if you like vying of course for tourism is job he says these comments are the personal views of kim darrick that he hunt doesn't agree with but making the point that it is vital that diplomats feel that they are able to express their frank and honest views here's what he had to say. of course we've made it clear that i don't share the ambassador's assessment of either the us administration or relations with the us administration but i do defend his right to make that frank assessment and it's very important that our diplomats all over the world continue to be able to do so just to be clear journal the same ambassador leaked this information himself and if he did what's the potential sanction that he's facing. i haven't heard that accusation myself i'm not sure anybody is pointing the finger directly at kim dara kim darrick will write memos in washington and send them off to london and at some point in london these memos have been seen by probably quite a number of people there 2 years old now the prime minister has launched an inquiry it's obviously being seen as a very serious breach of th

ground we speak to donald trump's former white house communications director who also defended to kim darrick on the same sort of line so what is actually going on here is perhaps a little mysterious i should also add. this is because of a leaked encrypted diplomatic telegram that came to a british newspaper which allowed the public to see that britain's man in washington had a low opinion of donald trump it obvious also he said the sikkim derek was indeed the national security advisor of this country just as cable gate when we. revealed to the world the largest of diplomatic cables in history from washington very timely interview that you have with donald trump for a communications director as you say what was what was said there of notes. well there it was in the scaramucci completely defending gold trumpet at the same time defending sic him derek saying he would come to the foreign office and sort it out in 11 days who did the leak and everything should be smoothed over a smooth over basically the left of it came as written has said the. said basically the current situation this means that

in the united states kim darrick the 1st batch of these leaks basically led to his resignation donald trump said that he couldn't work with this man anymore is basically cold shoulder in him and that made his position untenable it also sent shock waves through the british diplomatic service how can that is do their job if they cannot feel that their correspondence with their foreign office is back in their domestic countries are prone to leaks it's makes their job very very difficult it also put a big dent in the u.k. u.s. relationship and it's had an impact on the race to be the next british prime minister with both jeremy hunt and his competitor boris johnson taking different tax on where they were backing. so yeah the latest version of the latest part of this release is that. donald trump it's just scotched the iran deal out of a personal animus against barack obama that is what kim darrick wrote back to london after boris johnson who was then the foreign minister had gone out to washington d.c. to try to persuade or trying to stick with the iran deal that didn't work and in the af

trumpet ministration as clumsy and inept zeros lawrence lee reports there is no precedent for this kim darrick all of the u.k.'s most senior diplomats in the most important world capital forced from office after a concerted attack on his credibility by actors in london and at the white house prime minister in parliaments both the prime minister and leader of the opposition expressed what you can only call thinly disguised outrage at what they see as in the assault on the integrity of the u.k.'s diplomatic service good government depends on public servants being able to give full and frank advice i want all of our public servants to have the confidence to be able to do that. the parliament's foreign affairs committee met to try to make sense of its asking the head of the country's diplomatic service if he'd ever known anything like it not in his career he said nor in anyone else's in the last 150 years the last time i know that we had difficulty with the united states was 856. when the incumbent was accused of recruiting americans to fight on the british side in the crimean war president frankl

s ambassador to the us so kim darrick well so kim has a 42 year career in diplomacy but some of these e-mails ended up in the mail on sunday the british newspaper and in those memos he gave a candid and damning assessment of the trumpet ministration. we don't really believe this administration is going to become substantially more normal less dysfunctional less and predictable less faction ribbon less diplomatically clumsy and inept also came also called into question donald trump's publicly stated reason for calling often asked right on terror on or following the downing of a u.s. drone by iran trump said that he was 10 minutes away from making that command but called it off because there would be 150 casualties but secant says it was actually a question of policy and trying harking back to his campaign promise i'm not allowing more u.s. troops to go into foreign wars it's more likely that he was never fully onboard and that he was worried about how this apparent reversal of his 2016 campaign promises would look come 2020 at the next presidential election well in response to these em

ambassador to washington kim darrick that continues with another publication in today's mail on sunday newspaper. yeah and i have that newspaper here it is as you say a new tranche of these e-mail leaks and space it really what it's saying is that donald trump according to the former british ambassador to the united states kills the iran deal out of personal spites basically towards obama and kim darrick the former ambassador described this as an act of diplomatic vandalism on the part of donald trump so this story is absolutely steamroller ring on it is already claims their head of 2nd eric after the 1st batch of these cables were released donald trump said essentially that he would not work with secondary anymore and that meant that he had to resign you couldn't really go on as an ambassador to the united states if the hitler here the president of the u.s. is cold shoulder in him so. these new cables are certainly going to add fuel to the fire this rift between the u.s. and the u.k. and also we're hearing another newspaper the sunday times that the actual identity of the leaker is kn

