but what beijing has promised is a promise, and so we are simply asking the beijing government to do something that is clearly stated in this contract. see, i'm not sure it has promised that. let me quote to you from five years ago, this is quoted in the south china morning post. sir richard 0ttaway mp, who was then chair of the british pa rliament‘s foreign affairs committee, who had been banned from visiting hong kong by the chinese when he wanted to investigate the trouble that was there a few months before. he said, "the sino—british joint declaration is considered by chinese officials now void, and only covers the period from the signing in 1984 until the handover in 1987." lu kang, who was then at the chinese foreign ministry — "as a historic document has no practical significance. it is not at all binding for the central government's management over hong kong." the uk has no sovereignty, no power to rule, and no power to supervise hong kong once the handover had happened. well, we do not agree with that, of course. it is up to beijing to defend their position. but again,

two, beijing's government has held press conferences to warn against the protesters. apparently the carrie lam government in hong kong has the full backing of beijing at the moment, not to back down to any demands of the protesters. and we also see more aggressive tactics by the police, and even the mobilisation of some gangsters underdogs, beating up protesters. so in this regard, yes, beijing has been stepping up its effort to try to intimidate the protesters. we saw protests at the airport, peaceful protests. we a re protests at the airport, peaceful protests. we are expecting more over the weekend. do you think protesters risk losing the freedoms they have if they continue down this line? for one thing, beijing's handling of the protests in recent weeks, even though it has been stepping up its rhetoric, it also shows the limits of beijing's capacity in intervening directly in hong kong, and cracking down. beijing has been talking about the possibility of the use of the pla, the people's liberation army, but also, it stopped short of any concrete warning about usin

thanks so much joining beijing is going even tougher. thanks so muchjoining us beijing is going even tougher. thanks so much joining us from washington, dc, zhaoyin feng from oui’ washington, dc, zhaoyin feng from our chinese bureau. indian administered kashmir remains under lockdown during the islamic fistival of eid. all the big mosques were closed amid concerns that a large number of people gathering could spark unrest. the region has been tense ever since the indian government revoked its special status last week. the indian government says law and order has been maintained across indian—administered kashmir. from srinagar, the bbc‘s india correspondent yogita limaye reports. after they said their eid prayers, hundreds took to the streets in one part of the city. they were protesting against the indian government's decision to remove kashmir‘s special status. two days earlier, a rally in the same area had turned violent. today, it remained peaceful. the rest of the city wore an uneasy calm. security forces were out in full st

that is a statement from beijing. still having difficulties getting hold of arin again at the airport. while we wait for further developments, we will keep an eye on the scene. it has calmed down a lot, the scene. it has calmed down a lot, the pictures from an hour ago where a very worrying when scenes of some panic and chaos in an airport which is normally a model of order and efficiency. just at around 11 o'clock, as we were saying earlier, ...the o'clock, as we were saying earlier, the pictures were coming in of the disorder there as trolleys were being pushed in the way, as i write police were coming in, some pepper spray, some arrests, a police officer or a man down, spray, some arrests, a police officer ora man down, it spray, some arrests, a police officer or a man down, it was unclear whether he was a police officer. a mainland undercover operative, some doubt and suspicion in the minds of protesters because they have had confirmation early today that some police officers were involved in presenting themselves

is beijing basically dictating what is happening in hong kong? yes, it is. previously they had allowed the hong kong government to take control, but when the hong kong government thoroughly made a mess of things and these protests spun out of control, beijing really stepped m, of control, beijing really stepped in, particularly over the past couple of weeks. ageing's spokespeople have really been speaking on behalf of the hong kong government, and the chief executive carrie lam has basically disappeared from public view. the one country, two systems, which operates within hong kong, is that feasible? will that continue into the future?|j think that continue into the future?” think it will continue but probably not in its full form. there are certainly some aspects of one country, two systems, which suits china very well. having a separate currency under separate financial system and a place where its own companies from mainland china can do business freely with the rest of the world suits the purposes of beijing. but certainly i think many of the political

