first, iwould say rid of the chief executive, carrie lam? first, i would say chief carrie lam?rrie lam did a good job. her team, they enjoy full support. but she has failed. for six months she has failed. for six months she has failed. no, she has failed... i wouldn't say she has failed. there's many reasons. if there were no foreign forces behind it, if there is no radical violent rioters who block, who sabotaged the competition. you know, carrie lam, her team made many efforts to communicate, to reach out to the public. you know, since this happened in the past five months, carrie lam and her team conducted more than 100, you know, events to communicate with the local people. ambassador... but they did not give them the chance, the opportunities. you are an ambassador, you know how diplomacy works. she has got to make some concessions, that is establish a truly independent enquiry into the police actions of recent months, and make moves towards universal suffrage for the election of the next chief executive. she can either choose to do that, what is going to have to be a much

carrie lam thinking about 100 stu d e nts carrie lam thinking about 100 students are still on campusare all students but they will try to end confrontation by peaceful means. she also has asked for the under 18 and to be treated humanely. encouraging them to come out peacefully. that there personal data would be noted but they would not be arrested. we will keep you up—to—date. britain's prince andrew is facing more pressure in the wake of his bbc interview, when he was questioned about his friendship with the convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein, who died earlier this year. a majorfirm hasjust pulled out of a project involving the prince, and he's been urged by victims ofjeffrey epstein have to help american investigators with their inquiries. the prince has consistently denied allegations about his own conduct. this report from our royal correspondent nicholas witchell contains flashing images. in los angeles tonight, a lawyer for some of jeffrey epstein's alleged victims and a young woman who says she was raped by epstein at the age of 15. and, in no uncertain terms, prince andr

cannot budge unless her backin carrie lam cannot budge unless her back in beijing say she can.w of anger towards the government we have seen in street protests that have sometimes pulled significant proportions of the population, she has barely made any concessions. there has been no yielding because presumably that is the way china wa nts presumably that is the way china wants it. you can understand that from beijing's view, this level of dissent in hong kong has been difficult for beijing to swallow. making any concessions to courage the protesters to believe they are gaining ground would be a difficult thing for beijing to accept. their strategy up until now appears to be to set this out. nobody thought these protests would last this long. they are clearly damaging the economy of hong kong, people are very distressed but as far as beige and concerned there is nothing else they are willing to do. if beijing will not budge, the government of hong kong will not budge either. it is anyone's guess as to what happens after this election, even if the government does spectacularly b

carrie lam has been speaking. what other top lines from that? that is right.ing questions from journalists. her first public appearance and is commenting on those elections, since that landslide very by the pro—democracy candidates over the weekend, and she has been addressing, pretty much stating the obvious that this is an election for district counsellors, they have a duty to fulfil, but again, how this is really seen as a de facto referendum on the government. ultimately, most of the hong kong people have been saying, yes, it is actually. they did want to make their opinions expressed at the ballot box. you can hear them here, they are on the street. the people we have been hearing from our hearing —— not happy. it is relief that the elections went peacefully, something we heard from carrie lam as well. she said so in her press conference earlier that it is a sign that these peaceful elections suggest people are fed up with the chaos they have seen on the streets of hong kong over the last six months or so, they want to see an end to this, and a lot of peo

carrie lam says violence is not the answer.oeing takes off thanks to a new timeline for the 737 max. the u.s. may give approval next month, but either regulators are more cautious. tencent music find the right beat with earnings topic the highest analyst estimates. let's take a look at how asian markets are set to trade today after a pretty terrible session yesterday. we did not get a great lead from the u.s. wall street seeing very thin volumes and expert tatian still high that we will see this trade deal but some uncertainty coming through in the mix as well as you look at yesterday's trading due to we are looking at trading starting in sydney, i staggered open pretty much flat at the open after a robust session on monday. new zealand trading at 1/10 of 1% ahead of the rbnz decision. economists split about whether we will see another 25 basis points easing from the new releases -- new zealand central bank. we will get some hints to what direction they will go with the inflation exit tatian's report later today as well as hous

