that he got from the beijing government. certainly beijing has been in support of this law for as long as it has been discussed in hong kong carry lands message was that she wanted to prevent hong kong from becoming some sort of sanctuary for fugitives running from the law and this is very much been china's viewpoint as well but of course what's been so hard to in terms of convincing the hong kong people that that simply is it is that china has already sort of use other means unlawful means even to step into hong kong and really quiet or silence or remove the voices of people who are who are campaigning for democracy who are campaigning against control from the mainland any decision so we had a few years ago the very notorious incident of chinese officials coming into hong kong in taking away these booksellers who were who had a book store which was talking about the government and questioning the authority of beijing and they've been various incidents of the chinese officials really coming in one step closer and really that

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but what beijing has promised is a promise, and so we are simply asking the beijing government to dontract. see, i'm not sure it has promised that. let me quote to you from five years ago, this is quoted in the south china morning post. sir richard 0ttaway mp, who was then chair of the british foreign affairs committee, who had been banned from visiting hong kong by the chinese when he wanted to investigate the trouble that was there a few months before. he said the sino—british joint declaration is considered by chinese officials now void, and only covers the period from the signing in 1984 until the handover in 1987. lu kang, who was then at the chinese foreign ministry — as a historic document, it has no practical significance. it is not at all binding over hong kong. the uk has no sovereignty, no power to rule, and no power to supervise hong kong once the handover had happened. well, we do not agree with that, of course. it is up to beijing to defend their position. but again, this is — of course, we democrats in hong kong, we think that is a wrong statement. the british, as a co

or the hong kong the hong kong government is not in a position to do this it's really beijing that beijing will give in to this demand beijing wants to keep things under control they are not successful with this i don't know what they're going to make out of this but they're not going to allow universal suffrage i don't think so that is playing out in hong kong thank you very much. russian opposition leader alison i've always been hospitalized after having a severe allergic reaction while in jail along a spokeswoman said he was suffering from red skin and facial swelling the activist is serving a 30 day jail term for calling for mass protests after authorities blocked opposition candidates from taking part in local elections yesterday well over a 1000 demonstrators were arrested trying to rally outside the mayor's office. a show of force from moscow police facing off against an unauthorized demonstration as people took to the streets to demand free minutes of elections one protester after another is arrested. for the people taking part here a sign of origin for. to me or putin's russia fea

we were talking about the role of beijing, we we re talking about the role of beijing, we were talking people today who were worried about chinese secret police picking up on their identity, singling them out for their actions. again, this is the day we left behind. in that chamber we saw the union flag was raised at one stage, and that will really infuriate chinese authorities. the message really was that 22 years after the handover of hong kong, this former british colony, the protesters prefer british rule to chinese rule. they don't want to see their freedom slip away in the way, and to become part of the chinese mainland. yes, it is obviously a really striking image, and we have seen over the past few weeks solitary union flags flying. i think if you talk to many people here it is difficult, and it is a generational gap, and people do vary, look back in 1997, the overwhelming feeling here was that people wanted to be free of british rule, they wanted self—determination, self—rule. 22 yea rs self—determination, self—rule. 22 years on, you get the sense that the feeling has shifted

or the hong kong hong kong government is not in a position to do this is really beijing that beijing will give in to this demand beijing wants to keep things under control they are not successful with this i don't know what they're going to make out of this but they're not going to allow universal suffrage i don't think so that is playing out in hong kong thank you very much. let's now take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world campaigning has begun 2 months ahead of afghanistan's presidential election come and afghani is standing for a 2nd term ghani is promising to end the 2 decade long war with the taliban an attack coinciding with the start of the campaigning killed at least one person at the offices of dawn is running mate in kabul. and iran's president hassan rouhani has said britain's seizure of an iranian oil tanker violates the international nuclear deal tensions have been high says british forces captured the ship earlier this month on specials smuggling oil to syria. russian opposition leader ali saying a lonely as the. hospitalized after having

