Good morning. Its 7 00am in singapore, midnight in london, and 7 00am in hong kong, where the territory has experienced a tenth successive weekend of clashes between pro democracy protestors and riot police. Tear gas was fired after two petrol bombs were thrown near the main police headquarters. Earlier, beijing warned britain not to interfere in hong kongs affairs, after the uks foreign secretary dominic raab suggested there should be an investigation into ongoing violence against the pro democracy movement. From hong kong, heres jonathan head. This is how it starts every weekend now in hong kong. Theyve turned improvising barricades into an art form. They work with impressive speed and coordination. Theres never much time before the police arrive. These confrontations are now a familiar routine in hong kongs streets. Generally, the protesters retreat, avoiding direct contact. But, by nightfall, the clashes were happening in multiple locations across the city and getting worse. The police are stressed and acting at times with little restraint. This was tai koo underground station, where protesters were corralled by the police and then beaten and driven down the escalators. The foreign secretary dominic raab has called for an independent investigation into police tactics. Its one of the five demands made by the protest movement, but his intervention has not gone down well with china, which views this as an internal matter. The longer this goes on, the greater the risk of more overt intervention by china. Now, thats something that clearly worries britain as a joint guarantor of the citys special status. Chinasjust made it clear it will not accept what it calls british meddling. The influence of hong kongs one time colonial power these days is very limited. There are those here who is still hope for some kind of foreign support for their cause. In truth, though, they are largely on their own, and up against an unyielding and increasingly impatient china which has warned it wont stand by if this unrest goes on. Jonathan head, bbc news, hong kong. Well be speaking to a Hong Kong Based lawyer and author a little later here on newsday. First, lets catch up with some of the days other news. China has mobilised thousands of servicemen and women to help with the clean up after typhoon lekima swept across the countrys eastern seaboard. Officials say 32 people were killed and 16 are missing. The storm system brought winds of up to 187km h and heavy rain, causing widespread flooding. More than 5 Million People were affected across zhejiang province, causing losses estimated at around 2. 5 billion. Also making news today, floods have killed almost 150 people in southern india. Nearly half the deaths occured in the Southern State of kerala, where continuing heavy rain and landslides forced more than 100,000 people to take shelter in relief camps. 0ur reporter Deepthi Bathini is in kerala with the latest. In this district, what we see at this relief camp is that most people have shifted here, there are around 138 People Living in this relief camp. You can see the people who have come, they are all from one village and they are mostly, essentially, agricultural labourers who work in the fields. We have been speaking to some of them and most of them have been telling me that there are entire houses have been washed away due to the floodwaters. At this relief camp, right now, they have some facilities which have provided in terms of and shelter and clothing, but their future seems very doubtful. The houses have been washed away and they do not know what to expect in the coming days. Russias state Communications Regulator has accused google of letting its youtube platform to be used to promote recent Anti Government protests. The regulator, roskomnadzor, ordered google to stop allowing what it said were illegal mass events to be made available to view. Google has not yet responded. The main city in indian administered kashmir, srinagar, is once again under complete lockdown after the authorities re imposed a curfew. It had been eased for the past two days but was imposed again for reasons that remain unclear. Its been nearly a week since india revoked the disputed regions special status. It was thought some restrictions had been eased to allow kashmiris to celebrate eid il adha. Brazils president , jair bolsonaro, has accused the German Government of trying to buy the amazon after it said it would withhold about 40 million of environmental funds because of worries about deforestation. Last month brazils space agency reported a huge increase in the amount of trees being cleared since mr bolsonaro took office. He said brazil doesnt need german money. Hundreds of people have been evacuated from their homes on the Spanish Island of gran canaria due to wildfires. Strong wind and temperatures of over 32 degrees celsius are hampering efforts to put out the blaze, which covers 10 square kilometres. A 50 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of starting the fire. Manchester uniteds First Premier League game of the season has ended with a resounding 4 0 victory over chelsea. Two goals from Marcus Rashford made it a miserable debut for chelsea manager Frank Lampard stop full details in sport today, in about 25 minutes. And the focus on this football match was a bit different. This is taking place at a festival in belarus. This is swamp soccer, a tournament where the pitch is all mud. And the players are covered in it. The tournament attracted 2a teams from across belarus, all of them doing itjust for the love of the game. And even though it was played in a sporting spirit, everyone had to admit it was a bit of a dirty game. Donald trump has been accused of promoting unfounded conspiracy theories about the apparent suicide ofjeffrey epstein. The us president retweeted a baseless claim that bill clinton was involved in the death. The disgraced financier