by letting the house prove its case. by letting the house, witnesses. obtain documents, decide how to present its own case and not deciding it for us. in some, by agreeing to a fair trial. let's turn to the precise terms of the resolution. the history of impeachment trials, and what fairness and impartiality require. although we have many concerns about the resolution, iwill although we have many concerns about the resolution, i will begin with its single biggest flaw. the resolution does not ensure that subpoenas will be issued for evidence and that the senate and the american people should have an that the present continues to block, to fairly decide the present's guilt or innocence. moreover, it guarantees that subpoenas will not be issued. now, when they would most be valuable to the senate, the managers and the american people. first, the senate receives briefs and filings from the parties. next it hears lengthy presentations from the house and the present. my colleagues, the present's lawyers have described this as opening statements. let's not ki

there was no vote from the house. there was no vote from the house. there was no vote from the house. instead, speaker pelosi held a press conference, and she purported by holding a press conference on 2a september to delegate the authority of the house to manager adam schiff and several other committees, and have them issue subpoenas. although subpoenas we re issue subpoenas. although subpoenas were invalid. and that was explained to the house and to manager adam schiff and the other managers of the committee at that time in the 18 october letter. did the house take any october letter. did the house take a ny ste ps october letter. did the house take any steps to remedy that? did they try to dispute that, did they go to court? did they do anything to resolve that problem? no. because as we know, all that they wanted to do was issue a subpoena and move on. they just wanted to was issue a subpoena and move on. theyjust wanted to get was issue a subpoena and move on. they just wanted to get through was issue a subpoena and move on. theyjust wanted to ge

james there parents house has been destroyed by those fires. in indonesia, floods in the capitaljakarta, have killed at least 16 people and forced thousands to leave their homes. among the dead is a teenager who was electrocuted. sylvia lennan—spence reports. the heavy monsoon rains began lashing the indonesian capital on new year's eve, triggering the worst flooding seen there in almost seven years. houses have been submerged, forcing more than 19,000 people to leave their homes and find shelter elsewhere. more than 700 areas in the greaterjakarta region have suffered from power outages, although the electricity was shut off in many parts for safety reasons after a man died when he was electrocuted. translation: my son's body was covered with newspaper. my second child passed by, and people asked, do you know him? if my other child had not passed by, we would not have known my son had been killed. 0ne ofjakarta's main airports had to be closed as the runway was flooded, meaning delays and diversions for hundreds of passengers. many roads wer

and many members of the house will wish to celebrate it. steve barclay was speaking at the last question time he's likely to face as brexit secretary. hisjob and his department are expected to be abolished after the 31st of january. but for a man who's working himself out of a job, he seemed to be in good humour amid a series of questions on how to mark brexit day. would my right honourable friend agree that, to mark us leaving the european union, ourfantastic local breweries in burton—on—trent should brew a celebratory brexit beer? i think, mr speaker, from the reaction of the house, my honourable friend strikes an extremely positive note in one of her first contributions, and i again welcome her to the house. i know her constituency is famed for its beer. i'm sure many of members of the house would welcome them celebrating this occasion in such a way, just as i will myself with a fantastic brewery which sits in my own constituency. one labourmp urged against popping the champagne. could i urge the government to be careful about the to

this is all the house managers have. in contrast, to testimony of volker, taylor, morrison, and kent. the text from, the words of the high ranking ukrainians themselves and the flurry of activity on august 28th and that is the evidence that they want you to consider as a basis to remove the duly elected president of the united states. the bottom line is it is not possible for the breitscheidplatz security assistance review to have been used as rev alan when president zele ns ky been used as rev alan when president zelensky and other top ukrainian officials did not know about it. that is what you need to o know. that is what you need to o know. that is what the house managers didn't tell you. when we mentioned ita didn't tell you. when we mentioned it a few days ago they told us we needed to check our facts. we did. we are right. president zelensky and his top aides did not know about the, it and did his top aides did not know about the, itand did not his top aides did not know about the, it and did not know until august

this is an iraqi airbase that also houses us troops and coalition troops. that figure of the number of missiles has increased, the pentagon now says at least a dozen ballistic missiles we re least a dozen ballistic missiles were fired against us military coalition forces and iraqi. we know that they have attacked two sites, one in erbil, in kurdistan region and the other in al—asad west of baghdad. state tv says that the uranium revolutionary guard has taken responsibility for this, this is in response for america's targeted killing of qasem soleimani on friday. it had long been that iran would fight back stopping the iranian foreign minister says the killing was an act of war and they we re killing was an act of war and they were targeting legitimate targets. it seems as though this is the first stage and the iranians are warning allies of america, israel in particular, that if any of them get involved with any retaliation to these strikes, they will target them too. thank you very much. the images that we are seeing there, difficult to establish exactly

