i'm karishma vaswani, in hong kong. the chief executive, carrie lam has promised to take a hard line against the protestors who stormed and ransacked parliament. this is something that we should seriously condemn because nothing is more important than the rule of law in hong kong. police ended the eight—hour occupation, evicting hundreds of activists. but the damage remains. many in the opposition are starting to ask questions about the wisdom of these young protesters storming into this building. whether it was a victory of any sort or, in fact, it

has handed victory to the government. i'm kasia madera, in london. also in the programme: we have a special report from the amazon rainforest, where huge tracts of forests are being wiped out. this is happening all over the amazon to create new farmland and the result is that the great forest has never been under such pressure. this is bbc world news, it newsday. good morning. it's 7 am in hong kong, where chief executive, carrie lam, used a news conference in the small hours of the morning to condemn protesters who stormed the territory's parliament. she said they disregarded the rule of law. the protests coincided with the 22nd annivesary of the handover of power from the uk to china, and the growing discontent over a proposed law which would

make it easier to extradite people to china to stand trial. rupert wingfield hayes has the latest. exactly 22 years after china took control here, the youth of hong kong today vented their fury, attempting to smash their way into the territory‘s parliament. you can see these more radical activists, they have just broken through the window of the legco building here behind me. they've managed to smash through this toughened glass and they are now trying to get inside the legco building. inside, you can see there are large numbers of riot police. so far they have held back. the destruction continued but the police stood by, it looked very much like they had been ordered not to intervene. meanwhile, across town, hundreds of thousands of other hong kongers

were in another march, other hong kongers were on the march, in a second huge anti—government protest. this one was completely peaceful. but even here there was sympathy for those besieging parliament. i understand what they are doing and i thank you to 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. back outside parliament, the trashing continued. the police now nowhere to be seen. now they are trying to smash their way through the steel shutters. and the crowd every so often start shouting, "jiayou, jiayou" — means "add oil" — in other words, "keep going, keep going". what is the point of this? we only know peaceful protest is not useful any more, at this moment. so you can say it is drawing attention or make some noise

to let people know what happens here and let more people know the government is not listening to our peaceful protests. finally, the steel shutters gave way and the protesters poured in. inside, the trashing continued. in the chamber they raised the old british colonial flag. what must the chinese communist government in beijing be thinking as it watches these images? how long till there are mainland chinese troops on the streets of hong kong? outside, the police had now finally massed their forces and, at midnight, they struck with a huge barrage of teargas. the police had now suddenly lost their earlier timidity. i am now inside that legislative chamber and, as you can see, the place has been completely cleared of protesters. the police are now

firmly in control. you can still taste and smell teargas into the air here. as we have come into the building, we have seen an enormous amount of damage. this building has been badly trashed and you can see the graffiti on the wall behind me here. already tonight, many in the opposition are starting to ask questions about the wisdom of these young protesters storming into this building, whether it was really a victory of any sort or in fact it has handed a victory to the government. hong kong chief executive carrie lam has held an emergency press conference to condemn theviolence. nothing is more important than the rule of law in hong kong so i hope the community at large will agree with us that, with these violent acts that we have seen, it is right for us to condemn it and hope society will return to normal. this graffiti calls the government "dogs", another one says, "you

forced us to do this". hong kong is now more polarised than at any time since the handover. many are worried this now has gone too far but others are asking what has driven hong kong youth to such violence. since britain handed over hong kong to china in 1997 the territory has been governed under the principle of "one country, two systems". so what do these protests mean for that system ? our diplomatic correspondent, james landale reports. july 1997, the moment britain handed hong kong over to china. the last governor, chris patten, presiding over one final act of empire. a handover whose legacy is still being fought over on the streets of hong kong tonight.

it was back in 1984 that britain and china agreed a joint declaration that, in future, hong kong should retain some autonomy and freedom. so, after the handover in 1997, hong kong became a special region of china and the one country two system policy came into force. and that meant that, until 2047, when the declaration expires, hong kong should keep its free markets and independentjudges — at least in theory. frankly, the chinese have been breaking their word on thejoint declaration that they claim that it does not operate after 1997. the british government should make clear in the united nations, in europe, so long as we're there, and elsewhere that it does apply for 50 years after 1997 and we're going to be absolutely determined to make sure that china keeps its side the bargain. to make sure that china keeps its side of the bargain. the protesters who packed the streets in recent weeks

