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hong kong chief executive carol lam says she would fully support an international inquiry into policeconduct during the protests that comes a day after she announced she would formally withdraw an extradition bill that spot 3 months of demonstrations lamb also pledged to follow up on recommendations from the inquiry. the bill will be withdrawn. that will be no debate and no vote. the 2nd action is we will fully support the work of the independent police complaints council people from all walks of life with different stances and backgrounds are invited to share their views and air their grievances we must find ways to address the discontent in society and look for solutions of those are the headlines so on al-jazeera europe today right now it's witness. on us mission the permanent school on the. money of the comet funny and so full so to try to. cope and ultimately to deal soon the bit on. them has 6 of them with a little. insane look. i'm awesome a real masala they have it damn hustle. new music successfully and many. of the tsotsi gents fall to solicit a man on the restaurant was the

hong kong than with beijing. with carrie lamb and begin to negotiate on the that theer conditions protesters have set up, there's potential to work through some understanding. carol: is there a role for folks outside of hong kong and outside china? there's been some push among the protesters to involve the united states. that? your role on >> i do think there's a role in job, i'm also on the of ay asia group, trying to u.s. and asia. we have been busy talking to issues.es about the --hink if we can find ways china cannot be humiliated. if there's a way they can stay with the one somery two systems, control over hong kong but not heavy-handedness. i think there will be solutions. john: business leaders and investors are talking increasingly of decoupling china you spent decades coupling u.s. and china, worry that that may become a reality? >> i think there are many people concerned this is going to one win one loses. i'm a believer it can be a win-win situation. have twoight now, we leader who are both under pressure to resolve some the problems. he has, playing the long game. i think he believes that the china is future of very conditioned on china economic, poli

carol, joining us from hong kong with the latest on ab inbev.ack to the briefing by the minister of commerce in china. we said in our headlines earlier that chinese companies have started inquiring about the prices of u.s. agricultural goods. we also saw they welcomed the goodwill move on trade in reference to present comes announced he is holding back iny were to go into force october in october. we also hear that chinese company's are specifically inquiring about the prices of soybeans and pork. these are areas that have been targeted by china. politically sensitive and very much at the forefront for president trump as he heads towards 2020 and his reelection. that is a press conference taking place in beijing. up next, we bring you some of the stock movers this morning including morrison. this is a supermarket chain and the u.k. that in the u.k.. it sees -- supermarket chain in the u.k.. it sees improvement. this is bloomberg. ♪ anna: welcome back to the european open. 40 minutes into the trading day and things are looking increasingly positi

carol: is there a role for folks outside of hong kong and china?re has been push among the protesters to involve the united states. what is your view on that? lulu: i do think there is a role. in my not day job, i'm on the board of asia society, which is the foremost nonpartisan group trying to bridge u.s. and asia. we have been very busy talking to both sides about the issues. i think if we can find ways -- the chinese are big on face. they cannot be humiliated and if there is a way they can stay with one country, two systems, begin to exert some control over hong kong but not with the heavy handedness we have seen, there will be a solution. jason: business leaders and investors are talking increasingly of a decoupling between the united states and china. giving you have spent decades -- given that you have spent decades coupling the u.s. and china in many ways, how much do you worry that may become a reality? lulu: there are many people concerned this is going to be one win, one lose. i am a believer it can be a win-win situation. right now, we h

course has been watching all of this with you know growing alarm at the moment carol lam of course is the chief executive of hong kong the most important politician in the territory but this i think was a was a very serious setback for her now let's hear more of what she had to say at that press briefing just a few hours ago i have never i have never attended a resignation to the central people's government. i have not even contemplated to discuss a resignation. with the central people of scotland. the choice of not resigning is my own choice has attempted to explain that as an individual. given the very difficult circumstances might be it was an easy choice to leave. well that was carried on the record just a few hours ago i think though that leaked recording of her very show was in many ways an unofficial apology for all that's happened in the past few weeks she was blaming her for a blaming herself and using the word you know unfavorable several times as to what happens now well of course her options are limited because what that lead to audiotape demonstrated loud and clear is that she is in the eyes of her criti

