This is BBC world news, the headlines.

这里是BBC世界新闻头条

One of the world's biggest banks HSBC has posted a 65% drop in first half pre-tax profits as it's hit by the pandemic and political unrest in Hong Kong.

世界最大的银行之一汇丰银行上半年的税前利润下降了65% 因其受到了疫情及香港政治局面的影响

A BBC investigation has found the number of deaths from coronavirus in Iran is nearly three times higher than the government claims.

BBC一项调查发现 伊朗的疫情死亡人数比政府公布的数据高出近3倍

According to official records passed to the BBC persian service by a whistleblower, almost 42 000 people have died.

根据一名告密者递交给BBC波斯频道的官方记录 大约有4.2万人死亡

Australia's second biggest city Melbourne has imposed more lockdown measures to try to contain a surge in cases.

澳大利亚第二大城市墨尔本实施了更多封锁措施 控制病例的上升

All non-essential businesses have been ordered to shut.

所有非必要的商业活动均已被勒停

That's on top of a nighttime curfew.

此前 政府已经宣布了夜间宵禁

And Microsoft says it's committed to buying the North American operations of Chinese-owned app TikTok despite president Trump's threat to ban it in the U.S.

尽管特朗普威胁要在美国禁止TikTok 但微软仍决心购买这款中国应用在北美的业务

He's called it a security risk.

特朗普称其是一个安全隐患