let's listen in a bit further to what carrie lam... this is standard for them to do hong kong this is standard for them todoa hong kong this is standard for them to do a bilingual press conference? she spoke both cantonese and english. it is interesting to know that carrie lam has been very much missing from the public eye. she has not been in the public for ten days now. and it is one of the reasons why there has been such a level of anger in hong kong. people have said that they've been taking to the streets in peaceful protest, including the largest protest in hong kong's history where 25% of the population of hong kong came out in protest, and still, carrie lam and the hong kong government has ignored them. she's kept out of the public eye, and today she's coming out to face the media at 4am. do you think of this ever happening before, a press c0 nfe re nce of this ever happening before, a press conference in the middle of the night? know, for everything that has happened in hong kong today has been unprecedented. storming the parl

the chief executive, carrie lam has promised to take a hard line against the protestors who stormed and ransacked parliament. this is something that we should seriously condemn because nothing is more important than the rule of law in hong kong. police ended the eight—hour occupation, evicting hundreds of activists. but the damage remains. many in the opposition are starting to ask questions about the wisdom of these young protesters storming into this building. whether it was a victory of any sort or, in fact, it has handed victory to the government. i'm kasia madera, in london. also in the programme: we have a special report from the amazon rainforest, where huge tracts of forests are being wiped out. this is happening all over the amazon to create new farmland and the result is that the great forest has never been under such pressure. this is bbc world news, it newsday. good morning. it's 7 am in hong kong, where chief executive, carrie lam, used a news conference in the small hours of the morning to condemn protesters who stormed the territory's parliament. she said they disregarded

under pressure, carrie lam has made what appears to bea carrie lam has made what appears to be a newill that would have allowed suspects to be extradited to china now isn'tjust suspended. there are still lingering doubts about the government's sincerity, or worries about whether the government will restart the process in a legislative council, so i reiterate here that there is no such plan. the bill is dead. she stopped short, however, of using the word withdrawn as protesters had demanded, and pro—democracy lawmakers want carrie lam gone. we urge her to step down, to pay her political price and penalty. she should step down instead of asking, urging hong kong people to give her a second chance. while the chinese government officially backs carrie lam, itappears government officially backs carrie lam, it appears some mainland chinese are alarmed by the images they've been seeing. what they've only seen our hand—picked images and videos of violence outside the legislative council and attacks on the police, and what they think is hooliganism in hong kong. hong kong's former governor is

these are the words that carrie lam wa nts to these are the words that carrie lam wants to tell the worldll the world. she held a press conference at 4am hong kong time because he wanted to make her narrative known to the entire international media, especially the us and europe. so this is one thing. but then they also have two look at what extent the violence has done, people broke a lot of glass and vandalised pictures of high officials. but in the eyes of these young protesters who are trying to send a message, they feel they have done everything, they had a 1 million strong march, a 2 million strong march, they have gone into headquarters, three people have committed suicide. they think they have done everything and they couldn't achieve anything, this is them driven to desperation. in 2014, before the umbrella movement, there was also a crowd movement in taiwan where young people also stormed into the legco they are and eventually they were all released, they all had they were all released, they all had the charges against them dropped. they were all released, they all had the charge

what will they be saying about the response carrie lam should take?cutive who is backed by beijing. if you have time to wander further in. there is an alarm going off so we are mindful of that. you can see some of the water that seeps along the building. it is easy. just an hour or so ago there was a right of noise and chanting, the messages being shouted at the police, and now you've got the sound of fire alarms and the protesters have moved out. this is what we can see at the moment. as you are taking us through, there are so many unknowns here. potentially, because there has been such violence, the destruction you're showing us, as you are walking around, potentially that gives the authorities the opportunity to say, we are clamping down on people who are behaving illegally. similarly, it could go the other way, with pressure building up, forcing some sort of concession from the authorities. we simply don't know which way it goes at this stage. i think that's fair to say. i don't know if you just saw the police officers there who are basically scou

that's despite a further concession by hong kong's leader carrie lam.w "dead" notjust suspended — although she stopped short of announcing a complete withdrawal. that's been criticised by the last british governor of hong kong chris patten, who told the bbc he doesn't think ms lam has gone far enough. here's james ra nsley. if carrie lam had hoped her latest extradition bill concession would shift the mood on the streets of hong kong, the public are leaving her in little doubt. translation: if the government doesn't withdraw the extradition bill, basically, i think the marches willjust continue. translation: if you look at what the public has been asking for, there are a lot of demands that the government has not given a proper answer to. the government wants to avoid scenes like these — where hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets to protest over the bill, in what were largely peaceful demonstrations. under pressure, carrie lam has made what appears to be a new concession. the bill that would have allowed suspects to be extradited to china

