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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 ....
Good evening. Demonstrations are taking place across the uk in protest at Boris Johnsons decision to suspend parliament for five weeks in the run up to brexit. The government insists its acting properly, but critics say its an attempt to by pass democracy. Tens of thousands have taken to the streets from sheffield to swansea, belfast to london. Heres 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 borisjohnsons move to shut down parliament ahead of britains scheduled exit from the European Union on october 31. Stop brexit the crowds were diverse cutting across class, age, ethnicity and Traditional Party politics. Todays protest is a reminder of how arguments over ....
Think everybody should embrace it. Now its time for a look at the weather with darren betts. Hello, there. Its going to be a much cooler, fresher start to the new month. The start of meteorological autumn as well. Weve got some showers continuing overnight, particularly in scotland and a peppering in Northern Ireland. One or two coming into Northern England and wales. Further south, clearer skies. The wind will be easing a bit as well. North westerly wind bringing the cooler air and temperatures will be lower than they were last night. Plenty of sunshine to start the day across england and wales. More showers for a while over Northern Ireland. Mostly pushing the east over scotland into north east england towards the wash and some of them may be heavy and thundery. Feeling cooler and fresher everywhere. Typical temp ....
As it heads towards the islands. Hello, and welcome to world news today. Its 4am in hong kong where police have just finished a press conference defending themselves against accusations of Excessive Force against protestors. Its been one of the most violent days since demonstrations began 13 weeks ago. Several hours ago, riot police entered a metro station. They say they made a0 arrests. Officers used batons and pepper spray as they entered the train carriages. Two main underground lines were closed as the police moved in. Police are still out on the streets, and in the past hour they have threatened to use force to disperse crowds they say have moved into a residential area. The Hong Kong Police say the actions of rioters actions forced them to shut down the underground stations. In the past few minutes, theyve said civilians werent attacked by police but rather, protesto ....
Within hours. Hello and welcome to bbc news. Riot police have stormed a metro station in hong kong, using batons to beat passengers in the latest round of clashes with pro democracy campaigners. And Police Confirm two officers fired live rounds into the air during operations to clear protesters from the streets. Tens of thousands were marching in defiance of a ban with petrol bombs being thrown at officers who responded with tear gas and water cannon. Beijing has condemned the protests, asjohn sudworth reports now from hong kong. Tear gas from the roof of hong kongs government offices met with utter defiance. Hong kongs political deadlock is growing increasingly violent. The only way, some believe, to secure this citys freedoms under chinese rule. By nightfall, this giant fire was raging in the Central Business district. But with scenes like these, china is also in no mood ....