Section: The United Kingdom
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Friday 22 Nov 2019
Leaders to appear on TV following Labour manifesto launch The Labour Party launched its general election manifesto yesterday as Jeremy Corbyn gears up to face Boris Johnson, Jo Swinson and Nicola Sturgeon on the BBC’s Question Time programme tonight. Labour is promising to make a huge investment in social housing, while the Tories have...
Warning of ‘fictional narrative’ at impeachment hearing
Description Fiona Hill Credits (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Trump’s former Russia adviser warns of Moscow conspiracy theory One-Minute Read Friday, November 22, 2019 – 6:28am …read more Source:: The...
Trump impeachment inquiry: powerful testimony on final day of public hearings – video
The fifth day of public hearings in the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump saw powerful testimony from Fiona Hill, a former National Security Council official and former top Russia expert in the White House, and David Holmes, a state department aide in Kyiv.Both spoke of Gordon Sondland, the ambassador to the European Union, as Holmes...
Impeachment inquiry: Trump ‘promoted discredited Ukraine theory’
Ex-adviser Fiona Hill says he ignored advisers who said Russia had meddled in the 2016 election. …read more Source::...
Former Trump aide becomes US president’s nemesis
Fiona Hill describes White House push for Ukraine probes as a ‘domestic political errand’ …read more Source:: Financial...
President's ex-adviser Fiona Hill: Stop 'fictional narrative' of Ukraine meddling in US election
Republicans loyal to Donald Trump have been told to stop pushing the “fictional narrative” that Ukraine meddled in the 2016 election. …read more Source:: London Evening...
Impeachment testimony takeaways: Fiona Hill says Ukraine scheme ‘very clear’
The former National Security Council official provided some of the most explosive testimony yetThe fifth, and possibly final, day of public hearings in the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump was one of the most explosive. Here are five key takeaways: Related: Fiona Hill: stop ‘fictional narrative’ of Ukraine meddling in US election...
Fiona Hill rebukes conspiracy theory – and emerges as Trump’s nemesis
The Russia expert from Durham’s opening statement stood out for its bluntness and the personal history underlying itLong before Fiona Hill arrived to testify on Capitol Hill, there was a long line for public seats and a crackling sense of anticipation for one of the most important moments so far in the impeachment of Donald Trump.Hill had...
America’s losing battle against corruption in eastern Europe
THE DIPLOMATS who have testified to Congress over the past two weeks have underlined a fundamental point about the impeachment investigation into Donald Trump: it grows out of America’s fight against corruption in eastern Europe. First George Kent, a State Department official, explained that since Ukraine’s revolution in 2014 America...
Trump impeachment inquiry: witness rebukes Republicans for ‘fictional’ Ukraine narrative – video
A former White House official has criticised politicians for advancing discredited conspiracy theories about Ukraine during impeachment hearings. ‘I refuse to be part of an effort to legitimise an alternate narrative that the Ukrainian government is a US adversary, and that Ukraine – not Russia – attacked us in 2016,’ said Fiona Hill...
