hong kong is in uproar.ach weekend for the last two months, thousands of people have taken to the streets. alvin yeung, who leads the civic party, shares their fears, first of a plan to give beijing a greater say in extradition, then for wider cause, to defend hong kong's freedoms. but as local authorities struggle to contain the crisis, and beijing's grumbles grow ever louder, could the people's liberation army be on its way? alvin yeung, welcome to hardtalk. late into sunday night, protesters clashed with the hong kong police. it is the eighth weekend in succession that we have seen street protests and skirmishes, some of them violent. what has gone wrong? well, hello, shaun. things are not doing so well in hong kong, and of course, we have seen and witnessed protesters taking to the streets, and of course, we have seen clashes between the police and the protesters. we have been accusing the police for abusing their powers, and of course — and using excessive force. they are totally disproportional to what

words like hong kong, march, and the legislative council, hong kong cosmic government.se bashan could say, it is just a cts because bashan could say, it is just acts of vandalism by people who are being brainwashed by the us government. but now protesters have managed to get into a government building, beijing are saying they cannot let people see it. so they don't want any of that invasion, that occupation of the legislative council chamber. they will not want that disseminated or reported on at all. absolutely not. basically this idea that hong kong is part of china is an idea that comes up again and again, and there is a real austerity, a kind of seriousness around chinese politics. you couldn't just break into around chinese politics. you couldn'tjust break into a government building — that kind of idea to beijing... you couldn't see this. what about the whole debate, the people of hong kong don't want the people of hong kong don't want the extradition bell, they don't wa nt the extradition bell, they don't want suspects extradited to mainland china, is any of that

hong kong this is standard for them to do hong kong this is standard for them todoa hong kong this isfor them to do a bilingual press conference? she spoke both cantonese and english. it is interesting to know that carrie lam has been very much missing from the public eye. she has not been in the public for ten days now. and it is one of the reasons why there has been such a level of anger in hong kong. people have said that they've been taking to the streets in peaceful protest, including the largest protest in hong kong's history where 25% of the population of hong kong came out in protest, and still, carrie lam and the hong kong government has ignored them. she's kept out of the public eye, and today she's coming out to face the media at 4am. do you think of this ever happening before, a press c0 nfe re nce of this ever happening before, a press conference in the middle of the night? know, for everything that has happened in hong kong today has been unprecedented. storming the parliament is completely unprecedented. i've never seen anything like the level of violence we've seen tod

and tranquillity in hong kong.by violence and by vandalism. victor, forgive me, i'm sorry to the viewers as well, the quality of the link is getting worse and worse. we we re link is getting worse and worse. we were hoping it will get better. we will leave it there. victor gao, thank you very much. let's get some of the day's other news. a federaljudge in ohio has temporarily blocked a law that would have banned abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. there have been rallies across the country and in washington dc against states imposing such restrictive measures. the law in ohio would have been one of the strictest, with no exemptions even in case of rape or incest. argentina's energy secretary has claimed the blackout that affected argentina and uruguay last month was caused by a chain of failures originating with an electricity transport company. more than 50 million people were left without power across south america for several hours on june 16th. the government has promised a full investigation. there've been

i'm karishma vaswani, in hong kong. the chief executive, carrie lam has promised to take a hard line against the protestors who stormed and ransacked parliament. this is something that we should seriously condemn because nothing is more important than the rule of law in hong kong. police ended the eight—hour occupation, evicting hundreds of activists. but the damage remains. many in the opposition are starting to ask questions about the wisdom of these young protesters storming into this building. whether it was a victory of any sort or, in fact, it has handed victory to the government. i'm kasia madera, in london. also in the programme: we have a special report from the amazon rainforest, where huge tracts of forests are being wiped out. this is happening all over the amazon to create new farmland and the result is that the great forest has never been under such pressure. this is bbc world news, it newsday. good morning. it's 7 am in hong kong, where chief executive, carrie lam, used a news conference in the small hour

hong kong. these protesters fight for theirfreedoms. we hong kong.sters fight for their freedoms. we will see what unfolds in the coming hours and days. you are watching special coverage on bbc news. you're watching beyond 100 days. police clash with pro democracy protestors in hong kong. demonstrators used a more aggressive approach this time as they took over a key government building. police have entered the parliament building to take back control and clear the protesters. the protestors smashed their way into the building — hundreds then entered and occupied the legislative council, our correspondent was on the scene. graffiti daubed on this particular desk. a computer screen that's been ripped up, papers removed.

