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Hundreds of black clad protesters flooded this concourse. Only a trickle of flights are leaving and landing. The vast majority are cancelled. The police are threatening the use of tear gas here if they think it is what is needed to get things back to normal. But the protesters say they will keep going whatever it takes. They are taking turns, to take rests, if they need to, and they will come out to fight when theyre arrested. Im fairly confident that the people of hong kong will not give up, and they will continue this fight until all of the demands is met. This is why the protesters have doubled down on their demonstrations. Footage from this weekend shows police adopting heavy handed tactics to subdue the crowds of protesters who have now spent weeks on the streets. As well as deploying batons, police have been filmed using tear gas in enclosed spaces. Non lethal rounds have also been fired at close range, and there are reports of facial injuries as a result. Human Rights Groups are worried that it is escalating to serious levels of violence. But the authorities are not backing down. Translation hong kongs radical demonstrators have repeatedly used dangerous tools to attack police officers. This already constitutes as serious Violent Crime, and also shows the first instances of terrorism emerging. This wantonly travels on hong kongs rule of law and social order. The protesters, too, are getting ever more fractious. Here, one lobs a petrol bomb whilst at the subway station, they let off a fire hose. Onlookers are exasperated by a city which now seems to be in the grip of two rival armies. Back at the airport, the demonstrators have for now dispersed for the night. But, two months on from when these protests started, there is no sign of them abating. The controversial extradition bill which first sparked them may have been discarded by the politicians, but this unrest is now something much bigger. Naomi grimley, bbc news. Jonathan head sent us this update from the airport. In the last couple of hours, we have seen an expert in every change in this airport which was previously com pletely this airport which was previously completely covered with protesters right across this floor, singing, determined to stay until the small hours of the morning. They decided after meeting it wasnt worth risking a confrontation with the right police and so basically decided to go. And now, well, all these cleaners are try to give it of these cleaners are try to give it of the extraordinary range of posters that have been stuck upon these railings in the last four days coming to airport for opening. There has been massive disruption, dozens of flights cancelled. There are a lot of passengers still asleep upstairs, near checking desks. Many others if i do take hotels. It will ta ke others if i do take hotels. It will take probably days to give her the backlog of flights, and there has been a big cost for these protest get rid of the huge backlog. Although there were huge numbers of protesters here, it has to been able to function. The protesters have said they can always come back. While the airport rallies that have been taking place here are over for now, we could see protesters back here again anytime in the next few days. Steve tsang is director of the China Institute at the school of oriental and African Studies in london. Thanks very much for being with us on bbc news this evening. What do you make of the apparent escalation in these protests and in the reaction from the authorities in hong kong . Isaac we are moving into very dangerous territory in hong kong i very dangerous territory in hong kong i think we are. The escalations by the protesters is significant. The Chinese Governments reaction is even more important. I think the really important. I think the really important part of the Chinese Governments reaction is notjust labelling the activities of the demonstrators as terrorist, which of course is one thing. The really important description of what is happening in hong kong is now seen asa happening in hong kong is now seen as a revolution for healing which of the chinese commonest party, a colour revolution is seen as part of a global conspiracy of peaceful evolution, for which the outlook is regime change in china. They will not accept that. It is an indication they are likely to take much harder lines on hong kongs. they are likely to take much harder lines on hong kongs. I was very struck that, again, we saw the spokesman for Chinas Office in hong kong commenting and holding a News Conference something very rare in the past. At almost nothing since last friday, again after several days, from carrie lam, the chief executive. Is it your sense that, really, the effective decisions are now being taken invasion . Have we not reached that stage yet taken invasion . We do not know if that point has yet been reached. We do know in june point has yet been reached. We do know injune and earlyjuly, carrie lane was very much in charge. She make mistakes that commonest party of china would not have made. Communist party. She is not saying anything different that what the party says, so it is entirely possible she is not leading effectively the government in hong kong and the Chinese Government is sending instructions to her, or she is simply excepting she will have to do everything the Chinese Government wa nts to do everything the Chinese Government wants to do. What is driving the passion, do you think, of the protesters . Passion, do you think, of the protesters . Is it a sense, as