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Hong Kong to delay controversial extradition bill
A review of the week with the latest news.
Reports from Hong Kong say the government is preparing to delay the introduction of a new extradition law that has led to huge protests in the city.
Also in the programme: Why astronomers are increasingly worried about the number of satellites in the sky; and the Japanese practice of forest bathing comes to the UK!
Joining Paul Henley to discuss these and other issues are Ian Black, a visiting senior fellow at the Middle East Centre at the London School of Economics and the former Middle East editor for the Guardian newspaper, and Ayesha Siddiqa, an expert on civil-military relations in South Asia.
(Photo: Hundreds of thousands of people have protested against the plans. Credit: Reuters)
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