allowing sanctions to be imposed on hong kong made as sunday's marcelo's more violence between police and protesters on saturday that's despite chief executive carol lam borrowing to months of pressure and abandoning the proposed law on extraditing suspects to china let's get an update from our correspondent in hong kong diego patten i so did you what's the turnout like this sunday and what's been happening with these protests at the u.s. embassy. indeed foley i need to 1st explain to you what is happening right here behind me just not long ago i would say 2030 minutes ago we saw thousands of peaceful poor protesters here protesting towards the u.s. consulate marching with their families and children people of all ages but since then they have been really replaced by the young radical protests that we have grown so used to seeing what they're doing is so on my right side they're pulling out the bricks from the road on my left side they're smashing a railway station breaking the windows there they say they're doing this because some of the protesters today have been arrested now i can't verify that but they say that is the reason why they are doing

hong kong's chief executive carol lam says she would fully support an international inquiry into police conduct during the protests their lands announced she would formally withdraw the extradition bill that sparked the 3 months of demonstrations she also pledged to follow up on recommendations from the inquiry. the bill will be withdrawn. that will be no debate and no vote. the 2nd action is we will fully support the work of the independent police complaints council people from all walks of life with different stances and backgrounds invited to share their views and air their grievances we must find ways to address the discontent in society and look for solutions. more on this front from hong kong with. hong kong's chief executive carrie lamb has done her 1st q. and i said with the media in the wake of her decision to withdraw the controversial extradition bill she said she hoped that this would break the political impasse which has been startling politics here in hong kong and she said that it would give hong kong a way forward she also said this study that she's commissioned to inves

hong kong's chief executive is holding her 1st community dialogue session carol-ann will be meeting $150.00 citizens but outside the venue there have been demonstrations accusing the chief executive of not meeting protesters demands british prime minister boris johnson is facing a backlash against the language he used about opponents to his bricks at plans parliament is meeting for the 2nd day after it was called back from suspension on choose 3 the supreme court's ruled the poor a geisha unlawful mean while the e.u.'s leave to go see to michel barnier says the block is still waiting for new plans from the u.k. johnson spokesman says the minister stephen barclay will go to brussels on friday for talks. the embattled president of haiti is appealing for a national unity government at least one person has been killed in the latest protest demands in the resignation of president and then luis the capital port au prince has been paralyzed for days by protesters demanding change movies is accused of failing to tackle deep rooted corruption and helping to end food and fuel shortages. and a fire at

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a brighter future but the moon grows over a different hong kong this year and the celebration has taken on a different. there are the usual carols and lanterns but many people are coming with a different message remembering those most affected by the proposed extradition bill that sparked the initial street protests today. you know for those people. for. the past 3 months this. addition. to the protests is showing no sign of ending despite the police crackdown and increased violence at demonstrations people continue to vent their frustration at what they see as mainland china's growing influence on hong kong the process is more sober than usual but the sense of this content is still quite present here it is freer than is being handed a break in almost every senator. from. the controversial extradition bill was withdrawn last week but critics of hong kong chief executive kerry lamb and her administration say this was too little too late so we are here because what the. kerry lives we throw off the extra. walling previous celebrations were about families now it's all about standing with the people of hong kong. the 1st of all brin

we're going to hong kong now and the chief executive carol lam has agreed to one of the main demands of the long running protest movement she's announced the withdrawal of an extradition bill would have allowed criminal suspects to be sent to mainland china for trial however the protest leaders are not willing to call off their demonstrations yet when hey with more from hong kong. it's what millions of people have been demanding for months the complete withdrawal of an extradition bill that many in hong kong had come to view as a symbol of a much larger problem the government will formally withdraw the bill in order to truly allay public concerns. the secretary for security will move a motion according to the rules of procedure when the legislative council response the build to months of protests that have at times paralyzed parts of the city seen hundreds of arrests and regular violence with police the honorable mr kerry lunch and previous overtures from chief executive kerry lamb to suspend the legislation in june and then announce that it was did in july failed to end the rest the

brighter future but the mood grows over a different hong kong this year and the celebration has taken on a different feel. there are the usual carols and lanterns but many people are coming with a different message remembering those most affected by the proposed extradition bill that sparked the initial street protests today. you know for those people. for. the past 3 months these. traditions. the protests show no sign of ending the spike the police crackdown and increased violence at demonstrations people continue to vent their frustration at what they see as mainland china's growing influence on hong kong the process is more sober than usual but the sense of discontent is still quite present here it is freer than is behind a break in almost every standoff at home from. the controversial extradition bill was withdrawn last week but critics of hong kong chief executive kerry lamb and her administration say this was too little too late. we are here because what the. kerry labs rethrow off to. walling previous celebrations were about families now it's all about standing with the people of hong kong. the 1st of all brings families tog

