Government of ukraine to publicly announce investigations that would benefit his reelection. Even as the trial kicks off new information is emerging. New documents are coming to light and new witnesses are speaking out. Also on the programme. On a visit to washington, the eus trade commissioner says theres no chance of an all encompassing trade deal with the uk by the year end, and the two sides will have to decide priorities in the weeks ahead. And the warning signs are everywhere forest fires, melting ice, drought, flooding. Sir David Attenborough says the world can no longer wait. Action is needed now on global warming. The moment of crisis has come. We can no longer prevaricate. As i speak, southeast australia is on fire. Hello and welcome im katty kay in washington. And Christian Fraser is in london. Right now, the chiefjustice of the United States Supreme Court is being sworn in for the impeachment trial of donald trump. At the very same time, the white house has been accused tod
Two Prison Guards, who were on duty the night the convicted sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein, took his own life have been charged with falsifying records. Plus, the anti Meth Campaign in south dakota that has raised a few eyebrows. Well explain why. Hello and welcome. Im Michelle Fleury in washington and Christian Fraser is in london. For the first time, we have heard publicly from two people who had direct knowledge of thatjuly 25th phone call between President Trump and the ukrainian president. The House Intelligence Committee has been hearing evidence from Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman an army officer on the National Security council and Jennifer Williams, a veteran Foreign Service officer, in the Vice President s office. In his evidence, lt col vindman revealed that he had twice raised concerns about how senior officials had been handling ukraine. He took his concerns to the nsc lawyer, john eisenberg, once onjuly 10th and again onjuly 25th. He told the committee he was so alar
Coming up we will have a big discussion about the manifesto of the green party. A leaked report on failings at the shrewsbury and telford nhs trust has said a toxic culture, linked to the deaths of at least 42 babies over four decades, has still not been properly addressed. An investigation that initially began looking at 23 cases in 2017 is now looking at more than 270, from 1979 to present day. Its interim findings include unexplained deaths, sub standard care that left babies brain damaged and disabled, and parents who were left in the dark. The trust has apologised. 0ur Health Editor hugh pym reports. I held her and said goodbye. And went home empty handed. And then he said that there was no heartbeat. That midwife come in crying, saying, oh, im so sorry, im so sorry too late. Distressing stories from parents told to bbc news during coverage of an unfolding scandal, which could yet turn into the worst ever in the history of nhs maternity care. Now a leaked report from an official i
great to have you with us. we begin with some news from the war in ukraine. russia says its troops have fully captured the ukrainian city of bakhmut. kyiv has denied those claims, but if true, it could mark an end to the longest and bloodiest battle of the 15 month war. russia has been trying to take bakhmut since last year in a grinding war of attrition. and in the last hours, the russian news agency interfax has said president putin congratulated his troops and the paramilitary wagner group for capturing the city. earlier, ukraine had said its units were still fighting in the city. meanwhile, ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has been on a whirlwind tour in an effort to drum up support and weapons for an expected counteroffensive against russia. it s been a busy few hours for zelensky, touching down injapan on saturday fo diplomatic talks touching down injapan on saturday for diplomatic talks with many of the gathered heads of the g7 nations. that includes prime minist
new york city residents and face charges of conspiring to act as agents for china and obstruction ofjustice as us department ofjustice officials said in a conference this afternoon. the defendants actions under the direction of the chinese government are flagrant violations of american sovereignty and thanks to our investigation and arest today, with the fbi, the defendants will be held accountable and the mp5 is on notice that we will not tolerate similar threats to our national sovereignty. the secret station is believed to be a part of a network of at least 100 operating across the globe in 53 countries, including the uk and the netherlands. last month, canada s federal police announced an investigation into two montreal area sites thought to be police outposts. the fbi s director christopher wray said in november:. our new york correspondent nada tawfik went to the justice department s press conference and has more from new york. us prosecutors say these two older men, w