That scramble to get home from france before new quarantine rules come into effect. And a stunning victory for bahrain munich in the Champions League semifinal against barcelona because the german signed gone through with all 3 of soccers major trophies this season. Im married to evanston its good to have you with us the European Union is set to impose sanctions on belarus and officials involved in the brutal crackdown on peaceful protests demonstrations calling for new elections have been met with Police Violence and mass arrests some 5000 protesters are still in custody president Alexander Lukashenko has vowed to cling to power just finds mounting calls for him to go. Across the country workers went on strike putting their voices to the swelling protest movement thousands upon thousands willing to risk their jobs calling for president Alexander Lukashenko to go he tried to play matters down. 20 people decided to speak their mind just abandon their work and left their boss said fine g
Australian intelligence officials investigate allegations of a plot to get a chinese spy elected to parliament. And we meet the malaysian punk rocker whos leading the Straight Edge Movement, by promoting a totally sober lifestyle. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 9am in singapore and the same time in hong kong, where leader carrie lam has said the government will seriously reflect after local elections saw Massive Gains by pro democracy candidates. They secured almost 90 of District Council seats in sundays poll. Its being seen as a stinging rebuke of ms lams leadership and a show of support for the protest movement. From hong kong, Rupert Wingfield hayes reports. This is not the sort of Media Attention usually given to the winners of a local council election. But last nights victory for hong kongs democrats was no ordinary win. It was an unprecedented landslide. These newly minted young politicians won 85 of all the
Good evening. Im elaine quijano. Winter is still over a month away, but hundreds of cold records are about to be shattered. A new blast of argument tick air is defending from the great lakes to the gulf coast. It could be the coldest day on record in minneapolis and chicago. Some 250 Million People could be affected. Temperatures could be up to 30 degrees below normal. Cbs news climate and weather contributor Jeff Berardelli is here with more on the big chill. Jeff, this sounds serious. For this early in the season, its exceptional cold, nearly unprecedented and dangerous cold. Now the core of the coldest air is going to be in the upper midwest. We could break 350 records this week alone monday through thursday. This happens tomorrow. On tuesday, it moves across the great lakes all the way down to the gulf coast, and then encompasses basically the whole eastern part of the country, straight to the eastern seaboard as we head into wednesday. Now the cold air is going to plunge all the w
In south korea is an opportunity for these grandmothers to go back to school. Chinas president has called on hong kong to restore order and bring violence to an end following the latest protests. Xijinping also warned that the unrest could threaten the principle of one country, two systems, under which hong kong has had significant autonomy from beijing. Earlier, protesters barricaded themselves in University Campuses in anticipation of possible police raids. Im joined by verna yu, who is a freelance journalist based in hong kong. Of course, you have been following this story for six months now. We know these protests have continued. What do you think hong kongers are going to make of these latest state m e nts going to make of these latest statements by xijinping, one of going to make of these latest statements by xi jinping, one of the few times he has spoken out, a p pa re ntly few times he has spoken out, apparently speaking in brazil . Yes, i actually believe this is the first tim
Investigation. The bribe is to. And a low birthrate crisis in south korea is an opportunity for these grandmothers to go back to school. Hello, its 9 00am in singapore, 1 00am in london and 9 00am in beijing, where chinas president has made his strongest comments yet on hong kong. Xi jinping called on the territory to restore order and bring an end to the violence following the latest violent protests. Chinas president also warned that the unrest could threaten the principle of one country, two systems, under which hong kong has had significant autonomy from beijing. Earlier, protesters barricaded themselves in University Campuses in anticipation of possible police raids. Verna yu is a freelance journalist based in hong kong. Yes, i actually believe this is the first time that president xijinping has spoken out on the issue. Previously, in the communique of a key Party Meeting over a week ago, they made a pretty strong statement about the signalling the need for tighter control in hong