president xijinping and carrie lam 110w president xijinping and carrie lam now shaking hands. a momentous occasion. how is it viewed in hong kong? is it bad celebrant —— celebrant moment? people that will be celebrating but outside it is a com pletely be celebrating but outside it is a completely different picture. i am standing just a short few minutes walk from that location butjust standing just a short few minutes walk from that location but just an hour ago this area was full of pro—democracy demonstrators, scuffling with police, as well as pro— beijing loyalist. three groups scuffling behind me. they have been trying to walk peacefully to that so remaining, the pro— democracy protesters. asking for the release ofa protesters. asking for the release of a dissident imprisoned but before they went to do that, scuffles started with police seemingly without any kind of warning. then pro— beijing demonstrators came flying the chinese flag. it is finished now but about an hour ago it was still quite intense and it only ended when police took away the leaders of the pro—democrac

obviously, carrie lam, this isa centre., this is a historic moment for the territory. it is also an historic moment, of course... she has a lot of things phasing out when she arrives. what sort of leader will she had out to be? yes, carrie lam will be the first female chief executive of hong kong. she is the fourth one says 1997. she was a popular career civil servant. but since serving as chief secretary to the outgoing chief executive, she has become more unpopular. she has become more divisive. she is seen as a pro— beijing as. she has talked about wanting to heal divisions in hong kong. it is either divisions behind me. you are seeing it all around us. we are seeing the divisions between people who want greater voting rights hong kong and those who want to support the status quo. she will have a work about in terms of how she tries to bring those two groups together. friendly, with her reputation, it will be a difficult task. —— frankly. with her reputation, it will be a difficult task. -- frankly. july the first is a d

our top stories: hong kong's newly appointed chief executive carrie lam has been sworn in by china's president xi jinping on the 20th anniversary of the city's handover from the uk to china. "the era of patience is over": president trump and his south korean counterpart call for a tough and united response to the security threat posed by north korea. the battle for mosul: iraq says it will recapture the city from so—called islamic state in a few days, but the fighting remains fierce and argentinian football star lionel messi marries his childhood sweetheart in a lavish ceremony in his hometown of rosario. hello, and welcome to bbc news. hong kong is marking the 20th anniversary of the territory's the chinese flag was raised in a ceremony in the city's golden bauhinia square. and within the past couple of hours china's president xijinping has inaugurated the newly—elected hong kong chief executive, carrie lam, and her cabinet. she's the first woman to hold the territory's top post. our correspondentjuliana liu is in hong and kong earlier she told me more about the incoming chief execu

our top stories: hong kong's newly appointed chief executive carrie lam has been sworn in by china's president xi jinping on the 20th anniversary of the city's handover from the uk to china. "the era of patience is over." president trump and his south korean counterpart call for a tough and united response to the security threat posed by north korea. the battle for mosul — iraq says it will recapture the city from so—called islamic state in a few days, but the fighting remains fierce. and argentinian football star lionel messi marries his childhood sweetheart in a lavish ceremony in his home town. the chinese president xijinping has said his government will not tolerate any challenge to its sovereignty in hong kong. speaking at a ceremony to swear in a new local government on the 20th anniversary of the return of the former british colony to chinese rule, president xi said the handover had ended a humiliating chapter in his country's history. to mark the anniversary, the chinese flag was raised in a ceremony in the city's golden bauhinia square. the newly elected hong kong chief exec

yes, carrie lam will be the first female chief executive of hong kong. she is the fourth one since 1997. she was a popular career civil servant. but since serving as chief secretary to the outgoing chief executive, she has become more unpopular. she has become more divisive. she is a very polarising figure. she is seen as a beijing loyalist. that reputation will make it difficult to do as she has promised to heal divisions in society. she has promised to tackle that challenge. but it is difficult to see how she will do that, given her perception. now to other news and the time for strategic patience is over — that was the message donald trump had for north korea as he stood side by side with the new south korean president. mr trump called for a determined response to the nuclear threat posed by kim jung—un but he also took aim at seoul over trade, and sharing the cost of defence. the bbc‘s state department correspondent barbara plett usher reports. this was the visit of a strong and historic ally at a time of uncertainty, with a recently elected leader a

