i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. the headlines: after a weekend of protests in hong kong, the beijing government announces a news conference to respond to the crisis. ryan police have been moving people through the streets stop there now making arrests —— right police stop me they've fired more tear reinforcements are coming in. —— right police.

the crisis in the territory is now in its eighth week, and there's no sign of it ending. i'm nuala mcgovern in london. also in the programme: russia's leading opposition activist is rushed to hospital. his friends fear he was poisoned in prison. "sing my name" — we visit the indian mountain village where everyone has their own musical identity. announcer: live from our studios in london and singapore. this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 7am in singapore and in hong kong, which is waking up after one of the most violent weekends of recent months. protestors defied police orders to stay at home and commercial areas usually filled with shoppers were instead turned into war zones, thick with tear gas, officers armed with riot shields and masked demonstrators hurling bricks.

and for the first time, chinese state officials have scheduled a news conference in beijing later on monday to make a statement on the situation. the bbc‘s nick beake reports from hong kong. there's a predictability to sundays in hong kong this summer. they start peacefully, and end very differently. once again, tens of thousands turned out, this time to condemn alleged police brutality during previous demonstrations. the police had tried to ban today's event and had warned that anyone who marched through the streets could be arrested but, as you can see, it hasn't made any difference, and you do get the feeling now that many people in the city simply have no respect for the authorities orfor the police. they were heading for the main chinese government building in the territory, and heading for a showdown.

because this fire is being fuelled by a fear of what life would become under tighter chinese control. because it's our future, we love hong kong and we want hong kong to stay hong kong. we don't want hong kong to become china. we want our freedom. even you know something you cannot achieve, but you will still do it for justice, right? when the masses slipped away, the hard core dug in, those who don'tjust throw insults. and, when they refused to leave, you knew what was coming. police and protesters now in a fight for the future of the place they both call home. battling under a heavy cloud that's descended on the city and shows no sign of lifting. as for tonight, the police

had seen enough. this has been simmering all day and now it's erupted. police are arresting demonstrators. some seem to be injured, others choking back tear gas. this is chaos — sunday night in hong kong. the question is — when will all of this end? hong kong's under—fire government has failed to restore calm, and so a violent weekend is drawing to a close. with both sides battle—hardened, preparing for their next encounter. thanks very much two nick beake. —— to. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. jailed russian opposition leader alexei navalny‘s personal doctor says she believes he's been affected by an unknown chemical.

alexei navalny was transfered from prison to hospital after suffering what was being called an acute allergic reaction. but after visiting him, his doctor said she disagrees with that diagnosis. also making news today, myanmar and bangladesh will continue talks on monday about the return of thousands of rohingya refugees that fled a military campaign in rahkine state in 2017. in talks on the weekend, rohingya refugees told a visiting delegation from myanmarthat they refuse to return, unless their safety and rights as citizens are guaranteed first. president trump has confirmed that the director of national intelligence dan coats is stepping down next month. donald trump says he'll nominate the republican texas congressman john ratcliffe to replace him. dan coats has been in office for two years and has often appeared out of step with the president. two people have died and 25 were injured in an explosion in kabul on the day the country's official presidential election campaign launched. afghan security services believe the blast was targetting vice—presidential candidate amrullah saleh, who was

among the wounded. egan bernal has become the first colombian to win the tour de france. wearing the yellow jersey on the final ride into paris, the 22—year—old becomes the youngest person to win the gruelling three week race in 110 years. the duchess of sussex has been revealed as the guest editor of british vogue's september issue, the fashion bible's most important edition of the year. on the front cover, 15 of what buckingham palace called trailblazing changemakers, including new zealand's prime ministerjacinda ardern and climate change campaigner greta thunberg. one noticable exception is the duchess herself, who apparently told the editor she felt it would be boastful to appear. he had one foot on the plane to china, but gareth bale's big money move has seemingly been called off by his club real madrid, who want a transfer fee for the welsh star. bale had been expected to sign a three—year deal with chinese super league side jiangsu suning,

