this is the briefing, i'm sally bundock. our top story: one person is critically ill, dozens are injured, after gangs of men dressed in white t—shirts attacked pro—democracy activists in hong kong. theresa may is to chair an emergency meeting of her ministers on how to respond to the seizure of a british ship by iran. seven months after a block from european governments,two charities have resumed migrant sea rch—and—rescue operations in the mediterannean. and how a curtain and some algae can convert as much carbon dioxide into oxygen as a tree, while taking up much less space.

a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. and you can be part of the conversation. tell us what you think about the stories we are covering, or what you are spotting where you are. just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. anti—government protesters in hong kong have been attacked by unidentified men wearing white t—shirts and wielding batons. social media from the region has been inundated by footage of groups of men charging at crowds in one of the city's railway stations. at least 30 people are believed to have been injured. the attacks allegedly took place as crowds were on their way home from the latest protest

rally in the city. joining me now is the bbc‘s celia hatton, who is in beijing. what are people saying where you are about this latest development? well, inside mainland china, those groups of men, as you said, who were dressed in white who attacked anti—government protests, many people are applauding them inside mainland china, saying that they are the heroes in white, they have been called on social media inside mainland china. and really thatjust reflects a sort of the anger inside china, in beijing, and the assertion that these anti—government protests in hong kong are being organised by

outside forces. in hong kong, many people have a much different view. they are trying to track down who exactly the men in white were. there area exactly the men in white were. there are a lot of assertions that this was a very well—organised group. many people are simply concluding that this was — these were hong kong triads, organised crime groups in hong kong, that were basically paid by those in favour of beijing to try to intimidate anti—government p rotesto rs. to intimidate anti—government protestors. so it really does show the divisions that are going on right now in hong kong. it does show the divisions, and again, those who are protesting against the authorities in hong kong and the extradition bill, et cetera, say that the security and the police did very little to help them in this situation. that's absolutely right. imean, many situation. that's absolutely right. i mean, many in hong kong are incredibly frustrated at the news from the hong kong police that they

went to the village that was closest to the subway station where this violence erupted between the group in white and anti—government p rotesto rs, in white and anti—government protestors, and the hong kong authorities apparently said they went to see what they could do and they couldn't find anybody with weapons, and so they haven't made any arrests. and there is a lot of frustration over that, because there really is the perception that this group is simply being allowed to get away with it, while anti—government protestors have been clashing with police, weekend after weekend. and so police, weekend after weekend. and so really it is thought that this simply isn't fair. and also, as well, many are looking at this from the outside and saying that actually the outside and saying that actually the authorities in hong kong are simply not in control of the situation. yes, and there is so much distress now. even if we went back ten yea rs distress now. even if we went back ten years ago, i think the hong kong police were really treated with a

lot more respect. it was really seen as kind of a police force that was really one of the best in the region. and now that seems to have really disintegrated. anti—government protestors, and even, you know, why do groups in hong kong, simply don't think of the police as being independent anymore. they think they are acting on behalf of the hong kong authorities, and those hong kong authorities, of course, are very closely connected with beijing. and so the perception that the police are there to protect the people of hong kong, that simply is really disintegrated by the day. thank you very much indeed. we have more detail online, as well, so do ta ke more detail online, as well, so do take a look. now let's move from hong kong to the uk. the government's emergency committee is going to meet to decide how to deal with the seizure of a british oil tanker by iran. the vessel was seized by the iranian revolutionary guard in the strait of hormuz on friday

after tehran said it was violating international maritime rules. the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, is expected to press for an international diplomatic response rather than immediate sanctions. andy moore reports. at anchor under a new flag, the iranian flag, these are the first pictures released by tehran of the tanker stena impero since it was seized and brought into iranian waters. it is 23 man international crew have been taken on shop. they are said to be safe and well. the ship's operators have made a formal request to visit them. the british registered ship was surrounded by iranian fast boats on friday. soldiers were helicoptered onto its decks, and it was taken over despite radio warnings from a british ship some distance away. iran said it was acting in retaliation for the

