Israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he will seek parliamentary immunity from prosecution in three cases in which hes charged with bribery and fraud. The immunity request could delay Legal Proceedings against him for months. Protesters demonstrating outside the us embassy in iraq have pulled back from the area after a tense standoff. For two days the embassy has been targetted by crowds angry over deaths caused by us airstrikes. Police in hong kong say theyve arrested 400 people during a new years day pro democracy march. Tens of thousands had gathered for the march which began peacefully, before violence broke out. Dozens of endangered animals have died after a monkey house caught fire at a german zoo. Police say the fire may have been caused by sky lanterns used to celebrate new year. Now on bbc news, one of the most striking films of 2019 from our world the best pakistani transgender retirement home. In a country where its expected that your extended family will look a
Hello and welcome to the bbcs special coverage of the second day of President Trumps impeachment trial. Im katty kay in washington. Senate republicans set ground rules, rejecting democrat demands for new witnesses to be called. President trump weighs in with his view. Its a total hoax. Its a disgrace. But anger from democrats. They say theyre trying to uphold the rule of law. Part of our strength is not only our support for our allies, is not only our military might, its what we stand for. Hello and welcome to bbc news. Its day 2 in washington of President Trumps impeachment trial. He is accused by democrats on two counts one of abusing his power and the second one of obstructing congress. But with republicans in the majority in the upper house, its unlikely the president will be removed from office. That will resume shortly with arguments by the prosecution, for about three days, to be followed by the defence and questions. Sometimes next week, there will be questions from the senate.
Youre watching bbc newsroom live. Its ham and these are the main stories this morning. Health officials have traced patients of two doctors whove tested positive with coronavirus. Between them, the healthworkers worked at four different places. Worthing hospital is operating as normal today, but there is growing concern in the local community about the latest developments. Policing the internet the media regulator ofcom is being given new powers to protect people from harmful online content. The road to the us election Bernie Sanders narrowly pips Pete Buttigeig to win the new hamsphire primary. And a bad night forformer frontrunnerjoe biden he came fifth. A human rights body threatens the government with legal action for what it says is the repeated failure to place people with learning difficulties and autism in appropriate accommodation. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. All 12 patients treated by two british gps with coronavirus have been traced. One worked in a e at Wort
Iranian violations of the International Nuclear accord. The Iranian Foreign minister described the move as legally baseless and a strategic mistake. The europeans say they hope the agreement can still be saved. The impeachment trial of donald trump has moved a step closer. 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. Taiwans 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 weeks president ial 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
This is bbc news, the headlines the us senate has acquitted President Trump at the end of his impeachment trial. Senators voted along party lines with mitt romney being the only republican to vote in favour of convicting the president. Democrats said the acquittal meant little because republicans had refused to allow witnesses at the trial. The number of people in Mainland China known to have died as a result of coronavirus has risen to 563. 73 people died on wednesday most of them in the province of hubei. The total number of cases across china has reached 28,000. Hollywood actor kirk douglas has died at the age of 103. Star of spartacus and many other hollywood epics, he earned several 0scar nominations in the 1950s for both his acting and producing. His son, the actor michael douglas, described him as a movie legend and a great humanitarian. Now on bbc news, wednesday in parliament. Hello and welcome to wednesday in parliament. On this programme Jeremy Corbyn attacks Boris Johnsons