hong kong protesters are in desperate need to escape. among them are 12 hong kongers who are captured by chinese authorities while trying to escape by speed boat to taiwan. as a u.s. citizen, i am privileged enough to be protected by the u.s. government and can always come home, however many of my friends and those who stood on the front line to defend the city's freedom and democracy are not. the united states must not ignore their plight and we should be joining our closest allies to help hong kongers. my organization hong kong watch has been working with different countries for a global lifeboat. the uk announced a policy to provide a pathway for citizenship for passport holders from hong kong. also australia and canada continued to offer help to hong kongers to mainly students and skilled workers allowing them to remain in the country and een eventually to permanent residency. however, people will still fall through the gaps of the policies. they were born after 1997 and they require top prolivecation and a level of funding. these dec

hong kong protesters are in desperate need to escape. among them are 12 hong kongers who are captured by chinese authorities while trying to escape by speed boat to taiwan. as a u.s. citizen, i am privileged enough to be protected by the u.s. government and can always come home, however many of my friends and those who stood on the front line to defend the city's freedom and democracy are not. the united states must not ignore their plight and we should be joining our closest allies to help hong kongers. my organization hong kong watch has been working with different countries for a global lifeboat. the uk announced a policy to provide a pathway for citizenship for passport holders from hong kong. also australia and canada continued to offer help to hong kongers to mainly students and skilled workers allowing them to remain in the country and een eventually to permanent residency. however, people will still fall through the gaps of the policies. they were born after 1997 and they require top prolivecation and a level of funding. these dec

refugee protections in hong kong are not only important for you kong, butople of hong protecting refugees will constrain the worst impulses of the chinese communist party. our country's willingness to help activists and protesters escape persecution makes each act of authoritarian oppression less attractive for them. so i think there is an issue of principle that makes a practical difference here and the need for action is now, not waiting for the next congress, because that is the only time the menendez-rubio bill will go to the president's desk, but right now with a bill that has already passed the test and can go directly to the president for his signature, embodying unanimous approval from both houses of congress. thise conclude by saying issue of protection from refugees -- for refugees is personal. atdad came to this country 17, escaping persecution in germany just before world war ii. lost inhis family was the holocaust. i know what it is like to be a protection,ing through the eyes of my father. we have the opportunity to help the people of hong kong. we should seize this moment,

immediate being targeted by the hong kong government. it would be very helpful if the u.s. could be providing policies that would help these very vulnerable hong kongers, including journalists, organizers and also the protesters who are facing charges related to the protests last year. >> thank you. professor ku, do you agree that increased accountability for targeting journalists would be a useful part of a comprehensive u.s. strategy towards china? >> of course, i do think that. i think that fits with what we've been doing before which is to sanction people, maybe identifying -- because i think it's a key part of the message. i think what i'm concerned about in the long run is that china will intimidate non-english language journalists. i think a targeted support for media, media sources, journalists who can battle china on the information, sort of stage, i think, is a really important part of your policy. >> all right. thank you very much. thank you, all of you. >> senator holly? >> thank you, mr. chairman. thanks to all of the witness

i know it's not enough to tweet out the hashtag stand with hong kong. we welcome it, but it's not enough. we can't let our inability to help everyone put us in a position of failing to help anyone. assisting hong kongers who are seeking refuge is not only the morally right thing to do, but it's also in our national security interest. i believe hong kong is on the front line of a much larger struggle. it's the broader struggle between authoritarianism and democracy. in that struggle i hope none of us will be bashful or shy away from saying clearly that democracy is morally superior to authoritarianism. it's for these reasons that senator menendez and i filed the hong kong safe harbor act. it would do three things, it would designate hong kongers as priority two refugees. which would streamline their admission process. it would help those in hong kong who are in immediate danger to apply for asylum and outlines a set of criteria to be eligible for the status which i think is important for individuals, front line activists, journalists, first aid responders

