Two weeks later, simon thinks hes being followed again. Around the same time, simon receives an anonymous e mail. Its title chinese agents will find you and bring you back. Simon cheng is one of the leading figures in the hong kong democracy movement. Four years ago, he was working at the british consulate and was asked to monitor escalating protests. Weeks later, he vanished during a consulate trip to mainland china. Simon says the police used his visit to a Massage Centre to accuse him of soliciting prostitution. They framed me up to say i solicited prostitutes. Simon says he was accused of being a british spy, then tortured. He says he was restrained in a device known as a tiger chair. Seen here in videos from chinese social media. When simon was released, he fled to the uk and has now been granted asylum. In london, he set up an organisation to help others whove left hong kong. Today, his house is on a special Police Protection register and hes constantly looking over his shoulder.
The taliban have now banned Women In Afghanistan from working for non Governmental Organisations saying they are breaking strict dress codes. Just days ago the taliban barred women from studying at university. You are watching bbc news. Now its time for weather world. This time on weather world we are at Raf Coningsby which hit the uks highest Temperature Record this summer. And i will find out how Severe Weather effects operations here. I am here at the uks National Meteorological archive and i will find out how the new Record Temperature and all Weather Observations are used to paint a picture of the uk and the worlds changing climate. If we want to understand the climate of the future, we need to understand the climate now and the climate going back into the past. All these Sleeping Bags and tents are for people in pakistan still homeless after a devastating flood. I will report on the bigger storms of the year and look at what happened after Weather Disasters strike. I am at Raf Co
Sex pic scandal. Bbc bosses brace for backlash calls mount for a ukraine style visa scheme for a ukraine style visa scheme for palestinians. For palestinians. 60 organisations are now calling on the home secretary to set up a special route. But should britain open its arms . Now weve had a special visa route for ukrainians. Weve had a special visa route for people from hong kong. Weve even had special routes from people from afghanistan. But the question is, should yet another route now be set up for people fleeing from gaza . Yes. From gaza . Yes. So dozens of organisations are essentially hoping to ramp up the pressure on the home secretary. Specifically, theyre all signing a letter. Theyre sending it to the home secretary saying we need a ukraine style visa scheme for palestinians trapped in gaza. Now theyre talking about a type of special route visa so that palestinians can be reunited with family or extended family who may be in the United Kingdom. The details are still a little v
And heartbroken by the deaths. The foreign secretary David Cameron said its a dreadful event, and he paid tribute to those killed, calling them brave, humanitarian workers. World central kitchen released these pictures of the seven aid workers who killed when a Convoy Carrying Staff from the charity was hit by an israeli strike on monday. The seven were made up of people from britain, australia, poland, a dual us canadian citizen and a palestinian driver. The three british men, john chapman, James Henderson and james kirby, were working as security advisers. Israel said the strike was unintended and promised to investigate. The family Ofjames Kirby one of the three British Nationals killed in the strike said they were heartbroken and they are demanding answers from the israeli government. Theyve been speaking to danjohnson. Humanitarian aid relies on people like this, the three british men killed providing Security Advice in gaza. He has died a hero. You know, they all have. James kirb
No foot soldier, no commander, no civilian leader, no one can act with impunity. Prosecutors accuse israel of a state sanctioned attack against gazas civilian population, including extermination and using starvation as a weapon of war. And hamas of extermination, hostage taking, torture and sexual violence, including rape. Tonight, a very personal rebuttalfrom israels Prime Minister. Mr khan creates a twisted and false Moral Equivalence between the leaders of israel and the henchmen of hamas. This is like creating a Moral Equivalence after september 11 between President Bush and osama bin laden. Hamas also strongly denounced what it said was an attempt to equate the victim with the executioner, and that the palestinian people, like all those under occupation, had the right to resist. In israel, the response from across the political spectrum has been outrage. Israels president said it was scandalous to equate the two sides. One Opposition Leader called it moral blindness. Those in mr n