i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. the headlines: clashes in hong kong, after a day of protests against a new extradition law. earlier, as many as a million people marched against beijing's move to tighten its control over the autonomous region. i think it's the most serious challenge to the autonomy of hong kong and to the rule of law in hong kong since we left in 1997. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: one of the leading contenders to become britain's next prime minister admits committing a crime when he took cocaine 20 years ago.

and we meet one of the london—based students whose idea for helping rice farmers in asia has won them a $1 million prize. good morning. it is 7:00am in singapore, midnight in london, and the start of a new day in hong kong, where the biggest protests for years continued late into the night. organisers say as many as 1 million people took to the streets on sunday to protest against controversial new extradition laws. the authorities put the figure atjust under 250,000. this report from our diplomatic correspondent james robbins.

late into the night, a series of clashes between hong kong police and protesters determined to resist what they see as further erosion of their already limited rights. after a peaceful day, a far more troubled evening. some demonstrators piled high metal barriers, and pushed them towards police surrounding hong kong's legislative council building. it is here that a widely despised new government bill will be debated in coming days. it would allow certain suspects wanted in mainland china to be sent across the border for trial. there were injuries on both sides. protesters threw missiles at police using batons, pepper sprays and high—pressure hoses. by contrast, earlier in the day,

this was the far, far larger peaceful mass demonstration, squeezing its way through hong kong's streets. 0rganisers say over a million hong kong citizensjoined in. the authorities say it was a quarter of that figure. well, people are afraid. people are also angry about this extradition treaty. mainland china use all sorts of ways to exercise so—called dictatorship in hong kong, to kidnap the people they treat as enemy. say no to the evil bill... hong kong officials have said local courts will still have the final say over whether to grant extradition requests, and that suspects accused of political and religious crimes will not be extradited. but that is not good enough for chris patten, lord patten, britain's last governor in hong kong before

the handover in 1997. the proposed new law, he says, is a major breach by china. i think it's the most serious challenge to the autonomy of hong kong and to the rule of law in hong kong since we left in 1997, and it flatly goes against all the promises that were made about guaranteeing hong kong's local autonomy. but the sheer scale of protest may not be enough. although opposition to the bill has united businesspeople, often pro—establishment, with lawyers, students and shopkeepers, it seems unlikely that china is ready to give ground. james robbins, bbc news. let's get some reaction now from our correspondent in beijing, stephen mcdonell. stephen, still no official reaction from china. presumably they are watching this very closely indeed, but we are hearing from chinese newspapers on what they think of

this. yes, well, at least one english—language chinese newspaper has editorialised that foreign forces are behind this. i mean, often you get the english language end of the communist party's press commenting on things, because it kind of seems too ridiculous for them not to say something, given that foreigners are hearing all about this. the crucial thing, however, would be in the chinese language press, and really we are not seeing much at all. i think the government here will be just hoping that this kind ofjust goes away. although given the size of those protests, you know, you can imagine people visiting hong kong from the mainland have heard about it, they are sending out messages on social media, and it is, well, a difficult task for them to keep a lid on it. indeed, trying to keep a lid on it is exceedingly hard. of course, lots of discrepancies on the number of people, but as you saw in that report, simply thousands. 0rganisers say 1 report, simply thousands. 0rganisers say1 million. of course, the police

suggesting a much lower number. now, the hong kong government's going to be taking a look at this controversial bill again on wednesday. what more do we know about it? so the way the hong kong legislature works is it is rigged so it can be controlled by the probating forces. 0nly it can be controlled by the probating forces. only half the members are voted anyway, the rest are appointed —— pro baiting. so if carolann are appointed —— pro baiting. so if ca rolann wants, are appointed —— pro baiting. so if carolann wants, she can get this through the legislative council. this is why those who the legislation, that is this proposal, to send people to the main interface courts controlled by the communist party, they think the only choice they have is to take it to the streets and to kind of embarrassed hong kong's leader into stepping back, or at least delaying the introduction of this bill —— carrie lam. however, she seems determined to ram it through before the summer break. that's only in a few weeks' time, and so this reading of the bill on wednesday means that, in the

