hong kong. these protesters fight for their freedoms. hong kong. these protesters fight for theirfreedoms. we hong kong. these protesters fight for their freedoms. we will see what unfolds in the coming hours and days. you are watching special coverage on bbc news. you're watching beyond 100 days. police clash with pro democracy protestors in hong kong. demonstrators used a more aggressive approach this time as they took over a key government building. police have entered the parliament building to take back control and clear the protesters. the protestors smashed their way into the building — hundreds then entered and occupied the legislative council, our correspondent was on the scene. graffiti daubed on this particular desk. a computer screen that's been ripped up, papers removed.

there's been extensive damage done to the building, with portraits of political leaders torn from the walls and furniture smashed. this situation is out of control and this is very dangerous, both for the protesters and for the security guards and the police. hello and welcome. i'm jon sopel in washington, david eades is in london. hong kong is seeing pro democracy demonstrations like never before. after an hours—long siege on one of the key government buildings, protesters managed to force their way into the central chamber of the region's parliament. their dissent took the form of maximum disruption and destruction. emblems grafittied, political portraits torn from the walls, furniture smashed. the police responded in kind, charging towards the building after warning

protesters to clear it. since hong kong was handed back to china in 1997, it's been governed under the principle of one country, two systems. but as rupert wingfield—hayes reports, public anger and the latest violence, is putting that system under increasing pressure. our correspondent nick beake is at the legislative council. you wonder where to start. it's been an extraordinary day. this chamber is normally where the politicians have their say but today the only voice was that of protesters. they rushed into this place, overran it. let's look at what they've left behind. you have some food here and some of it is still warm. they were obviously setting up camp. helmets, an umbrella. this is an interesting symbol because this has been used over the past few days as a way of

hiding their identity from the police. it was raining today so it also serve that purpose. the officers were setting spray toward some of the protesters and so it meant they were able to take shelter. this is the route to protesters would have taken earlier today. they headed for the main wall and, symbolically, the symbol of hong kong has been defaced, the black graffiti. the portraits of some of the politicians who now have to try and deal with this mess and pick up the pieces. the commissioner of police on the left, the chief executive, carrie lam next to him. she's attracted so much criticism in the past few weeks. you can talk about provoking a confrontation, the police were saying, clear parliament, otherwise

there will be appropriate force used. is your impression, quite simply, they heeded that warning? it's interesting because they way they hold protest movement has been set up, it's being painted as a democratic movement. that is to say there are not defined leaders who have loudspeakers and make announcements and people move. you look at the people here put many teenagers and in their early 20s. many times they are glued to their phones, that is how they get instructions about what they do next. people have moved in seconds from one place to another because they gets messages on social media apps. they gets messages on social media apps, in particular telegram which has been the chosen app of choice today. so hoot to the authorities try and make an example of because at the moment it seems the protesters have slipped away into

the night. there was the prospect of a showdown with the police who belatedly came in but we understand that there have been no arrest so far as that there have been no arrest so farasa direct that there have been no arrest so far as a direct result of this incredible storming of this assembly building. i'm watching these pictures live from hong kong and i'm slightly incredulous you are being given that access after the event this station —— after this demonstration ended. what is the security situation like they are now? a short time ago there were great numbers of police officers who moved in with full riot gear. that was a huge contrast from what we had seen during the day. we were getting whispers there were lots of riot police round the corner primed for action but they never arrived. when i arrived at about midday, around 1a hours ago, and i i arrived at about midday, around 14 hours ago, and i saw the protesters making their way to the entrances to this building armed with

projectiles, metal railings, anything they could use, and they started smashing the glass, i thought this is it, they've gone too farand thought this is it, they've gone too far and it's a matter of time before the police come in. they did not and they held back. so you saw protesters running a mock, able to come in here. you are right, we've not really been challenged, some police officers asked what we were doing and we politely showed our identification and it seems we are free to do this. the authorities, after being accused of heavy handedness several weeks ago and accusations of police brutality on the 12th of june, accusations of police brutality on the 12th ofjune, that perhaps resonated and it seems a decision has been taken at the highest level, possibly in concert with beijing, to really sta nd possibly in concert with beijing, to really stand back and you wonder if there will now be pr offensive by there will now be pr offensive by the politicians and police saying this is what happens. there was nothing we could do, we did not want to go in heavy—handed. look at what

the protesters have done to your parliament and will see what hong kongers make of this. whether the more conservative, older generation are repulsed by what they've seen whether they quietly endorse what's happened. they might not agree with the violence that has been shown but it could be the share the sentiment of the movement. let's have another look at the pictures. this is outside the legco building where things are so much calmer than literally an hour and a half ago. as we saw the massed ranks of police heading towards the protesters. as nick pointed out, what to make of what we've seen over the past 15 hours or so because it is quite a departure from some of the other demonstrations and there has been mass demonstrations, up to 2 million protesters at one point taking to the streets of hong kong.