over a different hong kong this year and the celebration has taken on a different. there are the usual carols and lanterns but many people are coming with a different message remembering those most affected by the proposed extradition bill that sparked the initial street protests. for. the past 3 months for this. edition of. the protests to show no sign of ending despite the police crackdown and increased violence at demonstrations people continue to vent their frustration at what they see as mainland china's growing influence on hong kong the process is more sober than usual but the sense of discontent is still quite present here it is freer than is behind a break in almost everything. from. the controversial extradition bill was withdrawn last week but critics of hong kong chief executive carrie lamb and her administration say this was too little too late. we are here because what they have to carry labs we throw off the extra. walling previous celebrations were about families it's all about standing with the people of hong kong. the 1st to brings families together to see. celebrate this ye

brighter future but the lunar moon rose over a different hong kong this year and the celebration has taken on a different floor. there are the usual carols and lanterns but many people are coming with a different message remembering those most affected by the proposed extradition bill that sparked the initial street protests. in the past 3 months this. edition of. the protests is showing no sign of ending the spike the police crackdown and increased violence at demonstrations people continue to vent their frustration at what they see as mainland china's growing influence on hong kong the process is more sober than usual but the sense of this content is still quite present here it is freer than is being handed a break in almost every stand of. the controversial extradition bill was withdrawn last week but critics of hong kong chief executive carrie lamb and her administration say this was too little too late. we are here because what the government has kerry lives we throw off the extra. walling previous celebrations were about families it's all about standing with the people of hong kong. the 1st of all brings families together to celebr

was never left to this country china now carol did this a lot of concern over whether china will intervene to clamp down on pro-democracy protesters in hong kong and sadly now everyone's got distracted by pictures of these cute baby giant pandas does it make china's whole kind of operation a huge public relations success for the chinese government by giving respond announcing that the babies come from them. no actually i feel on the contrary i think it's really ironic i just as i described 2 years 2 years ago now this is beautiful. nice babies spend our babies are born and tens of hundreds of thousands even millions of hunk own citizens are protesting the ash shouting they they want to have their freedom and press of. freedom of press and freedom of expression and they don't want that chinese system. authoritarian or totalitarian system to be practiced in hong kong so i think even if we have this beautiful picture of dependence was still have to really closely watch the live situation in hong kong and to show our concern in our sympathy to the hong kong people rice t.n.t. martin liao from the independent chinese spend center thank you very muc

carol confession the so-called confession as the kool-aid but then make. coffee and we're still in hong kong we should. use some garden hose to put. that's not going to be acceptable. and there were more fires in hong kong over the weekend the city saw heavy clashes between protesters and authorities during the 13th consecutive week of protests. demonstrators blocked roads and public transport links to the international airport causing gridlock on routes to and from one of the world's busiest transport hubs. a program ocracy activist and somewhat of a spokesman for many of the demonstrators said kerry lands announcement was simply an attempt to quell unrest against beijing's growing influence in the region we strongly aware that happens behind beijing government beijing and chinese authorities just try to stop protests by saying such. and that's just the strategy for beijing hope to. reduce the number of participants. in the next few weeks said mainland china was particularly looking to the 1st of october china's national day a day when beijing will want to avoid a repeat of scenes like thes

carol lam a confession so-called confession has come to too late but then make. coffee and we're still in hong kong we should think so she can use some garden hose to put out. that's not going to be acceptable. and there were more fires in hong kong over the weekend the city saw heavy clashes between protesters and the authorities during the 13th consecutive week of protests. demonstrators blocked roads and public transport links to the international airport causing gridlock on routes to and from one of the world's busiest transport hubs. approach democracy activist and somewhat of a spokesman for many of the demonstrators said carrie lamb's announcement was simply an attempt to quell unrest against beijing's growing influence in the region which strongly aware that happens behind beijing government beijing and chinese authorities just try to stop protests by saying such. withdrawal. at that's just the strategy for beijing of 2. huge number of participants probably in the next few weeks said mainland china was particularly looking to the 1st of october china's national day a day when beijing will w

brighter future but the moon grows over a different hong kong this year and the celebration has taken on a different feel. there are the usual carols and lanterns.

