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And in half an hour here on bbc news witness history Tiananmen Square remembered in china, also how britain pioneered an alternative to prison. Crowds of demonstrators have gathered in locations across the uk to protest against the Prime Ministers decision to suspend parliament. Organisers hope tens of thousands of people will take to the streets in dozens of towns and cities. The shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, is among those addressing the crowd outside the gates of downing street. Simonjones has simon jones has our simonjones has our report. They say they want to stop the coup. Protesters outside downing street claim borisjohnson is trying to shut down democracy by suspending parliament ahead of brexit. People here insist they want their voices heard. Stop brexit i never thought at my age, 61 years of age, i would have to be here in white or protesting against the shutdown of parliament. To look after their own interest in a way like this is deeply undemocratic and needs to be fought against. More than 30 protests have been planned across the uk. Organisers say they are expecting tens of thousands of people. They are warning of mass civil disobedience and disruption in the coming weeks. The Left Wing Group momentum is calling for people to block bridges and roads. Campaigners say they cant rely on parliamentary process or even the law courts to try to overturn the suspension of parliament. They say they want people out in numbers to show the strength of feeling. Critics of the protests believe it is people here who are trying to thought democracy by stopping brexit. I voted remain but i have been convinced by the argument and the fact that we really ought to get behind decisions made democratically. Downing street has insisted there will be ample time for debate ahead of britain leaving the eu. The main protest has just broken up but a hard core of people remain here outside downing street. There has been a lot of chanting, people staying, stop the coup. Over the last couple of hours, weve had a lot of speakers on the main stage just down from here, litigious, members of trade unions, and people who just members of trade unions, and people whojust came members of trade unions, and people who just came along today and wanted to have their voice heard. Perhaps the most rapturous reception was for the most rapturous reception was for the shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell. He said borisjohnson was trying to pick to this as a battle between the people who want brexit and parliament who are trying to stop it. Butjohn mcdonnell said look at all the people here, he said this is the will of the people, not what Boris Johnson this is the will of the people, not what borisjohnson is trying to do. He also said that britain had defeated dictators in the past and it would be no different this time. To be fair, though, not everyone here has been supporting this particular view. There have been a few small demonstrations of people who want brexit brought about quickly. The police have been quick for those to move in and move the people away so the two sides didnt clash. Everything here, there has been anger, people hopeful this may bring about change, but it has all been pretty peaceful and good natured. Been pretty peaceful and good natu red. But the been pretty peaceful and good natured. But the warning is that in the coming days, people may consider some sort of civil disobedience. The last person to speak on speight stage said he expects protest to carry on every single state date next week so that we know the strength of feeling amongst the people here. The chancellor, sajid javid, has insisted his relationship with the Prime Minister is fantastic and as strong as ever despite reports he had an angry row with Boris Johnson over the sacking of one of his special advisers. Mrjavid is said to have heard about the sacking of sonia khan, only after it had happened. The chancellor spoke to radio 4s today programme. Well, i am not going to discuss personnel issues, it would be appropriate. I think my views are well understand. The relationship is fantastic with the Prime Minister. This is a Prime Minister that, first before he was Prime Minister, someone i have always got on with incredibly well, and it has been a real privilege for me to work with him so closely on delivering on these peoples priorities, and that relationship is as strong as ever, and what it does mean, by having that strong link, is that we can focus on all these things that matter to so many people. What about your relationship with Dominic Cummings . I am not going to talk about personnel relationships, especially when you asked me about the Prime Minister it is perfectly correct to do that, the Prime Minister is my boss and we work together, along with other cabinet colleagues to deliver, so i am not here to talk about particular individuals that are advisers in downing street. That was sajid javid speaking earlier on bbc radio four. Our Political Correspondentjohn owen earlier on bbc radio four. Our Political Correspondent john owen is here with me now. Mrjavid clearly playing their political game, brushing away any idea of a rift between himself and the Prime Minister, what can we read into this . It is a row that goes right to the top of borisjohnsons government. It asks questions about