joshua wong, agnes chow and ivan lam pleaded guilty. they face up to three years in prison.lice headquarters during anti— element protest. the trio are accused of being at the helm. the three are amongst the most prominent young faces of youth descent in hong kong. joshua in 2014 became the face of youth is. he is also said to be one of the number—1 targets of a wide—ranging national security law. isac is a close friend and activist. he is just 15 law. isac is a close friend and activist. he isjust 15 when he began protesting against changes to hong kong's education. he visited joshua in detention. in a letterjoshua said he was forced into solitary confinement. he says the legal system is being used against the young. translation: the hong kong government is targeting the young generation. the young generation led the protest movement last year, so you can see the government is using the different offences to persecute the young. hong kong has seen more than 10,000 arrests following a year—long anti—government protest movement. in recent weeks pro—democracy lawmakers have re

the two young men along with 23-year-old agnes chow were sentenced on wednesday.t is her first time behind bars. the three activists cut their teeth in politics as teenagers. wong began protesting in 2012 against a push to make hong kong's education system more vitriolic. the 79-day largely peaceful protest for universal suffrage. joshua wong emerged as a david against goliath figure in the fit against the chinese party crackdown, and agnes chow was >> it is even more important for us to not surrender and to continue to believe in universal values. >> although they shut down their political party, the trio remains steadfast, even if it means being sent to jail, with joshua wong saying, "cages cannot lock up souls." >> time for business. two weeks after getting the green light from regulators, boeing's 737 max plane has returned to the skies. >> it has undoubtedly been a publicity, but it's also a key step towards regaining trust in that model. it is planning a first commercial flight on december nine. boeing's 737 max fleet was grounded march 17 after a second dea

in hong kong after pleading guilty to unlawful assembly during last year's protests joshua wall agnes chow and ivan lamb were taken into custody last month they could face up to 3 years in jail last year's protests were triggered by the introduction of a controversial extradition bill which has since been shelved let's go live now to the courthouse in hong kong of zeros adrian brown is there adrian when can we expect sentencing. well i guess some time within the next hour. magistrate's court where so many activists have gone on. while during the past few months but today we have hong kong's 3 most prominent young activists appearing in court to be sentenced acne char joshua wong and ivan lamb joshua one of course is no stranger to jail he's been imprisoned 3 times before and arrested no less than 10 times but of the 3 of them i think adrian it is agnes child who is perhaps in the most serious situation right now because in all ghost she was arrested under the new draconian national security law on suspicion of colluding with foreign powers now if she were convicted on that she would face t

joshua wong, agnes chow and ivan lam, have previously pleaded guilty to organising and taking part in june last year. the activists are facing up to three years in jail. danny vincent reports on the background to this case. joshua wong is facing sentencing for crimes relating to last yea r‘s sentencing for crimes relating to last year's protests. the bbc spent time with joshua to last year's protests. the bbc spent time withjoshua in the run—up to his court case, and documented how life for young activists have changed. he says that is the victim of surveillance, unknown private calls, unidentified individuals. it has coincided with politically sensitive days. it all began after the national security board, imposed by beijing, which criminalises subversion and colluding with foreign forces was introduced to. after the national security law was implemented, being an activist in hong kong, which is a normal day in the life of being traced by unknown private cars, and is ha rd to by unknown private cars, and is hard to guarantee our personal safety. when will be the day until we are extr

jail he was convicted of inciting an unlawful assembly as well as organizing an unlawful assembly agnes chow his close friend and colleague in the ongoing protest movement was convicted given a 10 month sentence for participating in an illegal assembly and also a 2nd charge of helping organize a the 3rd person ivan lamb received a 7 month sentence now they had faced possibly a maximum sentence of up to 3 years but in spite of all that agnes cho is still in a pretty serious situation because 4 months ago she was arrested under the new national security law on suspicion of colluding with foreign powers now she's been out on bail or at been until she pleaded guilty of a week ago and if she is convicted doe or not if she is charged and convicted she faces the prospect of you know life in jail now barely a week goes by adrian. without you know a young activist being prosecuted in court since early last june more than 10000 people have been arrested a 1000 of them are under the age of 18 and so far there have been a total of just over 2300 prosecutions it means that the courts here in hong kong ar

