First to hong kong where i want to build up a picture of rapidly moving events, in the last few minutes we have seen these pictures of at least a0 people arrested near Polytechnic University. The people were detained outside hotel icon on Science Museum road. The university has been the scene of intense clashes between Anti Government protesters and police over the weekend. At 5 30am local time, the police advanced in to the huge campus. Protestors set the main entrance on fire. Police used tear gas and water cannon. Our correspondent gabriel gatehouse witnessed events. The assault on the campus started about five minutes ago. We saw several dozen black clad Police Officers suddenly materialise out of nowhere and start storming the place. They were firing rubber bullets and tear gas and in response, the protesters unleashed all the petrol bombs they had, sometimes hurling whole boxes at a time which caused two huge fires at the main entrances to the campus. You may be able to hear a fire alarm going off. Everyone is Milling Around and there is a bit of panic. I have seen some injured people and this does look like the beginning of the end for this campus protest. That was what happened at night. Robert godden is a human rights activist whos been watching events unfold at the Polytechnic University. We have been here for 16 hours now and we arrived yesterday evening when we saw running battles between the protesters here where i am standing now and the police just over at thejunction. It was an exchange of water cannon fire and petrol bombs. Hired me on the bridge, a fierce battle took place earlier where the protesters managed to disable one of the armoured personnel carriers that the police have with the amount of petrol bombs they hit. They hit the apc with. That went on through the night until there was a lull at about four oclock and it wasnt until five that the Water Cannons began firing again as a distraction, we believe, for when the raptors, as theyre called came in with other police in a surprise predawn attack and drove the protesters back into the campus. Several hundred protesters came down the steps of the main campus building behind me here and it looked like they were going to actually try and fight their way out. So there are Police Cordons all the way around here. Theyve kettled the entire area. And about a hundred of them started to edge towards the police that way. And engage them. Others fled down under the bridge where the battle took place last night and some came past me here to try and escape to my right. There was probing and distractions to try and get as many of them out as possible. After all that we saw about 100 go back inside. So whether there were others who did not try to escape, we have seen people up on this mezzanine area who did not appear to try to leave so there is definitely a hundred or so still left on campus. Do you know whether the police are trying to keep the campus . The duke of york is said to be standing by his decision to give a Television Interview about his disgraced former friend jeffrey epstein, and allegations made against him personally. Prince andrew told the bbc he didnt regret his association with epstein, while admitting it was a mistake to stay with him in new york in 2010, when he was a convicted sex offender. He also denied the allegations of Virginia Roberts who says she had sex with him in london when she was 17. 0ur royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell reports. Your royal highness, weve come to buckingham palace. The interview has been heard, andrews answers have been noted, with incredulity in some quarters and, one suspects, with something close to despair within the royal household. The reaction to his words in most cases has been negative. The consensus in pr terms the interview was extremely ill advised. Andrew was categoric about his denial of impropriety with the then 17 year old Virginia Roberts. She has claimed that on the night of their alleged first encounter, in 2001, she was introduced to him at tramp, the nightclub in central london. She says they danced together there, but andrew was emphatic that he was at home. He says he had taken his daughter beatrice to this pizza restaurant in woking in surrey in the late afternoon. But how had he managed to remember a specific day so many years ago . Because going to Pizza Express in woking is an unusual thing for me to do. A very unusual thing for me to do. Ive never been. Ive only been to woking a couple of times, and i remember it weirdly distinctly. As soon as somebody reminded me of it, i went, oh, yes, i rememberthat. In the united states, wherejeffrey epstein lived, lawyers are saying andrew should now repeat his testimony under oath. Whether a person is a prince or a pauper, if anyone has evidence or information that might be relevant to an investigation of a criminal case, that person should provide it. And from those who have worked for the royal family and who are familiar with Prince Andrew, there