this is bbc news i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at four. the prime minister vows to "come down hard on crime" pledging £2.5 billion to create 10,000 new prison places while police forces in england and wales are to be given extended stop and search powers. police in hong kong fire tear gas at pro—democracy protesters in the tenth consecutive weekend of anti—government demonstrations. an 18—year—old man who got into difficulty in the sea off the essex coast has died — days after his teenage sister lost her life in the same incident. lawyers for the alleged victims of the multi—millionaire businessman and convicted sex offender — jeffrey epstein — say his death — shouldn't stop the investigation into his alleged crimes. in rugby — a late drop goal — and england deny wales a chance

to become ranked world number one — with a 33—19 victory at twickenham — in their first world cup warm—up match. and coming up in half an hour here on bbc news — protecting our planet explores sustainable solutions to climate change and how best to care for our enviornment. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the government has announced a package of new measures in a crackdown on law and order. the prime minister has promised to create an extra 10,000 prison places after an increase in violent crime. this will involve the building of new prisons and the expansion of existing ones at a cost

of around £2.5 billion. stop and search powers will also be extended to all police forces in england wales — which will allow police to stop someone in an area where they think a crime may be committed. borisjohnson also called for tougher sentencing and an end to the early release of prisoners convicted of violent or sexual offences. labour said austerity measures taken by conservative governments had left the entire criminal justice system broken. daniela relph reports. expanding powers to stop and search, part of a package of law and order announcements from the prime minister with a pledge to get tough on crime. a pilot scheme allowing greater powers to stop and search will now be extended to 43 police forces across england and wales. the home secretary dismissed criticism that the approach unfairly targets certain communities. she said her own experience talking

to victims of violence strengthened her view that stop—and—search works. they're from those communities that want to see more policing, they're from those communities that want to see more stop—and—search and they themselves from within those communities that have suffered such trauma and pain are saying they want to see our police officers empowered to do theirjob and use stop—and—search. 0n prisons, the government says there will be 10,000 new places, created from the building of newjails and the expansion and refurbishment of existing ones. it will cost £2.5 billion but as yet there's no detail where the money will come from. the most recent figures show there are currently 83,000 men and women in prison. that number is close to the current capacity ofjust over 85,000. today's announcement is a substantial rise in places, increasing prison capacity by around 12%.

in addition, the prime minister also wants an end to prisoners being released early, having served just half their sentence. all this as well as a previous announcement on the recruitment of 20,000 more police officers. but from labour there was caution and criticism. unless you're taking it in that holistic way and looking at prevention in the first place, and early intervention to tackle the causes of crime, then there's absolutely no way borisjohnson can hope to bear down on the huge rise in violent crime we have seen over the last six years that has been a result of tory austerity. borisjohnson says his wave of law and order announcements is about ensuring that criminals and not the public are afraid, but it will also inevitably lead to speculation that downing street is preparing for a general election in the autumn. daniela relph, bbc news. with me is our political correspondent, jonathan blake. quite a spending spree going on

here, where is all the money coming from? £2.5 billion, 10,000 extra prison places. money promised by the treasury. as for where they are going to find it from, that is still to be confirmed and this is one of a number of big spending promises the government has made, spending commitments, in recent weeks since borisjohnson took over as prime minister. 20,000 extra police officers, extra funding for nhs hospitals. and now this. the government spending plans seem to be ina bit government spending plans seem to be in a bit of flux at the moment, £2 billion extra promise for no—deal brexit planning as well, the chancellor effectively asking departments, tell me what you need andi departments, tell me what you need and i will give it to you if i can. we are going to get a short—term spending review probably towards the beginning of next month. but that is specifically around preparations for brexit. in terms of a longer term look towards the next 3—5 years, a

