xiaobo the largely silent crowd walked to china's representative office to show their support for mr liudied on thursday. he died in hospital while serving an 11—year prison sentence for his political activism. here is michael bristow. 0ut out at sea, and an unknown location, the remains of liu xiaobo were placed in an urn. with his wives and —— wife and relatives looking on, the ashes were committed to the water. this video was released to suggest that in death, as in life, they had treated the nobel peace prize winner with dignity. after the ceremony, the authorities put liu xiaobo's eldest brother in front of the cameras, to praise the communist pa rty‘s humanity. the cameras, to praise the communist party's humanity. translation: first of all, only half of my family, and especially of my brother's wife, all the things the government has done since my brother's death were all done at the request of his family. each and every one was met with satisfaction. he was led away before journalists could ask why the nobel laureate was buried at sea. was it so laureate was buried at sea. was it

mr liu's wife, liu xia, has been under house arrest since her husband won the nobel prize in 2010.th has deteriorated, and officials suggested she was now a free woman. but that claim has yet to be tested. liu xiaobo was given a nobel award after being jailed for calling for political change in china. in prison, little was heard of him. then suddenly, a few weeks ago, the authorities announced he was receiving treatment for liver cancer. china's leaders despised liu xiaobo and what he stood for in life. they tried to control the manner of his death. but a nobel peace prize brings worldwide recognition, and so even china had no choice but to honour his passing. elon musk has warned that the development of artificial intelligence has become the greatest risk to humans and —— civilisation. he has warned that we must start taking the threat seriously. he's hardly a man you could accuse of being afraid of technology. in future, elon musk wants to develop rockets to send people to mars. in the present, he is pioneering d riverless the present, he is pioneering driverless cars. but at a g

mr liu's wife, liu xia, has been under house arrest since her husband won the nobel prize in 2010.l health has deteriorated, and officials suggested she was now a free woman. but that claim has yet to be tested. liu xiaobo was given a nobel award after being jailed for calling for political change in china. in prison, little was heard of him. then suddenly, a few weeks ago, the authorities announced he was receiving treatment for liver cancer. china's leaders despised liu xiaobo and what he stood for in life. they tried to control the manner of his death. but a nobel peace prize brings worldwide recognition, and so even china had no choice but to honour his passing. tributes have been made to the world—renowned iranian mathematician, maryam mirzakhani, who has died of cancer in the united states. the ao—year—old was the first woman to win the prestigious fields medal, regarded as the equivalent of the nobel prize for mathematics. while there's been much praise for her work, there's been some anger on social media at the way official media outlets have avoided showing images of her

mr liu's wife, liu xia, has been under house arrest since her husband won the nobel prize in 2010.iorated, and officials suggested she was now a free woman. but that claim has yet to be tested. liu xiaobo was given a nobel award after being jailed for calling for political change in china. in prison, little was heard of him. then suddenly, a few weeks ago, the authorities announced he was receiving treatment for liver cancer. china's leaders despised liu xiaobo and what he stood for in life. they tried to control the manner of his death. but a nobel peace prize brings worldwide recognition, and so even china had no choice but to honour his passing. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: getting down and dirty — 4,000 people take part in the annual shanghai mud—run. the flamboyant italian fashion designer gianni versace has been shot dead in florida. the multi—millionaire was gunned down outside his home in the exclusive south beach district of miami. emergency services across central europe are stepping up their efforts to contain the worse floods this century. nearly 100 people

indeed, mr liu is very, very sick. why is china so reluctant to allow him to leave the country? friends abroad. he's a nobel laureate. his voice, speaking out against what he's experienced at china's hands would be incredibly powerful. they do not want that voice to be heard. his wife has been kept under house arrest, charged under no crime ever since he was awarded the nobel peace prize. if he goes, she goes and becomes a powerful voice. they are afraid of him, of a dying man. here is a powerful country that wants to stride onto the world stage but they are afraid of a dying man. the new silk road is chinese president xijinping's project of the century. he plans to spend around a trillion dollars on road, rail and infrastructure across 60 countries. to understand china's ambitions, the bbc‘s china editor, carrie gracie, has been travelling the length of the new silk road. herjourney begins in eastern china, where the new rail route to the uk starts. they call them the ships of the desert. for centuries, the camel trains of the silk road dominated trade between china and the wes

