welcome to newsday on the bbc. i'm mariko oi in singapore. the headlines: will an account of the conversation between these two men be enough to kickstart the impeachment inquiry against donald trump? the president says its a hoax and a witch hunt but his opponents think they have damning evidence against him. like any mafia boss, the president didn't need to say "that's a nice country you have, it would be a shame if something happened to it," because that was clear from the conversation. i'm ben bland, in london. also in the programme: after tuesday's momentous supreme court ruling, britain's parliament is back and angrier than ever. for this prime minister to talk

about morals and morality is a disgrace! the british prime minister dismisses calls to resign. he accuses the opposition of an obsessive desire to thwart brexit. and a dark world of child slavery and prostitution. we report from bangladesh and one of the world's largest licenced brothels. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news — it's newsday. good morning. it's 7 am in singapore, midnight in london and 7 pm in washington where, the white house has released partial details about the conversation donald trump had with the leader of ukraine, which has led to impeachment proceedings against the us president.

the allegation that he threatened to hold back us aid unless ukraine provided dirt on one of his political rivals, led democrats to begin the impeachment process. the democrats say it's damning evidence of his mafioso criminal behaviour. the president calls the entire story a witchhunt and a hoax. our north america editor, jon sopel, has more. he's made me more famous than i've made him. who'd have thought that a meeting between donald trump and his ukrainian counterpart would become the most keenly anticipated event of un week? but after a phone call injuly between the two men that has resulted in the democrats launching impeachment proceedings, it has. it's better to be on tv than by phone. i think. and a central charge — did the us president try to pressurise volodymyr zelensky into supplying damaging information on donald trump's main democratic rival, joe biden? the ukrainian leader looked uncomfortable.

i think, good phone call. it was normal, we spoke about many things. so, i think and you read it, that nobody pushed me. in other words, no pressure. because you know what, there was no pressure. and, by the way, you know there was no pressure. all you have to do is see it, what went on in the call. the president wantsjoe biden investigated along with his son, hunter, who has business interests in the country. the white house has released a partial transcript of the conversation and, in it, the president takes the highly irregular step of asking his ukrainian counterpart for a favour... this partial transcript is damning, but not deadly.

yes, the president seeks info on a political rival from a foreign leader, but there no quid pro quo, no "unless you give us the dirt, we won't give you aid." nevertheless, in a divided country, buckle up for what will be a bitter and take—no—hostages fight. democrats crying high crimes and misdemeanours. republicans shouting witch hunt. on capitol hill, the battle lines are being drawn on strict party lines on whether he's villain or victim. like any mafia boss, the president didn't need to say "that's a nice country you have, it would be a shame if something happened to it," because that was clear from the conversation. to impeach any president over a phone call like this would be insane. wherever the president goes, the secret service provides a ring of steel. now it's the republican party and the white house who need to circle the wagons to protect donald trump from this democratic party attempt to bring him down. jon sopel, bbc news, new york.

lawmakers have now had a chance to read the whistleblower‘s complaint after it was delivered to congress. in the past half hour, one of the most senior democrats, the house intelligence committee chairman adam schiff, gave this reaction. what this courageous individual has done, has exposed serious wrongdoing and,i done, has exposed serious wrongdoing and, ithink, done, has exposed serious wrongdoing and, i think, it is a travesty that this complaint was withheld as long as it was because it was an urgent matter, it is an urgent matter and there was simply no basis to keep this from the committee and the idea that the department ofjustice would have intervened to prevent it from getting to congress,... throws the department into further ill repute. a short time ago president trump

held a press conference at the united nations. the bbc‘s nada tawfik was listening to what he had to say. i think it is worth pointing out that this was a press conference scheduled to talk about the un general assembly and all the us market during the high level meetings. at the start resident trumps that he wished the fake news measure would be covering what the us is doing for the benefit of the country rather than focusing on what he sees as a political hitjob, a witch hunt. it was very dejected responding to the latest news that the whistleblower complaint was going to congress. really trying to get up the credibility of the whistleblower saying that this was someone whistleblower saying that this was someone who apparently anything complaint only had second—hand knowledge and not first—hand knowledge and not first—hand knowledge of president trump is make interaction and so, certainly, president trump still be very firm to say he did nothing wrong, that he exerted no pressure on the ukrainian president but he lacked some of his

strength. what chances of the complaint being made public? that is really going to be a matter for the senate intel committee, the house intel committee to decide whether parts of it should be redacted and parts of it should be redacted and parts of it really is. it really is sensitive enough that they need to keep it closed up for the investigation. at the moment, it is not even open for all members of congress to take a look. it is in a protected room where those in the intel committee can go and take a look. the public transparency that will because for that to be released. when you're with such high—stakes, an impeachment investigation but they are those who will argue that, because of this is such a significant moment, it should be guarded until all the facts are in place. let's take a look at some of the day's other news:

