council building just of chang is a pro-democracy campaigner in hong kong and he says kerry law must do more than just withdraw the bill. be the boss majority of hong kong people would not want back to the current t.v.'s get the government is going to be able to be accountable to them to stand up for get interest and thought and then too much too many differences from james this is a rather tall order but you have to restore that confidence and trust in government otherwise your own government will be rather effective in the coming 3 years apparently the program ocracy involvement and especially the young people are dissatisfied with this kind of attitude and as you say too little concessions to few concessions to lay and being sweet impress you again a little concession i think this kind of strategy it's this kind of at it's kind of tech leads are counterproductive you don't handle the crisis this way now. trust of the hong kong and apparently she has failed to do so serious counting on it is support and in support of. will have to support. france is sending its top diplomatic adviser to iran on tuesday to try to dees

so, within the next 12 months, when do hong kong government freely —— went to hear hong —— when the hong kong government freely activate the billng because 2 million hong kong people already took to the street but the government still ignored our requests. you, prior to these protests, a gathering momentum from weeks ago with regards to the extradition bill. you werejust released from jail yourself. have you heard about any arrests taking place overnight in reaction to these demonstrations that took lace at the legislative council? 20 activists have been arrested since a few weeks ago during the action to oppose the extradition bill and now hong kong police force have controlled and shut down the legislative council for criminal investigations. i would say that i know people around the world might have a bit of hesitation on what kind of force is being used bya on what kind of force is being used by a protester yesterday evening. i hope you will understand that when 30% of the population of hong kong alreadyjoined 30% of the population of hong kong already joined the rally 30% of the population of hong kong alreadyjoined the ra

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genie: the extradition bill that sparked hong kong's biggest crisis in decades is dead. rrie lam made that announcement tuesday. the bill would allow people in hong kong to be sent to mainland -- as peter reports. >> there are worries about whether the government will restart the process. i reiterate here there is no such plan. the bill is dead. >> protest leaders are angry. >> it has grown to wider concerns about the influence over the city. protesters demand not only clarification that the bill will not be initiated again, they want a top-level inquiry into police abuses. resignation, and election by the public to choose endrepresentative, and an to the prosecutor of riot charges under some who have protested. ransacked the legislature. >> what is your reaction to the statement that the bill is dead? >> some people e y consider shououldn't t that mean a small protest.o descend and problem is cacarrie lam has been lying to hong kong. shshe is considered a liar in ts city now. we don't believe her. why is she p playing with h wor? what does she meaean the bill is dead? a

hong kong. another weekend of protests here on the streets of hong kong tomorrow sunday the pro-democracy groups who are opposed to the introduction of this controversial extradition bill will be out demonstrating once more but this saturday afternoon and evening here in hong kong very much belongs to the pro establishment groups thousands have been out for this so-called safeguard hong kong rally very much rallying support behind the beleaguered hong kong government saying that this unprecedented period of unrest this is damaging business it's bad for business and the relationship between hong kong and mainland china and also very much in support of the police a lot of the people you speak to here are angry at the way they say that these demonstrators who've been occupying the streets crashing into the legislative council building here have been lionized they say by various sections of the community and by the media and it's the police who are the real heroes they say they are the ones that have been showing restraint and have also gone the brunt of these increasingly hostile protests suffering many injuries as a result it has to be said that also amongst the many tho

guns on the walls this is part of ongoing protests against an extradition bill hong kong's chief executive kerry lamb criticized the protesters actions whilst police cleared the streets using tear gas. the white house is condemning iran's move to increase its enrichment of uranium and saying it will continue pressure.

is the latest step towards china gradually taking away those freedoms hong kong's leader kerry lamb put the extradition bill on hold after protests in mid june yet she is resisting calls to step down. so why would he or they fall hong kong people should take good care of this place and cherish the values they have long nurtured although they may have different opinions and take different positions and i got to lose some son some. protesters however scary times come syria t.v. we're going to libya drop indian ocean they prepared to act. but it's not a matter of a knife in hong kong a database of c.b. call joins us on the line from the protests welcome phoebe what are you what's going on now. hi i'm to all the men were all outside the legislators complex which is the mage's question seeing hours ago and but right now all the protest has one of the 1st and last the legislative that's just such a building and i am asleep by so basically that is no small protest. outside the protest area and most of them evacuated very quickly when police fired tear gas at them and only a field of them they saw a little longer t

hong kong pro-democracy demonstrators storm the city's legislature taking over the main chamber and spray painting anti-government slogans on the walls this is part of on going protests against an extradition bill hong kong's chief executive kerry lamb criticized the protesters actions whilst police cleared the streets using tear gas. the white house is condemning iran this move to increase its enrichment of uranium and saying it will continue pressuring the come.