think that this is not just a simplistic picture although hong kong a lot of hong kong think hong kong was then that they're just on call persons without that sense of nation very strong and of nationhood you mcmullen if you ask me because i hold a book of citizen card as well because i lived there long enough. ask me whether i'm a colpus and the chinese person i consider all sort of a cult person because i swear by or with their but the sense of identity is not at all it's why sense or or or being tiny's or being pure on the inside is nation so i think that this kind of conflict between that i did team and nationhood is not a lot stronger in hong kong where it's a recall they seem to co-exist steve saying analysts have said that macau faces challenges in developing financial services what are some of those challenges and also going forward how much of an impact has covered 19 has had has it had on the country and on the economy. right well in terms of the opposite coast from a culture developed into a financial center i think the question can be asked in terms of cain las vegas become

long live hong kong! long live hong kong! benjamin: he doesn't have any trust in the communist party and the hong kong government. he's saying to regain hong kong, and the younger generation is going to battle with the older generation in fighting for democracy but also authority and citizens, the protestor and the police. [indistinct chatter] [shouting in cantonese] [shouting] airin: i was shocked when i saw the news at home. i was like, "what?" i didn't imagine that hong kong people cou do such violent things on the stet like burning stuff, throwing bricks, attack the police because it's such a big contrast to umbrella protest. it was real peaceful, but that night, it was really vient, and i ink people try other ways, other peaceful ways already, and they reazed that it doesn't work, so ey had to do it. it's kind of the government forced people to be violent. i'm sick of it all. this is too ridiculous. it's like a group of really stupid people who are controlling the city. on the roof, you can see a lot of working robots, w

reporting on hong kong should have a very deep and gauge and the fate of hong kong i hope that people can see that we care. what will happen in 123 or 4 years are they going to shut us down are they going to take away our newspaper registration will we see over censorship in hong kong. after 14 years this is home to me. i think it's yeah it's a city worth fighting for. i'm probably the most pessimistic person in the room but i guess the good thing about hong kong has a very vibrant civil society but never the government does something there is a big response. when the public's more informed about what's happening in the world and they can make more informed decisions about how they want to they run the government. press freedom is you know important to take the end. of the carding freedoms. the british iraqi journalist who's the. july's in complex statistics and a simple art form i think your office has some really exciting opportunities to break apart from those systems of power and to collect data in a way that they so represents different community challenging mainstream misconcept

reporting on hong kong should have a very deep and gauge and the fate of. i hope that people can see that we care. what will happen in 123 or 4 years are they going to shut us down are they going to take away our newspaper registration will we see over censorship in hong kong. after 14 years this is home to me. i think it's yeah it's a city worth fighting for all. those. i'm probably the most pessimistic person in the room but i guess the good thing about hong kong has a very vibrant civil society but never the government does something there is a big response. when the public's more informed about what's happening in the world and they can make more informed decisions about how they want to run the government so. press freedom is you know important to take the end of crime to declining freedoms. the ultranationalist marks connected with. one of the world's worst humanitarian crisis we doe as illegally maigret joining with the military to impose a deadly political agenda they have to foot our nation what has happened to their attention that's one of the big

atry: we are taking a look pmi numbers out of hong kong, and we are now seeing finally hong kong pmi, coming up to 50.1. we have not seen the hong kong pmi go into expansion territory since march of 2018. it's been in contraction since then. we are talking about not only the pandemic, but the protests, the pro-democracy protests in hong kong hurting the economy. finally, it's an expansionary territory, but this coming at a time when we are seeing asian factories booming. singapore though, disappointing. take a look at that, coming down to 46.7 from the previous months. when it comes to those pmi numbers across asia, we have seen the rebound in china helping the numbers across the board, hong kong finally entering expansionary territory. haidi: let's turn to the markets and get back to sophie kamaruddin in hong kong. somee: stocks are mixed, cautious sentiment coming through this thursday. in japan, little change, holding a two-day gain. a domestic sales update for uniqulo. we are seeing stocks under pressure, but the asx 200, being pushed higher by iron or minors, rallying more than

