welcome to bbc news, i'm reged ahmad. our top stories: protests in hong kong continue, with organisers claiming a record turnout on sunday of nearly 2 million people. this is the scene live in hong kong as demonstrators hold a sit—in near government buildings. electricity has returned to almost all of argentina after a massive power failure that affected much of the country. polls have closed in guatemala's general election. will the result help stem the tide of migrants heading north? and — nautical attraction — why fishermen are using magnets to help clean up paris's underwater environment.

hello and welcome. organisers of sunday's mass protest in hong kong are calling it "the biggest demonstration in the territory's history." the march went ahead despite the government's decision to suspend a draft extradition law which would allow the mainland chinese authorities to demand the transfer of criminal suspects. the protestors say they want it cancelled. hong kong's chief executive, carrie lam, issued a rare apology for the upheaval. this report from rupert wingfield—hayes. chanting. in the sweltering heat of a sunday afternoon, they came out again in their hundreds of thousands. a sea of black t—shirts, the now unofficial uniform of these protests. today they wore no face masks or helmets and had just one chant. "withdraw the bill."

these are truly remarkable scenes we're seeing here in the centre of hong kong again this afternoon. it's notjust this street that is jammed with protesters, it's the next one over and the next one beyond that. all of these people chanting, "withdraw the bill". all heading to the centre of hong kong to surround the government's offices. this is a massive display of discontent with carrie lam and her government. your message for her today is what? is to stop it. to stop hong kong people from being two groups, going out and fighting with each other. we are one hong kong and not two hong kongs. so she should stop what she's doing so in order not to make the people so angry and so going out and fighting with each other. yesterday carrie lam said she will suspend... not acceptable! withdraw! totally withdraw. not acceptable to hold. we need to withdraw it.

this is what we want, all the people — hong kong people. tonight, under immense pressure from this huge protest, hong kong's chief executive released a grovelling apology. "i admit deficiencies in the government's work have led to substantial disputes in society", she said. "i apologise to the people of hong kong and pledge to adopt a more sincere and humble attitude." butjust as mrs lam was sending her apology, protesters were setting up a shrine to the first martyr claimed by this movement. the flowers and candles are for a man who fell to his death on saturday night after climbing a building to unfurl a protest banner. the sea of protesters then surrounded the government headquarters. the police were on their best behaviour, no helmets, shields or barriers in sight. but if today's protest shows anything, it's the public anger here will not be assuaged

until the hated extradition bill is gone. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in hong kong. let's cross live to hong kong and speak to the bbc‘s laura westbrook. we can see people behind you. people are determined to stay on the streets 7 are determined to stay on the streets? yes, indeed. there has been a steady stream of people arriving this morning, some of them were even staying here overnight. people have been gathering behind me there and they have also been making their way to my right, which is where, to my left, sorry, where the legislative council is, hong kong's parliament. the government has announced the parliament will be closed today as well as the government offices. that is because of this road occupation. in the past few minutes i've just seen some protesters removing in the past few minutes i've just seen some protesters removing some barricadejust in front seen some protesters removing some barricade just in front of me in one of the main roads —— barricades,

this is one of the main roads in hong kong. it runs into hong kong's business district. this is also the site of the occupy centre movement which was back in 2014, where the protesters paralysed parts of the city for 79 days. today, protesters have been calling for strikes from teachers and students. we will see if that happens. i'm really getting a sense here that this isn't over yet. people are demanding that this controversial extradition bill be removed. laura, just briefly, what do you think will happen next? well, people have been gathering here since early this morning. more and more people are arriving and they look like they are also occupying the legislative council building which is hong kong's parliament. so i think for a lot of people, the fa ct i think for a lot of people, the fact that this extradition bill has been suspended — it isn't enough —

they want to see it withdrawn and that's because of worries that they have about china's justice system and the fact that if this bill was to be passed, it would remove the firewall that separates hong kong's legal system with of mainline china. all right. laura keeping an eye on things in hong kong for us there. thank you very much. electricity has returned to almost all of argentina following a massive failure that left tens of millions of people without access to power. the country's energy minister said it had been an unprecedented event and claimed that the system itself was stable. the exact cause remains unclear, but argentina, uruguay and parts of paraguay were affected, according to one of the region's largest suppliers. it caused major disruptions in cities like buenos aires. chris buckler has more. at first light, much of south america was left in darkness. a massive power outage left tens of millions of people

without electricity and crippled communications in city after city. in argentina, people were preparing to go to the polls, but with trains halted by the power cuts and all the traffic lights out in the streets, several provinces took the decision to temporarily delay local elections. this was a failure on a quite remarkable scale. a 25—minute trip took me almost an hour and a half to be completed, and during the journey i saw three collisions. the collapse of argentina's national grid caused a blackout that stretched not just across this country, but throughout uruguay, and even into some parts of brazil and paraguay. businesses were left scrambling to fire up generators in an effort to save their stock. translation: we don't know much.

