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This comes after beijing imposed a new National Security law in hong kong. The uk has already offered residency rights to 3 million citizens of the island. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg reports. Would the uk send someone back to this . A new law in hong kong has tightened chinas grip on the streets and brought fresh danger for those fighting for democracy. It is a very tense situation. Many people already flee hong kong, escape from hong kong, have sought political asylum overseas in many countries. For more than 30 years, if someone now in the uk was suspected of a crime, hong kong could ask the government to hand them over under the extradition deal. But now some forms of protest on the island could bring a prosecution. Not any more. The government has decided to suspend the extradition treaty immediately and indefinitely. There remains considerable uncertainty about the way in which the new National Security law will be enforced. I will just say this, the United Kingdom is watching and the whole world is watching. Even in advance, before it was formal, china accused britain of brutal meddling in its affairs. The shines most definitely come off since the days when the queen offered president xi a place in her golden carriage. Keen to share in chinas soaring economy, the government extended the regal welcome. The pints in the then prime ministers local. Five years feels like 15. There is alarm among mps about chinas creeping aggression, whether brutality in hong kong, with its historic links to the uk, terrible abuses of the uighur muslims who live in north west china, or unease about the countrys handling of the coronavirus pandemic. But is it britains attitude or chinas behaviour thats really changed 7 the former National Security advisor puts that down to president xi. Balancing condemnation and Economic Cooperation gets harder. Ministers repeat they want to work with modern china, but the uk is not only interested in playing nice. Laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. Now on bbc news, the travel show. From michelin starred street food to the worlds biggest underwater restaurant, and a once in a generation swiss food festival. The sun is blazing, its so hot im melting. Totally worth it. This week, our favourite foodie trips from the past few years. Hello, and welcome to the show. Well, slowly, slowly it does feel as though we might be able to start planning our next trip sometime soon. Around the world there are places where the Tourism Industry is emerging and fingers crossed for all those who have plans in place for this summer. Unfortunately, its still too early for us to really get back to normal here on the travel show, so this week were going to sit back, relax and enjoy some of our favourite food adventures from years gone by. We start in singapore. Back in 2016 we sent Henry Golding to get a taste of the worlds first michelin starred street food, and typically, he even managed to make himself useful. This is singapores largest hawker markets in the heart of chinatown, and its rampacked with stalls selling traditional dishes. One stall in particular is causing quite a stir. This queue is absolutely humongous, full of all sorts of people from singapore, from around the world, a lot of tourists. You can imagine it for some sort of concert, but in fact its for that hawker stall over there, one of two recipients here in singapore that actually achieved a michelin star, so im going to meet the chef. Hawker chan hi so this is the chef extraordinaire, hawker chan. And hes been doing this for over 30 years, right . Yeah. Wow i attempt to give hawker chan a hand serving crowds of people. Do you want it spicy, do you want it kind of medium, do you want it. . Spicy. Spicy is ok . The stall has become famous for serving the worlds cheapest michelin star meal. Were a well oiled machine here, but im feeling the pressure. One, one sauce here . One portion costs less than two us dollars, but the waits can be up to three hours. 0h its the rice boiling that was pretty good. May i have a chicken and a chicken rice to take away . And so, do you think you receiving a michelin star as a hawker will raise the profile and hopefully inspire a lot of new generations of young chefs and hawkers . The next morning, i head to check out timbre , which aims to put a trendy spin on the traditional hawker centre, selling food from shipping containers and caravans rather than market stalls. Whats the sauce that this is actually marinating in . Its my dads secret recipe its a secret recipe yeah. So its a generational thing. So your dad was a hawker before . Yup, he was. And places like this actually encourage more youngsters, to actually start up the business in maybe a little bit better environment. It is not a traditional hawker centre, its more rowdy. I revamped my logo to suit this place, because its more like a hipsterarea. It is still hot and hard work, but lets hope these new more contemporary surroundings will encourage the next generation of singaporeans to keep creating some of the best street food in the world. And since our report, hawker chan has managed to expand his little outlet across South East Asia and beyond. Now, back in 2018, we