hong kong's chief executive carrie lam is giving herfirst weekly briefing since details were releasedsweeping security law imposed on the territory by beijing. the law allows security forces to search private properties or detain suspects without a warrant and they can order internet providers to remove any information which they claim harms national security. carrie lam has warned pro—democracy activists not to challenge the law, saying the consequences of doing so will be severe. mike pompeo has described the removal of pro—democracy books as orwellian. the law was passed behind closed doors in beijing, without approval in hong kong's partially—elected legislature. danny vincent reports, from hong kong: protesters gathered in malls across the city, armed with blank pieces of paper. for demonstrators, it's no longer clear what's legal to write in hong kong. it's no longer clear what's legal to say. according to newly—released details of the national security law, police can now search homes without warrants. libraries and schools have been told to remove political books from their sh

chief executive carrie lam blames a worsening coronavirus outbreak and says she does have the backing of the government in beijing. there has been months of unrest over what is seen as a bid to undermine freedom. however, tell us more about what carrie lam had to say about this decision to postpone the election. >> well, as expected, , the postponewas takaken to punk and carrie lalam announcedd that at ththe art ofof the press conference. strangely,y, it took her 30 minutes to o specify that it wod bebe posostponed up p to a year. this council ordininance sayss elections can only be postponed to the yeaears so she had -- two weeks, so she had to use emerergency powers ordidinance, something the opposition has frowned upon. covid-19 is the main n reason cited.d. carrie lam says 600,000 elderly voters wouould be puttining themselves a at risk my going ot to vote,e, and there were a numr ofof reasons g given -- not allf which are quite so convincing.g. one of them was that a asia's is used as a which count c cter is usesed as a fiee right nonow for covid-19. anotother was hong kong does

hong kong's chief executive, carrie lam, has been giving her first weekly briefing since details wereeleased of the sweeping new security law imposed on the territory by the communist party leadership in beijing. she said the legislation would be vigorously implemented, and warned democracy activists not to challenge it, saying the consequences will be severe. she said national security was a red line that should not be crossed. this national security law is actually relatively mild, as faras, actually relatively mild, as far as, well, national security laws are concerned. first, its scope is very defined and confined. it only deals with four types of accent activities, endangering national security, and the offences a re national security, and the offences are clearly defined in law. the legal principles that we attach a lot of importance to, like presumption of innocence and no retrospective effect, and so on, they are being upheld. the security law was passed behind closed doors in beijing without approval from hong kong's legislature. the new law has also seen any books thought to

carrie lam said the laws will not undermine human rights and freedom. has been welcomed by financial markets. i'm glad to see in the past few days that some have come to acknowledge there is a positive part of the law. it will help promote stability and prosperity in hong kong. you can see in the market, that has been the direction taken. haslinda: let's get more from our correspondent selina wang. what have we learned about these new police powers? selina: the hong kong government recently released seven new implication regulations which of -- provide detail on how it will be applied. we heard carrie lam saying this does not expand powers but critics already say that this would severely restrict speech and it may even be more concerning than the national security law itself. these new regulations state that hong kong police can search premises without warrants under exceptional circumstances. authorities can block suspects under investigation for national security offense for leaving hong kong. authorities can demand information from political groups o

the consequences bridging this law are very serious. >> carrie lam speaking earlier today. one of the best-known figures in hong kong's pro-democracy movement. we spoke with joshua earlier. he was defiant about keeping up the push for political reform in hong konong. >> thehey escalatated the situan and even alloweded foror thihisd overwrite on common lalaw syste. no matter whwhat h happens, we l ststill continue to o fight fofr freedom. we wisish the world to know that some might be extxtradited to chchina. life sentencing g not something we imagined but that is no the threat generated by the commonest authorities. >> that was joshua wong speaking with us earlier. western governments are finding themselves in a dilemma over how to react to this new security law in hong kong. i don't like it but they have to tread carefully because china is an important trading partner. >> street battles and angry cloudsds in hong k kong. in europe, the protest is more than words alone. several european countries have new economic ties with china. through the belgian road initiative. that c

kong police fire water cannons and make the first arrests under the new law and chief executive carrie lam defends the decision >> translator: clearly the decision under one country send showed determination and prove on the system and shows the high degree of trust of the central authorities in the hong kong government >>> germany's jobless total rises by 29,000 taking the unemployment level to almost 3 million people as activities contract in june >>> airbus with jobs on the line as they tell staff the crisis is far from over. bracing for a mighty battle. >>> welcome to the show, we are closely tracking some data we've had lower pmis the eurozone number crossing the manufacturing pmi, 47.4 up from 46.9 still suggesting contraction taking place across the eurozone one of the bright spots seeing the expansion. clearly saw weakness elsewhere >> let's push on to developments in hong kong police say 30 people have been arrested for violations of the international security law hong kong chief executive carrie lam defended the laws which came into effect on the anniversary of china with the bri

