this is bbc news. the headlines: the british prime minister has been forced to carry out a reshuffle after two of his most senior ministers resigned over his leadership. the chancellor of the exchequer, rishi sunak, and the health secretary, sajid javid, both said they could no longer support borisjohnson. mr sunak said the public rightly expected the government to be conducted properly. he's been replaced as chancellor with nadhim zahawi, the former education secretary. the leader of the opposition labour party, keir starmer, said the government was now collapsing amid sleaze, scandals and failure. prosecutors in the american state of illinois say the suspect in monday's mass shooting at a fourth ofjuly parade

near chicago has been charged with seven counts of first degree murder. lake county state's attorney said these were just the first of many charges yet to come. now on bbc news, our world. china is cracking down on hong kong. it's 25 years since britain handed back control of the city to china. back then, promises were made to protect fundamental freedoms. now, beijing is tightening its grip on those who dare to speak out.

we've spent time with those who will not be silenced. if we stay here, we will be brainwashed. as record numbers leave hong kong, what will life be like for those that remain? i have been reporting from hong kong since 2017 but in the last two years i have witnessed first—hand the dramatic transformation of the city.

music. this isjennifer, one of thousands who once protested against the government. arrested with a0 others in 2019, she is now preparing for prison life. i don't smoke. ijust heard that in jail you can use these cigarettes as, like, currency, so i got a pack of these. and i'm trying to see if, if i can use these as money injail but... i am still not sure about that. jennifer maintains she was a peaceful protester, but she has been convicted of rioting. now she is facing up to ten years in prison.

i sincerely take it as a challenge for me. it is like... in everyone's life you definitely have some trouble that you have to overcome. she is allowed to write to the judge to ask for leniency. what are you saying to the judge? i am telling him about my own story. like, my personal background.

in 2019, kin was a 18—year—old student. after a violent confrontation, he became the first protester to be shot by the police. the dramatic moment was captured by student journalists. released from hospital, kin was charged with rioting and assaulting a police officer.

weeks after we met, kin attempts to flee. he is seeking asylum in the us consulate. i catch the moment on my phone. sorry, sorry, sorry, sir! no photos here!

they turn him away, and i won't see him again for some time. it's june 2020. after months of unrest, beijing imposes a wide—ranging national security law in hong kong. while covering the crackdown, i also get stopped by the police. i am a journalist! the new law silences the protest movement. anyone found guilty of violating it, can be imprisoned for life. every country and territory needs national security law to protect itself. we must protect our people from espionage, terrorism, political interference, subversion. that is what every government does. almost every international government would say this is a draconian law. why do they say that? because they are biased. because they have an

ideological bias against china and hong kong is part of china. at least it's better thanjail in china. in hong kong, my family can know what happens to me. 24—year—old jennifer is getting ready to go back to court. convicted of rioting, she is coming to the end of a 2.5 year process. she is saying goodbye to herfamily. they have asked not to be filmed. it has been a long way and finally we can go closer

to the end of this trouble. scores of other young people were outside court today, many awaiting sentencing for similar charges. some of their supporters wear symbols of the protest movement. jennifer gets 3.5 years in prison. she is one of dozens sentenced today and taken to jail. in the last three years, more than 10,000 people have been arrested

as part of the crackdown. nearly 3000 of them have been prosecuted and around 1200 sent to prison. ronson chan is one of the best—known journalists in hong kong. ronson has been reporting from the front line since the protests began. it's made him a target.

this is one of the last independent news outlets left in hong kong. a website called stand news. yin pong lam is an editor here. he is determined to continue reporting, come what may. we can be described as one of the most influential media outlets in what you call the pro—democracy camp. we do not describe ourselves like this, but maybe to the authorities, they see it this way. someday they will come to your door, and i think we would probably be an obvious target to them.

stand news survives, for now, but as chairman of the journalist union, ronson fears he's becoming an even bigger target. he tells me his wife is worried about his safety. i'm back in touch with kin, who was shot by the police. he's still facing serious charges. it's been several weeks since i saw him being turned away by the us consulate. he's in bad shape.

he's worried about being sent to prison. the uncertainty of the new law has spread fear across this city. when i leave, kin doesn't tell me what his plans are, and it's best i don't know.

this one is all the art materials, because i like doing artwork with him. tomorrow, the home will be empty. eddie and mason are part of a mass exodus from hong kong. last year, the uk government offered the right to citizenship to residents born in the territory before 1997. it angered beijing, but tens of thousands have taken up the offer. the situation changed quite rapidly. many things are different. frankly, i don't feel comfortable to speak freely, and i'm a bit worried about my children. even though they're leaving, eddie's

wife mason has asked us not to show her face. she's a teacher and is worried about the government restricting what she can say in the classroom. we received many notices what we need to teach, what we can teach, what we can't say, because if we say something, they want — they didn't want to listen, then we may lose ourjob. if we stay here, then we would be brainwashed. i don't want my students and also my children to have this kind of education, because we have the right to know the truth. her husband eddie is an executive at a games company. they're giving up their comfortable life in hong kong for a new one in a country they've never visited. why do you think so many hong kong residents are leaving the city? i think they are pretty disappointed to the — what happens in hong kong.

