complex years since its return to chinese rule for the 2 years ago president xi went on to say that ms lam had beijing's and wavering support despite her government's poor showing in recent local elections and this month's huge pro-democracy rally. we will continue to firmly support you and your leadership of the hong kong government in exercising government policy as mandated by law we will firmly support the police of hong kong in strictly enforcing the law all. people of all walks of life in hong kong will unite and work together to push hong kong's development back onto the right track. straight to hong kong where we joined journalist laurel cho a welcome so when present gives carry law he's full backing his other diplomatic nicety how does it actually carry weight i think it does carry it shows that the beijing government hasn't changed their stance they are still fully supporting not only carry on but also the police trying that they do can down everything they've done so are showing off that they are continuing to not address the protester demands it also shows that there isn't real

despite the demands of pro-democracy protesters that she stepped down chinese president xi jinping told ms lam that hong kong had had what he described as its grimmest and most complex 2 years since its return to chinese rule 22 years ago but carol lam has beijing's unwavering support despite her government's poor performance in recent local elections and this month's huge pro-democracy rally. we will continue to firmly support you and your leadership of the hong kong government in exercising government powers as mandated by law we will firmly support the police of hong kong in strictly enforcing the law. we hope people of all walks of life in hong kong will unite and work together to push hong kong's development back onto the right track. straight to hong kong where we joined journalist laurel cho a welcome so when present gives he's full backing his other diplomatic nicety or does it actually carry weight i think it does carry weight and shows that the beijing government hasn't changed their stance they are still fully supporting not only kerry i am but also the police trying that they do co

although ms lam did earlier scrap the law which would have allowed suspects to be taken from hong kongand china, which was the trigger for the original protests. the us geological survey has recorded 18 significant earthquakes near the city of davao in the southern philippines in less than 2a hours. the strongest had a magnitude of 6.8, and led to the death of a six—year—old girl when a wall collapsed. it's feared several people could be trapped under fallen rubble, a search and rescue operation is under way. taylor swift has announced she'll be headlining glastonbury festival next year. the american superstar tweeted to say she'll be performing on the sunday night for the legendary event's 50th anniversary. british politicians are due to return to westminster following last week's general election. new mps will collect their passes but they won't be sworn in until tuesday when the new parliament sits for the first time. labour's shadow finance minister, john mcdonnel has been speaking to the bbc‘s andrew marr about his party's dismal performance — which saw them lose 59 seats. mr mcdo

there have insisted they will not give in to any of the pro—democracy protestors‘ demands, although ms lamaw which would have allowed suspects to be taken from hong kong to stand trial in mainland china, which was the trigger for the original protests. the us geological survey has recorded 18 significant earthquakes near the city of davao in the southern philippines in less than 2a hours. the strongest had a magnitude of 6.8 and led to the death of a six—year—old girl when a wall collapsed. it is feared several people could be trapped under fallen rubble. a sea rch—and—rescue operation is under way. taylor swift has announced she will be headlining glastonbury festival next year. the american superstar tweeted to say she will be performing on the sunday night for the legendary event's 50th anniversary. and how about this for a feat of athletic endurance by an 84—year—old man. royjorgen svenningsen from canada has become the oldest person ever to complete the antarctic ice marathon. it took him 11 hours, 41 minutes and 58 seconds to complete the course at the union glacier exploration camp.

unwavering support for hong kong leader kerry lam despite months of violent antigovernment protests demonstrators are demanding 5 concessions including ms lands resignation police have said they will not tolerate any more violence. a breakthrough in the trade war between the u.s. and china has propelled stocks on wall street to another record high investors are relieved that fears of an escalating conflict have receded it was the 3rd straight day of gains. a wall war 2 allies and germany have gathered in belgium to mark the 75th anniversary of a decisive battle the battle of the bulge was the last german of offensive of the war and marked a major turning point. this is d.w. news from berlin for more followers on twitter at the news. of visit our web site e.w. dot com. we are pumping more not less carbon into the atmosphere global warming is exhilarating and the promises made in the paris climate accord to reverse this they're not being kept and they're not strong enough the next climate summit will be in scotland next year scientists say that we have about a decade to save the climate as we know it a decade and we just lost a year i'm b