and anyone who lives in hong kong or ca res anyone who lives in hong kong or cares about the former in helmets and carrying batons, they've been firing pepper spray, and firing tear gas to try and deal with these increasingly agitated demonstrators. and all being played out in sweltering heat in hong kong. let's triangle back to vicky, if you can hear me, just describe what you are seeing now. i've had to move positions, to a different overpass because it's increasingly full cot people have headed towards the stations and i've seen headed towards the stations and i've seen people take off their shirts, probably from getting tear gas pepper sprayed. i think people are starting to head home now. where does this go now? because clearly the protesters are not going to give up, even if they've been having tear gas fired at them and charged with batons, they have been warned to get out of the legislative council but are they going to keep going with these protests, do you think? it's hard to say because lots have been made of the fact these protests have been leaderless so it's really up

dogon al-jazeera hong kong. earlier my colleague barbara starr spoke with joshua wong a leading a hong kong pro-democracy activist he was jailed for his role in the movement on once one on one of the people who are involved in the clashes at the shopping mall you just saw in jamil its report. more than $100.00 and people gator on the street again urged government food we withdraw and terminated their extradition bill and in the long term it's a must to apply free election in hong kong especially when one country 2 system eroded to be one country one in a hostage to the government has not rift joy to bill yet in fact abuse exists in the legislative program of cost the leader of hall call provide a misleading narrative claimed that the bill is that when we check on the lead just in the cold gram of parliament of hong kong that bill is do exist and can be easily reactivated again in the next trial from and that's why movements do continue and we urge government to terminate the bill now free election is to wait out

and china he would like to see hong kong and has always wanted to see hong kong come closer to mainland china not only in its government but but in other ways culturally as well since he's come into power they've been other things that have changed in the encourage men to move schools using mandarin for example more sort of a patriotic education as well so that the younger people in hong kong grew up with stronger ties to the mainland they've been lots of government scholarships and government projects where students in hong kong can come to china and do some internships are very big companies so really xi jinping administration is doing all they can to really try to get this new generation to feel more chinese than they are hong kong is and so we've seen on the ground here people the protesters fairly young that that strategy does not seem to be working from the perspective of beijing they've also seen that coming close to their beijing coming close to hong kong from their perspective is a good thing for hong kong that it's allowed hong kong which has been slowing down economically whi

listed in hong kong. it is a liquid market for ipos and so on. from an important place the chinese point of view, and there is a tension there. of -- many people have said that for the chinese in terms of economic self interest, it makes sense to leave hong law,at the open, rule of relatively democratic space. ambiguity sothe you can have the kind of debt in capital market. there is a tension there, clearly president xi is trying to, he is trying to impose a greater political totrol and he is also trying sell a model which is much more clearly socialist, to be proud of the traditions of the communist party, and he is doing that at home. it is a typical message to sell both of those things at the same time. he can use the control he has over chinese media in order to play down the story of what's happening here in hong kong. on will see far less of this chinese tv than elsewhere. nevertheless, there is a limit to how long that tension can last. it will be a difficult one for xi to play out in the end. davi

the chinese government would argue the hong kong government would argue the hong kong government allowedt would pause the unpopular bill clearly that has not been enough for some protesters. and you can keep up to date with the latest developments in hong kong, following the protests on the bbc website. you'll also find analysis of the chief executive's reaction — and a feature on the background to the demonstrations — that's all at bbc.com/news. the german and british foreign ministers have called on iran to reverse its violation of the 2015 nuclear deal. the international atomic energy agency said its inspectors had verified the 300 kilogramme cap on enriched uranium, which can be used to produce energy or nuclear bombs, had been exceeded by tehran. gareth barlow reports. as iran announced it had increased production of enriched uranium, european countries climates are called iran who adhere to its commitments. the landmark 2015 nuclear deal violated, an uncertain future ahead. the secretary general is very much aware of the reports that the islamic republic of iran are may have surpas