a big power play by carrie lam. kevin: our thanks to the indefatigable stephen engle.e sure to catch bloomberg tv's one hour special hong kong on edge at 7:00 tonight and airing throughout the weekend. sticking with china, i spoke with tony blinken, joe biden for president senior policy advisor as well as the former national security advisor under president obama under how a new administration might handle the mounting tension between the world two largest economies. tony: right now, by every key metric, china's strategic position is stronger and ours is weaker as a result of the president's leadership. think about it this way. president trump has helped china advance its own key strategic goals. weakening american alliances. leaving a vacuum in the world for china to fill? check. abandoning our values and giving beijing agreed like to trample on human rights? check. they beat worst of all, debasing our own democracy by attacking its institutions, its values every day and reducing its appeal compared to china. that is what i call checkmate. the real challenge is we hav

chief executive carrie lam says the surgrge in coronavirus is te reason.ermany has responded by suspendiding its extradition treaty with the territitory. also we speak with a member of the coronavirus task force in israel. is time taking for tiktok? president trump threatens to ban the app over concerns it could allow beijing to spy, and media reports microsoft is in talks to buy it. berlin's famous club scene has been silent for months because of the pandemic, but frustrated ravers are moving underground -- or, rather, outside. ♪ it's good to have you with this. scheduled for september have been postponed for a year. chief executive carrie lam says the delay is necessary due to a surge in coronavirus cases, but opposition lawmakers are not convinced and accuse the government of using the pandemic as a retest to thwart democracy. -- using the pandemic as a rereason to thwart democracy. >> it was a very, very difficult decision to postpone the legislslative council election, which takes place every four yeyears, but i it's necessary to fight off the coronav

wave it was a surge or resur against of infections superimposed on a baseline >>> hong kong leader carrie lam fails to aleve fears and big tech takes over privacy concerns >>> and signs of recovery fo bmw as they say sales in china were stronger compared to a year ago. >>> and european chip makers slump despite a forecast of a 23% jump in the second quarter as chip demand offsets weaker smartphone sales >>> thanks for joining us. and let's take a look at the market action we're witnessing in the trading settle here in europe we have been trading in the red for the past hour or so. in terms of the core arkets, we're seeing even more selling coming off the stock market here in the uk. it was one of the better performers yesterday as we saw a bounce investors responding to the risk appetite that we saw globaglobay and individual news too, hopes that they might try to furthermore transactions in the property space and there was a strong move for the builders but away from that story, you can see we are negative across the board. french and german were up more than 1% yesterday. so a give back of

this is carrie lam in hong kong, at a not unusual press conference. stephen engle reports that we could get some announcements out of this rather extraordinary, particularly on the election as well. are ratherhis that extraordinary, particularly on the election as well. we will get to the data check in a moment with bonds and foreign exchange on the move. with first word news, here is ritika gupta. senate republicans want to go on record saying they tried to restore supplemental jobless benefits for millions of americans. geordie leader mcconnell is trying to force a debate on the stopgap measure for those $600 a week checks. payment expire this week. immigrants want the jobless benefits extended, too, but only as part of our larger relief package. president trump coming under pressure to set a national strategy for the coronavirus. the white house has largely avoided strict rules that left many of the decisions due to industry or state leaders, and experts say that makes shortages of protective gear at hospitals worse, and it will complicate the dist

a strong warning from carrie lam, tell us about the extra regulations that have now kicked in.ra regulations were imposed by the new committee for safeguarding national security under this new piece of national security law for hong kong. carrie lam had the first meeting yesterday and then this kicks in right after midnight, so under this law, it actually gives further details on how police would be able to search places without warrants or tapping into telecommunications, all sorts of things, also like confiscating or freezing assets and demanding people to surrender their travel documents or demanding foreign organisations, foreign and taiwan organisations to disclose information in a period of time stopping anyone found to do so could face imprisonment, the worst so far from this piece of regulation is up to two years plus a $10,000 fine, that is nearly 12,000 us dollars orjust over 10,000 british pounds, so that is quite a extra piece of law added to this national security law and we are already seeing people from the legal set up over legal experts as well as lawyers criti

carrie lam says it has only been a week since the new law was introduced and an education program willeassure people the legislation protects, not undermines, freedom. lauren: conditions in hotels housing asylum-seekers in scotland are being described as unsanitary. eight groups and glascow say residents are at risk of contracting coronavirus and tensions are high. asylum seekerd was shot dead after he stabbed five people, including a policeman. in scotland's biggest city, outside a hotel organized by a with billion-dollar contracts, questions. >> they do not have access to washing. let's say your clothes are dirty. there is no access to anything. the coronavirus, they are lucky they are not catching it. reporter: they throw away the food they are giving. the chicken is raw or inedible. plastic containers are a coronavirus risk in these men are forced into a position where they cannot keep their distance from each other. they have to work and are effectively locked-in. when food was delivered, they had to argue with the staff to be let outside to get it. >> people are going crazy. we h

