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At the age of 80. The Chinese Government has announced it would take firm countermeasures after President Trump has signed into law a bill that backs pro democracy protesters in hong kong, despite objections from beijing. The bill approved by Congress Last week requires the state department to certify every year that hong kong has significant autonomy from the rest of china. That will decide whether hong kong retains the favourable trading terms with the us that have helped maintain its position...

Prime minister he has formally submitted his resignation to parliament but its done little to calm protesters around the country demonstrators clashed with Security Forces are trying to block a road in baghdad medical Officials Say 3 protesters were shot dead and at least 58. 00 wounded so manifold reports now from baghdad. The day Prime Minister of the mahdi submitted his resignation crowds in Tahrir Square showed no intention of packing up and going home banners were still held high doctors re...

Able to form a Coalition Government before a midnight deadline. And police in malalta arrest aa prominent bubusinessman in connnnection with the murderf investigatative journalisist dae alicea daphne galizia. He was detained in his yacht while apparently trying to escape the island. Plus, we find out about the lessons that penguins can teach us about climate change. The antarctic is a key barometer for measuring the impact of climate change. We will take a look at researchers at work at the bott...

There are dates we have that are personal and dates ladies and gentlemen, please welcome former abc news anchor stan donaldson. Stan well, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this mornings program. There are dates all of us have that are very personal, and dates that we have is a country that we all share. In my lifetime, december 7, 1941. November 22, 1963. 9 11. All terrible dates for the country. And november 8, 1989, good news, the fall of the berlin wall presaging the end of the soviet union. ...

Hello and welcome to bbc news. The first of the victims of fridays terror attack in Central London has been named as jack merritt, a cambridge graduate who was helping coordinate a conference on prisoner rehabilitation near London Bridge. He was one of two People Killed by 28 year old usman khan, a former prisoner whod been convicted of terrorism offences, and released from prison on licence last year. Khan, whod been invited to the conference, was shot dead by police after members of the public...

Rail passenger groups have criticised a decision by Train Companies to increase fares by an average of 2. 7 injanuary. It means some commuters face rises of more than a hundred pounds in the cost of their season tickets. Rail firms say the extra money will pay for improvements to the network. Heres our business correspondent, katie prescott. Christmas is coming and for commuters on South Western Railway that means almost a month of scenes like these as strikes on the line start on monday. So the...

Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. The significance of the political unrest in hong kong stretches far beyond the borders of that tiny territory. It poses president xi jinping with the most serious challenge of his presidency. If beijing cannot quell the calls forfreedom in hong kong, what does that tell us about the sustainability of its authoritarian rule elsewhere . My guest is chinas ambassador in london, liu xiaoming. His Government Faces mounting internal an...

Terrorist groups that allow washington to operate inside its territory. As president has signed 2 bills into law that back hong kongs prodemocracy movement american sanctions can now be imposed on chinese and hong kong officials deemed responsible for human rights abuses and special trade status will be reviewed every year territories leaders say itll damage relations with the u. S. While chinas expressed a stream of right over the move saying it will respond with farm Counter Measures pedicle h...

Now on bbc news, its time for click. This week could this be the future of gaming . Move over vin diesel, were about to get fast and furious. And are you ready for a debate with a robot . Streaming services have changed the entertainment landscape. Theyre taking bigger and bigger chunks from the dvd market, theyve completely revolutionised the music industry, and theyve got terrestrial tv execs quaking in their expensive boots. But what about streaming video games . Well, thats a lot harder, bec...

A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business, and sport. Also in the programme, british actorjohn boyega has admitted that he left his copy of the closely guarded script for the new star wars movie under his bed and that it ended up for sale on ebay. That was after he moved and it was left behind. So wed like to know have you ever lost anything important or valuable . President trump has signed a bill into law in support of pro democracy proteste...