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and hong kong government last week we experienced pro beijing gangs and mobs attack ordinary citizen yesterday we experienced whole riot police beaten on his fro protester in sight railway station know what the probation gangs of all is for serving the interests of beijing they are just. hoping to silence the voices of hong kong people. the demonstrations began peacefully with anger against the police only adding to the litany of complaints against hong kong government. people at 50 . are really on happy with what has been happening in the last week they are unhappy with the with the police's response they i think they want an investigation and were released actually now i can smell the tear gas. with author and he's unwilling to show restraint protesters now fear that hong kong's freedoms are at stake as beijing exits ever more influence over the territory but protesters are unbound. calls for democracy will never stop we will continue our fight a fight that looks set to go on with neither side willing to back down. well for more on this i'm joined now by dayton we reported cherry c

government comes in and says we're going to take a more active role in this actually today beijing's top body in hong kong they just said they will need the press tomorrow to respond to all these protests in the past 2 months it is expected that beijing will take a really tough stance against these protesters they were framed as very violent and unlawful demonstrations but then. a lot of people in hong kong also hear rumors that if the protesters do don't stop in the coming future it's very likely that the beijing would even send me to hong kong to stop these. people from all segments of the society are joining in these protests right yeah actually just today we hear that. government workers they would launch a rally next week to voice their opinion through their government basically their force and so we can't even hear a very strong voice from inside the government so this is really significant thanks so much for coming in 2nd that for us. some sport now in a cycling am banal has made history becoming the 1st runner from colombia to win the tour de france and now cross the finish l

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for the comments from beijing do not appear to have eased the tension. we wish beijing officials will truly try to understand what hong kong people really want what happened in beijing today and this often would actually help fan the fall of what's already been a tsunami of protest in hong kong. what began as peaceful demonstrations have turned increasingly violent with more protests planned and beijing standing firm behind hong kong's lead to a resolution seems a long way off. now to a tragic story here in germany and 8 year old boy has died after he was pushed to on to railway tracks and struck by a high speed train at frankfurt's main station the boy and his mother were both pushed from the platform by a man who fled the scene but bystanders caught the suspect who's been questioned by police. several platforms at frankfurt central station have been closed. while the 40 year old mother was able to get off the track her son was fatally hit by an incoming high speed train. to secure the main suspect a 40 year old man fled the scene and some eyewitnesses

the comments from beijing do not appear to have eased the tension. we wish beijing with a shows will try to understand what hong kong people really want what happened in beijing today and this afternoon would actually help fan the fall of what's already been a tsunami of protest and hong kong. what to count as peaceful demonstrations have turned increasingly violent. with protests planned and beijing standing firm behind hong kong lisa a resolution seems a long way off. or fortnight is a wildly popular video game that is played by hundreds of millions of people around the world now it has a 1st ever world champion new york host of the fortnight world cup in new york this weekend with 16 year old child you're sort of seeing right there taking home the top prize of $3000000.00 the american gamer who's known as. was one of many players from around the world competing in a packed stadium but usually host the u.s. open tennis tournaments he's a rich book now. all right you're watching the news coming up in business the u.s. pharmaceutical giant pfizer spi

hello we begin with breaking news out of hong kong where the territory's beijing appointed leader has announced that a controversial extradition bill is dead kerry admitted that her government's work on the pros law had been a total failure the bill would have allowed the extradition of criminal suspects to mainland china anger over the bill led to one president at protests and earlier this month hundreds of people broke away from peaceful demonstrations and stormed the city's legislature building where we live from hong kong with our reporter just a moment but 1st let's hear what kerry had to say. but there are still the ring dollars about the government sincerity all worries whether the government will we start the process in the legislative council. so i retreat here. there is no such plan the bill instead let's get reaction from hong kong and bring in rob mcbride so kerry last said that the bill is dead but she stopped short of a formal withdrawal rob is this likely to appease the protesters. that's right to really be remains to be seen if they will be mollified by this there is s

