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genie: you are w watching g frae 2424. it is time for 60 minutes live. these are the headlines. carrie lam withdrawals the extradition bill that kicked off two months of protest. charles is standing by with more. a rebellion in the british parliament as mps vote to give themselves the power to stop the u.k. from crashing out of the eu without a deal.
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a blow to boris johnson, who lost his majority, prompting him to push for a snap election. south africa's president condemnened a series of attackss against foreigners as riots spread around the country. up this hour, never mind payingng with your phone. how would you feel about paying with your face? stephen c carroll will tell us about how the system is being used in china in o our business update. on liveur top stotory from paris. carrie lam has announced the end of the extradition bill that kicked off protests.
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since the protests started in june, they have turned to a push for greater democracy. here is more of what carrie lam had to say. >> the government will withdraw the bill in order to allay public concerns. the secretary for security will move a motion adding to the rules of procedure when ththe legislativive council resumes. pellegrin is in beijing. announced she would withdraw the bill. what does that mean? t this bill l cannot be revevid in the future. she will let it lapse and let it die.
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this bilill was originally proposed by the chief executitie as a way to close a legal loophole withihin hong k kong'ss that would a allow hong kong toe crimiminals andndor fufugitives. it w would have allowed hong kog extradite suspects to jurisdictionons where it doeoest haveve extraditition agreementn. one of those is mainland chinana critics werere worried t this wd i independence as a systemem.
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thisis movement againinst the lw hahas become m more than just at the bill. genie: british parliament has derailed boris johnson's plan for brexit. brexit.cked a no deal today, boris johnson is taking the first prime minister's question since the move was made. let's listen to what is being said there. [indiscernible] on the heating and lighting. i thank my friend for the
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suggestion. we have the lowest allowed under eu law. when we leave the european union on october 31, it will be open to us to change this for the benefit of the people. >> jeremy corbyn. thank you, mr. speaker. i pay my disrespect to -- i start by paying my do respect to andrew harper. it is a reminder of what he and police officers face all the time trying to protect communities. i also want to send our condolences to those affected by hurricane dorian, that hit the bahamas. they are doing all they can to make sure help is sent there. yesterday, it was revealed the prime minister's negotiating
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strategy is to run down the lock and the attorney general told the prime minister his belief that the european unionon would drop the backstop was a fantasy. are these reports accurate or can the prime minister provide the detail of the proposals he has put forward to the eu? >> the strategy is to get a deal by october 17 and take this country out of the eu on october 31. to get brexit done. dot the surrender bill would is wreck any chance of the talks and we do not know what his strategy is. for activists to paralyze the traffic in the name of his --
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what is the slogan? can he confirm he will allow the people of this country to decide what he is giving up in their name with a general election on october 15 or is he --? >> jeremy corbyn. >> my first question to the prime minister, no answer given. i asked, what proposals havee been put to the european union. we asked yesterday. many colleagues asked. the prime minister seems incapable of answering. -- human being would have and there is no answer to that
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question. negotiator say no proposals have been made by the u.k. if the prime minister thinks he has made progress, will he publish those proposals he has put forward to replace the backstop? >> you don't negotiate in public and we are making substantial progress. we will get that backstop. >> order. >> forgive me interrupting. there is a long way to go and a lot of questions to be reached. the questions must be heard in be responses must and will heard. the prime minister. >> let us be clear. get government is going to a deal with my y friends in
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brussels and we will get the backstop out. we will get an agreement. the only thing that is standing in our way is the undermining of the negotiations by this surrender bill. we delayed in march and april and now he wants to delay again. this?oes he intend by >> he wants to spend one billion theds a month to keep us in october 31. i will never allow that. how i can besee accused of undermining negotiations. no negotiations are taking place.
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he has been prime minister for six weeks. he promised to get exit sorted. he has presented nothing to change the previous deal, which he twice voted against. these negotiations he talks about are a sham. all he is doing is running down the clock. chancellor of lancaster said food prices would go up over no deal. were the prime minister publish the yellow hammered documents so people can see which food prices and by how much? he said no such thing. dealreparation for no thanks to his efforts are far advanced.
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the surest way to get no deal is country'sne the ability to negotiate, which is what he is doing. deal is passed this afternoon, i do not and election. i do not think he wants an election. [laughter] >> there is a petition on his peopleebsite with 57,000 calling for an election. i don't know if there is a jeremy on the list. i know he is worried about free trade deals. there is only one chlorinated chicken i can see in this house and he is on that fence. will let therm he people decide?
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let the people decide what he is doing to this country's agotiating position by having general election on october 15? >> may be prime minister can tell us what the negotiating position is. it is a question i asked. the british retail consortium is categorically untrue when the chancellor of the dutch of lancaster said there would be shortages of fresh food. young femalee staff are going to be -- out of downstream. there was another government leak at the weekend. leaked documents written by the
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government show no deal would lead to shortages on the shelves and of medical supplies and hospitals. people need to prepare. minister,the prime will he publish in full the documents so people can see which foodstuffs are not going to be available, which medicines will not be supplied and what will happen to the shortages of supplies in every one of our house those all over the gentleman ishe guilty of the most shameless scaremongering. preparationsample for coming out of the eu. what his party is recommending is -- >> order. order. it is very difficult to hear the
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responses from the prime minister. members must calm themselves. there is a long way to go. iswhat he is recommending and delay, more uncertainty for business. what we want to do is deliver on the mandate of the p people. he used to be a democrat and believe in upholding the referendum. can he say he would vote in favor of leave or remain? >> the prime minister failed to answer my questions about food supply, medicine supply, and the problems in hospitals. he refuses to publblish the yelw hammer documents and talks about scaremongering.