depends on the calculations in beijing. ican depends on the calculations in beijing. i can only guess as you, either they say we don't want attract too much attention to a violent clamp—down in hong kong, are the police here are there is political law being squeezed by beijing, and then the authorities in beijing, and then the authorities in beijing and the authorities in hong kong who answer to them who are looking as though they are moving away from the one country, systems approach to one country, one system approach. this is part of the increasing power in the world of china, but also the increasing threat of authoritarianism in china, hong kong and elsewhere. and we will be seeing protests in russia this afternoon, although in different circumstances, a different country, but a similar theme, wanting more democracy. i know you area big wanting more democracy. i know you are a big campaign, concerned about what is happening there as well. what responsibility on us in particular in hong kong, giving that we signed thatjoint agreement with the chinese? the chinese

beijing had hinted at sending in military police in the event of clashes. from hong kong, john sudworth reports. beneath an ocean of colour, hong kong raised its voice again. everywhere you looked, there were umbrellas, held aloft in a massive display of defiance. why are you marching today? for hong kong! for hong kong, of course. yeah, freedom. yes. it's a far cry from this, the violent scenes at hong kong's airport earlier this week, which some thought risked undermining public support. the turnout today was seen as a vital test. given the monsoon conditions, this sea of umbrellas would be seen as confirmation that the pro—democracy movement is far from losing momentum. warnings from china also appear to be having little effect. shortly before the rally, the authorities released new footage of troops rehearsing crowd control techniques just across the border. in much of this city, away from the protests in working—class neighbourhoods like this one, there's the appearance of normality. but opinion is deeply divided. "of course it's not good," this wo

if beijing acts impetuously and does ta ke beijing acts impetuously and does take action in hong kong, it would be bad for its reputation. carrie lam's administration has taken a big hit. the students, there are lots of sympathy for them, the protesters, lots of sympathy for them, but they would be an issue for them reputation so it could be a lose lose situation if it goes bad. also making news today, the british prime minister borisjohnson will tell eu leaders there needs to be a new brexit deal when he makes his first foreign trip as pm later this week. it comes as one newspaper printed leaked government documents warning of food, medicine and fuel shortages in a no—deal scenario and suggesting that would make a return to a hard border in ireland all but inevitable. reports that huawei will have its licence in the us extended for a further 90 days have been denied by president trump. the existing agreement will lapse on the 19th of august. the president says he doesn't want to do business with the company for national security reasons. huawei is a company we may not do business w

beijing has already said that these protesters are terrorism beijing has already said that these protests are sprouts of terrorism and they will deal with them with an iron fist. will we see military and police crossing the border and implementing this rule of law? up until now i think the whole responsibility has firmly rested on the shoulders of the hong kong government and the hong kong police. i hope this will be sufficient to restore order and law to hong kong, but if it is proved to be insufficient something else needs to be done, including participation by the central government. but there are already chinese troops on the border between hong kong and china. why should military be involved in this? i think police forces in the rest of china can be mobilised, and sent to work in hong kong at the request of the hong kong government or to be decided in the sole discretion of the national people's congress standing committee. all of this is not against the basic law, it is purely by the rule of basic law. president trump says he has delayed the introduction of a 10% tariff on some chin

. —— beijing. i think the sound of heckling is reporters firing questions at her. it has taken a long time to see how she responds to this. we're starting to see some response. we're starting to see the chinese state media putting out a video of the people's armed police unit moving down, some in armoured vehicles, 25 kilometres away from hong kong. we are seeing pro beijing tycoons in hong kong putting their names to newspaper advertisements are saying they want stability and if they do not want chaos in hong kong. we are seeing carrie lam not making any concessions at all. we are seeing a railing from beijing of anti— protest voices, trying to label protesters as puppets of foreigners and started to suggest the word terrorism and that kind of thing. it does not look like beijing will back down, it looks like it is going to be constant pressure on the protesters to stop. we are waiting for carrie lam to turn to english, she is currently speaking in cantonese. beijing has been speaking today and, interestingly, retching up today and, interestingly, retching up th

