Ports of russians from the taliban strikes on u. S. Soldiers in afghanistan. And egypt says its dispute with ethiopia over its megaton project on the nile could lead to conflict if the u. N. Fails to intervene. But into the program chinas top legislative body has unanimously approved a National Security law for the territory that may crush Political Freedoms its the most far reaching development in hong kongs history ever since it was handed over to china in 1997 acts of subversion could now face a maximum sentence of life in jail critics say itll be used to stamp out all forms of dissent and it comes after months of mass unrest sparked by fears of chinas tightening grip on hong kong the legislation aims to cement beijings control over the semi autonomous territory and reshape the future of one of the worlds major sign. And szell centers adrian brown is standing by for us with reaction out of hong kong the 1st us cross over to beijing where katrina new is waiting for us in katrina real
British high street chain wilko has collapsed, leaving the future Of Thousands Ofjobs in doubt. All of the 400 Stores Across the uk will close by early october, the gmb union has said. It means redundancies now look likely for all 12,500 staff at the family owned business. Peter ruddick is outside a wilko store in merseyside. Why has it been so difficult for them to come up with a deal . We heard one was in the offing, but that has fallen through. Essentially the man who rescued hmv has not been able to repeat the trick, it was not commercially viable to make the deal happen. He was in for around 300 stores we believed and that was reportedly taken it down to 200 and then 100 and that has not been possible and a lot of supplier and landlord trust has been burned during the process were welcome has been getting into trouble and it appears to be those suppliers wanted confirmation of their debts would be cleared that they would have the money they owed paid back to them in full. Before t
To join in on the conversation on twitter. You can find that at fdd. Also please silence your cell phones this morning. I am pleased to hand over the conversation to todays moderator from the associated press. Thanks a lot. Thank you for being here. It has been a confusing and frightening path several months past when it comes to north korea, and confusing for americans, people in guam, south korea, japan. On the one hand, weve seen a level of saber rattling you do not typically see between Nuclear Armed nations, in a sense that we are closer to potential actual military conflict between the u. S. And north korea than perhaps we have been. On the other hand, you hear those in the administration are that what they are doing has been working and north korea feels squeezed by this. A senior official told me last night, they feel they have made more progress on north korea in last six months than the u. S. Has made in decades. Where does that leave us . Who should we believe . What options
Good morning. It is great to see so many familiar faces this morning. Were looking forward to a timely event as we address the threats posed by north korea and u. S. Policy options. Todays event will be livestream and i encourage guests here in i encourage guests here and online to join in on the conversation on twitter. You can find that at fdd. Also please silence your cell phones this morning. I am pleased to hand over the conversation to todays moderator from the associated press. Thanks a lot. Thank you for being here. It has been a confusing and frightening past several months when it comes to north korea, and confusing for americans, people in guam, south korea, japan. On the one hand, weve seen a level of saber rattling you do not typically see between Nuclear Armed nations, in a sense that we are closer to potential actual military conflict between the u. S. And north korea then perhaps we have been. On the other hand, you hear those in the administration are those in the admi