house, that they produced in the house, that they decided over there three days and 24 hours, that they did not have enough time, or made a decision not to show you, and every time you see one of these pieces of evidence, ask yourself, why didn't i see that in the first three days? they had it it came out of their process. why didn't they show that to the senate? and i think that is an important question. as house managers, really, their goal should be to give you all of the facts. they are asking you to do something very, very consequential, and i would submit to you to use a word that has been used a lot, very, very dangerous. and thatis a lot, very, very dangerous. and that is the second point that i would ask you to keep in mind today. they are asking you not only to overturn the results of the last election, but as i have said before, they are asking you to remove president trump from the ballot in an election that is occurring in approximately nine months. they are asking you to tear up all of the ballots across this country on your owfi ballots across this country on your own ini

this couple lost their house and had to take refuge in the lake across the road. the fireball came over the hill just opposite the lake. we thought we had a few minutes at least. we were hosing down the house and everything, doing the gutters, what they say to do, and within two or three minutes, the fireball just came through at about 80kph, hit the house, and then we ran into the lake and all the embers and everything were hitting us, burnt our hair a little bit, and we were in there for about an hour before we got rescued. this is what they're escaping. burning since september, these bushfires have destroyed more than 1200 homes. the prime minister, who has been a staunch supporter of fossil fuels, insisted that government policy struck the right balance between supporting the economy and protecting the environment. how come we only had four trucks to defend our town? because our town doesn't have a lot of money, but we have hearts of gold, mr prime minister! but he got an angry reception from the residents of cobargo when he visited their town. no, he's an idi

we have lost about 70 odd houses. com plete have lost about 70 odd houses. complete streets. there may be one house standing in a complete street. the rest of the street is gone. it does not pick and choose. it wipes the lot out. guys, the line is a little bit dodgy but thank you so much for coming on. it is heartbreaking to hear your stories and obviously you are both safe and thatis and obviously you are both safe and that is the important things i thank you so much for coming on, yana and john, and telling us stories and about the bushfires in mallacoota. thanks a lot. let's get some of the day's other news. indonesian authorities are turning to the technique of cloud seeding to try to stop more rain falling in the flood—hit capitaljakarta. planes have been sent to inject chemicals into clouds in an effort to alter the storms that have left large areas underwater. at least 43 people are known to have died, with some 192,000 evacuated from their homes. french police have shot dead a knife man who killed one person and injured at least two others in a suburb south of paris

adam schiff, who is the house intelligence committee chairman and kevin mccarthy, the republican house minority leader, gave their reaction during the house debate about the impeachment articles. we have always felt the urgency about this impeachment given that the president was trying to get foreign help in cheating in the next election but as soon as we did get help, it was made clear that they didn't want to trial in the senate, he didn't want to hear from senate, he didn't want witnesses or documents, this time is given us the ability to show the american people the necessity of a fair trial, to expose the degree to which mcconnell is working hand—in—hand with the subject of the impeachment with the president to turn what should be a trial into a sham. the reason for this impeachment is the same reason that has taken democrats 30 days to send the article to the senate — just spite. they want to stay in the record without giving him a fair chance to clear his name. the bbc‘s laura trevelyan in washington was watching as those articles of impeachment were handed overfrom the

that the house resolution, as far as the white house is concerned, undermines the ability of the us armed forces to prevent terrorist activity by iran and its proxies, and attempt to hinder the president's authority to protect america. let's get some of the day's other news. according to the army in niger, a suspected jihadist attack on a military camp near the western border with mali, has killed at least 25 soldiers. the army statement says at least 60 militants also died. it's not yet clear who carried out the attack. there is a worsening islamist insurgency in the sahel region. brazil's supreme court has overturned an injunction against netflix that was preventing the company showing a comedy satire depicting jesus as gay. the court's president said freedom of speech was fundamental in a democracy and said the film would not affect the christian faith of brazilians. to puerto rico now, where two—thirds of the island is still without power, and a quarter is without running water, after a series of earthquakes this week. at least one person died and 300 homes were destroyed in a

