Three more conservative leadership candidates launch their campaigns to become the next Prime Minister. And the man who knew too much, was the half brother of kim jung un murdered in malaysia, because he was a cia informant . Hello and welcome im katty kay in washington and Christian Fraser is in london. The two top guns in american president ial politics will face off today in iowa. It is the state that kicks off the us president ial election season with the Iowa Caucuses. Its also a swing state. In 2012, barack obama won iowa with 52 of the vote. In 2016, trump won the state with 51 . So a purple state, worth the fight. And todays dueling speeches perhaps give us a preview of what the race may look like. Donald trump has no challenger. On the democrat side joe biden is one of 24. But for now he is the frontrunner. And ahead of his Campaign Speech later today, he has been speaking to Community Workers in the town of council bluffs. President trump is in iowa today and i. Because. And
The us china tariff war leaves a sour taste for california winemakers as business dries up. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, iam in london and also 8 am in hong kong, where thousands of people are gathering for more demonstrations against a controversial extradition law. This is the scene live outside the Legislative Council in hong kong. Pro democracy activists have assembled close to the parliament where the proposed bill is due for a second round of debate shortly. The bill would allow people to be sent to Mainland China for trial. Theres a heavy Police Presence around the building, and young people have been stopped and searched. Hundreds of businesses have said they will go on strike on wednesday, and more mass demonstrations are expected. Hong kongs leader, carrie lam, says she wont withdraw the proposal despite the opposition to the bill. Our reporter martin yip is outside the Legislative Counc
In hong kong people are gathering in large numbers for more demonstrations against a controversial extradition law. Thousands have already held a vigil overnight. Atjust after 9 in the morning local time, this is the scene live outside the Legislative Council in hong kong, where the bill is due for a second round of debate shortly. The legco is very pro beijing, and it is likely to pass the bill allowing extradition to mainland china. There were huge protests last sunday too, but the government has said it will push on with the proposed law. Critics are saying that the use of torture arbitrary detentions and confessions in the chinese judicial system is very unwelcome, that people should be sent to for trial. The government has promised legally binding human rights safeguards and other measures, it says should alleviate concerns that all this has led to the biggest rally the territory has seen since it was handed back to china by the british in 1997. So how likely is it that the govern
In hong kong people are gathering in large numbers for more demonstrations against a controversial extradition law. Thousands have already held a vigil overnight. Atjust after 10 in the morning local time, this is the scene live outside the Legislative Council in hong kong where the bill is due for a second round of debate shortly. The legco is very pro beijing, and it is likely to pass the bill allowing extradition to mainland china. There were huge protests last sunday too, but the government has said it will push on with the proposed law. So how likely is it that the government will back down . Claudio mo is a legislator and Democracy Advocate in hong kong. Carrie lam has been conducting her business rather like a little puppet of the beijing government. She just does what beijing tells her to do. It is a very sad scenario. She is really approaching this governance crisis in hong kong and she has completely lost any credibility amongst the people here. She seems to fail to understan
As business dries up. Now on bbc news, there are chaotic scenes in hong kong as tens of thousands of demonstrators protest against a controversial extradition law. Theyve stormed roads Near Government offices to show their to opposition to the measure that would allow people to be sent to Mainland China for trial. This is the scene live outside the Legislative Council in hong kong where the bill is due for a second round of debate shortly. The so called legco is generally pro beijing, and it is likely to pass the bill, though lots of amendments have been proposed. It is likely the decisive vote will be thursday next week. There were huge protests last sunday too, but the government has said it will push on with the proposed extradition law. It is just 11 it isjust 11 in it is just 11 in the it isjust11 in the morning local time. Well, joing me now is james tien, former chairman and leader of the liberal party and a former member of hong kongs Legislative Council. What do you think of t