the chief executive of hong kong, carrie lam has condemned the occupation and ra nsacking kong, carriensacking of the territory's parliament. she told a news co nfe re nce territory's parliament. she told a news conference that the extreme violence employed by protesters on monday would have saddened many people. she said that nothing was more important to hong kong than the rule of law. that is how it looks this our. you are watching bbc news and we are back very soon. hello again, we are in the middle of quite a quiet spell of weather, really. looking at the weekend, it will be dry. there would be a few subtle changes, mind you. the satellite picture is quite interesting where cooler atlantic air is meeting the extreme heatwave. we have these massive thunderstorms that have developed. 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. but otherwise, if you're heading outside in the next

nick, carrie lam, the ball is in her court. was effectively a huge challenge to the authorities of hong kong, the police of hong kong and also the authorities in beijing? it is hard to believe that the day started yesterday as it is here, on the 1st ofjuly, with applause for carrie lam. as she made her way into the ceremony at eight o'clock in the morning. where she stood and sang the chinese national anthem. this was supposed to be a celebration marking the 22nd anniversary of the handover from british rule to chinese rule. but look at the weights panned out. deeply embarrassing for the powers that be. deeply embarrassing for beijing because they have backed carrie lam all the way. now what is she going to see? —— say? she has faced calls for resignation four weeks. she has remained tough, this is two years in her position as chief executive. she has rejected pressure to stand down. it is a difficult game predicting what happens next year in hong kong. we have had a statement, an extremely strong statement from the powers that

carrie lam, many people remain their face, sit back too much?lam, many people remain theirface, the chief executive backed by beijing. how does she try to repair this fractured city? what happens next? so many unknowns. what is known is that the protesters have melted away from this particular location. but in terms of the repercussions in the coming weeks and months, will they face prosecution over the authorities say we have stood back, we let this happen, will they try to ta ke we let this happen, will they try to take some moral high ground? i think it is interesting to see what happens next. ultimately, i suppose 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 can't allow this thing to happen again. and maybe that they would impose some sort of crackdown in hong kong. yes, and i think that is in people's mines here. they are concerned about the influence of hong kong, of china. whether it is a more subtle influence or more overt, in the form of this bill that so many

there's a live meeting with carrie lam, the executive of hong kong. protesters who stormed the legislative house, they say, violated the law. we will be seeing if there will be any ramifications for these protesters. toaine: i want to turn back matt madeley. maybe you can weigh in on what is going on hong kong and put it into the context of whether it really matters in the broader scheme for markets. thing you do worry about, will president xi intervene? obviously, he's not going to do so in an outward way but it would be pretty obvious even if he does it behind the scenes. that would raise uncertainty in the marketplace. that is really what people are wanting to see. does this continue to escalate to the point where mainland china comes in and tries to press a heavy hand on the situation. that is something where the u.s. probably has to respond. it becomes more of a shouting match. still not what you want to see in that part of the world. joe: i want to go back to something luke said earlier about markets selling off a little bit after that better th

this is what carrie lam had to say.ause of all these grievances and confrontations is an exercise to amend the fugitive offenders ordinance. i have almost immediately put a stop to the amendment exercise, but there are still lingering doubts about the government's sincerity, or worries whether the government will restart the process in the legislative council. so i reiterate here, there is no such plan. the bill is dead. let's get reaction from nathan law, he is one of student leaders of the umbrella movement in 2014 and also main leader of the latest protests. does that satisfy you, what carrie lam had to sayjust a couple of hours ago in a press conference?” think carrie lam has to clarify whether she means that the bill is dead is equivalent to the bill is withdrawn because when you are talking about withdrawal because there is a proper procedure in terms of what to do in the legislative council. the government should put forward a motion saying they will withdraw the proposal instead of waiting for it to die. i think

