hello, i'm ros atkins. this is outside source. the panel in congress leading the impeachment inquiry into president trump has released its report — it's concluding there's overwhelming evidence the president abused the power of his office. the power to convene a meeting in the oval office, the power to provide or withhold hundreds of millions of dollars of aid to an ally at war, to get his political dirty work done. nato leaders are in london to mark 70 years of the alliance. france's president says nato needs to reassess its aim if the alliance is to prosper. we'll be live in downing street. the turner prize for the best of british art is being announced, we'll go over to margate in half an hour's time for a special programme, with rebecca jones.

an important moment in the impeachment inquiry into donald trump. the house intelligence committee — which has been leading the investigation so far — has just released its findings, after ten weeks of closed and then open public hearings. here's what it says "the evidence of the president's misconduct here's what it says... here's adam schiff a short time ago.

the president of the united states solicited foreign interference in our election and used the power of his office, the power to convene a meeting in the oval office and the power to provide or withhold hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to an ally at war to get his political dirty work done. white house press secretary stephanie grisham has released a statement saying... chris buckler is in washington. this is dramatic. the press conference was dramatic and the reports are dramatic for isn't really a ny reports are dramatic for isn't really any different to what we were hearing from adam schiff a week two ago? at the heart of this, all of these accusations have been led out. some of them in public hearings,

shown on television across the united states. but there is something about a 300 page report that essentially details all of what the democrats say are the actions of the democrats say are the actions of the president that warrant an impeachment inquiry into the first place. we go through it, they accuse him of intimidating witnesses, trying to stop others from giving testimony, and also come at the heart of it, the fact that he used his position to try and abandon us foreign policy to benefit him from a personal political point of view. specifically, with the eyes on the 2020 election. certainly, that is going to be effective in trying to push this forward and to get an impeachment hearing. a trial inside of the senate and it looks like we are heading that direction. but at the same time, although they democrats from the intelligence committee are pushing this report, republicans have actually played out their own report and enter they are saying that the president has done nothing wrong. they have sat through

the same 100 hours of testimony, listen to the same 17 witnesses come and have come up with a completely different response the spite the fa ct different response the spite the fact they listen to the same thing republicans saying that ultimately, there was no investigation into president trump rivals, ultimately military aid was paid to ukraine and what is the problem now. that is going to be the battle inside congress over the next month or two. about the next two days, we have this report. what is the next step in the process? this report after a vote will then be handed to the housejudiciary vote will then be handed to the house judiciary committee. at that stage they will drop what are known as articles of impeachment. they are essentially formal charges against the president. and they will be charges that say he has abused his power in some way. at that stage, it is all then pushed on potentially to the senate. if there is a vote inside the full us house of representatives, and very likely democrats will vote for that, then he goes to the senate with 100

senators act as the jury in a trial of president trump. that is looking likely but it must be said because the republicans control the senate, it is highly highly unlikely that president trump will be removed from office. thank you. while that is happening, remember that president trump is in england. nato leaders are meeting in london — and marking the organisation's 70th anniversary. in the last few minutes the leaders have been arriving at downing street for an official reception — here's president trump and his wife melania arriving to a choir singing christmas carols. earlier there was a reception at buckingham palace. here's president trump and his wife melania arriving for and here they are earlier meeting the prince charles and camilla

at clarence house. if president macron was feeling scorned by mr trump, he certainly wasn't showing it — here he isjoking withjournalists on his way into downing street. we also have pictures of him with the queen. it was the charles and camilla there. —— we also see charles. and boris johnson camilla there. —— we also see charles. and borisjohnson as well. nato is an acronym — it stands for the north atlantic treaty organisation — it was an alliance formed to help america and its european allies united against the threat of the soviet union after the end of the second world war. 70 years on it's an alliance under pressure. in an interview last month, emmanuel macron was fiercely critical. he said...

that being a reference to turkey's invasion of northern syria. then in a phrase which certainly cut through — he called nato ‘brain dead'. today donald trump responded. and i heard that president macron said nato is brain dead, i think that is very insulting to a lot of different people, including amanda, who does a very good job of running nato. that is a very, very nasty statement to essentially 28, including them, 28 countries. in the past donald trump called nato "obsolete" — but here we have him defending it. and the two men met this afternoon. here's president macron. my statements created some reaction, shaked a lot of people. i do stand by them.