the crucial relationship between number ten, number the crucial relationship between numberten, numberii, the crucial relationship between number ten, number 11, the the crucial relationship between numberten, number, the Prime Minister and the chancellor of the exchequer. The background here is that sonia khan, who was a special adviser to sajid javid was escorted out of number ten on thursday night, in really quite dramatic fashion, after being questioned by Dominic Cummings, who is borisjohnsons de fa cto cummings, who is borisjohnsons de facto chief of staff. He seems to believe she was distributing confidential government information. It turns out that was not in fact the case but he clearly lost confidence in her and so she was summarily sacked. What we have discovered more recently is that sajid javid in a conversation with the Prime Minister voiced anger about the situation because it has been reported that he was unaware that the sacking was about to take place and this is the second person he has lost from his team just this month. So, clearly quite upset about it. On the question of whether this represents a deeper rift, we have no comment, really, from number ten, and as you heard on the radio this morning, sajid javid really not acknowledging that there has been any kind of rift at all. And i think as we understand it, this is not and get a give of a much deeper split between sajid javid and Boris Johnson, that has been stopped on quite hard, but there is always that spectre, people are closely at that relationship between the chancellor and the pm just because it has been so and the pm just because it has been so fractious in the past. Thank you very much. Tens of thousands of pro democracy demonstrators have taken to the streets in hong kong in defiance of a police ban. Petrol bombs were thrown at officers who responded to the protesters by firing tear gas and Water Cannons. The event was called to mark five years since beijing ruled out fully democratic elections in the territory. Stephen mcdonnell sent us this, from the scene, a short while ago. These protestors, as you can see, they are just moving into position here behind the barricade, where they have been throwing things at these government buildings. We can see riot police from that level. They have been firing down tear gas and other semi lethal projectiles down to where the protesters are gathering. Giving an idea how sensitive this area is, that building there is the Peoples Liberation army headquarters. But we have also had the water cannon come in, firing powerful water, this blue coloured water. You can see it on my back. I dont know if you can see it on my back, but marking up people who have been participating, that is the idea. I think it even comes out like a fluorescent thing, they shine a light on you and it can be seen on your skin. We are getting warnings from the police that those protesters should leave, and certainly it was predicted that there would be violence today, especially given that this march was denied official permission, especially given that these high profile figures including the likes ofjoshua wong were arrested yesterday. It didnt deter people, itjust made them more angry. We had a few molotov cocktails being fired weeks ago. Now it seems to be a regular part of the arsenal of the more radical protesters in this movement, who are prepared to meet the police force with their own force. Those protests a re those protests are continuing. You can see there it is clearly evening but dryer police are fully decked out in their gear but dryer police are fully decked out in theirgearand but dryer police are fully decked out in their gear and with those shields marching towards protesters on the other side of the road, which we cant see at the moment, but there you go, you can see police lorries and vans are also coming along down that road, protesters defying that ban and taking to the streets today. The authorities had said they will not be a protest to mark the five Year Anniversary against chinas decision not to allow fully democratic elections. There have been some violence earlier, we had petrol bombs thrown and police fired Water Cannons and bluewater was fired at protesters as well. We suspect it was to help identify people who were taking part in the protests and potentially being arrested. Those protests in hong kong continue and we are watching those here from bbc news. A trial date has been set for the man accused of playing a leading role in plotting the september the 11th terror attacks. Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, seen here before and after he was captured will be tried at Guantanamo Bay along with four other men from january 2021. Hes already been detained for more than 15 years. Lets speak now to mark fallon he was the Us Governments chief investigator at Guantanamo Bay and who served as the Deputy Commander of the task force investigating the alqaida terrorist network for trials before military commissions. Thank you very much for speaking to us thank you very much for speaking to us here at bbc news. First of all, just remind us of who this man is and his role in the 9 11 attacks. Khalid Sheikh Mohammad is considered the mastermind of the plains operation, which was the operation of 9 11 which attacked the United States with aircraft that did the pentagon and the world trade centre, and the plane crashed