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It’s the start of a crucial week for President Trump as public hearings begin in the impeachment inquiry – investigating whether Mr Trump put pressure on Ukraine to investigate his Democratic rival Joe Biden.

Samantha Power talks to Krishnan about disagreeing with the former President, her reflections on the conflict in Syria and why she is an idealist in an ever-changing world. 

For anyone in public office, idealism can be tricky to maintain – often incompatible with the need for pragmatism and the harsh realities on the ground.

The British family of a teenage motorcyclist have announced they are suing the Trump administration over its handling of the crash which killed him.

This August, Cyntoia Brown was freed from prison on clemency – and has written a memoir about her extraordinary life.

Now a year and a half after up to 87 million Facebook profiles were harvested in the Cambridge Analytica data scandal Mark Zuckerberg is still facing questions over his role in the affair.

The US Ambassador to Ukraine has given explosive testimony to an impeachment inquiry into President Trump.

WARNING: This report contains some images viewers may find distressing. The United States says it may now leave some troops in north-east Syria, not for the benefit of its former allies, the Kurds, but to protect the oilfields there. President Trump’s abrupt decision to pull US forces out of the area effectively paved the way…

A fragile peace in northern Syria appears to have been shattered, with reports – denied by Turkey – that shelling has started again.

Lizzie Irvine is a British volunteer with the Kurds in northern Syria. We asked her what the situation was on the ground.

The UN has warned that Turkey could be “deemed responsible” for alleged summary executions that may amount to war crimes, while Britain has banned all new arms sales to Ankara, but has stopped short of putting a halt to shipments of arms already ordered.

The parents of 19-year-old Harry Dunn say the American suspect in the crash which caused his death should return to the UK to face justice, saying it’s the “right thing to do”.

Well President Trump is facing growing outrage from his own party over his decision to pull US troops out of Syria – the threat of impeachment from House Democrats – and successful legal proceedings which might force the release of his much  guarded financial records.

Turkey says it has “completed preparations” to launch military action in Northeast Syria, just a day after President Trump’s decision to pull back US troops from the border. 

Well there are suspicions that the timing of Trump’s decision to withdraw troops from Syria could be a distraction from the President’s impeachment headache.