i'm sharanjit leyl in hong kong. the headlines: violence on hong kong's streets as the protests over a new plan to send suspects to mainland china intensify. the territory's leader defends her record. translation: have i sold out hong kong? how would i do? i was born and raised here. i grew up here with all other hong kong citizens. this is the scene live where authorities have shut government offices in the financial district for the rest of the week. i'm nuala mcgovern in london. also in the programme: hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated along parts

of india's western coast as the region prepares for a powerful cyclone. the start of a beautiful friendship? japan's prime minister is in iran, the first visit of its kind in decades this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 1am in london and eight o'clock in the morning here in hong kong where the mood remains tense after police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at thousands of protesters in the city centre. they were here a few hours ago and the situation does remain tense here today after. you can see the litter that has been left behind and we saw police trucks this morning, their presence out here. nonetheless, protesters have remained a way. we

did see them protesting over the last few days. there is a lot of anger here over a new bill that would allow people to be extradited to china for trial. doesn't have been injured here, some critically so, as the territory's leader described these protests as organised riots. let's start with this report from rupert wingfield hayes. this was the centre of hong kong this afternoon. scenes of mass violence, the likes of which have not been seen here since the 1960s. the day had been tense from the start. huge crowds surrounded hong kong's legislature, determined to stop any discussion of the hated extradition bill. the object of their anger, this woman — hong kong's chief executive, carrie lam. last weekend, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets here, demanding she scrap a bill that would allow people in hong kong to be extradited to mainland china,

but she is refusing to budge. why is she quite so adamant, quite so determined? you would call it arrogance on her part or stubbornness. no, she isjust doing all this at beijing's order. she is just some little puppet of the beijing regime. today's protesters were almost exclusively young, aggressive, and boiling with rage at a government they believe is giving away their freedoms. it seemed only a matter of time before things turned violent — and so they did. few here have ever experienced the searing pain of being tear—gassed. you could see the shock and confusion. i think there's lines that we can have the freedom from fear, that we are every day facing right

now, so i guess we feel angry and we do not get respected by our own government. by early evening, police had begun to gain the upper hand — launching barrage after barrage, driving protesters away from the government quarter. what we're witnessing here in hong kong tonight, with this operation to clear the streets, is a hong kong government determined not to allow another protest movement to establish itself and occupy the centre of the city, like it did back in 2014, and a government that is determined, it seems, to push ahead with an incredibly controversial extradition law regardless of the consequences. the government has now declared today's protest a riot, turning those who took part into potential criminals, but tonight thousands remain on the streets — their anger only further inflamed. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in hong kong.

now you saw that report from rupert showing some of those violent scenes and the protest. what a difference one day makes because here we are the next morning and we are yet to see any evidence of protesters coming out to demonstrate the way they did yesterday when the scenes turned violent. instead we have seen police trucks this morning, we have seen police trucks this morning, we have seen cleaners cleaning out the garbage that many of the protesters left behind and i am also seeing evidence of people going through some of the garbage left behind, trying to salvage what they can. as you heard then, that report, many people here are very upset over this extradition and they feel as if china is impinging on the freedoms of hong kong. if we look at some of the live pictures now it is also impinging to some degree on the business community because we heard

that banks such as hsbc will best shut for the next few days. —— will be shut for the next few days. this is the live scene that you are seeing. stay with us because we will continue to cover this and as i mentioned, there is still a lot of anger here in hong kong. i will be speaking to a reporter later in the programme. and we'll return for more from hong kong in a few minutes. but let's first take a look at some of the day's other news. borisjohnson — the former british foreign secretary — has made his pitch to lead the conservative party and the country. he told supporters he'd take britain out of the european union by the end of october — even without a deal. but the final contender to launch their official bid — home secretary sajjid javid — dismissed the frontrunner —— home secretary sajid javid — dismissed the frontrunner as "yesterday's news". have a listen to borisjohnson. after three years and two missed deadlines, we must leave the eu

on october 31. and we must do better than the current withdrawal agreement that has been rejected thrice by parliament. let me make clear that i am not aiming for no deal. i don't think we will end up with any such thing. but it is only responsible to vigorously prepare for no deal. also making news today: president trump has pledged to deploy 1,000 troops to the us nato ally poland — a key step sought by the country's president duda to deter russia. the two leaders signed a joint defense declaration and watched a flypast from the white house south lawn. the world health organisation has called an emergency meeting in response to the news that ebola has spread to uganda from eastern congo. the head of a major medical charity has called the latest outbreak "truly frightening". nearly 1,400 people have died

