hello, you're watching "gmt" on "bbc world news." i'm lucy hocking. defiance in hong kong. democracy protests shut down many parts of the city. riot police have been pulled back, but demonstrators are refusing to leave. beijing warns it won't tolerate any external support for what it calls illegal movements. a change at the top in afghanistan. ashraf ghani is sworn in as president under a power-sharing deal with his rival abdullah abdullah. japan's second-highest volcano continues to unleash dangerous gases and ash.

the hunt for more than 30 missing hikers a suspended. plus on the program, aaron joins us looking at the market and business reaction to those protests in hong kong, aaron. >> it has the sixth-largest stock market in the world, the second largest in asia and certainly one of the biggest hubs for foreign exchange. so far these protests have shut down banks and the hong kong stock market has fallen. so we're going to take a look at how this city can keep its status as one of the top global financial centers. it's midday here in london, 7:00 a.m. in washington, and 7:00 p.m. in hong kong, where pro-democracy protesters are digging their heels in and refusing to be moved. they're rallying against plans by beijing to vet candidates for hong kong's 2017 leadership elections. thousands now are fanned out across the city, choking the streets and shutting down

crucial business hubs. we understand about 3,000 people have blocked a major road as a thousand people faced off against police in the busy shopping district of causeway bay. activists camping overnight in hong kong's financial district, and today, police have been trying to disperse protesters around government buildings in the city. china has said it won't tolerate any external support for what it calls illegal movements. that's a clear warning to other countries. our china editor carrie gracie has been to the heart of the protests. >> reporter: this is a working day in what's normally one of the most orderly and money oriented cities in the world, but as you can see, the crowds are back to support their democracy movement. the numbers ebb and flow. more here today than there were by daylight yesterday. but fewer than overnight. a fairly relaxed atmosphere, as you can see.

everyone just sitting down and enjoying themselves. but there are people preparing the supplies in case the riot police come back with tear gas later, preparing the towels and water. of course, this is the heart of the business and government district. government headquarters there. the parliament building there. behind the government headquarters, the chinese people's liberation army headquarters. and all eyes currently on beijing. a sense of unease about what their next step will be. but i'm also interested to understand what the financial workers of hong kong feel about this. because of course, beijing has said that one of the things against a big civil disobedience protest like this is that it will damage hong kong's prosperity, so what do the bankers, what do the insurers, what do all the people who work for them, what do they feel about this democracy protest? >> i think it's just government trying to threaten us by saying that the financial market is crushing down. >> i think it's very peaceful.

and i'm so sad because the police have to do it this way. very disappointed about the government. >> these demonstrations are far more important than any sort of day's work. this is about the long-term future of hong kong. freedom of speech. about being a little bit different in mainland china. >> just some of the voices in the financial sector here today. people coming to work, coming out of work at lunchtime. i've talked to a lot of them. and what is striking is every single one of them supports the aims of these students. while we've been talking, the numbers down there on the streets are growing. it looks like it's going to be a long day and night ahead. >> our china editor carrie gracie there in hong kong. so, who are the protesters and how did it all start? occupy central has been promising to protest for months if beijing's reforms didn't include democratic elections that meet international

standards. but ongoing student-led demonstrations at government headquarters have meant that occupy central has brought its protest plans forward. the movement is supported by many political parties in hong kong who have become galvanized since august when china ruled on how elections would be conducted. let's take you to hong kong. we can speak to film maker and protester edward lee whose images are being broadcast throughout the world and on social media. thanks very much for being with us on "gmt." you've been on the streets. what's the mood amongst protesters as night falls in hong kong? >> the mood now has been a bit died down now because it was a long day and night for us yesterday. right now, i'm in the other kind of protest district and everyone's kind of chilled out right now because the police have sort of taken a step back and they've sent in police negotiators to try and encourage the people to leave, and a lot

of people have been camped out right there, so right now, police are taking a step back, and the protesters there are also just kind of playing a waiting game with them right now. >> how long are protesters prepared to stay, edwin? >> i think everyone has their own kind of time limit and agenda. but it seems from what i've seen, the enthusiasm has been great. the support has been great as well. so it seems they're in there for as long as they can hold that really. >> we're seeing pictures that you shot yesterday on the screen at the moment. beijing, it doesn't seem, is going to give in, though. is there some kind of compromise here? >> i think the agreement that they gave was their kind of compromise already and it's something that a lot of these protesters and i will not accept. it's not universal suffrage.