diplomatic cables coming from the former ambassador of the united kingdom to the united states or kim darrick and this one reads trump acts the iran deal to spite a bomber now what's kim derek wrote back to london is that he thought that donald trump hated the iran deal mainly because he hated barack obama and that's why he walked away from it and so can barack described it as an act of diplomatic vandalism now these leaked diplomatic cables that have been hugely impactful to the united kingdom they sent shock waves through the diplomatic service which has felt badly treated like it's been thrown under the bus by the politicians for political ends it's also put a big dent in the transatlantic relationship between the united kingdom and the united states with donald trump effectively making the position of. untenable by saying that he was going to effect of the cold shoulder him block him from business at the white house as to whether this will have the same kind of impact as the 1st round of leaks cables will have to wait and see but certainly it means that this issue is not going away and of

diplomatic cables coming from the former ambassador of the united kingdom to the united states or kim darrick and this one reads trump acts the iran deal to spite a bomber now what's kim derek wrote back to london is that he thought that donald trump hated the iran deal mainly because he hated barack obama and that's why he walked away from it and so can barack described it as an act of diplomatic vandalism now these leaked diplomatic cables that have been hugely impactful to the united kingdom they sent shock waves through the diplomatic service which has felt badly treated like it's been thrown under the bus by the politicians for political ends it's also put a big dent in the transatlantic relationship between the united kingdom and the united states with donald trump effectively making the position of. untenable by saying that he was going to fact of the cold shoulder him block him from business at the white house as to whether this will have the same kind of impact as the 1st round of leaks cables will have to wait and see but certainly it means that this issue is not going away and of c

have it here is the yes as you say the latest batch of the diplomatic leaks and they come from kim darrick who was until quite recently the u.k.'s ambassador to the united states and these leaks are essentially cables that he wrote back to his governments in london saying what he thought of donald trump and it's not particularly pleasant what he thought of donald trump the latest round of these leaks says that he thinks kim darrick that trump got rid of the iran deal walked away from the iran deal because he thought that it was a bomber's deal and he doesn't like obama so basically it's out of spite he thought that trump walked away from it and kim darragh calls this an act of diplomatic vandalism now the leaking of these cables has been at. the seriously impactful event i think in british diplomacy in british politics over the last week and a half or so it has shaken the british diplomatic service because they now don't trust that what they say in confidentiality will stay that way if an ambassador can't write home to his government saying that what he really thinks of what's going on in

there is no precedent for this kim darrick all of the u.k.'s most senior diplomats in the most important world capital forced from office after a concerted attack on his credibility by actors in london and at the white house prime minister in parliament both the prime minister and leader of the opposition expressed what you can only call thinly disguised outrage at what they see as the assault on the integrity of the u.k.'s diplomatic service good government depends on public servants being able to give full and frank advice i want all our public servants to have the confidence to be able to do that. the parliament's foreign affairs committee went to try to make sense of its awesome the head of the country's diplomatic service if you'd ever known anything like it or not in his career he said nor in anyone else's in the last 150 years. the last time i know that we had difficulty with the united states was 856. when the incumbent was accused of recruiting americans to fight on the british side in the crimean war president franklin pierce was in

there is no precedent for this kim darrick all of the u.k.'s most senior diplomats in the most important world capital forced from office after a concerted attack on his credibility by actors in london and at the white house prime minister in parliament prime minister and leader of the opposition expressed what you can only call thinly disguised outrage at what they see as the assault on the integrity of the u.k.'s diplomatic service good government depends on public servants being able to give full and frank advice i want all our public servants to have the confidence to be able to do that. the parliament's foreign affairs committee went to try to make sense of its asking the head of the country's diplomatic service if you'd ever known anything like it or not in his career he said nor in anyone else's in the last 150 years the last time i know that we had difficulty with the united states was 856. when the incumbent was accused of recruiting americans to fight on the british side in the crimean war president franklin pierce was in the wire. o

