edward you knows too well that victory doesn't guarantee is placed on the legislative council. the former professor won in the twenty sixteen elections and while being sworn in he added to fray saying he would fight for universal suffrage after a year in office the beijing government reinterpreted hong kong's constitution to deem him ineligible because of that this time he promises his supporters he has a plan ranging if you are going to unite and they believe in the end of this year we will discuss about the political rights of all called people i usually did since the twenty fourteen pro-democracy demonstrations known as the umbrella movement beijing has tightened its grip on the city as i was it is that you would like to have the government meet these new hair this new cap our. law says god the legal system and although he made calcutta these elections to a place for ousted legislative councillors are divided along very clear lines the candidates are either probate are pro democracy. and this is the other camp rallying supporters in front of the government headquarters the p

the pro—democracy camp in hong kong has lost its veto power in the territory's legislative council followingections on sunday. they won only two of four seats previously held by activists who were stripped of their seats. and this story is trending on bbc.com. the latest superhero film black panther has now taken more than a billion us dollars at cinemas worldwide. the movie has been praised as game changing. its cast is largely black, with a black director, ryan coogler. that's all from me for now. and the top story here in the uk: hundreds of people who visited a pub and restaurant in salisbury have been told to wash their belongings after the discovery of a nerve agent used to poison a formerrussiae .. 7 , now on bbc news all the latest business news live from singapore. closer relations between french and indian leaders. president macron says his country is desire is to be one of the new‘s best partners in europe. with steel tariffs just days away, which us businesses will be affected by higher costs? good morning, asia. hello, world. it's monday, the start of a brand—new trading week. w

the legislative council elections the election is seen as a test gauging reaction. increased interference in the city's governance. refugees have fled to djibouti to escape the fighting in yemen or three years after the coalition first launched airstrikes against the rebels. and most of the country. reach safety in djibouti the struggle for survival continues with food and food in short supply has more from the port town of. its food distribution. in the. the law mohammed of the law has just picked his family's food a location for the month he came here two years ago when a missile hit and destroyed his house in whole south and yemen now a mother who had a hand look at the shooting the massive given us there won't be enough for my family or even five days a situation is really bad. apart from the legal regimes people here also complain of conditions of the come. the sweltering heat and ferocious sun hardly been many away this is a place where many don't want to stay for long at one point this camp was home to more than six thousand refugees today one thousand eight

but effectively, it makes them illegal for sale. making the news. from its legislative council. one—thirdbloc in the legislature. four of the six vacant seats are being contested. against president nicolas maduro. all eight men and one woman were sent to prison. of march by military counter—intelligence agents. the lawyer said there was no concrete evidence of wrongdoing. movement that will win many victories. and the mainstream media. he also spoke of a growing wave of populism across europe. of eastern ghouta three weeks ago. and isolated another. martin patience reports. this is where the un calls "hell on earth". but war planes are overhead. there's no escape. the syrian army has now reportedly surrounded the main town of douma. syrian jets are pounding the besieged enclave. but hundreds of thousands of civilians are trapped inside. the united nations calls these air strikes "collective punishment". syria and its backer, russia, are not listening. the syrian army is advancing. close to the capital. this commander seems confident of victory. the terrorists, as he calls them, are on the

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martin patience, bbc news, lebanon. making the news. were disqualified from its legislative council.bloc in the legislature. four of the six vacant seats are being contested. movement that will win many victories. what he called the "globalised elite" and the mainstream media. he also spoke of a growing wave of populism across europe. this is bbc news. in the profession. murder of a former russian spy and his daughter. his daughter. the skripals are still in hospital in a critical condition. in hospital in a critical condition. where they were eating last sunday afternoon. —— pizza restaurant. and yulia skripal? in the pizzeria where they ate last sunday. who was there last sunday is in danger. it is a crucial piece of evidence in an evolving and a huge operation. warfare specialists arrived earlier today. a vehicle designed to save lives now posing a grave risk to the public. detectives calling on the help of the military to make it safe. in the last 24 hours. last night, we saw them take away a police car from the hospital. contaminated last sunday. who is behind this crime. minist

