this is bbc news, i'm simon pusey. our top stories: more than 1,000 arrested at an opposition demonstration in moscow, weeks before local elections. tens of thousands of hong kongers march against gang violence, despite a police ban on protest. they've already fired tear gas and so street by street, they're coming through, clearing the way. in sudan, at least eight military officers set to be charged with crimes against humanity over last month's killing of demonstrators. hello and welcome to bbc news.

more than 1,000 people have been arrested in moscow during unauthorised protests against the banning of many opposition candidates from local elections. there were scuffles as police dispersed groups of protesters, who responded with anti—putin chants. the authorities say around 30 candidates failed to collect enough valid signatures, but the barred candidates say they have been blocked for political reasons. from moscow, 0leg boldyrev reports. police told muscovites not to come out for this unsanctioned protest, but a few thousand people turned up anyway, and very soon many of them paid for it by being dragged into custody. the arrests were met with defiance. so the police are trying to push back the protesters, who came here because the candidates they support were not allowed to participate in the elections. we don't know how many people came to protest, but certainly there are plenty of people angry that the candidates they've been supporting were denied the chance to participate in the vote.

those who come out despite police warnings are used to sights like this, but they voice their angeragain and again. "i'm against these thieves," he says, "president putin, moscow mayor, prime minister, they're like a gang, simply taking and taking from russia." election authorities say the grounds for dismissing the candidates are legitimate because signatures gathered in their support were invalid. well, these citizens are not buying it. the opposition hopes that this anger around city elections will snowball into a wider antiestablishment campaign. but, committed as they are, these protesters weren't out in the numbers capable of doing that. 0leg boldyrev, bbc news, moscow. theresa fallon is the founder and director of the brussels—based centre for russia europe asia studies. she says the number of arrests so far put this year's demonstration above the rest. people are unhappy. usually the protest, this is an annual event. we've seen a lot of protest in the

past, but the fact that they've arrested over 1000 people speaks volumes. it shows that the administration is very nervous about this. the video has shown, you know, they are coming down with a really heavy hands. yes, i mean, we're looking at pictures now and it seems to be pretty heavy—handed, these arrests. and as you say, around 1000 people arrested. is this a big thing in russia? will ordinary russians be watching this and talking about it? well, it's incredible because in the footage, many people have phones, so we see the video of people shooting it, but on the regular media in russia this won't be shown. it is very much controlled. so people will show this on the social media accounts, but it won't really get much play on the russian media itself. and why do you think the authorities are going to such extreme levels? we've seen political processes and candidates being arrested in the past, but this seems to be ona arrested in the past, but this seems to be on a whole new scale. it's true, but people are out and people are getting fed up. the economy is slowing down, the government's does not delivering, and it's incredible

when you think about it. we saw today, as well, the protests in hong kong. russia has these issues. it seems like this aspect of, you know, people are very disgruntled with this kind of authoritarian regime. elections are in september in russia. will they be affected at all by this, do you think?” russia. will they be affected at all by this, do you think? i think they are very extremely disgruntled by the fact that the candidates are not allowed to... you know, that they have been disqualified. so i think that the numbers show that the people are out there supporting the candidates, and they are extremely unhappy with how this is turning out. you see a lot of young people, as well. young people are very disillusioned about their futures. did you see this coming at all? this seemed to be a bit of a surprise, especially the number of people arrested. arresting 1000 people is quite an operation. we have seen protests in the past, especially of young people. even last year we saw this happen. so there is this kind of cycle of protest. especially in regards to the elections, and i expect that most of the media in

russia will really downplay this, but the social media, this will get a lot of play. hong kong has been engulfed by huge anti—government protests for nearly eight weeks now, and it is still unclear how china will react to the increasingly violent demonstrations. police have fired tear gas at an unauthorised protest held by tens of thousands of people to condemn an attack by armed masked men last week. 0ur correspondent nick beake reports. tear gas, rubber bullets, and anger fill the stifling summer air. welcome to another weekend in hong kong. this is now the rhythm of life. you find a police force trying to contain an eighth consecutive week of demonstrations. and these are the protesters who won't back down — tens of thousands of them. "shame on you," they shout, towards officers they say failed

