students, a let students, a lot of young university students, a lot of young people and jihad can tell they'd come their own prepared, they have their own helmets, gas masks. you can see the home—made shields to repel tear gas and the like. they knew this was going to come today. it is kind of inevitable, it is the way the pattern has been in recent weeks, given that this whole marches are illegal, that tens of thousands of people had ignored police requests not to come to this area today, to return to the site of those clashes and yet, here they are stop i am just looking around to see but yes, police had moved back a bit and yet i cannot imagine that they will restrain themselves very much longer here. you're obviously having to be very careful and obviously pa rt to be very careful and obviously part of the press pack there, surely beijing doesn't want to see entries

to normal students are carried out by police there? this is the tough thing, i suppose. the trouble is it has escalated on both sides. it started off with those enormous marches, hundreds and thousands of people, and every week the violence on both sides has escalated. the police have come in hard, the escalated. the police have come in ha rd, the protesters escalated. the police have come in hard, the protesters have come in ha rd hard, the protesters have come in hard and they both now feel they have scores to settle. so it's like, tear gas one way, then pepper spray on the other side coming out, projectiles back at the police. it just keeps going. so, sure, the authorities would not want to have a scene where these riot police are called in to clear these protesters violently but they also feel that they don't have a choice. especially, of course, as i was saying, this is the home of those

triad gangs, the fear is that those might come out and clashed with the protesters myself. i'm just looking around every now and then as i talk to you to make sure the police aren't moving on us. we have already seen aren't moving on us. we have already seen some waves of aren't moving on us. we have already seen some waves of back—and—forth in both sides and at the moment it's a bit of a temporary stalemate if you like. these protesters on this side, they are building barricades, i think i they think they can hold their position but previously the right numbers have coming —— police have come in in huge numbers. a few minutes ago, tear gas was fired against the protesters by the police. this is all fears from the protesters that more control will be taken by beijing with this law to

extradite criminals to the main land, and the triad gangs with those violent scenes last week. some people wondering whether the triad gangs were linked with beijing. this tension has escalated. i think we will leave it now but we hope you ta ke will leave it now but we hope you take care and we will be back to you as things develop, in the coming hours. thank you to you and the team. we will stay across that an boris johnson's speech which is due in 30 minutes but first the weather. after an exceptional week with very high—temperature day and night, things are looking a lot more u nsettled things are looking a lot more unsettled this weekend, cooler and u nsettled unsettled this weekend, cooler and unsettled conditions and outbreaks of rain. so much rain in some places that a few areas by the end of their weekend could see the risk of some minor flooding weekend could see the risk of some minorflooding so one weekend could see the risk of some minor flooding so one extreme to the next. this is the weather front associated with the heavy rain, tending to affect more northern,

central and eastern part of the country throughout the afternoon, we could see some flashes of lightning and rumbles of thunder across the eastern side of the band of rain. the far north—east of scotland not bad, some sunshine and quite warm, nice weather for northern ireland, parts of wales and the south—west more likely to stay dry all day. on sunday, the weather front shifts west so northern ireland could see some wet weather into the afternoon. a few showers further north for scotla nd a few showers further north for scotland but sunny spells here, a bit drierfor the east scotland but sunny spells here, a bit drier for the east coast and a very fine conditions across parts of wales and the south—west. now, it's the travel show, which heads to new york to meet the volunteers protecting travellers and tourists on the city's public transport system. hello and welcome to the travel show with me, christa larwood, and this week we are kicking off by heading to new york city. every year over 30 million people visit from all across the world. but back in the late 1970s the city had a notorious crime record,

and wasn't quite so welcoming to overseas visitors. but a0 years ago the volunteer group the guardian angels tried to do something about it, and they're still going strong today. in the late ‘70s the subways were, it was just an attack on your senses. the smell of urine, defecation, there would be graffiti everywhere, broken windows. the gangs would patrol up and down the trains and they would control certain lines, and you would never see a cop. the guardian angels started, in fact, right here in the bronx. i was a night manager of mickey d's, mcdonald's, and ijust decided to organise my closing crew to ride this very same train, it used to be called the mugger‘s express, the number 4 train. this was a baptism of fire, this was the epicentre of criminal

and gang activity in the late 70s. whereas the subways have improved immeasurably from what it was like when we first started. now there are pervs out there and they flash themselves to women. so we have a perv—busters unit, comprised of women, led by women who prioritise that, because what we want to do is empower women to fight back. perv— busters, it's catchy, it gets people to stop and notice and it makes sense. sexual assaults on the subway are on the rise, and they're very daring. they want to be on social media, they want to be out there, it is really nuts. so usually out on patrol you go after one or two pervs a night. we have two different events going on simultaneously. we get a lot of photos and calls us sent to us, we obviously have to make sure

that they are legitimate, and that is when we put out the flyer and we go out to the location of, you know, said incident and take it from there. we're gonna get off at 190th... it is not taken seriously so much because they know our great state of new york is not enforcing sexual crimes, they know they are not going to get charged seriously, they're back and forth, it's a revolving door. the first significant moment was when i was five years old and my sister was eight. we were with our mom, coming up the subway stairs at 183rd, by the old carvell there. we were on either side of our mom and my mom was in the middle, and we were coming up the stairs, halfway up these stairs right here was where a guy passed us, he grabbed my mother's purse and pulled her back down the stairs.

