as a freelance producer for hong kong public broadcast, her radio television, hong kong or r t h k. she's become a target for her reporting. for the last year, she was arrested from her investigation into white police didn't intervene in a violent mob attack on pro democracy protest. her new 2019 what reco sticks. she looked through publicly available vehicle registration databases to track down the attackers. a practice that the prosecution seized on, alleging that by failing to declare that her search was for journalistic purposes, join knowingly made a false statement. she was find nearly 800 u. s. dollars and cov, oh gosh, how holding up ega obligation lies on what sions hot air supplement on gay eldon's at ease a hike opens up a lot. i my some see her own bowl was always a high gay in these. how was all cold a hard at on both of glass gum and the what's your thought of her hydro? cham were gay call was a man's. yup. it's no longer just beijing that's coming for hong kong media. the city's chief executive carry lamp and will many of called her pro china rubber stamp governments

activists in hong kong. tom grundy, editor in chief of hong kong, free press, and from badging. and d mock senior research fellow or the center for china and globalization thinktank. thank you for joining us. let me start with nathan. this is quite a quick moment for both bay gene was. see, this is going to be the way for patrick to take over the destiny of hong kong and for the opposition seems to be very much concerned about the future. how do you see the outcome of this election unfolding? so for now, the latest figure that we have is 3 hours before the ruling closest is only 26.5 percent of the voting rights. if you compared to the 2016 legislative coffee lesson, which it was 43.6 and 2900. the local district council election, which was $63.00. the difference is drastic. it really shows that people in the law believe in this election and they view really strong. busy to boy quoted because there are just no untrue represented representative for the candidates are being factored by political beliefs and in

activists in hong kong. tom grundy, editor in chief of hong kong, free press, and from badging, and d mock senior research fellow or the center for china and globalization. think tank . thank you for joining us. let me start with nathan. this is quite a quick moment for both bay gene was. see, this is going to be the way for patrick to take over the destiny of hong kong and for the opposition seems to be very much concerned about the future. how do you see the outcome of this election unfolding? so for now, the latest figure that we have is 3 hours before the ruling closest is only 26.5 percent of the voting rights. if you compared to the 2016 legislative coffee lesson, which it was 43.6 and the 2900, the local district council election, which was 63.7. the difference is drastic. it really shows that people in the law believe in this election and they view really strong. busy to boy quote it because there are just no untrue represented representative for the candidates are being factored by political beliefs

activists in hong kong. tom grundy, editor in chief of hong kong, free press, and from badging. and d mock senior research fellow or the center for china and globalization thinktank. thank you for joining us. let me start with nathan. this is quite a quick moment for both bay gene was. see, this is going to be the way for patrick to take over the destiny of hong kong and for the opposition seems to be very much concerned about the future. how do you see the outcome of this election unfolding? so for now, the latest figure that we have is 3 hours before the ruling vote. this is only 26.5 percent of the voting rates. if you compared to the 2016 measure of his coffee lesson, which it was 43.6 and 2900. the local district council election, which was $63.00. the difference is drastic. it really shows that people in the law believe in this election and they view really strong. busy to boy quoted because there are just no untrue represented representative for the candidates are being factored by political beliefs a

activists in hong kong. tom grundy, editor in chief of hong kong, free press, and from badging. and d mock senior research fellow or the center for china and globalization thinktank. thank you for joining us. let me start with nathan. this is quite a quick moment for both bay gene was. see, this is going to be the way for patrick to take over the destiny of hong kong and for the opposition seems to be very much concerned about the future. how do you see the outcome of this election unfolding? so for now, the latest figure that we have is 3 hours before the ruling closes is only 26.5 percent of the voting rates. if you compared to the 2016 by system coffee lesson, which it was 43.6 and 2900. the local district council election, which was $63.00. the difference is drastic. it really shows that people in the law believe in this election and they view really strong to boy quote it because there are just no untrue. represented representative for the candidates are being factored by political beliefs and in the na

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kong as in hong kong. so we really hot dot r d u. s. government can actually like scrutinized or speech on companies and scrutinized a communist party, our direct control committees. and that will be really useful to, in order to discourage, shouldn't king, to didn't offend of, had fuel on the, my doc hon. army of hong kong. could to speak to a sunny chung, joining us there from washington or to rent a rain of flash floods in malaysia have forced 11000 people from their homes, emergency workers rescuing the strand it to take them to shelters. floods are common in malaysia during the annual monsoon season between october and march. a philippine police say at least a 169 people are confirmed dead in the aftermath of super typhoon ry. thousands of soldiers have joined rescue workers to search for survivors in remote areas, as others try to bring in food and water. lia harding reports, the magnitude of the destruction is best seen from up high fallen trees, flattened homes in signs of lives. last stretch, as f

