i'm rico hizon in singapore, the headlines: violence breaks out at hong kong's airport, with clashes between riot police and protesters. more ominous warnings from china as chinese troops manoeuvre near the hong kong border. i'm ben bland in london. also in the programme: president trump delays a 10% tariff on some chinese imports to avoid christmas shopping price hikes. and, the long march — a british man becomes the first person to walk the length of china's yangtze river, the longest river in asia.

it's midnight in london and 7:00am in singapore and in hong kong, where the international airport has been the scene of further, violent confrontations between demonstrators and police officers tried to storm the terminal building only to withdraw after facing heavy resistance. at one point, a suspected chinese official was held hostage by protesters. the trouble has done nothing to quell fears of chinese intervention. president trump has claimed us intelligence told him that beijing is moving troops to its border with hong kong. jonathan head reports.

this was the day a self—styled democracy movement came close to mob violence. fearful of infiltrators, the protesters seized individuals they believed were undercover chinese officers. with emotions so raw it was hard to restrain them. for a second day they had occupied the airport and shut it down. luggage trolleys rammed together to make effective barricades. thousands filled the departure hall, mingling with bewildered passengers whose flights were no longer leaving, and at times trying to win their understanding. what started as opposition to a controversial extradition bill has evolved into demands for fully democratic government in hong kong and for police accountability. a roar from the crowd and another suspected infiltrator had gone down. it was a struggle for

medics to evacuate him. a delegation of police was allowed into the airport. this officer pleading for cooperation. but the bellowing fury of these young protesters drove them back out of the terminal. that was followed by lines of riot police moving towards the doors. it sent them scurrying for more trolleys. outside, this officer's attempt to arrest someone backfired badly and he had to raise his gun to fend off his attackers. as you can see, they are building barricades at the moment at the entrance to the terminal. we have seen riot police outside, they are trying to stop them coming in. have a look down there, there are still passengers arriving at this airport.

how are the police going to storm this building? while all this was going on, stranded travellers sat among the empty check—in desks in one of asia's most important transport hubs. losing control of it is a humiliation for the hong kong government. more significantly, it is a humiliation for china, which has warned that its patience is running out. jonathan head, bbc news, hong kong airport. and a little bit later we'll be hearing from victor gao, who worked closely with beijing on the handover of hong kong to china. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. president trump says he has delayed the introduction of a 10% tariff on some chinese imports till mid—december. it's to avoid having an impact on christmas shopping. the higher tax would have made a range of goods, including laptops, cell phones and certain items of clothing, more expensive from next month. mrtrump maintained he was optimistic about a trade

deal with china. and we are doing well, and we are fighting against a lot of countries that have taken advantage of us for many years, but they are not doing it so much anymore, and in a little. of time they won't be doing it at all anymore. they have taken advantage of this country. president trump. staying with the us and trade, the british prime minister, borisjohnson, has said he expects a "tough old haggle" with the united states on a post—brexit trade deal. that's despite suggestions from president trump's national security adviser that agreements could be struck quickly after the uk leaves the eu. speaking during a visit to london, john bolton said that britain was "first in line" for a deal, which could be negotiated sector by sector to speed up the process. people have been told to leave their village near a missile testing site in the archangelsk region of russia. it's where an explosion killed five scientists last week.

meteorological authorities say radiation levels spiked after the incident, but were below the danger threshold. some reports say the explosion was linked to russia's development of a nuclear—powered cruise missile. pakistan has requested a meeting of the un security council over india's decision to revoke the special status of jammu and kashmir. muslims in the city of srinagar have protested after marking the eid al—adha festival. a spokesman for the local government in indian administered kashmir says a phased relaxation of the curfew is beginning. the danish prime minister, mette frederiksen, has formally apologised to hundreds of victims of historical abuse in state—run children's homes. no—one has ever been prosecuted. that's despite evidence that children at one orphanage were sexually abused, beaten, and drugged from the 1940s to the 1970s.

an armed man has been arrested after stabbing a woman in central sydney. he was detained on the street by members of the public. a second woman was found dead inside an apartment building on the same street. the police said the suspect was a "lone actor" with a history of mental health issues. top english football club manchester city has been found guilty of breaching rules on the international transfer of players under the age of 18. fifa, the governing body of world football, fined the club $380,000, but is said it was not imposing a transfer ban because city had admitted its fault. more now on our top story — the demonstrations at hong kong's international airport. i was joined by victor gao, former interpreter for deng xiaoping and now director of the china national association of international studies.