the headlines: all smiles from president xi and hong kong's new boss, carrie lam. but what's next for the one country, two systems? president trump is accused of inciting violence against the media after tweeting a spoof video. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: philippine president rodrigo duterte marks one year in the top job. we will look at his record in office so far. and a 75th birthday for stephen hawking, the scientist who overcame disability to become a legend of physics. it is 7:00am in singapore, midnight in london and 7:00am in hong kong, where there are concerns the visit of china's president xi may have stoked divisions in the territory. 0n the face of it, mr xi was simply marking the 20th anniversary of hong kong being handed back to china by the british, but he used the event to warn against any challenge to beijing's control. the foreign ministry said the handover deal, guaranteeing two systems until 2047, had no practical significance, and there are fears of new education programmes to bring the public into line. it was all smiles

it was all smiles from president xi and hong kong's new boss, carrie lam, but there are concerns that beijing is exerting a stronger influence in the territory. president trump is accused of inciting violence against the media, after tweeting a spoof video showing him assaulting a man with a cnn logo superimposed. and this video is trending on bbc.com: north korea has opened what is called a children's traffic park in pyongyang. it is to teach youngsters how to stay safe on the roads. that story is popular on bbc.com. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news, it is time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. the recent release of saif al—islam gaddafi by the bolivian group holding him has led to the international criminal court in the hague, the icc, demanding his arrest. he's been indicted by the court for alleged crimes against humanity, murder and persecution. the icc was set up in 2002 as a court of last resort to try such individuals, but it's met a barrage of criticisms, principally that it has an anti—african bias, because only africans have been convicted a

the new chief executive carrie lam was sworn in this morning.ntjuliana liu joins us now from live from hong kong. juliana, it's a day of notjust celebration, but tensions too? the new chief executor of hong kong, carrie lam, was sworn in by the chinese president, xi xingpin, on his first trip to hong kong as president of china. he reiterated his commitment to the one country two systems system in hong kong allowing it more freedom. he also let the people in the city who are calling for independence from china. let me share with you what he said which is, any attempt to endanger china sovereignty and security is absolutely impermissible. that is what he said this morning around the time of the duration, there were scuffles between pro— beijing and pro—democracy groups. these are scuffles took place for more than an hour and it was really a physical manifestation of the deep divisions in society today. thank you very much. if you were due to see adele at wembley this weekend, then we have some bad news. the singer has been forced to cancel both sh

i think carrie lam will have a similar problem. i think she will continue that in a good way.s the market, third is no reason why apartment prices won't come down , but it will be sometime. a lot of debate in hong kong has to be had. 1% or 2% of hong kong's land mass and turn that into residential land, or should we landfill, not in victoria harbor, but elsewhere to create land for residential building? we talk time and time again about wealth disparity in hong kong. the coefficient i know you have some issues with regularly shows that hong kong is one of the worst cities in the world when it comes to wealth inequality. what does that mean assuming it the on for some years, for market and your retail businesses in hong kong, which you say are not focused towards the mainland customers, but more towards the local market? >> the coefficient is a little funny. to be fair, everywhere else in the world, the coefficient has been worsening. i'm talking about helping economies. in hong kong, the coefficient does not seem to take into consideration public housing. about 40% of hong kon

the headlines: hong kong's newly appointed chief executive carrie lam has been sworn in by china's president xi jinping, she is the first woman to hold hong kong's top post. and the chinese and hong kong flags have been raised in a ceremony to commemorate 20 years of chinese rule in the former british territory. the leader of the local authority in west london where at least 80 people died in a huge fire in a tower block earlier this month has resigned. nicholas paget—brown stood down for its response to the disaster. a coroner has ruled that seven men, who drowned at camber sands in east sussex last summer, died because of misadventure. relatives of some of the victims have been asking why no lifeguards were on the beach. but the coroner said they might still have drowned even if there had been lifeguards. coming up in ten minutes‘ time, newswatch, but first on bbc news, click. this is salad, grown the old —fashioned way. you know, in shipping containers, under led lights, without soil, in an optimised water and nutrient mix. as farmer spock called it, good old hydroponics. in all seriousne

