Brutal military offensive. And adventurers with driving ambition, starting a four month road trip from singapore to london. Announcer live from our studios in singapore and london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, 1am in the morning in london and san in hong kong where protesters and police are recovering from another weekend of violent clashes. Its understood a Police Officer fired a warning shot at the protests, marking an escalation in the unrest. Earlier, police used water cannon to disperse crowds and clear barricades for the First Time Since the demonstrations began in june. John sudworth has the latest from hong kong. Hong kong was once celebrated for its stability. Not any more. Onlookers gazed down on the political crisis being lived out in running street battles. By nightfall, it was at times almost medieval. This rain of sticks and clubs, brought to an end only by the sound of a gunshot, as one officer draws his side arm, shooting into
Tens of thousands of Rohingya Refugees demand justice two years after fleeing myanmars brutal military offensive. And adventurers with driving ambition, starting a four month road trip from singapore to london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7am in hong kong where protesters and police are recovering from another weekend of violent clashes. Its understood a Police Officer fired a warning shot during clashes with demonstrators, marking an escalation in the unrest. Earlier, police used water cannon to disperse crowds and clear barricades for the First Time Since the demonstrations began in june. John sudworth has the latest from hong kong. Hong kong was once celebrated for its stability. Not any more. Onlookers gazed down on the political crisis being lived out in running street battles. By nightfall, it was at times almost medieval. This rain of sticks and clubs, brought to an end only by the sound of a gunshot, as one off
This will get the hostages out and get a significant amount ofaid in. This would allow us to build something more enduring, to ensure israel is secure, and to respect the right of the Palestinian People to dignity, freedom and self determination. Crowd cheers hamas claims it wants a cease fire. Well, there is a deal on the table. And as we have said, hamas needs to agree to that deal. Lets get a cease fire. Lets reunite the hostages with their families. And lets provide immediate relief to the people of gaza. Lets speak to Tommaso Della longa who is the spokesperson for the International Federation of red cross and red crescent societies. It is good to speak to you again. Those are some of the strongest words we have heard from the us. Could you tell us what youre hearing about the humanitarian situation there on the ground . Thanks a lot for having me today. The humanitarian situation in the gaza strip is still desperate and every day that the conflict continues, the more the nude wil
A gang leader had warned the haitian Prime Minister not to return to haiti. He was in nairobi, discussing the possibility of a kenyan led Multinational Security force. But the bbc has established that he left returned to haiti safely on sunday. With the details, heres our caribbean correspondent, will grant. The decision to declare both a State Of Emergency and a night time curfew in the Haitian Capital comes after fierce fighting by armed gangs who are now in control of most of the city. During the fighting, gunmen entered the main prison in Port Au Prince and quickly overwhelmed the guards, allowing some 4,000 inmates to escape. Eyewitnesses report seeing several bodies inside and around the prison compound. The gangs in haiti which oppose mr henrys rule sense a possible power vacuum and an opportunity to force him from office. A notorious gang leader, a former elite Police Officer called jimmy cherizier, also known as barbecue, has claimed responsibility for the latest outbreak of v