germany, whose doctors are treating mr liu, has accused the chinese of leaking pictures of him in hospital's called on beijing to ‘show humanity'. the chinese says it's a matterfor them — and no—one should interfere in china's affairs. julia macfarlane reports. he's the most famous dissidents in china, held since 2008 for cowriting a document calling for sweeping democratic reform in china. liu xiaobo is now dying of cancer and the circumstances of his treatment are causing international concern. the german embassy says the visit by a german doctor to treat him at a hospital was filmed and released to the media. diplomats call that a breach trust, as you backed up by angela merkel‘s speaks in. to? the tragic case of liu xiaobo is of great importance to the chancellor and she would hope for a sign of humanity for liu xiaobo and his family. in hong kong on monday, pro—democracy campaigners held a seatin pro—democracy campaigners held a seat in demonstration outside the chinese liaison office to demand the release of liu xiaobo. they say there is still time to for treatment abroad. we feel ve

the largely silent crowd walked to china's representative office to show their support for mr liu, whod in hospital on thursday, while serving an 11—year prison sentence for his political activism. here's michael bristow. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. at least eight people are thought to have been killed in a stampede that broke out after a football match in the senegalese capital, dakar. fans of two local teams clashed after a game at the demba diop stadium. police responded by using tear gas, leading to panic. a wall collapsed as a large number of people attempted to leave the stadium. dozens of people are reported to have been injured. israel says it will look at the holy site on sunday. it was closed off after two police officers were killed by gunmen who themselves were killed. stay with us here on bbc news. still to come. one of the leading investors in artificial intelligence tells american politicians they should be really concerned about the future of the technology he's pioneering. here, a 15—year—old girl has died after suffering an adverse

our own correspondents say there's been a virtual media blackout in china regarding mr liu's death. he's pictured on the financial times, too. the paper also looks at the uk going on the offensive against new york to try and win the world's largest initial public offering. it's trying to woo saudi arabia's oil giant aramco. london's proposing a loosening of governance restrictions. a parisian dinnerup the eiffel tower for the us and french presidents, and their wives. they're shown here on le figaro. in france for bastille day celebrations, donald trump has hinted that the united states‘ position on climate change could be reviewed. show me the money — but no notes and coins! the daily telegraph reports that visa wants to put cash out of business by paying shops to not accept tangible money. one consumer group says it amounts to bribery. and ‘sorry‘ seems to be the hardest word, but itjust got easier to say — or sing — without accepting liability. the south china morning post reports on a law passed in hong kong to help people settle disputes with an apology without facing legal con

germany, whose doctors are treating mr liu, has accused the chinese of leaking pictures of him in hospital. and the german chancellor's spokesman has called on beijing to show humanity. the iraqi prime minister has formally declared victory in the battle to liberate mosul from the islamic state group. haider al—abadi delivered a victory speech in which he said he was consigning is to the bin of history. and this video is trending on bbc.com. thailand's prime minister has expressed his disapproval of one the country's most popular singers. lamayi has decided to tone down her act and she's been telling us all about it. that's all from me for now. stay with bbc news. and the top story here in the uk: the parents of the terminally ill baby charlie gard accused the hospital of treating him... the hospital of treating him... the hospital treating him of lying to a judge. they say they have new proof the child therapy could help him. now on bbc news all the latest business news live from singapore. india's cattle trade, a major decision looms ahead of one that will affect business and religious c

our own correspondents say there's been a virtual media blackout in china regarding mr liu's death.es, too. the paper also looks at the uk going on the offensive against new york to try and win the world's largest initial public offering. it's trying to woo saudi arabia's oil giant aramco. london's proposing a loosening of governance restrictions. a parisian dinnerup the eiffel tower for the us and french presidents, and their wives. they're shown here on le figaro. in france for bastille day celebrations, donald trump has hinted that the united states' position on climate change could be reviewed. show me the money — but no notes and coins! the daily telegraph reports that visa wants to put cash out of business by paying shops to not accept tangible money.