what i read was on facebook, where it said that the problem came from argentina, but the truth is we really don't know a lot. energy companies have been struggling to determine the cause of these unprecedented problems. slowly throughout the day, customers have been reconnected, but by early evening that's still left half of argentina without electricity and preparing for what could be a long, dark night. chris buckler, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news. in sudan, the deposed president 0mar al—bashir has been charged with corruption and the illegal possession of foreign currency. he was driven in a heavily—armed convoy from prison to the prosecutor's office in what was his first appearance in public since he was removed from power in april. his trial is due to start next week. israel's prime minister benjamin neta nyahu has unveiled a new settlement in the occupied golan heights, named after us president donald trump. the strategic plateau was seized

by israel from syria during the 1967 six day war, in a move never recognised by the international community. the inauguration of the town of trump heights, comes after the us president recently recognized israeli's claim on the territory. five candidates hoping to take over from theresa may as the leader of britain's governing conservative party and as prime minister have taken part in theirfirst televised debate. the frontrunner, boris johnson, did not appear, his lectern standing empty. the discussion between the other five candidates was dominated by brexit. ben wright reports. he turned up. so did he. i don't think there is any point to these debates without boris? very much, yes. five of the tory candidates vying to be the next prime minister. arriving for the first tv debate. six men in the race to live the

conservative party. —— lead. but the front runner decided to skip it. they had an empty podium and the picture, but borisjohnson wasn't there. he thought this crowded stage would be too blue on blue, a bust—up between politicians from the same party. which it was. and brexit dominated, of course. just a second, michael. we must allow parliament to vote. give ourselves a shot at the best... we cannot leave unless parliament votes for it. you would buckle. you have shown you would take another extension, that you would ta ke another extension, that you would take no deal off the table and defend legislation... i will defend our democracy. dominic raab says he is the only candidate who would be prepared to suspend parliament to leave the eu without a deal at the end of october. stop taking things off the table. make sure the only thing we are absolutely 110% committed to is keeping our promises to the voters of this country. it is the wrong thing to do, i wouldn't do it and i don't think most people in the conservative party would do it either. we are not selecting a dictator of our country,

we are selecting a prime minister of one of the proudest parliamentary democracies in the world. while four of the candidates said they would try and renegotiate the brexit deal parliament has rejected by the latest 0ctober deadline, rory stewart said it was time for realism. the fundamental issue here is there is a competition of machismo. everybody is saying, i am tougher. we are not going to get a different dealfrom europe. you and i and jeremy and sajid have argued for that deal. we have argued for that deal because it is a 550 page document, works out in detail. you will not get any changes out of europe and your attempts to get any changes out of europe will leave you stuck for months and years to come. like dominic raab, there is another candidate in this contest who says the country must leave the eu on october the 31st, come what may. but he wasn't here. where is boris, if his team will not allow him out to debate with five

pretty friendly colleagues, how will he fare with 27 other countries? he should be here to answer that question. with boris johnson far ahead at the moment, this was a chance for rivals to prove they should be his challenger in the ballot of tory members. what was boris johnson doing to all this? enjoying a takeaway it seemed, perhaps in front of the telly, letting his competitors scramble to catch him. the boss of ethiopian airlines has hit back at claims that his company's pilots were to blame for a crash which killed 157 people in march. speaking to the bbc he said that american senators who criticised the pilots' training were misinformed. boeing has now grounded all of its 737 max planes worldwide ahead of the opening of the paris air show, simon browning reports from ethiopia.

parked and hidden away, aircraft not seen since they were confined to this spot, the end of the runway in addis ababa. the fleet‘s sister aircraft was lost in a devastating crash just six minutes after taking off, back in march. around the world, the boeing 737 max is now grounded. this was a town about 126 kilometres south of addis ababa's airport. just over my shoulder is where the flight came down, with the loss of 157 lives. no police or security are here. but with debris still strewn across the area, the investigation into who is responsible for what happened is becoming an international dispute. 0ne leading american politician is one of many voices in the us blaming the pilots. the pilots trained in the us would have successfully been able to handle this situation. but the boss of ethiopian airlines disagrees. the senator seems to be

seriously misinformed, or he doesn't have the facts at hand when he said that. why have they grounded 380 aircraft around the world? simple, right? the fact speaks for itself. a sense of shock still exists at the airline's huge flight school, where leading pilots are strongly defended their colleagues' actions. i think our pilots have done whatever they could, and whatever that was recommended by boeing as well, to save the aircraft, but they couldn't. boeing is working on changes to the flight control system that the pilots wrestled with before crashing. but for now, these jets are sealed, covered, and going nowhere soon. as the battle over who to blame continues. simon browning, bbc news, in addis

