hong kong. one is decorated by the golden stars and the other is the white flour. the airport is now engulfed with these red flags, very festive colors in chinese culture. our hong kong guest mentioned the importance of educating the next generation of the hong kong people about its identity, the principle of the one country two system policy. it's very important to educate youngsters because many of them, but many of those young kids standing at the airport welcoming president xi jinping were born after 1997, after the handover. so for them how to understand the connection between the mainland and hong kong, what would you suggest? >> first of all to understand hong kong is part of china is just like to understand that the earth will revolve around the sun. it's part of reality and to think everyone needs to understand that. >> let's listen in to what president xi jinping has to say. >> dear all friends from the press, today we have a good day at it is warm in hong kong. and you are waiting her

you're a hong kong photographer now. now you're pushing it.ia feeds. all the details should be on your screen 110w. that's all we've got to time for this week. next week — we head to the south american surfers' paradise of punta de lobos in chile in search of the perfect wave. i got whacked in the face with about ten waves in a row, so i've swallowed most of that water. join us for that if you can. until next time, from me and the rest of the travel show team here in hong kong, it's goodbye. a quiet weekend of weather awaits. we started off quite cloudy. as you can see from this picture earlier on, a lot of cloud across the country. there were some breaks. not a cloud in the sky along the cornish heel a cloud in the sky along the cornish heel. it is this slice, the break in the cloud which would drift its way steadily eastwards. and improving picture for many of us. a week weather front will bring more cloud and outbreaks of rain into northern ireland and the north—west of thing by the end of the day. the rain should remain fairly light and pa

you're a hong kong photographer now. now you're pushing it.r social media feeds. all the details should be on your screen 110w. that's all we've got to time for this week. next week — we head to the south american surfers' paradise of punta de lobos in chile in search of the perfect wave. i got whacked in the face with about ten waves in a row, so i've swallowed most of that water. join us for that if you can. until next time, from me and the rest of the travel show team here in hong kong, it's goodbye. it has not been a bad start to the weekend. most of us have seen some sunshine. but across west of scotland, we have had a little bit of cloud. at south west england, some glorious skies. this photo. that was from cornwall. to the north and the west, this cloud heading to northern ireland and scotland has been bringing sandrine. not a great deal. the damp weather makes itself felt across north—west england and wales, eventually sinking to the south, and outbreaks of reading. i do not think it is going to be particularly widespread. it is also g

you're a hong kong photographer now. now you're pushing it.al media feeds. all the details should be on your screen now. that's all we've got to time for this week. next week — we head to the south american surfers‘ paradise of punta de lobos in chile in search of the perfect wave. i got whacked in the face with about ten waves in a row, so i've swallowed most of that water. join us for that if you can. until next time, from me and the rest of the travel show team here in hong kong, it's goodbye. hello once again. sunday is shaping up to be a half decent day for many parts of the british isles save for parts of scotland where your impression will be slightly twisted by the fact they will see showers. not a cold start wherever you may begin the day, temperatures possibly in single figures in the glens of eastern scotland. last saturday ‘s rain hangs on here. it leaves behind a lovely day in prospects of a greater part of england and wales. more cloud in northern ireland, more showers come mid—afternoon across the greater pa rt mid—afternoon acr

she is the first woman to hold hong kong's top post. and the chinese and hong kong flags have been raised in a ceremony to commemorate 20 years of chinese rule in the former british colony. president trump says years of strategic patience with north korea have failed and are now over. with south korea's president moonjae—in at the white house, he said the menace of north korea should be met with a determined response. the iraqi army says it will announce the total re—capture of mosul from the so—called islamic state group within the next few days. but fighting remains fierce, and the situation for civilians still trapped in the old city is deteriorating further in the searing summer heat. in other news: this morning, around 60 migrants are feared drowned after their boat sank off the coast of libya. around 80 survivors were brought to the italian port of brindisi, where they told aid workers about the disaster. on wednesday, a senior eu official said the scale of migration across the mediterranean is untenable, with around 10,000 people

