rupert hogg stepped down days after the hong kong came under pressure from beijing because some stuff had supported pro-democracy protests in the city in his resignation hawke said the airline had faced challenging weeks that saw its share price hit 10 year lows on tuesday it counsel hundreds of flights with hong kong shut down by protests about this stock rebound at the down after the carrier condemned the protests and fired 2 pilots who have participated. now from the world of geopolitics to a small town in the west of germany after world war 2 u.s. troops were stationed in hope stepan virus but as the giants left whole apartment blocks stood empty until 2 entrepreneurs came up with an idea building a base in germany made in china will one is a good stupidness in europe to do it is move through this family all the way from the chinese megacity of one jew to hop staten vias bus in southwestern germany population 3 and a half. through some of her hopes are the worst just instantly google google map it on the google. like you have to assume very very big to see it is provincial backwat

rupert hogg resigned cathay shares rose on the news investors clearly do not like to ruffle feathers in beijing and markets are banking on easing tensions in hong kong in the financial sector the big 4 accountancy firms k b m g e y deloitte and b.w.c. scramble to publicly distance themselves from an employee showing solidarity with the demonstrators jar deans which owns the mandarin oriental hotel group issued statements backing the hong kong police other big firms may also bend to chinese pressure this month just b.c. us to chief executive john flint the bank had been in chinese crosshairs over its perceived role in the u.s. prosecution of huawei c.f.o. among one joe. so the big companies distance themselves from the protesters keen to stay in beijing's good books that some smaller businesses in hong kong are proving to be more subversive one even leading political slogans on sweet treats inside the sweet taste of flow to seeds on the outside politics chinese science spell out no withdrawal no dispersal or simply hong kong people both recent protests slogans heard on the streets of

rupert hogg resigned cathay shares rose on the news investors clearly do not like to ruffle feathers in beijing and markets are banking on easing tensions in hong kong in the financial sector the big 4 accountancy firms k p m g e y deloitte and b w c scrambled to publicly distance themselves from an employee showing solidarity with the demonstrators jar deans which owns the mandarin oriental hotel group issued statements backing the hong kong police other big firms may also bend to chinese pressure this month hey just b.c. us to chief executive john flint the bank had been in chinese crosshairs over its perceived role in the us prosecution of huawei c.f.o. among one joe. from beijing you are now joined by journalist elliott zak went oh yes what are you hearing there is there more pressure on other companies. well we are we did hear about the the big 4 there and they are being pressured to either tell their base they tell their employees to shut up or get out i don't know if they were hearing also things like that there was a lot of pressure being put on italian and european fashion b

rupert hogg stepped down days after the hong kong came out of pressure from beijing because some stuff that supported pro-democracy protests in the city in his resignation hold the face challenging weeks that saw its share price hit 10 year lows on tuesday it counsel hundreds of flights with hong kong shut down by protests about this stock rebound at the down after the carrier condemned the protests and riots 2 pilots who have participated. now for the world of geopolitics to a small town in the west of germany after world war 2 u.s. troops were stationed in hope stepped in via but us the giants left whole apartment blocks stood empty until 2 entrepreneurs came up with an idea building a base in germany made in china will get stupidness in europe to do it he's moved through this family all the way from the chinese megacity of gwangju.

, you need to remain apolitical or support us you can't have your pilots doing this moments ago rupert hoggesigning as ceo of cathay pacific. now, this gives us the perfect avenue towards the intersection of politics and finance. we've seen the hong kong stock market fall the last couple of weeks. we've seen the u.s. market get rattled. yields have come down. our market is volatile in part because of what is going on here and all under the overarching umbrella of the trade war. earlier today we spoke with an investment banker who has been doing business here for decades. i asked him is there a way to separate the political and the financial future of hong kong? >> you can try to, but ultimately it's about investor sentiment and peoples individual perceptions as opposed to fact what is sentiment now and how has it changed the last couple of month >> for the first time i'm talking to people who are long-term residents here with significant capital here, and they're thinking maybe they'll get another residence somewhere else >> where >> some of them are looking in asia themselves. some of them

