Normally when you do book tours you go to different cities, you talk about connections the place has with whatever youve written about. This is a special place in this context and im certainly not here to tell you your own story of what happened in this city 17 years ago because im sure you know it much better than i ever will. And one of the things that is always moved me when i come here is first of all how warmly ive been welcomed by everybody but also how profoundly the bombing touched everybody here. It is a relatively small place. Ive never met from Oklahoma City who wasnt touched in a personal way in some way by the tragedy. The first time i came i spoke to a number of the relatives of the victims, especially the children who died in the Day Care Center and i thought im a British Foreign correspondent, ive been to a lot of not terribly pleasant places around the world, this is just another assignment and then having spoken to them, i went down to the memorial and saw that fence
Leaders gather for climate talks in spain will explore whats at stake for fragile River Systems in kenya. Now the white house says it will not take part in the next step of the impeachment inquiry into donald trump the us president had been given until sunday to confirm whether or not hed send legal representatives to a hearing on wednesday the white house says it will respond separately about a 2nd hearing which has a friday deadline the u. S. President is accused of asking ukraine to investigate political rival joe biden and bidens son in exchange for military aid while its a busy week ahead for the impeachment inquiry members of the House Intelligence Committee are due to receive a copy of the impeachment report later on monday it will outline the findings of its investigation into trumps dealings with ukraine theyll have 24 hours to review that report. Then theyll be a vote on tuesday afternoon to move it forward to the next stage that being proceedings in the House Judiciary Commi
Now the white house says it will not take part in the next step of the impeachment inquiry into donald trump the us president had been given until sunday to confirm whether or not hed send legal representatives to a hearing on wednesday the white house says it will respond separately about a 2nd hearing which has a friday deadline the u. S. President is accused of asking ukraine to investigate political rival joe biden and bidens son in exchange for military aid while its a busy week ahead for the impeachment inquiry members of the House Intelligence Committee receive a copy of the impeachment report later on monday it will outline the findings of its investigation into trumps dealings with ukraine will then have 24 hours to review that report and then there will be a vote on tuesday afternoon to move it forward to the next stage that being proceedings in the House Judiciary Committee which will consider any articles of impeachment against President Trump jordan is in washington d. C.
Now hundreds of people have again marched towards a u. N. Peacekeeping base in eastern democratic republic of congo gunfire was heard as congolese government soldiers blocked the crowds from getting too close to the compound near the airport in the town of its one of 2 u. N. Bases their demonstrations have been targeting u. N. Peacekeepers accusing them of failing to protect them from attacks by rebel groups in the region now our producer new conny is in beni and joins us now on the phone and talk us through what youve been hearing i believe youve been hearing these gunshots. We are we are really very very tense situation here there was a heavy gun sorts around even my you. Know one can move outside we dont know at this moment what is going to be exactly outside along the road because you cannot see protest of the game but some. Things the on the is facing some 5. Protesters probably from the militia groups because this is no longer gunshots for discussing the population if you like it
Trump wont participate in the next impeachment hearing calling the proceedings baseless. Im joined again just to with the sport as the arabian gulf cup reaches a crucial stage hosts capital take on the u. A. E. And their last great match for the place in the semifinals at stake well hear from both camps this hour. Hello at least one person has been killed as heavy gunfire continues on the streets of beni in the eastern democratic republic of congo so the firing started after hundreds of people march towards a United Nations peacekeeping base the congolese government soldiers blocked the crowds there from getting too close to the compound thats near the airports and its one of 2 u. N. Bases there demonstrators have been targeting u. N. Peacekeepers accusing them of failing to protect them from attacks by rebel groups lets get an update from aljazeera is producer. Hes in beni hes joining us on the telephone were getting reports of gunfire where you are now what are you seeing and hearing