translation: the hong kong government is targeting the young generation.t movement last year, so you can see that the government is using the different fences to persecute the young. hong kong has seen more than 10,000 arrests, following a year—long anti—government protest movement. in recent weeks, pro—democracy lawmakers have resigned en masse. critics say the city is experiencing mainlandisation. they say it is trying to mute all opposition voices, from lawmakers to street protesters. they say it is hong kong's younger generation which is now under attack stopping the territory's chief executive carrie lam says that hong kong has a responsibility to safeguard the country's sovereign sie. translation: article 23 of the basic law said that hong kong should enact laws on its own to prohibit specified acts and activities which endanger national security. after five terms of government, this exercise is still not yet completed. hong kong has become an obvious gaping hole and national security and presented significant risks to the country. joshua continued t

they say it's hong kong's younger generation which is now under attack.ng has a building to safeguard the country's sovereignty. translation: article 23 of the basic law stipulates that hong kong shall enact laws on its own to prohibit specified and activities which endanger national security. after five terms of government this exercise is still not yet completed. hong kong has become an obvious taping hole in national security and presented significant risks to the country. joshua continue to campaign up untilthe country. joshua continue to campaign up until the moment he pleaded guilty for unlawful assembly. because still face further charges while in prison. authorities say activists are not above the law. many young people feel that the nature of how the law itself is used in hong kong is changing. we can't see the future for ourselves if we can't see the future of hong kong. three months, six months, 01’ one year kong. three months, six months, or one year later will i still stay at hong kong or be in china? it is hard for us to predict the future a

this is not a hong kong bill. it is instead a democratic messaging bill, because house democrats made, i think, a cynical decision to try to exploit the crisis in hong kong to advance their long-standing goals on changing our immigration laws. it is not news to anyone who has been watching the political battles of recent years to discover that our democratic colleagues embrace open borders. that when it comes to illegal immigration, their preference is to make all immigration legal. this bill advances that long-time partisan political agenda that the democrats have. when it comes to standing up for communist china for eight years i have led the fight in this senate to stand up to communist china. china is, i believe, the single greatest geopolitical threat faifg the united states -- facing the united states in history. i traveled hong kong throughout asia and met with the hong kong dissidents, these brave young students standing in the streets, dang for freedom, standing up against chinese tyrants. i did a satelli

and hong kong media tycoon and pro-democracy advocate jimmy lie is headed back to jail after his bail was revoked. china's health targeted towards giving its 1st conditional approval for a vaccine against covert 1912 months after the virus was detected developed by the state owned pharmaceutical company sign a farm the vaccine is the 1st to get the green light for general public use in china the vaccine said to be more than 79 percent effective china is aiming to inoculate 50000000 people by mid february or 20 years live for us in ruhani where those 1st cases of covert 90 were detected about a year ago let's talk about the vaccine in a 2nd but just give us a description of how the city is coping one year on from that outbreak. well i'm here in doha in downtown rouhani in this strip called junk how do you expect busy shopping and office area and it really seems to me like normal life has resumed the people shopping for going to work and this is very much is the image that china wants for trade to the rest of the world success in controlling the pandemic here but what we've had recently

to singapore and hong kong. markets: asia" risk,us numbers remain on gold remained steady after the jump on monday. sort oncom health unit debut in hong kong. a climbed above $100 per share, 100 million shares traded since the open. india's fight against the virus, the outlook for growth and the prospect of more stimulus measures. we are joined exclusively by the finance minister. onlinda: we will do a check the markets asia after pressure after the decline we saw in the u.s. overnight. rising infections, new restrictions across the u.s.. the u.s. averaging as many deaths per day from covid-19 as it was in april. the asia pac index down .2%. u.s. futures pointing to a lower open. 10-year yield retreating closer to .9% an iron or maintenance focus expanding its rally on strong chinese demand. the index currently flat. rishaad: let's have a look at the open in bangkok. we have ties stocks getting underway-- thai stocks getting underway after yesterday's public holiday. baht continuing its lurch forward, at a level

two underaged hong kong detainees have been transported back to hong kong from mainland china.illegal border crossing. they are being returned. hong kong police say they are going to be holding a press conference in about 45 minutes to update us on what is going on. the european union and china are set to agree on an historic trade deal litter to open up business opportunities between them. it comes after seven years of intense discussions, but there are lingering concerns about control and she -- and china's human rights record. dan, what is the latest? be kind ofs going to a video press conference tonight with the european commission chief. angela merkel is expected to show up and chinese president xi jinping will all speak this evening. and cement the deal. looks like it is going to go through. the eu is hoping the deal brings better access to the chinese market for its investments. they have said they are must more -- much more open to chinese investments than vice versa. so they are looking for more reciprocity there. they also say that this deal does solve some problems o