is a feeling of weary resignation. They will be wondering, was the right decision made . Who made the decision to put him on . Did he make it himself . Or did he seek advice within the palace . My guess is that he bulldozed his way in and decided that he was going to do it himself, without any advice. Im truly grateful for the opportunity. It was supposed to be the interview which drew a line under the story for andrew and allowed him to move on. That moment is certainly some way off. There is no doubt that people close to Prince Andrew have been taken aback by the sheer intensity of the negative reaction to the interview. However, i understand that he stands by the decision to do it. People who know him say that he wanted to confront these issues head on. They feel like he did with honesty and humility and they hope that people willjudge him on that basis. Lets get some of the days other news the iranian president , hassan rouhani, says insecurity cannot be allowed, as protests against fuel price rises continue in a number of cities, for a third successive day. Mr rouhani told the cabinet that while protesting is the peoples right, its different from rioting. He defended the decision to increase the petrol price by 50 . At least ten people have been killed in clashes and hundreds have been arrested. The former mayor of new york, michael bloomberg, says he is sorry for his strong backing of the stop and frisk tactic used by the citys police. It disproportionately affected black and latino residents. The billionaire democrat said he believed the policy saved lives, but that good intentions were not good enough. Mr bloomberg has indicated he may join the democratic race for the presidency, but has yet to confirm this. The 21 year old greek player Stefanos Tsitsipas has won the tennis atp tour finals in london. Tsitsipas came from a set down to beat Dominic Thiem in a 3rd set tie break to take the title, in his first appearance at the tournament. Tsitsipas says he will mark the biggest victory of his career with a meal with his family and some champagne. Large parts of central venice in italy are once again under water, as another exceptionally high tide inundated the city. Three of the worst ten floods since records began in venice, nearly a hundred years ago, have now happened within a week. Rich preston reports. For venetians, more water and more misery. A week of flooding has closed businesses and attractions in one of the worlds most popular tourist destinations. This, the famous st marks square, normally filled with people. The city is now streets and alleyways turned into a network of canals themselves. The floods, known as the aqua alta, brought suffering and heartache. Translation we have lots of damage. The electrical system went underwater and lots of merchandise got lost. Necklaces and other goods, all underwater. We had to work a lot, rinse everything. Every day, as you can see we have had to lift desks and drawers. There is a lot of work still to do. Rainfall of 140 millimetres floods roughly 70 of venice. Sundays rainfall was forecast to be around 160 millimetres. In the end, it was slightly lower. A small relief for residents and business owners. The mayor of venice has blamed the recent extreme weather on climate change, calling for more to be done. Translation the water has devastated the city, but venetians are on their knees only when they pray. Venice will stand up. It will always stand up. But i deem it appropriate that promises made by the government and all Political Forces be carried out. Strong winds brought these surges of water into venice and are threatening other areas, too. Further south, in florence and tuscany, the threat of the rising river arno. Back in venice, the waters are now due to subside, but a massive cleanup operation lies ahead, as well as the constant fear what about next time . In sri lanka, a controversialformer defence chief has been elected president. Gotabhaya rajapaksa took more than 52 of the vote, which was split along ethnic lines. From colombo, our correspondent Yogita Limaye reports a wartime strongman returns, as sri lankas most powerful. Mr rajapaksa is seen as a leader who can keep their country safe. We dont have enough protection for the people. You see everywhere there are bombs and terrorists, day by day a lot of terrorists created here. So, we like to have a father for our mother country. In april this year, a series of attacks by islamist extremists killed more than 250 people. The days that gave mr rajapa ksa his deadly reputation. Torture, killings, disappearances of tamil minorities, the bombing of civilian areas. He is accused of them all. This is where the last very intense bit of fighting to the end of the last sri lankan was. Hundreds of tamils who trapped there walked over this bridge into areas that were under the control of the sri lankan military. Among them were tamil leaders who had negotiated a surrender with the government. But once they went across to that side, many of them