joshua wong, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. so thank you. 50 hong thank you. so hong kong is about to get a new chief executive. he will be selected, he will not be elected, by the general population. and that isa sign by the general population. and that is a sign of the failure of your pro—democracy movement, isn't it?” don't pro—democracy movement, isn't it?|j don't think it is in favour of our movement. because our movement is just motivated by the undemocratic system, which means, rather than allowing us more social selection, as you mentioned, it would be great for hong kong people to deserve democracy, with one person, one vote. well, that is what you wanted. and you brought tens of thousands of people onto the street in the late summer, the autumn of 2014, you demanded with both the hong kong authorities and by extension, frankly, with beijing as well. and of course, nothing happened. regime did not give you a single concession. three years ago we created hong kong history, with 100,000 people occupying on the street, it resulted in the umbrella m

wong. more photos of the press conference. so quite big news in hong kong and she is expected to have another press conference later today. i'm sure you will keep us up today. i'm sure you will keep us up to date with that as well. juliana liu in hong kong. thank you. iraqi forces are intensifying their assault against so—called islamic state as they attempt to drive them out of western mosul. thousands of people have fled the city in recent weeks and there are conflicting reports about who was responsible for scores of civilian deaths in a single incident last week. the us says it's investigating but has stopped short of taking responsibility. with the city still divided between is and the iraqi army, our correspondent 0rla guerin has been to a field hospital in the south of mosul. ii—years—old, shot in the leg. behind him, a boy of the same age, hit by a mortar. brought together in a field hospital by acts of war. uadi and mohammad, children of mosul. not safe at home, not safe when

people like nathan law or joshua wong, the teenage activists. we witnessed him getting caught up in scuffles with the police. dealing with the continual demand is one of the many challenges ahead for hong kong's new leader. she acknowledges challenges in the speech she gave after the announcement was made. a number of challenges ahead for the new leader of hong kong. a major financial home to some 7 million people who really had no say in electing their new leader. ivan? >> it is really striking, christie, when you consider the fact she got 777 votes to get this job out of a population of some 7 million. it doesn't make for much of an electoral mandate. christie lou stout live from the election campaign center. thanks very much, christie. >> chances of severe weather continue across the united states and meteorologist, derek van dam, joins us with the latest. what can you tell us, derrick? >> ivan, this is all part of a multi-day severe weather event that's taking place across the u.s.? take a look at a confirmed ef-2 tornado, snapping trees and

joshua wong was a teenagestudeat} when he became a leader if? m% §in§ll§§ h?ef%'léf wwww' thank you. so hong kong is about to get a new chief executive. he will be selected. movement, isn't it? of people onto the street in the late summer, and by extension, frankly, with beijing as well, occupying on the street. finite??? if??? tiltirfi'fifi'é * we can win in this war. from the definition of the communist party of china, they would say that the china government will choose — field candidates for you to elect in the election. , , ,, , ,, ., ., , but i would say that, if there is a screening process to deny or reject all of the pro—democracy politicians to be the candidates of the elections, it is not a democratic election at all. so what will your view be of the likely winner of this chief executive race? because — we don't know yet, it looks as though carrie lam... well, let's call it "selection." carrie lam, it looks as though she is the likely winner of this process. she is deemed to be close to beijing. she has already had a senior position in th