the south china morning post writes that tributes and tears are flowing for nobel peace laureate and prominent chinese dissident liu xiaobo. 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 liabilit

and the richard branson story in the south china morning post. very interesting.uk investment. it's interesting that he's upfront about it. additional to what we've seen in the past few months when you look at the past few months when you look at the figures in investment for example, particularly in the car industry, there's a good example, it's falling off a cliff because eve ryo ne it's falling off a cliff because everyone is starting to position themselves for worst possible brexit. but he is british and he's saying i'm not going to invest in my country any more? a lot of people will attack him for that. depends on where you stand on the argument but lots of people will say richard branson, you're doing the country down and not giving us a fair chance of surviving brexit. but on the other hand i'm seeing it from many people now. two stories and not much time, cyberspace, what about this one? what i find very interesting about this is the chinese, who are very into online trading, they recognise as well there's lots of room for online fraud, they started this c

because it is north korea, we thought it would be interesting to see how the south china morning postccessful launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile — a weapon pyongyang claims ‘can now reach‘ the united states. the financial times leads with chinese president xi jinping agreeing to loan sanction—hit russia nearly $11 billion. the deal was announced during his visit to moscow to meet russian counterpart vladimir putin. the foreign ministers of the four arab nations boycotting qatar for allegedly supporting terrorism will meet in cairo to discuss doha's response to their 13 demands. that's according to the gulf news. the arab news, meanwhile, covers the final leg of a march in turkey, from ankara to istanbul. it began with a few hundred people and it's swelled to more than 20,000. started by the leader of the country's main opposition party, demonstrators are protesting the perceived lack ofjustice in turkey's judicial system. the daily telegraph reports a lack of eligible men has left an "oversupply" of educated women taking desperate steps to preserve their fertility, accord

china will protect its borders at all costs, leads the south china morning post, the strongest warning in the himalayas. the row erupted after indian troops tried to stop chinese soldiers from building a road in an area claimed by both china and bhutan, india's long—time ally. the philippine star covers president rodrigo duterte's second state of the nation address. he warned his controversial war on drugs will be unrelenting, and defended imposing martial law to tackle an islamist insurgency on the island of mindanao. dominating most of the papers in the uk this morning, including the independent, is the heartbreaking decision by the parents of the terminally ill baby charlie gard to end their legal battle to keep him alive. and the daily telegraph warns consumers who buy internet—enabled devices such as televisions and refrigerators are potentially leaving themselves open to hackers.

the south china morning post not holding back as much as it does. it presents the facts.t does present the facts. this situation has been building. 0ver facts. this situation has been building. over this year facts. this situation has been building. 0verthis yearwe have had in —— a number of launches. this one was different. it stayed in the air for 40 minutes. it was different. it stayed in the air for40 minutes. it is was different. it stayed in the air for 40 minutes. it is capable of reaching alaska. while there is no proof it could destroy the city in alaska, there is reached, so it is somewhat different. we have a 620 meeting in germany on the weekend. we are scheduled to see meetings between japanese leader abe, the south korean leader and trump. this year there has been a lot of meetings between those three and north korea has been the focus of a lot of discussion. a lot of wartook. as the morning post points out, two of the allies, beijing and moscow, don't want to get involved in military action and it would be hard to get past them —— war talk. military action

china will protect its borders at all costs, leads the south china morning post, the strongest warning yet from beijing to india over a month—long territory dispute in the himalayas. the row erupted after indian troops tried to stop chinese soldiers from building a road in an area claimed by both china and bhutan, india's long—time ally. the philippine star covers president rodrigo duterte‘s second state of the nation address. he warned his controversial war on drugs will be unrelenting, and defended imposing martial law to tackle an islamist insurgency on the island of mindanao. dominating most of the papers in the uk this morning, including the independent, is the heartbreaking decision by the parents of the terminally ill baby charlie gard to end their legal battle to keep him alive. and the daily telegraph warns consumers who buy internet—enabled devices such as televisions and refrigerators are potentially leaving themselves open to hackers. so let's begin. with me is iain anderson, founder of the international communications agency cicero group. thank you forjoining us. fascinati

the south china morning post writes that tributes and tears are flowing for nobel peace laureate and obo. 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.

