activists in hong kong. tom grundy, editor in chief of hong kong, free press, and from badging. and d mock senior research fellow or the center for china and globalization thinktank. thank you for joining us. let me start with nathan. this is quite a quick moment for both bay gene was. see, this is going to be the way for patrick to take over the destiny of hong kong and for the opposition seems to be very much concerned about the future. how do you see the outcome of this election unfolding? so for now, the latest figure that we have is 3 hours before the ruling vote. this is only 26.5 percent of the voting rates. if you compared to the 2016 measure of his coffee lesson, which it was 43.6 and 2900. the local district council election, which was $63.00. the difference is drastic. it really shows that people in the law believe in this election and they view really strong. busy to boy quoted because there are just no untrue represented representative for the candidates are being factored by political beliefs a

as a freelance producer for hong kong public broadcast, her radio television, hong kong or r t h k. she's become a target for her reporting. for the last year, she was arrested from her investigation into white police didn't intervene in a violent mob attack on pro democracy protest. her new 2019 what reco sticks. she looked through publicly available vehicle registration databases to track down the attackers. a practice that the prosecution seized on, alleging that by failing to declare that her search was for journalistic purposes, join knowingly made a false statement. she was find nearly 800 u. s. dollars and cov, oh gosh, how holding up ega obligation lies on what sions hot air supplement on gay eldon's at ease a hike opens up a lot. i my some see her own bowl was always a high gay in these. how was all cold a hard at on both of glass gum and the what's your thought of her hydro? cham were gay call was a man's. yup. it's no longer just beijing that's coming for hong kong media. the city's chief executive carry lamp and will many of called her pro china rubber stamp governments

their hong kong middle pooler feel who and ordinances are. hong kong is being assimilated. the schools curriculum has already been changed. if the government gets its way, the next generation will never know the freedoms. hong kong was promised. well, steven vines is a british journalist and author who has reported from hong kong for more than 30 years to not he joins me from london, welcomed stevens, some pro democracy activists are calling this a selection as opposed to an election had he said, well, i think the reason that doing that is that under china's instructions, the election system has been highly altered. and now the only candidates allowed to participate in the election. others have been fed and pre selected by a committee which is overwhelmingly dominated by trustees of the regime in bay. and indeed, the number of people directly elected in the new legislature will be greatly reduced from the previous system. and even in the previous system, only 50 percent directly elected. so i see why this thing. so you mentioned the key point on the patriots are allowed to

because we are going through such a pivotal transformation for hong kong and hong kong's exchange.l of coordination and -- i don't like the word interference, but are you told from regulators how regulation here in hong kong needs to adapt to the changing rules coming from the securities regulator in china? >> we are never told, i can say this very, very clear -- we are never told how to construct and operate or rules in hong kong. ever. we have a very close relationship with your counterpart. that is all about how we manage the risks to hong kong or the risk to the mainland of what actually has been a massive uptick in cross-border flows, financial flows. that is what that is about. as you would imagine, we have quite intensive discussions around that, but it is not about if hong kong itself should adapt rules to be consistent with what might be happening domestically in the mainland. of course it is relevant because if the mainland changes a rule about what can be listed overseas, for example, that is relevant to what gets list -- listed in hong kong. but that is not the same poi

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another independent voice in hong kong is silenced. the websites stand news says it's closing down after being rated and having assets frozen. police made arrests and confiscated documents. also coming up as former chrome becomes the dominant kogut strain in europe, germany's health minister says the country's covert infection numbers are currently inaccurate. and in sports, the nfl says goodbye to a legend. whole the fame coach and analyst john madden has died at the age of $85.00. ah hello, i'm terry martin. glad you join us. what of hong kong last independent news outlet says it's holding after being rated and having its assets frozen. hong kong police searched the offices of stand news earlier to day arresting 7 and removing evidence . it's the latest blow to chinese territories. shrinking free press. oh, it's becoming a familiar site on the streets of hong kong. after several staff members from the pro democracy media outlet stunned news were arrested. over $200.00 police was seen entering the websites headquarters saying in a sta