the future of hong kong.olves one of the world's most famous people in science. yes, babita. everybody knows who he is! stephen hawking is not only one of the world's greatest physicists, he's also spent most of his life struggling with the affects of motor neurone disease. professor hawking's been marking his 75th birthday with a lecture at cambridge university and he's also been talking to our science correspondent pallab ghosh. when i was diagnosed at 21, i was told it would kill me in two or three years. now, 54 years later, albeit weaker and in a wheelchair, i'm still working and producing scientific papers. today, stephen hawking celebrates his 75th birthday. but it's been a great struggle, which i have got through only with a lot of help from my family, colleagues and friends. at an event at cambridge university to pay tribute to his life, he was applauded for his scientific achievements. the legacy will be the scientists that he inspired. and there will be thousands of them, and they're still being in

you can of hong kong. she is said to be sworn in. you can see of hong kong.s said to be sworn in. you can see her there with president xijinping's sworn in. you can see her there with president xi jinping's wife. quite an historic day because it is also 20 years on rom the handover of hong kong back to china. hong kong was actually a colony and it was handed over to china under a deal which said one country, two systems, 20 yea rs said one country, two systems, 20 years ago. a huge fanfare. and emotional prince charles was there. it was a big, the day. now, 20 years on, we are seeing hong kong celebrate that handover and carrie lam, as well, being sworn in as the new chief executive. you can see many people they are. let's cross now to our correspondent juliana liu, who's in hong kong. what can we expect from this ceremony? i am locatedjust a what can we expect from this ceremony? i am located just a short stroll from the convention centre where the inauguration is due to ta ke where the inauguration is due to take place. the chinese president is in town. the

you're a hong kong photographer now. now you're pushing it.r social media feeds. all the details should be on your screen 110w. that's all we've got to time for this week. next week — we head to the south american surfers‘ paradise of punta de lobos in chile in search of the perfect wave. i got whacked in the face with about ten waves in a row, so i've swallowed most of that water. join us for that if you can. until next time, from me and the rest of the travel show team here in hong kong, it's goodbye. it was a very warm day on thursday across england and wales, in particular southern and south—eastern areas, with a top temperature in london of 32 celsius. in fact, a number of stations in the greater london area saw 32 degrees and it was pretty hot as well further north, but the heat across northern england broke down in spectacular style with some severe thunderstorms, we had reports of flash flooding and also some lightning damage across yorkshire and into lincolnshire. now, those thunderstorms will continue to rattle away off into the nort

you're a hong kong photographer now. now you're pushing it.. all the details should be on your screen 110w. that's all we've got to time for this week. next week — we head to the south american surfers' paradise of punta de lobos in chile in search of the perfect wave. i got whacked in the face with about ten waves in a row, so i've swallowed most of that water. join us for that if you can. until next time, from me and the rest of the travel show team here in hong kong, it's goodbye. hello once again. ijust want hello once again. i just want to update you on how we're going to start the new week. the first thing, i think it will be on the mild side across central and southern parts. to the north, a weather front. brighter skies here. quite a bit of cloud associated with it. there will be rain through wales and the south—west of england as the day rolls on. we will drag a line of showers down towards the south—east. somewhat brighter skies following on behind. a really decent day in prospect. feeling very warm indeed across the south—eastern qu

you're a hong kong photographer now. now you're pushing it.social media feed5. all the details should be on your screen 110w. that's all we've got to time for this week. next week — we head to the south american surfers' paradise of punta de lobo5 in chile in search of the perfect wave. i got whacked in the face with about ten waves in a row, so i've swallowed most of that water. join us for that if you can. until next time, from me and the rest of the travel show team here in hong kong, it's goodbye. look5 looks like the temperatures will start to skyrocket again acro55 looks like the temperatures will start to skyrocket again across the south. it won't be as hot as it was a while back when we had the temperatures into the mid— 305. it will be warm enough, i can tell you that. this is what we have acro55 the country, extensive cloud especially acro55 northern areas. for northern ireland, 5outhern part5 of scotla nd for northern ireland, 5outhern part5 of scotland into the lake district, wale5 a5 of scotland into the lake district, wale5 as we

