this is the briefing, i'm sally bundock. our top story: after mass protests in hong kong, the government's leader admits the china extradition bill has been a ‘total failure‘. i reiterate here, there is no such plan. the bill is dead. president trump says he will no longer deal with the uk ambassador in washington following leaked memos criticising his administration. we have an exclusive report from hungary on a new raft of restrictions on the media, that has transformed the rights of journalists and campaigners. facebook face—off. why a case in europe's top court has major implications for how your personal data is transferred around the world.

a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. and you can be part of the conversation. today we're asking: do you eat at the desktop? i do. keyboard crumbs, audible crunching and often powerful odours are winding up even the most easygoing of colleagues. so what is acceptable in your view? tell us what you think. just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. the leader of the hong kong government, carrie lam,

has told a news conference that a controversial draft law that would have allowed extradition to the chinese mainland is dead. the bill sparked huge protests with tens of thousands taking to the streets to demand its immediate withdrawal. last month, the government responded by suspending the bill but that move failed to appease its critics. this is what carrie lam had to say. the cause of all these grievances and confrontations is an exercise to amend the fugitive offenders ordinance. i have almost immediately put a stop to the amendment exercise, but there are still lingering doubts about the government's sincerity, or worries whether the government will restart the process in the legislative council. so i reiterate here, there is no such plan.

the bill is dead. let's get reaction from nathan law, he is one of student leaders of the umbrella movement in 2014 and also main leader of the latest protests. does that satisfy you, what carrie lam had to sayjust a couple of hours ago in a press conference?” think carrie lam has to clarify whether she means that the bill is dead is equivalent to the bill is withdrawn because when you are talking about withdrawal because there is a proper procedure in terms of what to do in the legislative council. the government should put forward a motion saying they will withdraw the proposal instead of waiting for it to die. i think a withdrawal is the demand of the people. if carrie lamb is wise enough, she should say those words and do what they need to do in

accordance to the house procedures —— carrie lam. accordance to the house procedures -- carrie lam. it is interesting you say that because we wonder why she hasn't used that word. she says it is, "dad". it is a," totalfailure". "it is, "dad". it is a," totalfailure". ——it is dead. she stopped short of saying it is withdrawn. hong kong has a tendency of having wordplay which they will overturn something that they thought they promised. for us, for hong kong people, it is better for her to say it is being withdrawn rather than it being dead. what are your plans, those of you who are protesting against this bill, in light of what she has said in these last few hours. what do you plan to do next? we demand an

investigation by an investigative independent body on the police brutality and also stop hunting the protesters. carrie lam has not responded very properly to these demands so the protests will continue, i think, demands so the protests will continue, ithink, and maybe demands so the protests will continue, i think, and maybe the government wanted to cool down things a little bit but they have two know that the protests, if the government is acting to mend the rift, they should respond to all of the demands from the processes. —— from the protesters. and quickly, nathan, what did you think of the protests that happened a week ago that turned very violent, that saw a lot of damage to the legislative council and of course we saw some of the building inside with graffiti. what is your view on that? what

happened on the first ofjuly was aggressive but those use of force we re aggressive but those use of force were not targeted to people so if you compare it to the fully trained police, they were not violent because the police are using teargas and firearms aimed at people's heads. the protesters stormed into the mike legislative council and they were conscious that they were not doing order less violence that they were restricting the damage only to political symbols. —— legislative council. the graffiti stated their demands. i think that is fundamentally different, it wasn't targeted to physical harming. the so—called order less violence. all right. we appreciate your time,

nathan law, one of the key people in the protests and also one of the leaders of the umbrella movement in 2014. there is more detail on our website. an inquiry is under way in london and the foreign secretary jeremy hunt, has threatened ‘serious consequences‘ for those who leaked to the press a series of confidential memos about the trump administration. the memos, written by the uk‘s ambassador in washington are critical of the white house, describing it as "clumsy and inept". in response, donald trump said the us will no longer deal with uk‘s envoy and criticised theresa may‘s handling of brexit. andy moore has this report. shortly after president trump criticised mrs may and her ambassador, downing street issued a statement saying sir kim darroch continued to had the full support of the prime minister. the leak was u nfortu nate, the prime minister. the leak was unfortunate, the statement went on, but the special relationship would endure. 0n but the special relationship would endure. on his twitterfeed, president trump said he had been

