of course from the perspective of my ministry ministry of foreign affairs we're not in charge of investigating into this case just. but i think a lot of people would have to see their legitimacy. because some of them that's the thing is a bit every foreign minister i mean one is suspicious of the other disprove if statements are made from the highest portals of government or accusing another government of directly influencing dimensions you can see how that is a cause for consternation if it was just on the basis of suspicion and not proof so of course there are texts that were written in. just a simplified chinese character and which is not used in taiwan we used to traditional ones in there a certain way of the that the way they face things are different from what we face in taiwan so these are indirect you make quoted evidence or. hints but i think. from the our bureau of investigation they have addressed certain evidences that date in the china side the chinese side there were such things court contant farm. that has been traced and they create certain kind of information content and these

ministry of foreign affairs at the end of the government of national accord in tripoli and also the interior minister for other in washington in 14th of this month but it seems that the united states is getting involved in indeed the current conflict in southern tripoli but the question now is whether or not these mediations are going to address the countries involved in fueling the conflict in libya mark. thank you very much indeed but again we're going to go back to west pocket district in the northeastern. kenya where our correspondent mohammed there is a mohammed i'm hoping you can hear me now because i was saying earlier that it's taken you quite some says stanch 11th to get to this area what have you discovered now you've managed to find these people who've survived these landslides and flooding. well martin this is a very hard to reach area we are right now in your quarterly and which is in what's called one of the was hit areas and when the nucleon primary school where about 7 plows them people affected by the floods and landslides not have hit this area have sought shelter they have

the vietnamese ministry of foreign affairs called on countries around the world to "step up cooperationbeen made in connection with the incident. the british prime minister borisjohnson is under pressure to release a report on alleged russian election interference. the chairman of parliament's intelligence and security committee, dominic grieve, told the bbc it was essential to publish the report before mps are sent away on tuesday for britain's five—week election campaign. i cannot think of a reason why he should wish to prevent this report being published. this report is germane, because we do know, i think it is widely accepted, that the russians have sought to interfere in countries' democratic processes in the past. i asked our security correspondent gordon corera why the report's release is being delayed. that's the question. the report was completed in march this year, the actual inquiry. it then goes through actual inquiry. it then goes through a security clearance process ready check there is nothing classified in it. that was completed last month and given to the prime ministe

we do have the ministry of foreign affairs chairperson, he blasted the potential u.s. action. nng is not issue of so-called human rights and democracy but an issue of how to end the violence and restore law and order. the u.s. congress is turning a blind eye to destruction and vandalism, boosting the arrogance of radicals. the purpose is nothing to disrupt hong kong stability and prosperity and to contain china's development. we resolutely oppose that. >> there was more teargas fire this morning. protesters gathered in front of hong kong polytechnic university. victorial crossing harbour, protesters barricaded that. rents, repeat. rinse, repeat. problem born of a political situation with no political solution. the police on the front lines trying to resolve a political situation. i am not putting the blame on the police. the protesters are inciting this kind of response from the police. unfortunate situation that requires leadership right now. rishaad: thank you very much, indeed. coming up, we will be heading over to mumbai and look at the indian market open. futures indicatin

disappeared off the media and what's interesting and as well in the last 45 minutes the ministry of foreign affairs has held its daily press conference now they spokes person there was asked twice about what these election results about what is going on in hong kong and again neither time did he gauge in that at all he simply repeated the old mantras for example that stopping violence and restoring order is the most important priority in hong kong hong kong he said again is an internal chinese matter so for the security and maintain the one country 2 systems is what matters nothing else we don't want foreign interference in hong kong he said but asked twice specifically about what those election results mean for what the feeling is in hong kong he would not engage in that at all he was asked as well explicitly about whether beijing could still support kerry lamb in the context of these election results and he said essentially that carried out. still had unequivocal support from here in beijing but again no engagement or tool in the substance of what these election results mean and you really get th