coming weeks, it could all be passed. i think again that means we are going to see more protests, because people don't have much of a choice, really. there's no way of stopping it in the legislative council. the only way is to bring sort of more popular pressure to bear on the leader of hong kong, and we've seen this enormous protest, probably the biggest since hong kong was handed over to mainland china, again, from british control. and yet we've heard nothing from the leader of hong kong on this. i mean, it seems extraordinary. she was refusing requests from journalists yesterday to even speak about it. and so i think there's a level of embarrassment, i guess. they know this is very unpopular in hong kong, andi this is very unpopular in hong kong, and i think they've been a little bit shocked by the extent of the opposition. the whole umbrella movement seemed to have been dead, and yet, you know, now these enormous protest building again on the streets of hong kong. and of

course, later on we will be hearing from someone who is actually there at the protests. we will be hearing from a prominent expert on china a little later. let's take a look at some of the day's other news: here in the uk, nominations will shortly close for the conservative party leadership contest. former foreign secretary and brexit campaigner boris johnson is currently the frontrunner. he has faced criticism for stating that, if he were to win, the uk could withhold the $50 billion divorce bill owed to the eu until there was greater clarity about a future relationship. the leadership hopefuls are also facing heavy scrutiny over their previous use of drugs, with former justice secretary michael gove facing particular criticism after admitting using cocaine 20 years ago.

ido i do think it was a profound mistake, andi i do think it was a profound mistake, and i deeply regret the mistake, and i deeply regret the mistake that i made. how many times did you take cocaine? based did it several times on social occasions when i was working as a journalist. was it a habit? no, i don't think it was. it was a mistake, and it was a mistake that i deeply regret. also making news today: authorities in kazakhstan say they have arrested about 500 people demonstrating against what they said was a fixed presidential election. interim president kassym—jomart tokayev, the hand—picked successor to the long—time authoritarian leader, nursultan nazarbayev, is expected to win. exit polls indicate that he has around 70% of the vote. 0pposition leaders in sudan have held the first day of a campaign of civil disobedience, but clashes with security forces in the capital, khartoum, have left four people dead. the strike was called in response to the massacre of dozens of pro—democracy activists by government forces last week.

tensions between turkey and the united states are rising over ankara's decision to buy russian anti—aircraft missile systems. washington has given its nato ally a deadline to choose between buying russia's s—400 systems or us—made f—35 advanced fighter jets. it argues the russian systems are both incompatible with nato defence systems, and pose a security threat, and wants turkey to buy its patriot anti—aircraft systems instead. the lawyer representing a woman who alleges brazilian striker neymar sexually assaulted her says he is considering withdrawing from the case unless his client can provide further evidence. danilo garcia andrade said he wants to see the contents of a seven—minute video filmed during the second meeting of his client, najila mendes de souza, with the footballer at a hotel in paris. rafael nadal has won the french open tennis championship for the third year in a row. he beat the austrian dominic thiem in four sets. the 33—year—old is the first player to win 12 singles titles at the same

grand slam, and is poised to equal the record for grand slam titles set by roger federer. let's get more on our main story: there have been violent clashes outside government buildings in hong kong after one of the biggest marches the territory has ever seen. elaine yu is a journalist with the news agency afp who was at the demonstration on sunday. she told me more about the atmosphere at the protest. the mood on the ground was electrifying. i have never seen so many protesters in the street in my career covering hong kong protests, and it was the biggest protest since 1997, when hong kong was handed back to chinese rule, and it was the same amount of people from — from 1989,

when hong kong is poured into the street to protest against the crackdown. and what were some of the protesters telling you, elaine? 0bviously they feel very strongly about this extradition bill. people... a young woman said to me, she said we may have lost hope, but we cannot give up all hope. so people are not holding their breath for the government to compromise, but they are not willing to give up theirfight. and but they are not willing to give up their fight. and people but they are not willing to give up theirfight. and people were energetic today, and the mood before it descended into skirmishes later, after midnight, the mood has been just really buoyant, and really high energy throughout the streets. and how worrying do you think that is? i mean, we've seen protest like this in hong kong before, but as you say, if it were indeed a million people, and certainly the numbers seem to suggest that from the footage that we've been seeing, that is the

largest protest since the handover in 1997. so how significant is this, and tell us a little bit about that extradition bill, which is of course at the crux of the matter. yes, i mean, this is — the turnout today is very significant, because since the umbrella movement in 2014, that paralysed our main streets in hong kong for more than two months, protesters have... the democracy camp has been divided, and people are describing a sort of protest fatigue among especially young people. so protest turnouts at traditional rallies have been dwindling since 2014. so the extradition bill has really galvanised people from all walks of life to come out, and it definitely surprised people today. and the bill itself, the government argues that itself, the government argues that it is to plug loopholes in the law and to prevent hong kong from

