this is the briefing — i'm sally bundock. our top story: after days of violent protests and thousands of cancelled flights, calm descends upon hong kong airport, but can it last? a year after genoa's deadly bridge collapse — they're rebuilding the crossing, but can they ever rebuild trust? blasted over brexit — uk pm borisjohnson‘s accused of betraying british voters and wrecking chances of a deal with the eu, by the former chancellor of the exchequer. is europe's economic engine hitting the brakes? germany faces the threat of economic contraction thanks to prolonged weakness in its all important manufacturing sector

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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. as of wednesday, hong kong's airport authority says it's obtained an interim injunction to restrain people from "unlawfully and wilfully obstructing" operations. our correspondentjonathan head was 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. i'll have more on this in the next few minutes, when i'll be speaking to one of the protest leaders, joshua wong.

that's coming soon here on the briefing. memorial services in italy on wednesday will mark the first anniversary of 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 new bridge 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 a road i get panic attacks. i get anxious so i'm really scared. translation: there are bad days, others are better, but i try to live normally and i try to enjoy the single moments of every day.

at exactly 11:36 local time, a 200—metre section of the morandi bridge collapsed. the structure fell when decaying cables, encased in concrete, snapped. an official investigation as to who is to blame has yet to reach a conclusion. translation: when the bridge collapsed, it was like a piece of the state, of italy, of its history collapsed with it. the remaining sections of the morandi bridge were only destroyed injune this year. a replacement bridge is expected to be opened towards the end of 2020. in the certosa district, near to where the disaster happened, they are remembering in their own way. giant murals, a sign of a city that still has hope and belief. genoa it is down but not out. tim allman, bbc news.

let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. 22 us states and seven cities are suing the trump administration to block it from easing restrictions on coal—fired power stations. they say the new measures, approved by the federal environmental protection agency, will extend the life of dirtier coal plants and won't lower carbon emissions. 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. the renowned opera singer, placido domingo, has been accused of pressuring women into having sexual encounters with him over the past 30 years. the claims come from eight singers and a dancer.

the 78—year—old said the allegations were inaccurate and that he believed all the relationships were welcome and consensual. the former british chancellor of the exchequer — philip hammond — has accused boris johnson's government of trying to wreck the chance of a brexit deal with the eu. writing in the time's newspaper he said a no deal would be a betrayal of the referendum. in response, downing street said mr hammond did everything he could to undermine negotiations and block preparations for leaving. with me is james hughes, chief market analyst at the brokerage firm axitrader. good morning. once again be going to discuss brexit and some of the rows about it. this is a real row between the former chancellor of the exchequer and the new palm minister.

—— prime minister. it's only a matter of time before this finger—pointing between the government, borisjohnson finger—pointing between the government, boris johnson is finger—pointing between the government, borisjohnson is doing is moving into these brexit negotiations, the same negotiations that theresa may was in. there's bound to be finger—pointing going on but it's getting quite personal about what they are saying. goss, philip hammett is writing in the times today, saying this is a no deal, it would be a betrayal of the referendum and how a lot of ministers were coming out and saying that really, they will want about what no deal would do for the uk and it would be, they thought they could move through. philip hammett is saying that nobody was warned about those things. there's a lot of finger—pointing going on, what has come back —— philip hammett has come back and replied, borisjohnson has come back in blood, it's getting quite ugly. it is getting toxic once again, which is one of the problem is we saw in westminster before the

summer recess, is we saw in westminster before the summer recess, but what hammond is claiming is that actually, the tactics of the new government in terms of trying to negotiate a new deal, taking it almost impossible for brussels to enter negotiations and therefore hammett is claiming that what this means is we are heading for a bust out on the 31st of october. something that he is adamantly warned against, when he was chancellor, being a very strong remainder. of course. and this is the point, he was a strong remainder and that has meant that he didn't wa nt to and that has meant that he didn't want to live the eu in the first place and the deal is very much —— very much on what he wants. but what he said in the times today is that a stark warning to borisjohnson that if you pursue this same tactic of pushing these items to the e to that they won't agree with, you will not get support in the house of commons and will be back to the same situation where any sort of no deal attempt to boris johnson situation where any sort of no deal attempt to borisjohnson and his government will be pushed back.

