when i read an article recently we hear 21 china policy as regards to taiwan and hong kong and i say i think you should be defined like this we are here to one china policy as regards to mainland taiwan hong kong and macau was to chill out you're not talking about china that continues to thwart taiwan's participation in international organizations like the world health organization and interpol for instance you want to be members of those organised want to china and i want you to help us is trying to stop it why you agreed. as you know moving aside you never criticize your maybe i just as i must pay attention everybody i think when you say dr drew i know you know they're trying to know what you read and that's what i'm going to say that we've read a lot of i have the luxury of science to express my opinion about china is no toys are being set up this is wrong this is material i have here one more thing the un the e.u. even germany you recognize the p.r.c. you don't recognize the scene and i truly hope one day you recognize the hour see you know how to participate doubly h. o. ok i and

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taiwan, hong kongin over. it talks about taiwan, hong kong ina over. s but they really fear a contagion, the fewer people on the mainland getting a sense of what's gone on here and wondering if they themselves are able to use that kind of pressure to push for some reforms they may want on the mainland. jodrell bank observatory in cheshire has been awarded unesco world heritage status. it's home to the lovell telescope which has probing into the depths of space since 1957. the organisation says it embodies the value unesco places on the universality of science, and its ability to build international collaboration and foster peace. scientific research began atjodrell bank observatory in 1945 when the physicist sir bernard lovell came to the university of manchester. the lovell telescope, which was the world's largest telescope when it was completed in 1957, is now the third largest. jodrell bank was on standby as the uk's early warning system against any potential nuclear attack during the 1962 cuban missile crisis. it tracked the first spacecraft to make

taiwan. hong kong plus. as the world marks. on the mood. working on plans to go back to. the u.k. says it's urgently seeking information about a british flags tanker which iran says it seized in the strait of hormuz u.k. foreign secretary jeremy hunt says the seizure is unacceptable he's warning of serious consequences unless the situation is quickly resolved iran's revolutionary guard says that captured the ship because it was violating maritime regulations another tanker was stopped earlier but has since been released the u.s. says it's developing a multinational task force to increase surveillance and security in the region's waters on thursday president donald trump said american forces shot down an iranian drawn meanwhile an iranian oil tank of remains impounded in gibraltar a court there has now extended its detention for another 30 days we begin our coverage with this report from patty culhane in washington. this british tanker and presumably its crew is now in iranian custody as announced on state t.v. . a british oil tanker called stana imperio was stopped while passing t

any whining is the acting director of amnesty international taiwan and she says taiwan's governments can provide hong kong protesters refuge based on existing regulations. so look like this although we don't have we have country without refugee laws so far however we do have regulations between taiwan and hong kong and macau there's this act all called governing act governing their relations with how kind of make out in article 18 they're saying the necessary assistance show be provided to how come in macau residents who safety and they were i mean for political reasons so we believe there's actually a way that taiwan and his government could a sabs those those of syrians because we're amnesty international and human rights organization we do we do believe that when time and saying we should make those decisions based on humanitarian principles that's what we should do that's that and that's the right thing to do. to see that. government has thing really supportive towards. the state so we believe that saying that and and mean it. trade officials from china and the united states have spoken by telephone a

responding to reports that a group of protesters fighting the controversial extradition bill in hong kong fled to taiwan to seek protection bittorrent case and he reports. during recent protests in hong kong millions of people rallied against him now withdrew an extradition bill that would have allowed people to be sent to mainland china for trial. protesters who stormed the city's legislature was so concerned they could be punished unfairly they flown to neighboring thailand to seek asylum its president has offered them support. regarding the hong kong people who've arrived in taiwan who would deal with them following humanitarian principles taiwan has had its own government since 1949 and is opposed to reunification with mainland china beijing sees taiwan as part of its territory taiwan has no formal refugee law but amnesty international says taiwan's government can provide hong kong protesters refuge based on existing regulations in article 18 there's saying the necessary assistance should be provided to hunker down in macau residents who safety and i mean for political reasons so we believe there is

