the chief executive, kerry lamb outlines her policy plan for the coming year. this team will make us proud to be american. president elect joe biden. unveils his new team and pledges to restore the united states.

the next 30 minutes, pledging to pull hong kong's political system from cale's chief executive, kerry lamb lays out her priorities for the year ahead. also concerns over possible war crimes. in ethiopia's, northern tier gray, a government deadline for regional forces to surrender is drawing close and their lines predict losses from the global pandemic will be far worse than expected. calling the crisis devastating and unrelenting welcome to the program, joe biden. is forging ahead with preparations to take over as u.s. president as his margin of victory keeps growing. pennsylvania and the voter have now become the latest states to certify the president elect as the winner and biden has formally unveiled some of his top team. pretenses reports. president elect biden was unequivocal as he presented his national security appointments and nominees. it's a team that reflects the fact that america is back ready to lead the world, not retreat from it. once again, sit at the head of the table, ready to confront our adversaries, and not reject our allies ready to stand up for our values. much was m

the chief executive, kerry lamb outlines her policy plan for the coming year. this team will make us proud to be american. president elect joe biden. unveils his new team and pledges to restore the united states' position as a world leader. and the perils of protesting in cuba activists go on a hunger strike in protest against an increase in government detentions well over one after nearly 3 weeks of fighting the deadline, imposed by the ethiopian government for to ground forces to surrender is going to expire later on. wednesday the federal armies and circle to go its capital mackellar and it's threatening the use of artillery on the city of 500000. people to train leaders deny the claims that they have actually begun surrendering well here appears that prime minister abu ahmed is asking the international community not to interfere in this conflict. he says, while he appreciate it's the interest to assist involvement in the conflict must be done in accordance with international law. and that means countries should stand by until the government submit a request

hong kong chief executive kerry lamb says her version priority is to restore the territories political system from chaos. she's delivering her annual policy address to the legislative assembly. a speech perspire own from last month, so she could consult with beijing. italy has reported its highest daily death toll from corona virus. since march 853 faked allergies were confirmed on tuesday. the country has seen the highest number of covert 19 deaths in europe in recent days. france's president, meanwhile, mark owen says the worst of the 2nd krone virus wave is over, the country will start easing its lockdown form this weekend. shops and theaters of the most will gradually reopen, but restaurants cafes and bars have been ordered to remain closed. from the airline industry's global body says the sector is on calls to lose $157000000000.00 by the end of next year. the international air transport association had predicted a $100000000000.00 loss. passenger numbers are plummeted by more than half due to the global pandemic. those were the headlines about more news and half live here on al-j

kerry lamb expelled 4 members from the legislature, triggering a wider exodus. plus, india is already making millions of covert vaccine doses. but even with promising drugs in the pipeline, who will get the job quickly and who will have to wait. i'm melissa chan. welcome to news asia. thank you for joining us. hong kong's legislature now has effectively no opposition. pro-democracy lawmakers have announced they will all resign. it's to protest against beijing's new bill passed today. wednesday, the law would allow the hong kong government to expel legislators without due process. and as soon as that law went into effect, the executive expelled for lawmakers. the opposition called the act quote, ruthless and said it quote, sounded the death knell of the city's democracy fight. joining us is holmes chan. a political journalist in hong kong holmes. i'm a little curious this decision from beijing did that come as a surprise? now the decision actually came as a result of china's top law making body national people's congress standing committee. and the reason why i c

welcome, phoebe, what was kerry lamb's justification for dismissing the original 4 lawmakers? well, one of the most controversial parts are there, this qualification is that beijing has taken and chosen an extraordinary path to achieve its 8. so if by making a decision and resolution in beijing itself, late levon the matter be resolved in a local level in hong kong. and there has been actually there is existing the can. is them in hong kong to unseat a lawmaker? but now the resolution as simply and power as the whole whole noko and ministration to unseat anyone. they see this and they enjoy national security. so that's why some of the legal experts and also politicians are physicians that are there saying that this is arbitrary rules. and that's why we hope stands course, that it could be anyone in the future to b. and c. to either governments and carry them, deny such accusations. and saying that this is totally constitutional and legal because the nation's health legislature has the power to interpret and to our clarified the law. and given him her despite the fact that she

kerry lamb expelled 4 members from the legislature, triggering a wider exodus. plus, india is already making millions of covert vaccine doses. but even with promising drugs in the pipeline who will get the job quickly.

