League. 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. Our correspondent Stephen Mcdonnell gave this update from hong kong. I am beside a couple of officers here. You can see water cannon is being deployed. People here are ducking down beneath the parapet to also avoid tear gas which is being fired. You can see from above. To the right here, you can see the protesters coming in and they are moving forward towards the government headquarters, where they may be able to throw molotov cocktails at closer proximity to the police at times. There goes one now, catching fire on the barricades. This is the violent showdown people predicted when permission was denied to have this march today and also follows the a
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