And well bring you the story of the asian ice man, whos finding ways to indulge his passion at his kuala lumpur home. Good morning. Its 8 00am in singapore, 1 00am in london, and also 8 00am in hong kong, where the territory has experienced a tenth successive weekend of clashes between pro democracy protestors and riot police. Tear gas was fired after two petrol bombs were thrown near the main police headquarters. Earlier, beijing warned britain not to interfere in hong kongs affairs, after the uks foreign secretary dominic raab suggested there should be an investigation into ongoing violence against the pro democracy movement. From hong kong, heres jonathan head. This is how it starts every weekend now in hong kong. Theyve turned improvising barricades into an art form. They work with impressive speed and coordination. Theres never much time before the police arrive. These confrontations are now a familiar routine in hong kongs streets. Generally, the protesters retreat, avoiding dire
Hello and welcome. On the tenth weekend of unrest, there have been further clashes between pro democracy protesters and riot police, in hong kong. Tear gas was fired after petrol bombs exploded near the main police headquarters. Earlier, beijing warned britain not to interfere in hong kongs affairs, after the foreign secretary, dominic raab, suggested there should be an investigation into ongoing violence against pro democracy protestors. From hong kong, heres jonathan head. This is how it starts every weekend now in hong kong. Theyve turned improvising barricades into an art form. They work with impressive speed and coordination. Theres never much time before the police arrive. These confrontations are now a familiar routine in hong kongs streets. Generally, the protesters retreat, avoiding direct contact. But, by nightfall, the clashes were happening in multiple locations across the city and getting worse. The police are stressed and acting at times with little restraint. This was ta
On the tenth weekend of unrest, there have been further clashes between pro democracy protesters and riot police in hong kong. Tear gas was fired after petrol bombs exploded near the main police headquarters. Earlier, beijing warned britain not to interfere in hong kongs affairs, after the foreign secretary, dominic raab, suggested there should be an investigation into ongoing violence against pro democracy protestors. From hong kong, here is jonathan head. This is how it starts every weekend now in hong kong. Theyve turned improvising barricades into an art form. They work with impressive speed and coordination. There is never much time before the police arrive. These confrontations are now a familiar routine in hong kongs streets. Generally, the protesters retreat, avoiding direct contact. But, by nightfall, the clashes were happening in multiple locations across the city, and getting worse. The police are stressed, and acting at times with little restraint. This was tai koo undergro
Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Also in the programme, the number of gamblers complaining about british betting firms has risen by 5,000 in 5 years last year, punters lost a record £14. 5 billion. What do you think . Is gambling too easy . Should betting companies do more to keep players safe . Get in touch just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Hong kong is cleaning up again after a tenth weekend of unrest as the terrotory witnesses further clashes between pro democracy protesters and riot police, in hong kong. Tear gas was fired after petrol bombs exploded near the main police headquarters. The police are due to give their daily News Conference in about four hours from now but the cheif executive carrie lam has already said the unrest has caused more damage than the 2008 financial crisis. From hong kong, heres jonathan head. This is how it starts every weekend now in hong kong. Theyve turned improvising barricades into an art form. They work wi
One small step for man, one giant lea p one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. Its 50 years ago today that Neil Armstrong took the giant leap to become the first man to walk on the moon. And in a special edition of witness history at 3. 30pm, hear the personal stories of some extraordinary moments in space exploration. The foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, has spoken to his iranian counterpart expressing what he said was extreme disappointment over the seizure of a british flagged oil tanker in the gulf last night. A Senior Iranian diplomat has also been summoned to the Foreign Office. The government has advised uk ships to stay out of the area of the strait of hormuz for an interim period after a meeting of the emergency committee, cobra, late last night. State media in teheran say the tanker, the stena impero, had violated International Maritime rules. But the ships owner, the Swedish Company stena bulkt, says the tanker was in full compliance with all navigation and inter