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Public transport riders face new seat belt law US Immigration agent shoots and kills a second protester and Mark Carney urges Canadians to buy local as Donald Trump threatens 100% tariffs.

A new law takes effect today requiring passengers to wear seat belts when riding.

Public transport offenders can face a maximum fine of $5,000 and three months in jail.

At the Central Bus Terminal, several city bus staff held signs to remind passengers about the new seatbelt require.

A notice of police buckle up was also placed on a windscreen.

TVB News took a bus to Saiwan hall to see how passengers adapt to the new rule.

On the upper deck, all seats were fitted with seat belts.

These passengers automatically buckled themselves up, citing safety as the main reason.

But for those who choose to stand in the lower deck, the law does not apply.

I think there's a loophole within the ordnance.

Isn't standing more dangerous than sitting?

Another passenger said he did not wear seat belts all the time on public transport before Sunday.

Which one could face for not wearing seat belts?

If it's only highway, maybe I was not wearing it.

Overall, I think all the fines in Hong Kong look very high.

I think it's in Hong Kong standards authorities will give a grace period to passengers in the early stage after the rule has been implemented by reminding of them to wear seat belts instead of finding them straight away.

While not every bus is fully equipped with seat belts, a few passengers were caught not wearing one even when their seats were fitted with seat belts.

I thought I didn't have to use a belt because others in front of me also did not buckle up, she said.

This man, meanwhile, said he forgot about it.

As of early January, the government said about 3,500 buses were equipped with seat belts, roughly 60% of the entire fleet.

In Hong Kong, coaches and sightseeing buses are also affected by the seatbelt rule.

For this mainland tourist, she says seatbelts can become a hassle when it came to photo taking.

That will restrict me from posing freely, she said.

TV News Also starting today, drivers are prohibited from placing more than two mobile telecom devices on their dashboards or windshields.

Violators without a reasonable excuse are liable to a maximum fine of $2,000.

Taxi driver Ken used to have four mobile phones lined up to juggle ride hailing orders and GPS to stay on the right side of the law, he has to cut that number in half.

He estimates his business would take a 1/3 hit as he is now forced to multitask on a single screen.

Running three apps on one screen is a nightmare in my opinion.

It's actually more dangerous because I am constantly squinting or zooming in while trying to keep an eye on the map.

In Kowloon Tong, most drivers seem to be towing the line, this driver said.

One or two apps are enough to get the job done.

At the end of the day, the safety of our passengers and road users has to come first.

Meanwhile, the passenger said he felt at ease after the new regulations took effect.

He added seeing a wall of gadgets was nerve wracking, making it hard to trust that the driver was focusing on driving.

The amended Road Traffic Traffic Control regulations allows a maximum of two mobile devices to be placed in front of the drivers.

Mobile devices include phones, tablets and laptops.

Each screen must not exceed 19cm diagonally and cannot obstruct the driver's view of the traffic and mirrors.

Brilliant display screens are excluded from the two device scanned Sumae Suli TV News Overseas US Immigration or ICE agents shot and killed a US Citizen in Minneapolis on Saturday, officials said, sparking fierce protests and condemnations from local leaders.

In the second such incident this month, the Department of Homeland Security described it as an attack against federal officers, but

bystander videos showed the man, identified as 37 year old Alex Pretty, who was licensed to carry a weapon, was holding a phone, not a gun.

Nazvi Karim with more Alex Pretty, a 37 year old intensive care unit nurse, was against U.S.

president Donald Trump's immigration crackdown in Minneapolis and elsewhere in the U.S.

he was shot and killed by ICE agents on Saturday and his parents want answers.

He thought it was terrible kidnapping children, kidnapping, just grabbing people off the street.

He cared about those people and he knew it was wrong so he did participate in the protest.

Accounts from authorities and witnesses differ.

This video shows ICE agents walking up to Pretty, forcing him back.

Another video shows a number of ICE agents scuffling with someone who appears to be on the ground.

Sudden shots ring out and agents disperse.

This individual showed up to impede a law enforcement operation and assaulted our officers.

They responded according to their training and took action to defend the officer's life and those of the public around him.

And I don't know of any peaceful protester that shows up with a gun and ammunition rather than a sign.

Michael Preddy disputed Noem's statement saying he had previously talked with his son about not engaging with ICE agents during protests.

He said Alex was licensed to carry a gun.

He was disarmed during the scuffle and it was his phone that he was holding before he was shot.

A stunned Minneapolis community was out in force protesting the latest killing, two and a half weeks after an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Goode while she was in her car.

As protests became more boisterous, law enforcement resorted to shooting tear gas at crowds.

An ad hoc memorial was set up in Minneapolis in tribute to Pretty.

Minnesota governor Tim Waltz, a Democrat who has activated the National Guard, said he spoke to Trump.

He said the federal government cannot be trusted to carry out any investigation.

As I said last week, this federal occupation of Minnesota long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement.

It's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of our state and today that campaign claimed another life.

I've seen the videos from several angles and it's sickening.

But I have a strong statement here for our federal our federal government.

Minnesota's justice system will have the last word on this.

Trump hit back on social media, posting a picture of the gun that Pretty allegedly carried, accusing the Minnesota government of inciting an insurrection.

Nazri Karim, TVB News in the face of U.S.

president Donald Trump's latest threat that Ottawa will be slapped with a 100% tariff over a potential trade deal with Beijing, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has stepped up his call on fellow citizens to buy more domestic products.

This after Carney's visit to China, Canada's second biggest trading partner, which sought to reset the country's strained relationship and firm up trade ties in various sectors.

Danny Cho tells US more Donald Trump warned in the Truth Social Post on Saturday that China will eat Canada alive, completely devour it, including the destruction of their businesses, social fabric and general way of life.

He has threatened to immediately impose a heavy levy of 100% on all Canadian goods and products if a deal is reached between Ottawa and Beijing.

Calling the Canadian leader governor, a reference to his rhetoric of making Canada the 51st state of the U.S.

trump claimed Mark Carney would be sorely mistaken if he thinks it's going to make Canada a drop off port for China to send goods and products into the United States.

Just a week ago, the US President expressed support for Carney on a trade agreement with China.

Carney addressed in a video on Saturday that Canada's economy is under threat from abroad, while renewing his push for buying local and a more diversified trade.

Will buy Canadian, will build Canadian Carney recently made the remarks that tariffs have been used as a tool of coercion by certain large powers as he urged nations to develop greater strategic autonomy.

Earlier this month, he announced a preliminary deal was reached between Canada and China to remove trade barriers and bring down tariffs.

commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick indicated in an interview that the deal could become an issue over revamping of the U S Mexico, Canada trade negotiations scheduled for this summer.

Officials in Beijing have repeatedly stressed that there is no winner in a trade war or tariff war and that protectionism is a dead end.

They said decoupling only leads to self isolation and economic oppression and coercion would not provide any solution to the problem.

Danny Cho, TV News the USS Cincinnati made a port call at the Ream Naval Base in southwest Cambodia on Saturday.

navy warship has visited the facility since its renovation and reopening last year.

A Royal Cambodian Navy delegation welcomed the littoral combat ship that was docking at one of Ream's piers.

The port call coincided with a meeting between the commander of the US Indo Pacific Command, Samuel Paparo, and