both clumsy and in that we start with this report from lawrence lee there is no precedent for this kim darrick all of the u.k.'s most need to play mats in the most important world capital forced from office after a concerted attack on his credibility by actors in london and at the white house the prime minister in parliament both the prime minister and leader of the opposition expressed what you can only call thinly disguised outrage at what they see as the assault on the integrity of the u.k.'s diplomatic service good government depends on public servants being able to give full and frank advice i want all our public servants to have the confidence to be able to do that. the parliament's foreign affairs committee met to try to make sense of its awesome the head of the country's diplomatic service if you'd ever known anything like it or not in his career he said nor in anyone else's in the last 150 years the last time i know that we had difficulty with the united states was 856. when the incumbent was accused of recruiting americans to fight on the british side in the crimean war president fra

ambassador in washington said kim darrick back to the foreign office leaked to a sunday newspaper herron it is standard practice for diplomats to send very frank assessments of the political situation political situations or the generally the situation in the country that they're serving in so these e-mails were never intended for public consumption and yet thanks to this leak here they are take a listen to what was inside some of the leaked memos. we don't really believe this administration is going to become substantially more normal less dysfunctional some predictable less action ribbon less diplomatically clumsy and do. more likely that he was never fully on board and that he was worried about how this apparent some of his 2016 campaign promises would look come 2020 at the next presidential election well the british government has tried to be as tapped for this possible about all this jeremy hunt the foreign secretary has apologized for the leak but not for the content of the leaks reason may have said that she's full confidence in washington ambassador there's been some jokes about

diplomatic cables coming from the former ambassador of the united kingdom to the united states or kim darrick and this one reads trump acts the iran deal to spite a bomber now what's kim derek wrote back to london is that he thought that donald trump hated the iran deal mainly because he hated barack obama and that's why he walked away from it and so him derek described it as an act of diplomatic vandalism now these leaked diplomatic cables that have been hugely impactful to the united kingdom they sent shock waves through the diplomatic service which has felt badly treated like it's been thrown under the bus by the politicians for political ends it's also put a big dent in the transatlantic relationship between the united kingdom and the united states with donald trump effectively making the position of. untenable by saying that he was going to fact of the cold shoulder him block him from business at the white house as to whether this will have the same kind of impact as the 1st round of leaked cables will have to wait and see but certainly it means that this issue is not going away and of c

well in a series of private messages updating the british government about donald trump so kim darrick actually described the trumpet ministration as you meant inept now it must be said that these robust assessments all routine in secure diplomatic communications having said that donald trump took to his favorite platform of social media on twitter to avoid voice and vocalize his anger and fear about the ambassador he in fact called so kim a wacky ambassador a very stupid guy and in fact said that he's been told he's a pompous full now it also must be made clear that number 10 has tried to distance itself from the entire saga coming from the ambassador's side saying it's not the views of the u.k. government and in fact the publication of ritual was the fever gretta for having said that while number 10 comes out with this and to reason may saying it's also regrettable we know that she's only got 2 weeks left in half position all eyes really now on boris johnson and jeremy hunt of course one of the 2 will become the next prime minister and on the political saga they've both got very mixe

ambassador write about mr trump well it's a kim darrick who is one of the u.k.'s top top diplomats said of him in these supposedly secret cables that he was in at in secure and incompetent and they went to downing street which of course is the home of the british prime minister they date from 2017 to now and as i say they were supposed to be secret but they ended up on the front page of a newspaper the mail on sunday which of course was embarrassing for the ambassador embarrassing for the government particularly as donald trump was only in the u.k. for a special state visit a few weeks ago and that was all to try to promote the so-called special relationship between the u.k. and the u.s. now it's a kim himself you know one of his jobs is to be politically neutral but also to get the truth of all of what he's hearing about the country confidential exactly where he's living but of course it's not supposed to end up in the front page of a newspaper which is what happened. clearly unhappy about the content of these cables clearly furious and he started tweeting yeste

were 1st published by britain's daily mail newspaper over the weekend in the span the last 2 years kim darrick has been the u.k. ambassador to the us is 2016 he was tasked with compiling briefs on donald trump's personality imposible leadership style months before he entered the white house the interim sit back at the ambassador's assessment of his administration pretty quickly and. without a doubt. embarrassing leads to all mixed reactions from senior british politicians to this was a personal view it's not the view of the british government it's not my view we continue to think under president trump of us administration is not just highly effective but the best possible friend of the united kingdom on the international stage i would be quite careful about what you say which is on a personal basis in those cables because it is all very well talking about the substance of the relationship the policies but i think some of that may in retrospect to be regarded as unwise i think it is very important that ambassadors give honest unvarnished advice to their country and it is disgraceful that it has

