A conservative majority after the next general election will take us in the direction inquiry will begin in the us Congress Today following weeks of testimony behind closed doors. Of a very hard brexit. The basilica is flooded for the david is a good friend but i think on this issue hes sixth time in history. The first televised hearings got it precisely wrong. Of President Trumps impeachment inquire will happen in us congress venice has been hit by the highest today following weeks of testimony good afternoon. Tide in more than 50 years, welcome to bbc newsroom live. Behind closed doors. Flooding the streets. Im joanna gosling. The president is accused of improperly seeking help from ukraine to boost his chances of re election next year. The two main parties in the general Election Campaign are today focussing on what they regard as their key issues. Englands leading football clubs have been placed in a new league table, while labour looks to health designed to assess their the conser
A World Heritage site 3 years ago this magnificent building built almost entirely from reaches Calderwood Dave and. Its where tribal elders discuss issues affecting the community such as environmental problems and what many say is government neglect. But we have seen no improvements since the marshes were listed as a unesco World Heritage site there were hopes it could be a place for environmental tourism but that hasnt happened yet its estimated the marshes have shrunk to a 3rd of the size they were 100 years ago now the people with a unique culture are living in a long suffering region of Political Violence states Climate Change and broken government promises that all the biggest threats to their lives chance travel aljazeera in the marshlands of southern the rock. Tibetans around the world are saying happy birthday to the dalai lama hes 84. 00 and the question of who his successor is going to be is definite causing tension with china Chinas Communist Party says the spiritual leaders
Hundreds and many of its buildings are decorated with elaborate facades and she can see now the german city of augsburg was also granted World Heritage status for its 800 year old water system its aquaducts and find since im kells provided residents with clean Drinking Water since the middle ages 3 years ago an iraqi site has added to the World Heritage list but the People Living in the marshlands of southern iraq known as the marsh arabs say the new status is no its improved their livelihoods and as John Stratford reports government the great and Climate Change adds to their daily struggle. The sun rises over the marshes of southern iraq to what didnt region fade by the tigris and euphrates rivers. Home to people as far back as the samaritans more than 5000 years ago. In the early 1990 s. Saddam hussein ordered troops to drain most of the area as punishment for a tribal uprising against him around 75 percent of the 250000 people known as the marsh arabs fled. When the dictator was top
A position of everyone bring something positive to the table here if what were seeing in real terms is a step change if you will are we not now in a situation where the total death of the original agreement going back to 2015 is as of today imminently one step closer. One step closer certainly but theres still a certain amount of steps having to reach the point who are in the Nuclear Agreement and will be completely destroyed you know were still half theres still margins of negotiation you know basically. The point is to find the next remounted from which i mean the United States could claim victory and the rain and the gun claim victory in the this could be possible you know each side has to make an awful lot of course with the United States. To you know unleash a little would be the pressure. Is on the run and allow iran to say at least part of the oil on the other hand iran. Lets use a little bit more than a little bit the school. Of its Nuclear Program revolved challenging the the
Council has ordered a report in the philippines it will address serious violations allegedly committed by the government jurong detectives crackdown Users Campaign against drugs because drug users and will be a source of course of the day i mean you know. Be committed now were not quibble about how many of those crimes are committed by drug users but the justification being its not its just not true that we are overwhelmed by the drug problem wired such. A measure that theyre killing the murder out of the people the Philippine Government rejects the un vote calling it a travesty and saying it cannot accept a politically partisan and one sided resolution its already said it wont cooperate with any investigation critics have described it did. It is Anti Drugs Campaign as a war against the poor with the majority of those killed coming from impoverished communities and theyre included in the governments watch lists of drug users and peddlers but the Rights Groups say these lists are reliab