i see the government and also carrie lam has been conceding more and more, but i think it also dependsriginally, her position was very strong, but she already kind of tried to apologise, but nobody feels the apology is genuine. we also see the apology is genuine. we also see the wedding from the governmentreleases tends to be conceding a bit more and more. so i think all these different levels of actions in the past few weeks have been quite a lot of pressure on the government. course we have the complication of the g20 just happening a few days ago, also with theissue happening a few days ago, also with the issue kind of complicated by the 620. so the issue kind of complicated by the g20. so now, with today cosmic situation, we still need to see what will happen tomorrow. definitely tomorrow there will be more discussion of what happened in the building tonight, i think there will bea building tonight, i think there will be a lot of divided comment on the action. but after what we see, there will be more discussion that will be me to put pressure on the hong kong government. patrick,

a news conference held by carrie lam the chief executive of hong kong will cross that. immediately this of course a main story hong kong is seeing unprecedented scenes -- they set monday protest is taking over the assembly building the hong kong police seem to be standing by. as angry young people talking time vandalized the premises. during this time the interior of the alleged the chain wasas vandalized looking some using tear gas at the protesters were forced out of the three hours. at one point the processes attach the old colonial flying to the premiseses. this is s the latest. development in ththe ongoioing unrest over proposed extradition bill to make it easy to dispatch criminals and persons of interest to china. armed with pepper spray and batons hong kong right police charged the hundreds of protesters gathered outside the legislature building. our goal. to retake parliament from anti government protesters. as the night went on police officers slowly began moving in and clearing the hundreds of demonstrators still inside the building. earlier monday evening th

the leader of the hong kong government, carrie lam, has told a news co nfe re nce government, carrie w news conference that a controversial draft law that would have allowed extradition to the chinese mainland is dead. she admitted that the government's work on the bill had been a totalfailure. government's work on the bill had been a total failure. that bill of courses sparked huge and at times violent street protests and plunge the former british colony into turmoil. in mid june, carrie lam responded to the protests by suspending the bill that that move failed to mollify critics who continued to demonstrate against the bill and call for her resignation. with just reiterating what she had to say. she said there are still lingering doubts about the government's sincerity or worries about whether the government will restart the process, with the legislative council, so i reiterated there is no such plan, the bill is dead. very clear words there. speaking in the last half—an—hour. that is the story we will keep following. we are watching bbc news. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @dunc

i'm karishma vaswani in hong kong where the chief executive, carrie lam, has promised to take a hard line against the protestors who stormed and ransacked parliament. this is something that we should seriously condemn. because nothing is more important than the rule of law in hong kong. police ended the eight—hour occupation — evicting hundreds of activists. but the damage remains. many in the opposition are starting to ask questions about the wisdom of these young protesters storming into this building, whether it was really a victory of any sort or in fact it has handed victory to the government. i'm duncan golestani in london. our main story: we have a special report from the amazon rainforest, where huge tracts of forests are being wiped out. this is happening all over the amazon, to create new farmland, and the result is that the great forest has never been under such pressure. it is 9am in hong kong and you can see that this is the cleanup of what the protesters did to the legislative council building overnight. in the early hours of this morning, we heard from the chief execut

amy: are you calling for carrie lam to resign? that shepecific bill put afford, if you can briefly explain it. >> carrie lam has been saying she would suspend this particular controversial bill. now, suspension is always temporary. it can come back any time. why couldn't she just use the word "would drop -- use ththe wd "withdraw"? i was told it was a face issue that she has agreed to suspend itit and she is not going to mae any further - -- it is so pathetic, right? convinced she would not dare to bring back that issue. but the thing is, it boils down to trust among the people, which she has completely lost by today. amy: can you e explain what happppened inside the hong kong legislature yesterday? the militant -- well, mostly young protesters, stormed the legislator's complex. they were genuine students. ory are not infiltrators that sort of thing. they were so angry. they did everything they could to damage the chahaer, obobviously. but one pepeculiar thihing is, t before the storming, the police -- who have been at the station

inhe last hour, hong kong chief executive carrie lam has held an emergency press conference to condemn the violence. ms. lam: nothing is more important an the rule of law in hong kong. i hope the community at large will agree with us that for these vient acts we have seen, it is right for us to condemn it and hope society will return to normal. g rupert: thffiti calls the government dogs. another says, "you forced us to do this."g hong k more polarized than at any time since the handover. many are worried this has gone too far, but others are askingn what has dring kong's youth to such violence. nada: that was rupert wingfield-hayes reporting from hong kong. a brief time ago i spoke to the robert daly, director of the kissinger institutroat the wowilson center. robert daly, thank you so much for joining us. is is uncharacteristic f hong kong. some protesters say that the peaceful demonstrations have not worked. does this fundamentally change things? robert: this is unprecedented, and torrow might be different, nt this was an act of vandalism of a sort we did see in the previous rounds

