Good evening. Demonstrations are taking place across the uk in protest at Boris Johnsons decision to suspend parliament for five weeks in the run up to brexit. The government insists its acting properly, but critics say its an attempt to by pass democracy. Tens of thousands have taken to the streets from sheffield to swansea, belfast to london. Heres our home editor, mark easton. We will shut down the streets calls for direct action from protesters outside downing street. Several thousand people gathered in whitehall, many to voice their opposition to borisjohnsons move to shut down parliament ahead of britains scheduled exit from the European Union on october 31. Stop brexit the crowds were diverse cutting across class, age, ethnicity and Traditional Party politics. Todays protest is a reminder of how arguments over brexit represent a reshaping of political discourse in britain. Bankers and corporations. Who get richer while the workers get poorer. As well as london, there were simila
Good evening. Demonstrations have taken place across the uk, in protest at Boris Johnsons decision to suspend parliament for five weeks in the run up to brexit. The government insists its acting properly but critics say its an attempt to bypass democracy. Tens of thousands took to the streets from sheffield to swansea, belfast to london. Heres our home editor, mark easton. If you shutdown parliament. Well shut down the streets calls for direct action from protesters outside downing street. Several thousand gathered in whitehall, many to voice their opposition to borisjohnsons move to shut down parliament ahead of britains scheduled exit from the European Union on october 31. Stop brexit the crowds were diverse, cutting across class, age, ethnicity and Traditional Party politics. Todays protest is a reminder of how arguments over brexit represent a reshaping of political discourse in britain. Bankers and corporations who get richer while the workers get poorer. As well as london there w
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And the journalist and author, Yasmin Alibhai brown. Stay with us for that. Good evening. Large demonstrations have taken place across the uk against Boris Johnsons decision to suspend parliament for five weeks in the run up to brexit. The government insists it is acting properly, but critics claim the plan is a brazen bid to sideline mps opposed to the governments brexit plans. The biggest protest was in Central London where waterloo and westminster bridges were blocked and Trafalgar Square was brought to a standstill. Well have more on this story in the next few minutes, when viewers on bbc one join us for a full round up of the days news with clive myrie. In hong kong, its been one of the most violent days since demonstrations began 13 weeks ago. Tens of thousands of pro democracy demonstrators took to the streets, in defiance of a police ban. Protesters surrounded some key government buildings, and there were running battles in the street. Petrol bombs were thrown at officers, who
Hello. This is bbc news. Well be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment. But first the headlines. Thousands take to the streets across the uk to condemn borisjohnsons decision to suspend parliament. In hong kong, police storm an underground train using pepper spray and batons, as the city sees some of the worst street battles yet. Its the very centre of hong kong and look at it. The government buildings under siege, complete mayhem. More than 50 migrants have been detained as they tried to cross the English Channel to reach kent. Several boats have been intercepted. Formula 2 driver Anthoine Hubert has been killed in a crash at the belgian grand prix. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are city ams comment and features editor, rachel cunliffe, and the journalist and author Yasmin Alibhai brown. Welcome to both of you. Many of tomorrows front pages are already in. Lets give you a flavour. Brexit endgame thats o