earlier today when asked about that trade deal chinese ministry of foreign affairs spokesperson reiterated china stands on a quality and mutual stance. regarding the china u.s. trade issue our stance is clear and consistent we hope the u.s. side will meet us halfway find a solution that is acceptable to both sides based on equality and mutual respect it serves the interests of both countries and the world. but the partial deal leaves the more controversial issues for later discussions this leaves us in beijing officials lawmakers and even trade experts doubting that a phase 2 deal will even be signed by next year a chinese official told reuters it's trump who wants to find these deals not us we can wait reuters also reported signing the phase one deal could slide into next year as beijing demands for removal of more tariffs beijing officials don't anticipate discussing a phase 2 deal before the u.s. election in part because they want to see if trump actually wins a 2nd term for more on the ongoing issues regarding the u.s. china trade war and the u.s. acquisitions that we just spoke about

well the ministry of foreign affairs gives a briefing every day to foreign journalists and we're expecting that as per normal in about 2 hours time and no doubt they will be asked about these results and we should get some sort of official response from the minister of foreign affairs then the only comment we've had at all so far is from china's foreign minister he's in japan and he was asked about the election results and what he said was that quote hong kong is part of china no matter what happens in elections well that's really answering a question that no one is asking no one is saying is hong kong part of china after this of course it is the big question of course is what these elections say about people's attitudes towards the protests and about support for the violence that there has been in hong kong over recent months he didn't engage with that we'll see later whether the foreign ministry in beijing does but so far no official response on that at all ok andrew thomas for now i thank you very much indeed. highly classified chinese government documents giving a stark insight into th

struggles between the ministry of defense expect revolutionary guard, you have struggles between the councils, the religious councils that advise khamenei and the ministry of foreign affairs the ministry of finance, the banks need to have policies that enable them to p interact with western bank. but yet the muslims need or want them to follow islamic interpretations of banking rules. and so it's a very complex society at this point. it's very difficult to understand. i certainly don't pretend to understand it. it's, and it's hard at times to get information, accurate information out of there. it is competing circles of power centers. and you never know who's in charge. and with the revolutionary guards and what they're doing, for example, in the persian gulf, you don't know whether they're being directed by khamenei or when they're acting own, which they have been known to do. they'll act on their own, they'll cause a problem like whenir they captured the british sailors, and then the political side has a problem that they didn't ask for that they have to solve without losing face. thee. real danger with the revolutionary guards is they're going to get froggy one day and

will be well we don't know yet simply don't know there will be a further update from the ministry of foreign affairs about 2 hours from now in that daily press conference but already putting out a statement strong as that and that swiftly well that says a lot about how serious beijing is. ok andrew thomas a latest from they showing thanks sandra let's go to hong kong now our search joins us live so sara what is the reaction out of hong kong. for the pro-democracy movement will be claiming this embracing this as a victory for their ongoing push for greater democracy within hong kong and of push back trying to push back china from interfering in their affairs but the hong kong government has responded within hours of this act to becoming law and hong kong government has strongly objected to becoming law it says it did they were going to regret the decision it said it disregards the genuine concerns rights repeatedly by home call it says it's unnecessary not warranted and would harm the relations between hong kong and the messiah it also says it gives the wrong message it sends the wrong message to the

done appointed first secretary june 2015 to the then cuban intersection and worked in the ministry of foreign affairs to serve at the cuban embassy as a member of the city of havana graduating from the havana faculty of law also masters of science in foreign relations. [applause] >> thank you so much for coming today i really believe this is an important moment. so there is a vote in the united nations right now about this. in 2015 when i came i started to say we are in the best moment in almost 50 years and now i will try to explain about the history of the past and the present and what we want for the future this is a presentation with 46 american universities and to talk about us cuba relations. so this is something that people recognize that day here in washington dc and you can see how similar they are. there is a lot of history between cuba and the united states. so i am willing to start right now with some opening questions. i agree the thesis is very important but i start with this question and people say cuba is famous because of cigars and music some people remember the olympics but what do

