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 is the most serious challenge to the autonomy of hong kong and the rule of law in hong kong and 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 million dollar prize. good morning. it's 8am in singapore, one in the morning in london — and the start of a new day in hong kong, where the police chief said his force will bring to justice those who participated in violent clashes that followed one of the biggest marches the territory has ever seen. organisers say as many as one million people took to the streets on sunday, to protest against controversial new extradition laws. the authorities put the figure atjust under a quarter of a million. 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. organisers 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. our correspondent steve mcdonell has been monitoring the reaction to the protests from beijing. 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're not seeing much at all. i think the government here will be just hoping that this kind of 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're sending out messages on social media, and it's, well, a difficult task for them to keep a lid on it. we will also be hearing from somebody who was at the protest and also someone who was a prominent monitor of things in china. 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 borisjohnson is currently the front runner.

he's 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 twenty years ago. i do think that it was a profound mistake, and i've seen the damage that drugs do. i've seen it close—up, and i've also seen it in the work that i've done as a politician, and that's why i deeply regret the mistake that i made. how many times did you take cocaine? i took it several occasions, on social occasions, more than 20 years ago when i was working as a journalist. was it a habit? no, i don't believe it was. it was a mistake, and it was a mistake that i deeply regret. also making news today — authorities in kazakhstan say they've arrested about five hundred 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 nazar—bayev, is expected to win. exit polls indicate that he has around 70% of the vote. opposition leaders in sudan have held the first day riot police are moving in to push these protesters. they are creating this noise to scare people but nevertheless, they are still standing because people are saying they are fed up. for 30 years, they have never seen democratic elections in this country and this time they are saying they will no longer be quiet about the real situation in the country. translation: they spent aliens on building palaces but have no money for women and children. there are only a handful of protesters left here in no sultana. they are being

detained by police and pushed through many numerous of those process. so far we have witnessed dozens process. so far we have witnessed d oze ns of process. so far we have witnessed dozens of people being detained and the police just want them through loudspeakers that protests are not allowed. after this announcement, they are now going and detaining people one by one. people are saying here that to get permission for peaceful protest is almost impossible in kazakhstan and they are simply exercising their right to peaceful assembly. opposition 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. the bbc‘s rayhan demytrie is following developments for us from the capital, nur—sultan. 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 brazillian striker 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 team in four sets. the 33—year—old is the first player to win12 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 1989, when hong kongers poured into the street to protest

against the crackdown. and what were some of the protesters telling you, elaine? obviously 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're not willing to give up their fight. 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 protests 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 it's to plug loopholes in the law and to prevent hong kong from becoming a safe haven for fugitives, or anyone wanted by china.

but hong kongers have grown up with, you know, values like the rule of law and an independentjudiciary, and if that could 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're 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 million dollar 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.

the day the british liberated the falklands. and by tonight, british troops had begun the task of disarming the enemy. in the heart of the german capital, this was gorby—mania at its height. the crowd packed to see the man who for them, has raised great hopes for an end to the division of europe. michaeljackson was not guilty on all charges. the screams of the crowd, a testament to his popularity and their faith in his innocence. as long as they'll pay to go and see me, i'll get out there and kick 'em downhill. what was it like to be the first man to cross the channel by your own car? it's feels pretty neat. it feel marvellous, really.

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. organisers 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. "solidarity and defiance" is the south china morning post's headline over its coverage of the mass demonstrations against extradition laws in hong kong. one 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. 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 on this issue. during the protest we have been seen, they have been some violent clashes that took place between protesters and the police outside the seat of the hong kong government. this happened after one of the biggest much as the territory has ever seen. jeffrey wasserstrom,

is a professor at the university of california and a prominent china watcher. here's his reaction to the size of the protests. 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 that there would be marches this big, but there was a build—up so it wasn't really that surprising, because the vigil onjune 4th, hong kong as well as macau are the only places in the people's republic of china, you can mourn the victims of the massacre of 1989. every year there is a vigil, and this the vigil was especially large, in part because there was this growing anger about the extradition law which brought so many people out onto the streets on the night. professor, what is it about this extradition law that is making people so concerned in hong kong? so, the issue has been, ever since the handover, has been hong kongers have prized the fact that life within the special administrative region is different from how things operate over on the mainland. and so there have been a series

of protests to try to protect the things that make hong kong different. and rule of law is a crucial thing. on the mainland, it's often said it's much more ruled by law and you are much at the mercy of the courts and that system. during the umbrella 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 and hong kong, was that when some protesters were arrested early on when the police moved against protesters, the court said they had no business arresting them and ordered them to be released. on the mainland, that just doesn't happen. so i think the extradition law seems to be something that will undermine one of the things that makes hong kong distinctive. you talked about the umbrella movement. ultimately, it didn't really achieve what the protesters were trying to do, is this different?

