
Hong Kong airport cancels flights over protests
Thousands of protesters occupying the airport terminal are beginning to leave after a dire warning from the Chinese authorities. All flights from the airport are still suspended.
Thousands of protesters occupying the Hong Kong Airport terminal are beginning to leave after a dire warning from the Chinese authorities. All flights from the airport are still suspended. We speak to a former adviser to the Chinese government.
Also in the programme: what hope for Northern Ireland, with Brexit threatening the gains made in the two decades since the Good Friday agreement which brought an end to conflict. And a special report from the Italian island of Lampedusa, where migrant numbers have fallen, but anti-migrant sentiment is rising.
(Photo: Anti-extradition bill protesters rally at the departure hall of Hong Kong airport. Credit: REUTERS/Thomas Peter)
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