i can still remember, me and my sister were screaming, and we were scared because something really bad happened to my mother, and even to this day itjust gets to me. that's all i remember, screaming, and my mother, thankfully, she was not seriously injured, but something like that, if it affects me to this day, i can imagine how what they think is simple crime as far as groping or flashing, that is with you for life. on any given day we have roughly half a million people riding the subways. we want to make sure commuters are getting to and from safely, keeping anything from happening, obviously, preventing crime as well as sexual assaults that are happening on the rise, we are looking out for everything. if we're there and we see it, we stop it. now what you see a lot of,

that you didn't see before, emotionally disturbed people, homeless people, oftentimes the trains are not clean, so aesthetically it's bad and it's not good for the emotionally disturbed or the homeless. but i would still accept what exists now compared to what used to be, there used to be so much graffiti in the trains you couldn't even see out the window. and actually always fights and stabbings and shootings, and gang activity. the violence was off the hook. it's a big difference but we have to keep it that way, we can'tjust assume it's going to stay that way. and in the beginning of the group, it was extraordinarily dangerous before we were recognised by the police, we had six guardian angels shot and killed on the line of duty, three dozen injured, many of them still going through therapy for the injuries

that they suffered long ago. now we have gone through three generations of guardian angels, some of whom have gone on to become police officers themselves. so the reception is positive, even though we remain independent and autonomous. for the last four years, we have been seeing a lot more uprising in sexual crimes. we usually pass these out. it is an information flyer because we do a patrol called perv— busters, in regard to a lot of the perverts on the train, and we usually pass these up the car because not everyone wants to call the police. so we field the information, we put out flyers and we pass on the information to pd if necessary. we try to do our best. when we are in the guardian angel uniform it's a big deal,

we get noticed a lot because the red stands out to begin with, and we definitely want people to see us, so if something is going on, it's for them to look at us, and feel a sense of safety. they have always told us that over the years, when they see us they feel safe. ijust want to give a shout out to this man, what he has done for new york city. i am exuberant about the potential and the possibilities of the guardian angels in the future, not just the here and now. i believe in self—help and i believe that one woman, one man can make a difference, and i think we have proven that over a0 years. hello again, it's high summer here in europe which means that many of you are planning road trips around the continent.

and unfortunately in the case of one viewer, picking up speeding tickets. but first, french railways has tested a remote—controlled drone train that could lead to driverless passenger services. the train successfully travelled four kilometres through the suburbs of paris. it has been called a fundamental step towards the train of tomorrow. back here in the present, mario biocca from montreal in canada says: a rental car can be very helpful in ireland and scotland where the traffic is relatively light and public transport is sparse. but the costs of taking a rental car across the irish sea which divides those countries can be very high. so — rent one car in ireland, return it, then take a ferry or fly across to scotland.

there's lots of choice. rent another vehicle, but drop it back and make your inter—city travel in england by rail. relatively fast, and with a bit of advance planning, extremely good value. sue wilson was travelling north—west of paris, at what she thought was the legal speed limit of 80 kilometres an hour. but she says: to help out with this, i've sought some specialist knowledge. it's true, over the last ten years, cooperation between administrations in europe are much better than they used to be, and wherever you come from, if you have a fine in france, they will fine you in your home country. and the second reason is speed camera technology has improved. automatic cameras have average speed checks all over france and these

days they are implementing a new generation of speed cameras which also detect the safety belts, the phone behind the wheels, the safety distance between vehicles and also if you drive too fast when it's raining or when you are supposed to drive ten kilometres per an hour less. nardipad instagrams from the netherlands about a trip that she and her boyfriend are planning in the south of england. we'll probably fly to london and are thinking of going south—west. we might stop in a couple of places like stonehenge. is there anywhere else you can recommend? the great west way is a newly created route which is being described as england's route 66. it leads west from london and takes in some splendid locations including windsor, stately homes in the thames valley in the county of wiltshire and ends in bath and then bristol. diversions north to the cotswolds and south to stonehenge are easy. the route even has its own website, greatwestway. co. uk, with details, attractions and accommodation.

