danny vincent, bbc news, hong kong. the united states has renewed its call for a cease-fire in ethiopia after the united nations human rights council ordered an independent investigation into violationsy all sides of the conflict. state department spokesman ned price said he was gravely concerned by reports detailing domestic tensions and killings of ethnic people. there is a large and vocal ex-pat community in the united states and they are divided on the same ethnic lines that fueled conflict, as barbara has been finding out. >> ethiopia's civil war is 7000 miles away. and it is right here in this kitchen, on this canvas. gabrielle's family is from the northern region of the epicenter of the conflict. a theme that consumes her art. >> it is like opening up a channel in this passageway taking us back there. but what better way to create beauty with your pain? there are so many other things i can do. >> for more than a year, the ethiopian army has been battling rebels and their allies. thousands are dead. human rights a

she's due to hold three days of meetings with the chinese central government. 0ur correspondent danny vincent's it. the deal is done and carrie lam is headed to beijing.- headed to bei'ing. that's ri . ht. headed to bei'ing. that's riuht. i headed to bei'ing. that's right. i think_ headed to beijing. that's right. | think that - headed to beijing. that's right. i think that many l headed to beijing. that's - right. i think that many people from the traditional pro—democracy camp, of course, wouldn't be surprised by the result. this is the first election in hong kong since the introduction of electoral. that meant that the only people that were even eligible to stand in the election were people deemed by beijing as patriotic. many of the people that would have stood in the elections in the past in the pro—democracy camp have found themselves in prison or in exile. many are facing national security law charges, which means they could face up to life imprisonment if found guilty. many critics would say that hong kong has seen a drastic transformation of the last four years, firstly because of th

danny vincent in hong kong for us. at some other stories in the headlines: brigitte macron, the wife of the french president, is to sue over false claims circulating on the internet that she is transgender and was born male. the false report first appeared on a far—right website and has since been circulated by conspiracy theorists. brigitte macron has been married to emmanuel macron since 2007. she has three adult children from herfirst marriage. the european commission has launched legal action against poland, saying it has serious doubts about the independence and impartiality of its constitutional tribunal. it's the latest episode in the long—running dispute about the polish government's sweeping changes to thejudiciary. poland now has two months to respond to the charges — it's already accused brussels of ovestepping its powers. it's nearly a week, since a super typhoon hit the philippines, killing at least 375 people, and leaving hundreds of thousands without shelter. one of the worst affected areas was the popul

danny vincent is our correspondent there.entire political system has completely changed. first of all, this is the first election since beijing imposed electoral reform on the system. it means that only people that are deemed patriotic to the country are even able to stand in this election. furthermore, many of the pro—democracy leaders that would be standing in this election, that have stood in elections like this in the past, are either in prison or in exile. so there's been a huge consequence of the 2019 protest movement. there's been incredible turmoil here in hong kong. many critics will say that this is not really an election process, it's more of a selection process, because the candidates that have been standing have already been bettered. but the authorities would argue that they've attempted to and successfully tried to remove what they would describe as anti—chinese or anti—china elements, which they said were present in the political system in the past. they say that elections like this are essentially attempting

danny vincent in hong kong.astrophe" according to a leading think tank. the resolution foundation says stalling wages, rising taxes and soaring energy bills means — from april — households face an increase in their living costs of nearly £1,200. the government says it's provided more than £4 billion worth of support for families. the chief executive of the resolution foundation is torsten bell, and he explained why the pressures on household budgets are particularly strong now. everyone's already feeling, in their pockets, the cost of prices rising more quickly than their wages. we had the highest inflation in ten years back in november with 5%, and that's projected to get over 6% by next april. so, this is... you know, yes, we have seen fast price rises before, but this will be a very different feel to it, particularly because a lot of it will come all in one go in april next year, as we see a particularly large rise in energy bills and tax rises at the same time. torsten bell. the actress, model and activist a

