Impeachment process against Richard Nixon

The US Senate has approved the rules under which the impeachment process against President Donald Trump will take place, according to world agencies.

The rules were approved by a party-line vote - the resolution was passed with the support of 53 Republicans in the upper house of Congress, and the other 47 senators (45 Democrats and two independent senators) voted against.

According to a new poll, 70% of Americans believe President Donald Trump made a mistake by putting pressure on the Ukrainian leader to investigate his political opponents, and more than half of those polled believe he should be removed from office.

Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives plunge into a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump on Sept. 25, a move that could dramatically change the 2020 presidential race.