to protect them last weekend here in the town of yuen long, near the chinese border. men in white, suspected to be triad gang members, had attacked pro—democracy activists at a metro station, sending more than a0 to hospital. hong kong police had tried to ban today's march. it didn't work, and once again, as night fell, a hard core of protesters faced up to them. well, the police have now lost patience. they asked the demonstrators to leave this area, and they haven't. they've already fired tear gas, and so street by street, they're coming through, clearing the way. repairing public confidence will be an even harder task. i'm very angry, because the police, they are supposed to protect the people in hong kong. the hong kong people, they're supposed to protect us. but instead, they don't. they stepped back when the triad attacked people. the police used too much force and violence to the protesters

and the citizens, so we are here to demonstrate. tonight, a show of force to restore order — for now, at least. the protesters say they'll be back on the streets tomorrow. nick beake, bbc news, hong kong. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news: a burmese government delegation has met rohingya leaders in a bangladesh refugee camp for talks on repatriation, that have been described as positive. 750,000 rohingya fled a wave of ethnic cleansing in myanmar in 2017. a repatriation deal signed 20 months ago has not won the confidence of most refugees. the hungarian prime minister, viktor 0rban, has claimed that the european project had been taken over by liberals, and it was high time, in his words, to return it to its national and christian roots. speaking in romania, mr 0rban again declared himself to be an illiberal leader. thousands of tunisians have turned out for the state funeral of the country's first freely elected president. beji caid essebsi died on thursday at the age of 92. foreign leaders including the french president,

emmanuel macron, and the palestinian leader, mahmoud abbas, also attended. over 1,000 passengers have been ferried to safety from an express train trapped by torrential rains near the indian city of mumbai. helicopters, boats and diving teams were deployed by the authorities after the train was stranded on friday night close to the town of vangani. heavy rains have battered mumbai and the state of maharashtra. yogita limaye reports. stuck in a flood, a train with 20 coaches carrying hundreds of passengers. a river near the tracks overflowed because of several hours of heavy rainfall, which meant the mahalaxmi express could go no further. people were stuck on board for nearly 15 hours. they had run out of food and drinking water.

then, a massive rescue effort was launched. boats were sent in, and dozens of rescuers. slowly, they brought everyone out to safety. nine pregnant women are reported to be among those evacuated. helicopters had also been put on standby. mumbai and the areas surrounding it have seen intense rainfall since friday, as have other parts of the country. this is video from rajasthan in western india. assam, in the country's north—east, is also facing floods. hundreds have already lost their lives this year in weeks of monsoon rainfall, and in many regions, more bad weather is predicted. the prosecutor's office in sudan says at least eight military officers will be charged with crimes against humanity over last month's killing of pro—democracy demonstrators. it happened when paramilitary forces fired on demonstrators outside the army headquarters in the capital, khartoum. doctors linked to the opposition say the dead numbered almost 130,

but fath al—rahman saeed, the head of the official committee investigating the massacre, claimed the total was 87 as he described the moment the killings took place. translation: it was discovered by the committee that there were two anonymous people. they were also three anonymous people shooting live ammunition at protesters from the top of the building in the medical compound, wearing uniform. britain's thriving science sector would be put at risk by a no deal brexit. that's the warning from the head of the wellcome trust, the uk's biggest charitable funder of scientific research. the trust spends around a billion pounds a year supporting research — most of it in the uk. katy austin has more. jasmin is a scientist from germany, researching sex chromosomes at the francis crick institute in london.

she is not sure whether to stay in the uk, though, because the country is leaving the eu. my feeling is that over the next ten, 20 years, if brexit actually happens, especially if it happens without a deal, which seems likely now, that uk science is on the decline, with regards to, yeah, funding opportunities, positions that are available, attractiveness of living here. you could see this place as a symbol of britain's status as a science superpower — europe's largest biomedical research facility under one roof, with 1,200 researchers working here from across the globe. the director here warns continued success relies on collaboration that he says is incompatible with a no—deal brexit, and not just because millions of pounds in funding would be at risk. it's our reputation, it's being able to attract people. it's making them feel comfortable here. all of this is in jeopardy if we're turning our back on europe and saying, "we don't