from the western end, you can make a magnificentjourney along the north coast of devon and cornwall, visiting the ruined castle at tintagel steeped in legend. you could follow the a30 road to its natural conclusion that lands end but i think coastal towns such as st ives and fowey are more rewarding. wherever you are heading, i'm here to help. send in your questions and i will do my very best to bring you the answers. from me, simon calder, the global guru, bye for now and see you next time. until next time, from me, christa larwood, and the rest of the travel show team, it's goodbye. a balcony and a staircase have

collapsed at a nightclub in the south korean city of gwangju killing two people. at least 17 were injured, nine of them competitors in the world swimming championships being held there. the injured athletes are from the us, new zealand, the netherlands, italy and brazil. the two people killed are understood to be south koreans. 0ur correspondent laura bicker is following develoments from seoul. the fire department said they were called there around 2:30am, they said there were hundreds of people, 370 people inside this club. from the footage that has been taken by both them and others, this is kind of a two tier nightclub, so the bar is downstairs and upstairs is a further drinking area and dancing area. and as you heard there, they say they just simply one minute were dancing and the next minute, they've fell a number of feet or a number of metres depending on who you listen to. so when it comes to the investigation, certainly they know that two south koreans

died, they were taken to hospital but sadly died from their injuries. 17 others were injured, nine of whom were athletes at the games, at those international aquatic championships. and when the nationalities of those, we have got four from the united states and two from new zealand, that's what we know so far. these injuries are not life threatening and they're not thought to be serious. the us supreme court has ruled that the us president can use military funds to build sections of his promised border wall with mexico. the supreme court justices narrowly voted to allow two and a half billion dollars to be diverted from the military budget to strengthen existing barriers in border states. meanwhile, the us says it's reached an agreement with guatemala to help stem the flow of migrants reaching its southern border. chris buckler in washington reports. the long border between the united states and mexico has been at the centre of a long battle between president trump

and his political opponents. in congress, democrats have consistently blocked his attempts to secure funding to build more and bigger barriers between the countries. causing the president to declare a national emergency. he has repeatedly argued that the surge of migrants making their way to the us has created a crisis at the border. and he said that left him in a position where he should be able to redirect billions of dollars from defence department funds to pay for the wall. and now the supreme court has agreed overturning a decision from a lower court. on twitter, president trump said it was a big victory for the wall and a big win for border security and the rule of law. it's not the only success he is claiming. guatemala has now agreed to a deal that migrants who travel through the country to the united states will have to claim asylum there before

they reach the us border. that will apply to huge numbers of people fleeing violence and poverty in el salvador and honduras. the president oversaw the signing of the new deal in the white house. in return, mr trump has dismissed threats of sanctions and tariffs and agreed to more visas for foreign workers from guatemala. it's going to be terrific for them and terrific for the united states. this landmark agreement will put the coyotes and the smugglers out of business. these are bad people, these are very, very bad, sick, deranged people. but it's not clear if the new measures will substantially reduce the numbers trying to get from central america into the us. translation: you don't know how i feel. i want to cross over to give my son a better life. the money i've been spending to get here is not a small amount. build that wall!

donald trump is a president preparing to seek re—election. he promised his supporters tougher immigration policies and a border wall. he believes he is making progress. but there's still a chance of more barriers being put up by the courts and politicians in the us congress. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. tens of thousands of people are expected at an unsanctioned rally in moscow later on saturday to demonstrate for fair elections. earlier this week, the opposition politician alexei navalny was detained for 30 days after calling the protest when a number of independent candidates were barred from running in september's moscow local election. nataliya zotova from the bbc‘s russian service looks at how the authorities are preventing independent candidates from standing. for two weeks, thousands of muscovites have been demanding fair elections. many people who stand

as independents have traditionally been excluded from national elections. the only opportunity to get elected is in local elections. but the authorities make it difficult for them. this is a signature sheet. candidates who want to participate in elections to moscow's parliament, known as the city duma, need to find 5000 signatures to get registered. some candidatesjoke, we have to break the world record before we even get to the starting line. the opposition says it's a way of dissuading them from taking part. the ruling party candidates don't have to collect signatures, by the way. ivan zhdanov, who works at alexei navalny‘s anti—corruption foundation, says it's becoming more difficult to get the signatures approved.

the difficulties didn't stop there. on thursday night, the homes of five potential candidates were searched. nine were pulled in for questioning, accused of obstructing the work of the electoral commission. the moscow duma doesn't have a lot of power, but protesters wants their concerns to be heard. protesters feel ignored, but they are also fed up with the corruption.

unlike these protests last sunday which were sanctioned, saturday's is not. the authorities must decide how they deal with such large—scale dissent. nataliya zotova, bbc news, moscow. the use of electric scooters has become increasingly popular in many european cities and in the us. they're now available for hire in more than 100 cities across the world. but after the recent deaths of riders in london and paris, how safe are they? tom edwards has been investigating. rush hour in islington and a handful of e—scooter riders are getting stopped by police. here, they're getting a warning, but officers have given out fines. for riders like david, who bought his electric scooter last week, it's frustrating. i think it's really hard because they are such a good vehicle for the city.

