hong kong is in uproar. each weekend for the last two months, thousands of people have taken to the streets. alvin yeung, who leads the civic party, shares their fears, first of a plan to give beijing a greater say in extradition, then for wider cause, to defend hong kong's freedoms. but as local authorities struggle to contain the crisis, and beijing's grumbles grow ever louder, could the people's liberation army be on its way? alvin yeung, welcome to hardtalk. late into sunday night, protesters clashed with the hong kong police. it is the eighth weekend in succession that we have seen street protests and skirmishes, some of them violent. what has gone wrong? well, hello, shaun. things are not doing so well in hong kong, and of course, we have seen and witnessed protesters taking to the streets, and of course, we have seen clashes between the police and the protesters. we have been accusing the police for abusing their powers, and of course — and using excessive force. they are totally disproportional to

and tranquillity in hong kong. and not let it be undermined by violence and by vandalism. victor, forgive me, i'm sorry to the viewers as well, the quality of the link is getting worse and worse. we we re link is getting worse and worse. we were hoping it will get better. we will leave it there. victor gao, thank you very much. let's get some of the day's other news. a federaljudge in ohio has temporarily blocked a law that would have banned abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. there have been rallies across the country and in washington dc against states imposing such restrictive measures. the law in ohio would have been one of the strictest, with no exemptions even in case of rape or incest. argentina's energy secretary has claimed the blackout that affected argentina and uruguay last month was caused by a chain of failures originating with an electricity transport company. more than 50 million people were left without power across south america for several hours on june 16th. the government has promised a ful

in hong kong. let's go live to hong kong. to rosalind adams, asia correspondent for buzzfeed news.( it was very dramatic. a lot of determination, in the protesters. there is a feeling that they do not know what other options are left. every time, they have been very consistent about their demands. and every time carrie lam has hurdled a press conference where has the impartial retreats, but not enough to make protesters happy. i think they are just doing everything they can think of at this point. where you surprised when they went into the chamber of the legislative council and sprayed graffiti as we have seen? it was definitely surprising. i was standing out there for hours, and as the hours went by, they were taking down glass panes one by one. super methodical, bringing supplies. different metal barricades, sledgehammers, anything we could use to get their way in. we took the precaution to smash cctv cameras. took the precaution to smash cctv cameras. “— took the precaution to smash cctv cameras. —— they took the

there have been vigils and rallies outside the hong kong representative's office by not only hong kong students studying here but ordinary people, in support of the protesters, and yesterday we saw the foreign minister, joseph wu, tweet a message saying that it's clear that the chinese communist party's one country, two systems, is nothing but a lie. and they have urged the government to sincerely address the concerns of the protesters and to positively respond to their demands. so this is where we are at in taiwan, and it is nota so this is where we are at in taiwan, and it is not a coincidence that taiwanese would care so much about the hong kong protest, because they feel that they are in a similar situation as hong kong people. china after a ll situation as hong kong people. china after all claims taiwan as a province to be reunified one day, and it has not given up use of force, of taking it back. so taiwan sees itself in a similar situation as hong kong and sees the benefits of the two sides supporting each other and working together to unite against ageing's pressures. now, taiw

nothing is more important than the rule of law in hong kong. chief executive carried condemns the violence and defends the police response. the un's nuclear watchdog confirms that iran is in reaching mon to rein in the agreed to u.s. president donald trump says it's playing. and we'll tell you about a foreign invader that's choking. a motorway. china's government has condemned the actions of protesters in hong kong a day off to hundreds of demonstrators stormed the city's legislative council monday's violence left baby scattered all over the building used tear gas to clear the area after windows were smashed and graffiti sprayed on its walls all this on the day the government held ceremonies 22 years since the end of british rule and hundreds of thousands joined a peaceful march for hong kong's lead that carried down condemned the actions of protesters stormed the council building on monday evening. the extreme use. and vandalism by protesters who stormed into the legislative council building over a period of time so this is something that we s