orders, hong kong, largest pro democracy paper. the apple daily was rated and forced to close in june . it's founded jimmy ly was recently sentenced to 13 months in jail. critic, se china's communist party is shutting down all free press in hong kong in order to snuff out the last vestiges of democracy in the former british territory was get more in the situation there from someone who knows it well that steve vines, he's a journalist, and broadcaster, who lived and worked in hong kong for more than 3 decades, and he joined us now from london. thanks for joining us. and let's start with your experience there. what. what role did stand news play in the media landscape? well, stun news played a very important role. chinese language outlet and it was one of the 2 remaining independent news outlets with any form of master elation. and so in that sense, it provided a very big source of information to a lot of the hong kong population, the conventional media, newspapers, and stations, et cetera, have now largely amended control of the go

because we are going through such a pivotal transformation for hong kong and hong kong's exchange. what level of coordination and -- i don't like the word interference, but are you told from regulators how regulation here in hong kong needs to adapt to the changing rules coming from the securities regulator in china? >> we are never told, i can say this very, very clear -- we are never told how to construct and operate or rules in hong kong. ever. we have a very close relationship with your counterpart. that is all about how we manage the risks to hong kong or the risk to the mainland of what actually has been a massive uptick in cross-border flows, financial flows. that is what that is about. as you would imagine, we have quite intensive discussions around that, but it is not about if hong kong itself should adapt rules to be consistent with what might be happening domestically in the mainland. of course it is relevant because if the mainland changes a rule about what can be listed overseas, for example, that is relevant to what gets list -- listed in hong kong. but that is not th

many constitution, the basic law, those terms were great when the hong kong, when hong kong was handed back to china from british roll in 1997. come, you talked about the media landscape and hong kong. bert, i'm wondering actually what's left of it now? an interesting question. i mean, let's not forget, it's only 6 months since hong kong last remaining pro democracy paper. the actual daily was forced to close. after a strikingly similar newsroom raid is at assets were also frozen. and it found a jimmy lie as you know, was arrested in that as well. so what was remaining in hong kong was little outlets like stand use online outlets that unknown to be very well respected here in hong kong and known to be, you know, catching corrupt corruption in hong kong to tackle local issues and, and, and have quite a stellar reputation behind hitting journalism. so as the last remaining openly vocal pro, to mac, democratic, i'm out in hong kong. there certainly are a range of concerns and there are now also serious questions over where this will go next and whether what that means for the small are on

another independent voice in hong kong is silenced. the websites stand news says it's closing down after being rated and having assets frozen. police made arrests and confiscated documents. also coming up as former chrome becomes the dominant kogut strain in europe, germany's health minister says the country's covert infection numbers are currently inaccurate. and in sports, the nfl says goodbye to a legend. whole the fame coach and analyst john madden has died at the age of $85.00. ah hello, i'm terry martin. glad you join us. what of hong kong last independent news outlet says it's holding after being rated and having its assets frozen. hong kong police searched the offices of stand news earlier to day arresting 7 and removing evidence . it's the latest blow to chinese territories. shrinking free press. oh, it's becoming a familiar site on the streets of hong kong. after several staff members from the pro democracy media outlet stunned news were arrested. over $200.00 police was seen entering the websites headquarters saying in a sta

well, i think the study from the university of hong kong or hong kong is instructed in this regard. they found that army kron produces 70 times more virus in the airways . but when you look in the lungs, there isn't a lot of virus. they're suggesting that it's very transmissible without causing a lot of information in the organs. we do know that in south africa, in delta, you get about 20 percent hospitalization, with only crohn to 2 percent. a study in u. k showed no difference. but even if you do think that it's causing fuel hospitalizations, when you have a turbocharged, transmissible virus or even a small percentage of a large amount of people could potentially strain hospitals. what advice would you give people going into christmas week? well i think about the a, b, c, d ease is assess the destination. you're going to high amount of virus or, and assess yourself, your immune compromise on boxing. in all your old and 65, you may worry, be definitely getting a boost served from what we discuss. i see vaccinate via children if they're eligible. d. do diagnostic tests like rapid te

also coming up, another other independent voice in hong kong is silenced. website stand news says it is closing down after police raided it and seized assets. and caught on tape, a syrian family hit by a u.s. drone strike while driving their car. a child passenger who barely survived captured the attack on video. ♪ i'm william wilk croft, welcome to the program, including our pbs viewers. the omicron variant is causing skyrocketing rates of covid-19 infections in countries all around the world. french authorities reported more than 200,000 infections in a single day, a new french and european record. italy and portugal have also announced record numbers of new cases. in poland, authorities recorded nearly 800 deaths in a single day, the highest number for that eastern european country. three quarters of the deaths were reportedly unvaccinated people. here in germany, the official rates have dropped, but the health minister is skeptical we are seeing the true numbers. he says they could be two to three times as high. and the director general of the world h

