well let's bring in our correspondent charlotte potts who is standing by outside one of those pubs in london charlotte the u.k. is the european country worst hit by the pandemic from where you stand it doesn't seem like brits are really ready to go to the pub again. oh yes they are i actually witnessed that myself today i'm in a neighborhood in south london and all the pops and restaurants are really really full here especially young folks we're very excited to return to the pub safe no way to do over 3 months and this pub that you see behind me for example is taking the temperature off its guests and clients when they come in to get a beer but that seems to be about all the measures say they are actually taking there is 0 social distancing inside or outside the pubs so the streets are crowded people are talking to each other and different groups settings i mean the british really love their pups and they are excited to be back on the streets but again very little social distancing going on here and that is why scientists also warn that there could be a 2nd wave of infections and that

most prominent young activist nathan law recently fled hong kong for london where our reporter charlotte potts met up with him. it's not all new to ne snow in london the left hand traffic he says from mine some of hong kong his home which he flips 2 weeks ago the new security law made it impossible for the activists to stay . on myself or in great danger under the law but also a lot of my fellow activists in hong kong so a lot of those. shrugs and fear of being prosecuted it's harmful i'm meeting law in central london the 27 year old brought this banner all the. a from hong kong a banner that could now get him arrested at home and a reminder of what he is fighting for freedom access and chinese the activist does not want to disclose his exact location and plans because he's concerned for his safety we all know that childless reach could be very expensive. for me i'm on the movie being extremely careful and cautious about saying so i could protect myself. it was an umbrella that once made law famous when alongside thousands of other hong kong as he protested for democracy in 2014 together with

has accused britain of brutal meddling in its affairs let's bring in correspondent charlie potts in london charlotte tell us more about today's decision why now. well foreign secretary dominic robb said that the key assumptions under which that extradition treaty was functioning had changed and what he meant by that is of course the new security law that china has imposed on hong kong which makes it more possible to silence dissidents and to punish protesters and the fear of the concern here and the u.k. is that hong kong or sewa currently living in in the u.k. and london for example activists those that are opposing the chinese regime that china would make use of that extradition treaty to extradite them back to china and try them there so this is why you banned that and that was not the only measure that he announced today he also announced that an arms embargo that was already in place with china with mainland china is now being extended to hong kong for example those exports of arms and materials that control crowds like smoke grenades for example or shekels so the u.k. showing they're very much