i think right now, the idea for these protests is to put back more favorable agreements back on the table, encourage the hong kong government to go back to the chinese government, and sort of, you know, express what we really want because there's no real kind of direct dialogue between us and the chinese government. always going to be through the hong kong government, so that's what we're trying to encourage them to do. >> beijing is promising that the candidates that they vet will be representative d representative. do they simply just not believe beijing? >> it's their word against ours really. but i mean, the more important thing is it's the fact that the candidate that they will nominate is nominated by a very small fraction of people. 1,200 people who by and large are supporters of the chinese government. if you tell that to me, would you believe that? so most of us won't.

>> edwin, thanks for sharing your thoughts with us. edwin lee, film maker. you saw his pictures on the screen a moment ago. let's take you to juliana lui, who has been monitoring events all day long. just hearing from one of the protesters that things are fairly calm out on the streets. sort of a reasonably amicable mood amongst the protesters. but are the numbers swelling? >> that's right. the numbers are swelling. i joined one of the occupations at admiralty, and the crowd started gathering well before the lunch hour, which is unusual here. and by the time i left, it became very clear that the crowd today, this evening is much bigger than the one from yesterday. and the mood is perhaps a bit more mellow because in part, the policing seems to be much more subtle today. by this time yesterday, the police had already fired several rounds of tear gas, which really escalated the situation.

that hasn't been the case today. perhaps there is a recognition that perhaps some of the methods employed yesterday were perhaps a bit heavy handed. >> julianna, thanks so much for updating us from hong kong. aaron is going to have more later in the program. we've also got much more for you on the website. a live page for you, just updating minute by minute on everything that is happening in hong kong. and later here on "gmt." we're going to be talking about beijing's reaction to this. also mainland chinese, what information they can access in terms of what's going on in hong kong. so do stay with us as we continue to keep you right up to date with those pro-democracy protests in hong kong. president obama has acknowledged that america's intelligence agencies underestimated the threat posed by islamic state extremists in syria, and overestimated the capabilities of the iraqi army. this as iraqi government forces battle islamic state militants outside the capital baghdad.

let's take you to our chief international correspondent lyse doucet, who joins us now from baghdad. lyse, what's happening today? >> well, we've been getting reports from last night that there had been heavy fighting in an area about 20 miles west of baghdad in anbar province. the islamic state fighters so called, they're in control of large parts of anbar, including fallujah. we had reports that an area close to that city, there was clashes between tribal fighters, the iraqi army against the i.s., and the iraqi air force had to be called in in order to repel the attack. we get reports every few days of key battles very close to baghdad, and yesterday we were able to visit what's called a protective belt around the capital where we traveled with two of the sheiks who are in charge with helping to defend the belt of baghdad, and they showed us how in some areas, the i.s. fighters are as close as

about five miles away. so that is dangerously close to baghdad. >> ly servegse, thanks for that. let's take you to our correspondent mark lowen. what are refugees who are escaping these air strikes telling you? >> reporter: well, there's quite a lot of tension this morning on the border here with syria. partly because two pretty loud explosions were heard an hour or so ago. they were mortars, which appear to have landed here in turkish territory itself. these were big isis mortars that landed here. a lot of kurds, hundreds of kurds have rallied here from all across turkey, descending and trying to cross into the border

to try to fight with the kurdish militia. but the turkish police blocked that main road up to the border with tanks, armored vehicles, to stop them crossing over. they had to push them back with tear gas and water cannon. there was an exchange of stones between the kurds and the turkish police. turkey fears they could join the kurdish militia on the other side, which is allied with kurdish fighters in turkey and could launch attacks on turkish territory. all of this showing how vulnerable this country is at the moment. it has the attacks from islamic state, two mortars landing on its territory this morning, and the tension with the kurds. what the kurds are saying is they should be seen not as enemy, that the enemy is islamic state and the turk irk government needs to work with the government. still to come, signed, sealed, and delivered. after months after bitter disputes, a new president is