joshua wong, agnes chow and ivan lam, have previously pleaded guilty to organising and taking part in activists are facing up to three years in jail. let's go to hong kong to speak to shun lee who is a district councillor and social worker. if they face up to three years, what you think they will get? it will be a very heavy criminal penalty, i think. sadly, i think it's a regression on the activism in hong kong. i'm not really optimistic about it. it is likely, isn't it, that within this system the court will impose the highest penalty? uh, it will be a hefty penalty, i believe, referring to the sentence imposed to the organisation organising occupying central. so, yeah, by referencing that case, it will bea referencing that case, it will be a heavy sentence. shun, they we re be a heavy sentence. shun, they were convicted before the most repressive laws came in recently. it's likely activists appearing in court after this will be treated even more harshly? yes. yeah, because that law is — they are being charged with incitement to organise the unlawful assembly. and it would be a hars

joshua wong, agnes chow and ivan lam, have previously pleaded guilty to organising and taking part in june last year. the activists are facing up to three years in jail. i spoke just now to shun lee, a district councillor and social worker and i asked him what sentence the activists might receive. it will be a very heavy criminal penalty, i think. it will be difficult to safeguard human rights and core values. sadly, i think it's a regression on the activism in hong kong. i'm not really optimistic about it. it is likely, isn't it, that within this system the court will impose the highest penalty? uh, it will be a hefty penalty, i believe, by referring to the sentence imposed to the activists organising 0ccupy central five years before. so, yeah, by referencing that case, it will be a heavy sentence. shun, they were convicted before the most repressive laws came in recently. it's likely, i suppose, that activists appearing in court after this will be treated even more harshly? yes. yeah, because that law is — they are being charged with incitement to organise the unlawful assembly. and

joshua wong, agnes chow and ivan lam have previously pleaded guilty to organising and taking part inn unauthorised assembly in june last year. they face up to three years injail. police in sweden say they have arrested a 70—year—old woman on suspicion of holding her son captive at home for up to 30 years. local media said the man now in his 40s had been taken out of school when he was 12. now on bbc news: the firing line features the finalists and the winners of the rory peck awards. a warning: this programme contains images some viewers may find upsetting. some of the most powerful images of the year. often filmed in difficult and dangerous places. but who are the people who bring us these pictures? why do they do it? how do they do it? and what is the impact on them personally? each year, we step behind the camera and speak to the men and women who capture and bring us some of the most important news stories of our times. often under extremely difficult circumstances and great personal strain. these freelance journalists are honoured through the rory peck awards, named after a brit

another interesting thing they told me is that while joshua wong and agnes chow have become the faces of the protest, the movement is much bigger than three people. and their arrests do not mean the end of the fight for democracy. >> and as you know, the sentencing is drawing criticism from overseas as well. to what extent do you think this will influence china's actions going forward? >> i think beijing is pretty much determined to show that antigovernment activities will not be tolerated and will use whatever means they can to suppress dissent regardless of what other countries say. think back to the tiananmen incident 30 years ago. china was just starting to build its economy and wanted to develop strong relationships with international partners. but that doesn't sp them from deploying tanks and cracking down on pro-democracy activities. this time they have adopted different tactics. instead of using tanks or guns, they are using the national security law. china's also come a long way in the past three decades and is now a major world power. beijing leaders know that many untries v

joshua wong, agnes chow, and ivan lam rallied support for their cause, both in hong kong and abroad. wong received a 13 1/2 month sentence. lamb was sentenced to seven months. those inside the couroom say chow broke down in tears. but wong remained defiant. after the decision was read out, he shouted to the gallery, the coming days will be tougher but we will hang in there." the three pleaded guilty last week to charges of inciting and participating in this demonstration outside police headquarters. they led the now defunct group, which disbanded hours before a new national security law for hong kong took effect. while waiting for the sentencing, wong told supporters he was worried about an uncertain future but felt confident personal pain and suffering would fuel efforts to push for justice. choi confided the conditions at the detention facility were affecting her mental health. people in hong kong reacted sharply to the sentencing. >> i feel the punishment is not fair. what they have done is for hong kong. >> i hope they -- kids stay safe and remember that we all hong kong people a

here they are at a court hearing earlier in the year alongside agnes chow. assembly" for their role in the mass protests. the sentencing magistrate said... joshua mack —— the neck the neck joshua wong gave an interview to the bbc in the run up to sentecing, and said he's been living under intense surveilance by the police. after national security law is implemented, activists in hong kong, a normal daily life of being traced by unknown private car, day by day, and it's hard to guarantee our personal safety, when will be the day that they extradite and physically kidnap you from hong kong to mainland china? the uk foreign secretary dominic raab responded to the sentencing saying... nathan law is a democracy activist who founded the demosisto party alongsidejoshua wong and agnes chow back in 2016. he's currently in london having gone into exile earlier this year. nathan, thank you very much for joining us. did you agree with the decision by these three to plead guilty and expose themselves to a potential prison sentence? well, of course, i believe they have a