in pennsylvania. He has been held for more than 15 years. Is that normal . Its not normal. After 9 11, decisions were made in the United States that were based on fear and arrogance and president bush abandoned the rule of law, actually when he decided to abandon Article Three Court systems under our constitution and establish an ultimate system ofjustice, solely to cover state sponsored torture. A decision was made in the 17th of september to allow the cia to establish a programme that was called the rendition, detention and interrogation programme, things that we re interrogation programme, things that were not caught competencies at that agency, and they were not doing that, what they were doing was torturing prisoners. The consequence of that decision has resonated throughout and permeated the military Justice System throughout and permeated the militaryJustice System who were trying to actually bring these people to justice at Guantanamo Bay. Clearly, Guantanamo Bay a contentious issue. How difficult will this case be to try . Well, that depends on how willing the United States government is to admit to state sponsored torture. What has delayed this process, what has obstructed justice being enacted is the fact that the government has tried to hide, redact, and classify the torture of these prisoners, the extent, the amount of brutality, and so extent, the amount of brutality, and so the challenge in a system that is supposed to be under the rule of law, is how much material is the Us Government willing to expose, giving it to defence counsels so they can mount a defence, at a trial that might have some type of legitimacy in the view of the international community. So, that is the real challenge here. You have a director of the cia, who by her own test in the seat, confirmed she had some role in this torture programme. When you have that some senior in government, that controls the amount of information being released, and undoubtedly, people within the cia who were involved in that programme, how willing is that agency going to be to release information to another department ofjustice, the military, who is charged with trying to bring these people to justice . Who is charged with trying to bring these people tojustice . This is going to be a real challenge, about how much transparency there really will be. They just how much transparency there really will be. Theyjust imposed what the interceptor just will be. Theyjust imposed what the interceptorjust reported it as draconian rules for the military. For the media, who actually are covering these trials. This is all to hide torture. Very quickly, mr fallon, you brought up there the idea of bringing the material, i suspect you are talking about the evidence there. You have worked as pa rt evidence there. You have worked as part of a task force investigating the alqaeda network, with some of the alqaeda network, with some of the evidence being collected out in the evidence being collected out in the feel would this solely be evidence gathered at guantanamo . What is being contended right now at the motions hearing, is the admissions. And so what is being challenged before the court is the fa ct challenged before the court is the fact that there have been clean teams that had supposedly come in after yea rs of teams that had supposedly come in after years of torture and then walked in the door and then got admissions from suspects down there and whether those statements are admissible. Are statements that are obtained after years of brutal and terrible torture, one, are they even accurate . And, too, are they admissible before any type of legitimate judicial body . That is the type of evidence that is being contested right now, but whether that will be used in court, the derivative product of torture, which is illegal to use under international law. Thank you. More migrants have arrived on the kent coast today the latest in a wave reaching the uk from france. More than 200 have crossed the channel in the last 10 days. Yesterday, the home secretary, priti patel, said urgent action was needed to stem the flow. Scotlands first minister, nicola sturgeon, has condemned the violence overnight in glasgow. Trouble erupted when a planned march in support of a United Ireland was met by a counter protest within the govan area of the city. Riot police and mounted officers dealt with the disturbance. Two men aged 33 and 36 have been charged with the murder of a youth whose body was found at barry docks in south wales. The victim has been named as harry baker, who was 17 and from cardiff. Police are appealing for witnesses who may have seen a disturbance in barry between midnight and one in the morning on wednesday. The headlines on bbc news. Thousands of protestors have taken to the streets across the uk to condemn borisjohnsons decision to suspend parliament. Critics accuse the Prime Minister of trying to by pass democracy. The chancellor, sajid javid, insists his relationship with borisjohnson is fantastic, despite downing st abruptly firing one of his special advisers, sonia khan. Theres been renewed violence in hong kong, with pro democracy protesters defying a ban on rallying. Some activists threw petrol bombs, started fires and attacked the Legislative Council building and police fired tear gas and water cannon. Nearly 2 Million People in assam in india, are facing the possibility of becoming stateless after Narendra Modis govenment published a National Citizenship register. Its a list of people who can prove they came to the North Eastern state before neighbouring bangladesh declared independence from pakistan in 1971. The final version of the list leave off 1. 