in this house. you watching thursday in parliament. don't be embarrassed. if you miss our daily round—up, you can always catch up on the day in parliament on the bbc iplayer. labour has challenged the government over social care, asking when ministers' plans for the future of services for the elderly and other groups will actually be unveiled. boris johnson promised before, during and after the election to solve the problems in social care. debating what the queen's speech had to say about health and social care services in england, the shadow health secretary said the prime minister claimed to want consensus. the labour party has proposed free personal care. we have a version of this in scotland and a similar version northern ireland. a version of wales. the house of lords committee which concludes thatcherites along with the former minister, propose free social care. there is a consensus, as the secretary of state and prime minister who stand outside that political consensus. if he wants to enga

we save the house and the house saved us, and that was a nexus that if it had broken at any point would have meant that we would've perished. the airwas like if meant that we would've perished. the air was like if you are in a very big funder storm but instead of sheets of water, it was sheets of embers and looked like fire, there's ago embers and looked like fire, there's a go through the air, and the horizontal rain was horizontal burning pieces of wood flying through the air or weaves. and the strength of the wind was just incredible. next to tomerong in new south wales. jonathan head is there. in the fire bleach bush of austria's southeastern coast, gary simpson pot site backyard has taken a beating. some of his tallest trees badly charred have had to be failed and tracked a safe distance from his house —— gary simpson's backyard. he has been growing up ever since a raging fire swept through s saturday and prepare for more fires once the weather heats up again. this was what was happening here last weekend. the whole forest around his house was ablaze. at one stage i said this d

we saved the house and the house saved us. that was a nexus that if it had broken at any point, would have meant that we would have perished. the air was like if you were in a very big thunderstorm, but instead of sheets of water, it was sheets of embers and looked like fire, as a glow through the air, and the horizontal rain was horizontal burning pieces of wood flying through the air and leaves, and the strength of the wind wasjust incredible. tell me about some of the features of the house and the way you designed it that made it fireproof? i was certainly mindful that when we designed a house here, that there would be a fire at some stage. there was, i guess, a concept of defensiveness around the way in which the buildings were designed to shield us from where we thought the fires might come from, but also, in terms of active and passive principles. so, active sprinkling systems that would help keep the house cool, the glass cool, and provide some respite and protection through the material selections, noncombustible mater

we built this house ourselves and i think log house itself is eco—friendly. we heat the house with wood, but we do have running water and electricity, like in any other house. we are no eco—warriors, we are just ordinary people who wants to do our best. in early spring, heini and herfamily drink birchjuice. she usually starts tapping the trees in may. but this year, for the first time, the juice was ready in april. we get winter very late. it can be december that we get permanent snow. for instance, this february, spring comes very early so we have shorter winters. here are photos of my family. here are my grandmothers. and here is my great—grandfather. he is ice fishing here. he's doing traditional ice fishing. heini is an artisan. she makes a living by teaching traditional sami handicrafts. what i'm making here is a saamcic. it's a married women's hat. when women get married, she will have this crown for herself. it is as a crown. the saamcic is the most difficult handicraft that i ever tried, and this is truly, truly very difficult handicraft. traditio

no, we don't as an organisation, we don't run any houses or safe houses. for instance, the bbc has come to the church, they have been given unfettered access, speak to anybody. we have thousands of people in the church, mr steve reed has spoken to four people, he has not bothered to speak to thousands of people in the church. that is what the police are going to do and they are going to close you down because it is a criminal enterprise and a serious threat to young people. the organisation is not involved in anything. if individuals have been found to be involved in anything, we don't take it lightly. we will take strict measures. meaning what? we give the police the free hand to do whatever they need to do but as an organisation, i must tell you what we stand for is quite clear. in 2019 in london, we have seen 64 knives voluntary surrendered and dropped at the altar. can mr reed here tell us how many lives he has impacted in his croydon borough? a 16—year—old girl in this organisation told me she was coached to tell visitors and investors that she ha

i am, this generation of my family house, and my grandfather moved from another family house, and my grandfather moved from anotherfamily in house, and my grandfather moved from another family in jeddah, so house, and my grandfather moved from another family injeddah, so i grew up another family injeddah, so i grew up and! another family injeddah, so i grew up and i live and i had a great life injeddah and up and i live and i had a great life in jeddah and this up and i live and i had a great life injeddah and this is one of my reasons for my passion of the old city ofjeddah. reasons for my passion of the old city of jeddah. sammy even drove a taxi around here, picking up tourists, partly to improve his english. but, the decline started in the 60s and 70s when the oil economy started booming and people moved out to modern houses in newer, bigger urban areas. so very few people still live via? very few. what is the aim? how do you want this city to look and 20,30 the aim? how do you want this city to look and 20, 30 years the aim? how do you want this city to look and 20,30 years time