yes, this is something new. .mnada: carrie lam at 4:00 decided to speak about this issue. she tried to make a distinction between peaceful protesters and others she called hooligans, saying she was shocked and hope thcommunity at large was a well. do you think they will agree withe her as hopes? robert: i think many will agree with her that the younger people who went into legco and committed vandalism went over the top. but that will probably not change their views about the un trlying issues, which arehe extradition bill that carrie lam had tabled to get a rough that with that basically being could call somebody from hongng nto the mainland justice system. there is a lot of dissatisfaction with that. not likely the vandalism will not concern that people in hong kong feel themselves to be hong kongers and do not want increased control from beijing. nada: many feel thisres a direct to xi jinping. is china going to have to react and respond? robert: china will have to think about the overall. -- have to think about the problem on the periphery overall. it has had 22 years t

is carrie lam still under a lot of pressure over that? yes, absolutely.r a great deal of pressure, and to be honest, you know, to see a smiling carrie lam today, many protesters would be wondering why she doesn't seem more troubled, more worried, because what they are demanding amongst the list of demands that they have is for her resignation. she herself has said that the extradition bill has been suspended, but that is not enough for the protesters. they want it to be withdrawn altogether. later this afternoon, there will be the annual march of course that marks the handover again of hong kong to mainland china. this happens every year. but this year it has taken on far more of a symbolic significance because many young people in particular here, notjust upset about what they see as the erosion of their freedoms under the ‘one country, two systems‘ principles, but they also feel they are being disenfranchised and their government is not listening to them and that beijing has an increasingly big power and influence here. donald trump has become the first

carrie lam did announced the protesters.their demands. >> this is something we should seriously address. >> the number two at the fed members feel a stronger case is for easing now than two months ago. there is mounting uncertainty about global growth and trade. president trump has repeatedly criticized fed policy. that anbaffled insurance cut is 100 base -- basis points. it is not. you don't want to use up all your ammunition now. if you really need to cut 100 basis points, it is well beyond insurance. australia is going back in time for its latest policy decision. the banks first meeting in may announce the second successive rate cut on tuesday for the first time since 2012. later, it wants to persuade the australian feds. global news on air, 24 hours a day and at tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. this is bloomberg. >> thank you. let's get a quick check of the markets. we are seeing a bit of a mixed picture when it comes to the nikkei. unchanged at the moment. we h

carrie lam says her controversial extradition bill is dead. announcement follows weeks of mass protests. she did not clarify if the bill has been completely withdrawn but some work on pushing it through has stopped. >> there are lingering doubts about the government's sincere and see -- sincerity. there is nohere such plan. the bill is dead. iran says it has already enriched our radio beyond levels agreed in the nuclear deal and may push levels as high as 20%. atomic inspection industry confirms the enrichment and says it will scale back a less european powers find ways to offset european sanctions. an independent think tank says there is a significant risk the u.s. will reach its a death dealing in september. -- beings bring bob brought forward due to u.k. tax numbers. hit the $22hen it trillion limits on a borrowing. hasce's new prime minister been sworn in but his appeal to bailout creditors has failed. finance ministers say athens has received billions in loans and commitments are commitments. miso talk us -- schmidt so talk tsoati's is re

this is despite carrie lam saying that the extradition bill is dead.lippingea's kospi because of trade tensions between south korea and japan. australian assets a little weaker, the dollar down by .3 of 1%. down .2 of 1%. we way for gdp data to come through tomorrow and the survey of economists does not look like a positive topline story. we are to show you selling equities, getting into fixed income. we see that in spain and germany and a quick note on some of these other volatile bright red commodity prices. .ubber down by 4.4% concerned that maybe the chinese auto sales data is not as strong as it appeared on first blush. something that market participants are talking about. mark cudmore is joining us now from singapore. great to have you with us. let me ask you about the global picture for equities. you have been saying this morning good news and bad news economically could start being bad for stocks. is this your bearish side to the fore, what is driving that thinking? >> we are in this cycle of the reaction function for stocks to data. what we ha