and i have to say, when you look at what nato is or should be, first of all, this is a burden we share. and president trumpjust remind you of some figures, this is perfectly true that the us over invested decades after decades. and it is number one by far. and i do share that statement. that is why i am a strong supporter of a stronger component in nato. mr macron has continued his critique today, saying the alliance needs to reasses its aims if it is to prosper and calling for a new nuclear disarmament treaty. next let's hear from nato secretary—general, jens stoltenberg talking to lyse doucet about the trump macron tensions. it is not for me to comment on that kind of issues. you should. it has an impact on the alliance. no. to go into that discussion, i will only make it more difficult to unite allies. so my task is to unite our allies and i welcome the fact

that president macron, recently, he was very committed to nato. president trump, he has a very strong commitment to nato. and then we had some disagreement. and the best thing then is to sit down, me in the same room and discuss the issues face—to—face, i will facilitate that, leading that meeting and then hopefully we will find ways to solve the issues where we see disagreements. and here's lyse doucet with her analysis. the view among and nato member states when i asked was president macron‘s statement a wake—upcall, they said no, there was actually a backlash in the sense of germany doubled down to be even more committed to nato. so did the poles. and the americans are commiting. so it had the opposite reaction that president macron had wanted, that people became even more committed to nato. at the heart of president trump's frustrations is the level of defence spending by some of his nato allied. spending by some of his nato allies. here are the figures. this is from the bbc‘s reality check. the target is for all nato

members to spend 2% of gdp on defence by 202a. below a third currently do. america spends 3.4% of gdp on defence — and president trump wants countries to commit to spending 4%. here he is again. nato is becoming different then it was, much bigger than it was a much stronger than it was because people are not fulfilling their commitments bust up there are some countries that aren't fulfilling their commitment and those countries are going to be dealt with, maybe i'll deal with them from a trade standpoint or maybe i'll deal with them in a different way. i'll work something out where they have to pay, but we don't want to have people delinquent. jon donnison is at downing street. what is the format? look, we had a bit of a festive atmosphere down at

downing street today. you see the tree behind me and we had some carol singers but as you have been hearing in the start of the programme comes in pretty frosty moments at times between those nato leaders. president trump just left within the last half an hour and that the beast, the only one of the nato leaders to be allowed to bring his car, the armoured limousine come onto downing street come along with a decoy which travels with it. yes, some pretty frosty moments that a. there would've been a lot of pleasantries today as see leaders arise. at what point do they sit down and start getting into the real detail of their differences? we did have some potentially difficult meeting said they hear a downing street. we had borisjohnson hosting the turkish president, president erdogan, we also had emmanuel macron there as well, the french president at the same time. we heard those differences that were expressed

throughout the day, president macron againa throughout the day, president macron again a very critical of turkey, and its operation in northern syria against the kurds. or macron regarding those kurdish forces of being a key ally in the fight against isis. also critical of that deal that turkey has done with russia for a missile defence system. and president macron sticking by those comments that he made saying that nato at the moment wasn't brain—dead. that nato at the moment wasn't brain-dead. hearing a lot from donald trump and emmanuel macron and president erdogan as well. perhaps not so much from the uk despite the fa ct not so much from the uk despite the fact that it is the house. is that fair comment? -- a very common. that is fair comment. you can still see the red carpet behind me. we had all of those nato leaders, bar one, appearing on that red carpet for some of the one person who didn't appear was president boris johnson. we have hardly seen him today. the

only picture she really got of him 01’ only picture she really got of him or that made a lot of the news headlines were him on the election campaign trail that this morning elsewhere in the uk. he has certainly not wanted to be seen alongside of president trump, there's been no bilateral meetings that we have been made aware of. i think that is probably because downing street has made the assessment that during an election, it may be does not play too well with a big proportion of the british electorate to be seen too close to the american leader. thank you. let's pick up on what he was saying. donald trump's trip to london for the nato summit is inevitably becoming an issue in the uk election campaign. we know he's keen on borisjohnson — but it seems the prime minister is keeping him at arms length. not because he doesn't like donald trump but because of this. the daily telegraph — which is a staunch supporter of borisjohnson tells us...

here's the reason for that calculation. this yougov poll shows donald trump's popularity in the uk. 18% positive, 67% negative. here's what the president thinks of that. they may not like me because i'm representing us and i'm representing us strongly. president obama did not represent us strong. he gave everything away. if the uk does leave the eu it will have to negotiate a free—trade deal with the united states. the labour party has repeatedly raised concerns that a post—brexit trade deal with the us will open up the national health service to american companies.

they say the americans will seek to do that. donald trump was asked about that today. i don't even know how the rumour started. we have absolutely nothing to do with it. and we wouldn't want to. if you handed it to us on a silver platter, we want nothing to do with it. that's different to what he said when he visited the uk injune. i think everything with the trade deal is on the table. when you are dealing in trade, everything is on the table. so nhs or anything else. a lot more than that. but everything will be on the table, absolutely. donald trump says he doesn't know where these claims about the nhs are coming from. well partly from him. and partly because of this leaked dossier which outlines preliminary talks between uk and us trade officials. it shows the us officials pushing for us drug companies to have greater access to the uk market. but we should say — these are preliminary talks — and the uk hasn't agreed to anything. for his part, borisjohnson has repeatedly said the nhs will not be "up for sale". though that's a phrase that can mean a number of different things. the scottish national party wants