going to be here, he will be meeting with angela merkel, the chancellor of germany, the defense ministry, the ministry of foreign affairas you mentioned, this isn't all about the relationship between the u.s. and germany and looking forward. it's mostly about looking back. because this afternoon, mike pompeo, he's going to be unveiling a statue, of president ronald reagan on top of the u.s. embassy just across from this square from where i am now, because more than 30 years ago, president reagan implored the then chancellor, or the chairman of the communist party of the soviet union, to tear down this wall. that was that wall that was dividing east germany and west germany. and you know, this moment is so important, for so many germans seeing this unification, that eluded them for so many decades but it is a commen ration of what was missing in the world while the u.s. was so engaged during the cold war, this lack of engagement now is really what a lot of people in germany are talking about. next is my colleague in beijing. >> thanks, matt. this was a first, a joint investigation, by china and the united states, to cra

china's ministry of foreign affairs saying it opposes the resolution and will take, quote, firm countermeasuresn response to that legislation. staying with news out of hong kong, pro democracy protesters overnight calling for more rallies over the weekend this as police withdrew from university campus which had been under siege for several weeks. the city enjoyed a weak of relative calm since those local elections on sunday, that handed an overwhelming victory to pro democracy candidates south korea's military says north korea's fired two unidentified projectiles into the ocean. this launches yesterday that came three days after the north said its troops conducted artillery drills near the disputed sea boundary with south korea. this is the first such launch in nearly a month and it comes amaid a stalemate in denuclearization talks among pyongyang and washington >>> as we move deep near what is one of the busiest shopper days of the year, a do adobe is out h its estimate of how much americans spend online thanksgiving day, you, yesterday, on your computer, spent $4.4 billion, up 19% year over y

secretary, to the industrial markets for the agriculture ministry, she also worked for the ministry of foreign affairs, the city of wetness areas as general director of economic development and the private sector for the ses group. and she has taught courses and foreign trade and international economics at universities in argentina. she holds degrees in international commerce and a post graduate degree in international marketing and foreign trade. sitting to her left is minister about gonzalez who has served as the resident fellow for international economics since last october when she stepped down as senior director of the world banks global practice on trade and competitiveness. previously she served as costa rica's minister of trade, in that role she negotiated six free trade agreements, including the central american republic fta, known as the kafka and she's also served as director in charge of its agricultural division she has been the minister of foreign trade among many roles minister gonzales is part of trade and law at the university of costa rica and has published extensively, she holds a m

also, the ministry of foreign affairs in beijing late last night, warning of retaliation if that billis what marco rubio said in a statement. the world witnesses the people of hong kong standing up every day to defend their long-cherished freedoms against an increasingly aggressive beijing and hong kong government. now more than ever, the u.s. must send a clear message that the free world stands with hong kongers in their struggle. the president of china also sending a strong message speaking in brazil, he denounced the violence and said continued, radical crimes have seriously trampled on the rule of law. stopping violence on restoring order is hong kong's most urgent task. but again, there is no plan necessarily, other than the increased use of force by police to stop the violence. there is no political solution to resolve what many say is a political impasse. the whole situation was exasperated again yesterday by -- was exacerbated by the chief secretary yesterday, clarifying a lot of speculation about that late night, 10:00 p.m. wednesday meeting by carrie lam and her senior offic

since 2006, he has worked in the ministry of foreign affairs in the north american divisions and the office of the minister. he served at the cuban embassy in canada as a member of the people's power provincial assembly of the city of havana and graduated summa cum laude from the university of have been a faculty of law. he also has a masters of science and with foreign relations. so let's give it up for miguel. [applause] >> good afternoon. thank you so much for coming today. it is a pleasure for me to be here. i really believe this is very important. today is a historic day. there is a vote in the united nations right now about this. about the u.s. blockade against cuba. when i came in 2015, june 2015, i started saying we were in the best moment in the relations in almost 60 years. now in 2019, i cannot say that anymore unfortunately. but i will explain the history, the past, the present, and what we want for the future between both countries. this is a presentation i have been doing here in almost 46 american universities. i'm trying to go everywhere to talk about u.s.-cuba relatio