who fled to taiwan back in april set a precedence for these hong kong protests that have now reportedly fled to taiwan and also we're hearing reports off there could be a couple more to flee to taiwan as well. yes how we're not sure but you don't see he has been in town for a couple months and when his government has been making exceptions for him to extend staying in taiwan so far. as an amnesty international we're not sure if he could at that residence the refugee i.d. or not but as that has got me there's a big. but i mentioned there's this act that they could exercise ok we thank you annie crying for speaking to us from taipei and you still had on the al-jazeera news hour containing a crisis we'll look at the struggle to protect people from the ebola virus one of the tools depicted is actually a homeless woman that is a frequent to this corner and arts imitating life a large mural is showcased illustrating all sides of los angeles coming up in support the world's best female cyclists continue to challenge tour de france organizers to give them their own version of the race. hello ha

hong kong people. china after a ll situation as hong kong people. china after all claims taiwanof force, of taking it back. so taiwan sees itself in a similar situation as hong kong and sees the benefits of the two sides supporting each other and working together to unite against ageing's pressures. now, taiwan next year will have elections. do you think the president, by continuing to resist baiting's pressure for political unification, will that help in the elections next year? well, definitely. we have already seen that her approval ratings have gone from very low to increasingly higher and higher as the process progress, and higher as the process progress, and that is because she has long campaigned on the china threat. she has long warned of the threat of china, and she has promised that, by electing her, she will protect taiwan's sovereignty and democracy and freedoms. and because of the hong kong process continuing, and being so much on international news and taiwan's news, people are becoming more wary of china eventually wanting to take back taiwan. and they are definit

still to come on the programme: we hear why china's reaction to the protests in hong kong is irking taiwanwith a series of spectacular celebrations. a huge firework display was held in the former colony. the chinese president, jiang zemin, said unification was the start of a new era for hong kong. the world's first clone has been produced of an adult mammal. scientists in scotland have produced a sheep called dolly that was cloned in a laboratory using a cell of another sheep. for the first time in 20 years, russian and american spacecraft have docked in orbit at the start of a new era of cooperation in space. challenger powered past the bishop rock lighthouse at almost 50 knots, shattering a record that had stood for 34 years. and there was no hiding the sheer elation of richard branson and his crew. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm kasia madera in london. our top stories: as the clean—up begins in hong kong, beijing condemns the protests as an undisguised challenge by violent offenders. eu leaders have nominated germany's defence minister to head the european

time of course as taiwan prepares for presidential elections so local politics could be at play here but it also further complicates the relationship between mainland china hong kong and taiwan beijing will be infuriated at the prospect of taiwan interfering in what it considers its internal affairs here in hong kong and the way that hong kong is reintegrated into mainland china rafter years as a british colony is meant to be a possible model for the future reintegration of taiwan in a you defied china obviously the way that the unrest has unfolded on the streets here of aung kong over the past couple of months will give ammunition to the very many vocal parties in taiwan who say that at all costs they should be keeping a distance from beijing. japan has summoned the south korean ambassador to settle a dispute over world war 2 compensation the 2 countries are at all does over a court decision ordering japanese companies to compensate south korean victims of forced labor during japan's colonial rule at the same time a trade or our high tech exports between the 2 countries is adding to already strained relations. japan's measures are putting their people and compani

it is manifested in trade, but you see it in technology, in the south china sea, in taiwan, hong kongany other areas. david: we are going to throw it to a sound by right now. one of the first lines that did come out of the press briefing was basically that china said it will -- has never sought expansion or influence. have a listen. global military competition is intensifying. therefore, there are prominent fact is in international security and the world is not yet a tranquil place, according to the white paper. china's national policy includes the following. fundamental goal is to safeguard china's sovereignty, security, and development interests. a distinctive feature is never seeking expansionist influence. david: this does not happen very often, so it is hard to make a comparison. we don't have enough data to do that. what is the tone like for you generally's taking desk generally speaking? do you think it is confrontational or a statement of fact? john: the tone is not very different from what the chinese have espoused in the past. china has always pledged it is not interested in

