it does seem extraordinary, though, that china would move towards overt, obvious violence. surely they are far more likely to let the hong kong government deal with this. welcome to bbc news. i'm reged ahmad. our top stories: more than 1,000 arrested well, freedom house has tracked at an opposition demonstration in moscow — weeks a troubling decline in political rights and civil liberties before local elections. in hong kong for a while. the kicking out of alleged members, tens of thousands of hong kongers banning of political parties, and the attacks by gang members march against gang violence on protesters is actually a fairly classic tactic in ccp history. despite a police ban on protest. you know, they're much more interested in letting others do their dirty work, to keep their hands clean. so i agree with you, violence against protesters by ccp military would be an extreme action. more than 1,000 people have where do you see this been arrested in moscow, going for hong kongers, given this escalation that we have during unauthorised protests been witnessing over against the banning of many the past few weeks? well, i think we've seen that it's opposition candidates clear that this is about far more than the immediate and permanent from local elections. withdrawal of the extradition amendment. there were scuffles as police hong kongers are really dispersed groups of protesters, coming out in droves, nearly two million at this point,

who responded with anti—putin chants. for the eighth consecutive week, the authorities say around 30 really standing in solidarity, fighting for the rights candidates failed to collect enough that they currently possess. and that's something that's valid signatures, but the barred incredibly important to remember. candidates say they've been blocked under the one country, for political reasons. two systems model, it's supposed to be autonomous, and that is — the bbc‘s 0leg boldyrev the fact that hong kong has been was at today's demonstration and sent us this report. a place of rule of law and good governance is precisely what has made it so attractive to economic investors and what has made it such an economic powerhouse, and so deterioration of that would have drastic consequences. 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. romania's chief of police has been so the police are trying to push fired after the apparent murder back the protesters, of a teenage girl whose repeated who came here because the candidates emergency calls went they support were not allowed unanswered for hours. the 15—year—old was abducted to participate in the elections. on wednesday, but managed to make we don't know how many three calls and give officers details about where she was being held. people came to protest, her family say officers did not take her calls seriously, but certainly there are plenty while police say they had of people angry that the candidates difficulty tracing her. jon ironmonger reports. 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 anger again and again. the kidnap of 15—year—old alexandra "i'm against these thieves," he says.

"president putin, moscow mayor, has sparked outrage throughout prime minister, they're like a gang, romania. and outside the suspect‘s simply taking and home in caracal, members of her familyjoined protesters to express taking from russia." fury with the police handling of the election authorities say the grounds for dismissing the candidates are legitimate because signatures case. the girl rang the number three gathered in their support were invalid. times, her answers, but case. the girl rang the number three well, these citizens times, heranswers, but they case. the girl rang the number three times, her answers, but they arrived after 19 hours. that's the time it are not buying it. the opposition hopes that this anger around city elections will snowball into a wider anti—establishment campaign. but, committed as they are, took for officers to enter this these protesters weren't out in the numbers capable property, despite alexandra's you of doing that. repeated calls to the emergency 0leg boldyrev, bbc news, moscow. hong kong has been engulfed by huge anti—government protests for nearly services to provide details of her location. six hours were apparently eight weeks now, and it's spent waiting for a warrant that still unclear how china will react wasn't legally required. 0nce inside, officers found fragments of to the increasingly violent demonstrations. in the latest confrontation, human bones in a barrel as well as police fired tear gas pieces of clothing and jewellery. at an unauthorised protest held by tens of thousands of people this man has been arrested on to condemn an attack by armed suspicion of child trafficking. in masked men last week. nick beake reports from hong kong. the was forced to be present through tear gas, rubber bullets, and anger the was forced to be present through the searches of his home. fill the stifling summer air.