largely silent crowd walked to china's representative office in the territory to show their support for mr liu, who died on thursday. in the netherlands, and across europe, thousands of iranian refugees are converting to christianity. for many, conversion offers a new start in europe, and for dutch churches it's a much needed boost to dwindling congregations. but some say the refugees are only becoming christians so they won't be sent back to iran. so are these converts ‘born again christians‘ or simply praying for asylum 7 our world investigates. in the netherlands and across europe, thousands of iranian refugees are turning to christianity. tired of the lack of freedom in the islamic republic, they say conversion offers a new start. and it's a much needed boost to dutch church congregations. every week two traditional churches are closing in this country. but converting to christianity can carry a heavy penalty in iran and some say the refugees are onlyjoining the church so they won't be sent back. i lied to them. most iranians regard this to be the best way, it's not just me. the difficulty

largely silent crowd walked to china's representative office in the territory to show their support for mr liu, who died on thursday. let's take a brief look now at some of the morning papers. the independent reports garbine muguruza's wimbledon victory. there's also a poll suggesting a majority of voters would be happy with a tax rise to see the salaries of emergency services staff go up. brexit takes the front page of the observer, with a warning from civil servants of the challenges that lie ahead for the prime minister. the sunday telegraph leads with the soon—to—be published salaries of the bbc‘s highest earners, suggesting there are discrepancies in pay between genders. and the mail on sunday says the french government and banking chiefs are engaged in a plot against the british banking sector. now on bbc news, it's time for the travel show. this week on the travel show, we're in bermuda. i'll be diving into hundreds of years of nautical history, and finding out how a new project will let you explore these shipwrecks from your smartphone. that was, quite literally, breathtaking! we head

mr liu died in hospital while serving a prison sentence for his activism. former british prime minister tony blair has suggested the european union could be willing to make concessions on the free movement of people to allow the uk to remain in the eu. spain's garbine muguruza has beaten venus williams in the wimbledon women's final. now on bbc news: with the women's us 0pen golf taking place this weekend, as part of the bbc women's season of sport, sarah mulkerrins travels to the us to examine the history of women's involvement in golf. driving change: golf's battle for equality. i got a threat letters in my life. i couple of times they tried to run me off the highway as i was driving. i really did feel like my life was in danger. growing up, golf was not for us. you look like you don't play golf. what is the local golf? as far as they were concerned, we are trash, so that's all we deserve. golf — for many a hobby, for some a career, but not so long ago, if you were black or a woman, it wasn't even an option. in the usa, until 1961, the professional golfer

the largely silent crowd walked to china's representative office to show their support for mr liu, who thursday. he died in hospital while serving an 11—year prison sentence for his political activism. 0ut out at sea in and loan location, the remains of liu xiaobo were placed in an urn. the ashes were committed to the water with his wife and relatives looking gone. after the ceremony, the authorities put the eldest brother in front of the camera to praise the communist pa rty‘s humanity. camera to praise the communist party's humanity. translation: first of all, on behalf of my family and especially my brother's wife, all the things the government has done since my brother's death were all down the request of my family. each and everyone met with satisfaction. he was led away before itjournalist could ask why the nobel laureate was buried at sea. was it so his admirers would have nowhere to go to remember him? liu xiaobo's wife has been under house arrest since her husband one the nobel prize in 2010. her mental health has deteriorated. an official suggested she is now a free woman but