we believe there is actually a way that taiwan tony's government could step those those of syrians the protest as a hoping to follow in the footsteps of hong kong bookseller lam when he was held in china for almost 8 months for selling books critical of the chinese government he fled to taiwan in april the protesters who've arrived in taiwan may not be the last at least 30 others are reportedly preparing to leave hong kong fearing for their safety victoria gazin be al-jazeera. now regional elections are being held in pakistan's northern travel rage in the 1st voice there in decades the territory was merged with them cooperate last year at borders of afghanistan while the merger and sunday's vote of bringing the region into the political mainstream by the candidates vying for 16 seats in the prevention assembly the tribal region is home to 6000000 people and until now has been voted by councils of tribal elders it's long been seen by washington as a stronghold for al qaeda and the afghan taliban. well i corresponded come on hi this is joining us live in from cooperate in portland elections taking place today come on house polling going and what

taiwan to seek asylum. their president has offered them support. >> regarding the hong kong people that have arrived, we willth them following humanitarian principles. reporter: taiwan has had its own government since 1949 and is opposed to reunification with mainland china. beijing sees taiwan as part of its territory. taiwan has no formal refugee law, but amnesty says taiwan's government can provide hong kong protesters refuge based on existing regulations. >> in article 18, they are seeing the necessary assistance should be provided to hong kong and macau residents whose liberty are threatened for political reasons. so we believe there is a way couldaiwanese government accept them. reporter: the protesters are hoping to follow in the footsteps of a hong kong bookseller held in china for almost eight months for selling works critical of the chinese government. he fled to taiwan in april. the protesters that have arrived in taiwan may not be the last. at least 30 others are preparing to leave hong kong fearing for their safety. turkey is saying it's warplanes and drones hit multiple targets in the kurdish r

time of course as taiwan prepares for presidential elections so local politics could be at play here but it also further complicates the relationship between mainland china hong kong and taiwan of beijing will be infuriated at the prospect of taiwan interfering in what it considers its internal affairs here in hong kong and the way that hong kong is reintegrated into mainland china after years as a british colony is meant to be a possible model for the future reintegration of taiwan in a unified china obviously the way that the unrest has unfolded on the streets here of on kong over the past couple of months will give ammunition to the very many vocal parties in taiwan who say that at all costs they should be keeping a distance from beijing. new details have emerged about face a suspected arson attack in japan that killed 33 people the police have identified a 41 year old man as the main suspect he was arrested soon after the attack fire officials say the kyoto animation studio didn't have sprinklers nor indoor hydrants it's japan's worst incident of mass killing in almost 2 decades. and japan has some in the south korean ambassador to try to settle the own going

it talks about taiwan, hong kong in a way as always being internal affairs but they really fear a contagionnd wondering if they themselves want to use that kind of pressure to push for reforms that they may want on the mainland. thank you for that in what clearly is quite a stressful situation. stay safe. thank you for now. the headlines on bbc news: the government launches an inquiry into leaked emails from the uk ambassador in washington describing president trump‘s administration as "in ‘ ' and "incompetent". skirmishes have broken out between demonstrators and police in hong kong, after another large—scale protest against china‘s increasing control over the territory, it‘s still goalless in the women‘s world cup final in france — the americans are hoping to beat holland to win the trophy for a fourth time. let‘s get more on that world cup final. the usa playing the netherlands, looking to win the trophy for a record fourth time the defending champions are up against the reigning european champions in the final with the score currently 0—0. let‘s speak to five live‘s seth bennett who‘s i

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a time of courses taiwan prepares for presidential elections so local politics could be at play here but it also further complicates the relationship between mainland china hong kong and taiwan of beijing will be infuriated at the prospect of taiwan interfering in what it considers its internal affairs here in hong kong and the way that hong kong is reintegrated into mainland china after years as a british colony is meant to be a possible model for the future reintegration of taiwan in a huge defied china obviously the way that the unrest has unfolded on the streets here of on kong over the past couple of months will give ammunition to the very many vocal parties in taiwan who say that at all costs they should be keeping a distance from beijing. thousands of people have taken part in antigovernment protest in the iraqi capital baghdad demonstrators gathered outside the office of prime minister. they say his government has failed to provide basic services like water and electricity or to tackle high unemployment no shortages only get worse as the temperatures soars during the summer months in iraq. u.s. president donald trump is blaming fake news for the backlash a

