President trump has lashed out over his imminent impeachment in a 6 page letter to top democrat nancy pelosi, accusing her of declaring open war on american democracy. On the eve of the crucial vote in the house of representatives, which is dominated by the democrats, hes claimed hes been denied his most fundamental rights even though hes turned down an offer to give evidence himself, and have his legal team question witnesses. In his letter to the House Majority leader mr trump claims the charges he faces are completely disingenuous, meritless, and a baseless invention of your imagination and also claims the impeachment process, which is set out under the us constitution, is nothing more than an illegal, partisan attempted coup that will, based on recent sentiment, badly fail at the voting booth. biv now the fear that badly fail at the voting booth. The fear that impeachment could backfire, politically, on democrats is in the minds of some members of congress, as our north america edi
The rest of the world . Also in the programme. Ground to a halt production of boeings 737 max planes a move that deepens the crisis at the plane maker. And do you use night mode on your phone . Does it keep you awake . And fine claret or quaffable plonk. How much do you spend on a bottle of wine . In the uk, we spend on average £5. 93 a bottle. Well talk to the boss of a premium merchant with the largest wine and spirits collection on sale in the world, about changing the old school snobby image of fine wine. Today we want to know. Let us knowjust use the hashtag bbcworklife. Hello, and welcome to worklife. We start with a look at gender equality. It will take almost a century to close the gender gap across politics, economics, health and education thats the finding of the World Economic forums annual Global Gender Gap report of 144 nations. Its an improvement on 2018. 99. 5 years thats the time it will take to close the gender gap across the borad from politics such as number of mini
You have the u. K. Election. On the back of the most recent polls, still can say still saying the conservatives have a Comfortable Lead over the conservatives over the labour partys. Ecb and its new president meet on thursday. This is the stock we are watching out for down 61 . The chief executive quits and they canceled the dividend. Coming up, we will discuss the report on septembers repo prices. Up at 9 30 a. M. London time. This get to bloomberg first word news. Viviana yesterday hundreds of thousands of people joining hong kongs biggest demonstration in months. Popular unrest will continue. Organizers say 800,000 people marched through the city. Police putting the number at 180,000. The rally was the first promoted by the civil human rights front. The mayhem in the u. S. Repo market in september was not just a temporary hiccup. Ended in part up because the u. S. Banks now hold more of their liquid assets then treasuries. This is relative. The bif warning this problem reduces their
On wednesday, house of representatives is almost certain to vote in favour of impeaching President Trump. Thats whats prompted an extraordinary letter from the president to the speaker of the house of represantatives. From the president to the speaker of the house of representatives. It includes baseless allegations, for example. Theres massive exaggeration too. He also accuses democrats of. If the house votes in favour of impeachment, there will be a trial in the upper house of congress, the senate, and today the House Rules Committee has been meeting to establish the rules that will govern that process. The president is facing two articles of impeachment. The chair of the committee set out the first one. President trump withheld congressionally approved a to the ukraine. Not to fight corruption, but to extract a personal political favour. President trump refused to meet with ukraines president until he completed the scheme. The second charge against president is obstructing congress
Well. Not so great. Good morning. Its 8 00am in singapore, midnight in london and 11 00am in New South Wales in australia where a state of emergency has been declared. On wednesday, for the second day in a row, australia set a new record for its hottest ever day. And bushfires are continuing to cause havoc. Two volunteer firefighters have been killed in a road crash near sydney. The australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison has been criticised for being on holidays as the crisis unfolds. A short time ago, he released a statement saying, i express my sincere condolences and sympathies to the families of the firefighters who have so tragically been killed these most recent events, i will be returning to sydney from leave as soon as can be arranged. For more on the bushfire emergency, heres the bbcs david shukman. A roar like a jet engine as the flames advance. A line of trees is suddenly ablaze. In record heat and parched conditions, at least 50 of the fires are out of control. Lets get