and the south china morning post reports that the u.s. and south korea have volley of by firing a missiles into the water along the eastern coastline. the pentagon spokesperson says ae u.s. remains committed to peaceful nuclear disarmament of the korean peninsula. this is also the topic of some of today's editorials. >> the message is that sanctions alone will not solve this crisis. that's the opinion coming out of the new york times which urges donald trump to engage in direct dialogue with north korea. something that is anathema to trump. been relying on china to deal with north korea and coerce it to abandon its nuclear program. china has its own interest and its own reasons for keeping its distance from the situation. china may fear that tough sanctions could destabilize pyongyang leading to chaos and ultimately an influx of refugees into china. during his campaign donald trump said he wouldn't mind sitting down and having a few burgers with kim jong-un. the guardian says now is the time for burgers, not bombs. the latest missile laun

we begin with the south china morning post, which reports that ageing has been testing underwater drones— beijing. the paper says they will be able to send back information on the location of foreign submarines. the philippines star says the government of president duterte is not willing to lose a single inch of territory in the south china seated ageing. —— south china sea to beijing. they have a joint exploration deal with china in an area where beijing has extensive territorial claims. the china daily has an aerial picture of a panda power station. you hurt me crackly. engineers are using different kinds of solar cells to make an image of two debut pandas. —— heard me correctly. something pretty to look at and a source of clea n pretty to look at and a source of clean energy. that brings you up—to—date with the papers. it is 64 years ago today that north korea and the united nations command protecting south korea signed an armistice agreement to end hostilities of the korean war. but a full peace deal was never reached. in north korea, the day is known as victory day and celebrations

the south china morning post says russia's kremlin accused the us administration of "schizophrenia" vladimirssia's decision to expel some us diplomats, and he urged the us to show "political will" to improve relations. and germany's frankfurter allgemeine carries a picture of the actressjeanne moreau. the headline: "if looks could kill." she was a star of french new wave cinema, who has died aged 89. that brings you up to date with all the papers. the international olympic committee has confirmed that los angeles has offered to host the 2028 olympic games. it's a move that means paris will host the games in 2024. both cities had vied for 2024, but la is understood to have agreed to go second — as peter bowes explains, from los angeles. yes, it is an unusual situation. when it became clear that these were the two front—running cities a few weeks ago, the international olympic committee decided they would make the unusual announcement of two consecutive olympic games, four 2020 for 2024 and 2028. paris made it clear that they did not want to consider the latter option. —— for 2024 and 2028. bu

the south china morning post reports on a major new study that reveals the financial cost of crime toed and eighty billion hong kong dollars between 2012 to 2016. that detail marks of the ocean floor for the missing flight mh370 have been released. experts say the images are gathered during the search could help australian fisheries. they so great detail. ano sio ——a professor told me more about the significance of this data. we know very little about our deep ocean. maybe 20% of the ocean has been mapped in detail so these reveal lots of unknown features and a lot of geological features so what we see in these pictures is not only the area that research was undertaken in but also mapping off the ships as they moved in transit between perth and the search area so it is quite a large area that they have covered. it allows for an amazing sweep of features as well is geological features such as the large broken ridge. explain to me more about the information that you most excited by. that you did not know before? a lot of it, in terms of the present, although it is not ha rd to of the pr

let me just share with you how this story is being covered in the local press, this is the south china morning postn site in west kowloon, that's the terminus and where the railway will begin or end depending on your journey. the railway will begin or end depending on yourjourney. the big headline, joint checkpoint given go—ahead despite fears. below another photo of the press conference where government officials made the proposal yesterday. the secretary of justice is in the centre. let me show you a prestige chinese language broadsheet, a similar photo at the top of the press conference. the headline rather different, saying central government uses article 20 of basic law to justify this code location agreement. a summary of the obvious benefits of this express railway line as well as the fears some people have about it. it's 50 years this week since the laws on homosexuality were amended in england and wales. our special correspondent allan little has been looking at what the changes to the sexual offences act meant in 1967 and how they affected people in the years that followed. in 1967 a chan

and the south china morning post deals with china's first—ever birthday parade for the people's liberationis usual limousine and is quoted as saying that china had "the confidence and capability to defeat all armies that dare to offend". travellers in australia have been facing extra security checks at airports, after investigators uncovered a plot to blow up a plane. prime minister, malcolm turnbull has called it an "elaborate conspiracy". four men are in police custody and items that could be used in a homemade bomb have been found. airline passengers have been asked to arrive two hours early for theirflights. the bbc‘s hywel griffith joins us now from sydney. what more do we know about this plot? the authorities believed the threat was imminentand the authorities believed the threat was imminent and quite sophisticated. we do not know which plan and what time exactly the threat was thought to be planned for. we know for men have been arrested and they will be held for weeks. we understand that among them area weeks. we understand that among them are a father and son. it is significant t

