welcome to newsday on bbc. i'm rico hizon, in singapore. the headlines: questions for hong kong's authorities and the police, after a brutal attack on pro—democracy protestors by masked men. who will become britain's next prime minister? the winner of the conservative party contest will be announced on tuesday. i'm ben bland, in london. also in the programme: the first images of the captured crew on the british—registered oil tanker, as the uk issues a warning to iran.

if iran continues on this dangerous path, they must accept the price will be a larger western military presence in their waters along the coastline. and blast—off for india's mission to the moon. scientists hope they'll be the first to explore the lunar south pole. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news — it's newsday. good morning. it's 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7:00 in the morning in hong kong where the authorities have defended the police, after groups of pro—democracy protesters were attacked by gangs of masked men at a train station. 45 people were injured in the incident, which happened after a rally in the centre of the city. opposition politicians have accused

police of being suspiciously slow to arrive at the scene. you may find some of the pictures in stephen mcdonell‘s report upsetting. gangs were waiting when pro—democracy activists arrived. their attack was brutal. using home—made weapons, they set upon individual protesters. one of those at the train station was this man.

when police did arrive, the injured were many and today a spokeswoman for the local station faced an angry crowd. they accused officers of collusion with gang members. passions are running high here today. the police are trying to explain to this community that they still have their best interests at heart and yet many who have come along are not happy with the explanation, that the reason officers were not at the mtr last night was because of "security concerns". eyewitnesses say hong kong's underworld is being mobilised to crush the pro—democracy movement. we do have a lot of, a growing number of gangsters in the area, and they were not unfamiliarfigures. they are in fact... we know them. we know them, 0k. they live with us. hong kong's leader

is under pressure. carrie lam said she was shocked. she called on police to apprehend those involved, and there have been some arrests. but protesters are still planning to march to the scene of these most recent clashes in the coming days. stephen mcdonell, bbc news, hong kong. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. president trump has met pakistan's prime minister, imran khan, at the white house. talks were expected to be dominated by the afghan conflict. the trump administration has taken a hard line with pakistan, accusing it of supporting militants. but the prime minister insists that no one wants a solution to the problem more than islamabad. what we want is understanding between the two countries. i can assure president trump that, whatever we will be saying, we will be straight with them. they will never be any question of any doubt of pakistan's intent because, apart

from afghanistan, the country that wa nts pea ce from afghanistan, the country that wants peace in afghanistan than any other country is pakistan. also making news today: us national security adviser, john bolton, has met diplomatic and security officials on his visit to tokyo. he's aiming to gather global support for the us‘s push to build a multinationalforce to police the strait of hormuz. tensions in the region have increased, with iran seizing a british tanker. israeli security forces have begun knocking down a cluster of palestinian homes on the edge of eastjerusalem. israel claims the buildings are illegal as they are built too close to the separation barrier in the occupied west bank. palestinian residents claim that they have a right to live there and the demolition is an attempted land grab by the israelis. prosecutors in the us say the footballer, cristiano ronaldo, won't face rape charges in the state of nevada. the portuguese star had strenuously denied raping a woman in a las vegas hotel room, ten years ago. an investigation into the case was reopened last year,

but the authorities say there isn't enough evidence to prove the claims beyond reasonable doubt. in the phillippines, maria ressa, the editor of the online site, rappler, and critic of president rodrigo duterte will appear in court on tuesday charged with cyber libel. her website has reported extensively on president duterte's anti—drugs crackdown that left thousands of people dead. the number of people killed in severe flooding in parts of india, nepal and bangladesh rose to more than 300 on monday. that's despite the heavy rains starting to ease. floods swamped parts of eastern india more than a week ago. the authorities say 102 people have died in bihar state alone. in bangladesh, at least 700,000 people have been displaced. thousands of canadian salmon are going to be airlifted to safety after getting trapped by a landslide. the fish in the fraser river in british columbia are unable to swim upstream to spawn.

rescuers are going to fly the fish by helicopter to a spot on the other side of the rockfall. maria ressa, the editor of the philippines news website, rappler and critic of president duterte will appear in court on later charged with cyber libel. live now to manila and our correspondent, howard johnson. 0ver over the past couple of years maria ressa has been tried, arrested, what can we expect from this court room trial today? can we expect from this court room trialtoday? good morning. from the first day of hearings on this trial outside city hall in manila, maria ressa has been arrested twice and has 11 charges against and rappler. she has posted bail eight times. she

will not be here today but her lawyers representing her. this case goes back to 2012 when a businessman had an article written about him alleging he was involved with drugs and human trafficking, also he had relationships with the supreme court chiefjustice at the time and these are allegations here refutes. this case was brought against rappler into thousand 17, some five years after that article was published. the rappler team says this is spurious timing. and that they have been harsh on president duterte's warren drugs. they allege this is a political case tried to silence them. they have seen other cases of tax evasion and allegations of ownership by foreigners, something