it was all smiles from president xi and hong kong's new boss carrie lam, but there are concerns that beijing is exerting a stronger influence president trump is accused of inciting violence against the media after tweeting a spoof video showing him wrestling a man with a cnn logo superimposed. and this video is trending on bbc.com: it off north korea. —— of. north korea has opened what's called a children's traffic park in pyongyang. it's to teach youngsters how to stay safe on the roads. that story is popular on bbc.com stay with the team here on bbc news. plenty more to come. and the top story here in the uk: the environment secretary michael gove says the government should listen to the recommendations of pay review bodies looking into public sector salaries. more from me later, but first, he is rico hizon. —— here is. hong kong kicks off a new week with a new chief executive and a new trading link with mainland china. and in an exclusive interview with the bbc, i speak to the new head of the philippine central bank. good morning asia. hello world. it is a monday. the start of a b

the headlines: all smiles from president xi and hong kong's new boss, carrie lam.s? president trump is accused of inciting violence against the media after tweeting a spoof video. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: philippine president rodrigo duterte marks one year in the top job. we will look at his record in office so far. and a 75th birthday for stephen hawking, the scientist who overcame disability to become a legend of physics.

our top stories: hong kong's newly appointed chief executive carrie lam has been sworn in by china's of the city's handover from the uk to china. "the era of patience is over": president trump and his south korean counterpart call for a tough and united response to the security threat posed by north korea. the battle for mosul: iraq says it will recapture the city from so—called islamic state in a few days, but the fighting remains fierce and argentinian football star lionel messi marries his childhood sweetheart in a lavish ceremony in his hometown of rosario.

carrie lam said she recognized that hong kong faced political and economic challenges, but she ask added they can't be revolved overnight. let's get straight to ivan watson where protests are taking place this hour. ivan, i see a lot of people there are. more than what we saw this last hour from this particular view, given the heat, given the situation, these demonstrators are still determined to have their voices heard? >> reporter: it's a little hard to hear you, i'm sorry, george. but this does seem to have grown somewhat since the start of the protest march a couple hours ago. it an unique hong kong tradition. every july 1st, groups from across the spectrum of political parties and associations and agendas, they come out and they march here in the streets. and you will not see this, george, in any other city in china. because china has one-party rule, the communist party, and no other political parties are allowed. so these kind of scenes, some of these people very critical of the central government. some people lobbying about completely different issues like workers rights, shorter

our top stories: hong kong's newly appointed chief executive carrie lam has been sworn in by china'snce is over." president trump and his south korean counterpart call for a tough and united response to the security threat posed by north korea. the battle for mosul — iraq says it will recapture the city from so—called islamic state in a few days, but the fighting remains fierce. and argentinian football star lionel messi marries his childhood sweetheart in a lavish ceremony in his home town.

the new chief executive carrie lam was sworn in this morning by the chinese president, amid tight securitylace between pro—democracy and pro—beijing demonstrators, with more protests expected over the weekend. our correspondentjoins us now. lots of people preparing to protest? absolutely. perhaps i should explain what's going on here and give you an idea of the clash of ideas in hong kong. behind me we have tens of thousands of pro—democracy protesters slowly streaming through. across the road, not sure if you can see, but there are red flags waving. that's a small group of pro—beijing protesters, making up for their small numbers, around two dozen of them, by blasting out as much sound as they possibly can to counter the large crowd behind me. it's a spirited protest from both sides. but the much larger protest, tens of thousands are are in favour of greater democracy and defending freedoms here in hong kong. greater democracy and defending freedoms here in hong kongm greater democracy and defending freedoms here in hong kong. it looks very lively, thank you very much, stephen. it's been

the new chief executive carrie lam was sworn in this morning. 0ur correspondentjuliana liu joins us nowng kong. we can see people gathering, i am assuming it is celebrations but there have also been protests?” assuming it is celebrations but there have also been protests? i am at victoria park, which is the gathering spot for the annual first ofjuly pro—democracy rally. thousands of people expected to march from this park to the hong kong government headquarters. universal suffrage, voting rights and the immediate release of the chinese nobel prize winner. let me show you a poster one of the pro—democracy but it all parties has been giving to protesters. it says that save our one country to party system. this is an unpopularfigure holding ug el, a very controversial property controversy he is involved with. they want him to be prosecuted for this is a jet controversy. in the next all we are expecting more people to gather before they set out on their march. it's exactly ten years today since the smoking ban was introduced in pubs and other licensed premises in england. does it seem long

