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Hong Kong Government Tries to Ban Pro-Independence Lawmakers

03/11/2016 GMT

BBC World Service - World Update, Hong Kong Government Tries to Ban Pro-Independence Lawmakers

Local courts will decide the outcome but some believe Beijing may intervene.

Local courts will decide the outcome, but some believe Beijing may intervene. Also: Enid Blyton remade for grown-ups; Yazidis hoping for Mosul return; Catholic Church apologises for forced adoptions; How do you get schoolchildren enthusiastic about PE?

(Photo: lawmakers Sixtus Leung and, to his right, Yau Wai-Ching stand inside the Hong Kong Legislative Council. Credit: Lam Yik Fei/Getty Images)

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