against chinese officials who commit human rights abuses in the territory china has denounced the bill calling it a serious interference in its internal affairs but it's been welcomed as a victory by hong kong's pro-democracy movement to the us no matter the administration and the congress they sent a clear saying no to president xi hong kong even is on the hot line rule of beijing but we are also the global city that will have foreign businessmen also that live here and how to safeguard hong kong's political and economic freedom that's also will be the quiet and also one of the issue that presidency or karen should not ignore earlier we spoke to our correspondent in hong kong cherry chan and ask her to tell us more about china's reaction to the human rights act signed by president trump beijing react to fear is the m s expected it has summoned the u.s. ambassador to the man the u.s. not to interfere in china's internal affairs and it also asked the u.s. to stop causing further damage to file a tro relations and also actually in a statement the foreign ministry also said that the legis

kong it also threatens sanctions against chinese officials who commit human rights abuses in the territory china has denounced the bill calling it a serious interference in its internal effects but it has been welcomed as a victory by hong kong's pro-democracy movement yet you ask. no matter the administration and the congress they sent a clear signal to president xi hong kong even is on the hot line rule of beijing but we are also the global city that will have foreign businessmen also that live here and how to safeguard hong kong's political and economic freedom that's also would be the quiet here and also one of the issue that presidency or korean should not ignore that was the pro-democracy activist said you're sure a warm well joining us for more on these developments from hong kong now is d.w. reporter sherry chan good to see cherie the activists obviously please but tell us more about beijing's response. right after trying signed the legislation beijing react to fear is the m s expected it has summoned the u.s. ambassador to demand the u.s. not to interfere in china's internal affairs and

and also threaten sanctions against chinese officials who commit human rights abuses in the territory china's foreign ministry has denounced the new law saying it seriously interferes with its internal affairs but it's been welcomed as a victory by hong kong pro-democracy movement. i'd like to welcome now here on the set mr charles moch he is a hong kong pro-democracy a lawmaker great to have you here on this well what is a momentous day for the pro-democracy movement of the territory what does it mean president donald trump signing the hong kong human rights and democracy act does it make a difference to the pro-democracy movement well i think for most of the supporters of the ocracy movement this is a great moral support a boost in the moral now i do not expect that there would be immediate action taken by the administration but i think it does send a very strong message from the united states and i hope actually from the international community to china that the world a deed is watching and they are not only watching they are also demanding that the the there was the behavior of the chines

kong and threaten sanctions against chinese officials who commit human rights abuses in the territory china's foreign ministry denounced the move accusing america of meddling in its internal affairs comes pro-democracy movement welcomed the u.s. support. in order why a conservative opposition candidate. or has claimed victory after a days long count of the country's runoff election the new martinez the candidate for the country's ruling broad front of party has conceded defeat of the left wing broad front has been in power. for more than for the last 50 years. pressure on multiverse government so be investigation into the murder of journalist daphne caught on a glitzy is increasing our prime minister joseph morse cat has summoned his cabinet to urgent meeting earlier this week 3 senior political figures quit the cabinet because of the case one of them the prime minister's former chief of staff i keith . has now been questioned and has now been arrested and questioned according to multis media he was confronted with evidence provided by a prominent businessman that implicates him for weeks now

it also threatened same sions against chinese officials who commit human rights abuses in the territory china's foreign ministry has denounced the new law saying it seriously interferes with its internal affairs but it's been welcomed as a victory by hong kong's pro-democracy movement. and we can take you now to hong kong the pro-democracy demonstrators there have been holding a thank you us a rally today indeed of using cherry chan is there for us sherry good to see you it's a boon for the protesters but could it backfire. yeah exactly and tens of thousands of activists in hong kong are celebrating the past dispute today in raleigh with a theme of what they call the thanksgiving theme that they were thanking us for passing this bill and actually for the past few months activists from hong kong have been campaigning for this view and for a prominent activist even went to the u.s. to speak in the congress and to ask the u.s. to support the democracy in hong kong and hong kong protesters know that actually the international support is a very important front for their movement and not only in the