the chief executive, rupert hogg, has now resigned.s has begun, with further clashes likely. 0n the one hand, the chinese communist party knows that rolling the troops into hong kong would bring huge economic and diplomatic costs — but, on the other, it also knows that this summer of rage presents probably the biggest challenge to its authority since the tiananmen protests 30 years ago. and there's no sign yet that these people are ready to back down. john sudworth, bbc news, hong kong. and you'll find in—depth coverage of the hong kong protests on our website, including more on the resignation of the cathay pacific boss, and also how businesses in the territory are reacting to the months—long protests. that's all at bbc.com/news. you can also download the bbc news app. let's ta ke let's take a look at some of the other stories making news this hour. us president donald trump has told pakistan's prime minister, imran khan, india and pakistan must reduce tensions in kashmir. it follows a similar call from china's ambassador to the unite

the chief executive, rupert hogg, has now resigned.has begun, with further clashes likely. on the one hand, the chinese communist party knows that rolling the troops into hong kong would bring huge economic and diplomatic costs — but, on the other, it also knows that this summer of rage presents probably the biggest challenge to its authority since the tiananmen protests 30 years ago. and there's no sign yet that these people are ready to back down. the veteran hollywood actor peter fonda has died at age 79. he was seen as a counter—cultural icon, best known for the 1969 film "easy rider", which he co—wrote and produced. the actor died after suffering respiratory failure from lung cancer. in a statement, his family said: "we wish for all to celebrate his indomitable spirit and love of life. " a murder inquiry is underway, after a police officer died while investigating a burglary. pc andrew harper, who was 28, is thought to have been dragged along by a vehicle late on thursday night, near the village of ufton nervet in barkshire. he wa

pacific has resigned amid a controversy over staff involvement in mass protests cafes board said rupert hogg needed to be replaced because the airlines commitment to safety and security had been called into question china's aviation regulated demanded that star food joint or supported protest be removed from flights through mainland space. other global companies are also getting up caught our brother in the crossfire of hong kong's political crisis luxury fashion brands versus sanchez coach divan sheer been forced to apologize after chinese social media users posted pictures of the brands t. shirts that didn't properly designate hong kong as part of china a series of rallies are planned across hong kong for saturday meanwhile including one in support of the government on friday night thousands of students gathered in a central city park calling for the u.s. and britain to help with the fight for why the democracy teaches of organize their own rally on saturday one of the main protest groups planned a mass march on sunday the meters in hong kong. kong is gearing up for a weekend of many ralli

the chief executive, rupert hogg, has now resigned. with further clashes likely. on the one hand, the chinese communist party knows that rolling the troops into hong kong would bring huge economic and diplomatic costs — but, on the other, it also knows that this summer of rage presents probably the biggest challenge to its authority since the tiananmen protests 30 years ago. and there's no sign yet that these people are ready to back down. john sudworth, bbc news, hong kong. mary lovely is economics professor at syracuse university in the us. she told us there are many economic reasons why china would want to avoid a crackdown in hong kong. china uses hong kong is basically its entry to western capitalism. on a number of fronts, china really needs hong kong, still needs hong kong, despite their differences in their economic size. just as one indication, the peterson institute has calculated that 58% of china's outward investments flow to and through hong kong. so that gives you just a basic idea of how important it is for its financial

the chief executive, rupert hogg, has now resigned. with further clashes likely. 0n the one hand, the chinese communist party knows that rolling the troops into hong kong would bring huge economic and diplomatic costs — but, on the other, it also knows that this summer of rage presents probably the biggest challenge to its authority since the tiananmen protests 30 years ago. and there's no sign yet that these people are ready to back down. john sudworth, bbc news, hong kong. riot police in zimbabwe have used tear gas and batons to disperse hundreds of anti—government protestors who ignored a ban on holding demonstrations. the marchers tried to assemble elsewhere in the capital, harare, but were again cleared by police. the protests are over the country's worsening economic situation, with the un saying around five million zimbabweans are in need of food aid. the former conservative chancellor, ken clarke, says he would be prepared to lead a government of national unity in order to stop a no—deal brexit. but he also urged mps to come to