that would allow hong kong to extradite suspects to mainland china the government put the bill on hold. is in hong kong mathias thanks for joining us what exactly are people trying to achieve today. well today at the at the score of this is still this extradition bill that is shelved but not withdrawn by the government but the whole issue has become much broader about the governance of hong kong people want to make sure that their voice continues to be heard they want to be there they want to be on the agenda they do not want the government get away with just postponing the bill and not making any other changes so today is really more of a statement that says we are still here they are marching in on the calm side of hong kong this is an area that is popular with chinese tourists they're marching towards a train station where the trains from china arrive so it is on the one hand also. a way of phrasing or an effort attempt to raise awareness among mainland chinese who have been cut off by their own media from these protests right you know as as you well know on monday similar p

anti-government slogans on the walls this is part of i'm going protests against an extradition bill hong kong's chief executive kerry lamb criticized the protesters actions whilst police cleared the streets using tear gas. the white house is condemning iran's move to increase its enrichment of uranium and saying it will continue pressure.

bill. from hong kong did every correspondence of mathias billing or told us where things stand after the intense clashes between police and demonstrators over the weekend take a listen. remnants of the yesterday's clashes have been quickly cleared you can see maybe it's obstructed now by this car over there but with some places they are rebuilding the pavement because protesters have taken out bricks but that's pretty much the only damage that we see after these protests these were really clashes between people between the police and the protesters we have seen enormous amounts of tear gas fired there were clouds around all these places the place where i'm standing now is one of the one of the centers where all these clashes have happened the metro station that we just saw in these pictures this is just over there on the corner so. this was an escalation that was an escalation from the side of the police who early on and it big amounts using tear gas rubber bullets than before and we've also seen an escalation from the side of the protesters who are now more willing to use. metal rods and other

hong kong people have no trust on beijing and hong kong government especially if hong kong government is is the one who listen to the warsaw people this bill should not be introduced never be introduced half a year ago and i hope to point out and hope international communities could realise that if it is a must to listen to what some people terminated and withdraw to is the way out even carom claim that the bill is thai already is just fit narrative to target an international audience ok as she has since it carol and that will be that she will be meeting with student protesters will you be at that meeting and what will be your message to the closed door negotiation is meaningless especially open dialogue is a way out what we are for is to have to. withdraw extradition and set up the investigation committee on police and in the long term is the time for hong kong to have a free election instead of caroline jones just selected by beijing in a small circle selection. ok mr wong what action will you be taking now protests rally still continue especially after q. 1000000 people come out to the streets last months and on 1st of july hop 1000000

protest leaders in hong kong threaten new mass rallies, saying a new concession on the controversial extradition bille stalemate in hong kong over the controversial extradition bill is dominating the front pages of today's newspapers. the south china morning post says the embattled chief executive made her strongest peace offering yet to protesters. but it also points out that carrie lam refused to use the word ‘withdraw‘ in her offer. the straits times reports that as the impasse continues, so too do the losses at the hong kong stock exchange. the paper says the hang seng index slid down further point 76% on tuesday. -- 76 —— 76 points. and the japan times analyses the us state department's decision to approve a possible sale to taiwan of weapons worth around 2.2 billion us dollars. the paper says the move is mostly symbolic, since taiwan would still be a massive underdog in any war with china. now, kasia, what stories are sparking discussions online? rico, it's the findings from survey carried out on behalf of the british government about the earnings of different ethnic groups in the uk. they've f

bill by saying she was suspending it that wasn't enough for protesters the anger boiled over on july 1st when demonstrators broke into the legislative council building joseph chang is a pro-democracy campaigner in hong kong he says kerry law must do more than just withdraw there bill. boss majority of hong kong people now want back to the current t.v.'s get the government and it's going to be able to be accountable to them to stand up for their interests and to avoid and be banned too much too many interferences from the game is this a rather tall order but you have to restore their confidence and trust in her government otherwise it will go to them and will be rotting in effect here in the coming 3 year apparently the program ocracy movement and especially the young people is satisfy her this kind of attitude to say too little concessions to feel concessions to lay and being the species in question again super maybe a little concession i think this kind of strategy this kind of educates this kind of character it's our counterproductive we don't handle the crisis this way now syria has to simply win the trust of the hung over and apparently she has failed to do so serious counting on it in support and in