fear hong kong's independence is being threatened by a draft law making it easier for people to be extradited to china and they are looking to britain for support. the joint declaration does stand and i would urge the chinese government to make sure that it abides by the terms of that declaration. but as hong kong belieguered government marked the anniversary of the handover, beijing said it was extremely dissatisfied with britain. a foreign ministry spokesman said britain had no responsibility for hong kong and had no right to interfere in what was an internal affair for china. this protests pose a challenge for the government. ministers want to support democracy in britain's old colony, but they also want to keep good relations with china, whose investments they may need after brexit. and violence on the streets of hong kong makes both objectives harder. james landale, bbc news, at the foreign office. as you heard, lots of questions about exactly where this territory,

where hong kong goes next for a struggle for democracy. an annual march to commemorate the handover to china. in that march was dr man—kei tam, the director of amnesty international hong kong, about the violence building up in the latest protests. you have to understand the two group of people. the peaceful protesters and the small group of people using violence. one group and consistently having the same demand originally. the same demand towards carrie lam to withdraw the bill and investigate what has happened earlier in the protest about the use of excessive

force by the police and also ask carrie lam and the responsible official to step down so they are very consistent under their demands on both groups. but we are looking at the images of the parliament building completely trashed by these protesters. many in hong kong will be waking up and wondering whether these young people, these demonstrators, have actually harmed their objective more than help it?|j think this is unfortunate that a small group of protesters used violence to achieve their aim but this is definitely notjustifiable from amnesty‘s perspective but we have to understand where that anger comes from and, over the past few weeks, carrie lam has not responded to any of the requests of the

protesters. we a re to any of the requests of the protesters. we are talking about1 million, 2 million people who took to the streets in the past four weeks and she did not answer any of them. talking about the anger and frustration amongst many in hong kong and trying to explain how that led to the buildup of violence on monday. baiting is undoubtedly monitoring events in hong kong. let's have a look how this is seen in mainland china. china is allergic to displays of popular wheel, and even more so civil disobedience. it's big fear is contagion and with that in mind it has been doing everything it can to make sure that people here in mainland china know as little as

possible about what is going on. censorship has gone into overdrive. images of the protests are being blocked and even the term hong kong is being filtered on social media. that said, for now china will be happy to allow the hong kong authorities to deal with that. they would be relieved that police have restored order once again but make no mistake, beijing is watching very, very close. it is already defining this as an issue of sovereignty and warning foreign powers to back off. in response to comments from the british foreign secretary to safeguard hong kong's special status, a spokesperson want him to stop meddling. we advise the uk to know its place, they said. china very much watching what is happening in hong kong. this is a special edition live

from hong kong and london. still to come. . . from hong kong and london. still to come... we will hear from from hong kong and london. still to come... we will hearfrom our correspondent who was inside the legislative building in hong kong as of the protesters broke in. china marked its first day of rule in hong kong with a series of spectacular celebrations. a huge firework display was held in the former colony. the chinese president, jiang zemin, said unification was the start of a new era for hong kong. the world's first clone has been produced of an adult mammal. scientists in scotland have produced a sheep called dolly that was cloned in a laboratory using a cell of another sheep. for the first time in 20 years, russian and american spacecraft have docked in orbit at the start of a new era of cooperation in space.

challenger powered past the bishop rock lighthouse at almost 50 knots, shattering a record that had stood for 34 years. and there was no hiding the sheer elation of richard branson and his crew. hello, welcome to the special edition of newsday. i'm cozyn madeira in london, my colleagues in hong kong where carrie lam has condemned the protesters who stormed and ransacked parliament —— kasia madera. hundreds of activists occupied the legislative council for hours, spraying graffiti, defacing the territory's emblem and raising the old british colonial flag. we'll continue to montor events in hong kong but now lets take a moment to update you on some

of the day's other major stories. international inspectors have confirmed that iran has breached the 2015 nuclear deal. its stockpile of enriched uranium now exceeds agreed limits. the united nations has called on tehran to stick to its commitments. but iran says the us abandoned the deal last year. also making news today, the latest attempt by european union leaders to agree on who should fill the bloc‘s main posts has ended in failure. they'll try again in brussels. a number of key roles are up for grabs including the post of european commision president. southern japan has been hit by a torrential downpour that brought 1a inches of rain in just 2a hours, triggering landslides and road closures. according to local media, kagoshima prefecture and other areas have been given evacuation advisories that affect over 1.2 million people. american celebrity, kim kardashian, says she will rename her ‘kimono'

