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Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9 00. Riot police have used pepper spray and batons during clashes with protesters in hong kong overnight, on the 22nd anniversary of its shift from british to chinese rule. The protests are the latest against a law that would allow suspected criminals to be sent to Mainland China to facejustice. The Hong Kong Government has since suspended the plan, but protesters want it to be scrapped altogether. This is obviously the scene that you see as protesters are outside Government Assembly buildings. Lets go live now to our correspondent Karishma Vaswani whos in hong kong for us. In the last few minutes we have seen protesters arriving from the march that began at victoria street. The scenes behind me, people chanting. This is the group of pro democracy protesters that have been marching from Victoria Park annually. This is what they do but this year it has taken a special what they do but this year it has ta ken a special symbolism what they do b
About malaysias bid to recover 65 million stolen dollars from bdb. That was the company linked to the film wolf of wall street. The ftse is up16 film wolf of wall street. The ftse is up 16 points at the moment. A volatile week for oil and iran tensions. Facebook has unveiled its new Digital Currency and we explain what has been hogging the headlines and who let the dogs out . It is National Bring your dog to work day. Would your boss be happy if your brought your pouch in, or is it barking mad . Brought your pouch in, or is it barking mad 7 let brought your pouch in, or is it barking mad . Let us know. Hello and welcome to your friday edition of business live. First climate change, European Union leaders have failed to agree a target of zero net greenhouse emissions by 2050. France and germany failed to get agreement at the summit. This after opposition from some Eastern European countries over the economic cost. The eu has already agreed to cut Greenhouse Gas emissions by at least 40
Generating billions and revenue annually and supporting thousands of jobs across the manufacturing, retail and related sectors. And as a market size of over 21000000000. 00 in 2023 and is expected to grow 5 percent. The u. S. Is also the Worlds Largest export of arms with saudi arabia. But being the main recipient at 22 percent, the 5 largest arms export as include the us followed by russia, france, germany, and china, which together accounts for 75 percent of global exports. The us alone accounts for 39 percent. Montana has the highest rate of gun ownership in the us, followed by wyoming, alaska, idaho, and west virginia. Meanwhile, new jersey has the lowest rate, followed by massachusetts, rhode island, hawaii, and new york to the u. S. Has far more civilian own firearms than any other nation in the world. The country with the 2nd most firearms compared to us is canada with 72 percent fewer guns per 100. 00 citizens. Meanwhile, texas, not surprisingly, has more actual guns stockpiled