Intelligence committee, adam schiff, the person who will play a key role in impeachment hearings. The Inspector General found that allegation credible. Donald trump said of him and then the whistle blower who revealed details of the president s conversation with his ukrainian counterpart. Volodymyr zelensky. But everything in the letter has been proved true, the call did take place, President Trump did ask his ukrainian counterpart to investigate his Democratic Party rivaljoe biden and the white house today confirmed the transcript of the call was moved to a more secure server. When President Trump asked ukraine to investigate corruption, the democrats want to impeach him. The democrats want to impeach President Trump. But now the Trump Campaign is firing back. They lost the election and now they want to steal this one. Dont let them. Im donald trump and i approve this. But the speaker of the house is unmoved. She says she was left with no other choice but impeachment following all of this. This is about the National Security of our country, the president of the United States being disloyal to his oath of office, jeopardising our National Security and jeopardising the integrity of our elections. And the woman donald trump beat in 2016 has also made a rare intervention to pile in. He has turned american diplomacy into a cheap extortion racket. He has denigrated, and lets be honest, stabbed in the back the Career Foreign Service officers who serve bravely and selflessly, no matter the politics of the administration that they are working under. The white house line on the whistle blower is that it is all second hand information and inaccurate, it is anything but. So far everything he has said has turned out to be true. Republican lawmakers can say they dont really care and donald trump is free to do whatever he likes much harder, though, to say there is nothing here. John sopel, bbc news, washington. Polls will open shortly in afghanistan where more than nine Million People are expected to cast their ballots to elect their next president. There are 16 candidates all of them men including former warlords, ex spies and members of the countrys former communist government. Jon ironmonger reports. After months of delays and continuing conflict, voting will soon begin in afg hanistans pivotal president ial election. 100,000 security personnel have been deployed to guard polling stations in light of a looming taliban threats. The militant group, which still controls large parts of the country, has described the election as a fake american process and sworn violence against anyone taking part people are scared, according to this photo. They want the Security Forces to work to secure the situation. According to this voter. We are worried that if we go to the voter centre, there will be explosions, this man says. Most people cant go to cast their ballots. The poll is considered a two horse race between the current president , ashraf ghani and his power sharing rival, abdullah abdullah, the countrys chief executive. The previous election in 2014 was marred by massive corruption. This time, the government is desperate to claw back some credibility, with biometric fingerprint readers and better training of election officials. In spite of the security concerns, 5,000 polling stations are expected to open, including in remote hillsides where donkeys have been used to transport ballot boxes. A strong turnout is needed to give this election legitimacy but fearfulness and apathy could make that unlikely. Jon ironmonger, bbc news. This is bbc news. Here in the uk, its been announced that a Police Watchdog will assess whether the Prime Minister borisjohnson should face a criminal investigation over his friendship with an american businesswoman during his time as mayor of london. Its alleged that as a result of the friendship, Jennifer Arcuri was allowed to go on overseas trade missions, and that she received about 14,000 in sponsorship money. The Prime Minister denies the claims. Downing street has released a statement saying everything was done with propriety and in the normal way. 0ur uk Affairs CorrespondentDaniel Sandford has more. The basis of the allegations is that, while he was mayor of london, borisjohnsons friend, Jennifer Arcuri, received £11,500 in sponsorship for events organised by one of her companies, which came from organisations linked to the mayors office. And also went on three overseas trips with borisjohnson which, originally, shed been turned down for. Now, the Greater LondonAuthority Monitoring officer has been looking at these allegations this week and so have we, in fact, and noticed that people who went on the trips with Jennifer Accuri felt that she seemed a bit out of place, as her companies didnt seem as substantial as those of the other people that were on the trips, and certainly we know that borisjohnsons office intervene to make sure that she went on one of the trips and the Greater LondonAuthority Monitoring officer has now decided to call in the Police Watchdog, the iopc, to assess whether boris johnson, the Prime Minister, should be investigated for the criminal offence of misconduct ion public office. The iopc are involved because when he was mayor of london, borisjohnson was in charge of londons metropolitan police. Borisjohnson has vigorously denied these allegations, saying to the bbc last night that people are barking up the wrong tree. His office insists that hes always acted with propriety. The former cabinet minister amber rudd has accused number 10 of using aggressive language over