League. Tens of thousands of pro democracy demonstrators have taken to the streets in hong kong in defiance of a police ban. Petrol bombs were thrown at officers, who responded to the protesters by firing tear gas and water cannons. The event was called to mark five years since beijing ruled out fully democratic elections in the territory. Our correspondent Stephen Mcdonnell gave this update from hong kong. I am beside a couple of officers here. You can see water cannon is being deployed. People here are ducking down beneath the parapet to also avoid tear gas which is being fired. You can see from above. To the right here, you can see the protesters coming in and they are moving forward towards the government headquarters, where they may be able to throw molotov cocktails at closer proximity to the police at times. There goes one now, catching fire on the barricades. This is the violent showdown people predicted when permission was denied to have this march today and also follows the a
Hello. Most of us have seen some rain so far today, as the weather system moves east across the uk. Its behind that, were getting this on returning for the rest of the weekend, but it is cooler. Now, the last of that weather system with cloud, a bit of patchy rain pulls away from east anglia, and the south east of england, as we go through the evening. The heavy rain in northern scotland easing to showers, but quite a lot of clear weather around overnight, and temperatures dipping away quite widely into single figures, as we start the day tomorrow and as we start september. Showers tomorrow from the word go in a northern and western scotland. But fine, sunny weather across many other parts of the uk, but the showers will move further south and east during the day. Some of them likely to be heavy and possibly thundery, whereas much of south wales and southern england will avoid the showers and stay dry. There will be a fair amount of sunshine around, around any showers, so its a cooler
I never thought at my age, 61 years of age, i would have to be here protesting against the shutdown of parliament. Theres been renewed violence in hong kong with pro democracy protesters defying a ban on rallying. More than 50 migrants have been detained as they tried to cross the English Channel to reach kent several boats have been intercepted. Same sex couples could be allowed to compete on strictly come dancing from next year. I will be back with you at eight, but now im bbc news, its time for sports day. Hello, and welcome to sportsday. Im olly foster. Heres whats coming up on the programme this evening. Motorsport mourns the death of 22 year old frenchman Anthoine Hubert, killed in a high speed crash at spa this afternoon. Weve got all todays premier League Results coming up. Its four out of four for liverpool. They are top of the table heading into the international break. A double from irelands Jacob Stockdale ends wales winning run in cardiff. Also coming up in the programme t
A ceremony to mourn the first one to be lost to climate change. 0h, hes gone. And england take wickets as they look to bowl out australia to win the second ashes test. And coming up later, this weeks click looks at whether e scooters are legal, and tests out new fingerprint based contactless cards. Good evening. The Cabinet Office minister michael gove has played down concerns highlighted by leaked government documents that warn of chaos in the event of a no deal brexit. He said significant steps had been taken in the past three weeks to accelerate planning for such a scenario. The documents, seen by the sunday times, warn of shortages of food, fuel and medicines, as well as the return of a hard border in ireland if britain leaves the eu without a deal. But mr gove insisted the papers were old, and examined the worst possible outcomes. Food shortages, fuel shortages, unworkable plans for the irish border, this is a pretty bleak picture . I think its important that we look in context at
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