Now on bbc news, its time for dateline london. Hello and welcome to dateline london. Im carrie gracie. This week Desperate Measures in hong kong, will they work . And brexits man with a plan embarks on a brussels endgame. My guests today Isabel Hilton of china dialogue, iain martin of the london times, greg katz of the associated press, thomas kielinger, author and veteran correspondent of die welt. Thank you all forjoining me. A tale of two chinas. Controlled choreography in beijing, chaos in hong kong. Far from celebrating the 70th anniversary of the communist revolution, democracy protesters called it a day of mourning. Vandalisation escalated, and two protestors were hit with live ammunition. The government then closed the rail network and banned face masks. Events in hong kong simply do not fit beijing . S birthday narrative of a nation united and on the march. You have been watching china and hong kong for half a century. Tell us what is going on now. Is carrie lam is going to so
Welcome. Its good to have you with us we begin in indias Financial Capital mumbai which is recovering from a monsoon which just 21 people large parts of the city of. Looked like this. The result of the 2nd 45 but its not the 1st time the city. In 2005 more than 500 people died in heavy rains and in 2017 at least 10 people died as a result of the monsoon this time around for many it felt like a repeat of those yes. Monsoon chaos in mumbai yet again to ensure rains brought indias Financial Capital to a virtual standstill the she a volume of water too much for the citys drains to cope the overflow turned roads into rivers and this train station into a waterfall. Flooded tracks ground public transport to a halt and left commuters stranded. Weve been waiting here since 7 in the morning. No trains are running because of the flooding. The annual deluge and its dangers are new to locals but many are angry at what theyre calling government inaction. And i think people dont know whether. They ca
Look at the culture of backlash that forced west. Welcome. Its good to have you with us we begin in indias Financial Capital mumbai which is recovering from a monsoon deluge we just came to feast 21 people large parts of the city of nearly 20000000 looked like this on tuesday the result of the 2nd has been falling 45 but its not the 1st time the city has looked like this during the season monsoons in 2005 more than 500 people died in heavy rains and in 2017 at least 10 people died as a result of the monsoon this time around for many it felt like a horrible repeat of those yes. Monsoon chaos in mumbai yet again to ensure rains brought indias Financial Capital to a virtual standstill the she a volume of water too much for the citys drains to cope the overflow turned roads into rivers and this train station into a waterfall. Flooded tracks ground public transport to a halt and lift commuters stranded. Weve been waiting here since 7 in the morning. No trains are running because of the floo
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Gb news. And poised with a bit of paper. What have you found . Oh i wondered what you thought of more in royal news. Oh, Prince William has been talked into getting and is now agreed to. In fact, i think we know his name , into having a know his name, into having a valet, his own personal valet. Apparently, Prince Charles always did , and i think prince always did, and i think Prince Philip before him. But william has always really not liked the idea very much, because if you let somebody too close, they get to know you too well. And then years from now, they sort of write a book and become tv commentators and things like that. You could be taken to know too much about your life. So hes always resisted it. But he has now gotten himself a personal valet. And i just personal valet. And i just wonder what you know. Would you have one . No, no, i did a gentlemans gentleman , i didnt i didnt gentleman, i didnt i didnt know someone years ago who worked as a valet for very rich people, and th