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Making it feel pretty raw so not pleasant conditions throughout the day on thursday here. Now on bbc news, its hardtalk, to the north of it, bright, probably the best sunshine for scotland. With stephen sackur. A few showers which will be wintry on the hill but quite blustery welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Here and some heavy maybe thundery last weekend in hong kong, showers across southern metro stations were torched, and south western the Chinese State news parts of england and agency...

Now on bbc news its hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Last weekend in hong kong, metro stations were torched, the Chinese State news agency was attacked, police fired water cannon and tear gas and 200 people were arrested. That is hong kongs new normal. How long can it go on without a major intervention from beijing . Is there any way out of the impasse between hong kongs government and pro democracy protesters . Well, my guest is a former senior official in the territorys admini...

Now on bbc news hardtalk. It is a vicious cycle. Let me give you some statistics which probably give you more pause for thought. These are from surveys done welcome to hardtalk. In recent months of the mood in hong kong and they compare im stephen sackur. The figures from 2009 with figures last weekend in hong kong, in 2019 today. The number of people confident in the one country, metro stations were torched, two systems model has fallen from 68 to 33 and those numbers the Chinese State news of ...

Say after seeing a fellow protester news. And fellow hong kong is committing suicide to protest against the stay with us on bbc news. Extradition bill, seeing other friends issued, injured and families its hardtalk with stephen sackur. Scared, i say that i am ready for welcome to hardtalk, all the consequences that may come with the fight we are now in stop im stephen sackur. In hong kong, Extraordinary Events it almost sounds like some people on have become the norm in the last three months. Th...

The taliban has condemned a decision by President Trump to cancel secret afghan peace talks at camp david, warning that america has the most to lose. Its a sudden halt after nine rounds of talks to try to end nearly 20 years of war in afghanistan. Our chief International Correspondent lyse doucet reports from kabul. A busy kabul junction. The attack said to have changed President Trumps mind. A young us soldier died here, a romanian, ten afghans, aged ten to 70. The president vented his fury on ...

Have been committed. Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Stephen sackur talks to former chief secretary of hong kong anson chan. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. In hong kong, Extraordinary Events have become the norm in the last three months. The territory has become a cockpit of political protest and sporadic violence as many thousands of hong kongers continue to demand democratic reform. My guest is close to the centre of the storm. Anson chan was the chief secretary of hong kong during the han...

We meet the south koreans defying age with dance. Good morning. It is 7 00am in singapore, midnight in london, and 7 00pm in washington, where the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, says that afghan peace talks are on hold. Earlier, President Trump tweeted that a secret meeting with taliban leaders at camp david had been cancelled. The taliban has condemned the decision and warned that america has the most to lose. It is a sudden halt after nine rounds of talks to try and end nearly 20 years of...

Pretty simple chart. All about the s p 500. So often, we talk about the wild swings, the 1 , 3 moves. Dayou can see in blue, 50 resistance level 2950. Yellow comedy 200 day at in yellow, the 200 day. We are getting a lot of intraday swings, long term, it doesnt seem like the s p is going anywhere soon. Im looking at the Ishares Semiconductor etf, which is seeing inflows even as we saw trade tensions. 250tors added about million on thursday, the largest inflow of the year, then added another 50 m...

From the start. Global uncertainty the most important issue for their markets as jackson hole discusses threats to growth. An hong kong protest take an ominous turn. Place drug guns and fire a shot, as demonstration turned violent again. Shery lets get started with a quick check of markets. U. S. Futures at the moment plunging 1. 1 heard this after we ended the regular session friday and President Trump escalated the trade tensions against china, saying he will boost tariffs. This coming after c...

The so often its morning here the softer noon theres a massive rally planned weve seen 2000000 people the streets last weekend 1000000 the weekend before today the organizers are hoping to get more people to join this rally and i should say this rally is an annual rally held on july 1st to mark the handover for the British Government back to china but this this really this year ill have a different message protesters are expected to join that rally simply because of the theory of the anger of th...