their hong kong middle pooler feel who and ordinances are. hong kong is being assimilated. the schools curriculum has already been changed. if the government gets its way, the next generation will never know the freedoms. hong kong was promised. well, steven vines is a british journalist and author who has reported from hong kong for more than 30 years to not he joins me from london, welcomed stevens, some pro democracy activists are calling this a selection as opposed to an election had he said, well, i think the reason that doing that is that under china's instructions, the election system has been highly altered. and now the only candidates allowed to participate in the election. others have been fed and pre selected by a committee which is overwhelmingly dominated by trustees of the regime in bay. and indeed, the number of people directly elected in the new legislature will be greatly reduced from the previous system. and even in the previous system, only 50 percent directly elected. so i see why this thing. so you mentioned the key point on the patriots are allowed to

other than that, because hong kong still has an internet. unlike mainland china, a lot of the information people in hong kong is informally through groups through other social media. and then are indeed other online media outlets which have not been closed down either because they operate from overseas. all that too small. ready for the authorities to have targeted at this stage. so there is actually access to more information than there is on the chinese mainland. but that area of freedom of expression is being closed literally by the day. so a little bit of hope you seem to be expressing their so much has happened in hong kong over the last many months. do you see any going back now the main and authorities are exerting or can exert so much influence over the territory? well, i mean, who knows, the fact of the matter is that after any of these actions and that have been very consistent number of actions rolling black the front is of. ready freedom of expression, people say, well surely, surely, they can't find a new top it. surely that's e

., ., ., in hong kong? other than not voting, there are lots — in hong kong? other than not voting, there are lots of _ in hong kong? other than not voting, there are lots of different _ in hong kong? other than not voting, there are lots of different things - there are lots of different things that people are doing. for example, supporting political christmas, to show their support and doing a lot of legal work. show their support and doing a lot of legalwork. building show their support and doing a lot of legal work. building up public networks, trying to book organise reading groups. these are the times people live in. still remain a public life, and i think that is crucialfor public life, and i think that is crucial for today's hong public life, and i think that is crucialfor today's hong kong. nathan law, thank you forjoining us. in other headlines — several european countries have introduced tough new restrictions to tackle covid as the 0micron variant spreads rapidly across the continent. a month long lockdown has come into force in the netherlands an

their hong kong, a metal pooler feel who and ordinances are. hong kong is being assimilated. the schools curriculum has already been changed. if the government gets its way, the next generation will never know the freedoms. hong kong was promised to take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world now. and you guys break that minister, david frost has resigned due to disillusionment with prime minister barak johnson's government. it comes after a disastrous wake for the prime minister with a bi election defeat. and rebellion from his own. m. p. 's over the introduction of additional coven restrictions. thousands of people have protested in barcelona or against a court ruling mandating the 25 percent of school lessons be taught. in spanish. demonstrate as say, it will threaten the education system which has helped bring the local catalan language back into public use. after years of repression under the franco dictatorship, 3 construction workers have been killed in italy, after 2 building cranes collapsed on the street. in the city of children, 2 workers

kong, for credit reporting from hong kong. today. thank you. prior to more in our preview review series, as we had into 2022. and while this year 2021, people continue to cross international borders and in minion seeking protections or opportunities away from their homelands and hardships that you and figures showed the number of internally displaced peoples dramatically. on the rise, as is the number of people fleeing the country for asylum, more than a 3rd of hammer under the age of 18 as reporters and john hohmann. one of the most searing images from 2020 bla u. s. border patrol agents chasing down haitians thrown across into texas. why? even those words of video provoked an outcry the usaa beyond. but in some ways, they were typical of another year in which people were on the move dues was shut to them. lock them in my pocket, like kills me about this is that everyone knows what we haitians are going through, even though there's no president crime as high students can't go to school, there's no work the economy is down, pe

they had the concept of patriotism and love for hong kong. what they want is hong kong to be good. early polling data suggested a lower turnout than previous years. but while costing her balance hong kong leda, kerry lam reiterated that the turn out is not her focus. the government not set any target for both to turn out. not for this election nor for previous elections. because there is a combination of factors that will affect the vote to turnover rate in any election, but it does appear to be a delicate topic. the hong kong government threatened the wall street journal over one of the newspapers critical editorials in the lead up to the election. and at least 10 people were arrested for inciting others to cost a blank, valid exiled lead is of the democracy movement called for everyone to boycott. sunday's election, police responded by issuing warrants for their arrest brit clinic al jazeera hong kong. sonny chung is a hong kong activists living in exile in the u. s. he was a candidate in last year's elections in the territory. he says sunday's pole was widely boycotted. most of