this is the south china morning post.ning post. this is where the railway will begin. the big headline saying the joint checkpoint given the go—ahead despite fears. and below, another photo of the press conference where government officials made the proposal yesterday. the secretary of justice is in the centre. let me also show you this chinese language broadsheet. a single photo at the top. a headline samy central government users article 20, the basic law, to justify this co— location agreement. —— a headline saying. thank you forjoining us juliana liu. the parents of terminally ill baby charlie gard will learn on wednesday if they will be able to take him home to die. having abandoned their fight to keep charlie alive, his mother returned to court to ask that her son be allowed to leave the hospital where he's being cared for. charlie's parents are now pleading for a specialist doctor to come forward and help them. our medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. the legal battle over this desperately sick boy now centr

moving onto the south china morning post — it's reporting on the heatwave that has hit much of mainlanda lake known as the "dead sea of china" in sichuan as temperatures reached as high as 39 degrees celsius. and finally the japan times. it leads on the story about the japanese prime minister shinzo abe who is currently being questioned over claims he exploited his political power to help a long—time friend. the paper discusses how the leader is facing a battle with losing the trust of voters. more on that story now: japan's prime minister shinzo abe is facing an uphill struggle amid plummeting ratings and a growing lack of confidence in his leadership. the latest public opinion polls suggest support has dropped to less than 30%. rupert wingfield hayes is in tokyo. talk us through the story a little bit more. why is it proving to make him so unpopular? his reputation has been tarnished by a couple of different scandals. one earlier in the year about a school being construct did weather was a sweetheart landed deal, a piece of land was sold or about a million us dollars and it should hav

the south china morning post reports on a stern message from hong kong‘s second most senior official.nment would not compromise the rule of law to mend fences with opposition lawmakers. that brings you up to date. now, what stories are sparking discussions online? it isa it is a really sad story that is trending at the moment. that‘s the death of chester bennington, the lead singer of an american rock band, at the age ofjust 41. a coroner said it appeared that the linkin park front man took his own life, although investigations are ongoing. his band sold 70 million albums worldwide. thailand‘s former prime minister yingluck shinawatra is facing prison and political exile if found guilty of criminal negligence over a controversial rice subsidy scheme. she‘s expected to appear at her trial on friday when the final hearing is scheduled to take place. her supporters claim the case against her is politically motivated. jonathan head has more now from bangkok. we don‘t see much of yingluck shinawatra in public these days, but she does remain a potentially significant political figure. a pro

and the south china morning post has this picture.stadium, made out of lego, on show at the ani—com and games show. as sharanjit mentioned, it's being widely reported injapan that the country's high profile defence minister is about to resign. it's over an alleged cover—up involving military documents. tomomi inada is expected to submit her resignation letter to the prime minister shinzo abe on friday. she has repeatedly denied claims she helped cover up internal records that exposed the danger that japanese peacekeepers faced in south sudan. a short time ago i got the latest from rupert wingfield hayes in tokyo. we are expecting to three done at the three resignations today. the defence minister tomomi inada, the most senior bureaucrat in the defence ministry and also the head of the ground self defence force, essentially the japanese army, and this is a very inside baseball, as the americans would say, scandal. it's about documents pertaining to the deployment of japanese troops in south sudan as peacekeepers last year. those logs a

the south china morning post reports on tensions within hong kong's legislative council it says there'sing for several projects. and this deadlock is said to have angered beijing. is her story has people talking online? —— a sad story. is the death of chester bennington, the lead singer of an american rock band, at the age ofjust 41. a coroner said it appeared that the linkin park front man took his own life, although investigations are ongoing. his band has sold 70 million albums worldwide. dozens of uighurs, a chinese muslim minority, have been arrested in cairo in recent weeks in what appears to be a crackdown by egyptian authorities. they fear persecution in china where many are accused of separatism and terrorism. from cairo the bbc‘s sally nabil reports. handcuffed in what is believed to be a security van, these are reportedly members of the uighur community in egypt,a members of the uighur community in egypt, a chinese muslim minority who have been arrested. the bbc cannot independently verify this footage. in this neighbourhood in east in cairo, most of the arrest ‘s are said ha