hong kong mean the pro—democracy camp has failed to regain its veto power in the territory's legislative council japan times reflects on the moment seven years ago when an earthquake and tsunami left around 18,000 people dead or missing. it says that a moment of silence was held at 2.16 pm on sunday to remember those who lost their lives. thousands of people from the disaster—hit areas are still waiting to return to their home towns, it reports. and as we've been reporting, the china daily‘s main headline is that china's top legislature has adopted a landmark amendment to the country's constitution. it allows president xi jinping to effectively remain as president for life. the paper says it's the first amendment to china's constitution in 1a years and won the almost unanimous support of lawmakers. and the straits times also features the story with this photograph of the chinese president casting his vote on the proposal that included the amendment to abolish the two—term limit to his the presidency. now, sharanjit, what stories are sparking discussions on line? 0ne one of my favourite films. ye

edward you know is too well that victory doesn't guarantee is placed on the legislative council.the former professor won in the twenty sixteen elections and while being sworn in he added to fray saying he would fight for universal suffrage after a year in office the beijing government reinterpreted hong kong's constitution to deem him ineligible because of that this time he promises his supporters he has a plan ranging you're going to you know didn't they. in the end of this year which we'll discuss about the political rights of the cold people i usually did since the twenty fourteen pro-democracy demonstrations known as the umbrella movement beijing has tightened its grip on the city as was it is that you would like to have got to meet these new can we still can have our you know the law says god the legal system and although we need kalmadi these elections to a place for ousted legislative councillors are divided along very clear lines the candidates are either probate are pro democracy. and this is the other camp rallying supporters in front of the government headquarters the

including police detained pro-democracy protests as in hong kong during a crucial date for the legislative council new details in the suspicious poisoning of a former russian spy. and a serene williams continues head tennis combat a familiar face awaits at indian wells. to the controversial founder of france's national front policies being kicked out while his daughter marine le pen is being reelected as leader the move comes at a crucial time for marina as she hopes to broaden the right wing parties appeal and the national front appears to have friends overseas too with president trump's full my chief strategist offering his wisdom david chase are reports from leno in northern france. marien le pen is still bruised by the scale of the defeat to emmanuel macro nine months ago but as quoted britain's wartime leader winston churchill failure is not fatal it is the courage to continue the accounts a change of brand and a change of name a coming in leo this weekend but not it seems a change in policies a ballot of eighty questions sent to national front members just returned a majority of ninety perce

politicians in hong kong's pro—democracy camp have won back just two seats in the territory's legislative council means the pro—democracy bloc has failed to regain the one—third of seats in the council's chamber required to veto legislation proposed by pro—beijing deputies. two people have died after a helicopter carrying six people crashed into the east river in new york. the fire department said the pilot had managed to free himself. three passengers are in a critical condition in hospital. the aircraft — a eurocopter as 350 — was understood to be carrying people involved in a photo shoot. syrian rebels say they won't surrender. it comes as government forces have captured more than half of a rebel enclave outside the capital damascus. more than 1000 people are believed to have been killed since the area of eastern ghouta came under bombardment on the 18th january. thousands of civilians have been caught up in the violence, as andrew plant reports. syrian army tanks moving into rebel land on the outskirts of the capital. rebel soldiers driven out and their trenches and camps have been left aband

house of representatives to state legislators and city councils, we draw our districts to assure that they have equal population so all americans have equal representations at every level at government. unfortunately, this important process is often hijacked for

china morning post which covers the poor showing by some opposition politicians in hong kong's legislative councilratic stronghold of kowloon west, as a shock "reversal of fortune" — and notes that the pan—democrat camp has publicly said "sorry" in front of media cameras. finally, france's le figaro carries a striking image of a smiling xijinping on its cover. it describes him as the "new emperor" who is now free to rule for life following the abolition of fixed, two—term presidencies. let's return to our top story — the poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter in the uk. —— we go toa —— we go to a now the story. -- we go to a now the story. will you marry me? i would let hansard know that that was a yes. a resounding yes. you might remember this. this is last december, where cam wilson became the first person to make in marriage proposal in the house of representatives. during the debate on same—sex marriage, he asked this partner, as you saw, ryan, to marry him. he said yes, and the couple have tied the knot in melbourne. but let's return to that top story. that is the poisoning of a f

