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Whos died aged 96. This is bbc news, the headlines campaigners in hong kong are promising to continue demonstrating after a week of mass protests forced the government hello and welcome to bbc news. To suspend a bill allowing extraditions to china. Hong kongs government has the government had argued suspended its controversial plan to allow alleged criminals to be the proposed bill would plug legal extradited to mainland china. Loopholes and prevent the city the proposals resulted in mass becoming a safe haven protests in the former british for overseas criminals. Colony some of which turned v...

The governments plans. Our correspondent Rupert Wingfield hayes reports from hong kong. Fellow citizens and members of the media. As she stood alone at the podium, carrie lam must have known every pair of eyes in hong kong was watching her. After a week of mass street protests and running battles between protesters and police, would she or wouldnt she back down and drop the widely hated extradition bill . I now announce that the government has decided to suspend the legislative amendment exercise. Not a withdrawal, then. So is this just a trick to pacify the protesters . It has nothing to do w...

Protests and running battles between protesters and police, would she or wouldnt she back down and drop the widely hated extradition bill . I now announce that the government has decided to suspend the legislative amendment exercise. Not a withdrawal, then. So is this just a trick to pacify the protesters . It has nothing to do with an intention or wish to pacify. How could i restore, as fast as possible, the calm in society, and how could i avoid any more Law Enforcement officers and ordinary citizens being injured . The fear of more angry protesters returning to these barricades is what has ...

Why are people still planning to march . That is a very good question. Iam standing march . That is a very good question. I am standing in victoria park, the gathering point for todays demonstration. In the coming hours they are expecting large numbers of people to turn out and much to oppose this extradition proposal. Now, there are two reasons why people will still come out. They are saying, one, although the government here was forced into a humiliating backdown, putting its extradition plans on the backburner, they want this that the protest that is it that they want carrie lam and the adm...

People are expected to return to the streets on sunday, despite the Hong Kong Governments decision to suspend a controversial plan to allow alleged criminals to be extradited to mainland china. The proposals resulted in mass protests in the former british colony some of which turned violent. Our correspondent Rupert Wingfield hayes reports from hong kong. Fellow citizens and members of the media. As she stood alone at the podium, carrie lam must have known every pair of eyes in hong kong was watching her. After a week of mass street protests and running battles between protesters and police, w...