of hong kong.— out of hong kong. thank you very much — out of hong kong. thank you very much for— out of hong kong. thank you very much for making - out of hong kong. thank you very much for making the - out of hong kong. thank you i very much for making the time stay with us on bbc news. still to come: celebrations in spain as thousands win a share of the world's richest lottery draw — el gordo or �*the fat one'. the world of music's been paying tribute to george michael, who's died from suspected heart failure at the age of 53. he sold well over 100 million albums in a career spanning more than three decades. the united states' troops have been trying to overthrow the dictatorship of general manuel noriega. the pentagon said that it's failed in its principle objective to capture noriega and take him to the united states to face drugs charges. the hammer and sickle| was hastily taken away. in its piece. — the russian flag was hoisted over what is now— no longer the soviet union, but

they represent our spirit, hong kong, as should support hong kong us. go to church and get you join. the band came out of a t. v. talent competition. episode after episode, dozens of contestants gave their role to advance to the next round their persistence catcher to the hearts of people all ages where they will find guardians again the boys worked hard for their dreams. and that's the mirror of our young people to day. for my death, many of them few very disillusioned jada i am being on leave. i think the boy band can encourage young people to endeavor, gallagher. for some the group holds up a mirror to hong kong is telling them they can still have dreams. in february india, past new rules that essentially allow the government to determine what people can and can't post on social media. it was a move, some activists likened to digital authoritarianism. this was evident just a few months later in april as the country buckled under the strain of a 2nd covered wave. as indians shared please for help and information on availability of beds, oxygen and oth

if obviously you monitor press freedom in the region that includes hong kong. tell us why stand news was important and what is closure means. western news was one of their last remaining independence, middle in hong kong. it's, i should, down i represents, i tend to be close or from residence because this was one of their last chinese language media that hong kong residents could rely on. you know, that 6 months ago, the uncle executive, that he's nothing more than the minion of the bitching regime has assassinated. exactly the same way, was the same modus operandi up on duty, which was a symbol of press freedom in hong kong. and now the s. s united and other media, which also was a symbol of press freedom. so hong kong authorities accuse stand news of, of inciting hatred and undermining national security. what do you make of these allegations? and his accusations are totally ridiculous. stand dues was an independent generalist news website that was founded in 2014 and that was quite popular in hong kong. it covered the chinese politics society. and it's probab

so this is the image of hong kong and they have destroyed hong kong totally, i think. you mentioned involving a lawyer and trying to get your work back. are you hopeful that your work will come back to denmark, and if so, what will you do with it? i will work for that. because there's two law systems in hong kong. the one law system, this is about the security law, this is about what you can say about china — this kind of thing. but there is also a law of private property, and this is my property, this is a trade thing. so i will ask and if they don't give me the sculpture, i will sue them because they have destroyed an artist's private property in hong kong. they have kept it for 25 years and now they destroy it. of course, they must give it to me, even in pieces. so i want to take it back to denmark and put it together and make an exhibition. i have a lot of waiting people around. i have taiwan people, i have the people in the front of the congress in the united states, i have people even in london and 0slo, who wait for this monument, who will have an exhibition a

the hong kong, cfo society, that sir again, phoebe calling in hong kong, many tex, let's get a round up of some of the other headlines now. more than a 100 towns and cities in brazil's and north eastern stating of by you have declared a state of emergency due to massive flooding. weeks of heavy rain has killed at least 20 people and injured hundreds more meteorologist say it's the most rain via has received in over 32 years authorities and sheila have declared an emergency in the southern region of santiago as forest fires, red tens of thousands of factors of forest and farmlands have been destroyed. chilly has recorded nearly 50 four's fire so far this year. dozens of them still ongoing. american football great. john madden has died. he was 85 mad and was a hall of fame coach with the nfl oakland raiders before beginning a long distinguished career as a sports broadcaster later his name was best known attached to the hugely popular video game. madden nfl. germany's constitutional court has ordered parliament to immediately issue laws, protecting people with disabilities in pandemic,

so, where does hong kong — from running. so, where does hong kong 90 _ from running. so, where does hong kong go from _ from running. so, where does hong kong go from here, - from running. so, where does. hong kong go from here, given what you'vejust hong kong go from here, given what you've just described? how do citizens interact with their government?— government? well, it's clear that the government - government? well, it's clear that the government might l that the government might mobilise all power. they have all the 90 legislators in the legislature, so people, it's definitely a reality that they must face, which is the government is completely dominant. 0n the other hand, you can see people are actually passively resisting. the government always advertised that after last year, and people would fall in love with the government, basically. but as we can see, even though they cannot protest on the street, their spirit is still there. they are using the rights of boycott to passively resist the government's narrative. this is one thing we can see, the spirit o