we have not heard carrie lam speak yet. 0bviously have not heard carrie lam speak yet.rward from this? how will you, as part of the pro—democracy camp, work with the establishment side to try to fix the kind of damage we have seenin to fix the kind of damage we have seen in the city in the last six months? i think at the moment hong kong people still have the five demands and that is something the government can respond to. the five demands, i think, government can respond to. the five demands, ithink, that government can respond to. the five demands, i think, that is something that most hong kong people hope the government can actually quickly deliver. but even though there are some things that the government did not want to respond to, i think there are a few things that they can still do. first of all, maybe they can actually retrieve the police from the poly u campus, because they are still besieging the cannabis and trapping people inside there. there area trapping people inside there. there are a lot of things the government can show their sincerity, they are actu

did you tell carrie lam that frankly it's time for her to go?t of the problem, not the solution? at that time i did not really comment on whether she should leave the scene or not, but at that time i emphasised the need for an independent enquiry. because that must be a very important step towards reconciliation. and indeed, the vast majority of the companion in hong kong is in favour of an independent enquiry. but of course the independent enquiry is not the solution itself. the consolation is the process to bring people together. let me stop you, mr cheung, because some people won't understand what you mean by an independent enquiry. of course the protesters want a full, independent enquiry into what they called the brutality of the policing of the demonstrations going back now several months. it seems to me you're saying something slightly different. you want an enquiry which looks at violence, notjust in terms of the policing, but also in terms of the demonstrators. in some ways, you're drawing an equivalence between the two, which the demon

the headlines: hong kong's chief executive, carrie lam, promises to reflect after pro—democracy partiesin a landslide in local elections. the message is that the hong kong opposition is now the most powerful political group in hong kong. it is no longer a protest movement. it now has a proper democratic mandate and that means that the chief executive cannot longer ignore their demands. a us court rules that a former white house counsel must testify before congress, rejecting the trump administration's argument that white house officials cannot be compelled to do so. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: australian intelligence officials investigate allegations of a plot to get a chinese spy elected to parliament. and we meet the malaysian punk rocker who's leading the straight edge movement by promoting a totally sober lifestyle. live from our studios in singapore and london... this is bbc world news. it is newsday. glad you could join us. good morning. it's 8am in singapore and the same time in hong kong, where leader carrie lam has said the government will "seriously refl

this is very much a big embarrassment for carrie lam.e garrisons, and they have always had garrisons in hong kong since the handover in 1997. under the basic law, hong kong since the handover in 1997. underthe basic law, if hong kong since the handover in 1997. under the basic law, if the hong kong government feels a situation is getting under control — out of control, perhaps there is a natural disaster, they can call on the hong kong soldiers of the pla to help. what happened on the weekend is it seems the official story is that the soldiers were actually performing voluntary duties, that they went out on the street voluntarily, a cherub charitable thing to clean up the streets, the debris left behind when the barricades were overthrown. at the same time it seems to be a rather soft warning, a reminder to the protesters that the garrison is there, and if things get out of control, then perhaps amazing may not be afraid to use those soldiers to try to keep control of hong kong — beijing. to try to keep control of hong kong - beijing. qu

manus: carrie lam had a press conference.he sounded quite surprised at .he start of it sophie: police action was confirmed on friday. shooting ona monday. at today's press conference ahead of the executive council meeting, carrie lam did not detail any plans around restoring law & order, saying however that the government will continue to not give in, to be paralyzed by the actions of these protesters. some questions from reporters during that very brief press briefing, which was only about 15 minutes long. the question posed to her was about a call for an independent inquiry into police action. this was interesting given that just recently, on november 8, an independent panel of investors said the watchdogs not have the resources nor the authority to effectively look into the allegations around police conduct. earlier, we had that soundbite from the press briefing around the district council elections. so, there still is not much in the way of firm, tangible direction from her. it seems like the status quo is remaining. nejr

hong kong's chief executive, carrie lam, acknowledges deficiencies in her government in her reaction to the landslide victory of pro—democracy parties in sunday's local elections. the world anti—doping agency calls for russia to be suspended from international sporting competitions for the next four years. tens of thousands take part in demonstrations around the world to mark the international day for the elimination of violence against women. hello to you. concentrations of greenhouse gases in the earth's atmosphere have reached new highs according to the latest figures, and there is no sign of any decline, not even a slowdown. one of the world's leading experts on climate change has said that like many other people, he is now scared for the future of the planet. responding to the latest report by the world meteorological organization, sir david king, former chief scientific adviser to the uk's government, says there is a lack of political leadership to tackle the scale of the problem. our chief environment correspondent justin rowlatt has more details. floods in england. record spr

