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 the waters along their coastline. and reaching for the moon — india hopes to be the first to land on the lunar south pole. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news — it's newsday. welcome to the programme. it's 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 8:00 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. forty—five 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. 0h, oh, sorry! rico, it's yourturn! smile for me. we are after the likes! always. we will go viral. we need a waterfall or some kind of fa ke need a waterfall or some kind of fake rain. actually, we really do need rain in london with the heatwave. you have been watching newsday. i'm ben bland in london. and i'm rico hizon in singapore. stay with us. coming up — south asia's harmonious co—existence. india's millennials are changing the regions's traditional concept of a home. we'll see why flatsharing is when police did arrive, becoming a billion dollar industry. the injured were many and today a spokeswoman for the local station faced an angry crowd.

they accused officers and before we go, we'd like to leave of collusion with gang members. you with these pictures. passions are running now, it might bejuly, but these santas are already gearing high here today. up for the business end of their year. this is the 62nd world santa claus the police are trying congress in copenhagen which has to explain to this community attracted santas from as far that they still have their best interests at heart and yet many as japan and el salvador. highlights of the four day event who have come along are not happy include include open—air with the explanation, performances, parties, 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. and a santa obstacle course run. we will see you soon. goodbye now. we do have a lot of, the heatwave is upon us, a growing number of gangsters in the area, and they were not at least across a large chunk of the country, particularly central unfamiliarfigures. and eastern parts of england. they are in fact... and tuesday really could become quite oppressive as temperatures hit we know them. the mid—30s in some areas. now, if we look at the satellite they live with us. 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, hong kong's leader the heat‘s coming in from the south, is under pressure. carrie lam said she was shocked. from algeria, from morocco, spreading across spain, she called on police into france, and temperature to apprehend those involved, records could tumble. and there have been some arrests. now, the july record,

but protesters are still planning to march to the scene of these most recent clashes in the coming days. july for the uk, is 36.7, stephen mcdonell, bbc news, hong kong. set in 2015. 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 we may be approaching those values come thursday. a hard line with pakistan, in the short term, the weather's accusing it of supporting militants. fairly quiet out there. some rain in the north—west of scotland. but the prime minister insists that some clouds in western and southern areas. no one wants a solution but very warm in the morning. to the problem more than islamabad. 17 degrees there in cardiff, 16 the lowlands of scotland. and once some of that low cloud and what we want is understanding in the west and the south clears between the two countries. away it's pretty much unbroken sunshine all through the day. strong sunshine beating i can assure president trump that down on us and raising those temperatures, too. whatever we will be saying, we think around about 3k degrees in london, 30 across northern we will be straight with them. parts of england. but much fresher there in belfast, they will never be any no heatwave, 22 celsius. and then on tuesday night we've question of any doubt thunderstorms on the way. on pakistan's intent because, probably quite widespread. apart from afghanistan, the country that wants peace in afghanistan than some big downpours with frequent any other country is pakistan. thunder and lightning. and this is what it looks also making news today: like from late tuesday us national security adviser,

john bolton, has met into the early hours of wednesday, diplomatic and security officials spreading widely across the uk. on his visit to tokyo. he's aiming to gather global support behind it leaving a legacy of cloud. for the us‘s push to build so that means that wednesday may start off a little cloudy a multinationalforce to police in some areas. the strait of hormuz. and some of that cloud may linger through the day. tensions in the region so in one or two areas temperatures have increased, with iran seizing a british tanker. may be a degree or so lower. you won't probably notice much much of a difference. but 33, 3a, maybe 35 in one or two spots is possible. out towards the west, israeli security forces have begun knocking down more likely mid or the high 20s. a cluster of palestinian homes and then on thursday that heat does spread across europe. it'll be peaking in france and the uk, benelux, on the edge of eastjerusalem. and starting to reach scandinavia as well. and this jet stream propels that northwards as well. israel claims the buildings so in london we could hit 36 degrees are illegal as they are built too close to the separation barrier in central london on thursday. high 20s to 30 degrees in the occupied west bank. palestinian residents claim across northern parts of england. that they have a right and it's just possible to live there and the demolition somewhere in the south—east, is an attempted land grab not necessarily in london, by the israelis. we might hit 37 celsius. prosecutors in the us say but it all depends whether there the footballer, cristiano ronaldo, will be any showers around won't face rape charges or the cloud amounts. i'm sure most of us agree in the state of nevada. that's a little too hot. that's it. the portuguese star had strenuously bye— bye. 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.

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. in the phillippines, cyber libel case against maria ressa, the editor of the online site rappler and critic of president rodrigo duterte, starts today.

her website has reported extensively on president duterte‘s anti—drugs crackdown that left thousands of people dead. more now on the maria ressa case from bbc‘s howard johnson. maria ressa has been arrested twice and has 11 charges against and rappler. she has posted bail eight times. 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 today she will not be here today of masked men at a train station. but her lawyers representing her. this case goes back 45 people were injured in the attack. to 2012 when a businessman there has been widespread speculation that the attackers had an article written about him belonged to triads, also known alleging he was involved with drugs as the chinese mafia. the first images of the captured and human trafficking, crew on the british—registered oil tanker have been released. also he had spurious relationships with the supreme court chiefjustice at the time and these are allegations here refutes. this case was brought against rappler the uk says it wants to work with other european nations to help in 2017, some five years after that protect ships in the article was published. straits of hormuz. the rappler team says and this video is trending on bbc.com

a french naval submarine, which disappeared in 1968 with 52 people on board, this is spurious timing. has been discovered off toulon, on the south coast of france. and that they have been very harsh on president duterte‘s that's all for now. stay with bbc world news. war on drugs. they allege this is a political case tried to silence them. they have seen other cases of tax evasion and allegations of ownership and the top story in the uk: by foreigners, something that is illegal here in this country. maria ressa has a high—profile lawyer in her defence team, amal clooney, what does her involvement mean for this case? amal clooney and her law firm will represent maria ressa on 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 furore here.

a lot of international pressure. 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 disrespectful to women. what is the current state of press freedom in the philippines? is it still increasingly a hostile environment for reporters to operate in? organisations like the foreign journalists association say so.

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 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. our 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 borisjohnson. it is very hard to find anyone in westminster who does not think he's going to be the next man in downing street. after that announcement was made yesterday, there is this strange 24—hour period where theresa may stays as prime minister. she will do herfinal prime minister's question on wednesday and then the formal process of switching the government starts. she will go to the palace, tell the queen she is standing down and then boris johnson orjeremy hunt — if it's him — will go, 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 borisjohnson,

he will want to make some big changes at the top for the simple reason that he is taking a very different course from theresa may when it comes to brexit. he's putting a firm flag up saying that the uk is going to leave at the end of october no matter what happens. it's a warning to brussels. he thinks, anyway, that they need to get real when it comes to renegotiating, particularly on the issue of the irish backstop, but he's also saying to people in the uk, i am not going to delay this anymore, we get out end of october no matter what. and after this, nick, what does theresa may do? what happens to her, do we know? she'll stay as an mp. so theresa may has made it clear that she intends to stay in parliament. she will probably go off to her constituency for a few days and relax, i would've thought. she's had, by the way, some mps over to downing street for a farewell party tonight. they've all been drinking warm white wine in the garden at downing street, saying goodbye to her. she will want to take a bit of time

to reflect on what happened. the summer recess here — basically the summer holidays — starts on thursday. but she's made it clear that, some september, she will be back in parliament, she'll be back making the case for political compromise. so 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.

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 head line 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. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet reports. first images of the men seized at sea, the crew of the stena impero. indians, russians, a latvian, 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 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

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