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Pushed back and forth all as a handful of chinas soldiers looked on. Behind the steel gates of their barracks just metres away. There we re barracks just metres away. There were claims both sides are now using lethal weapons. The Police Say One of theirs was hit by an arrow fired from the university. Do you think the people of hong kong support you throwing petrol bombs and bow and arrow . I dont expect all people to support but people need to understand what were doing right 110w. Understand what were doing right now. For the second time in a week im standing on a bridge surrounded by protesters with riot police on the other side. Early in the week it was a highway below they blocked. Now it is one of the tunnels to hong kong island. These protesters continue with their efforts to cause maximum disruption to hong kongs infrastructure. By the days end, the protesters faced Police Moving in on all fronts. The protesters who have stayed, many inside, have no way out. Robin brant, bbc news, hong kong. In sri lanka a controversial former defence chief has been elected president. 70 year old Gotabaya Rajapaksa took more than 52 of the vote, which was split along ethnic lines. From colombo, our correspondent Yogita Limaye reports a wartime strongman returns, as sri lankas most powerful. Mr rajapaksa is seen as a leader who can keep their country safe. We dont have enough protection for the people. You see everywhere there are bombs and terrorists, day by day a lot of terrorists created here. So, we like to have a father for our mother country. In aprilthis to have a father for our mother country. In april this year, a series of attacks by islamist extremists killed more than 250 people. What happened inside this church in many ways change the course of the election. The idea that Peaceful Families sitting together attending mass could be brutally killed shook this nation. And brought National Security into the centre stage. The attacks were a reminder of this bloody epic conflict between tamil insurgents and the shrunken army. The days that gave mr rajapa ksa and the shrunken army. The days that gave mr rajapaksa his deadly reputation. Torture, killings, disappearances of tamil minorities, the bombing of civilian areas. He is accused of them all during his crackdown to end the war in 2009. A decade later, the families of those who went missing still hold daily vigils. We want to expose the atrocities of him to the world and thats why i come here. He always has denied the allegations against him and as long as he remains president , he cannot be held to account. Terry oneill, the photographer whose pictures helped define an era, has died at the age of 81. His images of rock and film stars and royalty helped frame an age of celebrity and the idea of the swinging 605. David sillito looks back at his work. Twiggy. Photo shoots and get more 605 than that. His work a whos who of the stars of the last 50 years, terry oneill. Frank sinatra, this image is a museum image. His first assignment on fleet street . The very firstjob i ever had in the newspaper, i got sent a photograph a group which turned out to be the beatles recording please please me. I started at the top and never looked back. In the 70s he captured david berrys ever changing image. To his admirers one of his great talents was developing relationships with his sitters. When you work with musicians youve got to respect it is their time but terry got close to a lot of people and in some insta nces a lot of people and in some instances he married his subject. He was married to faye dunaway. Married to faye dunaway, photographed Frank Sinatra, wasnt an easy life. This was one of the first stones photo shoots but as the years went by not all shoots but as the years went by not a ll stars shoots but as the years went by not all stars were interesting to him. |j dont know what it is. All the guys seem dont know what it is. All the guys seem to wear black suits, all the girls seem to be fashionable but they all look the same. It was a portfolio that had everyone from churchill, to bardot, taylor to bowie. His catalogue was one of stardom. Terry oneill has died at 81. Thats it. Ill be back with the late news at ten. Hello. This is bbc news. The duke of york is facing widespread criticism today after the bbc interview in which he denied having a sexual encounter with a 17 Year Old Girl in 2001. Virginia roberts says she was groomed byJeffrey Epstein the american financier who was convicted on child sex offences in 2008, and who had been a friend of Prince Andrew. The prince has admitted that going to stay with him after his release from prison was a mistake, and is now facing calls to assist Legal Inquiries in the united states. 0ur royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell reports. Your royal highness, weve come to buckingham palace. The interview has been heard, andrews answers have been noted, with incredulity in some quarters and, one suspects, with something close to despair within the royal household. The reaction to his words in most cases has been negative. The consensus, in pr terms, the interview was extremely ill advised. Andrew was categoric about his denial of impropriety with the then 17 year old virginia roberts. She has claimed that on the night of their alleged first encounter, she was introduced to him at tramp, the nightclub in central london. She says they danced together there, but andrew was emphatic that he was at home. He said he had taken his daughter beatrice to this pizza restau ra nt daughter beatrice to this pizza restaurant in woking in surrey in the afternoon. How had he managed to remember a specific night so many years ago . Because going to Pizza Express in woking is an unusual thing for me to do. A very unusual thing for me to do. Ive never been. Ive only been through woking a couple of times, and i remember it weirdly distinctly. As soon as