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Police are holding a three-month weapons surrender POLICE are holding a three-month surrender for people to hand over weapons ahead of a change in the law. Along with the Government, Merseyside Police says it is determined to protect the public from serious violence, which includes targeting those carrying and using dangerous weapons and removing them from our streets. The Home Office Weapon Surrender and Compensation scheme started on Thursday and will run for three months, encouraging e...

Measures to keep dangerous weapons off the streets are a step closer today with the opening of a surrender scheme, under prohibitions introduced in the Offensive Weapons Act.

>> reporter: on a sunday afternoon back in october, thousands of hong kong protesters take to the streets shouting their demands in the pouring rain. among the crowd is matthew. its not his real name. hes asked us to hide his identity. >> we are now here to fight for our freedom and most importantly to fight for our future. >> reporter: its this sense of duty thats driving the protest movement, and for months hes been on the front line clashing with police. are you scared about getting arrested?...

Supposed to do? there is only one single option for us, and that is a revolution. >> reporter: but a week later, matthews fight comes to an abrupt end. undercover police dressed as protesters arrest him. hes charged with possession of offensive weapons, a crime that carries a three-year prison sentence. out on bail, matthew agrees to talk to us again. we meet at his friends cramped apartment. protest posters cover the walls. the enormity of the situation has sunk in, but he has no regrets about ...

Put pressure on the new ukrainian president to interfere in an american presidential election. we also know the president directed that the military aid of almost $400 million be held up. we should remember, ukraine is a country that was invaded by russia, who took part of their country. they were killing ukrainians in eastern ukraine. their lifeline was american military assistance, so holding that up and threatening not to provide it in exchange for a favor, as the president described it in th...

Up. we should remember, ukraine is a country that was invaded by russia, who took part of their country. they were killing ukrainians in eastern ukraine. their lifeline was american military assistance, so holding that up and threatening not to provide it in exchange for a favor, as the president described it in the phone call, is the worst kind of leverage you can imagine for a new president. >> human lives are literally on the front lines. i mean people could be killed waiting for offensive we...

Really hawks on defense just to ruin his agenda no matter what. by the way, this is why we need the next generation of weaponry, so we dont do this to americas treasure ever again. i want any future conflicts to be fought in the air-conditioned offices in tampa where buttons are pushed in the enemy dies. offensive weapons and defensive weapons so we dont have to send kids door-to-door to eat their legs blown up again and not give them armored humvees and then treat them like crap when they come ...

By the way, this is why we need the next generation of weaponry, so we dont do this to americas treasure ever again. i want any future conflicts to be fought in the air-conditioned offices in tampa where buttons are pushed and the enemy dies. offensive weapons and defensive weapons so we dont have to send kids door-to-door to get their legs blown up again and not give them armored humvees and then treat them like crap when they come home from injuries. if this president cured cancer, they might ...

Wants. >> oh, yeah, they of all people would, exactly. >> as simple as that. >> yeah. birds of a feather flock together, i guess. >> zelensky talks about military aid, saying he wants to buy more anti-tank missiles. trump says, i would like you to do us a favor. i mean those things are key, right? >> right, they are. and by the way, the president has chosen to criticize the previous administration for not supplying offensive weapons, specifically javelins. the concern that the department of defe...

Previous administration for not supplying offensive weapons, specifically javelins. the concern that the department of defense had then, to include the joint chiefs of staff, was compromising the technology of that weapon system because it was almost sure to fall into the hands of the russians at some point. i just wanted to make that point parenthetically. >> lets talk about the acting dni, joseph maguire. hes testifying on capitol hill tomorrow. "the washington post" is reporting that he threa...