he worked closely for beijing on the handover of hong kong to china. first of all, i think carrie lam is absolutely right. the situation in hong kong involving so much rioting and violence, and damage to the rule of law is fast reaching a tipping point. something needs to be done, either by the hong kong government itself or in conjunction with the central government. i think the extradition bill, as you called it, is no longer an issue at all, and the demonstrators are really demanding other things, including the overthrow of the hong kong government, which is completely not to be accepted. restoration of rule of law is top priority right now in hong kong. 50 of law is top priority right now in hong kong. so you are saying that ageing is in charge and the hong kong leadership has no independence and no autonomy and has no say? no, just the opposite. i think the chinese central government is

strictly abiding by the basic law, and up until now is leaving the management of hong kong affairs to the hong kong government. and beijing has expressed complete trust and confidence in carrie lam and her government as well as the hong kong police. i hope they will be able to do thejob police. i hope they will be able to do the job and bring law and order back to hong kong and restore normalcy to hong kong, and prevent such great breakdown of social order in hong kong. but victor, a protest over the past few months have shown that these demonstrations will not let up until the extradition bill is withdrawn and carrie lam resigns, and the freedoms are returned to the hong kong people. first of all, the demonstrations, as you called it, many of which are illegal demonstrations, as classified by hong kong law, they constitute

illegal gatherings and also lots of violence and chaos and rioting have been committed, and hong kong airport has become such a huge crime scene. lots of illegalities have been committed, and i think something needs to be done to apply the rule of law to those criminals who have committed such heinous crimes, not only on the hong kong airport but in many other places in hong kong. restoration of rule of law is of top priority right now. anything for greater democracy can be left to another day without rule of law there will be no greater democracy. beijing has already said that these protesters are terrorism related and they will deal with them with an iron fist. will we see military and police crossing the border and implementing this rule of law? up until nowl

border and implementing this rule of law? up until now i think the whole responsibility has firmly rested on the shoulders of the hong kong government and the hong kong police. i hope this will be sufficient to restore order and law to hong kong, but if it is proved to be insufficient something else needs to be done, including participation by the central government. but there are always chinese troops on the border between hong kong and china. why should military be involved in this? i think police forces in the rest of china can be mobilised, and set to work in hong kong at the request of the hong kong government ought to be decided in the sole discretion of the national people's congress standing committee. all of this is not against the basic law, it is purely by the rule of basic law. police in malaysia say they've found the body of nora quoirin, the irish teenager who went missing nine days ago. the 15—year—old, who had learning difficulties,

was on holiday with her family when she disappeared from a resort. her body was found just over a mile from where she was staying. 0ur correspondent howard johnson sent this report from seremban. a malaysian police helicopter hovers over the area of dense jungle where the unclothed body of nora quoirin was discovered. then this... winched up in a cage, supported by a police officer. the teenager went missing from the dusun eco—resort in western malaysia ten days ago. the family had planned a two—week holiday but the morning after they arrived, nora's father sebastien discovered her bed empty and a downstairs window open. the family have always insisted, given nora's learning difficulties, it is very unlikely she would have walked off alone. nora! today's search and rescue effort

started with more than 300 personnel scouring a 2.5 mile square radius around the resort. but by mid—afternoon, the police were alerted to a macabre discovery. in the last half an hour, we've seen a flurry of activity here, policemen coming and going. these are some police chiefs here, you can see the lights are on on this forensics car here. what we've found out is there is a gentleman inside who is being questioned. he was the one who went up to a police checkpoint earlier on today and said that he had found a body. the body was taken to a nearby hospital, where nora's family had the grim task of confirming it was her. translation: the family has been brought in to identify the body found today and have confirmed the body is indeed nora anne, who went missing on august 4th. a postmortem will be carried out tomorrow. it came just a day after her parents announced a reward for information about her.

she has been vulnerable since the day she was born. she is so precious to us and our hearts are breaking. what started as a dream holiday for nora and herfamily, has ended up being every parent's worst nightmare. howard johnson, bbc news, pantai, malaysia. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: we meet the man who made the long march, 6,1i00km, along the full length of china's yangtze river. also on the programme: sailing to the summit — teenage climate change campaigner greta thunberg prepares to sail across the atlantic to attend a un summit in new york. the big crowds became bigger as the time of the funeral approached. as the lines of fans became longer, the police prepared for a hugejob

of crowd control. idi amin, uganda's brutalformer dictator, has died at the age of 80. he's been buried in saudi arabia, where he lived in exile since being overthrown in 1979. two billion people around the world have seen the last total eclipse of the sun to take place in this millennium. it began itsjourney off the coast of canada, ending three hours later when the sun set over the bay of bengal. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore.