which sharply criticized the white house branded series i'm a full ish and called british diplomat kim darrick a very stupid and wacky guy. a state of alert has been declared across garza the interior ministry says all land borders as well as see access being shut down until further notice police and security members have been deployed to checkpoints it's inside story next stay with us. it was declared illegal 15 years ago but israel separation wall still stands and continues to affect the lives of palestinians in the occupied west bank israel argues it's protecting its security but at what cost to peace this is insight story . hello and welcome to the program i'm hala mohit seen 15 years ago the international court of justice ruled against israel's separation wall it said the state cannot use the right of self-defense to build and maintain the barrier for palestinians it's a symbol of military occupation and an attempt by israel to grab more land once completed the wall will stretch through the occupied west bank and east jerusalem that's a length of over 700 kilometers it's affected the live

sharply criticized the trump white house says is officials will no longer deal with ambassador kim darrick called the white house just functional and inept the comments came in confidential call. respondents from the u.k. ambassador well in a tweet on tuesday the u.s. president said the wacky ambassador that the u.k. forced it upon the united states is not someone we are thrilled with a very stupid guy he should speak to his country and prime minister may about their failed briggs's negotiation i told to reason may how to do that deal but she went her own food way was unable to get it done a disaster exclamation mark i don't know the ambassador but i've been told he's a pompous fall tell him the usa now has the best economy and military anywhere in the world and the hayward has the latest on the dispute from london. well downing street will have been hoping that this will quite simply blow over but that doesn't seem to be the case because donald trump took just to twitter earlier really having a go at him dark describing him as wacky a pompous for a very stupid guy but he didn't just leave

s ambassador to the united states kim darrick are anything but diplomatic leaving the british government writhing in embarrassment and expressing its deep regret in leaked memos the trump white house is described as uniquely dysfunctional clumsy and inept u.s. policy on iran is incoherent chaotic the ambassador concludes we don't really believe this administration is going to become substantially more normal less dysfunctional less unpredictable the prime minister's office said she disagreed with the content of the memos but foreign secretary jeremy hunt was keen to defend the eyes and ears of the government in foreign capitals of course we recommend it clear that i don't share the ambassador's assessment of either the us administration or relations with the us administration but i do defend his right to make that frank assessment and it's very important that our diplomats all over the world continue to be able to do so. the leaks come just weeks after president donald trump and his family were fated with all the pomp and majesty of a state visit to the u.k. how easily all of that effort

s position in the world kim darrick felt compelled to quit as britain's man in washington after a brow that swept across the atlantic the diplomats who described donald trump and his administration as ins a kill inept and dysfunctional in his reports back to london when the contents of those top secret files became public the president responded with a barrel of angry tweets the ambassador was abruptly disinvited from the white house dinner for the cattery amir president trump insulted darrick personally and announced that he could not work with all of this on twitter to add to the mix boris johnson britain's likely next prime minister refused to publicly support the ambassador johnson's critics around griot how events unfolded. we really should stand with our own we send people around the world we expect them to do a particular job we don't throw them under a bus and just because president trump a strain a tantrum it does not mean that we don't stand with him you know when you're faced with a bully you stand up to him and frankly that is a sort of thing that boris johnson really ought

donald trump it really wasn't a real between barack and donald trump at all it was an ambush of kim darrick who had sent what he was totally entitle to unvarnished secret diplomatic telegrams backs of base in london and he's hardly revelator realtor all to say that the trump white house is a volatile place because that's that's what everybody says it was an ambush because somebody is as soon had access these emails and who supports trump and by extension bricks it's decided to basically run derek under the bus and metron make his position untenable which is james that is exactly what's happened there has been a thinly disguised fieri across parliament at the reaction to this because there is that the politicians in this country just as the americans wouldn't absolutely do not stomach the idea of a very senior diplomat being forced from office simp simply because someone like donald trump took against him and refused to invite him anymore to state occasions and made impossible for him to do his job which is which is exactly what happened and certainly when she stood up in parliament the reas