about so much more and it's drawn the harshest words yet from the territories ultimate rulers in beijing it's called monday's takeover of the hong kong legislative council a blatant challenge to the one country 2 systems bottom line and they say we express our vehement condemnation against the scenes getting the attention while it was this sort of thing a british flag being on filled in the parliament in the defacing of the official seal of hong kong symbolic as well because remember it was 22 years to the day since britain handed over control. of hong kong to china that anniversary also marks by yet another huge march this one was the 3rd in the matter of weeks around half a 1000000 people filling the streets protesting not just against the extradition bill but also the government's response and overall really what they see is the increased control coming from beijing and we'll be in beijing in a moment with a correspondent to train you for reaction from there but we're starting with wayne hay superb reporting yesterday when from inside that chamber from you now you're outside what's it

beijing would not show this.ommunist party and hong kong being handed back over from the uk to china really ties into that dialogue. the emphasis hong kong is a part of china and there is a real strength, unity, almost. these latest actions we've been seeing, they would frighten beijing and worry them. there is a real clamp—down of what people can talk about online now. thank you very much, kerry, for that analysis. you are watching beyond 100 days. coming up, we will have more from hong kong and the situation at the parliament building. there is lots of fine weather on the way in the week ahead. many will see skies like these, clouds thickening up, it might give the odd shower, unlikely because high pressure is holding things steady. it did so last week as well when we had at hot weather. this week is back to average temperatures. the difference is where the high is sitting. last week it was over the continent with airfrom africa when week it was over the continent with air from africa when its this week the hig

office in hong kong that was viewed very negatively in beijing because the attack on the beijing symbolic power in hong kong and so i think. the organization levels are worrying for beijing it's authority is being undermined it's accusing the u.s. of orchestrating the events so things are really reaching a crescendo now and i think the fact that they're directing it address addressing it directly if we look back to a couple years ago where she jinping said there's a red line beyond which hong kong protests cannot cross i think that red line has been crossed now so i think the reaction could be very very severe now what we have with hong kong is a stance a bilious situation where china says it's part of its territory one country but 2 systems are supposed to be a different system at least temporarily operating in hong kong how is that sustainable under these conditions well i think if you look at it it's supposed to be 50 years no change but we've passed the 25 year mark so. so basically now i think what you're seeing is. that things are going to start moving again the other direction that

there are signs that the mood in beijing is hardening.ffcials have condemned the protests as an "undisguised challenge" to its rule by "violent offenders". rupert wingfield—hayes reports from hong kong. today, hong kong's parliament is a crime scene, cordoned off with police tape. the question now — what will the hong kong government do to those who caused this destruction? these scenes broadcast live on hong kong television have left this city stunned and divided. tonight, i met with one of the young men who stormed the parliament on monday. he is unrepentant. translation: we should use even more violent means to gain more bargaining power. however small the chance of winning, we are fighting for our future. if we can't get these basic things, then hong kong is finished. china's state television called on the hong kong authorities to investigate what it called the criminal responsibility of violent offenders for serious illegal actions. while some are vowing to stay and fight, others like ken lui and his wife are choosing to leave. they

about so much more and this strong the harshest words yet from the territories ultimate rulers in beijing it's called monday's takeover of the hong kong legislative council a blatant challenge to the one country 2 systems bottom line says we express our very own and condemnation against this of these were the scenes getting the attention protesters unfurling a british era colonial flag over the speakers podium and defacing the official seal of hong kong it was symbolic 22 years to the do. a since britain handed over control of hong kong to china with that anniversary was marked by yet another huge march the 3rd in a matter of weeks around half a 1000000 people filing through the streets protesting not just against the extradition bill but the government's response and what they see as increasing control from beijing. andrew thomas is in hong kong he joins us live from there so andrew how they digesting everything that's happened in the last 24 hours a lot to take in right. a lot to take in and an incredible contrast in 24 hours 24 hours ago dusk in hong kong this was the absolute sense of

