good afternoon. demonstrations are taking place across the uk in protest at boris johnson s decision to suspend parliament for five weeks in the run up to brexit. the government insists it s acting properly, but critics say it s an attempt to by pass democracy. tens of thousands have taken to the streets from sheffield to swansea, belfast to london. here s our home editor, mark easton. we will shut down the streets! calls for direct action from protesters outside downing street. several thousand people gathered in whitehall, many to voice their opposition to borisjohnson‘s move to shut down parliament ahead of britain s scheduled exit from the european union on october 31. stop brexit! the crowds were diverse, cutting across class, age, ethnicity and traditional party politics. today s protest is a reminder of how arguments over brexit represent a reshaping of political discourse in britain. bankers and corporations. who get richer while the workers get poorer. as well as l
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 fol
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