were never heard from again. Some believe they were killed on mr rajapaksas orders. Thousands of those who disappeared were also civilians. Families still hold daily vigils asking for answers. Even though it has been a decade since the war ended. Translation though it has been a decade since the war ended. Translationzli though it has been a decade since the war ended. Translation i dont think my son will come back. But we wa nt to think my son will come back. But we want to expose the atrocities of gotabhaya to the world, and that is why a come here mr rajapaksa has a lwa ys why a come here mr rajapaksa has always denied the allegations against him, and as long as he remains president , he cant be held to account. Stay with us on bbc news, still to come a farewell at washingtons smithsonian zoo as panda bei bei prepares to return to china. Benazir bhutto has claimed victory in pakistans general election and shes asked pakistans president to name her as prime minister. Jacksons been released on bail of 3 million after turning himself in to police in santa barbara. It was the biggest demonstration so far of the fast growing european anti nuclear movement. The South African government has announced that its opening the countrys remaining whites only beaches to people of all races. This will lead to a black majority government in this country and the destruction of the white civilisation. Part of the centuries old windsor castle, one of the queens residences, has been consumed by fire for much of the day. 150 firemen have been battling the blaze which has caused millions of pounds worth of damage. This is bbc news, the latest headlines Hong Kong Police have arrested at least a0 protesters after a two day standoff at the Polytechnic University building. Stay with that story, bbcs Andrew Woodward is developing. When we left the story, protesters had retreated back into the campus, do you know what is happening now . A stand off seems to be developing again, it is now about 11 oclock in the morning in hong kong stopping at seven oclock in the morning, the head of the Polytechnic University said that he had negotiated a truce between the police and the students, although the students make and said the students would be able to leave. But it seems like many have been arrested, at least a0 according to some reports, and some of the protests have spread tojordan road which is not that far away from the university, but now it seems that some of the protesters are, they retreated back into the University Building and have stayed there, so it is not quite a siege but it certainly seems to be a stand off. Does that seem to imply that the mediation effort has not worked . |j think mediation effort has not worked . think it worked partially, but the fa ct think it worked partially, but the fact that stand off is still going on is not particularly encouraging. I think the protesters now have to make decisions. Do they want to carry on with the protests this week 01 carry on with the protests this week or should they themselves call a truce, because dont forget that next weekend we have local elections here in hong kong stopping in the past, carrie lam have said that those could be suspended if there was continuing violence and at the moment it doesnt seem to be any sign of the violence abating, so carrie lam might carry out that threat. If she does, then things can actually get an awful lot worse. Do you get any sense that the police wa nt to you get any sense that the police want to get this over with and move into the university simply to reoccu py into the university simply to reoccupy all of it . We know they have occupied part of it but they wa nt to ta ke have occupied part of it but they want to take all very quickly . think the longer this goes on, the more embarrassing it is for the police, but they do have to be very careful that they are not seen to be escalating the violence too much. The protesters seem to be happy to fight as good as they get. We have seen dozens, countless petrol bombs being thrown by the protesters over the past couple of days, especially this morning when the police went m, this morning when the police went in, and there was even a report yesterday of one policeman being shotin yesterday of one policeman being shot in the leg with an arrow from a crossbow. The protesters certainly seem crossbow. The protesters certainly seem to be getting ready for much more violence, should they feel that they are being attacked further and unnecessarily stopping plenty of them are complaining that the police are being too heavy handed, but the protesters seem to be giving as good as they get. And briefly, as ordinary life carrying on and the rest of hong kong . Well, schools are still closed from last week, hospitals have said if you dont have an urgent appointment, try to stay away. One of the tunnels, the cioss stay away. One of the tunnels, the Cross Harbour tunnels that goes between Hong Kong Island and kowloon, that was closed over the weekend