that beijing is going to be pushing for a harder line no. well i mean the the local representative of the national people's congress is china's supposed parliament the vice chairman of that said today that he didn't think that would be happening but i mean it's very hard for a dictatorship to be challenge in this way the fact that this is happened is a major slap in the face not only for the local government but for sheen paying the president of china and i think there will be some reason the thing is that what was they going to do i mean when you've got one in 5 of hong kong people prepared to come out on the streets when the government is losing all credibility and government officials no longer will appear in public. you know they're in a real quandary as to what to do other than embark on mass arrests of protesters a massive clamp down and i think the response to that would be massive street protests so there's a bit of a stalemate to what extent is caroline's position hanging in the balance now do you think. i think trying is the word i

and to be at the financial times got a scoop of her and she that she offered beijing to resign i kissed a couple times since the beginning of these protest and the beijing authorities refused and said after and see that she was to go on because anyway no one else could do the job no one else want this job and she should clean up the mess that she started so she's not likely to resign all right so beijing according to this report is not allowing carolan to resign what is beijing's take on all of these ongoing protests in hong kong and could we see the mainland actually intervene. well we could say that mail and is intervening so far by supporting the government and calling the government for pot reaction but that sits no we've not going to see. any. well any police force from mainland all the army intervened because hong kong is hong kong this is an international. has the full finance for commerce so it's it's highly unlikely but it's. we can imagine that beijing is very and better rest and that has been chilled by the fact that for example until recently all the news about what was happ

there have been some some question surrounding beijing's role in these recent crackdowns as beijing been perhaps more active in terms of their response to these protests recently. staging. reiterated that they would be ready to send in the army if this was necessary if the hong kong government would ask them you can understand this of course as a threat it's a basic threat it's something that it's not an announcement it's not that they are planning to do this there have been asked to listen about how to handle this as the hong kong government all over because sending in troops or cracking down intensely more intensely than now on this protest movement has of course a big risk when beijing is under pressure internationally. i'm i think we're going to see another announcement about aging tomorrow a press conference by the hong kong and macau affairs office has already been scheduled so. we will probably know more tomorrow but until now beijing is denouncing this as something morgan eyes by foreign powers and they are seeing this as an interference by some some foreign powers into china's i

the comments from beijing do not appear to have eased the tension. we wish beijing the facials will truly try to understand what hong kong people really want what happened in beijing today and this afternoon would actually help fan the fall of what's already been a tsunami of protest and hong kong. once again as peaceful demonstrations have turned increasingly violent. with more protests planned and beijing standing firm behind hong kong's leader a resolution seems a long way off. and shift gears now and turn to go for brooks kept showed why he's the world's best player by winning the w t c tournaments in memphis while i kept to hit the rebirth season 4 holes to move past overnight leader rory mcilroy the american kept the only momentum going throughout his round he ended up 3 shots clear of his nearest challenger and 5 clear of macrorie is the 1st world golf championship title of his career. are it to you arching to tell you news up next in business africa a high tech solution for anyone whose cattle have gone missing a g.p.s. capsule that allows yo

but also in the region in beijing's view the united states is increasingly antagonistic towards beijing.

and now here is katrina a year with more of the reaction from the chinese capital beijing. this is the hong kong the chinese government wanted the world to see celebrations marking the 22nd anniversary of its return to the chinese motherland instead these with the scenes broadcast around the world dismissed by beijing as little more than violent mobs pursing but it says is a blatant challenge to the one country 2 systems rule its strongest words yet very few 1000 of what happened in hong kong violently striking into the law and the damaging facilities is an act of troubling rule of law violating social order is a serious the law breaking behavior. the communist party has condemned the storming of hong kong's legislative council and its full support behind chief executive kerry land government it's backing a police investigation into the criminal responsibility of those involved on monday night saying offenders who feel the full force of the law. the chinese government are continuing to play down the takeover of hong kong's column and calling it the illegal behavior of a gro