its british born chief executive rupert hogg has resigned in the wake of the protests in hong kong. more than an hour, in the longest outage in more than eight years. shares in the ftse 100 and ftse 250 indexes were affected, although smaller stocks traded as normal at 08:00. trading resumed at 09:40 — the longest closure since february 2011, when it was shut for more than four hours. a blow to debenhams today — ted baker has announced it's ending its partnership to sell child ren's clothing through debenhams and is switching to next. it has signed a five—year deal with next, who will "create and sell" ted baker—branded clothes, shoes and accessories for babies and children. now, have you worked out how brexit is going to affect you? the country is obviously divided about what they think about brexit — they are also divided about how to behave. just under a third of consumers have changed their spending habits due to brexit uncertainty, and just under a quarter have put off making major purchases, a survey by kpmg suggested. they are also delaying booking holidays and making stock m

the chief executive, rupert hogg, has now resigned.ommunist party knows that rolling the troops into hong kong would bring huge economic and diplomatic costs — but, on the other, it also knows that this summer of rage presents probably the biggest challenge to its authority since the tiananmen protests 30 years ago. and there's no sign yet that these people are ready to back down. riot police in zimbabwe have used tear gas and batons, to disperse hundreds of anti—government protestors, who ignored a ban on holding demonstrations. the marchers tried to assemble elsewhere in harare, but were again cleared by police. the protests are over the country's worsening economic situation, with the un saying around 5 million zimbabweans are in need of food aid. china's ambassador to the united nations says that members of the security council have urged both india and pakistan to refrain from unilateral action over kashmir. the meeting, requested by pakistan, is the first time the council has discussed the disputed region since 196a.tensions have

after employees were sacked and suspended for taking part in protests protests cafe's board said rupert hogg needed to be with place because the allens commitment to safety and security had been called into question china's leaders had one cafe not stuff not to take part in the protests which closed hong kong sample it and crowned it hundreds of flights were protesters across the territory planning more demonstrations this weekend on the abdel-hamid brings us the latest from hong kong. koen kong is gearing up for a weekend of many rallies and protests about 5 of them are scheduled you have people who will be on the streets because they stewpot beijing but the bigger rallies would be the pro-democracy protesters sunday is a key day thousands or tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of people expected to attend that rally authorities have not given the permission for any marches citing the fact that there have been deceived the violence unfolding on the streets however ask anyone and they would tell you that they expect the some protesters will break away there is a bit of anxiety tha

resigned amid the controversy over staff involvement in mass protests kathie's board said that rupert hogg needed to be replaced because the airline's commitment to safety and security had been called into question china's aviation regulator demanded that staff who joined or supported protests be removed from flights through mainland aspace earlier the company had said that it would dream of telling stuff what to think the 2 pilots were later sacked and other staff suspended when other global companies are also getting caught in the crossfire of hong kong's political crisis luxury fashion brands versace coach. have been forced to apologize all to chinese social media uses posted pictures of the brands t. shirts the didn't properly designate hong kong as part of china patel is a senior fellow at claremont graduate university my colleague mariam the man spoke with him earlier about other ways that the rest of hong kong is affecting companies . you know the rules of engagement and how to do business in china and in hong kong is change now i mean there isn't a rulebook anymore and there is a l

its british born chief executive, rupert hogg, has resigned in the wake of the protests in hong kong.in the longest outage in more than eight years. shares in the ftse100 and ftse 250 indexes were affected, although smaller stocks traded as normal at 08:00. trading resumed at 09:a0 — the longest closure since february 2011, when it was shut for more than four hours. a blow to debenhams today — ted baker has announced it's ending its partnership to sell child ren's clothing through debenhams and is switching to next. it has signed a five—year deal with next, who will "create and sell" ted baker—branded clothes, shoes and accessories for babies and children. changes at the top for cathay pacific. the chief executive of cathay pacific, rupert hogg, has resigned in the wake of the protests in hong kong. paul loo is also leaving as chief customer and commercial officer. mr hogg warned on monday staff could be fired if they "support or participate in illegal protests" in hong kong. karishma vaswani is our asia business correspondent — she joins us from singapore. first, give us the backgrou