what are we calling for is not only a official demand for official response from kerry lamb. what we're asking for is about the concrete actions by to hong kong government. we're asking them to respond to our demands by taking actual actions. by june, this year, beijing's patience would run out. it published the draft of a new law that opened the way for its feared security agencies to operate at will in hong kong, regina, a member of the city government and chair of the new beijing people's party tried to play it all down. i don't think they're talking about direct and forstmann of law enforcement of laws will continue to be the responsibility of our policeman. that's not what it says. it is against the basic on. no, no, no, that's what what you described. they did not say what it is, quote, they only said that some national security agency may be set up on the need basis, as in mcconnell, because our national security council, you have known what was right and i'm an ashram, are selling homes. that means doesn't mean the bay. we must all be creative only when it's actually

think we have to really fasten our seat belt because it seems beijing and the administration of kerry lamb just they don't just give a damn about public opinion here or internationally. and they're hell bent on cracking down on dissent. now, depend, democrats have left the legislative council because we have a pandemic and social distancing loose people cannot turn out to march in huge numbers. so there is a lot of pent up feeling of anger and frustration and concern. and i think i think things things are going to get worse. so. 6 we're ready and don't think that we have checking that. i'll know we're ready and we will continue with the struggle. but things could turn nasty. stephen, how much does all this damage or damage further? hong kong's reputation in the world as, as an open city, as a, as a bastion of for freedom of speech and the rule of law. well, this is part of the process. i mean, we've had the national security law. excuse me, we've had teachers, we've bookstand cetera, et cetera. and hong kong lives and dies by its reputation as place where there is rule of law where there i

chief executives decision came minutes after the chinese parliament passed a resolution allowing kerry lamb to expel legislators without having to go through the course. beijing is in recent months, has moved to clamp down on opposition. voices with the opposition of a national security law. after months of anti-government protest last year rocked the city. and joining me now from taiwan is c.w. correspondent, phebe conk. she has been following these developments very closely for us. phebe, this is very significant. walk us through why that is was just this morning. beijing has told legislature has passed a resolution on labeling. i was a new set of rules on the qualification of hong kong's law makers. we all know that the hong kong pohlmann is partially democratically elected by the citizens. but it's lashley is to contro by the pros, abolition camp. now beijing is tightening its grip, saying that anyone who promotes and supports hong kong independence and national security should not be allowed to stay in parliament and run for public office. but what makes it more, even more controversia

what are we calling for is not only a official demand for official response from kerry lamb. what we are asking for is about the concrete actions by to hong kong government. we're asking them to respond to our demands by taking actual actions. by june, this year, beijing's patience would run out. it published the draft of a new law that opened the way for its feared security agencies. so operated will in hong kong, regina, a member of the city government and chair of the new beijing people's party tried to play it all down. i don't think they're talking about direct and forstmann of law enforcement of laws will continue to be the responsibility of our policeman. that's not what it says. it is against the basic on. no, no, no, that's what what you described. they did not say what it is, what they only said that some national security agency may be set up on the need basis, as in a couple hours. our national security council, you have known what is that? and i'm an ashkenazi doing a hunch, that means doesn't mean the baby you know. so he created really well it's actually we don

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the next 30 minutes, pledging to pull hong kong's political system from cale's chief executive, kerry lamb lays out her priorities for the year ahead. also concerns over possible war crimes in ethiopia's, northern tier gray, a government deadline.

kerry lamb's real thrust today though, has been to talk about what is going on across the border, her message to the disaffected youth here in hong kong. and there are many of them . is essential go north because that's where the opportunities and the real jobs are. so in a sense, she's telling the youth of hong kong to go across the border and find work there. right, was saying, and protesters gathering in thailand's capital right now, the latest a show of defiance against the monarchy. for months, demonstrators been calling for government reform. let's check in with scott hydros reporting from there. i go, and i only say this to you, scott, but it's the fact that these protests keep going on week after week, which is really quite catching with this. this particular round of protests by yeah, and what's interesting about this particular round come all is we're in front of the gleaming towers of the headquarters of the cme commercial bank. and the reason we're here is interesting because i'm really here in the week the protesters planned to be in front of the crown property bureau in

that mean then for the credit, credibility of hong kong's government dentist sat chief executive, kerry lamb. i imagine we're going to see n.g.o.s foreign governments are the best democrats basically begin to call this a rubber stamp now, and it's going to be no issue in the government. getting its legislation through chief executive. kerry langley denied this is going to be a rubber stamp saying, but she respects the list of process the press just in the last hour, saying that she requested this legal guy, constitutional guidance from beijing. because hong kong cannot until it's alone. and she labored and spent a lot of time talking about how this decision was based on law based on the legacy of orleans ordinance based on the national security wall. and certainly that latter legislation is overshadowing all of the next. and it seems to be being used very broadly to crack down on all kinds of dissent in recent months, such as how broad ranging it is. so not so much a slow rolling problem of the opposition here. now as things are happening very quickly. thank you tom for talking to us about t

