Im Lewis Vaughanjones in london. Also in the programme the pope speaks out against those who started the amazon fires, comparing their greed to a new form of colonialism. And prepare to be inspired well meet the 75 year old whos probably stronger than you. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its midnight in london and 7 am here in singapore and also in hong kong, where scores of people were arrested on sunday after new emergency laws where brought in to try and end months of civil unrest. Tens of thousands of demonstrators took part in the latest protests and there were violent clashes as they were met by riot police. The new law forbids people from Wearing Masks to try and conceal their identity at demonstrations with a possible one year prison sentence. Our asia correspondent Rupert Wingfield hayes reports from hong kong. Loud bangs. At what point does a protest movement become a rebellion . Today in hong kong, it felt clo
A gorgeous look. Sun rise at 7 25 in the morning. Quickly warming under the sunny skies. Look at that. By 4 00. M. Were well into the 80s if not low 90s away from the coast. First a check of traffic with jobina. Good morning. Good morning. We are going to first head over to the city and check this out. We are looking at an issue westbound 80 on fish street, the off ramp there. We do know it is a solo car crash but it is going to be impacting people as they try to make their way in this morning to San Francisco. And now moving over to livermore, this is an issue weve been following and you can see that speeds still at 10 miles an hour out of tracy. Westbound 580 past greenville road, fourcar crash. We are looking at a big rig, two of them. Emergency crews are there as well and we do know that injuries have been reported. Reggie and kumasi . Governor newsom is calling for an investigation. Drivers pay a dollar more than the rest of the country. Laura martinez is live in the east bay with
For political reasons. And howzat . The British Royals turn their hand to cricket on their tour of pakistan. Live from our studios in london and singapore. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. A very warm welcome, thanks for being with us here on newsday. Its 1am here in london, 8am in singapore and 2am in brussels, where the british Prime Minister and european leaders have finally agreed a brexit deal. The agreement, announced with great fanfare, would see the uk leave the European Union at the end of the month, with special arrangements for Northern Ireland. But it must be passed by the house of commons which is likely to vote on saturday. And with the main opposition parties against the plan, the saga looks to be far from over. Our Political Editor Laura Kuennsberg reports. At speed, tucked under his arm in the red folder, perhaps the way borisjohnson can take us out of the eu in a matter of weeks. This is a great deal for our country, for the uk. I also believe it is a good deal fo
Now on bbc news, live to singapore for Asia Business report brexit dealjitters. The pound reverses direction after concerns that the agreement could still be rejected by mps. Wine, whiskey and woolly jumpers. Just a few rejected by mps. Wine, whiskey and woollyjumpers. Just a few of rejected by mps. Wine, whiskey and woolly jumpers. Just a few of the rejected by mps. Wine, whiskey and woollyjumpers. Just a few of the eu exports hit with new us tariffs from today. Hello and welcome to this friday edition of Asia Business report. Lets start with none other than brexit. And that is because the uk Prime Minister says he is very confident that mps will back the new deal he has struck with the eu. That is despite opposition to concessions that Boris Johnson made is despite opposition to concessions that borisjohnson made on customs arrangements into Northern Ireland. It was expected to be and i fed voce vote and is scheduled for this saturday. But news of the agreement sent the pound to a fi