regarding the hong kong people who've arrived in taiwan who would deal with them following humanitarian principles taiwan has had its own government since 1949 and is opposed to reunification with mainland china beijing sees taiwan as part of its territory taiwan has no formal refugee law but amnesty international says taiwan's government can provide hong kong protesters refuge based on existing regulations in article 18 there's saying the necessary assistance should be provided to hunker down in macau residents who safety and i mean for political reasons so we believe there is actually a way that one how and his government could step those those a cd ends the protest is a hoping to follow in the footsteps of hong kong bookseller lam winky he was held in china for almost 8 months for selling books critical of the chinese government he fled to taiwan in april the protesters who arrived in taiwan may not be the last at least 30 others are reportedly preparing to leave hong kong fearing for their safety victoria gave him be out there. the 41 year old man suspected of an arson attack on an

to follow in the footsteps of hong kong bookseller lam when key he was held in china for almost 8 months for selling books critical of the chinese government he fled to taiwan in april the protesters who arrived in thailand may not be the last at least 30 others are reportedly preparing to leave hong kong fearing for their safety victoria is there and the world health organization has warned countries bordering the democratic republic of congo to be on. high alert for ebola on wednesday the un agency declared the latest international health emergency a rare designation only used for severe epidemics more than 1600 people have died from ebola in the congo in the past year anthony bambery is the former head of the mirror that's the united nations mission for him to respond to the 2014 ebola outbreak and he says the international community has been very slow to act. unfortunately we have not seen the kind of international response necessary to stem the tide and many of us who are involved in the west africa crisis bola crisis in 2014 have been saying for many months that the mistakes that were made in that crisis are simply being repeated now and we've been pr

gets sent to those in hong kong that this is unacceptable and this cannot happen again well let's speak now to. he is the author of the struggle for democracy in mainland china taiwan and hong kong he's also a senior fellow at the university of nottingham asia research institute and he joins us from there thanks very much for being with us so what's your view then of what you've seen fold in hong kong over the last few hours in full view of the world which is of course not the picture as we've just heard that people in mainland china are going to be getting. sure i think what we're seeing here is really the direct consequence of the rise of the security state in mainland china we've seen the suppression of tibetans more than 1500000. and concentration camps the crackdown on christians is also very well documented feminist and public interest law is a tetra not surprisingly especially the young people in hong kong are also at the receiving end all c.c.p. lead shop power. sold by c.c.p. i mean of course china's communist party which has really undermined political institutional design over the past 22 years and really crippled dissin situations which in a way which h

regarding the hong kong people who've arrived in taiwan we will deal with. following humanitarian principles taiwan has had its own government since 1949 and is opposed to reunification with mainland china beijing sees taiwan as part of its territory taiwan has no formal refugee law but amnesty international says taiwan's government can provide hong kong protesters refuge based on existing regulations in article 18 there's saying the necessary assistance should be provided to hunker down in macau residents who safety and liberty i mean for political reasons so we believe there is actually a way that one how and his government steps those those r.c.d. ends the protesters are hoping to follow in the footsteps of hong kong bookseller lam winkie he was held in china for almost 8 months for selling books critical of the chinese government he fled to taiwan in april the protesters who arrived in taiwan may not be the last at least 30 others are reportedly preparing to leave hong kong fearing for their safety victoria gave him be al-jazeera. having demonstrations i

taiwan tony's government could step those those of syrians. the protesters are hoping to follow in the footsteps of hong kong bookseller lam when he was held in china for almost 8 months for selling works critical of the chinese government he fled to taiwan in april the protesters who arrived in taiwan may not be the last at least 30 others are reportedly preparing to leave hong kong fearing for their safety victoria gave him be there. at least 2 people have been killed and 12 are missing after a massive explosion at a gas plant in central china the blast shattered windows within a 3 kilometer radius of the plant and left 18 people seriously injured deadly industrial accidents have been common in china. now south africa's corruption watchdog has found that presidents are all wrong deliberately misled parliament about a $27000.00 campaign donation from oppose ahead said that he knew nothing of the $35000.00 contribution of the public protector says he was lying farmer the miller has moved from pretoria. cyril ramaphosa came into office vowing to fight corruption we must fight corruption we must fried fraud and. as well as in the private sector