brexit, that incites violence. It comes after a turbulent week, in which mps returned to the commons and engaged in furious exchanges on the floor of the house. But borisjohnson once again defended his use of language, and insisted that delivering brexit on oct the 31st would take much of the heat out of the debate. Meanwhile scotlands first minister Nicola Sturgeon has indicated shed be open to backing Jeremy Corbyn as interim Prime Minister, in order to stop a no deal brexit. Heres our Political Correspondent alex forsyth. It might seem calm today, but its been a fractious week in westminster. With heated scenes in the house of commons came claims that words like surrender, when used about brexit, are divisive, even dangerous. Now, amber rudd, a former home secretary who only quit the government a few weeks ago, has waded in, telling the Evening Standard newspaper, the sort of language weve seen more and more coming out from number 10 does incite violence. Hello, good morning. An extraordinary accusation aimed at the Prime Minister. Today, during a hospital visit, he said any threat against mps was appalling, but insisted he was not stoking division. What we need to do now is get brexit done by october the 31st, and i genuinely think that once you do that, then so much of the heat and the anxiety will come out of the debate. I think a lot of people are very tense. I think businesses are still uncertain. And get it done and i think well all be able to move on. And his Senior Advisor said getting it done is a walk in the park, during a book launch last night. Referendums are difficult. This is a walk in the park. Dominic cummings is himself a divisive figure. The man behind the vote leave campaign, whos now in the heart of downing street, this morning seeming to question his own comments. Who said it would be a walk in the park . You said it last night at a book launch. Theres real anger from some here at the tone coming from downing street, but the Prime Minister shows little sign of changing his approach, still insisting hell meet the departure deadline of october the 31st, despite the fact parliaments passed a law saying hell have to delay if he doesnt get a brexit deal. With such little trust here, opposition parties are talking tactics. The snp leader today suggested ousting the Prime Minister and didnt rule out the labour leader as a temporary replacement. I dont particularly want to pushJeremy Corbyn here. The point im making is that if the opposition is to unite behind a clear plan that takes away the threat of a no deal and moves to a general election, where i think everybody now accepts is we should be heading, then were all going to have to compromise. But plenty here wont put the labour leader in charge, even if only for a short time to slow the brexit process. We need to have a solution that will work. Jeremy corbyn doesnt have the numbers. The basic parliamentary arithmetic isnt there. To be fair, he knows that. The snp know that. You and i know that. So, a direct move against number 10 isnt expected imminently, but with feelings here still running high, dont expect an outbreak of calm either. Alex forsyth, bbc news, westminster. Cleveland police has become the first force in england to be found inadequate in all areas of its service. The Police Watchdog said it wasnt investigating crime effectively, and it didnt respond to Vulnerable People fast enough. The force has recently appointed a new chief constable, who says the report is a wake up call, but argues it must be given time to improve. Michael buchanan reports. Saturday night in hartlepool. Last year we highlighted the pressure front line officers like Kevin Rutherford face. We are with the police as they a nswer we are with the police as they answer another triple nine call. Its a good job we have the other unit there, wed have been strapped. We are both going to Middlesbrough Police station where theyll spend the night until she has sobered up and he will get interviewed about the obstructing of police. Lack of money and officers has forced the closure of hartlepools custody suite, a consequence of austerity, say the force. But clevelands chief, just months into hisjob, acknowledged today that the force has to take some responsibility too. Front line staff work extremely hard in Cleveland Police. I see it, id patrol as much as any chief constable does and i see how hard they work to protect members of the public, but our Staff Members have not been well served by Senior Leadership in the force providing direction of what is required and being clear about what is required and the performance regime being set up to hold people to account. Inspectors rated cleveland as inadequate across the board, the first force in england and wales to get such a poor ranking. It does not treat the public or its workforce well. It doesnt operate efficiently or sustainably, and perhaps most crucially, the force is not reducing crime or keeping people safe. 67 year old terry was beaten in middlesbrough city centre in an unprovoked attack last november. There were dozens of witnesses. A man was arrested, but his son, a bar owner, says the family havent been contacted by Cleveland Police since. They are a joke, quite simply they are joke. Cleveland police is in crisis. Last year we revealed that local people in hartlepool had taken to patrolling their own streets, furious at the lack of police protection. Today, one of the men we met that night told me that little has improved over the past 12 months. People are reporting crimes and nobody comes out. Its not