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not the images china wanted for the 20th anniversary of the hong kong handover. democracy activists trying to gate crash the party. president xi was safely inside. swearing in a new government and delivering stern words about hong kong s future. translation: any attempt to endanger china s sovereignty and security, challenge the power of the central government is an act that crosses the red line and is absolutely impermissible. tough love was the message throughout his tour of hong kong. greetings, comrades , he shouted. hong kong may be special, but it must learn to love the motherland. his just seems to be empire xi. but sorry, we are the ones who asked for democracy and we will not show our loyalty to the one party dictatorship leader. no sooner had president xi left, then the streets filled with protesters, marking the anniversary of the handover in their usual style. shouting at china patriots to go back to the mainland. taiwan flags among countless ways to defy o ....
round up of news. but first, university student was murdered in pakistan earlier this year after he was accused of blasphemy. there are calls to change the country s strict laws. who was he and why was he murdered? there are some upsetting scenes in this film which viewers may find disturbing. a horrific lynching captured on camera on a university campus. the victim is a star student, mashal khan, who describes himself as a humanist. the mob, though, think he s a blasphemer. his attackers are his classmates, and even university employees. this was mashal khan s room where he tried to hide from the mob. they found him here. the kicked him, they beat him, they hit him with sticks and they shot him. they were happy. when they were bating him, they were happy. the issue of blasphemy has long divided pakistani society and some hope this case could finally lead to some reform. but others are deadly opposed to that. this is the village of zaida, in pakistan s northern khyber p ....
for british players as andy murray takes to centre court again and johanna konta leads the way for the women. the british and irish lions captain sam warburton says there s a genuine belief in the team that they can become the first lions side to win a series in new zealand since 1971. and coming up in the sport on bbc news. joe root‘s debut innings as england captain is finally over he s out for 190 on day two of the opening test against south africa at lord s. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the us president donald trump and russia s vladimir putin have met face to face for the first time shaking hands at the start of the 620 summit in germany. it follows months of speculation about their relationship and allegations of russian intervention in the us presidential election. the two men are due to hold an official meeting at the summit in hamburg later. with issues like climate change on the agenda protestors have brought police onto the streets ....
this is breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. a big rise in the number of children declared homeless. it has increased by a third in three yea rs. councils in england say nearly a thousand each month are being forced into temporary accommodation. the government says it s taking action to tackle the problem. good morning. it s saturday the 22nd ofjuly. also ahead: people who fly drones will have to pass safety courses and register their devices following concerns over the danger they pose to aircraft. white house spokesman, sean spicer, explains why he s stepping down from the job afterjust six months. he said there were too many cooks in the kitchen. us media said he was unhappy about the new director of communications. mr spicer said he didn t want to be in the way. some of the memes you have to laugh at yourself a bit. but sometimes it goes from funny to mean. jordan spieth leads the open championship. he s two shots clear of the field, after mastering all ....
tory scum. we ll ask whether this kind of regular abuse mps receive will end up driving some of them out of politics altogether. plus, up to 60 reports of murder and thoughts of killing associated with antidepressants have been received by the uk medicines regulator in the last three decades. i believe if he hadn t taken the sertraline he wouldn t have murdered anyone. we ll look at what that means. hello. welcome to the programme. we re live until 11. throughout the programme, we ll bring you the latest breaking news and developing stories. a little later, we ll hear claims that sperm is declining at such a dramatic rate the human species could eventually become extinct. fairly stark warning, that! we ll bring you all the details. do get in touch on all the stories we re talking about this morning use the hashtag victoria live. and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. our top story today: new diesel and petrol cars are to be banned from 2040 ....