Shia muslim clerics. In washington, the row over the democrats impeachment inquiry for donald trump has reached a new level. The president appears to be doubling down, calling openly notjust for ukraine to investigate the democratic president ial candidate joe biden, but for china to do so as well. The democrats are describing it as repugnant, and a fundamental breach of the oath of office. But mr trump sees it differently. China should start an investigation into the bidens because what happened to china is just about as bad as what happened with, uh, with ukraine so i would say that president zelensky, if it were me, i would recommend that they start an investigation into the bidens because nobody has any doubt they werent crooked, that was a crooked deal 100 . Our correspondent in washington, chris buckler, has more on the president s new comments. It feels like donald trump is trying to make normal what the democrats say is simply extraordinary. A us president essentially asking a foreign government, or as it is now, two foreign governments for help in digging dirt on a political opponent. And that is how democrats see it. And President Trump is trying with the strategy to say, well, i am doing nothing wrong. The questions should all be Aboutjoe Biden and his son, hunter. But actually what hes doing here is hes throwing a lot of dirt at the bidens and the reality is none of it is substantiated. He has not provided any evidence. He is simply putting out a lot of allegations and encouraging other governments to look into their actions. And as a result you have got President Trump, in some ways, looking at times angry and unsettled. But it is a great change of strategy if you consider that only a matter of 2a hours ago he was awkwardly trying to avoid questions about what he said to the ukrainian president. Now hes getting out there and saying, yeah, i asked the question. Yeah, i asked them to investigate, so what . Ultimately, though, it will feed into those calls for impeachment from the democrats. Well, that new strategy, as you say, is only a few hours old. It has only happened today. But can we get a sense of whether its changing peoples view on the impeachment proceedings . There have been some suggestions from polling that has been done that there has been some support growing for impeachment. But, of course, we are at a very, very early stage and all of this. And President Trump, is, in those words we have seen, very much trying to appeal to his base, his supporters. Given that in 12 months from now well be in the last leg of what will be a bitter election campaign. The 2020 president ial elections is coming up and its going to matter than what is said between here and then, because President Trump is going to do his best to paint himself as a victim here. And democrats know that there is a danger in all of that and they realise that what really matters is what those floating voters think. Those people in the midwest of america, those in the rust belt, who were persuaded to vote donald trump in 2016, will they buy his claims that he has done nothing wrong when it comes to 2020 . And certainly what i think you will see over the next while is a huge focus on these impeachment proceedings, these impeachment inquiries, towards what democrats are talking about, potential proceedings. Even today we had interviews with the former us special envoy to ukraine and, when you take a look at washington at the moment, it is consumed with talk of potential impeachment. There are stories from the new york times, cnn, washington post, abc, many others tonight all looking at the presents actions and he is going to be under his scrutiny in the months to come. Chris buckler there. The new brexit proposals unveiled by the british Prime Minister Boris Johnson, have already provoked a wave of scepticism both at westminster and across the eu. The Irish Government says it has deep concerns, and the European Council president says hes unconvinced. The main proposals relate to Northern Ireland. It would stay in the eu Single Market for all goods, and that would mean accepting eu rules and standards. But, crucially, Northern Ireland would leave the customs union, and that would mean new customs checks on the island of ireland. But all of this would depend on a future vote by the Northern Ireland assembly, a body which is currently suspended. So whats the reaction been to all of this in europe . Our europe editor katya adler reports from brussels. Well, you could say that the Prime Minister is stuck between a rock and a hard place. He seems cautiously optimistic that the majority of mps would support his new brexit proposals, but the eu doesnt. And if he moves closer to the eus position, say over customs, then he risks losing support from hardline brexiteers at home. So now what . Well, the eu mood can probably best be summed up in a tweet today from the president of the European Council, donald tusk. He said he spoke to the irish Prime Minister and to borisjohnson today. His message to dublin was that the eu fully stands behind ireland, meaning that it wont abandon irish interestjust to get a deal. To borisjohnson he said that the eu remains open to his proposals but unconvinced. Now, the Prime Ministers main eu envoy is in brussels tonight and tomorrow, trying to do some heavy convincing. And the eu chief brexit negotiator has a string of questions for him. You see, the eu worries that the Prime Ministers proposals are not legally watertight, that they expose the Single Market to smuggling, and that they put the Northern Ireland Peace Process at risk. Michel barnier says he wants to suss out the uks room for manoeuvre. Can Boris Johnson jenny further . And depending on the answers he gets, mr barnier says he will tell germany and france and the rest of the eu whether he thinks it is in their interest to keep negotiating. Katya adler there. The Us Health Authorities say at least 18 people across the country are now known to have died from lung problems