underwear line after being criticised for cultural appropriation. many japanese felt offended by the brand name, as the ‘kimono' refers to the traditional garment with hundreds of years of history. the wimbledon tennis tournament is under way and 15—year—old cori guaff has caused a major shock by beating former champion venus williams. the american teenager beat her 39—year—old opponent in straight sets. elsewhere, the number two seed in the women's draw, japan's naomi osaka has also been knocked out. now to a deeply worrying statistic. every 60 seconds, an area the size of a football pitch of the amazon rainforest in brazil, is being cut down. there's been an aggressive increase in deforestation since the election of president bolsonaro injanuary, according to officials there. our science editor david shukman travelled to the amazon

and sent this report. the rich greens of the most vibrant habitat on earth. the billions of trees store so much carbon, they help to slow down global warming. they are also home to an amazing tenth of all species in the natural world, some unnerving... others adorable. but the sight of bare earth and dead trunks is becoming more common, with huge tracts of forest wiped out. my footsteps and distant bird song are the only sounds. it's tragic to see this close up. over the decades, field by field, many trees have made way for agriculture, but that's set to speed up because of a massive push for development. the new president of brazil, jair bolsonaro, was elected on a promise to exploit the amazon. he's delighted his supporters

by saying too much of the forest is protected. his environment officials are deeply worried, but he has banned them from saying anything in public. you're trying to save the forest. so we have to meet this official in secret. his face hidden and voice changed, he says the government is trying to cover up the loss of the forest. and the scale of the deforestation he describes is "staggering". up here, at the top of this 50—metre high observation tower, the view is just phenomenal, out over what looks like a great ocean of green. this is the canopy of the largest rainforest in the world.

the problem is that more and more of it is being chopped down. it's hard to believe, but an area the size of a football pitch is being cleared every single minute. what that means is that forests that could cover more than 2,000 pitches is just vanishing every day, and all the signs are that this rate of devastation will accelerate. cattle are the biggest single reason the trees are cleared. they're grazing on land that used to be forest. brazilian beef is in big demand all over the world and the president's vision of expanding agriculture here has delighted the farmers, like this man who says other countries cut their forests down long ago. farming on an industrial scale has already reached the amazon, but the government wants to see more of it, and to weaken the laws protecting the forest. we asked to interview two ministers about this, but they both refused. a line often heard here is that only brazil can decide what do

with the forest, no—one else. but the fact is, the more trees are cut down, the more we lose one of the few things holding back the rise in global temperatures. so what happens here in the coming years matters far beyond brazil. david shuckman, bbc news, in the amazon. let's return now to our top story. scenes of damage this morning in hong kong's parliament after process does ransacked the building overnight. —— protesters. our reporter nick beake was on the scene at hong kong's parliament when police entered the building. here's some of his reporting after he made it inside. this is the place where thousands of protesters today took siege, putting up protesters today took siege, putting up barricades. you can see the graffiti on the wall. they were here, trying to break into different entrances. let's see if we can take you inside. let's go through here,

danny. this is a government building, normally it would be a highly secure area. it's been com pletely highly secure area. it's been completely trust. for instance, there, the whole place has been ripped apart —— trashed. if we go into one of these other entrances, this is where politicians, people who make the decisions in this city would be coming to work every day. and if wejust would be coming to work every day. and if we just take you inside, this is where some of the processes went through. —— protesters, the smell is still in the air, that is probably the teargas that was fired. come forward , the teargas that was fired. come forward, these are other members of the media having the same idea as us, trying to get through, just listening to the police. you can imagine at some point they will be making their way inside here. more graffiti, daubed on the wall, we are very much at the bottom of the building here. iwould very much at the bottom of the building here. i would assume the fa ct building here. i would assume the fact that you have so many numbers of officers here, the protesters

remain nearby. nick big managed to get inside, laura came back from hong kong. you literallyjust got off the plane. what do you make of what is happening now?|j off the plane. what do you make of what is happening now? i think what we saw on monday is an explosion of anger on the streets in hong kong, one picture i saw on social media that i think kind of sums up the mood, it's a policeman looking at a pillar of graffiti and it says we tried protesting, which i did peaceful protesting, and it didn't work. i think that sums up the fact that a lot of these young protesters have been saying they've taken to the streets numerous times peacefully, and they feel ignored by the government. they feel ignored by carrie lam, who has been out of the public eye for the past ten days and then appearing in this press conference at 4am in hong kong, and they feel ignored by her and they feel like she is ignoring the