really care about you." and what it will mean is, is we have to follow the rules and regulations that we've had no role or impact on in setting up ourselves. so in fact, we lose power, we lose freedom, rather than gaining it. now, britain's biggest science charity has written to the prime minister, praising his vision for a thriving science sector, but describing no—deal as a threat. we're already a science superpower. but there are some clouds on the horizon which, if we don't banish them, could erode that position. what we are anxious about is that the science that is done here goes on being excellent. and to do that, it requires both more investment and support from the government. it also requires an immigration policy that welcomes to this country the best researchers in the world, and their families. in a statement, number ten said the prime minister is committed to supporting the uk science sector

to take full advantage of opportunities outside of the eu, so it can offer the best environment for cutting—edge research, and the best global talent. katy austin, bbc news. bahrain has been condemned by human rights groups after executing two prisoners who were allegedly subjected to torture and forced confessions. ali al—arab and ahmad al—malali were convincted last year on terrorism charges. last night a protester was arrested after climbing to the roof of the bahraini embassy in london, calling on britain's prime minister, borisjohnson, to intervene in the case. the embassy has defended bahrain‘s judicial process, saying the court based the decision on clear and convincing evidence which left no room for an alternative explaination. but amesty international‘s lynn maalouf says the men did not receive a fair trial. well, the concerns are that two men today were put to death after a trial that met no fair standards, international standards. this means, according to the information that we have been able to collect, these two

men who are in their mid— 20s have been tried with very serious concerns about the fair process. and this means also, and including the fa ct this means also, and including the fact that they were savagely tortured. so the reports came through about electroshock ‘s, about toenails being ripped off. this simply means that the government has been unable to try them and convict them via due process in a fair trial, and has despite that moved ahead with the strongest of punishments, which is the death penalty. human rights groups have called on the international community to intervene in the case of saudi dissident salman al—awda, who they say is facing the immediate threat of execution. the reformist cleric was arrested in 2017 under terrorism—related charges, a move described by his family and amnesty international as politically motivated. the trial is set to resume on sunday after a six—month postponement, with saudi authorites yet to revealed the charge sheet. the bbc has spoken to salman's son abdullah al—awda about his father's treatment.

translation: what happened to my father is classified internationally as torture. he was deprived of treatment and sleep. he was questioned for days on end. they tied his hands and legs inside his cell and blindfolded him. he would be thrown into a car to be taken from one place to the next, without regard to his age or his history. it was a shock when the public prosecutor called for his execution for 37 charges, incredibly trivial charges. the first was exposing corruption in seeking to overthrow the regime because he called for a constitutional monarchy and rights and freedoms in 2011, and for protecting the rights of minorities. then some other very general charges such as owning books that are bent, making fun of the achievements of the state, and then the strangest charge. not praying enough for the ruler. is that a charge? the current king and crown prince used to ask my father's advice in political

affairs. the state needed him in countering terrorism. his rhetoric was one of the sharpest and most significant in countering terrorism in saudi arabia. i learned from my father the cause is more important than the person, that caring for the future of my country is more important than myself or my family. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: who said playing computer games was a waste of time? the world's best gamers are battling it out at the fortnite world cup. cheering the us space agency, nasa, has ordered an investigation after confirmation today that astronauts were cleared to fly while drunk. the last foot patrol

in south armagh. once an everyday part of the soldiers' lot, drudgery and danger, now no more after almost four decades. if one is on one's own, in a private house, not doing any harm to anyone, i don't really see why people should wander in and say, you're doing something wrong. six rare white lion cubs are on the prowl at worcestershire park and, already, they have been met with a roar of approval from visitors. they're lovely, yeah. really sweet. yeah, they were cute. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: police in russia have detained more than a thousand activists at a demonstration in moscow. they were protesting against the exclusion of opposition candidates from local elections. there have been clashes between police and demonstrators in hong kong, following a protest against against gang violence.

