To chinas ambassador in london for months now. About the mounting internal the point is it hasnt worked. Ambassador, you are a skilled and external pressure upon his government. Carrie lams strategy, diplomat, but you cannot dress up. She of course the chief executive of hong kong, representing the interests of beijing, when we talk about universal ultimately she began with a strategy suffrage, its two areas. Which was built on withdrawing one is chief executive, the other the extradition bill, hoping that would quell is the legislative council, right . The protests, the so, if it were not for the block pro democracy protests. That didnt work. Welcome to hardtalk, of the opposition, next years legco election would be universal im stephen sackur. Suffrage, one man, one vote the significance of the political in hong kong, for 70 of the people. Unrest in hong kong stretches far beyond the borders of she then clearly instructed that tiny territory. The police to get tough. It poses preside
Donald trump has not taken a backward step, this is what he said in the last two hours. I dont know him very well, i have not spoken to him very well, i have not spoken to him much. This is not a man i know well. Seems like a nice guy though. The Election Campaign continues. The liberal democrats have launched their manifesto saying to stop brexit to generate a £50 million bonus. Conservatives are making promises or National Insurance and have all the latest on westminster. This is a huge numberfor the royal family. Prince interest to be back from royal duties of the following from royal duties of the following from his bbc news the interview continues. A few hours becky released this statement which he can find online in full, in it he says the circumstances well, lets hear the reaction of the royal commentator. His vision was untenable when it came to the after the interview, he went into the interview believing it was Crisis Management but created a crisis instead of managing it. T
The princes decision. Also on the programme tonight. On the campaign trail on teesside, borisjohnson holds out the prospect of major changes to National Insurance. And in london, the lib dems publish their manifesto, pledging to stop brexit if theyre elected. At the impeachment inquiry in washington, a us diplomat says he followed Donald Trumps orders to put pressure on ukraine to investigate a political rival. And the special one is on the move again. This time its to spurs, where hes signed a four year deal. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, its a winning start for Great Britain in the revamped davis cup, beating the netherlands 2 1 in their Opening Group game. Good evening. Prince andrew, whos been engulfed in controversy because of his links with the convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein, has announced he will not undertake any royal duties for the foreseeable future. The prince, whos 59, acknowledged that the epstein scandal had become a major disruption to the royal family,
Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. The significance of the political unrest in hong kong stretches far beyond the borders of that tiny territory. It poses president xi jinping with the most serious challenge of his presidency. If beijing cannot quell the calls forfreedom in hong kong, what does that tell us about the sustainability of its authoritarian rule elsewhere . My guest is chinas ambassador in london, liu xiaoming. His Government Faces mounting internal and external pressure. How will it respond . Ambassador liu xiaoming, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, thank you for having me. Its a pleasure to have you here. Let us start with hong kong. President xijinping has been in powerfor seven years. Would you accept that the prolonged unrest and instability in hong kong is the greatest challenge he has faced in his presidency . I think our government policy is clear. I think 12 days ago, the president made a very authoritative statement when he attended
Growing tensions between the uk and china as a british consular worker tells the bbc he was tortured by chinese secret police. And we talk to the star of a hotly tipped film at this weeks singapore Film Festival. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its 8am in singapore and midnight here in london where Prince Andrew has decided to step back from his royal duties for the foreseeable future. It follows controversy surrounding his friendship with the convicted paedophile, jeffrey epstein. And his disastrous interview at the weekend with the bbc. The prince has denied having sex with a 17 Year Old Girl procured for him by epstein. But a number of organisations linked to his work have begun to distance themselves. Nicholas witchell reports. Driving himself into Buckingham Palace yesterday, the only sighting of Prince Andrew since the newsnight interview was broadcast. Hostility towards him has shown no sign of lessening. Poison prince and pari