The shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, is among those addressing the crowd outside the gates of downing street. Simonjones reports. They say they want to stop the coup. Protesters outside downing street claim borisjohnson protesters outside downing street claim Boris Johnson is protesters outside downing street claim borisjohnson is trying to shut down democracy by suspending parliament ahead of brexit. People here insist they want their voices heard. Stop brexit i never thought at my age, 61 years of age, i would have to be here in white or protesting against the shutdown of parliament. To look after their own interest ina parliament. To look after their own interest in a way like this is deeply undemocratic and needs to be fought against. More than 30 protests have been planned across the uk. Organisers say they are expecting tens of thousands of people. They are warning of mass civil disobedience and disruption in the coming weeks. The Left Wing Group momentum is calling for people
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And in half an hour, the Victoria Derbyshire programme looks at controversy over new Relationship Education in schools good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. Crowds of demonstrators have gathered in locations across the uk to protest against the Prime Ministers decision to suspend parliament. Organisers hope tens of thousands of people will take to the streets in dozens of towns and cities. The shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, was among those addressing the crowd outside the gates of downing street. From there, our correspondent simonjones reports. Yes, the protests are continuing this afternoon. Were just outside downing street, where still people are at the gates. They have been chanting they want boris out, theyve been chanting, stop the coup. Earlier, people took to the stage. We heard from politicians, we heard from members of trade unions, and people, just general members of the public, who wanted to have their say, too. The shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, says that dictat
League. Tens of thousands of pro democracy demonstrators have taken to the streets in hong kong in defiance of a police ban. Petrol bombs were thrown at officers, who responded to the protesters by firing tear gas and water cannons. The event was called to mark five years since beijing ruled out fully democratic elections in the territory. Our correspondent Stephen Mcdonnell gave this update from hong kong. I am beside a couple of officers here. You can see water cannon is being deployed. People here are ducking down beneath the parapet to also avoid tear gas which is being fired. You can see from above. To the right here, you can see the protesters coming in and they are moving forward towards the government headquarters, where they may be able to throw molotov cocktails at closer proximity to the police at times. There goes one now, catching fire on the barricades. This is the violent showdown people predicted when permission was denied to have this march today and also follows the a
Than previously thought. And as brazil bans setting fires to clear land for 60 days we report from deep in the rainforest. All that remains is the flat, black land of deforestation and this has happened in more than 80,000 places across the amazon this year alone. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news a big blow for england in the ashes Bowlerjames Anderson has been ruled out of the rest of the series. Good evening. Schools in england are being promised billions more in spending over the next three years, in an announcement by borisjohnson. It will amount to just over £7 billion more than at present by 2023. The spending pledge follows warnings by heads and teachers of a worsening Funding Crisis in schools and colleges. Its unclear where the money is coming from, but with a Spending Review due next week, its another indication that an early general election may be on the cards. Heres our Political Correspondent, alex forsyth. The Prime Minister hosted a press Conference Today with a