the hang seng is up more than 1%, and all the other asian market forces are also in positive territory. china into lowering the threshold for criminal punishment for those who steal intellectual property. 0ver who steal intellectual property. over the course of the negotiations, washington has been pressuring beijing to commit to cracking down on ip theft and start forcing us companies to hand over their commercial secrets as a condition of doing business on the mainland. the chinese have really been tough on these key issues, but it seems like they are buckling down. the two countries have been working towards a partial trade deal and leaving the more controversial issues for later discussions. thanks very much indeed, rico hizon in singapore for us. here's a new word to emerge from the ongoing us—china trade war: splinternet. as united states walls off more of its technologies from chinese companies, it is also dividing the world wide web. as our asia business correspondent karishma vaswani reports, this is adding yet another challenge for companies trying to do business in both countries.

it also threatens sanctions against chinese officials who commit human rights abuses in the territory china's foreign ministry has denounced the new law saying it seriously interferes with its internal affairs but it's been welcomed as a victory by hong kong's pro-democracy movement. and meanwhile in hong kong pro-democracy demonstrators have been holding a thank you u.s. rally and cherry chan is there she joins us now hi sherri you've been speaking to protesters there what are they saying do they think that this bill from washington really boosts their cause. the protesters here really celebrating the signing of this be you and yet as you said actually is the c.m. off the protests today is what they call the thank you thing to thank the u.s. for passing to be a full activists and protesters in hong kong international support has always been a very important front for them movement and actually for the past few months they have been campaigning for the u.s. to pass this law some prominent activists even went to the u.s. to campaign for this like joshua wall and then this whole they even speak

fishel who commit human rights abuses in the territory china has denounced the bill calling it a serious interference in its internal affairs but it's been welcomed as a victory by hong kong's pro-democracy movement you as well that the administration and the congress they said it curious that you know your presidency hong kong even is on the hotline of beijing but we are also the global city that will have foreign businessmen also 'd that live here at how to safeguard hong kong politico at equinix freedom that's also will be the quiet here and also one of the issue that presidency or kariya. well as expected china has reacted angrily to the signing of the legislation this is what the spokesperson for the chinese foreign ministry had to say on. hong kong is china's hong kong. china's internal affairs no foreign government power has the right to intervene. this will only make the chinese people including all compound trips in hong kong more aware of the sinister intentions on nature of the united states it will only make the chinese people more united and committed the u.s. probably isn't

it also threatened sanctions against chinese officials who commits human rights abuses in the territory china's foreign ministry has denounced the new law saying it seriously interferes with its internal affairs but it's being welcomed as a victory by hong kong's pro-democracy movement. us no matter the administration and the congress they set a clear is that you know your presidency hong kong even is on the hot line rule of beijing but we are also the global city that will have foreign businessmen also that live here and how to safeguard hong kong's political at economy freedom that also would be quiet here and also one of the issue that presidency or kariya ignored or as we mentioned china has reacted angrily to the signing of the legislation this is what the spokesperson for the chinese foreign ministry had to say jungle. hong kong is china's hong kong and hong kong affairs are purely china's internal affairs no foreign government or power has the right to intervene this will only make the chinese people including our compound trips in hong kong more aware of the sinister intentions and had

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on congress thanks president trump for signing legislation supporting democracy in the territory but china condemns the u.s. for its meddling in its domestic affairs and promises firm countermeasures. i've brought in thomas great to have you with us a climate activists around the world are taking to the streets in the 4th fridays for future global climate strike they're demanding that governments step up efforts to cut carbon emissions and they're sending a signal as well to the u.n. climate change conference that's next week in madrid. organizers say more than 3000 strikes are planned around the world today here you can get a sense of the scale of the rallies which politicians are saying they are looking closely at and which are asking people to rethink their habits while stallions are among the 1st to turn out in sydney hundreds of children and young people skipping school hold a rally outside city hall and march in the streets there they were joined by victims of the bush fires that have been ravaging parts of australia. i thought everything through and. i can make me look. like a. fly.