joshua wong, agnes chow and ivan lam have previously pleaded guilty to organising and taking part inauthorised assembly in june last year. they face up to three years injail. police in sweden say they have arrested a 70—year—old woman on suspicion of holding her son captive at home for up to 30 years. local media said the man now in his 40s had been taken out of school when he was 12. he is in hospital and being treated at the moment. it is just after 2:30am in the morning. now on bbc news: tuesday in parliament. hello again and welcome to tuesday in parliament, as borisjohnson faces down a tory revolt over his new covid rules for england. all we need to do now, mr speaker, is to hold our nerve until these vaccines are, indeed, in our grasp and, indeed, being injected into our arms. the unseen pandemic. are more "do not attempt resuscitation" orders being used for patients with learning disabilities? the fact that they were just placed on file without any meaningful conversation with families or any other professional isjust, frankly, disgraceful. also in this programme, lively scene

joshua wong, agnes chow and ivan lam, have previously pleaded guilty to organising and taking part inembly in june last year. the activists are facing up to three years in jail. german officials say five people were killed when a homeless man drove a borrowed car through a pedestrian zone in trier. the victims were a nine—week—old baby, two women and a man. some of the dozen people injured are in critical condition. police say the suspect faces murder charges. hungarian politician who unexpectedly quit his job has admitted it came after attending a house party in brussels, which broke her as virus rules. the belgian media described it as a gay sex party. josef szajer is the ally of viktor 0rban and helped d raft of viktor 0rban and helped draft the constitution which campaigners say is hostile to 93v campaigners say is hostile to gay rights. the oscar—nominated actor formerly known as ellen page has announced that he's transgender. in a statement on twitter, the canadian star said his name was now elliot. page received international acclaim for playing a pregnant teenager in the 2007

hong kong's pro-democracy movement turned out to cheer as buses took just and fellow activists agnes chow and ivan lamb to prison there was criticism for wednesday sentences from young and old. going a sentence is too harsh and it's not right for the court to hand down such sentences to young people with their futures ahead of them and what a mother mcdaid i did anything and then veteran activist a very angry told t w that beijing clearly wanted to use wong and the others to set an example. to send a strong. signal doctors to the whole harbor to the world. no matter how much support you have in a public or rational community. they're going to. 'd be. suppressing that there's a reason i interest one has been a prominent figure in hong kong's pro-democracy movement. in 2014 he helped spearhead the umbrella movement for months of protest spurred by a government plan to prescreen candidates for local elections this demonstration has been peaceful and the police haven't bothered us much but now they've brought tear gas and plastic bullets we have to do all we can to protect ourselves. he was 1

hong kong's pro-democracy movement turned out to cheer as buses took just one fellow activists agnes chow and i haven't allowed him to prison there was criticism for wednesday sentences from young and old. doing a sentence is too harsh a it's not right for the court to hand down such sentences to young people with a future is ahead of them have a good idea thing and then. on july 2020 things went from bad to worse the pro-democracy activists china passed a new security law for hong kong that made wong's demister party illegal the party disbanded and one went to trial for his activities in last year's protests. undeterred he told t.w. in a recent interview that he would not back down. grayson boss never stopped me from activism and thinking critically even if such difficulty timing what and and vows and all of us were arrest this is last summer and 2000 people including me where prosecute it is still important for us to stay and fight off the wednesday sentencing wong one small renewed his commitment to the cools in a statement on twitter released by his lawyers he vowed that this was not

sentenced to jail for 9 months his role in unlawful anti-government protests in 2019 fellow activist agnes chow has been sentenced to 7 other months in prison. u.s. attorney general william boss says the justice department hasn't found widespread voter fraud in last month's presidential election his comments contradict president donald trump's claims that the vote was rigged alan fischer reports before the election bill barr was saying that voter fraud could well be caused by mail in ballots but now he's saying look we've looked at this and there's no widespread evidence of voter fraud that goes completely against what the president has been seeing even in the last couple of hours if you tweet more people who are suggesting that there is widespread voter fraud in the election was stolen from donald trump you'll remember just a couple of weeks ago the man who was the head of the cyber security unit for the election said this was the most secure election in american history donald trump said yeah that was because of my administration but still stolen from us and by the way you're fired europe tod