as in hong kong. so we really hot dot r d u. s. government can actually like scrutinized or speech on companies and scrutinized a communist party, our direct control committees. and that will be really useful to, in order to discourage, shouldn't king, to didn't offend of, had fuel on the, my doc hon. army of hong kong. could to speak to a sunny chung, joining us there from washington or to rent a rain of flash floods in malaysia have forced 11000 people from their homes, emergency workers rescuing the strand it to take them to shelters. floods are common in malaysia during the annual monsoon season between october and march. a philippine police say at least a 169 people are confirmed dead in the aftermath of super typhoon ry. thousands of soldiers have joined rescue workers to search for survivors in remote areas, as others try to bring in food and water. lia harding reports, the magnitude of the destruction is best seen from up high fallen trees, flattened homes in signs of lives. last stretch, as f

they had the concept of patriotism and love for hong kong. what they want is hong kong to be good. early polling data suggested a lower turnout than previous years. but while costing her balance hong kong leda, kerry lam reiterated that the turn out is not her focus. the government not set any target for both to turn out. not for this election nor for previous elections. because there is a combination of factors that will affect the vote to turnover rate in any election, but it does appear to be a delicate topic. the hong kong government threatened the wall street journal over one of the newspapers critical editorials in the lead up to the election. and at least 10 people were arrested for inciting others to cost a blank, valid exiled lead is of the democracy movement called for everyone to boycott. sunday's election, police responded by issuing warrants for their arrest brit clinic al jazeera hong kong. sonny chung is a hong kong activists living in exile in the u. s. he was a candidate in last year's elections in the territory. he says sunday's pole was widely boycotted. most of

other than that, because hong kong still has an internet. unlike mainland china, a lot of the information people in hong kong is informally through groups through other social media. and then are indeed other online media outlets which have not been closed down either because they operate from overseas. all that too small. ready for the authorities to have targeted at this stage. so there is actually access to more information than there is on the chinese mainland. but that area of freedom of expression is being closed literally by the day. so a little bit of hope you seem to be expressing their so much has happened in hong kong over the last many months. do you see any going back now the main and authorities are exerting or can exert so much influence over the territory? well, i mean, who knows, the fact of the matter is that after any of these actions and that have been very consistent number of actions rolling black the front is of. ready freedom of expression, people say, well surely, surely, they can't find a new top it. surely that's e

many constitution, the basic law, those terms were great when the hong kong, when hong kong was handed back to china from british roll in 1997. come, you talked about the media landscape and hong kong. bert, i'm wondering actually what's left of it now? an interesting question. i mean, let's not forget, it's only 6 months since hong kong last remaining pro democracy paper. the actual daily was forced to close. after a strikingly similar newsroom raid is at assets were also frozen. and it found a jimmy lie as you know, was arrested in that as well. so what was remaining in hong kong was little outlets like stand use online outlets that unknown to be very well respected here in hong kong and known to be, you know, catching corrupt corruption in hong kong to tackle local issues and, and, and have quite a stellar reputation behind hitting journalism. so as the last remaining openly vocal pro, to mac, democratic, i'm out in hong kong. there certainly are a range of concerns and there are now also serious questions over where this will go next and whether what that means for the small are on

, for credit reporting from hong kong. today. thank you. prior to more in our preview review series, as we had into 2022. and while this year 2021, people continue to cross international borders and in minion seeking protections or opportunities away from their homelands and hardships that you and figures showed the number of internally displaced peoples dramatically. on the rise, as is the number of people fleeing the country for asylum, more than a 3rd of hammer under the age of 18 as reporters and john hohmann. one of the most searing images from 2020 bla u. s. border patrol agents chasing down haitians thrown across into texas. why? even those words of video provoked an outcry the usaa beyond. but in some ways, they were typical of another year in which people were on the move dues was shut to them. lock them in my pocket, like kills me about this is that everyone knows what we haitians are going through, even though there's no president crime as high students can't go to school, there's no work the economy is down, pe