taiwan, hong kong, and at the moment, the chinese don't want to give a lot either.jinping is in a tough position. he has got his own hard-liners. i think this is theater. that is enough to go into the election. francine: i have heard that these trade wars could come down and escalate, come down, escalate, could be something we have to get used to. what does that mean for the markets? gregory: we are positioned that donald trump's position is to be reelected. to be reelected, he needs jobs, the housing market, accessible petrol at the pump and an all-time stock market. but he also has to appear as if he has won the trade wars. our position is what we have , that president xi jinping and donald trump need a deal. a lot of posturing and theatrics, but the reality is they will deal. to makell find a way himself look good regardless of the terms ahead of 2020. francine: thank you both. robin from chatham house and gregory from arbuthnot latham. they stay with us and we will be talking about the fed next. up next, we focus on monetary policy and the ecb ahead of a pivotal

regarding the hong kong people who've arrived in taiwan who would deal with them following humanitarian principles taiwan has had its own government since 1949 and is opposed to reunification with mainland china beijing sees taiwan as part of its territory taiwan has no formal refugee law but amnesty international says taiwan's government can provide hong kong protesters refuge based on existing regulations in article 18 there's saying the necessary assistance should be provided to hang on in macau residents who saved me and liberty i mean for political reasons so we believe there is actually a way that one. government stepped those those c.d.'s the protest is hoping to follow in the footsteps of hong kong bookseller lam winkie he was held in china for almost 8 months for selling books critical of the chinese government he fled to taiwan in april the protesters who arrived in taiwan may not be the last at least 30 others are reportedly preparing to leave hong kong fearing for their safety victoria gave him be al-jazeera. a 41 year old man suspected of an arson attack on an animation stu

and china all these years has been promoting hong kong as a perfect model for the one country 2 system role how are the events in hong kong being viewed in taiwan and what impact might they have on beijing to relationship with taiwan which is already a complicated. yes for decades hong kong was meant to be a showcase for the one country 2 systems agreement with its autonomy for taiwan but even some of the more pro-choice cities. have been voicing concern about what's been happening here and certainly the president signed when support for the protesters here and as they go into elections next year it seems that hong kong is becoming more of a warning about one country 2 systems rather than an advertisement thank you so much tom for speaking to us tom grandees at a chain chief of the hong kong free press live there from hong kong thank you for your time we appreciate it thank you. russia's opposition leader is being treated in hospital for severe facial swelling and rashes he was taken there from jail where his serving 30 days after calling for anti-government protests a doctor at the hospital says alexina valmy a prominent critic of president vl

looks like the green is forming these are shadows just north of the philippines catching taiwan heading towards hong kong but if you come inland apart from occasional showers up in sichuan and a massive cloud it's not yet redeveloping although if it does more likely it's going to come out of the platter once again and start in sichuan south of all this sun this now normal season showers struck the philippines northern border for example back towards sumatra singapore in calling for mark to get a share on a daily basis asked a big surprise thailand's not quite as well as it was western min mark is but the philippines should be getting rain and that is certainly case in the forecast whereas most of india indonesia they're not all these fronts of the dry the monsoon also is peppa government this is of course is where much of the bush is gone the huge amounts of rainfall cost western man maya certain parts of the peninsula of india and surprisingly the desert state of rochester. whether sponsored by cats this. is a new yes new lessons and new rules this is the time when you get to choose your english teacher

hong kong that this is unacceptable and this cannot happen again. well let's me now to. he is the author of the struggle for democracy in mainland china taiwan and hong kong he's also a senior fellow at the university of nottingham asia research institute and he joins us from there thanks very much for being with us so what's your view then of what you've seen unfold in hong kong over the last few hours in full view of the world which is of course not the picture as we've just heard that people in mainland china are going to be getting.