they gathered in the province on wednesday night by the beach because mr liu was cremated and his ashesthe sea. they had an evening vigil, throwing flowers and other items into the sea. photos of this was widely shared on line and a hong kong tv station actually did a facebook live. it was a high—profile vigil. and a few days later on saturday morning, four of the activists were detained by police, and a fifth activist is believed to be missing, believed to be detained as well. and a few others are currently on the run from the authorities as well. also making news today: the us special representative for ukraine says washington is actively considering whether to arm the government in its struggle against russian—backed rebels in the east of the country. kurt volker said arming ukrainian government forces could change moscow's political calculation about how much the rebels could achieve through military means. china's anti—corru ption authorities have announced that the former communist party secretary of a major metropolis, chongqing, is under investigation for serious violations of d

largely silent crowd walked to china's representative office in the territory to show their support for mr liu, who died on thursday. now on bbc news, it's time for dateline london. hello there. they are leaders, but ata hello there. they are leaders, but at a leading? welcome to dateline. donald trump was treated like royalty as the french celebrated their revolution. theresa may was trumpeting a different sort of revolution in england. she is a diminished figure after losing her parliamentary majority. president trump is distracted by the investigation into links between his campaign and his family, and the russians. it can't be often that they envy that prime minister of iraq, but haider al—abadi looked like a leader this week on the streets of mosul, celebrating the defeat of islamic state. welcome to oui’ defeat of islamic state. welcome to our guests. good to have you back. tony blair was saying today that we have had a lot of followership lately, we need some leadership. is he right? i think it's true, we are leaderless at the moment. we have an incapacitated, paralysed prime minister w

largely silent crowd walked to china's representative office in the territory to show their support for mr liu, who died on thursday. now on bbc news, time for click. this week... the cyborgs are coming, the eyeborgs are watching, the bar staff are serving and lara photographs a banana! this is adam jensen, star of the video game deus ex: human revolution. set in 2027, the poor chap has to undergo extensive cybernetic modifications after being severely injured. well, just ten years before those events might occur, that plot line doesn't seem that far off. for years now, people have been body—hacking, giving themselves extra abilities. and as our understanding of robotics has advanced, so has our creativity. meet rob spence. like the cyborg in the video game, he too has a bionic eye. it doesn't have terminator vision like this, yet, but it does record video. inside a prosthetic eye, which is an odd shape, they're not a sphere, a prosthetic eye, they're actually like a very thick contact lens. inside that is a battery, a video camera and a video transmitter, all attached to a circuit board so th

germany, whose doctors are treating mr liu, has accused the chinese of leaking pictures of him in hospital. and the german chancellor's spokesman has called on beijing to ‘show humanity'. the iraqi prime minister has formally declared victory in the battle to liberate mosul from the islamic state group. haider al—abadi delivered a victory speech in which he said he was consigning is to the dustbin of history. and this video is trending on bbc.com. thailand's prime minister has expressed his disapproval of one the country's most popular singers. lamayi has decided to tone down her act and she's been telling us all about it. that's all from me now. stay with bbc world news. now as part of hardtalk‘s 20th anniversary season, another chance to see an interview first broadcast in 2013. welcome to hardtalk. i'm alan little. my guest today is the former bishop of edinburgh, richard holloway. he entered a seminary at the age of 1a, intent on becoming a monk. he rose to become the leader of the anglican church in scotland. but he gradually lost faith in many of the certainties in christianity, incl

mr liu won the nobel peace prize in 2010 for his pursuit of democracy in china.he leader of the norwegian nobel committee said the government in beijing bore a heavy responsibility for his death. our china editor, carrie gracie, reports. liu xiaobo in happier times. and liu xiaobo last week. reunited with his wife only at the end. and still, under the watchful eye of the state. two foreign doctors were allowed to visit his bedside. the pictures released abroad to support the government's claim that it had done what it could. along with videos to deflect the charge that his cancer was neglected until too late. but he was denied his dying wish — to leave china. we have been through these kind of cases one after another, but it has still come as a big shock. because, not only because i know him, but also because he has been such a symbol for china's human rights, or democratic movement. liu xiaobo's course was set in 1989. the tiananmen square democracy protests. he tried to secure students safe passage out. before the army moved in to kill unknown numbers. many gav