of course he is seen as the enemy of the hong kong regime now because he isa the hong kong regime nowen one of the most outspoken generalists that the regime will ta ke generalists that the regime will take every effort to throw him into jailfor take every effort to throw him into jail for sure take every effort to throw him into jailfor sure glad take every effort to throw him into jail for sure glad they're doing the activists and politicians like me and people from all walks of life. i think the aim is to eliminate oppositions power totally from hong kong. make them disappear and that is the ultimate purpose of the regime, what it is doing now. and i mentioned that you are in denmark when joshua wong mentioned that you are in denmark whenjoshua wong received his sentence and subsequently announced or exiled, you assumed you had no choice. yes, i left with no choice, really. as a politician, former legislator, i was facing nine criminal charges that could put me to jail for years criminal charges that could put me to jailfor years and criminal charges that could put me to jail for y

because he isa of the hong kong regime now.g figure of the democratic movement and he is the one that has been most outspoken journalist and the regime will take every effort to throw him into jail, for sure. but what they're doing to activists and politicians like me and also, people from all walks of life, i think the aim is to eliminate all opposition power and from hong kong, make it disappear and that is the ultimate purpose of the regime, what it is doing now. i mentioned that you are in denmark when joshua doing now. i mentioned that you are in denmark whenjoshua wong and the rest received the sentences and you subsequently announced her exile and you felt that he had absolutely no choice. yes, i left with no choice really. as a politician, a legislator, i was facing nine criminal charges that can put me to jailfor criminal charges that can put me to jail for years, criminal charges that can put me to jailfor years, of course, we are not afraid ofjail, hong kong people are not afraid ofjail, we are afraid we are losing h

asylum in the united kingdom called she applied for asylum last week she joins a growing list of hong kong pro-democracy activists fleeing the territory in the wake of beijing's increased crackdown on dissidents did have a correspondent phoebe kong met before she travelled to the u.k. her story. aged 15 junior high school student aurora is packing for a trip of no return. it will be her 1st times hovering alone this frock plushy the icon of last year protest as a gift from her boyfriend will be her only companion on her journey to the u.k. where she is seeking political asylum. once the shelter for political dissidents from mainland china hong kong no longer seems safe even for locals a role is among the city's youngest excels the teenage protestor was arrested in many and has been living in fear ever since i was a horse who sometimes i feel like being tailed i'm terrified of not from the door as police may come after me. all my teammates during protests are charged for serious offenses like rioting and arson. i'm afraid i'll be the next one someday my boyfriends identity makes me feel mor

hong kong is china's hong kong hong kong's affairs are purely internal affairs of china no foreign country has the right to interfere in it if the u.s. insists on going its own way china will continue to take counter measures to safeguard its sovereignty security and development as well as the legitimate rights and interests of chinese person now. now those are words we've heard many times before this is just the latest of forcing tim's actions against beijing most recently there were visa restrictions on chinese funded call cultural programs which washington dean does propaganda programs and prior to that there were more sanctions on chinese officials and even hong kong officials restricting assets restricting travel and even restricting access to the international financial system and that includes hong kong's chief executive who now no longer apparently has no access to the international banking system and that receives her her salary in piles of cash it is said. ok thank you for that update the fallen live from hong kong. still ahead on al-jazeera. and so on not nobody saw anything lik

let me bring you some breaking news out of hong kong hong kong's top court has revoked bail for media tycoon jimmy ally a high profile pro-democracy activist is facing charges under new security laws imposed by beijing he was released on bail last week but prosecutors argued he should be put back into prison adrian brown is joining us live from hong kong edge and just talk us through what's been happening. well in the last few minutes we've had word from inside the court of appeal the highest court here in hong kong that jimmy law is bail has been rescinded that was the determination of the 3 appeal court judges who been meeting together for the last 4 hours we've been in many ways here rob in uncharted territories because this is the 1st time that hong kong's highest court has had to rule on something connected to the national security law that was imposed on hong kong back on july the 1st namely in this case the appeal by the prosecution against jimmy live being granted bail by a lower court well the prosecution have got their way but the judge is of granted the defense an appeal wh

