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Kurt Volker: First witness testifies in Trump impeachment probe
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWhat we know about Biden-Ukraine corruption claimsUS President Donald Trump, already facing an impeachment inquiry after urging Ukraine to investigate his political rival Joe Biden, has now urged China to do likewise.He said both China and Ukraine should look into Mr Biden, a Democratic presidential frontrunner, and…
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Supreme Court: Boris Johnson’s ‘humiliation’ over ruling
Image copyright BBC Monitoring European newspapers are unequivocal about the severity of the blow the UK’s Supreme Court dealt Prime Minister Boris Johnson with its unanimous verdict that he had acted illegally in proroguing parliament.Despite calls for his resignation, few pundits expect him to go, noting the apparent lack of contrition on his part. Instead,…
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Trump-Ukraine: Texts show envoy’s alarm over plans
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Altaf Hussain: Pakistan MQM founder charged over ‘hate speech’ in UK
Image copyright AFP Image caption Altaf Hussain requested asylum in the UK in the 1990s Altaf Hussain, the self-exiled founder of one of Pakistan’s biggest political parties, the MQM, has been charged with a terrorism offence in the UK. The Metropolitan Police confirmed that the 66-year-old had been charged in connection with a speech he…