victor mallet is vice—president of the city's foreign correspondents club.ro—independence activist. the bbc‘s tim allman has more. fluttering in the breeze, a symbol of who ultimately rules the city. not that these protesters need much reminding. they came to the immigration department calling for press freedom, warrior to a red line has been crossed. it's notjust barring victor mallett from working in hong kong. the government is barring all future journalists from having to report on hong kong independence or any opposition voices. victor mallett writes for the financial times and he is vice president of the hong kong foreign correspondents club. or scc. in august, the group posted an event with andy chan, the head of the hong kong national party which advocates independence. china called for to be cancelled but the fcc declined. subsequently the party was banned and now a victor mallett does not have a work visa. it was expected there would be a further clampdown on the media but it's unexpected it would be deceptive. all this comes just days after the fo

do you think the rejection of the visa was politically motivated, then, for victor mallet?is hard to know for sure. the hong kong government, but it all appears to be that way, particularly because he really stood up particularly because he really stood up in the face of pressure from both chinese and hong kong officials in sharing that event at the fcc in hong kong. hong kong is seen, i suppose, by foreign governments and foreign companies as a place where press freedom is more in evidence than in mainland china. how do you think this decision will affect that reputation? it certainly has taken a hit, and we see that in the reaction not only from what you would think of as the so—called usual suspect is, groups like freedom house or reporters without borders, but from the chambers of commerce, the american chamber of commerce raised concerns and made a statement. foreign governments have made statements, so when you see this happening to a publication like the financial times, which is obviously a financial publication, but it really gets the attention perhaps of audiences

it's a red decision in a chinese city that takes pride in its freedoms the newspapers asia editor victor mallet chaired a talk by a print independence activist at the city's foreign correspondents club in august while it decided to go ahead with moderating the talk despite objections from the hong kong government and china's foreign ministry. it's been a week since the indonesian island of soloway z was struck by a magnitude seven point five earthquake that triggered a tsunami more than fifteen hundred people are now confirmed dead and bodies are still being pulled from the daybreak with mosques completely destroyed by the six metre high waves friday prayers were held outside the u.n. has pledged fifty million dollars to the relief effort as when he reports many are sleeping in the open waiting for assistance. people here escape the earthquake and tsunami but the fight for survival goes on in palo parks have become refugee camps for those who have nowhere else to go their houses were destroyed many family members killed. and now they use whatever they can find to build shelters while still stru

chaired a talk by a pro independence activist in august victor mallet decided to go ahead with moderating the talk despite objections from the hong kong government and china's foreign ministry. there have been a number of high profile cases in the us in the last few years as in which white police offices of young black men on friday one of those cases over conviction of a white police officer in chicago john hendren reponse. it's the verdict that for weeks put an anxious and divided city on edge we didn't hear to the bank that day and guilty of second degree. a white chicago police officer jason van dyke was found guilty of the killing of a black teen a crime that carries a sentence of up to twenty years in prison then sixteen times. but i've heard that there's more than one for each bullet he fired into a seventeen year old look kuan mcdonald in two thousand and fourteen van dyke was convicted of aggravated battery with a firearm the teen was armed with a knife later found closed and shown walking away on police video it was vandyke who emptied the chamber the only officer to

victor mallet is vice—president of the city's foreign correspondents‘ club.criticised by beijing after it hosted an event in august this year — featuring a pro—independence activist. ray galton, one half of the galton and simpson comedy writing duo, has died at the age of 88 after a battle with dementia. he and alan simpson created iconic sitcoms including hancock's half hour and steptoe & son. david sillito takes a look back at his life. give us some of your blood. well, you just had it. that's just a smear. it may be just a smear to you, mate, but it's life—and—death to some... it is a comedy classic. tony hancock, the blood donor. a sample? how much do you want, then? well, a pint of course. a pint? have you gone raving mad? the work of ray galton and alan simpson. i don't mind giving a reasonable amount, buta pint? that's very nearly an armful. it had all begun at milford chest hospital. ray galton had met alan simpson while recovering from tb. they started to write for hospital radio and then sent a script to the bbc. eventually they got the attention of

victor mallet is vice—president of the city's foreign correspondents‘ club.criticised by beijing after it hosted an event in august this year — featuring a pro—independence activist. now on bbc news dateline london. hello and a vert warm welcome to dateline london, i'm jane hill. this week, we ask how theresa may fared at her party's annual conference. was there enough talk of domestic policies alongside the brexit hubbub? there's been a few positive murmurings about that this week, brexit that is, from elsewhere in the eu, we'll discuss. and, as the us senate prepares to vote on the next potential supreme courtjustice, we'll reflect on what this ugly period might mean for the midterms, and the metoo movement. with me around the table today, the columnist for the i, here in the uk, yasmin alibhai—brown. the american writer and broadcaster jeffrey kofman. the specialist on middle eastern affairs rachel shabi, and thomas kielinger, for many years correspondent for germany's die welt. mamma mia, theresa may was widely considered to have given a good speech to th

i'm not going to jail very many are calling it a revenge tactic victor mallet vice president of the foreign per spawn and club had defied the beijing government and the hong kong government's objections and refused to cancel an event and evolving an independence activists are now so you said in the political party funded by that independence activist has been banned under national security grounds that's the first time that's ever happened and just weeks later when mallett went to renew his work visa wright was rejected here trying to encourage over the past few years to process this deterioration the freedom has been exaggerated and it just was very sad and we should bury. depression community . very angry about the section but we still feel pressed they are working with freedom and they should be respect the. true story the protesters are calling this a disgrace they say the journalist is being punished for not toeing the government line one is now this is an alarming development particularly for the media community on kong has always been a base for foreign journalists where they can ope

a rare decision in a chinese city that takes pride on its freedoms the newspaper's asia editor victor mallet chaired a talk by a pro independence activists at the foreign correspondents club in august he decided to go ahead with that moderating job despite objections from the hong kong government and the chinese foreign ministry. the u.s. secretary of state is in japan to coordinate strategy towards north korea after meeting prime minister shinzo rb mike is jude to go to pyongyang for more talks the us wants progress on denuclearization which it says the north agree the koreans agreed to when kim jong un and donald trump met in singapore in june this year all right up today those are the latest headlines from us here at al-jazeera coming up next it's inside story. it sparked protests and social media campaigns the case of a judge accused of sexual misconduct but the u.s. president is standing by his supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh donald trump actually thinks the controversy could be a vote winner so how will it affect the upcoming midterm elections this is inside story. hello and welc

they're going to jail here and many are calling it's a revenge tactic victor mallet asked vice president of the foreign per spawn and club had defied the beijing government and the hong kong government's objections and refused to cancel an event and valving and independence activists are now so he says the political party funded by that independence activist has been banned under national security grounds that's the first time that's ever happened and just weeks later when mallett went to renew his work visa rights which i wanted to take her over the past few years the process of this deterioration of freedom has been exaggerated and it is one very sad and we should bury it deep depression community . very angry about the section but we still feel pressed they are working with freedom and they should be respect the. true story the protesters are calling this a disgrace they say the journalist is being punished for not toeing the government line is now this is an alarming development particularly for the media community on kong has always been a base for foreign journalists where they can