pro democracy activists fled hong kong. a very warm welcome, you are watching verified live on the bbc. a palestinian man has injured seven people after driving his car into them in tel aviv and attacking them with a knife. the man was later shot and killed, the palestinian militant group hamas has welcomed the attack, suggesting the man was responding to an army raid by the israeli side in jenin. really troops moved in on monday, people fleet. an extensive counterterrorism effort, palestinian leaders have condemned the assault is a new war crime. jeremy bowen is injanine. jenin. so this is the hospital at the edge of the refugee camp injenin, where a lot of the casualties have come in. and these people here, a mixture of local guys and also a lot of medics are waiting for the next lot to come in. ambulances have gone out in the last few minutes to try to bring in people. they say that there have been some people wounded inside the camp now. we can t get up that way because
this is bbc news, the headlines seven people are injured in a car ramming and knife attack in tel aviv, as un agencies voice alarm at the scale of israel s military operation in the west bank. the fighting is continuing. gunfire the crowd are scattering down there. seven people are injured in a car ramming and knife attack in tel aviv, as un agencies voice alarm at the scale of israel s military operation in the west bank. the uk metropolitan police reopen their investigation into potential breaches of covid rules at an event at conservative headquarters in the winter of 2020 un says countries should prepare for extraordinary weather event as el nino climate effect, as the natural phenomenon has begun the united nations has warned countries to start preparing for the effects of an el ni o weather event. the world meteorological organisation says the naturally occuring phenomenon has begun. it involves warmer water rising to the surface of the pacific ocean, pushing heat into
regina ip in hong kong, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. good to talk to you. let me ask you a very simple first question. 0k. since 2020, hong kong has been living with a very draconian national security law that was imposed from beijing. now, it seems that the hong kong government is determined to legislate an even tougher national security law during 202a. why? well, our national security law, mandated by beijing, is not draconian at all. it is far less comprehensive and sweeping than the national security act that your parliament enacted lastjuly, you know? you created a lot more new offences. our national security law enacted by beijing is nothing compared to what you have. what you have is far more stringent, comprehensive and draconian. well, i think a lot of it depends on the implementation, doesn t it? and when your territory uses the laws that you have through the national security legislation to lock up opposition politicians, pro democracy activists, to eliminate i
straight after this programme. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. when chinese sovereignty was restored in hong kong, beijing s communist rulers saw the logic of maintaining the one country, two systems principle. so, how come some 26 years later, hong kong s autonomy looks more like a convenient fiction than a fact? my guest is regina ip, convenor of hong kong s executive council and leader of the new people s party. what does hong kong s fate tell us about beijing s worldview? regina ip in hong kong, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. good to talk to you. let me ask you a very simple first question. 0k. since 2020, hong kong has been living with a very draconian national security law that was imposed from beijing. now, it seems that the hong kong government is determined to legislate an even tougher national security law during 202a. why? well, our national security law, mandated by beijing, is not draconian at all. it is far less comprehensive and sweeping than the nati
regina ip in hong kong, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. good to talk to you. let me ask you a very simple first question. 0k. since 2020, hong kong has been living with a very draconian national security law that was imposed from beijing. now, it seems that the hong kong government is determined to legislate an even tougher national security law during 202a. why? well, our national security law, mandated by beijing, is not draconian at all. it is far less comprehensive and sweeping than the national security act that your parliament enacted last july, you know? you created a lot more new offences. our national security law enacted by beijing is nothing compared to what you have. what you have is far more stringent, comprehensive and draconian. well, i think a lot of it depends on the implementation, doesn t it? and when your territory uses the laws that you have through the national security legislation to lock up opposition politicians, pro democracy activists, to eliminate