we saw an incursion earlier this morning demanding carrie lam to step down.all around the 22nd anniversary of the movement from british to chinese control. earlier, carrie lam did pledge once again to be more open and inclusive after starting her third year in office facing this historic crisis. we saw clashes outside of the legislative council. we were trying to follow live images. canugh our live blog, you follow what is going on. demonstrators using a metal cart to smash a glass door with police inside. it matters whether these demonstrations get more rowdy or not if we will get an idea of what the people in charge will do. tom: an eventful week over the leadership in beijing and all on the pacific rim. if you go from the visit of china in north korea to the many visits in osaka, and then this meeting at the dmz and then wander down to hong kong, it is a hugely eventful time of international relations on the pacific rim. francine: it is a hugely important time. we are looking at thousands of protesters beginning to arrive after the slow march through cause

carrie lam saying the extradition bill is dead, does that change much?this afternoon feel this has not changed much at all. carrie lam has a very different tone from a few weeks ago, she has not been seen in public for around a week, but the long and short of the matter is many people do not feel very satisfied by what she had said. she has used a very strong sound bite, she said the bill was dead, but the word people want to hear is the word withdrawal. people want this to be completely scrapped, withdrawn or axed, carrie lam has not set back so people say to me that these protests will continue. the protests have gone beyond the issue of it simply being about the extradition bill?|j beyond the issue of it simply being about the extradition bill? i think many people are very angry, notjust about the extradition bill that the state of hong kong's political system. he could say there is a lack of trust between the citizens of hong kong, the residents of hong kong and the government. in 2014 there were large protests that lasted for 79 days, at that time p

barbara: carrie lam said she killed the extradition bill that torked protests, but fails convince herriticscs. why flying out of france is about to get a little bit more expensive. ♪ barbara: u.s. president donald trump has ramped up his diplomatic row with the u.k. he called theresa may "foolish" and branded her ambassador in washington "wacky and pompous." this comes two days after leaked cables. jeremy hunt hit back, calling trump's comments disrespectful and wrong. john isdred and is -- with us in washington, d.c. it does seem like the u.s. and the u.k. do not have such a special relationship right now. what is the exact status of the u.k. ambassador to washington? john: in a word, barbara, bad. it was not long ago that donald trump was in the united kingdom talking about that special relationship, visiting the queen, but just days after the united states celebrated its independence from the u.k., trump is speaking completely differently. this is one of his latest tweets about brexit and theresa may. he said "i told theresa may had to do that deal, but she went her own foolish way

the commissioner of police on the left, the chief executive, carrie lam next to him. attracted so much criticism in the past few weeks. you can talk about provoking a confrontation, the police were saying, clear parliament, otherwise there will be appropriate force used. is your impression, quite simply, they heeded that warning? it's interesting because they way they hold protest movement has been set up, it's being painted as a democratic movement. that is to say there are not defined leaders who have loudspeakers and make announcements and people move. you look at the people here put many teenagers and in their early 20s. many times they are glued to their phones, that is how they get instructions about what they do next. people have moved in seconds from one place to another because they gets messages on social media apps. they gets messages on social media apps, in particular telegram which has been the chosen app of choice today. so hoot to the authorities try and make an example of because at the moment it seems the protesters have slipped away into the night.

yes, we are almost three hours since carrie lam has spoken. we talked to protest leaders, the general sense is they reject her. one of the opposition lawmakers even put it as too little too late, and to fake. a protest leader in hong kong also rejected her claims and said there would continue to be more protestsl. it looks like the press -- protests. it looks like the pressure will continue in the future. more to come on that story. it is not one that will go a. coming up, game changer. global stocks, global banks from society general, credit agricole reverse their call for gains in the lira falling the ousting of turkey central bank governor. we discuss emerging markets. this is bloomberg. ♪ nejra: this is "bloomberg daybreak: europe." i'm nejra cehic in london. manus: i'm manus cranny in dubai. the removalmarkets, of turkey central bank governor and the u.s. interest rates cut cycle clouded risk assets. president erdogan replaced his governor fueling concern about the independence. morgan stanley doubled down on their emerging-market bets. t

carrie lam has said she has suspended the bill indefinitely and it will die at the end of the current legislative session. wh she is not saying is that she will withdraw the bill now. that is what protesters are to many. potion politicians of every should have immediately jumped in to make cle that carrie lam's statement is not enough. >> i don't know why it is so ordifficult for her tr the word "withdraw." i don't know what it is. rupert: carrie lam must be hoping that her statement will reassure the protesttys, the majorif whom are moderate. they hated extradition bill e.ly is dead, they have no reason to conti laura: a form of medicine called gene silencing has been approved for use by doctorsn england. the drugs will be used to reverse a disease which causes nerve and organ damage. baxter says -- doctors say vt is making tiews the untreatable treatable. reporter: the brothers have a deadlcadisease that es a buildup of toxic proteins in the body,, damaging nerves and weakening trt. did the disease has killed their mom and their brother. >> it has decimated our family. my mum had fi

