Hello to you. The Chinese Government has announced it would take firm countermeasures after President Trump has signed into law a bill that backs pro democracy protesters in hong kong, despite objections from beijing. The bill, approved by Congress Last week, requires the state department to certify, every year, that hong kong has significant autonomy from the rest of china. That will decide whether hong kong retains the favourable trading terms with the us that have helped maintain its position as a world financial centre. The bbcs nick beake is in hong kong. Today, talking to the Pro Democracy Movement, they are ecstatic. They believe this is International Recognition of their fight. And, believe this is International Recognition of theirfight. And, of course, comes in the same week they have done extremely well in this district elections. And they have really shown that the wider public here in hong kong support their cause, they would say. And, so, really, the news coming from amer
After u. S. Politicians passed the new law that criticizes beijing the treatment of its we get Muslim Minority. We start on capitol hill in washington d. C. Where the 2nd round of impeachment hearings into u. S. President donald trump is well underway the focus has moved from the House Intelligence Committee to the House Judiciary Committee whove been questioning for University Professors recognized as leading authorities on constitutional law 3 were called by the opposition democrats and won by trumps party the republicans 3 of the 4 said trump had committed Impeachable Offenses in his dealings with the ukrainian president hes accused of abusing his power to push ukraine into investigating his political rival joe biden well the 1st witness called by the democrats was Harvard Law School professor noah feldman who said trump has misused his powers of office. President trumps conduct as described in the testimony and evidence clearly constitutes impeachable high crimes and misdemeanors u
At the age of 80. The Chinese Government has announced it would take firm countermeasures after President Trump has signed into law a bill that backs pro democracy protesters in hong kong, despite objections from beijing. The bill approved by Congress Last week requires the state department to certify every year that hong kong has significant autonomy from the rest of china. That will decide whether hong kong retains the favourable trading terms with the us that have helped maintain its position as a world financial centre. The bbcs nick beake is in hong kong. Nick, first of all, this bill signed by the president overwhelmingly approved by congress, what is actually new here . What difference will it make . Well, mike, it will make a difference in that every year they will have to be. I tell you what, as i talk, letsjust walk this way, because we are on the campus of the trashed polytechnic university, and what is happening behind us, you will be able to see that there are emergency te
U. S. Announces it will appoint and ambassador to khartoum for the 1st time in more than 2 decades. And i would be to stand with the sports with just over 7 months to go to the olympics to cure is hit with a radiation scare plots former australian rugby player israel for lower reaches a settlement of unfair dismissal for an empty case social media post. Legal experts called by us democrats have testified that President Trump has committed Impeachable Offenses in their statements to the House Judiciary Committee they were among 4 leading experts on constitutional law 3 were called by us democrats and one party the republicans he argued the inquiry was slipshod and rushed trump is accused of abusing his power to push ukraine into investigating his political rivals joe biden a constitutional expert palin akal and told the committee the president s conduct had threatened democracy in the United States as president john kennedy declared the right to vote in a free American Election is the m
He was one of two People Killed by 28 year old usman khan, a former prisoner whod been convicted of terrorism offences, and released from prison on licence last year. Khan, whod been invited to the conference, was shot dead by police after members of the public tackled him. Heres our Home Affairs Correspondent daniel sandford. 25 years old and with the sense of adventure, jack merritt had a masters from cambridge university. His father said today he was a beautiful spirit who always took the side of the underdog. Yesterday, he was stabbed to death in a frenzied attack by a former prisoner at a conference that hed helped organise. His killer was taken on by people from the same conference, including otherformer prisoners and by a passing policeman in civilian clothes, before being shot dead by firearms officers. The attacker, usman khan, was automatically released from prison last december, half way through a 16 year sentence for plotting to bomb the london stock exchange. 11 years ago