nominal leader on the day to day basis is still if exec of carrie lam.ou just have to look back to may when the national people's congress, the legislature in china, past the security law. they also made new hardline leaders at the liaison office in hong kong as well as the overall -- the- the overarching hardliners are in place, and they are on the committee to oversee national security in hong kong. carrie lam, the chief executive, she reports directly to those new hardliners. so you could say, yes, beijing is calling the shots, especially at this time of turmoil in hong kong. francine: we look at back to stephen engle shortly, and follow on the comments on carrie lam. our chief north asia correspondent, tune into his one hour special called "hong kong on edge 2." and fantastic documentary. york, 12:00 new a.m. in london, and then it will air throughout the weekend. this is bloomberg. ♪ francine: this is "bloomberg surveillance." we have had a big week for european bank earnings where the regis -- the region's largest lenders are taking from investment

was presented with a list of names of chinese officials, including the hong kong chief executive, carrie lam, but also china's vice premier peer at he had the choice to decide whether he would sanction those officials as part of that bill. he decided not to. of course, he could decide that he wants to sanction those officials at a later date, but for now, again, trying to moderate those actions against china. we know the u.s. has sanction to some officials including a high-ranking member of the commonest party, a member of the u.s. and united nations says are human rights abuses in changing. xinjiang. the question of huawei is still in focus for the u.s. we heard from mike pompeo, putting new measures in place around visa restrictions for that company and some of their employees. take a listen. >> the state department will impose visa restrictions on certain employees of the chinese technology companies like huawei that provide material support to human's engaging in rights violations and abuses globally. sayingawei responded by it is disappointed with that decision and move by the u.s., say

hong kong chief executive carrie lam has postponed september's legislative election by a year. wide o open launchingng my wisel cultural sea monkey in hong. and come see another couple soon going hi hagel holly compare notes andnd thoughts on how. the okay thing hi b. soria. the government is invoking emergency regulations to the alliance because of a spike in corona virus cases the pro democracy camp says this is just an excuse to stop the opposition gaining a majority. they were hoping to capitalize on discontent following the new security law puts in place at the end of june which allows beijing to further stamp it authority on the terror treat. in one of its loudest stamp so far a dozen pro democracy candidates were banned from running because their political views were deemed unacceptable. views for example criticizing the security all overr fusing to recognize china's sovereignty. one of the disqualified is joshua wong. beyond any doubt it's the most s scandalous election fraud ever in hong kong history barring me from running the election would not stop i will call for d

the headlines: chief executive carrie lam has said national security in hong kong is a red line that should not be crossed, and has described the new law imposed by the chinese leadership in beijing as lenient, not strict. but she said the consequences of challenging it would be severe. it allows security forces to search private property or detain suspects without any warrant. brazil's president has said he has undergone another test for coronavirus. jair bolsonaro told supporters he had a lung exam which had shown them to be, as he put it, "clean." brazil has the world's second—highest numbers of virus cases and deaths, and there has been widespread criticism that he is not taking the pandemic seriously. the british socialite ghislaine maxwell, former girlfriend of the disgraced financier and convicted paedophile jeffrey epstein, has been moved to prison in new york from new hampshire, where she was arrested. she faces six charges including recruiting and grooming girls for epstein. she has previously denied any wrongdoing. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephe

in the next few hours, hong kong's chief executive carrie lam will give herfirst weekly briefing since were released of the sweeping security law imposed on the territory by beijing. and for many it's more draconian than feared. the law allows security forces to search private properties or detain suspects without a warrant, and they can order internet providers to remove any information which they claim harms national security. the law was passed behind closed doors in beijing, without approval in hong kong's partially elected legislature. danny vincent reports, from hong kong. protesters gathered in malls across the city, armed with blank pieces of paper. for demonstrators, it's no longer clear what's legal to write in hong kong. it's no longer clear what's legal to say. according to newly—released details of the national security law, police can now search homes without warrants. libraries and schools have been told to remove political books from their shelves. joshua wong was once the face of the hong kong protest movement. he's on bail for legal assembly. it's still not time to su

so, some analysts have asked if hong kong's leader, carrie lam, is overstating the danger in that citydue later this year and could turn out badly for the government. then again, maybe she's just trying to shock into action. —— residents into action. stephen mcdonnell, bbc news, beijing. our top story this lunchtime. a call for coronavirus tests at uk airports, to reduce the time travellers have to spend in quarantine but the government says it isn't a silver bullet. coming up: from millions of pilgrims last year to just thousands over the next few days — how coronavirus is affecting the hajj. coming up on bbc news... a date for the diary. the fa reveals when the community shield will take place. will it be arsenal or chelsea facing the champions at wembley? the widow of pc andrew harper, who was dragged to his death by thieves trying to steal a quad bike, has written to the prime minister asking for a retrial of the men convicted of killing him. the three teenagers will be sentenced for manslaughter on friday, after being cleared of murder at the old bailey last week. here's our corre