i'm ben bland in london. our top stories: violence breaks out at hong kong's airport with clashes between riot police and protesters. and president trump delays a 10% tariff on some chinese imports to avoid christmas shopping price hikes. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. once again the protests in hong kong dominate the front page of the south china morning post. it reports on what it calls the unprecedented violence at the airport by protesters, who ignored a tearful warning from hong kong's leader that they are pushing the city into an abyss. there's gloomy economic news in the singapore straits times. it forecasts that economic growth in singapore could grind to a halt. it comes amid global trade tensions and weakness in the manufacturing sector. and the front page of french paper

le figaro carries a story on what it says is a revolution in the meat industry. it says breeders, food processers and butchers are reviewing their practices to adapt to new eating habits and counter vegan activists. and those are the papers. now, what stories are sparking discussions online? seems like it involves the notre—dame cathedral? indeed, we'll focus on france because it's all about workers in paris. they have begun removing lead from the area around notre—dame cathedral, which went up in flames last april. hundreds of tonnes of lead in the roof melted in the blaze and winds spread the particles well beyond the church grounds. local schools are among the buildings that have been decontaminated or had surfaces removed. the teenage climate change campaigner greta thunberg

is preparing to sail across the atlantic to attend a summit at the united nations in new york. the 16—year—old activist is travelling on a 60—foot yacht — fitted with solar panels and underwater turbines that produce electricity onboard — with the aim of making the journey zero—carbon emitting. 0ur chief environment correspondent justin rowlatt caught up with her before she sets sail from plymouth in the uk. how do you get to new york without any co2 emissions? this is how. but greta thunberg isn't anxious. i might feel a bit seasick, and it's not going to be comfortable, but that i can live with. the malizia is all about speed.

look at her, she's just a giant sail attached to a superlight carbon—fibre hull. she basically bounces through the wave, sometimes dives right through them. it is a very... woah! ..very rough ride, it's a very wet ride, to be honest, i'm not sure that i could take two weeks of this. it is thrilling but it won't be comfortable, one the skipper boris hermann. so, no washing, no shower. we just put clothes on and we keep them for two weeks. there is no fridge, no kitchen, no heating and no privacy. so here you have your little intimate corner. you can hide here and use the bucket. and look, "poos only, please." but there are also no carbon emissions. the entire journey will be under sail and all the electricity will be generated by solar panels and turbines. if we are honest, one person giving

up flying doesn't make any difference in a world of 8 billion people. so what is the point? i mean, the point, ithink, is to sort of create an opinion. if i stop flying you don't only reduce your own carbon footprint but also that sends a signal to other people around you that, i mean, the climate crisis is a real thing and that also pushes a political movement. but it's been a year since the 16—year—old began her climate strikes and carbon emissions have continued to rise. she plans to encourage world leaders to take more urgent action in new york. and despite the privations, she's looking forward to the trip. i think it will feel good in a way to be just alone with those on the boat and the ocean. the voyage will take two weeks. greta's team say they haven't yet planned how she's going to get back from america.

justin rowlatt, bbc news, plymouth. that's one epicjourney, ben — a transatlantic journey with a difference. what's the most spectacular trip that you've been on recently? well, i had a bit of a lengthy voyage on the thames bus. i had ihada i had a drink in my hand and the breeze was going through... nothing like the journey that greta's been on. what about you? this coming weekend it will be an epicjourney from this coming weekend it will be an epic journey from singapore to london but injust epic journey from singapore to london but in just a epic journey from singapore to london but injust a day. epic journey from singapore to london but in just a day. are you doing it by wind powered boat? i'm flying! i will look forward to that. ina plane, flying! i will look forward to that. in a plane, i hope!

let's tell you about another big expedition. a british man has become the first person to walk the length of china's yangtze river overcome subzero temperatures, wolves and altitude sickness, and the 28—year—old's not even that keen on walking. at 6,400 kilometres, the yangtze is the world's third longest river and the longest in asia. ash dyke began the journey at the river's source, more than 5,000m metres above sea level on the tibetan plateau. along the way, he crossed the famous three gorges, site of the world's largest hydroelectric dam and power station. the journey took him 352 days to reach the sea at china's largest city, shanghai. and when ash joined us from shanghai, he told us what motivated him to make such an extraordinaryjourney. so this is my profession, i've been doing this for the past ten years, and i've always been fascinated with china and it was pretty much the biggest thing i could find that

hadn't yet been done from west to east of the country as well. i was just hooked instantly. tell us about some of the tough moments you faced during that walk. yeah, so, really tough was actually the peoplejoining me along the yeah, so, really tough was actually the people joining me along the way. we had 16 people altogether and ten people had to be evacuated due to fear of wildlife, altitude sickness, injury, but as well i had to be aware of the wolves, the bears, the altitude, of course, and the temperatures, as you mentioned, minus 20— —45 celsius, and the flooding is an landslides... the challenges were never—ending. i'm sure there were many tough moments. what are the ones that stood out in your mind as the most magical ones of the journey? well, you know what, probably this being one of the world's most interactive... i was able to share on my instagram and the amount of

