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

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

welcomes comfort some. 2000000 people on the streets of hong kong. failures by the hong kong government admitted by the chief executive kerry lam why is she still there why hasn't she was done and well i think this is a more complex question than simply asking why did she not resign 1st of all someone find also not go out of somebody's sails in there well not go there 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 that the 2nd thing is that we must understand what the government had been trying to do. a poll by one of the more mainstream newspapers of the people would turn now in force to march on sunday revealed that 90 percent of the people who march 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 because it is this extradition bill yeah

the people in hong kong. do not. do not like the. filings. they have you try to protest. you know and also hong kong. but here as we are there no one is mentioning that extradition bill anymore and stand there talking about safety and violence has the focus of these protests shifted. well some people still do mention the extradition bill from time to time but it's true you do not see these these slogans against the extradition bill that much anymore people are still angry that the government has shelved this bill but not with drawn but now they're focusing more on what has happened in the last few weeks because many people see this police brutality what they perceive as excessive police brutality as a symbol of how hong kong is governed and how their voices are heard so this is about the relationship between the hong kong government that is a government at the will of beijing and the hong kong people and the police is in the middle of that the police have become a symbol of the violence that people perceive t

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

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

anger on the part of our hong kong. china has warned the united kingdom to keep out of hong kong's affairs and not to meddle in the protests britain's foreign office summoned the chinese ambassador over concerns china was breaking its commitment to the 997 the handover agreement. prime minister to resign may address parliament on wednesday. it's vital that hong kong's high degree of autonomy and the rights and freedoms set down in the sino british joint declaration are respected i have raised my concerns directly with chinese leaders as has my right under from the front secretary other ministers and we will continue to do so. and the result of china's ambassador condemned britain's government for supporting the protests. it has to be pointed out that this very important issue of a principle. the u.k. government chose to stand on the wrong site it was made in appropriate remarks not only to interfere in the internal affairs of hong kong but also to back up the violent law because it even attempt to obstruct hong kong as

kong she is in hong kong and joins us on the line give us an idea of what's happening on the streets there right now. i mean i'm going now i'm sending you outside of that i just cited council compass has the question for our us are ready and right now i'm joined by these protesters all say and they will rally tens tens of thousands of protesters and now gathering here and they also high the main road outside the legislative council i gain as the standoff between this post has said and the riot police had last fall out was to noon today and they're ok tional clashes happened so within the south was and some of them trying to break into the company says they're not successful yes but and they both they have caused serious damage to the grass so and the building already and riot police already get up and they have made several wanted to the protesters already and see if you we've been looking at some pictures as you've been speaking of these demonstrations and really been growing throughout the day it's also as we said happening on the anniversary of hong kong's reinstate cation with ch

anger on the part of our hong kong. china as will the united kingdom to keep out of hong kong's affairs and not to meddle in the protests the british foreign office summoned the chinese ambassador over concerns that china was breaking its commitment to the 997 handover agreement the prime minister to resume a had this to say on wednesday it's vital that hong kong's high degree of autonomy and the rights and freedoms set down in the sino british joint declaration are respected i have raised my concerns directly with chinese leaders as has my right under from the front section of the ministers and we will continue to do so. well in response china's ambassador to the u.k. condemned britain's government for supporting protesters. it has to be pointed out that on this very important issue of a principle the u.k. government chose to stand on the wrong sort of us made in appropriate remarks not only to interfere in the internal affairs of hong kong but also to back up a violent law because it even attempt to upstart hong kong

but now, let's return to hong kong. let's now go live to our correspondent martin yip who is in hong kong for us. it isa it is a calm morning so far. plenty of media still around here because we are seeing of media still around here because we are seeing one of media still around here because we are seeing one after the other legislators and assistance coming back to the site, surveying the damage inside the legislative council complex. there has been no protesters apart from one lone man shouting slogans nearby but mostly it is about cleaning up the area. police has moved in, with no riot gear. some detectors will come in to conduct some sort of evidence gathering. we had the police commissioner as well as the executive vowing to... inaudible. what will happen next? what the police will plan and what the protesters are planning? i'm afraid that we are in this uncharted territory. nobody quite knows what's going to happen next, especially for the protesters because these protesters are the protesters because these prote