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 so much are under arrest because of this bill what they have been demanding of course is the complete with droll of this legislation that's what they've been demanding on these massive marches now when last month's carry lamb said that this bill had been suspended a lot of her government ministers were briefing the media saying effectively that kills the bill so she hasn't actually said much more she has used the word kill herself which i suppose technically is important but then protesters here would argue this is only her government and the current legislature it doesn't say that a future government or a future beijing appointed effectively chief executive might try to reintroduce me reintroduce this i think given the strength of feeling on the streets of hong kong it wa

into the legislative council the heart of the government of hong kong during a major escalation after weeks of mass demonstrations. nbc's bill neely reports from hong kong. >> reporter: after the chaos and the confrontation on the streets and the clean-up and ising the protests rom china intolerable, calling them an extreme challenge to china's authority sand the rule of law in hong kong. and china hand-picked leader, the chief executive promising to prosecute those responsible. >> these violent acts we have seen, it is right for us to condemn it sand hope society will return to normal. >> reporter: for both the authorities and the protesters, the authorities crack down ppe? too hard, there may be more protests. if they do nothing, it may simply e protesters and even a contagion that might spread to the mainland. for the demonstrators, they crossed a red line yesterday. nothing like this had ever been seen in hong kong before. so the question for them is, what do they do next? but everyone believes that although last night's violence is over, these protests are far from finished. bill neely, nbc news, hong kong. >>> n on a l

hong kong's chief executive, carrie lam, has just held a news conference. what all did she have to say? >> reporter: well, rosemary, she didn't make any -- any mention of formally withdrawing the bill. instead, he condemned the violence, both from protesters against police and for challenging the one country, two systems policy here in hoenks. hong kong. but also she condemned the violence in yung long, which is a city in the outskirts of hong kong, very close to the chinese border, and that is what we -- where we saw those violent scenes, those mobs of men dressed in white t-shirts. local reports say that they are triads, they are criminal gangs, organizations who were paid to attack the protesters, and they came at protesters with iron bars and wooden sticks and batons, beating them indiscriminately on the train as well as on the train platform. very distressing, the sounds coming from the video that was streamed live from local reporters who were just traveling home with commuters to yung long. as you say, 45 people injured. one man is in a critical condition. and five women are in a serious condition. but carrie lam condemning the violence at yung long saying that the governmen

question the sustainability of the weeks long protest opposition to the government of hong kong and this controversial billn the meantime, carrie lam called for rule of law and also promising that she's going to listen better to the hong kong public including the young generation of the city dom, back to you. >>> trade tariffs, interest rates and iran were some big issue force inve rates and iran were some big issue force inve for investors first half of the year and they'll be top of mind for the second half. seema mody has your playbook for the global markets >>> elections, geopolitics and trade will keep global investors on edge in the second half of the year first, the volatile and drawn-out trade discussion between the u.s. and china will push more american companies to shift production out of china with countries like vietnam, cambodia and india becoming bigger destinations for manufacturers, retailers and technology companies second, expect iran to become a bigger geopolitical risk further conflict between the u.s. and iran could raise tensions in the middle east which accounts for 20% of the world

blames the turbulence in hong kong on what it calls irresponsible forces in the west attempting to stop china's development of the protests originally started in opposition to a bill that could see hong kong defend its extradited to mainland china for trial here's what beijing spokesman had to say you leave push i was younger i was quite a few hong kong residents know little about the situation on the mainland and its legal and judicial systems they may have doubts about the proposed amendments so some individuals and media organizations with syria motives have been scaremongering based on these doubts to stoke public panic and obstruct the adoption of the bill. well hong kong's pro-democracy law makers have responded to beijing's comments here's what one legislator had to say also regret very much a debate in the fish shows a condescending manner that they are they make it so obvious that they are talking down to hong kong a would have one country 2 systems is nothing wrong with it and especially when they mention rule of law they sung very much as though the rule of law was indeed in their pockets and that attitude of the law kind of approach it it's just unsett

there is no such plan the bill is that. hong kong's leader admits a controversial extradition bill has been a total failure after weeks of mass protests. watching al-jazeera lie for headquarters. also ahead one step closer to peace and i've got to stop.

