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
For an immediate ceasefire. Rescue operations are stepped up in france and italy after storm alex brings torrential rain and flash floods to many areas. Good to have you with us. President trump has taken a short car trip to wave at supporters gathered outside the hospital where he is being treated for covid 19. Mr trump arrived at the Walter Reed National military Medical Center on friday, hours after publicly revealing that he and wife melania were infected. Doctors treating the president say hes continuing to recover well and might be discharged from hospital within the next 2a hours. Our north america correspondent davis willis reports. The Us Governments medical experts have advised coronavirus patients to stay in their room and only venture out if it is medically necessary. Not this patient. Accompanied by secret Service Agents in protective gear, President Trump embarked on a slow drive around the walter reed Medical Center to wave to supporters who had maintained a vigil there
Diego maradona, world cup champion and for many the best footballer in history, dies at the age of 60. And the duchess of sussex talks of the unbearable grief she felt when she suffered a miscarriage earlier this year. Donald trump has pardoned his former National Security adviser, Michael Flynn. General flynn served just three weeks in office at the start of the Trump Administration before pleading guilty to lying to the fbi during the investigation into russian interference in the 2016 president ial election. The president wrote on social media, it is my great honor to announce lets head to washington now and speak to our correspondent nomia iqbal. Not really unexpected but he has now, President Trump has now issued there is full pardon. Thats right we were expecting this to happen. But there has been anger from the democratic side as you can imagine to theirs. Nancy pelosi the speaker of the houses released a statement saying making a point of the fact that Michael Flynn was twice p
Hello and welcome. The number of people who have died from covid 19 in the United States has now officially exceeded 100,000. The actual numbers are likely to be higher than that, but it is clear that in the past three months, more americans have died from infection than during the korean war, the vietnam war and the conflict in iraq combined. Well, lets take a look at how the us got to this point the first death was reported on february 29. On march 13, President Trump declared a National Emergency as schools were closed. Stay at home orders were issued in california, new york and washington. Within a month, the us passed italys death toll withjust over 20,000, now the highest death rate in the world. Then, President Trump released his guidelines for reopening the country, as anti lockdown protests broke out. Into may, and the president said his task force would continue indefinitely, 2a hours after announcing it would close. The death toll stood at 71,000. And, now, just three months
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