hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. hong kong's pro—democracy paper apple daily has been shut down after government pressure. the final edition will have the new stance shortly, the authorities used a new national security law to seize the company possibly assets and arrest its journalists.— its journalists. free press, free assembly. _ its journalists. free press, free assembly, free _ its journalists. free press, free assembly, free speech, - its journalists. free press, free assembly, free speech, all- its journalists. free press, free assembly, free speech, all of. its journalists. free press, free - assembly, free speech, all of these things are being destroyed, strangled in hong kong. it feels a bit like you are being squeezed by a boa constrictor and you know the end is coming. the boa constrictor and you know the end is cominu. , . is coming. the uk is re'ecting russia's claimed h is coming. the uk is re'ecting russia's claimed to _ is coming. the uk is rejecting russia's claimed to have - is coming. the uk is rejectingi russia's claimed to have fired is coming. the uk is rejecting i russia's claimed to have fired on is coming. the uk is rejecting - russia's claimed to have fired on a royal navy warship. hms defender was selling of crimea, a territory

russia sees from the ukraine. moscow has called it a violation. at britney spears is going to have her day in court, she tried to overturn a legal arrangement against her father sweep the control over much of her life. one of hong kong's biggest newspapers has shut down in what's been described as a major defeat for free speech in the territory. apple daily has often been criticial of the beijing government and supports the democracy movement. after the authorities seized its assets and arrested senior staff it decided to close. this is the final edition — thursday's — being printed. these copies will soon hit the newstands in hong kong for the final time. let's look at what led to this moment. it reads hound congers bid a fitting

—— painfulfare it reads hound congers bid a fitting —— painful fare well it reads hound congers bid a fitting —— painfulfare well in it reads hound congers bid a fitting —— painful fare well in the it reads hound congers bid a fitting —— painfulfare well in the rain. let's look at what led to this moment. last week police raided apple daily�*s headquarters. it was a huge show of force — 500 officers entered the building. they went through journalists computers and took away materials. five senior executives including the editor in chief were arrested on suspicion of violating hong kong's new national security law. the next day apple day printed half a million copies — five times its usual circulation. people queued up to buy it. many readers support the newspaper's pro—democracy stance — set by its founder, jimmy lai. this isjimmy lai when he was arrested — in august last year. like his colleagues he's accused of "colluding with foreign forces". here's cbs correspondent in hong kong, ramy inocencio. in addition to the sadness, there's also this fear that it's only going to get worse. and this was the one newspaper that had the bravado to push back against the hong kong establishment as well as the chinese communist party, and now that they have been

cleared from the deck, so to speak, there are some smaller online platforms that might be next. with that said, that's a negative side of things, but the positive side is that there has been a lot of saluting of the people, of the journalists at the apple daily, as well as pride in its founder, jimmy lai. now, in prison and could be in prison for the rest of his life. everyone here who has been a supporter of the pro—democracy movement has looked up tojimmy lai as well as apple daily to try to be their voice when they could not speak up or when they became fearful of the government trying to target them over the past year or so. apple daily was one of hong kong's biggest newspapers with a strong circulation, around 80,000 copies a day. as as business it was solid too — financial records at the end of march showed it had more than 500 million hong kong dollars cash in the bank, that's around 70 million us. it's clear apple daily would, have continued, had it — and its employees staff —

not been targeted by the government. the company said "in view of staff members' safety..." it was deciding... "to cease operation immediately after midnight". as that deadline passed, supporters gathered outside the newspapers�* offices, waving the lights on their phones and chanting "apple". the newspaper's employees gathered on the roof of the building, and shone their lights back. in the end apple daily was always always unlikely to have survived the sustained pressure upon it — and the democracy movement — by hong kong's authorities. mark clifford sits on the board its parent company next digital. this is how he puts it... free press, free assembly, free speech, all of these things are being destroyed and strangled in hong kong. it feels a bit like you are being squeezed by a boa constrictor, and you know the end is coming but the snake just can't stop squeezing. let's speak to the bbc�*s helier cheung. why do you think the authorities

have acted so strongly against this particular newspaper?— particular newspaper? apple daily has alwa s particular newspaper? apple daily has always been _ particular newspaper? apple daily has always been a _ particular newspaper? apple daily has always been a thorn - particular newspaper? apple daily has always been a thorn in - particular newspaper? apple daily has always been a thorn in the - particular newspaper? apple daily. has always been a thorn in the side of the hong kong and beijing governments as one of the most active and pro—democracy newspapers in hong kong. the authorities say the latest arrests are to do with the latest arrests are to do with the laws specifically they accuse the laws specifically they accuse the newspaper of endangering national security by, in their words, colluding with foreign forces by calling for sections on hong kong. they have not specified which reports, and the government has been criticised from not making it clear howjournalist criticised from not making it clear how journalist can avoid criticised from not making it clear howjournalist can avoid a rest from now on. of the government's position now on. of the government's position now is will the freedom of the press is respected it's not absolute. this newspaper it was the only mainstream well circulated and pro—democracy newspaper in hong kong, and as you say it was very financially successful. so it is seen as the end of an error that alters the media

landscape. stay there helier. we've had international reaction, the uk's foreign secretrary, dominic raab tweeted... chris patten was the last governor of hong kong under british rule. this is his verdict. ia tyrannous this move by the beijing i regime and by the government in hong kong which simply. does what it is told. look, what we know about beijing, we know that they break— their word and they lie. there were promises made to hong kong tabled in - ia treaty at the un, that it wouldi have its autonomy and rule of law and freedom for 50 years after 1997, |and the chinese communist party is| terrified of what - hong kong represents. it's an existential. threat, they think. this is obviously a big setback for the democracy movement many of whom have already been