epstein was found dead in his new yorkjail cell while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges involving under age girls. The fbi and the Usjustice Department have opened investigations. Chris buckler reports from washington. Jeffrey epstein was once a man at the centre of high society parties and a figure instrumental in the abuse of underage girls. His death in a new york prison just weeks after another apparent Suicide Attempt has raised many questions. Some, including the citys mayor, have called it convenient given the alleged involvement of some of his rich and famous friends. Among those retweeting conspiracy theories was donald trump. You know what he had, he had information on the clintons and a man ended up dead. Who gave publicity to completely unsubstantiated allegations about another president , bill clinton. His wife hillary ran against him for the presidency. This is another example of our president using this position of public trust to attack his political enemies with unfounded conspiracy theories. Mr trump was himself at one time a friend of epsteins. They were pictured partying together, but that was many years ago, and the president and the white house insist he is now concerned about getting to the truth about what happened at events epstein organised in florida and new york. I think the president just wants everything to be investigated, and trying to connect the president to this monster from years ago where they are seen dancing in a video, versus other people who are actively i suppose flying around with this monster. The authorities here in the us are acutely aware of the questions being asked about the death of a man who had links to some of americas most influential people. Its why the fbi are investigating, something thats extremely unusual in the case of an apparent suicide. And while epsteins victims know he wont now face trial, they are pushing for inquiries to be widened to look at the actions of his associates. Among his many famous friends was prince andrew, who attended church with the queen at balmoral today. In recently released court documents, hes been accused of groping a girl at epsteins mansion, an allegation Buckingham Palace has called categorically untrue. But the death ofjeffrey epstein will not end the calls for greater scrutiny of what did happen at some of his notorious parties. Lets go back to hong kong. It looks like theres no end in sight to the unrest which has been breaking out there for the last ten weeks, despite strong warnings from the authorities in the territory and in beijing. The pro democracy protests are now taking multiple forms, with this weekend seeing a peaceful sit in at the airport. Demonstrators moved away from the government offices, which were at the centre of previous actions, and instead staged protests at transport hubs and shopping districts. A little earlier i spoke with antony dapiran, a Hong Kong Based lawyer and author of city of protest a recent history of dissent in hong kong. Notwithstanding that hong kong was handed back from the uk to china under a joint declaration, which is an International Legal instrument, the uk doesnt really have any right to enforce anything under data. Really, it is just a to enforce anything under data. Really, it isjust a question to enforce anything under data. Really, it is just a question of whether the weight of International Opinion might cause beijing to change their mind or change their position. Where is the force coming from . Is beijing basically dictating what is happening in hong kong . Yes, it is. Previously they had allowed the Hong Kong Government to take control, but when the Hong Kong Government thoroughly made a mess of things and these protests spun out of control, beijing really stepped m, of control, beijing really stepped in, particularly over the past couple of weeks. Ageings spokespeople have really been speaking on behalf of the Hong Kong Government, and the chief executive carrie lam has basically disappeared from public view. The one country, two systems, which operates within hong kong, is that feasible . Will that continue into the future . |j think that continue into the future . think it will continue but probably not in its full form. There are certainly some aspects of one country, two systems, which suits china very well. Having a separate currency under separate Financial System and a place where its own companies from Mainland China can do business freely with the rest of the world suits the purposes of beijing. But certainly i think many of the Political Freedoms we should expect to see gradually constrained in the coming years, as indeed they have already started to become. What options do the Hong Kong Government have . You mentioned carrie lam, the protesters want her to resign. She isnt budging. But it has kind of gone beyond the whole extradition bill and a set of circumstances. Gone beyond the whole extradition bill and a set of circumstancesm really has. It started with just the extradition bill. When the government was not responsive to that, and at the same time as the protests unfolded, various acts of Police Brutality and other things led protesters to budget a list of demands, and now it hasjust led protesters to budget a list of demands, and now it has just become a very broad Anti Government, pro democracy movement. People are asking forfull pro democracy movement. People are asking for full universal suffrage for electing the chief executive and the legislature in hong kong. These are all demands which i dont think beijing would ever dream of giving, but people have really reached the point where they feel like they are ina point where they feel like they are in a life or death struggle for the future of hong kong. We are seeing the protests turn particularly violent on both sides. Where else can this realistically go . violent on both sides. Where else