National security legislation. People in the uk are told not to travel into or out of leicester, as the city returns to Strict Lockdown amid a rise in new infections. Its 100 days since lockdown began in england. Well be assessing how the uk is doing in handling the coronavirus and what lessons could have been learnt. And facebook launches a campaign to help curb the spread of misleading content after an advertising boycott by more than 100 global brands. First, china has released details of its controversial new security law for hong kong. We knew this was coming but details of the legislation were only published after it came into effect. We now know that the crimes of secession, terrorism and subversion will be punished with up to life in prison. Companies or groups which violate the law will be fined and could have their operations suspended. China is also setting up a National Security agency in hong kong. Beijing wants to avoid scenes like this last year, and has called the new laws a sword hanging over the heads of those who threatened National Security. Critics say it will erode hong kongs way of life, including many freedoms. Pro democracy campaigner joshua wong describes it as the end of hong kong, beginning of reign of terror. Hong kongs chief executive, carrie lam doesnt agree. The question of how long we could tolerate such a gaping hole in National Security has to be asked and answered. For those foreign governments and politicians raising objections to the legislation, one could only lament the double standards they are adopting. This is all happening in the context of 1997 this is when hong kong was handed back to china from british control and began life under a agreement widely known as one country, two systems. This protects certain freedoms in hong kong that did not exist in mainland china. Heres more from the bbcs Steve Mcdonell in beijing. Here in the Chinese Capital behind closed doors, Standing Committee delegates have rubber stamped through this new law without a dissenting voice. For chinas leader, xijinping, whatever the promises made at the time of handover, these western notions of free speech, of liberty have essentially poisoned hong kong. He doesnt care that this new law will be seen by some as changing that place forever, because thats what he wants. To drag that rebellious city back into the arms of the motherland whether its residents like it or not. Next, this is howard zhang of bbc chinese, with more detail about the new legislation. In many ways, almost every aspect of hong kong life will change from now on. Even nonviolent acts can be considered to breach National Security, as well as foreign media and the behaviour of foreign media organisations. Well, already hong kong activists have deleted social media profiles and closed down some campaign groups. Heres the reactionjimmy lai whos one of the most vocal Anti Government critics and the founder of hong kongs biggest tabloid newspaper, apple daily. It spells the death knell of hong kong. The most tragic thing is for the youth. Im 72, i dont have much time left, you know, to face a place without the rule of law. But those young people have to face a future without the protection of the rule of law and freedom. This is the other side of the argument. These are pro beijing supporters who gathered in front of hong kongs government headquarters to celebrate the new law. Lets hear more from those in support. Nixie lam is a former district councillor. What happens in hong kong since last year is an uncontrollable waste of terrorism going on, riots, and so called democracy movement. Uncontrollable waves of terrorism. It does not affect anything thats related to like you cannot have freedom of assembly, or anything like that, you can still go on. You can still apply with the hong kong police, and they can approve and things like that. So it does not stop you from having all those. Well, as china knew it would, this has prompted an international outcry. Nato, the uk, and japan have all condemned the law so has the eu. The new legislation does not conform with hong kongs basic law, nor with chinas International Commitments both in terms of adoption procedure and in substance. So we are very clear on that topic that is, for us, very critical, and we are seriously concerned about it. The United States has also condemned the law and, as it warned it would, has started to revoke hong kongs special trade status. The white house said in a statement. If you want more on this story weve taken a comprehensive look at this which you can find if you search hong kongs new security law on the bbc news youtube page. Here in the the uk, the first localised lockdown has come into force in the city of leicester. The infection rate there is well above other english cities. The citys population is around 300,000 and the red line here shows the area around the city that are locked down. Nonessential shops have shut, and schools will close for most pupils on thursday. 0nly essential travel will be allowed. Also, the loosening of restrictions for pubs and restaurants which are coming in to effect in the rest of england this saturday wont be happening in leicester. From leicester, sian lloyd reports. Returning to lockdown, and a return to more stringent conditions after a spike in cases across the city of leicester. Nonessential businesses like this one, which had been trading, were told to close today. All the shops have got the ppe ready, were all prepared, weve got covid secure checks, weve got Hand Sanitisers everywhere. This citys just being picked on. 10 of all new cases of the virus in england recorded over the past week have been here, and thats caused concern. Local lockdown means only essential shops can trade, and pubs and restaurants wont reopen here on saturday, unlike in other parts of england. The lockdown zone is wider than the city centre. The red line on this map includes some of the greater leicester suburbs. Schools are also affected. Parents were taking their children to glenfield primary today, but from thursday schools