as a pro democracy campaigner in hong kong he says i am more than just withdraw the bill. he. boss majority of hong kong people now want better government ts get the government is going to be able to be accountable put them to stand up for their interests and to avoid an event too much too many differences from the game plan is there's a rather tall order but it's you have to restore their confidence and trust in government otherwise your government will be rather effective in the coming year apparently the real democracy movement and especially when young people are dissatisfied with this kind of attitude we're going to say too little concessions to feel concessions to lay and being squeezed in the press through a ben simple maybe a little concession i think this kind of strategy this kind of at it's just kind of character it's our comfort brought back here you don't handle the crisis this way now you have to simply win the trust of the hong kong people and their parents receive has failed to do so serious counting on it in support and in support the. will have to support her.

hong kong in solidarity with the students in tiananmen square. in 2003, the hong kong leadership proposed an antisubversion bill. hong kongers rightly saw this bill as an attack on their freedom of peach and freedom -- free speech. the hong kong leaders that opposed it began doing it at the behest of man land china government. 500,000 chinese protested and forced the government to withdraw the bill. reform was made as to how the chief was selected. mainland chinese communitiist control over the election process in hong kong. one of the mechanisms they used to achieve it was that only candidates vetted by a committee of mostly pro-asian supporters would be allowed to seek the office of chief executive. well, in response to this undemocratic measure, hong kong students staged a campaign of civil disobedience and peaceful protest to oppose this effort. up to a half million people participated in the movement and students famously used umbrellas to shield themselves from tear gas and pepper spray that was being launched at them by the police. so much so that the pro-democracy protesters were quickly termed the umbrel

granting asylum to protest us from hong kong based on humanitarian concerns signed when he was responding to reports that a group fighting a controversial extradition bill in hong kong will say king protection but toyah gaijin be reports. during recent protests in hong kong millions of people rallied against him now withdrawn extradition bill that would have allowed people to be sent to mainland china for trial. protesters who stormed the city's ledges that you were so concerned they could be punished unfairly they flown to neighboring thailand to seek asylum its president has offered them support. regarding the hong kong people who've arrived in taiwan we will deal with them following humanitarian principles taiwan has had its. government since 1989 and is opposed to reunification with mainland china beijing sees taiwan as part of its territory taiwan has no formal refugee law but amnesty international says taiwan's government can provide hong kong protesters refuge based on existing regulations in article 18 saying the necessary assistance should be provided to hunker down in macau residents who safety and liberty i mean for political reasons so we be

that would allow hong kong to extradite suspects to mainland china the government put the bill on hold. for now joined by the w.'s. who is in hong kong appears on monday is similar protests has turned violent protests as ransacked alleges the to what is the atmosphere like like right now. today's completely different. you can see people are quiet and hurriedly marching on the roads they have that the awful march has already ended some young people are out here again they are blocking some roads they're blocking the traffic on some roads we've seen some stand off some verbal stand offs involve the finest cantonese swearings but no physical violence with the police people are still angry at the police but this march today was meant to be to signal also to the authorities and to the broader public that despite monday's events protesters still stand together and they are not taking a violent car what exactly marks. the people trying to achieve. well it's quite hard to say at this moment the original aim was to scrap a bill that would allow for extraditions to china this bill has be

is the latest step to its china gradually taking away those freedoms hong kong's leader carried with the extradition bill on hold after protests in mid june yet she is resisting calls to step down. i pods things i don't like when he on the flop hong kong people should take good care of this place and cherish the values they have long nurtured although they may have different opinions and take different positions and i got some some sun some. protesters however carried arms consider 80 words on only be a drop in the ocean as they prepare for more action. more from phoebe kong who rose up the line from the protests welcoming favor where are you what's going on. i know my way planes are out walking hi i'd like to say we. have to clear they don't need a whole boot i need to know. how these protests are an on going to have it up and upload your flag on the podium there was a simple fact that a high 10000 has been through before like 97 and many of them 9 have actually left the building now because. right now it's all they have that had a deception how can i say always in the. most ok with. you because they do

there is no such plan the bill has stepped hong kong's leader admits a controversial extradition bill has been a total failure after months of mass protests. this is all just 0 alive from a headquarters and. gave her also a heads one step closer to peace in afghanistan the taliban and afghan leaders promised to reduce civilian casualties. the un's human rights chief says he's appalled by the conditions of the u.s. the tension center as along the mexico border. and why a once prosperous.