words like hong kong, march, and the legislative council, hong kong cosmic government. they were relaxed because bashan could say, it is just a cts because bashan could say, it is just acts of vandalism by people who are being brainwashed by the us government. but now protesters have managed to get into a government building, beijing are saying they cannot let people see it. so they don't want any of that invasion, that occupation of the legislative council chamber. they will not want that disseminated or reported on at all. absolutely not. basically this idea that hong kong is part of china is an idea that comes up again and again, and there is a real austerity, a kind of seriousness around chinese politics. you couldn't just break into around chinese politics. you couldn'tjust break into a government building — that kind of idea to beijing... you couldn't see this. what about the whole debate, the people of hong kong don't want the people of hong kong don't want the extradition bell, they don't wa nt the extradition bell, they don't want suspects extradited to mainl

s a weapon deployed or not but under hong kong article basic law the hong kong government is able to request to intervene under social unrest or natural disasters and experts think that the reason why the central government is refusing to openly acknowledge whether the pill way will be deployed or not is because they still lack a clear policy direction to address the ongoing crisis in hong kong and of course this is coming right after another intense weekend of protests let's have a quick recap of what happened helmets and gas masks on both sides of the barricades a weekend of clashes between police and protesters in hong kong saw violent confrontations protests over the past 2 months against proposed extradition to ports in china have grown increasingly fractious. sunday's peaceful gathering grew into a march clogging up major thoroughfares police fired tear gas to disperse the crowds some of whom were carrying arms brothers the symbol of resistance to the government . a few adopted makeshift techniques to deal with tear gas and dismantled street signs for their protection others us

reports from hong kong. after bringing central hong kong to a standstill on previous sundays protesters are taking their fight to the suburbs. and government leaders are struggling to clamp down on the wrist system's movement that is largely leaderless most of the protesters here are young people who tell us they are disillusioned about hong kong's future. protesters set up barricades in the center of schatten and riot police arrived from different directions trying to close off access routes. the situation is tense protesters remain defiant and the patience of police is wearing thin and. by 8 pm the police sent out a warning. they are ready to charge but here you can see the benefit of moving i think the interesting thing to me to the moment the police even me you know yelling and yelling when you know it's going in the fact that she. wasn't even me because in fact am even using me any more you don't want to make it seem some of the protesters retreated to a nearby and more complex the police ran after them

listed in hong kong. it is a liquid market for ipos and so on. from an important place the chinese point of view, and there is a tension there. of -- many people have said that for the chinese in terms of economic self interest, it makes sense to leave hong law,at the open, rule of relatively democratic space. ambiguity sothe you can have the kind of debt in capital market. there is a tension there, clearly president xi is trying to, he is trying to impose a greater political totrol and he is also trying sell a model which is much more clearly socialist, to be proud of the traditions of the communist party, and he is doing that at home. it is a typical message to sell both of those things at the same time. he can use the control he has over chinese media in order to play down the story of what's happening here in hong kong. on will see far less of this chinese tv than elsewhere. nevertheless, there is a limit to how long that tension can last. it will be a difficult one for xi to play out in the end. davi

kong hong kong's chief executive kerry condemns the violence and defends the police response. the un's nuclear watchdog confirms iran is on reaching more uranium the agreed to u.s. president donald trump says he's playing with fire. and we meet the stargazers astronomy love those flocking to a small town to watch a rare eclipse. it's just been i am in hong kong where a massive cleanup operation has begun the day off the hundreds of protesters stormed the city's legislature monday's violence left day bodies scattered all over the building police used tear gas to clear the area off to demonstrate just smashed windows and splashed graffiti on its rules although still the day the government held ceremonies to mark 22 years since the end of british rule and hundreds of thousands joined a peaceful march where hong kong's leader carried them condemn the actions of protesters that stormed the legislative council on monday evening. extreme use soft violence and vandalism by protesters who stormed into the legislative council building over a period of time so this is something that we s

this is a change in hong kong? well, it shows there are deep divisions in hong kong. for weeks, we've been seeing images of the streets of hong kong flooded with people who are calling for the government to do more to defend hong kong's autonomy, to defend its position against mainland china, those protests originally beginning to speak out against the extradition bill that the hong kong government was considering putting forth but we can never forget there was considering putting forth but we can neverforget there is was considering putting forth but we can never forget there is a was considering putting forth but we can neverforget there is a group in hong kong, certainly an increasingly vocal group, that prizes ties with mainland china. that hong kong can benefit from its relationship with mainland china. there are many business groups and others really do benefit from such a close link with mainland china. so they are not happy with these protests. we did of course see recently large pro—government protests. you're in beijing. can we speculate on how china might