in hong kong that's being held after six pro—democracy lawmakers were disqualified from its legislative councily fought with the pro—democracy camp keen to regain its crucial one third veto bloc in the legislature. four of the six vacant seats are being contested. a venezuelan military court has ordered nine army officers to be jailed on charges of treason and instigating rebellion against president nicolas maduro. all eight men and one woman were sent to prison. their defence attorney said they had been arrested at the beginning of march by military counter—intelligence agents. the lawyer said there was no concrete evidence of wrongdoing. president trump's former chief strategist steve bannon has told a conference of the far—right national front party in france that it is part of a global anti—establishment movement that will win many victories. in a wide—ranging speech, mr bannon took aim at banks, what he called the "globalised elite", and the mainstream media. he also spoke of a growing wave of populism across europe. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: as eruptions from a japanese vol

china morning post which covers the poor showing by some opposition politicians in hong kong's legislative councils pan—democratic stronghold of kowloon west as a shock reversal of fortune, and notes that the pan—democrat camp has publicly said sorry in front of media cameras. finally, france's le figaro carries a striking image of a smiling xijinping on its cover. it describes him as the new emperor who is now free to rule for life following the abolition of fixed, two—term presidencies. more now on the british government's likely response to the nerve agent attack on a former russian spy living in the uk. until last year, daniel fried was the co—ordinator for sanctions policy at the us state department. he's now with the think tank the atlantic council and he joins me now from washington, dc. welcome to the programme, mr fried. asa welcome to the programme, mr fried. as a sanctions expert, what measures if anything could the uk possibly ta ke to if anything could the uk possibly take to be effective, especially as russia already has sanctions slapped against it because of ukraine and crimea, wou

like limit the filibuster power now they've got some really crucial bills coming up in this legislative council it's not a very powerful legislature but one of the things it could do is block or delay things but now the pen democrats have lost their ability to do that just that the time when the probe aging camp wants to do things like bring in a national anthem law to make it a crime to disrespect the national anthem or a crime to disrespect the church the flag of the people's republic of china so these things should be able to be pushed through without the pan democratic camp being able to launch much of a rear guard action or a filibuster just because they boxed in these two seats there are two more there are two more possible by elections coming up two more of those six disqualified candidates are appealing their disqualification if they lose as appears likely in hong kong courts in the b. these other two seats up and if the results from sunday are any indication the democratic camp might have less steep hill to climb and if the broaden it out a little bit we've got the presidency potential

import tariffs hong kong police have detained protesters as polls opened in the legislative council by elections but most expected to be bitterly contested as the pro-democracy camp look to keep their one third veto bloc in the legislature the election is seen as a test gauging reaction to beijing's increased interference in the city's governance. india and france have signed a sixteen billion dollars worth of deals during the french president that calls first official visit to india these are live pictures from the capital in new delhi he's meeting prime minister and then to morty at the first international alliance summit in the capital. thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of the italian city of florence and a rate of rally against racism the demonstration included the african refugees and migrants calling for justice after the shooting of a senegalese street vendor earlier this week he was killed by an italian man but police believe the shooting was not racially motivated up front is coming up next just. decided to start a fight. for. the listening post at this time on

police in hong kong have detained a number of protesters as polls opened in the legislative council by elections elections is seen as the litmus test gauging reaction to bases beijing's increase interference in the city's governance india and france are signed sixteen billion dollars worth of deals during french president calls first official visit to india the agreements include corporation on defense energy space and counter-terrorism and the construction of a nuclear power plant in india and british police have identified over two hundred witnesses in their investigation into the poisoning of a former russian spy the u.k. home secretary said more than two hundred forty pieces of evidence are also being considered ex agency paul and his daughter remain in a critical condition in hospital after being poisoned with a nerve agent those are the headlines the boy who sort of the syrian war continues next alias. the boy who was unwitting action sparked the civil war lost the most important person in his life i with. us from the off on in the bottom of the. elbow. a little while doc fell on

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bilo has the latest track >>> some philadelphia workers head to city hall to voice concerns to council legislation they were pushing for and why they say it is needed, up next, >>> there is reason to worry about the sixers in char lieutenant tonou what it is. >>> plus a welcomed sight on the ice flyers just added fire power for their playoff push, later in sports. ♪ ♪ ♪ there are two types of people in the world. those who fear the future...ace it. the future is for the unafraid.♪ ♪ ♪ >>> we get ready for more winter weather question is how much snow will fall and where, we will check back with kate in a bit with your up to the minute forecast. >>> today philadelphia city council held a hearing on impact of changing schedules and unstable hours on philadelphia workers and their families. ing and it is changing rapidly and today, huge swabs of philadelphians are now in the part-time work force and affords them too few protections and where lack of standard has allowed for troubling practices to expose parents and caregivers to un sustainable work environments and then family lives. >> there was als