this position, the ambassador served as a state secretary for development in the danish ministry of foreign affairs. heor to this appointment, served as ambassador to indonesia and was also papua new guinea. before that, he worked for the undp and bhutan. the panel will spend about an hour debating the issue of multilateralism institutions. after that, we will open it up for questions from the audience. >> i will start. lisa: you have just written a book about multilateral institutions that will is about to come out or will come out. can you briefly describe how you see the role of multilateral institutions in today's world order, where we have these fluctuating alliance patterns, trade wars, rising authoritarianism. do these trends mean that these institutions are counterproductive to preserving a liberal world order? are they taken over by authoritarian regime with little respect for basic liberal market and economic principles? how should we read it? kathryn: thank you for that question and thank you for inviting me here at the hudson institute. it has been a privilege to meet my co-panelists. i

position,ing up that the abbasid are served as state secretary for development in the ministry of foreign affairs. appointment, he served as ambassador to indonesia and was also accredited to ease to more -- or and papa new guinea. and before that come he worked for the undp. the panel will spend about an the issue of multilateral institutions and after that, we will open it up for questions from the audience. kathryn, youart -- have just written a book on multilateral in dictations. that is about to come out or has already come out i think. can you briefly describe how you see the role of multilateral institutions in today's world order where we had these fluctuating alliances and trade wars rising, authoritarianism? do these trends mean the institutions are counterproductive to preserving a liberal world order? are they for example taken over by authoritarian regimes with little respect for basic liberal market and human rights principles? kathryn lavelle: thank you. and thank you for that question and thank you for inviting me and having me here today at the hudson institute. it is been a priv

even in guatemala the ministry of foreign affairs has publicly confirmed this to smugglers don't care about the well-being of migrants. they only care about turning a profit. in fiscal year 19 customs and border protection ever 71 hospital visits per day from migrants who arrived at her border in deteriorating health. border patrol conducted over 490000 rescues of immigrants wee smuggled and left to die. acting dhs secretary mcaleenan testified in july that more than i a thousand 500 fraudulent family cases have been uncovered where the adult is not -- the child. 1000 of those have resulted in prosecutions. worse, cartels are sending children back on commercial airlines to their home countries and return to the border with different adults. agents call this practice recycling children. i.c.e. identifies 60000 children who have gone through this. one child told investigators he was forced to make the trip eight times. there's a common misconception that most people illegally crossing our border are seeking asylum. however less than 20% of immigrants and customs and border patrol custod

the ministry of foreign affairs had thread today that china will take strong counter managers if thaty see as the u.s. meddling continues by trade privileges to whether or not the chinese get violent with hong kong others. nurse. the line out of china this morning is that they feel like this is that u.s. impeding on china's sovereignty of course the senate can do what it wants. now you have to go to the house and if it is past that it would come over here to the white house for the president to sign or veto and you would have to wonder if he gets to that point tell all of that would play out and how that may or may not impact the trade talks between the u.s. and china. blake, good to see you. president trump also taking aim at house speaker nancy pelosi. claiming she's hope holding up the deal over impeachment. >> the woman is grossly incompetent. all she wants to do is focus on impeachment which is just a little pipedream she's got. she is using u.s. embassy because she doesn't have the impeachment votes so she is using the u.s. embassy to get the impeachment vote. >> jointly right n