it relates to statement cooling, the actions are further blow to press freedom in hong kong, saying it will continue to show the media environment here in what has been a very difficult year for media outlets in hong against press freedoms. britain feel this is starting to get into the territory of shopped, but not surprised. it is shocking any time or when the press is silence. but this is, as you say, a repeat issue in hong kong. ever since the security law came in and has been comma and it, let's not forget, it's already been 6 months since apple daily. the last remaining pro democracy piper in hong kong was forced to shut down after an excuse for a room was arrested after its assets. were frozen, and after a it's found a jimmy lie was sent to prison after that closure of baffled daily sam views was kind of seen as the last bastion of a vocal pro democracy voice is in hong kong. it's extremely well respected here, and hong kong come out, it's known as, as a, an outlet that a very good at hot hitting investigations into a local issues. and so it does is seen as, as a big blow, suppre

of hong kong.t of hong kong. thank you very much for— out of hong kong. thank you very much for making - out of hong kong. thank you very much for making the - out of hong kong. thank you i very much for making the time stay with us on bbc news. still to come: celebrations in spain as thousands win a share of the world's richest lottery draw — el gordo or �*the fat one'. the world of music's been paying tribute to george michael, who's died from suspected heart failure at the age of 53. he sold well over 100 million albums in a career spanning more than three decades. the united states' troops have been trying to overthrow the dictatorship of general manuel noriega. the pentagon said that it's failed in its principle objective to capture noriega and take him to the united states to face drugs charges. the hammer and sickle| was hastily taken away. in its piece. — the russian flag was hoisted over what is now— no longer the soviet union, but the commonwealth of independent states. | day broke slowly

well, i think the study from the university of hong kong or hong kong is instructed in this regard. they found that army kron produces 70 times more virus in the airways . but when you look in the lungs, there isn't a lot of virus. they're suggesting that it's very transmissible without causing a lot of information in the organs. we do know that in south africa, in delta, you get about 20 percent hospitalization, with only crohn to 2 percent. a study in u. k showed no difference. but even if you do think that it's causing fuel hospitalizations, when you have a turbocharged, transmissible virus or even a small percentage of a large amount of people could potentially strain hospitals. what advice would you give people going into christmas week? well i think about the a, b, c, d ease is assess the destination. you're going to high amount of virus or, and assess yourself, your immune compromise on boxing. in all your old and 65, you may worry, be definitely getting a boost served from what we discuss. i see vaccinate via children if they're eligible. d. do diagnostic tests like rapid te

the hong kong, cfo society, that sir again, phoebe calling in hong kong, many tex, let's get a round up of some of the other headlines now. more than a 100 towns and cities in brazil's and north eastern stating of by you have declared a state of emergency due to massive flooding. weeks of heavy rain has killed at least 20 people and injured hundreds more meteorologist say it's the most rain via has received in over 32 years authorities and sheila have declared an emergency in the southern region of santiago as forest fires, red tens of thousands of factors of forest and farmlands have been destroyed. chilly has recorded nearly 50 four's fire so far this year. dozens of them still ongoing. american football great. john madden has died. he was 85 mad and was a hall of fame coach with the nfl oakland raiders before beginning a long distinguished career as a sports broadcaster later his name was best known attached to the hugely popular video game. madden nfl. germany's constitutional court has ordered parliament to immediately issue laws, protecting people with disabilities in pandemic,

also coming up, another other independent voice in hong kong is silenced. website stand news says it is closing down after police raided it and seized assets. and caught on tape, a syrian family hit by a u.s. drone strike while driving their car. a child passenger who barely survived captured the attack on video. ♪ i'm william wilk croft, welcome to the program, including our pbs viewers. the omicron variant is causing skyrocketing rates of covid-19 infections in countries all around the world. french authorities reported more than 200,000 infections in a single day, a new french and european record. italy and portugal have also announced record numbers of new cases. in poland, authorities recorded nearly 800 deaths in a single day, the highest number for that eastern european country. three quarters of the deaths were reportedly unvaccinated people. here in germany, the official rates have dropped, but the health minister is skeptical we are seeing the true numbers. he says they could be two to three times as high. and the director general of the world hea