thank you for now, james is back later, for the news briefing, all that you, on the programme. thank you for now. a post—mortem is being carried out in malaysia, after police found the body of 15 —year—old nora quoirin, who went missing last week. the teenager — who had learning difficulties — was on holiday with her family when she disappeared from the resort where they were staying. her body was found just over two kilometres away in the seremban jungle. it's not clear when the results will be released. as the autopsy got under way, the lawyer for the family spoke to reporters outside the hospital. he expressed the family's gratitude to everyone who took part in the search efforts, and explained how the family is coping. of course is highly traumatic situation, it's the loss of adult and child and naturally, the

traumatic levels are very high. they are distraught, they‘ re traumatic levels are very high. they are distraught, they're distraught, they are, i mean, it's difficult to describe but there really distraught and in grief. ifeel the same. to lose a child, it's terrible. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: we go live to hong kong to speak to one of the protest leaders. 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. you're watching the briefing. our headlines: after days of violent protests and thousands of cancelled flights, calm descends upon hong kong airport, but can it last? a year after genoa's deadly bridge collapse, they're rebuilding the crossing. but can they ever rebuild trust?

more on our top story on the protests over the last few days at hong kong's international airport. joshua wong is a political activist and a protest leaderfor the pro democracy movement in hong kong. good to talk to you again, first of all, would like to hearfrom you about how the protest had been progressing. we've seen they have become much more aggressive in our report earlierfrom become much more aggressive in our report earlier from jonathan head, his of the fact that paramedics really struggled to keep those who are injured out because the protesters were making it very difficult. your thoughts on how this is progressing and changing? life—threatening weapons were used by hong kong brightbill is, especially one young lady trying to protest peacefully was suffering permanent blindness. many activists and citizens were affected by teargas, it triggered the more —— more of the discontent from

citizens, more than two dozen people gathered at international airport to show our condemning on police are tardy and a cause for a free election. in terms of what might happen next, what do you think will happen next, what do you think will happen and are you concerned about what china, mainland china might do next? our cause for democracy will never stop, under the david versus goliath battle, we must rally on sunday and we are also planning to have a general strike in early september and we will continue our fight until the date we get democracy, the rights that we deserve. but if this progresses further and the authorities within hong kong % do not able to handle this, china may lose its patience and we are seeing pictures of the military in china not far from and we are seeing pictures of the military in china not farfrom hong kong. under the leadership, china

loses their patients — because losses patience since five years ago. activists including me were jailed and been locked up in prison. the foreign correspondence are being expeued the foreign correspondence are being expelled from hong kong. there is a crack down on human rights but now we are similarto crack down on human rights but now we are similar to east berlin in the last century and the need to work to support ourselves, and people around the world might be afraid of whether beijing will decide to send the liberation army declare the protests, we need a world leader to speak up and pay attention to hong kong. the need to put the focus on hong kong and urge beijing do not send pla to clear our peaceful protest. just briefly, remind us what your demands are? you want to see the extradition bill completely removed, not just see the extradition bill completely removed, notjust suspended, you wa nt to removed, notjust suspended, you want to see the resignation of

carrie lam. a major demand is clear. we wa nt carrie lam. a major demand is clear. we want the government terminated and withdrawing the extradition bill in the legislative programme. at the same time, we demand the hong kong government to stop police totally —— allergy. finally, the other me up is to have free elections, we need to elect our own government, the leader of hong kong should represent the instead of being the puppet of commonest resume. and do you see someone commonest resume. and do you see someone who may replace carrie lam? the fundamental problem is not who replaces carrie lam. the fundamental problem is who is elected by the people and whether it selected paid by the presidency. we are asking for a political system reform instead of only asking for carrie lam to resign. of course, carrie lam is not capable to lead hong kong anymore especially when hundreds of