kong from their perspective is a good thing for hong kong that it's allowed hong kong which has been slowing down economically which is not the bustling financial center that it wasn't swas you know perhaps a decade ago they see this closer relationship as financially good for hong kong good for its economy good for its innovation and ultimately good for the young people and good for jobs and from that perspective they they all kind of be willed and i think they don't quite get it in some sense as to why people continue to protest continue to to really shout against this this close relationship and katrina as you saw in your earlier these protests in hong kong began over this extradition bill that the hong kong government put forward it was trying to get through that would allow. criminals who are wanted in mainland china criminal suspects who wanted in maine in mainland china to be extradited from hong kong to the mainland and of course the fear in hong kong. wrong was that this would be used to target political opponents but it wasn't clear where this originated from whether it cam

in hong kong. similar scenes in moscow as russians attempt to rally demanding street and fair local elections more than 200 people have been arrested including opposition politicians banned from running for office will go to moscow for the latest. word and 2 big wins for president trump in this battle over the border be u.s. supreme court says he can use military funding for his border wall and want tamala agrees to stop u.s. bound my friends after trying to terror threats to. hundreds of people have been arrested as they attempted to rally on the streets of moscow demanding free and fair local elections this after a raft of opposition and independent candidates were barred from running in the city's upcoming city council election the protest was declared illegal and police began to detain people gathering for the demonstration. before it even began. we're further. our correspondent and we sure were and has been following that very tense situation in moscow emily you were there as the police made t

hong kong this is standard for them to do hong kong this is standard for them todoa hong kong this is standard for them to do a bilingual press conference? she spoke both cantonese and english. it is interesting to know that carrie lam has been very much missing from the public eye. she has not been in the public for ten days now. and it is one of the reasons why there has been such a level of anger in hong kong. people have said that they've been taking to the streets in peaceful protest, including the largest protest in hong kong's history where 25% of the population of hong kong came out in protest, and still, carrie lam and the hong kong government has ignored them. she's kept out of the public eye, and today she's coming out to face the media at 4am. do you think of this ever happening before, a press c0 nfe re nce of this ever happening before, a press conference in the middle of the night? know, for everything that has happened in hong kong today has been unprecedented. storming the parliament is completely unprecedented. i've never seen anything like the level of violence we'v

welcomes conference on. 2000000 people on the streets of hong kong. failures by the hong kong government admitted by the chief executive kerry lamb why is she still there why hasn't she was designed well i think this is a more complex question than simply asking why did she not resign 1st of all someone said also her attitude someone fails in there well not go no i don't want to argue about a figure but a more accurate figure would be more like half a 1000000. but even then it's a very very large number of people on the street and i think the government accepted the 2nd thing is that we must understand what the government has been trying to do. a poll by one of the more mainstream newspapers of the people would turn out in force to march on sunday revealed that 90 percent of the people who much thought that the extradition bill was so enable the hong kong government to send people back to china for trial for criticizing beijing now they couldn't be more wrong i mean if you'd actually extradition to the states this extradition bill yeah i guess is that

in hong kong. we're leaving hong kong there for now because there is developing news concerning iran the un's nuclear watchdog the i.a.e.a. the international atomic energy agency says iran has stockpiled more enrich uranium than is allowed under the 2015 nuclear deal i eat a inspector's reported back from the islamic republic after the claims teheran has accused european powers of not doing enough to help save the nuclear deal after the u.s. withdrew from nato and subsequently placed sanctions. we'll have a little look before we speak to anyone about this that they dispute around the 2050 nuclear deal. donald trump pulled out of the agreement last year and imposed tough new sanctions 3 months later in may iran announced it would pull back on some of its commitments under the deal by increasing production of low enriched uranium and iranian and european leaders met on saturday in vienna to try to save the agreement but there was no breakthrough and as we said iran accused europe of not doing enough