listen to the young people in particular of hong kong that they will not accept this apparent movement of hong kong closer to beijing so the extradition bill is very important to the people here but it's being seen as just another example of what they see as this place hong kong coming under increasing influence from beijing and there are many other examples that have come up over the past few years and of course this 50 year deal that was signed between great britain and china comes to an end in 2047 so there is a concern among this movement which is again a fairly young movement that the closer we get to that deadline and no one knows what will happen after 2047 what will the political makeup of hong kong be will there be any independence judicial independence any form of democracy left or will it just simply become another province of china no one knows what it will look like in the concern in the us among these protesters that the closer we get to that deadline but the worse the situation here for them is going to be that we're going to see a continuing deterioration of democracy in this country a deterioration of human rights of freed

weekend of protests here on the streets of hong kong tomorrow sunday the pro-democracy groups who are opposed to the introduction of this controversial extradition bill will be out demonstrating once more but this saturday afternoon and evening here in hong kong very much belonging to the pro establishment groups thousands have been out for this so-called safeguard hong kong rally very much rallying support behind the beleaguered hong kong government saying that this unprecedented period of unrest this is damaging business it's bad for business and the relationship between hong kong and mainland china and also very much in support of the police a lot of the people you speak to here are angry at the way they say that these demonstrators have been occupying the streets crashing into the. just that if council building here had been lionized they say by various sections of the community and by the media and it's the police who are the real heroes they say they are the ones that have been showing restraint and also borne the brunt of these increasingly hostile protests suffering many injuries as a result it has to be said that also amongst the many thousa

demonstrators are angry about the slow police response to those attacks hong kong has seen months of protests triggered by a controversial extradition bill. joining me now from hong kong is our correspondent mike he has bailing out but he has been and those protests since this morning now night has fallen how has the situation changed. so what we're seeing now is maybe the last remnants of this protest there have been clashes throughout the district at several locations. some of them at the same time during the day just a few dozens or maybe hundreds of protesters live police are driving them closer to the m.t.r. station so that they can leave i think pretty much that this this site has been cleared now this protest here in this district has not been had not been allowed by the police it was a protest against these white clad men who had attacked commuters and protesters last weekend on their return from the city center. and the police have claimed that it would be too dangerous too to allow for a protest here people came anyway they came with a lot of excuses some said they were going on a shopping spree others said that they had some k

>>> the bill is dead hong kong leaders bowing to pressure from the people over the controversial extradition bill we are live in honk to think wi hong kong with all of the fallout. >>> and investors on edge as wall street awaits powell's capitol hill testimony we'll take you live to d.washin d.c. and a big phrma win but will washington fight back. it is 5:00 a.m. on this tuesday, july 9 and "worldwide exchange" begins right now ♪ good morning and welcome to "worldwide exchange. i'm dominic chu. this morning futures are pointing to what looks like a lower open on wall street following back to back losses for all of the major indices.russell 2000 coming off its worst day in two weeks now down more than 10% for those small caps from its recent 52 week high. and as you can see here, dow opened down about 118 points if the future losses carried through into the opening bell for regular 2r5idin trading. nasdaq off by about 55 bond market still a focus. around 2.07% the two year treasury note yield covering right around 1.91% as well let's thousanow go worldwide in the asian trade, nikkei a bit of

weeks of protests in hong kong against a bill allowing extradition to china. into massive pro democracy resistance against beijing. organizers say that millions of protesters are hitting the streets, despite hong kong's government declaring the proposed extradition bill dead. many activists fear that communist china is slowly trying to strip away hong kong's autonomy under the 97 hand over from british to chinese control. my next guest was recently on the front lines leading masses of hong kong residents in protest. joining me right now in this exclusive rare interview is jimmy li, the founder and majority shareholder of next digital. he is a self-made entrepreneur. good to have you on the program. >> thank you very much for having me. maria: your personal story is so extraordinary. you fled china when you were just a young boy. went to hong kong. tell me a little bit about your story. why you left china? >> i was born in a family. i had to work when i was very young carrying packages from passengers of hong kong, macau, and that happened to be a very lucky, yo