supporting the antiunion side include americans for prosperity foundation, and the american legislative exchange council, known as alec. clearly, this move is part of the trump agenda's overall and part of a right wing strategy that is seeking to use the amendment as a weapon against government protections. the case follows a similar case that the supreme court heard calls fr e drichs versus california conservative association. when late justice scalia passed away, the vote was left at a tie. we now expect that the new supreme court justice, neil gorsuch will deliver the win. so what's exactly at stake in this case? this case could decimate unions by greatly reducing the dues that you know downs collect, severely limiting protections. according to the bureau of labor stratsticks, union membership has been steadily declining and has lost 2.9 million members since 1983. organized probusiness efforted have expedited the decline of unions. janus is part of this assault. this is a critical moment in our labor movement, and i believe we need to take action in san francisco now to forestall the impact of a neg

blass sy yo supported legislation to discourage the use of plastic bags buy opposing a five-cent fee. it passed the city council but the legislation died in he state. of course, they like that, right? in new york city, some people get the bags from stores and use them as bar gaming bags and live on the 12th floor of the department building the garbage is going down a chute and going down the chute in something so it is discussion that perhaps be need to have or does not aper to be in new york a satisfactory solution. bill? bill: you know why so many of them in the world? they are awesome. i use them all the time. as a matter of fact i prefer frosh ryes to be double bagged because i use them to pick after the dog in the backyard, i loon the bathrooms with them. they are great, efficient and cheap. can throw them away. thank you,yon, appreciate. >> all right. let's bring in the a plus panel to break this down. am joined by immigration attorney. about two goad sue. bill caruso also with us. ged sue, bill. and linden city councilman. all right. i will start with you. know you love this subject. when they asked me p

leaders following the school shooting in parkland florida appreciate it and the legislative conference hosted by the council of state school officers. this is 20 minutes. [applause] [applause] >> thank you so much for that introduction and your last line about my grandchildren tomorrow i hope to have seven. my daughter is a week overdue at their second little girl and she's going to be induced tomorrow so i'm really looking forward to that, thanks. i want to thank each of the chiefs and your teams for everything you do to ensure the students who serve are well-prepared for successful careers and fulfilling lives. i also want to thank you for your partnership over the past year. i think our relationship will become even more important following the tragedy in parkland. no students, no parent parents, no teacher should ever have to experience what many dead at marjory stoneman douglas high school. pam lieff already worked closely in the wake of this tragedy and i appreciate your dedication and your strength. we must have an open and honest conversation about what went wrong and what we must do now to ensure o

the long-term care kaord nating council -- sorry, joint legislative committee report, dianne lawrence. >> good morning, commissioners, director mcspadden. we met, the joint leg committee met on the 21st of february. we did not have a quorum as we are still awaiting commission appointments to the committee and we have one outstanding member from the advisory council, but we discussed legislation anyway, although we made no recommendations because we were concerned that, as time is moving on, we needed to get some legislation in front of you. so, as i mentioned before, we tracked 34 bills in the first year of the two-year session, 16 of those haven't moved forward. or seven of those did not move forward. a number were vetoed last year by the governor. but we've added some, too, with the help of -- under the leadership of the department, we have a total of 33 bills right now and i thought what i would do this morning, very briefly, is give you a summary of the areas that they cover, rather than go into great detail. i will mention that the home safe programme that director mcspadden just

representative to state legislators and city councils. our districts to ensure they have equal population so that all americans are legal representation at every level of government area unfortunately, this process is for political verses. it's in a way that subverts the basic foundation of our representative democracy. in most states, clear conflict of interest exists in which legislators on their own districts are personal after maps for personal or political vantage. the uses of his ago software and big data to preordained outcome of elections for entire decade. in a process that should be prioritized -- her ties legal representation and changing their graphics, it's instead become one more front in ongoing person war in which american voters are the ultimate victims. the people are fighting back. citizen activists and volunteers are putting their energies into fundamental democracy reform. in michigan, and after the start of a single facebook post asking who wanted to help gerrymandering has welcomed voters, not politicians. it's a de