i'm karishma vaswani, in hong kong. the chief executive, carrie lam has promised to take a hard line against the protestors who stormed and ransacked parliament. this is something that we should seriously condemn because nothing is more important than the rule of law in hong kong. police ended the eight—hour occupation, evicting hundreds of activists. but the damage remains. many in the opposition are starting to ask questions about the wisdom of these young protesters storming into this building. whether it was a victory of any sort or, in fact, it has handed victory to the government. i'm kasia madera, in london. also in the programme: we have a special report from the amazon rainforest, where huge tracts of forests are being wiped out. this is happening all over the amazon to create new farmland and the result is that the great forest has never been under such pressure. this is bbc world news, it newsday. good morning. it's 7 am in hong kong, where chief executive, carrie lam, used a news conference in the small ho

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.

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

the chinese government would argue the hong kong government would argue the hong kong government allowed some concessions and said it would pause the unpopular bill clearly that has not been enough for some protesters. and you can keep up to date with the latest developments in hong kong, following the protests on the bbc website. you'll also find analysis of the chief executive's reaction — and a feature on the background to the demonstrations — that's all at bbc.com/news. the german and british foreign ministers have called on iran to reverse its violation of the 2015 nuclear deal. the international atomic energy agency said its inspectors had verified the 300 kilogramme cap on enriched uranium, which can be used to produce energy or nuclear bombs, had been exceeded by tehran. gareth barlow reports. as iran announced it had increased production of enriched uranium, european countries climates are called iran who adhere to its commitments. the landmark 2015 nuclear deal violated, an uncertain future ahead. the secretary general is very much aware of the reports that the islamic repu

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

end of the day in hong kong but hong kong is a chinese territory and it was savagely taken away by the british so in china and these politicians and journalists in britain who are coming to the eights all those violent protests this well i have a question for them how do they responds if protesters enter forcibly enter the house of commons and ransacked it i don't think they would be showing any symptoms but it's a better there is no difference whatsoever what happens in hong kong and i actually said peter i'm all in favor of peaceful protests but those protests were violent they showed no respect for chinese law they showed no respect for the parliament spilled in and also as you rightly said i thought it was very telling how those violent protests this unveil to the rest of the well hong kong's british colonial era fleck you know clinton but this is really a function of the domestic british politics here ok and looking back to a different era ok of. british rule in colonial rule i mean in their harkening back to this i mean and they i mean this is we is this an internal political aff

protesters believe the law undermines hong kong autonomy and they have demanded the hong kong government led by chief executive gary lam withdraw the bill has since apologized for her part in the unrest can you trust the incidence of recent months have led to controversies and disputes between the public and the government this is made me fully realise that as a politicians i have to constantly remind myself of the need to grasp public sentiment so you accurately. say i'm not one saying. of these sentiments but on full display in recent weeks when millions turned out on to hong kong streets to protest surprisingly though many of these protests lacked central leadership as correspondent phoebe kong discovered. the teen is a 21 year old student who runs a supply station outside hong kong's legislature it's been the scene of frequent demonstrations in recent weeks it all started online and shielded real world results. well that's how they don't that are we recruited over a 1000 members on the 1st day when i launched the telegram group and i also cooperate with an online forum whenever i pos

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

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

s a well been deployed or not but under hong kong article basic law the hong kong government is able to request the way 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 so 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 protectio

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

translation: hong kong, the public are leaving her in little doubt. translatiosz the government doesn't withdraw the extradition bill, basically i think the marches will just extradition bill, basically i think the marches willjust continue. translation: if you look at what the public has been asking for, there area public has been asking for, there are a lot of demands the government has not given a proper answer to. the government wants to avoid scenes like these, when hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets to protest over the bill in what were largely peaceful demonstrations. under pressure, carrie lam has made what appears to bea carrie lam has made what appears to be a new concession, the bill that would have allowed suspects to be extradited to china now isn'tjust suspended. there are still lingering doubts about the government's sincerity, or worries about whether the government will restart the process in a legislative council, so i reiterate here that there is no such plan. the bill is dead. she stopped short, however, of using t

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

control over hong kong because hong kong is not controlled probably it would go on an independent city. and let me put these points to you emily lie that the says. this is this is an identity issue rather than the extra bit they actually. per say do you think that younger hong kong or so feeling less chinese and this is this is a wider pushback against. against a perceived oppressor. well i think it is an identity issue yes but the fear of being sent for trial in mainland china is real whether it is the youngsters or their families or other political dissidents who could be the target of this spill it's a concern of many people including the young and of course the young people who are also very very much put off by presidency chin paintings absolutely no respect for rule of law for human rights and look at the situation in seeing junk over a 1000000 people being locked up like that and also look at the human rights lawyer is the human rights defenders in china and there are many of them suffer a lot and so when the young people here young and old when they see the appalling situation