the chief executive of hong kong, carrie lam has condemned the occupation and ra nsacking kong, carriensacking of the territory's parliament. she told a news co nfe re nce territory's parliament. she told a news conference that the extreme violence employed by protesters on monday would have saddened many people. she said that nothing was more important to hong kong than the rule of law. that is how it looks this our. you are watching bbc news and we are back very soon. hello again, we are in the middle of quite a quiet spell of weather, really. looking at the weekend, it will be dry. there would be a few subtle changes, mind you. the satellite picture is quite interesting where cooler atlantic air is meeting the extreme heatwave. we have these massive thunderstorms that have developed. there is a risk of damaging winds, flash flooding, but we also have some thicker cloud working into scotland and northern ireland at the moment and that will continue to provide the focus of a few showers in northern scotland over the next few hours. but otherwise, if you're heading outside in the next

hong kong. these protesters fight for their freedoms. hong kong. these protesters fight for theirfreedoms. we hong kong. these protesters fight for their freedoms. we will see what unfolds in the coming hours and days. you are watching special coverage on bbc news. you're watching beyond 100 days. police clash with pro democracy protestors in hong kong. demonstrators used a more aggressive approach this time as they took over a key government building. police have entered the parliament building to take back control and clear the protesters. the protestors smashed their way into the building — hundreds then entered and occupied the legislative council, our correspondent was on the scene. graffiti daubed on this particular desk. a computer screen that's been ripped up, papers removed. there's been extensive damage done to the building, with portraits of political leaders torn from the walls and furniture smashed. this situation is out of control and this is very dangerous, both for the protesters and for the security guards and the police. hello and

rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, hong kong.d the damage to the building behind me is extensive, have taken a look around this morning and we can see that graffiti has shattered glass, this morning to cleanup operation has begun, there are dozens of people rtr sweeping the streets trying to get some semblance of normality back at the legislative council. meanwhile, however, if you remember, when britain handed over hong kong to china in 1997, this territory was governed and has been governed under the principle of one country, two systems. after these protests overnight, what happens to the system ? our diplomatic correspondent, james landale reports. july 1997, the moment britain handed hong kong over to china. the last governor, chris patten, presiding over one final act of empire. a handover whose legacy is still being fought over on the streets of hong kong tonight. it was back in 1984 that britain and china agreed a joint declaration that, in future, hong kong should retain some autonomy and freedom. so, after the handover

welcomes conference on. 2000000 people on the streets of hong kong. failures by the hong kong government admitted by the chief executive kerry lamb why is she still there why hasn't she was designed well i think this is a more complex question than simply asking why did she not resign 1st of all someone said also her attitude someone fails in there well not go no i don't want to argue about a figure but a more accurate figure would be more like half a 1000000. but even then it's a very very large number of people on the street and i think the government accepted the 2nd thing is that we must understand what the government has been trying to do. a poll by one of the more mainstream newspapers of the people would turn out in force to march on sunday revealed that 90 percent of the people who much thought that the extradition bill was so enable the hong kong government to send people back to china for trial for criticizing beijing now they couldn't be more wrong i mean if you'd actually extradition to the states this extradition bill yeah i guess is that

nothing is more important than the rule of law in hong kong. chief executive carried condemns the violence and defends the police response. the un's nuclear watchdog confirms that iran is in reaching mon to rein in the agreed to u.s. president donald trump says it's playing. and we'll tell you about a foreign invader that's choking. a motorway. china's government has condemned the actions of protesters in hong kong a day off to hundreds of demonstrators stormed the city's legislative council monday's violence left baby scattered all over the building used tear gas to clear the area after windows were smashed and graffiti sprayed on its walls all this on the day the government held ceremonies 22 years since the end of british rule and hundreds of thousands joined a peaceful march for hong kong's lead that carried down condemned the actions of protesters stormed the council building on monday evening. the extreme use. and vandalism by protesters who stormed into the legislative council building over a period of time so this is something that we s

