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those left are waiting to see what the next steps might be. phu is a former lawmaker and street activist. critics say the national security law is intentionally vague. as a precaution, we've blurred the words on his banner. translation: it's unlawful to - display banners like this one today. furthermore, the hong kong government doesn't admit these are political prisoners. if you call them political prisoners, it's possibly violating the national security law. in 2020, beijing imposed a national security law on hong kong. it effectively criminalised dissent.
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today, the majority of the political activists in this city have either fled or they've been detained. critics say what's happening to hong kong is a type of legal warfare. last year, bull spent ten months in prison for inciting unlawful assembly... ..yet he's determined to continue to protest. today, he has permission to hold a street demonstration, but he's apprehensive. they take to the streets in a busy shopping district... ..but their protest banners are blank. passers—by must read between the lines. their demonstration brings unwanted attention. translation: | can't verify - if they're national security police or plainclothes police,
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but they are police. what looks like a plainclothes surveillance team look on. translation: there are more than ten i plainclothes police surrounding us. i they were allowed to continue their protest that day, but the risk of detention remains. no—one knows how many national security police are active in hong kong. the bureau has taken over several high—storey buildings, including hotels, for dormitories and offices. they have the power to investigate anyone thought to be endangering national security. pro—establishment lawmakers say the national security law was necessary to restore order, after months of protest. don'tjust blame everything on the national security law.
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the law is there, everybody has to obey the law, whether you like it or not. it's passed by the hong kong legislative. so that is the law that we need to to uphold. it's a law that we need to abide. and if you break the law, then certain consequences will come into play. hong kong is opening up, after years of covid restrictions, but the space for dissent is shrinking. danny vincent in hong kong. so let's take a look at some of the front pages. the story, they will make sure the killer never go free. the migration bill coming before the commons, judges lose power to block migrant
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flights. on the financial times, inflation story, inflation stuck in double digits and offers little hope to end the cost—of—living crisis. the telegraph. we have got suella braverman giving powers to ignore the echr. but russian spaceships threaten to sabotage uk energy supply, threaten to sabotage uk energy supply, penny must drop have to go strollers with armed guards alleged to be monitoring farms and wind pipelines are spotted. that's all from us tonight. victoria's here tomorrow. till then, goodnight.
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the demonstration brings unwanted attention. what looks like a plainclothes surveillance team look on. they're surrounded. pro—establishment lawmakers say the national security law was needed to restore order after months of street protests. don'tjust blame everything on the national security law. the law is there. everybody has to obey the law, whether you like it or not. it's passed by the hong kong legislators. so that is the law that we need to to uphold. that's the law that we need to to abide. and if you break the law, then certain consequences will come into play. hong kong is opening up after years of covid restrictions, but the space for dissent is shrinking. danny vincent, bbc news, hong kong. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.
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it started with a coffee and a chat, 15 months and 2000 miles later barbara and gaze set off for the final miles of their cathedral cycling tour with filing a ride between coventry and birmingham cathedrals. seeing all the beauty of the countryside, fantastic cathedrals, just wonderful places to visit and breathing the atmosphere. it's just been the most enjoyable thing i could have done. a network of british cycling groups have seen the women make friends and explore on two wheels. today's cycling buddies joined in the celebratory ride and wejoined them and rude as they extolled the virtues of two wheels. ——en route i guarantee you won't look back for that once you've done one ride you get the bug and you love it. it may not have been the fastest ride but as the friends made their way towards birmingham cathedral this afternoon there were smiles and celebrations. are you ever too old for this? no, definitely not.
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you're live with bbc news. russia has been accused of making plans to sever vital power and communication cables running under the north sea. the allegation has been made in a documentary produced by public broadcasters in scandinavia and finland. it says russian ships have been touring the coastline around norway, denmark and sweden, often disguised as fishing or scientific research trawlers. their real purpose is alleged to be marking out sites that russia could sabotage in the event of a conflict with nato countries. one of the ships has also been spotted in british waters, as our diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley reports. we're filming everything on the ship. we're filming in turns. i can see crew members walking around on the deck.
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this is the moment the journalists find their target. they've been tracking a russian ship called the admiral vladimirsky. officially, it's an underwater research vessel. in reality, they say, it's spying for the kremlin. the men on deck are masked and armed. for their own safety, the journalists make a quick retreat. their investigation tracked the ship late last year, as it headed across the north sea to the moray firth in scotland. it lingered at this huge wind farm, then headed south to another. it then travels down the east coast of england, passing by yet more wind farms. reconnaissance of sensitive sites by intelligence agencies is not unusual, but there are now growing fears of a murky new underwater front line.