have rocked hong kong. we will speak with leading pro-democracy activist joshua wong who was recently release from prison in hong kong. >> it is time for us to urge carrie lam to withdraw the proposal and it is her responsibility to step down and a face how to me and people already join the fight and urge her to bear the political responsibility. amy: as senator kamala harris rises in the presidential polls, we will look at how she is being targeted with a string of racist conspiracy theories. and we will look at her record as a prosecutor in san francisco and attornrney general of calilifornia. >> w when i became e a prosecutr and when i was elected district attotorney and also attorney generaral of califorornia, i imimplemented some of the mosost significant reforms to date during thosese years that had bn implemented. amy: we was big to university of san francisco law professor lara bazelon. op-ed, shek times" says kamala harris was not a progressive prosecutor. all of that and more, coming up. welcome t

reporting live from hong kong thank you very much. and now here is katrina a year with more of the reaction from the chinese capital beijing. this is the hong kong the chinese government wanted the world to see celebrations marking the 22nd anniversary of its return to the chinese motherland instead these with the scenes broadcast around the world dismissed by beijing as little more than violent mobs pursing but it says is a blatant challenge to the one country 2 systems rule its strongest words yet very few 1000 of what happened in hong kong violently striking into the law and the damaging facilities is an act of troubling rule of law violating social order is a serious the law breaking behavior. the communist party has condemned the storming of hong kong's legislative council and its full support behind chief executive kerry land government it's backing a police investigation into the criminal responsibility of those involved on monday night saying offenders who feel the full force of the law. the chinese government are continuing t

this is uncharacteristic for hong kong. p sotesters say that the peaceful demonstrations have not worked. does this fundamentally change things? robert: this is unprecedented, and tomorrow might be different, but this was an actf ondalism of a sort we did not see in the previous rounds of demonstrations, 2014 and 2003. going into the legco building and defacing a symbol of hong kong and draping the colonial flag over the lectern, these are new acts, and these could change public perceptions in hong kong and within mainland china. yes, this is something new. .mnada: carrie lam at 4:00 decided to speak about this issue. she tried to make a distinction between peaceful protesters and others she called hooligans, saying she was shocked and hope thcommunity at large was a well. do you think they will agree withe her as hopes? robert: i think many will agree with her that the younger people who went into legco and committed vandalism went over the top. but that will probably not change their views about the un trlying issues, whi

kong urse defendants hong kong defendants extradited to mainland china for trial here's what beijing's spokesman had to say. you leave. as quite a few hong kong residents know little about the situation on the mainland and its legal and judicial systems they may have doubts about the proposed amendments so some individuals and media organizations with syria motives have been scam mongering based on these doubts to struggle public panic and obstruct the adoption of the bill. so that's a taste of what a chinese government spokesman said just a short while ago about the situation in hong kong g.w. is not ts bellinger is in the territory materials what more was said in that news conference. well there was basically nothing new sad new the. affair at the hong kong affairs office supports the current government it supports the police in cracking down on these protests but there was a little bit of a toning down in the rhetoric of this body that has spoken for the 1st time today before we have heard the foreign ministry attacking western countries much harsher and saying that they were orches

chinese communist party is and who also exert sort of monopoly control over hong kong of hong kong businesses is very recognized by young people but they see that anger as part of the shared anger against the mainland against paging as well well we're coming to the end of our discussion with the few minutes that remain i'd like to get in the cessna different from all 3 of you where you think this is going to end what are the next steps for the process and what what lies ahead if i could come to you 1st emily like how do you see this ending. well i certainly think carrie lam should come out and gauge the public she cannot just keep hiding in government house and of course she should accede to the demands which i think are very reasonable but now there's a report in the financial times saying that she's offered to resign several times well i think if she goes it would be good then we just get some new person to come in and otherwise if she keeps hiding in government house is not going to help this situation will get worse ok lauren smart to you to you see the resignation of carrie lamas as help