hong kong's chief executive has agreed to it one of the main demands of the long running protest movement carol lam has announced the complete withdrawal of an extradition bill that would have allowed criminal suspects to be sent to mainland china for trial but protest leaders are not willing to call off their demonstrations when hey has more now from hong kong. it's what millions of people have been demanding for months the complete withdrawal of an extradition bill that many in hong kong had come to view as a symbol of a much larger problem the government will formally withdraw the bill in order to allay public concerns. the secretary for security will move a motion according to the rules of procedure when the legislative council rescind the billet to months of protests that have at times paralyzed parts of the city seen hundreds of arrests and regular violence with police the honorable mr kerry lunch and previous overtures from chief executive kerry lamb to suspend the legislation in june and then announced that it was did in july failed to end the unrest there are more large rallies planned

had it tested at the most reputable labs in hong kong and it came up loaded with as much as 4000 times the fda limit. carolave a cover -- how a cover story last year led to a new bill signed by governor cuomo. jason: it's aimed at ending new york's role as an enabler of nationwide lending abuse. this is "bloomberg businessweek." ♪ jason: welcome back tosweek." i am jason kelly. carol: and i'm carol masur. join us every day on the radio starting at 2:00 p.m. wall street time. you can also catch up on our daily show by checking out our podcast. jason: and you can find us online at businessweek.com and through our mobile app. let's go back to a businessweek story. it was on the cover last november. it was a series of stories and data about the merchant cash advance industry. it brought to light an obscure legal document that turned new york's court system into a debt collection machine. carol: it took a significant turn last week with the signing of a bill by new york governor andrew cuomo. here is echo miter it with the series last year. it was a great series of stories it was five stories you guys. wrote ab

the european union by october 31st with or without a deal leaked audio recordings of hong kong chief executive carol lam reveal she would quit her role if she had a choice she says she's caused unforgettable havoc bike knighting the political crisis and golfing the city with the introduction of a controversial extradition bill. throughout this. oh. that's just you know i just think it's true. i think. so. i am. an 8 bodies have now been recovered after a fire in a diving boat off the southern coast of the u.s. state of california dozens of people are still missing the coast guard say 5 crew members sleeping on the top deck of the vessel were rescued those are the headlines now it's back to remaining people. since joining the european union of romania has been engaged in an unprecedented judicial overhaul special prosecutors have joined with journalists activists and romanians growing civil society to uncover and prosecute corruption at the highest levels. independent media groups like the rice project are playing an important role in exposing corrupt practices. rise is an information site that provi

recording was leaked of hong kong's leader saying she was she has caused unforgivable havoc and have quit if she could. this. the. first thing is to eat. is to. sew. for us but carol lam has just said that she's disappointed that those comments that were meant for a private audience will eat she was speaking at her weekly press conference with agent brown joins us live now from hong kong adrian if these leaked audio tapes are to be believed kerry lammas said she would resign if she had a choice and was prompted to say this now what more she's been saying. well that news conference given by carrie lamb is continuing behind me at her office here in the center of hong kong what's interesting daryn is she didn't deny the she made those comments what she said was is that it happened at a private lunch with business figures and that she's very disappointed that the details of that conversation have been leaked she said that this lunch was a lunch where what she called chatham house rules applied which means that it was confidential the contents were not supposed to be given to the media she also said that her department she her for her officials played up story no role

brighter future but the mood grows over a different hong kong this year and the celebration has taken on a different path there are the usual carols and lanterns but many people are coming with a different message remembering those most affected by the proposed extradition bill that sparked the initial street protests today. you know for those people. the past 3 months these. traditions. the protests show no sign of ending the spike the police crackdown and increased violence at demonstrations people continue to vent their frustration at what they see as mainland china's growing influence on hong kong the process is more sober than usual but the sense of this content is still quite present here even though we are the sand is began to break in almost every single family home from. the controversial extradition bill was withdrawn last week but critics of hong kong chief executive carrie lamb and her administration say this was too little too late so we are here because what they have found kerry lives free throw off the extra. walling previous celebrations were about families it's all about standing with the people of hong kong. the

