Battle for a tiny piece of Literary History as a work by 14 year old Charlotte Bronte goes up for auction in paris. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9 00. Police are surrounding a Hong Kong University campus after a violent overnight stand off with hundreds of protesters inside. Dozens of protesters tried to leave after sunrise but turned back as police fired tear gas and rubber bullets. At least a0 people have been arrested and police have been clashing with other protestors in the surrounding streets. Several hundred people are thought to remain inside the university. Lets go live to hong kong. Robin brant is there for us. What is the latest . The latest is, we now know Police Arrested 154 protesters. Most of them on the periphery of this University Campus, about a third of those were women, about a third of those were women, about two thirds were men. The youngest was 13, we are told. When we left this campus late last night we left this campus late last night we research on the way out by police who wanted to see our id and basically check we were real journalists. They believe that some of the protesters inside are wearing these yellow vests and i will ask my colleague to tilt slightly to the left, wearing the yellow vests reporters were here to identify themselves. They think some of the protesters have been dressing up as medics to try and escape. So everybody was being searched as they left, including us. That shows you the kind of level of suspicion on either side and the tactics the police say the protesters are using. In terms of what we have seen here in the last few hours, familiar scenes unfortunately. This road, 4 lane highway, the entrance to one of hong kongs tunnels, it is blocked by debris, chairs, bollards and gates set by protesters. The effort to have as much impact as they can on the hong kong infrastructure. Fire brigade attending to a fire on the edge of the year Due University about an hour ago. The blockade remains in place and the police are waiting to see. There is a stand off that continues. We are entering its second night now. We think the protesters are inside in considerable numbers, the police dont want to let them go free because they dont want them to be free to launch similar protests in future, they are trying to mop up the individuals they see as responsible . Yes, there are two points to that. Going into this building, firstly it is not particularly easy and the footbridges can be barricaded and blocked by the protesters. We saw no end of petrol bombs being manufactured and stored in crates and boxes by protesters and i suspect lots are still inside. Not a safe environment to try and operate m, safe environment to try and operate in, particularly if you are police trying to storm it and protesters trying to storm it and protesters trying to storm it and protesters trying to defend yourself. But Police Believe there are a hardcore of protesters inside and they are responsible for much of the increased violence and aggression we have seen in some these protests. They think they can essentially wait it out, but they are being much more controlling about letting people, protesters and even people working here for theirjobs like us, come out because they want to make sure no one can essentially escape. They wa nt to no one can essentially escape. They want to do as much as they can to deter and arrest and even charge some of these protesters. It is obviously Late Afternoon in hong kong, another development earlier today was the ruling by a court that the ban on face masks the government imposed is unconstitutional . Yes, this is still open to appeal by the government, but the High Court Ruled inafairly government, but the High Court Ruled in a fairly lengthy ruling, some 100 pages or so, the measures instituted by the government here a month or so ago which make face masks and covering one at illegal gatherings, most of these gatherings are deemed illegal, should be outlawed. That was intended to give the police more powers of arrest, also to make it more difficult for protesters to hide their identities. The high court has ruled that is unconstitutional. That is a slap in the face, pardon the pun, for the government. It was pretty much unenforceable anyway for the police because the demonstrations we have been to, the larger scale, more peaceful ones, everybody is wearing a face mask. It is impossible to pick up everyone, but it gives the police more powers to further arrest and detention. The people daily in beijing has said there is no room for compromise. We have to move on now and look at other news this morning, it is a busy news day. Prince andrew is facing calls to apologise to the victims ofjeffrey epstein for his Close Association with the convicted sex offender. A lawyer who represented epsteins alleged victims has told breakfast that the duke showed an astonishing lack of empathy in his bbc interview at the weekend. Jeffrey epstein took his own life while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. Heres andy moore. We have come to Buckingham Palace in highly unusual circumstances. Its an interview that continues to dominate the national conversation. People close to Prince Andrew told the bbc he stood by his decision to do it. They said he wanted to address the issues involved with what he called honesty and humility. But its hard to find anyone who thinks it was a success. I think a member of the royalfamily who clearly was friendly with a convicted sex offender who is going to go on television, the