there are other more important factors affecting house prices and stock. 0ne affecting house prices and stock. one of those is the rise in single households. 8 million people live by themselves now in the uk. a rise in themselves now in the uk. a rise in the divorce rate. 1970, when migration was low, a0,000 people a year got divorced. now it is about 100,000. historically low levels of social housing being built. also, big structural problems as to have fast houses get built. also, the type of houses that get built in the uk. if you compare our housing stock to germany or the netherlands, less ofa to germany or the netherlands, less of a debate there in some respects about migration in those countries but much denser housing stock. dominic casciani of the bbc ending that debate on immigration. the bodies of 11 ukrainians who died when a ukrainian international airlines flight was shot down over iran earlier this month have been returned home. the ukrainian presidentjoined friends and relatives of the victims at a repatriation ceremony in the capital kyiv. a ukrainian military plane bro

the house of lords will grumble and quibble, i'm sure about that. but, remember, all the key elements of what is in this bill were part of the conservative manifesto so i find it very hard to believe that the lords are going to kick up too much of a fuss, and even if they do, going back to that majority again, they can be overruled by the house. and what are the sort of thing is that they would grumble about?

and i would urge that on everyone inside and outside the house, even as we press forward. the snp listened to what steve baker had said, and asked him to use his influence over the issue of scottish independence. i can accept that we had the referendum on independence in 2014. but facts change, circumstances change, and people's minds change, too. so i ask him in all seriousness — because he clearly has some clout on that side of the house — to ask his colleagues in government to engage their brains in the scottish dynamic to the constitutional conundrum that we are in, and will only intensify, a bit better than they have up until now. i'd like to distance myself from those scenes of the brexit party yesterday in the european parliament, waving their flags, and to thank the member for wickham for his mention of kindness. this should be a time of kindness, and acknowledgement that some members and residents are feeling sorrow at this time. and i really welcome your comments about healing our divisions, i hope. the new chair of the defence committee focused on china. and

and finally, there are many different oratorical styles in the house of commons. some — like the prime minister — give free range to their thoughts and often diverge quite dramatically from their written speeches. others, though, read every word, papers obscuring their face. one veteran conservative wasn't happy about the practice of reading questions out loud — and he made his thoughts known in a point of order. is there not at least a possibility that, were members required to remember their questions, at least some of them wouldn't bang on so long and all our time could be used more effectively? when we came in together in 1997, it was frowned upon to actually read a question. people had to do the question without help and assistance. what i would say is, we've got a new parliament, a lot of new members are learning the way. and hopefully, people get into the habit — rather quickly — of actually doing the question without aid. laughter i hate to bang on, but, mr speaker, it's the older ones that are the worst! and that brings us to the end of the prog

pletely house, two houses, in fact, completely destroyed —— look at this house here. whilst the government has been criticised for its handling of this crisis, the firefighters, men and women tackling these blazes, they have received universal praise, and we went to speak to one of them, and we went to speak to one of them, a volunteer firefighter who put his life on the line... some of these fires are just too big now. all we can do isjust keep protecting homes as best we can, keep protecting life as best we can, without losing our own lives at the same time. i've been keeping my gear here with me... tristan lees has been a volunteer firefighter for more than two decades. so, yeah, these are it, jacket, pants. this has seen a lot of service this bushfire season? this has. self—sacrifice runs in the family. his late father, as well as mother and brother, also served. the current crisis, the sternest test. terrible. in 21 years i've been in, i've never seen it this bad. it's just phenomenal. i don't know what else to call it, to be quite honest. and there's a guilt.

michelle fleury is at the white house for us. this is a big moment of triumph or the president, and it was a considerable moment of bipartisanship between considerable moment of bipartisa nship between democrats considerable moment of bipartisanship between democrats and republicans, although, some of the key democrats weren't actually there at the white house for the signing ceremony. that's right. i mean, this is one of those moments, where, as you say, we saw democrats and republicans work together to try to get this trade deal done in onto the presidents desk so he could sign into law, but you couldn't tell that from the south and a couple hours ago, because there were 400 plus people in attendance at the event, workers, business leaders and politicians, but going through the list that the white house put out, i could not see a single democrat on the list, and in fact, nancy pelosi held a press conference earlier on in the day basically touting the democrats involvement in the labour unions involvement in getting this deal do