and actually, carrie lam even said this morning that the government would call for this kind of classn in a hurry. she believes the government will be falling into the trap set up by the protesters. so it kind of shows you how the government would not give into any of the demands from protesters. and talk us through what might be happening next. these protesters looked extremely determined, and the authorities are fighting back, one protest that shot yesterday. to be absolutely honest, it is really hard to predict what will happen next. just as i am talking to you now, you talked about the clashes at the universities. now, in the main business district of central, there are renewed clashes between protesters and police just now, as a few rounds has happened already. some rocks being thrown, teargas deployed, that sort of stuff. and you also have office workers, thousands of them, walking out from their office building during lunch hours to show their support to these protesters. so with this gun shooting incident yesterday, as well as, at the same time, a man being burntand yesterday,

we have yet to hear from carrie lam's government.hours, as soon as we have an actual official result. but it does appear that hong kongers have shown a very symbolic victory. these are of course local district council elections. they are the lowest rung of government. nonetheless, this is seen as a message and a referendum on what has been happening over the last six months or so. let's get some of the day's other news: the conservatives have become the latest of the main parties to launch their manifesto ahead of the forthcoming british general election. prime minister boris johnson announced a whole range of policies, but his central appeal to the electorate was to get his brexit deal passed through parliament, if he can secure a majority. police in spain are trying to recover a submarine carrying an estimated three tons of cocaine that has run aground off the coast of galicia. two people have been arrested. investigators are trying to work out if the semi—submersible sailed from south america with the drugs or whether they were tr

it's a big test of support for embattled chief executive carrie lam. and i'mjonathan head at a polling station in hong kong, where really impressive numbers of people have turned out. voting has started in what is bound to be seen as a test of support —— nothing has opened so far. donald trump's personal lawyer says he doesn't fear being indicted — despite claims he was at the centre of white house efforts to pressure ukraine. i did the right thing. i represented my client in a very, very effective way. in france, tens of thousands march against shocking levels of domestic violence towards women. translation: the government must do something to help us. we get punched, humiliated, insulted, raped. jubiliation in rio — as flamengo win the showpiece tournament of latin american football — beating river plate, in lima. let's start in hong kong, where local elections are under way. the authorities have threatened to suspend voting if there's serious trouble, but pro—democracy campaigners have told their supporters not to cause any disruption. this vote is

where does this leave the chief executive carrie lam and her government?vernment? this has really been seen as a litmus test as how the government is being perceived, so obviously in a very bad position. absolutely, i think and any other place this would lead to the resignation of government. it is clearly not going to happen here because carrie lam serves at the pleasure of meeting. whether this is enough for beijing to call time on her leadership is an open question. i think they might not want to have such a direct connection between the people's voice and the people in power and they may push that into next year but i think it is hard to see how carrie lam can continue to run this city with any kind of authority after this shock result. let's put it into context. these are local district council elections, they are the lowest rung of government, can they make much of a difference? they are important in two ways, in the sense that there has been a referendum and a very clear view of how the people feel. the other is that the district council forms one b

carrie lam said she would listen to the public opinion husely and reflecously. she will have open dialogue with members of the society, which she did weeks o. but this is probably not going to be enough. hong kong people are expecting more meaningful responses from the government such an independent inquiry into the alleged police brutality and also starting discsion on reforms towards universal suffrage. it is interesting to note that lam's hands are probably tied. she herself sa she has two bosses, hong kong people and the central government in beijing. after thelections, hong kong local media quoted unnamed sources saying that beijing is very shocked about the election result, and they might consider removing carrie lam as the hong kong leader. that might be one of the possible responses. laura: that would be pretty extraordinary. what about the protests themselves? what direction do they take? zhaoyin: right, so the protesters at the moment may b enjoying a sense of triumph. but they will not completely forget about the five demands overnight. they are certa

