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The United States denounces Hong Kong's ban on a protest song sung by pro-democracy demonstrators, saying it further tarnishes the financial hub's reputation. "The decision to ban this song is the latest blow to the international reputation of a city that previously prided itself on having an independent judiciary protecting the free exchange of information, ideas and goods," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Two British men accused of spying for China, arrive at the Westminster Magistrates' Court in London. Christopher Cash, 29, of east London, and Christopher Berry, 32, are accused of breaking the Official Secrets Act 1911 - providing articles, notes, documents or information to a foreign state. They were released on conditional bail and will next appear at the Central Criminal Court at the Old Bailey in London on May 10 for a preliminary hearing. IMAGES
The EU asks China to grant independent observers access to its Xinjiang region, where Beijing is accused of orchestrating widespread rights abuses against the region's Muslim Uighur population. SOUNDBITE of Charles Michel
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the United States will ban visas to some employees of Chinese telecom giant Huawei and other companies "that provide material support to regimes engaging in human rights violations and abuses globally." SOUNDBITE
The US Congress passes tough new sanctions that target banks over infringements on Hong Kong's autonomy, dialing up pressure two days after China imposed a harsh security law on the financial hub. IMAGES
China rejects a US bid to extend an arms embargo on Iran and says that Washington could not legally bring back UN sanctions. "Having quit the JCPOA, the US is no longer a participant and has no right to trigger a snapback at the Security Council," Chinese envoy Zhang Jun tells a Security Council session, referring to the 2015 nuclear deal by its acronym. SOUNDBITE
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