to introduce legislation to ensure access is restricted. here's its leader nicola sturgeon. i don't want the future of the nhs to be dependent on trusting the word of borisjohnson or donald trump. so let's have legislation that explicitly and in statute takes any risk of trade negotiations to the nhs away and make it clear that the nhs, notjust will not be on the table but could not be on the table in any trade negotiations. let's bring injessa let's bring in jessa jessica let's bring injessa jessica parker from westminister. people talking about donald trump, what else has been going on in the election campaign we should also pay attention to? on a lot of the focus has been on the following around donald trump lending in the uk last night. the potential impact on the general election because it is highly unusual to have an

international summit taking place in the capital of london in the midst ofa the capital of london in the midst of a general election campaign as we come towards a polling day. as you have been discussing, there's been this tight rope that borisjohnson is trying to walk where he doesn't wa nt to is trying to walk where he doesn't want to offend the us president who he sees could be an important ally going forward in the conservative party view, but doesn't want to be seen to cosy up them too much because boris johnson seen to cosy up them too much because borisjohnson that seen to cosy up them too much because boris johnson that the labour party will want to paint borisjohnson as labour party will want to paint boris johnson as perhaps labour party will want to paint borisjohnson as perhaps being in the pocket of donald trump more broadly but also specific to it as we come this fairly big issue in the general election campaign, that of the future of the nhs can allegedly be used to some sort of bargaining chip ina be used to some sort of bargaining chip in a future trade deal. it is a slightly odd situation or an international summit has taken centre stage today in the general election campaign, labour trying to really use it to hammer home this message that they have repeatedly

that they think the nhs is at risk ofa that they think the nhs is at risk of a conservative lead post brexit trade to of the conservative parties saying that his total rubbish. interest in donald trump coming to town and the contacts outpost brexit trade deals. more broadly come i wonder if foreign policy is as big an issue as we have seen in previous elections. i'm sure there are viewers outside of the uk watching 110w viewers outside of the uk watching now thinking back to tony blair and his foreign policy with a central plank of his argument to the country. i don't quite hear that as much in this election. no, but we have a no say summit smack in the general election, and the capital city, and they maybe it does ramp up interest in foreign policy, how we deal with our allies, build those relationships, and defence policy, which is often regarded as something thatis which is often regarded as something that is very important but may be doesn't chime that well with the broader public in those areas where defence is important, say for example a naval city like portsmouth

01’ example a naval city like portsmouth or something like that. it is interesting and it does taking up the scale a little bit, this idea of foreign policy, and the future of nato, something that may we will usually discussing at this stage of the general election campaign and not with this level of prominence but because donald trump is seen as such a huge figure in international politics and an incredibly controversial one, just feel that america are being the primary power does feel like loss nato, the future of it, defence spending all under discussion, he does suck a lot of the limelight because everybody is waiting to see what he might say next and of course it was very interesting today when he said he didn't really want to pass comment particularly on the general election but then did go on to discuss his thoughts on boris johnson, jeremy corbyn and this and electoral issue of the future of the nhs. we will see what they sees tomorrow. thank you. ask coverage of the general election online. and tomorrow

through the day we will have continuing coverage of that nato gathering. stay with us on outside source — coming up... the turner prize — this is the scene live in margate, stay tuned for a special bbc news programme from there, in about 15 minutes' time. essex police have arrested a 51—year—old man on suspicion of murder, and attempted murder after a car hit a group of schoolchildren, killing harley watson, who was 12. five other pupils from debden park high school and a woman were injured in the crash in loughton yesterday afternoon. this morning christian cavanagh, who's executive head teacher, at the school paid this tribute to harley. on behalf of the school and the trust, we send our heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of this young man. a young life so tragically lost. this young man has made his mark on the school, and was liked and loved by staff and students.

we will consult with the family and our community to decide how best to commemorate his life. as we continue to work with the police in this investigation, i am unable to say anything about the incident at this time. but i can tell you that the staff in the school are on hand, immediately, to offer support. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is: the panel investigating president trump in the impeachment inquiry has released its report — it says there's overwhelming evidence he abused his powers. all three major us stock indexes fell after us president donald trump said that a trade deal with china might not happen until after the election in 2020. vivienne nunis is in new york

the president often says one thing about the china deal and then another about the china dealt the next day. it can be difficult to keep track of. it can be. i wasn't that long ago that we were all expecting a trade to at least phase one trade deal to be reached, we saw optimism from both sides of this dispute, a press conference in the oval office, everybody was smiling and it looked like we really were heading toward some kind of truce on trade with china. then today we see the president saying he might not seek some kind of trade deal until after the 2020 election. that cost stocks to follow on wall street, all the major us indices in a good day in the red. what is the thing that donald trump thinks can i get resolved in the next 12 months? this is an indication that the talks between the two sides are not progressing. if you remember last week we saw the president signed off on legislation supporting pro—democracy protesters in hong kong. later today we are expecting