they cannot rule hong kong anymore. they cannot rule hong kong anymore. they cannot rule hong kong with safety and stability. joshua wong, a pro— democracy activist in hong kong. and you can follow the latest developments in hong kong on our website bbc.com/news, orjust download the bbc news app. we have not confirmed yet who these gangs. —— are these gangs. the british government will hold emergency talks later to decide how to deal with the seizure of an oil tanker by iran. the outgoing prime minister, theresa may, will chair the meeting, while her foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, is expected to press for an international diplomatic response, rather than immediate sanctions. the british vessel was captured on friday, apparently in retaliation for the impounding of an iranian tanker in the uk territory of gibraltar earlier this month. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. iranian revolutionary guards boarding the stena impero on friday afternoon, carrying out a two—week—old threat to seize a british vessel. iran said the tanker broke

in hong kong has you know it has been very shocking for many people around the world why are they so angry why are they so determined to continue with these protests well it's all about the future of hong kong and to explain that we have to look at the historical context 22 years ago the british colony was hunted but to mainland china and it was agreed that. the to hong kong would keep it a degree of autonomy both legally and politically but over the past few years in particular it's felt that that has not happened and that it's being. a 2 way and in particular that this extradition door it's felt that was introduced by the leader of hong kong carrier has done that and it's provoked these protests people taking to the streets millions taking to the streets and even storming the city's legislature legislator the so-called the de facto parliament of hong kong and we have seen that. those have been beijing was furious about that protesters have said it's not just about this law but it's generally about how they're being treated and they feel their freedoms are being taken away and yet c

hong kong. because every year political leaders in hong kong and beijing celebrate the anniversary of the territory's return from british to chinese rule in 1997. so, it was a loss of face for them when the first ofjuly was marred by yet another massive street protest. but then, a small group vandalised the legislative building and defaced the symbols of chinese rule in there. and in hong kong's battle for hearts and minds, who is the loser now, we ask ourselves? isabel? it was certainly unhelpful. but you see two very different reactions. the carrie lam administration and the people's republic say that this simply demonstrates that these people are vandals and ill—intentioned, they're criminals and do criminal damage. if you talk to people in hong kong, and remember that we have had millions and millions of people on the streets, without so much as a car being scratched in the last month. you know? they go — these are the only demonstrators who go back and pick up their trash and recycle it

asi been seeing in hong kong today. as i say, we are coming towards the end of a programme as we continue to watch these pictures from inside the legislative council as they move through the floors. it was interesting, as we saw nick take us round, the obvious damage done by the test we've seen. i agree with one of your previous commentators, tomorrow the hong kong press reaction, you will properly see lots of the backlash, condemning some of the extreme acts today. i saw lots of the graffiti on the wall calling the officials and dogs and calling the officials and dogs and calling different names. in a sense, however angry young people can be in a movement, when you lose your cool in those types of fashion, often you will attract a certain level of criticism the next day. fernando cheung made the point, in his view, carrie lam no longer had the authority to govern in hong kong. i suppose the critical view or are not necessarily be what protesters think what fernando cheung thinks but it will be what the patient thinks.

hong kong. these protesters fight for their freedoms. hong kong. these protesters fight for theirfreedoms. we hong kong. these protesters fight for their freedoms. we will see what unfolds in the coming hours and days. you are watching special coverage on bbc news. you're watching beyond 100 days. police clash with pro democracy protestors in hong kong. demonstrators used a more aggressive approach this time as they took over a key government building. police have entered the parliament building to take back control and clear the protesters. the protestors smashed their way into the building — hundreds then entered and occupied the legislative council, our correspondent was on the scene. graffiti daubed on this particular desk. a computer screen that's been ripped up, papers removed. there's been extensive damage done to the building, with portraits of political leaders torn from the walls and furniture smashed. this situation is out of control and this is very dangerous, both for the protesters and for the security guards and the police. hello a

rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, hong kong. as you heard in that report, the damage to the legislative council building, the building right behind me is extensive, we have taken a look around this morning and we can see that graffiti, the shattered glass, this morning, however, the cleanup operation has begun. there are dozens of people at our sweeping the streets, trying to get some semblance of normality back at the legislative council. meanwhile, however, if you remember when britain handed hong kong to men than china in 1997, this territory was governed and has been governed under the one country, two systems principle. after these dramatic violent protests overnight, happens to that system? july 1997, the moment britain handed hong kong over to china. the last governor, chris patten, presiding over one final act of empire. a handover whose legacy is still being fought over on the streets of hong kong tonight. it was back in 1984 that britain and china agreed a joint declaration that, in future, hong kong should retain some