those have been beijing was furious about that protesters have said it's not just about this law but it's generally about how they're being treated and they feel their freedoms are being taken away and yet carry around the chief executive of the hong kong she did come out she did say to the protesters the extradition law is dead why hasn't that satisfied you know because they are they they basically don't believe for they think that she is a stooge of beijing they are not allowed to elex their own leader in hong kong which you mustn't forget and now a newspaper the financial times is reporting that she has tried to hand in her resignation and said to beijing she wants to quit beijing has said no you can't do that you have to clear up the mess and anyway it seems difficult to know who would want to take on that very unpopular job anyway all right so carrie lamb for the time being is not able to step down even if she would like to as this report suggests what happens now when it's a good question and nobody really knows obviously the government the hong kong government has that they're

but then i hope beijing will also understand a lot has to—do with the city leader, carrie lam, as beijing she started this entire trauma, this saga, whatever you call it, and she should pick up the pieces. and she should come out as soon as possible to tell hong kong people that she is sorry and that she will make hong kong better. cloudier, i think we are out of time. thank you for being with us. extraordinary events in hong kong. you're watching bbc news. and as we continue to watch these live pictures, let's talk now to howard from bbc chinese, who is with me. some up how you see today is a really vital, crucial day in the history of modern hong kong, and a very dramatic day. very symbolic day of course. on july very dramatic day. very symbolic day of course. 0njuly one, the 22nd anniversary of hong kong cosmic handover back to chinese control and the chinese sovereignty, and you have a group of youths charging into the government building and defacing it. so that on the symbolism side is very much there. secondly, i am actually quite surprised how the police, compared to june 12, actu

is in beijing with more on how the chinese government is reacting. chinese state media have begun broadcasting reports about the events of last night in hong kong but we're seeing very different pictures on chinese state media compared to what we saw on other channels for example the chinese state media broadcast very much focused on kerry land very much focus on her condemnation of this violence and also focused on what the hong kong police have said probably criminal acts committed by these protesters beijing has very much said that they're going to back any investigation in any prosecution in pursuit of prosecution of of possible crimes that took place last night now here in china this is very much of the point of view that beijing is trying to get across that that these are not brave daring protesters who are frustrated these are fact probably just dogs and to emphasize that message what we did see here on chinese state media on 2 papers here english language chinese state media newspapers the 1st in global times an image not of protesters not of

. >>> beijing finally addressing the deepening crisis. in a news conference following eight weeks of furious protest, riot police firing tear gas and rubber bullets as the two sides fought battles in residential areas. we're live in hong kong with the latest. ivan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, dave. it was a turbulent weekend in parts of hong kong. two days of protests. the police did not give permits for demonstrators to march and yet many of them did and these devolved into violent clashes between riot police and demonstrators. both sides resorting to the use of force. scores of people hospitalized. dozens of people arrested as a result of this. the police denouncing the protesters for using violent tactics and the protesters denouncing the police for using violence as well. that has prompted the government of main land china to take an unprecedented step sending a spokesperson out to address the issue and the eight weeks of protests and increasing violence here in the streets of this island city. the central government in c

katrina in beijing reports on the reaction from china.his is the hong kong chinese government wanted the see. to celebrations marking the 22nd anniversary of its return to the chinese motherland. instead, these were the scenes broadcast around the world, dismissed by beijing as little are than violent mobs, blatant challenge to the one .ountry, two systems rule kong,t happened in hong violently striking into the building and damaging facilities, is an act of violating social order. it is a serious lawbreaking behavior. party hashe communist condemned the storming of hong kong's legislative council and has learned. or behind carrie lam's government. policeacking a investigation. saying offenders will feel the full force of the law. the chinese government are continuing to slow down the takeover of hong kong's parliament. the intensity of the protests have no doubt shocked china's leadership and prompted some questions as to why so many in hong kong are resisting beijing's control. perceive that somehow, beijing is overreaching, that it is

