World news. It newsday. Thank you forjoining us. It is 7am in singapore and midnight in london where the british Prime Minister theresa may has tried to reassure her members of parliament are telling them, ive got us into this mess and i am the one who will get us out of it. It has left the uk in political turmoil, not least over brexit. The State Opening Of Parliament where the queen reads out the governments agenda may be post owned. The Opposition Labour Party says the government is in chaos. The bbcs Laura Evans Berg reports. Kuenssberg. Band plays. The band plays on, in theresa mays backyard. Strangely, Business As Usual at the back gates. At the front tonight, even after her personal disaster of the election, the Prime Minister seemed relieved enough to chat to the cat. After she had fessed up her mistakes to mps. Theresa may said that she got us into this situation and shes the lady whos going to get us out of it. Humble in recognising the difficulties but forthright in tackling
World news. It newsday. Thank you forjoining us. It is 7am in singapore and midnight in london where the british Prime Minister theresa may has tried to reassure her members of parliament are telling them, ive got us into this mess and i am the one who will get us out of it. It has left the uk in political turmoil, not least over brexit. The State Opening Of Parliament where the queen reads out the governments agenda may be post owned. The Opposition Labour Party says the government is in chaos. The bbcs Laura Evans Berg reports. Kuenssberg. Band plays. The band plays on, in theresa mays backyard. Strangely, Business As Usual at the back gates. At the front tonight, even after her personal disaster of the election, the Prime Minister seemed relieved enough to chat to the cat. After she had fessed up her mistakes to mps. Theresa may said that she got us into this situation and shes the lady whos going to get us out of it. Humble in recognising the difficulties but forthright in tackling
And we start in hong kong, which is marking 20 years since the end of British Colonial rule. The chinese president , xijinping, is visiting the territory under tightened security. That security is there to curtail any pro democracy protests. Our china editor Carrie Gracie has been meeting some of those who were born in the year of the handover. Hong kongs patriots greet their president and first lady. Flags, but no umbrellas allowed, because umbrellas are the symbol of protest here. He said hed come to support hong kong. Protesters chant. Thats not how democracy activists see it. Occupying a monument china presented to hong kong for the handover. One student insisted on herfreedom to protest as she was arrested. Hours earlier, she had illustrated her feelings about the Chinese Communist state. A hong kong flag in mourning. A Veteran Protester at 20. But shes no longer optimistic about what protest can achieve. Another hong konger, born in the year of the handover. Coffee shop barista a
This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in the evening in the venezuelan capital, caracas. Thats where two Opposition Leaders have been dragged from their homes by Security Forces and taken to a Military Prison after being accused by president maduros government of inciting violence. The un Secretary General says the escalating crisis in the country is making a peaceful solution difficult. Katy watson is in caracas. Antonio ledesma screams for help as he is taken away in his pyjamas by the venezuelan intelligence service. Theres panic while someone else yells that venezuela is now a dictatorship. He wasnt the only one to be taken away, officers also seized Leopoldo Lopez, an Opposition Leader released from prison a few weeks ago but placed under house arrest. Tensions are running high in venezuela after the election of a new assembly that will effectively rewrite the and. There have been violent protests in recent months and o
This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in the evening in the venezuelan capital, caracas. Thats where two Opposition Leaders have been dragged from their homes by Security Forces and taken to a Military Prison after being accused by president maduros government of inciting violence. The un Secretary General says the escalating crisis in the country is making a peaceful solution difficult. Katy watson is in caracas. Antonio ledesma screams for help as he is taken away in his pyjamas by the venezuelan intelligence service. Theres panic while someone else yells that venezuela is now a dictatorship. He wasnt the only one to be taken away, officers also seized Leopoldo Lopez, an Opposition Leader released from prison a few weeks ago but placed under house arrest. Tensions are running high in venezuela after the election of a new assembly that will effectively rewrite the and. There have been violent protests in recent months and o