translation: we focus today on the welcome to another weekend in hong kong. this is now the rhythm of life. collection of different samples. genetic tests required to establish whether there are bone remains you find a police force trying belonging to different people. to contain an eighth consecutive week of demonstrations. and these are the protesters who won't back down — alexandra's abduction bears tens of thousands of them. similarities to the disappearance of "shame on you," they shout, towards officers they say failed another girl. it is fair that hermes could be found at the property. to protect them last weekend here in the town of yuen long, near the chinese border. translation: we don't know anything men in white, suspected for now. if she is dead or not. she to be triad gang members, isa for now. if she is dead or not. she is a great child. ikenye say? this had attacked pro—democracy is a great child. ikenye say? this activists at a metro station, is outrageous. —— what can i say? sending more than a0 to hospital. translation: hong kong police had tried —— the interior minister said he to ban today's march. would not tolerate police workers it didn't work, and once again, as night fell, a hard core did not do theirjob properly and of protesters faced up to them. has fired the chief of police, who well, the police have was made to appear alongside him in now lost patience. they asked the demonstrators a police conference. to leave this area, and they haven't. ,, aye a police conference. " aye except my dismissal, ioan buda said," since we had some inadequate

they've already fired tear gas, and so street by street, interventions that i hold myself they're coming through, responsible for. the investigation, clearing the way. repairing public confidence will be an even harder task. meanwhile is rapidly developing. the i'm very angry, because the police, searches of a lake near the they are supposed to protect the people in hong kong, suspect‘s property found a suitcase the hong kong people. they're supposed to protect us. filled with close and remains a partly burnt human body. the failure but instead, they don't. they stepped back when the triad attacked people. the police used too much force to rescue a teenage girl has joined and violence to the protesters a spotlight on romania's police and and the citizens, so we are prosecutors, were under increasing pressure to get a grip on this case. here to demonstrate. jon ironmonger, bbc news. rescue efforts are under way in the northern philippines where a series of earthquakes has tonight, a show of force killed at least eight people. to restore order — for now, at least. the us geological survey said the largest quake registered the protesters say they'll be back was a magnitude of 5.9 on the streets tomorrow. in the province of batanes. nick beake, bbc news, hong kong. many of the island's renowned spanish colonial era buildings have been destroyed. the bbc‘s howard johnson let's look at some in manila has more. other stories in brief. a burmese government delegation has to give you a sense of the geography met rohingya leaders in a bangladesh of where these earthquakes struck refugee camp for talks late last night here in the philippines, itbayat on repatriation that have been is the northernmost inhabited island in the philippines. described as "positive". it's around 200 kilometres three—quarters of a million rohingya away from taiwan. when we visited last october, fled a wave of ethnic cleansing locals told us it's so close, they pick up taiwanese radio there. in myanmar in 2017. now, sadly, one of the people we met

last time told us that her house had a repatriation deal signed 20 months ago has not won the confidence been destroyed by this earthquake. she said that the church of most refugees. opposite her, the santa maria thousands of tunisians have turned church, the main church on this out for the state funeral island, which serves around 1000 people who live on the island, of the country's first had been badly damaged, freely elected president. lots of cracks in the facade, beji caid essebsi died the bell tower had snapped into two on thursday at the age of 92. and collapsed onto the road. foreign leaders, including we've also seen on social media the french president emmanuel macron pictures of cracks in the roads and the palestinian leader on the island and also neighbours helping one another to remove rubble mahmoud abbas also attended. from affected houses. now, the army are now on the island the hungarian prime minister, viktor 0rban, has claimed and are helping to distribute aid that the european project had been and join in with the search taken over by liberals and rescue operation. and it was high time — we've also heard that the one in his words — to return it airport on the island is being used to its national and christian roots. to take people back to batanes, speaking in romania, the main provincial capital, mr 0rban again declared himself where six people are now to be an "illiberal leader". over 1,000 passengers have been ferried to safety from an express train trapped by torrential rains being treated in the main hospital. 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. in cycling, egan bernal is poised to become the first colombian to win heavy rains have battered mumbai

