Ill be back tomorrow. Mike will be here at the top of the hour. Now on bbc news. Hardtalk with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. The International Outcry prompted by chinas imposition of a draconian new National Security law in hong kong has been long and loud, but will it make any difference . Inside the territory itself, protests have been muted and the main pro democracy activist movement, well, its disbanded itself. My guest today was one of the founders of that movement, nathan law. He is now in exile here in london. So, is chinas hardline hong kong strategy working . Nathan law, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for the invitation. Lets begin with your current situation. Why did you decide to flee hong kong . Well, as we all know, the hong kong government, well, at least accepted, or the Central Government directly enacted, the National Security law in hong kong, which. It is written in such a broad and fake term that could well possibly be used as a legal weap
Regardless of the party they are from. Host anthony desposito, freshman lawmaker. Come back again. That will do it for us this morning. A reminder that the house is coming in now. We will be back here tomorrow at 7 00 a. M. Eastern. Now live coverage of the floor of the house of representatives. The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by chaplain kibben. Chaplain kibben would you pray with me. Merciful god, how hard it is in these days of contest and contention not to keep score. Both outside and inside these chambers, we are hardwired to tally wins and losses. But while this may be the nature of things, forgive us when we gloat over our enemys loss when we find ourselves selfishly satisfied when our opponent stumbles. All around us there are countless situations where we find ourselves so inclined. Internationally, when a power suffers not just the loss of a certain battlefield advantage, but the devastating attrition of its young men and women sacrificed on
You are pretty much up to date on the headlines, it is liz30am. Now on bbc news hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. The International Outcry prompted by chinas imposition of a draconian new National Security law in hong kong has been long and loud, but will it make any difference . Inside the territory itself, protests have been muted and the main pro democracy activist movement, well, its disbanded itself. My guest today was one of the founders of that movement, nathan law. He is now in exile here in london. So, is chinas hardline hong kong strategy working . Nathan law, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for the invitation. Lets begin with your current situation. Why did you decide to flee hong kong . Well, as we all know, the hong kong government, well, at least accepted, or the Central Government directly enacted, the National Security law in hong kong. Which it is written in such a broad and fake term that could well possibly be used as a legal weapon to prosecute politi
This is bbc news. Our headlines President Trump signs an executive order stripping hong kong of its right to preferential economic treatment with the us. He said the territory would now be treated the same as mainland china. It comes as his Administration Takes a toughening stance on china over its crackdown in hong kong. The British Government decides to stop using equipment from the chinese tech giant huawei for its 56 telecoms networks. It said the decision was prompted by a new Cyber Security assessment. The us has welcomed the move, but there are fears china will retaliate. A judge in new york refuses to grant bail to ghislaine maxwell, the former girlfriend of the late convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein. She wept as she appeared via video link. Shes been charged with trafficking young girls for him and goes on trial nextjuly. That is it from me. Next up, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. The International Outcry prompted by chinas imposition of a draconian new
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