hong kong is china's hong kong hong kong's affairs the internal affairs of china no foreign country has the right to interfere in it if the u.s. insists on going its own way china will continue to take counter measures to safeguard its sovereignty security and development as well as the legitimate rights and interests of chinese personnel difficult pollens joining us now from hong kong let's talk about these arrests 1st of all what more do we know about the. that's right we know that 7 more than 7 at least 7 quite prominent pro-democracy figures have been arrested this morning and they include former lawmakers we understand they were arrested for organizing or taking part in a protest which was banned on july 1st now that protest takes has been taking place every year for the past 17 years and marks the handover of hong kong back to china from a british colony back to china this year that was banned the government says due to the pandemic although incidentally that was also the day when the national security law was imposed on home kong by beijing now this seems to be part of a an unrel

to be a part of reporting live from hong kong if you have any. farmers in india meeting government ministers for a 2nd round of talks as protests intensify against proposed laws on farm produce the farmers said they'll carry on with their protests after negotiations on tuesday ended without an agreement they're worried that the new legislation will put an end to minimum crop prices and they say that it will lead to corporate exploitation elizabeth raman has more now from one of the main gathering points for protests. we are at one of 3 border crossings into the indian capital which are completely closed to traffic now because of these protests causing a lot of traffic disruption and fama say they want to continue to create this disruption until the government either repealed 3 recent founder was all rights guarantees of minimum prices for the projects entity or the farmers unions amazing with the government 2nd round of talks this week taking place on thursday and the government says that it's going to enter these talks with an open heart they wa

on power most of the hong kong us to have also been at least at the state thing but. it's more about this more and get and see i'd say i haven't seen what's been happening for the past week. so given the crackdown that is happening given the lower changes that are happening at can your pro-democracy fight continue. definitely yeah i think domestic resistance has changed its form but it's still going very strong very much so. although another more common in cities are arrested i do believe and i have seen that's a lot of other independent actors as they're working about to push with one solid in the city and aside from that on the international stage a lot of this work is being done by such as the x. them system member nathan more people like them that's the exciting part of. this hope i think but we're in a time of covert now where it's where lots of governments are acting against crowds gathering so what sort of resistance can you put up under these sort of circumstances. thank you so even though the crowd gatherings and now and and it might seem like everything is n

also coming up one of the saddest days yet in hong kong's dissent of democracy 3 prominent activists have been sentenced to prison their crime having the audacity to stand up to china face and never stop me from activism and thinking critically but oh my god why. happen to it if i'd rate assume it right it's essential to restart democracy off our generation and the generation for telling us. and to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to our viewers all around the world welcome we begin the day with the british cry heard round the world today the vaccines are coming the u.k. today gave emergency authorization to the coronavirus vaccine developed by pfizer and by on tech it is the 1st western country ahead of the u.s. or the european union to allow mass an ocular lesions in the fight against a pandemic that has claimed almost one and a half 1000000 lives the fact that the u.k. was 1st to approve use of a vaccine that was developed by u.s. and german researchers will no doubt raise eyebrows and i or it will also increase pressure on regulatory agencies on both sides of the at

those who travel between hong kong and the u.k. has still remained relatively robust throughout the last few months in fact more than 5000 people have landed in hong kong just this month alone and many of them are students there's still quite a lot of trade there's the hong kong and the u.k. have very strong relations the health secretary has said this is the most stringent and most severe measures that taken on air travel this is unprecedented how long it will last is anyone's guess cathay pacific which is hong kong's flagship airline used to have at least $5.00 to $10.00 flights a day that was down to about $1.00 to $2.00 per day in the last few weeks and now they say they're suspending all flights until january 10th now in france government says this measure is necessary mainly due to the fact that a large number of flights or all of the infections that we've seen have been from the u.k. fact more than 22 percent of all imported cases from the start of the pandemic have been from the u.k. laura and hong kong experiencing is also