and the protesters dont seem weekend and the protesters dont seem to be letting anyone through. Thank you very much. The British Government and armed forces have been accused of covering up illegal killings by british troops in afghanistan and iraq. An investigation by bbc panorama and the sunday Times Newspaper has spoken to a dozen british detectives who say they found credible evidence of war crimes. But the investigators say strong cases were not prosecuted. The ministry of defence here in the uk has denied the claims. Richard bilton has more. Across two decades, british soldiers have fought wars in afghanistan and iraq. Most did their duty and came home, but some were accused of committing war crimes. Panorama has found evidence the state covered up what they did. Like the killing of rahid al moussaoui in basra in 2003. Translation when rahid opened a door, the british soldier was crouching behind a pile of rubbish in the street. As soon as rahid walked out, the british soldier shot him, here. Detectives from the Iraq Historic Allegations Team investigated the case. They wanted to prosecute one soldier for the killing and his commanding officerfor covering up what happened, but no one was charged. This detective asked to be interviewed anonymously. The ministry of defence had no intention of prosecuting any soldier, of whatever rank he was, unless it was absolutely necessary and they couldnt wriggle their way out of it. Ihat looked at hundreds of cases, but in 2017, the investigation was shut down. Along with operation northmoor, which was looking at killings in afghanistan. There were no prosecutions. Panorama has spoken to insiders in both investigations. They say cases were covered up. Key decisions were being taken out of our hands. There was more and more pressure coming from the mod to get cases closed as quickly as possible. The mod says military operations are conducted lawfully, and that decisions not to prosecute were made independently and after extensive investigation. Richard bilton, bbc news. The interim government in bolivia has had to fly basic provisions into la paz as supporters of the former president evo morales continue to block major highways to the city. Stocks of fuel and food have run low and there are long queues outside shops. The protesters are demanding the resignation of the interim government and the return of mr morales, who resigned last week amid allegations of electoral fraud. In neighbouring chile, president Sebastian Pinera has condemned for the first time what he called abuses commited by police in dealing with weeks of Anti Government protests. In a speech to the nation, mr pinera said the army and police had used Excessive Force in containing the unrest during which 22 people have been killed and thousands injured. He said any officer found to have breached protocols would face justice and extended sympathy to all those affected. Terry oneill, the british photographer whose pictures helped define the 1960s, has died at the age of 81. His images of rock and film stars and royalty helped frame an age of celebrity, and the idea of the swinging sixties. David Sillito looks back at his work. Patrick macnee, twiggy. Photoshoots dont get more 60s than that, and the man behind the lens was terry oneill. His work, a whos who of the greatest stars of the last 50 years. This image of Frank Sinatra striding down a boardwalk is now a museum exhibit. Indeed, his first assignment as a photographer on fleet street. The very firstjob i ever had on the newspaper, i got sent to photograph a group, and they turned out to be the beatles recording please please me, and i started at the top and i never looked back. Rebel, rebel, youve torn your dress. In the 70s, he captured david bowies ever changing image. To his admirers, one of his great talents was developing relationships with his sitters. When you work with musicians, youve got to respect that its their time, but terry got very close to a lot of people, and in, you know, in some instances, he married his subject. You know, he was married to faye dunaway. Married to faye dunaway, photographed Frank Sinatra it wasnt an easy life. This was one of the first stones photoshoots, but as the years went by, modern stars werent so interesting to him. I dont know what it is, all the guys seem to wear black suits, all the girls seem to be fashion plates, but they all look the same. It was a portfolio that had everyone from bardot to churchill, sinatra to taylor. Terry oneills life truly was a catalogue of a golden age of stardom. Terry oneill, whos died at the age of 81. Washingtons Smithsonian National zoo is about to say goodbye to one of its most popular residents. In a couple of days time, bei bei the panda will be flown back to china. As part of an agreement between the two countries, all pandas have to be returned when they are four years old, for breeding purposes. The bbcs tim allman explains. Parting is such sweet sorrow, but there is always time for cake. Bei bei enjoyed some