linked to vaping e cigarettes. The centers for Disease Control and prevention said 1,000 and 80 cases of probable lung injury had been reported in the United States so far. Its a jump from around eight hundred known cases reported last week. Alex clark, ceo of the consumer advocates for smoke free alternatives association, believes the problem lies with chemicals such as thc which are added to e cigarettes and more research is needed before an outright ban is imposed. Everybody would like to see more studies about particular ingredients, the flavourings, and the long term effects, but i think as it relates to this particular outbreak, were talking about a new chemical thats been introduced. This is not something that legitimate vapour product manufactures, nicotine vapour manufactures can actually do in the usa can do without triggering the Market Application process from the fda. However, the chief medical officer of the American Lung association, dr albert rizzo, warns that inhaling the chemicals found in e cigarettes can cause irreversible lung damage. The main thing is that the fda in this country needs to do a premarket review of any product that is out in the marketplace and determine whether or not it is appropriate for public safety. I think about vaping and the illness is going on now, the advice is dont vape, if you have never vaped, dont start them if you have been vaping, please stop, if you are vaping and you continue to get symptoms similar to what has been noticed, please seek medical attention as soon as you can. I think about vaping and the illness is going on now, an undercover investigation by the bbc in iraq has exposed evidence of Sexual Exploitation of children and young women by some shia muslim clerics. It centres around a practice known as pleasure marriage, which allows men to take wives for a short period of time sometimes as little as an hour. And in some cases, money is changing hands for girls who are controlled by clerics. You may find some parts of this report by Nawal Al Maghafi distressing. Karbala the holiest shrine in shia islam, visited by millions of pilgrims every year. In the streets around the shrine are marriage offices where couples come to get wed. But they hold one of iraqs darkest secrets. We had heard some clerics were abusing their power, using temporary marriages, or mutah, to facilitate prostitution with young girls. It is a marriage contract with an expiry date, which can be as short as an hour. Some say they can be a positive move for couples who are aware of what they are doing. But they are also ripe for exploitation. In a year long investigation, we went undercover around some of iraqs holiest shrines. These temporary marriages are illegal in iraq. However, we found clerics willing to do them, not only facilitating them with young girls, but also offering justification through their interpretation of islamic law to have sex with them. We showed our footage to an expert in islamic law, ghaith al tamimi, a former high ranking cleric himself. Translation what this man is saying is a crime, that must be punished by law. Ghaith says it is one reason he decided to speak out against the clerics. Translation i realised that these rules were ugly and cruel, and could not come from god, or from anyone human. Throughout our investigation, we gathered evidence of clerics willing to facilitate sex with young girls in return for cash. In one instance, we were told children cost as little as £700. Rasul is 16 years old, but already she has been sold to more men than she can remember. With no parents, and a younger sister to support, she was groomed by a cleric atjust 13 years old. This cleric denied carrying out temporary marriages, and we received no response from this cleric. Both say theyre followers of grand ayatollah al sistani, one of the most senior figures in shia islam. We put our findings to his office, which released the following statement. Countless years of war have left millions of women and girls vulnerable and destitute. As long as the religious clerics operate with impunity, they will continue to be victims of iraqs secret sex trade. Nawalal maghafi, bbc news, iraq. If you would like to know more, have a look online. Bbc. Com news for a special feature on the iraqi teenager married too many times to count. Stay with us on bbc world news, still to come 12 million seahorses illegally trawled and destined for markets abroad are seized peru says its a crime against the environment. In all russias turmoil, it has never quite come to this. President yeltsin said the day would decide the nations destiny. The nightmare that so many people have feared for so long is playing out its final act here. Russians are killing russians in front of a grandstand audience. It was his humility which produced affection from catholics throughout the world. But his departure is a tragedy for the catholic church. This man, israels right winger ariel sharon, visited the religious compound and that started the trouble. He wants israel alone to have sovereignty over the holy sites, an idea thats unthinkable to palestinians. After 45 years of division, germany is one. In berlin, a million germans celebrate the rebirth of europes biggest and richest nation. This is bbc world news. The latest headlines President Trump has urged another foreign country, china, to launch an investigation into his democrat rivaljoe biden, and his son. The british Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, puts forward further proposals to break the brexit deadlock but european leaders say theyre not convinced. The United Kingdom and the United States have signed what both countries are calling an historic agreement on sharing data. Its intended to dramatically speed up investigations into criminals online activity. The reciprocal arrangement means Law Enforcement bodies could demand terrorists and child abusers electronic data directly from Technology Companies based in either country. The uk home secretary, priti