The process of formally removing a sitting president in the us has officially moved to the next stage. Democrats announced they will move forward with articles of impeachment against donald trump, making him just the fourth us president in history to face the move. Nancy pelosi made the announcement heres what she said about it. Our democracy is what is at stake. The president leaves us no choice but to act, because he is trying to corrupt, once again, the election for his own benefit. The president has engaged in an abuse of power, undermining our National Security and jeopardising the integrity of oui and jeopardising the integrity of our elections. His actions are in defiance of the vision of our founders and the oath of office that he takes. To preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the United States. President trump has been tweeting furiously in response. the do nothing, radical left lets go back to hear a little bit more. President trump has always denied wrongdoing and has dismissed the inquiry as a witch hunt. Heres laura trevelyan. Remember that Speaker Nancy Pelosi only a few months ago was warning against impeachment saying he is not worth it of President Trump, but what changed her mind and critically change the mind of swing seat democrats in the house was the whole business with ukraine. The Robert Muller report was not enough for nancy pelosi, she did not think that was the basis for impeachment but iiow was the basis for impeachment but now she is saying the president has abused his power for his own personal political gain. Ask the Judiciary Committee to draw up the articles of impeachment and on monday the house Judiciary Committee will meet to get this process of impeaching the president. Heres a reminder of how this inquiry came about. President trump is accused of inappropriately pressuring ukraine to investigate his democrat rival, joe biden, and his son hunter. Injuly, President Trump called ukraines president Volodymyr Zelensky to congratulate him on his election win and raised the issue of the bidens. In august, politico reported that us military aid was being witheld from ukraine. The inquiry has heard evidence from officials who believe the white house had ordered the withholding of the funds to pressurise ukraine to investigate mr biden. The white house denies this and eventually, the aid was released. In september however an unnamed whistleblower sent this formal complaint about the phone call saying they thought the president s conduct constituted. A serious or flagrant problem, abuse, or violation of law. That was the trigger for democrats to begin impeachment proceedings. Lets get more details onthe articles of impeachment President Trump now faces. Heres the New York TimesWashington Bureau chief. Right now we are looking potentially at three articles of impeachment, one on the abuse of power, a second one on the abuse of power, a second on obstruction ofjustice and a third on obstruction of congress. On obstruction of justice third on obstruction of congress. On obstruction ofjustice we just dont know whether that would include obstructing part of the muller investigation that is being debated as we speak. But that is what we are looking at here and we are looking also at next week hearings on those articles, and potentially a vote on impeachment right before christmas. I also want to show you this. After making her announcement to the press, mrs pelosi was leaving the room when this happened. Do you hate the president met him speaker . I dont hate anybody. Asked by a reporter from a conservative tv network do you hate the president she replied i dont hate anybody and then returned to the podium. Asa as a catholic, i resent youre using the word hate in a sentence that addresses me. I dont hate anyone, i was raised in a way that is heart full of love and always prayed for the president , and the still pray for the president , i the president , and the still pray forthe president , i pray forthe president all the time. So dont mess with me when it comes to words like that. Lets get more now from our us correspondent anthony zurcher. If nancy pelosi has made this decision its going to happen, she is the best vote counter in congress and perhaps one of the best in the history of congress. She knows what your party once and she is making this move now its an indication that she has taken the pulse of her party and she knows that she has enough votes and probably all of the votes to go in with impeachment. Its an important move. How will this play out now, the articles of impeachment as we are hearing could be abuse of power, contempt of congress, what happens next . Next, on monday as you mentioned there will be anotherJudiciary Committee hearing, get that 300 page report from the Intelligence Committee. The Intelligence Committee held those two weeks of hearings really gathered all this information interviewed witnesses. The judiciarys job interviewed witnesses. The judiciarysjob is to interviewed witnesses. The judiciarys job is to decide and articles of impeachment and vote on them and hand them over if it passes, which it will if democrats stick together to the floor of the house. Another series of debates and other vote where if democrats stick together and trust in nancy pelosi and probably well. Donald trump will then be impeached and at that point it goes to the senate and a formal trial of the president as you mentioned before only the third time thats happened. When people hear the word impeached its confused with removing somebody from office but thats not actually the case. That is not the case. The best way to look at it is at a charge seat him an indictment where you are putting together the crimes that merit removalfrom office. Together the crimes