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
These moments come around rarely, its not every single year we get to do an olympic games. And i felt like preparation was going so well and in an instant, its gone. Hello again. Welcome along to sportsday. Theyll likely be on the same International Team attempting to conquer europe this summer but before that, theyre on opposite sides trying to do the same for their clubs. Two of englands finest abroad meet in the Champions League semi finals tonight, with both harry kane and Jude Bellingham trying to win the competition for the first time. Theyve been key to their teams getting this far kane has 42 goals overall in his Debut Campaign for Bayern Munich while, even though bellingham has half the amount, thats from midfield, and includes two clasico winners. Their first leg is at the Allianz Arena Tonight and Patrick Gearey looks ahead. I think hes a great player, One Of The Best of all time may be. Jude is exactly the the best of all time may be. Jude is exactly the type the best of al
Your next hour. Once the show. Always a pleasure to have your company. Another terrible day ahead for rishi sunak. Has there been a decent day you can even remember and you remember yesterday i was delighted to show the biggest Saint Georges flag in the land in my home city of nottingham, 62 foot, an absolute monster of a flag across the Market Square on the council house. Well, today a tory mp has floated the idea its tory mp has floated the idea wsfime tory mp has floated the idea its time for a minister for flags to protect our cherished flags. Do you agree with that . Would that get your vote . Lets me know theres new way to get in touch. You can send your views and post your comments by visiting com forward visiting gb news. Com forward slash your say get in touch. Ill read out the best before the end of the show. Keep them clean to you. But before clean over to you. But before that latest that its time for your latest news and tatiana News Headlines. And its tatiana sanchez. Mar
In a moment well be live in brussels for analysis on this. But also we must mention the fate of two major european agencies will be decided on today. The European Medicines Agency and European Banking Authority currently reside in london which will no longer be part of the eu from the end of march 2019. The 27 Member States will vote later on which cities will become their new homes. Joe lynam has more. Iam hoping i am hoping to be able to speak to him injusta i am hoping to be able to speak to him injust a moment. I am hoping to be able to speak to him injusta moment. He i am hoping to be able to speak to him injust a moment. He is i am hoping to be able to speak to him injusta moment. He isjoining us him injusta moment. He isjoining us from brussels. Here he is. Peter, good to see you. Lets start with the situation in the brexit negotiations in germany. Your thoughts on the outcome of the Coalition Talks . They are collapsing and as we have been hearing earlier, there is a real conce
West brom sack manager tony pulis with the club just one point above the premier League Relegation zone and without a win since august. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The deadline set by zimbabwes ruling party for president Robert Mugabe to resign passed this morning with no response from the head of state. His party, zanu pf, has now begun discussing the impeachment of the embattled leader, calling him a source of instability, and blaming him for the countrys economic problems. In a speech to the nation last night, mr mugabe defied expectations and made it clear he had no intention of stepping down, despite intervention from the military last week. Ben brown is in the capital, harare. When Robert Mugabe went on Television Last night with that address, there was a real expectation across the country that he was going to resign and when he didnt there was shock and disbelief, and real anger as well. Today zanu pf, his party which has already sacked him as leader, is