welcome to bbc news. i'm mike embley. our top stories: after days of violent protests and thousands of cancelled flights, calm descends upon hong kong airport, but can it last? sailing to the summit, teenage climate change campaigner greta thunberg prepares to sail across the atlantic to attend a un summit in new york. an uneasy calm has descended on hong kong airport, after pro—democracy protestors severely disrupted flights for a second day.

all check—ins at one of the busiest transport hubs in asia were cancelled on tuesday afternoon. there were angry confrontations just before midnight between security forces and demonstrators staging a sit—in. protestors used barricades to stop police forcing their way into the building but local media are reporting that the airport authority has been granted a court order to evict the occupiers. our correspondentjonathan head is at the airport and sent this report. 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.

let's ta ke let's take you to the scene again, this afternoon in the morning at the hong kong airport. asjonathan was saying, one of the world ‘s busiest and a key asian transport hub, moving at the moment i brought to a standstill for two days. state media have on publishing images of convoys of military police gathering in the border city so all kinds of questions about what china might do next, beijing has been calling best civil unrest, tour atrocities, the pro—government voices talking about mobsters creating an atmosphere of terror and send the restoration of the rule of law is the top priority now. gary locke is the former us ambassador to china and hejoins us now from seattle. thank you for your time. looking at the scenes from hong kong, what do you thinking —— what are you thinking? these are very disturbing views and this is really a crisis that has fallen on hong kong. any

re m na nts of that has fallen on hong kong. any remnants of democracy, we need to be very concerned, the world community has to be very concerned about any intervention by the mainland chinese forces who are on the other side of the border, freddie to step in. it would really hurt the future of hong kong, it could really set back any type of democracy in hong kong. autonomous government, it could also bring huge condemnation and sanctions against the man than china if there were to intervene. we are facing the prospect of another event with there would be a lot of bloodshed if the chinese forces were to cross into hong kong and try and put down and bring stability back. that's why the hong kong government itself needs to really take charge and perhaps change the leadership as and perhaps change the leadership as a siren of recognition of the

grievances of the protesters. what are the chances are that do you think? and what are the chances of china intervening, that is what eve ryo ne china intervening, that is what everyone once in pointing out, eve ryo ne everyone once in pointing out, everyone thinks this will be seen as a humiliation for the may the chinese government in particular what is happening at the airport. that's why the man the chinese government has to put pressure on the hong kong government to stop the violence and she really cut off figure out a way that's face—saving for the protesters because the hong kong government has so far been com plete kong government has so far been complete the ineffective by having taken this hardline position in orderfor mainland taken this hardline position in order for mainland didn't taken this hardline position in orderfor mainland didn't come off as being a hardliner, perhaps it's time to put pressure on the hong kong chief executive to step down.

it's time for the members of the hong kong legislature to intervene and call for a change in the top leadership. because so far, the top executive has been resolute, although tabling the proposal for extradition of people to the mainland, and other countries, has not said she was giving up on that effort. so that has become a rallying cry for the protesters along with other grievances in democracy and autonomy, and independence from the mainland. she is the focal point, the chief executive and if the man that wants to avoid coming off as the villain, it is to orchestrate a change in leadership. let's get some of the day's other news. a second day of losses for argentina's peso, since the electoral success

of centre left candidate alberto fernandez in sunday's primary elections. not as dramatic, though, as monday, because the central bank intervened following a morning session of big losses. the gains for mr fernandez suggest he will win october's general election. one analyst company has suggested that makes a sovereign default more likely. the danish prime minister has formally apologised to hundreds of victims of historical abuse in state—run children's homes. no—one has ever been prosecuted, despite evidence that, from the 1940s to the 1970s, children at one orphanage were sexually abused, beaten, and drugged. the opera singer, placido domingo, has been accused of pressuring women into having sexual encounters with him over the past 30 years. eight singers and a dancer allege he misused his celebrity status to forcibly kiss and fondle them. the spanish tenor, who's 78, says the allegations are inaccurate and that he believed all the relationships were welcome and consensual. president trump says he has delayed

the introduction of a 10% tariff on some chinese imports till mid—december to prevent hurting american customers during their holiday shopping. earlier this month, trump had announced that tariffs on $300 billion worth of chinese imports would take effect in september. but now a certain goods including laptops, cell phones and items of clothing have been spared. speaking in pennsylvania earlier, 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 period of time they won't be doing it at all anymore. they have taken advantage of this country. live now to washington dc and to heather long, economics correspondent with the washington post. good to talk to you. what do you think is really behind this? what is socially going on here? well, the president got the message, retailers