as he knows, the house is legislating to ensure there will be multi—year funding, house is legislating to ensure there will be multi—yearfunding, record multi—yearfunding for will be multi—yearfunding, record multi—year funding for our nhs will be multi—yearfunding, record multi—yearfunding for our nhs —— 6000 primary care professionals. my constituent rosanna came to the uk asa constituent rosanna came to the uk as a kurdish refugee fleeing persecution and human rights abuses committed by turkish fighters in syria. herfamily committed by turkish fighters in syria. her family remain committed by turkish fighters in syria. herfamily remain in the area and she is in daily fearfor their lives. there have been multiple reports of human rights abuses against civilians in syria. including against children. will the prime ministerjoin me in condemning the human rights abuses committed by turkish forces against kurdish civilians in northern syria because well —— northern syria? and what will the government do to prevent further atrocities? we have raised concerns about the

that the house resolution as far as the white house is concerned undermines the ability of the us armed forces to prevent terrorist activity by iran and its proxies, and attempt to hinder the president's authority to protect america. peter, thank you very much for that. let's get some of the day's other news. according to the army in niger, a suspected jihadist attack on a military camp near the western border with mali, has killed at least 25 soldiers. the army statement says at least 60 militants also died. it's not yet clear who carried out the attack. there is a worsening islamist insurgency in the sahel region. riot police in france have fired tear gas at demonstrators in paris who were pelting them with objects. it's the latest day of nationwide strikes and protests against the french government's overhaul of the pension system. unions are angry at proposals to standardise the system, and raise the average age people receive a full state pension by two years, to 64. brazil's supreme court has overturned an injunction against netflix that was preventing the company showing a comedy

if the house cannot call witnesses or introduce documents in evidence, it's not a fair trial. it's it not really a trial at all. trump may be in his mounting eerie with the global elite, but he's keeping an eagle eye on what's happening in washington. it's a hoax, it goes nowhere because nothing happened. the only thing we've done is a greatjob. we have the strongest country in the world by far, it was going in the wrong direction. we have the greatest economy we've ever had in the history of our country. the trial will go on for at least a week with each side will be given three days to present their case, then there'll be questioning. all of this will be conducted with the strictest rules of behaviour. but on the cable news networks, it's playing out 21w, and here it's mixed martial arts with seemingly no rules. this fight for public opinion is just as important as donald trump eyes re—election later on this year. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. let's keep an eye for you on that feed from the senate as the proceedings go on, and the wrangling goes on. north america corres

that clears the way for a trial in the senate, the house approves seven house candidates who will be serving as managers. preliminary actions in the senate trial are expected to commence later this week. the trial will be the third over of a us president to reach that stage. as we have been emphasising, when it gets to the senate there is a republican majority in the senate and it is highly unlikely with a partisan voting that the impeachment will go any further than the senate. there is every chance the president will be acquitted at that point. that is the stage we are at in washington. the taal volcano, one of the most active in the philippines, is continuing to expel ash more than half a mile into the sky. nearly 40,000 people have been moved out of the area because experts say a dangerous eruption could happen within hours, but despite that warning some people have been returning to their homes to check on the livestock. our correspondent howard johnson sent this report. they've declared a state of calamity here, and it's clear to see why. but despite the continued threat of a h

the housing crisis has decimated the supply of affordable housing for a lot of people so it is one where we really need to update the law to reflect the situation that people have found themselves in and the dangers. there is no doubt, the way emily described it, she was exploited, she was in a vulnerable situation. however, in the end, she as an 18—year—old, an adult, agreed to it. but that is exploitation, coercion. we have to see what it is. when i first saw this issue i was so disgusted. i sew it on your show and thought i absolutely want to do something about it, i want to do something about it, i want to do something about it, it has to stop and we need to find ways to stop it. people acquiesce to all sorts of horrible situations under pressure when they are desperate. absolutely. after a section 21 infection. we need to solve it at its roots —— section 21 eviction. thank you very much. we are grateful for your honesty, thank you for coming on the programme. thank you. we will continue to follow this issue. before 11... # i could lie, say i like that, like it like that #. i

during the house proceedings, that was really like a grand jury. it was to draw up the articles of impeachment, which are akin to an indictment, and they heard from many witnesses. we may not hear from any witnesses in the senate. it will be up to the senators by majority rule to decide whether or not they want to hear witnesses, whether they want to see any additional evidence. the chief justice of the united states supreme court will act as the presiding officer but it will also be very different because, unlike the house where each one of the members of the committee got to stand up on their soap box and grandstand and give a five—minute speech to begin with, all senators here have to remain silent, which is very difficult for a politician and if they want to ask a question, then they have to submit it in writing to the chiefjustice, who they will ask the question of either the house managers or the president's defence team. let's get some of the day's other news. security forces in the chilean capital santiago have used tear gas against prote