can this realistically go . I think we will probably see that violence continue to spiral. I think today was the worst we have seen yet. By coincidence, or perhaps not coincidence, or perhaps not coincidence, the police this evening Just Announced they would be holding a public demonstration tomorrow of the new crowd control vehicles. I think they have some new Water Cannons which they have not yet unrolled on city city streets. They plan to demonstrate those to the media tomorrow and we may well see those next weekend. I think we are really going to see more violence until one side or the other is forced to down, and ifear until one side or the other is forced to down, and i fear it may be the protesters, and the cost, whether it is in terms ofjail time 01 whether it is in terms ofjail time or share physical threats, it may become so overwhelming that people are frightened to continue coming out. When it comes to these kinds of scenes, if we are going to see more of this, how much longer can hong kong take, because we have seen ten weeks of this intensity thus far. 0ne weeks of this intensity thus far. One of the problems is that beijing and the Hong Kong Government seem to have the strategy of very aggressively policing the protests, threatening people with jail time and trying to frighten them away from protesting, but the kinds of scenes we have seen from protesting, but the kinds of scenes we have seen today are really only going to succeed in angering people and potentially bringing even more people out onto the streets. So it is sort of an upward spiral, and it is sort of an upward spiral, and it is sort of an upward spiral, and it is really difficult to see how it will end. Youre watching newsday on the bbc. Still to come on the programme sri lankas opposition selects the former president s brother, accused of massive human rights abuses as its president ial candidate. Also on the programme the ice man goeth. He just loves to get cold, but that can be tricky in tropical malaysia. The big crowds became bigger as the time of the funeral approached. Police prepared for a hugejob of crowd control. Ugandas brutal dictator has died at the age of 80. Buried in saudi arabia where he lived in excel since being overthrown in 1979. Exile. 2 billion people around the world have seen the last total eclipse of the sun to take place in this millennium. It began itsjourney off the coast of canada, ending three hours later. This is newsday on the bbc. Im Sharanjit Leyl in singapore. Im kasia madera in london. Our top stories an International Row over hong kong. Britain has called for an inquiry into the violence. The Chinese Government has told it not to interfere. Donald trump has been accused of promoting unfounded conspiracy theories about the apparent suicide ofjeffrey epstein. And the us film studio Universal Pictures has cancelled the release of a fictional movie which shows liberal americans shooting and killing supporters of donald trump for sport. Called the hunt, it was due to be released next month. The decision to pull it came after President Trump accused an unnamed movie of trying to cause chaos. Lets take a look at some front pages from around the world. The South China Morning Post is leading with the hong kong protests. Tear gas was fired inside the kwai fong train station for the first time, with Police Stepping up the use of force. Despite escalating confrontations, pro beijing politicians say the number of protesters on the streets appear to be diminishing. In the uks financial times, coverage of how Global Investment banks are shedding almost 30,000 jobs. Trading desks have been hit the hardest with job losses at banks including hsbc, barclays and Deutsche Bank as well all accounting for more than half the total. And finally, in the japan times, the traditional bon dance is getting a makeover. What was once a Community Affair has evolved with djs replacing drums with their turntables of popular disco and anime tunes. Now, a celebrity break up is fascinating people online . Yes, miley cyrus and Liam Hemsworth are splitting up, less than a year after they got married. You can imagine how much interest there is on social media. The news was been broken in a Statement Given to the press by mileys representatives, which says she and her actor husband have agreed to separate at this time. They didnt give any reason, but say they will both now focus on their careers. And youll be glad to know that, according to the statement, they still remain dedicated parents to all of their animals. To sri lanka now, where the main opposition partys choice of candidate for this years president ial elections is proving controversial. Gotabhaya rajapaksa was nominated by the sri lanka peoples front on sunday despite having been accused of human rights abuses during his time as defence chief during the civil conflict against the tamil tigers. The long wait is over. Gotabhaya raja pa ksa the long wait is over. Gotabhaya rajapa ksa is a the long wait is over. Gotabhaya rajapaksa is a controversialfigure. He served as defence secretary while his brother was president between 2005 and 2015. The un says thousands of people were killed during a three decade civil war. Some of those killed during the conflict were journalists who were critics of the then government. In one of the cases, a well known editor was murdered in colombo in 2009. His family and other rights Abuse Victims have filed lawsuits against mr gotabhaya rajapa ksa in victims have filed lawsuits against mr Gotabhaya Rajapaksa in a us court. Mr rajapa ksa, mr Gotabhaya Rajapaksa in a us court. Mr rajapaksa, a dual citizen at the time of the alleged incident has since rescinded his us citizenship. There has been no progress and the family should be directly blamed for that. progress and the family should be directly blamed for that. I am not responsible. Now under this government, there