What hong kongs minorities think about the protests, and what they mean for the citys diversity. And we talk to the people trying to save australias koalas from the devastating bushfires. Good morning. It is 9 00am in singapore and 1 00am in london. Time is running out to stop climate disaster and temperatures rising, says a new report from the un. The un environment aagency says global emissions need to fall by more than 7 every year over the next decade to stop warming by more than 1. 5 degrees. We can see the effect rising temperatures are having already, as droughts become more common all over the world, but especially in asia. Water levels in the mekong river have fallen to their lowest level in more than 100 years. That has devastating consequences for wildlife, and the tens of millions of People Living along the river. And australia has seen one of its longest dry spells. It has made massive bushfires even worse in New South Wales and queensland. And in zimbabwe, in southern afr
Making it feel pretty raw so not pleasant conditions throughout the day on thursday here. Now on bbc news, its hardtalk, to the north of it, bright, probably the best sunshine for scotland. With stephen sackur. A few showers which will be wintry on the hill but quite blustery welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Here and some heavy maybe thundery last weekend in hong kong, showers across southern metro stations were torched, and south western the Chinese State news parts of england and agency was attacked, it will be quite blustery here, too. Police fired water cannon and tear we should see some sunshine gas and 200 people were arrested. And slightly lighter winds. That is hong kongs new normal. It will be a chilly day wherever you are, just about 10 degrees across the south and single figure values in the north. Like i mentioned, feeling chilly underneath the cloud and rain. How long can it go on without through thursday night, a slow improvement. That weather front with the band o
We will continue our fight no matter how much they prosecute us. Such extensive disruptions are punishing our city, the city we love. And, many of us have helped to build, to the verge of a serious situation. [chanting] stephen demonstrations that started as opposition to carrie lams extradition bill morphed into broader resistance to the government, the police, and political interference from beijing and an erosion of their rights. Violence escalated as lam refused to meet demands. Police retaliated with teargas, upper spray, rubber bullets, and pepper spray, rubber bullets, and batons. Vandalism, and civil disobedience continued even after lam acquiesced and withdrew the bill. Nerves are frayed, positions entrenched, hong kong is a city on edge. I am stephen engle, and welcome to this special, hong kong on edge. It calls itself asias world city, the semi autonomous gateway to china, and a Key International finance and commercial hub, and that is but that is coming under increasing th
Now on bbc news its hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Last weekend in hong kong, metro stations were torched, the Chinese State news agency was attacked, police fired water cannon and tear gas and 200 people were arrested. That is hong kongs new normal. How long can it go on without a major intervention from beijing . Is there any way out of the impasse between hong kongs government and pro democracy protesters . Well, my guest is a former senior official in the territorys administration, anthony cheung. Are the territorys prospects bleak . Anthony cheung in hong kong, welcome to hardtalk. Youre welcome. From the outside, it looks as though hong kong is sliding ever deeper into chaos, is that the way it feels to you, inside hong kong . Well, its really distressing to see whats happening. Protests and violence seem to be continuing and the whole community is getting very anxious. Some young people feel they dont see a breakthrough. They dont see light at the end of the t
Now on bbc news hardtalk. It is a vicious cycle. Let me give you some statistics which probably give you more pause for thought. These are from surveys done welcome to hardtalk. In recent months of the mood in hong kong and they compare im stephen sackur. The figures from 2009 with figures last weekend in hong kong, in 2019 today. The number of people confident in the one country, metro stations were torched, two systems model has fallen from 68 to 33 and those numbers the Chinese State news of hong kong people who feel agency was attacked, themselves first and foremost to be hong kongers is up from 37 to 52 police fired water cannon and tear and those who feel themselves to be gas and 200 people were arrested. Chinese is down from 24 to just 10 that is hong kongs new normal. So what you have is a hong kong population which is increasingly how long can it go on without feeling separate and different a major intervention from beijing . From the population on mainland is there any way ou