they leave hong kong, their future uncertain. more than 1% of the population, 90,000 people, have left the city since the national security law was introduced. it's the legislative council election. the winners will decide the future of hong kong. pong has been assigned to cover it for stand news. my duty is to tell the public what really is going on right now in this so—called election. and, at the same time, to avoid being accused of breaking the law. in the last year,

almost all pro—democracy council members have been arrested or have fled the city. china has completely overhauled the electoral system here. now, only candidates approved by the authorities can stand, so—called �*patriots�*. junius ho is a beijing loyalist, standing for re—election. everybody is pro—beijing. everybody is pro—establishment. this isn't a real diversity of opinion. i...i beg to disagree. for those who run the show or participate in an election must be patriotic and love your country. would you expect some traitor to be your leader? most of them know they will win the so—called election before the result is announced.

1,192 votes. but everybody pretends like they are running a competitive election, so it's really quite surreal. ten days after the election, national security police arrive at ronson chan's home in the early hours. ronson, the stand news journalist, livestreams it from his phone. ronson is taken away.

at the same time, the stand news office is being raided. at the same time, the stand news office is being raided. they confiscate cash, computers and documents. six senior members of staff are charged with publishing seditious materials, but it's not clear what evidence the police have against them. pong is one of the few editors who isn't arrested. their assets seized, stand news is forced to close. their website is taken offline that night. the heavy—handed tactics work.

i won't comment anything right now, 0k? after a day of questioning, ronson is released without charge. these are the bad apples who are abusing their position. anybody who attempts to make use of media work as a tool to pursue their political purpose or other interests contravenes the law, particularly offences that endanger national security. they are the evil elements that damage press freedom. the next morning, i visit ronson at his apartment. deputy leaderjohn lee is now going for the top job. it's the election for hong kong's chief executive. after leading the crackdown on the protests,

he's been hand—picked by beijing and he's the only candidate. i hereby declare that the only candidate, mrjohn lee ka—chiu, is returned. congratulations. applause it's the anniversary of the tiananmen square crackdown, and pong is covering the event as an independentjournalist. in 1989, hundreds, possibly thousands died when soldiers fired on pro—democracy protesters in the capital, beijing. gunfire screaming every year in hong kong's victoria park, tens of thousands hold a candlelight vigil to remember the dead. this year, the organisers have been arrested and the police are threatening to detain anyone who attends. they're out in force. if you ever wanted to understand

how much hong kong has changed, it's this. plainclothes police officers confiscating candles lit in remembrance. but hong kong refuses to forget. victoria park was once a place where the dead of tiananmen could be remembered. not anymore.

hong kong is becoming like any other chinese city. the promises of its special status broken. this is more than a crackdown. this is a transformation.

these are the dry skies across country antrim this tuesday, sundered break at times, much of england and wales skies like this with sunny spells and again quite warm. through this week it will be warming up for all areas especially across england and wales where we will see more sunshine, all down to this area of high pressure which will maintain its position, if any thing nudge towards our shores bit more. affecting the north of the uk on a wednesday, quite windy

through scotland, island and the far north of england. the weather will pete out through the day northern island and wales should see the best of the sunshine, 25 behind the self and more humid ems is well. as we head through wednesday night the rain peters out than in the north between weather systems clear spells and variable cloud, quite breezy across scotland, temperatures 11 to 16 degrees. when it's a thursday high pressure dominating the scene for most of us, we are in between weather fronts across scotland, should be a dry day for most of scotland, on thursday we start dry with sunshine around, a bit cloudy here and there, the next front encroaching late in the day of scotland and northern island, otherwise plenty of sunshine around. temperatures will be more humid on thursday 19 to 20 with a high in the north, 20

degrees for one or two places in the south. moving into friday, looks like it will be pretty similar, again, a warm and muggy night that will take us into a very warm day, more cloud around across northern england, scotland, northern island, is another weather front works its way in, patchy rain at times. still giving some brightness across southern scotland and northern island, 21 or 20 one degree, 27 across the south—east but widely the low 20s for england and wales. end of the week the high—pressure dominates the scene a few weather fronts scraped across the north of the uk bringing thicker cloud to the north—west of scotland, a lot of sunshine on saturday, the majority of england and wales again it will feel that bit warmer, 27 may be 28 across the south—east. high teens may be low 20s for the north. for

sunday and into the following week, you can see high pressure dominating the scene, looking at very little rain all, especially across england and wales, some across scotland as high—pressure dominates for the next ten days, there will be a lot of dry weather around and sticking with the warm ems, in fact, at times next week in the following week we could tap in to some very warm air across areas of the continent, across the south—east and london areas seeing temperatures into the low 30s, warm for cardiff and northern areas but it will tend to be more cloud and more of a breeze for scotland and northern island compared to southern stop.

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