hong kong. you know the show respect. our diplomatic escalates china's ambassador tells the u.k. to stop interfering britain ones of serious consequences for bilateral relations plus. from islamist competence to coffeemakers project in indonesia he's trying to reintegrate form makes me miss militants one at the time we have a special report. welcome to. it's good to have you with us. it wasn't expected but it happened anywhere for testers in hong kong storming the seat of the territories parliament on monday the legislative council chambers for some others belonged in the hands of hong kong's ordinary people an extraordinary scene on a day that marked the 22nd anniversary of hong kong's handover to china from britain but since then the battle over hong kong's autonomy has developed into a war of words between china and the u.k. just listen to what china's ambassador to the u.k. lil shalmi said in london on wednesday i'm calling the british government to reflect the consequences of his words and deeds with regard to hong kong i do hope that after his government would realize. the

s a well deployed or not but under hong kong article basic law the hong kong government is able to request to intervene under social unrest or natural disasters and experts think that the reason why the central government is refusing to openly acknowledge whether the pill way will be deployed or not is because they still lack a clear policy direction to address the ongoing crisis in hong kong. and of course this is coming right after another intense weekend of protests let's have a quick recap of what happened helmets and gas masks on both sides of the barricades a weekend of clashes between police and protesters in hong kong saw violent confrontations protests over the past 2 months against proposed extradition to courts in china have grown increasingly fractious. sunday's peaceful gathering grew into a march clogging up major thoroughfares police fired tear gas to disperse the crowds some of whom were carrying arms brothers the symbol of resistance to the government . but few adopted makeshift techniques to deal with tear gas and dismantled street signs for their protection others used h

but now, let's return to hong kong. who is in hong kong for us. it isa it is a calm morning so far. plenty of media still around here because we are seeing of media still around here because we are seeing one of media still around here because we are seeing one after the other legislators and assistance coming back to the site, surveying the damage inside the legislative council complex. there has been no protesters apart from one lone man shouting slogans nearby but mostly it is about cleaning up the area. police has moved in, with no riot gear. some detectors will come in to conduct some sort of evidence gathering. we had the police commissioner as well as the executive vowing to... inaudible. what will happen next? what the police will plan and what the protesters are planning? i'm afraid that we are in this uncharted territory. nobody quite knows what's going to happen next, especially for the protesters because these protesters are the protesters because these protesters a re not like the protesters because these p

there have been vigils and rallies outside the hong kong representative's office by not only hong kongsters, and yesterday we saw the foreign minister, joseph wu, tweet a message saying that it's clear that the chinese communist party's one country, two systems, is nothing but a lie. and they have urged the government to sincerely address the concerns of the protesters and to positively respond to their demands. so this is where we are at in taiwan, and it is nota so this is where we are at in taiwan, and it is not a coincidence that taiwanese would care so much about the hong kong protest, because they feel that they are in a similar situation as hong kong people. china after a ll situation as hong kong people. china after all claims taiwan as a province to be reunified one day, and it has not given up use of force, of taking it back. so taiwan sees itself in a similar situation as hong kong and sees the benefits of the two sides supporting each other and working together to unite against ageing's pressures. now, taiwan next year will have elections. do you think the president, by con

and the symbol of hong kong the flag. the yellow sorry the white flower on a red background has been defaced above the speaker's podium and an old flag on filled with a british union flag on it which denotes of course 22 years ago and prior to that when hong kong was under british control it's 22 years ago today that britain was handed over to china let's have a look at what the cameras are finding here. and does that say the basic law of hong kong that would be denoting to the to the rules of the territory as defined by the territory not by beijing. and they you see some of the graffiti on the walls it's quite extraordinary isn't it and andrew thomas is our correspondent who's been watching it from the outside today andrew you saw the breach happening earlier you saw the riot police there as well clearly the hand nowhere to be seen now. that's right we haven't seen any place outside of the legislative council building all day monday they've left the protesters outside and this crowd has swelled from probably about 5000 p

