A vast area of australias east coast, including sydney, is facing some of the worst threats from bushfires the country has ever seen. There are dozens of blazes across New South Wales and queensland. Authorities have predicted catastrophic conditions on tuesday. A state of emergency has been declared in both states. The head of the Rural Fire Service has warned that the fire danger will increase in the coming hours. We still have 52 fires burning across New South Wales. 30 of those are uncontained, and weve got 13 at watch and act alert level. We are certainly starting to see an increase in fire activity, and therefore the fire danger is increasing accordingly. The reality is conditions will simply continue to get worse and deteriorate over the coming hours, and particularly into this afternoon, when the combination of the hotter temperatures, the drier atmosphere and the strengthening winds all come together to drive fire behaviour. Our correspondent Shaima Khalil gave us this update
Police in hong kong have fired tear gas and used water canon to fire blue dyed water to try to and break up large crowds of protesters whove rallied in defiance of a ban. An event to mark five years since beijing ruled out fully democratic elections was banned by officials and called off by organisers. Police had warned potential protesters that they risked arrest if they turned out. Lets ta ke lets take a look at the scene in hong kong. It is evening in hong kong. The protesters have not dispersed by any means during the class of the protests which were dispersed earlier by the police, using both tear gas, fired by police officers, some up on balconies above the mean protesters as they attempted to cause the protesters to disperse. Some difficulty dispersing, not least because some of the key transport networks have been shut and the stations have been shut because of concerns about possible violence inside the stations and a way of reducing the numbers that were able to get into cent
The shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, is among those addressing the crowd outside the gates of downing street. Simonjones reports. They say they want to stop the coup. Protesters outside downing street claim borisjohnson protesters outside downing street claim Boris Johnson is protesters outside downing street claim borisjohnson is trying to shut down democracy by suspending parliament ahead of brexit. People here insist they want their voices heard. Stop brexit i never thought at my age, 61 years of age, i would have to be here in white or protesting against the shutdown of parliament. To look after their own interest ina parliament. To look after their own interest in a way like this is deeply undemocratic and needs to be fought against. More than 30 protests have been planned across the uk. Organisers say they are expecting tens of thousands of people. They are warning of mass civil disobedience and disruption in the coming weeks. The Left Wing Group momentum is calling for people
And in half an hour, the Victoria Derbyshire programme looks at controversy over new Relationship Education in schools good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. Crowds of demonstrators have gathered in locations across the uk to protest against the Prime Ministers decision to suspend parliament. Organisers hope tens of thousands of people will take to the streets in dozens of towns and cities. The shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, was among those addressing the crowd outside the gates of downing street. From there, our correspondent simonjones reports. Yes, the protests are continuing this afternoon. Were just outside downing street, where still people are at the gates. They have been chanting they want boris out, theyve been chanting, stop the coup. Earlier, people took to the stage. We heard from politicians, we heard from members of trade unions, and people, just general members of the public, who wanted to have their say, too. The shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, says that dictat
The crisis in the territory is now in its eighth week, and theres no sign of it ending. Im Nuala Mcgovern in london. Also in the programme russias leading opposition activist is rushed to hospital. His friends fear he was poisoned in prison. Sing my name we visit the Indian Mountain village where everyone has their own musical identity. Announcer live from our studios in london and singapore. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 7am in singapore and in hong kong, which is waking up after one of the most violent weekends of recent months. Protestors defied Police Orders to stay at home and commercial areas usually filled with shoppers were instead turned into war zones, thick with tear gas, officers armed with riot shields and masked demonstrators hurling bricks. And for the first time, Chinese State officials have scheduled a News Conference in beijing later on monday to make a statement on the situation. The bbcs nick beake reports from hong kong. Theres a predictabi