seizure of its tanker in gibraltar waters two weeks ago. it was alleged to have been carrying oil to syria in defiance of sanctions. last night, the foreign office said britain had talked to france and germany about the importance of safe passage for all ships through the straits of hormuz. the three countries stressed the need to avoid possible escalation. this morning, the emergency committee cobra will meet for the third time to discuss this crisis. but it will be chaired for the first time by the prime minister herself. later, the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, will go to the house of commons to tell mps what action britain intends to take. the uk has just what action britain intends to take. the uk hasjust one what action britain intends to take. the uk has just one warship what action britain intends to take. the uk hasjust one warship in what action britain intends to take. the uk has just one warship in the gulf at the moment, hms montrose. the us has many other assets. an international plan to protect british ships is said to be in

development. in the business briefing we will be looking at the impact all of this has on the price of oil, and the wider implications of that story. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news: wildfires are raging in central portugal, with strong winds spreading flames in the castelo branco region. it is close to an area of the country where more than 60 people were killed by wildfires two years ago. forecasters in the united states are warning of severe thunderstorms and flash—flooding as record temperatures finally begin to cool. six deaths have been reported and there has been widespread disruption across towns and cities as a result of the extreme heatwave, affecting millions of people from the midwest to the atlantic coast. japanese prime minister shinzo abe has declared victory in national elections, putting him on track to become the country's longest—serving leader. but mr abe's coalition party has fallen slightly short of the two—thirds majority needed for a mandate to revise japan's constitution.

it is going to be an eventful week in british politics. on tuesday, the governing conservative party will name its new leader, the result of a vote of party members. and on wednesday, this new leader, either borisjohnson orjeremy hunt, will replace theresa may as prime minister. both men promised to leave the european union by the end of october, the current deadline. david buik, market commentator at core spreads, joins me now. members of the conservative party who haven't already said what they wa nt who haven't already said what they want have until 5pm today, don't they, to cast their vote. good morning, sally, and yes, alli66,000 of them will have to make their mark to decide whether they want boris johnson orjeremy hunt to be the next prime minister. who is your money on? well, this is one of the

points i was going to make. if you look at the papers, it is no contest, and i think that is rather unkind, ina contest, and i think that is rather unkind, in a way, because even if borisjohnson wins by the landslide level which the papers are implying that he will, i think for editorials at this juncture to say it is boris, it is done and dusted, and these other people that are going to go, and these other people he will probably have as his home secretary, chancellor of the exchequer, i know you have to write a story, but i think an awful lot of people in the country, including myself, don't think this is the right of choosing a prime minister. just 166,000 conservatives choosing, and then you talk about why didn't borisjohnson come onto television. very clever, because he said if you want to hear what i have got to say, come to one of the 11 or 12 hustings i have had during the course of the last 12 month. nonetheless, it seems pretty clear, and i would be very surprised if by whatever it is, 6am tomorrow,

if by whatever it is, 6am tomorrow, if it isn't borisjohnson. but i just think that the fact that it seems to be a slamdunk before we actually know is a little bit unfair, i think. what do you think about the prospects for the uk leaving the european union at the end of october? because there is a lot of concern, and you've got two former prime ministers over the weekend, tony blair and gordon brown, warning about the consequences of that, if we were to bust out without a deal, that kind of thing. well, i am not a gung ho over—the—top type, and see which way the wind is blowing and hope for the best. we need to be very positive about this, because this has dragged on for three years. and that is what borisjohnson has on for three years. and that is what boris johnson has been on for three years. and that is what borisjohnson has been saying. on for three years. and that is what boris johnson has been saying. but you don't go outjust because it is the only thing to do and say we are out now, and we can negotiate. nothing as far as i know has changed. the numbers are the same. within westminster, do you mean? you will not get a no deal through the house of commons. there may be other legal ways of doing it but that is a

very unsatisfactory way of dealing with something which is supposed to be done by a democratic process. i am not suggesting brexit shouldn't happen. it should happen, buti think the numbers haven't changed and people need to realise this before making statements about when we might leave and how we might leave. david is back for our news briefing and there is more of that to discuss in the news briefing. it is all over the british press, as you would expect. we will talk more about that later. partial results suggest the party led by ukraine's new president, the comedian volodymyr zelensky, has won the most votes in the country's parliamentary elections. but it seems he has failed to gain an overall majority, and will need a coalition partner to form a government. mr zelensky called the snap vote after his plans for reform were blocked by mps. steve rosenberg reports from kiev.