spending review may well take place not for some time yet but there could well be a budget in the autumn, where all eyes will be on sajid javid, the chancellor, to say what perhaps tax—raising measures, extra borrowing measures he will look at to raise this cash. it has to come from somewhere and there have been criticism of the government in the way it is making these announcements which are costed but in terms of the detail of where the money is coming from, it is more scarce. former deputy prime minister lord michael heseltine is one of those saying the government is being irresponsible. the situation is serious. and the idea that you have got government which is crashing many around the place like there's no tomorrow, aimed very specifically at very clear electoral targets, is actually a policy of economic irresponsibility. 0ther reaction, what has the opposition side? you had the labour criticism in the report, both on

stop and search measures and on the action prison places labour have been scathing of the government, diane abbott shadow home secretary saying extending stop and search powers is a tried and tested recipe for unrest, not violence reduction. and on extra prison places, richard burgin, says the tories have talked tough on law and order in the past and failed to bring down the number of victims of crime and says the government does not have a strategy. this all plays into the speculation that the government is making announcements of this nature one after the other in quick succession because there might well be an election come the autumn whether it is parliament forcing one or the prime minister deciding. labour would like to talk about these promises during an election

campaign. the chinese government has told britain it should stop interfering in hong kong's affairs, after the foreign secretary, dominic raab, suggested there should be an investigation into violence during the recent pro—democracy protests. beijing said the days when the uk ruled the territory were "long gone". it comes as police fired tear gas at demonstrators in a working—class district of hong kong, in what is the tenth consecutive weekend of protests. 0ur correspondentjonathan head has the story. there's a rich supply of materials in this city for determined protesters, and they have turned improvising barricades into an art form here. these hit—and—run blockades seem intended to provoke a police reaction. especially when they're surrounding a police station, as here, taunting the officers inside... 0ne even scaling the walls to disable the cameras.

and, inevitably, they get a response. this is now a familiar weekend routine in hong kong's streets. the protesters quickly retreating, the police noisily retaking some of the ground and then stopping to consider their next move. the protesters are sticking to their five demands, including an independent investigation of police tactics. a suggestion backed by foreign secretary dominic raab which has now prompted china to tell britain to stay out of hong kong's affairs. these protesters justify these actions by the need, they say, to defend the freedoms of hong kong. but, to china, this all looks like intolerable disorder and it's making it clear it won't put up with what it sees as foreign interference.

china has accused outside powers of encouraging these protests. in truth, for all their desperate hope of foreign intervention, hong kong's dissidents are on their own and up against an unyielding and increasingly impatient chinese government. jonathan head, bbc news, hong kong. our correspondent, stephen mcdonell, has spent the last ten weeks on the streets of hong kong with demonstrators. i asked him what's changed during that period. they have changed, they have this new strategy, more hit—and—run. we are into the night after a full day of protesting, people still gathering, thinking of their next move, where they might go to next. round here, barricades still being built here. a sort of home—made shield made from a street sign. this is going on all over the city.

down here, other groups at the end of the street. the fact that there are smaller groups is kind of part of the plan. it does not matter if you've got this guerrilla tactic of going somewhere, hitting it and moving fast if you have less people because they can be more mobile. for that the reason the police have also been more mobile, coming infast, trying to grab people, make enough arrests to try and somehow take the wind out of this protest movement. there are still many thousands of radicalised protesters prepared to break the law, not mattering that they are warned not to come out, they have gas masks and helmets like we have. they disperse when the rubber bullets come, go to another area, go on the subway and do it all again. it is becoming difficult for the authorities to come up with a strategy to bring it to an end.

they are trying and hoping well before the looming deadline on the 1st of october that they can finish this. if there are scenes like this on the 70th anniversary of the foundation of the people's republic of china, the politburo standing committee will be horrified, mass military marches, celebrations of chinese nationalism they want. not this display of dissent, the challenge to chinese government rule here in the city. thank you very much indeed. an 18—year—old man who got into difficulties in the sea off essex on thursday has died. haider shamas and his 14—year—old sister, malika, were pulled from the sea close to the pier in clacton. police say a 15—year—old girl, a relative of haider and malika, who was with them, is expected to make a full recovery. a 29—year—old man remains in custody after being detained on suspicion of the attempted murder of a police officer in birmingham.

the suspect was cornered by armed police and tasered before being arrested in the moseley area. police said he had earlier punched an officer to the ground before running him over with his own vehicle — as he tried to arrest him in connection with a car theft. the officer is being treated for head and pelvic injuries. part of worthing seafront has been evacuated due to an incident involving hazardous materials leaving people vomiting and with sore eyes. police are investigating the source of the chemical incident and have reportedly cleared the pier and the surrounding area. a cordon has been set up along the seafront and people have been told to stay inside and shut windows and doors. kite surfing instructor christine johnston was about to start a lesson near windsor road when she was told to leave the beach... tell us what happened. that's right,

we we re tell us what happened. that's right, we were setting up for the day for a kite surfing lesson and the quad bike came along from the beach patrol office and told us to leave the beach immediately, they were quite concerned about a substance, i think they thought it was in the air. certainly they were covering their faces, trying not air. certainly they were covering theirfaces, trying not to be the thing. at what point did you realise something was very wrong? did it ta ke something was very wrong? did it take a while for your brain to calculate what you are being told and seeing? now, i am familiar with the beach patrol officers because they patrol up and down on a regular basis so i basicallyjust did what i was told. it was very unusual. it seemed quite serious. how are you affected ? seemed quite serious. how are you affected? what were the symptoms? well, i had sort of sore, itchy eyes and my friend said her eyes were uncomfortable as well. yes, we did the same thing and just left as soon as we could. what else did you say

on the beach itself? —— what else did you see? people suffering or running? i didn't see anything like that, to be honest. there was certainly a lot of police presence, police car parked at the end of the promenade. i believe they were speaking to people that may enter the promenade. the beach patrol officers told us that they were going to continue down the beach, telling people to leave the beach right down to the road between... they were considered by a large area. it is a summer weekend, a sunday, how busy would wording seafront normally be, and who would be on there? is it families or sporty people like yourself? there isa sporty people like yourself? there is a mixture of people on wording seafront. quite often, families, people enjoying the sunshine. today it was really windy so there was less general members of the public,

i would say. a lot of kite surfers looking to enjoy the conditions and we were, not just looking to enjoy the conditions and we were, notjust discos, everyone being told to leave worthing beach. lots of cats up at the beach slightly further east. it was very unusual! safety first. we have these sorts of incidents, certainly last year, a cloud had come overfrom france. some think the year before that. you obviously would have been very aware of what the wind was doing. what direction wasn't coming from? did you pick up an odour? they wind was coming from the south—west direction. it was quite strong. it was between 20—25 knots, 22—28 mph. no, we did not really smell anything. 0nce no, we did not really smell anything. once we got told, we were looking and listening and seeing if

we felt unwell, but to be honest it felt quite serious and we just wa nted felt quite serious and we just wanted to leave the area as quickly as possible, did not want to really sort of hang around to find out what was next. and how are you feeling now, have the symptoms cleared up? my now, have the symptoms cleared up? my eyes are a bit itchy still, actually. it does not feel serious but the beach patrol officer told us that three or four people were hospitalised so we took it seriously when they warned us. have you been given any advice on how to look after your eyes ? given any advice on how to look after your eyes? no, ijust given any advice on how to look after your eyes? no, i just applied my own first aid training, which was just to flush them out with water. we moved about a kilometre further down and reconvened in the cafe. we decided, i decided, to call all lessons off for the day as a safety precaution. they told us not to return to the beach all day, to worthing beach, all day. that was the end of our day today, unusual!

thank you, christine, for sharing your experience and i hope your eyes clear up. thank you very much indeed. we are hearing from the fire service. a number of emergency resources at the site. we understand the cord and has been lifted. around that area of worthing beach. police, we understand, will remain at the site but as far as it goes, the court in itself has been lifted around worthing beach. —— the cording has been lifted. the headlines on bbc news... the prime minister pledges £2.5 billion to create 10,000 new prison places — and says all police forces will be given extended stop and search powers.

police in hong kong fire tear gas at pro—democracy protesters in the tenth consecutive weekend of anti—government demonstrations. the fbi is investigating the death of the multi—millionaire businessman and convicted sex offender, jeffrey epstein, who was found dead in his new york prison cell. sport and a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. england have defeated wales at twickenham ahead of the world cup in japan. england made the initial breakthrough thanks to the power of belief in a polar —— set. wells made a breakthrough through the v davies. they scored two more tries but with

england's third, three george ford penalties and wales were overpowered, but these two will meet again next weekend where wales can get their revenge at the principality stadium. aubameyang won it for arsenal against newcastle, steve bruce's first game in charge. not quite the reception steve bruce would have been hoping for, newcastle had spent £65 million on new talent earlier this summer but still there was a boycott by some supporters against the owner, mike ashley. newcastle's shopping yielded five new players but shelvey nearly put his side ahead.

joelinton join joelintonjoin for £40 joelinton join for £40 million. arsenal did not start with any new signings and gabonese aubameyang was worrying the newcastle defence most as arsenal began to dominate. eight goal in the league in as many games. not many more goals to tell you about in the other matches of the day, wolverhampton wanderers had a goal ruled out for handball in that match. manchester united are about to get their premier league campaign under way against frank lampard's chelsea. a double forjermain defoe

for rangers. the 21—year—old from bath started at pau, slipped back to third and finished fourth behind powell. that was enough to secure the championship for chadwick ahead of her dutch rival. andrea dovizioso edged out marc marquez. 59th pole position on his honda for marc marquez. but the italian pasty world champion on the last quarter of the final lab. 58 points behind marc marquez with eight races remaining, cal crutchlow crashed out. judd trump will become world number one tomorrow after winning the

international snooker championship in china in his first tournament since being crowned world champion. he defeated sean murphy 10—3. along with a trophy, £175,000 in prize money. jimmy anderson has talked about the calf injury that has ruled him out of the second ashes test at lord's this week. the leading wicket taker could only bow four overs in defeat. felt great in the first few overs. in my fourth over, did not feel quite right. went off to get it checked. all the tests they do on the calf to see if it is all right, it just was the calf to see if it is all right, itjust was not playing ball. hugely frustrating. if you a lot of emotions, angry as well. having done all the work, most of the ireland game as a precaution to make sure i

was “— game as a precaution to make sure i was —— did not play against ireland to make sure i was ok for the ashes. it just was to make sure i was ok for the ashes. itjust was not happy. two gigabytes athletes have picked up maximum points of farr, richard county with the men's 200 metres in the event where points are accumulated and not individual medals. ben williams also came out on top, winning the triple jump came out on top, winning the triple jump witha came out on top, winning the triple jump with a personal best. gb were forth heading into the final day today. that, for the moment, is all from the bbc sport centre, you can keep up—to—date and full of the athletics, the remaining one hour or so athletics, the remaining one hour or so left of action, and plenty of build—up ahead of manchester united's match as well, due to get under way at 4:30pm, but for now

thatis under way at 4:30pm, but for now that is all from me. the fbi is to investigate the death of the multi—millionaire businessman and convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein — who was found dead in his cell in a new yorkjail. the 66—year—old is believed to have taken his own life, while awaiting trial on new charges, of trafficking dozens of underage girls for sex. 0ur north america correspondent, neda tawfik reports. the body ofjeffrey epstein is taken away from a new york hospital. the multimillionaire sex offender was found dead in his prison cell saturday morning as he awaited trial for sex trafficking. 0nce epstein's extravagant lifestyle saw him party with donald trump. the president called him a terrific guy. he has since distanced himself from the convicted sex offender. originally a maths teacher in manhattan, the financier mysteriously accumulated a fortune that gained him entrance into high society and royal circles.

he was close friends with prince andrew, seen here as recently as 2010 in new york. but his social status and opulent parties, his accusers say, masked lurid crimes at his many palatial estates. for more than a decade epstein faced allegations that he sexually assaulted dozens of young girls, recruited to give him and other wealthy men massages. 0ne alleged victim, virginia roberts, said jeffrey epstein instructed her to have sex with at least half a dozen prominent men, beginning when she was 16 years old. she was photographed with prince andrew and in 2015 she alleged she was forced to have a sexual relationship with him. buckingham palace has said those allegations are categorically untrue. in 2008, epstein pleaded guilty to lesser prostitution charges. that widely criticised plea deal is now under investigation by the department ofjustice. after 13 months in prison he continued to live a life of luxury but he was arrested again last month and charged

with sex trafficking. epstein was found unresponsive on the floor of his prison cell here in manhattan. many are now questioning how he could have apparently taken his own life and why greater precautions were not put in place after he was found semiconscious with neck injuries just two weeks ago. his victims say they would have preferred that he had lived to face justice. nada tawfik, bbc news. a 200—strong search team is continuing to scour dense forest near the resort where a 15—year—old british schoolgirl went missing, nora quoirin, who has learning difficulties, disappeared while on holiday with her family. her mother has thanked the teams looking for her daughter. malaysian police have set up a hotline dedicated to receiving information

about the teenager's disappearance. police say two men have been charged with a public order offence after they were arrested outside the home of arsenal footballer, mesut 0zil, on thursday. on friday, the club annouced that 0zil and his teammate, sead kolasinac, would not play this weekend because of security concerns. both players were targeted by carjackers in north london last month. police say they're treating the arrests on thursday as a separate incident. the troubled energy company sse, which supplies almost 6 million households in the uk, has said it's in talks about the sale of its energy retail business to 0v0 group. in may, sse announced plans to offload its energy retail arm after losing more than half a million customers. in a statement, the company said no final decision had been taken. if the sale goes ahead, 0v0 would become one of the uk's largest energy suppliers, having been founded just ten years ago. there are warnings that heavy rain across central and south—western scotland could cause flooding and travel problems later.

the scottish environment protection agency has issued two flood alerts running through until 6 pm this evening. a more serious flood warning is also in place for arbroath. train services are getting back to normal after heavy rain caused the temporary closure of the west coast mainline between england and scotland. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willetts. hello there. good afternoon. at least the windy weather has eased away. the rain however has still been a concern through the day and will continue to be a concern for the next 12 hours or so, particularly for southern scotland and the northern half of england. so bbc local radio will have all the travel details. from the satellite picture you can see the best of the sunshine has been in the south. we have had some sharp showers but it is clearly much wetter and cloudier further north and it's here across southern scotland and the north of england where the rain just keeps falling. another ten to 20 millimetres today and possibly double that in a few places.

considering that some areas of cumbria have had a month's worth of rain just throughout the weekend that is obviously going to cause further concerns with flooding. some of these are thundery as well, these showers further south. but it but it has felt quite warm and the winds are light. 0utside those shows, in the sunshine, we have achieved 22, 23. it is notably cooler, though, further north. temperatures in glasgow yesterday were 23 degrees so five or six degrees down and that is a trend that's set this week. so here is our rain that continues to fall this evening, pushing further south was very slowly and hardly easing but drying up and turning chilly across scotland. already drier for northern ireland and ahead of that as well the showers are easing away. a slightly less muggy night. but actually with that weather front close by in the south on monday the north—westerly wind following on behind we could still see a cluster of showers developing through the morning. across the south of england, particularly the south—east and into east anglia. so that could be around for the rush—hour but hopefully