Please allow me to negotiate. 50 years after british troops were sent to Northern Ireland, we talk to some of the soldiers on patrol at the start of the troubles. And Manchester United get off to a flying start in their premier league campaign, hitting four against chelsea. And well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers, journalist and author Yasmin Alibhai brown, and former conservative advisor mo hussein. Stay with us for that. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The government has announced a package of measures on law and order, saying its serious about fighting crime. Labour has dismissed the plans as no more than empty promises ahead of a possible general election. So what is the government proposing . Ministers want to create 10,000 new prison places across england and wales. And a pilot scheme giving the police wider powers to stop and search suspects will be extended to all 43 forces. Critics say theres little detail about how the policies will be funde
And there are lots more on all our stories on our website, bbc. Co. Uk news. You can find me on twitter. Im bbckasiamadera. Now on bbc news, live to singapore for Asia Business report. Cathay pacific fires staff who joined their protest, as they continue for another weekend. India pushes more people to drive electric cars. Hello and welcome to this monday edition of Asia Business report, i am sharanjit leyl. We start with hong kong, because the city has seen its 10th weekend of demonstrations in a row. 0n city has seen its 10th weekend of demonstrations in a row. On sunday night police fired tear gas into a subway station after clashes with protesters continued. We are starting to see businesses having to choose between staffs right to protest a nd choose between staffs right to protest and not upsetting beijing, because hong kongs flagship carrier Cathay Pacific fired two airport employees over the weekend and suspended a pilot for conducting Anti Government protests. I asked a Hong K
In football you cant really dream of more or expect more. Then again, were just working on of more or expect more. Then again, werejust working on improving as of more or expect more. Then again, were just working on improving as a team, finding a style that suits us with the players we have and i think today we showed that we still need a bit of time. But that its coming. We are improving. We had our chances, but the 60 minutes we were playing well. Quite well. Then in the final view we did deposed, we hit the bar and our final decisions were slightly. 2 3 sucker punch in the game changes completely. That is the story of the game, there were lessons, mistakes and you lose games. Elsewhere, arsenal made a winning start to the new season. Pierre emerick aubameyang, who was the leagues joint top scorer last season scored the only goal of the game as the gunners won at newcastle. I think with that victory, because we tried to be offensive and defensive also. We controlled position and att
Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Also in the programme, the number of gamblers complaining about british betting firms has risen by 5,000 in 5 years last year, punters lost a record £14. 5 billion. What do you think . Is gambling too easy . Should betting companies do more to keep players safe . Get in touch just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Hong kong is cleaning up again after a tenth weekend of unrest as the terrotory witnesses further clashes between pro democracy protesters and riot police, in hong kong. Tear gas was fired after petrol bombs exploded near the main police headquarters. The police are due to give their daily News Conference in about four hours from now but the cheif executive carrie lam has already said the unrest has caused more damage than the 2008 financial crisis. From hong kong, heres jonathan head. This is how it starts every weekend now in hong kong. Theyve turned improvising barricades into an art form. They work wi