who commit human rights abuses in the territory china's foreign ministry denounced the move accusing america of meddling in its internal affairs comes pro-democracy movement welcomed the u.s. support. in order why a conservative opposition candidate. or has claimed victory after a days long count of the country's runoff election the new martinez the candidate for the country's ruling broad front of party has conceded defeat of the left wing broad front has been in power. for more than for the last 50 years. pressure on multiverse government so be investigation into the murder of journalist daphne caught on a glitzy is increasing our prime minister joseph morse cat has summoned his cabinet to urgent meeting earlier this week 3 senior political figures quit the cabinet because of the case one of them the prime minister's former chief of staff i keith . has now been questioned and has now been arrested and questioned according to multis media he was confronted with evidence provided by a prominent businessman that implicates him for weeks now protesters have called for the prime minister to step down accusing him of protecting hi

of the favorable trade status that washington grants the territory it also threatens sanctions against chinese officials who commit human rights abuses said china's foreign ministry has denounced the move accusing america of meddling in its internal affairs but hong kong's pro-democracy movement has welcomed it as a victory earlier on thursday they held a rally in gratitude for the new u.s. law the w.c. was there. today tens of thousands. celebrating the passage of the human rights and democracy act that in the. face that they were thanking the u.s. government. for activists in hong kong the. very bottom. of the impact. of this movement they understand that international. voting from home. this from washington correspondent public us welcome public tell us more about the bills that president trump signed today highfill well it's you know the human rights and democracy act which is what president trump a sign that it was actually introduced early in the protests in hong kong back in june and last month. of representatives overwhelmingly approved it now what it basically calls for are sanctions against chinese and hong kong officials who committed human rights or bruised busa is now as part of the new laws and the united states can actuall

of the favorable trade status that washington grants the territory it also threatened sanctions against chinese officials who commit human rights abuses that china's foreign ministry has denounced the movie using america of meddling in its internal affairs but hong kong pro-democracy hong kong's pro-democracy movement has welcomed it as a victory earlier on thursday they held a rally in gratitude for the new u.s. law the new u.s. law the w.'s sherry chan was there. today tens of thousands. of the human rights and democracy act. that they were thanking the u.s. government for passing this feel. very because they know that. they understand international. public. so tell us more about the bills that president trump signed today. well as we've just heard it's called the human rights and democracy act it's almost self-explanatory in some ways it was actually introduced early in the bill to prior to this in the protests in hong kong back in june and the house of representatives here in the u.s. actually overwhelmingly approved it last month the coals for essentially sanctions against chinese and hong kong officials who committed human rights abuses and what's also interesting which you mentioned is that the united states can basically revoke

of the incoming missiles over damascus. the u.s. senate has unanimously passed legislation supporting the pro-democracy protests in hong kong. china's foreign ministry said the u.s. should stop interfering in its affairsy a handful of protesters were besieged by polic last night, some tried to escape.others walked out wearins and emergency blankets. some wrote sos on the ground. police have already arrested more than 1000 people since the siege began. multiple news reports say that a navy seal who received support from president b trump m ousted from the elite commando force. rear admiral colin greene is ordering a review board to look dwat the case ofd gallagher. president trump restore' gallaghes rank. the military jury acquitted him murder, but convicted him of a lesser charge. governor gavin newsom took steps today totr rt oil and gas exploration in california. he annoued the state will not approve new fracking projects untilts per are reviewed by an independent panel. he m issued atorium against a similar process for drilling oil. the oil industry saying the actions will only lead to more foreign oil imports from places with lesser environmental safety standards. icpu school teachers in indiana s

of fomenting unrest. the foreign ministry strongly condemns what it describes as america's cheap tricks it also said the u.s. should stay out of china's internal affair affairs and has threatened to take counter measures. they have gone so far as to summon u.s. officials to lodge a formal complaint the bill requires the secretary of state to review the status of hong kong and see every year it meets certain requirements to remain autonomous from beijing and enjoy special privileges with the united states if that special status is revoked, it would very much change the dynamic of hong kong as a financial hub out here in the region foul, there is a fear that this move could further compliment the already fragile trade talks. officially, this is a major sign of support for hong kong protesters who beijing has been labelling as terrorists. however, i was talking to chinese academics, many of whom advise the policy makers here, and they said they still believe that the chinese and the u.s. both want to make sure these issues are not linked. and then they also said they believe that the prevailing feeling here is that president trump himself does not actua