arrested — orfear they might be. emily lau is a former chair of the democratic party, she spoke to the bbc earlier. i hope i will be able to talk to you in the coming weeks and months and years, although some people have said that i'm crazy to be talking to foreignjournalists. i think we just have to be bold, to be wise, and to be careful. i know there are many red lines there, and we try not to step onto them, but you never know. maybe we could get arrested, but we just should not allow ourselves to be intimidated into silence. back to helier cheung. 0ne one question i have here, is the justification from beijing.- justification from bei'ing. well, bei'ina justification from bei'ing. well, beijingargsh justification from bei'ing. well, beijing argues that h justification from beijing. well, beijing argues that the - justification from beijing. -ii beijing argues that the newspaper has breached the national security

legislation, that's the controversial one that introduced last year. and it basically accuses the paper of bridging national security and says that criticism from international partners are interference in hong kong affairs. thank you very much. the uk has flatly denied a claim by russia that warning shots and bombs were fired at a british warship near crimea. the russian defence ministry claims that hms defender had violated territorial waters near crimea — which it annexed from ukraine in 2014. the ministry of defence say the type 45 destroyer was sailing in an internationally recognised shipping lane within 19 kilometres of crimea's territorial waters. russia claims a patrol ship fired twice and that one of their warplanes dropped bombs in the ship's path. 0ur defence correspondent jonathan beale is the only broadcaster onboard hms defender,

from where he sent this report. action stations... this is not a drill. take a seat straightaway! a british warship in the black sea. about to make a point to russia. we are straight into it, go into action stations now, just get to a high state of residence. hms defender has just left the port of 0dessa. as you can see, just over there, we are already being shadow by a russian warship. they are soon checking russian military aircraft. and they are also tracking them. it is a slightly more increased threat because we are operating outside of our normal areas. you are being watched by the russians? they can see us, we can see them. as we get close to crimea, the tension rises. hms defender is going to sail

within what russia now claims is its territorial waters. they are following a legally recognised shipping lane. is there a flashpoint potentially in terms of how the russians could behave? there is a contentious point, their posture will likely be i more belligerent- because of our proximity to what they recognise as their waters. they will view you as belligerent going so close to crimea. they might take that view. as hms defender comes within 12 miles of the coast, the russian coast guard make a dangerous move. this russian coast guard vessel has come up right close to this british warship and is trying now to force it to change course. nothing on the bridge.

if you cross the line, | i will fire, if you don't change the course, i will fire. 0ver. the crew wear protective clothing in case that threat is followed through. shots are fired, but out of reach. i have got visual, tracking right, altitude low. throughout the transit, hms defender detects at least 20 russian military aircraft nearby. some, far too close for comfort. the uk and the royal navy deployment is here to maintain international order and uphold that for the global peace and security, and the royal navy and the uk will always call out states that do not follow international order, that is our mission.

last year, russia claims to have chased another navy warship out of the black sea, but clearly, britain has not been deterred. this is evidence that the uk is willing to challenge russia to uphold international law. but it is a high—risk strategy. jonathan beale, bbc news, on board hms defender. russia media is reporting that the british embassy�*s defence attache has been summoned to the russian defence ministry. what more do we know about russia's response? figs what more do we know about russia's res-onse? �* , ., what more do we know about russia's res-onse? ~ , . .,, ~ ., what more do we know about russia's resonse? �* , . ., ~' ., . response? as far as we know, a russian ambassador _ response? as far as we know, a russian ambassador has - response? as far as we know, a russian ambassador has been l response? as far as we know, a | russian ambassador has been so response? as far as we know, a - russian ambassador has been so much of the foreign ministry and that won't be an easy talk. 0n of the foreign ministry and that won't be an easy talk. on a grand scale of things this incident sort of plays internally to the hands of vladimir putin. he has this rhetoric that nato is a threat and russia is

surrounded by enemies and the west is provoking and abusing russia and not that often he gets examples of that to show it home and he will use this incident, or state media will use this incident to show this and that's what we are talking about. and they definitely would show that as an aggressive act by the united kingdom which helps to boost his rating at home. fist kingdom which helps to boost his rating at home.— rating at home. at what kind of military presence _ rating at home. at what kind of military presence does - rating at home. at what kind of military presence does russia i rating at home. at what kind of- military presence does russia have in crimea in the waters around it? since 2014, since the annexation of crimea russia has been building up the military base, it's increasing the military base, it's increasing the military base, it's increasing the military performance on all scales starting from the very old rusted tanks to show they are there from absolutely cutting edge technology, their best units there and marines, their specialforces, and marines, their special forces, the and marines, their specialforces, the best naval units, it has all been there and definitely is seen as

the place with a concentrate one of their best forces, because they see that as a strategic point in this confrontation with the west, and also just to point out it's very important for russia internally because the elections to the state parliament are due in autumn and the russian authorities are deftly struggling. there is an internal crisis of distrust with their own population and since incidents deftly help them to pursue their agenda. it’s deftly help them to pursue their arenda. �* , , , deftly help them to pursue their arenda. h , , ., agenda. it's getting plenty of coverare agenda. it's getting plenty of coverage in _ agenda. it's getting plenty of coverage in uk _ agenda. it's getting plenty of coverage in uk media - agenda. it's getting plenty of coverage in uk media but. agenda. it's getting plenty of coverage in uk media but is. agenda. it's getting plenty of| coverage in uk media but is it agenda. it's getting plenty of - coverage in uk media but is it being widely covered in russian media? yes, absolutely. the russian minister of defence has published videos of this sort of contact with the uk naval vessels and they do claim they fired warning shots but just on that video which they published, there's no evidence of those warning shots but to emphasise that they have been made. and of