visited the philippines and discovered an extraordinary restaurant called van gogh is bipolar. Its themed around the Mental Health issues of its owner, and jethro invites guests to eat food there for the benefit of both body and soul. Mike corey paid him a visit. Hi, welcome to van gough is bipolar hi are you. . Dining alone tonight. Before you even think of picking up a menu here, you are encouraged to get involved. Step one, take off your footwear, check. Step two, youre the live server . Yeah, i am the live server. By the way, my name is maricar. Nice to meet you. I will be serving you tonight. Step three, pick a hat and wear it. Yes its like a performance in which you play a part. You choose a hat, make yourself a tea to match your mood and write a message on the wall. I write my deepest darkest secret on the wall for everybody to see . yeah secrets, yeah, yeah. Privacy, please. Come on now, guys. Van gough is bipolar is the brainchild of this man. Welcome to my kitchen i call it the cuckoo kitchen why the cuckoo kitchen . Well, because im crazy. Jethro raphael is bipolar. Its a condition that used to be known as manic depression and can make your moods swing from one extreme to the other. But jethro says that this place is his therapy. Before van gough is bipolar, i was on the brink of committing suicide, and i do not see any ray of light, and all i see is the darkness. Im just so negative, very pessimistic, and most of the time i do not like people. I do not like being with people. I created this Natural Medicine and its mood healing nutrition, so the diet is designed scientifically and nutritionally to activate specific neurotransmitters in the brain known to make you happy and calm. Hello this is actuallyjethros home as well, he lives i created this Natural Medicine and its mood healing nutrition, so the diet is designed scientifically and nutritionally to activate specific neurotransmitters in the brain known to make you happy and calm. Hello this is actuallyjethros home as well, he lives upstairs and during the day he opens his restaurant to the community. Feeding some, employing others. These local street kids can turn up for a hot meal whenever they want, and the in house musician is a blind beggar approached byjethro. Even the waiting staff have Mental Health conditions. Maricar has twice attempted suicide. Since i was diagnosed with a Mental Health condition, my family has been distant to me, so it was onlyjethro who had given me some hope. With all these stories, its easy to forget that this is a restaurant that serves food. When you order, you tick a box to reflect the mood you want to achieve and back comes the dishes thatjethro thinks will help. For your main course it is actually meant to make you calm. For tonight, it is made out of Free Range Chicken and fresh lamb from the farm ofjethro. Youve come a long way. This restaurant for you has done what, what do you think you have achieved . Life is more simple now and that is a big change. Now i see me, i hear me. I feel me. The space serves as a safe haven for the community, for people who are lost, who are abandoned and also we give them that sacred space that they needed where they feel accepted, celebrated, and unconditionally loved. In the north west of ireland the city of galway has been named 2020 European Capital of culture. Unfortunately due to lockdown they have had to delay their programme of events until at least september, but the last time we visited there we did see one of its gastronomic highlights. This is the heart of the oyster bed. The wild oysters here, the native flat oyster, they have come from the wild oyster fishery out here. Theres 800 acres of wild oyster fishery. The fishermen go out there in the winter months, november and december and they fish them off the beds. We buy them and we put them on our own beds here, where they develop their own unique flavour, and they get that from the fresh water coming in from the fields of athenry, and we have connemara to the north so you really have wonderful flavours and textures in the oyster that they develop. These oysters, we are taking them up and theyll be brought over to the packing shed where they will be sorted and graded and packed into the baskets and theyre be heading off to london. In 36 hours they will be on the restaurant table over there. Some people like to eat them, they love to put a drop of tabasco or a squeeze of lemon or a crack of black pepper or even horseradish and tomato sauce, but because they are so good here and the flavours are so good, we just eat them au naturale. So we squeeze the knife in here and we pop the shell. And we slide back and we cut the muscle to release the top shell. And here we have a beautiful native wild flat oyster. Take a nice smell and savour the flavour and the taste, sip the juice. Slide it in. Delicious. Could stay here all day eating this. Well, make sure you do stay with us because weve still got lots of fantastic food adventures coming up, including feeding our faces at the pizza World Championships. Its all being taken very seriously ive got my secret voting sheet here. And face to face with the fish course a dinner to remember under norways chilly seas. Next, were heading to the spiritual home of pizza. The city of naples in italy