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Hong Kong to delay controversial extradition bill

15/06/2019 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, Hong Kong to delay controversial extradition bill

Hong Kong government is set to delay plan to allow extraditions to mainland China

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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