and 8am in hong kong where there are concerns the visit of china's president xi may have stoked divisions in the territory. on the face of it, mr xi was simply marking the 20th anniversary of hong kong being handed back to china by the british. but he used the event to warn against any challenge to beijing's control. the foreign ministry said the handover deal guaranteeing two—systems until 2047 had ‘no practical significance'. there are fears of new education programmes to bring the public into line. it was all smiles as president xishook line. it was all smiles as president xi shook hands with terry lam, the new chief executive of the city, who is seen as a chinese ally, but there can be no doubt about the strengths of feelings among many citizens of hong kong. thousands took to the streets over the weekend in support of greater autonomy from beijing. earlier, i spoke to martin lee and asked him what he made of beijing's view that the guaranteeing of two systems until 2047 has no practical significance. effectively we are seeing, now we have got sovereignty back from the british, it's no longer any of your business as to how we run the place. exactly what they mean. so therefore the british government mustn't pass on anything. fortu nately government mustn't pass on anything. fortunately this is not the position agreed to by the british government. 0ur question is, how long will the british government remain firm?“ jinping in the speech says the commitment to the one country, two systems is unchanged. shouldn't this be the focus going forward? what the chinese government now claims is that the high degree of autonomy which was given to hong kong in terms of executive, legislative and judicial power, everything now is subject to china's comprehensive jurisdiction. this is officially in a document published in 2014 in several languages, and at that time, the british government thought there was nothing wrong about it. but at this point, aren't the protests by the opposition or pro—democracy activists harmful in building trust with beijing? the trust has to go both ways. 0riginally, how can people trust beijing? but beijing has reneged its promises time and again. now it is 20 years and suffrage is nowhere in sight and i can't tell you when we will have it. what are the plans of the opposition and the pro—democracy activists going forward, given this stance of beijing? we can only protest. we will do it again and again. u nfortu nately will do it again and again. unfortunately the british government has not done enough to defend our high degree of autonomy. the british government has cowed the chinese pressure, and of course their money, and unfortunately hong kong has been sold down the river so many times for 30 pieces of silver. but isn't the chinese way, and what president xi is saying, for hong kong and beijing to build consensus and not have any conflict? yeah, because they want to change all the rules of they want to change all the rules of the game, and they want you to agree with it, and that's consensus. we will have more coming up on hong kong later in the programme. first, some other news. interior ministers from three european countries have met in paris to decide how to tackle the growing migrant crisis in the mediterranean. italy has become increasingly alarmed by a sharp rise in arrivals and warns other countries to open their ports. the european union's commission of the migration said they were willing to help ease the pressure for italy. we all have, i would say, a humanitarian obligation to save lives. this should be our priority. of course, we cannot leave a handful of european union —ist countries on their own to deal with this. also making news, japan's prime minister, shinzo abe's liberal democrat party has suffered a significant defeat in tokyo's collections. the party is set to record its worst ever result, and the opposition are set to win most seats in the city's metropolitan assembly. china is accusing the united states of stirring up trouble in the south china sea following reports this us warships sailed close to do disputed island claimed by beijing. china says the uss death and counted its territorial waters and infringed china's sovereignty. beijing described it as a serious political and military provocation. all this as president trump is meant to be speaking with his chinese counterpart on the phone around now. and there has been a shooting outside a mosque in avignon. witnesses say two men opened fire with a handgun and a rifle on a crowd of people outside the building. at least four people were injured and the authorities appear to have ruled out terrorism. iran says the french energy giant total is to sign a contract worth almost $5 billion to develop an offshore gas field. it is iran's biggest foreign deal since most economic sanctions were lifted last year. 20 people are reported to have been killed in damascus by a car bomb that exploded just to the north of the old city. syrian officials say the old city. syrian officials say the bomber was in one of the three ca rs the bomber was in one of the three cars that had been pursued. and the foreign minister of qatar says a formal list of demands from arab states will be responded to on monday to the any of kuwait, the main mediator in the worst gulf crisis in decades. china has suffered a setback after its heavy duty carrier rocket failed less than an hour after takeoff. chinese state media said an anomaly had been detected during the flight of the long march. here arejust detected during the flight of the long march. here are just a few of the millions of many patio fans in the millions of many patio fans in the philippines, who are probably still in shock after they had to watch their boxing hero loses his welterweight title to the australian underdog jeff horne welterweight title to the australian underdog jeff home in apple the battle of brisbane. it will take them some time to get over their disappointment but a completely different story in