so this light of hong kong won't fade into history. >> ramy inocencio, cbs news, hong kong. >> amazing. that is the cbs weekend news for this sunday. later on cbs, "60 minutes," i'm meg oliver i >>> live from the cbsn bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news . >>> a live look outside with a wet and windy christmas weekend and and we are even seeing a little snow. >>> the weather and pandemic are throwing a wrench in holiday travel plans and why cancellations and delays are expect it to keep piling up. >>> he is sick as a dog and it is extremely fitting. he was basically lifeless. >> it is a devastating virus affecting pets in southern california and experts say it is a matter of time before it hits the bay area. good evening and thank you for joining us. >>> we look at a live look outside from 680 tonight with a cold and rainy night across the bay area and that is not all. >>> we also see some snow in the bay area mountains. this was the same on mount diablo today and some snow also falling in sonoma county and the chp tweeting out this photograph from geysers road earlier today. darren p

another independent voice in hong kong is silenced. the website stand, news says it's closing down after being rated and having its assets. frozen. police made arrests and confiscated documents, also coming up. the rarely documented reality of becoming collateral damage. a syrian family hit by a u. s. grown strike while driving in their car child passenger who barely survived capture of the attack on video. and in sports, the nfl says good bye to a legend hall of fame coach and analyst john madden has died at the age of 85. ah hello, i'm terry martin. good to have you with us. one of hong kong last independent news outlet says its folding after being rated and having its assets frozen hong kong police search the officers of stand news earlier to day arresting 7 and removing evidence. it's the latest blow to the chinese territories shrinking free press. ah, it's becoming a familiar sight on the streets of hong kong. after several staff members from the pro democracy media outlet stunned news were arrested. over 200 police was seen enter

another independent voice in hong kong is silence. the website stand new says it's closing down after being graded earlier today. police made arrests and confiscated documents and other assets. also coming up cobra cases, hit new records across europe, france reports one of the world's highest one day tallies since the start of the pandemic. this as regions from europe to stray leah face a sudden surge of the army of con, very. and the western us in the grip of winter days of heavy snowfall in record breaking colder, disrupting life. even in normally, balmy southern california. ah, a warm welcome to of yours around the world, a michael. ok. one of hong kong, the last independent news outlets says it's folding after being rated earlier today, hong kong police search the offices of stan, news, arresting, 7 and removing assets and evidence. it's the latest blow to the chinese territories shrinking free press. oh, it's becoming a familiar site on the streets of hong kong. after several staff members from the pro democracy media outlet stu

well, i think the study from the university of hong kong or hong kong is instruct. in this regard, they found that omni cron produces 70 times more virus in the airways. but when you look in the lungs, there isn't a lot of virus. they're suggesting that it's very transmissible without causing a lot of information in the organs. we do know that in south africa, in delta you get about 20 percent hospitalization. with only crohn tube was sent, a studying u. k showed no difference. but even if you do thing that it's causing fuel hospitalizations, when you have a turbocharged, transmissible virus or even a small percentage of a large amount of people could potentially strain hospitals. what advice would you give people going into christmas week? well i think about the a, b, c, d e's is assess the destination. you're going to high amount of virus or, and assess yourself for your immune compromise on boxing. in all your old and 65, you may worry, be definitely getting a boost served from what we discuss. i see vaccinate via children if they're eligible. d. do diagnostic te

what they want is hong kong to be good. early polling data suggested a lower turn out than previous years. but while costing her balance hong kong leda, kerry lam reiterated that the turn out is not her focus. the government not set any target for both to turn out right. not for this election nor for previous elections . because there is a combination of factors that will affect the voter turnover rate in any election, but it does appear to be a delicate topic. the hong kong government threatened the wall street journal over one of the newspapers critical editorials in the lead up to the election. and at least 10 people were arrested for inciting others to cost a blank ballot. exiled leaders of the democracy movement called for every one to boy caught sundays election. police responded by issuing warrants for their arrest . now this is the 1st election since paging intensified. it's cracked down here in hong kong last year and introduce that controversial national security law. so we are, if you like, adrian, in uncharted t

in hong kong, and he rides us now. a tom less than a 3rd of voters, went to the poles in this election is refusing to vote. the last remaining avenue of protest in hong kong after dramatic changes to bring the city under beijing scrip. yes, just over a 1000000 voting in a city of a 7000000. those we spoke to who weren't casting that ballot? yes, they told us that pretty much the figures are not around. of course, most of behind balls in south all abroad are banned from this race or politics altogether on top of that in a plan. backfired all transport was free across the city yesterday. and a lot of hong kong, perhaps because as you say, most protests have been banned since onset security law. they went hiking or shopping and shunned the polls. usually we would say, you know, a big carnival of drama and color during these kinds of elections, but we were mostly seeing generally senior voters show up on 10000 police officers as well. and 900 and the corruption officers and beijing saying that, you know, we can still have