let's stay with hong kong now. victoria hui is an associate professor of political science at the university of notre dame in the us. she says the response to what started as a demonstration against a proposed extradition bill has helped expand the city's protest movement. every week there have been new protest because the government would not really make any further concessions, in particular withdrawing the bill completely and also starting independent investigation. 0n also starting independent investigation. on top of that, the police have been using excessive force. so every week there have been your reasons for protesters to come back out in subsequent weeks. you talk about excessive force that. lisa say they have been using rubber bullets and tear—gas because of violence from the protest is, how angry our people and protesters with the police? -- police say. people are extremely angry. they are showing the contrast between last

week and today. and last week you had people in white who are gangsters. and today you have police forces. it discriminates with beating up protesters. do you see protesters being fearful as a result of this is it making their resolve even stronger? it seems that all of this has only backfired and so protesters have become even more determined to come back out. after last sunday, then a lot of the hong kong people said it was kind of like a terrorist attack and we should not be intimidated by the violence and we wa nt be intimidated by the violence and we want to come back out and show not afraid. so where do you see this protest going next? will people keep coming out onto the street and if so what do the authorities need to do to keep them off the streets? well, people have already been planning weekly protests and saying basically it's like going for another five or

six weeks already. where is this going? looks like every week the police are going to come back out to do something to intimidate people. and then of course, given what we have been seeing so far, it is just going to escalate. how is this going to end? it does not look like it will end very soon. because, again, the government will not make any further concessions and every week they will add more fuel to the fire and the protesters will become more and the protesters will become more and more determined and some of the other civil servants and disciplinary services have come out calling for an investigator. how influential you said the government debating has in this? it seems to have been very influential? —— how influential do you think the government debating has been in all this? why carrie lam would do that, may be basing is behind, saying we do not want to get into people power. victoria hui speaking to me a little earlier. rescue efforts are under way

in the northern philippines where a series of earthquakes has killed at least eight people. the us geological survey said the largest quake registered was a magnitude of 5.9. many of the island's renowned spanish colonial era buildings have been destroyed. the bbc‘s howard johnson in manila has more. to give you a sense of the geography of where these earthquakes struck late last night here in the philippines, itbayat is the northernmost inhabited island in the philippines. it's around 200 kilometres away from taiwan. when we visited last october, locals told us it's so close, they pick up taiwanese radio there. now, sadly, one of the people we met last time told us that her house had been destroyed by this earthquake. she said that the church opposite her, the santa maria church, the main church on this island, which serves around 1000 people who live on the island, had been badly damaged, lots of cracks in the facade, the belltower had snapped into two and collapsed onto the road. we've also seen on social media pictures of cracks in the roads on the island and also neighbours helping one another to remove rubble

from affected houses. now, the army are now on the island and are helping to distribute aid and join in with the search and rescue operation. we've also heard that the one airport on the island is being used to take people back to batanes, the main provincial capital, where six people are now being treated in the main hospital. the finals of the fortnite world cup are taking place in new york, where the duo nyhrox and aqua won today's world cup duos finals — scoring 51 points and splitting $3 million. for those of you who don't know, fortnite is a computer game in the battle royale genre, popular all over the world. there's massive prize money on offer too with over $30 million upforgrabs. the finals will conclude with 100 players battling in the shooting game on sunday. 0ur correspondentjoe tidy spoke to the contestants before today's results. well, we're halfway through this massive event for e—sports. this is the fortnite world cup finals, as you say. it's not looking very good for brits. today is the duos, the 50 best pairs.

victor, you are part of fanatic, a large organisation. can you describe what you do? i am a division director. they take care of talents connected to different titles. we are at the world cup with one of our aspiring young talents, called ‘smeef‘. and smeef is jake smith. he's british, can you tell me about him? he got the big eu players together and they've been fighting the last six months to get here. he's a big personality in the eu fortnite scene. and he's not playing today. he is playing tomorrow in the solos. one of the older players here, 18, which is quite hilarious. what are his chances? if he does what he's best at, letting himself become the beast in the moment, it's about getting confidence, getting the ego out there, taking care of yourself, i think he has a very big chance of getting a top—ten position here. what does this mean for you as a company and as someone involved in e—sports as the industry? is itjust a big event that has