diplomatic cables coming from the former ambassador of the united kingdom to the united states or kim darrick and this one reads trump acts the iran deal to spite a bomber now what's kim derek wrote back to london is that he thought that donald trump hated the iran deal mainly because he hated barack obama and that is why he walked away from it. so him derek described it as an act of diplomatic vandalism now these leaked diplomatic cables that have been hugely impactful to the united kingdom they sent shock waves through the diplomatic service which has felt badly treated like it's been thrown under the bus by the politicians for political ends it's also put a big dent in the transatlantic relationship between the united kingdom and the united states with donald trump effect of the making the position of kim direct untenable by saying that he was going to back to be cold shoulder and block him from not isn't this at the at the white house as to whether this will have the same kind of impact as the 1st round of leaked cables will have to wait and see but certainly it means that this issue is n

s ambassador to the united states kim darrick are anything but diplomatic leaving the british government writhing in embarrassment and expressing its deep regret in leaked memos the trump white house is described as uniquely dysfunctional clumsy and inept u.s. policy on iran is incoherent chaotic the ambassador concludes we don't really believe this administration is going to become substantially more normal less dysfunctional less unpredictable the prime minister's office said she disagreed with the content of the memos but foreign secretary jeremy hunt was keen to defend the eyes and ears of the government in foreign capitals of course we've met i made it clear that i don't share the ambassador's assessment of either the us administration or relations with the us administration but i do defend his right to make that frank assessment and it's very important that our diplomats all over the world continue to be able to do so. the leaks come just weeks after president donald trump and his family were fated with all the pomp and majesty of a state visit to the u.k. how easily all of that ef

trump administration as clumsy and in that knowledge the report there is no precedent for this kim darrick all of the u.k.'s most senior diplomats in the most important world capital forced from office after a concerted attack on his credibility by actors in london and at the white house prime minister in parliament spoke the prime minister and leader of the opposition expressed what you can only call thinly disguised outrage at what they see as an assault on the integrity of the u.k.'s diplomatic service good government depends on public servants being able to give full and frank advice i want all our public servants to have the confidence to be able to do that. the parliament's foreign affairs committee met to try to make sense of its asking the head of the country's diplomatic service if he'd ever known anything like it not in his career he said nor in anyone else's in the last 150 years the last time i know that we had difficulty with the united states was 856. when the incumbent was accused of recruiting americans to fight on the british side in the crimean war president franklin pier

now to prime minister to resume a you're talking about she her has confirmed that she spoke to kim darrick on wednesday briefly she didn't go so far as others have done in their criticism of what's happened but she was fully supportive of him let's have a listen. thank you mr speaker mr speaker this morning i have spoken to slim down i have told him that it is a matter of great regret that he has felt it necessary to leave his position and. i. said kim has given us a kid has given a lifetime of service to the united kingdom and we owe him an enormous debt of gratitude. i also wonder whoever takes over now is the british ambassador going to have to feel all tried very carefully about what he says even in the most . absolutely the fear is that people the diplomats will feel very they have to be guarded and basically can't do their job as instructed that scrum to a real sense soul searching here in britain we've heard from no less than a minister at the foreign office alan duncan a serving minister. accusing boris johnson the former foreign secretary of throwing him directly under the bus why

s position in the world kim darrick felt compelled to quit as britain's man in washington after a brow that swept across the atlantic the diplomats who described donald trump and his administration as ins a kill inept and dysfunctional in his reports back to london when the contents of those top secret files became public the president responded with a barrel of angry tweets the ambassador was abruptly disinvited from the white house dinner for the cattery amir president trump insulted darrick personally and announced that he could not work with all of this on twitter to add to the mix boris johnson britain's likely next prime minister refused to publicly support the ambassador johnson's critics around griot how events unfolded. we really should stand with our own we send people around the world we expect them to do a particular job we don't throw them under a bus and just because president trump a strain a tantrum it does not mean that we don't stand with him you know when you're faced with a bully you stand up to him and frankly that is the sort of thing that boris johnson really oug

s position in the world kim darrick felt compelled to quit as britain's man in washington after a brow that swept across the atlantic the diplomats who described donald trump and his administration as in secure inept and dysfunctional in his reports back to london when the contents of those top secret files became public the president responded with a barrel of angry tweets the ambassador was abruptly disinvited from the white house dinner for the cattery amir president trump insulted darrick personally and announced that he could not work with all of this on twitter to add to the mix boris johnson britain's likely next prime minister refused to publicly support the ambassador johnson's critics around griot how events unfolded. we really should stand with our own we send people around the world we expect them to do a particular job we don't throw them under a bus and just because president trump a strain a tantrum it does not mean that we don't stand with him you know when you're faced with a bully you stand up to him and frankly that is a sort of thing that boris johnson really ought