activists were and sent to hospital especially one young lady who was turned family blind by fire by bullets. it's time for the hong kong government to realise the crackdown on human rights and police brutality should be condemned by the international leaders. and just quickly, you mentioned that you've got another big protest planned for sunday, will you focus your attention again on hong kong airport as well in the near future? on sunday, we will have to rally from victoria park to hong kong government headquarters and is the time for us to put our focus on hong kong government, where is carrie lam, and government officials stay behind the right police and do nothing. they should be responsible and accountable for the chaos that they generated in hong kong. hong kong already turned from the

international vicinity to a police state. we appreciate your time. one of the protest leaders, in hong kong, thank you. the second match of the ashes series between england and australia gets under way at the lord's cricket ground in london in a few hours' time. on thursday, the ground will be turned red to mark ruth strauss foundation day. it's part of an initiative set up by former england captain andrew strauss, who lost his wife to lung cancer in december. a similar organisation was also set up in sydney by former australian fast bowler glenn mcgrath, who lost his wife to breast cancer. the bbc‘s cricket correspondent jonathan agnew has been speaking to both men. a tough seven months since she died and probably an even tougher 12 months leading up to her death. but i think one thing you realise when you have young kids in that life

doesn't stand still. it always moves forward. they are busy, they are at school and there is plenty ofjobs to do around the house. i have been very much on duty and just navigating our way through it one day at a time, really. it has definitely got a bit easier, but at the same time, that sort of grief doesn't leave you and you just have days where you remember and that is pa rt days where you remember and that is part of the process. hence why you have focused on bereavement counselling, preparation for the trust. yeah, i think what ruth and i we re trust. yeah, i think what ruth and i were boast most petrified about —— both most petrified was the effect on the kids. for us in particular, going to our counsellor, journey thomas, who was a child grief and loss counsellor, and just explain the situation and for us to say — make her to say to us this will not be the end of them. it will change their life but it doesn't mean they can't lead a great life. for ruth to hear that was just, like, can't lead a great life. for ruth to hear that wasjust, like, the can't lead a great life. for ruth to hear that was just, like, the weight of the world came off her shoulders,

and for me, to get my idea — my head around the idea of looking after them going forward with a huge source of comfort for me. them going forward with a huge source of comfort for melj them going forward with a huge source of comfort for me. i don't have you down as a big prior, but it was emotional. did you have the same experience as andrew? very much. it broke —— that just experience as andrew? very much. it broke —— thatjust brought back so many memories. once we realise that was it, three days out to telljames and holly that money was going... it was easily the hardest thing i have ever had to do. hearing andrew, taxi ride back. jane was at home, we had a nurse at home looking after her and she passed away their and those memories always are going to be there. but unfortunately there are a lot of people that go through something very similar, and if we can make life a little bit easier in some way, the mcgrath foundation, it is about support and awareness. the support and making life a little bit

easier ina support and making life a little bit easier in a pretty terrible time. listen, an amazing success of the mcgrath foundation. does that give you more resolve as to what? you have paved the way. it makes us easierfor have paved the way. it makes us easier for those who follow. i hope we canjust easier for those who follow. i hope we can just be the tier one vase. we are not expecting to be all singing, all dancing year 1. but if we can in some way replicate what they have done, i will be very happy. i know ruth will be looking down feeling a bit embarrassed and a bit proud as well that we have done something that does make a difference. andrew strauss and glenn mcgrath they're talking about the loss of their wives. now, it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello, i'm marc edwards, and here is your wednesday sport briefing. djoko doing what he does best, but it's curtains for bertens at the cincinnati open. novak djokovic is the defending

champion and he battled past american sam querrey to reach the third round in ohio. despite a slow start, he recovered to win in straight sets, 7—6, 6—1, picking up where he left off in his first match since winning the wimbledon title. but it wasn't such good news for the defending champion in the women's draw. the number 5 seed was beaten in three sets by venus williams who's currently ranked 65 in the world. bertens going down 3—6, 6—3, 6—7. al—hilal from saudi arabia and al sadd of qatar are both through to the quarterfinals of the asian champions league. abdelkarim hassan scored with this pile driver of a free kick, what one might characterise as a net buster, as al sadd beat qatari rivals al—duhail 3—1 in the second leg of their last 16 tie. that's a 11—2 aggregate win for the side now coached by barcelona legend xavi. england trained at lord's on tuesday on the eve of the second ashes test. australia are one up in the 5—match series after a 251—run win at edgbaston.

