Of the handover of hong kong from britain to china. Its his first visit to the city as chinese leader and protests are expected. 26 pro democracy activists were arrested on wednesday, after occupying the forever blooming golden bauhinia, a monument to the reunification. Chris patten, the last governor of hong kong, spoke with Bbc World Service radio before the anniversary. The campaign to protect the rule of law, to protect due process, to stop people being abducted on the streets of hong kong with the Chief Executive looking the other way, all Thatis Executive looking the other way, all that is really, really important and i dont think the rest of the world should ignore it. The way that china keeps its commitments and pledges in hong kong will tell people an awful lot about whether china can be trusted in this century. 0ur correspondent in hong kong isjuliana liu. Shejoins me now. Thank you forjoining us. It will be a very busy day in hong kong. Thats right, rico. The chinese preside
Good morning. This is bloomberg surveillance. We have a lot to get through today. Coming up in our weekly brexit show we speak with the u. K. s shadow trade secretary. First things first. There is so much talk from hawkishness from the central bank feedings through to the markets. Equity markets. Now theyre back up. We did see a selloff in u. S. Stocks being reawakened. The quarter is drawn to a close. Bonds extending some of the losses. Central banks seem to shift towards a more hawkish tone. The picture for crude oil, above 45. You can see the vix, 2 higher. We will have plenty more for the market shortly but first lets get to the bloomberg first word news. Andastian donald trump Vladimir Putin will meet for the first time next week among heightened tensions between the u. S. And russia over the future of the war in syria and moscows intervention in the u. K. And investigations into russian medley in the u. S. Election. The revised travel ban is facing a new court challenge. A new se
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Patients at hospital. Services during the pandemic theres also extra cash for scotland wales and northern and in the midst of ireland. The Pandemic Police in hong doctors injapan warn kong arrest 15 high profile that the countrys medical system democracy activists and lawmakers after last yea rs protests. Could collapse amid a rising number well be speaking to the former of coronavirus cases as coronavirus cases in moscow rise, governor of hong kong lord patten ambulances queue for more than nine hours to drop patients at hospital. And in the midst of the Pandemic Police in hong kong arrest 15 high profile democracy activists and lawmakers after last yea rs protests and now on bbc news, Victoria Derbyshire has more information and Health Advice on the coronavirus outbreak, in this special programme. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments, both here and globally. First more than 15 thousand people in the uk ha
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