this had a decidedly different tone. i'm joined by the director of the soas the director of china institute and hejoins me now. it is really very uncharacteristic of hong kong but this may well be the new normal. you will have some local activists, usually the younger generations who are very frustrated and they are not really looking at the big picture, theyjust want to airtheir the big picture, theyjust want to air their anger. in that case was this orchestrated, do you think they had a plan to get into the assembly itself or simply cut let's be honest, there was not much resistance, they just cut let's be honest, there was not much resistance, theyjust kept going? i think there was a plan to ram the

glass panels of the legislative council building, i don't think there is anything beyond that. 0nce they were inside the legislative council building and the windows we re council building and the windows were smashed, i think some of them just saw an opportunity and therefore they took over at the legislative council building without any real planning. if the relate had planned for it they would have put up planned for it they would have put up some kind of resistance when the police tried to clear them away. the fa ct police tried to clear them away. the fact that they did not i think is confirmation they had not planned for it. steve, what strikes me about looking at these extraordinary pictures we are witnessing today out of hong kong, the power of the demonstrations but also, i suspect, the tolerance of the authorities. the authorities say, you want to storm the legco, you can do so but at some point we will take it back and when we do so, can you please go

away? and it looks like they went away? and it looks like they went away without putting up a fight. 0rchestration is at the wrong word but it seems there was a mutual respect on the site of the demonstrators and the authorities. i think it reflects the local political culture. hong kong is a place where people instinctively reject the use of violence. that's why you could have to out of 7 million people demonstrating a few weeks ago with no incidents at all. you had situations that the people who occupied the legislative council building found themselves there, the government has to decide whether to sit it out or they trying clear its. and the expectation, perhaps, would have been if they did not clear at the legislative council building, beijing may feel unhappy about it and start interfering so they took

the decision to clear it. and you have enough people inside the legislative council building who had the good sense to realise if they continue to resist, blood will be shed and things may escalate and they may even lose what they have got so far. steve, that such an interesting answer. i wonder what your assessment is what the tactics are of authorities in hong kong? with no doubt and overlooking eye on what hong kong is doing from beijing. well, they are looking with an eye on what the beijing may think about the situation. they should be very much aware xi xinping has now met with donald trump, there is less of an incentive for beijing to exercise restraint and therefore hong kong's government will have to demonstrate it can keep things in hong kong under control and if they cannot

they will risk provoking beijing to ta ke they will risk provoking beijing to take direct action, which nobody in hong kong really wants to see. the demonstration today, the resort to violence is very much regrettable and at one point put hong kong in a very dangerous place and luckily that's been de—escalated. the problem is that this isjust that's been de—escalated. the problem is that this is just an episode, it doesn't in any way resolve the underlying problem of the extradition bill which is in suspension, which they are protesting about. we are left in a world where many of these activists just achieved something you think they did not even expect to achieve are now going to be emboldened. it would have to be quite a reaction against them from their own supporters to persuade them that this isn't a smart move. absolutely. it's very difficult for the older democrats in hong kong to persuade the younger generation that

their use of violence is not helpful and is counter—productive. carrie lam tried to use a face—saving way in order to avoid formally withdrawing the bills, she really must withdraw the bills and, in fact, her own term as chief executive is now limited. she could do hong kong a big favour by resigning, rather than wait to be removed by beijing and that would ta ke removed by beijing and that would take a lot of the anger away from hong kong and there may be a chance that people would see we've turned a chapter, let's move on. for the moment, thank you very much for that. ada chan has been protesting on the streets of hong kong today. we can talk to her now. i wonder what your take at this point is of what you've experienced today? for you, i

point is of what you've experienced today? foryou, i imagine, it has been a day of hugely mixed emotions and the very high anxiety and, ultimately, where does this leave you? i was on the street today and this was my first time protesting. sorry, my fourth time protesting. the first time was on the 9th ofjune. then we we re time was on the 9th ofjune. then we were walking peacefully demanding the withdrawal of the extradition bill. to our anger, carrie lam published a press release that night sailing the second reading debate on the bill would not be cancelled, therefore i walked on the streets for the second time and on the 12th ofjune for the third time. what was it like out there today and did you experience a very different atmosphere? today the atmosphere was a bit