the hong kong government have created this mess and as it spiralled out of control beijing seemed to have stepped in with a plan. that plan seems to have two prongs. firstly very aggressively policing the protests which we saw over this past weekend, and the second prong is really pulling hong kong society into line, through for example forcing businesses like cathay pacific to ta ke very businesses like cathay pacific to take very public stands against the protests. 0ther take very public stands against the protests. other local hong kong business leaders and tycoons have put their names to public advertisements expressing support to the government and police, and we will probably also see pressure on universities and other public bodies to ta ke universities and other public bodies to take a public stand in line behind beijing and to try and increasingly isolate the protesters and their supporters. my next guest says hong kong's problems are not political, but economic. i asked says hong kong's problems are not political, but economic. iasked him what he meant by that. if you look

in beijing ask to do something about bridging the gap? —— can beijing ask? do something about bridging the gap? -- can beijing ask? thank you very much, indeed. let's get some of the day's other news. 22 american states and seven cities are suing the trump administration for loosening restrictions on coal—fired power plants. they argue that new measures approved by the environmental protection agency will extend the life of dirtier coal plants and won't lower carbon emissions. the president has spent millions propping up the coal industry, which is being undercut by the falling cost of renewable energy and gas from fracking. a second day of losses for argentina's peso, since the electoral success of centre left candidate alberto fernandez in sunday's primary elections. not as dramatic, though, as monday, because the central bank intervened after a morning session of big losses. the gains for mr fernandez suggest he will win 0ctober‘s general election. 0ne analyst company has suggested that makes a sovereign default more likely. the opera singer, placido

but despite that strong warning from beijing, i think it is fairto warning from beijing, i think it is fair to say that hong kong protesters are fair to say that hong kong protesters a re not fair to say that hong kong protesters are not backing down. now, marico, basing hasn't ruled out using force of the people's liberation army, for instance they hinted out that, we know there have been drills involving some 12,000 police officer is —— offices in shenzhen, rightfully is very similar to those used in hong kong, how worrying is that? the suggestion that china is gearing up for an even biggerfight? that china is gearing up for an even bigger fight? well i guess that is the most extreme option for basing to sort this out. there which, i think is fairto to sort this out. there which, i think is fair to say, the chinese government is getting increasingly irritated by the fact that it just keeps going on for the ninth weekend as we have been reporting. as you say, last week we saw the chinese army posting videos of controlling a street protest and, as you mention, tens of thousands of

beijing has said hong kong has full faith of beijing, and despite repeated calls for carrie lam to resign, she has said they have her full support. we lam to resign, she has said they have herfull support. we are expecting another press conference today in sens and in that southern pa rt today in sens and in that southern part of china, so we will see what they say then. president trump is due to visit el paso in texas in a few hours where a shooting on saturday left 22 people dead. it was just one of three shootings in the us in the space of a week. let's update you on the investigation into all three of them. the el paso shooting is being investigated as a domestic terrorism case, defined as an act designed to intimidate the population. on tuesday, the fbi said it's opened an investigation into the shooting in dayton which killed 9 people after discovering that the gunman also followed a "violent ideology" and the shooting at the gilroy garlic festival injuly is now also being investigated as domestic terrorism after officials revealed they had discovered the gunman‘s "target list" wh

certainly from beijing's point of view, somehow it needs to come to an end. how that's going to end is anyone's guess but more and more likely we are looking at much more heavy—handed approach from hong kong government and possibly intervention from the beijing government. diane, thank you very much for coming in to talk to us about the situation in hong kong. sudan's military council is about to sign a power sharing deal with the country's civilian alliance, aimed at ending months of pro—democracy protests and violent repression. the deal establishes a sovereign council of military and civilian leaders, that will govern the country for a transitional period ofjust over three years before elections. the signing will take place at a ceremony being held around now in the capital khartoum. zeinab badawi is there for us. you've had an interesting interview with the strong of politics?” you've had an interesting interview with the strong of politics? i am under very strong sun on the banks of the river nile. 0n under very strong sun on the banks of the river