rupert hogg is gone. the commercial officer is gone. what does it mean for cathay going forward?e resetting with a new ceo and chief commercial officer. that should give them an opportunity to rebuild confidence in hong kong and in mainland china, which is an important market with high exposure. hopefully the outlook will brighten gradually. there will be a major impact but the long-term outlook is still pretty bright especially if hong kong can recover from this which is usually the case. ceo is a veteran of swire. what will he have to do apart from appreciation to not upset china? >> look at rebuilding the confidence in cathay, mainland china and local markets. the local market inbound visitor traffic to hong kong has been impacted by the situation. that has impacted all airlines has been impacted because they have 53% of hong kong. there is a lot to be done in the in terms of business and demand, local demand and trainnd china demand and and traffic demand. cathay pacific's traffic is also train traffic. the airport shut down for a day and passengers would be trying to book aw

rupert hogg faced pressure from china after some of its employees participated in an antigovernment protestresigned following responsibility from recent events. still with us is bhanu baweja. china come at the moment, is trying to sit this out. is that the best that markets would hope for? bhanu: it is exactly what markets would hope for. had protests in the past. these ones are much more serious. been managedhave locally in hong kong. if we did not have that, if we had this escalating further, that opens up another chapter in risk, not just for asian assets but more broadly. with taiwan watching, with their election, there is the risk of what happens to capital in hong kong and how that capital behaves in china and whether flight ases fears of well. guy: another protest or not today, which does not appear to be getting out of hand at this point in time. the danger has to be with president trump linking hong kong to the trade talks. that is a concerning overlap. bhanu: it is. i do not think china would be enjoying any comments, friendly or unfriendly, from the u.s. on hong kong. but china h

the chief executive of the hong kong—based airline cathay pacific, rupert hogg, has also resigned, afterrt from friday night's protests. riot police in zimbabwe have fired tear gas and attacked more than 100 demonstrators with batons, in a crackdown on crowds who ignored a ban on protests. the demonstrators tried to assemble elsewhere in harare, but were again cleared by the police. the protests are over the country's worsening economic situation. the un says around 5 million zimbabweans, are in need of food aid. china's ambassador to the united nations says that members of the security council have urged both india and pakistan to refrain from unilateral action over kashmir. the meeting — requested by pakistan — is the first time the council has discussed the disputed region since 1964. tensions have escalated in the region after india ordered the lockdown of the kashmir valley and stripped the region of its special status. a group of women who've been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer linked to breast implants, are taking legal action against pharmaceutical companies and surgeons, f

another sign of fallout from protests we have seen in hong kong, the ceo just resigned this morning, rupert hogg resigned after increase pressure checked on the airport for committees, back to you. lower temperatures crews put the night hotspots. flames burned along the santa teresa boulevard near bailey avenue racing up the dry hillsides one firefighter was rushed to the hospital with heat exhaustion, he is expected to make a full recovery. >>> california ban on assault weapons facing a new court challenge, the lawsuit filed on behalf of a political action committee and and in san diego county yesterday, they claim california improperly classified guns as assault weapon solely because they can use high-capacity magazines. back in april a judge talked about a statewide ban on selling your purchasing high magazines, that is being appealed. >>> in the meanwhile police chiefs across the country and in san mateo and san jose calling for a ban on assault weapons, the major city cheap association sent a letter to president trump and mitch mcconnell then nancy pelosi. the and cca join the collective vo