different because there was not much protesters as on the 12th ofjune or the 19th ofjune. may be because the people were so desperate and the think the walk on the streets is useless so i think there was much less people on the streets today. i was peacefully walking from victoria park but i know some protesters were near the legislative council and i note some protesters, including my friend, was inside the legislative council. ada, do you think the process will continue? we heard from steve that saying the authorities have some restraint but there will only be so much they will tolerate. do you

think people will continue to come back out on the streets over at this extradition bill? i think extradition bill? ithink so, extradition bill? i think so, yes. because we won't give up until the government do something. because the protesters have five basic demands, including the stepping down of the current chief executive, carrie lam, the government pays no attention to us. 0k, ada. i am government pays no attention to us. 0k, ada. iam gratefulto government pays no attention to us. 0k, ada. i am grateful to you. government pays no attention to us. 0k, ada. iam gratefulto you. thank you very much indeed for sharing your experiences out on the streets of hong kong today. joining me now is former us defense secretary, william cohen. great to have you with us on a day like this. we were going to talk about north korea and we will come onto that but we need to start here. how significant are the protest we

are seeing in hong kong? notjust for hong kong and the region but only wider level? 0na only wider level? on a wider level look at taiwan because the chinese government offered the same policy for the taiwanese as they have offered for hong kong. 0ne system,, one country, two systems. we see china gradually has been trying to move much more accelerated timeframe to restrict the liberties in hong kong and that will be a message to the taiwanese as well. when you talk about one country, two systems, you are really intruding upon the two systems and that will make it much more difficult for them to sell that proposition to the taiwanese. i think that has a very significant impact. i thought there was an interesting piece of observation from steve when he said, look, up until donald trump left to go back from asia as he was

at the weekend following his visit, president xi xinping may have felt he had to act with one hand behind his back, because he didn't want to incur the wrath of america but, donald trump is no longer in the region, we will do what we like. there is also the notion president trump doesn't really care about what's taking place in hong kong. he doesn't really show any care about what's taking place in western china. i'm not sure the that president xi xinping has to worry about that. nonetheless, he may have held back. ithink about that. nonetheless, he may have held back. i think it's clear he's not going to accept the sort of activity on a broader scale in the future. but, again, president trump doesn't seem to care about promoting human rights or any concern for them. this is a problem, isn't it? chris patten, the last governor of hong kong said earlier today the british government is not doing enough to protest to beijing and there is a

real concern there is what you said isa real concern there is what you said is a loss of honour from the west in terms of trying to stick to the sorts of promises made to the people of hong kong and other parts of the world. would you share that view? i think that is a legitimate comment coming from chris. i have known him in the past and respect what he did when he was leading in hong kong. 0ne when he was leading in hong kong. one of the things that is of real concern, when president putin, for example, said a liberal internationalism, liberal governments, as such, liberal democracies are irrelevant today, they have lost their power, when president trump seems to indicate he no longer shares the same values we have had for years, that unleashes governments around the world, including china and russia and elsewhere, that its order and its

power, it is not law and order, but more order and then law. let me ask you about what happened in korea this weekend because on one level it was hugely momentous. an extraordinary moment of television when donald trump walked across the dmc and took his first steps in north korea. how much has the world change as a result of what happened 01’ was change as a result of what happened or was it a made for tv moment we should not get too excited about? i don't think it is an either or proposition. we have photo diplomacy today. in the short term it was a very successful for the president to be seen stepping across that line. the question then becomes as former vice president mondale asked my friend many years ago, where is the beef? what is to follow from this photo opportunity, will help the real progress on the ground, will he identify how many nuclear weapons,

we they are, what kind of inspections? all the details that go into making a deal had been subordinated to this point so the question becomes what do we get out of this photo opportunity? we have to look at it strategically. we like to look at it strategically. we like to talk about him acting tactically but if you look at this strategically, if he is able to strike a deal with the chinese going into the elections next year, strike a deal with the north koreans, conceivably be invited to travel to moscow to visit president putin and at the extreme level, that would be at the extreme level, that would be a triple hit for him what they could bea a triple hit for him what they could be a home run if he can make progress with iran. these are all political gestures that i think we'll come to fruition next spring. but stay with north korea first of all. if the deal is north korea is allowed to keep the nuclear weapons

it has got and has currently built and says i promise, really, we will not build more, is that good enough? does that represent denuclearisation, does that represent any victory for the west? not at all. the words we heard from the president before, completes irreversible and verifiable, denuclearisation, that is off the table. the president is accepted they will retain some level of nuclear weapons and they will demand not only relief from sanctions, i think we have to be concerned about is kim jong—un does think we have to be concerned about is kimjong—un does not demand think we have to be concerned about is kim jong—un does not demand that we we re is kim jong—un does not demand that we were just is kim jong—un does not demand that we werejust a is kim jong—un does not demand that we were just a physical presence. the president indicated in syria, iraq and other parts of the world that we want to retreat back to our shores. if that signal is sent to kim jong—un that he wants a reduction of ourforces, kim jong—un that he wants a reduction of our forces, that would be very dangerous. thank you for spitting at the time.