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he is obviously so confident -- >> you have been listening to the prime m minister's questions between boris johnson and jeremy corbyn. boris johnson would like to propose an early election on october 15. doug herbert was listening to that with me. the only clarity is he wants an election, no specific date given. what is remarkable is the lack of clarity and details. for more clarity, a better sense of what he is proposing, he needs talks with russells, the european union, to get a sense of whether there is progress being made. do not have that do not have tr
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that comfort zone of clarity. what we are seeing is a prime minister who is flailing. he knows how to give a good performance and fight b back. he is not just on the defensive, but on the offensive against members of his own party. he has suspended parliament for longer than it has in suspended in decade. slightly unprecedented in modern times. he has lost his majority in a crossing of the floor by one of his partyy members.. he s suffered on hisis first vos prime minister, a humiliating setback in his efforts to force is no deal brexit agenda through. that is the only word you can use. he has come under intense fire
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from his party moderates and outside his party for the threats of the expulsion, making good on the expulsion of tory members, long-standing icons of the party, including two former chancellors, the grandson of winston churchill, dispatched from the party, prevented from standing in an election because they dared to oppose the conservative party. kenneth clark is one of those icons, perhaps the most recognized tory party members. he is a familiar presence. not recognizes this party anymore. he says it is the brexit party rebadged. the tory party is in a state of -- and itn and in his is in a sense, it has been taken
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over by a far-right version of the party, leaving moderates stranded and expxpelled in some cases.s. a far-right party in the view of many of the tory party members themselves. he is not just defending his own political future, but perhaps the fate and immediate future of the party itself. genie: it seems as if jeremy corbyn is dragging his feet. why would he not want to participate? his feet, buting for what he says is a good reason. moderate tories agree with this strategy. why does he not want to agree to an immediate snap election?
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it is to make sure that no deal is excluded. it is the ultimate priority now to push through legislation to rule out the possibility there ,s trickery, sleight-of-hand that they will not, the government, led by boris johnson will not be able to crash the united kingdom out of europe, october 31. once that is ruled out, it is expected this will pass legislation to rule out a no deal. once that passes, they are willing to call an election. they do not want to call it on boris johnson's terms. they see it as a trap.
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labor says we are ready for the general election. they think they could win it. they want to do it on its -- on their own terms. let's look at business news. big ststories today, the events in hong kokong. was going tooe lam wiwithdraw the e extradition bi. sharares had b begun to rise. by the end of the trading day, 4%.index was up almost shares have tumbled since plunged began and have significantly since the start of august. today's again will not go far to make up those losseses. a recent survey showing privatee sector activity fell to its lowest levels in 2009.
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cathay pacific implicated in what is happening in hong kong. the chairman is retiring, but it comes as he faces pressure from beijing. cathay's top two executives resigned last month. u.k.ts of drarama in ththe hohow is that playing out on the markets?s? >> the pound sterling regained some of what it lost yesterday. this time yesterday, we saw the currencycy fall to its lowest level in three years against the dollar. asestors are interpreting it making a no deal brexit less
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likely. we will keep an eye on the markets for that. on the stock market, italy's fiscal crisis appears to be coming to an end. gaines across london, paris, and frankfurt. >> a slowdown in economic both -- genie:: a slowdown in economc growth. stephen:n: it is the slowest expansioion in six years. the motor indudustry is beieing hard-hit. new car sales were down 30% in july. >> sitting on the outskirts of new delhi, the town is home to india largest automobile lamps. hailed as austry is central pillar of the country's economy. in recent months, demand for vehicles has been on decline.
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this is one o of the people working inin the sector who has lost her job since the start of the year. >> there have been layoffs and i was among those who were let go. industry struggles have ripple effects on other sectors of india's economy. man says his earnings have fallen by 50% this past year. there used to be a lot of workers living here. most are gone and no one is here to buy our stuff. the ailments are symptomatic of a larger economic slowdown in india. the most rerecent figure was the lowest in six years. the finance minister announced a series of measures to help provide the economy and stimulate the auto sector,
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including lifting a ban preventing government agencies from purchasing new vehicles. the measures were welcomed by carmakers, but many are calling on the government to do momore o saveve the industry that employs around 35 million people. stephen: shales and new brand uberplunged -- shshares of and lyft plunged. state lawmakers could vote on an assembly five bill later today that would transform the legal status from independent contractors to employees, guaranteeing them a minimum wage and paid leave. in an effort to stop it from becoming law, the offered a ckage to drivers that included minimum wagege and benefits. the e vote looks likely to take place on the bill. lyft's shareses tumblingg
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on tuesday. a is: area on a grande suing forever 2 21, clalaiming e retailer misused her image. stephen: forever 21 used a model who looks like area on a grande -- who looks like ariana grande. they say the resemblance is uncanny and the intent was to suggest she endorsed the brand. the company contacted the singer to see if she would sign a deal representationer said it was insufficient for an artist of her stature. shoppers in china are using technology that led you use your face to pay. >> alibaba has rolleled it out n more than 100 citities. raises privacy concerns.
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cash,ng shopping without crededit cardsds, or a phone. these customers need to pose for the camera to make a purchase. they are using the latest facial recognition payment system, a technology thahat hass it t shaf enthusiasts in china. >> it is conveninient. you can buy things quickly. it is better than traditional supermarkets where you have to wait in line. >> alibaba is one of t the l leg recognition facial payments. spend around $420 million over the next three years to implement and fine tune the system. raisesacial payment privacy concerns, in a country where technology is used by the government for surveillance and to crackdown on dissent, companies do not see this as an
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