Police in hong kong have defended the shooting of an 18 year old protestor in the chest. Its the first time in months of demonstrations that a protestor has been injured by live ammunition. Police say the officer opened fire because he felt his life was under threat. Rupert Wingfield Hayes is in hong kong and sent this report. This was hong kongs birthday present to china. They had been told to stay home, that any protest today would be illegal. Any hope the protests would pass peacefully were quickly dashed. This was Central Hong Kong this afternoon, and this the town of tsuen wan, police and protesters fighting running street battles. In the middle of one such battle, this happened. As a young protester tries to strike a policeman with a metal bar, the officer shoots at almost point blank range. The 18 year old protester is expected to survive. But news of his shooting only increased the fury on the streets. We are not afraid. Because they shoot, we will get angrier and angrier. We a
Harry and meghan sue the mail on sunday newspaper the prince says the press are vilifying his wife. Police in hong kong have defended the shooting of an 18 year old protestor in the chest. Its the first time in months of demonstrations that a protestor has been injured by live ammunition. Police say the officer opened fire because he felt his life was under threat. We can go live to mariko oi in hong kong. How does this look from there now . As you can see behind me on the streets of hong kong it is now back to normal. Almost unimaginable how violent it was last night but this has become somewhat of a new normal. Violent clashes between police and protesters on the weekend and on special occasions like yesterday when china was celebrating the 70th anniversary of the foundation of the peoples republic of china. But as you mention, the first incident in which a protester was injured by a live ammunition yesterday and even though he is expected to survive, as you can imagine it has really
The shooting of an 18 year old protestor in the chest. Its the first time in months of demonstrations that a protestor has been injured by live ammunition. Police say the officer opened fire because he felt his life was under threat. Rupert Wingfield Hayes is in hong kong and sent this report. This was hong kongs birthday present to china. They had been told to stay home, that any protest today would be illegal. Any hope the protests would pass peacefully were quickly dashed. This was Central Hong Kong this afternoon, and this the town of tsuen wan, police and protesters fighting running street battles. In the middle of one such battle, this happened. As a young protester tries to strike a policeman with a metal bar, the officer shoots at almost point blank range. The 18 year old protester is expected to survive. But news of his shooting only increased the fury on the streets. We are not afraid. Because they shoot, we will get angrier and angrier. We are not afraid of them. Especially
Of military might from china as it celebrates 70 years of communist rule. Even the Emergency Services struggle as torrential rain sweeps across large parts of england and wales. And at 11 30, we will be taking another look at the papers with susie boniface, columnist for the daily mirror, and Katherine Forster from the sunday times. Good evening. After ten weeks in office, tomorrow borisjohnson will offer the eu his plan for brexit. Number ten insists it is the governments final offer, and that the uk will leave the eu at the end of the month, despite a law passed in parliament to prevent him doing so without a deal. A major Sticking Point so far has been resolving the issue of the border between ireland and Northern Ireland. The Prime Minister has told the bbc his plan will have to include some customs checks on the island of ireland after brexit. With more, here is our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg. Her report contains flashing images. When is a crisis an opportunity . Right now,
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