carrie lam has been speaking.cently to the protesters as enemies of the people. is there going to be any sense from what she said she gets the problem here, has any idea how to deal with it? it's hard to tell if she is actually getting the sense of how to solve the problem, and there are so many guesses on what is actually in her mind. butjudging from what carrie lam has said this morning, she might be playing into two things. because besides calling those protesters selfish, she also thanked those people who tried to get to work in these difficult circumstances, as well as saying that, if the government would ever call for class suspension, they would be falling into the trap set by the processes. so if you remember what happened one year ago, just after the typhoon, there was even more massive disruption across the city, on highways and railway stations, because tens of thousands of trees were brought down. it was just too hard for millions of people who tried to get to work, somehow highlighting the kind of fea

the vote is being seen as a test of support for the territory's embattled chief executive, carrie lamke to claudia mo — a member of the hong kong legislative council and pro—democracy campaigner. she told me about the significance of today's election. it's utterly amazing today that the turnout and turnover could be quite so high. by midday, we got almost, well, almost a third more than a third of the voters had already voted. become completely un—susceptible to hong kong people and her —— carrie lam has become completely un—susceptible to hong kong people and her government have completely mistaken for the last half a year and beijing should have her replaced and removed as soon as possible. she has become such an unpopular, almost evil icon in hong kong. i also spoke to james tien — the former chairman and leader of the pro—beijing liberal party — i asked him what issues where compelling hong kong residents to vote. of course, it is not full democracy, but i think it is a step better than right now where the people don't get to vote. let's say there are two or three who are pro—gove

carrie lam is calling on a peaceful e to the siege -- end to the siege. some 600 protesters escaped or were evacuated overnight, including several hundred who are under the age of 18. the u.s. is reversing its stance that israel's west bank settlements aren't illegal. it is a big -- are indeed illegal. it is a big policy shift for the u.s.. it could give a boost to prime minister benjamin netanyahu but it is likely a further setback to the palestinian peace process. in sight tothe end the political deadlock in spain. 's separatist party looking into a deal that would put andro sanchez back in power -- pedro sanchez back in power. it is preparing supporters for the possibility. in return, they want direct talks in the future of catalonia. the cost cutting move is the latest blow to the region's industry. about 2/3 of the reductions would be office space stuff. chartered has steelmaking facilities in the u.k. and netherlands. it did not give a detailed breakdown of where the cuts would be made. wework will start cutting the jobs in the u.s. this week in a t

if we talk about carrie lam and what she had to say, what has the reaction been like to her first publicrance since that landslide victory for pro—democracy protesters 7 landslide victory for pro—democracy protesters? it would be an understatement to say that people are not happy in hong kong with the performance of the government and the handling of this crisis. she comes out and says that they are going to seriously consider this result was not what choice does she have but to say that, really. i think they probably knew they weren't going to do well, but to be just obliterated like this at the ballot box in their hundreds, supporters of carrie lam and indirectly of beijing to be tipped out of office has been quite incredible to see. the main problem, though, is the things she mentioned, we just heard though, is the things she mentioned, wejust heard in though, is the things she mentioned, we just heard in that clip are not the things that the protesters are demanding. they want to know why she won't have this enquiry into the police, for example, the business community has back to thi

candidates in hong kong's local elections on course for a landslide, the territory's pro—beijing leader carrie lams her government will respect the results. days of heavy rain and floods drench parts of italy and france, devastating communities and destroying roads. leaked documents seen by the bbc reveal the vast network of high security prisons in western china designed to brainwash uighur muslims. disruptor disrupted? uber finds out today if it will be able to continue operating in london, its biggest european market. a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. also in the programme: ajob for life could soon be a thing of the past. new research shows the average millennial spends less than 4 years with an employer, by the time they reach 3a may have had 6 jobs. what is your experience? get in touch, just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. let's focus on the huge shift that has taken place in hong kong. pro—democracy parties have achieved an overwhelming landslide victory in local elections winning nearly 90% of seats. it comes after mo