well let's bring in today's panel in hong kong we have emily lyons. she's a former counselor at the hong kong legislative council and a former chairwoman of the democratic party in london we're joined by james palmer a senior editor at foreign policy magazine who lived in beijing from 2004 to 2018 and in hong kong via skype lauren smart the chairman of the hong kong we go exchange foundation and a member of the silent majority for hong kong political party welcome to you all if i keep coming to you 1st emily live. assurances have been given that this extradition bow which sparked the protests is dead so why in your view are these protests continuing well i think the chief executive kerry lamb has not really responded to demands of the protesters and the demands of many hong kong people and that is to say that the bill has been withdrawn which is the correct terminology not that the bill is dead i mean people don't know what that means and people pray that maybe the bill will suddenly rise up from the dead again and also of course the people would like

in hong kong. let's go live to hong kong.was very dramatic. a lot of determination, in the protesters. there is a feeling that they do not know what other options are left. every time, they have been very consistent about their demands. and every time carrie lam has hurdled a press conference where has the impartial retreats, but not enough to make protesters happy. i think they are just doing everything they can think of at this point. where you surprised when they went into the chamber of the legislative council and sprayed graffiti as we have seen? it was definitely surprising. i was standing out there for hours, and as the hours went by, they were taking down glass panes one by one. super methodical, bringing supplies. different metal barricades, sledgehammers, anything we could use to get their way in. we took the precaution to smash cctv cameras. took the precaution to smash cctv cameras. “— took the precaution to smash cctv cameras. —— they took the precaution. everyone is definitely concerned about surveillance and be

long it's only hong kong hong kong people will apply the same standard no matter who is coming to make the requests be it united case united states united kingdom syria russia china we apply the same standard because this is what the more requires us to do and we would do it period once you understand the purpose of extradition you what others thought what i'm saying but obviously you don't you know what you want but your guest mr instead of throwing insults at me what's what's your guess about where this is headed with the hardliners in beijing try to teach hong kong a lesson you know or will they show that they're willing to learn from what's been ducking 1st of all the facts say that it did not come from mainland i think chivas negative is explained very clearly that it was her own initiative based on the fact that she was asked by the family of the girl who unfortunately was murdered by this hong kong person in taiwan because of the whole injustice of the situation the chief executive agreed to look into it and she was asked to to establish an extradition regime which can apply to

i have responded to mr hans irani as remarks in hong kong for 2 straight days. expressing china's strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition i turned into a he however he seems to be indulging in the illusions of faded british colonialism and is obsessed with pointing fingers at other country's affairs in a condescending manner he he calls the one. strong words there but what do they all mean from all of this be joined by the the reporter clifford conan in the studio with me clifford welcome now you worked in beijing for a number of year as an intended very many such press conferences in the foreign ministry headquarters is this sort of language that be heard in this entire war of words unusual it's not unusual this is the classic rhetoric that one hears from from beijing at the focus is all. internal matter whether it comes to human rights the side china sea any of these international issues that china finds itself in the middle they always focus on internal affairs and how this is it's china's business and they urge other people to to say steer clear of th

reports from hong kong. after bringing central hong kong to a standstill on previous sundays protesters are taking their fight to the suburbs. and government leaders are struggling to clamp down on the wrist system's movement that is largely leaderless most of the protesters here are young people who tell us they are disillusioned about hong kong's future. protesters set up barricades in the center of schatten and riot police arrived from different directions trying to close off access routes. the situation is tense protesters remain defiant and the patience of police is wearing thin and. by 8 pm the police sent out a warning. they are ready to charge but here you can see the benefit of moving i think the interesting thing to me to the moment the police even me you know yelling and yelling when you know it's going in the fact that she. wasn't even me because in fact am even using me any more you don't want to make it seem some of the protesters retreated to a nearby and more complex the police ran after them

