Demonstrators in Hong Kong are protesting a bill that would make it illegal to abuse the Chinese national anthem. Police have fired pepper ball rounds into crowds that tried to gather near the city-state's legislature.

President Trump's senior security adviser has said that new rules from China that threaten Hong Kong’s autonomy may lead to US sanctions. He also said it could spell the end of Hong Kong's role as Asia's financial hub.

Police have fired tear gas and deployed water cannon and armored trucks as thousands of demonstrators turned out to reject Beijing's latest plan. The protests are the biggest flare-up since Hong Kong's COVID-19 lockdown.

Security chiefs in Hong Kong have given their backing to a bill that pro-democracy activists say will end the territory's "one county, two systems" model. Activists are planning more protests, despite coronavirus.

Developments in Hong Kong have called "into question" the EU's relationship with China "based on mutual respect and trust," the EU's foreign policy chief has said. But the bloc is ready for an "honest dialogue."

Many Hong Kong residents leave, if they can

The US says it will penalize 33 Chinese entities for human rights abuses against Uighurs and other minority groups. The move comes after China imposed a law that would quell the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong.

Riot police chase protesters through Hong Kong shopping malls as democracy activists launch Mother's Day flash mob rallies calling for independence and the city's unpopular leader to resign.

Several firms in mainland China, Hong Kong and South Africa have been blacklisted by the Trump administration over their trade with Iran. The US also sanctioned five scientists for taking part in Iran's nuclear program.

Hundreds of Hong Kong medical workers, who are on their fifth day of strike, stage a protest in the offices of the Hospital Authority. They are demanding to meet with senior management and for the city to close its border completely with China as well as for the government to ensure adequate medical supplies to combat the deadly novel coronavirus.

Intricately detailed Hong Kong protester figurines have become the latest must-have collectibles as toy stores recreate the pro-democracy movement's street battles with police in their shop displays.

More than 1 million people marched through Hong Kong as protest leaders pledged to keep fighting for their demands in the new year. Police and demonstrators previously clashed during midnight celebrations.