a lot of money behind it? it's something that goes beyond what e—sports and gaming has been for a couple of years. we will look at fortnite and epic as being the first mainstream titles. being where traditional sports hold their events is just incredible for the players. but also the people who don't follow these kind of things, like, mothers seeing their kids playing games may think differently of it after they've seen this event. and finally, the players we're watching in there, especially benjyfishy and ‘mrsavage,’ they have been pegged for glory. it isn't looking good, but are you hopeful they can pull it out of the bag? they come from a tight group of friends, and anyone from that group can always come back. it doesn't matter what they do in the first three games. there can be miracles, and there will be miracles. let's hope so. thank you. it's all go here, apparently a sell—out, 20,000 tickets sold today and tomorrow. there are lots of empty seats so i'm not sure it's capacity that you'd

get with the us open that is held in the same stadium. joe tidy reporting from new york. a reminder of our top story. russia's interior ministry says police have detained more than a thousand people in moscow, during unauthorised protests against the banning of many opposition candidates from local elections. there were scuffles during the day, as police dispersed groups of protesters, who responded with anti—putin chants. a number of demonstrators have been injured, and the news agency interfax says two police were targeted with pepper spray. the protesters are angry that about thirty opposition politicians were not allowed to stand in the elections, after the authorities objected to the validity of the signatures that supported their candidacy. some protesters briefly blocked the garden ring road around central moscow. you can get more information on our website. you can reach me on twitter —

i'm @sipusey. thanks for watching. do stay tuned. good morning. bournemouth may have been the hot spot on saturday, 24.8dc. of note was shetland. blue skies overhead and although we had its hottest day in ten years. some have replaced the heat, humidity, and sunshine of recent days with cloud and rain. in sussex we saw over 50 millimetres, two inches of rainfall. this is the weather front responsible. that weather front still with us in roughly the same areas through the day had lost either side was dealt with some sunshine. temperatures in single figures in the countryside. humid further north. what we will see on sunday is starting to look right in the far south—east corner. but much wetter in northern ireland stop the risk of some minor flooding. some

weather conditions for the isle of man, north wales, northe weather conditions for the isle of man, north wales, nor the midlands, and running liverpool bay area. a few isolated thunderstorms could develop across scotland and the far of england later in the day under that easterly wind, given the humidity still in place. but there will be blue skies overhead for the far north of scotland and here we could add 25 degrees in the north—west highlands. still not far off that. south—western area sometime will dominate. if you're stuck under cloud, it will be the temperate —— case of debra in the teens. the weather front will slowly diminish across the same sort of areas as we go into sunday night. some still very heavy rain across a portion of the receivers up there as conditions across some southern counties of england and wales was a boy from towns and cities we could drop down into single figures. as we go into monday, that weather front is still there, starting to lose some of its on for the north. will temperatures lots of cloud. low cloud at that, particular anything goes. notice what is gathering towards the south—west. it will take into late in the day before that

through properly. across much of wales, the midlands, southern england, sunshine to begin monday, cloud bubbling up, but it pleasant day all in all with temperatures in the low to mid 20. a fair bit of cloud for the north. some seigo breaking through. not quite as damp in the afternoon is in the morning. the best of the sunshine in the north of scotland. as we go through monday night into tuesday, the area of low pressure soggy point of late into the south—west. if you are our capping this could be of note. it will bring not only some thunderstorms, but strong and gusty winds, which could top railforce late in the day as well. the driest and brightest weather will be further north you are. low cloud across scotland, but temperatures widely into the 20s even with that. we will see temperatures still in the mid—20s where you get sunshine in the coming week. but thundery showers are likely to become that bit more widespread. goodbye for now.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the russian interior ministry says more than 1,000 people were detained during a street protest in moscow. the protesters are angry that about 30 opposition politicians were not allowed to stand in the elections, after the authorities claimed that the signatures on their applications to become candidates were not valid. violent clashes between police and protesters in hong kong have continued into the night. bricks thrown by protestors were met by police teargas and rubber bullets. earlier, thousands had taken part in a march in an area where pro—democracy activists were attacked by an organised gang last sunday. the prosecutor's office in sudan says at least eight senior military officers will be charged with crimes against humanity for their role in the killing of pro—democracy demonstrators in june. the head of the investigating committee said 87 people died,