course russian members of the military are treated as the brave ones and defending their motherland. thank you as ever. let's turn to the euros. in under an hour, it's hungary against germany in munich — it's their last game in the group stage. one person who's not there is hungary's prime minister victor 0rban. he opted out as row escalates over a new hungarian law that bans portraying homosexuality to under—18s. a number of other eu members have criticised this — including germany. "first of all, i think this law is wrong and also not compatible with my ideas. if you allow homosexual partnerships but limit the information on it then it also has something to do with the freedom of education. that to me is something i politically reject." this has become a sport story

because on monday munich�*s mayor asked uefa if munich�*s stadium could be lit up in the rainbow colours of pride month. uefa said no. and this was the mayor's response. translation: i have the feeling that this could backfire. - i don't think uefa presents itself as a cosmopolitan, modern and tolerant association with such a decision. german clubs often displaying rainbow colours in support of gay rights. this was in munich during a match injanuary. and outside of sport — munich today unveiled rainbow flags from its city hall. nick beake is at the stadium in munich and has been speaking to the fans there. the river goes, there's been condemnation for uefa but talking to people here they said they're determined to send their own message nonetheless. this is the scene that

would have greeted victor 0rban had he come here tonight, and said he is going to brussels for a european leaders summit tomorrow, but if he hopes to get a friendly reception or hopes to get a friendly reception or hopes to get a friendly reception or hopes to get a reception that was more on his wavelength there i think he will be very much mistaken because more than half of the 27 eu countries are already condemning the new legislation in hungary as homophobic. i think he will have lots of questions to answer in brussels tomorrow. talking to people here tonight they don't want the message they are sending to be a distraction from this festival of football. the focus in hungary comes from an otherwise widely backed new law that targets paedophiles. however, that is not all that the law addresses. the law stipulates a bans on the "display and promotion of homosexuality" among under—18s. in effect, that bans gay people from featuring in school educational materials. companies will also be banned from running adverts in solidarity with gay people — if those adverts are deemed to target under—18s. tv shows and films portraying homosexuality that could be seen

by children will also be pulled. there's been widespread outrage in response to this. the eu issued this joint statement — signed by 17 out of 27 members — saying the measures "violate the right to freedom of expression" and are a "flagrant form of discrimination based on sexual orientation." and here's eu's commission chief ursula von der leyen. the hungarian bill is a shame. and i have instructed my responsible commissioners to write a letter to the hungarian authorities concerning or expressing our legal concerns before _ or expressing our legal concerns before the — or expressing our legal concerns before the bill enters into force. this bill— before the bill enters into force. this bill clearly discriminates against — this bill clearly discriminates against people on the basis of their sexual_ against people on the basis of their sexual orientation, and it goes against — sexual orientation, and it goes

against all of the values, the fundamental values of the european union, _ fundamental values of the european union, and — fundamental values of the european union, and this is human dignity, it is a quality. — union, and this is human dignity, it is a quality, and it's the human fundamental rights. but not everyone agrees with that statement. dave keating — a journalist in brussels — tweets that europe has an �*lgbt divide' — country's from europe's more progressive western bloc — which are in red have condemned hungary's actions while those in blue haven't. prime minister 0rban has hit back at eu leaders — and says the criticisms are based on "false statements." he added that the bill "does not apply to sexual orientation of people over the age of 18 so it does not contain any discriminatory elements." in the past few hours we've had a further response from uefa — it's changed its logo to feature the rainbow flag. and it's released this statement, titled "uefa respects the rainbow" — it says it is "a symbol that embodies our core values". it goes on to defend its decision to not illuminate the stadium, saying "the request itself was political, linked to the hungarian football team's

presence in the stadium for this evening's match with germany." john bennett is in budapest. we will talk about the football in a moment but i wonder if terms of this law when you have conversations of hungarians which they make of the fact that they found themselves in the middle of this?— the middle of this? obviously it de-ends the middle of this? obviously it depends on _ the middle of this? obviously it depends on who _ the middle of this? obviously it depends on who you _ the middle of this? obviously it depends on who you speak - the middle of this? obviously it depends on who you speak to i the middle of this? obviously it - depends on who you speak to them or whether they are pro—government or anti—government, i was flicking through the newspapers earlier today to see what some of the coverage was like, and i saw one of the newspaper saying that the government has ruined what was a really positive atmosphere around the euros with hungary playing really well, it won all draw against france a few days ago, a joyous atmosphere although having said that as part of the atmosphere, remember uefa are investigating allegations of

homophobic banner which was pictured in the crowds during the first game against portugal. also the racist bandit as they walked to this ground for the second game against france. it has cast a little shadow on the atmosphere here, interesting you read other newspapers that are more pro—government there but talking about areas of the city being lit up in the colours of the hungarian flag as a response to the lighting of the rainbow and several german cities. it depends on who you speak to. bend it depends on who you speak to. and the r-rou it depends on who you speak to. and the group was lit with the group of death, but i feel at that level does not work so well up and get the chance that three of the teams could go through. chance that three of the teams could ro throu~h. .,. , chance that three of the teams could ro throu~h. , �*, chance that three of the teams could ro throurh. , 2 chance that three of the teams could geothrouh. , �*, go through. exactly. it's so open, even hungary _ go through. exactly. it's so open, even hungary have _ go through. exactly. it's so open, even hungary have an _ go through. exactly. it's so open, even hungary have an outside - go through. exactly. it's so open, - even hungary have an outside chance to go through and have to beat germany that has been overshadowed by the row over the lighting of the

rainbow. it's a long shot for them but they are still in it. the game behind me here, portugal against france, france if they win the group portugal, and draw would be enough for them. they could even lose and it would be enough for them to go through. not as much writing on as perhaps we had hoped but still some brilliant players on show. 0ne perhaps we had hoped but still some brilliant players on show. one of them did make a statement about the lighting of the rainbow. the french forward told one of the best players in the france team, yesterday tweeted a picture of the arena lit up tweeted a picture of the arena lit up in rainbow colours so it's clear how he is feeling about this and clear that many of the players are angry about the you have a stance. appreciate update, enjoy the games. quick update from spain. yesterday nine catalan separatist leaders jailed over their failed independence attempt in 2017 were pardoned by the government. and today they walked free. the were met by supporters who cheered �*independence' — as they left prison —