thank you for spitting at the time. thank you for spitting at the time. thank you so much. we will have —— sparing as the time. let's move back to looking at hong kong. relatively peaceful closure, you might think but how has this gone down in beijing. are they covering this at all today? they had opportunity when there was, basically what happened over the past few weeks, since these protests escalated, beijing has been hand—picking examples of what it sees as hooliganism, for example, vandalism, attacks on police. earlier today when there was glass being smashed, the windows of the legislative council, it was an opportunity for beijing to respond. at the same time, there is a sensitive anniversary and that's not the handover anniversary, it's also the handover anniversary, it's also the 98th anniversary of the founding of the communist party. there's lot

of the communist party. there's lot of emphasis on the power and strength of the communist party. now protesters have entered the local parliament, footage like this would not be shown in beijing, that would be horrifying, the idea you could get into a parliament building. i noticed he would hong kong has been censored on social media platforms they are tightening people showing images like this. —— i noticed that the word hong kong has been restricted on a social media platforms. the last thing they would want is anything that makes president xi xinping look week. the raising of the british imperial flag, those are not images you would necessarily want to see if you are the chinese leader. absolutely. the idea anybody could get into parliament. this is unheard of. let alone vandalism, acts of

graffiti. beijing would not show this. on a day it's stressing the importance of the communist party and hong kong being handed back over from the uk to china really ties into that dialogue. the emphasis hong kong is a part of china and there is a real strength, unity, almost. these latest actions we've been seeing, they would frighten beijing and worry them. there is a real clamp—down of what people can talk about online now. thank you very much, kerry, for that analysis. you are watching beyond 100 days. coming up, we will have more from hong kong and the situation at the parliament building.

there is lots of fine weather on the way in the week ahead. many will see skies like these, clouds thickening up, it might give the odd shower, unlikely because high pressure is holding things steady. it did so last week as well when we had at hot weather. this week is back to average temperatures. the difference is where the high is sitting. last week it was over the continent with airfrom africa when week it was over the continent with air from africa when its this week the high is across the atlantic, hence the return to average temperatures. the core of the heat across the centre of europe now.

into tuesday morning, turning quite fresh in some spots. some showers on a north—westerly breeze for northern scotland. perhaps dipping as low as of five celsius in rural parts of wales. tuesday starts dry with plenty of sunshine mainly, showers for northern scotland, on and off throughout the day. sunny spells else we are, later breeze on monday. up else we are, later breeze on monday. up to 21 celsius further south. great looking forecast for the first week's play at wimbledon. certainly for tuesday, perhaps patchy cloud as the day goes on but dry study. temperatures up to 21 celsius. high pressure still here on wednesday, lots of dry weather, patchy cloud developing. the cloud are slightly more solid for northern scotland, breeze a little lighter. temperatures to the south just

increasing one or two celsius. for the latter part of the weekly forecast changes for the northern half of the country. the high hangs on for the south but thursday we see rain in scotland, heavy for a time. the front goes southwards into friday and bringing a more northerly breeze. still lots of fine weather for the latter part of the week but feeling cooler. the wettest day is thursday across scotland, across england and wales we will see very little rainfall, more sunshine to come. just feeling cooler on friday.

this is beyond 100 days. with mejon sopel in washington, david eades is in london. 0ur breaking story on today's programme: police in hong kong retake control of the parliament building, hours after protesters forced their way into the central chamber. crowds used metal poles to smash their way into the building. 0ur correspondent was there. graffiti daubed on this particular desk, you've got a computer screen that's been ripped up there, some papers that have been removed. there's been unrest in hong kong for several weeks, and protests involving hundreds of thousands over a controversial extradition law. but today's demonstrations

are different. this situation is out of control and it is very dangerous here. both of the protesters and the security guards and the police. police have evicted protesters who earlier stormed and ransacked hong kong's parliament. activists had occupied the legislative council building for hours after breaking away from a protest on the anniversary of hong kong's transfer of sovereignty to china from britain. their dissent took the form of maximum disruption and destruction. emblems grafittied, furniture smashed, political portraits torn from the walls. the police responded in kind, charging towards the building after warning protesters to clear it. rupert wingfield hayes reports.