becoming a safe haven for fugitives, 01’ becoming a safe haven for fugitives, or anyone wanted by china. but hong kong is have grown up with, you know, values like the rule of law and an independent judiciary know, values like the rule of law and an independentjudiciary —— hong kongers. and if that kid be exposed to china'sjudicial kongers. and if that kid be exposed to china's judicial system and the chinese government, which many of them do not trust, people think... people have described this as a death sentence for hong kong. you are watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: a simple solution to a costly problem. we meet one of the students whose idea for drying rice won a $1 million prize. also on the programme: we travel to the village in central myanmar where the shape of a hairstyle reveals a lot about the wearer.

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this is newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. i'm kasia madera in london. our top stories: police in hong kong are still dispersing activists defying orders to clear the streets after a massive protest. 0rganisers say more than a million people turned out to protest against an extradition law which will allow suspects to be handed over to the mainland authorities. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. no big surprise what is leading on the south china morning post. "solidarity and defiance" is the south china morning post's headline over its coverage of the mass demonstrations against extradition laws in hong kong.

0ne former lawmaker interviewed by the paper praised the diversity of the protesters, saying "we have schools, housewives, new migrants and horse racing fans, all here on their own initiative." the philippine daily inquirer features a horrific crash which left 13 people dead on a mountain road in camsur. more than 50 people were on board a truck when it lost control, smashing into a tree. those killed include a bride—to—be on the way to visit her fiancee's family. and the international edition of the new york times looks at new mothers injapan, forced out of work after having a baby. complaints against employers have risen more than 20% in the last decade.

hong kong was mentioned in the newspapers, they have been this violent clashes between protesters and the police outside the seat of the hong kong government after one of the biggest marches that the territory has ever seen. joining me now from irvine is jeffrey wasserstrom, professor at the university of california and a prominent china watcher. are you surprised by the size of these protests, by the strength of these protests, by the strength of the feeling against the suggested exhibition laws? i think one thing you learn tracking protests in hong kong is to be prepared to be surprised. it certainly was surprising, it would have surprised me several months ago to have heard there will be marches this big but there will be marches this big but there was a buildup so it wasn't really that surprising. because the visual onjune really that surprising. because the visual on june four, hong really that surprising. because the visual onjune four, hong kong as well as macau are the only places you can mourn the victims of the massacre of 1989. every year there isa massacre of 1989. every year there is a visual and this individual was especially large, in part because

there is a growing anger about the extradition law which brought so many people out into the streets. what is it about this extradition law that is making people so concerned in hong kong? the issue has been ever since the handover, hong kong is have prised the fact that the special administrative region is different in how it operates on the mainland. they have been protests that tried to protect the things that make hong kong different. all of those this crucial thing. 0n the mainland, it is much more ruled by law and you are at the mercy of the courts in that system. during the roller movement in 2014, which was one of the last massive set of protests, what was most striking to me somebody who pays attention to both the mainland of hong kong —— and hong kong. some protesters who arrested early on when police moved against protesters, the court said they had

no business arresting them and ordered them to be released. the exceptional seems to be something that will undermine the things that makes hong kong distinctive. ultimately didn't really achieve what the protesters were trying to do, is this different? can this change this one country, to systems situation? it just change this one country, to systems situation? itjust doesn't seem that thatis situation? itjust doesn't seem that that is feasible. it's hard to imagine changing it. it's partly an effort to prevent erosion of things that i wrote on going on, it's driven in part by a sense that we should all be aware that there has been a tightening of all forms of control across the prc in recent yea rs control across the prc in recent years which is very worrisome around there. but i think one of the things that's important and i was in hong kong briefly during the arbella movement, i was here, kong briefly during the arbella movement, iwas here, i kong briefly during the arbella movement, i was here, i was there again during the visual a few days ago, is to realise that protests you

have a variety of things. they provide a sense of solidarity among people, they give people hope, even if they don't achieve their specific goals. there's a lot of times where we don't know right away the has been a success or failure. the term solidarity was used in the report in the newspapers, it was 30 years ago onjune the newspapers, it was 30 years ago on june four, 1989, the newspapers, it was 30 years ago onjune four, 1989, the same day as massacre, that solidarity in poland won its first victory. if you looked at the solidarity movement that was at the solidarity movement that was a struggle to change communist party rule in poland, if you look at that in1983, rule in poland, if you look at that in 1983, you would have thought it was a complete disaster, it failed, there was no way it could succeed and yet a few years later, it surprised the world by succeeding. there had to be changes in moscow for that to happen. and there would be have to be changes in beijing for protests in hong kong to truly succeed but it's important to keep movements alive if you are hoping for a time there will be a possibility. on that note, we are

going to have to leave it there, thank you for your expertise. we don't often discuss hair—styles on newsday. but in some parts of myanmar, people can tell an awful lot about you, simply by looking at your hair. that includes whether you're married, single or looking for a date. to find out more, we visited one village in the centre of the country.