where it was reported he could have earned more than $1 million a week. let's return to our top story, a weekend of violent clashes between police and pro—democracy protesters in hong kong. laurie wen is a democracy advocate, and she's been telling me about how the protests have developed over the last few weeks and the progress the protestors feel they've made. in earlyjune, i didn't know a single person who thought if we marched, that would cause the government to withdraw the amendment to the extradition law, but we did it anyway. we didn't want to take it lying down. i think for most of us said came down to a sense of very basic human dignity, to be able to tell right from wrong and to be able to show that in public. so i tell right from wrong and to be able to show that in public. soi million of us came out and marched, and a

few days later we peacefully occupied the streets and the government responded with rubber bullets and tear gas. of course we we re bullets and tear gas. of course we were enraged, and we organised another very big march for days after that to condemn police violence and 2 million people came out. wherever you're watching, please try to imagine what it's like to have almost a third of your population come out and march. that is extraordinary. we still didn't feel we would win but we felt like we have... we were together and we had each other, we weren't alone and we could keep fighting so during that period, there was actually a sense of excitement and even sometimes exuberance. there were new creative daily actions organised by political virgins, we call them, and during that period, three of my friends actually told me they had

been thinking about emigrating, leaving hong kong, but during that period they reconsidered because people actually felt a sense of hope, not because the government gave them a sense of hope but we we re gave them a sense of hope but we were inspired and moved by our fellow protesters. laurie, i sense the frustration you feel, like many hong kongers and yourself, and we know, as you say, the protest started off eight weekends ago and there was a sense of excitement, you say. to what extent has that excitement changed to fear following the police actions you talk of, and of course the fact triads were involved last weekend, beating up protesters 7 involved last weekend, beating up protesters? is there is impacting the numbers now showing up? well, in some ways it's enraging more people and solidifying the commitment that many activists have two the movement. in the last few

weeks, you're right, there's been several turning points and i think before we felt like the government was beating us to the ground, now it's like we're standing on quicksand. we don't even have solid ground to stand on. you talk about the triads and organised crime, there seems to be a lot of evidence that the government actually sent them into beat us up severely and then the police let them get away with it and the riot police in the last couple of weekends have been... sometimes... laurie wen, the government has denied that, they say they were not behind these criminal elements and they are obviously trying to pursue this further. we know now this protest movement has gone well beyond the extradition bill, which, of course, the government says they are stalling. so what next, where can you guys go nextin so what next, where can you guys go next in terms of pushing democratic reforms in hong kong? i think no—one knows exactly what's happening tomorrow or next month, but more and more people, there's a

deeper and wider understanding that this is a long fight and at the moment, the fight for democracy, for an open, just, equal society is a fight everywhere in the world, not just hong kong. people understand it's a long fight and at this moment, we're not seeing the end of the tunnel. we'll continue following that story. a 16—year—old gamer has just won $3 million after being crowned the fortnite world champion. kyle giersdorf, known online as bugha, beat 99 other finalists and the a0 million players globally who had tried to qualify. fortnite is a computer game in the battle royale genre, popular all over the world. amanda zelauskas is a journalist with fornite intel. she believes the tournament could provide a turning with the huge amounts of money on offer. the prize pool that they put up for this event was insane. it was a record—breaking $30 million and a 16—year—old was able to walk away

with $3 million. that's crazy and it's great, and it seems like epic is ready to continue this on. they put $100 million out for 2018 and 2019, and today they actually announced the fortnight championship series, and so even though the world cup is over the competition still rolls on. i'm talking to you, a woman within this arena, shall we say, and when we looked, and many would have seen the pictures coming from that conference centre today where winners were announced, it was all young guys, mainly teenagers. what's it like to be a woman within that environment? yeah, it can definitely be difficult but there are some great females throughout the community that were very close and were pushing all for the same thing, for inclusion, for equality and hopefully next year, with the championship series, we can get more females on that podium, i'm all for it. were there any on any of

the podiums today? unfortunately not today but i know there were two females with an e—sports organisation, gen g, and they were there routeing everybody on. i'm curious with the young fans, and in ourwinners, i i'm curious with the young fans, and in our winners, i suppose, you think they will stay with fortnite or will they will stay with fortnite or will they move on when they get to a certain age to be replaced by others? yeah, so, me, personally, idon't think anyone is going anywhere with fortnite because epic is pushing in so fortnite because epic is pushing in so much money and i don't think any other e—sport can offer that line of income, so to say. the older people get, they don't always focus on competing, they go into different things, whether in the staff with the e—sports organisation or focusing on their own thing. journalist gen g speaking earlier ——