very critical about the way the uk and prime minister theresa may handled brexit. what a mess she and her representatives have created. i told her how it should be done but she decided to go another way. i do not know the ambassador but he is not know the ambassador but he is not liked or well thought of within the us. we will no longer deal with him.". the good news for the wonderful united kingdom is that they will soon have a new prime minister. while i thoroughly enjoyed the magnificent state visit last month, it was the queen who i was most impressed with. " month, it was the queen who i was most impressed with." there are reports the ambassador has already been frozen out from the deepa mehta eventin been frozen out from the deepa mehta event in washington overnight but it is unlikely the uk will bow to american pressure and bring him home. i willjust say this. do you bring ambassador out or expel one if something pretty serious has happened to stop it would be unprecedented or the idea that the president of the us should push the man out of simply for doing his job.

the hunt for the source of the league has onlyjust begun put the british foreign secretary is reported as saying it is a possibility it could be the act of a foreign hostile state. andy moore, bbc news. let‘s brief you on some of the other stories making the news. france‘s president emmanuel macron is sending a diplomatic advisor to tehran in an effort to de—escalate tensions between iran and the us. tehran announced earlier it had reached limits on uranium enrichment, calling on european nations to live up to their side of the agreement. the son of a former south korean foreign minister who defected with his wife to north korea, has reportedly followed his parents footsteps and moved to the north. north korean state media released this footage of chway in gook arriving at pyongyang airport, in what could be a rare defection from the south to the north.

—— choe in—guk. indian authorities have released the final images of eight international mountaineers who were killed by an avalanche while climbing the country‘s second highest mountain. four climbers from the same expedition survived, after turning back due to bad weather, but the remaining team members died during their ascent of nanda devi. a hearing in europe‘s top court will have huge implications for hundreds of thousands of companies with european operations. in a landmark case, the european court ofjustice in luxembourg will decide whether the way facebook transfers personal data to the us should be outlawed. priya lakhani, founder and ceo of century tech, a uk based education technology platform, joins me now. tell us more about this. this is a

bit ofan tell us more about this. this is a bit of an activist, taking on the likes of facebook. this follows on from edward stoner and‘s big whistleblower case. does make edward snowden. if you want to transfer data from the eu to the us and vice—versa, there are mechanisms in place. have a safe harbour. they com pletely place. have a safe harbour. they completely invade our privacy laws in europe. once our data was in the us,... it was being used in the way that the europeans are not allowed to stop then they created the privacy shield and that was created toa privacy shield and that was created to a long negotiation and year we got a to a long negotiation and year we gota trump to a long negotiation and year we got a trump to put someone in charge of the entire think so. that makes things. it is like safe harbour. they say it is much better and it conforms with gdp are which are data protection regulations. they are

still not protecting europeans from oui’ still not protecting europeans from our normal privacy laws. this is the case about facebook. facebook is using europeans‘ data when its going back into the us. it is not conforming to the eu privacy laws. they are going to break track and see what systems people use when they use the eu data in the us. its going be talking about prism, the big surveillance, and make upstream. they are the two programmes that the us use for mass surveillance of data. they processing data in the us. it could completely rip apart all of the policies in place as to how we transfer data from the eu to the us and if that is, if luxembourg do rule, as they did with safe harbour, all of these companies might face huge disruption. thank you for that. a brilliantjob. at

ten past five in the uk in the morning. it is like a cold shower for priya. we will impact is a bit further for you. it is fascinating and affects our data here in europe when its in the us. so much to come in the programme including a chance to watch the restoration of a famous rembrandt painting as a team of art historians carry out their delicate work. central london has been rocked by a series of terrorist attacks. police say there have been many casualties, and there is growing speculation that al-qaeda was responsible. germany will be the hosts of the 2006 football world cup, and they pipped the favourites, south africa, by a single vote. in south africa, the possibility of losing hadn't even been contemplated, and celebration parties were cancelled. the man entered the palace through a downstairs window

and made his way to the queen's private bedroom. then he asked her for a cigarette, and on the pretext of arranging for some to be brought, she summoned a footman on duty, who took the man away. one child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world. education is the only solution. applause legco you‘re watching the briefing. 0ur headlines: hong kong‘s government leader admits the china extradition bill, that prompted mass protests, has been a "total failure". president trump says he will no longer deal with the uk ambassador in washington, following leaked memos criticising his adminstration.