see here on our weather map it's a lot of rain and that's also going to affect parts of taiwan as well hong kong you can be on the edge of that rain but it's going to be humid day for you with the temps are there of about $32.00 degrees over here towards the west though plenty of rain was had in northern parts of vietnam things are calming down the old system the old tropical system that turned into a tropical depression weakened and moved inland so you can be seeing less rain but still it is going to be a warm as well as a humid day tempers rising to about $36.00 degrees here on saturday as you go down towards the philippines it is so still going to be quite wet particular down towards the southern part of the philippines but across indonesia over the next few days for bali over here towards parts of java we're going to be seeing more in terms of clouds as well jakarta $31.00 degrees here on friday getting to about 32 by the time we get towards saturday and we could even see a rain shower or 2 in your forecast and then very quickly across parts of india well more clouds across the north because

maria: that is important, taiwan relationship hong kong relationship selling arms to taiwan, as you knowu also need more naval patrols south china see is international. maria: yeah zam, while all of this is happening in hong kong, the talks with china, are resuming u.s. officials in shanghai form are issue negotiating blake burman, good morning to you. reporter: treasury secretary steve mnuchin u.s. trade representative robert lighthizer in shanghai first face-to-face discussion since talks broke down, in early may, meantime back here in washington, president trump is adding to the growing chorus of skeptics this morning about a possible trade deal being on the horizon any time soon. the president has sent out three tweets today already, including one delineate let me sort of walk you through them step-by-step first, he expresses disappointment saying that china is not following through on a promise, large scale ag he writes china quote was supposed to start buying our about agricultural product now, no signs that they are doing so that is the problem with china. they just don't come thr

hong kong. joining me from there is our correspondent, robin brant. quite an —— quite a heated exchange of words. yes, heated. china does regard hong kong and taiwans internal domestic affairs and it doesn't like foreign governments, particularly the uk, the former colonial power when it comes to hong kong, frankly sticking their nose in. that is how it sees it. anyway, in terms of how the comments, both from jeremy hunt, the uk's foreign secretary and the chinese ambassador in london are going down here, in terms of the protesters, they regard the uk and the comments from jeremy hunt as being very important. some of the protesters we spoke to in the aftermath of monday's are storming and occupation of the legislative council building just over there, pa rt council building just over there, part of the reason they did it they say was to get the attention of the foreign media but also foreign politicians and foreign governments. so they are pleased that the uk has spoken out and spoken out in such terms. and as you say, they are pleased about that but china is fighting back pretty vociferously in terms of what the uk has had to say. what is likely

island in decades the move could worsen america's ties with china which considers taiwan to be a breakaway province hong kong's leader says a controversial extradition bill is now dead kerry lam has admitted that her government's work on the proposed law was a total failure sparking the territories biggest political crisis in decades but pro-democracy activists aren't convinced that her announcement marks the end of the bill. well the those are their headlines my colleagues in the hall will have more news in half an hour coming up next risking it all our lives in borneo struggle to transport giant wood logs across a narrow forest trails by. it all strategy of a battle right use of the country's bomb animal with activists inviting fox stealing livestock and intimidation bombings one o one a. has these tanks going to fall on al jazeera. live who. live. who. feeds so little use it is on a mission he has to set up a lumber camp before nightfall the house is delivering will become home for him and other which cuts as deep and borneo as rain forest. among his many challenges the unpredictable terrain for hello littl

power so the militarization of the south china sea its belligerence towards taiwan its encroachments on civil liberties in hong kong and human rights abuses in shing chum and the gen y. in which has become more repressive internally and more said if internationally on the shooting ping these actions are creating real anxieties both within china as well as in china's neighborhood and beyond what else struck you about the white paper. well i think there are 3 things that really struck me the 1st thing is in taggart ism towards the united states the white paper characterizes the united states as a force that's trying to keep china down elise it implies that and stabilize china's neighborhood so of course it doesn't acknowledge that china's own rowing raising some of the exidy s. and destabilizing fact is but china sees the united states as a country that it confronts in the region and the real security challenge but seem to see explicitly india's high profile strategic and policy document is certainly in poland and speaks volume 2 things are the white papers focus some political ot of the armed forces above all else a