what they want is hong kong to be good. early polling data suggested a lower turn out than previous years. but while costing her balance hong kong leda, kerry lam reiterated that the turn out is not her focus. the government not set any target for both to turn out right. not for this election nor for previous elections . because there is a combination of factors that will affect the voter turnover rate in any election, but it does appear to be a delicate topic. the hong kong government threatened the wall street journal over one of the newspapers critical editorials in the lead up to the election. and at least 10 people were arrested for inciting others to cost a blank ballot. exiled leaders of the democracy movement called for every one to boy caught sundays election. police responded by issuing warrants for their arrest . now this is the 1st election since paging intensified. it's cracked down here in hong kong last year and introduce that controversial national security law. so we are, if you like, adrian, in uncharted t

that's why people use hong kong. they can no longer talk anything bad about the russian, otherwise they will be prosecuted for inciting people to party lasha. so people like me when we now get excel, we try to tell you the national world about how thick lashing is. and we also encourage hong kong people to bar called this lesson. so we speak for the people who are now in person. and we want to disseminate the message that message that help people to knock about. they just tried to implement this kind of silence opposition and resistance to so that they will not yield. and authorities are indeed trying to prosecute. prosecute you yourself this week. authorities issued arrest warrant for you and other prominent activists overseas for calling for a boycott, which was made a crime earlier this year. how concerned are you about this development? i think this is kind of a rest won't. really like a paper from e. it won't be that much for people like me and other excel activists. we will keep doing what is right and we will

so this is the image of hong kong and they have destroyed hong kong totally, i think. to get your work back. are you hopeful that your work will come back to denmark, and if so, what will you do with it? i will work for that. because there's two law systems in hong kong. the one law system, this is about the security law, this is about what you can say about china — this kind of thing. but there is also a law of private property, and this is my property, this is a trade thing. so i will ask and if they don't give me the sculpture, i will sue them because they have destroyed an artist's private property in hong kong. they have kept it for 25 years and now they destroy it. of course, they must give it to me, even in pieces. so i want to take it back to denmark and put it together and make an exhibition. i have a lot of waiting people around. i have taiwan people, i have the people in the front of the congress in the united states, i have people even in london and 0slo, who wait for this monument, who will have an exhibition and explain the story. so there's a lot of peop

orders, hong kong, largest pro democracy paper. the apple daily was rated and forced to close in june . it's founded jimmy ly was recently sentenced to 13 months in jail. critic, se china's communist party is shutting down all free press in hong kong in order to snuff out the last vestiges of democracy in the former british territory was get more in the situation there from someone who knows it well that steve vines, he's a journalist, and broadcaster, who lived and worked in hong kong for more than 3 decades, and he joined us now from london. thanks for joining us. and let's start with your experience there. what. what role did stand news play in the media landscape? well, stun news played a very important role. chinese language outlet and it was one of the 2 remaining independent news outlets with any form of master elation. and so in that sense, it provided a very big source of information to a lot of the hong kong population, the conventional media, newspapers, and stations, et cetera, have now largely amended control of the go

another independent voice in hong kong is silence. the website stand new says it's closing down after being graded earlier today. police made arrests and confiscated documents and other assets. also coming up cobra cases, hit new records across europe, france reports one of the world's highest one day tallies since the start of the pandemic. this as regions from europe to stray leah face a sudden surge of the army of con, very. and the western us in the grip of winter days of heavy snowfall in record breaking colder, disrupting life. even in normally, balmy southern california. ah, a warm welcome to of yours around the world, a michael. ok. one of hong kong, the last independent news outlets says it's folding after being rated earlier today, hong kong police search the offices of stan, news, arresting, 7 and removing assets and evidence. it's the latest blow to the chinese territories shrinking free press. oh, it's becoming a familiar site on the streets of hong kong. after several staff members from the pro democracy media outlet stu