senator marco rubio to introduce a bill to the house that would shine a light on human rights abusers of. we i china didn't take kindly to what he sees as interference and internal affairs and perhaps that is not butting well for the trade negotiations and don't forget we we re negotiations and don't forget we were expecting more tariffs to be introduced on december 15 on chinese goods coming into the us. if there was hopes that if phase one trade deal could be reached, those tariffs would be averted. but now it is looking like more likely indeed. thank you. can't locate a story. —— complicated story. elon musk is taking the stand at a trial in los angeles. he's being sued for defamation for a series of tweets he sent accusing this man, vern unsworth, a british diver involved in the thailand cave rescue of being a paedophile. the diver was one of a team that saved 12 boys and their teacher. you may remember, back in 2018 as the rescue was getting under way — elon musk offered the use

of a mini—submarine. the british diver vern unsworth thought such a device would get stuck in the narrow cave passages — he gave a tv interview saying it was a "pr stunt" — and told mr musk "he can stick his submarine where it hurts". elon musk then promised evidence it would work — and tweeted. .. the only reasoning he offered for that allegation was that mr unsworth was a british expat who lived in thailand. and he replied to someone else on twitter... mr unsworth denies the allegation entirely. dave lee is following the story from san francisco. sophie long is live with us in los angeles. sophie, why is this happening in los angeles when it

involves a british man in elon musk? elon musk is a resident here. he is an international businessman, one of the richest men in the world, but he arrived at this federal court building a los angeles about 20 or 30 minutes ago, we think he can now just be starting to get his first testimony, much of the one care was taken up with jury selection and a long process during which the judge asked eachjuror a long list of questions including whether they have strong opinions negative or positive on elon musk, and whether they have strong opinions on billionaires, when both legal teams we re billionaires, when both legal teams were happy he then heard the opening state m e nts were happy he then heard the opening statements from each team. the first ago was buried in unsworth lawyer who set out his case and how he felt herinner who set out his case and how he felt her inner strength and damage by the tweets. that's a burning unsworth must we heard from elon musk‘s lawyer who taught a very different story of the same sequence of events. thank you. a quick report to end at the dish of outside source. we will hear much more from sophie

as they go through. coming up next, we have the turner prize alive. —— alive from margate. hello. this typhoon has roared across the northern philippines. this part bearing the brunt of it. sustained winds just short of 100 mph. making it basically the equivalent of a category four hurricane. now pulling out into the south china sea, further showers will follow behind it and we will see the system the system weakening, its forecast track its forecast track is to arc south now. no threat to vietnam. but it looks like even if the system weakens it will still bring heavy rain as it heads towards the east of malaysia later on this week. now it is a winter storm that we are looking at as we head across to north america. blizzard conditions have affected connecticut and parts of upstate new york on monday. heavy falls of snow

and a cutting northeasterly wind following on behind the low pressure responsible. here it is on a recent satellite image. still some snow to come out of that low for new england on tuesday. very windy and wintry for the canadian maritimes as well. much quieter behind the low, generally across the eastern side of the us, but cold air tending to get locked in place for the next few days. temperatures in new york, maybe 6 degrees on the face of it on the thermometer and the effect of that northeasterly wind, it will feel closer to freezing. further west, more snow coming in for british columbia and alberta and some wet weather on the way for northern california. as the east clears, the west, if anything, stuck with a more persistent cloud and some wet weather as we look to the end of the week. more rain and issues for the african continent at the moment. a threat of more heavy downpours across the plains of the serengeti stretching into kenya

and down into tanzania. showers from the coast as well could be a bigger problem wednesday and thursday, we also have a tropical depression approaching somalia and some heavy rain and the outlook for the eastern side of south africa. it will break the heatwave here and start to temper down the elevated fire risk. moving further north, low pressure bringing some heavy showers into the north of the african continent through the western half of the med and the lows and being felt as far east of the balkans on wednesday as we pick up a north easterly wind, and the croatia met service have issued the highest level of alert possible, red, the winds being dangerous around the channel. north across europe, it is pretty quiet and on the face of it, these numbers are in the mid range of single digits but actually it is quite mild for the time of the year overall. we will see the western side of the med progressively brightening for the latter part of the week, some sunshine on the way in the northwest of europe, for the uk, it will turn more unsettled, so milder weather on its way but a long with this and wet and windy conditions.

more for you in half an hour.

good evening and a very warm welcome to dreamland in margate for the arts world's this night of the year, the turner prize 2019. hello to you. i'm rebecca jones. in the next half an hour, we will find out who has won one of the world s most famous ? and most important contemporary art prizes ? the turner.