a uk inquiry is under way. freedom of the media has been deteriorating around the world over the past decade, according to press watchdogs. hundreds of journalists are in prison and last year dozens were killed. campaigners say there is a worrying trend of decline, even in long established democracies including here in europe. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet has been to hungary, a country that‘s seen a dramatic transformation in its media landscape. where is hungary heading? this democracy onto the danube, its magnificent parliament one of the biggest in the world. but the space for independentjournalism is shrinking. i have come to budapest to meet a leading journalist, and

opposition politician and the government chief spokesman. they have been a lot of demonstrations happening around in hungary but they have not been on the news. bernadette tells me of the day she was thrown out of the national broadcast building with other colleagues. using their right to enter, they demanded coverage of the protests a nd enter, they demanded coverage of the protests and a petition of a call for media freedom. in a lot of democracies would be invited and given questions which are not motivated by government or opposition but independence. motivated by government or opposition but independencem motivated by government or opposition but independence. it is not democracy any more. from a tiny two room office, this man runs direct 36, an on line investigative site. he used to work for a much bigger website then it editors changed and so did the stories. now it is pro—government.

changed and so did the stories. now it is pro-government. hungary is still not russia or turkey, journalist do not get killed or jailed and we are not living in physical danger but we realise that the environment is getting more and more difficult and more and more hostile. the government knows that the media matters so it is forging its own. a new foundation has hundreds of state outlets, advertising goals to its allies also. pressuring private media to censor 01’ also. pressuring private media to censor or sell. some say 80% are under it swayed. it is a landscape dominated by the government or its allies, taking most of the advertising revenue also. independent does exist but it is getting squeezed. right wing populists with a strong majority,

prime minister viktor 0rban says he is reshaping democracy. why is it a problem? we do not see other media across the world being scrutinised like this. ownership should be at least 50% government ownership. we respect and appreciate that but that isa respect and appreciate that but that is a matter of political like or dislike. in liberal democracies, viktor orban is how he describes the country. others want it is endangering democracy. let‘s brief you on other key events happening around the world today: a part of an

ongoing communications, kim darroch will meet michel barnier. and the closure of the biggest reception centre. their decision was announced in sicily last month. and appeals court to look at obamacare and whether it is unconstitutional, a position backed by president trump and his administration in the white house. now it‘s time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello, i‘m gavin ramjaun and welcome to your tuesday sport briefing. wimbledon is looking wide open on the women‘s side of the draw. the usual suspects continue to dominate on the men‘s side. the fourth round saw straight sets victories for roger federer, rafael nadal and novak djokovic. the younger guys will eventually replace us in the top spots in the

world. this is going to happen. when? hopefully not too soon but it is going to happen. i guess we do not want that to happen soon so... eventually, one day. but the women‘s draw has lost more of the top seeds. karolina pliskova was beaten by her fellow czech karolina muchova. they shared an epic final set with which finished 13—11 to muchova. and top seed ashleigh barty, the world number one, who won the last grand slam at roland garros a month ago, won‘t be adding wimbledon to her honours. the aussie was beaten by alison riske of the usa. getting to the quarter—finals is amazing, butjust the way i‘ve been fighting, for me, that‘s what is most exciting for me. i must say, being in the last eight at wimbledon isn‘t too bad. the women‘s quarter—finals take

place at wimbledon later. allison riske has another huge task ahead against fellow american serena williams. that‘s first up on centre court, followed by britain‘sjohanna konta, who takes on barbora strycova of the czech republic. one court1, simona halep, chasing a first wimbledon title, plays shuai zhang, with elina svitolina taking on karolina muchova. a new man wears the yellow jersey ahead of stage four in the tour de france. frenchman julian alaphilippe won stage three with a late solo attack. the deceuninck-quick step rider will have a 20—second lead, as they set off from reims to nancy on a relatively flat route on tuesday. india and new zealand meet in the first semi—final of this year‘s cricket world cup in manchester. the group match between the two sides was rained off. india topped the group stages, losing just once in the competition, and virat kohli says that it will come down to who is braver on the day.