exactly 22 years after china took control, the use of hong kong vented their fury today attempting to smash their fury today attempting to smash their way into the territory cosmic parliament. a few hundred metres away the great and the good were singing the chinese national anthem. they couldn't have looked more out of touch with the anger on the streets. you can see these more radical activists, they have broken through the window of the legco building, they have managed to smash through this toughened glass. they are trying to get inside the building now. inside the riot police held back, apparently under orders not to stop them. meanwhile across town, hundreds of thousands of other hong kongers were on the march, in a second huge anti—government protest. this one completely peaceful, but even here, there was sympathy for those besieging par.

—— besieging parliament. i understand what they are doing and i thank them for taking the risk to go to jail, and try to stop the government from handing over all the lives of hong kong people to ccp. what must the chinese communist government be thinking as it watches these images? and how long will it be, before mainland chinese troops are on the streets of hong kong? that is the last thing we want to see. if that happens, that could really spell the death of one country two systems, to the international community. that is why it is very important to safeguard the integrity of our police, to ensure that the police can maintain law and order. but as evening arrived the assault on parliament intensified, the police nowhere to be seen. now they are trying to smash their way through the steel shutter, and the crowd here every so often

they start shouting, keep going, what is the point of this? we only know peaceful protest, it is not useful any more, at this moment. so, you can say it's drawing attention or make some noise to make people know what happens here. and let more people know the government is not listening to our peaceful protest. eventually the steel shutters began to give way, the protestors poured inside. inside the chamber, they raised the old british colonial flag. 22 years after china took control here, hong kong is in chaos. nothing has been seen like this before, and no—one is sure how this will now end.

at midnight, the riot police finally made their move. storming back in to the parliament building in overwhelming force, firing tear gas as they went. the operation to clear the streets is still under way. but already voices in hong kong's democratic opposition are saying the storming and trashing of the parliament is a huge mistake. earlier we spoke to our correspodent nick beake who managed to gain access to the building. you wonder where to start, it has been an extraordinary day. you wonder where to start, it has been an extraordinary daym you wonder where to start, it has been an extraordinary day. it has, and this of course is the chamber, this is normally whether politicians have their say, today the only voice was that of the protesters, they we re was that of the protesters, they were completely in control. they rushed into this place, they overran it. let's look at what they left

behind. you have some food here, some of that is still warm. they we re some of that is still warm. they were obviously setting up camp. helmets, an umbrella, this is interesting symbol, this has been used of the past few days during the protests as a way of hiding their identity from the police, also it was raining today so it serves that purpose, but also the officers were setting spray toward some of the protesters and so it meant they were able to take shelter from them. let's wander down into the main chamber, because this is the route the protesters would have taken earlier today in those extraordinary moments. they headed straight for the main wall here, and symbolically the main wall here, and symbolically the symbol of hong kong has been defaced, the black graffiti sprayed defacing it, also the pictures, the portraits of some of the politicians who have to try and pick up the pieces now, have to deal with this mess. you have the commissioner of

police on the left, carrie lam next to him, she is the chief executive we have been hearing so much about, someone who is really attracted so much criticism in the last few weeks. he took about provoking a confrontation, the police were saying clear parliament otherwise there will be appropriate force used. is your impression that quite simply they heeded the warning. used. is your impression that quite simply they heeded the warningm is interesting, because the way this whole protest movement has been set up whole protest movement has been set up is being painted as a democratic movement, that is to say there are no defined leaders who have light speakers and make announcements and people move. you look at people here today, many teenagers, in their early 20s, at some point they are glued to their phones like teenagers the world over, the reason they are glued is that is how they get instructions about what happens next. we have seen people move in seconds from one place to another because they have gotten an instruction in social media, in

particular telegram, that has been the chosen vehicle for people to try and carry out this process today. that is difficult for the authorities in the coming days and weeks because who do they try and blame? could they make an example of? at the moment it seems the protesters have slipped away into the night. there was the prospect of a showdown with the police who belatedly came in, but we understand that the moment i have been no arrests as a direct result of this incredible storming of this assembly building. nick, i'm watching the pictures live from hong kong and i'm still slightly incredulous that you are being given the access after the event when this demonstration has ended. can you describe for us what the security system is like del webb's security situation is like now? a short time ago there were great numbers of police officers who moved in with full riot gear. that was a huge contrast from what we had seen during the day. we were getting

