fundamental freedoms. were made to protect fundamentalfreedoms. now, fundamental freedoms. now, beijing is fundamentalfreedoms. now, beijing is tightening its grip on those who dared to speak out. it isa it is a tragedy made remorseless and revengeful attack remorseless and revengeful attack on all the freedoms you associate attack on all the freedoms you associate with an open society. we spend associate with an open society. we spend time with those it will not be silenced. if we stay here, we will be brainwashed. figs if we stay here, we will be brainwashed. if we stay here, we will be brainwashed. ~ , , , , brainwashed. as record numbers leave hong brainwashed. as record numbers leave hong kong, brainwashed. as record numbers leave hong kong, what- brainwashed. as record numbers leave hong kong, what will- brainwashed. as record numbers leave hong kong, what will life | leave hong kong, what will life be like for those that remain? i have been reporting from
power last year. and temperatures injapan are at the highest in nearly 150 years. now, fears the electricity grid could be overwhelmed. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the chinese president, xijinping, has sworn in hong kong s new leader, john lee. the territory is marking 25 years since the handover from british colonial rule. mr lee is taking over from carrie lam, whose time in office saw beijing tighten its grip on hong kong. this was scene in hong kong in the last hour asjohn lee took the oath of office. mr lee is a security chief who oversaw the police response to hong kong s huge democracy protests in 2019. it s mr xi s first trip out of mainland china since the beginning of the covid 19 pandemic. and it s his first to hong kong since swearing in carrie lam. translation: the practice of one country. translation: the practice of one country, two translation: the practice of one country, two systems. l translation: the practice of l one
hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we start on wall street where stock markets have suffered their worst first half of the year in more than five decades. as of the close on thursday, the s&p 500 index of top us firms has lost more than 20% between january and june, a sell off on a scale not seen since 1970 when president nixon was in the white house. for the tech dominated nasdaq, it s been even worse a near 30% fall for the first half is the worst in its history. from new york, samira hussain has more. the sell off of the stock market over the last six months has been brought. it is not just one sector bearing the brunt of losses, but a range of companies from disney to apple tokamak target. the latest economic data indicates actually the road ahead may be getting even bumpier. the federal reserve s regional bank in atlanta has been closely watched for the gross domestic product and gdp, which today signalled that the us economy will have shrun
plus community over the last 50 years? get in touch with me on @annitabbc or using the hashtag bbc your questions. and, two british hopefuls, cameron norrie and heather watson, will both be in action today at wimbledon. the mp chris pincher has resigned as government deputy chief whip, after a newspaper alleged he groped two men at a private members club. he has apologised to the prime minister and said he had embarrassed himself and others. the role of the government whips is to enforce party discipline. our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. chris pincher had been deputy chief whip, responsible for discipline among tory mps, since february. but now it s his own conduct that has fallen short. there were complaints about his behaviour on wednesday night at the carlton club, a private members club in central london, where he is reported to have groped two men. in a letter to the prime minister yesterday, mr pincher said. as things stand, chris pincher won t face
impressive for earlyjuly, 17 19. we finished the day with persistent rain across in northern ireland. that s going to be affecting northern ireland through the evening, then spread into parts of central southern scotland, northern england and western parts of wales as we go through the night and into tomorrow morning. not a desperately cold night, temperature is around 9-13 to cold night, temperature is around 9 13 to start the weekend. here s the chart for the weekend. saturday, we ve got this hawk of weather system pushing slowly eastwards across the country, a bit more breeze on it than today. we ll see one when the front stretching from yorkshire down towards cornwall with outbreaks of rain and drizzle. that pushes slowly southwards and eastwards. east anglia and the south east staying dry until the evening then sunshine and showers for many although northern parts of scotland more in the way of persistent rain and cloud through the day. the winds lightest year, more of a