and the state of maharashtra. the tour de france. yogita limaye reports. he finished saturday's penultimate stuck in a flood, a train stage wearing the yellowjersey. with 20 coaches carrying the final stage on sunday in paris is uncontested hundreds of passengers. and largely ceremonial. the 22—year—old will become the youngest tour winner in over 100 years. his victory has sparked jubilant a river near the tracks overflowed scenes in his home town in colombia because of several hours of heavy where thousands cheered him on. rainfall, which meant the cyclist is from zipaquira in central colombia and for the time the mahalaxmi express could go no further. being remains unaware people were stuck on board for nearly 15 hours. of the delight back home. they had run out of food and drinking water. then, a massive rescue translation: i don't know yet. but i guess the people back effort was launched. in columbia are very happy. boats were sent in, it's our first tour de france, and dozens of rescuers. even though we've always slowly, they brought had good cyclists. we've always produced very good climbers that have one the giro everyone out to safety. d'italia and the vuelta. nine pregnant women are reported but i don't really know what's happening with the tour de france. it was the race that to be among those evacuated. we could not win. helicopters had also and luckily on sunday i will be the first colombian to achieve it. been put on standby. i'm very proud of this. mumbai and the areas surrounding it i'm just 22 years old. i cannot believe what happened. have seen intense rainfall i cannot believe it. since friday, as have other parts of the country. this is video from rajasthan in western india. assam, in the country's north—east, was an achievement. the weather now, with matt taylor.

is also facing floods. good morning. bournemouth may have been the hot spot on saturday, 24.8 celsius. hundreds have already lost their lives this year in weeks but of note was actually shetland. of monsoon rainfall, blue skies overhead and lerwick had its warmest day in ten years. and in many regions, some, though, had replaced the heat, more bad weather is predicted. humidity, and the sunshine of recent days for cloud and rain. and it was in sussex where we saw over 50 millimetres, two inches of rain fall. this is the weather front responsible. that weather front still with us two american teenagers have been in roughly the same areas questioned by a magistrate in italy through the day ahead. in connection with the killing either side of it we start of a policeman in rome. with some sunshine. mario cerciello rega a 35—year—old temperatures in single officer with the carabinieri, figures in the countryside in the south—west. still a humid feel further north. was repeatedly stabbed early on friday after trying to arrest two but what we'll see on sunday people suspected of stealing a bag. is something a little bit brighter towards that far south—east corner. but much wetter in northern ireland. the risk of some minorflooding here. and we'll see some wet conditions according to police, for the isle of man, 19—year—old finnegan lee elder admitted to killing the officer north wales, northern midlands, and around with a knife, while a second man the liverpool bay area, too. a few isolated thunderstorms is accused of being an accomplice could develop across scotland to aggravated homicide. and the far north of england later the prosecutor's office in sudan says at least eight in the day under that easterly wind, military officers will be charged given the humidity still in place. with crimes against humanity over but there'll be blue skies overhead last month's killing for the far north of scotland and here we could hit 25 degrees of pro—democracy demonstrators. in the north—west highlands. still not far off that across some south—western areas, it happened when paramilitary forces where the sunshine will dominate. fired on demonstrators if you're stuck under the cloud, outside the army headquarters it's going to be a case in the capital, khartoum.

doctors linked to the opposition say of temperatures in the teens again. now, our weather front will only the dead numbered almost 130, but fath al—rahman saeed, slowly diminish across the same sort of areas as we go the head of the official committee through into sunday night. some still very heavy rain around investigating the massacre, claimed the total was 87, the northern portion of the irish as he described the moment sea. clearest conditions will be across some southern counties the killings took place. of england and wales. translation: it was discovered and away from towns and cities we could drop down by the committee that there into single figures. but as we go into monday, were two anonymous people. that weather front is still there, they were also three anonymous still starting to lose a bit people shooting live ammunition of its oomph for the north. at protesters from the top but it will produce lots of cloud. of the building in the medical some low cloud at that, particularly through some eastern coasts. notice, though, what's gathering compound, wearing uniform. towards the south—west. it will take until later in the day before that moves in properly. so that does mean across much of wales, the midlands, southern england, lots sunshine to begin monday, a bit of cloud bubbling up, you're watching bbc news. but a very pleasant day in another policy announcement three all in all with temperatures days after becoming prime minister, in the low to mid—20s. still a fair bit of borisjohnson has pledged to fund a new high—speed rail link between leeds and manchester. he says it will "turbo—charge cloud for the north. the regions," and "unlock jobs, boosting growth." some sunshine breaking through. but not not quite as damp in the afternoon as it will have been in the morning. the best of the sunshine in the north of scotland. but as we go through monday night into tuesday, this area of low he was speaking on a visit to the north—west, with the full pressure starts to push its way into the south—west.