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all of this part of a lengthy protest movement aimed at getting more democracy for the chinese territory. chinahis morning saying no one should underestimate its will to protect the sovereignty of hong kong. state department late sunday condemning the unjustified use of force on both sides. heather, important local elections in hong kong were planned for this coming sunday. it was thought that maybe it could be a move towards some degree of democracy in hong kong. now some are saying it's not going to happen at all. back to you. heather: greg palkot live for us. thank you. great to have you with us this morning. sticking overseas for a moment, new photos show kim jong un overseeing north korea's military drills. these pictures were just released just hours after president trump called for progress on denuclearization. the president tweeting, quote, i am the only one who can get you where you have to be. you should act quickly. get the deal done. the u.s. announced it would suspend joint drills with south korea to help restart talks which have been stalled for months. and massive flooding at his

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disruption a record 4100000 people have registered to vote on kong's biggest turn up since the territory was returned to china from britain in 997 well hong kong pro-democracy activist joshua wallace urged protesters to continue to oppose beijing he was actually disqualified from running in these local elections says i will protest movement stop recruiting i urge more people around the world just have a pom pom pom pom should come out about this for council action is that your action in ma committed based on the strength. that you. believe this is nothing but i still urge people both to play action to show how this can head to beijing. i will take you to hong kong shortly but 1st this report from up and. coming amid unprecedented unrest everyone agrees this will be an election like no other. many seats are being contested by a new generation of candidates some molded by the protest movement. sign cam wing an independent is out on bail after being arrested and charged for unlawful assembly. people have been paying close attention to the process the excessive use of force by police and the arrests and they've b

coming up on kong thanks president trump for signing legislation supporting democracy in the territory but china condemns the united states for meddling in its domestic affairs and promises of firm countermeasures and loves us prime minister refuses to do a deal with a key suspect who wants to tell all the scandal of corruption in high places. times for me so much got to thank you for joining us climate activists around the world are taking to the streets in the 4th fridays for future global climate strike they are demanding the government step up their efforts to cut carbon emissions and they're sending a message to the u.n. climate change conference which begins in madrid next week now organizers say more than 3000 strikes are planned around the world today and here you can get a sense of the scale of these rallies as people around the world are calling on politicians to do more to slash c o 2 emissions australians were among the 1st to take to the streets in sydney hundreds of young people skipped school to hold a rally outside city hall they were joined by victims of recent bush fires that h

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uncle tom thanks president trump for legislation supporting democracy in the territory but china condemns the u.s. for meddling is domestic affairs and promises firm countermeasures. demonstrations in hong kong looks set to continue with yet more tear gas being fired the gas is banned in warfare so whatever it's hell to fax or protesters in residence. plus malta's government holds late night crisis talks over the murder of an investigative journalist the prime minister refuses to pardon a key suspect who wants to tell all in a case to implicate top government officials. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us climate activists around the world are taking to the streets in the 4th global climate strike today they're demanding that governments step up their efforts to further cut carbon emissions now demonstrators in australia kicking off the day. test planned in cities around the world in sydney . skipping school for a rally outside the city hall in march they were joined by victims of the bushfires that have been ravaging parts of australia. i always take. a look at it stating my link

hong kong thanks president trump for legislation supporting democracy in the territory but china is condemning the u.s. for meddling in its domestic affairs and promises firm counter measures. demonstrations in hong kong with a look set to continue with yet more tear gas being fired the gas expanded warfare so what are its health the facts or president the protesters as presidents a lot. of small government holds a late night crisis talks over the murder of an investigative journalist the prime minister refuses to pardon a key suspect who wants to tell all in a case thought to implicate top officials. are brought in thomas great to have you with us climate activists around the world are taking to the streets in the 4th fridays for future global climate strike now they're demanding that governments step up their efforts. to cut carbon emissions and they're sending a message as well to the un climate change conference that begins in madrid next week now we're going to say more than 3000 strikes are planned around the world today here you can get a sense of the scale of the rallies that are takin

