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in hong kong, where there are concerns the visit of china s president xi may have stoked divisions in the territory. 0n the face of it, mr xi was simply marking the 20th anniversary of hong kong being handed back to china by the british, but he used the event to warn against any challenge to beijing s control. the foreign ministry said the handover deal, guaranteeing two systems until 2047, had no practical significance, and there are fears of new education programmes to bring the public into line. it was all smiles for president xi as he left hong kong on sunday, shaking hands with carrie lam, the new chief executive of the city, who is widely seen as a chinese ally. but he can be left with no doubt about the strength of feeling among many citizens of hong kong. thousands of people took to the streets over the weekend in support of greater autonomy from beijing. a little earlier i spoke to the lawyer, former legislator veteran and democracy campaigner martin lee. i ask ....
the french president is addressing both houses of parliament at the palace of versailles. and andy murray begins the defence of his title after brushing off injury fears. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. a 16 year old girl has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of seven year old katie rough. the little girl died injanuary after being found seriously injured on a playing field in york. she later died in hospital. and we can now ci’oss to our correspondent, phil bodmer, outside leeds crown court. as you say, katie rough died from severe lacerations to her neck and chest on a playing field in the woodthorpe area on the south western outskirts of york in january. woodthorpe area on the south western outskirts of york injanuary. she was attended to by paramedics and taken to hospital, but later died of those injuries. a 15 yard goal was subsequently arrested and charged with murder. today at leeds crown court, the girl who is now 16 and can t be named, pleaded guilt ....
but what comes next once the iraqi city is reclaimed? and new jersey s governor is feeling the heat. it s bad enough to close a beach on a holiday weekend it s another thing to then show up relaxing in the sand. welcome to 100 days+. i m katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. emmanuel macron is either a self styled napoleon who s far too regal for the french republic or he s a political genius who s going to restore both dignity and prosperity to the country. take your pick. after a grand state of the union session at versailles, the new french president has been called both. in a break with tradition, the president summoned the joint houses of parliament to versaille, to hear a 90 minute address. in the speech, he said the european union had lost its way, and the state of emergency will be lifted this autumn. he also told the lawmakers he wants to slash their numbers by one third. translation: so far, too often, we have taken the wrong path. we have ....
and, you know, i could really hear the vulnerability in her voice because my mum really feared death. hello. was it an announcement to which there was less than meets the eye? a ban on petrol and diesel cars to come into effect in 2040. it was designed as an answer to what you do about air quality, polluted by diesel fumes. as fumes are killing thousands of people a year now, 2040 is probably not the answer. some think it is actually a distraction from the immediate problem. but there were other measures, too, and we ll discuss those shortly. and there is a sense that regardless of what government says, we may be in the latter days of oil driven cars. assuming we can work out where we get all the electricity to power electric cars from. our technology editor david grossman has been looking at the prospects for motor transport and the air we breathe. this is what is done for electric cars up to now, the convenience of pumping 400 miles of range into a car in minutes at a ....
in the us military in any capacity. he says they risk burdening the military with large medical bills and disruption. even though during last year s election campaign he assured lgbtq people i will fight for you. i have your back. campaigners have called his decision shocking and ignorant. there are thousands of trans people already serving, what happens to them now is not clear. aleem maqbool reports from texas. there are thought to be thousands of members of the us military who identify as transgender. many have spent time in iraq or afghanistan. today, they woke up to a shock from the very president they serve. after consultation with my generals and military experts, he tweeted, please be advised that the united states government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the us military. riley dosh has spent the last four years as an officer in training at the military academy at west point. she came out last year, after pres ....