in the democratic republic of congo. and in cycling, chris froome has been ruled out of next month's tour de france after seriously injuring his leg. the four—time tour champion hit a wall during a practice ride and suffered a broken femur, elbow and ribs. and this is new york where cages of child—sized mannequins brought the locals to a stand still. it's an art installation by the #nokidsincages campaign which organisers hope will draws attention to the immigration crackdown at the us—mexico border. let's return now to hong kong. it is the top story this morning, many concerns here in hong kong about those demonstrations turning violent and the legislative council delaying

the controversial extradition bill that got people onto the streets in the first place and got them so angry. that has been delayed until june 20. so what happens between now and thursday? yep joins june 20. so what happens between now and thursday? yepjoins me now. as i mentioned, you have been watching these protests over the last few days. what do these protesters want and why are they not out here this morning to make the demands felt?- this point we need an educated guess. the main organiser of the main demonstration announced last night that they have received objections from the police force and they cannot hold protest outside here anymore so they will not be here. for others, they don't need that, they can just come of their

own accord. it seems they don't have a cause to come out this morning because the bill has been stopped. the reading is delayed until next week so what does that mean? is carrie lamb ‘s softening —— is carrie lamb ‘s softening —— is carrie softening in her stance? it is meant to be a full house meeting every wednesday, that is how the hong kong legislative council holds its proceedings. so they at the moment we have to wait unless the council speaker calls a meeting. we just don't know what they will do. but there is no sign that carrie lam is pushing this deal through, she is talking about denouncing violent. no mention of what she will do. she was

very emotional in an appearance yesterday saying that she is from hong kong and she grew up here and she wants to protect the civil liberties. so what degree can we believe that? will there be safeguards put in place to make demonstrators and protesters less angry? my guess is literally the other way around. my the protesters do not buy what she is saying. just after that interview was rod cast in hong kong i went onto facebook and twitter and there are many comments mocking her act of tears. people are having low faith in carrie lamb's government —— carrie lamb's government. if this bill is going to be rushed through in its current

state we may see a man accused of killing his girlfriend extradited to taiwan immediately. we are expecting more, even though we have not seen a lot of evidence this morning. these protests do bring to mind the 2014 umbrella protests do bring to mind the 2014 u m brella protest protests do bring to mind the 2014 umbrella protest that also shut down a lot of hong kong. the difference was people were sleeping overnight in sleeping bags back then and amongst one of the main protesters was nathan law who was jailed for his part. here was part of the government and he joined as a little earlier to talk about his response. i don't think the government is backing down because immediately last night they issued a statement claiming there was a riot and i think it was outrageous because the assembly yesterday was mainly peaceful even though there was provocations

towards the policeman there was definitely no riot and the police force used disproportionate violence to disperse people and that was very bad for everyone. that was nathan law speaking there. we will remain here in the streets of hong kong, we are in the centre of hong kong, we are in the centre of the financial district a few minutes away from the legislative council complex where we saw a lot of violent protest take place yesterday. i don't know if you can see behind me but the media is on that bridge behind me and we are all closely watching what will happen over the next few hours and days. thank you so much. we can see people, the media beginning to

gather there. india is bracing itself for another massive storm — and this time, it's the north—west coast that's under threat. hundreds of thousands of people are being evacuated. cyclone vayu is gathering intensity as it heads across the arabian sea, and is expected to make landfall on thursday. sam ryder has more. along the coast, india's western state of gujarat is on high alert. fishing boats are being anchored and residents are on the move, taking with them the few possessions they have. but those still here, they are being told find shelter. translation: we have identified 10 districts and have taken the decision to evacuate those villages living by the coastal areas. india's military and disaster response teams have been deployed to help with rescue and relief efforts. on twitter, prime minister narendra modi urged those in affected areas

to move to safety. it's the second time in as many months india has faced severe weather. in may, a cyclone, the equivalent of a category 4 hurricane, killed 34 people in odisha state on the country's eastern coast. the death toll was kept relatively low thanks to the evacuation of more than a million people. authorities here are hoping early preparations are enough to prevent a similar disaster. sam ryder, bbc news. you are watching newsday on the bbc, still to come on the programme. several us states are introducing new gun control measures, but some police say they won't enforce the laws. and we will be live in hong kong again where officers and the financial district have been shut down for the rest of the week.