largely silent crowd walked to china's representative office in the territory to show their support for mr liu, who died on thursday. now on bbc news, it's time to look back at the week in parliament. hello and welcome to the programme. coming up: the government launches its repeal bill converting eu law into uk legislation. we'll be looking at the parliamentary battles to come. as the prime minister announces an inquiry into the abuse faced by candidates at the general election, one mp worries where the harassment will end. i think there is a serious risk that actually something much worse will happen. also on this programme: we talk to nicky morgan, the new chair of the powerful commons treasury committee. and: i'll be reporting on the clash of the deputies at prime minister's questions. and mps mark the centenary of one of the bloodiest battles of the first world war. the men couldn't even get into the shell holes because they were full of water. so they are absolute sitting ducks. but first, it started life as the great repeal bill — and while the word "great" may have been dropped make no

care and instead of saying something, you know, all these world leaders today made comments about mr. liu lost an opportunity to honor him, to mourn him, to say something to recognize him. >> mark -- >> goes wrond that, actually. >> go ahead. >> don, it was beyond that because he praised xi of china as a good friend. he attested to his character. he had not a word to say, not just about a dead martyr for freedom and democracy, but also about the chinese policies that kept him in prison until his death. >> mark, president trump was asked, was also asked by reporters on air force one about his g20 meeting with putin and suggested if he challenged him more on that, twice -- then twice on hacking, that would have ended up in a fistfight. here's a quote. "i told him, i said, look, we can't have -- now we have" -- so hard to read, his quotes. "we can't have now he said absolutely not twice. what do you do, end up in a fistfight with somebody, okay?" a fistfight? >> just bravado on his part, you know, he's not -- gosh, who am i to say this, i'm certainly hi not the most eloquent person in the wo

mr liu, who was 61, was serving an 11—year prison sentence, punishment for his role in writing and circulatinge he had been hospitalised, confirmed his death in a statement. with us is shaojiang, a long—standing friend of liu xiaobo who now lives in london. thank you so much for coming in to talk to us here at the bbc. how did you get to know him?|j talk to us here at the bbc. how did you get to know him? i got to know him when he criticised chinese tradition, the chinese long history, the civilisation is actually barbaric history, especially the rooney rule, and how we can change this tyranny rule. the people must stand up and fight for their own democracy and human rights. so the first time i heard his speech in the university. after that, in 1989, during the student protest, he went back from america and joined our protest. before the tiananmen square massacre, he and other three scholars made a hunger strike for 72 hours, and after 48 hours, the military crashed the peaceful protest, and killed a lot of people. ijust ran protest, and killed a lot of people. i just ran into protest, and kil

i want to join with the statement of mr. liu. >> we have to talk about the issue of fairness, and that when you talk about guitar and the other countries in the region, we as the united states, i don't think, should be peaking in choosing. we need them all. we need to figure out how we work collectively together. atari has been, they have done some -- qatar has been, they have done some things that have been very good for the united states, our military base. they are working with us in regards to the war on terror. what i think needs to happen here, especially when we talk about qatar, we need to bring in as a committee, individuals from both the bush administration and the obama administration, because there is deep dialogue and conversation we can have with them to talk about the region and the people they have asked to do some things on behalf of the united states. the case, those individuals should not be held responsible, if they are working cooperatively with us. so i look forward to hearing the testimony from the witness