what they want is hong kong to be good. early polling data suggested a lower turn out than previous years, but while casting her balance, hong kong leda kerry lamb reiterated that the turn out is not her focus. the government not set any target for both to turn out. not for this election nor for previous elections because there is a combination of factors that will affect the vote to turnover rate in any election . but it does appear to be a delicate topic. the hong kong government threatened the wall street journal over one of the newspapers critical editorials in the lead up to the election. and at least 10 people were arrested for inciting others to cost a blank ballot. exiled leaders of the democracy movement called for everyone to boycott sundays election. police responded by issuing warrants for their arrest. brit clinic al jazeera hong kong. sony chung is a hong kong activists living in exile in the united states. he was a candidate in last year's elections in the territory. he says, sundays, paul was widely boycotte

they had the concept of patriotism and love for hong kong. what they want is hong kong to be good. early polling data suggested a lower turnout than previous years. but while casting her balance hong kong leda, kerry lam reiterated that the turn out is not her focus. the government not set any target for a vote. i turned all right. not for this election, not for previous elections. because there is a combination of factors that will affect the voter turnout rate in any election, but it does appear to be a delicate topic. the hong kong government threatened the wall street journal over one of the newspapers critical editorials in the lead up to the election. and at least 10 people were arrested for inciting others to cast a blank ballot. exiled leaders of the democracy movement called for everyone to boycott sundays election. police responded by issuing warrants for their arrest. brit clinic al jazeera hong kong was still ahead of al jazeera. but when i was genuine incentive jagow, chilly web to print, it didn't show candidates with rather good opposing views of the future. for this

times with a couple hong kong. and you can see that the u. s. government has the momentum to help people. but of course, we are still pushing some humanitarian pathways for people to, to flee, and also to immigrate to other places. for political reasons, thailand has sent hundreds of refugees back to me and more around 2 and a half 1000 people had crossed into thailand in recent days after a flare up in fighting between me and mas army and rebels from the cowan ethnic minorities. i authority since 600 back even as clashes continue rights groups are urging the government not to turn people away. they say me and my military is deliberately targeting civilians. a rights group, say, ranger, who have fled to me and have fled me and my have faced abuses in bangladesh as well . over the past year, authorities have moved around $20000.00 refugees from cox's bizarre to the island of bus on char. they say it is necessary to ease over crowding in the mainland camps, but humanitarian goods call it an island jail and say there

one is to ensure patriots administering hong kong. and i think that objective has been met through the design of the kennedy eligibility review committee database correspond, feet can't pay. the cong is covering those elections for us in hong kong. phoebe only so called patriots are allowed to run in this election. how does a candidate prove to the election committee? he or she is a patriot? yes. so monopole a new stretch hold has been set up under a new electro rules to screen candidates who are not deemed as patriotic according to official standards. so essentially, a new batting body had by hong kong senior officials will be in charge or is in charge of screening the candidates that every single on candidates who wants to run for the elections will be assessed by these panel to determine whether they're patriotic or not. according to the requirements laid out in the national security and the basic law. and other than that, kennedy is also to secure nomination. take us from a panel which a stack, 5th toe, beijing spec us. so are the

of course we need to support them to represent our spirit, hong kong, as should support hong kong us. go do such a highly joined. the band came out of a t. v. talent competition, episode after episode, dozens of contestants gave their role to advance to the next round. their persistence capture to the hearts of people all ages where they will find guardians, again the boys worked hard for their dreams. and that's the mirror of our young people to day. for my death, many of them, few very disillusioned jada i am being ugly things, a boy band can encourage young people to endeavor again anger. for some, the group holds up a mirror to hong kong is telling them they can still have dreams in february india, past new rules that essentially allow the government to determine what people can and can't post on social media. it was a move, some activists likened to digital authoritarianism. this was evident just a few months later in april as the country buckled under the strain of a 2nd covered wave. as indians for at least for help and information on availability of beds, oxygen and other medi

hong kong is preparing _ democracy. hong kong is preparing for _ democracy. hong kong is preparing for its - democracy. hong kong is preparing for its first - preparing for its first legislative council election since the introduction of national security law. this year, only three of the 153 candidates running consider themselves pro— democratic. pollsters are predicting a 30 year low voter turnout. beige and has imposed a sweeping reform of hong kong's electoral system. it means that only candidates in deemed patriotic are eligible to stand. it leads many to question if this election is simply a show. last year, the entire pro—democracy camp resigned en masse following the disqualification of alleged —— co— councilmember. it was later followed by the arrest of 47 pro—democracy candidates who stood in an unofficial primary election. one year on they remain in custody under the suspicion of violating the controversial national security law. critics say hong kong's political freedoms have been dismantled. pro— establishment candidates say the cha