turbulent times for cathay pacific — it's british—born chief executive rupert hogg has resigned in theur, in the longest outage in more than eight years. shares in the ftse 100 and ftse 250 indexes were affected, although smaller stocks traded as normal at 08:00. trading resumed at 09:40am — the longest closure since february 2011, when it was shut for more than four hours. a blow to debenhams today — ted baker has announced it's ending its partnership to sell child ren's clothing through debenhams and is switching to next. it has signed a five—year deal with next, who will "create and sell" ted baker—branded clothes, shoes and accessories for babies and children. is mr trump going to buy? is greenland for sale? greenland didn't know it was for sale. it is an autonomous region of denmark. denmark said isn't for sale, but the greenlanders aren't selling. in fa ct, greenlanders aren't selling. in fact, they have been pretty rude about trumper‘s comments. —— president trumper‘s comments. 0ne commentator is from a danish people's party spokesman. if he is truly contemplating it then that i

rupert hogg resigned late friday with hundreds of flights canceled and booking downes. to make things more complicated, beijing had demanded the airline ban any staff who had participated in protests from working on flights entering china or flying in chinese airspace. his resignation takes effect monday. >>> hong kong is no stranger to political unrest, and massive displays of public anger. paula hancocks explains what's fueling the demands for democracy. >> reporter: this was the umbrella movement, a 2014 pro-democracy push in hong kong. tens of thousands took to the streets, but no government concessions were given. the demonstrations ended, but the resentment remained. five years later, a controversial bill is proposed that could see hongkongers extradited to mainland china to stand trial. frustrations boiled over. at the peak of the past two months, organizers believe up to 2 million people were on the streets. police say far less. either way, it was a massive part of hong kong. trying to protect its status as a special administrative region of china, one country,

. >>> rupert hogg resigned today after pressure by beijing over participation by employees into the hongong protests >>> a french man has scaled a 62-story building in hong kong, part of a move to appeal for peace during ten weeks of anti-government protests >>> the most powerful rocket in the world is almost ready to launch it's being built by nasa in new orleans and it will head to the moon next year as a test run for the mars mission nasa says the rocket has cost $12.5 billion to build >>> you are up to date that's the news update this hour scott, back downtown to you. >> all right, sue, thank you so much >>> southwest airlines' shares are trading. now is the time to buy, they upgraded outperform. $57 is the price target, stocks up 3.5%, it's our call of the day. i don't know, feels kind of half-hearted to me when you read the narrative here we're still negative on the airlines sector, they say, but because of underlying capacity growth, but we're upgrading south wriwest on a flight to qut concept. the best in a business they don't really love. you guys make sense of this. >> i love t

were sacked and suspended for taking part in pro-democracy protests this week cafe's board said rupert hogg needed to be replaced because the airline's commitment to safety and security had been called into question china's leadership warned employees not take part of the protests which closed the airport and grounded hundreds of flights. well the 11th week of the biggest antigovernment protests in hong kong has now begun in the latest outcry against china's control of the former british territory protesters are in the cheetah garden public park in central hong kong the protests were sparked in june by a proposed law to allow the extradition of suspects to mainland china they grow into a wider revolt modding more democracy and the resignation of kerry lamb who has the latest. this is a rally attended mainly by student the banner here being power to people liberate home kong the revolution of our time we haven't seen any scenes of violence we haven't seen any police presence and actually organizers right at the beginning of this rally hold up under protest just to remain peaceful now the mes

stuart: the chief executive officer of cathay pacific, hong kong's airline, rupert hogg, just resigned. why? susan: well, because of the disruptions caused by these hong kong protests. it was the worst week for cathay pacific as a public company. the stock is trading at a ten-year low. also, there has been some controversy over the participation of some of its pilots, some of its employees, in these hong kong protests. in fact, cathay pacific had to fire two of its pilots because of what they saw as participation in these hong kong protests, and also, of course, the disruptions at the airport. the hong kong airport is the world's eighth busiest, hong kong cathay pacific is the main airline out of hong kong so you can imagine the damage to the business it has taken. stuart: staying in hong kong, james carafano is with us, foreign policy guy with heritage. does the unrest in hong kong give president trump some leverage? >> no. i don't really think so. beijing knows that the u.s. has super little leverage here. stuart: you're still on. i don't know whether you just lost everything but you