Thats all. Stay with bbc world news. Stay with us for all the International News and business stories here on the bbc. And you can visit our website as bbc. Com news. Hong kong demonstrations in the wake of the 11th weekend of protests we look at the impact on the asia financial economy. Grey matters. Why many of singapores asian population are working well into their 70s. Good morning and welcome to this mondays edition of Asia Business report live from singapore with me, mariko 0i. Lets start with hong kong because as you heard on newsday, the city has seen the 11th weekend in a row of pro democracy rallies. The protest organisers say the crowd was 1. 7 million strong other police have said it was much smaller. This comes amid warnings of the Economic Impact of the unrest on the Economic Impact of the unrest on the Asian Financial hub. In just two days after Airline Cathay pacific saw the departure of it chief executive. The bbcs Stephen Mcdonnell sent this report from the demonstrat
A planned weekend protest. Australian Authorities Say the outlook for the Great Barrier reef looks very poor, with Climate Change having a major impact on coral and marine life. Good morning, welcome to bbc newsroom live. A judge sitting in scotlands highest civil court has rejected a request for an injunction, preventing the suspension of parliament, but says its in the Public Interest for a full hearing, as soon as possible. A group of 75 parliamentarians were seeking an interim interdict similar to an injunction at the court of session ahead of a full hearing. Lord doherty said he believed the full hearing should be moved forward to next tuesday or wednesday. Lorna gordon is in edinburgh for us. Explain the significance of this . Explain the significance of thi57m effect, it means we are in a Holding Pattern at the moment. The judge declined to grant that emergency injunction. He said he wants to hear the full argument. In the end they settled on a date, that full hearing which was
A pretext to expand its own jewish settlements in the area. And another big one for ukraines president exit polls giving a lot of members a lance his party a commanding lead after sundays parliamentary elections but will he get the absolute majority hes hoping for. Also coming up india is heading for the moon a countdown is on again for an ambitious launch that could see it become the 4th nation to land a probe on the lunar surface blast off isnt just over one out. Im brian thomas thanks so much for joining us. We begin the program in hong kong and a 7th straight weekend of antigovernment protests has descended into violence demonstrations began peacefully as tens of thousands rallied against a very unpopular extradition bill many fear will erode that citys autonomy as protesters headed for the office of Chinas Communist Party police fired on them with rubber bullets and tear gas and in a new development suspected triad gang members attacked the demonstrators. It was a vicious assault.
Coming up another big one for ukraines president exit polls giving volodymyr celebs fees party a commanding lead after sundays parliamentary elections but let me get the absolute majority hes hoping for. And the countdown is on again for an ambitious launch india become the 4th nation to land a probe on the moon launch time is in a few hours. Im brian thomas thanks so much for joining us in hong kong a 7th straight weekend of antigovernment protests have descended into violence the demonstrations began peacefully as tens of thousands rallied against that controversial extradition bill that they fear will erode the citys autonomy now as protesters headed for the office of Chinas Communist Party police fired on them with rubber bullets and tear gas and in a new development suspected triad gang members attacked the demonstrators. It was a night of violence in hong kong these videos shared on social media showed antigovernment protesters and reporters being attacked as they tried to exit a
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