In singapore and london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 1am in london and 8am in the morning here in singapore, and also in hong kong, where the Authorities Say operations have now resumed at the airport after mondays shutdown. Theres been a weekend of skirmishes between police and demonstrators, angry about what they believe is chinas erosion of their freedoms. Beijing has raised the stakes, claiming the weeks long unrest, has begun to show what it calls the sprouts of terrorism. Jonathan head reports. As the last flights came in, their passengers were greeted with a chorus of appeals from Young Hong Kongers waving posters, pleading for support. They feared the police were about to storm the airport. Its sudden closure left travellers bewildered and stuck. Catherine morgan and her daughter helena were due to fly back to britain, but their flight was cancelled. We flew in from taipei this morning, and it was fine until we got to arrivals and there was a mass pro
Hello and welcome to bbc news. President trump says congressional leaders are having serious discussions about tightening gun controls in the us in the aftermath of two Mass Shootings in the past week. Mr trump said senior members of the Republican Party were on board and hed also discussed the issue with the influential gun lobbyists, the National Rifle association. However with senators on their summer recess, theres no prospect of any immediate legislation. We need intelligent background checks, 0k . We need intelligent background checks, ok . This isnt a question of nra, republican or democrats. I will tell you, i spoke to Mitch Mcconnell yesterday. He is totally on board. He said, ive been waiting your call. Is totally on i spoke to senators that in some cases, friends of mine, but ready hardline senators, hardliners and when i say that i say that in a positive way, hardline on the second amendment. And they understand, we dont want insane people, mentally ill people, bad people,
Welcome to the programme. Authorities in hong kong say flights have now resumed at the airport, after mondays shutdown because of protesters. These are life pictures coming from hong kong airport and it is looking fairly normal although Authorities Say Flight Movement will be affected through tuesday. It comes after another weekend of clashes between police and demonstrators angry about what they believe is chinas erosion of their freedoms. Beijing has raised the stakes, claiming the weeks long unrest has begun to show what it calls the sprouts of terrorism. Jonathan head reports. As the last flights came in, their passengers were greeted with a chorus of appeals from Young Hong Kongers waving posters, pleading for support. Chant fight for freedom they feared the police were about to storm the airport. Its sudden closure left travellers bewildered and stuck. Catherine morgan and her daughter helena were due to fly back to britain, but their flight was cancelled. We flew in from taipei
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Welcome to the programme. Authorities in hong kong say flights have now resumed at the airport after mondays shutdown because of protesters. It comes after another weekend of clashes between police and demonstrators, angry about what they believe is chinas erosion of their freedoms. With these alive pictures coming in from hong kong. The chief executive carrie lam is hosting her weekly press c0 nfe re nce. Carrie lam is hosting her weekly press conference. The moment she speaking in cantonese but we will dip into that press conference when she starts speaking in english. There has been another weekend of violent protests. With me in the studio is our bbc reporter bill hayton. A lot of pressure on this woman. You can see from her face, she looks com pletely can see from her face, she looks completely tense. She has nothing new to say. No compromise, middle ground. Remember, these protests started over this extradition bill which was so controversial. But everything she has done has been