Hello, and welcome to bbc news. Lets start in hong kong, where local elections are underway. The authorities have threatened to suspend voting if theres serious trouble but pro democracy campaigners have told their supporters not to cause any disruption. This vote is the first to take place since protests and often violent clashes with police started back in june. So it will be a test of support for pro democracy and pro bejing candidates. The poll is for the lowest rung of government in the city. More than 1,000 candidates are running, competing for more than a50 seats throughout the citys 18 districts. A number of seats currently held by pro beijing incumbents, are being contested by pro democracy candidates, butjoshua wong, one of the prominent protest leaders is banned from running, because he called for Self Determination for hong kong. Hes given his reaction to reporters. As the only candidate being disqualified by beijing, which proves the election in hong kong is being manipula
Of those around, yes, cloudy looking skies and at times thick enough for the odd spot or two of drizzle. All the details coming up a little later. Good morning. Its sunday the 24th of november. Our top story the conservatives will pledge not to raise the rate of income tax, National Insurance or vat when they publish their election manifesto this afternoon. Borisjohnson has also said he wants to bring his brexit deal back to the commons before christmas, if the conservatives are returned to power. Our political correspondent, nick earley reports. What would he do with power . This afternoon Boris Johnson what would he do with power . This afternoon borisjohnson will what would he do with power . This afternoon Boris Johnson will unveil the conservative manifesto. His basic message, deliver brexit and move basic message, deliver brexit and m ove o nto basic message, deliver brexit and move onto domestic priorities. He will pledge that the bill that will deliver brexit will be brought ba
Proved, as they pushed for the two goals they needed, their defence was open up yet again. The tournaments top scorer getting the goal his performance deserved. His 11th of the competition. Indian, a co mforta ble the competition. Indian, a comfortable victory for the Saudi Arabian side. They avenged the final defeat of 2017 for the third Asian Champions League title. They also grabbed the last spot of the Club World Cup next month in qatar. Elsewhere, the brazilian side flamengo were given a rapturous welcome home, when they returned to rio dejaneiro as the champions of south america. They came from behind to beat river plate 2 1 in saturdays final of the Copa Libertadores in lima. Gabriel barbosa was the hero. He scored twice in the last five minutes and got sent off as flamengo won the cup for the second time in their history. In the english premier league, Manchester United came from 2 0 down to lead 3 2 at Sheffield United but still had to settle for a point, when the blades fough
A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Also in the programme ajob for life could soon be a thing of the past. New Research Shows the average millennial spends less than 4 years with an employer, by the time they reach 3a may have had 6 jobs. What is your experience . Get in touch, just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Lets focus on the huge shift that has taken place in hong kong. Pro democracy parties have achieved an overwhelming landslide victory in local elections winning nearly 90 of seats. It comes after months of protests across the city and is a massive set back for hong kong chief executive carrie lam, who has said she will respect the results. Lets go live tojonathan head in hong kong. Tell us more about today and a huge turnout in terms of people voting. It isa turnout in terms of people voting. It is a stunning result, of course for the opposition pan Democratic Alliance who had to bring together very dispara
There are doubts surrounding the final of the Copa Libertadores in chile next month in light of the social turmoil engulfing the country. The president has cancelled two big regional events due to political protests that began two weeks ago. But our World Football presenter, mani jazmi, expects this years final in santiago, between argentinas river plate and Brazils Flamengo to go ahead as planned. It was shaky on wednesday afternoon when all sorts of rumours and alternatives were flying around. There was talk of a big meeting between the president of chile and the head of south american football but the president says that they will hosted, even though he has cancelled two Big International events. I think he thinks it is easier to host a football match than an international gathering. So as of now, the game will happen in santiago. There were issues between the teams last year. Is this a further complication . That was a very special occasion because the two tea ms very special occas