will be closed to all but vulnerable pupils and those from key worker families. You just think things are going back to normal, and then you get the rug pulled out from underneath you again. Im shocked that leicesters in this situation and, yeah, id rather he be at school. Covid 19 is spreading three times faster here than anywhere else. No single cause for the spike has been identified, and the people of leicester havent yet been told when their lockdown will end. Extra testing centres are being introduced as part of the measures to try to curb the rise in cases, and authorities are focusing on identifying so called hotspots. We are now getting to that point where we are down to local areas, so that means we can have a really good attempt at trying to make sure that we are tailoring our messages and providing the testing resources needed. For those working at community level, having more information is being welcomed. We know exactly we can target which postcode area is being affected, so we can say, right, we need to work around that particular postcode, educate people as much as we can. Residents are being told to only travel when necessary, although how that will be enforced is still unclear. The body representing officers, the police federation, has asked the government for clarity. 0n the streets local people were still taking it all in. Im just fed up with it now. I didnt expect it to happen again. Ive been in this country 50 years and this is the first time i have seen it, and people are still not keeping the distance. I welcome the decision, but i feel that, you know, it should be much more strict. Leicester tonight finds itself in the spotlight. People living here are being asked to wait longer for their freedoms. Employers forced to shut their doors again are being told theyll be able to re furlough their staff if theyve used the scheme before, but many questions remain, and the measures being imposed are not being ruled out elsewhere, should the need arise in the future. Sian lloyd, bbc news, leicester. More than 150 companies are now taking part in an advertising boycott of facebook because of what they say are false, misleading and abusive claims on the social media site. Part of facebooks response has been launched a campaign to help curb the spread of misleading content. Marianna spring has been assessing the plan. The covid 19 pandemic and recent antiracism protests happening in the real world have resulted in an increase in misleading and abusive claims on facebook. Thats part of what has led to more than 150 companies temporarily removing adverts on all social media sites. Last yea r, over 98 of facebooks global revenue was generated from advertising, and despite the boycott the Company Still has more than eight million advertisers. Now, facebook has announced a new campaign to help users spot false claims and abuse on its site. But it insists recent changes are nothing to do with pressure from advertisers. We certainly dont make policy decisions based on financial considerations, in any respect, and the announcements that weve been making, making last week, and that you will continue to see, we are where we are, we are listening, and where we need to adapt, we do. The conversation about hate speech and misinformation on the platform has focused on Donald Trumps comments in the wake of George Floyds death. Why is there one rule for public figures like donald trump, and one rule for everyone else . It doesnt matter who you are, whether youre a political figure or anyone on the platform if what you would be posting or using would cause real world harm, that content is removed. Facebooks announcement has failed to satisfy groups which have been monitoring malicious content on the site. The steps seem quite disingenuous for a company that itself is fuelling and promoting Bad Information at quite a large scale. Its put itself in an enormous position of power over information, and its Business Model is promoting and amplifying harmful information to make profit. Facebook says its been working night and day to attack harmful content on its platform, and that it is listening. Marianna spring, bbc news. Still to come we take a detailed look at the uks response to covid 19, from decisions taken over lockdown to testing and the outbreak in care homes. Scotlands first minister Nicola Sturgeon has warned in her Daily Briefing that tough and unpopular decisions may still be needed to prevent a resurgence of coronavirus. At a time when the daily statistics are looking so positive, there is a real risk where people will let down their guards. It is a human reaction that all of us may be susceptible to. There is a danger that it will seem as though life is getting back to normal and i want to stress that life right now cant and shouldnt get completely back to normal because the virus is still there. I dont want us to be looking back in a months time or in three months time and thinking that this weeks figures, the combination of 100 days of hard sacrifice, or as good as it got in our efforts to suppress the virus. Instead, i want us to be looking back in a months time and then, again in the autumn, and thinking that this weeks figures provided us with the best possible foundation for our efforts to almost eliminate the virus. This is 0utside source, live from the bbc newsroom. China has adopted a controversial security law giving it new powers over hong kong. The english city of leicester has returned to Strict Lockdown measures amid a rise in new infections. Lets look at some of stories being covered by the bbcs language services. An explosion at a Medical Clinic in the iranian capital tehran has left at least 13 people dead and several injured. Officials told state tv the blast was caused by a gas leak. Details are still coming in. Thats from bbc persian service. Pakistan International Airlines has been temporarily banned from operating in europe after concerns were raised about the qualifications of its pilots. More than 140 staff had been grounded after claims their licences may not be