the poll was billed as a test of support for the chinese territory's embattled chief executive, carrie lamrnout was more than 70%, the highest ever recorded in any hong kong election. it comes after five months of unrest and anti—government protests. leaked documents seen by the bbc reveal the extent to which prison camps in western china are used to brainwash the muslim uighur minority. and one story that is being closely followed on bbc.com: the k—pop star goo hara has been found dead at her home in seoul. police say the cause of the 28—year—old singer's death is being investigated. that's all, stay with bbc world news. more on our website, bbc.co.uk/news, and the news app. now on bbc news, live to singapore for asia business report. the hong kong tests. investors look to today's election result and tomorrow's alibaba listing for clues on the territory future. the splinter net, the internet fracturing along us— china lions. —— lines. good morning, as you. hello, well. it is a monday. glad you could join us for another action packed edition of alibaba. i'm rico hizon. let's start off with

and in practical terms, how will those councillors put extra pressure on carrie lam?ice brutality, and how to empower residents in different districts to have solidarity and campaign against police violence. those are the main odyssey platforms of the district councillor in hong kong. this might be the platform of focus but also representing the voice of democracy and universal values. joshua wong, thank you. we can now speak to our political correspondent ben wright who is travelling with the prime minister borisjohnson in wales. it looks like you are at a cattle market, what is going on?|j it looks like you are at a cattle market, what is going on? i am, hello, joanna. we are in mid wales in brecon and radnorshire. the liberal democrats took that in a by—election earlier this year. but borisjohnson hopes by—election earlier this year. but boris johnson hopes he by—election earlier this year. but borisjohnson hopes he can get it back. and that he will be at this agricultural show shortly to speak to voters. i imagine he will pat some cattle which are being paraded be

we just heard from hong kong leader carrie lam.an set on fire, and tear gas launched through luxury shopping malls. mann. phone now is yvonne is this a turning point for carrie lam? >> is certainly has reached another level of violence we have seen from both sides this morning. the chief executive is still speaking at this press conference right now. for a couple of weeks, we have heard from her urging protesters to remain calm and rational. at this point she still has not offered any solutions. thesays at this point, violence has to stop before we can move forward. that is the priority of the government. she mentioned these protests could lead hong kong to a point of no return. we have seen the violence escalate this morning when a police officer shot a protester point blank. that triggered a flash mob by noon, which happened territory wide. in a separate incident, a shocking video has been spreading on social media of a man being doused with petrol and lit on fire after the man was arguing with protesters. there are fears that th

that was carrie lam. 0ur correspondentjonathan head is in hong kong.as not too strong to suggest that this election was a referendum on the protest movement. no, don't think it is. they think it is on the minds of most people who are voting here. 0bviously local issues do matter. and in some areas they will matter more. but everyone in hong kong is affected by the crisis. many families have been split. people have very strong feelings about it. a lot of people are very distressed. a lot of people are very passionate. a lot of that hangs over this. nothing technically to do with the protest movement in the conflict with the government is on the actual campaign ballots or platforms. in practice it is there, the opposition alliance calling itself the pan democratic alliance has put, in many cases, the five demands of the protest movement up there along with their local issues and everyone here appears to have that on their minds. how they vote, we don't know. the opposition alliance is opening that broad dissatisfaction with the government, with the polic

chief executive carrie lam has just been speaking.are trying to pa ralyse the protesters who are trying to paralyse the city are in her words extremely selfish and she urges all stu d e nts extremely selfish and she urges all students not to participate in the violence. 0n students not to participate in the violence. on monday, as stephen was mentioning, carrie lam said the demands for democracy made the demonstrators now the people's enemy. joining me from hong kong is laurie wen, a pro—democracy advocate. what are you making of all this? there is no simple answer. a lot of very disturbing things have happened, especially recently. 0ur hearts are heavy. but i think we cannot be distracted from what the fundamental problem is. why is it that millions of people for five months have engaged in many, many peaceful, large—scale protests, and we still don't have what we demand? that is the fundamental problem here. because the carrie lam administration is not accountable to the people here. she and her administration, they are accountable

she is the public enemy number one in hong kong, carrie lam is perp in hong kong. disturbing moment in which a group of people disagree with one another and then some of the protesters, one or two, we're not sure, it is confused, but some of them set fire to somebody who disagrees with them. you surely condemn that. that is very wrong and more than wrong, it's barbaric. and it'sjust as barbaric as the previous case when a protesting young man was stabbed and had his guts exposed. that's what's been happening in hong kong, an eye for an eye kind of mentality, and the police have admitted, repeatedly actually, that they have planted police officers in the crowds disguising as protesters. so, who are the vandalists and who are the real assailants? we still don't know. is not yet time for people like you to show real leadership? to say to the protesters, enough is enough, peaceful protest is one thing, violent protest is not going to achieve anything. you have to understand the mood at the moment, because it's been going on for so long to start with, and our protesters

