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At 915, well be getting reaction after more than 20 replublica ns stormed president trumps impeachment inquiry. The Royal British legions poppy appeal gets underway. Your mission . To identify undercover celebrities working as poppy sellers. And its a good week for english clubs in the Champions League. Wins for liverpool and chelsea follow those of tottenham and manchester city. Good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at 9. Police have begun the process of trying to identify the bodies of 39 ...

In the quarter finals. And foreign correspondents based in london will give their take on the protests in hong kong and the brexit negotiations. Thats in dateline london in half an hour. Good morning. Much of hong kong is shut down after violent demonstrations led to the suspension of the citys public transport network, many shopping centres, banks and businesses have been unable to open. Thousands of people have taken to the streets to protest against a newly imposed ban on wearing face masks. ...

Show in half an hour. Much of hong kong is shut down after violent demonstrations led to the suspension of the citys Public Transport Network many shopping centres, banks and businesses have been unable to open. Thousands of people have taken to the streets to protest against a newly imposed ban on wearing face masks. The protesters use the masks to avoid identification. Hong kongs leader, carrie lam, is warning that she can no longer tolerate rioters destroying the territory. The extreme action...

Caused them to have cancer. Thats in inside out in half an hour. Donald trumps political opponents have intensified efforts to impeach the president. Three congressional committees have demanded legal documents relating to a telephone call by mr trump, in which he asked ukraine to investigate his president ial rival, joe biden. From washington, Chris Buckler reports. What was a request has become a demand. Democrats are piling the pressure on President Trump by issuing a subpoena for a series of...

Can say what they like in their meetings. Labours executive is meting out to discuss tom watsons future and mps have warned them that they should be focusing on an upcoming general election and not internal squabbling. The travel firm thomas cook has approached the government for emergency funding as it tries to avoid going into administration, leaving customers with uncertainty. Just do not know what the situation is. We will either have a flight back and get back to manchester and be fortunate...

Just dont know what the situation is. They will either have a flight back into manchester and be fortu nate back into manchester and be fortunate are all things could. You know, things could collapse in the next couple of days or hours and we have nothing. The us is sending troops and Missile Defence systems to saudi arabia and the uae in response to last weeks attack on saudi oilfacilities. 75 years on from the battle of arnhem, a mass parachute drop is taking place in the netherlands , to mark...

Tottenham, following their midweek draw in the champions league, feature in the early kick off at leicester. No place in the starting line up for hugo lloris whos wife has given birth, nor christian eriksen. Dele alli is dropped from the match day squad allotogether. Both sides on eight points. A defensive mix up gifted bournemouth a late goal in their 3 1 win at southampton last night. They were back in it only for angus gunn and jan bednarek to leave it for each other. Allowing Callum Wilson t...

As a sectarian attack. Our political correspondent, now a closer look at stories from nick eardley, reports. What does he want the eastern counties, as the inside to be talking about . Out team investigate the number of the nec agreed this morning crashes by on duty staff by the that we are going to consult on the future, of diversifying the deputy leadership emergency services. Motoring positions to reflect the diversity of our society. Offences committed by 999 staff policies . While they are ...

Coming up click looks at whether electric cars are a credible replacement for petrol vehicles. Thats in half an hour on bbc news. Hello, good afternoon. The kenyan Long Distance runner, Eliud Kipchoge has made history in vienna this morning, becoming the first athlete to run a marathon in under two hours. The 34 year old covered the 26. 2 miles course in1 hour, 59 minutes and a0 seconds. But that time will not be recognised as the official marathon world record because it was not in open competi...

Free of kurdish militias. From akcakale on the turkish side of the border, our middle east correspondent martin patience sent this report. Despite the growing international pressure, turkeys not backing down. At the border, the build up continues, as turkey claims its taken control of a key syrian town. This pro turkish fighter says theyve just entered ras al ain. Almost immediately, there is incoming fighterfrom kurdish fighters. Allahu akbar. Tens of thousands of civilians from the town have a...