danny vincent, bbc news, hong kong.on variant. in spain, a court has cleared the way for a night—time curfew to be reimposed in badly hit parts of the northern catalonia region. in bulgaria, where vaccination rates are low, the government introduced financial incentives for some people to get the jab. but omicron is already causing cases to rise. and there are concerns that, for much of europe, many of these measures may be too little, too late. the bbc�*s europe correspondent nick beake has more. the festive message to spaniards this year — wear a mask, even outside. across europe, governments are issuing health warnings rather than glad tidings. at a time when families come together, the advice is to keep your distance. belgium is now inviting children as young as five to get vaccinated. covid cases here have been falling for the past ten days, but cinemas and theatres are set to close, although pubs will stay open. it's really a political choice that is not really supported by scientific. i feel like there are rules,

here's danny vincent. jasonis jason is in full campaign mode. in the election considers himself not establishment. last year the authorities postponed the election due to the pandemic. since then the political landscape of this city has changed. if landscape of this city has changed-— landscape of this city has chanced. u, changed. if i can enter the legislature, _ changed. if i can enter the legislature, at _ changed. if i can enter the legislature, at least - changed. if i can enter the legislature, at least i - changed. if i can enter the legislature, at least i can. changed. if i can enter the i legislature, at least i can ask for a political change, political improvements. if we just ignore it then that gives the government full house in the government full house in the legislature and what will be the result? they will be sorry till the end of days. there is no improvement on our democracy. there is no improvement on our democracy-— democracy. hong kong is preparing _ democracy. hong kong is preparing for _ democracy. hong kong is preparin

our correspondent in hong kong, danny vincent, reports from outside a polling station.et to the polling stations. there was even threats from the police that anybody that was caught attempting to boycott, or incite people to boycott, the election would face arrest. but still we have seen relatively low turnout. many activists and campaigners would say that this is simply because many of the pro—democracy candidates simply can't stand this year, partly because of electoral reform, partly because of the national security law, which critics would say has spread fear across the city, but it has also led to the arrest of many pro—democracy candidates. many prominent candidates that haven't been arrested have fled the city. so critics would say that hong kong's political landscape has completely changed. the authorities would say that this change has created, or restored, stability in the city and the anti—china elements that were once here have now been eradicated. danny vincent there. richard rogers, one of the leading architects of his generation, has died. he was 88. he g

the bbc's danny vincent is in hong kong. >> in october, the university contacted the sculptor, to declareially the statute following legal advice would need to be removed. after that, they sent a deadline for the removal. the deadline passed and it was not clear when the statue would be removed. but in the early hours of the morning, constructn workers started covering up the statue. they put up yellow barriers surrounding the statue. which is on the university campus of hong kong. then in the early hours of the morning, construction works came -- the statue was removed. it was put into a container and driven away. >> lots more as always on our website. thanks for watching "outside source." narrator: nding for this presentation of this program is provided by... narrator: financial services firm, raymond jame narrator: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. by judy and peter blum kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. and by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like. thank you. ♪ ♪ narrator: you're watching pbs. ♪ da-da-da-duh-da-da-da

but first, here's the bbc�*s danny vincent in hong kong.e sculptor to declare that, essentially, this statue, following legal advice, needed to be removed. after that, they set a deadline for the removal. the deadline passed and it wasn't clear when the statue would be removed. but in the early hours of the morning, construction workers started covering up the statue. they put up yellow barriers surrounding the statue, which is on the university campus of hong kong, and then in the early hours of the morning, construction workers came, the statue was removed, it was put into a container and driven away. earlier on, i spoke to the danish sculptor jens galschiot. he says he's perplexed by the decision to remove his artwork in the dead of night. i think they have a right to — in the first place, they have the right to the democracy movement, but they were all in jail, and they asked them to move the sculpture about four days. and then i saw that and then i said, this is my sculpture, this is not a democratic movement sculpture, this is mine an