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so what happened was kerry lamb, who's the head of the government there in hong kong, essentially moved into strike 4 members of that pro-democracy group from being able to run for seats again. they've already previously previously been blocked. so he moved to block them again. and when that happened, these other 15 lawmakers decided to stand in solidarity with the 4 who were blocked and resigned their seats. and when we look at politics, it's all about political power in this mess. exodus of these low makers actually leave the 70 seat legislator entirely to beijing friendly lawmakers if you will, without any meaningful opposition voice. does this move actually become almost counterintuitive to pro-democracy beliefs? as some would say they're taking their ball and going home because they were unable to because of this move. well, i think whether the way they see it is, is it's not so much taking the ball and going home as it is someone else took the ball away and said, keep playing the game right. we'll make up the rules as we go. and so i think the reason these lawmakers stepped down w

kerry lamb's real thrust today though, has been to talk about what is going on across the border, her message to the disaffected youth here in hong kong. and there are many of them . is essential go north because that's where the opportunities and the real jobs are. so in a sense, she's telling the youth of hong kong to go across the border and find work there. america is back, at least it will be, and that's the message from president elect, joe biden, as he moves ahead with preparations to take charge in the oval office. he has unveiled some of his senior cabinet cabinet, picks, men and women who he says will restore america's leadership in the world. she had her townsend reports from delaware. president elect biden was unequivocal as he presented his national security appointments and nominees. it's a team that reflects the fact that america is back ready to lead the world, not retreat from it. once again, sit at the head of the table, ready to confront our adversaries, and not reject our allies ready to stand up for our values. much was made of the backgrounds of the nominees as e

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setback in hong kong for pro democrats as being a gene by its proxy chief executive of the territory kerry lamb expelled 4 members from the legislature, triggering a wider exodus. plus, india is already making millions of covert vaccine doses. but even with promising drugs in the pipeline, who will get the job quickly and who will have to wait. i'm melissa chan. welcome to news asia. thank you for joining us. hong kong's legislature now has effectively no opposition. pro-democracy lawmakers have announced they will all resign. it's to protest against beijing's new bill passed today. wednesday, the law would allow the hong kong government to expel legislators without due process. and as soon as that law went into effect, the executive expelled for lawmakers. the opposition called the act quote, ruthless and said it quote, sounded the death knell of the city's democracy fight. joining us is holmes chan. a political journalist in hong kong holmes. i'm a little curious this decision from beijing did that come as a surprise? now the decision actually came as a result of china's top law making body n

kerry lamb praised a strict new national security law as quote, remarkably effective in restoring stability after massive protests last year. she vowed to restore order to the city's legislature, which recently saw the mass resignation of opposition lawmakers. pro-democracy demonstrators are rallying in the thai capital, bangkok, cock in defiance of a government crackdown on the opposition. the protests outside a bank in which the thai king is a major shareholder comes to spite the revival of harsh a law. against criticizing the monarchy, several activists face charges sentences up to 15 years in prison. and he and rights organization says that a local youth group aided a police, aided by police and militia killed at least $600.00 people in a rampage in the teeth drive region. earlier this month, the ethiopian human rights commission said that the members of a group called summary carried out the massacre in the town of the us media is reporting president donald trump plans to pardon his former national security adviser michael flan. he twice pleaded guilty. flynn, that is to a, lying to th

hong kong's chief executive kerry lamb has defended beijing's national security law in a speech outlining plans for the coming year. urgent priority is to restore order in the territories political system from quote chaos. it's early as reported its highest daily death toll from the corona virus. since march $853.00 fatalities were confirmed on tuesday, the health ministry also registered more than $23000.00 new infections. france's year to start easing its lock down from this weekend president of money. a work role says the worst of the 2nd wave is now of up, but germany is set to extend its partial shutdown. chancellor angela merkel is expected to speak later on what to say about longer and tougher restrictions. yes. those the headlines. let's get you back to al-jazeera world and he's 56 children job to reach the top 6 mazie added held regular tuesday afternoon literary salons in cairo, in the 1920,, s. and thirty's. the men attending, adored her. like is marrying somebody, an egyptian poet who was also a lawyer and senior official in their traditional system. he said to have thought of

what are we calling for is not only a official demand for official response from kerry lamb. what we are asking for is about a concrete actions by to hong kong government. we're asking them to respond to our demands by taking actual actions. by june, this year, beijing's patience would run out. it published the draft of a new law that opened the way for its feared security agencies. so operated will in hong kong, regina, a member of the city government and chair of the new beijing people's party, tried to play it all down. i don't think that talking about direct and forstmann of law enforcement of laws will continue to be the responsibility of our policeman. that's not what it says. it is against the basic on. no, no, no, that's what what you described. they did not say what you describe. they only said that some national security agency may be set up on the need basis as an mocambo macao, as our national security council, you have known what is that 1000000 and marshalling homes. that means doesn't mean the bay. we must all be creative only when it's actually we know enough

