Hundreds of people in lincolnshire still cant go back to their homes because of flooding, described by the Environment Agency as unprecedented. Around 48 Million People may be affected by a huge electrical power failure in argentina and uruguay. And the internationally acclaimed writer Fatima Bhutto talks to George Alagiah in talking books, in half an hour on bbc news. Good afternoon. Tens of thousands of protestors are back on the streets of hong kong, a day after the territorys chief executive, carrie lam, suspended highly controversial plans to allow extraditions to the chinese mainland. Carrie lam has apologised to the public with utmost sincerity and humility. The demonstrators are calling for the proposals to be completely withdrawn and for mrs lam to resign. Our china correspondent, stephen mcdonell, has spent the day at the protests. Hong kongs streets are again a sea of protest, a day after the government was forced into a humiliating back down. Its delayed a bill to allow for
Effective as we would like, to communicate to people to justify thatis communicate to people to justify that is very good objective which is worth doing. Hundreds of people in lincolnshire still cant go back to their homes because of flooding, descibed by the Environment Agency as unprecedented. Most of argentina and uruguay, together with regions of paraguay and brazil have been without electricity after a massive power failure. Good evening. Five of the 6 conservative leadership candidates are preparing to go head to head in their first televised debate tonight. However, borisjohnson, the frontrunner in the race, will not be taking part. The foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, has said choosing mrjohnson as the next tory leader would mean britain leaving the eu without a deal. Our Political Correspondent, nick eardley, reports. Catch him if you can. Boris johnson is the frontrunner to be our next pm, and he still is keeping his head down. He wont be at the first tv debate tonight, but hi
Here on bbc news. Hong kongs suspended plans to introduce a controversial new law allowing extraditions to Mainland China. The proposals had prompted the biggest protests in the territory for years. The government had previously argued that the extradition bill would plug the loopholes so that the city would not be a safe haven for criminals, following a murder case in taiwan. But critics argued it would expose people in hong kong to chinas unfair justice system. Hong kongs chief executive carrie lam said the priority now was to restore peace and order. After repeated internal deliberations over the last two days, i now announce that the government has decided to suspend the legislative amendment exercise. Restart our communication with all sectors of society. Do more explanation work and listen to different views of society. I want to stress that the government is adopting an open mind to heat i want to stress that the government is adopting an open mind to heed comprehensively differ
Hello and welcome to the program and 0 venue, a months of in direct negotiations between bitter enemies. The us and iran of culminated in a complex agreement that includes a Prisoner Exchange. 5 americans detained intent. Ron have already been moved to house arrest and in time a number of the radians jailed in the us will be freed. Perhaps most significant is the release of billions of dollars and frozen they range and assets. Us sanctions remain in place and mistrust is still an issue for both parties, but the deal is being described as a significant political achievement. And some analyst suggested could lay the groundwork for revisiting the 2015 nuclear accord. So well disagreement lead to another one. And with the 2024 us president ial election around the corner, will it begin to change americas relationship with its long time full . Well explore these questions with our guest in a moment. First though, this report by katya lopez hold of you. A deal between long time adversaries. T
Hello and welcome to the program and several venue, a months of in direct negotiations between bitter enemies. The us and iran of culminated in a complex agreement that includes a Prisoner Exchange. 5 americans detained intent. Ron have already been moved to house arrest. And in time, a number of the radians jailed in the us will be freed. Perhaps most significant is the release of billions of dollars and frozen they range and assets. Us sanctions remain in place and mistrust is still an issue for both parties. But the deal is being described as a significant political achievement, and some analyst suggested could lay the groundwork for revisiting the 2015 nuclear accord. So well disagreement lead to another one. And with the 2024 us president ial election around the corner, will it begin to change americas relationship with its long time full . Well explore these questions with our guest in a moment. First though, this reports by katya lopez hold of you. A deal between long time adver