Hong Kong's Senior Superintendent of Police Public relations, Kong Wing-cheung said the city's rule of law is at 'the brink of total collapse' as protests hit the central financial district and two universities on Tuesday. International Edition’s Steve Miller speaks with reporter Stephen Boitano in Hong Kong.
Plus, members of the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee are making final preparations for the first public hearings in the impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump. Wednesday's witnesses include William Taylor, the U.S. charge d'affaires in Ukraine, and George Kent, the deputy Assistant Secretary in the European and Eurasian Bureau. VOA Congressional Correspondent Katherine Gypson provides a preview.
And, Tens of thousands of Australians took shelter on Tuesday after authorities warned it was too late for them to leave their homes as bushfires raged across a vast area of the country's east coast.