whispers that there were lots of riot police round the corner primed for action, but they never arrived. when i arrived about midday, some 1a hours ago, i saw these protesters making their way to the entrances to this building, armed with projectiles, metal railings, poles, anything they could use, and they started smashing the glass, and i thought this is it, they have gone too far, it is only a matter of time before the police come in. they did not. they held back. and so you saw protesters running amok, able to come here. and you are right, we have not been challenged, a few police officers asked what we were doing, we politely showed our id and it seems we are free to do this. it seems that authorities having been accused of being heavy—handed a few weeks ago, accusations of police brutality on the 12th ofjune, that may be resonated here and so a decision has been taken it would seem at the highest level, possibly

in concert with beijing, to really stand back. you wonder whether now there will be a pr offensive by the politicians, by the police, saying this is what happens, there is nothing we could do, we did not want to go in heavy—handed, we stood back, look at what the protesters have done to your parliament. and we will see what hong kong people make of this. many of the youth are angry, they are squarely behind what has become a movement. whether the more conservative older generation are repulsed by what they have seen or whether they quietly endorse what has happened today, they may not agree with the violence that has been shown but it could be they to share the sentiment in the direction of this protest movement. nick, there has been a sharp change in direction from what we have seen of the last few hours. joining me now to discuss the events in hong kong is our reporter laura westbrook. you've just had two weeks there following the massive demonstrations. by and large,

peaceful. from what nick was saying there, how do you think a lot of those people, what, 2 million coming out to demonstrate peacefully are going to make of a relative handful tearing the legco apart?|j going to make of a relative handful tearing the legco apart? i think you are tearing the legco apart? i think you a re really tearing the legco apart? i think you are really seeing a new level of anger and violence today. i have been there for two weeks and people have been speaking to me saying they feel incredible frustration against the government but also particularly carrie lam. she has not been seen in public the ten days. they have been protesting peacefully, the biggest protesting peacefully, the biggest protest in hong kong cosmic history, on the sunday when i was there. one protester said we have protested peacefully, we protested, 25% of hong kong cosmic population, still the government does not listen to us, carrie lam is ignoring our demands, and i think tonight we saw this explosion of anger and frustration amongst especially the young people of hong kong who are saying you need to listen to us and

we will go to this level of violence to make you listen. but it will be interesting to see, as nick said, how the wider population in hong kong is going to view this because hong kong has been called the city of protest. it has always been very proud to wear peaceful protest, and to see young people and demonstrators break into the parliament is really unprecedented. looking at the level of graffiti and destruction that has been going on in their is going to surprise i think a lot of people in hong kong. we heard the message there, more oil, more oil, let's push this through. they have other slogans that help us think what they are thinking. one of the other slogans that has emerged from these protests is, be like water. it comes from the bruce lee, who said beat water, my friend. and it shows us what they have learned from the last protests

in 2014 where they occupied the central thorough fire in hong kong for 79 days. this time they are more fluid, more spontaneous, it makes them more unpredictable. and tonight we saw these protesters expecting the police to come in, they were prepared, they had goggles, helmets, and when the police finally cleared them, they seemed to retreat, so they were like water, they retreated to fight another day. laura, good to talk to you. i know you know it hong kong extremely well. a politician said you should neverjudge a demonstration by the number of people on the streets but the number of people who stayed behind at home and haven't gone out. what level of u nrest and haven't gone out. what level of unrest would you say there is amongst ordinary hong kong people, not the people who are out there with their goggles and a fraction?” think when you look at the protest where we saw 2 million people take

to the streets, what struck me as someone who is from hong kong i have never seen that many people protest in hong kong in my life. and we saw the level of support for people who are against this bill, we saw people, housewives, lawyers, isawa group of 40 people using wheelchairs taking to the streets. everyone i spoke to said, we are worried that if the lawyers passed how it would affect me. and i think what is happening especially with young people is they see 2047 is coming up quickly, it is 28 years away, and they are worried about hong kong cosmic way of life and how it is changing, and that they are determined to protect the freedoms that hong kong has under one country, two systems. whether the same amount of people who are on the streets back then are supporting the actions of these protesters tonight, that remains to be seen. but the level of support people have across

all sections of hong kong society and all ages against this bill, that is still very much there. that gives me the obvious follow—up question, what is your assessment of how far people are going to be prepared to push this when they know there is every possibility of a repressive crackdown? one thing i think we are seeing is that people in hong kong we re very seeing is that people in hong kong were very much prepared for a violent crackdown. they had helmets, goggles, they were wrapping themselves in clingfilm. they have been tear gassed before and they we re been tear gassed before and they were not afraid to be tear gassed again. it also must be said that a lot of the people who went into legco, they are facing, if this is a riot, they are ten years in prison. a lot of people have been saying they are risking their future for hong kong. and against this bill.