stephen: carrie lam says she ordered september's slate of counsel alleges that election postponed for to ensure public safety amid a third wave of coronavirus outbreak. we had 121 new cases friday on top of a record search on thursday. democracytion pro canada not buying the reasoning. they say the delay is intended to rob pro-democracy candidates of momentum after the implementation of the highly controversial national security law one month ago. the postponement follows the disqualification of 12 pro-democracy candidates and the arrests as well the day before that of some for people who are accused by hong kong authorities of promoting self-determination for hong kong on the internet. it caps on a week of new redlines being set by the hong kong government on the level of dissent that they will allow. stephen engle, bloomberg news. emily: be sure to catch bloomberg television's one hour television hong kong on edge 2, 7 p.m. in new york and airing throughout the weekend. i want to tell you about those headlines. james murdoch, rupert murdoch' s son, has resigned from the board of new

live from berlin democracy deferred elections in hong kong are delayed for a year chief executive carrie lam says a surge in corona virus cases is the reason germany weighs in by suspending its extradition treaty with the territory also coming up a sea of red cohen virus plunges the eurozone into the deep end shrinking the g.d.p. by over 12 percent in the 2nd quarter it is the worst downturn on record. burle as famous club scene has been silent for months because of the pandemic but straight reversed and on the following the authorities are moving underground a rather upside. on well iraq it's a pleasure to have you with us germany has joined a growing number of nations suspending their extradition treaties with hong kong foreign minister heikal mosse said it was because of 2 decisions by the hong kong government the 1st one to disqualify a dozen opposition candidates in the legislative council elections the 2nd to postpone those very elections well the territories chief executive kerry lamb announced that the september vote would be delayed by a year because of a spike in corn a virus cases

life for girl and democracy deferred elections in hong kong are delayed for a year chief executive carrie lam says a surge in corona virus cases is the reason germany weighs in by suspending its extradition treaty with the territory also coming up a steamy bread court a virus plunges the eurozone into the deep and shrinking the g.d.p. at little 12 percent in the 2nd quarter it's the worst downturn on record plus you get prime minister boris johnson puts the brakes on easing the lockdown as corona virus infections creep up he stops sports events resuming and makes mass wary mandatory in more areas and he joined the manager of a tour of ira's task force in israel the city where he works is a hot spot for the disease one of the poorest and most densely populated cities in the country. thank you so much for your company everyone germany has joined a growing number of nations suspending their extradition treaties with hong kong foreign minister said it was because of 2 decisions by the hong kong government the 1st one to disqualify a dozen opposition candidates in the legislative council elections

kong's legislative elections scheduled for september have been postponed for a year chief executive carrie lam says the delay is necessary due to a surge in coronavirus cases but opposition lawmakers aren't convinced they accuse the government of using the pandemic as a pretext to thwart the pro-democracy movement there. hong kong's election 4 years ago it should happen again in september but instead the poll has been pushed back by a full year not how sailing at the last but it was a very very difficult decision to postpone the legislative council election which takes place every 4 years but it's necessary to fight off the coronavirus to protect people's health and up hold public safety we also have to ensure the election process is fair and open. thing hype be say that. ironically to curb the pro-democracy protests on const chief executive has activated a rarely used nearly century old emergency power dating from the british colonial times. that allows for short term only delays to elections. where does ition to postpone the trainee train to electrical election has nothing to do with politic

the headlines from carrie lam and others are stunning about the delay of an election.racy at threat this evening? stephen: it is democracy interrupted, to borrow the terminology you have been using about a v-shaped recovery. democracy is interrupted with the chief executive a hong kong, with the blessing of beijing, but saying legislative council elections due to be held on september 6 will be "postponed" for one year, until 2021. that is unheard of. it is an emergency measure carrie lam has invoked, saying she has to take into account public health. ,here has been a record wave 121 cases of coronavirus on top of a record surge yesterday. the pro-democracy camp is not buying it because yesterday we had the bait disqualification of a number of candidates. arrests the day before for allegedly espousing self-determination for hong kong , all of this ahead of today which was the deadline for people to submit candidacy for elections. the timing seems odd. tom: tells about the hong kong we never see. chinas guilty as going to and migrating between three hotels and the office

