Executive will be voted into office in hong kong. Elected not by the people, but by 1000 or so members of the territorys economic and political elite, tied closely to the beijing government. And that is far short of the Universal Suffrage demanded by my guest today. Joshua wong was a teenage student when he became a leader of the so called Umbrella Pro Democracy protests that swept hong kong in 2014. Has beijing managed to neutralise hong kongs youthful rebels . Joshua wong, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. So thank you. 50 hong thank you. So hong kong is about to get a new Chief Executive. He will be selected, he will not be elected, by the general population. And that isa sign by the general population. And that is a sign of the failure of your Pro Democracy Movement, isnt it . dont Pro Democracy Movement, isnt it . |j dont think it is in favour of our movement. Because our movement is just motivated by the undemocratic system, which means, rather than allowing us more social selectio
class= nosel > all russian and soviet dictators, their problem is they always think that they re the last line of defense. you are in power. you have the right to, if you decide, to destroy it so nobody else will get it. the united states doesn t even notice that the soviets are on edge. they didn t even put the soviet reaction into ronald reagan s presidential daily brief. [indistinct radio chatter] [narrator] before andropov can act, the able archer operation wraps up on schedule. [pilot] roger that. [narrator] andropov is finally persuaded that this really was just an exercise. this time. [tim] the united states didn t know to ratchet down the tension when it really mattered. that is an indicator of just the lack of understanding that the united states and the soviet union had of each other. but in a nuclear confrontation, lack of understanding can have catastrophic consequences when adversaries have nuclear weapons pointed at each other and don t understand each other. e
it s set to be a family affair in the cambridge team in this year s boat race. brothers ollie and jasper parish will find themselves in the same boat. after winning the race as the women s cox last year, jasperjoins the men s team and joins ollie in the boat for the race on the 26th of march. you hope they don t fall out. that could get heated in the boat. and already the most expensive english footballer of all time, jack grealish has a boot deal to match. care to hazard a guess how much he s getting to wear a pair of these for the next five years? fancy pair of pumas? we are talking millions. for wearing boots? that is hisjob. how much? 10 million a year. 50 million over five years. a step up from those he used to wear when he played for aston villa. he has earned himself a new
they re the awards no one wants to receive a nomination for the golden raspberry awards, better known as the razzies, are given to the worst films of the year. leading the way with nine nominations, including worst picture, is netflix s diana: the musical. the winners or should that be losers? will be announced on the 26th of march, the day before the oscars. the queen s platinum jubilee celebrations are continuing with a bang, as gun salutes were fired across the country to mark her 70 year reign. at noon the king s troop royal horse artillery, named by the queen s father
nominations, including worst picture, is netflix s diana the musical. we can see a bit of it. there you go. nine nominations for this. the winners will be announced on the 26th of march the day before the oscars. i see. you said halle berry was nominated and went. you would normally avoid it but she went and gave an over the top emotional speech. went and gave an over the top emotionalspeech. it went and gave an over the top emotional speech. it went down very well. she took it on the chin. elegantly handled. that is the way to do it. here s carol. good morning. it is a cold start. this gives you an idea of temperatures. forsome, it is this gives you an idea of temperatures. for some, it is frosty with the risk of ice on untreated