patel, announced the agreement, along with the us attorney general, william barr, after a meeting in washington. This will effectively leave callous criminals who exploit the internet with nowhere to hide. Our Law Enforcement agencies will be finally able to demand the data they need from internet giants, to bring people who abuse children and terrorists to justice. I would like to give my particular thanks to the attorney general, and to all of those, many of whom are here today, who have made this momentous occasion possible. Ira winkler has designed Cyber Security and anti espionage sytems for the National Security agency, and in the private sector. He believes the new agreement will make things a bit easier for us and uk Law Enforcement. Everybody likes to say every change is a game changer. I like to say that this is making things a little bit easier for Law Enforcement, and that is a good thing in investigating crimes that might otherwise be too hard to investigate. So, for people watching, what they would assume this means is that, if somebody tweets a threat or writes a threat on facebook, that their details can perhaps be shared. Is that correct . Could social Media Companies be compelled to give peoples details now . Well, frankly, they always could be compelled to give details. What this allows for is, lets say for example somebody is tweeting a threat to a uk school somewhere, somewhere like that, just as an example. And it turns out that they have to go through the us to get information. If its a minor threat, and its not a major investigation, youre going to have a single Law Enforcement agent trying to fight an uphill battle to find out where it came from. This allows uk Law Enforcement to approach twitter, for example, directly to get the information, as opposed to having to go through us possibly the us embassy, us Law Enforcement, or anyone else. It allows them to essentially ask for the information directly. Since the christchurch attacks on a mosque there, we have had a big focus on far right terrorism. Is this legislation or this agreement going to help fight that . The answer is its going to make some sort of improvement. Again, i hate to say. You know, everybody likes to think in the grandest terms. We have got this agreement. It took a lot of work, notjust the two people who signed the agreement, to get everything in place, make sure its legal in both countries, to allow for this exchange. But again, its going to make investigations hopefully to prevent attacks easier, such as if somebody the uk says theres a perceived threat to uk assets, and now we can go ahead and ask us companies for the information directly. But to say that is a complete game changer, i think, is a bit pollyanna, for lack of a better term. On the other side, what about peoples right to privacy . Is it going to make it harder for people to stay anonymous online, which some people argue is peoples right . The short answer is no. What this is essentially doing is saying if, for example, a uk Law Enforcement agent wanted to go ahead and get the information of a us person, they could theoretically go to the us government, go through the embassies, go through the appropriate legal attaches, to get the information compelled in a us court. This just allows the uk agencies to go directly to companies to get the information. It just essentially bypasses a lot of bureaucracy. It doesnt make anything that wasnt possible now possible. Itjust makes the possible easier, for lack of a better term. The french authorities are investigating why a member of staff at the Police Headquarters in paris attacked his colleagues with a knife, killing four people. The assailant, a 45 Year Old Technology worker, was shot dead at the scene. The police say hed recently converted to islam. His house has been searched and his wife detained. It comes a day after the Police Protested against rising rates of suicide and violence against theirforces. The president of ecuador has declared a state of emergency, after a day of protests against cuts to fuel subsidies, which came into effect on thursday. Lenin moreno has criticised the violence, which is the worst unrest in the country for years. Sylvia lennan spence reports. For hours they raged through the streets of the capital, showing their anger to the government. Masked protesters threw stones at police who responded with tear gas and deployed armoured vehicles. Throughout the city, roads were blocked with burning tyres. Groups of demonstrators trying to reach the Government Palace and downtown were pushed back by riot police. Officers made a number of arrests. Testers are angry at president Lenin Morenos decision to end ao year old subsidies for fuel, which were costing the government more than 1 billion annually, and therefore, he said, no longer affordable. Translation these subsidies benefited those who didnt need it and benefited those who lived from smuggling. These resources must be invested in health, housing and security for all ecuadorians. The eliminations are part of his plan to bolster ecuadors economy and is its debt burden. It announced it was leaving the organisation of the Petroleum Exporting countries, opec. To pump more oil and a phrase avenues. to pump more oil and a phrase avenues. Raise. It currently pumps more than 500,000 barrels a day. But with prices now expected to more than doubled, people are angry. Translation mr lenin moreno, the looting wad organised by by his Political Party blamed by protesters. They should be paying for this crisis. The people will keep fighting. Ecuador has a long history of political instability. Street protests toppled three president s during economic turmoil in the late 1990s. When lenin moreno took office in 2017, he said he would not allow protesters to impose chaos. Something that demonstrators have now vowed to keep doing. Sylvia lennan spence, bbc news. Peruvian authorities have intercepted a huge shipment of dried seahorses, fished illegally from the pacific and due to be sold in asia. The seizure, weighing more than a ton, highlights the growth in wildlife smuggling around the world. Andy beatt reports. Dried, boxed, and ready for export. 