Itself for a powerful cyclone. Authorities in hong kong are shutting government offices in the financial district for the rest of the week, after days of protests against an extradition bill that would allow people to be sent to Mainland China for trial. The bill has triggered the biggest street rallies since hong kong was handed back to china by the british in 1997. Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets in running battles with the demonstrators. Rupert Wingfield Hayes is in central hong kong. This was the centre of hong kong this afternoon. Scenes of mass violence, the likes of which have not been seen here since the 1960s. The day had been tense from the start. Huge crowds surrounded hong kongs legislature, determined to stop any discussion of the hated extradition bill. The object of their anger, this woman hong kongs chief executive, carrie lam. Last weekend, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets here, demanding she scrap a bill that would allow people in hong kong
Lot more tense. Russia detains leading Anti Corruption activists, despite yesterdays release of an investigative journalist, held on spurious drugs charges. Hundreds of thousands of people are evacuated along parts of indias western coast as the region braces itself for a powerful cyclone. Donald trump has declared that he would accept damaging information about political opponents during next years Election Campaign even if it came from a Foreign Government. In an interview with abc news the president denied it would count as interference describing it as opposition research. Russian interference in the 2016 campaign, and allegations of collusion with the Trump Campaign, were significant lines of inquiry in the mueller report. Heres the exchange between mr trump and the abc news presenter george stephanopoulos. This time around if foreigners russia, china or someone else offers you information should you accept it or call the guy . I think you do both. I think you may want to listen,
being warned of a 13 hour wait to see a doctor in a&e. the mass shooting in uvalde in texas two weeks ago which left 19 children and two adults dead. us lawmakers hear harrowing testimony from survivors. he and the artist who depicted fantasy and her own life, dame paula rego, has died at the age of 87. and coming up on the bbc news channel: it s one of the most lucrative and controversial tournaments ever. six time major winner phil mickelson is due to tee off at the first saudi funded liv golf event in hertfordshire. good evening. motorists and rail travellers are bracing themselves as rising prices and consequent demands for pay increases combine to create a perfect travel storm. the price of petrol is soaring, largely due to the war in ukraine and the rac is predicting the cost of filling a typical family car could go above £100 tomorrow. 0n the railways, the rmt union says the cost of living crisis, with inflation running at 9%, has prompted a planned series of wa
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