the foreign ministry spokesman again insisting hong kong is china's internal affair, andsh everyone elsld mind their own business. but without some acknowledgment of whappened here on sunday, the celebrations could soon turn rupert wingfield-hay, bbc news, in hong kong. laura: for more on the results i spoke with zhaoyin feng from the bbc's chinese service. h thanks for being w. when we hear carrie lam say she is going to listen to the results, will beijing let her chge anything? zhaoyin: that's an interesting question. carrie lam said she would listen to the public opinion husely and reflecously. she will have open dialogue with members of the society, which she did weeks o. but this is probably not going to be enough. hong kong people are expecting more meaningful responses from the government such an independent inquiry into the alleged police brutality and also starting discsion on reforms towards universal suffrage. it is interesting to note that lam's hands are probably tied. she herself sa she has two bosses, hong kong people and the central government in beijing. after thelections, hong kong local media quoted unnamed sources saying that b

we know the foreign ministry officials yesterday said, again accusing the u.s. of, quote-un quote, meddling in chinese affairsey said they would take strong countermeasures, that they would retaliate, reiterating that message. they summoned the u.s. ambassador to china for the second time this week, to get him -- give him a dressing down about some of these issues. the focus is whether or not it does derail these trade talks with the two sides looking to try to get an initial deal by the end of the year. there's this unofficial deadline in terms of those talks. we know both are continuing the conversation. the question is whether china puts in place measures to delay those conversations or takes der u.s.asures to hin businesses operating here. the rhetoric has been strong. we are awaiting the details when it comes to the action on the ground. paul: i guess china has to be careful in whatever actions it does take. what retaliatory tools are in the box that china could use? tom: it's a very difficult balancing act for china. when you look across all the data points, the economy is clearly under pressure. they a

foreign ministry for the second time this week for a dressing down. we heard from the foreign minister accusing the u.s. of meddling in china's affairs, saying it could jeopardize cooperation in other areas, and the concern for investors is that it could mean a complication in the trade talks. in terms of retaliation, they have reiterated they will hit back, but the rhetoric in the recent past has not been matched by any concrete actions on the ground. if you look at the supply of u.s. weaponry to taiwan, they are blacklisting companies involved in the surveillance space. china has come with strong rhetoric but has not followed that up with particular measures in terms of retaliation. we are waiting to see if they do, we await those details. nejra: thank you for joining us, tom mackenzie and yvonne man. joining us for the hour is christopher jeffery, head of rates and inflation strategy, legal & general investment management. great to have you with us. we are seeing markets soft in terms of equities, and weakening in the yuan and strengthening in the yen. is this a premature reaction given what we heard about the potential for retali

foreign ministry's response to trump's signing the bill into law. >> translator: we remind the u.s. that hong kong is part of china, and hong kong affairs are china's internal affairs, where no foreign government or force shall interfere. this act will only further expose the malicious nature of u.s. intentions to the chinese people including our hong kong compatriots and the chinese people will only stand in greater solidarity the u.s.' attempts are bound to fail >> as hong kong enters the 26th weekend of protests, the situation has remained largely peaceful in the past week. and in the leadup to the district council elections last sunday, which saw the pan democrats secure a landslide victory, taking majority in 17 of 18 district councils. i'm emily tan in hong kong, back to you >> talking about the 26th week of protests in hong kong, let's look back at how the hang seng index did for the month of november you see that for the month, it was down 2%, most of it actually happened today so the index has been remarkably resilient, despite the demonstrations and the protests that continue to take place in hong kong. you can see that things