last minute treats before his trip to china, his fans having a last look at him. We love him and we have been coming regularly to see him and we just wanted to come for our last opportunity before he goes to china. Im sad that we dont get to see him anymore but im happy hes going back to his homeland. Im sure he will be happy to see some other pandas as well. Bei bei was born at the zoo in august 2015. His mother was a gift from china. A panda keeper and vet will travel with him on a private jet. Appropriate, really, when you think that bei bei translates as precious treasure. Well be taking 15 to 20 kilos of bamboo, apples, sweet potatoes, carrots, some sugarcane, honey and biscuits. All the things he likes throughout the day. We will take them with us so on that flight we can provide him with everything he needs. He sets off on tuesday, journeying to a new home and a new life. Bye bye, bei bei, bye bye. A reminder of our top story. After in two days stand off with the police, some protesters have emerged from the polytechnic welding in hong kong. At least a0 have been arrested by the polytechnic building in hong kong. Hello there. I think weve got a couple of drier days coming up. Some sunshine, but some cold mornings on the way as well. That said, weve still got a legacy of cloudy weather for east anglia and south east england over the next few hours. A few mist and fog patches, a few patches of drizzle. Skies clearing further north, weve already seen temperatures fall well, well below freezing and a sharp and widespread frost across the northern half of the country with showers running in across northern scotland here. The added risk of some icy surfaces to take us into monday. But for monday, its this ridge of High Pressure that keeps low pressure at bay to our west and to our east, and that means it should be a fine and dry day for the vast majority of us. Now, it might be quite cloudy across the extreme east of england for a time, but for most of us, after that cold and locally frosty start to the day, were looking at dry and sunny weather. Showers for the north east of scotland, a few running down our north sea coast of england. After that bitterly cold start to the day in the scottish capital, temperatures here only reach around 2 degrees through the afternoon, so it is going to be a cold one for sure. And if anything, monday night, the frost gets more widespread and more intense. Some of the sheltered glens in scotland could potentially see temperatures getting down as low as 10 degrees celsius. If that happens, that would be the coldest night of the autumn. Now, looking at the weather picture into the middle part of the week, High Pressure initially stays with us. But, increasingly, well see this low pressure try to make inroads off the atlantic, and thats going to be bringing rain or showers to western areas. But that said, i dont think the rains going to be as troublesome as it has been for much of this autumn. Now, we could have some lingering mist and fog patches to start off tuesday. Otherwise, cold and frosty. Well start to see this band of rain working in across northern ireland, maybe getting into western fringes of wales and perhaps into the extreme west of cornwall as well. But for most, its another dry day dry, yes, but still pretty chilly. Temperatures, a in edinburgh, a in hull and a 7 the top temperature in london. Heading into wednesday, the rain makes further inroads. So, a better chance of seeing some rain return to wales and south west england, the rain turning heavier later in the day to northern ireland. With more of a south easterly breeze blowing through the day, were going to start to see temperatures lifting by a few degrees. So, highs getting up to around 8 or 9 degrees in london and cardiff, around 8 degrees or so in aberdeen and a 10 for belfast. So, over the next few days, any rain is not likely to be as heavy or persistent as weve seen so often this autumn. Cold nights to watch out for, a few fog patches, but it does turn a bit milder later in the week. Thats your weather. This is bbc news. The headlines Hong Kong Police have arrested at least a0 protesters after a 2 day stand off at the Polytechnic University building. Activists continue to occupy parts of the building after a night of clashes. Overnight protesters set fire to two of the entrances when police moved into the campus. Theres further controversy for Prince Andrew after the bbcs exclusive interview. He said he didnt regret his association with sex offenderjeffrey epstein. The duke of york has been widely criticised for failing to express sympathy for victims of epstein, who killed himself in august. Large parts of central venice are under water again as another exceptionally high tide inundated the italian city. Three of the worst ten floods since records began nearly a hundred years ago, have now happened in a week. The mayor of venice has blamed it in part on climate change, calling for more work to study its effects. Now on bbc news dateline london