pace bowlerjofra archer is expected to be handed his test debut just weeks after helping england win the one—day world cup on the same ground. england cricket captainjoe root has said he's very excited to see archer's confidence. yeah, iam. yeah, i am. i yeah, iam. i haven't heard —— especially after hearing his press conference yesterday. he is certainly very confident and that is great to see in a young guy, as he should be, off the back of a brilliant world cup. he has made it very clear it is his favourite format, red ball, and again, very excited to see him at the start of the journey. it doesn't bother us to be honest. we are focused on what we have to do, not the expectation around him whether he can handle that or not, i don't know. i don't think worry him from what i know of him. it will be exciting. it adds to the test match and adds to the atmosphere. to the super cup, where champions league winners liverpool face the europa league champions

chelsea in istanbul, and some history in the making. france's stephanie frappa rt will become the first female referee to officiate in a major uefa men's game. frappart‘s refereed ligue 1 games in france and recently took charge of the women's world cup final. i think there is not a lot of difference because football is the same. only teams play differently, but as a man and a woman, we cannot referee the same game between the women and men. so for me, it is the same because refereeing is the same. football is the same, it is the same, soi football is the same, it is the same, so i will do the same. you can get all the latest sports news at our website. that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the sport team, goodbye. thank you for that. stay with us here on bbc news. we have your wednesday business briefing shortly. we will focus on the outlook for the german economy and ina the outlook for the german economy and in a few hours time we will have

its growth numbers for the second quarter. well it actually tell us it is not seeing any growth at all, in fa ct is not seeing any growth at all, in fact contraction? that is the big worry. i will see you soon for business briefing. hello. i think a pretty cloudy day on the way ahead of us with some on—and—off rain, even the chance of one or two thunderstorms across parts of the midlands, lincolnshire, east anglia, but that's not until a little bit later on in the day. but this is where our weather's coming from — you can see this weather front here pushing in our direction. it was clearer earlier on, but the clouds are now pushing into western parts of the uk and it's starting to turn wet. the forecast for early on wednesday morning shows the rain moving through the south—west, through wales, into the lake district, but here, it's also quite mild to start — temperatures around 12—14

and that's because we have mild, warm south—westerlies coming in. this is quite humid air. notice how that rain moves through the midlands, the south, into parts of yorkshire through the course of the afternoon and this is where we could see thunderstorms almost from around about, say, the midlands into lincolnshire and east anglia, and another separate area of rain moving into northern ireland and western parts of scotland. temperatures will be around the high teens for most of us, maybe touching 20 degrees. once that weather system is out of the way, we're in between weather systems and this is thursday. you can see one out in the atlantic. this is a window of opportunity so the weather will improve temporarily in the week. on thursday, sunshine around and a pleasant day, and temperatures will rise because of the sunshine around. 23 in london. we might scrape 20 in newcastle, 19 or20. then it's back down the hill again. low pressure swings off the atlantic, bringing some stronger

winds and, in fact, this low pressure will barrel across the uk through the whole of the weekend. friday starts off quite bright in the east, but then the clouds will roll in and notice the rain move in. a cold front, blustery conditions with gusts of wind around 40mph along the western and coasts and the rain at times will be heavy. notice not too much rainfall there across eastern areas on friday. that rain will probably reach you later on friday. friday night could be wet in east anglia and london. saturday and sunday will be wet and windy with on—and—off showers pretty much all the way through the course of the weekend. bye— bye.

this is the business briefing. i'm sally bundock. is europe's economic engine hitting the brakes? germany faces the threat of economic contraction thanks to prolonged weakness in its all important manufacturing sector. almond crisis. how the trade war between us and india is impacting some american farmers. and on the financial markets the big bounce back — trump delaying tarrifs on chinese goods to spare the christmas shopping season is music to the ears of investors worldwide.