9 Million People many of them muslims. Indias governing bjp party has been accused of bias towards its hindu population a charge it denies. Our south asia correspondent, rajini vaidyanathan, has more from assam. Across the state of assam, people have been coming to the centres to check whether their name appears on the National Citizens register. For the last few years, people here, all 32 million of them, have had to prove they are indian by providing documents and paperwork. And today is the moment of truth, where they come here and see if their name and faces on this list. Now, weve been told that 1. 9 Million People in the state of assam have been excluded, and its unclear what will happen to them. They will have the chance to appeal but once that appeal process is over, then what . Do they go to a Detention Centre . Or are they deported . And if so, where to . Because neighbouring bangladesh says that it wont be taking these people. Now, the whole point of this exercise, the government says, is to crack down on what they say has been a decades long problem of Illegal Immigrants coming from nearby bangladesh. But critics of this process say that it targets minorities, especially muslims living in assam. The Us National Hurricane centre says a powerful storm threatening the bahamas and florida has strengthened to category four. Hurricane dorian now has winds of more than two hundred and twenty kilometres an hour experts say it may be the strongest hurricane to hit the us coast in decades. Ramzan karmali reports. This was hurrican dorian, not at its peak over the Us Virgin Islands earlier this week. Now, peak over the Us Virgin Islands earlierthis week. Now, it peak over the Us Virgin Islands earlier this week. Now, it has strengthened to watch the National Hurricane centre calls an extremely dangerous category four storm. It is expected to hit florida early next week and is already generating wind speeds of 225 kilometres an hour. What concerns me about Hurricane Dorian is the multiple threat, the storm surge, the wind, the tornadoes that land full and particularly with this face, the rainfall, because what we think is going to happen is dorian is going to make landfall or hug the coast, slow down, and then gradually edge its way up the coast, thatis gradually edge its way up the coast, that is a disaster, that is a recipe for majorflooding. That is a disaster, that is a recipe for major flooding. It is anticipated that dorian will remain anticipated that dorian will remain an extremely dangerous hurricane as it moves near the north west bahamas and approaches the florida peninsula early next week. Florida polite governor has declared a state of emergency. We urge everyone to have seven days worth of food, medicine, and water, this is potentially a multi day event, where it will churn slowly across the state, that obviously creates a whole host of issues. But if you are in an area that has an impact from the storm, you know, you should assume you are going to lose power. It seems people are listening to the warnings and getting prepared. They have been stockpiling water, food, fuel, and material such as plywood to build up properties. Sandbags are being filled and collected. And though precautions are being taken, the region is still bracing itself for what could be the worst storm it has experienced in over a quarter of a century. The Charity Samaritans is being criticised for entering into a year Long Partnership with a gambling company. Staff at Paddy Power Betfair chose samaritans as their charity of the year and are supporting it through fundraising, corporate donations and volunteering. Critics say samaritans shouldnt work with the gambling industry. Dan whitworth, from radio 4s money box programme, has more. This was if you are sat in the pub, you can tell a guy who is an alcoholic. Lets be honest, you can tell if a guy is on drugs. The young man sat in the corner on his phone is gambling his life away and nobody knows because it is such a hidden thing. Critics, including relatives of people with gambling problems who took their own lives, say samaritans is risking its well earned reputation by working with Paddy Power Betfair, adding it should stop taking the compa nys money. The mp, carolyn harris, who chairs the all Party Parliamentary group on gambling related harm, says she is shocked by the deal. She calls it distasteful and appalling. Others on social media, as well as the Charity Gambling with lives have voiced similar opinions. Both samaritans and Paddy Power Betfair have defended the partnership, though. Samaritans says it will work with the company to. Paddy power betfair, meanwhile, says that charitys expertise will help it develop existing safeguards for vulnerable customers. There are more than 400,000 problem gamblers in britain, according to the gambling commission, defined as people whose gambling compromises, disrupts or damages family or personal recreational pursuits, with a further two Million People at risk. Things even now can just hit you. It is just something stupid that will set it off. You will hear something or see something or remember something