which, for young people in hong kong, who the impression we get is studious people, they are quite quiet, for them to risk theirfuture is like this i think it gives you a sense of the anger and frustration on the streets of hong kong. a lot of them saying this is an existential moment for them. laura, thank you. this is beyond one hundred days. still to come, we look at what might happen as police elect protesters who earlier stormed the region cosmic parliament. —— region cosmic parliament. from today all mobile phone customers will be able to switch provider by sending a free text message. the regulator, 0fcom, has introduced the new system after a survey suggested that nearly a third of customers found it difficult to change their contract. i have a customer and store looking to switch, is it possible to get a

packed code please? this is what you used to have to do to switch your network. and it is the moment lots of providers piled the to keep you. it is even harder if you're trying to make the call yourself. all the contracts, you're frightened what you're gonna get into. when i get into the shop they say you have to ring up, and when i ring up they say don't you have a local shop? you go round in circles. it takes time, sometimes. texting is easier and quicker. so from today customers wanting to switch and hang onto their mobile phone number need to text the letters pac to the number 65075. within one minute you're replied it will reply to you giving you your authorisation code. you can then pass that onto a new provider and they will sort out the switch for you. the regulator says they will find any company who does not

comply. we have given companies quite long while to actually get their systems in place because we know it is really important these systems work seamlessly for consumers and they get it right first time. so there is no excuse for them not to be ready to implement these new rules in full. 0nce implement these new rules in full. once a contract has expired, companies have also been banned from continuing to charge during a notice period. over 5096 of people over the last five years have chosen not to switch networks, not because they did not want to save money, previously it has taken up to a month and they've been paying up to two contracts as well. the hope is to encourage more of us to shop around for the deal. police in hong kong have regained control of the territoria's parliament after it was ransacked and occupied for several hours by protesters. the mainly young activists left the building up to

the police issued a warning that they would use force to evict them. a short while ago we spoke to former us defense secretary, william cohen, about today's unrest in hong kong. how significant are the protests we are seeing in hong kong, notjust for hong kong in the region but on a wide level? certainly on a wider level, look at tie one, the chinese government has offered the same policy for taiwanese as they have offered to hong kong. 0ne country, two systems. so what we have seen is china has gradually been trying to move much more an accelerated timeframe to restrict the liberties in hong kong, and that would be a message to the taiwanese as well. when you talk about one country two systems, you are really intruding upon the two systems and that will make it much more difficult for them to sell that proposition to the taiwanese. i think that has a very

significant impact. i thought there was an interesting piece of observation that steve made when he said, up until donald trump left to go back from asia, as it was at the weekend, following his visit, president xie jun peng weekend, following his visit, president xiejun peng may have felt he had to act with one hand behind is backed because he did not want to incur the wrath of america is a highly sensitive time. but donald trump is no longer in the region, we will do what we like! there is also the notion that president trump does not really care about what is taking place in hong kong. he does not really show any care about what is taking place in western china, so i'm not sure that president she has to worry about that. but i think it is clear he is not going to accept this sort of activity on a broader scale. in the future. but again, president trump does not seem to ca re president trump does not seem to care about promoting human rights or any concern for them. this is a

problem, chris patten the last governor of hong kong said earlier in the day that the british government isn't doing enough to protest to beijing, and there is a real concern that there is what he said a loss of honour from the west in terms of trying to stick to the sorts of promises that were made to the people of hong kong and indeed other parts of the world. is that a view you share? i think that is a legitimate comment. i have known chris in the past and i respect what he did when he was leading in hong kong. 0ne he did when he was leading in hong kong. one of the things that is a real concern when president putin for example said that liberal internationalism and level governments as such, liberal democracies are irrelevant today, they have lost their power. when president trump seems to indicate that he no longer shares the same values that we have had for years,

that unleashes governments around the world including china, including russia and elsewhere. that its order, its power, it is not law and order, its power, it is not law and order but more order, and then law. you mentioned steve. steve tsang is director of the soas china institute here in london and hejoined us a short while ago. i wonder what you make of what has been at the very least a very bold move by these younger activists, it would seem, to actually storm the legco building. it's really very uncharacteristic of hong kong but it may well be the new normal. you have some of the local activists, usually the very much younger generations, who are very frustrated and they are not really looking at the big picture, they just want to not really looking at the big picture, theyjust want to air their anger and... in that case, do you