hong kong's leader said police had exercised restraint. this is something that we should seriously condemn, because nothing is more important than the rule of law in hong kong. it comes after weeks of unrest over a controversial extradition law. also tonight. a public rebuke from the chancellor for the men vying to be prime minister as he warns them to be honest about their tax and spending pledges. a special report from brazil, where the amazon rainforest, vital to the earth's climate, is disappearing at an alarming rate. the problem is that more and more of it is being chopped down. it's hard to believe, but an area the size of a football pitch is being cleared every single minute. cheering. and a sensational debut for a 15—year—old schoolgirl as she knocks venus williams, five—time wimbledon champion, out on day one. and coming up on sportsday at 10.30pm, we'll have news of another upset at wimbledon as second seed naomi osaka is dumped out in the first round. good evening. the leader of hong kong, carrie lam, has condemned what she cal

protesters believe the law undermines hong kong autonomy and they have demanded the hong kong government led by chief executive gary lam withdraw the bill has since apologized for her part in the unrest can you trust the incidence of recent months have led to controversies and disputes between the public and the government this is made me fully realise that as a politicians i have to constantly remind myself of the need to grasp public sentiment so you accurately. say i'm not one saying. of these sentiments but on full display in recent weeks when millions turned out on to hong kong streets to protest surprisingly though many of these protests lacked central leadership as correspondent phoebe kong discovered. the teen is a 21 year old student who runs a supply station outside hong kong's legislature it's been the scene of frequent demonstrations in recent weeks it all started online and shielded real world results. well that's how they don't that are we recruited over a 1000 members on the 1st day when i launched the telegram group and i also cooperate with an online forum whenever i pos

i'm hong kong just again for more background to the point about these demonstrations is that hong kong occupies something of a special position within china this is the one country 2 systems. over. for i beg your pardon can you. the one country 2 systems which seems to be at the heart of all this problem. many protests because they also voice their recruits but it's over. the implementation of one country 2 systems because. when you're trying to tell yourself an older many people they know they don't believe they. see it handles all the autonomy i'll call the guarantee. the one country because there's been a commitment by the chinese and the british government so we can see. freedom every kind of freedom a whole call being devoted also to feel is we've got a baby we have some falling down with. like all the nice activities because in contrary to kind of content outside. and political parties then their political stance and some of it closing off at the lawmakers they have to qualify like their lawmakers so this is something really you clearly home people that are on home call it's no l

met some young hong kong who are documenting the protest movement. samson wong is looking for the last traces of the protest as demonstrators retreat their messages are disappearing as well one considers himself an archivist of the movement. i find it. the 1st special way to look at the. week's protesters use this wall adjacent to the hong kong government offices to leave messages for each other shortly before authorities started to clear the area wong and some fellow demonstrators stepped in to retrieve the messages. a large portion of for them as it is our solidarity of our citizens that the effects. there is a kind of warfare and community spirit of the protest one of the most the focus of remnants of the memorial calling for a number of demonstrators who killed themselves in desperation as a final sign of protest use that shock many hong kong residents. protests have subsided for now leaving many despondent several suicide threats online have alarmed firefighters and volunteers who have been out all day to prevent further attempts by a lot of peo

kong is not controlled probably it would go on an independent city. and let me put these points to you emily lie that the says. this is this is an identity issue rather than the extra bit they actually. per say do you think that younger hong kong or so feeling less chinese and this is this is a wider pushback against. against a perceived oppressor. well i think it is an identity issue yes but the fear of being sent for trial in mainland china is real whether it is the youngsters or their families or other political dissidents who could be the target of this bill it's a concern of many people including the young and of course the young people who are also very very much put off by presidency jim pings absolutely no respect for rule of law for human rights and look at the situation in seeing john over a 1000000 people being locked up like that and also look at the human rights lawyers the human rights defenders in china and there are many of them suffer a lot and so when the young people here young and old when they see the appalling situation in china