you're a hong kong photographer now. now you're pushing it.eeds. all the details should be on your screen 110w. that's all we've got to time for this week. next week — we head to the south american surfers‘ paradise of punta de lobos in chile in search of the perfect wave. i got whacked in the face with about ten waves in a row, so i've swallowed most of that water. join us for that if you can. until next time, from me and the rest of the travel show team here in hong kong, it's goodbye. hello there. we have some decent weather around this afternoon, some long spells of sunshine but some changes in the weather at the weekend. a longer speu weather at the weekend. a longer spell of rain coming in for tuesday and turning hot and humid across southern portions of the uk as we will see in at. the latest satellite picture, you can see cloud across the north—west of the country bringing showers into western scotland, the best sunshine across england and wales, cloudy in northern ireland and in cumbria, breaking at times to give limited sunny spells.

the pink hong kong dolphin was actually a symbol of the handover of hong kong from british back to chineseago. but now, their future is under threat. the dolphins' vivid pink colour isn't caused by pigmentation. it happens as blood vessels expand and contract as a result of thermo—regulation. it's a system the dolphins used to control their body temperature. the dolphins are meaning good luck in chinese culture and also they go beyond hong kong border to chinese waters, so it's sort of a unity between hong kong and china back in the handover days. so it's sort of a symbol of unification between hong kong and china. they're also a good luck and energetic symbol. unfortunately, you know, their numbers are in decline. so it's not such good luck now. figures from hong kong's fisheries and conservation department show that the number of pink dolphins here have crashed, from 188 in 2003 to only 65 in 2015. and although nobody is exactly sure how accurate that figure is, there's no doubt that numbers are falling. i've been coming to hong kong for around 20 years now and i'm ashamed to say i had n

as a young hong kong, how do you see this?on is going to be more difficult here in hong kong, especially for people who are younger, and for people, for example, from my generation, who are in their30s, or example, from my generation, who are in their 30s, or those who are in their 20s, because xijinping has made a very clear signal, sent a very clear message, to hong kong that one country... there is nothing, you can't argue about that. and his itinerary sends a very clear message to the people of hong kong that one country, and two system seems secondary. so with this one country, two systems, how has life changed for you in the last 20 yea rs ? changed for you in the last 20 years? i would say we... well, first of all, we have to master the language of mandarin, because that was not really taught in my day when i grew was not really taught in my day when igrew up was not really taught in my day when i grew up in hong kong, because i went to school, primary school, secondary school and also university, in hong kong. and ever

so it's sort of a symbol of unification between hong kong and china. they're also a good luck and energetic symbol. unfortunately, you know, their numbers are in decline. so it's not such good luck now. figures from hong kong's fisheries and conservation department show that the number of pink dolphins here have crashed from 188 in 2003 to only 65 in 2015. and although nobody is exactly sure how accurate that figure is, there's no doubt that numbers are falling. well, i've been coming to hong kong for around 20 years now and i'm ashamed to say i had no idea there were dolphins in the waters here. but, of course, you won't find them in victoria harbour where the tourists are. to be in with a chance of seeing the dolphins you have to leave hong kong island and head west towards the airport. land reclamation, population growth and pollution are all being blamed for destroying the dolphins' habitat. huge new infrastructure projects like this new bridge and tunnel to macau might be good for the economy but environmentalists claim it is playing havoc with th

this is bloomberg. ♪ >> it is 10:29 in hong kong. f momentum, the caixin beat expectations. relies on a smaller sample size, but echoes the official government pmi. it beat all estimates in a bloomberg survey. kong-china bond connect has started operating, giving offshore investors access to the $10 trillion debt market. it will echo the stock connect operations. is the latest step to integrate into the global financial system. rules include allowing the pboc to access data on offshore investors. japan's largeng manufacturers improved as exports writing the longest economic expansion in a decade. the tankan survey found sentiment jumping with the outlook rising. large companies across all rising by 6%. iran will sign a deal on monday to develop the world's biggest gas field in collaboration with total and cnpc. whilewould control 50.1%, cnpc will have 30%, and iran 19.9%. the section of the world's biggest gas deposit qatar shared with qatar. an unexpected problem has aborted the launch of the latest spacex mission, halted nine second