some observers have suggested, that only 20 years since hong kong is com pletely 20 years since hong kong is completely absorbed into china, in a sense, if they dont make it stands now, there may not be an opportunity in the future to make a stand to defend what they see as their rights . Or is it a sense they no longer feel chinese at all . For most of the protesters in hong kong, and their supporters, there is a sense that if we do not stand out for their core values, they may well all be too late and not even have a chance to do so. I didnt that is what is motivating them to do this. In terms of the sense of identity as being chinese, its a very contextual matter. Most people in hong kong do not feel they are peoples or public of china chinese, but they do feel they are chinese in a national sense of the identity, and nearly have the government in beijing wanting people in hong kong to feel that they are loyal prc citizens, loyal to the communist party. People in hong kong just dont feel that. That suggest a kind of very fine mental problem that makes it difficult to see with the resolution is kind of a very fundamental problem. Youve got a hong kong that view, you are your your chinese identity predates the party. How on earth is a go to be possible to resolve this . This is not going to be easy to be resolved, and its the sort of thing that, if both sides are being very rational about it, you can kind of agree to disagree, because both our knowledge and that there is a shared chinese identity, even though the meaning of being chinese is understood differently. That is, most people in hong kong are not advocating or protesting for an independent hong kong. Theyre quite happy for hong kong. Theyre quite happy for hong kong to be a special administrator region of china. They just want to a special administrator region of china. Theyjust want to have a high degree of fight high high degree of autonomy. High degree of autonomy. Steve tsang, from hong kong yourself, im sure you wash this with very close interest indeed. Thank you very much for talking to us on bbc news. And we will find out how hong kong and the developments there will be covered in the newspapers. Thats at 10 1i0pm and 11 30pm this evening in the papers. Our guestsjoining me tonight are jessica elgot, whos the chief Political Correspondent at the guardian, and the deputy Political Editor for the spectator, katy balls. I suspect we may also be discussing the politics, both brexit and those announcements on law in order that weve had in the past few days. An investigation by bbc news has found that drug crime may be shifting from the big cities to the countryside. In the last five years, the number of offences in urban areas has fallen but risen in rural areas. Dealers known as county lines gangs, because they operate across borders have expanded their networks into suburbs and smaller towns. City based drug gangs use the homes of addicts as a base for their dealing, a process called cuckooing. Our special correspondent ed thomas has followed the drug trail to north wales. County lines in 2019. They re making thousands. Can you blame them . If it was legal, they would all be out of business. Protecting users and safeguarding children. If they arrested one or two, you can guarantee there would be maybe another ten available. For three months, we followed a county line from liverpool to north wales. With teenage drug runners moving heroin and crack hundreds of miles every week. Sues daily routine is 20 years in the making. First heroin, then crack. Each county line can make up to £5,000 a day. Ive just come to have a look. Two lines have been in sues home. It is called cuckooing when dealers move in, selling drugs. First, in 2017, mohammed from a london gang took over sues flat to deal heroin and crack. Then last year, this teenager, who we cant name, arrived from liverpool. He was caught with thousands of pounds worth of illegal drugs. Youre never going to get rid of the drug problem. In llandudno, pc carl barlows priority is to protect users and children. In the top flat, we suspect there are some people cuckooing at the moment. Day and night, we watched carl visiting heroin and crack users some in crisis, all at risk. I was worried that there are young teenagers in this flat now selling crack and heroin. No. There are thousands of vulnerable, long term users across wales. This woman admitted to using heroin while carl was in the house. Right, you ask any of the users, have i ever locked them up for having personal bits on them . Are we talking crack here, or heroin . Both. Whats the point . Theres no way that i would be allowed access into these properties without a warrant and stuff like that, if they knew that i was going to go in there and lock them all up for possessing personal use heroin and crack cocaine. And this is why to safeguard children. How old are you . 