demands of the processes which is to withdraw this bill. but whether the wider public in hong kong at eight protesters, support the level of violence which was seen today, really unprecedented, i've never seen a really unprecedented, i've never seen a level of violence like that since i've been reporting on hong kong, that really remains to be seen. kong, that really remains to be seen. it's interesting that you say carrie lam did a disappearing act for over a week, certainly she was back, she made the conference in the middle of the night. she criticised the protesters. she is really digging in here. she said quite crucially and quite repeatedly that hong kong was a lawful society, that it had a rule of law. i think that gives you an indication into what might come next which is that if these protests, and they are going to be characterised as rides, people face up to ten years in prison. so carrie lam very much telling the party line —— towing, but as rupert

was saying in his reports, what many hong kong as our waking up today to isa hong kong as our waking up today to is a city that is divided, a city thatis is a city that is divided, a city that is polarised, that there are two sides with intractable positions. carrie lam saying she suspended the bill and will not be withdrawing and the protesters saying they don't feel listened to by her and that they want this bill withdrawn. how do these two sides meet? i think many people in hong kong are going to be waking up and wrestling with what comes next for the city. laura, thank you so much for getting off that plane and coming straight into talk to us. thank you so much laura west rook literally back from hong kong —— westbrook. we are here in hong kong as the city wakes up to scenes of damage and devastation at the hong kong parliament, the legislative council building which is right behind me. that key question about where they go from here is, is

carrie lam right wrist and mark the rule of those something that is very much cherished in hong kong. have these protesters harm their objective more than they help that? these are the sort of challenges that hong kong faces as it comes to terms with unprecedented violence that we saw overnight. yes, it's incredible. and as laura was saying, laura, one of our reporters who was there for two weeks, this outpouring of violence, so much aggression as well, very different to the usual hong kong that people are waking up to now. yes indeed. it's something that i saw on the street yesterday, those two different camps, the gamble of large —— the larger group of peaceful people, but then this also group also trying to make its

voice heard, the anger and frustration spilling out onto the street. we'll have another special edition of newsday coming up so please stay with us on bbc news. hello again, our weather is pretty quiet to be honest. for many of us it's going to stay dry with spells of sunshine. in dry with spells of sunshine. europe, cooler atlanti( meeting in europe, cooler atlanticare is meeting the extreme heatwave. there isa meeting the extreme heatwave. there is a risk of damaging winds, flash flooding, but we also have some thicker cloud working into scotland and northern rail and at the moment and northern rail and at the moment and that will continue to be the focus of a few showers in northern scotla nd focus of a few showers in northern scotland over the next few hours. otherwise, if you heading outside in the next hour or two, it is most likely to be dry and most temperatures between 9— 12 degrees. tuesday's weather picture, we will

have the showers continue across northern scotland, not as many as we had on monday, so more of us will have dry weather. i can't even they had there will be some sunshine in eastern scotland and england and wales. a day similar to monday and that there should be some sunshine around, staying dry. temperatures in the high teens to low 20s, the exceptions of that is the northern isles were temperatures are still a little on the cool side. it's another dry day at wimbledon and again there should be some spells of sunshine coming and going through the day, really. in the middle part of the week, our high pressure is still firmly in charge of our weather and that means more on the way of dry weather. there could be a few showers sneaking in across scotla nd few showers sneaking in across scotland where there would be a bit of cloud. but the more broken cloud there is the more sunshine there will be. temperatures similar,

really, 18—22, still a little cool up really, 18—22, still a little cool up north with just 12. really, 18—22, still a little cool up north withjust12. the really, 18—22, still a little cool up north with just 12. the area really, 18—22, still a little cool up north withjust12. the area of moves further west, that allows some rain to come into scotland, when scotla nd rain to come into scotland, when scotland gets wet, for england and wales gets a bit warmer with the winds coming a little further southwards around this high pressure and then across england and wales, boosting the temperatures here. rain in scotland is likely to be notjust heavy, but pretty persistent, lasting for most of the day with those totals in the highlands. could get a bit of rain in northern ireland, that is a bit of an uncertainty there, it gets warmer than 25 celsius on thursday in london, similar conditions on friday, we see a lot of fine weather as we head into the weekend. that's your weather.

i'm kasia madera with bbc news. our top story: hong kong's chief executive, carrie lam, has condemned protestors who stormed the parliament building. pro—democracy activists forced their way into the legislative council, occupying it for several hours. they're angry at plans to allow extradition to mainland china. mrs lam said their behaviour was unacceptable. there are calls for iran to reverse its decision to breach the limit on its stockpile of enriched uranium, set under the 2015 nuclear deal. the us says it will continue its policy of exerting maximum pressure on tehran. and this video is trending on bbc.com... fifteen—year—old cori gauff has caused a major shock at wimbledon by beating former champion, venus williams. the american teenager beat her opponent in straight sets. congratulations to her. by buy from me.