mr liu, who was 61, was serving an eleven year prison sentence — punishment for his role in writing andan end to china's one—party state. the legal bureau in the northeastern city of shenyang, where he had been hospitalised, confirmed his death in a statement. donald trump is on a two—day trip to paris, where he'll hold talks with president macron and attend bastille day celebrations. they're expected to discuss joint action in syria and iraq against the so—called islamic state group. a short time ago he was welcomed to the city by the french president at a ceremony. the area houses the tomb of napoleon. they are now heading to the palace for talks. we go now like to paris to our correspondent. what's on the agenda? the agenda todayis what's on the agenda? the agenda today is the military complex today where donald trump and melania trump have been shown around personally by emmanuel macron who has taken personal control of this part of the ceremony and has been showing them around the tomb of napoleon a man who ensure donald trump feels a certain fascination and they are due at palace

the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. liu for five minutes. >> thank you, madam chair. on jewel 9th, our secretary of state, rex tillerson, stated we call on saudi arabia, the unitsed arab emirates, bahrain and egypt to ease the blockade on qatar. later that same exact day, donald trump referred to the decision to initiate the blockade as hard, but necessary. then as you know, a few days later, the united states sells $12 million of fighter jets to qatar. so my question to the panel what is your understanding on the crept u.s. position on the so-called blockade? do we support it? do we oppose it? what is the answer to that? >> general, i'll start i guess. i think others have comments. from my perspective, i think we have this agreement inside the administration. for the most part have seen this disagreement. i'm not 100% sure. i do think that what is does do is causes some confusion. because you can't really, secretary tillerson is clearly trying to act as a mediator. he was on a trip last week or a couple of weeks back to do

liu xiaobo was 61 years old. former president jimmy carter was hospitalized for dehydration today, in canada. mr. carter is 92.habitat for humanity" said he had been working in the sun, building homes for the needy in winnipeg, manitoba. the organization said the former president told them he is okay, and urged the crew to "keep building." the number-three republican in the u.s. house, steve scalise, has had another round of surgery, after being shot last month. the louisiana republican was seriously wounded when a gunman attacked a congressional baseball practice. hospital officials in washington say the latest surgery was to treat infection. the u.s. justice department today charged more than 400 people with opioid scams and health care fraud. the alleged schemes, outlined today, totaled $1.3 billion in false billing. attorney general jeff sessions called it the "largest healthcare fraud takedown operation in american history." six teenage girls from afghanistan will be allowed into the u.s. after all, to take part in a robotics competition. the team had twice been denied visas, but the white house says pres

mr. chairman, not directly related to the tip report but just on human rights generally, i want to know with sadness and regret that liu xiaobo, chinese nobel laureate, has passed away. both the secretary and i and our ambassador has raised his case previously with the chinese government, and it is an example of our commitment to human rights. it is regrettable what happened to this person, a nobel laureate, but it is, again, an example of our commitment to how many rights and our commitment to you and this committee that we will take these issues very seriously. >> when secretary tillerson was having his confirmation hearings i know there had been some concerns about focusing on how many rights and our leadership in that regard. i will have to say -- and i think the committee has had a degree of effect on that, but i think his own experiences as he has traveled the world and seen the importance of u.s. leadership in this regard and the effect that it has on other countries has caused him to -- to really step up in that regard. i just hope as a result of this meeting, but the many encounters we have had and i know susa

liu in new york where it is just after 7:00 p.m. >> it is just after 7:00 a.m. in hong kong. i am yvonne man. misslk about mrs. today -- es today in earnings. south korea coming in negative at 3% drawdown or the month of june. the estimate was for quite a sizable uptick at 1.1%. also not looking great. we are seeing it down .2%. economists were expecting a 1.6% spread. we did talk about gdp yesterday, which did slow down from the spread we have seen in the first quarter. we will continue to watch how this ways out in korea in just about an hour's time when they inct -- plays out in korea just about an hour's time when they react. tech has a lot to the downside. day loucheave had a of earnings. we are going to amazon in a moment. eluge of earnings. we are going to amazon and a moment. we will have retail sales as well as inflation giving more clues. the fed seems to be on hold with rates. what is the boj going to do? it looks as if the ecb and others are on a tightening trend. that is why you had, yvonne, that kind of volatility in the u.s. market session. we will go over that in a moment, but i know that is se