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let's take you to japan, where five more bodies have been found near the peak of mount ontake. rescuers have to suspend their search because of the growing danger of toxic gas. at least 36 people were killed as ash and rock spewed out of the volcano on saturday. it's the first deadly volcanic eruption in the country for more than 20 years. hundreds of hikers were on the mountain at the time of the eruption. rupert winfield-hayes has this report from mount ontake. >> reporter: that behind me is mount ontake, and it's about six kilometers from where i'm standing to the summit but you can very clearly see that huge column of white ash. every so often, there's another huge belch as another eruption

takes place. down here at the base, there's a very pungent smell of sul fer and tiny particles of ash are falling all the time.fur and tiny particles of ash are falling all the time. they've actually just come down the mountain. there's been a huge amount of confusion here about exactly how many people died in saturday's eruption. so far the authorities are only confirming four deaths. the reason for this is really a quirk of japanese law. the police are not allowed to say officially that anybody is dead until the bodies are brought down the mountain and have been inspected by a doctor. there are thought to be at least 20 more bodies still up there on the mountain. some of them we understand are too close to the crater. they simply just can't get in there. the eruption is still taking place. so it's still going to be some time now before all the bodies are brought down here and we do have an official death toll. >> that's rupert winfield-hayes at the base on mount ontake. let's talk to david pyle, professor at oxford university and joins us now.

thank you for being with us. the question that everyone seems to be asking is why did we not have more warning that mount ontake was about to erupt? >> i think the real answer is that this is the sort of eruption for which there rarely is any prior warning. from the descriptions, it sounds like it could be an eruption that's driven by rapid expansion of water or steam inside the volcano, so a steam explosion. and those sorts of explosions are rare, but they usually happen without any strong signals of anything about to happen. >> and what sort of environment would there be there now? because we're hearing there are all sorts of toxic ga gases in the air. >> certainly. this is a very large volcano and there were some crater lakes at or near the summit of the volcano, so the inside of the volcano will be rich in precipitated minerals. so things like sulfur, hydrogen

chloride, and those gases have probably escaped from mag ma over many years and decades and now it's heated up and erupted. there will be quite high levels of gas like hydrogen sulfide or hydrogen chloride. >> we know they've had to halt a lot of the rescue operation. is there any way for people who are really desperate to find some of these hikers who are still missing, of knowing what could happen now and when it might happen? >> again, i think unfortunately, it's a really tragic event. it's clearly a very serious eruption. and the monitoring authorities will now be trying to work out from the signals they've getting after the eruption what's going to happen next. but i think really we don't know. these steam explosions can happen without warning. there's already been one major eruption, and so i think we've really got to proceed with caution. >> japan is on what is called

the ring of fire, of course. is it constantly active in this area, or are we seeing a particular period of activity that is quite intense? >> no, i think there's a constant level of activity. so in japan, there are 47 active volcanos, which are all very closely monitored. so in any year around the world, there are many tens of volcanos that are erupting. but there are always volcanos that are in a period, a state of what we call dormancy that might not have erupted for a few decades that will return to life. >> we're looking at absolutely remarkable pictures right now that were taken on somebody's mobile phone of the ash cloud just coming down the mountain. as a volcanologist, what's the most amazing thing to you that's happened on mount ontake? >> looking retrospectively at what actually happened during the eruption, this is an event

where we've got some extraordinary footage of what actually happened and of course, the rock deposit. and a cascade of hot ash material down the side of the volcano, we call it a pyroplastic flow, but it's certainly known to be very damaging and eruptive phenomenon. >> thank you very much for joining us from oxford. >> thank you. afghanistan has had its first ever democratic handover of power, with ashraf ghani being sworn in as the country's new president. he replaces hamid karzai, who led the country for 12 years. after months of bitter arguments, it was agreed that president ghani would head a government of national unity with abdullah abdullah, who was the runner-up on the vote. dav david loyn reports from kabul. >> reporter: it has taken almost six months, the most exhaustive

election and long negotiations brokered by the u.s. to get to today and the swearing in of ashraf ghani as the afghan president. his first task was to appoint abdullah abdullah, the candidate he defeated, in a new role as choef executive of the government. the government of national unity is a new idea, but this is all uncharted ground. never one has one elected government stood aside for another. president ghani said he would end poverty, cut corruption, reform the courts, and care for widows and orphans. but he knows he can do nothing without security. he warned about the threat from the islamic state, saying this is an islamic country and no one can teach afghanistan about jihad. >> translator: we should not be quiet about the big challenge we face to our country.