just petty crimes, sometimes serious crimes, and the police dont come out not because they dont want to, because they havent got the manpower. Cleveland police will now receive support from outside agencies, as well as being closely monitored, but whats clear is they have much to do to rebuild trust among their exasperated communities. Michael buchanan, bbc news, middlesbrough. Half a million schoolchildren, University Students and adults marched through the canadian city of montreal on friday, in another climate strike inspired by the swedish activist, greta thunberg. The city centre was turned into a sea of demonstrators and placards organisers said it was quebecs largest ever gathering. Earlier, ms thunberg had met the canadian Prime Minister, justin trudeau. She told him and other World Leaders that they were not doing enough to curb Greenhouse Gas emissions. Large scale protests also took place in many other countries around the world. 0ur correspondent Anna Holligan reports from the hague in the netherlands. What do we want . Crowd Climate Justice some schools here in the hague have actually cancelled classes and brought the pupils out to protest instead, building climate consciousness into the real life curriculum. Too many people, there is no oxygen there. This is the only chance we have. So we need to take our chance and make the world better. Of course the netherlands has a lot to be conscious of, with almost a third of the country lying below sea level. They are super aware of those rising tides. This country of course has a reputation clean, green living, cycling, windmills, renewable energy. But actually its record has a lot to be desired. Children here in the netherlands have the highest instances of asthma caused by pollution anywhere in europe, and they are struggling to reach those targets of reducing emissions by 49 by 2030, compared to 1990 levels. So the message here in the hague is clear, and it is reverberating again all over the world today. We are here, this not good what the world is doing, and now we hope thats the, um, the rechter, we do for the world, and were doing for the world, thats better. These are the superheroes of the future. Their relationship with the environment today will determine what it looks like in the future. This is bbc news, the latest headlines the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, has been given one week to hand over documents concerning contact with the Ukrainian Government as part of an impeachment investigation into donald trump. Afghanistan steps up security as 9 million voters choose their next president , despite threats of violence by the taliban. Lets get more on our top story now Angela Reddock Wright is an employment lawyer and an expert on whistleblower legislation. Given joining givenjoining us. Talk about given joining us. Talk about the whistleblower first of all because quite worryingly, weve had in the last day or so, a little bit of information about identification, this could be a cia agent. How difficult is it going to be to keep this persons identity a secret, do you think . I think it would be difficult not because its necessarily disclosed by anyone in congress or anyone of a higher level. But because in this day and time, its so easy to hack information, to get information, so im sure the leaks have already begun. We dont know already the name of the whistleblower. At least there will be rumours of it. Under whistleblower law, how much protection is afforded . Welcome in the traditional sense of the word, they are fully protected against retaliation or against any adverse action that might impact their employment but the reality of this situation is because of the high profile nature of this and the comments that have already been made about the whistleblower, i think it would be difficult to provide protection so im certainly hoping that the federal government is taking all steps to try to essentially put this person into the equivalent of witness protection to make sure they have security full time and they are being looked after, their emails are being protected, theirfamilies after, their emails are being protected, their families are after, their emails are being protected, theirfamilies are being protected, theirfamilies are being protected because this is a big deal and obviously, its being considered ata and obviously, its being considered at a very high level. And this case is interesting, because a federal whistleblower law has never been used against a sitting us president , has it . So what does it mean, there is no precedent for this . It means that this will be an opportunity of first impression, that what happens in congress and what the courts ultimately do, President Trump and his team, have indicated a plan to File Court Action to stay the proceedings. Im not sure thats likely that a court will find in the president s favour. The president has indicated he plans to use the executive village so that he doesnt have to speak to this and others in his cabinet dont have to speak to it but im not sure the privilege would extend to this situation so its a matter of, its unprecedented because we simply havent dealt with this situation before so how congress handles it, how the courts handle it will be a matter of first impression. Angela, so very much thank you for being on the programme. Haitian police in the capital Port Au Prince have been attempting to disperse the largest and most violent protests in months. Officers used tear gas and live ammunition while demonstrators threw stones. Anger over a nation