Welcome to bbc news, im sally bundock. Our top stories hong kongs chief executive defends the controversial new security law imposed by beijing, calling its provisions very mild. It only targets a very small minority of people who breach the law. At the same time, it will protect the overwhelming majority of hong kong citizens. Businesses re open in brazils biggest city but the countrys still gripped by coronavirus, the president s taken a test after showing symptoms. Parts of the us report record hospitalisations from covid 19, sparking fears some places could soon run out of beds. The pandemic puts paid to pamplonas most famous pasttime, its annual festival goes ahead without the citys iconic bull run. Hong kongs chief executive carrie lam has been giving her first Weekly Briefing since details were released of the sweeping security law imposed on the territory by the communist Party Leadership in beijing. She said the legislation would be vigorously implemented adding it would ensur
This is bbc news with the latest headlines. Northern ireland announces a new six week lockdown beginning on boxing day including supermarkets being told to close at 8pm for the first few days. New restrictions for millions more people around the uk amid a rise in Coronavirus Infections large parts of southern england will move into tier 3 at midnight. We want to hear your thoughts on the latest lockdown plans and restrictions. Do you support them . What effect will they have on you . Do get in touch with me on twitter annita mcveigh, and use bbcyourquestions, and ill try to read out some of your comments. After an evening phone call between borisjohnson and Eu Commission head ursula von der leyen, downing street warns that post brexit trade talks are in a serious situation. A quarter of a million New South Wales residents are urged to remain in their homes as the australian state sees a sharp rise in coronavirus cases. With just a week to go until christmas, couriers across the uk are
Sorted International Problems were sorted out, yet in the biggest world crisis for 75 years, the un has scarcely featured. We need to rethink our world. The savage downturn is already starting. World trade could drop bya already starting. World trade could drop by a third this year. Some economists say it is the worst recession in britain since 1720. At first, after the lockdown is over, there will probably be a bounce in sales as shops offer their goods cheaply. But tens of thousands of businesses will go bust, and the International Labour 0rganisation says gloomily that half of the worlds workers, 1. 6 billion, could lose theirjobs. In the past, this brought real trouble. The spanish flu epidemic of 1918, coming on top of the huge upheavals of the first world war, led directly to the rise of the nazis in germany. In the
United States, some angry, armed right wingers showed their frustration by gathering to demand an end to lockdown. For the last 20 yea rs an end to lockdown. For the
destruction of evidence, and it doesn t absolve trump of the idea that he willfully retained the documents. he knew he had them in 2022, when he turned stuff over to the archives. they told him, hey, there s classified documents in this stuff. they knew he had them over the course of the next year, talking to his lawyers telling him, turn them over. and the fbi kept funding stuff in what you are turning over. it will ultimately not change anything, but quite possibly with the way judge cannon handles things, it could drag it out just a little bit more. just a little bit more. we are now at the first anniversary of the mar-a-lago case, the grand jury and bob dikeman came down on june 8th, 2023. anyone s guess if we get to the second anniversary. bradley moss, thank you, sir, for your time tonight. have a good night. that is our show for this evening. now, it is time for the last word , with jonathan k part. lawrence o donnell come in for jonathan. i would love to see
weeks. the israelis want a campaign. with lebanon even with yemen, we have seen the increased tensions. deploying troops and naval forces. none of that will stop until there is a cease-fire in gaza. s almost there is a line drawn, diplomacy on any of these friends continue. the biden administration s credit has been cleared. they don t want to see a war but it is not up to them as we have seen with the israelis on the hostage cease-fire deal as well. so i think the risk is extremely high. and lebanon is the war of another magnitude. thank you so much. . there is a lot going on tonight. the former president of the united states and presumptive republican nominee had a meeting with the probation officer today, which i guess is the sort of thing we just have to get use to seeing these days. we will talk about what may have come up during the meeting and how it could impact his sentencing coming up in a month. pennsylvania governor josh schapiro was going to join me to talk