dogon al-jazeera hong kong. earlier my colleague barbara starr spoke with joshua wong a leading a hong kong pro-democracy activist he was jailed for his role in the movement on once one on one of the people who are involved in the clashes at the shopping mall you just saw in jamil its report. more than $100.00 and people gator on the street again urged government food we withdraw and terminated their extradition bill and in the long term it's a must to apply free election in hong kong especially when one country 2 system eroded to be one country one in a hostage to the government has not rift joy to bill yet in fact abuse exists in the legislative program of cost the leader of hall call provide a misleading narrative claimed that the bill is that when we check on the lead just in the cold gram of parliament of hong kong that bill is do exist and can be easily reactivated again in the next trial from and that's why movements do continue and we urge government to terminate the bill now free election is to wait out

hong kong. these protesters fight for theirfreedoms. we hong kong. these protesters fight for their freedoms. we will see what unfolds in the coming hours and days. you are watching special coverage on bbc news. you're watching beyond 100 days. police clash with pro democracy protestors in hong kong. demonstrators used a more aggressive approach this time as they took over a key government building. police have entered the parliament building to take back control and clear the protesters. the protestors smashed their way into the building — hundreds then entered and occupied the legislative council, our correspondent was on the scene. graffiti daubed on this particular desk. a computer screen that's been ripped up, papers removed.

>> i think this is what makes hong kong special. hong kong is an international city. so many countries have -- here and i think definitely they will if re vocal in the future we see more political prisoners, if we see more legislators being disqualified or something like that. but at the end, hong kong people not afraid ited and to have the foundation for the international community to support them. >> eddie chu. a prow-democracy lawmaker. thank you very much indeed for speaking to us. a little bit of the bleak picture for the future. last night seemed as if it was a turning point for these protests here in hong kong. back to you in the studio. >> david, thank you very much. we were also continuing to reach out to lawmakers and stakeholders on all sides to expand our coverage. still ahead, nouriel roubini joins us live from the block chain summit in taipei for an exclusive interview. plus, the chinese premier is set to speak and we'll have that for you live in is bloomberg. ♪ tom: welcome back. opec and its allies are to extend all production curves into next year a

kong and anyone who lives in hong kong or ca res anyone who lives in hong kong or cares about the former british colony. the riot police in helmets and carrying batons, they've been firing pepper spray, and firing tear gas to try and deal with these increasingly agitated demonstrators. and all being played out in sweltering heat in hong kong. let's triangle back to vicky, if you can hear me, just describe what you are seeing now. i've had to move positions, to a different overpass because it's increasingly full cot people have headed towards the stations and i've seen headed towards the stations and i've seen people take off their shirts, probably from getting tear gas pepper sprayed. i think people are starting to head home now. where does this go now? because clearly the protesters are not going to give up, even if they've been having tear gas fired at them and charged with batons, they have been warned to get out of the legislative council but are they going to keep going with these protests, do you think? it's hard to say because lots have been made of the fact these protests have be

hong kong and so i think. the organization levels are worrying for beijing it's authority is being undermined it's accusing the u.s. of orchestrating the events so things are really reaching a crescendo now and i think the fact that they're directing it address addressing it directly if we look back to a couple years ago where she jinping said there's a red line beyond which hong kong protests cannot cross i think that red line has been crossed now so i think the reaction could be very very severe now what we have with hong kong is a stance a bilious situation where china says it's part of its territory one country but 2 systems are supposed to be a different system at least temporarily operating in hong kong how is that sustainable under these conditions well i think if you look at it it's supposed to be 50 years no change but we've passed the 25 year mark so. so basically now i think what you're seeing is. that things are going to start moving again the other direction that you know that hong kong as the gov

kong is a safe base for them to do business in china but if the hong kong government they cannot promise to actually drop that extradition deal then a lot of companies they might leave hong kong for up that is the nation's what about the tourism industry or the tourism industry they're really worried that because around 80 percent of tourists in hong kong are from mainland china just last year there were more than 51000000 visitors from mainland china to hong kong and there's account for 40 percent of home concert retail sales so it's definitely a big deal but in the long run people are forgetful the tourists will still come back if the chinese government position matters if they decide to live in the number of the tourists of hong kong and that will really be a big problem so thank you very much for the analysis the white house's economic advisor larry good low. thanks for that good says trade talks with beijing could resume as early as next week old signs have been phone contacts in last weekend's g 20 meeting with the latest figures have yet to reflect trumps if it's to rein in the u.