that merit removal from office. The together the crimes that merit removalfrom office. The trial where you will have the impeachment managers presenting the case that prosecutors and the president will have his own lawyers mounting the defence and the entire 100 person senate will sit as a jury presiding over by the Supreme Court chief justicejohn roberts. Over by the Supreme Court chief justice john roberts. It over by the Supreme Court chief justicejohn roberts. It takes 66 votes out of the 100 to remove eight president and theres 53 republicans in congress and as long as they stick together donald trump is safe. People think its unlikely that they will go against mrtrump, people think its unlikely that they will go against mr trump, but is there any potential for that, do we know . This is an upanddown vote. Playing with a loaded gun and you never know what will happen on one vote. It does not seem likely that republicans, enough republicans would vote to remove donald trump from office. You would notjust have to get some of the moderate republicans, one that expressed disapproval like mitt romney or susan collins, you would have to get republicans from states where donald trump is still very popular. The reality is it is unlikely and thus begin geta reality is it is unlikely and thus begin get a blockbuster revelation that changes the political dynamic we have right now. Thank you very much to anthony for his thoughts. Lets move on instead to this story happening in france today. Police have used tear gas on demonstrators in france during a day of crippling strikes across the country. The walkouts which are over planned changes to pensions affected almost every sector, from transport to hospitals, schools, the courts, police, and even opera houses. Tens of thousands have been taking part in whats being dubbed Frances Black thursday. Here you can see the tear gas being used in paris to disperse protestors. At least 80 people are reported to have been arrested. Its been a similar story in the western city of nantes, protesters were tear gassed there too, after some threw projectiles at police. On the transport links, 90 of high speed tgv and intercity trains have been cancelled along with hundreds of flights. Eurostar trains between paris and london have also been affected. And tourists were disappointed to find parisien landmarks like the eiffel tower had been closed for the day. Anybody planning on a day of sightseeing today was not the day to do it. More than 800,000 people are estimated to have joined demonstrations in a0 cities across france including marseilles, lyon and nantes but that figure doesnt include paris where a further quarter of a Million People have been protesting. They say theyre angry at being forced to retire later orface reduced pensions under government plans for a universal points based system. President macron is trying to simplify frances Pension System, which currently has 42 different schemes. France currently puts 1k per cent of its gdp into pensions making it the third biggest spender among developed nations, behind greece and italy. Frances official retirement age has been raised in the last decade from 60 to 62, but remains one of the lowest among developed nations in the uk, for example, the state pension age will be 66 from next year. Mr macrons new plan aims to reward employees for each day worked, awarding points that would later be transferred into future pension benefits. For more on the proposed changes heres Anne Elisabeth moutet. What president macro was trying to do is hes trying to unify the Pension System in france so that eve ryo ne Pension System in france so that everyone will have the same system but you would have Something Like a0 categories of Public Servants who had a specific Pension System usually much better and for instance in the normal system grow pension is calculate it on the best 25 years of your career, and in the trains in france for instance the last ten yea rs france for instance the last ten years which means the calculation is much better on that respect. Some professionals and which is only two and a half years. A feeling by the people not on strike that these special regime is that we call them, are unjust in the president has tried to play on this. On the other hand youve heard now for over a year u nrest hand youve heard now for over a year unrest in france because of deep and satisfaction of how the government is perceived to be running the country. Labour unions whove organised the strikes say president macrons plans will mean having to work longer for a lower pension. Translation a universal system is all well and good except for those who have problems in their careers. And theres a lot of uncertainty. Unemployment, forced off time, there would be paying less or nothing. Do they have a right to receive pensions . The industrial action is expected to last beyond thursday and some trade Union Leaders have warned they will carry on striking until the government abandons the reforms. Heres france minister for transport. In the following days the Prime Minister will give very concrete guidelines on the new Pension System. So i hope by the middle of next week we can make a very concrete progress with the unions in the strike will be over as soon as possible. One opinion poll put public support for the strikes at 70 , with backing strongest among 18 to 3a year olds. But another poll found that 75 of people thought that Pension Reforms were necessary, even if only a third believed the government could deliver them. For more on whats expected to happen next with these strikes, heres Hugh Schofield in paris. The unions and people who have organised this protest today will be very pleased with the result. Its true there have been some