first words out of his mouth should be im sorry, and if theres anything i can do to assist these victims in any way, shape and form, i would want to do that. But todays daily mail has claims that Prince Andrew has expressed in private the sympathy for epsteins victims that he hadnt expressed in public. The sun takes a different line. Theres also analysis of andrews admission that he had met epsteins girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell this year, even though shed been accused of helping epstein groom his victims. If there are questions that ghislaine has to answer, thats her problem, im afraid. Im not in a position to be able to comment one way or the other. When was your last contact with her . It was earlier this year, funnily enough, in the spring or summer. About what . She was here doing some running. She was here doing some rally. Ghislaine maxwell has always denied the accusations against her. This was her, six years ago. Elusive then, she hasnt been seen in public for many months and no one seems to know where she is now. Andy moore, bbc news. Well, Dickie Arbiter is the queens former press secretary and hes with me now. This interview obviously has raised at least as many questions as it has answered, really . Were hearing now from lawyers for the alleged victims. That is not a is it . Its not, how much pressure do to put on the ps point that the first words out of his mouth should have been regret for the victims and he should be offering to help the police in the us . I am not surprised the lawyers have come forward, if he is prepared to sit down on a Major Network and talk about his relationship with jeffrey network and talk about his relationship withjeffrey epstein for the world to see and then reported afterwards in global newspapers, they say he should be prepared to sit down with lawyers and the fbi. It is still Early Morning in the states and that is bound to happen. He has a lot of questions to answer, he didnt a nswer questions to answer, he didnt answer many on saturday night. His tea m answer many on saturday night. His team seem to be, the briefings to the media are, they feel it was a success . The media are, they feel it was a success . Where are the briefings coming from . Your guess is better than mine. My guess is the briefings are coming from his Office Rather than the Communications Office. This isa than the Communications Office. This is a solo silo. His silo that has been involved in it. If he had gone to the Communications Office at Buckingham Palace they would have said no, dont do it. That was going to be my next question, of course emily maitlis, the interviewer has been talking to the times this morning and said that the conversation they had prior to do the interview suggested that the prince was waiting for approval from on high . Not so much approval on high, what he was really doing and i think he bounce the queen into it on thursday when it was always in the can. I have done this interview and it is going out on saturday. Much the same way the prince of wales did atjonathan dimbleby interview in 1984. He didnt ask the queens permission. The goal posts were changed on that because it was supposed to be something about the Princes Trust and it was warts and all. This genesis was about the princes work but the gold coast goalposts moved and it was about epstein. You think that the queen didnt authorise it . I doubt it, she probably was informed it was happening. What happens in terms of Buckingham Palace, how can they contain the damage which, by most assessments, is extensive . The damage is done, you cannot contain it. It will be ongoing because he will have to answer questions in the United States or people come over here from the United States to ask questions. If he thought this was going to pass over as a result of the interview in time for his 60th birthday in february and walking his daughter down the aisle, where ever shes getting married next year, he has got another think coming because this is going to go on and on. Do you think for Buckingham Palace, there is a question on how to exert discipline, we talked about authorisation or not, will they be thinking to themselves, we have to keep a tighter rein on these people . It is difficult, when you have separate households. It was tried a few years ago to bring all the households press offices into one place, Buckingham Palace, but it failed. Each one is to do their own thing, they think they can handle the media and they want to be tom ellis. The sooner it is centralised so Everybody Knows what is going on and nobody goes off on a tangent, the better it will be. But the duke of york went off on a tangent and nobody knew until it was in the can. Dickie arbiter, thank you very much. And the bbc newsnight special Prince Andrew and the epstein scandal is available on the iplayer. Borisjohnson, Jeremy Corbyn and jo swinson will each address Business Leaders later as they hope to win support ahead of next months general election. The conservatives say theyll cut Business Rates and some Employers National Insurance contributions. While the labour leader will announce plans for hundreds of thousands of climate apprenticeships in england. And ms swinson will claim the lib dems are the true party of business, as they want to stop brexit. The director general of the cbi, dame carolyn fairbairn, told the bbc what they would like to hear talked about today. We do want to hear about brexit, how the uncertainty is going to be ended and crucially, how we are going to avoid no