joshua wong, agnes chow and ivan lam were sentenced earlier this month for their involvement in mass of unauthorised assembly. responding to an urgent question, nigel adams said this was the most concerning period in hong kong's post handover history. the apparent focus of the hong kong authorities seems now to be retribution against political opposition and silencing of dissent. as a foreign secretary made clear in a statement in the 2nd of december, prosecution decisions must be fair and impartial and the rights and freedoms guaranteed to the people of hong kong under the joint declaration must be upheld. hong kong's prosperity and way of life rely on respect for fundamental freedoms and independent judiciary and the rule of law. the mp who'd asked the question thought ministers could go further. this is a direct breach of the hong kong basic law and a direct breach of the sino british agreement that guarantees one country, two systems. these is notjust breaches of human rights somewhere in the world of which we know nothing, these are direct reaches of the sino british agreement a

joshua wong, agnes chow and ivan lam have already pleaded guilty to organising and taking part in anhorised assembly in june last year, near the police headquarters. they face up to three years injail. police in sweden have arrested a 70—year—old woman on suspicion of holding her son captive at home for up to thirty years. local media say the man, now in his 40s, had been taken out of school when he was 12. he's undergoing surgery in hospital. the high court has ruled that children under 16, who say they want to change gender, are unlikely to be able to give their informed consent to treatment with drugs that block puberty. the case was brought by a young woman who regretted her decision to have treatment, and argued that a court order should be needed for children to take the medication. transgender rights campaigners have criticised the decision, and the only nhs clinic to offer the treatment to children says it will appeal against the ruling. our social affairs correspondent alison holt has more details. for keira bell, emerging from the high court, this judgement was about decisi

hong kong's pro-democracy movement turned out to cheer as buses took just one fellow activists agnes chow and i didn't allow him to prison there was criticism for wednesday sentences from young and old. going sentences to hush say it's not right for the court to hand down such sentences to young people with their futures ahead of them a 3rd i.d. inning and then. on july 2020 things went from bad to worse the pro-democracy activists china passed a new security law for hong kong that made wong's dema sister party illegal the party disbanded and one went to trial for his activities in last year's protests. undeterred he told t.w. in a recent interview that he would not back down. grayson boss never stopped me from activism and thinking critically even is such difficult timing what then and i wasn't all of us were arrest this is last summer and 2000 people including me were prosecute it is still important for us to stay and fight off the wednesday sentencing wong one small renewed his commitment to the cools in a statement on twitter released by his lawyers he vowed that this was not the end

joshua wong, agnes chow, and ivan lam have already pleaded guilty to organising and taking part in anuthorised assembly in june last year, near the police headquarters. they face up to three years injail. police in sweden have arrested a 70—year—old woman on suspicion of holding her son captive at home for up to 30 years. local media say the man, now in his 40s, had been taken out of school when he was 12. he's undergoing surgery in hospital. it has just it hasjust gone it has just gone four, 30 in the morning. now on bbc news — hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. imran khan won power in pakistan two years ago with a promise to root out corruption and take on the country's vested interests. so how's it going? well, rising food prices and the covid pandemic have left many pakistanis feeling worse off, while the anti—corruption drive has become a political battleground. my guest today, ishaq dar, was pakistan's finance minister, a key lieutenant of former prime minister nawaz sharif. now both of those men are trying to rally opposition to imran khan. but how much credibil

joshua wong, agnes chow and ivan lam were sentenced earlier this month for their involvement in mass somewhere in the world of which we know nothing. these are direct breaches of the sino—british agreement and direct infringements of personal rights, which the uk is guarantor of until 2047. we need far more action than we've seen. a report into failings in maternity services in shropshire has described how some mothers were blamed for their babies‘ deaths. the enquiry into services at the shrewsbury and telford hospital nhs trust found a higher than average number of women died in labour or shortly afterwards. the former health secretary, who'd ordered the report, described excruciatingly traumatic births which would never have happened if the mother's wishes had been listened to. it's time to stamp out the normal births ideology, which says that there can be a debate or compromise about the total importance of a ba by‘s safety, which should always be paramount. and the decisions on it should always be taken in consultation with a mother. this report said that they had the clear impr