70 kilometres out of barcelona. the separatists were serving between 9 and 13 years injailfor sedition — catalonia's drive for independence almost four years ago plunged spain into its biggest political crisis in 40 years. the bbc�*s guy hedgecoe is in madrid. we even saw the president of the catalan region, he met with some of the prisoners as well as they were leaving prison. it was seen as quite a big day for them and some of them were brandishing pro—independence flags and one banner which said freedom for catalonia english. so there were some quite eye—catching scenes as they left prison today. we have a new catalan government in place which says it wants to take a more gradual approach to the independence issues, and a new

president of the region has said he wants to engage with madrid. and the spanish prime minister says he wants to engage with catalonia. and in theory we are expecting to see a series of negotiations over the coming months on the issue of catalonia's relationship with spain but however there's this problem the catalan government wants to see a binding referendum on the issue of independence. that's its main aim, the spanish government continues to say that that will be impossible. so be quite possible further down the line at the end of these negotiations that there's no agreement. but for the moment there's a fairly conciliatory talk from both sides, relatively speaking compared to the kind of scenes we have seen in the past.— compared to the kind of scenes we have seen in the past. yesterday we heard some — have seen in the past. yesterday we heard some pro-independence - heard some pro—independence campaigners in catalonia saying that wanted another independence referendum something we know the spanish prime minister has already

ruled out. so we will see how those talks go, but as he is saying the mood music has improved a little from the point when those leaders were imprisoned. just quickly the life pictures we have coming in from your neck, you can see it's a dank summers night in the south of germany but the fans love might of the going to a big game, germany against hungary. the reason that stadium has been in the news is because the mayor of munich wants to light up in the rainbow colours of pride month, but uefa, the football governing body, said be a political act because the reason i wanted to turn into the rainbow flag was because germany are playing hungry, and hungry has brought in a law that bans the committee in its words, promotion of homosexuality to the under 18. so no rainbow flag in the arena in munich. keeping a close eye on that, two important games and i

will be back with you in a couple of minutes' time with more analysis of our lead story, one of the main newspapers in hong kong has had to shut down. hello there. at long last it felt a bit more like summer across southeastern parts of the uk. it was a chilly start in the morning, but we have enjoyed plenty of the sunshine. temperatures into the low 20s. it's not that warm even in the sunshine. further north, we have seen more cloud coming in as well, that has brought notjust some rather grey skies, but some rain and drizzle here and there as well. you can see the extent of the cloud from the satellite picture earlier on spending down from the northwest, and slowly pushing its way into the midlands. some wetter weather perhaps into the far southwest of england. mostly rain and drizzle continuing around these western hills and coasts. east anglia, the southeast of england still got clearer skies overnight and that chilly air. temperatures will be down to four or five degrees.

elsewhere, it will be a much milder night underneath that blanket of cloud. and for a good part of the uk, for a while, at least we've got this chunk of more humid air. warmer air in what we call a warm sector. that's the gap between two weather fronts there. the second one to the north will bring some heavier rain across the northwest of the uk, the first one there, that warm front is responsible for this rain and drizzle that we have got to start thursday across northern england and wales. pushing into the midlands, largely petering out and turning more cloudy eventually in the southeast. figure cloud, rain coming down across scotland into northern ireland. but in between those two bands of wetter weather we are going to find it brightening up in wales, parts of the midlands and more especially in northern england where we could see temperatures as high as 23 or 24 degrees. now, through the evening and overnight those bands of rain and drizzle will continue to move southeast words and pressure will lower living us with quite a messy picture, i think, for friday. a lot of cloud around, there will be some further showers

or longer spells of rain. it may well be a bit drier in wales and should become drier in scotland. but we've got a northerly breeze here, so too across northern ireland pegging temperatures to 16 degrees. a bit higher than that across england and wales, but there could be some rain from time to time. heading into the weekend, the northern half of the uk, we've got higher pressure building in. so a lot of dry weather. probably increasing amounts of sunshine around as well. further south, across the uk, is not a wash—out this weekend but there's still the chance of some showers around, particularly during saturday. fewer showers and hopefully a bit more sunshine on sunday.

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destinations added to the so—called green list with no quarantine required. and britney spears will get her day in court. she's tried to overturn a legal arrangement which gives her father sweeping control over much of her life. back to our top story now, and we're going to look more in depth at what is apple daily and how did we get to where we are today? apple daily is one of the most popular newspapers in hong kong — and it's closing. this is the story of how it found itself at the centre of beijing's efforts to restrict press freedom in hong kong. we'll start on july 2019. this was one of a series of protests against a new extradition bill in hong kong. a bill that would have made it easier to extradite people to mainland china. the protests were covered by apple daily. the founder of the paper is the businessmenjimmy lai. and injuly 2019, he met then us

vice—president mike pence in washington to discuss the extradition bill. this was highly crititicised. the state—owned chinese newspaper global news called him a traitor for brazen collusion with the west to fuel hk protests. —— global times. the extradition bill was withdrawn, but the animosity remained. injune 2020, beijing made another move, this time imposing a national security law in hong kong. the law is far reaching and among the things it targets is secession, that's breaking away from the country. subversion, undermining the country. subversion, undermining the power of the central government, in collusion with foreign or external forces. beijing in collusion with foreign or externalforces. beijing argues in collusion with foreign or external forces. beijing argues that the whole law will bring stability — but it also makes protesting harder and makes reporting harder. shortly after the law was imposed, jim ely said it meant... two months later,