some arab countries are exploding. some people want to make our country a battlefield. we have to work harder for peace. >> reporter: there is a clear difference in emphasis in how these two men see unity. the country's new chief executive sees it as a power sharing arrangement. the country's new president ashraf ghani does not. he says that they should, though, work together, which is quite a different thing. this could complicate government in the months to come. and with each bringing their deputies, this already feels lake a top-heavy administration, with high expectations for reward for many senior people. but just for today, afghanistan dared hope that the country could change for the better. david loyn, bbc news, kabul. now, the princess of monaco and hollywood actress selma high

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i'm lucy hockings. in this half-hour, how is china's leadership responding to the mass protests in hong kong? many pictures out of the city cannot be viewed in mainland china right now. beijing clamping dunn on coverage of the protests. we're going to be looking at how worried the communist leadership is with rising calls for democracy. and this is the scene live in venice as one of the world's most eligible men is now officially off the market. george clooney's four-day wedding to amal alamuddin continues today and it's a beautiful day in venice.

also on the program, aaron is back, and xbox enters china. >> yeah, lucy. for 14 years, the game console makers have been banging on china's door. but they were band, however, from today. the likes of microsoft has access to the country's multi-billion-dollar market. so we're going to find out whether the chinese will embrace these consoles, and how will the makers protect their kit from the black market? we start with those pro-democracy protests in hong kong. they are continuing as demonstrators are refusing to leave key parts of the city's central business district and government offices. remember, night is falling in hong kong. and that's despite riot police who have fired tear gas last night in an attempt to disperse the crowds. the protesters are rallying

against plans by beijing to vet candidates for hong kong's 2017 leadership elections. thousands have fanned out across the city in busy shopping and financial hubs, although china hasn't deployed its own force against the demonstrators, it is warning that it won't tolerate any external support for what it calls illegal movements. now, this is a clear warning to other countries not to support the pro tests. let's talk more about what has been happening on social media. louise has been looking into this all day and there are incredible pictures doing the rounds and video, too. >> that's right. as these protests have swept across hong kong, they've also swept across social media. people have been tweeting using the hash tag #occupycentral. also umbrella revolution. there's a lot of protesters up loading video on to their facebook or twitter sites. i think we can actually see some video from one protester and

edwin lee, and he's posted this video of tear gas and that's been posted on to his facebook site. there's also lots of very strong images being circulated on social media as well. and there's one -- i think it can be seen here, now that reads the peaceful protesters of hong kong being shelled with tear gas. >> we're just looking at edwin lee's video now. he was saying today's protests have been much calmer. this is from last night. the police have really pulled back. but tell us more about some of the other pictures. >> well, some of the other pictures that we've been seeing, one as i mentioned earlier reads the peaceful protesters of hong kong being shelled with tear gas. striking images that are being taken from the scene. also, it's a big student movement. a lot of students are really embracing this on social media and some students have been tweeting photos. one of them has them resting next to a bus, where protesters have been taping their wishes and words of support. and there's also other ones

showing the crowd stuck in one of the stations. transport has obviously been disrupted. i think we can see now the words of support, and there is some protesters' stuck in the station. social media is also being used as a communication tool, and images with instructions for a makeshift tear gas mask, that's been going around on facebook and twitter and a lot of people have been tweeting about that. >> has there been disruption to social media sites in mainland china, though, louise? >> one of the things we are hearing is about some disruption, possible blocking of the picture site instagram. i've been speaking to my colleagues in beijing saying they're finding it difficult to access this site. also, people have been going on to twitter on to other sites. someone describing it as the great fire wall. there's also reports from our colleagues in beijing that certain search words appear to be blocked on the site, like hong kong and occupy. and also interestingly, one thing that we have heard in the last couple of hours is a