the process started in the lower house, the house of representatives, where two charges were brought against him. the actual trial takes place in the senate, the upper house, and that's the one that has already started today. the chamber of 100 senators acts as a jury — 53 senators are republican, and 47 are democrats. a two—thirds vote is necessary for a president's removal, it's never happened before. 0ur north america editor jon sopel has the latest. here thee, all persons are commanded to keep silent on pain of imprisonment. 1868, 1999 and now 2020, for only the third time in american history, the sergeant at arms tells senators on pain of imprisonment that they must maintain silence in the trial of a sitting president, the asth, donaldj trump. presiding over it the chiefjustice, john roberts. but all for this being a judicial process, it is really raw politics. the first person to be called was the senior white house counsel acting as the defence. we believe that once you hear those initial presentations, the only conclusion will be that the president has done absolutely not

canada house in london yesterday. harry and meghan had just returned from their extended break in canada. laughing. it's now clear that although they had been discussing a new role for themselves with other members of the royal family, they did not tell senior members of the family or their officials that they were about to issue a personal statement setting out their intentions. the bbc understands buckingham palace is disappointed — that's unusual. in their statements, the sussexes said, quite what a progressive new role means is unclear, though the statement says they plan to balance their time between the united kingdom and north america. the signs that the couple were unhappy with their royal life have been apparent for some months, notably, during and since their tour of southern africa, when both of them gave interviews. harry conceded that he and his brother, william, were not as close as before. inevitably, you know, stuff happens, but we're brothers, we'll always be brothers, and we're in different paths a

canada house in london yesterday. harry and meghan had just returned from their extended break in canada. laughing. it's now clear that although they had been discussing a new role for themselves with other members of the royal family, they did not tell senior members of the family or their officials that they were about to issue a personal statement setting out their intentions. the bbc understands buckingham palace is disappointed — that's unusual. in their statements, the sussexes said, after many months of reflection and internal discussions, we have chosen to make a transition this year in starting to carve out a progressive new role quite what a progressive new role means is unclear, though the statement says they plan to balance their time between the united kingdom and north america. the signs that the couple were unhappy with their royal life have been apparent for some months, notably during and since their tour of southern africa, when both of them gave interviews. harry conceded that he and his brother,

almost 2,000 houses have been destroyed. the speaker told mps that he'd reached out to the australian parliament. on behalf of the whole house, i wish to express deepest sympathies with the people of australia as they continue to experience the horrific wildfires which are laying waste to so much and to send a message of solidarity to our commonwealth colleagues in the australian parliament. we pay tribute to the firefighters and all those who are putting their lives at risk. the magnitude of the disaster unfolding in australia should shock us all, with human and animal life and precious species of fauna being destroyed. this is a wake—up call for the world. all australians are in our thoughts and prayers. i just want to inform the house i did ring the speaker of australia five days ago to express oui’ worries and concerns. there'll be a government statement on the fires in australia on thursday. you're watching tuesday in parliament with me, kristiina cooper. now, it's time to catch up with brexit matters. so, where wer

to escape house arrest in tokyo? and how much help to get you got a more details that have essentially been reported and how he might have done it ——on how he might‘ve died, but he was out of his house on the 29th december before boarding a bullet train to succour, he was then bundled into turkey bound plane and then he was arrested on charges of financial misconduct in november 2018. he was banned from seeing his wife while on bail but in the final days of last year he actually skipped bail to board a private jet that took him to turkey before travelling to lebanon where he isa before travelling to lebanon where he is a citizen and his wife was a p pa re ntly he is a citizen and his wife was apparently waiting. security cameras caught 65—year—old walking out of his house in tokyo alone on the afternoon of the 29th of december according to japanese media. then boarded a bullet train with two others and went to succour which we know is the country's second largest city, he checked into a hotel near the airpo

jeremy bowen, bbc news, at the white house. at least 10 palestinians have been injured in clashes with israeli forces amid protests against the plan unveiled in washington. the demonstrations in the israeli—occupied west bank came as the palestinian leader mahmud abbas said his response to trump deal was "a thousand times no. " our international correspondent orla guerin has spent the day in the west bank gauging palestinian opinions on the plan. bethlehem before sunrise. palestinians rushing to a day's work in israel, those lucky enough to have permits. movement is tightly controlled. that's life under israeli occupation. and few here today were expecting a new dawn from the white house. do you have any hope for the peace plan from donald trump? "no, no, no," says ibrahim, a father of seven. "they don't want to give the palestinians their rights. "the plan has failed, even before it's announced". a view echoed over coffee in ramallah. that's an hour away, or triple that if there are delays at israeli checkpoints. here, we me