in hong kong.usy monday in asia with president xi jinping delivering that 20th anniversary gift hong kong, right? the bond connects set to launch this morning. we are expecting a ceremony at 9:00 in hong kong. also, japan as well, a major setback for prime minister shinzo of days party -- shinzo abe's party. >> we are looking at manufacturing a sectors and how' they fared. the manufacturing sector has probably done pretty well in japan. exceptingght, msci china a-shares, and now the bond things, so it looks like are on fire there in china. >> we will see how things go. setting up asia is this monday morning as we look ahead to the second half. low volume in new zealand so far. trading slightly .1% higher. the kiwi dollar seeing a bomb with this -- bump with this weaker dollar story. to australia, expecting the caixin manufacturing numbers out of china, forecasting a rebound, signaling gains of .4% with the aussie at 76.91. as you mentioned, that survey showing gains across the board, stronger expor

our top stories: hong kong is marking 20 years of chinese rule. these pictures show resident xi jinping leading celebrations as china's flag rises over the former british territory. the era of patience is over: president trump and his south korean counterpart have called for a tough and united response to the security threat posed by north korea. the battle for mosul: iraq says it will recapture the city from the so—called islamic state in a few days, but the fighting remains fierce. the council leader in london responsible for grenfell tower where 80 people died in a fire has resigned. canada celebrates 150 years since its founding. we look at what sets it apart, and why not everybody is in on the party. hong kong is marking the 20th anniversary of the territory's return to chinese rule. president xi jinping will inaugurate the newly elected chief executive, carrie lam, after a flag—raising ceremony which is about —— is currently underway at victoria harbour. at the same time protesters are preparing to march in an annual rally to demand democrac

in hong kong. i am david ingles.oshiba slumping as a california judge rules western digital can try to stop the chip sale. retail sales out of japan miss testaments. the boj admitting the 2% target will take longer than thought. haidi: further and further away. i am haidi lun in sydney. more bad news for noble group, bankruptcy may be the only way forward. this is "bloomberg markets: asia." ♪ david: it has been quite a week. i know we will be talking about the japan data in a moment. , ae a look at my chart simple look at household spending in china. year on year change, a longer-term look because this tends to be a volatile number. what you are seeing is more red than green. in other words, we talk about a demographic problem in japan. despite what they are doing, there is an underlying current that prevents this from spiking backup. this bike is the frontloading before the sales tax. here is your base effect. are come up for the first time since 2016, not bad. full and slowly is the best way to describe this. haidi

not really in hong kong.been outperforming. hong kong tycoons and the big companies are lagging behind, so buybacks are a way to show ratherent of the company than boost their share price. to showy it is a way serious want to be about your share price performance. at the end of the day, it is all about valuations and earnings. buybacks, they are always buying back their shares before some big event or before they expect the share price to rally. david: it is cheaper to do so i guess. you mentioned earnings. earnings are coming up. that will be a key driver. >> exactly. we have hsbc and about 35 minutes. david: 43. >> we should be precise here. we have c.k. hutchinson coming this week, but the key issue is that expectations are already quite high. we are in an eps upgrade cycle for hong kong and the market is around a two-year high. i guess the question is whether there is room left for hong kong to rally. >> think so. i think the hong kong market has been underperforming the global indices for a while. we hav

and within the past couple of hours china's president xijinping has inaugurated the newly—elected hong kongef executive, carrie lam, and her cabinet. she's the first woman to hold the territory's top post. our correspondentjuliana liu is in hong and kong earlier she told me more about the incoming chief executive. she will be the first female chief executive of hong kong and the fourth person since 1997. she was a popular career civil servant. but five years ago, when she started serving as deputy to the outgoing chief executive, she has become more unpopular. she has become more divisive. she is a very polarising figure. she is seen as a beijing loyalist. that reputation will make it difficult to do as she has promised to heal divisions in society. she has promised to tackle that challenge. but it is difficult to see how she will do that, given her perception. and we heard about some of the problems facing the new cabinet. i think the next five years are very crucial for the future of hong kong. the presidency came at a very important moment and he gave very positive messages. he is appeal