absolutely hong kong as well as other countries are still going through their 1st and 2nd waves as hong kong's 4th waves we've seen on again off again lockdowns we've seen government put in incredibly stringent measures and then lift them for this week with next wave to come into place and this is said to be the most serious wave mainly due to this winter season and all to do due to the fact that many of the clusters these new clusters cannot be traced so that is a huge problem in such events city like hong kong so restaurants bars any nightlife shuts down at 6 o'clock in the evening here so hair salons any entertainment any leisure activities also are not allowed social distancing is down to 2 people only allowed to gather here or they could be heavily fined everyone has to wear mosques or they will be fined and also this has had a massive impact on hong kong's economy so as we've just heard the government's passed through a budget of around $1000000000.00 for relief for all these businesses that have been affected throughout this year. ok that's the situation all going to be good poli

and hong kong media tycoon jimmy lie back in court as prosecutors try to appeal his release on bail. us president donald trump is blaming state officials for the slow rollout of covert 19 vaccines criticism is mounting over his administration's response to the pandemic so far around 2000000 shots a been administered a far cry from the promise 20000000 by a year and it comes as a new more infectious variant of the virus has now been identified in 2 u.s. states and the gallagher begins our coverage from miami. patiently waiting for the code 19 vaccine many of florida's over 60 five's and health care workers camped overnight for their chance to receive a potentially life saving shot in the arm as the state's positivity rate hits record highs delays conflicting information and crushing websites left facts a nation sites overwhelmed i wanted i want to see the good in people and i want to hope that people are doing their bathroom but at this point i don't know their best this is really going on right now meanwhile in the same state the president continues to go off in his mar-a lago estate

mass protests critics say the law is being used to silence dissidents well let's go straight to hong kong and speak with the top you correspondent a few kong. that's clearly not. bad let's see if we can there she is welcome phoebe what more can you tell us about this verdict. well we haven't got the verdict they ask the court hearing has already started a. lesson in our. way but it's just announced actual justice and as you have admission in the report the just along is now facing 3 charges for the inciting and all the guys in also taking part in and saw. the prudes assembly back in chile in 2019 a shell leases the massive anti-government movement spoke out last year so i just want the senate. to press 2 charges including inciting and all the lies and we authorized assembly of all the prosecutor to often though i thought this to the charge so i just always now facing up to 2 factions and wish i could like bring him dissenting behind i'm the good assembly back in chile in 2019 a shell leases the massive anti-government movement spoke out last year so i just want the senate to reputed to pr

vaccine on time also coming up tonight prison time for demanding democracy just rolled into other hong kong activists will spend time behind bars for their role in anti-government protests. by brinkerhoff it's good to have you with us tonight and historic and a 1st step in the fight to end the coronavirus pandemic the u.k. has become the 1st country in the world to approve a coded 19 vaccine the vaccine was developed jointly by germany's buy on tech and the u.s. pharmaceutical pfizer shipments of the vaccine are expected to reach british distribution centers by the week you. it's a ray of hope after months of punishing lockdowns in the u.k. the country's covert 1000 vaccination program will start next week 8 100000 doses are reportedly standing by with another 20000000 on the way i'm just so so pleased that 2020 has been just awful and 2021 is going to be better and help is on its way to the elderly and health care workers will be at the front of the line the health authorities here say the vaccine is safe this vaccine has only been approved because those strict tests have been done and com

i think it is clear the hong kong situation is worsening. nd people outside hong kong, which simply means anywhere in the world, if hong kong or china's authorities suspect them of breaking the law, having them extradited to mainland china. according to article 38.5 of the so—called national security law. and the two youngest, we are told, not being charged, they are being sent back. how do you react to that? of course the two youngest are the lucky ones who can get back to hong kong right 110w. can get back to hong kong right now. but i think the case is that the ten are not facing a fair trial. and china's legal system is not trustworthy by us. system is not trustworthy by us. and we can see that the idea for the trial of the youth 01’ idea for the trial of the youth or the idea that they are facing fair treatment... or the idea that they are facing fair treatment. .. we are seeing some photos, it seems they may go into a live press conference. there has been so little access to the proceedings here. you think there is much the rest of the

