Senior politicians in hong kong have been celebrating the moment the city returned to chinese rule 22 years ago. Led by chief executive carrie lam and joined by officials from china, they attended a reception a few hours ago. Outside, a flag raising ceremony was held at the harbour front. In her toast carrie lam wished successs to the motherland and to the stability and prosperity of hong kong. Away from this though the mood is quiet different. This is the scene live as crowds of activists have been gathering from early this morning. Theyre now in a peaceful stand off with police. Our correspondent Karishma Vaswani has the latest updates. In the last hour or so, we have been hearing that there is a stand off between police and protesters on one of the main arterial roads of this city. What we understand is that in the early hours of this morning hundreds of protesters camped out on that road, trying to block it. Police say some of them at least armed themselves with bricks and they hav
In the not too distant future. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news its newsday. Hello and a warm welcome to the programme. Its 8 00am in singapore and its 1 00am in london where the two men vying to be britains next Prime Minister, Boris Johnson and jeremy hunt, have taken part in a live televised debate. The leadership hopefuls clashed over brexit, economic policies, donald trump, and the qualities needed to lead the country. Mrjohnson said it was crucial that britain leaves the European Union on the 31st of october with or without a deal. Mr hunt accused him of peddling optimism. The 160,000 conservative Party Members have already begun voting. Heres a little of that clash about brexit. Jeering out in front in the race, and first in the door tonight. Then next, the man in second vying to take charge. All we demand a peoples vote. At a time when conflict and controversy follows politicians everywhere. First, with the familiar introductions, the brexit
And meet this robot, who could be bringing you the news in the not too distant hello and a very warm welcome to the programme. Its 7am in singapore and midnight in london, where the two men vying to be britains next Prime Minister, Boris Johnson and jeremy hunt, have taken part in a live televised debate. The leadership hopefuls clashed over brexit, economic policies, donald trump, and the qualities needed to lead the country. Mrjohnson said it was crucial that britain leaves the eu on october 31st with or without a deal. Mr hunt accused him of peddling optimism. The 160,000 conservative Party Members have already begun voting. Heres that clash about brexit. Out in front in the race, and first in the door tonight. Then next, the man in second vying to take charge. At a time when conflict and controversy follows politicians everywhere. First, with the familiar introductions, the brexiteer in chief. We can either continue with the same old failed can kicking approach, destroying trust in
Officials are worried about landslides and major flooding. The last Tropical Storm to hit california was in 1939, over 80 years ago. This map shows the predicted path this storm might take. As of early friday, the centre of the hurricane was located roughly 400 miles, thats 615 kilometers, south of mexicos southern edge. President joe biden spoke about the preparations underway. I also want to note that my team is closely monitoring hurricane hilary, which has the potential to bring significant rain and flooding to southern california. Fema has prepositioned personnel and supplies in the region, and they are ready to respond as needed. I urge everyone, everyone in the path of the storm, to take precautions and listen to the guidance of state and local officials. Were tracking multiple wildfires in canada as the country faces what is being called its worst fire season on record. Fires in the kelowna region of British Columbia and 1200 miles or 2000 kilometers north in the countrys North
Friday that a large number of people had been found with bullet wounds. The un is calling for a full investigation into what happened. Our special correspondent fergal keane, working with bbc verify, spent the day piecing together more details of what happened. His report contains some distressing images. Although death is everywhere now in gaza, they had come thinking they would find aid to keep their families alive. Then shots ripped through the night. Shots crack through the night. People start to move. Then ran to escape. In this section of the crowd, panic. As casualties streamed into local hospitals, the testimony of witnesses. Translation the situation was unimaginably crazy. If aid is going to come to us in this way, we dont want it. The israelis say that at 4 40am, the convoy left from here under Israeli Tank Escort and began to move towards the crowds waiting for food. The army supplied Drone Footage but there is no way of telling the sequence of the images because theres no