Sec. Pompeo good morning, everyone. Seeing as we are in the fourth of july, i thought i would lead off with americas founding principles for us this morning. The u. S. Was the first nation established on the premise that government exists to protect our godgiven, unalienable rights. I will say more on that in a couple of weeks. It was a revolutionary idea, we shouldnt forget about these complex Foreign Policy issues. The idea remains important and was unique. We are all striving for a more perfect union, we dont get it right every day. We use our unmatched power to protect rights at home and abroad. Happy early fourth of july to you all and your families. Now turning to the substance of my remarks today. I want to talk about one of the worlds most unfree countries. Yesterday, the Chinese Communist party implemented its Draconian National security law on hong kong in violation commitments it violation of commitments it made to the hong kong people and the united kingdom. In a u. N. Regi
Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. The people of hong kong are getting used to a new reality, a Draconian National security law made in china and imposed on the territory with no meaningful consultation. Pro democracy activists call it the death of the 0ne country, two systems principle. Well, my guest today is the former pro democracy politician turned beijing loyalist ronny tong. Is china suffocating the life out of hong kongs special status . Ronny tong in hong kong, welcome to hardtalk. Hello. Let me begin with the concept of consultation. Are you comfortable with the fact that china has just imposed a law on the territory of hong kong with no meaningful consultation with the government or people of hong kong . I dont think that is quite right. I think there are two things one needs to remember. First of all, it is a law to be it is a law enacted by the mainland according to the legislative law, it is not a law enacted by the legislative council. So they would consult the way
Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. The people of hong kong are getting used to a new reality, a Draconian National security law made in china and imposed on the territory with no meaningful consultation. Pro democracy activists call it the death of the 0ne country, two systems principle. Well, my guest today is the former pro democracy politician turned beijing loyalist ronny tong. Is china suffocating the life out of hong kongs special status . Ronny tong in hong kong, welcome to hardtalk. Hello. Let me begin with the concept of consultation. Are you comfortable with the fact that china has just imposed a law on the territory of hong kong with no meaningful consultation with the government or people of hong kong . I dont think that is quite right. I think there are two things one needs to remember. First of all, it is a law to be it is a law enacted by the mainland according to the legislative law, it is not a law enacted by the legislative council. So
The headlines indias Tourist Attraction stay shut as the country overtakes russia to become the country with the worlds third highest confirmed coronavirus infections. A sharp rise in new cases has taken the total to about 690,000. More than 19,000 people have died so far. In the australian state of victoria, several breaches of Hotel Quarantine have led to a spike in coronavirus cases. In melbourne, over 30 suburbs have been locked down, and 3,000 residents living in Public Housing will not be able to leave their flats for m days. The authorities in the North Western spanish region of galicia have imposed restrictions on about 70,000 people after a fresh outbreak of the coronavirus. It comes a day after catalonia also introduced a local lockdown to curb the spread of covid 19. Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. I am stephen sackur. The people of hong kong are getting used to a new reality, a Draconian National security law made in china and imposed on the territory with n
Cohen with more on these new details. We already had some studies that showed no benefit from taking this for Covid Patients. What is different about this is that it is large, but shows real danger here. Well, actually, one of the ones we already heard about showed danger. The largest study before this one was published and done by the university at albany in the new York State Department of health and that one showed not only didnt it work, but it increased more than twofold the chances of someone having a heart issue. This new one is much larger. This new one looks at 671 hospitals over six continents. The one before was looking at 25 hospitals. So we have gone from 25 hospitals to 671 hospitals on six continents. This is a very, very large study. And what they found was increased risk of death and increased risk of heart issues. These were hospitalized patients, some quite ill. What President Trump had to say about that issue is, hey, i took it when i when i wasnt sick. And so these