The governments plans. Our correspondent Rupert Wingfield hayes reports from hong kong. Fellow citizens and members of the media. As she stood alone at the podium, carrie lam must have known every pair of eyes in hong kong was watching her. After a week of mass street protests and running battles between protesters and police, would she or wouldnt she back down and drop the widely hated extradition bill . I now announce that the government has decided to suspend the legislative amendment exercise. Not a withdrawal, then. So is this just a trick to pacify the protesters . It has nothing to do with an intention or wish to pacify. How could i restore, as fast as possible, the calm in society, and how could i avoid any more Law Enforcement officers and ordinary citizens being injured . The fear of more angry protesters returning to these barricades is what has prompted carrie lam and her administration to make what is clearly a major climb down. This is not a temporary pause to the extradi
Protests and running battles between protesters and police, would she or wouldnt she back down and drop the widely hated extradition bill . I now announce that the government has decided to suspend the legislative amendment exercise. Not a withdrawal, then. So is this just a trick to pacify the protesters . It has nothing to do with an intention or wish to pacify. How could i restore, as fast as possible, the calm in society, and how could i avoid any more Law Enforcement officers and ordinary citizens being injured . The fear of more angry protesters returning to these barricades is what has prompted carrie lam and her administration to make what is clearly a major climb down. This is not a temporary pause to the extradition bill this is an indefinite suspension. Nevertheless, it may not be enough to prevent very large crowds from coming out here again on sunday for another huge show of discontent. On wednesday, the policejust. This young protester and many of his friends will be out
I think the conversation on brexit is continuing to shift but im looking forward to seeing whether janet yellen tackles this issue headon or dances around it. Tom i do not think that is a small idea and i believe she has got to. I would be stunned if she did not directly mention it. Day, Michael Mckee and i will do this at 1 00 p. M. This afternoon. Francine i wonder whether she will focus on domestic risks or international. Lets get the bloomberg first word with nejra cehic. Nejra a new warnings from George Osborne on the risks of leaving the European Union. In a speech he will say that brexit would lead to a 42 billion black hole in the budget that would have to be plugged with higher taxes and cutbacks. The eu is june 23 and recent polls show the leave faction is ahead. Hillary clinton has opened up a doubledigit lead over donald trump in the race for the white house. A new bloomberg poll shows clinton leading trump 49 to 39 among likely voters and 55 said they could never vote for
This is bbc news Donald Trumps top Law Enforcement officer says the us election was legitimate. The attorney general has not found evidence of widespread fraud that would change the outcome of the vote. Bill barrs statement is very much at odds with his boss, the president , who continues to say he was robbed of victory. The head of the food and Drug Administration is summoned to the white house mr trump is frustrated the covid vaccines arent getting approval quicker. Also in the programme. The the noes have it to the left, 78. Despite the biggest backbench rebellion of this parliament, borisjohnson has secured enough
support to introduce a new set of tiered covid restrictions in england. They come into placejust after midnight tonight. And, the second, large, mystery structure to go missing in recent days. Is nothing sacred anymore . Hello, i am katty kay in washington Christian Fraser is in london. We are in the midst of a crippling pandemic, a growing Health Crisis about which the p
A commission to look into racial inequality saying hed been influenced by images of the black lives matter protests. You have to acknowledge that when thousands of people marched peacefully for black lives matter, you cannot ignore that. I, as a leader, someone in government, i cannot ignore the strength of their feeling. Wearing a Face Covering is now compulsory for anyone travelling on public transport in england with a £100 fine if you dont. We relied on them and so do others. Marcus rashford calls for a government u turn on its decision not to provide Free School Meal vouchers during the Summer Holidays. You know, what families are going through now, i once had to go through that same system and its very difficult to find a way out. Well, if the queues are anything to go by theres a lot of pent up demand for high street shopping out there as thousands of non essential shops across england reopened their doors to customers for the first time in almost three months. Not all shops ap