Been starker. And coming up. The billionaire former mayor of new york Michael Bloomberg announces he wants to run for president. Hello, and welcome to world news today. The first results from hong kongs local District Council election are coming in and they show the pro democracy parties making big gains. Theyre on course to all but wipe out their pro beijing rivals. Theres been a huge voter turnout in comparison to elections in 2015. With slightly more than half of the count complete the numbers just a few minutes ago showed pro democracy parties have already taken 196 seats. While pro establishment parties have just 27 so far. These are the numbers being reported by local media and there is still a way to go yet, of course. Now, some notable names ran in the elections, including pro beijing lawmaker junius ho. Hes one of the most controversial politicians in the city and is reported to have suffered a shock defeat. Our correspondent Stephen Mcdonell is in hong kong. Stephen, this cou
Camps in western china are used to brainwash the muslim uighur minority. The billionaire former mayor of new york Michael Bloomberg announces he wants to run for us president as a democrat. Good morning. It is 1 00am in london, 8 00pm in new york and 9 00am it is 1 00am in london, here in hong kong, where the pro democracy parties are on course for an overwhelming landslide victory in local elections. With about half the vote counted, the pro democracy camps have won seven seats for every one held by parties backing the government. These are only local District Council elections, but this is a huge vote of support for the protest movement, after almost six months of often violent demonstrations that have brought this city to a standstill. Rupert Wingfield Hayes reports. In the Eastern District of Hong Kong Island this morning, the queue to vote at the shau kei wan polling station went on and on and on. Were seeing queues like this in districts all over hong kong today, people waiting f
Live from our studios in london and singapore, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Hello and a warm welcome to the programme. Its 8 00am in singapore and midnight here in the uk where the Election Campaign is officially underway. Borisjohnson is calling on voters to deliver a majority for the conservative party, so that he can get brexit done by the end of januray. The Opposition Labour Party leader, jeremy corbyn, is promising to sort out brexit in six months, in part through a second referendum. Our political editor, Laura Kuenssberg has all the details. He has been one of the best known politicians in the country for a decade, but fame and having faith are not the same thing. He may be the tory partys darling, but he wants you to trust him, and to stay in number ten. I didnt want an election. I love myjob, and no Prime Minister wants an election, particularly when im enjoying it so much that we want to get on and do. But, my friends, we have no choice. The whole brexit delay is hol
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And the video game thats looking to build bridges not blow them up. We get an exclusve preview of Death Stranding. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, midnight in london and 5. 30am in the indian capital delhi where millions of people have been told to stay indoors for a fifth day after air pollution reached dangerous levels. The toxic smog has been caused by a combination of burning crops, industrial emissions, and car fumes. Hundreds of flights have also been diverted or delayed, as Pratiksha Ghildial reports from delhi. Delhi is choking. People here are breathing the citys most toxic air in years, with pollution levels more than 20 times their safe limit. The problem returns here every winter, but many are saying that this is the worst they have experienced. Protesters gathered outside the Prime Ministers house demanding a basic right clean air. They believe there isnt the political will to find a so