lets speak to the bbc�*s danny vincent, who's in hong kong. thank you forjoining us.pected but it highlights a growing influence of china on hong kong once again. of china on hong kong once aaain. , . again. exactly. in october the university _ again. exactly. in october the university contacted - again. exactly. in october the university contacted the - university contacted the sculpture to declare that the statute following legal advice would be removed. after that they set a deadline for the removal. the deadline passed and it was not clear when the statue would be removed, but in the early hours of the morning, construction workers started covering up the statute. they put up yellow barriers surrounding the statute which is on the university campus of hong kong and then in the early hours in the morning, construction workers came, the statue was removed and it was put into a container and driven away. so this is one of the last public places that remember the students that died in 1989. many would argue that hong kong has changed substantially since the introducti

our correspondent danny vincent is in hong kong. in hong kong, which we covered extensively here. they have really coloured the nature of this election, haven't they? i think many critics across hong kong will say that the entire political system has completely changed. first of all, this is the first election since beijing imposed electoral reform on the system. it means only people that are deemed patriotic to the country are even able to stand in this election, furthermore, many of the pro—democracy leaders that will be standing in this election, or in elections like this in the past, are either in prison or in exile. there has been a huge consequence of the 2019 protest movement, there has been incredible turmoil here in hong kong, many critics will say that this is not really an election process, it is more of a selection process, so the candidates who have been standing have already been bettered. the authorities would argue that they have attempted to and would successfully try to and would successfully try to remove what they

our correspondent danny vincent explains why the turnout was so low. here pushed quite hard to try to encourage people to vote during this election. the electoral reforms mean that only candidates that are vetted by beijing and seen as patriotic can stand in this election. controversially, many of the very popular and prominent pro—democracy candidates that have won seats in years gone by, many of them have been imprisoned and many of them have fled the city and the remainder decided, essentially, not to stand in this election at all. many didn't even put their names forward, even though they would have been vetted by beijing. so, many critics say this is another example of the erosion of the political rights that hong kong was granted. many people say there's is no longer an election. many people say this is no longer an election. it's more of a selection process. and regardless of who wins, really, it's the establishment, the pro—beijing side, that will be victorious. to chile now — people are voting for a new president in what is the most polarised

our correspondent danny vincent has more. i'm standing outside the offices of stand news here.ic publications in hong kong. earlier in the year, apple daily, perhaps the most popular tabloid newspaper in the city, was raided, several times. many of their executives were arrested and it seems that something similar has happened here at stand news today. former and current members of staff from stand news were arrested. one individual, also the chairman of the hong kong journalists association, has been released. there are a number of stand news journalists currently inside the stand news office. earlier they were speaking to lawyers and trying to decide what would happen next. they are not currently speaking to the media but there are journalists here, still outside here, trying to get a glimpse inside this news organisation and trying to speak to people when they come out. there was a large media scrum after the police arrived in the early hours of the morning. we heard there were more than 200 police officers raiding the premises, they took boxes of what the described as journ

we'll hear from mr galschiot in a moment, but first here's the bbc�*s danny vincent in hong kong.ity contacted the sculptor to declare that, essentially, this statue, following legal advice, needed to be removed. after that, they set a deadline for the removal. the deadline passed and it wasn't clear when the statue would be removed. but in the early hours of the morning, construction workers started covering up the statue. they put up yellow barriers surrounding the statue, which is on the university campus of hong kong, and then in the early hours of the morning, construction workers came, the statue was removed, it was put into a container and driven away. the danish sculptor jens galschiot says he's perplexed by the decision to remove his artwork in the dead of night. i think they have a right to — in the first place, they have the right to the democracy movement, but they were all in jail, and they asked them to move the sculpture about four days. and then i saw that and then i said, this is my sculpture, this is not a democratic movement sculpture, this is mine and i have le

from hong kong the bbc�*s danny vincent has this report. jason is in full campaign mode.ing in the election that considers himtself non—establishment. last year the authorities postpone the election due to the pandemic. since then the political landscape of the city has changed. if i can enter with the legislator at least i can ask for a political changes. and political improvement. if we just ignore it then government can full house the legislator. what is the result? the result is till the end of days we don't have any improvement on our democracy. hong kong is preparing for its first legislative council election since the introduction of a wide ranging national security law. this year only three of the 153 candidates running consider themselves pro—democratic. pollsters are predicting a 30 year low voter turnout. beijing has imposed a sweeping reform of hong kong's electoral system. it means that only candidates being patriotic are eligible to stand. it's led many to question if this election is simply a show. last year the entire pro—democracy camp resigned en masse.

