hamilton said older voices should not be given platforms in the media. it has just it hasjust gone it has just gone for 30 a.m.. liz30am. now on bbc news, our world: reporter danny vincent follows those who have lived through hong kong s street protest movement, both as activists and reporters many of whom are now in prison. china is cracking down on hong kong. it is 25 years since britain handed back control of the city to china. back then, promises were made to protect fundamental freedoms. now, beijing is tightening its grip on those who dare to speak out. we must protect our people from espionage, terrorism, medical interference, subversion. we spend time with those who will not be silenced. if we stay here, we will be brainwashed. as record numbers leave hong kong, what will life be like for those that remain? i have been reporting from hong kong since 2017 but in the last few years i have witnessed first hand the dramatic transformation of the city. music. this i
by russian forces in ukraine have have been charged with being mercenaries, according to russian state media. hundreds of people have gathered in east london at a vigil dedicated to zara aleena, who was killed as she walked home from a night out. more than a million people have gathered on the streets on london for pride, as the lgbt plus community marks 50 years since the first march. now on bbc news, our world. reporter danny vincent follows those who have lived through hong kong s street protest movement, both as activists and reporters, many of whom are now in prison. china is cracking down on hong kong. it s 25 years since britain handed back control of the city to china. we ve spent time with those who will not be silenced. if we stay here, we will be brainwashed. as record numbers leave hong kong, what will life be like for those that remain? i have been reporting from hong kong since 2017 but in the last two years i have witnessed first hand the dramatic transformatio
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hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. polling stations have opened across france, in the final round of voting for parliamentary elections. at stake is control of the 577 seat national assembly, where the liberal party founded by president emmanuel macron has held sway for the last five years. but, president macron s candidates are facing strong opposition in the form of an alliance of left wing parties. our paris correspondent hugh schofield told me more a big challenge, surprising challenge, this time, but from the left. this coalition which has been created by the force of will of one man, jean luc melenchon, the man who came third in the presidential election, who came from the far left of french politics but by dint of personality and tactical genius has got all of the left or most of the left into his camp and persuaded the very demoralised socialists, communists and greens to fly under his banner, and together, as a group, they are set to
now on bbc news, it s time for political thinking with nick robinson. welcome to political thinking, a conversation with rather than interrogation of someone his political thinking helps to shape ours. once again, london and brussels are at loggerheads. once again, the row between the uk and the eu is about the status of northern ireland. once again, politics in belfast is deadlocked, with unionists refusing to share power with sinn fein. my guess is someone whose life and career is based on a refusal to take sides in the political battle. it is a decision that has paid dividends for naomi long, who leads the alliance party, which won a record number of seats in the recent elections. brought up in one of the most fiercely loyalist parts of east belfast, she insisted that politics should not be defined by whether you want northern ireland to stay in the uk or instead to be united with the rest of ireland. but does she and her party really represent anything more than simply no