she is the first woman to hold hong kong's top post. in the former british colony. president trump says years of strategic patience with north korea have failed and are now over. with south korea's president moonjae—in at the white house, he said the menace of north korea should be met with a determined response. the iraqi army says it will announce the total re—capture of mosul from the so—called islamic state group within the next few days. but fighting remains fierce, and the situation for civilians still trapped in the old city is deteriorating further in the searing summer heat. in other news: this morning, around 60 migrants are feared drowned after their boat sank off the coast of libya.

chenies bonds by hong kong.bound trading from hong kong to china. —— that v programme has not yet been announced. —— that leg. it is institutional investors that will deal to make these trades. the likes of banks, insurers, and so on. this is the third largest bond market in the world. it is worth 9 trillion us dollars. at the moment, foreign investors only count for 2% of the market. some analysts are predicting a lot of room for growth. peter wong, the ceo of asia's busy asia—pacific has said that this will bea asia—pacific has said that this will be a catalyst for the continuing development and globalisation of china's bond market. optimism from hedges busy. and this trading link is coming so soon after china's inclusion in the msci. it is another opening in the chinese financial markets? absolutely. this is a significant step. one of the requirements in the recent listing of mainland chinese shares is that foreigners could access the shares. investors, chinese bonds will soon become a part of global bond ind

the prime minister said it was a new era for hong kong.produced of an adult mammal. scientists in scotla nd an adult mammal. scientists in scotland have produced a sheep called dolly which was cloned in aiming laboratory. for the first time in 20 years, russian and american spacecraft docked in orbit in an era of in space. challenger powered past the bishop rod lighthouse at almost 50 knots, shattering a record which had stood for almost 5a years. there was no hiding the sheer elation of richard branson and his crew. this is bbc world news today. the latest headlines: iraqi forces say they've taken control of the main base of the so—called islamic state in mosul. thousands have been demonstrating in hong kong, calling for greater democracy 20 years after the territory's return to chinese rule. president trump has attacked us states refusing to hand over personal information — to a commission he created to investigate alleged voter fraud. more than 20 states have declined the requests, saying they are unnecessary and violated privacy. let's

now to hong kong. thousands of protesters there are marching. the annual protest hours after the national flag raised over hong kong marking 20 years since the end of british colonial rule. xi jinping has visited, but left hong kong. >> before he departed, he warned against challenging chinese authority saying it will not be tolerated. mr. xi swore in the first female leader kerry lam. there were issues saturday as police and demonstrators scuffled. >> let's go to hong kong and our correspondent ivan watson is there live where protesters gathered. ivan, good to have you with us this hour. direct words from the chinese president. how is that message perceived on the ground where protesters are doing what they typically do in hong kong. >> reporter: i think people here are showing their opposition to that kind of statement in this uniquely hong kong tradition. annual pro democracy march. every year on the anniversary of the handover from british rule to chinese central government rule. you won't see this, george, in any other city in china. it is

juliana liu reports from hong kong. an historic day for hong kong.ding the incoming chief executive carrie lam, gathered for the flag—raising ceremony — marking 20 years since the city was handed from the uk to china. here she is being officially sworn in by the chinese president xijinping. mrs lam is the first woman to hold the position of chief executive and is vowing to restore trust in the local government. translation: we will provide more opportunities for young people to discuss, debate and participate in politics, to deepen their understanding and trust for the government, and to make them future leaders for our society. the president repeated china's commitment to the one—country, two systems formula which guarantees hong kong's freedoms, but he also had strong words for those calling for self—determination or even outright independence. translation: any attempt to endanger china's sovereignty, challenge the power of the central government, or use hong kong to carry out sabotage activities against the mainland, is an act that crosses the red