somebody reminded me of it, iwent, oh, yes, i rememberthat. In the united states, home to most of the young women who say they were trafficked byJeffrey Epstein to perform sexual favours, lawyers are saying andrew should now repeat his testimony under oath. Whether a person is a prince or a pauper, if anyone has evidence or information that might be relevant to an investigation of a criminal case, that person should provide it to the law enforcement. In this case, it would be the federal bureau of investigation. And from those who have worked for the royal family and who are familiar with Prince Andrew, there is a feeling of weary resignation. They will be wondering, was the right decision made . Who made the decision to put him on . Did he make it himself, or did he seek advice within the palace . My guess is that he bulldozed his way in and decided that he was going to do it himself, without any advice. Im truly grateful for the opportunity. It was supposed to be the interview which drew a line under the story for andrew and allowed him to move on. That moment is certainly some way off. Nicholas witchell, bbc news. I understand from people close to Prince Andrew that he stands by the decision to do the newsnight interview, though it is fair to say i think that they have been taken aback by the intensity of the negative reaction to it. They say he wa nted negative reaction to it. They say he wanted to address these issues head on and feel that he did so with honesty and humility. They hope, they say, that people willjudge him on that basis. Former royal journalist and a campaigner for victims of sexual abuse Catherine Mayer said the interview showed no compassion for epsteins alleged victims. It was as bad as i expected. Probably worse. It was bad if that was supposed to be exercising exculpation and reputation management, it was disastrous, but it was also terrible because it erased the victims of epstein. He was given the chance at the end, is there anything else you would like to say . And he said no, no, i think youve dragged it all out of me. Well, he didnt mention those women once. He mentioned them only in the sense that he may not have noticed them in epsteins house because he was so used to being surrounded by servants, ie servants arent people so you dont notice them. Just extraordinary, but also kind of unsurprising for me, because ive been around him a lot and been around the royals a lot. I wanted to ask you that. You have met him. Can you give us an insight a little bit more into what sort of person he is . Yes, i mean, its strange. I spent, i went on a trip to china with him when he was uk trade ambassador, so in 2004 this was, and like many other royals, i actually ended up a lot of the time feeling sorry for him, a sensation i now question somewhat, but it was because he was so out of his depth, and all of them are, in the sense that the queens children have been brought up in these extraordinary, this bubble, where they are told they are very special, that they have this really special role, but actually they cant determine what the role is, they cant do a job, so they both have entitlement and no agency, and they have no real world experience. So, some of what it explains some of what youre seeing, and hes not a bright man at all. Shouldnt we i mean you say that, of course he may also have been very poorly advised in this case, but. No, hes pushed back every time anyones ever tried to give him good advice, hes pushed back. I mean, i think because they have so little control over their own lives, when they can assert themselves they very often do, and andrews particularly prone to that. Shouldnt we give him some credit for attempting to face the music . No. What were seeing is a culture of impunity, where his i mean originally, whatever the situation, whatever he did or didnt do, in being photographed by epstein after epstein had emerged from jail as a convicted paedophile he was essentially giving cover to him. He was giving credibility to him. Immigration has featured strongly in the general Election Campaign today the conservatives have given more details of how they would make the system the same for people from eu countries and the rest of the world. And Jeremy Corbyn has said there would continue to be plenty of movement of people in and out of britain under a Labour Government. Jessica parker reports. Long debated, the flow of people to the uk, the Free Movement of workers around the eu. He wants a further referendum, with remain versus a labour brexit deal, so what would that new deal mean for immigration because our economy and society has been enriched massively by people that have made homes here. No Labour Government led by me will bring in a hostile environment such as theresa may brought. Simple question, will Free Movement and . There will be a great deal of movement. White make the conservatives are fleshed out some of their plans, treating eu and non eu workers the same, the vast majority will need a job offer to come and live in the uk. Migrants will typically have to wait five yea rs before will typically have to wait five years before they can claim benefits. The annual charge to access the nhs will rise to £625. But no targets from a party that has been stung before by failing to meet them. If you dont have targets we dont have a way ofjudging whether your policy has been a failure or success. We will make sure parliament has control over immigration, so we get the advantages and benefits. How can we judge if the control is being used properly . We also control the costs that uncontrolled immigration undoubtedly places. To what extent should the uk be able to control exactly who can and cant come here to live and work chris mike it is also an issue of pragmatism, with many businesses saying they need easy a ccess many businesses saying they need easy access to workers of all skills levels. There are so Many Industries that rely on people coming here to