hong kong democracy activists have been jailed for their role in last year's protests joshua one agnes chow and ivan lamb were found guilty of unlawful assembly asian brown has more from hong kong and a warning his report contains flash photography. it's become an end of the day ritual outside west quaalude magistrates court a crowd chants defiant slogans as prison bands take away those convicted on trial over last years on rest but the throng was bigger on wednesday so it was impossible to see which of the vehicles contained the 3 high profile activists among the more than 2000 people prosecuted since last year joshua won't agnes char and ivan avoided a heavy a sentence after pleading guilty last week the trio's detractors celebrated with champagne in spite of tightened covert 19 restrictions banning public gatherings of more than 2 people for the activists supporters though it was another blow and this is a choice our off law. yeah for we are very disappointed but. we are at all here where all they are not right to use one of their own homes are writers to govern the law one is no strange

joshua one received 13 and a half months for organizing and inciting an unlawful assembly agnes' chow received 10 months for organizing and participating in an illegal assembly and of course ivan lamb received 7 months now the reason why their sentences were not as high as might have been expected they were facing the prospect of 3 years in jail is of course a week ago they pleaded guilty the magistrate said on wednesday that only an immediate jail sentence was the appropriate option now of course this is not the 1st time the joshua one has been to jail he has served 3 terms before he's been arrested 10 times when the sentence was read out in court agnes cho who's 24 on thursday burst into tears joshua one was in characteristically defiant mood he said the days ahead will be tough but we will pull through now in the past 18 months or so since the protests began more than 10000 people have been arrested a 1000 of those people were under the age of 18 and there have been almost 2300 prosecution so the courts here in hong kong really are getting clogged up with cases stemming from those

joshua one received 13 and a half months for organizing and inciting an unlawful assembly agnes' chow received 10 months for organizing and participating in an illegal assembly and of course ivan lamb received 7 months now the reason why their sentences were not as high as might have been expected they were facing the prospect of 3 years in jail is of course a week ago they pleaded guilty the magistrate said on wednesday that only an immediate jail sentence was the appropriate option now of course this is not the 1st time the joshua one has been to jail he has served 3 terms before he's been arrested 10 times when the sentence was read out in court agnes chalo who's 24 on thursday burst into tears joshua one was in characteristically defiant mood he said the days ahead will be tough but we will pull through now in the past 18 months or so since the protests began more than 10000 people have been arrested a 1000 of those people were under the age of 18 and there have been almost 2300 prosecution so the courts here in hong kong really are getting clogged up with cases stemming from thos

hong kong's pro-democracy movement turned out to cheer as buses took just and fellow activists agnes chow and ivan lamb to prison there was criticism for wednesday sentences from young and old. going a sentence is too harsh say it's not right for the court to hand down such sentences to young people with their futures ahead of them of a 3rd i.d. thing and then. on july 2020 things went from bad to worse for pro-democracy activists china passed a new security law for hong kong that made wong's dennis's do party illegal the party disbanded and one went to trial for his activities in last year's protests. undeterred he told t w in a recent interview that he would not back down. recent boss never stop you from activism and thinking critically even is such difficult hiding what didn't and doesn't all of us were arrest this is last summer and 2000 people including me where prosecute it is still important for us to stay and fight off the wednesday sentencing wong one small renewed his commitment to the cause in a statement on twitter released by his lawyers he vowed that this was not the end of

fellow pro-democracy activists agnes chow and ivan lam also received slightly shorter sentences for their involvement in the protest. rights groups condemned the sentencing. amnesty international said -- "by targeting well-known activists from hong kong's largely leaderless protest movement, authorities are sending a warning to anyone who dares openly criticize the government that they could be next." in the hague, climate justice is open their case against fossil fuel giant shell. the case is led by friends of the earth and back by over 17,000 dutch citizens and six other climate justice organizations. the plaintiffs argue shell has broken dutch law and is committing a human rights violation by knowingly sabotaging the netherlands's phase out of fossil fuels. shall ofalso alleges being aware for decades of the damage it has inflicted to the planet. this is roger cox. >> contributes to the realization of great danger to the humanit human rights, future generations, the environment, and nature. the plaintiffs conclude that royal dutch shell's corporate policy is on a collision course with