in the united states had bombarded the white house, saying that these tariffs, they have got into effect in september one, it would be a huge blow to consumers, it would raise prices, people would not go out and shop as much as i normally do, and it would be a pretty terrible holiday shopping season in the united states. president trump appears to have been reliably spooked by all of this, and decided to delay about half the tariffs, about half of the 300 billion won't go into effect until december 15 which basically means they will not be in place for the holiday shopping. . so this reaction is more about domestic politics than really what the president and how his characterising it as you mark it seems to be a mission for the first time that all of this does have an impact on the american consumer. —— admission. that's one of the most

demented things that happen. resident trump has insisted for months that china is bearing the full brunt of these tariffs, that the chinese pay the tariffs, today what this of both exactions and in his words, was an admission that these tariffs to impact consumer prices, they do raise consumer prices, they do raise consumer prices and that americans do have to pay at least some of his tariffs at the end of the day will stop that's a change from what we've seen. just briefly, if you don't mind, the president does seem to be picking winners and losers. the rationale between which goods are hit in which goods are not? a cynic would tell you it's who has the best lobby and if you look down the list, for instance, bibles were one of the few items that are now totally exempt from any tariffs in september or december. 0ther from any tariffs in september or december. other items like golf shoes, certain type of golf shoes, to be hit until some bubbles. —— december one of others will get ta riffs

december one of others will get tariffs in september. thank you very much, indeed. police in malaysia are saying they've found the body of 15—year—old nora quoirin who went missing last week. the teenager, who has learning difficulties, was on holiday with her family when she disappeared from the resort. her body was found just over a mile from where she was staying. 0ur correspondent howard johnson sent this report from seremban — a warning, there are flashing images coming up. 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 10 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 sea rch—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 post—mortem 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. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: one year on, italy prepares to remember the victims of the deadly genoa bridge collapse. 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 bbc news. one story dominating the headlines

this hour. after weeks of dramatic scenes in hong kong, a welcome moment of calm, as airport operations begin to return to normal. the us attorney general, william barr, has ordered staff changes at the new yorkjail where the financier, jeffrey epstein, died while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. epstein was found on saturday after apparently hanging himself. a warden has been moved and two officers have been placed on leave. peter bowes is our north american correspondent. what is the latest? we know now that the two officers have been suspended on administrative leave. the wadden has been reassigned to a different job. —— wadden. while the investigations surrounding jeffrey epstein‘s death continue. the fbi and the justice epstein‘s death continue. the fbi and thejustice department epstein‘s death continue. the fbi and the justice department are involved. one of the prison guards was not a fully fledged prison guard

but wait for the prison service and may have been in administration, a clerical worker or a teacher but he was working that night as a prison guard. the other bit of information is that mr epstein‘s cellmate had been moved out on the cell the previous day, leaving him alone and us media suggests that may have been against protocol. remember, he was on suicide watch in the last few weeks, having been found unconscious on the floor of his cell with some marks around his neck. all of this feeling the conspiracy theories. many of those theories around. what about the private island ofjeffrey epstein? he is a private island in

the caribbean. there was a surge and we do not know what they found. —— search. they have witnesses who saw it going on. it seems a very high—profile display to anyone watching, perhaps, co—conspirators, that this investigation into six trafficking continues and of course, william barr, the attorney general has warned those potential co—conspirators that they are being watched and that this investigation is continuing and it does raise a question of why this search did not happen previously. this is an investigation that has been going on for many, many months and feed to occui’ a for many, many months and feed to occur a few days after his death simply raises more questions. memorial services in italy on wednesday will mark one year on from the collapse of the morandi road bridge, in genoa.

43 people were killed when a section of the crossing fell around 50 metres to the ground. there will be a minute's silence at the exact moment the disaster happened. the bbc‘s tim allman has the story. amidst the rubble, amidst the devastation, a glimpse into the future. the city's newbridge beginning to take shape, replacing the old one that brought such despair. one year on and the memories are still raw. translation: every time i am on a bridge or road i get panic attacks. i get anxious so i get panic attacks. i get anxious soiam i get panic attacks. i get anxious so i am really scared. translation: there are bad days, others are better but i tried to live normally and enjoy the single moments of every day. at exactly 1136 local time, a 200 metre section of the

