Exclusively young, aggressive, russia detains leading anti and boiling with rage corruption activists, despite yesterdays release at a government they believe of an investigative journalist, is giving away their freedoms. Held on spurious drugs charges. Hundreds of thousands of people are evacuated along parts of indias it seemed only a matter of time western coast as the region braces before things turned violent and so they did. Itself for a powerful cyclone. Few here have ever experienced the searing pain of being tear gassed. You could see the shock and confusion. I think theres lines that we can authorities in hong kong are shutting government offices have the freedom from fear, in the financial district that we are every day facing right for the rest of the week after days of protests now, so i guess we feel angry against an extradition bill that would allow people to be sent and we do not get respected to Mainland China for trial. The bill has triggered the biggest by our own go
Itself for a powerful cyclone. Authorities in hong kong are shutting government offices in the financial district for the rest of the week, after days of protests against an extradition bill that would allow people to be sent to Mainland China for trial. The bill has triggered the biggest street rallies since hong kong was handed back to china by the british in 1997. Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets in running battles with the demonstrators. Rupert Wingfield Hayes is in central hong kong. This was the centre of hong kong this afternoon. Scenes of mass violence, the likes of which have not been seen here since the 1960s. The day had been tense from the start. Huge crowds surrounded hong kongs legislature, determined to stop any discussion of the hated extradition bill. The object of their anger, this woman hong kongs chief executive, carrie lam. Last weekend, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets here, demanding she scrap a bill that would allow people in hong kong
Lot more tense. Russia detains leading Anti Corruption activists, despite yesterdays release of an investigative journalist, held on spurious drugs charges. Hundreds of thousands of people are evacuated along parts of indias western coast as the region braces itself for a powerful cyclone. Donald trump has declared that he would accept damaging information about political opponents during next years Election Campaign even if it came from a Foreign Government. In an interview with abc news the president denied it would count as interference describing it as opposition research. Russian interference in the 2016 campaign, and allegations of collusion with the Trump Campaign, were significant lines of inquiry in the mueller report. Heres the exchange between mr trump and the abc news presenter george stephanopoulos. This time around if foreigners russia, china or someone else offers you information should you accept it or call the guy . I think you do both. I think you may want to listen,
performance ahead of europe league cups match. there are growing hopes of another truce in gaza with the potential release of more israeli hostages. the united states says serious negotiations are taking place to secure a pause in the fighting between israel and hamas, designated a terror organisation by the uk government. the british foreign secretary, lord cameron, is in egypt today, calling for what he calls a sustainable ceasefire . meanwhile, israeli forces say they ve uncovered of hamas tunnels in the heart of gaza city with entrances connected to the homes of the organastion s leaders. here s our middle east correspondent yolande knell, and just a warning that you may find some of her report upsetting. in khan younis, drones and shelling are the soundtrack of this war. a new day in gaza brings no escape from the relentless bombardment. for little riyan, the attacks have taken a cruel toll. her uncle now cares for her in a local hospital. when herfamily s home was hit
and which festive favourite is the christmas number one? and coming up on bbc news. we ll be at villa park where sheffield united are the visitors on a night when victory can take aston villa top of the premier league. hello and welcome to the bbc news at six. in the last hour, the united nations security council has passed a resolution to address the continuing conflict in gaza and the appalling conditions faced by around 2 million people there. it follows days of argument at the un in new york. the resolution calls on asians to create the conditions for the cessation of hostilities and the unhindered delivery of assistance to gaza calls on nations. the resolution the uae has put in blue this morning responds to the calls for a sustainable cessation of hostilities and a massive scale up of humanitarian aid. often in diplomacy, the challenge is meeting the moment in the world we live, not in the world that we want, and we will never tire in pushing for a full humanitarian