well, there were celebrations here at the headquarters of president zelensky‘s party, servant of the people, when the exit poll results were announced. and that's because this party is way ahead of the rest. it's expected to get 44% of the party vote, that's well ahead, more than 30 percentage points ahead of its nearest rival, the opposition platform for life, which is a pro—moscow party. now, one thing is certain. there are going to be plenty of new faces in this new ukrainian parliament. none of the candidates from this party, servant of the people, have been an mp before. and why is that significant? well, i asked that question to the youngest man on the party list, the youngest candidate, who is just 23 years old. ukrainians aren't willing to trust the old elites, that have lied and tricked them so many times in the past. and they're willing to give us a chance to change the country for the better. we are coming from various walks

of life, but we have expertise in different areas, and we're trying to put it together to transform the country anew. well, we don't know the final make—up of the parliament, but president zelensky is going to hope this level of support for his party will help him to push through the kind of reforms he says he wants to carry out in ukraine. he says he wants to fight corruption and modernise the party. there are sceptics and he has critics who believe he is in the pocket of a powerful tycoon, igor kolomoisky. both the president and the businessman deny that. and for now, at least, it seems that ukrainians are keeping faith with the showman—turned—president, and hoping that he and his party will change ukraine for the better. two charities have announced they are resuming migrant sea rch—and—rescue missions in the mediterranean. operations were stopped seven months ago after their previous ship was denied permission to dock in italy. the decision to resume the missions comes as a result of worsening conditions for migrants from libya. leigh milner has more.

flying the norwegian flag and carrying a crew of 31, this is the new ocean viking. it belongs to the sos mediterranee and doctors without borders migrant rescue charities who have relaunched their operations of the coast of libya, fseven months after they were forced to abandon the last mission using their previous ship, aquarius. despite rescuing 30,000 migrants during its three years of operation, the aquarius faced strong opposition, particularly from italy and malta where it was refused entry last year, leaving the ship stranded at sea with hundreds of people on board, rescued from the water. it is hoped this year other neighbouring countries will be more welcoming. as we've seen in recent months, there continues to be no established solution for disembarkations

following rescues in the central mediterranean. we can only hope that states will make increasing efforts so we can quickly resolve the case of any rescues that we've conducted and ensure that the survivors are not stuck at sea for days or weeks, as has been the case other vessels. since 2017 the number of migrant journeys has drastically reduced, due to evidence made by italy and other eu countries to encourage libya to stop migrants crossing the mediterranean. but still, thousands often travel in poorly maintained and over—crowded vessels, and die. according to the international organisation for migration, at least a26 people have died so far this year trying to cross the mediterranean, in hope of a better life. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: all the sport, including shane lowry winning the open for the first time.

all that in a moment. mission control: you can see them coming down the ladder now. it's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. a catastrophic engine fire is being blamed tonight for the first crash in the 30 year history of concorde, the world's only supersonic airliner. it was one of the most vivid symbols of the violence and hatred that tore apart the state of yugoslavia. but now, a decade later, it's been painstakingly rebuilt and opens again today. there's been a 50% decrease in sperm quantity and an increase in malfunction of sperm unable to swim properly. thousands of households across the country are suspiciously quiet this lunchtime as children

bury their noses in the final instalment of harry potter. you are watching the briefing. our headlines: theresa may is to chair an emergency meeting of her ministers on how to respond to the seizure of a british ship by iran. one person's critically ill, dozens are injured after gangs of men dressed in white t—shirts attacked pro—democracy activists in hong kong. philippine president rodrigo duterte is due to give his annual state of the nation address in the next few hours which is expected to be dominated by his promises to tackle corruption, communist rebels, crime and drugs.

