Good evening. Demonstrations are taking place across the uk in protest at Boris Johnsons decision to suspend parliament for five weeks in the run up to brexit. The government insists its acting properly, but critics say its an attempt to by pass democracy. Tens of thousands have taken to the streets from sheffield to swansea, belfast to london. Heres our home editor, mark easton. We will shut down the streets calls for direct action from protesters outside downing street. Several thousand people gathered in whitehall, many to voice their opposition to borisjohnsons move to shut down parliament ahead of britains scheduled exit from the European Union on october 31. Stop brexit the crowds were diverse cutting across class, age, ethnicity and Traditional Party politics. Todays protest is a reminder of how arguments over brexit represent a reshaping of political discourse in britain. Bankers and corporations. Who get richer while the workers get poorer. As well as london, there were simila
As it heads towards the islands. Hello, and welcome to world news today. Its 4am in hong kong where police have just finished a press conference defending themselves against accusations of Excessive Force against protestors. Its been one of the most violent days since demonstrations began 13 weeks ago. Several hours ago, riot police entered a metro station. They say they made a0 arrests. Officers used batons and pepper spray as they entered the train carriages. Two main underground lines were closed as the police moved in. Police are still out on the streets, and in the past hour they have threatened to use force to disperse crowds they say have moved into a residential area. The Hong Kong Police say the actions of rioters actions forced them to shut down the underground stations. In the past few minutes, theyve said civilians werent attacked by police but rather, protestors vandalised the stations, then changed outfits to pretend to be civilians. Police also confirmed that officers fi
Within hours. Hello and welcome to bbc news. Riot police have stormed a metro station in hong kong, using batons to beat passengers in the latest round of clashes with pro democracy campaigners. And Police Confirm two officers fired live rounds into the air during operations to clear protesters from the streets. Tens of thousands were marching in defiance of a ban with petrol bombs being thrown at officers who responded with tear gas and water cannon. Beijing has condemned the protests, asjohn sudworth reports now from hong kong. Tear gas from the roof of hong kongs government offices met with utter defiance. Hong kongs political deadlock is growing increasingly violent. The only way, some believe, to secure this citys freedoms under chinese rule. By nightfall, this giant fire was raging in the Central Business district. But with scenes like these, china is also in no mood to compromise. This man is editor of one of beijings ultra loyal communist party run papers. Translation america a
Catastrophic damage. It could hit the islands within hours. Hello and welcome to bbc news. We start with breaking news from texas where police say that five people have been killed and at least 21 injured after a gunman was challenged at a traffic stop in the city of odessa. Its understood the gunman shot a number of Police Officers and randomly shot at cars as he tried to escape. We have Law Enforcement injured, we have the dps trooper in midland county, we have one npd officer and one opd officer all struck. As far as civilian casualties, we have at least 21 victims, 21 shooting the terms and at least five deceased at this point in time. Live now to our north america correspondent peter bowes. What is the latest you are hearing about this latest shooting . The latest information is that the Police Believe although it is not definitely confirmed, but they believe that this government was acting alone. Since he was tackled and killed by the police, there have been no further reports of
Hello and welcome to bbc news. Five people have been shot dead and 21 others injured after a gunman opened fire from a vehicle in the us state of texas. It happened on a road between the towns of midland and odessa. The gunman has been shot dead by the police. Our north america correspondent peter bowes has this update. The latest information is that the Police Believe although it is not definitely confirmed, but they believe that this gunmam was acting alone. Since he was tackled and killed by the police, there have been no further reports of shooting. At one stage, there was concern, in fact, many reports that there could be a number of gunmen responsible for what was happening. It seemed like multiple shootings over quite a wide area. It seems now it may simply have been the work of this one gunman, and the police are stressing that this information that they are giving us could still change. Its a fluid situation, they are still checking out reports and making sure that the area is