In the quarter finals. And foreign correspondents based in london will give their take on the protests in hong kong and the brexit negotiations. Thats in dateline london in half an hour. Good morning. Much of hong kong is shut down after violent demonstrations led to the suspension of the citys public transport network, many shopping centres, banks and businesses have been unable to open. Thousands of people have taken to the streets to protest against a newly imposed ban on wearing face masks. The protesters use the masks to avoid identification. Hong kongs leader carrie lam is warning that she can no longer tolerate rioters destroying the territory. Translation the extreme actions of rioters created a very dark night for hong kong, and made Hong Kong Society semi paralysed. Everyone is very worried and concerned, or even scared. The government will suppress violence with the greatest determination. I appeal to everyone to support the government in suppressing violence in accordance w
To investigate his political rival and potential president ial rival, joe biden. And, amid all the talk of impeachment, mr trump continues to make unfounded allegations about mr biden, who hopes to challenge him in next years president ial election. Youre pointing out when hes flat lining, where there is no evidence, none, not a scintilla, not one tiny piece. The American People know me and they know him. Even the people who support him know this man lacks character. Even people who support him know he lies constantly. In a letter, the chairman of three congressional committees accused mr trump of choosing a path of defiance, obstruction and cover up. In response, the white house accused the democrats of setting up a Kangaroo Court that would only waste time and taxpayers dollars and president trumps press secretary insisted that all their enquiries would ultimately show that t president had done nothing wrong. The foreign secretary, dominic raab, says hes called the Us Ambassador to e
Show in half an hour. Much of hong kong is shut down after violent demonstrations led to the suspension of the citys Public Transport Network many shopping centres, banks and businesses have been unable to open. Thousands of people have taken to the streets to protest against a newly imposed ban on wearing face masks. The protesters use the masks to avoid identification. Hong kongs leader, carrie lam, is warning that she can no longer tolerate rioters destroying the territory. The extreme actions of the extreme actions of rioters the extreme actions of rioters created a very dark night for hong kong, and made Hong Kong Society semi paralysed. Everyone is very worried and concerned, or even scared. The government will suppress violence with the greatest determination. I appeal to everyone to support the government in suppressing violence in accordance with the law, condemn violence together and cut ties with rioters with a firm well. Lets talk to our correspondent robin brant whos in ho
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Millions of customers are being penalised by staying loyal to their Insurance Companies warns the financial watchdog. 0h oh yeah oh yeah all right. And coming up on the programme, the beatles abbey road album returns to number one in the uk, 50 years after it first topped the charts. Good evening. The duke of sussex has begun legal action against the publishers of the sun and mirror, in relation to alleged phone hacking. Documents have been filed on behalf of prince harry at the High Court Regarding the alleged illegal interception of voice mail messages. A spokeswoman for News Group Newspapers, which owns the sun and the now defunct news of the world, said. We confirm that a claim has been issued by the duke of sussex. We have no further comment to make at the current time. Earlier our royal correspondent jonny dymond told me there are two separate but linked legal actions taking place. Against News Group Newspapers which owns the sun, used to own the news of the world, which was prob