live now to our correspondent, howard johnson, in manila. tell us more about what is going to say. -- what he is going to say. i'm outside a duterte rally here, it is very noisy as you can hear, songs are being sung and he is going to make a benchmark speech where he puts forward the ideas of the nation in the years ahead. this is similar to the state opening of parliament, the state of the union address in america. what he will say today we are likely to hear him say, he will talk about his bill strategy, strategy to put more money into infrastructure projects to try and improve the economy. the economy has been stable over the last couple of yea rs, been stable over the last couple of years, currently a growth of around 6% invention is around 3%, which came down from about 7% loss just of the government has been keen to show that it the government has been keen to show

thatitis the government has been keen to show that it is getting in control of this inflation situation. we respect them to talk about the drug war, this time last year he told the audience of the drug war would continue as without this and is chilling as it had begun, let's not forget some 6600 people had been killed in this drug war since it started. that is bigger according to the philippine police force. you say you have a pro duterte group behind you, but what is the feeling across the philippines about how he runs the philippines about how he runs the country because as you say, his radical leader, a leader that is criticised —— that is criticised by human rights gives rather well? —— around the world. his got an approval rating of around 85%, we also seen that in mid—term elections, recently, he had a resounding big free, he is incredibly popular in the philippines just incredibly popular in the philippinesjust the international condemnation of his war on drugs which some 6600 people have died.

some people say they feel safe on the street because there is the fear of duterte and his police. there are also the liberal elite, the educator to say that they don't like the strategy, they feel that it is counter—productive in the long run and causes a lot of trauma in the community that is people have been killed. and we expect in today for him to confirm what he believes is a right and just drug war despite the united nations human rights council coming outjust united nations human rights council coming out just last united nations human rights council coming outjust last month saying they are going to investigate the drug war here. we will leave it for now but thank you very much, howard johnson in nella with a look ahead to president duterte's state of address taking place later. now it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello i'm tulsen tollett and this is your monday sport briefing where we start with the news that ireland's shane lowry won the open championship by six shots on sunday. the 32 year old finished on 15 under

par at royal portrush in northern ireland to claim his first major title — and becomes the fifth irishman to lift the claretjug holding off playing partner tommy fleetwood. it's not going to sink in for a couple of days, it's just incredible to be sitting here with the trophy in front of me, look at the names on it, it's just... in front of me, look at the names on it, it'sjust... ican‘t in front of me, look at the names on it, it'sjust... i can't believe it, ijust it, it'sjust... i can't believe it, i just couldn't believe that it, it'sjust... i can't believe it, ijust couldn't believe that it it, it'sjust... i can't believe it, i just couldn't believe that it was me. i couldn't believe it is happening and i thought about it all day but i didn't really let myself think about it until i had my tea on 17, as soon as i hit that tee shot and you couldn't lose a bore from there. —— a ball. new zealand stunned 11 time winners australia to win the gold medal match at the netball world cup in england. the silver ferns held on to win it byjust a single goal on a 52—51 scoreline to pull off a huge upset in liverpool.

it was the new zealander's fifth world title but their first since 2003 as they finally ended the diamonds' dominance. it's a bit of a dream to be honest, and so much of a fairytale but i'm really proud, and very overwhelmed and i'm not too sure about words that describe current currently feeling but immense pride and knowing that like normal, everyone has done a lot of work and fast to get to this space, but i don't know what to say. it's really amazing. much better news for australia in the cricket though as they retained the women's ashes against england. the one off test in taunton ended in a draw and england now trail 8—2 in the multi—format series, but could still draw it if they win all three 20—20 games, beginning in chelmsford on friday. reigning champion geraint thomas gained time on the overall leader julian alaphilippe in stage 15 of the tour de france. fellow brition simon yates won the stage — his second of the tour — finishing 33 seconds ahead of thibaut pinot, alaphillipe retains the yellowjersey — but thomas gained 27 seconds on him

