Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news its newsday. Good morning. Its 8 00am in singapore, midnight in london, and 11 00am in australia where a state of emergency has been declared in New South Wales and now also queensland. Dozens of bushfires continue to burn in the region. Earlier, authorities issued the highest level of warning in some areas known as catastrophic for the First Time Since new fire warnings were introduced a decade ago. For more heres the bbcs phil mercer in sydney. Well, we have heard that 850,000 pairs of bushland has been burnt in New South Wales since the start of this years fire season hectares. So that is a huge area of land. Today we have heard that both New South Wales and queensland have declared a state of emergency. What that does, gives the fire authorities greater powers to protect life and property. So that just gives you an indication as to how serious this is. Dozens of fires are burning in both Eastern States and the fo
The worst of the flooding at the moment. Living with hiv in pakistan weather warnings in force, details on our website. Time now to go live to singapore if youre concerned about more rain we find out how families are coping in a part of the country where you are, you do really need to keep across the forecast where infection rates are growing. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. As we go through this week. We begin with breaking news. Police in hong kong have used live ammunition during clashes with protesters. Footage broadcast on social media appears to show an officer shooting a demonstrator in the chest at point blank range. The masked man is seen collapsing to the floor. Pro democracy activists have been trying to disrupt transport in hong kong by setting up barricades. Months of demonstrations in the territory have turned increasingly violent. On sunday, an International Panel of experts expressed support for an independent inquiry
Welcome to the programme. We start with breaking news this hour. Police in hong kong have used live ammunition during clashes with pro democracy demonstrators, shooting one protestor at close range. Activists had called for a general strike on monday, and have been trying to disrupt transport in hong kong by setting up barricades. Shocking pictures of the incident in the sai wan ho district were live streamed on social media. An unarmed demonstrator can be seen approaching an officer, and then falling to the ground after being shot at close range. Local media have reported that he is in a Critical Condition in hospital. Iam going i am going to show them to you now. We will not show the incident its self stop we will pause it. Itself. You can see the Police Officer grappling with a demonstrator. An unarmed officer approaches, dressed in black, a shot appears to be fired on the demonstrator. The ground unarmed demonstrator. The ground unarmed demonstrator. Local media report he is in dem
A corroded gun was found in a field behind the chateau where he stayed. But doubts have been raised about the guns authenticity and the auction house which sold the weapon admitted theres no way of guaranteeing that the gun is the same, though they remain pretty certain that it is. It was a murder that sparked an International Outcry and condemnation from human rights translation its a 7mm calibre that corresponds to the bullet groups, but saudi arabia has angrily that was found in his body. Rejected a report from the United Nations which says there is credible evidence that the position of the trigger is open. Crown Prince Mohammed bin salman and other high level saudi officials are individually liable for the killing of the normally its in journalist jamal khashoggi. The closed position. The saudi minister of state for Foreign Affairs claims its up, its in the open position, the report from a un special rapporteur is biased which means a shot was fired and contains false allegations.
To transmit the virus. And, yes, staying alert for the vast and all the time, the disease is still spreading. Less rapidly than before, majority of people still means but it is out there. So is it the right time to relax staying at home as much as possible. The lockdown as many are hoping . The numbers being admitted south korea closes all bars to hospital are down and the rate of infection has fallen, and clubs in seoul after dozens whats called the r number. Of new coronavirus infections. But inside care homes the epidemic is declining much more slowly and across the uk its a complicated picture. Welcome. In aberdeen, things were still very quiet today. In scotland, wales and Northern Ireland, the infection rates are higher lets take a look at the situation than in england, so getting back in parts of europe where lockdown to Something Like normal will not conditions are being eased in several countries, happen at the same speed including france, germany and spain. Or in the same way