In two mass shootings. President trump condemns extremism but stops short of announcing tighter gun controls. Announcer live from our studios in singapore and london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 8am in hong kong, where the residents are waking up after yet another day of widespread disruption. Police arrested 82 protestors as tens of thousands of people took to the streets in the territorys first general strike in more than 50 years. Protests spread right across the territory, with major roads blocked, public transport severely delayed and more than 200 flights cancelled. The normally buzzing city was brought to a standstill. Our correspondent nick beake has this report. Hong kongs deepening crisis is exposing a dangerous clash of cultures. Pro democracy activists, dressed in black, fought street battles with men loyal to the beijing backed government. Violence rained for a third day running and this, one of more than 1,000
On suspicion of the murder of an 89 year old woman in north london. Dorothy woolmer was found dead at her home in tottenham. Now on bbc news, live to singapore for Asia Business report. The us dollar falling and the us dollarfalling and gold prices rising. Overnight, us stocks tumble as investors react to chinas move on the yuan. Is the trade war turning into a currency war . In hong kong, we assessed the damage to the economy as protests spread more widely throughout the financial hub. Hello and welcome to Asia Business report, im sharanjit leyl. The us treasury has formally labelled china a currency manipulator and its accusing beijing of weakening its currency, the yuan, as the trade war escalates. As a result of the move, treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin will engage the imf to eliminate what it calls unfair competitive advantages created by chinas actions. On monday, china allowed its currency to full to the weakest levels against the dollar in about a decade, following this twitte
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After a weekend of Mass Shootings that left 31 dead, in ohio and texas, President Trump has announced hell visit el paso on wednesday. The attack there is being investigated as domestic terrorism. In an address to the nation, mr trump condemned hatred and White Supremacy, and called for reform of Mental Health and gun laws. His language, from a prepared script, was in sharp contrast with his rhetoric on twitter and at public rallies and in a rare statement, former president barack obama has called on americans to reject language from any of their leaders that feeds a climate of fear or normalises racism. Jon sopel reports. Weve been here before, well be here again. Another heart wrenching vigil in an American City where deadly gun violence has made an unwelcome intrusion. In the midst of this darkness, there were also stories of immense heroism. Specialist soldier glendon oakley rescued many children, but hes haunted by the ones he couldnt save. I understand it was heroic, and im looke
Now on bbc news, its hardtalk. Hello, and welcome to hardtalk. Im shaun ley. Time is running out. If we dont act fast and radically, it will become too late to limit the effects of Global Warming. Its a sort of thing you hear from campaigners trying to wake up the world. Tim flannery isnt like that. The australian scientist is an optimist and absolutely convinced, he says, that we can shift from a carbon emitting to a carbon absorbing economy. Hope for mankind or just so much hot air . Tim flannery, welcome to hardtalk. Weve seen this year, certainly in europe, some of the most extraordinary temperatures and weather events that weve experienced. In some parts of western europe, a second heatwave in only a matter of a month. Belgium and the netherlands and germany recording their highest ever temperatures. Globally, the Un World Meteorological Organisation says the last four years have been the hottest known to man and yet antonio gutteres, the un secretary general says the paradox is t