Now on bbc news, its time for dateline london. Hello and welcome to dateline london. Im carrie gracie. This week Desperate Measures in hong kong, will they work . And brexits man with a plan embarks on a brussels endgame. My guests today Isabel Hilton of china dialogue, iain martin of the london times, greg katz of the associated press, thomas kielinger, author and veteran correspondent of die welt. Thank you all forjoining me. A tale of two chinas. Controlled choreography in beijing, chaos in hong kong. Far from celebrating the 70th anniversary of the communist revolution, democracy protesters called it a day of mourning. Vandalisation escalated, and two protestors were hit with live ammunition. The government then closed the rail network and banned face masks. Events in hong kong simply do not fit beijing . S birthday narrative of a nation united and on the march. You have been watching china and hong kong for half a century. Tell us what is going on now. Is carrie lam is going to so
In the quarter finals. And foreign correspondents based in london will give their take on the protests in hong kong and the brexit negotiations. Thats in dateline london in half an hour. Good morning. Much of hong kong is shut down after violent demonstrations led to the suspension of the citys public transport network, many shopping centres, banks and businesses have been unable to open. Thousands of people have taken to the streets to protest against a newly imposed ban on wearing face masks. The protesters use the masks to avoid identification. Hong kongs leader carrie lam is warning that she can no longer tolerate rioters destroying the territory. Translation the extreme actions of rioters created a very dark night for hong kong, and made Hong Kong Society semi paralysed. Everyone is very worried and concerned, or even scared. The government will suppress violence with the greatest determination. I appeal to everyone to support the government in suppressing violence in accordance w
In violent Anti Government protests. Demonstrators defied a ban on face masks dring the unrest. Chief executive carrie lam has defended her decision to invoke Emergency Powers. The us secretary of state mike pompeo has dismissed questions about Donald Trumps attempts to push ukraine and china to investigate democratic rival joe biden as a silly gotcha game. Leading democrats have issued a legal order demanding the white house hand over more documents on its dealings with ukraine. The British Foreign secretary has urged america to reconsider its decision to let a diplomats wife who was involved in a fatal car crash claim diplomatic immunity to leave britain. 19 year old harry dunn died in the collision in august. Now on bbc news, its dateline london. Hello and welcome to dateline london. Im carrie gracie. This week Desperate Measures in hong kong, will they work . And brexits man with a plan embarks on a brussels endgame. My guests today Isabel Hilton of chinadialogue, iain martin of th
The headlines at 11am. Writing in two sunday newspapers, borisjohnson urges the eu to show that its willing to compromise with the uk on a brexit deal the brexit secretary says the onus is now on the eu. We set out very serious proposals, including compromise on our side and we now need to seek flexibility on the eu side in order to reach that deal. This is the live scene hong kong as police have fired tear gas at demonstrators as they continue to defy an emergency law by wearing face masks during a protest against Police Violence pope francis denounces the fires that recently devastated large areas of the amazon as he opens a three week synod focusing on the latin american region. More british success at the world athletics championships in doha as both the men and womens 100m relay teams win silver medals how an exhibiton on travel waste is helping to find new ways to cut back on the amount of rubbish we produce when in the air and foreign correspondents based in london will give the
Hello. Welcome to dateline london, im carrie gracie. This week borisjohnsons promise that he would do or die to deliver brexit by october the 31st has become do or die in a ditch. Despite a full house of parliamentary defeats, nothing else changed in his message stop either doing or dying is still defiantly scheduled for october the 31st, so our question today is the british Prime Minister digging himself a ditch in which to die or demonstrating exactly the determination that will do in the end . My guests, italian writer and filmmaker annalisa piras. Iain martin of the times. Marc roche from le point newspaper. And Stephanie Baker of bloomberg news. Thanks, all, for coming in. The palace of westminster has seen some extraordinary political dramas over the past 1,000 years, but there current one is right up there. In fact, the last time a british Prime Minister lost his first vote in the house of commons was 1783, and thats not the only thing that went wrong for Boris Johnson last week