they're reducing congestion, they're reducing pollution. you really want to be able to have something like this to use. i think because the law is old, it is, it's a bit of a grey area, it's just falling between two stools. i think we really need to resolve it because this is the thing you want to have in the city rather than all this traffic. e—scooter safety hit the headlines after the death of the presenter emily hartridge here in battersea three weeks ago. even though they are illegal on public roads and pavements, thousands are used every day in the capital. it's really important that we just make sure that people do understand that it is illegal now, that there are risks associated with using e—scooters in public, they are not intended for the roads or the pavements. so we will educate the public and where we need to, we will take enforcement action. their supporters say they are cheap, convenient, and have no emissions. and transport for london want new laws introduced quickly

to help regulate them. let's keep the pavements clear. let's put specifications around the scooters, if they're going to be allowed, to mean that they're safe, for example, limited on the speeds. but also, let's have an ability to prevent clutter, so they can't just be left everywhere, particularly on a rental scheme. the met says around 100 riders have been stopped this week. other countries have regulated e—scooters. the government says it's reviewing their use, but for many, that's taking too long. tom edwards, bbc news, london. now, in the next few minutes the prime minister borisjohnson is due to give a speech in which he will pledge to fund a new high—speed rail route between leeds and manchester. 0ur correspondent tom barton is here with me. i'd just waiting for borisjohnson to appear. remind us what the government say they are focused on.

for borisjohnson, government say they are focused on. for boris johnson, this government say they are focused on. for borisjohnson, this is a chance, he has spoken about brexit a lot during the leadership campaign, afterwards as well. but he wants to highlight the other thing is that he plans to do as prime minister. we have already heard in the last day also about his plans to recruit thousands more police officers around the country, today in this speech in manchester in the next few minutes we are expecting him to outline his plans for a new rail link between manchester and leeds. this is something which has been on the cards for a long time, ever since george osborne five years or s0 since george osborne five years or so ago started talking about the northern powerhouse. a big part of that was a promise to build a link all the way through from liverpool to hull. this is the first part of that, some people may be questioning whether it might be the only part of it, whether the plans are being downgraded. we are also expecting alongside this big multi—million

pound infrastructure project for him to talk about what he calls more unglamorous services, like bus services around towns, the way you travel within towns and cities in the uk as well as between them. because he says he recognises that outside london, those services have been neglected. they are expensive and unreliable, and infrequent and not up to scratch. so this is the big picture, small picture speech that we are expecting but one which for him is a chance to highlight the things that he hopes to achieve outside of brexit as prime minister. i know this part of the world because i grew up there but for those who don't, why are these transport connections being seen as worth spending several billion pounds on? quite simply because at the moment, the transport connections they have are rubbish. manchester and leeds are two

massively important cities, big financial centres, both of them. combined they form a very significant proportion of the british economy, and yet they are linked only by many people would argue a pretty reliable motorway, the m62, and a very slow in trundling train service, the trans pennine express. —— are pretty unreliable motorway. many people see the trans—pennine express is a bit ofa the trans—pennine express is a bit of a joke. people drive, so do you need not i will ask you in a few minutes, we will come back to you as soon as we can. minutes, we will come back to you as soon as we can. we'lljust get the weather first. after an exceptional week with very high temperatures by day and night, things are looking a lot more u nsettled things are looking a lot more unsettled this weekend, cooler and fresher conditions without breaks of rain, which could be heavy in places, so much so by the end of the weekend we could have a few areas

looking at the risk of some minor flooding so one extreme to the next. this is the weather front associated with the heavy rain, tending to affect more northern, central and eastern parts of the country throughout this afternoon. we could see some flashes of lightning and rumbles of thunder across the eastern side of the rain band. the far north—east of scotland is not bad, some sunshine, quite warm and nice weather for northern ireland, parts of wales in the south—west where it's likely to stay dry all day. into sunday, the weather front shifts west so it could be northern ireland things in wet weather into the afternoon. a few showers for scotland, but some sunny spells here and a bit drierfor the scotland, but some sunny spells here and a bit drier for the east coast, and a bit drier for the east coast, and fine conditions across wales and the south—west.

this is bbc news i'm geeta guru—murphy. the headlines at 11. prime minister, boris johnson, pledges to fund a new high—speed rail route between manchester and leeds. president trump praises borisjohnson, and says talks on what he calls a very substantial us—uk trade deal are under way. i think we could do 3 to 4, 5 times what we're doing, we don't do the kind of trade we could do. the uk's biggest charitable funder of scientific research, the wellcome trust, says a no—deal brexit threatens the uk science industry. riot police fire tear gas at protesters in hong kong, after tens of thousands march through the town where gangs attacked pro—democracy

activists last weekend.