details of his proposals, if you're out camping to be published in the autumn. this will be of note. but labour says the plans because it could not only bring not some widespread thunderstorms — are a rehash of past failed promises from the conservatives. wales, the south—west, which will spread towards 0ur chief political the midlands and other parts correspondent, vicky young, reports from manchester. of central southern england later, taking his first steps but strong and gusty winds, which could top gale force later in the day as well. as prime minister, borisjohnson some of the driest and brightest weather will be the further north you are. is promising a bright, still some low cloud optimistic future. i wasjust thinking across scotland, but temperatures that it was actually the metro... widely into the 20s even with that. and we will see temperatures but he is not the first conservative to come to manchester offering more still in the mid—20s where you get sunshine through this coming week. investment for the north of england. at the science and industry museum, but thundery showers are likely to become that bit more widespread. mrjohnson said action was needed goodbye for now. to combat the hopelessness felt by those living in some northern towns. it isn't really the fault of the places, and certainly isn't the fault of the people growing up there. they haven't failed. it's we, us, the politicians, our politics, who has failed them. and our plan now, in this new government that i lead, is to unite our country and to level up. he announced a 5.6 billion fund to improve transport and broadband in 100 towns, and committed to a new fast rail link

between manchester and leeds. and as far as i'm concerned, that is just the beginning of our commitments and our investments. we want to see this whole thing done. many of the people sitting here have heard warm words about the northern powerhouse forfive years, and have had, really, absolutely no progress whatsoever. are you really going to have the money for all of these other pledges that you have made? the answer to that is yes. and i think the answer to your point about the northern powerhouse, which i really want to help deliver, i think it's a fantastic idea. it's a fantastic project, and its time has come. today has been a massive step forward and we should be celebrating that, but keeping the pressure on governmentjust to make sure that commitment is anchored and delivered on. but commuters here are demanding more than one new rail line. it costs £4 here for this is bbc news. a single busjourney. the headlines: £1.50 in london. how can that be right? downing street says detailed plans for a high—speed train line so, when it comes to funding, between manchester and leeds will be published in the autumn. we need the same kind of subsidy it follows a commitment that londoners have had for decades. by the new prime minister to find the money for it. what the north really needs is a crossrail for the north, labour says the plans have been "announced time and time" again which would be proper connectivity by the conservatives.

the russian interior ministry says with newcastle and with hull. more than 1,000 people were detained borisjohnson says the investment during a street protest in moscow. the protesters are angry that will open up new opportunities about 30 opposition politicians and turbocharge the economy. the prime minister's list are not being allowed of promises goes way to stand in local elections. beyond new railway lines. the authorities claimed that social care, broadband, more police, education — signatures on their applications it is all going to cost more money, to become candidates were not valid. violent clashes between police and it is not clear where and protesters in hong kong have that is going to come from. continued into the night. so do voters believe what they're hearing? bricks thrown by protestors it's all good. yeah, all good, were met by police tear gas so long as it happens. at least he's positive. and rubber bullets. yeah, that's what i'd say — positive. earlier, thousands had taken part and that's what we need. in a march in an area where pro—democracy activists what they promise and what they were attacked by an organised deliver is always completely gang last sunday. different, and i have no faith in boris johnson as a prime minister. i think anything he can do to make now on bbc news: dateline london. life better for people is good. whether he can deliver or not, we'll wait and see. drawing up a to—do list is the easy part. making it happen is a real challenge. vicki young, bbc news, manchester. let's get some of

the day's other news. the independent mp for sheffield hallam, jared 0'mara, says he will resign in september, at the start of the new parliamentary term. once a labour mp, he's now facing twitter accusations from a former aide, of "not caring about his constituents. " mr 0'mara says he's taking time out to deal with personal problems. the police service of northern ireland has condemned what it called a "cowardly" attempt to murder its officers by dissident republicans. it says a "viable device" was recovered after reports of a large bang were heard in craigavon in county armagh on friday night. a man and a woman from essex have been arrested, after a mass brawl on a british cruise ship. six others were injured as the p&0 britannia ferry sailed into southampton today from norway. the fight broke out after a party. you may recall from earlier this month these four united states congresswomen holding a news conference to respond to racially