indeed, this is another major blow to hong kong shown it. and i was take industry following the closure of apple daily. earlier this year that this is actually the 2nd collapse of our, our leading our pro democracy media, our organizations in hong kong. that stan news is very popular in hong kong and has a large reader base of all over a 1000000 readers of followers as subscribers and our lay. most of them are our current vesee supporters and he's also an award winning news organization. so on, this is a, is going to create a huge impact as, according to the hong kong jugglers association. the express deep concerns to us the case. and it expected that he will create a photo or chilly, in fact, and also to intensify the self censorship among journalists. because our report is fully real, more fearful about either we pause or in put it's code the sense as our every one is not sure about whether or it could be accused of seditious or not. so it was very briefly if you could, maybe on what grounds the police justified they're ready than these ar

., ., ., in hong kong? other than not voting, there are lots — in hong kong?lots of _ in hong kong? other than not voting, there are lots of different _ in hong kong? other than not voting, there are lots of different things - there are lots of different things that people are doing. for example, supporting political christmas, to show their support and doing a lot of legal work. show their support and doing a lot of legalwork. building show their support and doing a lot of legal work. building up public networks, trying to book organise reading groups. these are the times people live in. still remain a public life, and i think that is crucialfor public life, and i think that is crucial for today's hong public life, and i think that is crucialfor today's hong kong. nathan law, thank you forjoining us. in other headlines — several european countries have introduced tough new restrictions to tackle covid as the 0micron variant spreads rapidly across the continent. a month long lockdown has come into force in the netherlands and several other countries look set f

in hong kong, and he rides us now. a tom less than a 3rd of voters, went to the poles in this election is refusing to vote. the last remaining avenue of protest in hong kong after dramatic changes to bring the city under beijing scrip. yes, just over a 1000000 voting in a city of a 7000000. those we spoke to who weren't casting that ballot? yes, they told us that pretty much the figures are not around. of course, most of behind balls in south all abroad are banned from this race or politics altogether on top of that in a plan. backfired all transport was free across the city yesterday. and a lot of hong kong, perhaps because as you say, most protests have been banned since onset security law. they went hiking or shopping and shunned the polls. usually we would say, you know, a big carnival of drama and color during these kinds of elections, but we were mostly seeing generally senior voters show up on 10000 police officers as well. and 900 and the corruption officers and beijing saying that, you know, we can still have

now let's head to pulse in hong kong. s on sunday in the first legislative council elections since the passing of a controversial electoral reform law. the new law allows a pro—china panel to vet candidates and allow only those it deems �*patriotic�* to participate. here's danny vincent. jasonis jason is in full campaign mode. he is one of the few candidates running 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 gov

of course we need to support them to represent our spirit, hong kong, as should support hong kong us. go do such a highly joined. the band came out of a t. v. talent competition, episode after episode, dozens of contestants gave their role to advance to the next round. their persistence capture to the hearts of people all ages where they will find guardians, again the boys worked hard for their dreams. and that's the mirror of our young people to day. for my death, many of them, few very disillusioned jada i am being ugly things, a boy band can encourage young people to endeavor again anger. for some, the group holds up a mirror to hong kong is telling them they can still have dreams in february india, past new rules that essentially allow the government to determine what people can and can't post on social media. it was a move, some activists likened to digital authoritarianism. this was evident just a few months later in april as the country buckled under the strain of a 2nd covered wave. as indians for at least for help and information on availability of beds, oxygen and other medi

low voter turnout and hong kong. first patriots only election after beijing sweeping over all of its electrical system. a christmas lockdown in the netherlands, omicron cases are growing across europe and the united states run off presidential election. and she lay voters had to the polls to choose between candidates from either side of the political spectrum. and i'm sorry how much all the sports news coming up? oh dear. yeah. crowned ab cup champions in del how at victor elberton is? yes. we look at how the tournament has helped prepare for the world cup in cotton nikia. ah. protest as in sir donna mocking 3 years since the revolution that ended former president obama alba, she is 30 year rule sudan has recently seen renewed protests since the military policy or the military's power grab in october. let's go lives rogers, heroes, hippa, morgan, who joins us in khartoum. here i understand the tear gas has been that used against some protest as well. yes indeed, adrian, we are right now on the road known as the butte