hong kong's chief executive, carrie lam, said the poll could not take place as originally scheduled inurdoch, the son of media mogul rupert murdoch has resigned from the board of newscorp. the company owns a wide range of media outlets, included the times and the new york post. in his letter of resignation james murdoch cited disagreements over certain editorial content as well as other strategic decisions. a federal appeals court has overturned the death sentence of the boston marathon bomber. at issue is whether the trialjudge had done enough to ensure the jurors weren't biased. but the court upheld his conviction for helping to carry out the attack in 2013, which killed three people and injured more than 260 others. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: film director sir alan parker — has died — we will look back at his legacy. cheering. the us space agency nasa has ordered an investigation after confirmation today that astronauts were cleared to fly while drunk. the last foot patrol, once an everyday part of the soldiers' lot, drudgery and danger, no more after almost four

executive carrie lam fallacy vigorously implement the new laws.hose not to attempt to violate this law of crossing the red l line because the consequences of breaking this law are very serious. reporter: public libraries have already pulled books by pro-democracy figures. after his latest court appearance, the e activist c cal for supppport from the communit. >> with the threat of life worried,ing, , we might be but we encourage the global committee to let our voice be heard in the world. reporter: along with fefellow prprotest leaders, he resigned from the pro-democracy group they cofounded after the n new lelegislation came into force. it has been revealed that he has left hong kong to an unknown location. australia's second-biggest city is back in lockdown after coronavirus cases surge. more than 5 million residents of melbourne haveve been ordered to shelelter-in-place starting wednesday for the next six weeks. many students will return to remote learning with restaurants limited to serving take away food. the entire state of victctoria will b

so, hong kong's chief executive carrie lam calls the situation critical. how are people there responding to her stricter social distancing measures and what's the scene on the streets there? >> reporter: well, i was just out on the streets within the last couple of hours, rosemary, and it's incredible how normal things feel, except for the fact that everybody is wearing a face mask. i was out for a couple of hours. didn't see one person not wearing a mask in central hong kong. which shows that the government messaging seems to be working. also probably the fact that you can be fined if you're in certain areas like public transit, you know, and you're not wearing a mask and somebody catches you. you could have to pay several hundred dollars. you know, you look at the number of cases here in hong kong, within the next couple of days, if the daily numbers are consistent with the weekend, which is, you know, around 100 cases or more every day. by the way, the first time hong kong's hit 100 cases per day since the start of this pandemic. we should hit 2,000 mar

chief executive carrie lam says the government will expand the mandatory use of face masks and will requireonessential civil servants to work from home. for more now, let's go to will ripley. will joins me from hong kong live. will, good to see you. so talk us through these new measures. >> hi, robyn. these are the most significant social distancing measures that hong kong has seen in this pandemic. you have civil servants, as you mentioned, who are working from home, at least this week. it could be extended further. that also means a reduction in the services available for hong kong residents. a number of offices are starting to reduce their hours. some are encouraging their own employees to work from home. and you have to wear a mask when you step outside of your home. walking through most businesses, apartment buildings, certainly on public transportation, and any indoor public space where you're going to be around other people, you're expected to wear a mask, and you can could be fined in some instances if you don't. hong kong taking this very seriously, even though the numbers, which j

chief executive carrie lam defended the law in the ceremony to mark the 1997 handover. >> translator: the enactment of the law is the most important thing for hong kong's relationship to the mainland since the handover. it's a historic step as it has completeted a system to prprote our sovereignty and security. >> but critics say the law undermines the one country/two systems framework which is supposed to guarantee hong kong a high degree of autonomy and judicial independence. >>> the number of coronavirus cases here in japan continues to rise particularly in tokyo. officials confirmed 67 new infections in the capital on wednesday. that's the highest figure since the state of emergency was lifted in late may. the daily tally in tokyo has now topped 56 days in a row. in total nearly 6,300 people have tested positive in the city of about 14 million people. across japan, more than a hundred new infections were reported on wednesday. the top government spokesperson said at this point it's not necessary to declare anothther state of emergency. >> translator: the spike is largely due to th

mcdonald is reacting to that and says as it is plain for everyone to see, the line from beijing and carrie lam'sdministration, the law would only impact a handful of violent extremists. by all means, defend the law, but don't lie, he says. pro-democracy activists made this pa today. >> with the risk of our personal safety, we might be worried and also being targeted by beijing, but we also encourage the global committee to let our voice be heard in the world. once we still have any worldility, we want the to know that now is the time to stand with hong kong, a it is to keep -- and it is the time to keep our mentum. ros: we saw the pushback. last year, the u.k. offered hong ng people a path to citizenship. e chinese ambassador to britain set this today. >> the u.k. government making irresponsibleks remn hong kong. through its so-called -- making unwarranted accusations against the national security w. even talks about changing their -- this most constitutes gross affairs. internal ros: we have thi response from the u.k.'s foreign secretary. >> the real issue here is one or t. and if china can be

