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Prevela nt and harmful. Live from our studios in london and singapore, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its 8am in singapore, 1am here in london and 2am in brussels, where negotiators appear to be close to a dealfor britain to leave the european union. Now, isay appear, because despite the optimism nothing is certain. An agreement could be finalised at the eu summit in brussels later on thursday. That is the new deadline of sorts. But any deal would still need the approval of european leaders and the british parliament. The bbcs Laura Kuennsberg reports. Hes in a rush, a terrible rush. Kee...

War of words breaks out between Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong and Federation of Trade Unions lawmakers over national security law.

Hong Kong residents began lining up in front of some voting stations across the city around 8:30 am on Sunday as the city kicked off its first large-scale election since the introduction of new electoral reforms with the implementation of only patriots administering the city. Over 670,000 voters had cast their votes within the first six hours, equal to a turnout of 15.47 percent as of 14:30 pm.

Carrie Lam had enough advisors but was overconfident when handling defunct extradition bill that sparked 2019 protests, says Jasper Tsang.

Looking back on her decision to leave Hong Kong with her family just before the territory’s handover from Britain to China 25 years ago, Mary still believes she made the right call. “We just didn’t trust the Chinese government,” she told reporters, using a pseudonym. She was not the only one. Government estimates show that hundreds of thousands of people quit Hong Kong in the years that preceded the handover for a new life overseas — many citing fears of a future under Beijing’s thumb. As the territory celebrated the handover’s 25th anniversary yesterday, with posters proclaiming...