, joins us by skype from hong kong. good to have you with us. so what does the, the closure of stand news mean for the press seen of hong kong? well, you know, it kind of reminds me of that old freddie mercury in queen song. another one bites the dust that you know when the apple daily was closed as 6 months ago. as your correspondence at veracity, you're thinking ok, what's going to be next? and stan, news knew it had the bull's eye on its back because it, but you know, at that time with decided to do it on the national security lock in the state news deleted all of their old columns, all their old pinion pieces, not from their website but you know, they're only 3 left, 3 what i would call independent news outlets that do some critical reporting. it's bad news was one of those. now you've got a citizen news and which is another online site and hong kong. free press, which is in english. so, you know, it's in a time will tell they know if they're going after these other on so they have absolutely no independent critical

exchanges, listing in hong kong.owed to unpack that it will have broader ramifications on the equity market friday. emily: i want to stick with that news and the broader implications. i am joined by -- christo d plunging at the upload does close. walk-through what this means next. chris: when we sent here right after the listings, we were hearing about how the chinese authorities towed it to go ahead with the listing. they went ahead. now they have to unwind this whole thing and they have to delist from the u.s. and they are considering relisting in hong kong. the timeline we are looking for is ambitious. what is interesting is the entire adr today is down. there will be bigger ramifications in the u.s. markets for all of these chinese technology companies that listed in the u.s. since 2014. emily: what are the bigger ramifications you see coming? crystal: a lot of adrs are down today. there should be more pressure from chinese regulators on other stocks. we have already seen a little bit of homecoming. alibaba liste

and will the ipo be successful in hong kong?: ok, sofia horta e costa in hong kong on these plans to delist. still with us is wei li from blackrock investment. just picking up from this story, how challenging is it for you in the theme of blackrock now to make the argument that you need increased exposure to chinese markets when we seem to see, and are witnessing, a greater decoupling of these two major financial sectors? wei: well, the didi delisting headlines certainly indicative of tension, especially tension in technology between the two superpowers, in a word. and also more growth, longer-term hawkish policy kind of pivot in china on greater social objectives toward greater social objectives. the reason for us to be moderately constructive on the chinese market on the technical basis at this point is really around this thesis that growth is deteriorating into the year end heading into next year. and next year is a significant year for china, not listed in the part of congress, not listed in the olympics. we can't let go thr

so, where does hong kong — from running. so, where does hong kong 90 _ from running. from _ from running. so, where does hong kong go from here, - from running. so, where does. hong kong go from here, given what you'vejust hong kong go from here, given what you've just described? how do citizens interact with their government?— government? well, it's clear that the government - government? well, it's clear that the government might l that the government might mobilise all power. they have all the 90 legislators in the legislature, so people, it's definitely a reality that they must face, which is the government is completely dominant. 0n the other hand, you can see people are actually passively resisting. the government always advertised that after last year, and people would fall in love with the government, basically. but as we can see, even though they cannot protest on the street, their spirit is still there. they are using the rights of boycott to passively resist the government's narrative. this is one thing we can see, the spirit of resistance in hong kong. jus

if obviously you monitor press freedom in the region that includes hong kong. tell us why stand news was important and what is closure means. western news was one of their last remaining independence, middle in hong kong. it's, i should, down i represents, i tend to be close or from residence because this was one of their last chinese language media that hong kong residents could rely on. you know, that 6 months ago, the uncle executive, that he's nothing more than the minion of the bitching regime has assassinated. exactly the same way, was the same modus operandi up on duty, which was a symbol of press freedom in hong kong. and now the s. s united and other media, which also was a symbol of press freedom. so hong kong authorities accuse stand news of, of inciting hatred and undermining national security. what do you make of these allegations? and his accusations are totally ridiculous. stand dues was an independent generalist news website that was founded in 2014 and that was quite popular in hong kong. it covered the chinese politics society. and it's probab