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, hong kong.in handed over hong kong to china in 1997, the territory has been governed under the principle of "one country, two systems". so what do these protests mean for that system ? our diplomatic correspondent, james landale reports. july 1997, the moment britain handed hong kong over to china. the last governor, chris patten, presiding over one final act of empire. a handover whose legacy is still being fought over on the streets of hong kong tonight. it was back in 1984 that britain and china agreed a joint declaration that, in future, hong kong should retain some autonomy and freedom. so, after the handover in 1997, hong kong became a special region of china and the one country two system policy came into force. and that meant that, until 2047, when the declaration expires, hong kong should keep its free markets and independentjudges — at least in theory. frankly, the chinese have been breaking their word on thejoint declaration that they claim that it does not operate after 1997. the bri

hong kong cleans up after a night of mass protests that turn violent. in jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up nothing is more important than the rule of law in hong kong hong kong's chief executive kerry condemns the violence and defends the police response. the un's nuclear watchdog confirms iran is on reaching more uranium the agreed to u.s. president donald trump says he's playing with fire. and we meet the stargazers astronomy love those flocking to a small town to watch a rare eclipse. it's just been i am in hong kong where a massive cleanup operation has begun the day off the hundreds of protesters stormed the city's legislature monday's violence left day bodies scattered all over the building police used tear gas to clear the area off to demonstrate just smashed windows and splashed graffiti on its rules although still the day the government held ceremonies to mark 22 years since the end of british rule and hundreds of thousands joined a peaceful march where hong kong's leader carried them condemn the actions of protesters that

hong kong is the dominant picture.ir umbrellas up because i think they are worried about tear gas and so on. but anyway, what did you make of it kate? and extraordinary day in hong kong. an historically stop very historically connected to another historically connected to another historic day. the 22nd anniversary of the handover from historic day. the 22nd anniversary of the handoverfrom british historic day. the 22nd anniversary of the handover from british control to china. and obviously around these attem pts to china. and obviously around these atte m pts to to china. and obviously around these attempts to bring on extradition laws to send those who are accused of crime by china back to the mainland to face trial. huge pushback over the past few weeks, the past month against that. and they managed to posit but is honestly so much resentment and histology and anger towards mainland china which simply does not respect human rights in hong kong and certainly here in the uk. and in the us as well. we do. the daily tel

have rocked hong kong. we will speak with leading pro-democracy activist joshua wong who was recently release from prison in hong kong. >> it is time for us to urge carrie lam to withdraw the proposal and it is her responsibility to step down and a face how to me and people already join the fight and urge her to bear the political responsibility. amy: as senator kamala harris rises in the presidential polls, we will look at how she is being targeted with a string of racist conspiracy theories. and we will look at her record as a prosecutor in san francisco and attornrney general of calilifornia. >> w when i became e a prosecutr and when i was elected district attotorney and also attorney generaral of califorornia, i imimplemented some of the mosost significant reforms to date during thosese years that had bn implemented. amy: we was big to university of san francisco law professor lara bazelon. op-ed, shek times" says kamala harris was not a progressive prosecutor. all of that and more, coming up. welcome t

like you know other countries that's what they wanted in hong kong so i mean that's what and there's also some sense of going in for this but it's so that's why it's been hong kong and how i'm going has been. larger of course the more population they have i think $7000000.00 plus people in hong kong whereas in the towns only 50500000 the population is larger so it has more if it is done as than spears and sets. its use as a bridge the street these people these people are china hong kong has the power and force to achieve their objectives and james palmer is. an assessment you would agree with that that hong kong is a better place to destabilise china than mco. i think the explanation for why macau doesn't protest is quite simple in 66 and 67 when the communists from the mainland pushed huge protests in both hong kong and macau the portuguese authorities effectively caved and gave the communist party a powerful role in control of macau many decades before formal before formally handing it back over so the communist party has been ensconced in macau for much longer its control is much

if that can be held in hong kong, regarded well in hong kong, so that economically hong kong can operatend pushed aside, that is really important for the business community. >> the danger is if they double down, and if there is some implicit threats of the people's liberation army perhaps coming to sort out these protests -- could be hugely damaging to that principle. >> the threat of doubling down in that way could be worrying, and of course this all started with the extradition bill, which was seen by the business community and many others as the blurring of the line and the taking of way of one country, two systems. if there could be some doubling down, it should be doubling down on asia and hong kong at the world city. if we hear something like that, that could be positive news. >> tara, i just wanted to get your thoughts on some of the survey responses that you had, that you said you conducted with your members, because you said the primary beneficiary of hong kong would be here in singapore. >> yeah. we have been hearing that for a while, right? the primary beneficiary being singap

