Tensions have continued to escalate in hong kong where one of the worlds biggest airports Hong Kong International has been brought to a standstill by a huge gathering of protesters for the second day. Flights were cancelled, check in Services Suspended and demonstrators barricaded access to departure gates with luggage trolleys before riot police moved in to disperse the crowds. These are the latest pictures. This is the Moment Police moved into one of the terminals. There were violent clashes, including this one where a policeman is attacked by protesters. And you can see here at one point, he pulls out his gun. This has also come in to the newsroom you can see young protesters mobbing a man they suspected was an undercover policeman theyve zip tied his hands together. He was later carried to an ambulance. The editor of chinas global times, a nationalist tabloid newspaper, says the man who was tied up is one of his reporters. I affirm this man being tied in this video is the reporter
A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Tell us what you think about the stories we are covering, or what you are spotting where you are. Just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Anti government protesters in hong kong have been attacked by unidentified men wearing white t shirts and wielding batons. Social media from the region has been inundated by footage of groups of men charging at crowds in one of the citys railway stations. At least 30 people are believed to have been injured. The attacks allegedly took place as crowds were on their way home from the latest protest rally in the city. Joining me now is the bbcs celia hatton, who is in beijing. What are people saying where you are about this latest development . Well, inside mainland china, those groups of men, as you said, who were dressed in white who attacked Anti Government protests, many people are applauding them inside mai
The iranian president Hassan Rouhani says hes urged European Countries to save the International Nuclear agreement, during a phone call with his french counterpart, emmanuel macron. Iran says it will start to enrich uranium closer to a weapons grade level, if European Countries dont find a way to save the nuclear deal by sunday. Gareth barlow reports. The landmark deal was supposed to contain irans developments of nuclear technology. Europe felt it worked but donald trump disagree. am announcing today that the United States will withdraw from the iran nuclear deal. In a few moments, i will sign a president ial memorandum to begin reinstating us Nuclear Sanctions on the uranian regime. Just over a year ago, the president upended the agreement. Iranian. They brought in harsh sanctum sanctions and now iran is pressuring europe to keep the deal and their economy alive. The europeans have failed to fulfil their promises of protecting irans interests under the deal, and our next step will be
And our sunday morning edition of the papers is at 9. 35 this mornings reviewers are sian griffiths, education editor at the sunday times and the journalist and author shyama perera. The Trump Administration has been labelled inept, insecure and incompetent in leaked emails from the British Ambassador to washington. Sir kim darroch said that the white house was uniquely dysfunctional and divided under donald trump. But the ambassador also said in the memos that mr trump should not be written off. The Foreign Office says the leak of diplomatic cables was mischievous, but hasnt denied their authenticity. Our Political Correspondent Jessica Parker is with me now. Not diplomatic language at all. Tell us more not diplomatic language at all. Tell us more about what has been said in these e mails. Us more about what has been said in these emails. Not diplomatic language but these memos were never meant for public consumption. It is pretty unprecedented to see the scale of information that has
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