ababa. still to come — why indigenous languages have been dying out in australia and what is being done to preserve them. there was a bomb in the city centre. a code word known to be one used by the ira was given. army bomb experts were examining a suspect van when there was a huge explosion. the south african parliament has destroyed the foundation of apartheid by abolishing the population registration act, which for 40 years forcibly classified each citizen according to race. germany's parliament, the bundestag, has voted by a narrow majority to move the seat government from bonn to berlin. berliners celebrated into the night but the decision was greeted with shock in bonn. just a day old and the royal baby is tonight sleeping in his cot at home. early this evening the new prince was taken by his mother and father

to their apartments in kensington palace. the real focus today was valentina tereshkova, the world's first woman cosmonaut. what do you think of the russian woman in space? i think it's a wonderful achievement and i think we might be able to persuade the wife it would be a good idea if i could to get her to go up there for a little while. 0ur our top stories: protests in hong kong are continuing with organisers claiming a record turnout on sunday of nearly 2 million people. electricity has returned to almost all of argentina after a massive power failure, that affected all of argentina after a massive powerfailure, that affected more than 50 million people. people from guatemala now make up the fifth largest group of latin american migrants in the united states, with thousands more still trying to enter the country despite president trump's clampdown. they are fleeing some of the highest levels of poverty,

corruption and violence in the americas. on sunday voters in guatemala went to the polls to choose new mayors, a new congress and a new president. 19 candidates are vying to succeed presidentjimmy morales. freelance journalist louisa reynolds explained the challenges for whomever wins the presidency. what a mother has some very serious violence, poverty and corruption problems to deal with at the moment. so, those are the main issues that the incoming president will have to deal with, especially after a very lacklustre administration under president morales. a lot remains to be done there. 40% of the population is indigenous and lives below the poverty line. also, many are suffering the effects of climate change, which has undoubtedly had an impact on immigration flows.

speaking of immigration, this is actually the first election in which guatemalans living actually the first election in which guatemala ns living in actually the first election in which guatemalans living in the united states are voting from abroad, which isa states are voting from abroad, which is a significant development, given that the immigrant population is so high. so, whole cities in the us enabled the guatemalan populations to vote from abroad. the main governing party in germany, the christian democrats, has seen off a challenge by the far—right, anti—immigrant party, afd, in a mayoral election in the east of the country. the victory of 0ctavian ursu in gorlitz gives some respite to chancellor angela merkel, whose national coalition with the centre—left social democrats was hit by heavy losses in last month's european parliament elections, as ramzan karmali reports. the city of girl it has a new mayor, former classical musician 0ctavian ursu. he overcame the afd‘s

sebastian ripple, whose victory would have given them their first ever mayor. translation: i am happy the majority has chosen to vote for me. in the end it is not about to candidates but the orientation of this down to the outside world, and that we remain an open society and an open european town, and not isolate ourselves. joe mennie's most eastern city is sometimes called gurliwood. it has hosted several hollywood films. many of its young residents have left due to a lack of opportunities. unemployment in the city is double the national rate of 3.4%. around 30 hollywood celebrities have signed an open letter to voters, asking them not to give in to hate and exclusion. the former police superintendent who was

the candidate did not appreciate the interference. he led at the start, but once the green and hard left parties were eliminated, he struggled. translation: we did when, because probably 45 or 46% of voters have said we want change, we don't wa nt have said we want change, we don't want this to stay the same way. we wa nt to want this to stay the same way. we want to overcome the standstill in the city. this election was seen by many as a litmus test for support of the afd in the country, and with state elections due to take place in september, there will be more hard campaigning in the months to come. australia was once home to at least 300 indigenous languages, spoken by aboriginal communities. today just 13 of them are still being spoken in everyday life. most have either disappeared or are critically endangered. but renewed efforts are now being made to preserve them. our correspondent hywel griffith has been to kununurra, in far

northern western australia. this is miriwoong country. a land of vast open skies that straddles modern day state boundaries. the miriwoong people have been here for tens of thousands of years but in recent decades, their language has come under threat. so we can see right across the miriwoong land? yeah. david and agnes are two of just a handful of surviving, fluent speakers. to them, miriwoong is woven into this landscape. there's language all around you. everything we see, has language. everything that moves has language. modern things come, we just have to give it a name in miriwoong. like when the first car arrived in our country, miriwoong people gave it a name. and that actually comes from the sound that it makes.

before european settlement, australia was home to around 300 indigenous languages, now only a dozen are left with more than 1,000 speakers. languages are normally handed down from one generation to the next but in australia, in indigenous communities, that link was broken decades ago when aboriginal children were taken from their families and put under the care of european settlers. and so, to revive miriwoong, they need a new generation. every week, 400 pupils at local schools have lessons, regardless of whether they have aboriginal heritage. my favourite word in miriwoong is joowinyin, and that means crocodile. my favourite miriwoong word means grandma. my favourite word in miriwoong means swimming.

a lot of money has been put into trying to save miriwoong but the team of linguists working here say the impact is far—reaching. there is research that says indigenous people learning their ancestral language are more likely to be successful in life. which means they are more likely to get a job, they are more likely to attend school. they also are less likely to struggle with substance abuse, they are less likely to commit serious crimes. there is no certainty that all this effort will pay off. but here they are trying everything to make sure miriwoong is a living, breathing language for decades to come. for many developing countries, fishing is a vital industry. it is also one of the world's most popular pastimes. hundreds of millions of people do it all around the world. in the french capital, paris, some are going fishing,

but aren't interested in catching any fish. the bbc‘s tim allman explains. this is the lifeblood of paris, much older than the eiffel tower or notre—dame. it is a riverfull of intrigue and more than a bit of scrap metal. these two gentlemen are trying to do something about it using powerful magnets to fish out bikes, scooters, and even old rivals. translation: it is a bit of an adventure, but above all you improve the environment around you, not on the other side of the planet, but your own. it is becoming a thriving industry. the owner of this shop has sold more than 2000 magnets this year, whereas in previous years he sold barely 100. and they are becoming more and more powerful. translation: i think it is the only

way of clearing pollution and having fun at the same time. fishermen say "i caught a big pike, fun at the same time. fishermen say "i caughta big pike, i fun at the same time. fishermen say "i caught a big pike, i caught a big carp , "i caught a big pike, i caught a big carp", but for magnet fishermen, it is "i brought back a fridge, or a scooter". it is not a major moneymaker. brian has sold some scrap metal and made about 100 euros. but it helps to clean the environment one piece of scrap at a time. and before we go, this picture has been shared by the duke and duchess of sussex of their 6—week—old son archie, with prince harry on father's day. the image posted on the couple's instagram account is the first to be released showing the baby's eyes open. it was captioned: "happy father's day! and wishing a very special first father's day to the duke of sussex." you can reach me on twitter —

i'm @regedahmadbbc. following all that heavy rain we had last week, a lot of that water has been running off the hills and into the river catchment. this is how the river severn is looking and a number of flood warnings still in force. flood warnings for a couple of spots in the midlands and lincolnshire as well. an area of low pressure has been influencing the weather across the uk every single day of this month so far and for monday, the low pressure is just to the west of ireland, continuing to bring showers and lengthy outbreaks of rain. if you are heading outside over the next hour or two, take the wet weather gear across northern scotland because the rain will be heavy. a few showers for northern ireland and some rain working in as well

across wales and part of north—west england. it is a mild start to the morning so you do not need too many layers out and about. through monday, this front brings wet weather across wales and england. the front is not going to move very far very quickly. to the north, to the far north of england, northern ireland and scotland, it is a day of heavy thundery showers and limited bright and sunny spells. across the south and east midlands, east anglia and much of southern england, the weather should stay largely dry with some warm june sunshine and temperatures reaching the low 20s. the good news is we finally lose the influence of this area of low pressure mid week and the bad news was that we have another area of low pressure moving in from the south bringing the threat of some more heavy and potentially thundery rain. this is how tuesday starts off. wet weather starts the day in highland scotland, gradually moving eastwards with time. dry start elsewhere but starting to turn a bit cloudier later in the day and feeling perhaps a little more humid as well across the south of wales and southern parts of england. we may start to see some showers

break out late in the day. those showers, we already have met office warning for these, late on tuesday through tuesday night and into wednesday, the amount of rain that we get will vary a lot from place to place. given that the ground is completely saturated, where we do get the heavy downpours coming through we could see some surface water flooding building very quickly. there is a risk of some disruption to road and rail. the exact position of the thundery downpours are still open to doubt, a large spread of east—west movement but it mostly looks like england at risk and perhaps a little rain into eastern parts of wales. through wednesday also some heavy showers again through northern ireland and scotland bringing unsettled weather but the weather has not been as wet across this part of the uk as other areas so hopefully that rain will not be impactful.

this is bbc news. the headlines: thousands of people are continuing to occupy the streets in hong kong, following a massive protest against an extradition bill. many demonstrators camped out overnight, while others were seen putting up barricades. but the atmosphere is relaxed — in stark contrast to the tension of the past week. electricity has returned to almost all of argentina after a massive power failure that affected millions of people. the argentine energy minister said it had been an unprecedented event. he said investigations were beginning into the cause of the blackouts which also affected parts of uruguay and paraguay. and polling has officially closed in guatemala in elections for a new president, a new congress and new mayors. in a field of about 20 people competing for the presidency, the frontrunner is sandra torres — the ex—wife of a former guatemalan