, toeing the line of beijing. and the beijing government made clear today that it would not make further concessions on this matter. and of course, the most crucial question is, what path does china now take? let's look at the options. it could sit back and hope that this protest movement loses the support of hong kongers. it could look to replace carrie lam and her government. the most extreme option would be to send chinese troops onto the streets to try and stop this violence. and this is what it could look like, a video released by beijing showing the people's liberation army in training, seizing control in a place where law and order has broken down, a far from subtle warning from a superpower losing patience. nick beake, bbc news, hong kong. one of the giants of modern american fiction, toni morrison, has died at the age of 88. the first black female nobel laureate, toni morrison's visionary, poetic, and sometimes mystical novels gave voice to african—american history and experience, usually through the st

the language from beijing, though, has hardened, describing the protests as "terrorism". and the airport closure will doubtless be depicted by china as yet more unacceptable damage to hong kong's economy. the rumours have been swirling that the police are actually going to move in and try to clear the protesters who are still here. it's hard at the moment to understand how they are going to do that. there are still a lot of stranded passengers sleeping at the airport, but certainly these activists believe that operation is possible and they're deciding what to do about it and whether they resist. suddenly, they were gone. a violent confrontation had been avoided, the airport could prepare to reopen. but the protesters say they will be back. hong kong's season of strife has not yet run its course. jonathan head, bbc news, hong kong airport. more on that story in a few minutes. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. the us attorney general, william barr, has said there were serious irregularities at the prison wherejeffrey epstein was found dead on saturday. the

what response from beijing, if any? beijing has repeatedly condemned those protests, some of which have turned violent over the last nine weeks, but we are expecting the chinese government to speak again, hold a press conference again, later this afternoon at 2:30pm. this will be the second time beijing speaks about these ongoing protests in a public press conference. the last time they expressed support for the city's chief executive carrie lam, who has been widely condemned, criticised by the protesters by how she has been handling the situation. and also expressing support for how the police have handled the situation. mariko 0i, live, with the latest for us mariko 0i, live, with the latest for us in hong kong. manila's pasig river winds its way for 15 miles through the philippine capital and out to the sea via manila bay. philippine president rodrigo duterte once claimed that he would "fatten the fish" in manila bay by dumping the bodies of drug dealers, killed as a result of his "war on drugs". so far the police sa

and on the markets, asia stocks bounce back amid positive signals from beijing on us—china trade. we start our programme in the us — where trade tariffs will be hiked yet again on more goods on china. the latest round will affect another $125 billion worth of products — everything from smartwatches to flat screen tvs, footwear to bluetooth headsets. all in all — it will take the total of goods traded to $550 billion that will now fall under tariffs imposed by president trump. american companies and their consumers, are feeling the pain. a coalition of us industry organisations has asked mr trump to reconsider his plan. china — this time — has indicated it won't immediately retaliate with tariffs of its own. in fact, the chinese commerce ministry says beijing and washington are discussing the possibility of talks next month. let's speak to the market analyst craig erlam. why are the latest tariff hikes different? we have to remember that when you implement these tariffs you look at your imports and say what will be least damaging on our economy and which will take its gre

that comes after washington raise levies on friday on imports after beijing revealed plans to increase us duties. chris buckler reports from washington. president donald trump left washington for france having fired off the latest shots in this trade warand off the latest shots in this trade war and when he arrived at the g7 summit he was asked by reporters if he had any regrets in taking that decision to raise tariffs on chinese goods by 5%, and the president seemed to indicate he had some regrets but white house officials have been quick to step in and clarify that what the president was trying to say is he regretted not raising the tariffs even higher, and that might be an indication that this battle between washington and beijing is farfrom over. the big question is what happens next. the us treasury secretary steve mnuchin says donald trump is still determined to try to force some concessions from beijing. meanwhile, all of the officials have been trying to clarify other comments made by mrtrump trying to clarify other comments made by mr trump on friday in which he ordered, and t

to take com plete would be for beijing to take complete control. that means the bar for mainland intervention is much higher than people thought but if it did happen, it would be a very tough response indeed from the central government. we have had some pictures come in which give us an idea of the pro—beijing demos that have also been organised. we saw when a couple of weekends ago when you are out and about in it. there seems to be a bigger scale this weekend? of course, they are trying to also support the police, support the current arrangement. there are divided arrangements, especially for those living in hong kong who come from the mainland. there is much broader support for beijing amongst those who live in hong kong who were born there. than for those who for many generations have been in hong kong. and for that reason, we are seeing the pro—beijing rallies and they are trying to counter this image of these people sort of seizing the news agenda, if you like, having their own protest. we are seeing more of that happening, and both sides