four students have won $1 million for their invention to help rice to dry. wet rice caused by bad weather and a lack of storage facilities is serious problem faced by farmers all over the world. this invention could help transform the lives of millions across asia. one of the students from university college london, kisum chan, told me more about the idea. i think during the ideation phase, we are going to all sorts of different ideas to solve the energy challenge set out. but one thing that caught our eye was this massive

rice wastage problem from an article became a cross. and it says that over 80% of rice that's grown doesn't actually get to market. that caught our attention but it turns out that the actual rice wastage is much lower still really significant. and i still remember that night when we came up and i still remember that night when we came up with the idea, we just knew that this was a problem that we wa nt to knew that this was a problem that we want to do so. i don't know if it's ourinner want to do so. i don't know if it's our inner asians or whatever, but we just knew. when it comes to the invention itself, its a machine, tell us more. it's a machine and you can think of it as a massive container connected to almost like a lower that pumps in hot air through it. so you load the rice into the container and then it blows and hotter. so we actually purchase this technology from suppliers and then install them in the villages that we operate in. absolutely brilliant,

congratulations to him and his colleagues. hello there. got some heavy rain and the forecast over the next few days, particularly targeting parts of england and wales weather is a risk of clouds. that rent has begun to develop across northern france are an area of low pressure has formed. but what weather moves into east anglia, southeast and on and could be as far west as hampshire. by the first part of monday morning. something to watch out for. this area of low pressure and heavy rain is driven by the big temperature controls we've got at the moment. warm moist air being driven from north africa, the mediterranean and central europe, that's collided with cool they are coming down from polar regions and its first—ever average

contrast that are making an area of the form and a very active with the front. the amount rain we get on monday will vary a lot from place to place but the office has issued a warning and some areas could see 60 with metres of rain. there is a risk of some low water flooding and that weather reports way westwards into the midlands, and then western parts of england and wales through the afternoon. for the finals of england, northern ireland and for scotland, weather will be similar to what we had on sunday. sunshine and if few heavy, thundery, slow—moving shells. the forecast as we go to monday night is that area of low pressure stays with us, the rent continues to pour down overnight and will last right into tuesday as well. with the heaviest rain likely across northern england, and across wales two. there could be downpours elsewhere, perhaps some shy was coming into parts of the south—east. northern ireland and scotland at this stage staying clear of the worst of the wet weather but quite a bit of high cloud making some bright conditions. the only real change is with that weather front drifting a little bit further north that's the risk area where it could get

flooding has moved into northeast england as well. there it stays through tuesday, wednesday, and perhaps into thursday. there is some uncertainty how far north as this band of rain gets, it could be that it stays across no than and it doesn't quite reach scotland and northern ireland so we will be firming up on the details. so than in the end and wales, very heavy, thundery downpours are quite likely to develop. 0ur area of low pressure stays with us i doesn't mean we're potent but that doesn't mean we're done with the rain. towards the end of the week, the rain will be arriving across scotland and northern ireland where it could be heavy, internet wales apprenticing some heavy, under injury downpours that continue to ring the threat of low water surface flooding. brighter spells between these downpours. that's the latest weather.

i'm kasia madera with bbc news. our top story: police in hong kong have clashed with protestors angry at a law that would allow suspects to be extradited to mainland china. there were violent scenes when police tried to clear demonstrators from outside the city's legislative council. earlier on sunday as many as one million people marched through the streets in opposition to the extradition plan. one of the leading contenders to become britain's next prime minister has admitted he committed a crime when he took cocaine 20 years ago, before he became a politician. and this story is trending on bbc.com: rafael nadal‘s victory at the french open has put him in the record books. he's become the first player to win 12 singles titles at the same grand slam competition. the spaniard beat dominic thiem in four sets. that's all.