konkani thanks president trump for legislation supporting democracy in the territory but china condemns the u.s. for meddling in its domestic affairs and promises firm countermeasures. and the months long demonstrations in hong kong looks set to continue with it or tear gas being fired what are the long term health effects of this toxic fumes for protestors and residents in the far. post walters government holds late night crisis calls over the murder of an investigative journalist the prime minister under pressure after refusing to pardon a key suspect willing to tell all in a case many believe involves top officials and a massive cover. i'm brian thomas great to have you with us climate activists around the world are taking to the streets in the 4th global climate strike today they're demanding the government step up their efforts to further cut carbon emissions demonstrators in australia kicking off the day of protests which are planned and hundreds of cities in sydney. schoolchildren they're skipping classes to hold a rally outside the town hall march through the streets they were j

victory in sunday's district council elections carry their knowledge the discontent with the territory's pro china government has set up an independent committee to investigate the cause of the unrest scott hardly has. there is still anger and frustration on hong kong streets after the landslide victory for pro-democracy candidates in the district council election but for the most part it's been peaceful. for the 1st time since the results were announced hong kong's chief executive kerry lamb appeared in person including deficiencies in governance including unhappiness with the time taken to deal with the current unstable environment and of course to and found us so i said that we will seriously reflect on these views expressed to us and improve governance in the field of our work pro-democracy supporter chancy why was the underdog in the fight for his district seat but he won beating a rising star in the largest pro beijing party going though there was a political awakening among the people because of the ongoing protests. and if you ever meet or chan has one message for kerry lam how about 5 dem

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it the foreign ministry of china said this week the indian side has continued to undermine china's territorial sovereignty by unilaterally amending its domestic laws this practice is unacceptable forget pakistani nuclear weapons china obviously has nuclear weapons.

it the foreign ministry of china said this week the indian side has continued to undermine china's territorial sovereignty by unilaterally amending its domestic laws this practice is unacceptable forget pakistani nuclear weapons china are all busy of nuclear weapons to what exactly has india achieved so far by this unified actual decision for direct rule of jammu and kashmir and that region of we have complied with the promise we've made to the public of india that we remove this nonsensical. court on the cost of tuition of india oh yeah i'm going to conduct a lawsuit to since we called out today for laws on the whole concept of the way and more cows lose.

it the foreign ministry of china said this week the indian side has continued to undermine china's territorial sovereignty by unilaterally amending its diversity. glaus this practice is unacceptable forget pakistani nuclear weapons china of his is nuclear weapons to what exactly has india achieved so far by this universe actual decision for direct rule of jammu and kashmir and that region of vietnam played with the promise made to the public of india that we remove this nonsensical. court on the cost of tuition of india or we are going to conduct a lawsuit to since we called out today for the laws on the whole concept of the way and i don't want to i will lose. the quality of genders that is men and women that's also a fundamental right not to 14 with prostitution so we have just gone plied with the promises they made to the election yeah but it's been in the manifesto before in the media be never did it do you think i mean you you're old enough to really to remember the war with china in 162 i don't know do you think you'll be j b colleagues remember that the chin is part of gin genco turn pr

and bouton, indian forces anything to prevent china from building road in the disputed territory. a second area of major terms between india and china has to do with massive trade deficit between the two. it's currently stands about $50 billion which has dropped from over $60 billion last year, but to put in perspective this is about the size of india's entire defense budget. effectively in the is paying china via the equivalent of it entire defense budget. there are many reasons for this trade deficit, lack of competitiveness has to do with some of it but we have seen a trend emerge were indiana companies which are competitive in the united states and in europe and in southeast asia and the middle east are not able to compete in the chinese marketplace. this has been, this is an issue that has been raised repeatedly by indian industry. a third has to do with belt and road initiative which india was in 2017 the first country to at least diplomatically boycott in april of 2017 china organized large belt and road forum in beijing, invited several countries, many of them including j