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what are we calling for is not only a official demand for official response from kerry lamb. what we are asking for is about a concrete action by to hong kong government. we're asking them to respond to our demands by taking actual actions. by june, this year, beijing's patients run out it publish the draft of a new law that open the way for its feared security agencies. so operated will in hong kong, regina, a member of the city government and chair of the new beijing people's party tried to play it all down. i don't think they're talking about direct and forstmann of law enforcement of laws will continue to be the responsibility of our policeman. that's not what it says. it is against the basic on. no, no, no, that's what what you described. they did not say watch it this quote. they only said that some national security agency made me set up on the need basis as an mocambo because our national security council, you have known what was that moment, that i'm not seeing a hands out means doesn't mean the bay. we may not be creative only when it's actually we know an awful lot

kerry lamb's real thrust today though, has been to talk about what is going on across the border, her message to the disaffected youth here in hong kong. and there are many of them . is essential go north because that's where the opportunities and the real jobs are. so in a sense, she's telling the youth of hong kong to go across the border and find work there. this is the news hour from out here still to come on the program urging the u.s. to condemn american foreign policy. iran's president sends a message to joe by seeking asylum in israel. find out why sales of sudanese refugees may now be at risk of deportation and in sport with joe, the n.b.a. basketball star who sent to sign a deal worth $163000000.00. it's only has reported its highest daily death toll from the corona virus. since march $853.00 deaths will confirm tuesday, the health ministry also registered more than $23000.00, new infections or francis you to start easing its lockdown from this weekend. president of money says that the worst of the 2nd wave is now over, shops will gradually reopen, but restaurants cafes and

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a jim brown reports kerry lamb insists this was her policy address and not one dictated by the leadership in beijing, as she both defended and justified china's tightening grip here. in the past year or so, hong kong's experience the most severe political challenges since its return to the motherland. one of her urgent priorities is to restore hong kong's constitutional order and political system from chaos. the large scale and often violent protests ended after the imposition of a national security. lauren july that had restored stability, lam said, but warned more measures were needed, including a wide ranging program to educate hong kong's youth on the rule of law. students were often at the front lines of the demonstrations. hong kong has become an obvious, gaping hole in national security and presented significant risks to the country. lam's policy address last year was disrupted by opposition legislators. but there were no protests this year. after pro-democracy, politicians resigned as a group after 4 of their colleagues were disqualified before this policy address carried arms app

decision came minutes after the chinese parliament passed a resolution allowing kerry and lamb to expel legislators without having to go through the courts. beijing has recently moved to clamp down on opposition, voices in hong kong by imposing a national security law. after months of anti-government, protests rocked the city. last year, china's foreign ministry spokesperson defended the decision to not tell me where you went. you think you can do this year to feel it is a necessary measure in order to maintain the rule of law in hong kong and the constitutional order of the special autonomous region thought you were killed. where you are. the fight is rational, reasonable, and in line with the constitution and laws. and we are joined now by denis chua one of the 4 pro-democracy m.p.'s that the hong kong government has expelled from parliament for allegedly violating their oath of office. welcome to the program and thank you so much for joining us. i'd like to just begin by asking you about hong kong's chief executive, which says that you were disqualified for quote, in danger in that s

welcome, phoebe, what was kerry lamb's justification for dismissing the original 4 lawmakers? well, one of the most controversial parts of that is called him.

chief executives decision came minutes after the chinese parliament passed a resolution allowing kerry lamb to expel legislators without having to go through the courts. beijing has recently moved to clamp down on opposition, voices in hong kong by imposing a national security law. after months of anti-government protests rocking the city last year, here is the convener of the 15 remaining opposition. lawmakers, what that convener had to say about their group decision to stand by their disqualified colleagues. want to go that they got all i think the decision made by the national people's congress today is extremely ridiculous. it shows that the central government has completely given up the basic law and given up one country 2 systems. and let's get reaction to this. we are joined by correspondent phil because who is joining us from the region. phebe walk us through the significance of this move well, beijing has passed. a resolution is tough legislation or has laid out of a new set of rules on the qualification of hong kong's makers. so baseball's based on the new this is anyone who dange