s ambassador to the united states kim darrick are anything but diplomatic leaving the british government writhing in embarrassment and expressing its deep regret in leaked memos the trump white house is described as uniquely dysfunctional clumsy and inept u.s. policy on iran is incoherent chaotic the ambassador concludes we don't really believe this administration is going to become substantially more normal less dysfunctional less unpredictable the prime minister's office said she disagreed with the content of the memos but foreign secretary jeremy hunt was keen to defend the eyes and ears of the government in foreign capitals of course i made it clear that i don't share the ambassador's assessment of either the us administration or relations with the us administration but i do defend his right to make that frank assessment and it's very important that our diplomats all over the world continue to be able to do so. the leaks come just weeks after president donald trump and his family were fated with all the pomp and majesty of a state visit to the u.k. how easily all of that effort the u

off twitter to vocalize his anger in fact calling for kim few fit guy i know it must be says that number 7 has tried to distance itself from 2nd darrick assessments and communications by saying that they do not really support the u.k. government's opinions having says that it's not up to number 10 nor theresa may and what they have to say in fact all eyes are now on boris johnson or jeremy high. and of course one of the 2 will become the next prime minister and both of them have very different opinions when it comes to this political saga the wacky ambassador that the u.k. for we stood upon the united states is not someone we are thrilled with a very stupid guy he should speak to his country and prime minister may about their failed breaks in negotiation and not be upset with my criticism of how badly it was handled donald trump friend speak frankly so i will these comments disrespectful and wrong to our prime minister and my country you said the u.k. u.s. alliance was the greatest in history and i agree but i need to treat each other with respect as threes i'm a is always done with you i've got a good relationship with the white hous

kim dark the mail says derek told the u.k. prime minister in 2018 trump was quote set upon an act of diplomatic vandalism due to personality reasons darrick resigned on wednesday after an early prompted an outburst from president trump and a diplomatic spat between the 2 are lies. now the protest against hong kong's extradition bell has now turned into a much wives and recent opposed to the insolence of beijing thousands of protesters have marched in the sexual market area close to the border with mainland china shoppers and traders from the mainland are accused of driving up prices by bulk buying tax free products to take them home and sell to maryland organise in hong kong for us. the protests in hong kong began more than a month ago and show no sign of easing up with much of the activists frustration due rectitude at the territory's chief executive as a home call people leave we love our place we're up on columns always trial 1st by small rights only if it's our cities or on the protests. just around the house if people have told our citizens here about $30000.00 demonstrators gathered to protest against traders from mainland china who

newspapers is the outgoing british ambassador to washington kim dowd sent a memo last year describing trump's move as an act of diplomatic vandalism darrick resigned on wednesday after an earlier league prompted an outburst from president trump and a diplomatic spat between the allies. the united nations has condemned an attack on a hotel in southern somalia at least $26.00 people were killed and dozens injured after the suicide bombing in the port city of his smile in the autonomous juba land region sahaya has more hotel a sassy is heavily fortified but it wasn't enough to stop a suicide bomber from ramming a car full of explosives into the building full of gunmen and stormed the hotel killing and injuring dozens during a siege that lasted hours before. the death toll is now $26.00 those killed in the attack including somalis of different nationalities.

kim derek the mail says derek told the u.k. prime minister and 2018 that trump was quote set upon an act of diplomatic vandalism due to personality reasons darrick resigned on wednesday after an early prompted an outburst from president trump and a diplomatic spat between the 2 allies. now further protests are taking place in hong kong on sunday now a small group of journalists are taking part in a silent march against police brutality and what began as anger against an extradition bill has now turned into a what a much wider movement opposed to the influence of beijing on saturday thousands of protesters marched in the 2nd high market area close to the border with mainland china shoppers and traders from the mainland are accused of driving up prices by bulk buying tax free products to take crime and sell our correspondent to melinda can reports from hong kong. the protests in hong kong began more than a month ago and show no sign of easing up with much of the activists frustration directive at the territory's chief executive as a home call people leave we love our place we often comes over a child has to buy small rice only uses our cities or o