Briefly with OZY

Gordon Sondland, a central figure in Trump's alleged pressure cam-

paign against Ukraine, will offer his highly anticipated impeachment testimony

today. Meanwhile, at least 11 people are believed to have been killed after the Is-

raeli military struck dozens of Iranian targets inside Syria today.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo upended decades of U.S. policy

yesterday by declaring Israeli settlements in the occupied territory as “not … inconsistent with international law.” Meanwhile, hundreds of demonstrators have

left the campus of Hong Kong Polytechnic University, where they’d been barricaded since the weekend amid a standoff with police.

Protesters holding a university in Hong Kong continued to battle police today with makeshift weapons as the Chinese government warned it would not compromise its authority over the city. Meanwhile, a shooting in Fresno, California, claimed the lives of four people.

He wasn’t at the hearing, but he might as well have been when he tweeted in the middle of an impeachment inquiry in the Senate Intelligence Committee, excoriating a career diplomat just as she was testifying about President Donald Trump intimidating her. Meanwhile, five people were killed in clashes over the ouster of Bolivian President Evo Morales amid an upheaval of Latin American politics.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested yesterday that congressional investigators should begin focusing on bribery as the chief impeachable offense by President Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Chinese President Xi Jinping issued his sternest rebuke to date yesterday about Hong Kong’s protest movement.

The top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine testified yesterday that he was told President Donald Trump cared more about harming Joe Biden than about helping Ukraine. Meanwhile, hours after an Egypt-brokered cease-fire went into effect, Gaza militants fired a barrage of rockets into Israel.

Starting today, House investigators will question witnesses in the

impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump on live television. Meanwhile, Bolivian Sen. Jeanine Añez claimed the right to succeed embattled ex-President Evo Morales, who fled to Mexico Monday following weeks of violent unrest.

Following his resignation Sunday after weeks of revolt, Bolivian exPresident Evo Morales was spirited out of his country late Monday on a plane operated by the Mexican government. Meanwhile, Palestinian militant group Islamic

Jihad announced a top commander was killed in an air raid by Israel’s military.

Bolivian President Evo Morales, the longest serving leader in the Americas, blasted what he called a coup as he resigned last night after an international report on his claimed reelection showed manipulation and the military demanded he step down. Meanwhile Sidney, Australia is bracing for deadly wildfires that are sweeping New South Wales and Queensland.

India’s Supreme Court has cleared the way for construction of a Hindu temple on the site of a 16th-century mosque destroyed in 1992 amid deadly violence. Today the country is on alert, as sectarian violence is feared. Meanwhile, there’s talk that President Trump may be impeached by Christmas.