this is bloomberg. >> it is 11: play nine in hong kong -- 11:29 in hong kong. here is your first word is. dd is withdrawing from u.s. stock exchanges and will start work on a hong kong share sale. bloomberg reported that we that chinese regulators had asked did's top executive -- didi's top executive to do this. it aims to file for a hunt -- hong kong listing around march. the u.s. is moving ahead with widespread efforts to remove chinese copies from american stock exchange is for not complying with covert acquirements. they mandate foreign cup open their books to -- china and hong kong are the only two jurisdictions that refuse to allow the inspections despite washington requiring them in 2002. u.s. antitrust officials say this deal would harm competition in the semiconductor market. the ftc says it is cycling the innovation pipeline for the next -- global news, 24 hours a day on air and on quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am vonnie quinn, this is blo omberg. >> let's have a look at asian markets. they

what they want is hong kong to be good. early polling data suggested a lower turn out than previous years. but while costing her balance hong kong leda kerry lamb reiterated that the turn out is not her focus. the government not set any target hoa voltage. i know, right? not for this election novel previous elections. because there is a combination of factors that will affect the voter turnout rate you any election, but it does appear to be a delicate topic. the hong kong government threatened the wall street journal over one of the newspapers critical editorials in the lead up to the election. and at least 10 people were arrested for inciting others to cost a blank ballot. exiled lead is of the democracy movement cold for everyone to boycott. sunday's election, police responded by issuing warrants for their arrest. recklessness out 0. hong kong will get a weather update next to on how to serve them. searching for solutions will palace gather in pakistan's trunk. stoker suffering, people in neighboring afghanistan. ah and a

the latest with brit clinic in hong kong, and i believe that the chief secretary in hong kong has actually been speaking about this. that's right. he came out of the earlier john lay hong kong chief secretary. he was asked about this and about the, the raid a in the building behind me, all the staff news. he said that he supports police actions based on evidence. and he said that journalism cannot be used as a tool against national security. now of course, that runs of very against what we've heard from some of the journalist groups in the city at ronson, cham, who was the deputy assignment editor. he was held this morning i. he is also the chairman of hong kong journalists association. now, the hong kong journalist association released a statement saying it was deeply disappointed about the events that took place to day and urge the hong kong government to respect the press freedoms that it meant to be guaranteed. as part of the basic law of the cities many constitution, now the foreign correspondents pub is also spoken out. it relates to statement cooling, the actions are further blow to

danny vincent, bbc news, hong kong. jane: the united states has renewed its call for a cease-fire in ethiopia after the united nations human rights council ordered an independent investigation into violations by all sides of the conflict. state department spokesman ned price said he was gravely concerned by reports detailing domestic tensions and killings of ethnic people. there is a large and vocal ex-pat community in the united states and they are divided on the same ethnic lines that fueled conflict, as barbara has been finding out. >> ethiopia's civil war is 7000 miles away. and it is right here in this kitchen, on this canvas. gabrielle's family is from the northern region of the epicenter of the conflict. a theme that consumes her art. >> it is like opening up a channel in this passageway taking us back there. but what better way to create beauty with your pain? there are so many other things i can do. >> for more than a year, the ethiopian army has been battling rebels and their allies. thousands are dead. human

that's a phoebe kong in hong kong again many thanks. phoebe. let's get a round up now of some the other headlines at this hour more than a 100 towns and cities in brazil's northeastern state of bias state have declared a state of emergency due to massive flooding. weeks of heavy rain has killed at least 20 people and injured hundreds more meteorologist say it's the most rain by year has received in over 32 years. authorities and chilly have declared an emergency in the southern region of santiago. as forest fires spread tens of thousands of hectares of forest and farmlands have been destroyed. chilly has recorded nearly 50 fours fire so far this year. dozens of them still ongoing. members of jordan's parliament have traded blows during a debate about gender equality and changes to the constitution. the altercation began when deputies discussed adding the female noun to amendments that guaranteed equal rights for all citizens. no one were seriously injured. eliza made france has announced a record number of new corona virus infections. authoriti

kong, joins us by skype from hong kong. good to have you with us. so what does the, the closure of stand news mean for the press seen of hong kong? well, you know, it kind of reminds me of that old freddie mercury in queen song. another one bites the dust that you know when the apple daily was closed as 6 months ago. as your correspondence at veracity, you're thinking ok, what's going to be next? and stan, news knew it had the bull's eye on its back because it, but you know, at that time with decided to do it on the national security lock in the state news deleted all of their old columns, all their old pinion pieces, not from their website but you know, they're only 3 left, 3 what i would call independent news outlets that do some critical reporting. it's bad news was one of those. now you've got a citizen news and which is another online site and hong kong. free press, which is in english. so, you know, it's in a time will tell they know if they're going after these other on so they have absolutely no independent critical