the south china morning post reports on a major new study that reveals the financial cost of crime togering $380 billion hong kong between 2012 to 2016. detailed maps of the ocean floor taken during the search for missing malaysia airlines flight mh370 have been released by australian authorities. while the search for the missing plane was unsuccessful, experts say the images gathered during the search could help australian fisheries. they show the ocean floor‘s mountains, rift valleys and shipwrecks in unprecedented detail. professor charitha pattiaratchi is an oceanographer based in perth, western australia, where the search for the missing plane was conducted. he told me more about the significance of this new data. we know very little about our deep ocean. very little, maybe even less than 20% of the ocean has been mapped in detail, so these reveal lots of unknown features and a lot of geological features so what we see in these pictures is not only the area that we actually. . .the search was undertaken, but also mapping of the ships as they moved in transit between perth and the

and the south china morning post has this picture, the final touches to a miniature version of hong kongat the ani—com and games show. as sharanjit mentioned, it's being widely reported injapan that the country's high profile defence minister is about to resign, over an alleged cover—up involving military documents. tomomi inada is expected to submit her resignation letter to the prime minister shinzo abe on friday. she has repeatedly denied claims she helped cover up internal records that exposed the dangerjapanese peacekeepers faced in south sudan. rupert wingfield—hayes is in tokyo. rupert, there is no coincidence that this expected resignation is going to coincide with the findings of the report as to the dangers these peacekeepers came under in sudan. this is the thing that's pushing her to resign today, or her expected resignation today. we're expecting to see three reservations today, the defence minister, mrs inada, the most senior bureaucrat in the defence ministry and also the head of the ground self defence force, essentially the japanese army and this is over a very inside ba

moving onto the south china morning post, it's reporting on the heatwave that has hit much of mainlandff in a lake known as the "dead sea of china" in sichuan as temperatures reached as high as 39 degrees celsius. and, finally, the japan times leads on the japanese prime minister, who is currently being questioned over claims he exploited his political power to help a long—time friend. we were reporting on that earlier. the paper discusses how shinzo abe is facing a losing battle with voters. and that brings you up to date with all the papers. one of the pope's most senior advisors is due to appear in a court in australia, to face charges of sexual assault. cardinal george pell has returned from rome saying that he is innocent, and will clear his name. as our sydney correspondent hywel griffith explains, the case is the latest controversy to hit the catholic church in australia. in george pell's hometown, people have become used to confronting the past, and dealing with the spectre of abuse. ribbons mark the places in ballarat where members of the christian brothers order sexually assa

and the south china morning post deals with china's first—ever birthday parade for the people's liberation a jeep instead of his usual limousine — and is quoted as saying that china had "the confidence and capability to defeat all armies that dare to offend". and that brings you up with some of the papers. travellers in australia have been facing extra security checks at airports, after investigators uncovered a plot to blow up a plane. prime minister, malcolm turnbull has called it an "elaborate conspiracy". four men are in police custody and items that could be used in a homemade bomb have been found. airline passengers have been asked to arrive two hours early for theirflights. we don't know which plane or what time exactly the threat was thought to be planned for. we know that there are four men who've been arrested and they now being held for up to weeks. it could be several days before we get the details of the charges. we understand that among them are a father and a son. it is significant that there are four people. the other attacks we've seen and heard about on australian soil ha

an audi spokesman told the south china morning post marketing in china was the responsibility of itse are talking about there. it sold its shares to mccormack, the us company. easyj et, shares to mccormack, the us company. easyjet, the owner of ba, would down —— were down. that could be linked to the crackdown on credit card feasibly began by talking about. the government says that those fees are often added by a at our lines and online through that. join the dots, that all the business we thank you back to you. theresa may will face questions from mps shortly dining prime ministers questions in the house of commons. it will be the last pmq ‘s before westminster bridge of the summer. let's bring our political editor —— assistant with a clinical norma smith —— norman smith. what you expect? i'd better be a rowdy session that though i later we are running specialist party tried it in their home with a bounce in their step. i have a sponsor ‘s mission that tory mps again to be and inclusive and enthusiastic to two bat inclusive and enthusiastic to theresa may in response to the cabinet