people that supported when i opened it up was immense. even at the finish live streaming to millions with over 100 people coming across the finish line. it was the people who supported me and the locals throughout. we got some nice video of you dancing and swimming. tell us about those moments. we filmed for an international tv documentary. this was a speed record. i was trying to enjoy my time. i would take a week or two weeks out in communities and cities to soak up the local culture and get involved with the locals and what they do. i've done all sorts of things from eating pressure worms, which is a delicacy, to blowing pigs liver, which is a different delicacy, and i don't being able to share them and capture them with eve ryo ne share them and capture them with everyone else in and out of china. what's your next adventure, ash, what are you planning? the support has been massive, i'll be releasing

my second book, but i think the next trip will be here in china. we'll watch with interest what the next adventure will be. would you do a walk for 352 days? sometimes three minutes is about enough for me, rico! newsroom to studio! indeed, that's it, that's the exercise for the day! you've been watching newsday. i'm ben bland in london. and i'm rico hizon in singapore. stay with us. the war on almonds — why an ongoing trade dispute between the us and india is threatening america's nut farmers. and before we go, we'd like to leave you with these pictures. talk about a lucky cat! here in the uk, a couple who got their paws on a £1 million lottery prize have thanked their pet cat for the win. andrew hancock only bought the winning scratchcard because he had to drive to the local petrol station to buy food for his 6—year—old cat shortcake. he said, "if it wasn't for shortcake, we wouldn't be millionaires." that's all for now.

stay with bbc world news. i hope they at least got shortcake some really nice catfood. lucky cat! pretty cloudy day ahead of us on wednesday. rain on and off pretty much anywhere in the uk. there might even be one or two rumbles of thunder across the midlands, east anglia, lincolnshire as well. by thursday, the weather will improve. this is what it looks like right 110w. this is what it looks like right now. this is the weather system, this is all the cloud that's basically been heading our way through the course of the night. clearer skies for a time in the east, but i think from the morning onwards it's looking pretty damned if not wet across the south—west of england, wales. just about lancashire, the lake district. northern ireland getting a few spots of rain too as well as the western isles. but it's not cold, it's quite mild in fact. these are

south—westerly winds bringing humid airso south—westerly winds bringing humid air so temperatures in the morning about 1k, matching that in cardiff, but in weston and eastern scotland in rural spots temperatures could be three orfour in rural spots temperatures could be three or four degrees above freezing. but quickly it will cloud over. look at all that cloud in the uk across wednesday. 0n over. look at all that cloud in the uk across wednesday. on and off rain, not one solid area of rain sweeping across the country, bits of rain so it will come and go, hit and miss through the day. later in the day some western areas could write an up because the weather front will pull away towards the east and then come thursday we are in between weather systems, one in the atlantic ready for the weekend but on thursday before it arrives, the weather is looking absolutely fine. after a cloudy, damp wednesday, thursday, more sunshine on the way with temperatures up to 23 with the sun around and even 20 just about across northern england i think. no, no more than 15. here's the low

pressure swinging in off the atla ntic pressure swinging in off the atlantic on friday. lots of isobars, so atlantic on friday. lots of isobars, so the winds will be pretty strong, gusting around a0 mph around weston and coasts. the rain probably won't reach the east of the country until later in the day, so that means places like brighton, london, norwich, hull 30, will get away with a decent first half to friday and the rain might not reach london until friday night, for example, but for wales and the south—west, looking pretty wet on friday and the temperatures only around 17—19 at least for most. 0n temperatures only around 17—19 at least for most. on friday night, the low pressure continues to make its journey to the east and come saturday and send a, turning lusty in the uk with gusts of wind in some areas could be approaching 50 mph. another very windy weekend potentially on the way. bye—bye.

our top story: there have been clashes between riot police and demonstrators at hong kong's international airport where flights were disrupted for a second day running. police tried to storm the terminal building, only to withdraw after facing heavy resistance. at one point, a suspected chinese official was held hostage by protesters. meanwhile there have been more ominous warnings from china with chinese troops manoeuving near the hong kong border. president trump is delaying a ten per cent tariff on some chinese imports to avoid christmas shopping price hikes. and this story is trending on bbc.com. workers in paris are removing lead from the area around notre—dame cathedral after a fire last april. hundreds of tonnes of lead in the roof melted and winds spread the particles beyond the church grounds, contaminating schools and other buildings. that's all. stay with bbc world news.