messaging app called fire chat that apparently a lot of people in hong kong are taking to, and that doesn't need an internet connection. and its chief executive is saying this app has been downloaded 100,000 times between sunday morning and this morning. >> so protesters are using firechat to give instructions to each other about where they're meeting. >> that's what we think. >> thanks a lot for that. we've got much more for you on the website, of course. a live page for you is streaming on the information we're getting from hong kong and across the region as well. carrie gracie, our china editor, is there too and she's written about what it means for president xi jinping, these protests and what he might be thinking right now. that's at bbc.com/news. let's join aaron now with the business. this has got huge implications for the business community. >> absolutely. you look at the hong kong hang seng stock market. big financial sector.

many banks, shops, and schools have been forced to close and roads also have been blocked after thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators in hong kong continue their protests certainly in defiance of the authorities. standard charter, the bank and several other big bnks have suspended some of their operations. with bank branches and atms, so far at least temporarily out of action, the news has sent hong kong shares to their lowest level in nearly three months. let's go over to linda yu who joins us now. great to see you. linda, help us out here. one of the reasons that i've heard from experts about why hong kong is such a huge successful global financial center is because basically and largely, it ignores politics. >> reporter: yeah, hong kong, i think you can describe as now having been heavily political.

we have seen that before the handover. but for the most part, it is a country -- i should say city state, it was part of the british empire and handed back to china in 1997. it's a special administrative region. it is a police where economic free freed freedoms, very geared toward an open market. in a sense, business has undergone -- and i think in many ways, the protests right now going on in hong kong points to why resolving the political framework around hong kong is going to be so important for the future of the economy of this region in the future. >> indeed. given its importance and huge standing in terms of the financial global markets, the hang seng, sixth largest in the world. second largest in asia. what's going on there now does matter to all of us around the

world, doesn't it? >> yeah, it very much does. i think it really does point to what -- if you take a look at why hong kong has been successful, why it actually has a very high level of standard of living, is that it is economically developed and that is on the basis of a large services sector. some of the keys are rule of law that's reliable, a stable governance system, and being a place where talented and skilled people want to go and work. so it's a desirable place. and all of those traits in many ways can be changed by the political system. and so i think when you look at what's happening in hong kong, can they navigate the one country two systems model, which is supposed to allow them to have their own system for 50 years from the handover. it very much points to i think for many of us around the rest of the world what kind of

financial impact china could have in the coming years. because in that sense, hong kong is a test case. because obviously, china's gaining financial ascendancy. shanghai is rising as a financial center. and all of that will transform the way that global markets work. so i think in many ways, how the standoff is resfed in hong kong, what the chinese government does, what the hong kong executive does, and what the protesters do will help point down a path that we all need to pay attention to because there's no doubt, aaron, that chinachiny do a lot of experimentation with economic reforms and other reforms. >> indeed. linda, no doubt, hopefully as you say in the next few days, but we'll talk to you again about it all, i am sure. linda yueh joining us now. on his first official visit to the united statesing india

prime minister narendra modi, he received a welcome normally reserved for rock stars. a sold out appearance at new york's madison square garden, and that was on sunday. i don't know if we've got the pictures of that. later today, monday, he is due to meet the bosses of some of america's top countries, including general electric, and boeing. his goal is to reassure u.s. investors and business leaders that he is serious about dismantling some of the barriers to doing business in india. his message is india is open for business. >> how he came into power was on the hope and claims that he's going to bring the economic resurgence back in india and for that to happen, he needs investments and he needs companies to come back. investments in infrastructure and energy, etc. i think what he's doing here is tell american ceos india is open

for business again. >> we'll keep across modi's visit in the united states. let's talk about this for the very first time. the xbox will officially go on sale in china. this follows the lifting of a government ban on game consoles for years. 14, in fact. the three big makers of consoles, microsoft, sony, ninten nintendo, they wanted access to china's multi-billion-dollar market. but as our beijing correspondent reports, they'll now face some very tough competition. >> reporter: they're all skilled and still going strong. but with china now lifting its ban in games consoles, system warn these arcades could soon become a thing of the past. i'm going to let you in to a little secret. despite the ban, millions have already been sold in china.

