New developments in washington as the impeachment inqury against President Trump gathers pace. Mr trumps dealings with ukraine are at the centre of the inquiry, and testimony has now emerged, from a senior american diplomat, whos told congressional investigators the president s personal lawyer ran a Smear Campaign against the former Us Ambassador to ukraine to try to get her removed. George kent, whos in charge of ukraine policy at the state department, accused Rudy Giuliani of spreading what he called lies about marie yovanovitch. She was later recalled from her post. George kent testified last month before the house impeachment inquiry and the transcript has only just been released. The bbcs david willis has been taking a look. And it is a long and comprehensive transcript. He gave a lot of evidence to that enquiry last month and george kent hitting the headlines today for that claim that there was a Smear Campaign orchestrated by Rudy Giuliani against the Us Ambassador to the ukrain
As trade fears ease. We start with walt disney because the force is very much with the entertainment giant after a strong set of results. Disney is now more enormous than ever, following its massive 70 billion takeover of 21st century fox. And its about to begin a new episode in its 96 year history as it prepares to enter the world of streaming. Disney made revenues of over 19 billion, up more than a third on this time last year and more than wall street was expecting. It has been boosted by the takeover of fox back in march which has given it lucrative new content such as star wars. Profits were lower though as it processes that mega deal and makes huges investments in this. From tuesday disney plus will take on the likes of netflix and amazon prime offering decades of classic films and Television Shows as well as star wars, marvel and pixar movies for 6. 99 a month. Disneys theme parks have also been doing well with sales up some 17 . Since the fox takeover, it has invested in new st
The conservatives unveil a nhs visa to attract top medical talent to the uk. Good morning. 20 years of pension savings, gone. A warning that scammers are targeting hundreds of victims, and no one is immune. People are losing an average of more than £80,000. Ill have the details. It was a great night for the british clubs in the Europa League. Celtic qualify with a last minute winner against lazio, as Manchester United also reach the knockout stage. Let it go. Cant hold me back anymore. And if the cold never bothered you, well bring you reaction from the hollywood premiere of frozen 2 the hotly awaited sequel to one of the biggest animations , the hotly awaited sequel to one of the biggest animations of all time. Good morning. Its friday, 8th november. Our top story more than 110 flood warnings are in place across the north of england following hours of torrential rain. A Major Incident has been declared in sheffield, where the river don has burst its banks. In rotherham, residents hav
Campaign, promising to bring forward legislation to protect the nhs from privatisation and future trade deals. Labour promises a full year of maternity pay, while the conservatives unveil an nhs visa to attract top medical talent to the uk. The world war ii veteran raising money for a memorial on the normandy beaches is given a glimpse of what it will look like this morning. How does it make you feel . Because the work you are doing, it is now concrete, it is tangible, you can touch it. Marvellous. We find out more about an 82 year old cyclist who has completed his one millionth mile riding on a bike. Decisions on asylum applications are taking substantially longer than they were five years ago, a new report suggests. Well be speaking to the people behind the research. And in sport, a stoppage time goal saw celtic beat lazio in rome to reach the knockout stages of the europa league. Good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at nine. More than 100 flood warnings are in place across the
A head to head between borisjohnson and Jeremy Corbyn and one with all the main british parties. Jail for an 18 year old man who stabbed to death his teenage former girlfriend, ellie gould. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport with katie. England celebrating a pretty nice when in the t20 . They certainly are and one mans name in lights is davitt malan as he makes history after hitting the fastest t20 century by an eggless batsman as a level the series against england, it is 2 2 with the decider in auckland on sunday. Thanks katie and tomasz has all the weather very difficult conditions for some. Is it going to ease . The weather has dried out in terms of the fact it is not raining so thatis of the fact it is not raining so that is good news on the river levels will stay at pretty high for some time but the good news is as far as the weather goes, the worst is over. Thank you. Also coming up. The emotions of a 0 day veteran as he sees a memorial being built for his fallen friends.