Seven others for violating the new law and about 180 people for Unlawful Assembly and other related offenses. It follows a tumultuous start to the day with protesters taking to the street to voice their opposition to the law. Beijing approved the new legislation on tuesday. It lays out four criminal acts it says endangers National Security. Secession, subversion, terrorism, and collusion with foreign or external sources. If convicted, people could face life in n prison. Chief executive carrie lam defended the law in the ceremony to mark the 1997 handover. Translator the enactment of the law is the most important thing for hong kongs relationship to the mainland since the handover. Its a historic step as it has completeted a system to prprote our sovereignty and security. But critics say the law undermines the one country two systems framework which is supposed to guarantee hong kong a high degree of autonomy and judicial independence. The number of coronavirus cases here in japan conti
With george ford at fly half. It isa it is a pretty chilly start to your friday. Mist and fog around, too. But lots of sunshine to come. I will have the details on breakfast. Its friday the 20th of september. Our top story the future of thomas cook is hanging in the balance this morning, as it scrambles to raise £200 Million Pounds to secure an Emergency Rescue deal. Britains oldest package holiday firm must secure the funds before a crucial meeting next friday. Ninas here to explain what this could mean for its customers and staff. Lots of people concerned about their jobs. And millions of holidays. It has been around since the 1840s. Hundreds of high street branches. May, they revealed £1. 5 billion of losses over the past six months and warned that they were tough times ahead. Lots of debt. They blamed lots of reasons. One of them brexit uncertainty. People making fewer bookings. Also the heatwave meant we we re bookings. Also the heatwave meant we were spending less on holidays a
Children, 100,000 children. And, as sadly so often is the case, children who are on free school meals, the poorest children, and children with special Educational Needs fare the worst in the situation. And excitment builds as the Rugby World Cup gets underway in japan. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Large numbers of british schoolchildren are joining millions of people in a worldwide protest against Climate Change. Around 5,000 demonstrations are planned across 150 countries. Many will involve young people staying away from school, university or work. Those involved are calling for more urgent action from governments to halt global warming. The demonstrations come ahead of a un summit on Climate Change in new york on monday. This was the scene outside westminster where thousands are expected to gather for one of the strikes getting under way shortly. The first protest began in the Pacific Island of vanuatu where rising sea levels threaten communities. In dehli, children an
Teenagers in unregulated homes concerns theyre exposed to weapons, drugs and sexual abuse. As more images emerge of canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with blackface makeup he apologises and says he didnt realise how hurtful his behaviour was. And on the eve of global protests about Climate Change we report from colorado where theres growing pressure from the Trump Administration to allow more drilling for shale gas. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news. Well have the latest from the Europa League, including a convincing away win for arsenal in frankfurt. Good evening. Buckingham palace has expressed displeasure after the former Prime Minister David Cameron revealed that he sought the queens help during the Scottish Independence referendum campaign. In a bbc documentary, mr cameron said that in 2014 he had asked if the queen could intervene because he was concerned scotland was going to vote for independence. The queen later urged people to think very carefully about the future.
Most of us having another decent day with sunshine, widespread. Warmer, temperatures peaking at 2a in london and cardiff but probably some showers breaking out across Western Areas late in the afternoon into the evening. The forecast starts to get a little bit more uncertain as we head into sunday and specifically, the uncertainty is about how much rain weve seen moving across the uk. Ultimately, as the weather front begins to push in, we will start to displace that very warm air and replace it with some cooler and fresher atlantic air from the south and west so the detail with rain is uncertain. Wales and South West England with the most rain, most likely dry across the north east of the uk. Cooling trends across Northern Ireland, wales and South West England with the warmest air across the east. Monday, the first band of rain pushing across scotla nd first band of rain pushing across scotland overnight. Slow to clear monday but original High Pressure following behind and that means i