he bought his xbox on the black market. like many, he is a fan of violent games. but these games are banned by the government, then official sales will struggle to take off. >> translator: i think players will buy the official black box if they can get the good games, but if there are restrictions, they won't pay hundred of dollars to play boring games. >> reporter: because of rampant piracy, china's game industry developed differently from the west. video game companies like this one in beijing aim to first hook the player, in the hope of future profits. >> translator: chinese games have their own way of making money. players get to download them for

free. we give them the best game we can offer. and if the players like the game, they can pay for extra items. >> reporter: all the games are being developed from mobile phones and that's because china sees the smart phone and not the console as the future of gaming here. martin patience, bbc news, beijing. we'll keep across those tales. let me leave you with this before i go. air france pilots have done it. they've called off a strike that's lasted for two weeks and cost the airlines hundreds of millions of dollars. as the pilots prepare to take to the skies again, their union says they are still yet to reach an agreement over air france's plan to expand its budget subsidiary. despite the walk yacht, costing air france in excess of $350 million, the loss-making carrier says it will still go ahead with those low-cost carrier plans. he says reform is essential if

the airline is going to survive mounting competition. tuesday, pilots with germany's luftthanza, they are planning to stage long-haul flights. could be affected tomorrow by that strike. and that's it with the business. you can follow me on twitter. you can tweet me @bbcaaron. one of your favorite stories coming up. >> well, i wasn't on the guest list. neither were you. we know people who were. but didn't go to get to venice. >> we were looking at it and my wife says, he just does nothing for me. you've got to be kidding me. got to be the only one in the world. >> aaron, she has you. doesn't need george. we're talking about the wedding of george clooney and amal alamuddin. here they are, this is yesterday. but today we understand they've had their civil ceremony at the town hall in venice. we're going to bring you all the details coming up. reign markets.

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i'm lucy hockings. our top story this hour -- china warns the international community against supporting hong kong's pro-democracy movement. a spokesperson says foreign powers shouldn't interfere in china's affairs. let's take you to hong kong. we can speak to michael davis from the university of hong kong faculty of law. can i ask you what you made of this statement we've just had from beijing, that they won't tolerate any external support for what they call illegal movements? is this a clear warning from beijing to other countries? >> well, beijing always worries about external interference in china anywhere. in the case of hong kong, they keep emphasizing this.

they actually invited much of the world to support the one country, two systems model. so they stand on pretty weak legs. but i think what they're really talking about is the foreign ideas that they see animating this movement. so they often associate ideas from the west. human rights, democracy, and so on, with foreign interference. so that's a common position they take. >> michael, we've been talking to protesters who are very educated about these ideas, and say they'll dig their heels in and not leave. how do you see all of this ending? >> well, i would hope the hong kong government can play an intermediary role to help beijing to understand what's going on. the hong kong government got a very horrible start in this by gassing protesters and so on. they have to appreciate that what's going on here in hong kong is a competition for the hearts and minds of hong kong

people, and by gassing protesters, they basically alienated much of the population. and that's why we saw a big surge in protesters. people that may not have come out. if they had let the people use the space around the headquarters of the hong kong government, chances are they'd be sitting there and the crowd would be much smaller. but by attacking people who simply tried to cross the road to get to the protests with gas, then that became the focal point of it and now the large crowds, instead of occupying grasslands and cement surfaces around the government buildings are out there in the middle of the busiest road in hong kong. but really i think the government of hong kong has pretty much itself to blame for that, and i hope now -- when i was last there a few hours ago, it was much quieter. i hope they've learned a lesson. but now, of course, they have a problem, how to get people away from that road. >> is there any kind of political compromise? do you think there will be a

possible change in the way the chief executive is elected? >> it's very hard to protect. but beijing tends to dig its heels in and worry about its face. so they're probably going to be very reluctant to back down just by very chew of protests. so then the only thing that seems viable, at least the hong kong government can improve its credibility by being seen to represent hong kong's interests and express concerns with beijing that are consistent with what the protesters are asking for, which is nothing more than a genuine, not a fake democracy. >> do you think that you could see potentially we could see a candidate being vetted that is perhaps a pan democrat? >> right now, beijing is set to block pan candidates. i don't see that changing in the short-term. the occupy people have said