carrie lam, who leads the territory, says she will listen to public opinion ter the landslide victory of her opponents. from hong kong, rupert wingfield-hayes reports. rupert: this is not the sort of media attention usually given to thwinners of a local counc election. but last night's victory for hong kong's democrats was no ordinary win. it was an unprecedented landslide. these newly minted you won 85% of all the d ats contested. today they gathe tell hong kong's government they would not be ignored. >> government parties have no more excuses for saying the rioters don't get popular support. now we see they get popular support. hong kong people have learned a lesson. they understand that with democracy, -- without democracy, only freedom that we have is fragile. rupert: the ssage is that the hong kong opposition is now the most powerful political group in hong kong. it is no longer a protest movement it now has a proper democratic mandat that means the chief executive can no longer ignore their demands. t time for hong kong governnt to act will be short. in central hong kong today,

carrie lam has said she will work with those newly elected council members and listen to their points of view and take that into account when she is carrying out her policies. one of the easy steps to take at this point would be to go forward with independent inquiry into some of the police action. that is something even pro-beijing supporters in hong kong have started calling for. that will be one easy way to show she has heard this message that the election has delivered. capitalou mentioned the of the united states response to hong kong. legislation went through congress and president trump was saying he might sign it and might not. where is it, exactly? bill: the president has 10 days to decide whether he wants to sign it or veto it. 4,hink that expires december the middle of next week or so. if he does not sign it, it becomes law, with or without his signature. he can still use the time in between to veto it. that is something we are looking for. at this point, it is sitting on the president's desk waiting for him to make a decision. david: one final thought on turkey. i understa

the public has clearly given support or at least has kind of voted no-confidence in carrie lam.t comes next is this political negotiation period, does the hong kong government acknowledge this and try to course correct or come as we have seen the past months, do they go along as usual and we fall back into the pattern of escalating violence? even though these are low-level seats, this is essentially a referendum. if there is not sort of a change in tone to her new protesters and their demands, is it possible we could slip back into violence or something worse than we have seen already? the i think that is kind of skeptical way to look at it. i think we are seeing a honeymoon period right now. protesters showed a great deal of unity over the weekend. we saw virtually no protest. i think that was out of respect for the democratic process. we should not interpret that as any kind of end to protests. now, watching for carrie lam's moves. what is she going to do, what is our government going to do? that could come in the form of provocative moves like an 2017 where they disqualified

and one of the questions, of course, is who carrie lam will speak to, if she wants a wider dialogue. >> talking about carrie lam, her approval rating is about 20% right now. >> yes. >> i mean, is the writing on the wall for her and if there is a replacement, who would likely be her replacement in this environment? >> well, i would just go back from hong kong first of all, i was struck by the lack of support for her, even among people who are very critical of the protests and the pro-democracy things she has no real credibility, i don't think there. on the other hand, when i asked, though, who would replace her, there was a long and deafening silence, because there is almost nobody who would be able to straddle the divide that has grown wider and wider in hong kong >> i just want to bring it back to alibaba as well and the significance of this company listing on the hong kong stock exchange and obviously, it's been in the works for a while, even before these protests started, but they didn't have to go and list on the hong kong stock exchange right now. alibaba is the largest chinese

it will be a test of support for the pro—democracy activists and for the city's chief executive carrie lamen here casting her ballot in the last hour or so. the poll is for the lowest rung of government in the city. more than 1,000 candidates are running, competing for more than a50 seats throughout the city's 18 districts. a number of seats currently held by pro—beijing incumbents, are being contested by pro—democracy candidates, butjoshua wong, one of the prominent protest leaders is banned from running, because he called for self—determination for hong kong. let's go to hong kong, where our correspondence jonathan head let's go to hong kong, where our correspondencejonathan head is with us. correspondencejonathan head is with us. jonathan, how high up the list of priorities is the protest in hong kong for voters, do you think, there are other issues, obviously, but the protests are the things everybody is talking about, and which seem to have blighted the lives of so many people there? yes, i think for everybody here, the so—called five demands being called for by the protest movement,