has been holding the pizza World Championships since 1991 and jo whalley is no stranger to a thin and crispy slice, so we sent her along. This is napoli pizza village, the worlds biggest open air pizzeria, stretching for more than a kilometre along the coastline of naples. Its an annual festival dedicated to all things dough. Cheering and applause so im about to do a masterclass with some of the best pizza makers in the whole of naples. A little bit apprehensive to be a true Neapolitan Pizza, the dough needs to be prepared in a special way. And here at the festival, tourists can give it a go. Three, two, one its really quite tricky. You ready . Theres not much of a spin. Now that i fully appreciate exactly what it takes to make a proper neapolitan margherita, im told that tomorrow, i can join the judging panel of the caputo cup the pizza World Championships. This is my voting form. Got the name of the chef, my name and the different categories of marks that i can give each pizza. 500 is the best and ten is the worst. My fellowjudge mario shows me how to inspect all aspects of the slice to check the crust is bouncy and that i can taste all the distinct ingredients. There are nine categories of pizza tojudge and its a gruelling pace. So im on slice number seven. Mario has had over a0 slices this is 1a. Still going strong. So ive had 38 slices of pizza and ive just seen that theyve started to clear up the tables, so i think the end might actually be in sight. Then we get word that the final pizza is being sliced. Number 52. Its the last one. Its a really unusual flavour. Sort of mustardy. I quite like it, though. While the votes are being counted, the award for pizza acrobatics isjudged. Its seriously skilful. The Award Ceremony goes on into the night and there are winners from across the globe. The organisers here hope to take the napoli pizza village festival to cities like london and new york and spread the message around the world that Neapolitan Pizza isntjust food, its a way of life. Next, lets head to the shores of lake geneva for a festival that takes place only once every 25 years. Lucy went along to find out more and even got a place centrestage. Upbeat dance music plays as well as being home to unesco protected lavaux vineyards, vevey is known for its living tradition the fete des vignerons, a three week long celebration of wine that transforms the town. While switzerland might not spring to mind when you think of wine, they actually produce around 100 million litres a year, exporting only 2 of it. The festival itself actually began as a one day feast, hosted by an ancient brotherhood as a way to reward the best winemaker in the region. And it clearly takes locals a while to recover, as the festival only takes place once every 20 25 years. The fete des vignerons began in 1797 as a small parade through the streets of vevey. But because of unrest in the region over the next couple of decades, the next event wasnt organised for another 22 years a cycle that has remained ever since. Today, the climax of the celebration is a daily show that takes place in a specially built stadium and features over 5,000 volunteers. And this year, the show has been created by the man behind cirque du soleil. Now, as the creator of this incredible show, whats it like creating something that only happens once every 20 years . Its something very unusual, in some form, and its like, really, a theatre show, but with 5,000 actors, maybe more 6,000, Something Like that. So with 5,000 people in your show, do you think youve got room for one more . Dance a little with your hands. Do this. Dance with my hands . Yeah. Both laugh you are in does that mean im in . Youre in im in. The show itself represents a year in the life of a vineyard and, in order to have enough roles for that many volunteers, it means even the bugs and birds get their moment in the spotlight. So ive got my moves, now its time to get my costume. These are huge how do i look . Am i working it . Youre amazing laughs. Then the three hour extravaganza began. The sun is blazing its so hot im melting totally worth it look at this atmosphere i cant think of another place where multiple generations from one family get the chance to be involved in such an epic experience together. This really means a lot to a lot of people. Theres a lot of emotions running high, and i can see why. Cheering and applause the choreography wasnt as important in the end, everyone was freestyling, but it looked really good and what an honour to take part in something that only happens once every 20 years. I aint going to be this limber in 20 years, ill tell you that now finally this week, were going to the appropriately named under. Its europes first, and the Worlds Largest, underwater restaurant and its unique design blends with the environment to give diners a truly breathtaking experience. My name is stig ubostad. Im the part owner, together with my brother, of under. Its the Worlds Largest underwater restaurant and the first in europe, but its much more than just that. The challenge was really to find a form and a shape and a location that could actually withstand these forces that we knew were coming, so the solution was a pipe. And it was constructed on a barge, then transported to this site and carefully lifted off the barge onto its very precise Foundation Points because a big issue is, of course, not to ruin the place while youre constructing. So it had to be put down in a really careful manner in order to maintain the landscape and the underwater landscape, not the least, not ruin the ecology of the place. So once that was done. Exhales. Everyone was breathing out. That was the real, most challenging part of the project. The head chef, nicolai, hes been working on the menu now for 1. 