whichever team is most brave stands a better chance in winning. we understand that combination. it is up understand that combination. it is up to both the teams to bring their a game and whoever handles pressure better as a team that comes out on top. you get to the last four, each side will want to put each other under pressure and you know when that happens, it can be a real challenge. both sides will be looking to do that. every now then, something ridiculous comes up, which i guess you could say is loosely defined as sport. take a look at this — the annual wife—carrying championships in finland. 12 couples battling it out, in front of thousands. the task being to get round an obstacle course, in the fastest time possible, with the man carrying his wife or partner. the top prize, winning your wife‘s weight in beer. you can get all the latest sports

news at our website, that‘s bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the sport team, that‘s your tuesday sport briefing. that is a first, carrying that particular event. thanks to gavin for that. they‘ve called it operation night watch — it‘s a military—like plan to move a masterpiece by rembrandt into position so experts can start restoring the painting. in a first, the whole thing will be open to the public to watch as restorers, data experts and art historians work in a giant glass chamber. it will be painstaking, delicate work, as anna holligan reports. it‘s called the night watch but it‘s not even set at night. the restorers are bringing rembrandt‘s most ambitious work back into the light of day. this state—of—the—art glass chamber will allow them to work

while the public keeps watch. translation: the night watch belongs to the netherlands, to everybody, to the world. we believe the public has the right to see what is happening to the painting. it was supposed to be a standard group portrait, a popularform of art among high society folk during the 17th century dutch golden age, but rembrandt broke with convention, filling his canvas with movement and action. this style evokes passions, not always positive. it‘s been attacked three times in the last century. when it was slashed in 1975, the restoration was done in private. this time, the only damage is time. its modern name comes from the painting‘s varnish,

which has darkened over the years, dimming the original colour. the challenge for the restorers is to bring it back to life. let‘s discuss the story highlighted on bbc on line written by my colleague in the business unit, katie hope to has been looking at desktop dining rules, the no go areas if your colleagues eat at the desk. boiled eggs, and fish are a big no—no. although many of you say they do not mind. another saying curry. kerry says, i am guilty of eating and drinking liquids although it is not good for the electronics and it does get expelled but i am

guilty of it absolutely. another says chocolates are acceptable. i will see you soon. hello. this time last year, we were on a run of five days with temperatures sitting 30 celsius or above somewhere in the uk. great news if you don‘t like heat like that. there is nothing like that on the immediate horizon. high pressure being squeezed to the south, rain—bearing weather fronts moving in, mostly across the northern half of the uk, average temperatures for most of us this week. it‘s a warmer start, though, in the morning compared with where we‘ve been over recent mornings, but a lot of cloud around and some outbreaks of rain. this is what it looks like at 8am in the morning, with outbreaks of rain running eastwards across scotland. a few heavier bursts within this.

some of this rain will fringe north wales through the midlands and push on through parts of east anglia but it is going to be lighter and more patchy here manages to the north. south of that, a lot of cloud around but they will be some bright or sunny spells to be had here. let‘s take a look at how wimbledon is shaping up for tuesdays play. a rather uninspiring look at cloudy skies. scotland, look at cloudy skies. northern ireland and northern scotland, northern ireland and northern england seeing most of the wet weather. the central belt, southern scotland and central england. south of that a lot of dry weather. a few spots approaching the 20s. weather. a few spots approaching the 205. a weather. a few spots approaching the 20s. a little dryer for a time on tuesday but another weather system heading in from the west and again towards past of northern ireland, northern england and scotland. warmer into wednesday morning and more humid. on wednesday, the next speu more humid. on wednesday, the next spell of rain pushing ease. for

parts of eastern england as well. clearing to sunny spells for england and wales. some brighter spells for scotla nd and wales. some brighter spells for scotland and northern ireland. on thursday, that could be some quite slow moving heavy thundery downpours for parts of northern ireland, scotla nd for parts of northern ireland, scotland and northern england but not everybody will see them. where you do that could be disruptions. showers moving through much of england and wales west— east. showers easing into the weekend. the weather turning quieter once again.

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