but... 0k, thank you, jon sopel, at the white house. the foreign office has asked britons who want to leave wuhan — the chinese city at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak — to add their names to a list before tomorrow. today, germany and japan confirmed the first cases of people who haven't travelled to china, but who've contracted the virus. meanwhile, hong kong has announced stringent new measures to stop and spread, with more than 100 people now known to have died on the mainland. our correpsondent rupert wingfield—hayes has sent us this report. if carrie lam was aiming to calm fears in hong kong about the coronavirus, herface mask sent a different message. mrs lam is under huge pressure now to shut the border with china and, today, she partially capitulated. "intercity services to china will be suspended," she said. "flights will be cut by half. ferries will also be stopped." by thursday morning, the number of people crossing into hong kong from mainland china behind me here should be dramatically reduced. there will be no

there was lots of neighbours trying to put the house out. trying to remove garbage bins that were melting and trying to protect their own properties with hoses. i was there taking photographs. when i saw a bunch of kangaroos were fleeing another blaze. and theyjust happened to hop right past this house that was engulfed by flames. these fires, they are unprecedented. they are moving into areas that we haven't seen before. australia is currently experiencing its worst drought in history, since european history. and this is, you know, providing a lot of fuel and very dry conditions which is exactly what fires thrive on. so for the last six weeks i've been photographing fires all over the state and they've sort of been moving slowly further east towards the coastline. and itjust so happened that a lot of these fires actually reached the coastal areas in the busiest week of the year. this part of the country is very popular with tourists. and there's thousands of tourists here, basically on holiday, that had been caught in the middle of these ma

here's an expert from chatham house, an institute focusing on international affairs, to explain. these global chains all technology pretty much as global supply chains and if you dig deep enough, you'll find china and the supply chains when way or another. even if the us household name, a lot of them have their kid made in china. the market for supplying 5g equipment is incredibly concentrated and they are only really three vendors to choose from. and exists on top of infrastructure in which waterway has been providing this for 15 years. so u nless been providing this for 15 years. so unless you want to stop everything, rip out all of that of huawei equipment, who pays for that and how long does that take? you have to ta ke long does that take? you have to take into account an attitude of and amazing security risks in working with the reality on the ground. a good example of why took place in ethiopia the uk has designated huawei as a high risk vendor, a good example of why took place in ethiopia a couple of years ago. addis ababa is home to the headquatrters of african union. th

and then we could see it coming and it wasjumping from house to house. there were plants, like, underneath the front or the front of the houses, and they'd just explode into flames, and then there was embers everywhere. and then that house just — bang — it just caught fire. they were going, like this one up here, it went behind, and then two down below, so we had nearly eight houses alight. you know, did we sort of cheat it? we survived. yeah... it's pretty traumatic. let's get more on this now from professor richard betts, head of climate impacts research at the met office. thanks very much forjoining us. i'm just wondering at this point are we ina just wondering at this point are we in a position to say is there a particular combination of factors that you can explain to viewers which explains what's going on here? yes, there is a coincidence of two particular weather phenomena. probably made worse by climate change, global warming happening probably made worse by climate change, globalwarming happening in the background. there is a particular patt

the process started in the lower house, the house of representatives, where two charges were brought against mr trump. the actual trial takes place in the senate, the upper house, and that's the one that has already started today. the chamber of 100 senators acts as a jury — 53 are republican, and 47 are democrats. a two—thirds vote is necessary for a president's removal, it's never happened before. 0ur north america editor jon sopel has the latest. here thee, all persons are commanded to keep silent on pain of imprisonment. 1868, 1999 and now 2020, for only the third time in american history, the sergeant at arms tells senators on pain of imprisonment that they must maintain silence in the trial of a sitting president, the asth, donaldj trump. presiding over it the chief justice, john roberts. but for all the veneer of this being a judicial process, it is really raw politics. the first person to be called was the senior white house counsel acting as the defence. we believe that once you hear those initial presentations, the only conclusion will be that the president has done abs