hong kong's high profile pro-democracy activist and media mogul jimmy lie is denied bail as he faces charges of 4. hello i'm adrian for the get this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. thousands of farmers camp on the outskirts of new delhi in protest against the government for its proposed new laws. we could be close to form 50000 american farms a warning from one of the top health officials in the us salt reporting the highest daily covert 19 death toll since the pandemic began. at a different type of exam season half a 1000000 students in south korea tackled the most important day in their academic calendar. police in hong kong have detained media tycoon and pro-democracy advocate jimmy lai the outspoken government critic has been charged with defrauding government owned businesses he remain in custody until a court case in april earlier this year lai was among 10 people arrested on suspicion of violating beijing's national security law and the japanese government says that it has grave concerns about the jailing of 3 hong kong activists joshua wong this child and ivan la

china for crackdown in hong kong. all targets are people on the national people's congress standing committee. shery: brexit talks enter the final rounds with boris johnson going to brussels. is thesays wednesday final cut off. haidi: a truly a coming online. let's get straight to it with sophie. stocks, butian australian bucking the trend but not today. , under pressure including bhb and the aussie dollar retrading from the overnight high that we saw while bonds are gaining ground. nikkei futures in chicago under pressure ahead of a bunch of japanese data including a final read on third quarter data and waiting for the latest virus relief package which is said to be worth $700 billion. of trading asia, we are seeing downside moves for contract after the benchmark s&p fell overnight but the nasdaq did see coutts some gains. choppyut the pound -- a trade for the sterling as brexit talks are ongoing. couldrd charter saying it rise above 135 if a deal is struck. keeping an eye on the oil patch -- extending losses after i

it really clear, the treaty applies to all people, all hong kong is and people, all hong kong is andnal security law, so all people are at risk of being extradited to mainland china according to the article 35 of the national security law. given everything you have outlined, what would you say is the future for democracy in hong kong, if there is any future for democracy in hong kong? is a really tough, difficult war between hong kong is and the dictatorship, but it is and the dictatorship, but it is not just about is and the dictatorship, but it is notjust about hong kong versus china, it is also the us and britain against china. this is the whole free world versus the tyranny that we are facing right now, so we urge the world to prevent bad things from happening, including implementing some programmes and schemes, and to add sanctions against the chinese communist party, or whatever they need to slow down the pressure. sixtus 'baggio' leung, thank you for talking to us. a group of interpreters who worked with the british army in iraq say their lives have become unbearable since the

arrest and possible charges here in hong kong because of course they have squandered hong kong they left hong kong illegally by boat and so their troubles are of course not over the international community has been paid playing a great deal of attention to this case on the eve of the sentencing the european union voiced its concerns saying that it was concerned there would be no jew process and the fact that foreign observers are not being allowed to attend the trial which was held in secret there's been similar concerns expressed by the u.k. government and of course the government in the united states as to why china decided to release 2 of the defendants it could have something to do with the fact that china is due to sign a very important trade deal. with the european union any time and that this was something to possibly put kate critics because because of course the sentences they could have received could have been much higher this case has sparked a lot of concern in hong kong why is that. well i think for its spot concern i think for a number of reasons the age of of some of the

for over eyes a hong kong pro-democracy activist who sought asylum in the u.k. but how open are countries to providing a safe sanctuary to those fleeing beijing's heavy handedness in hong kong. and a filipino family that was on their way out then the pandemic hit now the continent afford to eat what options do they and millions more like them to have. i'm british welcome to d.w. news asia glad you could join us a 15 year old girl is believed to have become the youngest ever hong kong protester to seek asylum in the united kingdom called she applied for asylum last week she joins a growing list of hong kong pro-democracy activists fleeing the territory in the wake of beijing's increased crackdown on dissidents correspondent phoebe kong met before she travelled to the u.k. her story. aged 15 junior high school student aurora is packing for a trip of no return. it will be her 1st times hovering alone this frock plushy the icon of last year protest and a gift from her boyfriend will be her only companion on her journey to the u.k. where she is seeking political asyl