if carrie lam -- calm now.these demands perhaps we could see protests escalate. tom: yvonne man, thank you so much. youre thrilled to bring chris marangi. history right now that the place to be is in america. can you reaffirm right now the -- that 2020 will still be a u.s.-centered stockmarket or do you finally shift internationally? chris: if you look at what is happening in the u.s. in the last 10 years, the expensive names has outdone the cheapest names. the u.s. has been among the most expensive and most performers in the last 10 years. we are seeing a perhaps tilt to value in the u.s. and it maybe we will see that on a global scale as we come into the new year. tom: is gabelli buying globally? at that asave always it is cheaper than u.s. markets. we continue today get and find value. exit.k., as we get through uncertainty -- through the brexit uncertainty. they are pretty interesting. francine: are you suggesting when it comes to brexit and emerging markets there is too much bad news priced in? chris: ther

the vote is being seen as a test of support for the territory‘s embattled chief executive, carrie lamred to vote in the territory. 0ur correspondentjonathan head is in hong kong.. if they win a majority in these seats, they get to put a tranche of seats in the body that chooses the chief executive. for the first time, the pan— democratic alliance would have a say over who gets to run hong kong. but the final say always, under the current system, is with china. this is the nub of the whole thing. hong kongers has been turning out in such heavy numbers because they desperately want a say and treasure the right to vote, something you don‘t see elsewhere in china. it has been a very impressive turnout today but they know, however strong a signal they send to the government, we think that is likely to happen, the turnout probably suggests a lot of anti—government sentiment is being expressed. the chief executive carrie lam cannot make concessions, do anything unless the government in china tells her she can. so there is an air of frustration in hong kong that they cannot change anything, h

hong kong's chief executive, carrie lam, says the government will "seriously reflect" after sunday's local election results. pro—democracy parties swept the board in the poll, claiming nearly 90% of the vote. they say china should recognise their overwhelming victory as a sign of support for wider political reform. a us court has ruled that a former white house counsel must testify before congress, rejecting the trump administration's argument that white house officials cannot be compelled to do so. a sewing circle in the netherlands has been getting a lot of love online. it comes after group started making little mittens for koalas injured in the recent australian bushfires. they sprung into action after seeing these pictures of the koalas with burnt paws. more on our website — bbc.co.uk/news. and the news app. now on bbc news live to singapore for asia business report alibaba's hong kong debut. what the share sale tells us about investor confidence in the territory. kondzilla's creator, we meet the artist behind south america's biggest youtube channel. good morning, asia. hello, wo

put pressure on carrie lam. she issued a statement saying she expects the election results saying the government will listen to public feedback and reflect on it, saying also that they will strengthen corporations between governments and district councils to solve problems of concern to the public. we heard from both sides of the political spectrum this morning on bloomberg television. beenolitical figures have saying the government really does need to listen to what the public is staying out of these elections. manus: -- staying out of these elections. manus: what do you make of the proposition that this legislature is very disemboweled, does not have a great deal of power? if they are listening, what kind of response can we expect? >> good question, manus. what can carrie lam do, how far can she go, how far wher will of the leaders be watching and prescribing the moves she can make? these are all questions many of the political activists here would want to know the answers to. we have heard from beijing, the f

certainly every time carrie lam has tried to, in the last couple of months, tried to settle things downmentioned the possibility of a curfew suggested by one lawmaker, is that a serious option? it would be a very difficult option? it would be a very difficult option to pull back from, that is the thing. it's like, the weekend, we saw soldiers from the people's liberation army out on the streets. now this is something that the protesters had feared people in hong kong have feared. they weren't in military uniforms and so on, they we re military uniforms and so on, they were wearing t—shirts and fatigues and were helping to clear up some of the mess left behind by the protesters and dismantle some of the barricades. it was a soft thing they we re barricades. it was a soft thing they were doing, but that may be a warning sign to the protesters. look, remember, the people's liberation army, the mainland army, troops are here in the garrison, they can be called upon if necessary. this was a fairly soft thing for them to do. so that is a possibility. a curfew, once it is implemented, it is ha