thatis ownership by foreigners, something that is illegal here in this country. maria ressa has a high—profile lawyer in her defence team, amal clooney, what doesn't her involvement mean for this case? amal clooney and her l'enfant will represent maria ressa under the international stage. they will support the team here in manila. that means this will raise the profile of this story. if amal clooney visits the country there will be a media scramble here. a lot of to—ing and fro—ing from the government. a spokesperson for president duterte says he is excited to debate with amal clooney and said

she is as sexy and beautiful woman, which is not a place in with the criticism of the government which can sometimes be seen as disrespect to women. what is the current state of press freedom in the philippines? is it still increasingly a host cell environment for reporters to operate in? that/ hostile. there is our hostile environment, death threats levelled against reporters and the government has come out with a matrix which alleges that members of the local media were plotting to oust the president so critical reporting of the philippines and the government is not seen as something thatis government is not seen as something that is favourable by this government and they will come out and try to undermine you. police in the last week have gone around, putting charges against the

opposition for what they allege is another attempt to oust president duterte. there is definitely an environment of hostility towards journalists. voting has now closed in the conservative leadership contest. the new party leader and next british prime minister will be announced on tuesday. the overwhelming favourite to succeed theresa may is borisjohnson. if he wins, he is expected to make a short speech on the steps of downing street on wednesday afternoon after visiting the queen. 0ur political correspondent, nick eardley, outlined how things may play out over the next couple of very busy days. probably around midday, uk time, we will find out exactly what the result of the conservative leadership race has been. as you say, the firm favourite is boris johnson. it is very hard to find

anyone in westminster who does not think he's going to be the next in downing street. after that announcement is made, there is a strange 25. theresa may stays as prime minister. she will do her final prime minister ‘s question on wednesday and then the final process of switching the government starts. she will go to the palace, tell the queen she is standing down and then borisjohnson orjeremy queen she is standing down and then boris johnson orjeremy hunt queen she is standing down and then borisjohnson orjeremy hunt will go and have a quick chat with the queen and have a quick chat with the queen and come back to downing street and give us more of an idea about exactly what they want to do with the keys to the uk government. after that process it is all about putting a government together and all the expectation is that, if it is boris johnson, he will want to make some big changes at the top for the simple reason that he is taking a different cost of the resonate when it comes to brexit. he's putting a fibre flag up saying uk is going to leave at the end of october no

matter what. a warning to brussels. he thinks they need to get real when it comes to renegotiating, particularly on the issue of the irish backstop but also saying to people in the uk i am not going to delay this anymore, we get out at the end of october no matter what. what does theresa may do after these? she will stay as an mp. she will probably go after her constituency for a days and relax. she has had some mps overfor a farewell party, drinking white wine into the garden saying goodbye to her. she will take some time to reflect about what happened. a recess here starts on thursday. come set but she will be back in parliament, making the case for political compromise. we have not

seen political compromise. we have not seen the last of theresa may yet. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: splashing out on their wedding snaps — we'll hear from some indian newly weds whose photoshoot went viral. also on the programme: blast off for india's most ambitious space mission so far, aiming to become the fourth nation to land on the moon. 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. welcome back, everyone. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm ben bland in london. our top stories: authorities in hong kong have defended the police, after groups of pro—democracy protesters were attacked by gangs of masked men at a train station. voting closes in the conservative leadership contest. britain's next prime minister

will be announced on tuesday. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. in the south china morning post the top story is the violence in hong kong. it shows a picture of empty streets in the yuen long area where the paper reports shops are shutting early because of fears of further unrest following sunday's attacks in the train station. and the english language version of china's xinhua is also looking at events in hong kong, but it's focussing on the defacing of china's liaison office. the newspaper quotes a government spokesman as saying the challenge by protesters against the central government was intolerable. finally, the philippine star is reporting on president duterte's fourth state of the union address, running with the headline that the president — only halfway through his six—year term — has vowed to see his time out

fighting the country's drug problem. those are the papers. the uk is seeking to put together a european led maritime mission to protect ships passing through the strait of hormuz after a british—flagged tanker was seized there by iran last week. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet reports. first images of the men seized at sea, the crew of the stena impero. indians, russians, a latvian, and a filipino. images released by iran. is this what life is like on board now, or is this just for show? a crew member is heard saying, "don't look at the camera". and this photograph looks a lot different, the crew in a corner and an iranian official in charge. iran's flag flies here now. this ship suddenly seized

on friday in a dramatic raid. iran's islamic revolutionary guards descending to the deck. a british frigate in the gulf was too far away that day to stop them. hms montrose will soon be joined by another warship at the end of this month. britain has now announced plans for a maritime protection force, led by europe. separate from the us's proposed force and its more aggressive approach to iran. in parliament today, the foreign secretary accused iran of state piracy. if iran continues on this dangerous path, they must accept the price will be a larger western military presence in the waters along their coastline, not because we wish to increase tensions, but simply because freedom of navigation is a principle which britain and its allies will always defend.