i'll speak to mr galschiot in a moment, but first here's he bbc�*s danny vincent in hong kong.ted the sculptor to declare that essentially this statue, following legal advice, needed to be removed. after that, they set a deadline for the removal. the deadline passed and it wasn't clear when the statue would be removed but in the early hours of the morning, construction workers started covering up the statue. they put up yellow barriers, surrounding the statue, which is on the university campus of hong kong and then in the early hours of the morning, construction workers came, the statute was removed, it was put into a container and driven away. lets speak to the artist, jens galschiot now. this was ordered by the university back in october that it would be removed and now they have gone ahead and done it under the cover of darkness it under the cover of darkness it would seem. why would they bother its removal in the first place? i bother its removal in the first lace? ~ , bother its removal in the first lace? ~' , ., place? i think they have the riaht in place? i think they ha

the bbc�*s danny vincent is in hong kong and has the details.electoral systems. this year according to the ref are made means only people that are deemed patriotic to the country are able to stand. furthermore, since this city has seen a lot of turmoil since 2019, there was an introduction of a national security law around a year ago, that means that many of the word candidates, many of the pro—democracy camp, many people have been arrested or essentially fled the city. so this election is quite different from past elections here in hong kong, many of the pro—democracy candidates that many of these parties will be looking to vote for simply are not able to stand this year.— vote for simply are not able to stand this year. and how weather selection change _ stand this year. and how weather selection change hong _ stand this year. and how weather i selection change hong kongpolitical landscape? selection change hong kongpolitical iandsca e? . , ., selection change hong kongpolitical iandscae? . , ., ., landscape? critics would argue it was already

our correspondent, danny vincent, is in the convention centre in hong kong where the result will be announcedhow concerned are the leaders up there? == the doubts. how concerned are the leaders up there?— the doubts. how concerned are the leaders up there? -- a low turnout. the authorities _ leaders up there? -- a low turnout. the authorities he _ leaders up there? -- a low turnout. the authorities he had _ leaders up there? -- a low turnout. the authorities he had pushed - leaders up there? -- a low turnout. the authorities he had pushed quite hard to try to encourage people to vote during this election. they were obviously concerned turn out may be low, and if it was low it indicates that there is perhaps a lack of legitimacy in terms of public support for these electoral reforms. the electoral reforms means that only candidates vetted by pei jing and seen as peter out it counts down in these elections. —— regime. controversially many of the candidates who have won seats in years gone by, pro—democracy candidates, many have been imprisoned, many have fled the city. many have decided not to

our correspondent danny vincent is there.s considered by many people to be perhaps the last prominent pro—democracy publication here in the city. when apple daily, perhaps the most popular tabloid in hong kong was closed earlier in the year, many observers and critics pointed to stand news. many questioned how much longer this publication would be able to last. i've been speaking to many of the journalists over the last few months. there was a sense of impending doom, you can say, about the fate of this organisation, but there was also lots of, a lack of clarity. i think people didn't know when they were crossing the lines. manyjournalists and activists often claim that the lines in the city, the red lines that have been... the red lines are shifting very quickly in the city. now a number ofjournalists are still waiting outside stand news. they are hoping to get a statement from the organisation. it is not clear if they will speak. again, we know that they have now ceased to operate. we know earlier in the day it stopped upda

our correspondent danny vincent gave us this update from one of the counts.courage people to vote during this election. they were obviously concerned that the turnout maybe low and it was low and it seems that it is low. we haven't got the final figures yet. it indicates that there's a lack of legitimacy in terms of the public support for these electoral the electoral mean that only support for these electoral reforms. the electoral mean that only candidates that are vetted by beijing and seen as patriotic can stand in this election. controversially, many of the very popular and prominent pro—democracy candidates that have won seats in years gone by, many of them have been imprisoned and many of them have fled the city and the remainder decided essentially not to stand in this election at all. many didn't even put their names forward, even though they would have been vetted by beijing. so, many critics say this is another example of the erosion of the political rights that hong kong was granted. many people say there's is no longer an election. it's more of a

