factors making it difficult to get any changes to the protocol and the biggest obstacles are at the British Government and part of the Irish Government by the union
Sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, heres chetan. We start with chelsea, who have confirmed an agreement is now in place for the club to be sold, in a deal worthjust overfour billion pounds to an american consortium. The investor and businessman todd boehly, who is already part owner of Baseball Side the la dodgers, is the man leading the group. The club was put up for sale, before owner Roman Abramovich was sanctioned for his alleged links to russian president vladimir putin. The deal is worth, £2. 5 billion, with a further 1. 75 billion to be invested across the club. If it gets Premier League and government approval, its expected to be completed later this month. We are going to see a change of culture as far as Chelsea Football Club is concerned. Under Roman Abramovich, the club spent more money on wages and transfers and lost more money than any other club in the Premier League. It is unlikely that an american owner, with an experience of Sports Franchises i
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