jane, the turnout has been low as brit credit reports now from hong kong giant billboards all over hong kong, urging residents to vote in an election designed strictly for chinese patriots. security was tied to hong kong held it 1st paul, since china's leaders in beijing over whole the electoral system. those changes they said were to ensure only those who love china run hong kong. the new rules drastically limit the number of directly elected seats in hong kong, parliament. 4 and a half 1000000 hong kong residents are eligible to vote for members of the legislative council. but their ballots will only decide 20 seats out of 19. the rest will be hand picked by prob, aging committees. the leadership in beijing says the new rules will clean up what it calls any anti china elements and bring com to the once lively ledger suggest in the formats for his calling. that regulation. if you accept it, you'll have to pay the long pick in on august. the basic thing, if you don't want, then don't play the game with my card, democracy figures out as of right. the probate politicians are working ahead

another independent voice in hong kong is silenced. the website stand news says it's closing down after being rated and having its assets pros and police made arrests and confiscated documents. also coming up as polychrome becomes the dominant corona virus variant in europe, germany's health minister says the country's pandemic infection numbers are currently under reported. and russia, titans restrictions for foreigners staying in the country more than 3 months. they'll have to undergo a series of mandatory medical tests. go to moscow for the life. ah. hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. one of hong kong last independent news outlets says it's folding after being rated and having its assets frozen hong kong police search, the offices of stand news earlier to day arresting 7 and removing evidence. it's the latest blow to the chinese territories shrinking free press. oh, it's becoming a familiar site on the streets of hong kong. after several staff members from the pro democracy media outlet stunned news were arrested. ov

their hong kong, a metal pooler feel who and ordinances are. hong kong is being assimilated. the schools curriculum has already been changed. if the government gets its way, the next generation will never know the freedoms. hong kong was promised to take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world now. and you guys break that minister, david frost has resigned due to disillusionment with prime minister barak johnson's government. it comes after a disastrous wake for the prime minister with a bi election defeat. and rebellion from his own. m. p. 's over the introduction of additional coven restrictions. thousands of people have protested in barcelona or against a court ruling mandating the 25 percent of school lessons be taught. in spanish. demonstrate as say, it will threaten the education system which has helped bring the local catalan language back into public use. after years of repression under the franco dictatorship, 3 construction workers have been killed in italy, after 2 building cranes collapsed on the street. in the city of children, 2 workers

baptist university joyce, nor via skype from hong kong. good. have you with this professor on the program. this does seem another fact that the chinese authorities want to eliminate from these social consciousness of hong kong is the removal of the statue. a surprise? well, that's been expected from some time. clearly the way instruction is coming from pacing and from the face of the central government, hong kong to remove the star to so show that today going to be harder and harder to talk about 10 and then and let alone to commemorate the massacre which took place in 1989 in tenements where the king so now the matter had become a kind of a taboo question in hong kong. so now it's clearly a signal that you won't be taught anymore at school. as you get me is going to be very hard and harder to teach about 10 and then massacre the university level in hong kong. that's what i was going to ask you actually because you are a professor of political science. the subject of gentlemen, is it on the syllabus as such to be taught? is it taught or do

right clinic, al jazeera hong kong. a funny chung is a hong kong activist living in exile in the us. he was a candidate. the last year's elections in the territory. he says sundays. paul was widely boycotted. most of the people your home actually now also want to point be election and then actually personally, not just me and then also many other actors. so we collectively push the people to boycott the election. and yesterday i just we aggress warren's on the government because i didn't accuse me thought incite. can people to poke holt, but actually i do believe the public opinion is there, the momentum there on the crime is all calling for the boycott. election will have the lowest turn, not in hong kong history. so i've been this week demonstrate a fairly clear stick. no 2 pages that hung on people, we will not you. and it's regarding all this political grad down. i mean, we caught interest though. so call lee, because political reform actually has a change in fresco to screening and school denies political candidate

