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Taliban to kill american soldiers. And mourning in the streets or vote is out about a popular ethiopian singer known for his political songs is shot dead. China has imposed a new security law on hong kong 23 years after it took back control from britain promised a one country 2 systems policy is being signed by president xi jinping and its now in full force critics say the legislation erodes hong kongs freedoms and shatters its status as a Major International Financial Center a jim brown reports from hong kong. It normally takes a year for Chinas Parliament to pass legislation this time it happened in record time just 40 days the new security law completed its passage after a vote by the countrys most powerful political body the Standing Committee of the National Peoples congress in Hong Kong China supporters were also celebrating before the news that even being confirmed. A contentious measure the busy divided the city was once more defended by its chief executive the legislation oppo
Test captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 so his mind is on several things, i think that would be fair to say. Actually, what grant does, grant basically takes a look at whats going on, he calls halak, the commanding general in washington, gets sherman, theyre fighting in north mississippi, and the idea is they are going to move and attack vicksburg before John Mcclaren can get there. These soldiers are coming down to memphis. Guess who is waiting for them. William t. Sherman, come on boys, were going to go down and attack vicksburg. When mcclaren shows up, he looks around, he says, where are my soldiers, where are all these people that i just theyre not around. Theyre with sherman. What happens, of course, the real problem, as grant sees it, is that mcclaren outranks sherman, so if he comes down, he can take over that army. So what does grant do . Grant becomes the person who controls that army in mississippi completely because grant outranks mcclaren. You have this
Reaching a much more far reaching i think than many people anticipated and as you mentioned in your introduction in parts the that the law is very very vaguely worded and the worry is its not going to be very broadly applied one legal expert says that yes beijing is only going to have jurisdiction in a few number of cases but it still gives beijing a high degree of discretion so i think there will be on these and also remember this law is going to touch not just every person here in hong kong but potentially people outside of the special Administrative Region so if people for instance in countries like the United States britain europe start to advocate hong kong independence or support the idea of separatism those people could be targeted but again the law doesnt make clear exactly what would happen to those people whether they would try and seek their extradition its not clear so it opens many more questions than it answers frankly the United States top expert on Infectious Diseases i
1000 new cases a day i would not be surprised if we go up to 100000. 00 the day. Schools reopen in thailand but some coronavirus restrictions remain in place well have a live update. Mourning in the streets about is about a popular ethiopian singer known for his political songs a shock that. Hong kong is marking the 23rd anniversary of the citys return to chinese rule just hours after a sweeping National Security law was imposed its chief executive carol lam described the passing of the law as the most Important Development since the handover small groups of demonstrators gathered in the city to denounce the legislation they say the road hong kongs freedoms and shot as its status as a Major International financial center. But chinese legislators drafted hong kongs National Security law in secret without any input from the citys legislature and at record speed its details became known only after it was inactive the law will punish loosely defined crimes such as subversion secession and