12 million pacific seahorses packed onto a ship in callao, perus biggest and busiest port. Evidence of an environmental crime. Translation we have seized 55 boxes of dried seahorses weighing more than 1000 kilos. The capture and trade of the species are strictly prohibited anywhere along the peruvian coast. The contra band cargo was destined to be sold abroad. In traditional chinese medicine, seahorses are believed to help with ailments as diverse as infertility, baldness, and asthma. This huge haul likely to be worth millions of dollars on the black market. Conservationists say the illicit trade, fuelled by organised crime, is one of the gravest threats to wildlife across south america and beyond. Four crewmembers, three peruvians and a venezuelan, have been detained by police. If found guilty they face 3 5 years injail. Andy beatt, bbc news. A painting by the mysterious british street artist, banksy, has sold for a record amount for one of his works. The picture depicting the British Parliament full of chimpanzees, fetched 12 million at auction in london. Five times its pre auction estimate. Gareth barlow has more. The uk parliament, but not as you know it. Cheering politicians replaced by a troupe of chimpanzees, howling instead of hear, hear. Painted a decade ago, the artwork could be considered particularly pertinent in an increasingly polarised political world. This is one of our oldest democracies, and within it we see the regression towards tribal, animalistic behaviour that regardless of which side you stand on the brexit debate, theres no question that over the last few weeks weve seen incredible behaviour here in the house of commons in the uk. At four metres wide, the painting is banksys largest piece, and now commands the highest price. His reaction to the record figure shame i didnt still own it. Laughter shame i didnt still own it. I am sure he regrets. You can reach me on twitter im reged ahmad bbc. Hello. At one stage hurricane lorenzo, way out in the atlantic, had winds gusting up to 190 mph. It is no longer a hurricane, and it weakens quite quickly as it moves from ireland across the United Kingdom during friday. That said, it is still quite windy, though nothing too unusual for the time of year. As we start friday, winds easing in Northern Ireland, but they are going to be picking up towards south wales and south west england. And itll be fairly blustery wherever you are, with cloud and outbreaks of rain. A much milder start compared with thursday morning. And the winds pick up a bit further, south wales, south west england, during friday morning, maybe gusting along some coasts up to around 60, maybe 65 mph, before easing later. A lot of cloud, outbreaks of rain to start the day, but edging southwards across south wales and southern england on through the afternoon, replacing any early brightness, whereas elsewhere it turns a bit drier and a little brighter. The best of the sunshine in northern scotland and throughout the day in the northern isles, and temperatures a little bit higher compared with thursday. So the winds ease further as we go on through friday night. Still some cloud and patchy rain for parts of southern england, south wales, into Northern Ireland. The clearest skies to the north and east of that. Therell be a few mist and fog patches developing, and where you are clear, temperatures are dipping down into single figures as we start the weekend. So on saturday morning, then, some mist and fog patches around. Some sunny spells the further east you are, but theres another weather system coming in from the atlantic, and thats going to spread cloud further east. With it, initially some light and patchy rain. That rain, though, turning heavier into Northern Ireland with a strengthening south easterly wind during the day. And, as for those temperatures, of course itll feel best where you get to see some sunshine. But then again, as the breeze picks up, well, werejust talking about the mid to low teens. Now, lets take a look at the big picture going into sunday. This frontal system is coming across us, and quite slowly, with some heavy and persistent rain. There could be some quite large rain totals in places on into sunday, so thats something worth watching. And, whilst theres a bit of uncertainty about how quickly this is going to clear eastwards, some of us will emerge into the sunshine on sunday. But the further east you are, some of us, as you can see, will not. Well keep you updated on how that looks over the next few days. And again, as for temperatures, well, were talking mainly towards the mid teens. In any cloud and rain, though, it is going to feel colder on sunday compared with saturday. And just a look into next week, a selection of places here. Its looking very autumnal. It will be quite windy throughout the week. It will be wet at times, not all the time. Therell be some sunshine occasionally, too. This is bbc news. The headlines in washington, the row over the democrats impeachment inquiry for donald trump has reached a new level. The president has called notjust for ukraine to investigate the democratic president ial candidate joe biden, but for china to do so as well. The democrats say its a fundamental breach of the oath of office. The new brexit proposals unveiled by british Prime Minister Boris Johnson have already provoked a wave of scepticism, both at westminster and across the eu. The Irish Government says it has deep concerns, and the European Council president says hes unconvinced. The Us Health Authorities say at least 18 people across the country are now known to have died from lung problems linked to vaping e cigarettes. Its estimated 1,080 cases of probable lung injury had been reported in the United States so far. Now on bbc news, hardtalk
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