carrie lam, into that now infamous press c0 nfe re nce carrie lam, into that now infamous press conferencein the early hours after the protesters made their through the parliament building and then were evicted by police who use teargas to get them out, she says she condemned the extreme use of violent methods the extreme use of violent methods the protested use when they were inside the building. -- use. hard—line stance from hong kong and also beijing deplored the violence that took place inside the legislative council. what is the sentiment on the ground? will china ta ke sentiment on the ground? will china take a tougher line on the territory? you are already hearing that china is taking a tougher line on the territory. in chinese estate media, in the aftermath of the protests, we already heard from officials as well that the protests are officials as well that the protests a re really officials as well that the protests are really challenging the ideology, the system here that one country to systems dash and the editorials pointed to the challenges and risks hong kong will face if the

brent: that was carrie lam, the chief executive officer of hong kong, speaking a few moments ago. t's talk about that with my colleague carried -- sherie chan. it is the middle of the night in hong kong and you have carrie lam speaking to reporters. so, what do you make of what she said, first of all? sherie: actually, some reporters are expecting that she would resingn or make a big statement because it was 4 a.m. in the morning. but it turns out that she is just condemning the protests and saying that the protesters were violent, which is what she has always been saying. so, reporters are a bit disappointed. brent: 4 a..m, means that the number of people that will see this happening live will be at a minimum. do you think there is a reason for that? >> actually, i would not say so, because all this starving and the parliament. it went on until 2 a.m. in the morning and people are still awake, actually. brent: how do you think that the processors are going to view what carrie lam just said? sherie: they are not surprised, because she hasn't resigned for so many times before. so, t

p pa re ntly of our young in the past two weeks, apparently they did it in protest against this carrie lamovernment. so that is really the trigger, the tipping point, the young feel they could not take it any longer. you have to notice that more than 10,000 people managed to disperse voluntarily within 14 minutes. just a bit more than half an hour —— within 40 minutes. they might be leaderless but they are actually fairly organised amongst themselves, students, groups, via telegram, chat rooms and things. they knew perfectly what they were doing. i tried to talk to a couple of the apparent leaders earlier in the day, and they told me not to worry, they said, i know you are concerned but don't worry about us, the government has pushed us this far, we have to do what we have to do, and they did it. very briefly, because we only have a minute or so left, how worried are you by what beijing will think of what has been happening today? and what will be the response of beijing? are they going to run out of patience? it is worrying, because since our umbrella movement five years ago we can feel t

carrie lam basically decried the violence. when they didn't say was interesting.beijing coming in. certainly nothing about a military presence. they said the police need to be able to do their job. be peaceful demonstrations. and they have some vale threats about the rule of law. threatsd -- veiled about the rule of law. and that any violation of that would be punished. >> and politicians in western countries fanning the flames. the china make a direct accusation of the u.s. playing a role in stoking demonstrations? if so, what would they be pointing to? moreey have been much pointed and criticism of western countries, in particular the u.s., in previous statements in the state run media. today they did not mention the u.s. interesting that this is on the evil of trade talks between u.s. and chinese officials. they did not go there. they did not mention america but they did say that they were concerned about potential foreign intervention. but they were pretty restrained on that point. they made much more pointed remarks about the potential influence of the u.s. a

carrie lam is not resigning either. what is next?tephen: in the short-term there was going to be a battle of narratives. david: we have seen this sitting elites put an editorial out saying he is condemning the violence. going to happen is this extreme violence gets to be cleared up. how do the police going about doing that? can they identify the perpetrators of the vandals we saw in the legislative council. it is going to be this battle of the narratives, how we are going to change perceptions of the public towards what is going on. there is a big risk from the point of view of the protest movement that the government is going to be able to take the itlence in a way such that -- the public opinion turns against the protesters. therefore, takes a lot of the energy out of the sales of the whole movement. paul: chief north asia correspondent stephen engle in china and david tweed in hong kong. we will have more on that situation in hong kong throughout the show. the author of the coming collapse of china will join us to discuss with the