genuine. Pakistans own aviation minister had described those documents as dubious. Thats from bbc urdu. Two weeks after a statue of king leopold ii of belgium was removed in antwerp, the current king of belgium has expressed his regrets for what he called the crimes that were committed in its former african colony of congo. Millions of africans from areas in what is now the democratic republic of congo were killed, mutilated, or died of disease as they worked on plantations belonging to king leopold. Thats from bbc africa. And the European Union says it will allow vistors from 15 countries it considers to be safe to start coming in from wednesday. They include canada, morocco and australia, but not the us, brazil or russia. China is on the safe list, but the eu says it first wants reciprocal arrangements for its citizens to travel there before it grants permission. It is 100 days since Boris Johnson announced that he was introducing a lockdown. In those 100 days, the uk has been affected by covid 19 far more than most. And we wanted take time for a detailed look at the decisions that were taken around lockdown, around testing, and around care homes for the elderly where the virus has taken a particularly terrible toll. So throughout this edition of 0utside source, well do just that. To start, its useful to compare the uk with three other western european nations of roughly the same size. Here you can see the total deaths in italy, which was the first to be badly hit by the virus, and in france. And then theres germany, which has seen much lowerfigures. And heres the uk. In march, it was about two weeks behind italy. But it soon caught up and then overtook italy. Asjune ends, the recorded death toll in the uk is almost 114,000. That is higher than the recorded deaths in any other country in europe. Now, uk government has consistently resisted these comparisons. This is the foreign secretary dominic raab on 5 may, the day the uks death toll passed italys. I dont think well get a real verdict on how well countries have done until the pandemic is over, and particularly until we have data on all cause mortality. Well the pandemic certainly isnt over, but we are far enough into it that we can now compare recorded deaths from all causes. Lets look at the uk, first. This dotted line shows the number of deaths that would usually occur. Actual deaths for 2020 are marked in grey as you can see, initially the uk was below expectations until covid arrived. The red areas show excess deaths where the person had covid 19. And blue shows the other excess deaths. But some of these deaths may also have been caused by covid, others could be people who died because of Restricted Health care because of the pandemic. Add red and blue together, and this is a useful guide. Based on these calculations and adjusted for population the uk has seen more excess deaths than any other country in the g7 group of wealthy nations. That includes italy, france and germany. Heres the bbcs head of statistics robert cuffe. There are caveats to any international comparison, but probably fewer caveats than there were a couple weeks ago, especially when you use the right data. The thing about looking at the patterns and the total number of deaths is that its not subject to the same differences between the countries in how they record covid deaths or coronavirus deaths, and how good they are at capturing that. Its a big improvement when you look at that, particularly when you look at the data now and you see that a lot of countries like the uk, italy and many others are through that first wave of the epidemic. Deaths peaked in the middle of spring and theyve been coming down ever since, and the total number of deaths were seeing in those countries is probably in and around what we expect to see at this time of year. So that picture of the total number of deaths pictured is pretty stable now and not likely to change unless anything really radical happens. So once youve got those two things, you are in a position where you can start to look back at the first wave and see whos been hardest hit. And thats a starting point for looking at the differences between those countries and why those differences occur. So why did it happen . Well, there are lots of factors that can make a country susceptible to coronavirus. The uks high death toll may be connected to high levels of obesity, it may be connected to london being an International Travel hub. And government decisions may also have contributed. The uks first death from coronavirus was recorded on 5 march. The governments strategy was to lock down gradually, to flatten the curve of infections, rather than stopping the virus outright. As some countries were locking down, Public Events in the uk continued. The cheltenham horse racing festival opened its doors to 250,000 spectators on 10 march. A few days later, the band stereophonics tweeted this picture of a concert in cardiff. They held two on 1a and 15 march. And 35 people had already died from covid in spain when 3,000 Atletico Madrid fans were allowed to travel to liverpool to watch a Champions League game. Benjohnson attended and later developed covid symptoms. You just think of those 60,000 people. Im one of them. I probably wasnt the only one who was asymptomatic and who went to that match. You know, it was obvious that it shouldnt have gone ahead, and i think its negligent that it went ahead. And its no fault of the clubs. But ijust think it was a poor decision. Id be amazed if, at some point on that journey from leaving our house, to getting home via restaurants, three different pubs, a train, 60,000 people queuing for toilets at half time with 500 people packed like sardines squeezed into three urinals, or whatever, id be amazed if i havent passed it on to some people. Id be amazed. The uk was moving more slowly than many other countries and the threat of the virus was in plain sight. It was taking actions by mid march, some social distancing measures were introduced and more measures were promised. And the government maintained throu