And why six elephants were found dead at the foot of a waterfall, in a Thailand National park. Hello and welcome to bbc news. Parts of hong kongs metro system are still closed after stations and businesses were vandalised in the latest Anti Government protests. The violence followed a decision by the territorys chief executive, carrie lam, to use Emergency Powers to ban the face coverings frequently worn by pro democracy demonstrators. Gareth barlow reports. Hong kongers resist, that was the call as protesters formed human chains. Thousands defiant against the ban against facemasks. Everyone knows carrie lam is messing up hong kong. This is why she is pushing through with the emergency law. We all expect the next step to be imposing a curfew. This is a tool, a way to suppress hong kong people. Carrie lam has not learnt from this and has not done anything to appease us. She is just constantly suppressing us. Throughout the city, shops are closed and transport hubs remain closed after a
37 people have been injured eight of them seriously after a bus crashed in devon. The double decker was travelling on the a385 between totnes and paignton when it came off the road and ended up on its side in a field. Richard lister has more. Just after am this morning, and the Emergency Services are responding to a major incident. 37 people were injured eight of them seriously when this double decker bus came off the road. Casualties were taken to hospitals across the region. Witnesses at the scene said up to 20 people were trapped in the wreckage and the fire and rescue service had to use specialist equipment to get them out. My friend was trapped on the bus for 45 minutes because. Thankfully, she wasnt injured but they had to cut holes in the roof of the bus to get people out. And, obviously, they couldnt move people who were badly injured. They were trying to get those people out first. The devon Police Serious collisions unit says the bus driver is helping with the investigation a
By the territorys chief executive, carrie lam, to use Emergency Powers to ban the face coverings frequently worn by pro democracy demonstrators. Gareth barlow has the latest. Hong kongers resist, that was the call as protesters formed human chains, as they defied a ban on facemasks while demonstrating. Everyone knows carrie lam is messing up hong kong. This is why she is pushing through with the emergency law. We all expect the next step to be imposing a curfew. This is a tool, a way to suppress hong kong people. Carrie lam has not learnt from this and has not done anything to appease us. She is just constantly suppressing us. Throughout the city, shops and transport hubs remain closed after a spike in violence. In a televised address, hong kongs chief executive carrie lam pledged to quash the violence. Fellow citizens, hong kong had a very dark night last night because of the extreme acts of the rioters. Today, the city is semi paralysed. Everyone is worried or even afraid. The govern
Hello and welcome. Parts of hong kongs metro system are still closed after stations and businesses were vandalised in the latest Anti Government protests. The violence followed a decision by the territorys chief executive, carrie lam, to use Emergency Powers to ban the face coverings frequently worn by pro democracy demonstrators. Opposition legislators are returning to the territorys high court in a renewed effort to get the ban overturned. Gareth barlow reports. Hong kongers resist, that was the call as protesters formed human chains, as they defied a ban on facemasks while demonstrating. Everyone knows carrie lam is messing up hong kong. This is why she is pushing through with the emergency law. We all expect the next step to be imposing a curfew. This is a tool, a way to suppress hong kong people. Carrie lam has not learnt from this and has not done anything to appease us. She is just constantly suppressing us. Throughout the city, shops and transport hubs remain closed after a spi
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