A larger western military presence in the waters along their coastline. And reaching for the moon india hopes to be the first to land on the lunar south pole. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news its newsday. Welcome to the programme. Its 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 8 00 in the morning in hong kong, where the authorities have defended the police, after groups of pro democracy protesters were attacked by gangs of masked men at a train station. Forty five people were injured in the incident, which happened after a rally in the centre of the city. Opposition politicians have accused police of being suspiciously slow to arrive at the scene. You may find some of the pictures in stephen mcdonells report upsetting. Gangs were waiting when pro democracy activists arrived. Their attack was brutal. Using home made weapons, they set upon individual protesters. One of those at the train station was this man. 0h, oh, sorry rico, its yourturn smile for me. We