we saw the law in action. on the 10th of august last year, police raided michael on's headquarters. —— one's. apple daily put the raid on its front page. this was the chinese justification for the raid. translation:— justification for the raid. translation: ., ., , ., , translation: hong kong is a society ruled by iaw- — translation: hong kong is a society ruled by law. everyone _ translation: hong kong is a society ruled by law. everyone is _ translation: hong kong is a society ruled by law. everyone is equal- ruled by law. everyone is equal before the law, no one has extralegal play villages and no institution is beyond the reach of the law. no rights and freedoms, including the freedom of the press, can go beyond the bottom line of national security.— can go beyond the bottom line of national security. national security above all else _ national security. national security above all else - _ national security. national security above all else - a _ national security. national security above all else - a familiar- national security. national security| above all else - a familiar message above all else — a familiar message to those living in mainland hong kong and now hong kong. following the raids there was support for apple daily, and it grew, showing yourself reading the paper became a form of silent protest. and apple daily continued to publish

antigovernment articles and artwork. the founder was released on bail, but in december he was released again. this footage shows him being taken away. this time he was facing fraud allegations — and this time bail was denied. hours before his arrest, he spoke to the bbc. thea;r arrest, he spoke to the bbc. they can induce — arrest, he spoke to the bbc. they can induce fear _ arrest, he spoke to the bbc. they can induce fear in _ arrest, he spoke to the bbc. they can induce fear in you. _ arrest, he spoke to the bbc. true: can induce fear in you. that's arrest, he spoke to the bbc. t�*yte: can induce fear in you. that's the easiest way to control you, the cheapest way to control you, in the most effective way. they know it, and they're very good at it. irate most effective way. they know it, and they're very good at it. we now move into 2021, _ and they're very good at it. we now move into 2021, and _ and they're very good at it. we now move into 2021, and the _ and they're very good at it. we now move into 2021, and the pressure l and they're very good at it. we nowl move into 2021, and the pressure on jimmy lai and the pro—democracy movement continued to grow. these pictures from april show activists outside a court in hong kong. they andjimmy lai were outside a court in hong kong. they and jimmy lai were sentenced for their roles in the 2019 protests. to their roles in the 2019 protests. to the pro democracy activists, this moment was pivotal.— the pro democracy activists, this moment was pivotal. many of us think this is definitely _ moment was pivotal. many of us think this is definitely politically _ this is definitely politically motivated, and hong kong citizens

were showing that the judicial system is compromised. they are being seen and used as illegal weapons to prosecute democratic activists. ., ~ , ., ., activists. from april, we moved to the last few _ activists. from april, we moved to the last few days. _ activists. from april, we moved to the last few days. these _ activists. from april, we moved to the last few days. these are - activists. from april, we moved to the last few days. these are from | activists. from april, we moved to. the last few days. these are from 17 june, and another raid on the apple daily offices. for the first time, its journalists are targeted. this is the editor in chief, along with members of his team, who were arrested. police state raids are connected to articles which criticise hong kong and chinese actions in which they allege are part of a conspiracy to collude with foreign forces. here's the hong kong secretary of security. irate foreign forces. here's the hong kong secretary of security.— secretary of security. we are talkinr secretary of security. we are talking about _ secretary of security. we are talking about a _ secretary of security. we are talking about a conspiracy i secretary of security. we are talking about a conspiracy in | secretary of security. we are - talking about a conspiracy in which the suspects tried to make use of journalistic work to collude with a foreign country and external enemies to impose sanctions or take hostile

activities against hong kong. the da after activities against hong kong. the day after that _ activities against hong kong. the day after that raid, this was the front page of apple daily. staff had used their phones to put the paper together after their computers had been seized by police. as well as their computers being taken, the assets of the newspaper were frozen. here's a board member of apple daily�*s parent company on the impact that's had a. irate daily's parent company on the impact that's had a-— that's had a. we cannot pay payroll at this point _ that's had a. we cannot pay payroll at this point because _ that's had a. we cannot pay payroll at this point because our _ that's had a. we cannot pay payroll at this point because our assets - at this point because our assets have _ at this point because our assets have been— at this point because our assets have been frozen, are editor in chief— have been frozen, are editor in chief inns — have been frozen, are editor in chief inns injail, our executive officer— chief inns injail, our executive officer is— chief inns injail, our executive officer is in— chief inns injail, our executive officer is injail. they've not been charged — officer is injail. they've not been charged with anything formally, we don't _ charged with anything formally, we don't know when or if there will be some _ don't know when or if there will be some kind — don't know when or if there will be some kind of trial. more people are being _ some kind of trial. more people are being picked up, so there is a real airof— being picked up, so there is a real air of concern and also the financial— air of concern and also the financial aspect. we have the cash, but the _ financial aspect. we have the cash, but the secretary for security, without — but the secretary for security, without any court order or real basis, — without any court order or real basis, has _ without any court order or real basis, hasjust decreed that without any court order or real basis, has just decreed that we are an outlaw— basis, has just decreed that we are an outlaw organisation. we can't pay the electricity company, the water

company, — the electricity company, the water company, the phone bills. no choice. and now. _ company, the phone bills. no choice. and now, apple daily is shouting. all of which to the uk, the us, and many other countries looks an awful lot like an attack on freedom of speech. not so, says carrie lam. translation:— speech. not so, says carrie lam. translation: what we are dealing with is neither _ translation: what we are dealing with is neither a _ translation: what we are dealing with is neither a news _ translation: what we are dealing with is neither a news outlet - with is neither a news outlet problem nor a news reporting problem stop its a suspicious act of endangering national security. so our action is not attacking press freedom just because the suspect or organisation is a news organisation. we know that jimmy lai will not see the end of apple — we know that jimmy lai will not see the end of apple daily _ we know that jimmy lai will not see the end of apple daily this - we know that jimmy lai will not see the end of apple daily this way. - we know that jimmy lai will not see the end of apple daily this way. he | the end of apple daily this way. he described apple daily's battle as something far bigger than a single newspaper. qt something far bigger than a single news-a aer. ., , newspaper. of the free world will be on our side. — newspaper. of the free world will be on our side, the _ newspaper. of the free world will be on our side, the free _ newspaper. of the free world will be on our side, the free will— newspaper. of the free world will be on our side, the free will to - newspaper. of the free world will be on our side, the free will to make i newspaper. of the free world will be on our side, the free will to make a| on our side, the free will to make a world will see us because we know ——