president hassan rouhani of iran has warned that the gulf region is on the edge collapse, amid tensions between his country and the us. the us and saudi arabia have accused tehran of being behind the recent attack on saudi oilfacilities. iran denies involvement. also making news today, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been asked to form the country's next government, by president reuven rivlin. mr netanyahu and his main opponent, benny gantz, failed to agree a deal on a unity government after the recent general election. last week's vote — the second this year — ended in deadlock. mr netanyahu now has up to six weeks to try and put together a government. at least 38 people are now known to have died in pakistani—administered kashmir after tuesday's earthquake, according to the authorities there. hundreds more are being treated for injuries. relief teams have rushed tents, food, drinking water and medical supplies to the worst affected areas, in and around mirpur. some houses were destroyed and many

damaged in the quake. britain's prime minister boris johnson has faced parliament for the first time following his defeat in the supreme court on tuesday. there were bad—tempered exchanges as mrjohnson declared that the supreme court had been wrong to pronounce on a political question at a time of great national controversy. the highest court in the land ruled unanimously that mrjohnson had acted unlawfully when he suspended parliament for five weeks. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. to lead often is to be alone. borisjohnson on the tarmac, clutching his red box of business. it was borisjohnson's decision to suspend parliament, found against the law. boris johnson racing back from new york to face mps' anger. but on this dangerous road, the prime minister chose tonight to whip up the rancour himself.

statement, the prime minister. no regret, no remorse. he questioned the judges' ruling yesterday. it is absolutely no disrespect to the judiciary to say i think the court was wrong to pronounce on what is essentially a political question. he chose attack as the best form of defence, rather than give answers, goading the opposition to bring him down. out of sheer selfishness and political cowardice, members opposite are unwilling to move aside and give the people a say. we will not betray the people who sent us here. we will not. jeremy corbyn's response — he should go. after yesterday's ruling, mr speaker, the prime minister should have done the honourable thing and resigned. the government has failed to silence our democracy.

but there were verbal punches back. he can't control his own party. he can't decide whether he is for leave or remain. he is being held captive by his colleagues. the electorate are being held captive by this zombie parliament and a zombie opposition, and he wants the entire country to be held captive in the eu after october the 31st, at a cost of more than £1 billion a month. we say no. i say no. let's get brexit done and let's take this country forward. the more savage it was, the more they roared. the prime minister had almost provoked his own side into backing him like this. there was nothing still about tonight. frustration is erupting. and maybe fear too. many of us in this place are subject to death threats

and abuse every day. let me tell the prime minister that they often quote his words they often quote his words, surrender and betrayal. i for one am sick of it. mr speaker, i have to say i have never heard such humbug in all my life. the outrage at his response was louder than boris johnson's attempts to make himself heard. more acute when the murdered mp jo cox's successor pleaded with him too. will he, going forward, moderate his language so that we will all feel secure when we are going about ourjobs? the best way to honour the memory ofjo cox and indeed the best way to bring this country together would be, ithink, to get brexit done. tonight, at least, it is almost impossible to imagine those inside being able to agree on whether it's night or day. the government's top lawyer

earlier declared it over. this parliament is a dead parliament. it should no longer sit. it has no moral right to sit on these green benches. for this prime minister to talk about morals and morality is a disgrace! when outrage is in fashion, the agreement the country may crave is hard to find. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: as donald trump faces an impeachment inquiry, we'll take you through some of the options for the us president and the democrats. also on the programme: inside bangladesh's child brothels. we report on the victims, as young as seven, forced to sell sex. benjohnson, the fastest man on earth,

is flying home to canada in disgrace. all the athletes should be clean going into the games. i'm just happy that justice is served. it is a simple fact that this morning, these people were in their homes. tonight, those homes have been burnt down by serbian soldiers and police. all the taliban positions along here have been strengthened, presumably in case the americans invade. it's no use having a secret service which cannot preserve its own secrets against the world, and so the british government has no option but to continue this action even after any adverse judgement in australia. concorde have crossed the atlantic faster than any plane ever before, breaking the record by six minutes.

