Come on and address members of the media to tell us what is going on. She has not been seen for quite a few days. Nikkei to 25 decline of 2 . Seng, the worst run of losses we have seen since the hangover. Lets get to the currencies because the trade war is certainly having an impact the yen seen as a haven trade once again. Appreciating to 106. It at thee to see moment. Korean yuan continues its fall back as well. For thet below 1200 First Time Since january 2017. Trade tensions not between just china and the u. S. But south korea and japan taking its toll. Cny, the seven handle being breached. Gain of 1. 1 . We see the dollar index actually flat. David our top story right now, the latest on what is happening in hong kong. General strike today. Flights already cancel. A couple disruptions for public transport. Over the weekend, the city witnessed more violent protests clashed with police. Warnedthe other thing, that beijing will not let the unrest continue. Sophie kamaruddin is at the
Recorded a video statement declaring she hasnt been tortured in custody as well was arrested more than a year ago along with at least a dozen other womens rights activists Rights Groups say that she and 2 others were held in solitary confinement for months and subjected to physical abuse International Human rights lawyer toby cadman says despite reform saudi women are still treated like 2nd class citizens. I think one of the one of the things that were also seeing now is more and more women fleeing saudi arabia because of the draconian guardianship laws and various other group represents a number of saudi women who have sought to flee from saudi arabia and you are asked these women how has the situation changed since this this great announcement of reform with women being able to drive and even being allowed to go to the cinema those changes have had no Significant Impact and even what were seeing now is that the guardianship rules are supposed to be relaxed all removed within 3 months
President says he doesnt want to merican stupid a more for things like laptops smartphones and video game console during the shopping season before christmas a White House Correspondent Kimberly Halkett has more. Financial markets are reacting positively to that news coming out of the u. S. Trade Representatives Office that there would be a delay in some of the tariffs put on chinese goods into the United States specifically when it comes to things like clothing toys even electronics now these are all things that americans buy and like to give as gifts during the busy december Holiday Shopping season now the president has been talking about this ongoing trade war with china and he says there is still optimism that this can be resolved that trade officials on both the u. S. Side and the chinese side have been talking and he feels there is still room for a deal. You. Know very. Well. With the sticking points of resolving this dispute between the United States and china concerns about int
On the other. Thats all, stay with bbc world news. Now on bbc news, its hardtalk, with shaun ley. Hello and welcome to hardtalk, im shaun ley. Hong kong is in uproar. Each weekend for the last two months, thousands of people have taken to the streets. Alvin yeung, who leads the civic party, shares their fears, first of a plan to give beijing a greater say in extradition, then for wider cause, to defend hong kongs freedoms. But as local authorities struggle to contain the crisis, and beijings grumbles grow ever louder, could the Peoples Liberation army be on its way . Alvin yeung, welcome to hardtalk. Late into sunday night, protesters clashed with the hong kong police. It is the eighth weekend in succession that we have seen street protests and skirmishes, some of them violent. What has gone wrong . Well, hello, shaun. Things are not doing so well in hong kong, and of course, we have seen and witnessed protesters taking to the streets, and of course, we have seen clashes between the po
The press. Shes saying the dialogue could resume but shes saying the stop. Ue needs to she asks the republic whether they want to see hong kong full abyss. E pretty Strong Language from carrie lam. She says hong kongs economy is suffering further. Of course, shes already warned about the impact on the economy. David . Yeah. Dialogue can only resume after all the violence stops, which is line from what we heard from yesterday. Uptodate on everything she mentions here. In the meantime, of course, lets have a look at the damage far. Hang seng index down. The politicaling turmoil spread. That chinaat shanghai composite down, thats of thatgesting some gross falling to the Second Lowest this year in july, reflecting weak demand in china. Possibly more stimulus from the government to juice that economy. 6 . Hang seng down almost 1 hong kong stocks under pressure all morning with the airport to a standstill, even though things are starting to come back online. Those airline better. Et mcci, do