while they're not planning to occupy forever, they simply want to convey hong kong's passion and concern for this issue. but, you know, it's hard to know when people will back down. the occupy leaders don't really control all the people that are in these protests, and so we just don't know. but certainly the hong kong government has inflamed the situation by these hard line tactics, things that hong kong people have never seen. so we're seeing a very harsh treatment of these protesters and i think generally in the community, a lot of concern. >> it's easy to focus on the protesters and the pictures have been so dramatic, but is it possible to judge how dwoidivid hong kong is, how many people support the protesters and how many continue to support this idea of one country, two systems? >> yeah, i think it is possible. there's a lot of data on that. when it comes to democracy, the support has always been strong.

even the democrats in hong kong always win about 55%, 60% of the vote. and popular opinion polls of democracy is even more popular than that. typically it's sometimes as high as 80%. people were not keen on pock pi central, so a poll about a week ago, 53% wanted the legislators to veto any proposal based on that. my guess is occupy central would have gone up, or at least the students in this protest would have gone up by virtue of the government's heavy handed tactics. so that was i think very poorly conceived. >> michael davis, thank you very much for joining us from hong kong. now, let's be honest. there was one place over the weekend that we all wished we could have been, and that was venice. just to get a glimpse of the world's most sought-after singleton sail into married life. there wasn't a newspaper or news channel on the planet that wasn't showing some of the

pictures we got over the weekend. a floating ar mar da of hollywood heavyweights flanking george clooney. just as you'd expect, though, the party hasn't stopped in venice. in the last few minutes, george and amal have signed what's needed to be legally man and wife. with me is our entertainment correspondent. no invitation for you either? >> i know. i'm very, very surprised, but a huge amount of interest in this marriage all over the world. he, of course is a leading hollywood figure, a double oscar winner, a multiple oscar nominee, one of the most sought-after places on the planet. and she is equally successful in her career, a very successful human rights lawyer who has represented the likes of julian assange, and a lot of eyes all over the world on this consumer as they come to the end of their

magnificent wedding weekend. >> it's the fact that he said that he'll probably never get married again. tried it once, wasn't very good at it. and now they've been together nine months and we have this magnificent wedding. he seems to have truly been caught. >> he seems to have changed his mind. he's always good to interview because he doesn't mind talking a bit about other issues in his life, whether they're things that he's passionate about, such as a lot of work on darfur, or politics, or some aspects of his private life. so people were slightly surprised when this all happened and came along. but basically, from hollywood celebrities, from the public, on social media there's been a huge outpouring of congratulations over the last few days. >> i've noticed to be bbc website this is the most clicked on story. these are the latest pictures we can see now of george and amal, who have just been at the venice town hall, this final part of the wedding. and as they get on a boat once

again, that is such a magnificent backdrop. there have been so many others as well. >> we've got hollywood stars, the likes of matt damon and bill murray. we've seen bono from u2. the supermodel cindy crawford. interestingly, he's very close to brad pitt and angelina jolie. nobody has spotted them. >> yes, where is brangelina? >> maybe that means they are there or they're managing to avoid the camera lenses, or they're not there. >> he has a house at lake como but lives in california. she is lebanese but is in london. where are they going to live? >> of course her career takes her not just to london but across europe, and sometimes across the world, i world imagine. and he, of course, works all over the world on so many different projects. i'm sure especially with the amount of wealth he has, they can make it work wherever they

decide to live. >> thanks so much for that. another glorious day in venice as george clooney, one of the world's most eligible bachelors, finally ties the knot with amal alamuddin. thanks for being with us on "gmt." see you again tomorrow. ♪ ♪ the power of kraft mac & cheese can make a man do questionable things. ♪ [ cellphone chimes ] mom: russell! [ exhales deeply ] [ male announcer ] gooey, creamy, delicious kraft macaroni & cheese. you know you love it. ♪ ♪

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