they know we are sharing the same values as there is. they know that we are fighting in the frontier for their value if we lose. that means their value if we lose. that means the defeat of the value system. carrie allen, our china media analyst, is here. i'm curious how this story has played in the chinese media. tit this story has played in the chinese media. , ., ., this story has played in the chinese media. , . ., �* , media. in the state media, there's been this emphasis _ media. in the state media, there's been this emphasis on _ media. in the state media, there's been this emphasis on the - been this emphasis on the authorities acting within the law. there's been a lot of discussion from state media outlets within hong kong, as well, saying that this is a good thing for hong kong. but within hong kong itself, there's a lot of shock at this newspaper has finally gone. it's been around for 26 years, it has been the sole voice, like the big voice for pro—democracy within hong kong. the idea that it's gone now — even its twitter pages been removed, its web page is gonna come

at the stroke of midnight it's almost vanished. that's a big shock to a lot of people, and there are scenes today and hong kong outside the offices and outside new stanza people now trying to get their hands on the final copy, which is out now tonight. it's the 23rd here, but it's the 24th and hong kong now. people at the stroke of midnight are going out to try to get that copy. not to diminish the significance of apple daily closing, but tell us more about hong kong media. are there alternatives for people who are sympathetic to the pro—democracy movement? are sympathetic to the pro-democracy movement? , , ., , are sympathetic to the pro-democracy movement? , , ., ., movement? yes, people can go online to out outlets — movement? yes, people can go online to out outlets like _ movement? yes, people can go online to out outlets like hong _ movement? yes, people can go online to out outlets like hong kong - movement? yes, people can go online to out outlets like hong kong free - to out outlets like hong kong free press, but it's the case that there used to be a broad range of statements of media, independent media, and it's been very difficult for pro—democracy media to survive because advertisers have either increased pressure that, if they

advertise in pro—democracy papers, their market might suffer in the mainland. so apple daily has been the key outlet that people go to. also there is the difficulty of online media, if they struggle to get authorisation for certain events because print media takes precedent. so it's extremely difficult for pro—democracy media to really survive in hong kong now. and there's a lot of rights groups that have said hong kong's press freedom has diminished in recent years. always appreciate you coming on, thanks very much. two covid—19 updates for you. in a moment we'll turn to australia — but first, the uk. people in the travel industry are taking part in a day of protests. they're calling for the list of countries deemed safe for tourists to be expanded,

and for more support for the sector. here's our transport correspondent caroline davies. frustration on the tarmac. at bristol airport this morning, staff lobbied the government to increase the number of countries on the green list and to provide more support for the industry. they've got families to look after. some of them have taken second jobs, others have been volunteering in the nhs, supporting the vaccination programme for hopefully returning to international travel as soon as we can. there were protests around the uk. at westminster, cabin crew and pilots joined travel agents outside parliament. so, we desperately, desperately need some sector support. otherwise, you know, ijust don't know what's going to happen. we want people to fly again. i want to be back on board serving our customers, doing what we absolutely love. the travel industry rely on the summer season to keep them profitable. this year more than ever, it's needed to survive. the industry is going to need support to get through these

critical months, particularly in the summer season which is where most of the cash would come in. so, extending the furlough arrangements for the travel sector, business rates relief, and also looking at a targeted financial support, you know, revenue replacement system. there are currently 11 countries on the uk's green list, but most are not open for uk tourists to visit. the government has always said that its international travel policy is guided by protecting public health — and there are concerns about letting in new variants that might be vaccine—resistant. the next update to the green list is expected to be announced tomorrow. so, you can see aircraft parked up here, there's a jet—2 aircraft, ryanair... this is the view of manchester airport today. industry heads are waiting anxiously for news — particularly if quarantine might be removed for fully—vaccinated passengers from amber list countries. that would be a major step forward, and i think it would create the confidence that people need to go ahead and book travel, and travel over the summer.

other countries are doing that, you know, germany, france. at the moment, that doesn't apply in the uk, but it could — and it would open up potential for travel for lots of training over the summer. so i think it's really important — but it needs to happen quickly. the government have said that decisions on traffic light allocations take into account a range of factors, including genomic sequencing and variants of concern, and that both tailored and wider economic support is still available to the sector, including the furlough scheme. as the summer approaches, the industry is becoming increasingly anxious about what will happen next. caroline davies, bbc news. let's turn to australia. new restrictions are being brought into the country's most populated city — sydney — in attempt to stop a growing outbreak of the delta variant. cases are still low. the authorities have reported 16 new infections, which brings the cluster there to 37 cases. so that means sydney's 5.3 million residents will have

to wear masks indoors, and many will be banned from travelling out of the city. here's shaimaa khalil. well, there remains seven big areas here in sydney, in greater sydney that have been identified as hotspots — notjust by the new south wales health authority, but by different states, as well. and anybody from those seven hotspots, or seven areas are not allowed to leave sydney, they're not allowed to enter the state. so essentially, hard borders within the states with sydney now, with greater sydney, at least. and yes, restrictions are being reintroduced, so now we have mandatory masks on and all indoor areas within those seven neighbourhoods that have been identified. but we also have them mandatory within public transport. this is, of course, going to be concerning for many families. we've got school holidays that are coming up, and many families