-china trade is driving markets this morning and we are in record territory. china if a deal on phase one is reached. they are expecting to sign a deal in early december. the news is pushing markets to all-time highs this morning. take a look at the dows industrials, up 135, s&p up 11 nasdaq up 35. yesterday all three major indices ended the day just high of record highs. it was fractional moves at the end of the day. european indices taking a cue from wall street. they are higher. european indices this morning, the fq100 -- this was yesterday's close. fractionally moving. the fq100 is up 15, cac in paris is up 9, dax in germany higher by 90 points. the bank of england held interest rates where they are, we are getting the breaking news right now. the boe leaving rates unchanged. we were not expecting a move on interest rates out of england this morning. we want to hear commentary from the central bank in materials of where the stimulus might happen going forward. we'll keep on that and get you any news that develops. in asia overnight, fractional moves. asian marke

federal territories 3 months after revoking the region's autonomy of these are the internationally recognized boundaries saying clude parts of administered kashmir in pakistan by pakistan and china india's new map shows the whole area as part of 2 new centrally administered territories john moore and kashmir and ladakh pakistan has condemned the move calling it legally untenable on child ora has more from indian administered kashmir. a few days after the indian government officially split indian administered kashmir into 2 union territories and smaller political units directly under new delhi's control the indian government has released a new map of india in this map these union territories of jammu and kashmir and respectively also include areas which are currently under the administration of pakistan like me and now some analysts say that fostered be made aware this because india's stated position has always been that the dire region is an integral part of india however others say that india is being assertive now a few days after indian government the region special status and strip did offer on august 5 they did defense minister was the 1st person to say that the next conver

indians forces intervened to prevent china from building a road in this disputed territory. a secondary major difference has to do with the massive trade deficit between the two. it currently stands about $50 billion, that's dropped from over $60 billion last year. this is about the size of india's entire defense budget. so effectively, india has taken china every year the equivalent of its entire defense budget. there are many reasons for this trade deficit. lack of indian competitiveness has to do with some of it. we have seen a trend emerge where indian companies, which are competitive in the united states and in europe and in southeast asia, and the middle east, are not able to compete in the chinese marketplace. and this has been -- this is an issue that has been raised repeatedly by indian industry. a third concern has to do with the road initiative which india was in 2007 the first country to at least diplomatically boycott. in april of 2020 china organized a large forum in beijing, invited several countries, many of whom, including japan and the united states, sent d

chinese premier league pitching spoke to the group's leaders several nations have territorial disputes with china and he welcomed progress in negotiations for a code of conduct in the south china sea beijing has been accused of delaying those talks for years while the built islands undisputed reefs in waterways critical to shipping and thought to have huge oil reserves underneath indian prime minister narendra modi also met the leaders he did not mention the ongoing negotiations between 16 countries on a regional free trade deal known as our step there are reports that india has raised some concerns but some think a deal is not far off but won't be agreed during this summit the fact is that the region needs this deal the symbolism of this deal would be enormous it would become the world's largest trading walk half of the world's population 40 percent of the global economy and this region is also going to become the center of gravity of course of called trade and that's something that would be good news for some nations that have been hurting under pressure from the ongoing us china trade war the

governments be passing laws and passing judgment on what happens in what is essentially china's internal territory. i don't think it's a valid complaint a thought 1st of all let me say that it's completely absurd to suggest that the protests themselves are in any way orchestrated or influenced by outside powers that the protestors are on call as and it was entirely their initiative i think there are 2 points i would say about the international community 1st of all the united kingdom in particular has not just a moral but also a legal responsibility to monitor and speak out for the defense of the freedoms that were promised to the people of hong kong. before the handover through as a signatory to the sign of british joint declaration which is still a legal treaty at the united nations valid until 2047 ok but then the rest of the international community i think has has a responsibility to stand up for universal human rights because hong kong is such an international city i think it's understandable that the world has an interest and addictive it's why but what's your view out there so you think ther

a quick look at a documentary on him called china's out for dissident this would be a kind of test 1st time that my wife actually entering a chinese territory we shall see we actually from china is going. to tell joins me now in the. studio welcome but it's you know we just saw you in that clip you were wearing a mask but yet here you are everybody can clearly identify you why the difference well i've been trying to hide my identity thing the very beginning of my creation but in the end of last year i find out my identity has been compromised and actually my family in china got threatened by the chinese government's. police in shanghai and after that i've made this decision that i think heidi is no longer an option for me and actually the best way for me is confront them face to face and this was before exhibiting the possible stop in hong kong yes this is supposed to be my 1st solo international expression and freedom before the opening my family in china contacted by the authority there and they deliver distress to say i don't cancel the show then me and my family well being. now a lot of the images that you have made concern the situatio