The Trump Administration is facing fresh turmoil over its dealings with ukraine. The secretary of state mike pompeo has been ordered by the house of representatives to hand over documents as an impeachment investiogation continues. Congressional committees have also summoned five state department employees, including its special envoy to ukraine, kurt volker, who has now resigned. President trump says this is just a witch hunt. Our north america editor jon sopel reports. God bless you mr president. Theres support, theres defiance, but also theres anger. In a twitter fusillade this morning he took aim at the Democratic House chair of the house intelligence committee, adam schiff, the person who will play a key role in impeachment hearings. The Inspector General found that serious allegation of misconduct by the president credible. Donald trump said of him. And then the whistle blower who revealed details of the president s conversation with his ukrainian counterpart volodymyr zelensky.
Are the political commentator james millar and the business commentatorjosie cox. A very good morning to you. Welcome to bbc news. Riot police have cleared roads in hong kong after a brief stand off with pro democracy protesters, as the political crisis in the city continues into its eleventh week. This is the scene live in hong kong at the moment. Protesters are preparing to march from Victoria Park to chater garden, without official permisson from the authorities. The march itself is without official permission, although they do have permission, although they do have permission to be in the park for a gathering by the civil rights front. It was responsible for the millions strong peaceful protest back in june. This is in the causeway bay district, which is really the heart of the shopping area of hong kong. The estimates on the numbers of people who have turned up vary considerably, but the organisers insist they are expecting half a Million People in the course of this demonstration
The day not looking too different to what we had yesterday. Sunshine and showers, and the same for the start of the week. Its sunday, 18th august. Our top story the home secretary, priti patel, says more needs to be done to support the families of Police Officers who are killed or injured at work. Pc Andrew Harper died of multiple injuries as he responded to a suspected burglary in berkshire on thursday night. Charlotte simpson reports. Colleagues, friends, and the local community, pay tribute to police co nsta ble community, pay tribute to Police Constable Andrew Harper, where he lost his life. Almost exactly a month ago, the pc was getting married. He should have been heading off on his honeymoon next week. A postmortem showed he died from multiple injuries. Detectives are still trying to establish why are called to investigate a burglary endedin called to investigate a burglary ended in tragedy. His death has highlighted the danger that officers face in their everyday work. The home
In the bangladesh capital dhaka. And a glacier in iceland goes from this. To this the country holds a ceremony to mourn the loss due to climate change. And in half an hour, we take a look back at some of this weeks highlights and exclusive interviews from the Victoria Derbyshire programme. The Cabinet Office minister, michael gove, has said very significant steps have been taken in the past three weeks to prepare for a no deal brexit. He was responding to leaked government documents that warn of food and medicine shortages if the uk leaves without an agreement. Mrgove the minister in charge for preparations for a no deal brexit said the government plans, known as 0peration yellowhammer, were for a worst case scenario, and the government has taken very significant steps in the last three weeks to accelerate brexit planning. 0ur Political Correspondent mark lobel reports. Boris correspondent mark lobel reports. Johnson has be message borisjohnson has been getting his message out on more
Hello and welcome to world news today. After months of mass protests and violent repression, a moment of optimism for sudan. Celebrations have been taking place after military and civilian leaders signed a power sharing deal. It paves the way for a Transitional Government and, eventually, elections. It also marks the end of what has at times been a bloody process since the ousting of president omar al bashir. The bbcs Zeinab Badawi reports from khartoum. It can be no doubt that it is a historic day in sudan. There was a mood of optimism and hope amidst the celebrations. The ceremony attended by visiting dignitaries has taken months of closely fought negotiations between the military and leaders of the protest alliance. The man who signed the agreement on behalf of the military told me that they are genuine about handing power to civilians. Translation we will stick to every single letter we have agreed on, even without this we have to work in this direction because it is in the interes