the new chief executive carrie lam was sworn in this morning by the chinese president, amid tight securityce between pro—democracy and pro—beijing demonstrators, with more protests expected over the weekend. it's been exactly 10 years since the smoking ban was introduced in pubs and other licensed premises in england. it hasn't been popular with everybody, but campaigners say the legislation has helped two million smokers to kick the habit, as our health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports. over a decade ago, lighting up in restaurants, pubs and bars, in fact, any enclosed public space was the norm but all that changed with the ban in england on this day, in 2007, bringing it in line with the rest of the uk. smoking rates are now at their lowest ever recorded in britain — there are nowjust over eight million smokers. according to cancer research uk, that means 2 million people have given up cigarettes since the ban. the proportion of 16 — 2a year olds who smoke is nowjust i7%. an all—time low. what we are after is a smoke—free generation. we are part—way there. we see the smoking rate

after helping inaugurate hong kong's new chief executive, carrie lam, chinese president xi jinping had a blunt warning for pro-democracy activists. he said any attempt to threaten political stability in china or hong kong would cross a "red line" and be "absolutely impermissible." no sooner had xi left for home than thousands of pro-democracy protesters took to the streets, calling for more autonomy and even independence from china. world leaders past and present attended a memorial service today for former german chancellor helmut kohl, who died last month at 87. kohl was west germany's chancellor for 16 years, from 1982 to 1998, and oversaw the historic reunification with east germany in 1990. during the ceremony at the european parliament in strasbourg, france, former president bill clinton said kohl "gave us the chance to be involved in something bigger than ourselves." french president emmanuel macron and russian prime minister dmitry medvedev were among the dignitaries on hand. german chancellor angela merkel, who considered kohl a mentor, said in addition to german unification,

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hong kong's newly appointed chief executive carrie lam is set to be sworn in by china's president xijinping shortly. she will be the first woman to hold hong kong's top post. president trump says years of strategic patience with north korea have failed and are now over. with south korea's president moonjae—in at the white house, he said the menace of north korea should be met with a determined response. the iraqi army says it will announce the total recapture of mosul from the so—called islamic state group within the next few days. but fighting remains fierce, and the situation for civilians still trapped in the old city deteriorates further, in the searing summer heat. now on bbc news, it's time for click. this week: food, glorious food. fake kippers and burgers. we are in the mood for pink herbs and green motors. this is salad, grown the old —fashioned way. you know, in shipping containers, under led lights, without soil, in an optimised water and nutrient mix. as farmer spock called it, good old hydroponics. in all seriousness, it's been suggested that the type of intense farming going o

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government officials, including the incoming chief executive carrie lam, gathered for the flag—raisingwas handed from the uk to china. here she is being officially sworn in by the chinese president xijinping. mrs lam is the first woman to hold the position of chief executive and is vowing to restore trust in the local government. translation: we will provide more opportunities for young people to discuss, debate and participate in politics, to deepen their understanding and trust for the government, and to make them future leaders for our society. the president repeated china's commitment to the one—country, two systems formula which guarantees hong kong's freedoms, but he also had strong words for those calling for self—determination or even outright independence. translation: any attempt to endanger china's sovereignty, challenge the power of the central government, or use hong kong to carry out sabotage activities against the mainland, is an act that crosses the red line and is not permissible. this was the scene on the streets just outside the building where the inauguration took p

between pro—democracy demonstrators and police in hong kong just hours after new chief executive carrie lam china. activists have accused beijing of clamping down on free speech. but the visiting president xi has warned against any challenge to beijing's authority — as steve mcdonell reports. in their tens of thousands, hong kong's pro—democracy demonstrators poured through the streets. they'd come to mark 20 years since this former british colony was returned to beijing, with a message to the president of china, xijinping. they say that in recent years theirfreedom of assembly, freedom of speech and the independence of the judiciary have all, to some extent, been undermined. then there's what they claim is a breach of promise, for genuine democratic elections to choose this city's leader. translation: we're here to voice our disappointment towards our government, and to criticise the distorted one country, two systems model. we do not accept the gambling of the hong kong government, that this is under the pro—beijing pa rty. on his historic visit, president xi had his own message for the p