our correspondent danny vincent is in hong kong and has the details.a sweeping reform of the electoral system. now, this year, according to the reform, it means that only people that i deemed patriotic to the country are able to stand. furthermore, since this city has seen a lot of turmoil since 2019, there was an introduction of a national security law around a year ago. that means that many of the would—be candidates, many of the pro—democracy camp, are either, many people have been arrested or essentially fled the city. so this election is quite different from past elections here in hong kong. many of the pro—democracy candidates that many of these supporters would look to vote for simply are not able to stand this year. the most powerful storm to hit the philippines this year is now known to have killed 98 people. it first struck the philippines on thursday, before tearing across other parts of the country. the typhoon is now heading towards vietnam, but is not expected to make landfall there. howard johnson reports from manila. philippine presiden

our reporter danny vincent is in hong kong and joins me now.ong kong. what are the latest details you have? ., , , ., have? that is right, the report earlier today _ have? that is right, the report earlier today that _ have? that is right, the report earlier today that as _ have? that is right, the report earlier today that as many - have? that is right, the report earlier today that as many as| have? that is right, the report - earlier today that as many as 300 people were trapped on the roof of the world trade center. around 12:30pm this afternoon, there were reports that a large fire had broken out. the reports were that the fire broke out in an electrical room. the fire then spread up the scaffolding of the building. we then started seeing pictures and videos on social media of relatively large groups of people stranded on the roof of this building, waiting for firefighters to come to essentially save them. it seems that, according to the police, the fire is now largely under control. we are waiting for the latest, there will be a press con

our correspondent danny vincent explained what we can expect from the meeting.lace. but commentators expect... well, some commentators are predicting that carrie lam may be meeting even with xi jinping, the president of china. of course, there is a chief executive election early next year, in march next year, and it's possible that she might be getting feedback or discussing perhaps her future as the leader of hong kong. what we do know is that the election that took place yesterday, in many ways the result wasn't really a surprise. of course, most of the pro—democracy candidates that usually would stand in an election like this were simply not able to stand, partly because of electoral reform which meant that only patriots could be eligible to stand in the election, but also due to the fact that because of the national security law a number of pro—democracy leaders have either fled the city or are facing trial for violating this law. qatar's sovereign wealth fund is to invest £85 million into rolls—royce's uk scheme to build many nuclear power stations in the u

the bbc�*s danny vincent is in hong kong. a container and then driven away. denny vincent. what's more, as ever, reporting on our website —— lots more. hello there. you'll have to rely on morecambe and wise, i'm afraid, to bring the sunshine this christmas period. there's going to be a lot of cloud around, so that rules out a white christmas for most of us. however, there is a possibility across the pennines and through the higher ground of scotland, we could wake up to a light dusting of snow over the next couple of days. but for most of us, the talking point will be how mild it is, particularly across england and wales — temperatures into double figures. it's not the warmest we've seen over the christmas period. these are the christmas day records across the country over the years, so we have to be close orjust above 15 degrees to break that, and that's not going to happen. but the mild weather is responsible by these weather fronts that continue to move their way steadily northwards. that south—westerly flow continues to d

our reporter danny vincent is in hong kong and has the latest.people were trapped on the roof of the world trade centre. around 12:30pm this afternoon, there were reports that a large fire had broken out. the reports were that the fire broke out in an electrical room. the fire then spread up the scaffolding of the building. we then started seeing pictures and videos on social media of relatively large groups of people stranded on the roof of this building, waiting for firefighters to come to essentially save them. it seems that, according to the police, the fire is now largely under control. we are waiting for the latest, there will be a press conference later today from the authorities, but what we do know is that this was a large fire and many people were stranded at the top of this building. so how have rescuers been getting the people off that roof? well, we have seen pictures and videos of extendable ladders that have been taken up to this building. of course, it is one of many very high buildings in hong kong, it is 38 storeys high. many we

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