Denounce beijings proposed security bill. And under the shadow of coronavirus subdued celebrations for muslims marking one of their most important holidays. Lets begin with breaking news out of libya where russian mercenaries have been fighting in support of war highly for half the are leaving the country the mayor of the town of bani walid has confirmed that theyre evacuating through the airport there after withdrawing from the capital tripoli it follows a series of setbacks for have the us forces have been fighting to take territory from libyas internationally recognized government the way it is following developments from tripoli. The mayor of benny will lead the city that south of the city of god who now just stated that 3 flights left from but he will lead the airport loaded with it the russian mercenaries who have been fighting along with have to his forces over the past year in southern tripoli we do not know for certain where they were heading maybe to burn of ozzy to bimini an
On wednesday, house of representatives is almost certain to vote in favour of impeaching President Trump. Thats whats prompted an extraordinary letter from the president to the speaker of the house of represantatives. From the president to the speaker of the house of representatives. It includes baseless allegations, for example. Theres massive exaggeration too. He also accuses democrats of. If the house votes in favour of impeachment, there will be a trial in the upper house of congress, the senate, and today the House Rules Committee has been meeting to establish the rules that will govern that process. The president is facing two articles of impeachment. The chair of the committee set out the first one. President trump withheld congressionally approved a to the ukraine. Not to fight corruption, but to extract a personal political favour. President trump refused to meet with ukraines president until he completed the scheme. The second charge against president is obstructing congress
Labour on 203 with some significant losses from 2017. The snp performing strongly in scotland on 48. The lib dems on 11, a relatively poor performance by then, alluding their leader, jo swinson, plaid cymru projected to end the night on 4. So, a very good morning to you, and you are watching election 2019. And here at new broadcasting house in central london, we are going to have this mornings headlines. We say a very good morning to louise minchin. Thanks, huw, good morning. With more than 600 seats declared, the conservatives have won the general election, with their biggest majority since 1987. Labour meanwhile has had its worst performance in three decades. Labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn said he was disappointed and wouldnt lead his party into any future general election. It was a poor night too for the liberal democrats, whose leaderjo swinson lost her seat. Jessica parkers report contains flash photography. He knows it. The conservatives have w011 he knows it. The conservatives have
Through and create an ointment that will connect with the wider public . I think you did because what we are saying is that on the 13th of december as saying is that on the 13th of decemberas an end saying is that on the 13th of december as an end to austerity, we invest in our communities and create that better, bigger and more equal britain after ten years of tory cuts, after ten years of devastation to many communities. Youre sounding more passionate than jeremy to many communities. Youre sounding more passionate thanJeremy Corbyn did tonight. On the straight question. Investing in education and making this country a better place, because it can be a better place. On the question he was asked several times, six times by Boris Johnson, would he leave or remain. Ten times. He was asked several times would you leave or remain in the referendum labour is promising. Why can you say what many labour mps are saying, that remain as an m better deal, or that they dont want another referendum
Universities to review fire safety in all their buildings after 200 firefighters spent more than nine hours tackling a fire at a student hall in bolton. Jeremy corbyn is leading a meeting of leading labour and trade union figures to decide which policies will be included in the partys election manifesto. Competing on green issues the conservatives promise to plant 30 Million Trees a year by 2025 but the liberal democrats say they can plant twice as many. Prince andrew has told the bbc he categorically denies having sexual relations with Virginia Roberts who says she was forced to have sex with him when she was 17 years old. In an interview with bbcs newsnight, hes answered questions for the first time about his links with the convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein. The duke of york said a sense of honour led him to continue his assocation with the disgraced financier. Our royal correspondent Nick Witchell reports. The year is 2010. Prince andrew is in new york. He is videoed staying at