london. the sun was shining because wimbledon fever is about to take hold. people are already camping out and attempting to get their hands on those tickets for the tennis tournament, which begins on monday, and i expect most people you can see camped out are looking forward to seeing britain's world number one, andy murray, defending his title. some people can't wait. we will be looking forward to seeing how the games u nfold forward to seeing how the games unfold on monday. the president of the philippines, rodrigo duterte is celebrating a year in office. it has, shall we say, been an eventful 12 months, with controversy never very far away. in fact, mr duterte's tenure has been marked by outspoken and often simply offensive comments. he promised to slaughter drug addicts in the philippines comparing the crackdown to hitler. mr duterte told president 0bama america had lost, and he would realign the country with russia and china. islamist militants were warned he could match them for savagery, i'll eat their liver, he said. and the presidentjoked about rape with soldiers apparently to boost their morale. earlier i spoke to professor eduardo araral from the lee kwan yew school of public policy and he graded mr duterte's first year in office. 0verall, overall, i would give him a grade of b+. a+ full foreign relations and b+ for law and order. he himself would give himself a b. he uses offensive language but... high grades for a president that's been controversial on many fronts. he has done a lot, brought home a lot of foreign aid. he has rebalanced the relations... there's a lot of things going on. in the history of the philippines, he's done a lot for his first year. particularly on the war of drugs. he has not been able to catch that so—called big fish, but a lot of people have been killed. 1.3 million people have been killed. 1.3 million people have been forced to surrender, about 3000 have been killed, and about 1000 killed in other circumstances. he has to work on the big fish, the financiers, the protectors and the drug dealers. that's a lot of work to do over the next 360 days of his first term. but what about the marawi siege and is? says bina might —— they have been a migraine for the philippine president. he could not differentiate who is the enemy, and there's a lot of guns in there. he doesn't want to fight with these two armed groups, but isis has taken advantage of this. he said the intelligence part is not a problem, is that he doesn't know who is the enemy. he said that it would be in control in a week. now it's taken more than a month and there's martial law on one of the islands. for how long are we likely to see this going on? i think the war is almost finished. there's still some resista nce almost finished. there's still some resistance but ideological and the problem will persist. this will not be solved by a military solution. and winning hearts and minds, particularly of the people in mindinao, very important for the president. what about his health? this is a concern for many people, also foreign investors. he was absent for days between public appearances in june. he is 72 years old and has been travelling a lot and sleek set three a.m.. but we haven't seen this among other presidents. not showing up for independence day celebrations, which is so important to all filipinos, showing for one day and is appealing for five days... he likes to keep everybody guessing! shouldn't the government be transparent with the health of the president? they should be, but the president has a particular style and doesn't want to be predictable. he plays to the gallery all the time. donald trump has created another twitter storm and is accused of inciting violence against the media after he tweeted a spoof video showing him physically assaulting a man with a cnn logo superimposed on his head. the us president's shown slamming the logo to the ground and punching it repeatedly. 0ne cnn contributor says the president will end up getting someone in the media killed. 0ur washington correspondent, laura bicker, has more reaciton in the us to mr trump's latest tweet. well, cnn has taken the unprecedented step of issuing a statement condemning the president and saying that his tweet incites violence against reporters. they are backed by a number of journalists groups. even some right—wing commentators believe on this occasion donald trump has crossed a line. but the white house has said there's nothing to be alarmed about. homeland security adviser tom bossert said this should not be perceived as a threat. butjust consider this: on friday the white house press spokesman rounded on the press, accused them of not covering policy. but if you look at donald trump's twitter habit, the one thing he tweets about most often is about the press. he describes his twitter habit as not being presidential, but being modern presidential. it may keep his base happy, but while it continues, it distracts from his agenda to make america great again. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: stephen hawking's dismay at donald trump over climate change. he says pulling out of the paris agreement could doom future generations. china marked its first day of rule in hong kong with a series of spectacular celebrations. a huge firework display was held in the former colony. the chinese president, jiang zemin, said unification was the start of a new era for hong kong. the world's first clone has been produced of an adult mammal. scientists in scotland have produced a sheep called dolly that was cloned in a laboratory using a cell of another sheep. for the first time in 20 years, russian and american spacecraft have docked in orbit at the start of a new era of cooperation in space. challenger powered past the bishop rock lighthouse at almost 50 knots, shattering a record that had stood for 34 years. and there was no hiding the sheer elation of richard branson and his crew. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm babita sharma in london. our top stories: after the inauguration of a new chief executive, hong kong waits to see whether beijing is going to play a stronger hand. president trump is accused of inciting violence against the media, after tweeting a spoof video. north korea has opened what is called a children's traffic park in pyongyang. it is to teach youngsters how to stay safe on the roads. looks fun, doesn't it? that story is popular on bbc.com. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the china daily reports on what it calls an upbeat atmosphere created by the chinese president's visit to hong kong. the paper says mr xi boosted the confidence of the people for a better future, but admitted various challenges remain ahead, 20 years after its handover. the japan times reports on an election setback for prime minister shinzo abe in metropolitan elections in tokyo. it says the emerging tomin first party scored a sweeping victory, and was expected to oust the ruling liberal democratic party. and the business times suggests that the future of banking in singapore is in offering online shopping. it headlines "why not buy a bra, a buffet or a facelift while you check the balance of your account?" not sure that is going to catch on, but what do you think? absolutely. let's return to our top story, the chinese president's visit to hong kong. joining me now from hong kong is vivienne chow, who is a cultural critic. thank you so much forjoining us on tuesday. this visit of xi jinping to hong kong has highlighted tensions and divisions among generations. as and divisions among generations. as a young hong kong, how do you see this? i think the situation is going to be more difficult here in hong kong, especially for people who are younger, and for people, for example, from my generation, who are in their30s, or example, from my generation, who are in their 30s, or those who are in their 20s, because xijinping has made a very clear signal, sent a very clear message, to hong kong that one country... there is nothing, you can't argue about that. and his itinerary sends a very clear message to the people of hong kong that one country, and two system seems secondary. so with this one country, two systems, how has life changed for you in the last 20 yea rs ? changed for you in the last 20 years? i would say we... well, first of all, we have to master the language of mandarin, because that was not really taught in my day when i grew was not really taught in my day when igrew up was not really taught in my day when i grew up in hong kong, because i went to school, primary school, secondary school and also university, in hong kong. and everything was... most of the... everything was taught in the english language, in my case. even it was a local school, i didn't go to an international school. what about culture of the —— what about culturally? freedom of expression is definitely affected, but in a way that is... it might not be so much the self—censorship coming from within the system, but it is more like people kind of internalised the idea of self—censorship, if you know what i mean. so basically before you say something, before you publish something or before you post something or before you post something on facebook or other social media platforms you have to think twice what you are saying, what kind of effects or what kind of impact that would cause. how will people take your messages? and to play around with it. and i think that kind of self—censorship mentality has already been rooted among hong kongers, so notjust media, notjust cultural workers, but also among the general public. we will have to leave it there. thank you so much for your insights on the future of hong kong. now, babita, our next story involves one of the world's most famous people in science. yes, rico, stephen hawking is not only one of the world's greatest physicists, he has also spent most of his life struggling with the effects of motor neurone disease. professor hawking has been marking his 75th birthday with a lecture at cambridge university, and he has also been talking to our science correspondent pallab ghosh. when i was diagnosed at 21, i was told it would kill me in two or three years. now, 54 years later, albeit weaker and in a wheelchair, i'm still working and producing scientific papers. today, stephen hawking celebrates his 75th birthday. but it's been a great struggle, which i have got through only with a lot of help from my family, colleagues and friends. at an event at cambridge university to pay tribute to his life, he was applauded for his scientific achievements. the legacy will be the scientists that he inspired. and there will be thousands of them, and they're still being inspired today. so there will be ten—year—olds today, or eight—year—olds, who are reading about stephen, reading about the work that he did, and may go on to be the next einstein. hello, professor hawking... in an exclusive interview with bbc news, professor hawking told me that he was worried about the future of our species. what are your views on president trump's decision to withdraw from the paris climate agreement, and what impact do you think that'll have on the future of the planet? we are close to the tipping point where global warming becomes irreversible. trump's action could push the earth over the brink to become like venus, with a temperature of 250 degrees and raining sulphuric acid. stephen hawking has three children. his daughter lucy says his life is an inspiration, and not just to scientists. people who've lived in really extreme circumstances seem to find something very, very inspirational in his example of perseverance and persistence, and his kind of ability to rise above his suffering, and still want to communicate at a higher level. # happy birthday to you... his ideas have transformed our understanding of the cosmos. but what is also being celebrated is his determination and humanity. pallab ghosh, bbc news, cambridge. archaeologists in mexico city have made a new discovery which they