hong kong, taiwan, 5g, you name it. >> there is the concern that xi jinping has brought huawei front center. meanwhile, we got that report out of the washington coast -- the washington post saying that huawei helped north korea build out their 3g network. ian: that's not 5g. before.two generations that means kim jong-un is playing missile command. caroline: 3g is still available in a lot of u.s. and u.k. >> nevertheless, the idea of providing technology to a nation that is an enemy state of the united states. ian: let's stipulate that is bad. lisa: how do we go forward with that if that is still at the center of any trade negotiation? ian: i think trump could personally say, ok, we will treat lightly the daughter of the cfo. areas that are not critical to national security. that is not going to make huawei a viable long-term business. you can't fix this huawei situation. the bigger issue is that we are fragmenting the internet, fragmenting big data, the internet of things is working on. if that happens, it is the chinese need to build their own going forward away from american supply

taiwan given asylum to protest hong kong last. hour. as the world marks the. first on the moon. working on plans to go back to. the u.k. says it's gently seeking information about a british flag tanker which iran says it's seized in the strait of hormuz u.k. foreign secretary jeremy hunt says the seizure is unacceptable he's warning of serious consequences unless the situation is quickly resolved iran's revolutionary guard says it captured the ship because it was violating maritime regulations another tank of a stopped earlier but has since been released the u.s. says it's developing a multinational task force to increase surveillance and security in the region's waters on thursday president trump said american forces shot down and iranian drawn meanwhile an iranian oil tanker remains impounded in gibraltar a court there has extended its detention for another 30 days we begin our coverage with this report from patty culhane in washington. this british tanker and presumably its crew is now in iranian custody as announced on state t.v. . a british oil tanker called stana imperio w

island in decades the move could worsen america's ties with china which considers taiwan to be a breakaway province hong kong's leader says a controversial extradition bill is now dead kerry lion has admitted that her government's work on the proposal a total failure sparking the territories biggest political crisis in decades the pro-democracy activists say they aren't convinced that her announcement marks the end of the bill. a funeral is taking place for the youngest known victim of the philippines war on drugs 3 year old nicole pina was killed in a police sting operation last week those are the headlines the screen is that. thousands of refugees in europe rely on aid workers for essential help but a growing number of volunteers are facing arrest and prosecution as countries discourage people seeking asylum i feel me ok i'm allowed to be allowed to they will hear about the impact of legal action against humanitarians and how aid groups are fighting to keep protecting the vulnerable when you're thoughts through twitter and you tube. the recent arrest of a german boat captain who brought 40 shipwrecked refuge

can see here on our weather map it's a lot of rain and that's also going to fair parts of taiwan as well hong kong you can be on the edge of that rain but it's going to be a human day for you with the temps are there of about $32.00 degrees over here towards the west though plenty of rain was had in northern parts of vietnam things are calming down the old system the old tropical system that turned into a tropical depression weakened and moved inland so you're going to be seeing less rain but still it is going to be a warm as well as a humid day tempers rising to about $36.00 degrees here on saturday as you go down towards the philippines it is so still going to be quite wet particular down towards the southern part of the philippines because indonesia over the next few days for bali over here towards parts of java we're going to be seeing more in terms of clouds as well jakarta $31.00 degrees here on friday getting to about 32 by the time we get towards saturday and we could even see a rain shower or 2 in your forecast and then very quickly across parts of india well more clouds across the north

looks like the green is forming these are shadows just north of the philippines catching taiwan heading towards hong kong but if you come inland apart from castel shows up in sichuan and a massive cloud it's not yet redeveloping although if it does more likely it's going to come out of the platter once again and start in sichuan south of all this sign this now normal season showers struck the philippines northern border for example back towards sumatra singapore in calling for mark to get a share on a daily basis as to a big surprise thailand's not quite as well as it was western min mark is but the philippines should be getting rain and that is certainly case in the forecast with most of india indonesia that all is for most of the dry the monsoon also is peping up from where this is of course is where much of the bush is gone the huge amounts of rain a forecast western men were certain parts of the peninsula of india and surprisingly the desert state of rochester. the weather sponsored by chance only. it could be the biggest land grab in history. as powerful nations lay claim to territories under the oc

