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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...

Good evening. Welcome to new america. Such a nice room, comfortable chairs. Im the director of the Political Reform Program here at new america and i want to welcome you all to a discussion about the possibilities of rankedchoice voting, as folks can revive our democracy in various ways, potentially solving a bunch of differently challenges. This is an event, a a series of events for new americas 20th anniversary which is done in 1999 with the idea of creating a home for new generation of both p...

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 ...

Disputed property is subject to the maintenance of peace and law and order and tranquility the government is to take measures for maintaining peace and harmony and law and order. So on trial for a joins us now live from new delhi so 1st of all theres a lot to unpack here and show 1st of all basically has clearly ruled on the question of ownership not just possession who owns this land now which is what the court was supposed to be deciding. Well you know not we havent heard from from the court o...

Leader sam rainsy is free to return but will have to face justice as he arrives in malaysia. And remembering before all of the wall in germany that he is since the balun war came down. Indias top court has ruled a disputed religious site be given to hindus for the construction of a temple where the piece of land in the state of pradesh is claimed by both hindus and muslims now in its ruling the Supreme Court said muslims should be given 2 hectares of land for a mosque at a different location tha...

Unable to support it because it wasnt beneficial to the economic well being of Northern Ireland and may undermine the integrity of the union. There had been positive noises from conservative hard brexiteers who voted against theresa mays deal, although they said they wa nted mays deal, although they said they wanted to see the final text first and there is a risk the dup position might put some of. It is hugely concerning, if one part, the dup, are unwilling to support the aspects of the deal th...

Natalie andrews covers congress for the wall street journal reporting at wsj. Com. On twitter, she is a w sj, thank you for joining us. Thank you. America hosted a discussion on ranked Choice Voting also called instant runoff voting. It takes voters second and third choices into account if no candidate receives the majority. This is one hour 20 minutes. [inaudible conversations] good evening and welcome to new america. Im glad we have a nice room, comfortable chairs. Im the director of the food ...

Im glad we have a nice room, comfortable chairs. Im the director of the food and political reform and when i welcome you all to a discussion of the possibilities of ring Choice Voting as it approaches and revives our democracy in various ways potentially solving and bone jump different challenges. America was founded in 1999 with the idea of creating a home for new generation of both people and ideas across a wide range of Public Policy questions, i am one of the oldtimers although i was not her...

I want to welcome you all to a discussion about the possibilities of ranked Choice Voting, potentially solving a bunch of different challenges. This is an event in a series of events for new americas 20th anniversary. It was founded in 1999. We are creating a home for new generation of people and ideas across a wide range of Public Policy questions. I am kind of an of the oldtimers, although i was not here in 1999, although i knew the founders and saw the creation of it. Thefundamental ideas abo...