this is newsday on the bbc. i'm mariko oi in singapore. it is great to have you with us. i'm ben bland in london. our top stories: president trump has described the formal launch of impeachment proceedings against him as "sad" and based on a "hoax". the british prime minister, borisjohnson, has addressed a rowdy parliament — the day after the supreme court ruled that he'd suspended it unlawfully. let's return to ukraine scandal in the us — and the attempt by democrats to bring articles of impeachment against donald trump. daniel lippmann is a reporter at politico. hejoins me now from washington. thank you so much forjoining us, daniel. this is not the first attempt at impeaching donald trump. nancy pelosi has resisted it until now because of a huge risk. is there

still a possibility this could backfire? i think that's a very is a serious risk for democrats. they think they are the favourites going into the 2020 election and defeating trump there. and they could paint him asa trump there. and they could paint him as a victim and he could use that to energise his base and really get them excited about defending him in 2020, especially if they impeach him in the house and because the senate is controlled by republicans, then they uphold his presidency, keep him in office, and then trump campaign himself also as the victor, that he be back democratic ever stupid him out of office. of course public opinions are somewhat divided on this issue of ukraine, but also voters have other issues like the economy, healthcare, but they want their lawmakers to address. economy, healthcare, but they want their lawmakers to addresslj economy, healthcare, but they want their lawmakers to address. i was talking to people close to the trump

campaign today and they said that democrats should really talk about healthcare and the economy and jobs and free college tuition, instead of focusing on trump's scandals and investigations. there's a kind of fatigue factor among americans who have been used to trump scandals since 2015, forfour have been used to trump scandals since 2015, for four years or so been constant talk about things that he has gone and done wrong and thinks he should apologise for. and yet the stock market is doing quite well and many americans feel like they have someone on the world stage who can stand up for america, even though trump has historically low approval ratings. and so the country is getting more split by the day and people who are close to the white house as there's a risk for the trump if they just house as there's a risk for the trump if theyjust go full house as there's a risk for the trump if they just go full throttle on playing the victim card, because

thatis on playing the victim card, because that is not a real strategy to win re—election. that is not a real strategy to win re-election. and there was somewhat ofan re-election. and there was somewhat of an embarrassing moment when the white house accidentally e—mailed trump ukraine talking points to democrats, which eye would have thought would have got a lot more attention if it was any other day. what was that about? the white house is pretty shortstaffed these days. not a loss of fully competent people in their —— lot of. that is a reflection of current remember the july 25 call with the ukrainian leader, they couldn't really stop trump from ringing upjoe biden and offering up thejustice department to investigate corruption from biden, even though there is no evidence he did anything wrong in this enquiry. and so there are not that many adults in the room who are left to tell trump, hey, not quite a good idea, you should stick to the talking points we have given you on the national security council.

daniel lippmann from politico, thank you very much forjoining us this morning. let's return to our other main story now. it was an explosive day in the uk parliament as prime minister borisjohnson returned to the commons after a momentous supreme court decision yesterday. helen catt is our political correspondent in westminster, she observed the sometimes inflammatory language used in parliament. borisjohnson was striking a very defined tone and there's a lot of words being thrown around in the sort of debates at the moment, like capitulation, surrender, betrayal, and that's what some of the mps were picking up on and say that they are worried about this sort of, this tone of the debate, and how that travels beyond the house of commons. and we heard mp after mp standing up and saying about getting personal threats and people talking about this language of violence and citing some of the things they had heard in the commons. the leader of the

liberal democrats, jo swinson, said she had reported a threat against her own child. the other question is whether any progress has been made towards some sort of way forward on brexit, because the accusation often levelled a british mps is that they are very good at deciding what they don't want, they have yet to come up with something they do want. yes, thatis with something they do want. yes, that is the accusation, and quite often it feels like a fair want to some degree. certainly watching parliament this evening there is no obvious sign of how the divisions are going to be healed and how mps will come together to pass any sort of deal and what they can agree on. borisjohnson is very clear that he still wa nts borisjohnson is very clear that he still wants to get a deal. the eu has previously expressed concerns about what might get through the commons. there is a sense among mps that something does need to be done, something needs to be got through that there is a stalemate in parliament at the moment and it

can't continue. now, borisjohnson's solution to this, if you like, is to sort of poke the opposition into do a vote of no confidence in him, to try to get a general election. however, there is a chronic lack of trust in the commons at the moment and the opposition parties embley don't trust the government not to do some sort of manoeuvre, as they said, to allow brexit to happen on a no—deal basis while that has been put through, while that was put in motion. we are still in this stand—off at the moment and it very, very difficult to see what their way through this is at the moment. that was political reporter helen catt speaking to ben a little earlier. a bbc investigation has found children as young as seven are being groomed to sell sex in one of the world's largest licenced brothels. prostitution is legal in some areas of bangladesh, but some women say they were forced into the life and started work when they were children. a children's charity is trying to help young people escape this life by offering education from the age of five. 0ur education and family correspondent frankie mccamley has

been to the country to find out more about the projects. this is a dark world where the unimaginable happens to children. they're born into a life where sex is sold on every street corner, in a brothel that's so popular it's grown into a village, home to nearly 2000 sex workers. a familiar noise at the end of the line, signalling the arrival of more customers. to get into the brothel, men must pay at the gates. anything else is extra. they line dance buzz, drinking home—made alcohol, choosing the girl they want. it will get busy later.