how did we get here? this chapter began in these far—away waters off the coast of gibraltar. iran accuses britain of piracy here. this tanker laden with iran's oil was seized by britain onjuly 11th for allegedly violating sanctions on sales to syria. iran warned there would be paid back. its top diplomat javad zrif took to twitter to accuse britain of colluding in what he called the us's economic terrorism, a reference to its crippling sanctions. today in tehran, an iranian spokesman had a clear message. translation: to all the countries calling on iran to release the tanker, we ask them to tell britain the same thing. but this crisis is bigger than boats. there is nothing wrong with providing better security for shipping in these straits but that doesn't necessarily get to the issue at hand. i think iran is feeling cornered and will do everything they can to lash out without provoking enough

that it causes a military response. it is hard to say what's next. britain's new prime minister may chart a different course in these troubled waters, moving closer to the us, but there will need to be a deal to free this ship and its crew. and everyone agrees there needs to be much wider talks. but iran says it will not be on board until sanctions are lifted, until they can move its oil through here in its own backyard. lyse doucet, bbc news. india has begun its most ambitious space mission to date. if the mission is successful, india will become the first nation to land on the south pole of the moon. the spacecraft has entered the earth's orbit, where it will stay for 23 days before it begins a series of manoeuvres that will take it into lunar orbit. rajini vaidya nathan reports. into the skies and off to the moon.

from a small island by the bay of bengal, india's space dreams soared to new heights. the unmanned lunar mission, chandrayaan—2, was launched successfully. there was relief at the control centre... ..and across the country. cheering. i'm really happy that india is launching chandrayaan—2. and i'm proud to be an indian. it is a huge opportunity for india to take this amongst the great countries that are leading in astronomy, like the us, russia, china. this mission‘s aiming to become the first to land on the unexplored lunar south pole, where it will search for water and collect more data about the moon. indian prime minister narendra modi says he hopes this launch

will encourage more young people to take an interest in scientific research and innovation. there's huge excitement here, but some question whether india should invest in the space race while millions live in poverty. but others point out that the budget for the current moon mission is far less than that of many hollywood blockbusters. india's hoping to send someone into space by the year 2022. but for now it's celebrating its latest blockbuster moment. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, delhi. newlyweds in some parts of india are shunning traditional hindu wedding photos in favour of exotic photoshoots in the hope that they'll go viral online. we've been speaking to one couple in the state of kerala.

you have been watching newsday. i'm ben bland in london. your photographs and videos go viral. i like them all. and i'm rico hizon in singapore. i think you are about the only one. and before we go, we'd like to leave you with these pictures. now it might bejuly, but these santas are already gearing up for the business end of their year. this is the 62nd world santa claus

congress in copenhagen which has attracted santas from as far as japan and el salvador. highlights of the four day event include include open—air performances, parties, and a santa obstacle course run. let's have christmas all year! i'm the heatwave is upon us, at least across a large chunk of the country, particularly central and eastern parts of england. 0n particularly central and eastern parts of england. on tuesday really could become quite oppressive as temperatures hit the mid—30s in some areas. now if you look at the satellite image you can see this huge clear area across europe. this is where the heat will be building over the next two or three days. and as you might expect, the heater is coming in from the south, from algeria, from morocco, spreading across spain, into france, and temperature records could tumble. now, thejuly temperature records could tumble. now, the july record, july, temperature records could tumble. now, thejuly record, july, for the uk, is 36 points seven, set in 2015, we may be approaching those values

come thursday. in the short term, the weather is fairly quiet out there, some rain in the north—west of scotland. some clouds in western and southern areas. a very warm in the morning. 17 degrees in cardiff, 16 the lowlands of scotland. 0nce some of that low cloud in the west and south clears away it's pretty much unbroken sunshine all through the day. strong sunshine beating down on us and raising those temperatures. think around about 3k degrees in london, 30 across northern parts of england. much fresher there in belfast, no heatwave, 22 celsius. then on tuesday night we've have thunderstorms on the way. probably quite widespread. some big downpours with frequent thunder and lightning. and this is what it looks like from leigh tudor into the early hours of wednesday, spreading widely into the uk -- wednesday, spreading widely into the uk —— late tuesday. behind it leaving a legacy of cloud. that means that wednesday may state ——

start off a little cloudy through samaris. we 12 areas temperatures may be a degree also lower. you probably won't notice much much of a difference. but 33, 3a, 35 is possible. our towards the west more likely mid or high 20s. and then on thursday that heat doesn't spread across europe. it will be peaking in france, in the uk, starting to read scandinavia as well. this history propels that northwards as well. london we could hit 36 degrees in central london on thursday. high 20s to 30 degrees across northern parts of england. it is just possible somewhere in the south—east, not necessarily london, we might hit 37 celsius. but it all depends on whether there will be any showers around or the cloud amounts. i'm sure most of us agree that a little too hot. that's it. bye—bye.

i'm ben bland with bbc world news.

our top story: authorities in hong kong have defended the police, after groups of pro—democracy protesters were attacked by gangs of masked men at a train station. forty—five people were injured in the attack. there has been widespread speculation that the attackers belonged to triads, also known as the chinese mafia. the first images of the captured crew on the british—registered oil tanker have been released. the uk says it wants to work with other european nations to help protect ships in the strait of hormuz. and this video is trending on bbc.com a french naval submarine, which disappeared in 1968 with 52 people on board, has been discovered off toulon, on the south coast of france. that's all. stay with bbc world news.