clashes, some violence on the fringes of the big demo here in paris right where i am standing, an awful lot of graffiti. Some damage done to property but in general a fairly festive and above all very big demonstration of force by those opposing the pension reform plans. The question of course is what happens next. Tomorrow or friday theres no question there will be another big strike day, seems likely that transport will be as disrupted oii that transport will be as disrupted on friday as it was today, thursday. Saturday, the possibility of demonstrations, its tradition that the yellow vest turn out and say they may well turn out again in force on saturday to support this anti pension reform that campaigns and on monday next week will be key. Other unions can keep the momentum going into a second week. Next week is kiev well because thats when the government will spell out more specifically what is in the pension reform proposals. Up until now its not been clear exactly what theyre proposing to do and thats given free reign to all thoughts of opponents and theories about what you may or may not be contained in the plan. Stay with us on outside source still to come. Oil giant saudi aram co is the worlds most valuable company and weve just found out its worth 1. 7 trillion dollars when it makes its stock market debut. The global surge in measles shows no sign of slowing down, according to the world health organization. Last year alone, more than 1a0,000 people died of the disease. Sub sa ha ran africa was the worst hit region places like the democratic republic of congo had the highest number of victims. Heres dr ann lindstrand. We need to take this seriously. Around the world and actually build a strong immunisation system. We know what to do, we have the vaccine. Everyone has to be vaccinated by two doses of measles containing vaccines, so Public Health authorities around the world need to make sure that vaccines are available for everyone in the child population early on in life, but also the possibility of being vaccinated before you go on travel. This is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. Our lead story the democrats push ahead with impeaching donald trump he becomes only the third president to be officially accused of abusing his office. Theres a week to go in the uk election campaign, and theres one thing borisjohnson still hasnt done. Thats sit down for an interview with this man, my colleague here at the bbc andrew neil. He has a reputation for being the toughest interviewer in british politics. Jeremy corbyn, jo swinson, Nicola Sturgeon and nigel farage have all subjected themselves to his questions. Borisjohnson originally agreed to take part, but has since pulled out. Tonight, andrew neil issued this challenge to the Prime Minister. It is not too late. We have an interview prepared to come up and ready as mrjohnson likes to say. A theme running through our questions is trust a white so many times in his career in politics and journalism critics, and sometimes even those close to him, have deemed him to be untrustworthy. There is no law, no Supreme Court ruling that can law, no Supreme Court ruling that ca n force law, no Supreme Court ruling that can force mrjohnson to participate ina bbc can force mrjohnson to participate in a bbc leaders interview. At the Prime Minister of our nation will, at times, have to stand up to President Trump, president putin, President Trump, president putin, president shee of china. Socially not expecting too much that he expects half an hour of standing up to me. So its now up to mrjohnson. Andrew neil issued that challenge after conducting an interview with the leader of the brexit party. Nigel farage has been on the defensive today. Thats because four of his brexit Party Colleagues have resigned, and are now urging people to vote for the conservatives. Heres the so called gang of four. They were all elected to the European Parliament under the brexit party banner in may. Heres one of them explaining their decision. It is clear to me that the brexit party is splitting the vote of leavers. In marginal and not so marginal constituencies. Remember, the United Kingdom uses the first past the post voting system. Voters put an x next to one candidate and whoever gets the most votes wins thats it. That means increased support for the brexit party even if its only a few per cent overall could cost the conservatives votes, allowing a remain candidate to win. To guard against this the brexit party isnt standing candidates in the 317 seats won by conservatives at the last election. Thats all the seats on this map coloured blue. But the brexit party is still competing in seats held by labour and others. The critics say that strategy is misguided. Heres some of that andrew neil interview with nigel farage. Four of your mvps a week before polling day have resigned instead of vote tory. Letsjust run through that very quickly. One of them is the sister of a cabinet minister, and another, hang on, one of them is and another, hang on, one of them is a centre of a cabinet minister to another has a boyfriend working for that cabinet minister, and another one is a personal friend of Boris Johnson. They are not smears, they are facts. Theyjoined the brexit party, theyjoin the coalition that apart together. They clearly were disaffected with mrs may as leader and we are not the conservative party. And i will tell you something, i will tell you something, i will tell you something, borisjohnsons deal unamended is unacceptable. I certainly stand by that. Lets see if mrjohnson sits in that chair in the coming days. In the last few hours weve found out how much the worlds most valuable company is worth. Oil giant saudi aram co will be worth 1. 7 trillion dollars when it makes