blames the turbulence in hong kong on what it calls irresponsible forces in the west attempting to stop china's development on the protests originally started in opposition to a bill that could see hong kong defendants extradited to mainland china for trial here's what beijing spokesman had to say. you leave shinee as quite a few hong kong residents know little about the situation on the mainland and its legal and judicial systems they may have doubts about the proposed amendments so some individuals and media organizations without syria motives have been scaremongering based on these doubts to stoke public panic and obstruct the adoption of the bill. now from hong kong didn't we a correspondent and mathias bellinger told us where things stand right now after that intense clashes those intense clashes rather between police and demonstrators over the weekend take a listen. remnants of the yesterday's clashes have been quickly cleared you can see maybe it's obstructed now by this car over there but to some places they are rebuilding the pavement because protesters have taken out bricks but that's pretty much the only damage that we see after these protests these wer

bill we. need. hong kong's pro-democracy lawmakers have responded to beijing's comments here's what one legislator had to say also regret very much a debate in the fish shows a condescending manner that they make it so obvious that they are talking down to hong kong a word about one country 2 systems is nothing wrong with it and especially when they mention rule of law they sung very much as a rule of law was in the in their pocket and that attitude of the law kind of approach it it's just unsettling. well i spoke to didn't your correspondent my t.s.p. in hong kong earlier and i asked him where things stood in hong kong after the intense clashes between police and demonstrators over the weekend. remnants of the yesterday's clashes have been quickly cleared you can see maybe it's obstructed not by this car over there but to some places they are rebuilding the pavement because protesters have taken out bricks but that's pretty much the only damage that we see after these protests these were really clashes between

but over the last 22 years we have seen china creeping in in the hong kong's autonomy whether it's the issue of the national security bill that they wanted to pass and 2003 which did not work out and then the idea of giving hong kong universal suffrage but china interprets thing what universal suffrage means and now with this extradition bill which allows people to be extradited to china doesn't work now does not mean it's not going to work in the future and we know china plays a long term game is this something that is is this a fact that is lost on the protesters do you think the protesters in hong kong perhaps have their hopes in the wrong place of the actually think of the protests can make a difference all there nor that have been not make a difference but it's important to posters i think it's a matter of respecting the autonomy of hong kong look most of the people who are coming out to protest the students were not born in 1900 some were born after so they're very young generation they've they've more active and they know that you know the majority of their life will be 2047 and so it is their time not to stand up

bill. hong kong's leader, carrie lam, suspended the legislation, but nonetheless, protesters are calling forer resignation. >> i definitely do think that protests will continue as long as the government is still -- keep ignoring us and the people will just keep coming out until they can face and just confront our voice. >> obviously i want a fair election. yeah, and that's very important to the hong kong people. >> now, police say the protests were mostly orderly but six people were arrested. >>> greece's brand-new prime minister will be sworn in just hours from now. kyriakos mitsotakis of the center-right new democracy party swept to victory in sunday's snap election. now, he overtook the sitting prime minister, whose tenure in office, has, of course, been rocky. he conceded defeat while mitsotakis vowed to ensure that greece would be heard by europe. >> translator: i want a strong greece with self-confidence that will claim in europe what it deserves, not be a beggar or a poor relative. >> claim in europe what it deserves. a journalist in the arin athenss joining us now. give us an idea of

that would allow suspects from hong kong to be extradited to mainland china for trial. the bill was shelved but protesters have not backed down their calling for the resignation of hong kong leader kerry and for greater autonomy. 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 worl

hong kong's leader declares that her controversial extradition bill, which sparked weeks of angry protests, is now dead. i reiterate here there is no such plan. the bill is dead. a crisis of childhood — a major new study finds young people are feeling under more social pressure than ever before and struggling to cope. could labour be about to shift its policy on a brexit referendum this morning after the unions agree the party should back remain in any referendum? a pioneering gene—silencing drug is approved for nhs use in england to treat patients with a rare hereditary disease. and after beating a former champion, johanna konta is bidding for a wimbledon semifinal spot — she'll be back on court again this afternoon. good morning — and welcome to the bbc news at nine. president trump has stepped up his attack on the uk's ambassador in washington, saying, "we will no longer deal with him". in a series of tweets, mr trump also said that theresa may had made a "mess" of brexit, adding he was thankful that the british people would soon have a new prime minister. the remarks follow a leak of e

that would allow suspects from hong kong to be extradited to mainland china for trial the bill was shelved but protesters have not backed down that calling for the resignation of hong kong leader carry lamb and for greater autonomy. 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 be