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agnes chow, joshua wong and ivan lam will serve seven to 13 months over a protest last year.porters demonrated in solidarity today, some hiding their faces out of caution, as china crks down on dissent. >> ( translated ): compared to other protesters who d damage on public facilities, or even people who were charged with riot, they were just participating in the protest. everyoas angry at that time, they shouldn't be the only people to take t blame. it's just because they are morea renown that they should shceive a heavy sentencing. >> woodruff: in gton, house speaker nancy pelosi "brutal sentencing of young champions of democracy." back in this country, the boeing 737 max made its first public flight since being grounded for 20 months after two fatal crashes. repoers flew on a 737 max from dallas to tulsa, oklahoma as part ofn effort by american airlines to restore public trust. american plans treturn the planes to service, on december 29th. the u.s. transportation department is putting an endo emotional support animals on airliners. a rule issued today allows only service d

joshua wong received 13 and a half months for organizing and inciting an unlawful assembly agnes chow received 10 months for organizing and participating in an illegal assembly and of course ivan lamb received 7 months now the reason why their sentences were not as high as might have been expected they were facing the prospect of 3 years in jail is of course a week ago they pleaded guilty the magistrate said on wednesday that only an immediate jail sentence was the appropriate option now of course this is not the 1st time that joshua one has been to jail he has served 3 terms before he's been arrested 10 times when the sentence was read out in court agnes channel whose 24 on thursday burst into tears joshua one was in characteristically defiant mood he said the days ahead will be tough but we will pull through now in the past 18 months or so since the protests began more than 10000 people have been arrested a 1000 of those people were under the age of 18 and there have been almost 2300 prosecutions so the courts here in hong kong really are getting clogged up with cases stemming from

agnes chow, 10 months in prison.n to hong kong streets. those two were charged under hong kong's new security law which crushed dissent and broke hong kong's autonomy. this is the china the incoming biden team will have to deal with. let's bring in kiron skinner. kiron, you know a lot of people on biden's foreign policy team. how do you think he will handle this write tall china? >> it will be difficult given the collection of people that biden is putting together. many of them are you know, deep experts in foreign policy and national security and most of them have worked on china whether it is on the african continent or competing in the middle east one way or another, but, he is also being pulled by the progressive wing of the democratic party and it want as china policy and a foreign policy that i think is at odds with the centrist he is actually appointing and i think that conundrum is going to make it difficult to have a robust china policy right away and also many of the centrists who will be in leadership at t

fellow activist, agnes chow, and yvonne lamb also sentenced for their roles. tightens their control over the semiautonomous city. well, hewlett-packard is moving down south. the company announcing its plan to move headquarters from san jose to houston, texas. in a statement they said they are building a new campus for the company and that no layoffs are expected in san jose. taking a look at the stock in premarket trading, unchanged. we talked about it so many times. the cost doing business in states like texas is just a heck of a lot cheaper and that certainly is pushing this move. back to you. maria: thank you so much. well, a history-making victory to tell you about. republican michelle steel defeating democrat incumbent harley rotta in california's 48t48th district, making her one of three korean american woman elected this cycle, one of the many flipped by republicans. she joins us right now. california congresswoma congres, michelle steel. congratulations to. you wonderful to have you this morning. >> thank you very much. maria: tell me what's going on i

joshua wong will serve more than 13 months in prison, agnes chow ten, months and ivan lam seven monthsjailed for life. since then, the pro—democracy movement has been stifled. a message onjoshua wong's twitter, posted shortly after the verdict, reads: "the tenacity of hong kongers continues to give us strength in our sufferings. please, take your positions, give support to each other". ‘0ur planet is broken' and ‘humanity is waging a ‘suicidal war‘ on the natural world' — those are words from the secretary general of the united nations, antonio guterres, who is expected to deliver a speech later at a special bbc event on the environment. the speech, entitled the ‘state of the planet', will send a stark warning to world leaders, as mr guterres says he wants to put climate change back at the heart of the un's global mission. let's discuss this now with sophie gill, an oceanographer, who studies the physical, chemical and biological features of the ocean. thank you very much forjoining us, sophie. mr guterres paints a pretty apocalyptic picture, doesn't he? is this the sort of call that i

just last week, joshua wong,ing agnes chou and -- a -- chow and another were sentenced to prison. when the national security law was passed, the trump administration abruptly eliminated a number of policies that gave hong kongers preferential treatment under u.s. law, including terminating immigration-related benefits for hong kong passport holders, just when they needed it most. while the united states has shut our doors to the people of hong kong, the united kingdom was welcoming those fleeing the tyranny, with canada now following suit. h.r. 8428 would allow the united states to do the same. telling the people of hong kong that the u.s. is open to them, that we want hong kongers to come to america and contribute their talents to our society. . chab is currently detaining 12 young hong kong democracy activists who bravely tried to hold their government accountable for their comments under inlnasht law. these are the kinds of people we should be helping. we need to admire them. they really are on the frontline. and we should not let china, the beijing regime, get away with this.