Over his three missed drugs tests. Police in hong kong have used tear gas and water canon to Disperse Protesters hurling rocks and petrol bombs in Anti Government demonstrations. They were marking five years since the start of what became known as the Umbrella Movement, a campaign for greater democratic freedom under chinese rule. From hong kong, heres our china correspondent, john sudworth. The everyday object that lent its name to a movement was in use again. Five years after it first shielded the protesters from the pepper spray and tear gas. In 2014, the umbrella protests faded away. But this year theyre back with a vengeance in far more violent form. We have no choice. Like, we cant go back. Imean. For me, like. If we lose this time, hong kong cannot survive for more than another five years. The anniversary began calmly enough, with thousands joining a peaceful rally. But this is now a deeply divided society. With those who fear that hong kongs freedoms are being eroded. Pitted ag
Police in hong kong have used tear gas and water canon to Disperse Protesters hurling rocks and petrol bombs in Anti Government demonstrations. They were marking five years since the start of what became known as the Umbrella Movement, a campaign for greater democratic freedom under chinese rule. From hong kong, heres our china correspondent, john sudworth. The everyday object that lent its name to a movement was in use again. Five years after it first shielded the protesters from the pepper spray and tear gas. In 2014, the umbrella protests faded away. But this year theyre back with a vengeance in far more violent form. We have no choice. Like, we cant go back. Imean. For me, like. If we lose this time, hong kong cannot survive for more than another five years. The anniversary began calmly enough, with thousands joining a peaceful rally. But this is now a deeply divided society. With those who fear that hong kongs freedoms are being eroded. Pitted against often ugly confrontation agai
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Today, but there is more rain on the way later, and in fact for all of us at some stage this week we are going to see some rain, some of us quite often, wet and windy, and the reason why, no pressure packed just to the north of the British Isles this week. If you look at these white lines, the isobars are close together, so you know it is going to be windy, there are weather fronts coming around the area of low pressure, showers moving on through, but sunshine occasionally too, some good weather at times, the sunrise that many of us enjoyed this morning. Lets see how the rest of the morning is playing out, a lot of cloud, outbreaks of rain, prepping up cloud, outbreaks of rain, prepping upa cloud, outbreaks of rain, prepping up a little bit towards the east and south east, turning dry in wales, northern england. Writer in Northern Ireland and scotland, if you heavy showers around. Gusty winds, but the strong winds in northern scotland so far today will ease a touch, temperatures into t