16. Right. From liverpool . School age children sent to north wales. Well, dont come to llandudno selling drugs then. Because i need to get in those addresses to check there are no kids in there. And if i am not let in the address, i cant do that. Theyre all from deprived backgrounds, generally. They have either been in care, or on at risk register, theyre constantly missing from homes. Then, there is the violence. Mark mason was chased in a car and stabbed to death in rhyl by a liverpool gang. In connahs quay, teenager Matthew Cassidy from merseyside was murdered by a county lines rival. Nobody here . No. Just have a quick look, yeah . Yeah. Police are worried about kate, at risk of being cuckooed. Nobody has been here . Would you tell us if they had . Of course i would. These people need to be told to stay away from me. I dont know what theyve done in the past. Ive certainly not hurt anyone. Or sold any drugs to anybody. The message. Its a horrible thing to do. Has already been sent. It is terrifying. And its not fair. No. Its not. Every single ground floor window, apart from the door, has been put through. My biggest concern is that the people who have done this will come back and do it again and again. Atjust 2a, this woman is using heroin. How long does it take to get heroin and crack on this estate . Two seconds. Two seconds . Yeah. Its quite rare for a 24 year old to be using heroin. No. Im the youngest in the whole town. Are you . Yeah. Only four weeks before this filming, her mum died after using heroin. How many people around here are taking it . Near enough the whole town. Heroin . Yeah. It is never ending. What needs to change . Its difficult. The only way you would stop the drug supplies from the ocgs and the county lines, is if the drugs were legalised. Mohammed was sentenced to two and a half years in prison. Sue faces eviction. The National Crime agency says the police alone cannot solve county lines. Ed thomas, bbc news, north wales. Drugs offences, especially those involving violence, are the kinds of crimes the Prime Minister says he wants to target. Today, in his latest law and order initiative, borisjohnson ordered a review into sentencing for violent criminals. Critics say theres no evidence that more time in prison cuts crime, and that england and wales already has the largest prison population in western europe. Heres our home editor, mark easton. A drive by shooting in birmingham. A 20 year old man killed as he played football. Four days on, still no arrests, and a Community Still in shock. Im feeling nervous. Especially my son hes scared, hes really, really scared. Its the kind of high profile crime thats feeding current anxiety and prompting a u turn in government policy. After years of cuts to the criminal justice system, suddenly, theres money and resources. I believe in passionately backing the police. More cops with more powers, courts locking up more people for longer. Amid hints of a general election this autumn, Boris Johnson wants to sound tough. I want to see several things happen. I want to see a review of sentencing, because i think too many serious sexual and violent offenders are not getting the sentences that they deserve. Whats noticeable in the Prime Ministers rhetoric, though, is the absence of evidence, of detail, as to how theyre going to do this, how theyre going to pay for it, and how its going to make a positive difference to Violent Crime. Theres a promise of 10,000 more prison places in england and wales, but its a promise we heard in 2015, and 2016 and again in 2017. Britain already incarcerates more of its population than any country in western europe, and if they do manage the extra places, it will cost an additional quarter of a billion pounds every year. What im very pleased about is not only the 10,000 prison places, but we have now got an announcement of £85 million more for the Crown Prosecution Service. You have already cut hundred million from the Crown Prosecution Service budget, so why is £85 million good news . The reality of the matter is, of course, this is fantastic new funding, new support. Youve taken the money away and ive spoken to the director of Public Prosecutions this morning. Hes extremely pleased. Im sure he is because hes had 100 million taken out of his budget. 85 million coming into the cps. So theres still a £50 million cut. We are absolutely delighted with the news. Can i ask you about the 10,000 prisoners that youre going to be having . How much is that going to cost . Can ijust stop you . Stop, against the wall. Get against the fence Police Across england and wales have now been told they can stop and search people without needing reasonable suspicion of a crime. Earlier this year, the power was trialled in seven force areas. But such was the concern about possible damage to Community Relations that reviews were planned after six months and a year. Just three months in, and without any formal evaluation, the government is expanding it across the country. Random stop and search in and of itself does not bring down Violent Crime and knife crime. Its about what works. Crime has risen up the list of public concerns. People want something done. But whether easier stop and search, tougher sentencing and more prisoners is the answer, well, the evidence is thin. And you can find out more about the bbcs investigation into drug crime in england and wales, including seeing what it is like in your area, at bbc. Co. Uk news. Lets ta ke lets take it at the headlines on bbc news now, 22 minutes past eight p m. All flights to and from one of the worlds biggest transport hubs, hong Kong International airport, or cancelled as protesters occupy the building. A bbc investigation finds drug crime in inner cities is down but has risen in Rural Communities, where figures are going up. The gangs target the vulnerable. Borisjohnson announces a review of sentencing policy for violent and sexual offenders as the government continues to push policies on law and order. Sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. Evening. We will come to the rugby announcement shortly, but we are going to start with andy murray who come after eight months of being injured in the australian open, has made his return to professional tennis. Playing against Richard Gasqu