has there been a worse on from carrie lam? >> she has more or less discipline -- more or less disappeared. she made an appearance earlier this morning, when she visited a policeman who was struck by a arrow shot from a bow. she said she was touched by his bravery. carrie lam has not once visited any protester or a member of the public or press who has been injured during the protests. she has been slammed for being tone deaf in her response. some people were saying it wasaa snub to ththe people of kong --f hong k kong and she should realy stand by the police in this crisis. : a 15-year-old girl was killed when three vehicles were swept away. four others were rescued from the river but there could be several missing. there is no word on what caused the bridge to collapse. ththey spopoke about the state f the bridge earlier. it wawas looked at regularly. 2017.was an inspection in there was no sign of anything alarming. >> i spoke to chris, who gave us the latest. >> that river is swollen now. are making the rescue effort very di

and the territority‘s chief executive, carrie lam, has said she wants a peaceful solution to the stand—offrule out using force if a life—threatening situation emerges. one protester spoke to the media as she left. the only way is to surrender than we were really afraid of being charged and then we have been trying to escape since yesterday morning but then could not find a way out and this is the only way so i was quite desperate. joining me now is correspondent andrew wood. what is the situation at the moment? the stand—off seems to have eased a bit. there is a hard—core inside the polytechnic university. the chief executive of hong kong carrie lam has spoken in the past couple of hours and she said she wanted to see a peaceful solution to this stand—off and said she was worried the polytechnic university had become basically a weapons factory for things like petrol—bombs and so on. if there are protesters under the age of 18, she said that would not be charged if they surrendered although she did say their names and information would be taken. it is a steel quite tense on the whole in ho

as you say, carrie lam can't stand down evenif you say, carrie lam can't stand down even if she wantedrdained to the chinese leadership. what happens next with how beating deals with the city? leadership. what happens next with how beating deals with the city7m remains to be seen what beijing will react to this. unfortunately, that is the way it is, and we have this trade deal going on around the corner, so trade deal going on around the corner, so perhaps beijing will be watching with a very kenai to see what happens on the us side of negotiations. ash a very keen i. he retained his seat on the pro establishment side, one of the few people who retained his seat because the pro—democracy camp has done overwhelmingly well. you will hear my interview a bit later with one on the pro—democracy side, but in the meantime we're looking at those voting results as they come in over the next few hours, i will give you official count as that is established. let's get some of the day's other news. the conservatives have become the latest of the main parties to launch their manifesto ahead of the f

speaking in the last hour chief executive carrie lam has described the action as selfish. after monday became one of the most violent days so far during five months of pro—democracy protests. one man was shot in the chest by a police officer and another was set on fire during an argument with protestors. well, train stations are being shut down, mike, as we speak now because of apparently attacks by protesters. and now, rather thanjust one university you have mentioned, the city university of hong kong, there's two other universities, at least, who are — with protesters, and possibly students from there as well, who are holding up barricades against the police, and there is some sort of stand—off, at least in the chinese university of hong kong, as well as the university of hong kong itself. so there is a stand—off everywhere. and in the past few hours, i myself took at least an extra 30 minutes to get into the city on my usual bus, and massive disruption for those who are taking the train, as you have mentioned already. theyjust have to keep queueing up for buses, orjust

carrie lam called on protesters to heed to the police. the u.s. is saying it is her responsibility to restore calm. gravelynited states is concerned by the deepening political unrest and violence in hong kong including the standoff between protesters and police at hong kong polytechnic university and other campuses. we have repeatedly called for restraint, all parties in hong kong. violence by any side is unacceptable. the hong kong government bears primary responsibility for bringing home to hong kong. unrest and violence cannot be resolved by law enforcement efforts alone. paul: senior international editor jody schneider is in hong kong and joins us now. that siege at the hong kong polytechnic university ongoing. what is the latest on the ground. are stillars there several hundred reports -- reports that there are still 700 protesters are students trapped. the question is, how did they leave, and when to they leave? yesterday, as you noted, we saw teargas. we saw a raging fires. we sell vehicles on fire. it looked like a war zone. some students