chief executive carrie lam hailed the new law as the most important development since the handover. >e purpose of this piece of legislation is not just to punish. it is also to deter -- to deter people from committing such a serious offenses as cessation, terrorist actitivities, anand s. >> at the same time, chinese troops stationed in hong kong held a joint military exercise showing off their military might. brent: there has been some criticism of the new security law in hong kong. u.s. presidential candidate joe biden calling it a death blow to the territory's freedom, and today, britain summoned china's ambassador to communicate its concerns, but the beijing government insists it will restore stability in hong kong after nearly a year of unrest. >> hong kong activists say freedoms are being eroded, but bebeijing says the law is necessary for the city to prosper, and that many countries welcome this. on behalf of 53 countries, there welcome the law of the people's republic of china on safeguarding national security at the session of the united nations human rights council. a princip

hong kong's chief executive carrie lam said it was because of the ongoing coronavirus concerns.the white house today ourer north a editor asked the press secretary for her response to the news. >> does the president support the chinese backed hong kong government in delayis? their electi >> yes i do have an answer for you on the hong kong elections. we condemnhe hong kong government's decision to postpone for one year it's atlegie council elections and to disqualify opposition candidates. this actio undermines the democratic processes and freedoms that have underpinned - hungderpinned hong kong's prosperity. anchor: john, i was watching that and how carefully she was reading her response to your question. what did you make of it? well, and then she went on to say, straight after the end of that, i would like to payto tribut the doctors and nurses looking after the covid victims in america. and i was thinking, i just asked about hong kong and elections there. and she suddenly pivoted to a totally different subject. someone say seamless and others might use the word shameless. she

i think that was carrie lam's hope because she hoped everyone would be so frightened by the law that everyone would stay at home, and that's one of the reasons the law was brought into force during the covid restrictions. because it makes it easier for the hong kong government to try to persuade everyone to stay home, but clearly, that hasn't been the case. i think there will be far more arrests than carrie lam had predicted, and the big question will be whether people are tried in hong kong, where i do think the judiciary is still independent, or whether the mainland will use article 55 to bring them to the mainland for trial, which would really be a terrible violation. >> thank you. more than just talk, i think is the operative word there, their move to impose national security law on hong kong seems to be inspired in part by domestic instability stemming from the party's catastrophic handling, as you just mentioned, ms. petersen, of the coronavirus pandemic. i just came from the china task force where i presented a compensation for americans act piece of legislation that i hope we

chief executive carrie lam says national security in hong kong is a red line, and the new laws imposed on it by beijing are lenient and not strict, as opponents of the laws say. the new law allows security forces to search private properties or detain suspects without any warrant. brazil's president has said he has undergone another test for coronavirus. jair bolsonaro told supporters he had a lung exam which had shown them to be, as he put it, "clean." brazil has the world's second—highest numbers of virus cases and deaths, and there has been widespread criticism that he is not taking the pandemic seriously. the british socialite ghislaine maxwell, former girlfriend of the disgraced financier and convicted paedophile jeffrey epstein, has been moved to prison in new york from new hampshire, where she was arrested. she faces six charges including recruiting and grooming girls for epstein. now on bbc news, the travel show. sun, sea, surf and social distancing. as spain and other european countries open their borders to tourists, we ask — is it wise to go on holiday when our health could

hong kong'chief executive carrie lam sees it differtly. >> the question of how long we can tolerate aaping hole in asked and answered.as but those foreign governments raising objections to legislation, one can only lament the double standards they are opting. ros: this is all happening in the context of 1997 when hon kong was handed back to china from british control and ban life under an agreement widely known as one country, two wsystemch protects certain freedoms in hong kong that don't exist in mainland china. >> and the chinese capital, behindstlosed doorsding committee delegates have rubberstamped through thisr new lossenting voices. china's leader, xi jinping with -- these western notions of free speech and liberty have essentially poisoned hong kont he doesn' care that this new law will be seen by some as changing that place forever because that is at he wants. to drag that rebelous city back into the arms of another land with the residents -- whether residents liket or ros: we have more details about thlegislation. in many ways, almost every aspect ohong kong life will change

but throughout all of that, carrie lam said we still have the one country, two systems. that seems to now be out of the window. there doesn't seem to be much pretense that that still exists. so i wish you all would elaborate on how we should have seen this coming, and the second question because of my background, i wonder what the impact is going to be on universities, students, academics, professors and hong kong. because the way the line is defined as subversion of state power, terrorist and collusion -- those are broad terms that could be applied any way the regime wants to, and that would certainly target, i would think, people like professors and students in the social sciences. >> thank you for the question. if i may just address the second part of your question. academia and hong kong intellectuals whether they are young or most senior are extremely worried about the future. they worry about whether they could conduct independent research and whether previous work will be scrutinized and used as evidence against themselves. and also not local academics, even schol