so this light of hong kong won't fade into history. >> ramy inocencio, cbs news, hong kong. >> amazing. that is the cbs weekend news for this sunday. later on cbs, "60 minutes," i'm meg oliver i >>> live from the cbsn bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news . >>> a live look outside with a wet and windy christmas weekend and and we are even seeing a little snow. >>> the weather and pandemic are throwing a wrench in holiday travel plans and why cancellations and delays are expect it to keep piling up. >>> he is sick as a dog and it is extremely fitting. he was basically lifeless. >> it is a devastating virus affecting pets in southern california and experts say it is a matter of time before it hits the bay area. good evening and thank you for joining us. >>> we look at a live look outside from 680 tonight with a cold and rainy night across the bay area and that is not all. >>> we also see some snow in the bay area mountains. this was the same on mount diablo today and some snow also falling in sonoma county and the chp tweeting out this photograph from geysers road earlier today. darren p

you know, the british did this when they were in charge of hong kong. we're just using their same laws. they didn't, even government says it will lead to more than a 100 were hang a refugees who were stranded at sea land in the country at the group of mostly women and children were left to drift off the coast of ha, providence. when attempting to reach malaysia, indonesia, as governments, as the refugees were facing, emergency conditionals. hundreds of a muslim minority who fled to military offensive in mid march have reached indonesia or in recent years. jessica washington is more from jakarta. these people will be towed to shore and they will be allowed to disembark in indonesia. what we have heard from local sources on the ground is that the process of towing the vessel to the coastline could take around 3 to 4 hours. the vessel as it stands is around 80 kilometers from the coast of b, it in our province. and so it could take around 3 to 4 hours and that's without factoring in some of the difficult weather conditions. we understand that right now, th

which keep hong kong status as a global financial center, relatively strong. in spite of all the problems that have been created, the chinese government is quite happy with that. and they think that this would you provide a basis for home to function as a global financial center moving forward that we may change in the international community. but unlike any change in china, all right, steve, song, director of the so us china institute speaking following those controversial elections in hong kong. thank you. you're welcome. and let's go now to some of the other global business stories making headlines. police in india have released dozens who had been detained, falling protests that a fox con plans hundreds had taken to the street. the workers had to be hospitalized last week due to food poisoning. it's the 2nd instance of unrest and apple suppliers factory this year. deutsche bank j, p. morgan and other internationals are switching to a monday through friday work week in the united arab emirates, starting with the new year. that's as the country itself is ali

another independent voice in hong kong is silenced. the website stand, news says it's closing down after being rated and having its assets. frozen. police made arrests and confiscated documents, also coming up. the rarely documented reality of becoming collateral damage. a syrian family hit by a u. s. grown strike while driving in their car child passenger who barely survived capture of the attack on video. and in sports, the nfl says good bye to a legend hall of fame coach and analyst john madden has died at the age of 85. ah hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. one of hong kong last independent news outlet says its folding after being rated and having its assets frozen hong kong police search the officers of stand news earlier to day arresting 7 and removing evidence. it's the latest blow to the chinese territories shrinking free press. ah, it's becoming a familiar sight on the streets of hong kong. after several staff members from the pro democracy media outlet stunned news were arrested. over 200 police was seen enter

this is bloomberg. >> it is 11: play nine in hong kong -- 11:29 in hong kong.rst word is. dd is withdrawing from u.s. stock exchanges and will start work on a hong kong share sale. bloomberg reported that we that chinese regulators had asked did's top executive -- didi's top executive to do this. it aims to file for a hunt -- hong kong listing around march. the u.s. is moving ahead with widespread efforts to remove chinese copies from american stock exchange is for not complying with covert acquirements. they mandate foreign cup open their books to -- china and hong kong are the only two jurisdictions that refuse to allow the inspections despite washington requiring them in 2002. u.s. antitrust officials say this deal would harm competition in the semiconductor market. the ftc says it is cycling the innovation pipeline for the next -- global news, 24 hours a day on air and on quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am vonnie quinn, this is blo omberg. >> let's have a look at asian markets. they are under other