can this change this "one country, two systems" situation? it just doesn't seem that that is feasible. it's very hard to imagine changing it. it's partly an effort to prevent erosion of things that are eroding going on, and it's definitely driven in part by a sense that i think we should all be aware of, that there has been a tightening of all forms of 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 umbrella movement, i was here, i was there again during the vigil a few days ago, is to realise that protests do 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. and also, there's a lot of times that we don't know right away whether something has been a success or a failure. the term "solidarity" was used in the report in the newspapers, it was 30 years ago onjune 4th, 1989, the same day as massacre, that solidarity in poland won its first victory. if you looked at the solidarity

movement that was a struggle to change communist party rule in poland, if you looked 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, probably, for protests in hong kong to truly succeed but it's important to keep movements alive if you are hoping for a time where there will be more possibility. 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. to find out more, we visited one village in the centre of the country where they've been wearing the same hair styles for more than 200 years.

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 were going through 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 we came across. 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 though the actual rice wastage is much lower, it's still really significant. and i still remember that night when we came up with the idea, we just knew that this was a problem that we wanted to solve.

i don't know if it's our inner asians or whatever, but we just knew. when it comes to the invention itself, it's a machine, tell us more. it's a machine and you can think of it as a massive container connected to almost like a blower that pumps in hot air through it. so you load the rice into the container and then it blows in hot air. so we actually purchase this technology from suppliers and then install them in the villages that we operate in. what is fantastic is that you are just finishing your study so you are very young but you've already created this machine. it's already being used, isn't it? yes, we've just finished our pilot last summer, when we finished our pilot in one village in the armagh and we are set to expand to 30 more. and what kind of reaction do you get from farmers

who are using it? honestly, the reactions of prices. i still remember the first time that we finished the drying cycle and that was actually the morning of the finals of the competition. just before we were going to pitch at the united nations, i just before we were going to pitch at the united nations, ijust received a text m essa g e united nations, ijust received a text message from a farmer taking a photo of him and his villages and he seemed very happy. congratulations on winning the prize, i have to stress this million dollars is reinvested back into your project. but it's phenomenal, congratulations and good luck with the rest of your studies. his enthusiasm, his energy was absolutely contagious was not congratulations to him and his colleagues. who won the phenomenal prize on such a remarkable invention. you have been watching newsday. i'm kasia madera in london. and i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. stay with us. the uk and korea talk post—brexit trade,

a formal agreement will have to wait until britain leaves the eu. from all of us here, goodbye. hello there. we've got some heavy rain in the forecast over the next few days, particularly targeting parts of england and wales where there's a risk of localised flooding. that rain has already begun to develop across northern france where an area of low pressure has formed. that wet weather moves into east anglia, southeast england and could be as far west as hampshire by the first part of monday morning. so, something to watch out for. this area of low pressure and this heavy rain is driven by the very big temperature contrast we've got at the moment. with warm, moist air being driven in from north africa, the mediterranean into central europe, that's colliding with much cooler air coming down from polar regions, and it's those temperature contrasts that are making an area of low pressure form and a very active weather front. the amount of rain we get on monday will vary a lot from place to place, but the met office has issued

a warning and some areas could see 60 millimetres of rain, which is getting on for a month's worth of rain during the day. there is a risk, then, of some localised surface water flooding and through the day, that wet weather will pour its way westwards into the midlands, eventually reaching western parts of england and wales through the afternoon. for the far north of england, northern ireland and for scotland, the weather will be similar to what we had on sunday. sunshine and a few heavy, thundery, slow—moving showers. the forecast as we go through monday night is that area of low pressure stays with us, the rain continues to pour down overnight and will last right into tuesday as well. with the heaviest rain likely across northern england, and across wales, too. but there could still be some downpours elsewhere, perhaps some showers 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 for some bright conditions. the only real change is with that weather front drifting a little bit further northwards. the risk area where we could get flooding has moved into parts of northeast england as well.

and there it stays, really, through tuesday, wednesday, and perhaps into thursday as well. there is some uncertainty how far northwards this band of rain gets on wednesday, it could be that itjust stays across northern england, and doesn't quite reach scotland and northern ireland, so we will be firming up on the details with that. southern england and wales, some very heavy, thundery downpours are quite likely to develop. our area of low pressure stays with us through to the end of the week, it drifts a bit further westwards and fills, so it becomes a little bit less potent but that doesn't mean we're done with the rain. towards the end of the week, that rain will be arriving across scotland and northern ireland where it still could be pretty heavy. england and wales, prone to seeing some very heavy, thundery downpours that continue to bring the threat of localised surface water flooding. a lot of cloud in the sky, limited brighter spells between these downpours. that's your latest weather.

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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, organisers say as many as1 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 has become the first player to win 12 singles titles at the same grand slam competition. that's all, stay with bbc world news.