Its been a week since china imposed a Controversial National security law today weve got to see full details of the powers it gives hong kongs police. Heres nprs emily fungs verdict. In a weeks time, hong kong has gone from this mainland based reporters dream to an operating environment designed to strike the fear of law into anyone who wants to mildly talk about dissent. Well, the authorities published details of these powers on monday night. As you can see, theres a lot of it. Here are some of the main points under what it calls urgent circumstances, police can search a place without a warrant. People under investigation can be prevented from leaving hong kong. If police consider that what they call a message on an electronic platform is likely to endanger National Security, they can ask the platform to remove it and ban the user. They can also ask the Service Provider to provide identification records or decryption assistance. Whatsapp, facebook, telegram and twitter today said they
Hello, im ros atkins, welcome to outside source. China warns the uk over interference in hong kong and over questions about huaweis role in uk telecoms. If you want to make china a hostile country, you have to bear the consequences. The americas remain the coronavirus pandemic epicentre well be live in brazil. And why does President Trump keep talking about postal voting . Well look at why its become a Major Political issue in the us. The composer behind some of cinemas most iconic theme tunes Ennio Morricone has died. Well be live in new york. Welcome. Were going to start in hong kong. Its been a week since china imposed a Controversial National security law today weve got to see full details of the powers it gives hong kongs police. Heres nprs emily fungs verdict. Well, the authorities published details of these powers on monday night. As you can see, theres a lot of it. Here are some of the main points under what it calls urgent Circumstances Police can search a place without a warr
Good afternoon. The Prime Minister has warned that coronavirus restrictions in england are probably about to get tougher in order to bring the virus under control. But borisjohnson also insisted Primary Schools should open as planned this week except in london and some areas of the south east, where the new variant of coronavirus is rising rapidly. Mrjohnson said there is no doubt in his mind that schools are safe. Heres our Political Correspondent jonathan blake. Arriving in a hurry to deliver a difficult message. The Prime Minister gave his first interview of the year this morning and warned that life with coronavirus in england is likely to get worse before it gets better. He said the government may soon impose tighter restrictions in more areas. It may be that we need to do things in the next few weeks that will be tougher in many parts of the country. I dont. I mean, im fully, fully reconciled to that and i bet the people of this country are fully reconciled to that. Under pressur
The go ahead for two Coronavirus Vaccines, as it starts one of the worlds biggest Vaccination Programmes. The oxford jab will be used alongside a locally developed vaccine. And israel leads the world with the highest rate of vaccinations 1 in 8 israelis gets a covid jab. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. The uk Prime Minister borisjohnson says restrictions in some parts of the country may get even tougher over the next few weeks. He also said that he believes that Primary Schools in england are safe and insisted that it is sensible to keep them open in some areas despite rising infection rates. Borisjohnson resisted growing calls from some councils and teaching unions in england to keep Primary Schools closed to the majority of pupils after the christmas holidays. He promised to work with local authorities in england that plan to keep primaries closed and admitted that we a