have been inquiries. But they have not been able to pinpoint anybody without any reasonable, you know, doubt. Who had done this. The number of cases against him has also risen in recent months. Even if he wins, he is likely to face drawnout court battles. Mr rajapa ksa likely to face drawnout court battles. Mr rajapaksa denies any wrongdoing. These elections are happening in the backdrop of Easter Sunday bombings earlier in the air. Mr rajapa ksa was sunday bombings earlier in the air. Mr rajapaksa was marked strongman image appeals to many families who have been critical of attacks. Sri lankas governing alliance has a formidable task of challenging mr raja pa ksa. Formidable task of challenging mr rajapa ksa. Anbarasan ethirajan, formidable task of challenging mr rajapaksa. Anbarasan ethirajan, bbc news. Let us introduce you now to alan tong who goes by the nickname of the asian ice man. Why . Because he loves to immerse himself in ice and sub zero conditions, to practise meditation. His lifestyle has taken him to the arctic, but it poses a bit of a problem at home in his native kuala lumpur. Heres his story. It is important to stay in control. Learn to accept the cold. I feel so refreshed and energetic. Screams. My my name is alan tong, better known as the a is a when i was in the arctic wilderness, the connection with nature is irreplaceable. The energy there is completely different. So pure and so awakening. I guess we live in a tropical country so we dont have the cold we need. So i order the ice from the iceman. And in so though, we would have 120 kilos of ice inside and a temperature of the water would go down to about zero, maybe 1. The first 22 seconds would be the most difficult. You might want to run out, jump out, just scream and so on. It is very likely that you would feel this sharpness, the stabbing into your skin. But once youre in there, you can feel these sensations, you call it a natural high. | sensations, you call it a natural high. I usually spend up to 20 minutes in the ice bar bath. Your mind would gain a certain clarity and strength that it would never have before. Mental strength, and strength that it would never have before. Mentalstrength, mental control, this is real. Screams. The incredible alan tong there who goes by the nickname of the asian iceman. 20 minutes in that bath, i cant believe it. I stayed the long and is slowly warm about. And later you have the secrets of singapore. Yes, some viewers around the world got to watch the documentary i did about more about singapore. We interviewed a lot of descendants about some of the early settlers, that formed in forwards this nation. Some surprising secrets, in fact some people have been writing to me from all over the world saying they didnt know a lot of those things in the film. So, if you get a chance to watch it, it will be running again in october. Thank you. Hello. Its been a weekend of wild weather. We had heavy rain, flooding and strong winds, too. The weekend looks, but there is still an u nsettled looks, but there is still an unsettled theme. And things are feeling rather cool and breezy, too. The low pressure has the weekend now putting off towards the north east. But we still have a few weather fronts across the country during monday morning. So some heavy showers, particularly in the south. We have them showers through monday morning from the channel islands, the isle of wight, kent and sussex and the odd thunderstorm activity in the south. Through the north, the midlands and wales, some sunshine from monday morning. A bit of hard edges of the north east of england. Much brighter for Northern Ireland and scotland, but still some showers coming in from the north west. So there will be a day of sunshine and showers, most of those hours packing in from the north west. Southern england also seeing some heavy showers. But some sunshine in between as well. Temperatures 16 19 celsius, below par for this time of year. We still have some showers as we head into tuesday morning, but some clear spells, too. And widely the counntryside will be down to single figures in the morning. A fresh start the day, the odd misty patch around. Through tuesday again, some showers but few and far between. A lot of dry weather with some sunshine, lighter winds, too. Tuesday, one of the better days of this week. Temperatures better than monday, 16 21 degrees. That shouldnt feel too bad. But it isnt going to last long. This area of low pressure is piling in from the south west from wednesday. So wednesday, a unsettled story. We have rain moving from west to east across the bulk of wales. Not quite as strong as we have seen over the last couple of days. Also rain over the northern half of scotland, drier to the south of that. It will feel cool, especially where you have got the showery rain. Around 16 20 degrees. A ridge of High Pressure keeping things mostly dry as we look to the course of thursday but later on friday and into the weekend, the next big area of low pressure arrives. Probably not as wet and windy as it has been but do prepare for some very unsettled weather for this coming weekend. Im kasia madera with bbc world news. Our Top Story Police in hong kong have once again clashed with protesters in several parts of the territory. Riot police fired tear gas to try to drive back the activists. Its the tenth consecutive week of unrest. Donald trump has been accused of promoting unfounded conspiracy theories about the apparent suicide of the disgraced financier jeffrey epstein. He was found dead in his cell while waiting to be tried on sex trafficking charges. And this story about a celebrity break up is doing well on our website. The singer miley cyrus and her actor husband Liam Hemsworth are splitting up, less than a year after they got married. They didnt give any reason, but say they will both now focus on their careers. Thats all for now. Stay with bbc world news