carrie lam eer cabinet are puppets with no power to make meaningful decisions.he high degree of economy oe promised is another blatant lie. anchor nathan law there. it is important to note not everyone has been as critical of china. earlier this week, cuba welcomei the new se law at the united nations on behalf of 50 countries, warrfng against ining in the affairs of other countries. >> we believe everyoury has a right to safeguard national security through legislation, andt commend relev steps taken for this purpose. in thisontext, we welcome the opon of the law of the people's republic of china as an guarf national security in the hong kong special administrative region, as well as china's adherence to the one country, two systems government. anchor: one group opposed to the new lies democracy for hong kong. the u.kwho are concerned about hong kong politics. and while they welcome the u.k. citizenship offer, a spokesperson for the group who did not want to be identified told the bbc the u.k. and under they shouldn't -- u.k. and other nations could do much more

again, it is mostly —— in its most extreme form, carrie lam has suggested attempts to block the government breach of the state security law. i think people are scratching their heads —— government's agenda. people thinking, what can we do? how can you challenge the government? the idea, it seems, this is to stop people challenging the hong kong government, and especially the beige and government. just one question from the chinese foreign ministry briefing on a separate topic, slightly puzzling line on north korea saying the united states must show in resolving the stalemate to address north korea's reasonable concerns. what is that about? people will cast their minds back to a time when it was sort of hope that donald trump and his north korean counterpart would be sitting down and netting out a deal whereby north korea would not need nuclear weapons any more. that is all in tatters now and we have even had the north korean leader coming out and say nobody should us, we have our weapons in place and what have you. china has also been an in between player in all this. china tolerates lot f

she gave her reaction to carrie lam's defense of the new security law. shouldn't argue because it's the emperor speaking, because they are the law. it's so obvious by now, so clear that beijing just wants to stun hong kong into nothingness, into a black hole. that you people will be so petrified, so frightened and intimidated that you wouldn't dare to say anything or do anything in opposition. now, i personally never agreed with this hong kong independence call, because we don't even have our own water supply, not enough, anyway. but the fact is, they are now arresting people for owning a banner on that sort of issue and it's a crime. can you believe it?! i mean, people can't even talk about it, let alone advocate it. and there will be notjust speech crimes but thought crimes in hong kong. 0ur correspondent martin yip is in hong kong. martin, tell us what is going on behind you. yes, victoria, i'm standing in the shopping district, it is more than just a standing in the shopping district, it is more thanjust a high standing in the shopping district, it i

so, some analysts have asked if hong kong's leader, carrie lam, is overstating the danger in that cityich could turn out badly for the government. then again, maybe she's just trying to shock residents into action. stephen mcdonnell, bbc news, beijing. police in germany investigating the disappearance of madeleine mccann are continuing their search of an allotment in hanover. a neighbour has told the bbc that the main suspect in the case rented the garden for a few months in 2007 — the same year the three—year old went missing while on holiday in portugal. our correspondentjenny hill is in hanover. for the second day, they've been digging at this allotment using a mechanized diggerfor the digging at this allotment using a mechanized digger for the second digging at this allotment using a mechanized diggerfor the second day ina row, mechanized diggerfor the second day in a row, they've had the sniffer dog back there. a little earlier we watched as contractors removed two skiffs from the site. the site itself is significant, of course, because we know that the main suspect in this case,

pressure particularly for carrie lam, the chief executive of hong kong who is british, overseeing, and into force basically overnightjust that law came into force basically overnight just eliminating that law came into force basically overnightjust eliminating political freedom of speech, freedom of political disagreement overnight, and the mounting pressure on what other countries can do. one thing the uk can do and has considered and openly talked about is granting citizenship, british citizenship or artisan citizenship for the residents of hong kong. another thing it could do is put its chief executive on the banned list. —— band list. maya, briefly, before we move on, do you think this goes far enough, or do you think it should be brought into? actually come i think the focus on individuals and organisations, it means that the narrowness is organisations, it means that the narrowness is sort organisations, it means that the narrowness is sort of interesting here. we are dominic raab talking about human rights abuses. i do think it is really important that the uk government reflects

new confirmed cases bringing the total number of infections there to about 3000 chief executive carry lam has banned public gatherings of more than 2 people and is urging people to work from home masks are mandatory on public transportation and at indoor public facilities. we're joined now by phoebe kong standing by for us in hong kong good morning to you phoebe how are people reacting to these strict new rules that have been put in place for your. all these easy to help us nationals played out of afam and since the outbreak like beginning of the fall like most of the people in the city have been used to wearing by like i don't know many say you know i don't know a month nobody but on the other hand it could be no you think tom long people might think that you don't take away like that but i am today people are banned from life finding enough back. nationally on all the way to the top and find places out so have the lunches and dinners and often more importantly if i'm not helping and i miss some of the general public have claimed i or the blame the the feeding themselves on one team book