5 years, just working with it and foraging and exploring new ways of using different varieties of the sea. In the mornings, i like to go out and forage for different kinds of things. Right now, at this time of year, its mostly seaweed. I think its so nice to tell the guests that this sorrel we foraged just out here, 150 metres from the restaurant. Theres so many things not getting used. Everybody wants only the best ingredients, but why cant ling roe not be good . Its definitely better for the environment if people eat the things next door instead of having flown in foie gras and truffle every day. Some days, you will get a lot of fish. And some days, its not that good. Thats how nature is. Its nothing more, nothing less, just nature at its best. Well, thats all weve got time for on this weeks programme, but coming up next week simons here for a look at how some airlines still arent paying your refunds. And ades in venice to find out how its welcoming visitors back without the shoulder to shoulder crowds that have made headlines in recent years. In the meantime, you can catch up with all of our adventures on our social media pages a little reminder of what the world looks like when were able to go out and see it. Lets hope its not too long before we can do so again. Until next time, from me, christa larwood, and the rest of the travel show team, stay safe and well see you soon. Hello. This week started off on a fairly dry settled note for most places, but we will see weather fronts approaching from the atlantic, bringing some outbreaks of rain in through this week. Now, tuesday will start on quite a chilly note. We will see the cloud building through the day and that will bring some rain later on to parts of Northern Ireland and scotland courtesy of this weather front approaching here. Further south, High Pressure Holding Onto Things so its a dry picture of it to sit across the book of england and wales. Under clear skies, quite a chilly start. Temperatures in the mid single figures for many of us first thing tuesday morning, a few early mist patches. In fact temperatures could be as low as around 3 4 degrees in the coldest rural spots. After that fresh start, there will be some long spells of sunshine through the morning. Later in the afternoon, cloud will tend to build so that sunshine at times a bit hazy, cloudier skies later on in the afternoon. Some rain working into the northern parts of Northern Ireland, the Western Isles as well. 1 2 showers around for the north east of scotland too. Now, temperatures across scotland and Northern Ireland between about 14 18 degrees. England and wales typically around 18 21 celsius, a little below par for the time of year. Heading into tuesday evening and overnight into wednesday, we will continue to see this weather front in the north bringing rain, quite heavy at times, to Northern Ireland and parts of scotland as well. For england and wales, its going to be dry, but with the cloudier skies, it wont be quite as chilly as it has been over the past couple nights. Into wednesday, outbreaks of rain continue at times for Northern Ireland and for scotland. Later in the day, a few of those showers could just push into parts of Northern England and north wales as well, but further south across england and wales, we should have a dry day and with some sunshine, it will be a little bit warmer. So temperatures up to about 23 degrees down towards the south east. Were typically looking at the mid to high teens further north across the uk. Looking towards the latter part of the week, and this waving weather front will push its way gradually southwards and eastwards, bumping into higher pressure across the near continent. It will be fizzling out, but we could still see some outbreaks of rain thursday particularly across western parts of england and wales too. Theyll be followed by some fresher, brighter conditions of sunshine and scattered showers across parts of scotland, and temperatures will range between about 16 22 degrees on thursday. Then things continue on a fairly unsettled and a showery theme as we look through friday and into the weekend for many of us, as well. Thats it for now. Bye bye. Welcome to bbc news. Im mike embley. Our top stories hopes grow for a covid 19 vaccine after every volunteer involved in a trial at Oxford University shows an immune response to the jab. They are extremely promising, because these are the type of responses that we believe will be associated with protection. President trump says he will send more federal Law Enforcement officers to deal with protests. Local Officials Say its an abuse of power. In thejohnny depp libel case, his ex wife amber heard says she was afraid the Hollywood Star was going to kill her. 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