Hello and welcome to world news today. More than 1,000 people have been arrested in moscow, during unauthorised protests against the banning of many opposition candidates from local elections. There were scuffles as police dispersed groups of protesters, who responded with anti putin chants. The Authorities Say around 30 candidates failed to collect enough valid signatures, but the barred candidates say theyve been blocked for political reasons. From moscow, 0leg boldyrev reports. Police warned people from moscow not to come out for this unsanctioned protest but a few thousand came out anyway and soon they paid for it by being dragged into custody. The arrests were met with defiance. The police are trying to push back the protesters, who came here because the candidates they support were not allowed to participate in elections. We dont know how many people came to protest but plenty of people are angry that the candidates theyve been supporting were denied the chance to participate in
After tens of thousands march through the town where gangs attacked pro democracy activists last weekend. And we will be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers, katherine forster, reporter at the sunday times, and the home editor at the london evening standard, martin bentham. Stay with us for that. Good evening. In another policy announcement, three days after becoming Prime Minister, borisjohnson has pledged to fund a new high speed rail link between leeds and manchester. He says it will turbo charge the regions and unlock jobs, boosting growth. He was speaking on a visit to the north west, with the full details of his proposals to be published in the autumn. But labour says the plans are a rehash of past failed promises from the conservatives. Our chief Political Correspondent vicki young reports from manchester. Taking his first steps as Prime Minister, borisjohnson is promising a bright, optimistic future. I wasjust thinking that it was actually the metro. But he
More than 1,000 people have been arrested in moscow during unauthorised protests against the banning of many opposition candidates from local elections. There were scuffles as police dispersed groups of protesters, who responded with anti putin chants. The Authorities Say around 30 candidates failed to collect enough valid signatures, but the barred candidates say they have been blocked for political reasons. From moscow, 0leg boldyrev reports. Police told muscovites not to come out for this unsanctioned protest, but a few thousand people turned up anyway, and very soon many of them paid for it by being dragged into custody. The arrests were met with defiance. So the police are trying to push back the protesters, who came here because the candidates they support were not allowed to participate in the elections. We dont know how many people came to protest, but certainly there are plenty of people angry that the candidates theyve been supporting were denied the chance to participate in
More than 1,000 people have been arrested in moscow during unauthorised protests against the banning of many opposition candidates from local elections. There were scuffles as police dispersed groups of protesters, who responded with anti putin chants. The Authorities Say around 30 candidates failed to collect enough valid signatures, but the barred candidates say they have been blocked for political reasons. The bbcs 0leg boldyrev was at todays demonstration and sent us this report. Police told muscovites not to come out for this unsanctioned protest, but a few thousand people turned up anyway, and very soon many of them paid for it by being dragged into custody. The arrests were met with defiance. So the police are trying to push back the protesters, who came here because the candidates they support were not allowed to participate in the elections. We dont know how many people came to protest, but certainly there are plenty of people angry that the candidates theyve been supporting w
Who responded with anti putin chants. For the eighth consecutive week, the Authorities Say around 30 really standing in solidarity, fighting for the rights candidates failed to collect enough that they currently possess. And thats something thats valid signatures, but the barred incredibly important to remember. Candidates say theyve been blocked under the one country, for political reasons. Two systems model, its supposed to be autonomous, and that is the bbcs 0leg boldyrev the fact that hong kong has been was at todays demonstration and sent us this report. A place of rule of law and Good Governance is precisely what has made it so attractive to economic investors and what has made it such an economic powerhouse, and so deterioration of that would have drastic consequences. Police told muscovites not to come out for this unsanctioned protest, but a few thousand people turned up anyway, and very soon many of them paid for it by being dragged into custody. The arrests were met with def