tightening coronavirus restrictions on recording its highest one day increase in infections if you carry lam says the situation is critical and said there's no sign of it coming under control. saudi arabia state media is reporting king solomon has been admitted to hospital for medical checkups the 84 year old receiving treatment for what's being described as inflammation of the core bladder. and iraq's prime minister has been spawned a visit to saudi arabia in light of the king's illness will suffer a meal is expected to travel to riyadh on monday. but the headlines more news here on al-jazeera right after inside story which is coming up next. as protests rage over police brutality and corona virus grips the nation campaigning on the election trail has been forced to take a back seat will the presidential candidates ever hit the road and sell their brand of politics to americans before the vote follow the u.s. elections on an. inequality starts at the top i'll use the u.n. secretary general antonio gutierrez i says the world is at breaking point and calls for a new global good deal is it pos

argument around and look at it from the point of view of people like chief executive of hong kong, carrie lamn over the last year is the reality that hong kong's security laws, as they currently are constituted, were not working. she points to the violence that surrounded all of the anti—extradition law protests from last summer. we saw clashes with police that left both policemen and civilians very seriously injured. a few people were killed as well. she described it as a "gaping hole in hong kong's national security" and she went on to say, "many, many countries point the finger at china, but they have their own national security legislation. why should china alone be inhibited from enacting serious national security legislation to protect every corner of its territory?" well, it's obvious that the national security law from the other country does not restrain people's freedom of expression, and you can see that the sole targets of the law is not those violent protesters because they've got a lot of weapons in their criminal ordinance that they could target those. for example, the riots or

take that seriously, this notion there was meaningful consultation, and even your chief executive, carrie lam not know what was in the national security act until literally hours before it was implemented. ah, you misunderstood what she meant was that she did not read the actual text of the statute. but of course, the parameters of the law known to everybody, we know that it is to be a law which may touch upon human rights in hong kong, and therefore, our advice basically centres on how to introduce a proper balance between protecting the safety of the nation on the one hand, and protecting the core values and freedoms of people of hong kong on the other. well, unless you no longer believe in the one country, two systems policy... i do believe. in the one country, two systems policy... ido believe. icannot believe then that your advice was taken in beijing, because the entire national security act is, in spirit, if not in the letter of the law, a blatant violation of that principle. why do you say that? why do you say that? if you have read the statute itself, article number four deals with t

carrie lam, who is the head...rnment in hong kong, she insisted one country, two system scenario is still effective regardless of this new security law. how do you explain then and say that is not the case, given she insists that one country to system is fully effective and hong kong still has its right? that is a blatant lie. you can see how many countries reacted to the national security law with leisures, for example canada, australia, the us and uk. they have been providing relevant measures. they have recognised it as a crisis in hong kong and that is a complete version of one country two system. people are losing their freedom of expression in hong kong and being arrested just because they have the slogans of the movement and the government issued a statement saying one of the slogans is under law, there are literally punishing people for what they think. something that we do not see in a democratic country, so this is the end of one country, so this is the end of one cou ntry two country, so this is the end

and therefore, look very carefully at whether carrie lam should not be on the list.b paid tribue to chris bryant's tenacity. the foreign secretary told him these regulations were a "first step". children who see or hear the effects of domestic abuse will be treated as victims under the law in england and wales after mps agreed to changes in the domestic abuse bill. the commons also backed a government amendment to end the so called "rough sex defence" which a minister said was increasingly used by some men to avoid conviction for serious offenses or to receive a reduced sentence. home should be a place of love and safety. but for 2.4 million people across the country, it is not. we want the abuse to stop and we want victims to live peaceful, safe and happy lives. this is why the government has been bringing forward the domestic abuse bill. but domestic abuse does not just affect adults, it affects the children living in abusive households too. and so, i am pleased to introduce new clause 15 to the bill, which states that children who see or hear or experience domesti

hong kong's chief executive, carrie lam, said the poll could not take place as originally scheduled inoronavirus infections. james murdoch, the son of media mogul rupert murdoch has resigned from the board of newscorp. the company owns a wide range of media outlets, including the times and the new york post. in his letter of resignation james murdoch cited disagreements over certain editorial content as well as other strategic decisions. a federal appeals court has overturned the death sentence of the boston marathon bomber. at issue is whether the trial judge had done enough to ensure the jurors weren't biased. but the court upheld his conviction for helping to carry out the attack in 2013, which killed three people and injured more than 260 others. the us department ofjustice has charged three people in relation to a twitter hack on july 15 that took over the accounts of high profile figures — including former president barack obama and bill gates. the justice department has named 19—year—old mason sheppard from west sussex in the uk, and 22—year old nima fazeli from orlando in flori