A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And wed love to hear from you this wednesday do get in touch to tell us what you think about the stories we covering or what you are spotting where you are. Just use bbcthebriefing. There are chaotic scenes in hong kong as tens of thousands of demonstrators protest against a controversial extradition law. Theyve stormed roads Near Government offices to show their to opposition to the measure that would allow people to be sent to Mainland China for trial. At noon local time, this is the scene live outside the Legislative Council in hong kong where the bill was due for a second round of debate. That has now been delayed. There were huge protests last sunday too, but the government says it will push on with the proposed law. The bbcs Stephen Mcdonell is at the scene right now. What is the latest . What are you hearing . As you can probably see behind me, there is a small part of this n
In asia has won them a Million Dollar prize. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, one in the morning in london and the start of a new day in hong kong, where the police chief said his force will bring to justice those who participated in violent clashes that followed one of the biggest marches the territory has ever seen. Organisers say as many as one Million People took to the streets on sunday, to protest against controversial new extradition laws. The authorities put the figure atjust under a quarter of a million. This report from our Diplomatic Correspondent james robbins. Late into the night, a series of clashes between Hong Kong Police and protesters determined to resist what they see as further erosion of their already limited rights. After a peaceful day, a far more troubled evening. Some demonstrators piled high metal barriers, and pushed them towards police surrounding Hong Kongs Legislative Council building. It is here that a widely despised new government bill will be debate
it s eight in the morning in singapore, and 7pm in washington where a powerful house committee is debating wether to allow president biden to completely ban the chinese owned app, tiktok, which is used by more than 100 million americans. the white house has already ordered government agencies to wipe tiktok off federal devices within 30 days. and it s notjust the us. the european parliament has also banned the video sharing app from staff phones citing security reasons, following canada which imposed a similar ban. but china has hit out at the us and this is what a government spokesperson had to say. translation: the united states, the world number one superpower, is so afraid of a mobile phone application that young people like so much that they completely lack any self confidence. we firmly oppose the us s wrong approach to overstretching the concept of national security, abusing national power, and unreasonably suppressing the companies of other countries. earlier, i a
This is bbc world news. Im james reynolds. Our top stories bernies big night. Senator sanders cements his position as the Democratic Front runner with victory in the nevada caucus. No campaign has a Grassroots Movement like we do, which is another reason why were going to win this election. The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Mainland China rises to nearly 77,000. Italy adopts what it calls urgent and extraordinary measures to tackle what is now the biggest outbreak in europe. And a grudge match in vegas. Tyson fury takes on Deontay Wilder in their heavyweight bout. Bernie sanders has cemented his status as the Democratic Front runner to take on donald trump in the us president ial election. Hes projected to win nevadas caucuses and early results suggest he is on course for a large victory. Former Vice President joe biden is in second place. Were going to hear from all the main candidates. Lets start with mr sanders highlighting his string of successful results. I think
Bernie sanders has cemented his status as the democratic frontrunner to take on donald trump in the us president ial election. He is projected to win nevadas caucuses, and early results suggest he is on course for a large victory. Former Vice President joe biden is in second place. Were going to hear from all the main candidates. Lets start with mr sanders, highlighting his string of successful results. I think all of you know we won the popular vote in iowa. Cheering we won the New Hampshire primary. Cheering and, according to three networks and the ap, we have now won the nevada caucus. Cheering you know, i know we dont know the final results yet, but i feel really good. Youve put me in a position. You know, the press is ready to declare people dead quickly, but were alive and were coming back, and we were going to win. Cheering and i congratulate senator sanders on a strong showing today, knowing that we celebrate many of the same ideals. But before we rush to nominate senator sande