as the frenchman struggled up the climb — with monday a rest day. british swimmer adam peaty will seek to better his world record performance in monday's 100 metre breaststroke final at the world championships in south korea. the 24—year—old became the first man to swim the event in under 57 seconds — breaking his own world record with a time of 56.88 seconds on sunday and can now focus on winning the final. the future of gareth bale could be settled this week after mounting speculation that the welshman would be on his way out of spanish giants real madrid. manager zinedine zidane confirmed the striker‘s departure saying, "it's nothing personal" after the 30 year old was left out of real‘s 3—1 pre—season defeat by bayern munich on the weekend. atlanta united beat dc united 2—0 in major league soccer but doing well on social media is a penalty miss byjosef martinez in the 72nd minute.

after a strange run up he manages to make a mess of it, but luckily for him he scored the second in stoppage time as his side took the win. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me tulsen tollett and the rest of the sport team, that is your monday sport briefing. stay with me on bbc news, i'll be back with the business briefing in just a few moments — we'll have more on. we're going to take a look at the oil markets which are being very, very sensitive about what is going on in the strait of hormuz at the moment, we will get some analysis on that, and we will look at the top business stories. stay with us, i will see you very soon.

the weekend did bring us a bit of much—needed rain for all parts of the country, through the week ahead, the country, through the week ahead, the main theme is going to be the rising heat so increasingly hot and humid through this week, there will be some rain around initially across the north—west of the uk and later in the week could sit under redone pots developing a little more by the. the reason for all the heat and humidity is high pressure setting out towards the east, drawing on the winds on the south and south—easterly direction and it is very hot across europe this week, in fa ct, very hot across europe this week, in fact, in paris we could see the temperatures as high as 42 celsius which would wreck the all—time temperature record which currently stands at a0 degrees in the french capital. sunday night with a cloud that has been rolling in, the frontal system from that that it

would just push questions in of uk, for monday morning that brings rain across northern parts of northern ireland, scotland and north—west england. at the south, it is addressed to the david murky and low cloud, particularly red western coast, you will keep the cloud and murkiness to the date but such and brea ks murkiness to the date but such and breaks out elsewhere. an improving story for northern ireland adult in england but that rain is just not visible sit across the western half of scotla nd visible sit across the western half of scotland will be quite heavy through the tables of to the south—east, you will have the highest impetus, 28 or even 29 degrees, that the north were looking at temperatures through the mid 20s. the monday we will lose the wet weather, it will linger north—west of scotla nd weather, it will linger north—west of scotland but mostly dry discharge of scotland but mostly dry discharge of tuesday morning, there are massive cloud again and this temperature sitting in the mid— teens. not quite as hot as it will be during tuesday and wednesday nights, during tuesday it is looking like the sunniest, dry stay of the week for many of us, we lost the rental, agent or suddenly breeze and it's going to feel particularly hot. a bit of famine the carpet in the sunshine, heights of up to 33 or 3a

degrees in the south—east, the high 20s further north. notjust hot by day but also evernote, if you are heading to bed at about 10pm on tuesday evening, for instance, these temperatures are still nearly 30 degrees at 10pm in the evening. with a hidden unity, thunderstorms possible as a work they were northwards on to wednesday. some uncertainty about the timing and positioning of any of those under storms, wednesday looks like another hotair, storms, wednesday looks like another hot air, temperatures in the 30s towards the south—east, those temperatures continue to build, 35 celsius possible in london on thursday, watch out, for some heavy and under downpours. goodbye.

leigh milner has more. this is the business briefing, i'm sally bundock. the price of oil heads higher as theresa may is set to hold an emergency meeting over the seizure of a british—flagged ship. and how a curtain and some algae can convert as much carbon dioxide into oxygen as a tree, while taking up much less space. and on financial markets, investors remain cautious at the start of a new week. it will be a busy one for corporate earnings. and of course, the pound sterling will be supersensitive.