that is being condemned by beijing.t challenge to the central government and said it wouldn't be tolerated. much less has been said about this later violence which occurred in the evening on sunday in hong kong when there was that group of men wearing white shirts attacking anti—government protests. we haven't heard as much of that. the british government will hold emergency talks later to decide how to deal with the seizure of an oil tanker by iran. the outgoing prime minister, theresa may, will chair the meeting, while her foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, is expected to press for an international diplomatic response, rather than immediate sanctions. the british vessel was captured on friday, apparently in retaliation for the impounding of an iranian tanker in the uk territory of gibraltar earlier this month. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. iranian revolutionary guards boarding the stena impero on friday afternoon, carrying out a two—week—old threat to seize a british vessel. iran said the tanker broke

beijing is watching closely waiting to see of hong kong government is able to stamp out the unrest if not it may bring with these protesters fear the more stuff more controlled from the mainland catrina you al-jazeera beijing meanwhile hong kong is coming to terms with the events of the past 24 hours as wayne hay reports. the center of power in hong kong is now a crime scene the legislative council of its parliament is in disarray after anti-government protesters broke in on monday night's the morning after the violence police began investigating the incident which may result in protesters being charged for trespassing and vandalism those who usually work here and still coming to terms with what happens. this is a place for hong kong people it is a symbol of legislation even though people including the youngsters have different opinions they have no right to cause damage to the legislative council i think we should all protect this council it's a place to discuss politics not a place for fighting hours after the riot police dispersed the rally a cleanup operation also began work is cl

is just a puppet of beijing it's hard to agree and it is good to anchorage people pay their. life and i hope people can have understand understand because when hong kong only 7000000 population. then they deferred. peacefully parents hold the baby costs bring their children join the rallies sure to watch the show to watch the people beijing do you keep silence if the totally peaceful demonstration. how come youngster high school student younger than me they pay to live at recess and might face 10 years general terms even people might disagree i think that blame on them is not the way it's terminated withdraw to be is the way out i strongly curious and run one there and when people serve a announce that my universe is. safe and the personal people are not. asking to withdraw it people have no choice on beijing and hong kong government so why not withdraw to be able to solve the political crisis generated by caroline. us president donald trump says iran is playing with fire of the un's nuclear watchdog confirmed that tehran is stockpiling more image radium than allowed out of t

and hong kong government last week we experienced pro beijing gangs and most ordinary citizen yesterday we experienced riot police beaten on he's fro protester in sight railway station now with a probation gangs of polish force serving the interest of beijing they are just hoping to silence the voice of hong kong people what do you think can be the outcome of this protest movement calls for democracy will never stop we will continue our fight lead of paul should not be appointed by beijing leader of hong kong should be elected by home people. of course be following these protests in hong kong let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world a landslide in southwest china has burned a village in mud and claimed at least 36 lines and ongoing rescue operation has recovered bodies and sensor virus to hospital landslides are in danger and all parts of china particularly after having rain. u.s. president trump has been accused of launching a racist attack against black democratic congressman elijah cummings trump fired a series of tweets calling cummings distric

what does beijing mean by those comments. so. experts believe it is clear that beijing's central government is trying to avoid providing a very definite answer regarding whether the p.o.'s a well been deployed or not but under hong kong article basic law the hong kong government is able to request the way to intervene under social unrest or natural disasters and experts think that the reason why the central government is refusing to openly acknowledge whether the pill way will be deployed or not is because they still lack a clear policy direction to address the ongoing crisis in hong kong. and of course this is coming right after another intense weekend of protests let's have a quick recap of what happened helmets and gas masks on both sides of the barricades a weekend of clashes between police and protesters in hong kong so violent confrontations protests over the past 2 months against proposed extradition to ports in china have grown increasingly fractious. sunday's peaceful gathering grew into a march clogging up major thoroug

