Hello, its tuesday, its 10 oclock, im Victoria Derbyshire. And were live from new broadcasting house. Trans patients are waiting up to three years to see a specialist, this programme can reveal today. Its why some people are taking matters into their own hands by buying hormones from unregulated sources on the internet. It basically felt like a choice between suicide and self medication, because i did not deal with the thought of further masculinisation, in my case. Two british tourists who are on the diamond princess cruise liner quarantined in japan say they have tested positive for the coronovirus, as the British Government tries to sort a plane to bring them home. Last year a viewer emailed our programme to tell us she had been conceived by rape and she wanted her father prosecuted. Id always thought it was so wrong that my birth father was never prosecuted. It was then that i thought, ive got dna evidence, because i am dna evidence. Im a walking crime scene. Today, an update on th
The impeachment trial of donald trump has started in the us senate. Its just the third time a president has gone on trial in us history. Heres how it began. Hearye, hearye, hearye. All persons are commanded to keep silent on pain of imprisonment. All the senate of the United States is sitting for the trial of the articles of impeachment exhibited by the house of representatives, against donald john trump, president of the United States. Mr trump is accused of abuse of power and obstruction of congress. Well go over those charges in more detail later. Mr trump is accused of abuse of power and obstruction of congress. But the debate at the moment is not about the president s guilt or innocence. Senators are arguing over the rules that will govern how the trial proceeds. The democrats are accusing the republicans of trying to rig the trial. Mcconnells resolution is nothing short of a national disgrace. And it will go down in history as one of the very dark days of the senate. This is the
penny mordaunt has less than an hour now to make that 100 threshold. her team say this lunchtime that it s going down to the wire and it s extremely close. we ll bring you that announcement at 2 o clock live in our specially extended coverage programme this afternoon. also this lunchtime. western allies denounce a russian claim that ukraine could use a dirty bomb there are fears the kremlin might use it as a pretext to escalate the war. phosphate pollution of rivers threatens the building of tens of thousands of new homes. and he s back in the tardis david tennant travels through time once again to return as dr who. and stay with us here on the bbc news channel 4 continuing coverage and analysis from our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world.