deal next year because that doesnt come off the table, even if there is a new deal done in december. So that is the first thing, it really matters forjobs and investment. We also want to hear about ways that the economy is going to be made more competitive. So looking at ways that Business Rates may be looked at, the biggest property taxes in europe, apprenticeship levy, how we get on building the big Infrastructure Projects of our day like hs2 and heathrow. Lets get more on this from our assistant Political Editor norman smith. It is obviously business day as all three leaders pitch for the business vote. In normal times he would say it isa vote. In normal times he would say it is a home match for the tories. Less so now because of brexit and the disquiet in the Business Community about what that will mean in terms of future trading relationships with the eu. Concern about Boris Johnson and relationships with the eu. Concern about borisjohnson and whether if he wins the election if he can close the deal with the eu by December Next year. The fear being, if he doesnt we are back in no deal country. Also a bit of disquiet about Boris Johnson country. Also a bit of disquiet about borisjohnson himself. Not a typical corporate pinstripe tory. He has been, lets say, pretty rude about business in the past and then there is the immigration issue. A lot of unhappy in the Business Community about the proposed australian style points system, which the tories want to introduce. In part because of a lack of clarity about how it would work, he would be allowed in. Above all whether it will choke off business ability to choke off unskilled labour. The business secretary, Andrea Leadsome defending the governments approach on immigration. We will have an australian style points system which will enable a far better control over who comes to our country. Youve been in office nine years, im asking about your record, youve had control, youve been in office and you havent done it . The issue of course with immigration is that there are families that come together and they are able, under current immigration rules, to be able to come to this country under a different set of rules. Thats why we are introducing a points based system which will enable us to be fair to all of the world and not just to the european union. Interesting to see what reception Jeremy Corbyn gets at the cbi conference today. I have been at a few of the cbi conferences and normally the questions from Business Leaders tend to be perfectly courteous, not too probing. I wonder actually whether we might see a different tone today, in part because of the bombshell announcement at the weekend from john mcdonnell, a Labour Government would nationalise parts of bt. I think that at the Business Community com pletely think that at the Business Community completely by surprise. But also the package of measures being put forward by labour, higher business taxes, taking 10 of the shares of some of the larger companies, strengthening employee rights. That isa strengthening employee rights. That is a package which will cause some unease in the Business Community. Albeit labour have been pretty open about it. They will, they say, produce a radical, transformative ma nifesto. Produce a radical, transformative manifesto. But they tried to ease the concern in the Business Community by saying we will invest in infrastructure, invest in skills. They are talking about 80,000 more climate apprentices. 0n climate, we gotan climate apprentices. 0n climate, we got an interesting sign that labour might be going to pull back from suggestions they will commit to ensuring britain being Carbon Neutral by 2030. Listen to the business secretary Barry Gardiner this morning suggest that has gone on the back burner now and they are talking about 2050. Have a listen. We will have our power sector 90 powered by renewables by 2030. That is absolutely in line with achieving the overall targets that we have set, which is to make sure that well before 2050, we have achieved the net zero, which we need to do. Right, so its still 2050 for the net zero . That is the global target we need to achieve, indeed. And, not forgetting the liberal democrats, jo swinson will address the cbi conference this afternoon. Her message, and a surprise, we are proud brexit, brexit is what business wants. Also maintaining freedom of information. If you have a remain parliament, which you will have if you vote many liberal democrat mps into parliament, then we will be able to push for remain, which is good for business and the only uncertainty in that context, is how big the upside is. We have talked about the 50 billion remain bonus which we can invest in Public Services if we remain in the eu. The alternative, which is to deliver brexit, is how damaging it is. All the Prime Minister will be doing is trying to negotiate a deal that is worse than our current deal. No getting away from it, the big overarching issue, as i guess in the selection is brexit. That is crucial for many, many businesses and they will be assessing the different parties in terms of their approach to brexit and what that might actually mean for their business. Norman, thanks very much, as ever. How is this all playing with voters, we have four weeks away from the election. Here to assess the mood is sirjohn curtice, professor of politics at the university of strathclyde. Good morning. How does it look, you crunch the numbers, look at the polls and you do the thinking, where do you see it going . The truth is, the polls look