carrie lam is saying she has suspended this bill indefinitely, she won't bring it back, and thereforeegislative session. but what she is not saying is that she will withdraw the bill now, and that is what the opposition protesters are demanding. opposition politicians of every shade have immediately jumped in to make clear carrie lam's statement is not enough. i don't know why it is so difficult for her to utter word "withdrawal". is it face? or... i don't know what it is. and she knows very well that that is what the people, the protesters are demanding. so she should come out and say, "yes, the bill is withdrawn." carrie lam must be hoping her statement will reassure the protesters — the majority of whom are moderate — that the hated extradition bill really is dead, and they have no reason to continue taking to the streets. the first test of whether it has worked will come this weekend when more big protests are planned. a new form of medicine called "gene—silencing" has been approved for use by the nhs in england. it will be used to reverse a disease called amyloidosis, which cause

carrie lam has said the legislation will be allowed to expire this time next year.ong 12 months in hong kong's history. and we don't know what the outlook is for those activists who stormed the legislative council in terms of if they are arrested and what what —— what might happen to them. this confirms the fact that iran has surpassed the stockpile of low enriched uranium allowed under the 2015 nuclear pact. this article says iran is looking to european countries to salvage this pact. if it is possible to salvage it. it is salvageable perhaps. almost like the moderate countries in this debate. it is putting the threat out there so we are it is putting the threat out there so we are familiar with this statistic, about 3.67% of the arrangement of uranium — make enrichment. —— enrichment. this is used for energy creation. it feels like one of these many intractable problems we have in world politics at the moment. there is a huge stand—off between iran and the us in this case. where will it end? it doesn't feel like it will end in the next week or so. the uranian fore

as you noted, it is a fairly restrained response given the intense public scrutiny on carrie lam and the government in the wake of last month's anti-extradition rallies that have led to the demands of this pro-democracy movement to be for an independent inquiry. david: it started with that extradition law that the protesters objected to, but i understand it has gone well beyond that, including the carrie lam herself. do we know what the protesters want? the protesters here, it is unclear exactly what their goal is. some parallels could be drawn with the student led movements in taiwan in 2014 when they were able to occupy taiwan's legislature for several weeks. it looks like the administration in hong kong is not going to allow that to happen. when it comes to the wider demand by the human rights front, there are five key demands, among which is the resignation of carrie lam. electoral reform is also something which is being called for by the demonstrators. that was a central issue at the heart of the 2014 occupy movement, whether that will be brought back up for discussion remains t

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the chief executive of hong kong, carrie lam, used a news conference in the early hours of the morningn the violence on monday. nothing is more important than the rule of law in hong kong so i hope community at large will agree with us community at large will agree with us that with these violent acts we have seen, it is right for us to condemn it and hope society will return to normal as soon as possible. the events in hong kong are without a doubt being closely monitored in beijing. the bbc‘sjohn sudworth is there. china is allergic to displays of popular will, even more so civil disobedience. it's big fear, of course, is contagion and, with that in mind, it has been doing everything it can to make sure that people here, in mainland china, know as little as possible about what is going on. censorship has gone into overdrive. images of the protests are being blocked, even the term "hong kong" is being filtered on social media. that said, i think, for now china will be happy to allow the hong kong authorities to deal with it. they will be relieved that the police have, once again, rest

and so is carrie lam. anna: and carrie lam says she wants to get to the root cause.e is unhappiness with her leadership, the government in general? these weeks were sparked by people upset about extradition legislation she proposed that would ease extradition to the mainland. people worried this was an eradication of the fireball of the justice systems, the long arm of beijing. it's expanded into a wider movement that called for her resignation and of police violence. this is likely to feel the anger -- fuel that anger and resentment. anna: thanks for that update. that's it for the european open. stay with bloomberg television. up next, surveillance. speaking to the former banking governor. don't miss that conversation. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> oil gains as the u.k. looks to disk tensions with iran after the islamic republic seizes a tanker. violent clashes calmed at the strongest warnings from the chinese government fanning fears of escalating violence. ceo declined the pain of negative rates. outflows. had some of 4% tothin the range 6%. if i look at margins and rev

they have been calling for the resignation of carrie lam. had a turn.y she delayed extradition legislation. hong kong protesters want more. continuing,rotests we will be back with the latest. ♪ anna: welcome back to "the european open." a decent surge at the start of the european equity trade today. the cac and the dax getting substantial, the ftse 100 even, up by 0.3%. expectations about what could happen on the trade front between china and the u.s. will boost markets elsewhere. that is what we are seeing in the asian session. protests in hong kong resume. breaktrators trying to into the city legislature. sophie kamaruddin is on the ground. these protesters are trying to get in. how big is the protest activity today? a holiday because of the handover anniversary. how big are protests compared to recently? it is a public holiday in hong kong. we are seeing different scenes unfold in the city behind me at the central government complex. we are seeing protesters chanting as police attempt to disperse the crowd. one segment is attempting to br