the white house race begins in earnest next month with the iowa caucuses. a mother and her two grown—up daughters have handed themselves in to police in germany, over a fire that killed more than 30 animals — including rare apes and monkeys — in a zoo on new year's eve. the blaze is thought to have been caused by sky lanterns which the women allegedly bought online without knowing they were illegal. western norway is experiencing a rare heatwave at a time when temperatures normally stay well below freezing. record after record has been falling, with the highest temperature of nineteen degrees, more than twenty—five above january's average. it makes this norway's warmest day injanuary since records began. the number of dead in the jakarta floods has risen to 26, with tens of thousands of people forced from their homes. the indonesian capital is the one of the fastest sinking cities in the world and faces frequent flooding during the rainy season. the bbc‘s indonesia reporter, liza yozephine, joins me now from jakarta. this year ‘s floods were the

we know that donald trump is being briefed and is following the situation in the white house. a few hours ago he was holding a press conference in the oval office and he said that the time, if iran does anything they shouldn't be doing, they are going to be suffering the consequences and very strongly. the pentagon, the white house, and the department of defence will be working very quickly to try to ascertain exactly who is responsible, to what scale this attack has been, and also how and if the americans will respond. we have got reports that it is iran's revolutionary guard taking responsibility for the retaliation against the death of qasem soleimani, which makes sense. he fought as a young man, he was deemed to bea fought as a young man, he was deemed to be a hero of the. more than a leader, almost eight ritual figure within this organisation, so iran's revolutionary guard are saying that we warn all areas that are starting point of aggressive acts towards iran will be targeted. so, a difficult situation at the best of times, but this potentially escalate it even more so.

has the white house in the course of the house impeachment process presented evidence to say there is an alternative story here? this is actually nothing to do with a political issue for the president, this is a legitimate concern about corruption in ukraine and military aid to ukraine around corruption? have they made that case sufficiently? they have certainly stated the case. it sounds like, kim andl stated the case. it sounds like, kim and i may disagree about hunter biden. i think hunter biden is clearly a relevant witness. i am a terminal defence —— criminal defence attorney and would feel in this case i could be allowed to call him. they are relevant when they can share evidence on the defence theory. but president trump is arguing is he was fighting corruption in ukraine. important enough that contract between hunter biden and the ukrainian energy company burisma was still ongoing in 2019 stuff it had technically ended just before this call. i think that is... i'm sorry tojump in call. i think that is... i'm sorry to jump in there. call. i think that is... i'm sorry tojump

let them speak in the house. because this was an issue asjerry said today in this action intervention. make it your point about them delaying themselves. is there a sense of urgency about all of this because it's an issue of national security and potentially a round in november election? whatever sense of urgency was lost when the house stopped a dime and for weeks. it destroyed their narrative. only took three months and the famous nixon case to go from the trial court to a final ruling the supreme court. and so final ruling the supreme court. and so this is all sort of baffling in terms of the strategy here. but the day is not over. this is new information, witnesses out there who could damage the president. the question is whether the republicans complete the record whether the house left it uncompleted. just as we have been discussing, the fun fa cts we have been discussing, the fun facts as we've heard. i will unfold in the senate. there's no debate and of course the chiefjustice it's their presiding, so how

we‘ve been very lucky, we saved the houses. there were people down the coast, off the coast of new south wales, they‘ve been completely devastated. they‘ve got only the clothes that they stand in. his voice breaks: that's a horrible thing. it has been cooler this week, though the hazy skies and the smell of smoke are still there. it‘s given gary and his neighbours a very welcomed break, and they‘re not letting the thought of what might happen this weekend spoil theirfun. jonathan head, bbc news, tomerong, new south wales. last year was the worst on record for british retailers, according to new figures. the british retail consortium says sales fell for the first time in a quarter of a century. even the all—important christmas period saw a decline. meanwhile, john lewis has warned staff they may not be paid their annual bonus. our business correspondent, emma simpson, reports. edgar the dragon, the star ofjohn lewis‘s big festive campaign, but it didn‘t set fire to sales. # i can‘t fight this feeling any more. ..

the house speaker, nancy pelosi, says a vote on sending articles of impeachment to the senate will take place on wednesday. senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell, says the trial is likely to begin next tuesday. taiwan's president, tsai ing—wen, has told the bbc that the island has no need to declare formal independence because it already is an independent country. ms tsai said last week's presidential election, in which she won a second term in office, showed taiwanese people did not like being threatened by china. now on bbc news, tuesday in parliament. hello and welcome to tuesday in parliament, as the foreign secretary warns iran it faces a stark choice. the regime can take the steps to de—escalate tensions and adhere to the basic rules of international law or sink deeper and deeper into political and economic isolation. but labour wonder why the us president does not like the current iranian deal. we all suspect that it is trump the toddler's main issue with it, but can he confirm the prime minister was correct? also: no big ben bongs for brexit, a peer called a truce. people