can you give us an update on how and where are we in the process of making hong kong and the hong kong exchange a carbon trading hub tied to cap and trade in china? >> as the green finance center of the greater area we are keeping close to the development of carbon trading in china. in july, china launched a national scheme. there are also regional etf's in the greater bay area. in july, the cross agency group headed a study looking to capitalize on the carbon market opportunities in china as well as internationally. in china, you have cap and trade. internationally, you are looking at the cap market. we are looking at both markets and outside china and in china. >> how do you see hong kong evolving as far as its role in pricing? we had the big market in cap and trade with factory polluters, how can hong kong play a role in financing? >> we are a risk management center. we are also an international finance center. with our expertise in setting standards, being number one and a number of years of ipo fundraising, we are actually very good with finance infrastructure. we are also obvious

what they want is hong kong to be good. early polling data suggested a lower turn out than previous years. but while casting her balance hong kong leda, kerry lam reiterated that the turn out is not her focus. the government not set any target for a vote. i turned all right. not for this election, not for previous elections. because there is a combination of factors that will affect the voter turnout rate in any election, but it does appear to be a delicate topic. the hong kong government threatened the wall street journal over one of the newspapers critical editorials in the lead up to the election. and at least 10 people were arrested for inciting others to cast a blank ballot. exiled leaders of the democracy movement called for everyone to boycott sundays election. police responded by issuing warrants for their arrest. brit clinic out, 0 hong kong and estimated 4000 tons of food a thrown away every day in malaysia nats. but charity work is into action. and diluting food that still safe to eat away from rubbish dumps and

that's why people use hong kong. they can no longer talk anything bad about the russian, otherwise they will be prosecuted for inciting people to party lasha. so people like me when we now get excel, we try to tell you the national world about how thick lashing is. and we also encourage hong kong people to bar called this lesson. so we speak for the people who are now in person. and we want to disseminate the message that message that help people to knock about. they just tried to implement this kind of silence opposition and resistance to so that they will not yield. and authorities are indeed trying to prosecute. prosecute you yourself this week. authorities issued arrest warrant for you and other prominent activists overseas for calling for a boycott, which was made a crime earlier this year. how concerned are you about this development? i think this is kind of a rest won't. really like a paper from e. it won't be that much for people like me and other excel activists. we will keep doing what is right and we will

kong baptist university joyce, nor via skype from hong kong. good. have you with this professor on the program. this does seem another fact that the chinese authorities want to eliminate from these social consciousness of hong kong is the removal of the statue. a surprise? well, that's been expected from some time. clearly the way instruction is coming from pacing and from the face of the central government, hong kong to remove the star to so show that today going to be harder and harder to talk about 10 and then and let alone to commemorate the massacre which took place in 1989 in tenements where the king so now the matter had become a kind of a taboo question in hong kong. so now it's clearly a signal that you won't be taught anymore at school. as you get me is going to be very hard and harder to teach about 10 and then massacre the university level in hong kong. that's what i was going to ask you actually because you are a professor of political science. the subject of gentlemen, is it on the syllabus as such to be taught? is it taught or do

you know, the british did this when they were in charge of hong kong. we're just using their same laws. they didn't, even government says it will lead to more than a 100 were hang a refugees who were stranded at sea land in the country at the group of mostly women and children were left to drift off the coast of ha, providence. when attempting to reach malaysia, indonesia, as governments, as the refugees were facing, emergency conditionals. hundreds of a muslim minority who fled to military offensive in mid march have reached indonesia or in recent years. jessica washington is more from jakarta. these people will be towed to shore and they will be allowed to disembark in indonesia. what we have heard from local sources on the ground is that the process of towing the vessel to the coastline could take around 3 to 4 hours. the vessel as it stands is around 80 kilometers from the coast of b, it in our province. and so it could take around 3 to 4 hours and that's without factoring in some of the difficult weather conditions. we understand that right now, th

indeed, this is another major blow to hong kong shown it. and i was take industry following the closure of apple daily. earlier this year that this is actually the 2nd collapse of our, our leading our pro democracy media, our organizations in hong kong. that stan news is very popular in hong kong and has a large reader base of all over a 1000000 readers of followers as subscribers and our lay. most of them are our current vesee supporters and he's also an award winning news organization. so on, this is a, is going to create a huge impact as, according to the hong kong jugglers association. the express deep concerns to us the case. and it expected that he will create a photo or chilly, in fact, and also to intensify the self censorship among journalists. because our report is fully real, more fearful about either we pause or in put it's code the sense as our every one is not sure about whether or it could be accused of seditious or not. so it was very briefly if you could, maybe on what grounds the police justified they're ready than these ar