journalist amanda zelauskas speaking earlier. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: we visit the village where everyone has their own musical identity. also on the programme: our planet under pressure — just how far are we pushing its ability to meet our needs? 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 newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. i'm nuala mcgovern in london. our top stories: a weekend of clashes between pro—democracy activists in hong kong and the police has finally ended. the central government is expected to make a statement on the protests in a few hours. the jailed russian opposition leader, alexei navalny, has been taken to hospital — his doctor says he may have been

exposed to an unknown chemical. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. first to the japan times and the ongoing kyoto animation fire investigation. police are scrutinizing dvd and smartphone pictures of the arson suspect — after the death toll rose to 35 at the weekend. monday morning's financial times reveals the french carmaker that owns vauxhall will pull all production from one of its major uk factories and switch to mainland europe if profits fall post brexit. it puts more than 1,000 jobs at risk. and to australia and the front page of the sydney morning herald. rising swimming star shayna jack has tested positive for a banned substance. the news has sent shockwaves through the country. but the 20—year—old insists she will fight to clear her name.

iran has warned it will continue to ignore limits on its nuclear development if an international agreement cannot be salvaged. it has described international talks held in vienna today as "constructive", but has accused the uk of violating the terms by seizing an oil tanker earlier this month. i've been speaking to our chief international correspondent lyse doucet. the deputy foreign minister of iran who was the chief delegate at the talker said that the meeting was constructive which was positive but inconclusive. iran has been very tough with the other signatories of this deal ever since the us pulled out and started imposing sanctions because iran thinks that the others should compensate and help you run at the economic benefits it was promised as part of this deal but the head of the chinese delegation said what was important and i think he does have a point is that all the

other signatories were there. china, russia, germany, the europeans, they we re russia, germany, the europeans, they were all there, sending a strong message that they want to try to salvage the nuclear deal, this landmark deal, even though it is quite frankly hanging by a thread. and what is china's role within this set when it comes to negotiation? iran and china have very good relations. china is iran's biggest importer of oil. when us started to impose sanctions, china made it clear that it wanted to continue importing the oil. it has had second thoughts about that because obviously china and the us have had a lot of disputes on their own negotiating table is china does not wa nt to negotiating table is china does not want to find yet another issue to provoke president trump because the us believes its policy, what it calls maximum economic pressure, on iran, is working and in fact it

would want all the other signatories to the deal to pull out of the deal, to the deal to pull out of the deal, to put even more pressure on iran. so china is a key player both economically and politically. some say that the deal, also called jb‘s eoa, 2015 nuclear agreement. —— jpcoa because of some people say it is dead and that people are not admitting it. how would you describe how you see the situation? when the us pulled out last year, some senior iranians said to me it is all but dead because the us is all —— such a key player and such a pivotal player in the global financial system that the iranians know that whatever the good intentions of the other signatories to the deal, major companies are going to worry as they are now, about secondary sanctions from the us so it makes it difficult for almost anyone to do business with iran even though the europeans have set up separate financial mechanism which is to allow

companies to bypass the american dollar, deal in other currencies, to try to avoid sanctions, but so far that has only been for humanitarian goods and it certainly doesn't go for oil sales. an international research group called the global footprint network says thatjuly 29th is the day when our global demand for the world's resources exceeds what the planet can regenerate in that same year. for the past few years, the organisation has compared the earth's ecological limits with human demands on the environment. earlier i spoke to mathis wackernagel, president of the global footprint network. it is quite a simple concept. humans demand resources from nature and then we can calculate how quickly nature can renew these resources again. what we figured out using un datasets is that within 210 days, we

have used as much as earth can renew in the entire year and 210 days, thatis in the entire year and 210 days, that is july 29. between january one and july 29, we have used as much as earth can renew. that is incredibly worrying. first off, tell us a bit about how you go about calculating something like this. it seems incredibly difficult. they are using about 15,000 data points from un datasets for country and year and add up all of the demands that compete for ecological reproductive areas and then we can compare how many productive areas are in each country. each country can look at the resource balance of the world at a whole. it is a very basic resource counting. right, so how do we then, as consumers and governments, change what we're doing to try to obviously mitigate this incredible worrying thing that is happening, using up