to know what to do about what's happening in hong kong. the chief executive is very much from the beijing side at the same time she's also struggling a little bit with the initial protests which were very peaceful. she was put into a difficult position now that there's violence in terms of the alleged attack it's become easier maybe for beijing to involve itself but at the same time it's much more comfortable in these areas dealing with other governments. be talking about things like internal matters and coming out with this kind of rhetoric that we discussed rather than dealing with the actual newsy gritty of what's going on in hong kong at the moment you might be easier on the international stage but that we've must all struck about jeremy hunt himself he is in a sense for reelection if i can call it that we have to head the tory party and by extension become british prime minister is there potentially more to the motivation here for joining me to bring this issue up in the middle of a tory party leadership campaign but i think that the

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, hong kong. since britain handed over hong kong to china in 1997, the territory has been governed under the principle of "one country, two systems". so what do these protests mean for that system ? our diplomatic correspondent, james landale reports. july 1997, the moment britain handed hong kong over to china. the last governor, chris patten, presiding over one final act of empire. a handover whose legacy is still being fought over on the streets of hong kong tonight. it was back in 1984 that britain and china agreed a joint declaration that, in future, hong kong should retain some autonomy and freedom. so, after the handover in 1997, hong kong became a special region of china and the one country two system policy came into force. and that meant that, until 2047, when the declaration expires, hong kong should keep its free markets and independentjudges — at least in theory. frankly, the chinese have been breaking their word on thejoint declaration that they claim that it does not operate after

kong flag pre 997 when hong kong was under british rule. and today is the 22nd anniversary of that handover of hong kong from britain to china so it's. incredibly symbolic that. colonial era british flag has been unfurled in the legislative council of hong kong and still with us as we look at these pictures as we think about these amazing images how do you think it'll be going down in beijing. are they looking at this and i imagine they'll be getting quite worried worried. full hong kong they want this to be appalled so china on one system ultimately there is this period between 9097 to 50 years when hong kong was essentially given government by beijing but that well it's anybody's guess and the idea that most people have is that beijing would like to take more direct control over the race so in parts people in beijing the leaders there will be worried that that jeopardizes that integration into china broadly but of course they'll be very concerned as well that some of these images do make that people in mainland china. now that other peopl

hong kong's leader said police had exercised restraint. this is something that we should seriously condemn, because nothing is more important than the rule of law in hong kong. it comes after weeks of unrest over a controversial extradition law. also tonight. a public rebuke from the chancellor for the men vying to be prime minister as he warns them to be honest about their tax and spending pledges. a special report from brazil, where the amazon rainforest, vital to the earth's climate, is disappearing at an alarming rate. the problem is that more and more of it is being chopped down. it's hard to believe, but an area the size of a football pitch is being cleared every single minute. cheering. and a sensational debut for a 15—year—old schoolgirl as she knocks venus williams, five—time wimbledon champion, out on day one. and coming up on sportsday at 10.30pm, we'll have news of another upset at wimbledon as second seed naomi osaka is dumped out in the first round. good evening. the leader of hong kong, carrie lam, has condemned what s

the day to day life of hong kong and hong kong's business in the same way that the umbrella protests which occupied the whole city were doing so it's a much tougher problem in a way for beijing to deal with without introducing say the people's liberation army which has a garrison and hong kong so it's a question of how tough they're prepared to be with hong kong demonstrators all right are trying to export clifford couldn't with us thank you very much for your analysis here watching v.w. news still to come on our show colombia goes crazy for its new hero cyclist a gun but now became the 1st colombian to ever win the tour de france we'll bring you all the reaction from his hometown including from a very proud grandpa. but 1st after nearly 2 decades of conflict the people of afghanistan are still struggling to find stability even school children who were not yet born when the international military intervention began but one school in the bombing and region is succeeding despite the odds charbonneau and her classmates have been walking for an hour and a half already their route to scho