inhaad: i am rishaad salamat hong kong.s looking for some clarification over the balance andt reduction rate increases when janet yellen testifies. joining us now is the global macro strategist at state street global markets. are we going to get anything new? >> i don't think so. we have the june fomc minutes. there was only one interesting data, the labor market data. yes, labor market numbers are .ood we have seen payroll numbers around 180,000. the bad part is inflationary growth transition area? even wage growth has been a weak story. what we will see is how the fed and janet yellen will manage this dual mandate. a lot of people will focus on that first. the second thing is the balance sheet. rishaad: you will probably not get much on that. we have fake cracking story about the job market being hot and wages not. they have moved the focus to asset prices now. are they giving them an excuse to raise rates without looking at the fundamentals? >> yes. if you look at the june rate hike, that was not data dependent. if you l

juliana liu joins us from hong kong.on china, is this likely to have any effect on them? well, rico, there have been sporadic protests in hong kong in support of liu xiaobo for weeks now, including during the visit of chinese president xi jingping, including during the visit of chinese president xijingping, fact as soon as he got off his plane and touched down in hong kong, a local reporter shouted a question at him that he ignored and at the moment there are that he ignored and at the moment there a re protests that he ignored and at the moment there are protests in front of the beijing the asia on office in hong kong. these protests are in addition to the over matic efforts by the us and germany for china to allow liu xiaobo to leave the country to seek treatment —— per matic efforts. but china has rebuffed this chinese pressure so far. all of this is reported very much in the hong kong press. let me show you some newspapers, this is the main pro—democracy broadsheet newspaper, the apple daily, there's the iconic photo

ata in hong kong for its five—day stay. at a joint in hong kong for its five—day stay.int —— in hong kong for its five—day stay. at a joint —— and a joint european and japanese venture to the planet mercury that's been 20 years in the making. live from studio —— our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. it's 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 1 am in the german city of hamburg, where world leaders have arrived for a summit of major global economies. although it's not officially started, president trump has already grabbed the spotlight. speaking in poland just before the summit he's said western civilization needs to defend itself. and ahead of his meeting with president putin, he's called on russia to stop destabilising other countries. jon sopel reports from hamburg. the famous port of hamburg, tonight's disembarkation point for anarchists, anti—capitalists, anti—globalisation protesters and the leaders of the world's 20 richest nations. the protesters' stones and fireworks were met by police teargas water cannon. no such hostili

hong kong independence!since the handover and tacking between two masters is getting harder all the time. the hong kong public want more say in their lives. and so does beijing. tonight is china's show. but this city is profoundly uncertain about what the next 20 years of chinese rule might bring. carrie gracie, bbc news, hong kong. now on bbc news, a brilliant student, mashal khan, was brutally murdered by a mob on a university campus in pakistan earlier this year after he was accused of blasphemy. the killing has caused widespread outrage in pakistan and has even led to calls to change the country's strict blasphemy laws. who was mashal khan and why was he murdered? secunder kermani investigates. there are some upsetting scenes in this film which viewers may find disturbing. a horrific lynching captured on camera on a university campus. the victim is a star student, mashal khan, who describes himself as a humanist. the mob, though, think he's a blasphemer. his attackers are his classmates, and even univers

it an unique hong kong tradition. every july 1st, groups from across the spectrum of political parties and associations and agendas, they come out and they march here in the streets. and you will not see this, george, in any other city in china. because china has one-party rule, the communist party, and no other political parties are allowed. so these kind of scenes, some of these people very critical of the central government. some people lobbying about completely different issues like workers rights, shorter working hours. or members of the fallen religious movement which is banned in china. they all kind of come out on this mosaic on this day which is allowed under hong kong's basic law, a mini constitution that it inherited during the handover from the british rule 20 years ago. that was celebrated as a return to the homeland, by the authorities, by the tonight tral government. many of the people here are worried that the central government is officially tightening its grip around this former british colony. and s