morandi bridge failed. the cables encased in the concrete snapped. as to who is to blame, the investigation is set to reach a conclusion. translation: investigation is set to reach a conclusion. translatiosz investigation is set to reach a conclusion. translation: it is part of history that collapsed with it. the remaining sections of the morandi bridge were only destroyed injune morandi bridge were only destroyed in june this year. morandi bridge were only destroyed injune this year. a replacement bridge is expected to be opened towards the end of 2020. in the district near where the disaster happened, they are remembering in their own way. giant murals, a sign ofa their own way. giant murals, a sign of a city that still has hope and belief. genoa it is down but not out. it is looking as though the spread

of radiation from a failed rocket launch in russia is more serious than first thought. afterwards, up to 16 times the normal level of radiation was sparked. people stocked up on iodine. officials are now urging people into the surrounding area to evacuate their homes. five workers died at the site of the explosion and paramedics who treated victims have been taken to moscow for treatment. despite this, the kremlin is insisting there is no danger to public health. hundreds of indigenous women have protested in brazil's capital brasilia on tuesday against the policies of far—right president jair bolsonaro. the women condemn government cuts to indigenous medical services,

forcing them to travel to local towns and cities to see doctors that lack the infrastructure and specialised units. on wednesday, women from over 100 ethnic groups will come together to demand greater protection for their land. president bolsonaro, who faces growing criticism over deforestation in the amazon, says he is opposed to demarcating land for indigenous groups. it's still a few weeks until a major summit on climate change at the united nations in new york, but greta thunberg is already packed because the teenage campaigner is going to sail across the atlantic on a zero carbon journey. she'll be travelling on a yacht with solar panels and underwater turbines. our chief environment correspondent justin rowlatt has been speaking to her about the voyage. 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, warns 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're honest, one person giving up flying doesn't make any difference in a world of eight billion people. so what is the point? i mean, the point, ithink, is to sort of create an opinion. by 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 is 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. let's just take you back live to hong kong airport. 9:30am. flight are generally departing and arriving largely on schedule but of course pro—democracy demonstrators have severely disrupted flights for a second day. all chickens were cancelled on tuesday afternoon. —— check in. there were angry confrontations. protesters stopping police getting in through barricades. the airport authority has been granted a court order to evict anybody occupying. president

trump said the us intelligence has him chinese troops are moving to the border of the territory. more on that to come. thank you very much for watching it. 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 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 damp 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 some humid air,

so temperatures in plymouth in the morning about 111, we'll match that in cardiff, but in western and eastern scotland in rural spots temperatures could be two or three degrees above freezing. but quickly it will cloud over. look at all that cloud in the uk across wednesday. on and off rain. it's not one solid area of rain that will be sweeping across the country, it's sort of like bits of rain, so it will come and go, hit and miss really through the afternoon. later in the day, it looks as though some western areas could brighten up because the weather front will pull away towards the east. then come thursday, we are in between weather systems, one out there in the atlantic ready for the weekend, but on thursday before it arrives, the weather's looking absolutely fine. so after a cloudy, damp wednesday, thursday, more sunshine on the way. temperatures will get up to 23 degrees because there'll be more sun around and even nudging up to 20 just about across northern england i think. stornoway, no more than 15. here's the low pressure swinging in off the atlantic on friday. lots of isobars, so the winds

will be pretty strong, gusting to around 40mph around these western and coasts. the rain probably won't reach the east of the country until a lot later in the day, so that means places like brighton, london, norwich, hull, will get away with a decent first half to friday. 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, say, 17—19 degrees at least for most of us. friday night, that low pressure continues to make its journey to the east and come saturday and sunday, it's going to turn blustery in the uk with gusts of wind in some areas could be approaching 50mph. so another very windy weekend potentially on the way. bye— bye.

this is bbc news, the headlines: after days of violent clashes, sit ins by protesters, and hundreds of cancelled flights it appears that hong kong airport — one of asia's busiest transport hubs — has calmed down. authorities have used new powers in an attempt to get flights departing and arriving largely on schedule. president trump says he has delayed the introduction of a 10% tariff on some chinese imports until mid—december, to prevent hurting american customers during their holiday shopping. earlier this month, he'd announced that tariffs on $300 billion worth of chinese imports would take effect in september. goods likely to be popular holiday gifts will now be temporarily spared. the us attorney general, william barr, has ordered staff changes at the new yorkjail where the financier, jeffrey epstein, died while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. epstein was found on saturday after apparently hanging himself.