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last year, near the norwegian island of svalbard, an underwater data cable was severed. this is one of the world's biggest satellite stations, and another russian vessel had been spotted behaving strangely there before the connection was cut. translation: it's a completely illogical movement _ pattern for a trawler. there may have been an insane amount of fish there, but still, passing over such a limited area more than 130 times... i'm no fisherman, but it doesn't look like regular trawler activity. last september came a dramatic act of sabotage on the nord stream pipeline under the baltic sea, intended to carry gas from russia to germany. the eu blamed russia, while the russians blamed the west. so far, we haven't got any confirmation who's behind that, but i'd say it's very important that we follow all the maritime traffic in the baltic sea and our region in the north sea also. the kremlin�*s denied that it has
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a secret programme looking for targets to sabotage. translation: the media in these countries have made a mistake - in their investigation. they prefer to once again accuse russia without basis. but the threat that russia could pose to critical national infrastructure at sea — both here in the uk and in europe is being taken increasingly seriously. caroline hawley, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news here in the uk... the treasurer of the scottish national party — colin beattie, is stepping down from the role in the party until a police investigation into the party's finances is concluded. mr beattie was arrested on tuesday and later released without charge pending further investigation. scotland's new first minister humza yousaf said the post will be filled "as soon as possible". inflation in the uk fell to 10.1% in march, down from 10.4% in february. however, analysts had expected it
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drop a lot more than that. blame has been put on the soaring prices of food and drink — which has gone up by almost 20% in a year and has reached a its—year high. a coroner in england has ruled that the cause of a man's death was due to complications from a coronavirus vaccine, and not natural causes. the family of 32—year—old stephen wright believe he was the first person in the uk to die as a result of the astrazeneca vaccine. they say they intend to pursue legal action. now, you may remember the british court room battle that came to be known as "wagatha christie" — the showdown at the high court between two footballers' wives. well rebekah vardy — who lost her libel claim against coleen rooney has just trademarked the name "wagatha christie". to tell us more and remind us
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of that courtroom drama — here's our newsroom reporter naomi choy smith. well, it seems rebekah vardy may have had the last laugh in her epic legal standoff with coleen rooney because in trademarking the wagatha christie name, she can essentially cash in on everything from jewellery to beauty products to stationery. so essentially, if you're printing a mug with a wagatha christie logo on it, you'll have to talk to vardy�*s lawyers and likely fork over a significant amount of money. and just having a quick look at amazon and all the products that already are emblazoned with the wagatha christie logo. we could be talking serious amounts of cash, which could go some way to paying back some of those astronomical legal fees, estimated to be about £1.5 million. now a quick refresher for those who may not know where the term wagatha christie came from. so in the uk tabloid press, they coined the term wags to refer to wives and girlfriends of famous footballers. combine that with famous crime
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author agatha christie and you get wagatha christie. now, the sleuth in this case was coleen rooney, wife of famous footballer wayne rooney. now, she accused herfriend rebekah vardy, also the wife of a famous footballer of leaking negative stories about her to the press. now, rebekah vardy fought back in court claiming that this was libel, that she never carried out any of those leaks of stories. however, the high court found vardy to be not credible, so she essentially lost that court case. now, we should say rebekah vardy has always claimed she wasn't the one who leaked those stories to the press. regardless, it was a court case that grabbed headlines, spawned a netflix show, and even a west end production. now, the producers of that west end production have already weighed in about this trademark saga, saying the story continues to have more twists and turns than an agatha christie novel. however, at this point, the producers do continue planning
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to put the show on the west end. how long that will last? whether we will see any more trademark claims, we'll have to wait and see, as the wagatha christie saga continues. eleven indonesian fishermen have been rescued from a remote island off north western australia after being stranded without food or water for 6 days. the men from 2 fishing boats had been caught in cyclone ilsa. they are all now being treated in hospital. in new zealand a competition for children to hunt down feral cats and kill them has been cancelled following a huge public backlash. feral animals and wild cats in particular are considered a risk to new zealand's biosecurity, most notably its native bird population. youngsters were told to avoid attacking household pets but any other feral cats should be targeted. the country's largest conservation group estimates feral cats may kill as many as 1.1 million native birds every year.
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that's all for now — stay with bbc world news. hello there. high pressure is continuing to bring a lot of dry, settled, sunny weather throughout the day for most areas on thursday, but like the last few days, we've got a keen easterly wind out there. that's taking the edge off. the temperatures will be noticeably chilly along north sea coasts and there will be some rain at times and more cloud across south—east england courtesy of this weather front, which will move in off the near continent. you'll notice there's a slight blue hue to the air mass, indicating that the air is quite chilly as well. so when you factor in the strong wind and slightly cooler air, then it will be a little bit fresher across the board. however, most places starting off dry, widespread sunshine and much of the country will stay dry and sunny all day. but then we'll see that area of cloud and some splashes of rain pushing into east anglia in the south—east during the afternoon. it's here where the winds will be
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quite gusty as well. so with a lack of sunshine here and the gusty winds, it'll actually feel on the cool side now. now certainly cool along north sea coast, nine or ten degrees at best, but head further inland — it's the low to mid—teens or the warmest spots. or the warmest spots again, western scotland, the high teens, maybe even more than that. and like the last few days with the dry and sunny weather, tree pollen will be high or very high for many of us. so as we head through thursday evening and overnight that area, clouds, splashes of rain in the south—east starts to migrate westwards across much of england and also wales. whereas the northern half of the country will see clearer skies, slightly lighter winds. so another chilly one here. less cold, though, where we have the cloud, the rain and also the stronger breeze. so for friday, some changes for england and wales. we've got a number of weather fronts bringing more cloud outbreaks of rain, whereas scotland, northern ireland poking out into the high pressure. we'll have yet another dry and sunny day. pretty decent temperatures for western scotland, but england and wales will see outbreaks of rain. longer spells of rain, northern england, showery in nature,
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i think parts of wales, central and southern england, a little bit of sunshine in between. but with more cloud and showers around, that'll impact the temperatures 10 to 13 degrees here, whereas again, another fairly warm one for parts of scotland. but it is all change as we head into the weekend. lower pressure starts to bring more unsettled weather for a time. and as that low clears into the north sea, it opens the floodgates to a cold arctic northerly. so a much colder spell expected, particularly towards the end of the weekend and into next week. but you can see those temperatures beginning to fall across the north of the uk.
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this is bbc news. we will have all of the headlines and main news for you as newsday continues at the top of the hour, but first it's hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. they say a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. in that context, there are growing concerns in both the european union and nato that one member state, hungary, is undermining their collective cohesion. hungary is a consistent outlier on many issues, from supporting ukraine with weapons and sanctions to welcoming sweden into nato. my guest is hungary's foreign minister, peter szijjarto.
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