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this is newsday. i'm nula mcgovern in london. the headlines: hong kong braces itself for possible further clashes after a day of violence over a controversial extradition bill hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated along parts of india's western coast as the region prepares for a powerful cyclone. let's return to that story and speak live to sharnjit leyl in hong kong. what can you see? talk as to what is expect it. hong kong is bracing itself for possible further clashes today and work here live on the streets watching for that throughout the day in the next few hours. wide with this, if we are... what have we heard so far between the protesters and carrie

lam? between the protesters and carrie lam ? they between the protesters and carrie lam? they decided to delay the bill. is that the success for the protesters ? is that the success for the protesters? that's right. i am barely hearing you. it's very noisy on the streets here. a lot of concern among the protesters. it's another delay... the 20th... . you can... they have been very angry. you've seen that anger spell out on the seat... essentially, the delay, you can't really guess... we heard earlier... some of the protest groups weren't able to get the rights to the protest today... we weren't able to... you are breaking up weren't able to... you are breaking upa weren't able to... you are breaking up a little bit there. we are going

to try to reconnect to you. i did hear a little bit there that there are concerns with the protesters about exactly what does that delay meaning. the extradition bill was meant to be heard yesterday. the most violent day between protesters and police officers. we are seeing some of the pictures there of that clean—up effort that is taking place in hong kong following that day of confrontation yesterday. we're going to try to reconnect a little bit later. we will keep across this story.

the prime minister of japan the prime minister ofjapan called the more patience with each other and that more threats could lead to and that more threats could lead to an accidental conflict. translation: it is essential iran plays a constructive role in building peace and stability in the middle east so the region will not destabilise any further and no accidental clash will occur in the midst of recent rising tensions. so what are we to make of this meeting? steve fish is a politics professor from the university of california berkeley. mr abe has met with his counterpart iranian counterpart, with president rouhani, several times. in fact, he's met him about six times since coming to office. so iran and japan actually have reasonably good relations. in fact, there's history in the abe family of this, prime minister abe's father was foreign minister ofjapan back in the early 1980s and went to iran to try to negotiate a deal between iran and iraq during the iran—iraq war, prime minister abe's intent on leaving a diplomatic as well as domestic legacy, he's the kind of guy that likes to cut a big figure on the world stage. this is just part of that effort.

but is it to really broker some sort of agreement between the united states and iran? because that sounds like a pretty tough challenge. he would love to do that, of course. it would be great to be at the centre of that, but there is really no evidence that that is possible. the iranian government knows that prime minister abe and the japanese government has to stay close to the united states, they have gone along with the reimposition of american sanctions on iran under president trump because they are very dependent on the united states, the japanese are. and so the iranians don't think he can negotiate as a good—faith negotiating partner, who is neutral. and of course they are right about that. what's more is the iranis don't really seem ready to negotiate anyway over these matters, certainly not using japan as an intermediary so that's probably a very long shot.

so what is it then? well he wants to cut a big figure on the international stage, as i mentioned before. japan also needs oil, since its nuclear accident in 2012, it's been more reliant on oil as nuclear power plants have been shut down. they're going to be reopening some of them, but iran does need more oil and it has an interest in avoiding conflict in the middle east that could interfere with oil supplies. it has reasonably good relations with arab states as well as iran so it has an interest in keeping things open and a dialogue between them as well. professor steve fish there. president moonjae—in says he hopes to meet his north korean counterpart kim jong—un ahead of president trump's scheduled visit to seoul later this month. the south korean president said the two koreas could look to european models of achieving peace as a way to bring the divided nations together. he spoke on a state visit to norway and took part in a panel discussion hosted by the bbc‘s laura bicker