think this was orchestrated, that they had a plan to get into the assembly itself, or simply, they had a plan to get into the assembly itself, orsimply, let's they had a plan to get into the assembly itself, or simply, let's be honest, there was not much resistance, they just kept honest, there was not much resistance, theyjust kept going?|j resistance, theyjust kept going?” think there was a plan to ram the glass panels of the legislative council building. i don't think there was anything beyond that. 0nce there was anything beyond that. 0nce the police inside the legislative council building left in the windows we re council building left in the windows were smashed, i think some of them just saw an opportunity and therefore they took over the legco building without any real planning. i think if they really had planned for it they would have put up some kind of resistance when the police tried to clear them away. steve from sew as. i want to bring you an update with the first day of wimbledon getting under way. the wimbledon championships are underway, with the men's top seed, novak djokovic, beginning his defence naomi 0saka was eliminated

in the first round — she won last year's us open. and venus williams was on court today — the 39 year—old has won wimbledon 5 times. today she was taking on cori gauff — the youngest player to ever qualify. she is 15 years old. she won 6—4, 6-4. and she is 15 years old. she won 6—4, 6—4. and to put this. just to put this in perspective — venus williams had won this tournament two times before cori gauff was born. england versus usa, semifinal tomorrow. it is, and i think it is important that we get the dress code right in the bureau in washington. which team do support when you come to work? 0bviously which team do support when you come to work? obviously we have a lot of americans here, a lot of british people as well. i think that people have to wear the right kit.”

people as well. i think that people have to wear the right kit. i like the way you feel. a dress code. and i like the way you kept your shirt from 1966, that is impressive. so england to win, give us the score. it's going to be... is going to be a fabulous day in the office because we have huge numbers of young americans supporting the usa women's tea m americans supporting the usa women's team who are formidably good. we obviously have a lot of people supporting the lionesses. i'm sure it will be good—humoured banter which may end up in a bar afterwards once all these programmes have come off air. 0bviously, once all these programmes have come off air. obviously, no drinking while broadcasting! might end up that way! quickly, it has sort of caught on in the uk. in the us it is really established already. football is hugely popular here, women's soccer is hugely popular here and there will be a lot of support

around the country, a lot of excitement, also interesting to see how donald trump reacts to it all. 0h, how donald trump reacts to it all. oh, yes. come on, england! that is a stand for 100 days. we will see you tomorrow. there is lots of fine weather on the way in the week ahead. many will see skies like these, clouds thickening up, it might give the odd shower, unlikely because high pressure is holding things steady. it did so last week as well when we had that hot weather.

this week is back to average temperatures. the difference is where the high is sitting. last week it was over the continent with air from africa when its this week the high is across the atlantic, hence the return to average temperatures. the core of the heat across the centre of europe now. into tuesday morning, turning quite fresh in some spots. some showers on a north—westerly breeze for northern scotland. perhaps dipping as low as of five celsius in rural parts of wales. tuesday starts dry with plenty of sunshine mainly, showers for northern scotland, on and off throughout the day. sunny spells elsewhere, lighter breeze on monday. up to 21 celsius further south. great looking forecast for the first week's play at wimbledon. certainly for tuesday,

perhaps patchy cloud as the day goes on but dry study. temperatures up to 21 celsius. high pressure still here on wednesday, lots of dry weather, patchy cloud developing. the clouds are slightly more solid for northern scotland, breeze a little lighter. temperatures to the south just increasing one or two celsius. up up to 23 in london. for the latter part of the weekly forecast changes for the northern half of the country. the high hangs on for the south but thursday we see rain in scotland, heavy for a time. the front goes southwards into friday and bringing a more northerly breeze. still lots of fine weather for the latter part of the week but feeling cooler. the wettest day is thursday across scotland, across england and wales we will see very little rainfall, more sunshine to come. just a cooler feel on

just a coolerfeel on friday.

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is 0utside source. it's been a day of violent protest in hong kong. todayis today is the 22nd anniversary of britain handed hong kong back to china. what started peaceful protest turned violent. we got into parliament not long after the protesters left. this is extraordinary to think that this is that normally beating heart of the democratic process here in hong kong. but it's completely defaced. out on the streets, the security forces fired tear gas and baton charged some of the tens of thousands of protestors. we would have life ongoing coverage of hong kong with bbc reporters and

a nalysts of hong kong with bbc reporters and analysts here in ten years