was functioning finance and how the government was functioning, early december the legislation came through the council passed it anyway and then subsequently i did another piece with different restrictions and contracts with legislation if you did this only a certain amount of attribution rules and then subsequently i read every indictment of sequential that 2003 election with numerous amendments based on updated indictment of the federal government coming forward and clark county i think it was one of those moments only that kind of crisis we had ever gotten that kind of legislation passed the only place in the state that would have campaign finance limits which subsequently were litigated all the way up to the pennsylvania supreme court. >> as you look back now what does michael nutter think of the effort to cast that as john ashcroft trying to dictate the outcome? >> now we know that that story was a complete fabrication but in the moment it worked. but many of us knew that is really what was going on it was a heavily democratic city if they didn't like president bush they certainly didn't like joh

representatives to state legislators and city councils, we redraw them so that all americans have equal representation at every level of government. unfortunately, this important process is often hijacked for political purposes, in a way that sub verts the very basic foundation of our representative democracy. in most states, a clear conflict of interest exists in which the legislators draw their own districts or congressional maps for personal and political advantage. they hire partisan political consultants to draw districts using sophisticated software and big data to preordain the outcome of elections for an entire decade. in a process that should prioriti prioritize representation and changing demographics has become one more part of an ongoing partisan war in which american voters are victims. fortunately, the people are fighting back. in the states, citizen activists and volunteers are putting their energy into fundamental democracy reform. in michigan, an effort from a single facebook post asking who wanted to help gerrymander has blossomed into voters, not politicians. an all v

house of representatives to state legislators and city councils, we draw our districts to assure that they have equal population so all americans have equal representations at every level at government. unfortunately, this important process is often hijacked for political purposes in a way that subverts the very basic foundation of our representative democracy. in most states a clear conflict of interest exists in which the legislators draw their own districts or congressional maps for personal and political advantage. they hire partisan political consultants to draw districts using sophisticated software and big data to preordain the outcome for decades. it should be equal representation and changing demographics has instead become one more front in an ongoing partisan war the american citizens are victims. fortunately, people are fighting back. citizen activists are putting into reform. in michigan, an effort that started on a single facebook post asking who wanted to help inju gherrymanderin gerrymandering, putting an initiative on the 2018 ballot this november to create an indepen

that legislation -- and i know that the council has received a presentation on the legislation back in -- so that legislation was introduced in 2015 and then was signed into law by mayor lee in april of 2016. the accessible business entryway program requires property owners of buildings with places of public accommodation to make the primary entrances and entrance routes to the building accessible to people with disabilities. now this program resides in the department of building inspection. they're charged with the implementation and enforcement. i wanted to make sure that was clear, it's not our office, but the department of building inspection is the regulatory agency for this program. through the accessible business entrance program, the city and county of san francisco is taking a step forward in helping property owners better comply with federal and state disability access laws and ensuring the civil rights of individuals with disabilities are upheld. an interagency team is working on streamlining the process for compliance with the ordinance and construction related disability a

. >> this week education officials met for the council of chief state school officers legislative conference. in this portion of the conference, you'll hear from stephen prewett, the commissioner of the kentucky department of education. he talks about his personal experience with the school shooting in his state. he's followed by education officials discussing legislation on capitol hill and states local education policies. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> i'm stephen prewett. commissioner of education for the commonwealth of kentucky. and it's my pleasure to greet you first this morning. probably not with the most up lifting part of our program, but at the same time i believe one of our most important. so this year we have had some major instances that have happened, what i call radical tragedy, and radical crisis that we have dealt with across several of our states. in kentucky, we had a shooting on january 23rd. and of course we've all been discussing the horrible shooting that happened in parkland, florida. so i'd like to start this morning with us just taking a moment of silence and

dozens of provisions that we can come together, produce majorities, enact legislation that will protect children's lives. the council of great city schools, mr. speaker, had a calling upon us calling upon u take action. i would like to enter it into the record. the speaker pro tempore: is the gentleman asking for unanimous consent? mr. blumenauer: unanimous consent. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. blumenauer: thank you. we find that areas that have acted in the aftermath of gun violence to increase protections for gun safety, actually makes a difference. it is a lie that gun safety provisions make no difference. that somehow people who are intent on slaughter will not behave according to the law, they won't obey t it will have no impact. the evidence is where actions are taken to reduce gun violence, to increase protections, to take guns away from people who shouldn't have them, gun violence is reduced. in the aftermath of sandy hook, when this congress was paralyzed, refused to allow a bipartisan legislation that would have increased universal background checks, the state of connecticut acted. and o