work from other countries, so we wa nt to work from other countries, so we want to make sure there is a system thatis want to make sure there is a system that is fair, where you have targeted enforcement so you can keep the rules, but that we recognise and celebrate what immigrants offer us all. In scotland, we need to encourage more people to come and live here. Over the next 25 years, if we dont encourage people to make scotland their home and make a contribution to our economy, our working age population may decline, which will mean lower tax revenues in orderto fund which will mean lower tax revenues in order to fund our National Health service. Immigration was up for debate in the 2016 referendum, and in this referendum that hasnt changed. The headlines on bbc news Prince Andrew categorically denies having sex with an American Woman who says she was forced to sleep with him when she was just 17. In the election the conservatives promise all migrants will be treated equally after brexit regardless of where they come from. And the labour leaderJeremy Corbyn refuses to confirm whether or not Free Movement of people from the eu will be included in their general election manifesto. There have been renewed violent clashes in hong kong with police using tear gas and water cannon to clear pro democracy protestors after a standoff at a university building. 0ur asia correspondent robin brant reports. Sunday morning in hong kong. These protests are now in their sixth month. 0n the edge of another university campus, taken over by protestors, there is tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon from the police. From the other side they are now using improvised weapons. The police are now trying to move in on two fronts. The tear gas is coming from there and another group there, and what you have here is the last of the students. They are throwing bricks, they are throwing petrol bombs. At the moment it remains a stand off. For hours, both sides pushed back and forth. All as a handful of chinas soldiers looked on, from behind the steel gates of their barracks just metres away. There were claims that both sides are resorting to lethal weapons. The police said one was hit in the leg by an arrow fired from the university. Do you think the people of hong kong support you firing bows and arrows, support you throwing petrol bombs . I dont expect everyone to support us, but most of the citizens are ok with it. Were not asking for support, we just hope people understand what we are doing right now. For the second time in a week im standing on a bridge surrounded by protestors, with riot police on the other side. Earlier in the week, it was a highway below they blocked. Now, it is one of the tunnels to hong kong island. These protestors continue with their efforts to cause maximum disruption to hong kongs infrastructure. By the days end the protestors faced Police Moving in on fourfronts. Hong Kong Polytechnic University is now under siege. The protestors who have stayed, many inside, have no way out. Robin brant, bbc news, hong kong. In sri lanka, a controversial former defence chief has been elected president. 70 year old Gotabaya Rajapaksa took more than 52 per cent of the vote, which was split along ethnic lines. From colombo, our correspondent Yogita Limaye reports. A wartime strongman returns as sri lankas most powerful. Mr second man is seen amongst many in the majority asa is seen amongst many in the majority as a leader who can keep their country as a leader who can keep their cou ntry safe. As a leader who can keep their country safe. Mr rajapaksa. As a leader who can keep their country safe. Mr rajapaksa. Day by day, a lot of work is created in this government. We like to have a father for our mother country. In april this year, a series of attacks by islamist extremists killed more than 250 people. What happened inside this church, in many ways, changed the course of the election. The idea that Peaceful Families sitting together attending mass could be brutally killed shook this nation and brought National Security into the centre stage. The attacks we re into the centre stage. The attacks were a reminder of this bloody ethnic conflict between tamil insurgents and the sri lankan army. The days that gave mr rajapaksa his deadly reputation. Torture, killings, disappearances of tamil minorities, the bombing of civilian areas. He is accused of them all during his crackdown to end the war in 2009. A decade later, the families of those who went missing still hold daily vigils. Translation we want to expose the atrocities of mr rajapaksa to the world. Mr rajapaksa has always denied the allegations against him, and as long as he remains president , he cant be held to account. The government and armed forces have been accused of covering up illegal killings of civilians in iraq and afghanistan by british troops. In an investigation by bbc panorama and the sunday times, a dozen british detectives said they had found credible evidence of war crimes, but that strong cases were not prosecuted. The ministry of defence has denied the claims. Richard bilton has more. Across two decades, british soldiers have fought wars in afghanistan and iraq. Most did their duty and came home, but some were accused of committing war crimes. Panorama has found evidence the state covered up what they did. Like the killing of rahid al moussaoui in basra in 2003. Translation when rahid opened a door, the british soldier was crouching behind a pile of rubbish in the street. As soon as rahid walked out, the british soldier shot him, here. Detectives from the Iraq Historic Allegations Team investigated the case. They wanted to prosecute one soldier for the killing and his commanding officerfor covering up what happened, but no one was charged. This detective asked to be interviewed anonymously. The ministry of defence had no intention of prosecuting any soldier, of

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