brown reporting live from hong kong just again to repeat hong kong democracy activist joshua bourne has been sentenced to jail for 9 months for his role in unlawful anti-government protests in 2019 fellow activists agnes chao has been sentenced to 7 and a half months in prison china is cracking down on imported frozen meat off the packaging was found to be contaminated by covert 19 in more than 10 cities authorities say the traces of the virus have been discovered on imports from brazil india germany and several other states many of them have dismissed the claims saying that beijing's restrictions amount to trade barriers katrina year reports. lacey hall used to run a thriving imported meat and food business but the pandemic has changed that the chinese government says an increasing amount of furs and food being sent to china carries traces of coronavirus and its placed heavy restrictions on many of the products you cells. are imported the meter undersea food now must pass our staff and customers a worry about the 50 dart of a chinese authorities say traces of the virus have been fo

she joined with hong kong is china's hong kong hong kong's affairs are purely internal affairs of china no foreign country has the right to interfere in it if the u.s. insists on going its own way china will continue to take countermeasures to safeguard its sovereignty security in development as well as the legitimate rights and interests of chinese person now. u.s. media is reporting that president elect joe biden is said to choose a retired army general to become his defense secretary if lloyd austin is confirmed by the senate she will be the 1st black american to head the pentagon it was commander in iraq leaving u.s. and coalition troops on the president barack obama but he disagreed with obama's decision to withdraw from iraq biden has promised to choose the most diverse cabinet in u.s. history. a one day nationwide shutdown is underway in india as farmers ramp up protests against new agriculture laws transport workers and teachers are among the other unions supporting the strike tens of thousands of farmers have been camped outside india's capital for more than a week they say the

part of a group of 12 who were caught trying to flee to taiwan from hong kong on a speedboat in august let's go live to hong kong which is there as adrian brown is there for us adrian in the last hour police have held a press conference where they say. well as you can imagine there's little sympathy from hong kong police about this group of activists who they simply regard is as fugitives people who are wanted of a hong kong for serious issues offenses they say were committed during the protests last year the police held a news conference as you say within minutes of those 2 juveniles arriving back in hong kong and they wanted to remind the public that the 10 still facing a rest for serious charges connected with the protests last year including arson including a legal assembly including attacking police so they wanted to you know remind people that these aren't you know in their eyes innocent people these were people who absconded illegally to taiwan and must now pay the price here in hong kong i think from you know china's perspective though wager in the government will see th

now behind bars to be a part of reporting live from hong kong many thanks to you. indian thomas amazing government ministers for a 2nd round of talks as protests against new agricultural bourse intensify pharmacy to continue demonstrating how to negotiations on tuesday ended without an agreement follows a worry that the legislation will put an end to minimum crop prices and they say that will lead to corporate exploitation so they system for mountains there is elizabeth peron i'm who's in to create what is the latest incident. hello adrian we are to create border crossing between the states of pollyanna and delhi with thousands of farmers remain capped out blocking about 5 kilometers of a national highway coming into the capital delhi and more and more farmers are on their way to the borders a group of farmers from the state of rajnath on bush doesn't order delhi have now arrived at one of the protest sites and they're saying that many more farms from roger stone are on their way we are at one of 3 border crossings into the indian capital which are completely close

mentioned in the report that one in 3 hong kong has have p.t.s.d. is that what you sense too in the territory. you know what my understanding is that these numbers are self recorded so of course it could either be all over reported but you know either way plus or minus a percentage point that still means hundreds of thousands potentially millions of people what the league with some kind of p.t.s.d. and i think that does a light with observations that we see on social media just from regular social interactions with friends colleagues families acquaintances and conversations that you may hear on public transportation streets that people all of the illegal with. that enticed spectrum of. depression and side see and the whole gamut of emotions that comes with having to deal with a society that is in turmoil where the present day reality can be very very different from one day to the next. and they imagine we're talking about a lot of the protesters and the journalists who covered them i mean you guys were out there week after week sometimes every few d

hong kong time.emily: i'm emily chang in san francisco and this is "bloomberg technology." coming up, the fda, a second covid vaccine officially saying that the moderna shot is safe and effective. this comes as the u.s. surges past 200,000 cases per day. online retailer wish prepares to