today, the majority of the political activists in this city have either fled or they ve been detained. critics say what s happening to hong kong is a type of legal warfare. last year, bull spent ten months in prison for inciting unlawful assembly. ..yet he s determined to continue to protest. today, he has permission to hold a street demonstration, but he s apprehensive. they take to the streets in a busy shopping district. ..but their protest banners are blank. passers by must read between the lines. their demonstration brings unwanted attention. translation: | can t verify - if they re national security police or plainclothes police, but they are police. what looks like a plainclothes surveillance team look on. translation: there are more than ten i plainclothes police surrounding us. i they were allowed to continue their protest that day, but the risk of detention remains. no one knows how many national security police are active in hong kong. the bureau has taken over sev
welcome to bbc news. we begin in the us where gun crime continues to affect thousands of american lives including in dadeville in alabama where two teenage boys have been charged with four counts of murder after a deadly shooting at a birthday party on saturday. this scene shows the aftermath of the shooting where more than 30 people were wounded some critically, after shots were fired at the mahogany masterpiece dance studio. the district attorney spoke about the victims and theirfamilies and you can see he struggled to maintain his composure. the message that i want to send is, i know some of these victims personally, some of these kids are kids of friends of mine, people i went to school with, people i play ball with and against in the community back in high school. and these are my kids. these are our kids. don t mess with our kids. do not mess with our kids. thank you. it comes as, in the state of missouri, 84 year old andrew lester has pleaded not guilty in the sh
those weather seems tomorrow. this feature running in off the near continent will be the fly in the ointment because most of the country will have another dry and sunny day, with fresh breezes again. there is the cloud, outbreaks of rain getting in to east anglia and the south east through the afternoon period. a bit of a disappointment for part two of the day. the wind is quite gusty for many areas, especially southern and eastern parts of england. it will be cooler along north sea coasts. temperatures, nine, ten, maybe 11. elsewhere, the low to mid teens with western scotland faring best, high teens are 20 degrees or so. with the dry and sunny weather this time of year, tree pollen will be high or very high, particularfor england and wales. high pressure holds on for the north of the uk for friday but then we start to see these weather fronts get going friday at the weekend. low pressure starts to move in, so it will turn more unsettled with outbreaks of rain and as that lo
now both, plainclothes and uniformed police surround us. they even set up cameras and record us when we set up. it is psychologically intimidating. you never know when it could be used as evidence. pyongyang s husband, is known as longhair, a veteran rebellious activist arrested under the national security law. he s one of 47 pro democracy advocates on trial for taking part in an unofficial election. they include prominent scholars like benny tai, lawmakers like claudia mo. and activists such asjoshua wong. if found guilty, they face possible life in prison. bo is a former lawmaker and street activist. critics say the national security law is intentionally vague. as a precaution, we ve blurred the words on this banner. in 2020, beijing imposed
those left are waiting to see what the next steps might be. phu is a former lawmaker and street activist. critics say the national security law is intentionally vague. as a precaution, we ve blurred the words on his banner. translation: it s unlawful to - display banners like this one today. furthermore, the hong kong government doesn t admit these are political prisoners. if you call them political prisoners, it s possibly violating the national security law. in 2020, beijing imposed a national security law on hong kong. it effectively criminalised dissent.