they don't want the government of hong kong to -- they're going to -- people in taiwan will be watching this very carefully to see how china reacts when hong kong is -- when the british gave up hong kong and returned it to chinese in 1997, the chinese always said it would be one country, two systems. and that hong kong would remain autonomous and independent for several decades. but in the last several years, the mainland, beijing, has tried to -- has been exerting more control and almost veto power over many of the policies and even the people being elected to the hong kong congress and that has been very disconcerting to the people of hong kong. the people of taiwan, when they're told by beijing, we should reunite with taiwan and be one country, three systems, the people of taiwan are saying, well, wait, let's see how you're treating the people of hong kong if that's how you treat them, why should we trust any promises of independence or autonomy you might be sending our way >> yeah, certainly a key point especially as the taiwan president is set to visit the u.s. later this month as

military sale to the island in decades china considers taiwan to be part of its territory. protesters in hong kong have vowed to take to the streets again despite the territory's leader declaring a controversial extradition bill dead operatives cers fear that the bill which would allow its additions to mainland china would erode hong kong's judicial independence chief executive carrie lamb has offered some concessions but demonstrators want the legislation to be were drugs for good. a further step in the crime down by hong kong his chief executive until june county lamb had vowed to press ahead with the legislation then she delayed it indefinitely now this. but there are still lingering doubts about the government's sincerity all wary of whether the government will restart the process in a legislative council. so i reiterate here. there is no such a plan the bill is dead. that bill to allow the end. tradition of suspects in criminal cases to face prosecution in mainland china triggered a series of massive protests that began in march with hundreds of thousands taking to the streets and some seriou

island in decades the move could worsen america's ties with china which considers taiwan to be a breakaway province hong kong's leader says a controversial extradition bill is now dead kerry live has admitted that her government's work on the proposal a total failure sparking the territories biggest political crisis in decades the pro-democracy activists say they aren't convinced that her announcement marks the end of the bill. a funeral is taking place for the youngest known victim of the philippines war on drugs 3 year old nicole pina was killed in a police sting operation last week those are the headlines the screen is that. thousands of refugees in europe rely on aid workers for essential help but a growing number of volunteers are facing arrest and prosecution as country still scarred people seeking asylum i feel me ok imo it could be allowed to they will hear about the impact of legal action against humanitarians and how aid groups are fighting to keep protecting the vulnerable when you're thoughts through twitter and you tube. the recent arrest of a german boat captain who brought 40 shipwrecked refugee

island in decades the move could worsen america's ties with china which considers taiwan to be a breakaway province hong kong's leader says a controversial extradition bill is now dead kerry lam has admitted that her government's work on the proposed law was a total failure sparking the territories biggest political crisis in decades but pro-democracy activists aren't convinced that her announcement marks the end of the bill. well the those are the headlines my colleagues in the house will have more news in half an hour coming up next risking it all of this in borneo struggle to transport giant logs across narrow far strands of. a battle of the countries. with activists inviting sobs stealing livestock and intimidation vomits one o one ace because these problems are going to fall on al jazeera. to. live. live. live live.

fact that she was asked by the family of the girl who unfortunately was murdered by this hong kong person in taiwan because of the whole injustice of the situation the chief executive agreed to look into it and she was asked to to establish an extradition regime which can apply to taiwan applied to the rest of the world which includes china but china is very exercised about what's been happening here called it a downright if you a direct challenge to no one country 2 systems if you were right china would not have permitted the chief executive to shelve the bill. rather long will that go on as far as this administration is concerned i understand that it's not going to come back period instead in the last few days or so it's just tell me right if what you say were true why would china do it. the fact is you don't know change and it is i don't do i do more that you do otherwise you would have come and asked me for 4 for an interview would you in the last if you had all the answers you would have come to me with the last few days may come along the hong kong my association has called for a credible com