translation: i say talks appear to be ata translation: i say talks appear to be at a stalemate since the second north korea united states summit but thatis north korea united states summit but that is because we need some more time to understand each other thoroughly. it is a process of thawing out hostile feelings that have persisted for the last 70 yea rs. we have persisted for the last 70 years. we must first address the damages of the border area, an excellent exa m ple of damages of the border area, an excellent example of cooperation in this regard is the permanent ligation is laid out in the german peace treaty of 1972. east and west germany took advantage of these locations to make swift responses to floods, landslides, fires, insect diseases, water contamination occurring in these border areas. i hope these presidents can be applied to the korean peninsula and foster concrete hope amongst the korean

peninsula. i can tell you, i have a lwa ys peninsula. i can tell you, i have always been ready to meet chairman kim atany always been ready to meet chairman kim at any time but the time of the meeting is up to him, it's his choice but president trump is due to visit at the end ofjune and i think it's desirable that i meet chairman kim before that but even if this does not happen, i believe it is up to chairman kim to decide. the singapore straits times is talking about a sex scandal gripping relation politics. mr azmi has denied the allegations in the prime minister has called the video a fake. the philippine star focuses

on government claims that a fishing boat was sunk by a chinese vessel in the south china sea. the philippines defence secretary lashed out at china for leaving 22 fisherman stranded in open waters — the latest in a string of incidents. and of course the hong kong based south china morning post turns its attention to the continued unrest there. it says that after a dangerous day of clashes, community leaders are urging leader carrie lam to withdraw the bill and defuse the situation. we can look at the pictures right now in hong kong. we have been brought up—to—date with all the developments. do stay with bbc world news to get more details on it. the details in the background to this story, you might remember, the protest in 2014, these are different types of protests. do stay with the

bbc. goodbye. hello. our very unsettled spell weather is set to continue as low pressure is still dominating our weather out there at the moment. now this picture was taken on wednesday by one of our weather watchers in herstmonceux, east sussex. grey skies there, we've had some heavy showers around. much of the country has already seen heavy rain and we have still got flood warnings in force with more persistent rain to come over the next 24—48 hours. now the area we are most concerned about during the day on thursday is this region, the south—east of scotland where there could be 80—100 millimetres of rain falling falling over the highest ground. so that means disruption to travel, and flooding is likely. if you have a look through the course of thursday, that rain really will be quite relentless, only slowly easing away as we head through the latter part of the day.

but let's take a look at the whole of the uk on thursday, lots of blue on the map. lots of wet weather. across central and northern parts of england, southern and eastern scotland, some heavy downpours. northern ireland having a bit of a drier day, as does the far west of scotland too. south—east of england should stay mostly dry, but there'll be a few heavy showers and temperatures not doing great still, only around 11—16 degrees. lots of cloud around, really, across the board. now as we move through the course of thursday evening and into friday, we keep the cloud, we keep the patchy outbreaks of rain, probably not quite as heavy or as persistent as the rainfall during the day on thursday. but more downpours across england and wales, heavy showers rattling

into northern ireland, too. and temperatures below what they have been in recent nights as those winds are set to fall light, too. now low pressure still with us as we move through the day on friday, it'sjust drifting towards the north—west a little bit. not as many isobars on the map as there has been recently, so not quite as breezy. but through the day on friday, it's another unsettled story. again, a lot of cloud to start the day. some showery rain here and there across england and wales and some further rain showers piling in across parts of western scotland and northern ireland, too. more sunshine by friday afternoon, lifting temperatures about 13—19 degrees, not as cool as they have been. into the weekend, then, still a fairly unsettled story. saturday, some showers in the west but eastern parts of the uk, sunny spells and just one or two isolated, scattered showers. temperatures creeping up a degree or so, still a noticeable breeze around on saturday. as we look further ahead into the course of next week, eventually we should lose the showers, at least from the south. fairly unsettled across the north, but temperatures rising. bye— bye.

i'm nuala mcgovern with bbc news.

our top story. hong kong riot police and protesters are braced for possible further clashes. it comes after a day of violence over an extradition bill that would allow people to be sent to mainland china for trial. on wednesday police fired rubber bullets, tear gas and pepper spray in a series of skirmishes to clear demonstrators from the city's legislature. hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated along parts of india's western coast as the region prepares for a powerful cyclone. cyclone vayu has been classified as very severe. and this story is trending on bbc.com: france's emmanuel macron says he'll send a new oak tree to president trump after the one they planted together at the white house last year died. some people have compared its death to the difficult relationship the two leaders have had since that visit. that's all. stay with bbc world news. and the top story in the uk: