Ebola, the World Health Organization approves the first vaccine. And venice underwater the highest tide in 50 years causes severe flooding in the italian tourist city. Voiceover live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 9am in singapore, iam in london and 8pm in washington, where President Trump has again denounced the impeachment inquiry into him as the first public hearings got under way. 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 the latest. 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 dra
And the risks of rebuilding notre dame. Seven months after the fire, architects say theres still a chance of collapse. Hello to you. The first public televised hearings in President Trumps impeachment inquiry have got underway in washington after weeks of testimony behind closed doors. Donald trump is accused of withholding military aid to ukraine an american ally under threat from russia to pressure ukraines new president into helping him politically in next years us president ial election. The impeachment inquiry has the potential to remove mr trump from office. He denies any wrongdoing. 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 on and the tweets are angry. In the
Done, or questioning it. Im not sure. The european commissioner, peter mandelson, has questioned the wisdom of publishing the cartoons, he says, publishing them again and again pours petrol on the flames. You talk about frustration with governments, now, but your whole career, basically, sounds as if its been spent banging your head against a brick wall. Great to see you. How are you . Very good to see you. How do you feel, as president , that you are going to go down in history as a president who presided over a loss of a large part of your territory . Oh, gosh, yes. We understood that you wished to do this interview, and you wished to reply to questions that we, in the name of the bbc, are putting towards you, am i not right . Cheers yeah to the next 20 years how come you all have water, and i have got wine . Thats terrible so go on, youve got to take us back to the first run. We want to hear, tim, your thoughts on how it all started, and what it was all like. You know, the strangest
Stansted airport. It is open but keep checking because there are delays. That is the message. Some excitement and also problems with the snow earlier today but it was very much a short lived feature. Tonight and tomorrow morning, the biggest hazard will be the ice, which will be in some areas quite extensive which will be in some areas quite exte ns ive a cross which will be in some areas quite extensive across the southern half of the uk, especially where you have the snow earlier on. That will melt during the day and then refreeze first thing thursday morning. A lot of clear weather around the night, just a few wintry showers in the north. Some freezing fog across parts of Northern Ireland forecast early on thursday. These are the temperatures in towns and cities in rural spots where we have some snow lying around it could be even lower than 10. In scotland. Here is tomorrow, a beautiful, clear, sunny day for many of us, a cold one too, someone day for many of us, a cold one too, som
Condemning what you have done, or questioning it. Im not sure. The european commissioner, peter mandelson, has questioned the wisdom of publishing the cartoons, he says, publishing them again and again just pours petrol on the flames. You talk about frustration with governments now, but your whole career, basically, sounds as if its been spent banging your head against a brick wall. Great to see you. How are you . Very good to see you. How do you feel, as president , that you are going to go down in history as a president who presided over a loss of a large part of your territory . Oh, gosh, yes. We understood that you wished to do this interview, and you wished to reply to questions that we, in the name of the bbc, are putting towards you, am i not right . Cheers yeah to the next 20 years how come you all have water, and i have got wine . Thats terrible so go on, youve got to take us back to the first run. We want to hear, tim, your thoughts on how it all started, and what it was like