she is a cheaper gartner executive, still backed by beijing.d city? —— she is the chief executive. the protesters have now melted away from this particular location. but in terms of the repercussions in the coming weeks and months, will they face prosecution or will the authorities here see, we have stood back, let this happen, will they try to ta ke back, let this happen, will they try to take some moral high ground? it is really interesting to see what pans out next. ultimately, the fear is that beijing will be angered by what they have seen here. and may decide, if not now, in the future, that they cannot allow this kind of thing to happen again. and may be that they would impose some kind of crackdown in hong kong? yes, and i think that is in people's mines here. they are concerned about the influence of china. whether it is a more subtle influence or whether it is more overt in the form of this bill that so many people heated. it would have sent suspects to mainland china to face trial. i was beaten to a police chief, i asked, china to fac

later on because we have got a guest with us from beijing political analyst and i had to hang out who we quite often speak to here and i was there and i thank you for joining us these pictures quite extraordinary tell me your thoughts and we spoke to a correspondent about it earlier but tell me your thoughts on how this will be viewed in beijing right now. it seems to be the ugly face of anarchy i don't know how this you know it's it's a. democratic. rights type situation when you have hooligans and going in and destroying the siege of legitimate power it will not be you know very well obviously protesters. you know with their helmets and their gas masks on their holes or things like that your violence i think there is probably a calculation that they did not want to have a confrontation between this group and the police where once again it would be portrayed is police brutality it seems that they have withdrawn to feel the let these people there act out whatever it is that they think they're doing but that's quite extraordinary i mean there's a difference between what might be police

we can probably read beijing is not one patient.overnment there is always a factional politics behind it. whichever function, the same with the usa china trade war, one faction or possibly once a truce, one faction wants to fight on and it will be the same for hong kong. one faction championing a softer, more diplomatic solution and another will say we have to show our resolution. we cannot allow this chaos to go on. it will be interesting to watch. stay with me. let's bring and an associate professor at hong kong university of science and technology. thank you for being with us. technology. thank you for being with us. your thoughts and analysis of everything you have seen today. us. your thoughts and analysis of everything you have seen todaylj think the police adopted a policy of waiting them out, trying to win back the negative popularity, it suffered because of the excessive use of force on june the 12th. because of the excessive use of force onjune the 12th. and despite the so—called vandalism, the protest, if you understand t

the chief executive is very much from the beijing side at the same time she's also struggling a little bit with the initial protests which were very peaceful. she was put into a difficult position now that there's violence in terms of the alleged attack it's become easier maybe for beijing to involve itself but at the same time it's much more comfortable in these areas dealing with other governments. be talking about things like internal matters and coming out with this kind of rhetoric that we discussed rather than dealing with the actual newsy gritty of what's going on in hong kong at the moment you might be easier on the international stage but that we've must all struck about jeremy hunt himself he is in a sense for reelection if i can call it that we have to head the tory party and by extension become british prime minister is there potentially more to the motivation here for joining me to bring this issue up in the middle of a tory party leadership campaign but i think that the timing is no coincidence i think in fairness that the british foreign minister has been very he's been

in 2005, i went to beijing.t. but in my lifetime, i will definitely see tibet, that much i know and freedom will be restored for tibetans and his holiness dalai lama will return to tibet. lobsang sangay, thank you very much for coming on hardtalk. thank you very much. hello again, our weather is pretty quiet to be honest. for many of us it's going to stay dry with spells of sunshine. at the moment we have a few showers around but they are increasingly becoming confined to northern scotland. in europe, cooler atlantic air is meeting the extreme heatwave. there is a risk of damaging winds, flash flooding, but we also have some thicker cloud working into scotland and northern ireland at the moment and that will continue to provide the focus of a few showers in northern scotland over the next few hours. 0therwise, if you heading outside in the next hour or two, it is most likely to be dry and most temperatures between 9— 12 degrees. tuesday's weather picture, we will have those showers continue across northern scotl