health security agency. at ten o clock there ll be a full round up of the days news. next it s time for our world reporter danny vincent follows those who have lived through hong kong s street protest movement, both as activists and reporters, many of whom are now in prison. china is cracking down on hong kong. it s 25 years since britain handed back control of the city to china. back then, promises were made to protect fundamental freedoms. now, beijing is tightening its grip on those who dare to speak out. we ve spent time with those who will not be silenced. if we stay here, we will be brainwashed. as record numbers leave hong kong, what will life be like for those that remain? i have been reporting from hong kong since 2017, but in the last two years i have witnessed first hand the dramatic transformation of the city. this isjennifer, one of thousands who once protested against the government. arrested with a0 others in 2019, she is now preparing for prison life. i don
hamilton said older voices should not be given platforms in the media. it has just it hasjust gone it has just gone for 30 a.m.. liz30am. now on bbc news, our world: reporter danny vincent follows those who have lived through hong kong s street protest movement, both as activists and reporters many of whom are now in prison. china is cracking down on hong kong. it is 25 years since britain handed back control of the city to china. back then, promises were made to protect fundamental freedoms. now, beijing is tightening its grip on those who dare to speak out. we must protect our people from espionage, terrorism, medical interference, subversion. we spend time with those who will not be silenced. if we stay here, we will be brainwashed. as record numbers leave hong kong, what will life be like for those that remain? i have been reporting from hong kong since 2017 but in the last few years i have witnessed first hand the dramatic transformation of the city. music. this i
by russian forces in ukraine have have been charged with being mercenaries, according to russian state media. hundreds of people have gathered in east london at a vigil dedicated to zara aleena, who was killed as she walked home from a night out. more than a million people have gathered on the streets on london for pride, as the lgbt plus community marks 50 years since the first march. now on bbc news, our world. reporter danny vincent follows those who have lived through hong kong s street protest movement, both as activists and reporters, many of whom are now in prison. china is cracking down on hong kong. it s 25 years since britain handed back control of the city to china. we ve spent time with those who will not be silenced. if we stay here, we will be brainwashed. as record numbers leave hong kong, what will life be like for those that remain? i have been reporting from hong kong since 2017 but in the last two years i have witnessed first hand the dramatic transformatio
To the press, and they had some very light media training, you know, just teaching them how not to get tripped up. And if you can imagine, the press are kept outside the campus in this huge line and are let in at a certain time. You have 100 journalists swarming this encampment, and you have six or seven students just trying to field all these requests, journalists fighting over them. So that was one of the things that they learned from 68, wasjust this discipline of message, making sure they say the right things and their words couldnt be twisted. I saw that some high profile journalists in america have been criticising the protesters for not speaking to media outlets. It sounds to me like it was easy for you to speak to the people whod been designated, but you couldntjust go around asking other students to talk to you. Or did you try that . I wonder what your take is on what people are saying about that. I was turned down a couple of times, but its completely understandable. Any sort
Outfits worn by many celebrities. Well talk to one journalist about the challenges of covering it. Lets start with the Campus Protests in the us. Reporting them is creating a challenge for us journalism, and were going to talk it through with journalists whove been on the ground. But before we meet them, lets remind ourselves whats been unfolding over the past month. So, these protests started at Columbia University in new york in mid april. According to a bbc tally, there have now been demonstrations at nearly 140 colleges across 45 states and washington, dc, too. According to the ap news agency, around 2,500 people have been arrested at campuses across the us. And the protesters are demanding a number of things, including that their colleges financially divest from israel. Now, in some locations, police have been sent in, not least at Columbia University in new york, and that was seen as being hugely significant, not least because its the first time there have been mass arrests on co