so i think beijing knows it can wait it out at least for a bit longer. i wonder if that's partly what is firing, agnes, some of these protesters. because a lot of the younger ones start to... are supporters of the indigenous campign, so in other words they don't see themselves as chinese, they see themselves as hong kong citizens, hong kongers to use the phrase, and they don't like the idea that one day they will be just absorbed into china. no, no democrat likes the idea, but as henryjust said, you know, 28 years, it's tomorrow. so if i were a democrat in hong kong, i would think about going somewhere else because china is not going to become democratic, in those 28 years, and you know, compared to five years ago, the umbrella protest which we are quite optimistic, i don't know if you remember, there was even some joy, now i see the very brave protesters, especially when carrie lam and the local government seems to be renting the mafia to actually beat them up, the way the chinese do, and then of course, xijinping flexing his muscles although he's got m

the trump administration has labelled beijing a currency manipulator, claiming it keeps the yuan value unrealistically low. yesterday the currency touched an 11 year low and earlier i asked a chinese economist about the issues beijing's faces over weakening its currency. first of all, this can't boost exports if the tariffs are 25% or 30%. how can a currency depreciate 25% or 30% in one year? that's impossible. the yuan is not the cure for chinese exporters, and i believe the pb 0c also wants to avoid a 1—way trend of the yuan. the depreciation is not in the cost of the pbac because that will fuel the sentiment of capital flows. that's a big concern for china as well as the us, who are blaming their currency manipulation to a certain extent, but how powerful a tool is the yuan in this trade war? is it something the chinese could use against the americans? actually last friday hong kong time in the evening, when china released the announcement of tariffs, the offshore yuan per dollar shot up and that means... it weakened a lot and it pokes the emotion of trump. therefore we cannot avo

they depend the extent to which beijing is serious about this. it did come from the civil aviation at officials, so that is as official as it gets from beijing. as for the claim the economy is being hurt, many protesters here, they would say compare to the long—term freedom in hong kong, of what is a few months of short—term economic pain, imagine if you are 20 years old now in hong kong, in 2047, you're in your 40s when the city reverts back to complete mainland control, no independentjudiciary, no independent press, not voting for anyone any legislative council so it might as well be shanghai or beijing. social media completely controlled by the communist party, thatis controlled by the communist party, that is why they think it is laughable to be concerned about how many tourists are coming in in the coming weeks when you think of that long—term trajectory of hong kong at the future of people living here. fascinating, worrying division opening up from different generations. thank you very much for reporting it for us. a powerful typhoon

foreign minister kang kyung—wha in beijing, will come to hardtalk. thank you very much for having me. we have to start, because you are in beijing and if you had meetings we have to start, because you are in beijing and you had meetings with both the chinese and japanese foreign ministers, we have to start with a troubled relationship with japan. the words of a financial times editorial says that the world has been fixated on donald trump's financial war with china, but a new war is waging between south korea and japan. i haven't seen that article and the issue of trade with japan has, quite unexpectedly and in a very unilateral and arbitrary manner on the part ofjapan. we are prepared to discuss what the issue is and keep this as a trade issue but i think the steps that they have taken have caused a great deal of problems for our industries and i think we want very much to engage with them in consultation so we can take things back to pre—julyi when i took these steps. when they took these steps. it is not clear to me that you want to lower the te

so that — it is possible that they are already in hong kong from beijing. victoria simbel, thank you so much for joining us in new york, and ben of course, we will monitor how things develop today. but one thing we noticed is the division in society, it is no longerjust about that controversial bill, the division within society appears to be deepening. mariko 0i in hong kong, many thanks indeed. manila's pasig river winds its way for 15 miles through the philippine capital and out to the sea via manila bay. philippine president rodrigo duterte once claimed that he would "fatten the fish" in manila bay by dumping the bodies of drug dealers, killed as a result of his "war on drugs". so far the police say at least 6,700 drug suspects have been killed since the president came to power. a warning — this report, by our philippines correspondent howard johnson — contains disturbing images. dawn on manila's pasig river, a calm and peaceful start of the day. but thatis and peaceful start of the day. but that is all about to change. it is around 8:30am in the mor