believe provides new insight into aztec temple rituals and sacrifices. they are excavating a tower of human skulls, but it is whose skulls they found that has them so interested. rylee carlson explains. buried for hundreds of years under layers of rock and dust, these 650 skulls provide a new and important insight into aztec culture. this used to be part of one of the aztec capital's main temples. historians say the severed heads of captured warriors he came from so—called scull racks, a public display that struck fear into spanish donkeys adores —— skull. struck fear into spanish donkeys adores -- skull. translation: certainly this context, where there are many semi—detached skulls, and where you are also seeing a tower on each side made up of skulls, it must must have been shopping for the people who saw it. then without a doubt it is a way of showing off the power and capability of the mexican people. but archaeologists also uncovered something they did not expect. translation: they thought that they were only going to fine men. warriors, prisoners of war. but no, what we are seeing as there is also an important representation of women and children, too, that we hadn't expected. it was not expected that we would find them here. hadn't expected. it was not expected that we would find them harem suggests women and children may have had a more important role in aztec culture than previously thought. although just how important, they aren't sure yet. the excavation on this temple began in 2015, and still has a way to go. the base of the tower still needs to be unearthed. you have been watching newsday. stay with us. we will have an exclusive interview with the new philippines central bank governor. nestor espenillajr tells me his priorities on his first day in office. and before we go let's head to new york, where the queen mary i! arrived this weekend. the luxury ocean liner won the bridge 2017, a 6,000 km transatlantic race that began in france, and marks the 100th anniversary of the arrival of american troops in europe to fight in world war i. that's all for now. stay with bbc world news. hello once again. the weekend was something of a mixed bag across much of northern scotland and ireland, but once began in the england and wales at times it really did look as glorious as that. can we keep it up for the next few days? well, there will be some sunshine and a forecast as early as tuesday some areas will be seeing some significant rainfall and then later in the week it will turn a wee bit hot and in the week it will turn a wee bit hotand humid in the week it will turn a wee bit hot and humid from the south. now, asi hot and humid from the south. now, as i say, the weekend was something ofa as i say, the weekend was something of a mixed bag, especially so over the western side of scotland, and into the first part of monday, i think we will find some of those conditions slumping into the western side of england, through wales as well. not a cold start here, 14 or 15, but with clearer skies across scotla nd 15, but with clearer skies across scotland and northern ireland, some of the temperatures may even be getting close to single figures. but under the influence of that front it will be a damp old style across parts of the south—west, coming into parts of the south—west, coming into parts of the south—west, coming into parts of wales. further east in a cloud for there to that of rain, not amounting to much at all. many. a new day dry and bright, for scotland and northern ireland. what an improvement on the dayjust gone. still sparkling of showers, if not longer spells of ram, getting up towards shetland and through the north end through the north end of the orkney isles. but as we get on through the morning into the afternoon, so some of that rain will just tend to fade away across the far south—west and indeed into the fire north—east. we mayjust pick up one or two sharp showers in the east midlands, east anglia, may be down into the south—east, just a chance of one or two of those getting down into the wind, as we turn on the heat. elsewhere, 16 to about 19 or 20 covers it. then, as we push that total system away, but rather links back, in fact, to a new development for tuesday at the atlantic. now, i say tuesday, but as early as monday evening i think we will see the first signs of that rain beginning the pilots were into northern ireland, and then extending its influence into the southern part of scotland, the north of england, and by tuesday afternoon some of that rain may be getting down towards anglesey and on towards the northern shores of wales. to the south of it, i think there will be some sunshine, a little bit of heat. 44, 20 five degrees further north. despite the sunshine, 13 to 16 will probably just about cover it. out of tuesday and on into wednesday, so those fronts will have quit the scene and there will be a legacy of cloud across the borders area of scotland, the far north of england, to the south about the heat will be beginning to build—up, feeling quite close and humid and that mayjust spawn one or two thundery showers as we get on through thursday. a little bit of uncertainty about this, but i think generally those temperatures are up by midweek. you are watching bbc world news. i am babita sharma. our top story: a new era for hong kong with a new chief executive marking twenty years since the handover to china. it was all smiles from president xi and hong kong's new boss carrie lam, but there are concerns that beijing is exerting a stronger influence president trump is accused of inciting violence against the media after tweeting a spoof video showing him wrestling a man with a cnn logo superimposed. and this video is trending on bbc.com: it off north korea. —— of. north korea has opened what's called a children's traffic park in pyongyang. it's to teach youngsters how to stay safe on the roads. that story is popular on bbc.com stay with the team here on bbc news. plenty more to come. and the top story here in the uk: