welcome to bbc news, i'm reged ahmad. our top stories: after a weekend of protests in hong kong, the beijing government calls a rare news conference to respond to the crisis. riot police have been moving people through the streets. they're now making arrests. they've fired more tear gas. reinforcements are coming in. in the us, the director of national intelligence resigns after repeated disagreements with president trump. wejoin the police in the south african city of cape town where, on average, eight people are murdered every day. millions at his fingertips. we speak to the 16 year—old who won the first ever fortnite world

championships, and a lot of pocket money. hello and welcome. tense stand—offs between riot police and pro—democracy protesters in central hong kong have ended after another day of clashes. 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. 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. as we've mentioned, chinese state officials will address debelopment in a few hours' time. with the protest movement now in its eighth week, nick beake told us the crisis shows no signs of coming to an end. what we saw today was certainly dramatic, but no longer extraordinary. it does seem that this is the new norm in hong kong, and the concern is that this violence is getting worse. the protesters, the ha rd core violence is getting worse. the protesters, the hardcore in particular, appear to be emboldened and the police force, who for the

past month also have been using softer tactics, now appear to be willing to go in sooner with greater force. it doesn't bode well. tonight the authorities in hong kong predictably have condemned this latest violence, but crucially we've not yet had a reaction from beijing. what will their response be? how do they intend to try to extinguish this fire, which is now burning on their doorstep? we know there are chinese troops garrisoned in this city. the consensus is we've not yet reached the point where we may see ta nks reached the point where we may see tanks rolling out onto the streets, but no—one knows where we go from here. we're now witnessing an almighty struggle for the heart and soul of this city. let's get some of the day's other news. officials say boko haram militants are now known to have killed at least 65 people in an attack in northeastern nigeria on saturday, triple the initial estimate for the death toll. the attack targeted people as they left a funeral in the city of maiduguri. 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. 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. libyan authorities have buried 46 of the migrants who died at sea following one of the deadliest shipwrecks in the mediterranean this year. so far 62 bodies have been recovered in waters off the coast of libya after an overloaded boat went down near the city of khoms. pope francis has made an appeal to the international community to ensure the safety of migrants. ramzan karmali has this report which contains images you may find distressing. the un aid agency has called it the worst mediterranean tragedy of this year. this is the massive funeral for 46 migrants who drowned trying to desperately get to europe. rescue workers recovered 62 bodies in total.

the remaining funerals will take place later. the vessel these victims were on was said to be overloaded with some 400 on board. among those burying the dead are seven sui’vivoi’s. among those burying the dead are seven survivors. translation: we we re seven survivors. translation: we were saved and here we are to date you bury 46 of our brothers, children and women. we survived. we are eritreans. thousands of migrants attempted to ci’oss thousands of migrants attempted to cross the mediterranean to europe every year, and libya is a key departure point. those who make the journey often travel in poorly maintained and overcrowded ships, and many have died. but the numbers attempting the crossing is falling. that fall is down largely to italy's engaging libyan forces to stop them setting off or return them to libya if found at sea. this italian coastguard vessel carrying someone this italian coastguard vessel carrying someone hundred and 30 migrants rescued in the mediterranean has finally been

allowed to dock in sicily after around three days at sea, but these passengers aren't allowed to disembark. rome is after assurances from the eu of those on boards final destinations. meanwhile, the pope has once again called on politicians to do more for the migrants. translation: called on politicians to do more for the migrants. translationzlj called on politicians to do more for the migrants. translation: i renew a heartfelt appeal for the international community to act prom ptly international community to act promptly and decisively to avoid the repetition of similar tragedies and to guarantee the safety and dignity of all stop right italy's policy of making sure migrants stay in libya has come under fire from human making sure migrants stay in libya has come underfire from human right groups, not least as the country pot was currently engaged in a deadly civil war. migrants who make the crossing risk drowning in the mediterranean. those who don't could find themselves big dims of war, something many were trying to escape from in the first place. ramzan karmali, bbc news.

in washington, us president donald trump has announced that dan coats, the us director of national intelligence, is to step down next month. it's the latest high—profile figure to leave the trump administration. the president says he'll be nominating the texas congressman john ratcliffe to take on the role. lets get more from our north america correspondent peter bowes in los angeles. peter, what's the significance of dan coats stepping down? it's no secret that dan coats and the president haven't seen i too i ona number of the president haven't seen i too i on a number of issues over the past few months, north korea and russia in particular. also the president has publicly contradicted some of the advice that he's clearly received from his intelligence chiefs. then there was an incident about a year ago, mr coats was speaking in the state of colorado at

a 0&a speaking in the state of colorado at a q&a session, this was on live television, and he was given the news, just breaking at the time, at the white house was inviting president putin to a meeting at the white house at some point undetermined in the future to have discussions with the president, and it was mr coats's response to that, it was mr coats's response to that, it clearly took him by surprise, and he said, ok, that's going to be special. he said he looked rather bemused, he said after he didn't mean disrespect but the seeds were sown at that stage for what would be a rather deteriorating relationship with the president. notan with the president. not an uneventful time in the job. the man donald trump has nominated to replace him, tell us a bit more about him. s,john about him. s, john ratcliffe is a republican congressman. he's a former us attorney from texas. he is not a household name in the united states, although he did make headlines last week, because he was one of those

questioning robert mueller, who led the investigation into russian meddling in the us election and the president's role president donald trump's campaign in 2016 and possible collusion with russia. and it was his aggressive line of questioning of mr mueller that made headlines, asking whether he didn't exonerate the president and talking about the bedrock of the us justice system being the presumption of innocence, which he said applies to a sitting president as well anyone else. it was quite an aggressive to and fro that certainly made headlines, and some reports here suggest mr trump was watching and he liked what he saw. all right. peter bowes in los angeles, thank you very much that. stay with us on bbc newyes, still to come: stay with us on bbc news, still to come: man whistles we visit the remote indian mountain village where everyone has a tune to their name.

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: a weekend of clashes between pro—democracy activists and hong kong police has ended. the central government in beijing is expected to hold a rare news conference on the crisis in a few hours. the us director of national intelligence, dan coats, has announced his resignation. he and president trump have had many disagreements over policy. the personal doctor of the jailed russian opposition leader, alexei navalny, says she believes he's been exposed to an unknown chemical, possibly administered by someone else. mr navalny was taken to hospital on sunday, reportedly suffering from an allergic reaction. his doctor says he's had acute swelling, discharge from his eye and rashes on his neck, back, chest and wrists. she and another doctor were only

able only to observe him through a door. mr navalny was jailed last week for calling for unauthorised protests. with me now is politics professor steve fish from the university of california, berkeley. he's also authored a book on russia called democracy derailed. thank you so much for your time. thank you for your time. there must bea thank you for your time. there must be a lot of speculation from alexei navalny‘s supporters. be a lot of speculation from alexei navalny's supporters. it is obvious he was poisoned. this is something that another democracy activist in russia suffered twice and almost died. poisoning is the way it works and this probably happened in this case as well. he is feeling insecure

at home and it looks like he is flying high right now with the president of the united states. in other ways, putin seems to be doing very well internationally. at homes, he has a static —— stagnant economy and decline in popularity ratings. what we see here is more aggressive tactics in dealing with the opposition. in some sense, this is a sign he is losing his touch. we don't know what for sure has happened to alexei navalny but it comes as an interesting time. we saw the protests happening over the last few days. how much is president putin necessarily involved at a local level with what's happening in russia? he is very involved. he is com pletely russia? he is very involved. he is completely involved. he wants us to think that maybe he wasn't really

involved. maybe it was somebody else. he does this with the poisonings, the moves on dissidents, does it all the time. the answer is that these things don't happen without putin's approval. it doesn't mean he gave orders to arrest this 01’ mean he gave orders to arrest this or that remonstrate up but it does mean is his policies and what we have seen over the last several yea rs have seen over the last several years is a move toward ever greater repression. we also seen a movement bit -- repression. we also seen a movement bit —— toward diversification in elections. it looked like putin would leave a little bit of space open for semi— free elections for city consuls and places like moscow whether people are particularly democratically inclined. he has backed away from that now. democratically inclined. he has backed away from that nowm democratically inclined. he has backed away from that now. if putin is really that worried about what's happening in russia, how much of an appetite in the grand scheme of things is therefore change amongst the local populace? that is a good question and we don't know because you can't do honest public opinion surveys in russia anymore. they have

an awful long history of not necessarily trusting opinion surveys when they are with the president was a people are thrown in jail, poisoned, smeared in the pressed when they are opposing putin. does make smeared in the press. if someone comes to your door and ask if they approve of president putin, these are people in a dictatorship for years, the idea they will give the survey question an honest answer isa the survey question an honest answer is a far—fetched one so we don't really know how much appetite there is for change. what we do know is that these demonstrations are much larger than anyone expected. we also know the economy has been stagnating for many years and putin doesn't have any appetite for the kind of

reforms that could possibly turn it around. we also know that putin's popularity among young people in russia is really not all that great so there are warning signs and putin ta kes so there are warning signs and putin takes these things very seriously. all right, thank you very much for that analysis. pleasure. the south african city of cape town, a well known tourist destination, is also one of the world's most divided and dangerous cities. it's averaged eight murders every day in the first six months of this year and earlier this month, 43 people were killed in one weekend. the bbc spent a weekend with the police and spoke with the families of those who were killed. first on the scene. the metropolitan police's law enforcement officers are out on patrol in a dangerous pa rt are out on patrol in a dangerous part of cape town. this man grew up on these streets. you killed my dad,

i will kill you. you killed my brother, i will kill you. i call it the coloured curse. everyone is willing to pick up a knife or gun to avenge someone else's death. often the guns are turned against police. six members of the antigang unit we re six members of the antigang unit were shot and injured last month over the weekend we were filming, three more were shot. one of them died. 0k, three more were shot. one of them died. ok, you guys go left, we will go right was not we got eclipse of the danger they face every day. --we go right. we got a glimpse of the danger they face every day. this is my thinking. if i get one gun. iam

this is my thinking. if i get one gun. i am saving lots of lives. one gun, that is how many calls, how many murders. but police can't fix the economic and equality in these areas. this is home to over 20,000 people. sprawling townships like these are a legacy of apartheid. a month ago, five men were shot execution style in the shack. this 15—year—old was one of the terms. his little sister and brother watched as he died. the violence has gotten more and more and the children are not safe in that place. truly, they are not even safe in the park and that's supposed to be. if you're not even safe in your own

house, how can you be safe outside? to make these streets a little safer, the army's been called in. the army is meant to reinforce the police who are thin on the ground. with more than 1000 soldiers on the streets of some of the troubled hotspots, there is a temporary deployment. a stopgap measure to help halt the killings. this mother hoped she doesn't have to bury another son. after the murder, the family had to leave and now they are hoping for a fresh start.|j family had to leave and now they are hoping for a fresh start. i know violence is everywhere but at least because only lost one son, i don't wa nt to because only lost one son, i don't want to lose another. a 16—year old—gamer from the us known as ‘boogha' has won $3 million after being crowned the fortnite world champion in new york. his real name is kyle giersdorf, and he's been speaking to our reporterjoe tidy.

i feel pretty amazing but not too emotional. you dominated. the first gamei emotional. you dominated. the first game i saw you and by the end of it, you were smiling and taking people out left, right and centre. how did you do as well as you did?|j expected you do as well as you did?” expected to do very well because i have put in a lot of time to the game andi have put in a lot of time to the game and i really did just expect a good performance. top 20 at least was not how much time did you put into this? on school days are usually put in like six hours and summer days, probably double or a little bit more. well. and that is a lwa ys little bit more. well. and that is always on the same game? how did you manage to work it around school? have your grades suffered? migrates

really haven't suffered. they stay a, b, c, around that range. he has won $3 million. 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.

the whistling village of india. stay with us. good morning. some of us had some sunshine this weekend but others a weekend of relentless rain. in fact, it brought some localised flooding. in greater manchester, rochdale, we had over 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. some heavier bursts as well at 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 shower cloud up to the far north and 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 some showers lingering, and our weather front sitting there through northern ireland and southern scotland. a week affair, moving its way

steadily north to a band of showers. behind it, where we had heavy rain, a better day through north—west england and parts of the midlands, highs of 26. but down on the south—west, an area of low pressure which will bring through the isles of scilly and cornwall, some rain by the end of monday. this low pressure will continue to bring wet and windy weather across the country through tuesday. heavy, sharp, thundery downpours not out of the question and gusts of winds, particularly down into the south—west on exposed coasts, of 45 and possibly 50 mph. sheltered eastern areas will see the best of the drier, brighter weather, so parts of aberdeenshire, running down across that east coast. that's where we will see the highest values of around 21 to 24 degrees. as we move out of tuesday, we're still going to see that low pressure, a significant player in the weather story, continuing to drift steadily east, it will take showers with it as well.

so 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. so it's a drier story further south and west, not too bad a day into northern ireland and maybe the far north—east of scotland again escaping with some decent weather. highest values of 18 to 22 degrees, just below where we should be, really, for the time of year. but as we move out of wednesday, high pressure will start to build, so thursday and friday quietens down and just warms up a little. so by the end of the working week, a drier theme but we certainly have changed the feel to our weather. fresher with some sunshine and showers and at times, some gusty winds.

this is bbc news, the headlines: china's top policy unit for hong kong is to hold a rare press conference later on monday in beijing. two on monday in beijing. days of clashes between pro—democracy two days of clashes between pro—democracy activists and police have entered. protests have now entered an eight week. the us director of national intelligence, dan coats, has announced his resignation. president trump says he'll nominate a strong supporter, the texas congressman john ratcliffe, to replace him. mr coats has has often been at odds with mr trump over policy during the two years he's been in post. the personal doctor of the russian opposition leader alexei navalny says she believes he's been exposed to an unknown chemical, possibly administered by a third party. mr navalny was taken to hospital from jail on sunday, after officials said he'd suffered an allergic reaction. he was detained last week. now on bbc news, time for the week in parliament.