in the last hour, the leader of the hong kong government, carrie lam, has told a news conference that a controversial draft law that would have allowed extradition to the chinese mainland is dead. the planned legislation had prompted mass protests in hong kong. this is what she had to say. the cause of all these grievances and confrontations is an exercise to amend the fugitive offenders ordinance. i have almost immediately put a stop to the amendment exercise. but there are still lingering doubts about the government's sincerity, or worries whether the government will restart the process and the legislative council. so i reiterate here, there is no such plan. the bill is dead. we will continue following that story in the coming hours, getting analysis from our correspondence in the region. the big question now is will that be enough to mollify the protesters and the demonstrators? we will keep tracking that story on bbc news. president trump has accused the british prime minister, theresa may, of making a mess of brexit. in a series of tweets, he also said the us would no longer deal

chief executive carrie lam has vowed to pursue those who caused the unprecedented chaos to the end.health has announced they are banning the use of vapes and e—cigarettes in public. along with standard tobacco cigarettes, they will now be prohibited in all public areas. and good news for those planning a vacation in japan. the japan times reports on the introduction of airport facial scanners forforeign tourists. starting this summer, short—term travelers will be able to skip long lines when they are leaving the country. let's get more on the fallout from monday's unprecedented anti—government demonstrations in hong kong. chinese officials have condemned the protests as an undisguised challenge to its rule, by violent offenders. developments are being closely watched in taiwan. the taiwanese government and its people share concerns about beijing's influence and doubts over the viability of the one country, two systems policy. 0ur correspondent cindy sui has this update from taipei. the taiwanese president, as well as the government agency in charge of china's affairs and the taiwane

another sign says, "carrie lam, resign." people here say they will not leave until they're forced out or until their demands have been met. the protesters spent three hours occupying the government building. after clear restraint all day, hong kong's police force warned they would clear the area. we just got the signal from someone down the street that the police are on their way. people here are all getting ready with umbrellas to protect themselves from the tear gas that they are expecting. just after midnight, the police made their advance. after 30 minutes and several rounds of tear gas, all protesters have fled, but over 50 were injured, some seriously. monday's violence stood in clear contrast to the larger peaceful democracy rally happening nearby with hundreds of thousands in attendance. this is the third mass protest in just the past four weeks, and, david, just a few hours ago, hong kong's chief executive, carrie lam, condemned the storming that happened right here as extremely violent. >> begnaud: ramy inocencio i

led by chief executive carrie lam, and joined by officials from china, they attended a reception justst hour. outside a flag raising ceremony was held at the harbour front. in her toast, carrie lam wished success to the motherland and to the stability and prosperity of hong kong. away from this, though, the mood is quiet different — crowds of activists gathering from early this morning are now in a peaceful stand off with police. live now to our correspondent karishma vaswani. welcome to you. a peaceful stand—off now but there were some quite angry seems a little earlier. yes, absolutely. just down the street where you can see that the of some hundreds of protesters dressed in that unofficial black uniform that the pro—democracy protesters have taken to wearing. you can hear them chanting is well behind me. it is a peaceful demonstration, may have to add, at this point, but earlier today there were clashes on the street, the main arterial road here in hong kong, between police and protesters. police ordered the protesters. police ordered the protesters to dispose, they said that some

carrie lam has held an emergency press conference. important than the rule of law in hong kong so i hope the community at large will agree with us that, with these violent acts that we have seen, it is right for us to condemn it and hope society will return to normal. this graffiti because the government dogs, and other one says you forced us to do this. hong kong is now more polarised since at any time since the handover. many worry this is gone too far but others asking what has driven hong kong youth to such violence. so it's 22 years ago today hong kong was handed over from the uk to china. since 1997 the territory has been governed under the principle of "one country, two systems". so what do these protests mean for that system ? 0ur diplomatic correspondent, james landale reports. july 1997, the moment britain handed hong kong over to china. the last governor presiding over one final act of empire. i handover whose legacy is still being fought over on the streets of hong kong tonight stop it was back in 1984 that britain and chi

carrie lam made that announcement tuesday.he 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 thing g can always be resurrected. it is n