in hong kong and beijing. am rishaad salamat coming to you from bloomberg's asia headquarters in hong kong. this is "bloomberg markets: asia." ♪ haidi: asia pacific markets , the dollar its lowest and was a year. rishaad: president xi turning his attention to the public sector, state owned companies will be held accountable for debt. haidi: frankfurt is the brexit winner, deutsche bank and citibank the latest to confirm their move. rishaad: show us the money, any money. the cashless economy and a market worth trillions. it seems like all the event risk is behind us. forward to some people putting their feet up boj, allay, ecb, coming out with policy statements. conundrum presents a for mario draghi. despite being incredibly dovish after that ecb lack of action yesterday, we have a split on whether the ecb should be changing its quantitative easing language, deferring how and when on the next to towards normalization later this sheer. index, a basket of currencies, back to levels before qe started, in fact, sli

in hong kong.n bloomberg markets, we will speak ceo. it see that interview at 9:40 a.m. in hong kong. yvonne: and tell their a founder and ceo will join us in bloomberg markets middle east at 12:40 p.m. hong kong time. this is bloomberg. ♪ yvonne: let's get a quick check of the latest business headlines at this hour. goober is ensuring investors that recent headlines are not affecting its business. a conference call to say that bookings rose. and a possible settlement without the bet -- with alphabet. losses continue to shrink and they say that it could be resolved before a scheduled court date in october. toyota is setting up a $109 fund to invest in auto related tech startups. toyota ai ventures will work with the carmakers artificial intelligence and robotics r&d unit. joining investment companies that make car mapping out the rhythms and maker of robotic companions. andants to be attacking defensive at the same time. filled one of its executive positions, naming the chief financial officer for

and, hong kong marks 20 years of chinese rule with fireworks. and protest.s is the "cbs weekend news." >> ninan: good evening. i'm reena ninan. this is the western edition of the broadcast. president trump's effort to expose alleged voting fraud in last year's election is running into a brick wall. the president has insisted that three to five million illegal votes were cast for hillary clinton, helping her win the popular vote but not the presidency. and he's appointed a presidential commission to try to prove it. paula reid has details. >> reporter: the president began his holiday weekend with a flight to his golf resort in bedminster, new jersey, and it didn't take long for the tweets to begin. he resumed his attacks on the media and his feud with cable host joe scarborough and mika brezinski. "crazy joe scarborough and dumb as a rock mika are not bad people, but their low-rated show has bad bosses. too bad." the president criticized states failing to turn over voter information, asking, "what are they trying to hide?" >> when you look at the people who a

yvonne: i'm yvonne man in hong kong.ve policies after his party's crushing defeat in the tokyo election over the weekend. let's get to the asia government reporter joining us from tokyo. isabel, what is likely to be on the chopping lock for shinzo abe? isabel: the most controversial policy that he has in the plans ahead is to change the constitution. that is something that divides the electorate. a lot of people are against any kind of change. a lot of people do not want the change he is proposing. there are people that do support what he says. the question is, given the state of his public support, the lack of discipline in his party, whether he is prepared to push ahead with this idea which would take a lot of energy and might portray him as somebody less interested now in the economy than he perhaps should be. what does this mean for his other policies? how do local election results way into a national issue like changing the constitution? isabel: it was a terrible bloodbath of a election, a symptom of how far his pop

hong kong independence!tween two masters is getting harder all the time. the hong kong public want more say in their lives. and so does beijing. tonight is china's show. but this city is profoundly uncertain about what the next 20 years of chinese rule might bring. carrie gracie, bbc news, hong kong. the headlines on bbc news: the government says it will keep a close eye on kensington and chelsea council as it prepares to elect a new leader, following the grenfell tower fire. after days of intense fighting, iraqi forces have taken control of the main base of the so—called islamic state in the city of mosul. the veteran film critic and former bbc presenter, barry norman, has died at the age of eighty three. sport now, and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's james pearce. good evening to you. the british and irish lions have produced one of their great performances to level the series against new zealand and set up a decider in auckland next weekend. the all blacks played much of the match w