hong kong's chief executive has agreed to it one of the main demands of the long running protest movement carol lam has announced the complete withdrawal of a controversial extradition bill that would have allowed criminal suspects to be sent to mainland china at the trial but protest leaders are not willing to call off the demonstrations when he has more from hong kong. it's what millions of people have been demanding for months the complete withdrawal of an extradition bill that many in hong kong had come to view as a symbol of a much larger problem the government will formally withdraw the bill in order to fully allay public concerns the secretary for security will move a motion according to the rules a procedure when the legislative council rescind the bill it to months of protests that have at times paralyzed parts of the city seen hundreds of arrests and regular violence with police the honorable mr kerry lunch and previous overtures from chief executive kerry lamb to suspend the legislation in june and then announce that it was did in july failed to end the unrest there are more large ra

of hong kong they have that confirmation now it is a reminder if you wanted it that beijing continues to pull the political strings in this deepening political crisis as to what happens next well carol lam insists that she's going to remain chief executive she says i have my own approach for trying to deal with this protracted problem and has decided that actually going would be the worst possible option but certainly here at this demonstration on covering not far away from carrie lamb's office everyone here would be very happy if kerry were to resign also the other takeout i get from kerry lamb's comments is this if it's true that she said she wanted to withdraw the extradition bill and beijing refused or if it's also true she offered to resign and beijing refused it then it's quite clear that this crisis could have been resolved weeks months ago if beijing had allowed her to have allowed her to do what she wanted to do and of course there is more protests this tuesday in the form of this general strike what's happening there. on. well as i say behind me is a large number of people who are taking part in the 2nd day of a 2 day strike organized by the confederation of trade unions h

carol lam took part in a community dialogue session with members of the public. the 1st time she'd sit down with her critics since the protests began 16 weeks ago more from sarah clarke in hong kong she's been speaking to the pro-democracy protesters thousands of people have rallied in central hong kong to show their support for those people who've been arrested and listed anger over what they say is police abuse on those who are being detained in a detention center on the hong kong china. this is the 1st of a number of protests in the coming days on saturday will be an assembly at the legislative council building on sunday they'll be a march on hong kong bug through expected to attract large numbers the police are preparing also it's a violent clashes on october 1 marks the 7th anniversary of the founding of the people's republic of china beijing groups will celebrate home the pro-democracy activists will also hold their own and china demonstration of us i will go out and voice my opinions i expect the imtiaz change stations to be closed but i am still joined the demonstration there be more than 1500 people arrested in these anti-government demonstrations which are now entering

it's moved to other news hong kong's leader has dismissed a link to order a recording of her saying she would resign if she had a choice carol lam says she never planned to quit a common so recorded during a private lunch last week income after 3 months of anti-government protests this report from wayne hay. or they were told only this seems to be no end in sight to the protests in hong kong and no sign that the government is willing to give in to any of the protesters demanding day 2 of a series of strikes got underway as news emerged of a leaked audio recording in which the city's chief executive is heard telling business leaders that she'd resign if she had a choice or a chance said. this. is. just in the. first thing is true. is 2. hours later in who weekly media conference kerry said it was unacceptable that the private conversation had been recorded and she sought to clarify her comments about resigning i have never attended a resignation to the central people's government. i have not even contemplated to discuss a resignation with the central people's government. the choice of not resigning is my own choice though how

july till now carol am there for a reply that threat she's not replied it's not even to take she didn't reply to her so we are really curious why at the same time the leader of hong kong hand-picked by beijing claimed that all we know we didn't have dialogue but at the same time then for a reply and he left her or any information from lawmaker from pro-democratic come from my point of view political crisis must solve 5 political system reform so what kind of reform are you talking about at this point political reform is that we are asking for free election now the leader of hong kong is not elected by hong kong people the chief executive is just a puppet of come on this a fraud and we hope the leader of hong kong can be the one getting mandate from people and let hong kong such a global city can enjoy step le t. and posterity so you're saying if they were free elections these protests and that violence would stop if hong kong people can enjoy free action we were in no see any kind of protest calling he unique in every week and meanwhile you're here in germany and also of you and you're heading after this we should say also to the u.s. to meet with supporters there and