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BBC news with David Austin.
Democratic leaders in the U.S House of Representatives have unveiled two articles of impeachment against president Trump, accusing him of high crimes and misdemeanors. The chair of the House judiciary committee Jerrold Nadler said the charges were abuse of power and obstruction of congress. Donald Trump has called the impeachment sheer political madness.
The international court of justice in the Hague has heard opening arguments in a case alleging Myanmar carried out genocide against its Muslim Rohingya minority. Lawyers described graphic witness accounts of perpetrated atrocities by Burmese soldiers. Myanmar’s effective leader, the Nobel Peace Laurate Aung San Suu Kyi, attended the proceedings.
Two former Algerian prime ministers and seven other former senior officials have been jailed for corruption, just days ahead of a presidential election. Ahmed Ouyahia received a 15-year jail sentence while Abdelmalek Sellal was jailed for 12 years.
The former mayor of Moscow Yury Luzhkov has died at the age of 83. He served as mayor for 18 years from 1992 and oversaw Moscow’s transformation into a modern capitalist city.
A gunman has killed six people in a hospital in the Czech city of Ostrava before shooting himself. Mass shootings are considered rare in the Czech Republic.
The Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed has received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, mainly for his efforts to resolve the two-decade conflict with Eritrea. Mr.Ahmed has been criticized for his decision not to speak to the media during the ceremony.
The lead singer of the Swedish pop duo Roxette Marie Fredriksson has died at the age of 61. She’s been suffering from cancer. Roxette rose to global fame in the 1980s.
BBC news.
