from everything they know. we can t go back to hong kong right now, but i think ten years or 20 years we can. if she is still in hong kong, then i think she sjust going to be brainwashed. i think they deep down know that | i won t come back to hong kong. many are cash rich and are buying homes outright in towns across britain. they re bringing over on average, six, 700, maybe 800,000 into the uk economy. but are the tensions they were hoping to escape now in the uk? this is my bloody face after being attacked by those chinese people. i m elaine chong. over the past few months, i ve been following hong kongers who ve moved to the uk and i ve been finding out if their new life here is what they were hoping for. in 2019, violent clashes spread through hong kong. millions of hong kongers took to the streets to protest against china s growing control in the region. they felt their freedom of speech was being threatened with new risks of deportation to china and possible torture. t
since the fbi searched his florida resort for sensitive files. the most vicious, hateful and divisive speech ever delivered by an american president. hello and welcome to bbc news. here in the uk the foreign secretary, liz truss, who looks likely to become the next prime minister on tuesday, has hinted at how she plans to tackle the cost of living crisis. writing in the sunday telegraph, she says she would set out immediate action on energy bills, with financial support for households and businesses. her opponent, the former chancellor rishi sunak, says nothing is off the table to ease the pressure on households. ben wright reports. as borisjohnson packs up his premiership, tomorrow we will find out who is moving in. the new prime minister will enter number ten on tuesday, and one issue will dominate their first days in office: soaring energy bills for households and businesses. liz truss is widely expected to win the tory leadership contest, but she hasn t spelt out pr
searched his florida resort for sensitive files. the most vicious, hateful and divisive speech ever delivered by an american president. hello and welcome, if you re watching in the uk or around the world. we begin this hour in britain. the front runner to become the next uk prime minister, liz truss, has promised she ll set out immediate action on energy bills next week, if she is announced as leader of the tory party tomorrow. she told the bbc s laura kuenssberg that she would lay out plans to cut taxes and get the economy growing again. she also said she would focus on securing long term energy supplies for the uk. herfellow contender, rishi sunak, said he had a clear plan and framework to tackle energy bills and he would help three groups of people. our political correspondent, tony bonsignore, told me more. what we know is liz truss is promising there will be immediate action, within a week of her taking office, and, if as we expect, she does become prime minister, that w
resort for sensitive files. the most vicious, hateful and divisive speech ever delivered by an american president. now on bbc news. click meets the comedians who are making the leap from being social media stars to the live stage at the edinburgh festival fringe. this week we are at the hospital that s using ai to try and cut waiting times for surgery. we are all at sea to see if sailing can go solar, we are finding our funny at the fringe festival to ask whether tiktok comedians can make it on stage. there is so much scope for error. and there s so much stuff that s not in our control. on tiktok it is actually all in our control. and talking of control, we ll see how trying to track the twitter bots is no laughing matter. i said no laughing matter.oh, never mind. you are back, we re back, everybody is back, and this august so was the edinburgh festival, the world famous celebration of the arts that takes over the city the whole month. it is a melting pot of theatre, music, d
gap between weather systems. very warm and humid in the sunshine. much wetter this evening. south west england, part of wales, north eastwards across the uk, heavy and thundery rain. wind picking up in western areas. warm and humid night to come. rain clears away and then a lot of fine weather but later in the afternoon toward south west england and wales it turns windy and temperatures on the one side. a little bit cooler and less humid as the week goes on. that is your forecast. hello this is bbc news. the headlines. the winner of the conservative leadership contest is to be announced tomorrow. the foreign secretary, liz truss, is widely expected to win. ukrainian families close to europe s largest nuclear power plant say they re living in fear despite the arrival of un monitors. pope francis has beatified one of his predecessors popejohn paul the first in a ceremony at the vatican. donald trump calls president biden an enemy of the state at his first rally since the fb