beijing hinted at sending in military police in the event of clashes. burials have been taking place in kabul after a bomb exploded at a wedding, killing 63 people. almost 200 people were injured in saturday's attack. and this video is trending on bbc.com. a power station in oxfordshire was demolished on sunday, although things didn't go to plan. about 40,000 people in the local area lost power when debris struck an overhead electricity line. there were reports of some minor injuries and power was restored after 80 minutes. an investigation has begun into what went wrong. that's all. stay with bbc world news. stay with us for all the international news and business stories here on the bbc. and you can visit our website as bbc.com/news. hong kong demonstrations in the wake of the 11th weekend of protests we look at the impact on the asia financial economy. grey matters. why many of singapore's asian population are working well into their 70s. good morning and welcome to this monday's edition of asia business report live from singapore with me, mariko 0i.

he worked closely for beijing on the handover of hong kong to china. first of all, i think carrie lam is absolutely right. the situation in hong kong involving so much rioting and violence, and damage to the rule of law is fast reaching a tipping point. something needs to be done, either by the hong kong government itself or in conjunction with the central government. i think the extradition bill, as you called it, is no longer an issue at all, and the demonstrators are really demanding other things, including the overthrow of the hong kong government, which is completely not to be accepted. restoration of rule of law is top priority right now in hong kong. 50 of law is top priority right now in hong kong. so you are saying that ageing is in charge and the hong kong leadership has no independence and no autonomy and has no say? no, just the opposite. i think the chinese central government is strictly abiding by the basic law, and up until now is leaving the management of hong kong affairs to the hong kong government. and beijing has expressed complete

, toeing the line of beijing. and the beijing government made clear today that it would not make further concessions on this matter. and of course the most crucial question is, what path does china now take? let's look at the options. it could sit back and hope that this protest movement loses the support of hong kongers. it could look to replace carrie lam and her government. the most extreme option would be to send chinese troops onto the streets to try and stop this violence. and this is what it could look like, a video released by beijing showing the people's liberation army in training, seizing control in a place where law and order has broken down, a far from subtle warning from a superpower losing patience. nick beake, bbc news, hong kong. one of the giants of modern american fiction — toni morrison — has died at the age of 88. the first black female nobel laureate — toni morrison's visionary, poetic, and sometimes mystical novels gave voice to african—american history and experience, usually throug

look at beijing's point of view, the problem goes far beyond hong kong. when i visited china for the time in 30 years, i lived in china through much of the revolution, but didn't return until last autumn, i was struck by how widespread and repressed was the dissent in china, who seems to me that when considering what to do about this, jinping and his government have to think about the domestic repercussions. they must be very concerned that there could be an eruption inside china. if i am not mistaken, you will know more of chinese history than myself, every chinese dynasty has eventually been overthrown by a peasant revolt or a revolt, if not by peasants, by dissenters. it seems to me that what they will have to think hard about, is whether a crackdown in hong kong will make more or less likely an eruption inside china. in this case, i would actually say that even though it is a possibility, that is very much not the case, and the difference this time is that jinping has a lot of support within china, within mainland china, in terms of how to deal with h

but does anyone have the kind of leverage that might induce beijing to change course? at the time of the handover, more than two decades ago, many thought disparity and freedom were linked. that one would guarantee the other. since then, china has shown you don't need democratic rights to become the world's most powerful economy. our international editor gabriel gatehouse with that report. russia's state nuclear agency says five of its staff have been killed in an explosion at an artic military base. officials say the accident caused a brief rise in radiation levels — but posed no threat to local communities. as andy beatt reports, its second accident to hit the country's military facilities in a week. scratch the surface of this quiet coastal city, and you will find fear and uncertainty. in russia's far north, this city is less than 50 comments from a deadly explosion and a limited legal radiation. despite assurances that the defence ministry that levels were not harmful, and return to normal within 40 minutes, a large stretch of coastline has been closed to shippin

let‘s bring you up—to—date with beijing. beijing has issued a warning to the us, over its decision to officially label china a ‘currency manipulator‘. it comes after the yuan breached the key threshold of 7 yuan to the dollar on monday, something it hadn‘t done in more than a decade. it‘s a move widely seen as retaliation for the latest trade tariffs announced by president trump. you‘ll remember his angry tweet from yesterday: the people‘s bank of china has strongly denied this, saying it and it warns that these words will the bbc‘s zhaoyin fong is in washington with the latest. beijing has called the us move ridiculous and response irresponsible and saying that the us is being a bully here. if you look at the us legal terms for currency manipulator, they have to spend more than 2% of its gdp to manipulate currency. while china is not at that level yet. so china has caught the us making a wrong move and certainly rising the tensions of the trade talks. so we have this looming currency role ahead of us, what are

