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Well be bringing you all the reaction and analysis from that Unprecedented Supreme Court ruling. Also on the programme. Well be live in new york where World Leaders have gathered for the un General Assembly. Borisjohnson has only been in powerfor two months. But in that time hes lost six votes in parliament, misled the queen and now hes broken the law. Weve said it before about brexit and well say it again now. Today brought a political earthquake, because the uks highest court has ruled the Prime Ministers decision to suspend parliament for five weeks up to the brexit deadline was unlawful and now void. The government says the Prime Minister has spoken to the queen since the ruling, but his probl ....
Meet afghanistans robotic team winning prizes and acclaim across the world, against the odds. Sometimes when ive heard some bad news or bad things that had happened outside, ijust, here and do democrats response was swift. Some mechanical things. Live from our studios the failure to produce this witness, in singapore and london, 00 01 11,005 2147483051 37 20,217 this is bbc world news 2147483051 37 20,217 00 00 02,764 its newsday. The failure to produce these documents, um, we consider yet additional strong evidence of obstruction of the constitutional functions of congress a coequal branch of government. Democrats were keen to question Gordon Sondland because hed been dealing with ukraine in the run up to the phone call between President Trump and that countrys leader, in which mr trump asked Volodymyr Zelensky to ....
Injust the in just the last few minutes, the House Speaker nancy pelosi has said the President Trump is not above the law. But the white house has confirmed it will not co operate with the impeachment inquiry into donald trump. An official letter to Democratic Party leaders claims the process is constitutionally illegitimate, and accuses them of seeking to rewrite the 2016 election. Mr trump has blocked one key witness, the Us Ambassador to the European Union, from giving evidence to congress, and democrats have now issued a subpoena to try to force him to appear. More legal wrangles are likely. This from our reporter peter bowes. A class at the heart of the american government. The white house flexing its mus ....
Now on bbc news its hardtalk, with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. The number of forest fires burning in the amazon rainforest may have dropped since the global alarm was raised in august, but brazils government is still feeling intense political heat. My guest today is brazilian environment minister Ricardo Salles who is in europe trying to convince sceptics that president bolsonaros government is not prioritising economic exploitation at the expense of environmental protection. How credible are the brazilian governments soothing words . Ricardo salles, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much. Thanks for asking me. Would you accept that the global concern raised by the sweeping forest fires that we saw in august, burning swathes of amazon rainforest, would you accept that that has put a new level of scrutiny on the actions of the brazilian government . Definitely. Its true. Were already concerned about th ....
The speaker of the house of representatives has told President Trump he is not above the law. But the white house has confirmed it will not co operate with the impeachment inquiry. An official letter to Democratic Party leaders claims the process is constitutionally illegitimate, and accuses them of seeking to rewrite the 2016 election. Mr trump has blocked one key witness, the Us Ambassador to the european union, from giving evidence to congress, and democrats have now issued a subpoena to try to force him. More legal wrangles are likely. This from our reporter peter bowes. A clash at the heart of american government. The white house flexing its muscle and refusing to have anything to do with the democrats impeachment enquiry in the house of representatives. In an 8 page letter, the president s lawyer says the enquiry ....