it is clear many don't want us here. we can come in? one woman, though, so she will talk to me in a few minutes. we go in you, we'vejust got away just minutes. we go in you, we'vejust got awayjust inside the door because the woman currently has a customer with her. when we do go in, her client hasn't left yet. the three us dollars he spends includes lunch. her biggest concern is her daughter, she is now the same age this woman was when she started work. translation: my girl is growing up. i'm stuck here. but she has turned 11. how long has she got left before they take? she is worried people in they take? she is worried people in the brothel will force her daughter into prostitution. for the youngsters, this is their escape. save the children has set up schools to help break the cycle integrating them with others from the area. translation: they would often put them through several forms of torture, beating them, verbally abusing them. they simply didn't

know how to look after them. we are trying to change that scenario through counselling. they are both 13, they grew up in the brothel but managed to escape to a safe home. translation: i didn't eta deliberately, so i was too skinny to do the work. they knew the men preferred bigger girls. —— eat. translation: when i was about seven oreight my translation: when i was about seven or eight my mother brought many men into a home in the brothel. one man tried to do bad things to me. this member of staff secured a place when she was a child, but had to leave her seven—year—old friends behind. translation: she did not want to join in. one night her mother forcefully put a customer in her room. after he left she hanged herself. as new customers continue to arrive, the future of this

project is uncertain. the un says aid for education has dropped globally. police say there are also laws to protect young girls, but the reality is children are worth too much in this adult world. frankie mccamley, bbc news. you have been watching newsday. i'm ben bland in london. and i'm mariko oi in singapore. stay with us. don't go away. they will be back with business news. coming up in our business show — double trouble. we'll see how two political crises shape the financial markets after british pm borisjohnson is defeated in the supreme court and the democrats begin impeachment proceedings against us president donald trump. plenty more on those stories and others online when you want them. plenty of analysis and details. just go to the website or you can find it on the bbc news app. that is set for

this edition of newsday. we will be back with another shortly. stay with us. hello there. we are in the middle of a run of really unsettled weather with no end in sight, really. rain that came is coming our way over the next few days with some fairly strong wind around at times as well. looking at the satellite picture, with got some shower clouds heading our way for today. this area of cloud, just to the north, is going to be bringing some rain across parts of the uk on friday, then as a spin rate towards the other side of the atlantic, we have this juicy looking loud, quite a deep area of low pressure that will be bringing some wet and windy weather for some of us as we head into this weekend. so rain will continue to be blown away. now at the moment we've got some rain crossing the country. it will centre is across the west with showers following. the winds

continue to pick up as well. so it's increasingly blustery, tickly around the coast and hills. as a mild start of the day, with temperatures around 11- 15 of the day, with temperatures around 11— 15 degrees. once the sun is up the rain is still with us initially, it will clear away from england and scotland, in the showers really do that again. in northern ireland and scotla nd that again. in northern ireland and scotland the troubles will probably most together to give some labia spells arena times. and things will begin to get a little bit cool across the north as well. there will be some bigger gaps between the showers in southern and eastern parts of england, but no—one is immune from seeing an odd heavy downpour. and through thursday night though showers will continue to rattle in as well with those brisk south—westerly winds continuing to push the showers in, regularly into western coast and hills. temperatures than through thursday night, between around 9— 13 degrees, and therefore friday we have further showers heading away. the showers will tend to most together to give some longer spells of rain. and this time it is properly most likely across england and wales. there will

be plenty of showers for scotland and northern ireland. it will continue to be quite gusty as well, around 30—110 mph across the south of the uk. and the temperatures continue to slowly slump. so highs of around 14— 15 degrees. the northern ireland, even turning a bit cool across the south—east. now this weekend we do have some heavy rain and some strong winds on the way, so that area of low pressure showed you a moment ago. but the north extent aware that lowe was going could change a little bit before we naturally get to the weekend. —— northern extent of where that low. the heaviest rain are strongest winds will be heading across england and wales. but it could cause localised disruption. the unsettled weather then continues, would you believe it, well into the first part of next week as well stop that's your latest weather.

i'm ben bland with bbc world news.

our top story: a us congressional committee has received details of a whistleblower complaint against president trump, which led to impeachment proceedings against him. it comes after the white house released partial details of a conversation donald trump had with the leader of ukraine. the us president says he's done nothing wrong and called the move a witchhunt. there have been angry scenes in the british parliament, the day after the supreme court ruled its suspension by the prime minister was unlawful. borisjohnson has dismissed repeated calls to resign. and this video is trending on bbc.com the creator of the first ever labradoodle, has said creating the breed is his "life's regret". it is a very popular breed of dog, but these labrador—poodle crossovers often suffer serious health problems. that's all. stay with bbc world news.