but it shows how seriously beijing views this. beijing has accused western governments of funding and organising these protests, although it doesn't really have any evidence to show so anything like this, it is really clutching at it to try to prove that thesis, if you like. thank you. clashes have broken out injerusalem between israeli police and palestinian worshippers at the site of the al aqsa mosque. the police fired stun grenades to disperse the crowds, after tens of thousands of palestinians assembled to celebrate the muslim festival of eid al—adha. ukraine has described a visit by russian president, vladimir putin, to the annexed crimean peninsula for a bikers' festival as a blatant violation of ukraine's sovereignty. mr putin, who arrived at the event astride a motorbike, appeared to be the guest of honour at the event, hosted by a right—wing nationalist bikers' group. crimea was annexed from the ukraine by russia in 2014. wales could move to the world number one spot in rugby union's rankings this afternoon if they c

beijing's decision to let the value of the renminbi slide is seen as a major escalation. the paper notes that the chinese currency now at its lowest level since the 2008 financial crisis. in india, the business standard focuses on the highly controversial decision by the government there to remove the special status of the disputed region of jammu and kashmir. it shrugged off warnings that the state could become another kosovo. here in the uk, there's increasing talk of a hard brexit. the daily telegraph, which is arguably the newspaper closest to borisjohnson's political outlook, leads with the claim that the rest of the eu now expects a no deal outcome at the end of october. the same paper has a worrying story that the number of british adults paying no income tax is now at a record high — 43% of the adult population. by contrast, the top 1% of earners pay 27% of the country's income tax. and, finally, the guardian is one of a few papers carrying allegations by the uk consumers association that facebook is failing to take effective action against floods of fake review

washington imposed the duties after it accused beijing of paying illegal subsidies to chinese firms. the wto said the americans were in the wrong — but washington says it does not accept the ruling. richard branson‘s virgin galactic, says the world's first specifically designed commercial spaceport is now operationally functional. the base is called spaceport america and situated in new mexico. more than 600 people have already paid deposits totalling 80 million dollars to secure their tickets on the first space flights from the complex. let's have a look at the markets. certainly negative yields on the markets which are forcing investors into risky positions and into positions like gold and some other save heaven as —— assets. the national grid has the end of the day to send a report of the power grid outage, it's unlikely to offer much inside into our critical infrastructure was about the affected. transit stops, presents left stranded and railway stations ran chaos stop nearly1 million homes are plunged into darkness across the country and traffic control systems stopped w

i don't see it as backing down from beijing. i think beijing knows the heavy price of a military intervention. it would be unthinkable, it would look really bad for china, basically telling the whole world that 22 years after the handover beijing does not have the hearts and minds of hong kong people. it would be devastating for the economy and for hong kong and china as well. thank you forjoining us. authorities in gibraltar have ordered the immediate release of an iranian oil tanker held since last month. the us had made a last minute request to keep the grace one supertanker in custody — however that has been declined. this the ships captain and the iranian authorities have given assurances that the crude oil on board was not going to syria in breach of eu sanctions. according to reports the owner says the ship will now head to a mediterranean port. kasra naji is in gibraltar and joins us now. one is slightly odd thing in this, which is that the us were putting forward , which is that the us were putting forward, i understo

that might be an indication that this battle between washington and beijing is far from over. the big question is, what happens next? the us treasury secretary, steven mnuchin, says president trump is still determined to try to force some concessions from beijing. meanwhile, all of these officials have been trying to clarify some of the comments made by mrtrump on clarify some of the comments made by mr trump on friday, in which he ordered, and that was the word he used, he ordered american companies with interests in china to look elsewhere to base their operations. mrtrump has elsewhere to base their operations. mr trump has been saying that he believes he does have the power, if he were to declare a national emergency, to force them to do just that, to look elsewhere and to base their interests elsewhere. however, he said he was not considering declaring a national emergency at the moment. besides, there are a nalysts the moment. besides, there are analysts who are doubtful that he has the power to do anything about existing direct foreign investments. and those trade tensi

