Police in hong kong have used live ammunition during clashes with pro democracy demonstrators, shooting one protestor at close range. Activists had called for a general strike on monday, and have been trying to disrupt transport in hong kong by setting up barricades. Shocking pictures of the incident in the sai wan ho district were live streamed on social media. An unarmed demonstrator can be seen approaching an officer, and then falling to the ground after being shot at close range. Local media have reported that he is in a Critical Condition in hospital. Our correspondent Stephen Mcdonnell is at the scene in hong kong. Weve not heard much in the turner way of official information but what have you heard so far with my i am standing on the crossing where the young activist was shot but the riot police are here clearing debris from the streets. And then, and they are being abused. You can see members of the public hurling abuse at them. There is a lot of anger here after this protester
As the Turkish Military offensive in Northern Syria goes on, the pentagon has deployed fighter jets and helicopter gunships to warn off Turkish Backed fighters who, a us official says, violated an agreement not to threaten retreating american ground troops. The russian government, which backs syrias president assad, has also warned turkey, saying it will not allow clashes with syrian forces. The turks have crossed the border into syria aiming to defeat kurdish fighters, long time American Allies who they regard as terrorists. This report from jon sopel. The extraordinary american retreat, in one selfie video. A russian wearing a new york yankees cap playfully shows us around a newly abandoned Us Military Base in Northern Syria. The russians are gratefully filling a vacuum. And, as if to underline this major power shift in the middle east, just look at the welcome the United Arab Emirates were laying on this morning for the russian leader, vladimir putin, as they gave him the red well,
We believe Prime Minister questions and Keir Starmers questions to borisjohnson and Keir Starmers questions to Boris Johnson focus on the and Keir Starmers questions to borisjohnson focus on the amount of money spent by the government to external Pr Consultants through the pandemic. We will catch up with the we are taking you straight to weather with said keith lucas. Downing street. This is the first of a weekly i pressure brings a mist and fog for session of scientists taking questions about coronavirus some of us, but we is about to take place are turning to something much more at downing street. Jonathan van tam is one of the u nsettled are turning to something much more unsettled through not just are turning to something much more unsettled through notjust today but into the remainder of the week as speakers. Lets begin. Well. A windy day ahead today with some rain around that is the traditional vaccine sequence particularly heavy across north and under velleman timeline for a wes
From the bbc sport centre, heres mike bushell. With the hashtag bbcyourquestions. Good morning. It is a huge night for both scotland a 30 year old nurse will appear and Northern Ireland in court this morning charged with murdering eight babies with both nationsjust one match away from qualifying for next summers european championships. At a hospital in chester. For scotland, figures obtained by the bbc show the number of suspected you need to go back to 1998 teenage killers has risen for the last time the mens side reached a major finals. To a five year high. That was the world cup. Tonight, that could all change. A win against serbia in belgrade, and an extra bank holiday has been announced for 2022, to mark and theyll seal a place at next summers euros. The queens Platinum Jubilee. I was still playing the last time scotland qualified. A very, very long time ago. So, yeah, there is definitely a generation thats missed the atmosphere and the feeling that you get with a nation when you
a a tunnel, saying it w a tunnel, saying it will stop a tunnel, saying it will damage the wider archaeological heritage of this unique setting. Landscape to each side of the tunnel will be gouged out into deep cuttings with dual carriageways in the huge tunnel entrances, masses of concrete, major road interchanges to each side of the World Heritage site. This is devastation on a major scale. They have been memory promises before to put the a303 into a tunnel but is this the moment stones and vehicles really pa rt com pa ny . This the moment stones and vehicles really part company . Duncan kennedy, bbc news, at stonehenge. That takes us bbc news, at stonehenge. That takes us to the weather prospects, lets get the latest from chris fawkes. Make the best of the sunshine when it comes along because the next few days are wet and windy. We saw some
sunshine in Northern Ireland but clouds are beginning to gather out west and this weather front will swing our way bringing a spell of heavy rain