and before you know it, you are tearing up again. It never goes away. It does get slightly better but it doesnt go away. The use of foodbanks has become a common sight across the uk and rarely out of the headlines. But what about communities restricted by what they can eat based on their religion or diet . One foodbank in east london which provides halal and vegetarian food says it has seen an increase in people from the Asian Community asking for help. It also says the fear ofjudgement often prevents many from accessing its services. The bbc Asian Networks Nalini Sivathasan reports. Forget baked beans and pasta. Humdum is not your typical food bank. Here, youre more likely to find vegetable rice and lamb curry. Volunteers provide home cooked asian food, with halal and vegetarian options. Everyone is welcome, but it caters in particular for barkings muslim, hindu and sikh communities. As well as taking donations, it needs to buy a lot of the food it needs, and for nighat bhola, one of the founders, it means Shopping Trips need careful planning. The process does take a bit longer because we have to check the ingredients is this suitable for our vegetarian or halal clients as well as anyone else . Back at base it is nearly time to eat. Across the country, Food Bank Use has increased. The trusell trust, the uks biggest food bank network, gave away 1. 6 million packs of food in the past year. That is an increase of nearly 20 from 2018. Humdum has had around 30 people who have come to the food drive, but volunteers here say for some people in the Asian Community they may feel embarrassed coming to a food bank. They are very shy. They dont want to go out and beg. Ive dedicated my time to go out and deliver to their houses. Yasmin, which is not her real name, comes weekly. The food is very nice. I am muslim so i especially eat halal food. They can speak with me punjabi so i can explain what i want and they are giving me. But for some the stigma is too great. Nighat tries to encourage them in, not least for the social contact. They can come up here, they feel lonely, they feel they can come up to a place on a saturday, sit down, have lunch, talk to people. We are like their humdum family. And the volunteers here say they benefit from the Community Feeling too, including 22 year old nurse zara. Once we have done our work, cleaned up, ourgroup, our team leader will sit us down and we all eat together, which is fantastic, because youre notjust coming here to volunteer, youre also here to make friends. With a stronger sense of community humdum hopes it will help asian people shake off the shame that some associate with food banks. Congenital cmv causes hearing loss in around 1000 children every year in the uk. It feels just like a cold and is the most common virus passed on by pregnant mums to their unborn babies. Now, a team of nhs staff across the east of england, have started the first targeted Screening Programme for cmv. Heres our science correspondent, richard westcott. 8 year old naomi parker has had to practise like this all her life. Its so hard she has balance problems because shes deaf in one ear and partially deaf in the other, all because her mum stevie caught a virus called cmv when she was pregnant. Oh, hang on hi, naomi, how are you . Yeah, hi. Now, tell me, whats the name of this virus again . Cyto mega lo. Cytomegalo. . Virus. Cytomegalovirus . Yeah. Its not a dinosaur, its definitely a virus . Its definitely a virus. 0k. I cant really hear certain letters. I replace them with different letters, so i hear different things. Sometimes people want to be like me because they like my hearing aids, and im like, trust me, you dont. You dont want to be like me. Cmv is a leading cause of deafness in children, its really common, and mostly harmless, but it can be devastating for unborn babies. Ready . Can you let go . Thats why paediatrician Tamsin Holland Brown has helped set up an nhs team, who unpaid and in their own time, have developed britains first targeted Screening Programme for cmv. The problem was that we were catching the virus too late and a lot of the damage was already done at that point. We had to treat cmv within one month of life, and the research was starting to show that that was making a difference. That for some children, it was preventing that hearing loss deteriorating and for some children, it was even actually reversing that hearing loss. Ok, so were going to offer baby the swab now, have a cotton bud that im going to place into the babys mouth. 0k, just on the inside of his cheek. Sometimes they have a little chew. And heres how it works. Across the east of england, any new baby born with hearing problems will have this specially designed test for the virus. If they have it, theyll be offered early treatment. Hello, is that chloe . Hi, chloe. A new arrival addenbrookes hospital in cambridge, little marthas been passed fit and healthy today, although she didnt want her hearing checked. Itsjust a little cold. Cmv causes more birth defects than cat litter and soft cheese put together. Pregnant mums can protect themselves with simple things like not sharing food and cutlery or kissing a toddler on the lips or a runny nose, but most dont know about it. Chloe, thank you so much more talking to us about it. Youre a doctor, what did you know about cmv when you are pregnant

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