beijing has threatened to intervene. but so far, it's the police who are trying to maintain this situation. they are there in great numbers, look. rather than the people's liberation army being brought in. protesters have been using luggage trolleys to build barriers. some travellers have become distressed and then angered as well. they have been exchanges with the protesters and passengers who have described their actions as selfish. but of course they believe they are defending the freedoms that hong kong enjoys that are not enjoyed in the rest of mainland china. we keep seeing pictures from inside and outside. clearly the police are well and truly on the move, aren't they? ordinarily, there would be hundreds and hundreds of flights taking off and hundreds of flights taking off and landing. this is a really important hub in this part of asia. more than 220 destinations are served by hong kong. the united nations higher in for human rights has been speaking about the situation in hong kong urging the authorities in the

beijing a currency manipulator for the first time since 1984. earlier i was joined manipulator for the first time since 1984. earlier i wasjoined byjim sutton, the chief of the us soybean export council, and i asked how much the trade war was impacting his industry. soybean exports to china we re industry. soybean exports to china were our number industry. soybean exports to china were oui’ number one industry. soybean exports to china were our number one market. so 60% of the crops our farmers produce is exported outside of the us. china has over the last many years been oui’ has over the last many years been our largest market stop we have been doing work for 38 years to try and grow our business there, and have been quite successful as the chinese economy was growing, their demand for soybeans has grown. and i have some soybeans to show you, thank you for bringing them in. it is a tiny team, but china the us's top importer of these beans —— tiny bean. it is an enormous market to lose. so just how damaging has bean. it is an enormous m

it appears to be a warning that beijing is willing to use even more warning that beijing is willing to use even more force warning that beijing is willing to use even more force to quell the protests. the demonstrations are now in their 10th we show no sign of fading. instead, the authorities' response seems to be adding more fuel to the fire. neither side is backing down, nor reaching out for compromise. bill hayden, bbc news. we will be live to hong kong shortly for more analysis of how this is all unfolding there. i'll be talking to a political scientist based in hong kong later in the programme. in the united states, new rules will make it harder for less well—off legal immigrants to extend visas or gain permanent residency. the so—called public charge rule will affect those who have claimed welfare such as medicaid, food stamps or homeless shelters. critics fear it will lead to people foregoing crucial benefits. but the government says it won't apply to the most vulnerable immigrants such as refugees and asylum seekers and that it will ease the burden on the us taxpayer. the b

the leadership in beijing has refused to rule out sending in troops. our correspondent mariko oi joins us now from hong kong. how is it looking from there right now? despite that strongly worded warning from ageing, hong kong protesters are warning from ageing, hong kong protesters a re not warning from ageing, hong kong protesters are not backing down. just last night, angry protesters surrounded a police station after a student was arrested for what the police say was possession of a dangerous weapon. it turns out, according to the newspaper, it was a laser pointer. people got angry that he should not have been arrested but police ended up in teargas, pepper spray yet again. that has been one of the main complaints of the protesters here in hong kong, police have been using a lot of teargas including in the residential area and people living upstairs of these high—rise apartments with their windows open or conditioning on are affected by teargas, including children and the elderly. despite all these clashes, despite the warning from china, but peop

the beijing — backed police we re society. the beijing — backed police were forced into a rare, embarrassing retreat. but china has soldiers in this city waiting in the barracks. how much longer will they stay there? it could be, bbc news, hong kong. —— nick beek. talks will resume on sunday, to try to avert strike action by thousands of workers at heathrow airport, in a dispute over pay. discussions between management and unions ended today without agreement. more than 150 flights scheduled for monday and tuesday have already cancelled. here's our business correspondent, katy austin. at heathrow, it's peak holiday getaway season but a possible strike by airport staff, such as security guards and engineers, has left some people's plans up in the air. this is really stressful. it's a lot of money. things like the taxi to the airport is costing me money. and i don't — it'sjust the stress of the unknown. i don't know what's going on and no—one's giving me the answers. it's my first real holiday with my boyfriend. and wh