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 uneasy gritty of what's going on in hong kong at the moment you might be easier on the international stage but then we must all stroke 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 a bust of motivation here for jeremy hunt to bring this issue up in the middle of a tory party leadership campaign but i think that

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

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

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

remarkable scenes in hong kong. thousands of protesters storming the iron gates literally and broke into parliament where they were doing graffiti, hosting flags and protesting onto the 22nd anniversary of hong kong handover from the british council to the chinese government. they continue to be serious questions about china's respect for human rights and their people. certainly they are different from what we would uphold in hong kong and the uk. the protesters are fearing that china is and crouching on whatever liberties are left in hong kong. this lot means that suspect, dissidents could be extradited to china. 2 million protesting this extradition law which would have people brought to china. that has led to this increasing tension and the protests have simply not die down. we need to vote that many of the protesters from the original protests have been arrested so they are trying to flag that as well. 22 yea rs are trying to flag that as well. 22 years exactly after the handover, there is supposed to be this co

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

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

that's despite a further concession by hong kong's leader carrie lam. she said the legislation was now "dead" notjust suspended — although she stopped short of announcing a complete withdrawal. that's been criticised by the last british governor of hong kong chris patten, who told the bbc he doesn't think ms lam has gone far enough. here's james ra nsley. if carrie lam had hoped her latest extradition bill concession would shift the mood on the streets of hong kong, the public are leaving her in little doubt. translation: if the government doesn't withdraw the extradition bill, basically, i think the marches willjust continue. translation: if you look at what the public has been asking for, there are a lot of demands that the government has not given a proper answer to. the government wants to avoid scenes like these — where hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets to protest over the bill, in what were largely peaceful demonstrations. under pressure, carrie lam has made what appears to be a new concession. the bill that would have allowe

the media reaction in hong kong. it is really interesting. i was looking through the pages of the second—largest chinese—language newspaper here in hong kong. you can see on the front page, images of what went on inside that ransacked parliament building, the legislative council and really the focus here on the damage. computers wrecked, cables torn out of the walls. the headline something along the lines of hundreds of billions of hong kong dollars of damage and focusing on the repairs they will have to get under way in order for the legislative council building to be used again. and these messages of support from the police from pro—beijing civic society groups all saying the hong kong government needs to crack down on the protesters, urging authorities to find people who were responsible. and that is what we have heard from the hong kong government as well. carrie lam, into that now infamous press conference at 4am the morning in the early hours after the protesters in the early hours after the protesters ma

hoping to silence the voice of hong kong before. the demonstrations began peacefully with anger against the police only adding to the litany of complaints against hong kong government. people. are really on the happy with what has been happening in the last week they are unhappy with with the police's response they are they want an investigation where you know i can say no to go. with or thorough he's unwilling to show restraint protesters now fear that hong kong's freedoms are at stake as beijing exerts ever more influence over the territory but protestors are unpowered. calls for democracy will never stop we will continue our fight a fight that looks set to go on with neither side willing to back down. for more on this i'm joined now by data we reported cherry chan we've been seeing an increasing degree of violence up from both sides in these protests both from the police and also more radicalization from protest is what do you see this going yes we can see at the tension between the police and the protesters history to rise sayin

kong because the gay keep it as in hong kong but i'm talking about as one can if they are so you're not going to try and offer difference are you both kind of fair trial that define a turning can expect in the mainland turn on the mainland if there is no guarantee that there will be the minimum requirements of article 14 of i.c. c.p.o. it is written in the law there then the court has no business ordering a extradition even if the court were to order next edition the chief executive would veto it because as i keep repeating the telling you that achieve it say it has no power to order extradition but has power to veto an order for extradition are you following that unlikely the chief executive is unlike once again to a request from china based on what fact you say those are like she's an appointee of china so isn't she so so she got to stand up to china suddenly and say this is obviously not go through a lease on what basis do you say that she would not do that based on the human rights record in china the civil and she did have a right said shyly for that alternative for years ago t

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