in a few minutes we will talk about britney spears. she'll be seeking to overturn a legal arrangement which gives her father control over large parts of her life. it's exactly five years today since britain voted to leave the european union. in that time, european union citizens have been able to apply what impact has brexit had on staffing, particularly after more than a year of covid—19? here's our deputy political editor, vicki young. ending the uncertainty. the eu settlement scheme has been one of the great successes of our brexit negotiations. more than five million eu citizens have officially secured their right to live and work in the uk, and time is running out for others who want to apply. i would encourage anyone who may still be eligible to apply ahead of the deadline next week. stan, who is belgian, applied

when the skin opened in 2019. —— the scheme opened. the process was relatively straightforward, very easy, i think i got my answer within a week or so, so i was quite happy with that, obviously. my partner, she had to apply for a similar scheme, —— to ——toa —— to a settlement scheme. she did it back in february and she is still waiting to hear back. the home office says the number of people applying for this scheme is far higher than expected. it suggests that around two million more eu citizens had been living here than officials thought. but what about those who want to come here in future? the hospitality industry says it is desperate for a new generation of workers. in henley, olivier has plenty of customers in his restaurant, but not enough staff. he's being forced to close one day a week. he says the furlough scheme is partly to blame, plus the reliance on eu workers who have now left. everybody is struggling, from the fish and chip shop, to the big michelin star restaurant.

it's not only one type of employee or skilled employee we can't find, it is the whole range of employees in our industry. but ministers insist that part of the point of brexit is to encourage employers to recruit and train workers already in the country. vicki young, bbc news, westminster. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is... hong kong's leading pro—democracy newspaper apple daily is hong kong's leading pro-democracy newspaper apple daily is— newspaper apple daily is publishing its final addition _ newspaper apple daily is publishing its final addition after _ newspaper apple daily is publishing its final addition after sustained - its final addition after sustained pressure from the authorities. britney spears is due to address a court in los angeles in the next two hours, as she continues her attempts to remove her father as controller of her finances. this is britney spears. her $60 million estate has been under the control of legal guardians since 2008,

following a public mental health breakdown. since then, most of her finances and aspects of her personal life have been controlled by her father, jamie spears, in an arrangement called "conservatorship". the singer though wants to dismiss herfather from handling her career. a lawyer said britney was "afraid of her father" and would not return to the stage while he retained control. we don't know what britney will say when she addresses the court. but her fans are eager to hearfrom her. so, the thing that's always been missing, really, from understanding britney's reputation is britney herself. one of the complications with the conservatorship is that the level of control it gives her conservators means that it's very hard to be sure that, when she makes statements on social media, she's actually putting out the statement that she herself would choose to make. so, this is really the first time

since 2008 that we've had a chance to hearfrom britney speaking for herself and her own words. a grassroots movement of fans, known as the #freebritney campaign, want her to regain autonomy over her affairs. they've been staging regular protests — this rally was in los angeles last week. their campaign gained momentum after the release of the documentary in february, framing britney spears, which centred on the issues over the singer's guardianship. yesterday, new york times shed more light on the case, reporting that the singer has been trying to end her conservatorship since 2014. it's seen confidential court records showing that it had restricted aspects of her life — from who she dated to the colour of her kitchen cabinets. herfather denies that. in an interview in marchjamie spears' lawyer said britney can end the conservatorship, and "has always had this right but in 13 years has never exercised it".

lisa maccarley is practising conservatorhsip lawyer and supporter of the freebritney campaign — why was the conservatorship set up and why do you want it to end? if the father's lawyer is saying she can do as she likes here and she says she would like free of it, what's stopping it from happening? in my opinion, what is stopping her from filing a petition for termination is that her court appointed lawyer is desperate to control the narrative. he's the one that could pull the trigger easily and file a petition for termination. the big question is, why hasn't he done this? he's known for years that brittany�*s wanted out — get even to this day, he has not filed a petition to contort —— terminate the conservatorship. t petition to contort -- terminate the conservatorship.— conservatorship. i remain confused because if her— conservatorship. i remain confused because if her lawyer _ conservatorship. i remain confused because if her lawyer is _ conservatorship. i remain confused because if her lawyer is not - conservatorship. i remain confused because if her lawyer is not doing l because if her lawyer is not doing as she would like, surely it britney can choose a different lawyer to get that done? she

can choose a different lawyer to get that done? ,, , ., ., , can choose a different lawyer to get that done? ,, , ., . , ., , that done? she should and is legally entitled to legal _ that done? she should and is legally entitled to legal counsel _ that done? she should and is legally entitled to legal counsel - _ that done? she should and is legally entitled to legal counsel - except i entitled to legal counsel — except that pursuant to the terms of this conservatorship, she is literally not allowed to see other attorneys, and specifically her temporary conservator has the right to use "any means necessary to control her social contacts? is against court order terms for britney spears to see another attorney. in order terms for britney spears to see another attorney.— order terms for britney spears to see another attorney. in the middle of this, we — see another attorney. in the middle of this, we have _ see another attorney. in the middle of this, we have her— see another attorney. in the middle of this, we have her father - - see another attorney. in the middle of this, we have her father - couldl of this, we have herfather — could he not resolve this byjust relinquishing any powers that he has regardless of what britney's lawyers do or do not ask for?— do or do not ask for? certainly the dirnified do or do not ask for? certainly the dignified and _ do or do not ask for? certainly the dignified and kind _ do or do not ask for? certainly the dignified and kind thing _ do or do not ask for? certainly the dignified and kind thing for - do or do not ask for? certainly the dignified and kind thing forjamiel dignified and kind thing forjamie spears to do at this point would be for him to tender his resignation because, for one thing, that's what his daughter wants. so he is