this is d w news live from berlin hong kong police crackdown on democracy protesters you're looking at live pictures now as police move in to clear out the crowds in those protesters were marching against the organized gangs who attacked earlier demonstrations will go to war correspondent in long gone and there's similar scenes in moscow as thousands of russians attempt to rally demanding free and fair elections more than $200.00 people now i've been arrested including opposition politicians will go to moscow with the latest. oh. i'm calling aspen welcome to the program we start in hong kong where police are cracking down on protesters they've been marching to demand action against gang attacks on pro-democracy demonstrations police have fired tear gas and are clearing crowns in the district of yen long where protests took place despite a ban by authorities this area was the site of violence last week as men in white t. shirts attacked over democracy protesters and bystanders demonstrators are angry about the slow police response to those attacks on kong is seen months of protests trig

this is deja vu news live from berlin hong kong protesters are calling it their summer of discontent as they continue to march for democracy looking at live pictures after police fired tear gas to disperse crowds from barricaded themselves into the city center defying an official fire earlier from our correspondent as well as one of the key protesters also coming up to warrant than a 1000 are arrested in moscow in the biggest anti-government crackdown in years russians were attempting to rally in support of opposition politicians banned from running in local elections now a leading activist has been struck by a severe allergic reaction and while injured and. the world have otitis to be asked why more than 300000000 people are still affected by a disease that's treatable and fermentable. thanks for joining us hong kong police are cracking down on pro-democracy demonstrators who had to find an official ban to blockade the city center protests were taking place near the chinese government office in downtown hong kong when police unleashed a volley of tear gas canisters as the 2nd consec

the hong kong for now. douglas of it for now thank you very much indeed douglas of course will join us of analysis that later on but expect to get- translations of out what's being discussed that in hong kong as soon as we possibly can we go back to that. as soon as there was any development carrie lam still before a bank of microphones and a group of reporteters putting questions to her. regarding the current situation and we are following every step of the way for you. next to life in paris the eu summit has been adjourned until tomorrow i made quote. enormous frustration. over the inability to choose the right peopople for t the topop s presesident emmanueuel macron sd he fears this indecision is harming the blocks repeputatioi. chief among the roles to be filled of course is that of presidentt of the european commission. success at asian culture. the political wrangling continues in brussels as in you leaders remain divided over who should gets the e e. u.'s top j. talks are now set to resume on tuesday

reporting live from hong kong thank you very much. and now here is katrina a year with more of the reaction from the chinese capital beijing. this is the hong kong the chinese government wanted the world to see celebrations marking the 22nd anniversary of its return to the chinese motherland instead these with the scenes broadcast around the world dismissed by beijing as little more than violent mobs pursing but it says is a blatant challenge to the one country 2 systems rule its strongest words yet very few 1000 of what happened in hong kong violently striking into the law and the damaging facilities is an act of troubling rule of law violating social order is a serious the law breaking behavior. the communist party has condemned the storming of hong kong's legislative council and its full support behind chief executive kerry land government it's backing a police investigation into the criminal responsibility of those involved on monday night saying offenders who feel the full force of the law. the chinese government are continuing t

will beijing put up with it my guess this week here in the city run the tong a member of the hong kong government's cabinet and senior advisor to its chief executive harry lauder do the your thirty's now accept that the new extradition law which provoked the crisis should be scrapped now more i chris figure would be more like half a 1000000. but even that is a very very large number of people on the street and i think the government accepted the 2nd thing is that we must understand what the government has been trying to do. a poll by one of the more mainstream newspapers of the people would turn out in force to march on sunday revealed that 90 percent of the people who much thought that the extradition bill was to enable the hong kong government to send people back to china for trial for criticizing beijing now they couldn't be more wrong i think you could actually i'm sorry should be dealt with. bill. about extraditing people who come. a crime across the border outside the border of on call comes to hong kong and we need to have a legal framework to see how we would do what i want to