charged statements made by president donald trump. representatives alexandria 0casio—cortez, rashida tlaib, ilhan 0mar, and ayanna pressley were told by the president to go back and fix the "crime—infested places" from which they came. well, now president trump has targetted yet another democratic representative — elijah cummings. taking to twitter, the president launched his attack on cummings' constituency in the eastern us state of maryland, saying it's "a disgusting rat and rodent—infested mess". the president continued saying the district, which includes the majority black city of baltimore, is "the worst run and most dangerous anywhere in the united states". and that "no human being would want to live there". well, joining me for more on this, professor d watkins, published author and a professor at the university of baltimore. thank you so much for your time. first of all, your reaction to those

comments? i thought it was funny because, you know, he's so disrespectful and he's so rude and he just doesn't even know what he was talking about. let me talk to you about voldemort. i had a beautiful oatmeal latte, a delicious brea kfast, beautiful oatmeal latte, a delicious breakfast, it's a beautiful city —— let me talk to you about baltimore, he is just let me talk to you about baltimore, he isjust a racist let me talk to you about baltimore, he is just a racist doing what racists do. what have people in baltimore been saying about these comments? we are working really hard to make baltimore a beautiful city. we are building on the power that already exists. we are fighting against systemic racism which has caused problems in the city. we laugh at the president. when i see people emotional, choked up or acting like they are crying over what donald trump says, i think it

is just what donald trump says, i think it isjust a joke what donald trump says, i think it is just a joke because what donald trump says, i think it isjust a joke because nobody what donald trump says, i think it is just a joke because nobody takes them serious. his own staff members don't take him seriously, let alone members of this great city. this isn't the first time we've had comments like this from donald trump. how do you think the republican party should be responding when he says things like this than takes to twitter and repeats these comments? so we know that every republican is not racist, but, if you are racist, then you are probably a republican. and when we see other republicans cheering him on, retweeting what he says orjust sitting on the sidelines are not saying anything, we know they are condoning his racism. we know they believe him, they support him, and i pretty much are solidly agreeing on some of the disgusting things he's saying. i'm sure many republicans would dispute your assertion, if you are racist, you're a republican, but i wonder if part of the problem here

is not enough donald trump supporters are concerned about this sort of language? no, if you are a racist, you are more likely to identify with the values of the republican party. i'm sure many republicans would dispute the claim. sorry. do you think that perhaps - it would be better, or are you concerned that some donald trump supporters aren't coming out enough against this language, even though they might support donald trump's policies? i think itjust shows their true colours. if a person was affiliated with something i believed in and i've seen that person is a evil and hateful and disgusting things, the first thing i would do is come up and against it. it would be—iam is come up and against it. it would be — i am honoured to fight for justice and to stand up against

people who were trying to just say evil things that aren't true. telling americans to go back where they came from? hello, these americans are from america. he's made nothing better since he's become president of united states. nothing. his is zero. professor d watkins, professor at the university of baltimore, thank you very much for your thoughts. have a great day. this is bbc news. the headlines: police in russia detain more than a thousand activists over a planned protest against the exclusion of candidates in moscow's upcoming elections. there have been violent clashes between police and demonstrators in hong kong, where pro—democracy activists were attacked a week ago. well, let's stay with that story. annie boyajian is director of advocacy for freedom house, a democracy and human rights think tank in the us. well, i think right now is a critical moment. we're seeing rhetoric out of the ccp, their threats to use violence against peaceful protesters is similar to the rhetoric

in the lead up to the tiananmen massacre, and so what the leadership do now is of critical importance. the united states congress and the administration and other governments should be calling on the police to remain peaceful, and ccp to exercise restraint, and the us congress specifically should pass the hong kong democracy act, which would require us to annually assert hong kong democratic rights. but if china is losing patience with the situation in hong kong, do you think that any international condemnation would necessarily make them change their course? well, i think china cares very deeply, the ccp cares very deeply, about its reputation internationally, and violence against protesters would actually tarnish an already troubled reputation. you know, it is of critical importance that the international 00:18:36,571 --> 2147483051:46:03,001 community stand with a unified 2147483051:46:03,001 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 voice at this moment.