our resources. i think the basic thing is our narrative. how do we hold the problem. most people think climate change is just a noble thing to do. no—ball, sounds wonderful, but it relegates the actions to sunday afternoon activities. what we really need to recognise is that sustainability and climate change is much more like brushing your teeth. it is not something noble, it is something necessary. if we act, we can maintain the value of our infrastructure, filled the right infrastructure. if we ignore it and continue to build infrastructure that will not serve us and we will be using value to time and economy is very interesting. now to india, and a small village in the north eastern state of meghalaya which has a unique way of communicating. popularly known as the whistling village of india, kongthong, has a tune or song dedicated to each person there.

amazing that they have been able to hold onto it. did you see that mobile phones are reducing the amount of time that they are using that? i was waiting for you to whistle your name goodbye because i'm not even going to try to whistle

mind. it will not do those villages justice. they made it sound so beautiful and so poetic. you have been watching newsday. and i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. stay with us. coming up — why big brands are advertising to transgender influencers in brazil. finally, the state of ohio has paid tribute to astronauts of apollo 11, not because it was easy, but because it was soft and spreadable. good morning. some of us had some sunshine this weekend but others, a weekend of relentless rain. in fact, it brought localised flooding. in greater manchester, rochdale, we had up greater manchester, rochdale, we had up to 90 millimetres throughout the weekend. the rain was fairly relentless. a conveyor belt of wet weather that moved its way up through the south—east. you can see that quite clearly. heavier bursts as well times although it is starting to weaken as we speak. the

story remains the same. this front is going to be with us throughout the day today. there it is on the satellite picture. we see some cloud up satellite picture. we see some cloud up to the far north—east of scotland and that could bring some heavy, thundery downpours as well over the next few hours. plenty to talk about with monday's weather, starting off pretty murky across scotland. low cloud, mist, still showers lingering and are weather front sitting there through northern ireland and southern scotland. a week affair, weaving its way steadily north. hindhead, where we had heavy rain, a better day through northwest england and parts of the midlands, highs of 26. but down on the south—west, an area of low pressure which will bring into the aisles of scilly and cornwall, some rain by the end of monday. rush isles of scilly. —— isles of scilly. heavy, sharp, thundery downpours are not out of the question on tuesday and gusts of winds can particularly down on

exposed coats of possibly 45 and 50 mph. sheltered eastern areas will be the best of the dryer brighter weather so down into aberdeen and the east coast. we was the highest values of around 21 to 24 degrees. as we move out of tuesday, we will see see that low pressure, a significant player in the weather story, continuing to drift east and it will take showers with it as well. on wednesday, it looks likely that the emphasis of the showers will be across southern scotland, through the north of england and eastern england as well. a drier story further south and west and not too bad a day into northern ireland and maybe the far north—east of scotla nd and maybe the far north—east of scotland again escaping with some decent weather. the highest values of 18 to 22 degrees, just below where we should be, really, for this time of year. as we move out of wednesday, i pressure will start to build thursday and friday quiet and is down and just warms up a little. so by the end of the working week, a

dryer theme but we certainly have changed the field to our weather. pressure with some sunshine and showers and at times, some gusty winds.

i'm nuala mcgovern with bbc world news. our top story: a weekend of sometimes violent protests in hong kong has ended, and the crisis is entering its eighth week. police fired tear gas and rubber bullets during clashes around government buildings. the beijing authorities are expected to give their first official response to the unrest in a few hours. the jailed russian opposition leader, alexei navalny, may have been exposed to a chemical administered by someone else, according to his personal doctor. mr navalny was taken to hospital on sunday, reportedly suffering from an allergic reaction. and this story is trending on bbc.com: egan bernal has become the first colombian to win the tour de france. the 22 year—old is also the youngest winner in more than a hundred years. large numbers of his fellow colombians watched as bernal was crowned champion.

that's all. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news, in a special edition of hardtalk,