kong advancing towards the hong kong legislature an attempt to clear the protesters who have been occupying that building for over 3 hours now they had put out a statement to hong kong police saying that they were ready to move in and morning protesters to clear the area this this all began after hundreds of protesters had stormed the legislature on the anniversary of the city's 997 returned to china from british rule they went to a number of protesters and went in there. and charged in. putting graffiti on the walls and on the desks and essentially occupying the inside of that building we had a live picture a little bit earlier inside that building but it doesn't appear that we have that right now. i would imagine that has quite a lot to do with what is on hold unfolding before us what we're seeing there huge numbers of riot police moving in there and as andrew was saying there earlier. they. saw it seems they're well aware that all of this is unfolding in front of them and on live television over. there where aware of the criticism that they have taken for not appearing to have to use too

long it's only hong kong hong kong people will apply the same standard no matter who is coming to make the requests be it united case united states united kingdom syria russia china we apply the same standard because this is what the more requires us to do and we would do it period once you understand the purpose of extradition you what others thought what i'm saying but obviously you don't you know what you want but your guest mr instead of throwing insults at me what's what's your guess about where this is headed with the hardliners in beijing try to teach hong kong a lesson you know or will they show that they're willing to learn from what's been ducking 1st of all the facts say that it did not come from mainland i think chivas negative is explained very clearly that it was her own initiative based on the fact that she was asked by the family of the girl who unfortunately was murdered by this hong kong person in taiwan because of the whole injustice of the situation the chief executive agreed to look into it and she was asked to to establish an extradition regime which can apply to

anything involving china is very sensitive in hong kong. it has put her ina sensitive in hong kong. it has put her in a difficult position as she will try to return to issues like housing and so on but it will be difficult for her to regain credibility for many people in hong kong. indeed credibility and the trust of people. we are hearing that continues to be a tense situation in some parts of the city as protesters and police stand—off in hong kong. we will have more from you throughout the day at the annual march marking the anniversary of the handover of hong kong to china. we will be updating you throughout the day. let's bring you up—to—date to other stories making the news today. local media in sudan is reporting that at least seven people have been killed and more than 180 injured in mass protests across the country. tens of thousands of people returned to the streets to demand civilian rule. police fired teargas into the crowd in the capital, khartoum. the protests were the largest since a deadly raid by security forces three weeks ago. translation: well, in these cir

hong kong's leader said police had exercised restraint. this is something that we should seriously condemn because nothing is more important than the rule of law in hong kong. iran breaches the limit on its stockpile of low—enriched uranium, set under a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. a public rebuke from the chancellor for the men vying to be prime minister, as he warns them to be honest about their tax and spending pledges. a suspected stowaway, believed to have fallen from the landing gear of a flight into heathrow, is found dead in a london garden. cheering and applause. and a sensational debut for a 15—year—old schoolgirl as she knocks venus williams, five—time wimbledon champion, out on day one. and at 11:30 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, kate andrews, associate director at the institute of economic affairs, and james rampton, features writer for the independent. good evening. the leader of hong kong, carrie lam, has condemned what she called the extremely violent storming of the ter

kong the hong kong for now. douglas of it for now thank you very much indeed douglas of course will join us of analysis that later on but expect to get- translations of out what's being discussed that in hong kong as soon as we possibly can we go back to that. as soon as there was any development carrie lam still before a bank of microphones and a group of reporteters putting questions to her. regarding the current situation and we are following every step of the way for you. next to life in paris the eu summit has been adjourned until tomorrow i made quote. enormous frustration. over the inability to choose the right peopople for t the topop s presesident emmanueuel macron sd he fears this indecision is harming the blocks repeputatioi. chief among the roles to be filled of course is that of presidentt of the european commission. success at asian culture. the political wrangling continues in brussels as in you leaders remain divided over who should gets the e e. u.'s top j. talks are now set to resume on tuesday