carol: and a restless hong kong greets china's president.r: this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ oliver: welcome back. i'm oliver rennick. massar.nd i'm carol you can listen to us on radio on sirius xm, 106.1 fm, a.m. 1330 in boston. oliver: and in asia on the bloomberg radio plus app. u.s. lawmakers have record deal making in the chip industry. >> unprecedented. nothing like this has happened in the 40 or 50 years of the chip industry. getting together at a rapid pace and consolidating into a few concentrated companies that are responsible for the majority of production. >> the cost of production is helping fuel the m&a pace we see in the semiconductor space. when it comes to chinese companies that want to be in that consolidation wave they are being left out. how come? >> there is a geopolitical aspect to this. the semiconductor industry is primarily a u.s. industry. china is the biggest market for chips. 59% i believe of the overall market is actually sold into china. it is really a u.s. industry. the fastest way to get expertise, the fastest way to ge

in hong kong. i am haidi lun.ishaad: i am rishaad salamat coming to you from bloomberg's asia headquarters in hong kong. this is "bloomberg markets: asia." ♪ haidi: asian markets extending the global selloff as central bankers talk of tighter policy and bonds being rounded. rishaad: samsung arming up the new numbers with the samsung galaxy+++ record profit. haidi: opening the bond market to renewed leverage. some say this is not a great idea. rishaad: world leaders preparing for g-20, trade, migration, and north korea topping the agenda in hamburg. let's get to this big corporate story. preliminary earnings out of samsung, not the phone side doing so great, but should business with -- chip business and the flagship smartphone winning over customers following that huge the follicle following the note 7, $12 billion in the three months at the end of june. i want simplified chart to bring up, the function of financial analysis, and that is showing you the main drivers of growth. this is what we see with mobile .nd se

there were fireworks and protest as hong kong marked 20 years of chinese rule. our ben tracy is there. >> reporter: a massive fireworks display lit up the already dazzling skyline of hong kong saturday night. the chinese government has put on a three-day celebration here, trying to project strength and unity. but at a swearing-in ceremony for hong kong's new chief executive, who is backed by beijing, chinese president xi jinping gave a stern washing to pro democracy forces in hong kong. "any attempt to endanger china's sovereignty or challenge the power of the central government," he said, "crosses a red line and is absolutely impermissible." that did not sit well with thousands of protesters who demonstrated saturday. >> they want hong kong people to they say, but, i mean, freedom is a basic human right. we cannot give it up. so we come out and protest our freedom. >> reporter: they want china's government to respect the one-country, two-systems model that has allowed hong kong to maintain a high level of autonomy and freedom since british rule ended here in 19

the pink hong kong dolphin was actually a symbol of the handover of hong kong from british back to chineseur isn't caused by pigmentation. it happens as blood vessels expand and contract as a result of thermo—regulation. it's a system the dolphins use to control their body temperature. the dolphins are meaning good luck in chinese culture and also they go beyond hong kong border to chinese waters, so it's sort of a unity between hong kong and china back in the handover days. so it's sort of a symbol of unification between hong kong and china. they're also a good luck and energetic symbol. unfortunately, you know, their numbers are in decline. so it's not such good luck now. figures from hong kong's fisheries and conservation department show that the number of pink dolphins here have crashed from 188 in 2003 to only 65 in 2015. and although nobody is exactly sure how accurate that figure is, there's no doubt that numbers are falling. well, i've been coming to hong kong for around 20 years now and i'm ashamed to say i had no idea there were dolphins

matt: in 1997, hong kong was almost 20% of china's overall gdp.a lot of room to stand on and negotiate from. now, it is like 3%. china has grown tremendously over the past 20 years. they have a lot more leverage and they are not going to necessarily stand for some of the anti-chinese rhetoric we have been seeing recently. we have seen some crackdowns where booksellers selling anti-communist paraphernalia and works get abducted and disappear and wind up apologizing in the mainland a few weeks later. there are questions about whether hong kong has diminished in terms of his leverage. let's remember it remains under british common law. free speech as an independent judiciary. it has free market capitalist economy which is tricky the kind of fit into the one party policy of china. this has been a relationship that has been fraught for years. three years ago in 2014, massive protests. they want their recollections. they did not get -- they wanted direct elections it did not get them. oliver: by india cannot ticket cash have it. carol: how low-cost sate