certainly in a position where he could tender his resignation and the court would absolutely accept it, people cannot be forced to be conservators. but the bigger question is, why hasn't he done that? why does he want to stay in control over his daughter's objections? t control over his daughter's objections?— control over his daughter's ob'ections? , ., objections? i confess i'm listing to ou objections? i confess i'm listing to w and objections? i confess i'm listing to you and thinking _ objections? i confess i'm listing to you and thinking about _ objections? i confess i'm listing to you and thinking about people i you and thinking about people watching us in the uk and all around the world who are i'm sure bemused and outraged that a woman can end up in a situation where she loses this much control over life. absolutely, it is outrageous _ much control over life. absolutely, it is outrageous and _ much control over life. absolutely, it is outrageous and people - much control over life. absolutely, it is outrageous and people be i much control over life. absolutely, l it is outrageous and people be aware of the constitutionalviolations, the violations of the law, the violation of civil liberty. this is absolutely unjust and people should be outraged. if you have a parent who's ageing or love someone who has a disability, be aware of what is going on in los angeles. before i let ou going on in los angeles. before i let you go. _ going on in los angeles. before i let you go. help _ going on in los angeles. before i let you go, help us _ going on in los angeles. before i let you go, help us understand i let you go, help us understand what's happening today, because we

are expecting to hear from britney, aren't we? irate are expecting to hear from britney, aren't we? ~ ., are expecting to hear from britney, aren't we? . . ., , .,, are expecting to hear from britney, aren't we? . . ., , ., aren't we? we are and people are so excited. aren't we? we are and people are so excited- but — aren't we? we are and people are so excited. but of _ aren't we? we are and people are so excited. but of course, _ aren't we? we are and people are so excited. but of course, no _ aren't we? we are and people are so excited. but of course, no one i aren't we? we are and people are so | excited. but of course, no one knows what she's going to say. i've asked the #freebritney movement, young people to pray that britney spears asks for an attorney of her own choice. it is her legal right and that will solve a lot of problems. we appreciate you joining us, thank you forjoining us, lisa. we appreciate you joining us, thank you forjoining us, lisa.— for viewers in the uk, please stay with us on the bbc news channel. coming up at 8pm, russia says it has fired warning shots at hms defender in the black sea as it sailed through the waters of occupied crimea. we'll get reaction from the chair of the commons defence select committee, tobais ellwood, and former nato commander, rear admiral chris parry. coronavirus vaccine hesitancy has halved among some ethnic minority groups since february, but the government says there is still much

more needed to be done. we'll ask two health experts what the solution might be. britney spears is appearing in court today as part of the ongoing battle over who controls her finances. we'll speak to mobeen azhar, who has presented a documentary about the pop star. and the new plastic £50 note has gone into circulation featuring the second world war code—breaker alan turing. we'll hear from the naturalist and tv presenter, chris packham, who was behind turing's victory in the bbc two's greatest icon award in 2019. plenty coming up, if you're watching in the uk, all of that follows directly after outside source. if you're watching on bbc world news, if you haven't found already, the next edition of outside source follows and we will bring you reporting analysis on the bidding to make a let me just finish this hour of the programme by showing you some of the programme by showing you some of the programme by showing you some of the pictures coming in from munich. the reason we are focused on

this city — there's two reasons, the group germany is in in the euros is the most competitive, it's germany and hungry, and france versus portugal as a group shakes down, the games will be kicking off in five minutes' time. the other reason that this particular game is in the news is all connected to this new law in hungary which outlaws promoting homosexuality to the under eight teens, and the words of the law. a number objected to this, including germany's... the mayor of munich wanted to light up the famous stadium in munich, the alliance arena, with the rainbow flag. but uefa said it would be a political gesture and is not allowed. —— allianz arena. they've been making their point individually even if the city can't make a statement as a

whole. both games about to kick off, you can follow on the bbc sport website and i'll see you very soon. all the best. hello there. at long last it felt a bit more like summer across southeastern parts of the uk. it was a chilly start in the morning, but we have enjoyed plenty of the sunshine. temperatures into the low 20s. it's not that warm even in the sunshine. further north, we have seen more cloud coming in as well, that has brought notjust some rather grey skies, but some rain and drizzle here and there as well. you can see the extent of the cloud from the satellite picture earlier on spending down from the northwest, and slowly pushing its way into the midlands. some wetter weather perhaps into the far southwest of england. mostly rain and drizzle continuing around these western hills and coasts. east anglia, the southeast of england still got clearer skies overnight and that chilly air. temperatures will be down to four or five degrees. elsewhere, it will be a much milder night underneath that blanket of cloud. and for a good part of the uk,

for a while, at least we've got this chunk of more humid air. warmer air in what we call a warm sector. that's the gap between two weather fronts there. the second one to the north will bring some heavier rain across the northwest of the uk, the first one there, that warm front is responsible for this rain and drizzle that we have got to start thursday across northern england and wales. pushing into the midlands, largely petering out and turning more cloudy eventually in the southeast. figure cloud, rain coming down across scotland into northern ireland. but in between those two bands of wetter weather we are going to find it brightening up in wales, parts of the midlands and more especially in northern england where we could see temperatures as high as 23 or 24 degrees. now, through the evening and overnight those bands of rain and drizzle will continue to move southeast words and pressure will lower living us with quite a messy picture, i think, for friday. a lot of cloud around, there will be some further showers or longer spells of rain. it may well be a bit drier in wales and should become drier in scotland.

but we've got a northerly breeze here, so too across northern ireland pegging temperatures to 16 degrees. a bit higher than that across england and wales, but there could be some rain from time to time. heading into the weekend, the northern half of the uk, we've got higher pressure building in. so a lot of dry weather. probably increasing amounts of sunshine around as well. further south, across the uk, is not a wash—out this weekend but there's still the chance of some showers around, particularly during saturday. fewer showers and hopefully a bit more sunshine on sunday.

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