reacted angrily to the signing of the legislation this is what the spokesperson for the chinese foreign ministry had to say on. hong kong is china's hong kong. china's internal affairs no foreign government power has the right to intervene. this will only make the chinese people including all compound trips in hong kong more aware of the sinister intentions on nature of the united states it will only make the chinese people more united and committed the u.s. probably isn't doomed to fail. but. let's take a look now at some other stories making news around the world hungary and prosecutors have charged the captain of a cruise liner in connection with a deadly boat collision on the danube in may the ukrainian national was charged with misconduct leading to mass casualties and 35 counts of failing to provide help 27 people died nearly all of them tourists from south korea turkey says 2 of its troops have been killed in a mortar attack in the town of kali on the border with syria the mortar round was reportedly fired from syria near areas that turkey and syrian ally seized last month turkey says its forces retaliated. apple has agreed to russian demands to depict the cr

reacted angrily to the signing of the legislation this is what the spokesperson for the chinese foreign ministry had to say jungle. hong kong is china's hong kong and hong kong affairs are purely china's internal affairs no foreign government or power has the right to intervene this will only make the chinese people including our compound trips in hong kong more aware of the sinister intentions and had monic nature of the united states it will only make the chinese people more united and committed the us probably doomed to fail. and we have didn't use clifford couldn't with us he was a correspondent in china for over a decade hi clifford thanks for joining us here it is still unclear how exactly china will respond in terms of concrete action what's your analysis well i think looking at the verbal reaction it's kind of predictably angry they're talking about hedging money and they're using the language that of the struggle and they're talking about plots and they're clearly very angry about this they see that they see it as an attack on their internal affairs and that's a been a big that's always a big issue with china whenever there's comments about human rights or

the chinese foreign ministry calling the move a, quote, severe interference in hong kong affairs, serious violation ofrms governing international relations. shocking, the chinese are not so happy about pro-democracy protesters, laura. what's interesting to watch now as we're seeing is how much this is energizing the protesters in hong kong. from the south china morning post there in asia, a sense of unease hangs over hong kong as protesters prepare for anti-government rally near site of violent crash between radicals and police. this has certainly emboldened the protesters to get this real voice of support from president trump and not only from the president, but also from both chambers of congress that passed the law. laura: absolutely. you know, when you see those images, i mean, they really are so just incredible to watch. the american flags being flown and being waved around in hong kong, and some of the protesters who were out there on the streets waving those flags had something to say. here are some of them on thursday. >> i think that we have no -- we are not strong enough to address the chine

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a foreign ministry spokesman again insisting that hong kong is china's internal affair, and everyone else should mind their own business. applause but without some acknowledgement ofed here on sunday, the celebrations could soon turn back into violence on the streets. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in hong kong. we will go live to hong kong. we will get some more reaction a little bit later. now i want to bring you up—to—date with a story that is developing at the moment. a court in washington has ruled that former white house counsel, don mcgahn, must comply with a congressional subpoena related to an investigation into russian interference in the 2016 us elections. that probe is now complete, but the ruling could provide a legal basis for white house officials to testify before the impeachment inquiry. our north america correspondent david willis is following the story for us. david, this is just david, this isjust coming through to us at the moment. talk us through the significance. it is interesting because the white house had argued that former senior aides had immunity from being called to testify before congress, and therefore, there was no compulsion fo

a foreign ministry spokesman again insisting hong kong is china's internal affair, and everyone else should mind their own business. applause but without some acknowledgement ofs could soon turn back into violence on the streets. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in hong kong. let's ta ke let's take you live now to hong kong. sharanjit leyl is in hong kong for us. carrie lam has been speaking. what other top lines from that? that is right. i believe she still speaking at the moment, taking questions from journalists. her first public appearance and is commenting on those elections, since that landslide very by the pro—democracy candidates over the weekend, and she has been addressing, pretty much stating the obvious that this is an election for district counsellors, they have a duty to fulfil, but again, how this is really seen as a de facto referendum on the government. ultimately, most of the hong kong people have been saying, yes, it is actually. they did want to make their opinions expressed at the ballot box. you can hear them here, they are on the street. the people we have been hearing from our hearing —— not happy. it is relief that the elections went