Australian intelligence officials investigate allegations of a plot to get a chinese spy elected to parliament. And we meet the malaysian punk rocker whos leading the Straight Edge Movement, by promoting a totally sober lifestyle. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 9am in singapore and the same time in hong kong, where leader carrie lam has said the government will seriously reflect after local elections saw Massive Gains by pro democracy candidates. They secured almost 90 of District Council seats in sundays poll. Its being seen as a stinging rebuke of ms lams leadership and a show of support for the protest movement. From hong kong, Rupert Wingfield hayes reports. This is not the sort of Media Attention usually given to the winners of a local council election. But last nights victory for hong kongs democrats was no ordinary win. It was an unprecedented landslide. These newly minted young politicians won 85 of all the
Also in the programme australian intelligence officials investigate allegations of a plot to get a chinese spy elected to parliament. And we meet the malaysian punk rocker whos leading the Straight Edge Movement by promoting a totally sober lifestyle. Live from our studios in singapore and london. This is bbc world news. It is newsday. Glad you could join us. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore and the same time in hong kong, where leader carrie lam has said the government will seriously reflect after local elections saw Massive Gains by pro democracy candidates. They secured almost 90 of District Council seats in sundays poll. Its being seen as a stinging rebuke of ms lams leadership and a show of support for the protest movement. From hong kong, Rupert Wingfield hayes reports. This is not the sort of Media Attention usually given to the winners of a local council election. But last nights victory for hong kongs democrats was no ordinary win. It was an unprecedented landslide. These ne
In sundays local elections. The World Anti Doping Agency calls for russia to be suspended from International Sporting competitions for the next four yea rs. Tens of thousands take part in demonstrations around the world to mark the International Day for the elimination of violence against women. Concentrations of Greenhouse Gases in the earths atmosphere have reached new highs, according to the latest figures, and there is no sign of any decline, not even a slowdown. One of the worlds leading experts on Climate Change has said that like many other people, he is now scared for the future of the planet. Responding to the latest report by the world meterological organization, sir david king, former chief scientific adviser to the uk government, says there is a lack of Political Leadership to tackle the scale of the problem. Our chief environment correspondent Justin Rowlatt has more details. Floods in england. Record spring temperatures and wildfires in australia. The worst floods venice
we begin with news of the death of pele widely regarded as the greatest male footballer ever to play what he described as the beautiful game . he passed away in hospital in sao paulo, surrounded by his family, at the age of 82, having suffered from cancer. during his career he became the first, and so far only, player to win three world cups and scored over a thousand goals. he spent almost all of his club career playing in his native brazil after the government declared him a national treasure, and blocked moves overseas but was also a key part in the short lived north american soccer league playing for the new york cosmos. during his life, he was also a charity fundraiser, a campaigner and a politician. joe wilson reports on the life of a true sporting great. the greatest, it s opinion, but pele led, others stand on his shoulders. well over 1,000 goals, a career of over 20 years, three times a world cup winner. brazilian football, synonymous with flair and succes
strikes has inflicted significant damage to the national power grid. and the british fashion designer vivienne westwood: a key figure in the rebellious punk movement of the 19705 has died in london. a very warm welcome to bbc news. we begin with news of the death of pele, widely regarded as the greatest person ever to play what he himself described as the beautiful game . he passed away in hospital in sao paulo, surrounded by his family at the age of 82, having suffered from cancer. during his career, he became the first and so far only player to win three world cups and scored over 1,000 goals. he spent almost all of his club career playing in his native brazil after the government declared him a national treasure and blocked moves overseas, but he was also a key part in the short lived north american soccer league, playing for the new york cosmos. during his life, he was also a charity fundraiser, and a campaigner on several issues. joe wilson reports on the life of a true