The victims of the worst mass carried out by colombias far rebels are now being buried 17 years on. So Hong Kongs High Court has ruled the emergency law which band face masks worn by prodemocracy protesters is unconstitutional you remember chief executive carrie lamb announce the ban back in october as she tried to stem the violence the thing is that actually dates back to British Colonial era law the court has ruled it incompatible with the basic law of today the ban of face masks only inflame the situation though there was an escalation in protests and violence and destruction in fact on monday right police surrounded a University Campus after protesters who were holed up inside threw petrol bombs and then shot arrows at them and then just. Hostile police have started to arrest a number of protesters who are trying to leave that campus were going to talk to sarah clarke in hong kong in just a moment but 1st this is her report on how the standoff unfolded. With parts of the Polytechni
A dumbbell and im in the kalahari desert in south africa with the worlds fastest cars being tested to break the land speed record. So Hong Kongs High Court has ruled an emergency law which banned face masks worn by the prodemocracy protesters is in fact unconstitutional remember chief executive carol announced the ban back in october she tried to stem the violence the law that dates back to British Colonial era and this court has now ruled thats actually incompatible with the basic law of today the ban on facemask didnt really work that would only inflame the situation there was an escalation in the protests and the violence and the destruction most recently monday here they were right police surrounding a University Campus after protesters who were holed up inside threw petrol bombs and also fired arrows at them police have started to arrest a number of protesters trying to leave that campus they say the weapons being used by the demonstrators are becoming more lethal weve also heard
Foreign minister slammed the rugby star israel folau over his comments on the countrys push far as Scott Morrison calling for old words appalling to hitler in the far goldsworthy of punishing australia for passing. An abortion law. Will begin with a 10 standoff in hong kong between riot police and prodemocracy protesters at a university where demonstrators have barricaded themselves inside the polytechnic campus for several days before dawn on monday police entered the grounds they were met with a bag of petrol bombs and arrows they responded with tear gas water cannon laced. They did weapons were used in a poorly attended university which has become a weapon factory as well as a refugee for extremely violent viruses that development so rare is has reached a critical level rogers. Has so intention murder officer at all costs or later a number of demonstrators fled the universitys building several people were arrested its unknown how many remain inside and there are large groups of peop
Support of the 119 years target is davis cup get some microbe out. Of the new format but not everybody is happy. Hong kongs high court has voted and emergency law bad and face masks worn by prodemocracy protesters as unconstitutional chief executive carol lam used bush era legislation to impose the bad and tobar well the courts rule that it was incompatible with hong kong basic law the bad on facemasks only inflame the situation with an escalation and protests of violence and destruction now on monday watch police surrounded a University Campus after protesters who were holed up inside threw petrol bombs and shot arrows at them but police have started to arrest and now. Protesters who were trying to leave the campus chinas foreign minister says it supports the actions of police dont you should really do i dont know if youve been following closely the developments in hong kong if you havent if you are viewing the fact was an impartial view you could see that what is happening in hong ko
Now on bbc news, its hardtalk. Hello and welcome to hard rock. I am shaun ley. We use random trials to test whether medicines make a difference. Why not use the same method to find effective treatments for poverty . The experimental trials in africa and india run by professor esther duflo and two colleagues have won them the nobel prize for economics. Among theirfindings food aid isnt helping the poor, and the poorest kids dont need more books, they need more time. A fashionable idea wins the nobel prize, but is this really a story of failure . Of economists to predict the financial crisis, and of economics to offer Big Solutions . Professor esther duflo, welcome to hardtalk. In awarding the prize to you and your fellow economists, Abhijit Banerjee and michael kremer, the Nobel Committee prays your experimental approach to alleviating global poverty. How would you explain what you do . So the idea is very simple. So first of all, you ta ke very simple. So first of all, you take a big p