i'm mariko oi in singapore, the headlines: despite severe warnings from beijing — hundreds of thousands brave the hong kong rain — but the protesters show no signs of backing down. burials take place in kabul for the victims of a suicide bombing that killed 63 people — the islamic state group says it carried out the attack. i'm rico hizo in london. also in the programme: malaysia's former prime minister najib razak is due in court later over alleged corruption. he denies the charges. and, iceland bids farewell to its first glacier lost to climate change — with a warning ‘there‘s no time to lose‘.

good morning. it's midnight in london and 7am in singapore and hong kong, where, despite the pouring rain, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in protest. it's clear evidence that, eleven weeks since demonstrations started, the opposition to perceived chinese interference remains as strong as ever. the violent clashes of last week however were absent with rally goers wielding umbrellas — the symbol of the protest movement. beijing had hinted at sending in military police in the event of clashes. from hong kong, john sudworth reports.

beneath an ocean of colour, hong kong raised its voice again. everywhere you looked, there were umbrellas, held aloft in a massive display of defiance. why are you marching today? for hong kong! for hong kong, of course. yeah, freedom. yes. it's a far cry from this, the violent scenes at hong kong's airport earlier this week, which some thought risked undermining public support. the turnout today was seen as a vital test. given the monsoon conditions, this sea of umbrellas would be seen as confirmation that the pro—democracy movement is far from losing momentum. warnings from china also appear to be having little effect. shortly before the rally, the authorities released new footage of troops rehearsing crowd control

techniques just across the border. in much of this city, away from the protests in working—class neighbourhoods like this one, there's the appearance of normality. but opinion is deeply divided. "of course it's not good," this woman tells me, "hong kong is a mess." this man says he supports the protests, but he has a pessimistic view about the likelihood of success. "it's in xijinping's hands," he tells me. "the communist party is so strong. it's up to them." this is a spontaneous movement, a mass acting as one, with no real leaders. on the one hand, sheer weight of numbers. on the other, and uncompromising government and no end in sight.

let's take a closer look at the situation in hong kong and beijing's response to the protests so far. willy lam is a professor of history at the chinese university of hong kong and joins me now. thank you so much forjoining us. it has been 11 weeks since the start of the protest, do you think the protesters will get anything out of this because the government has been firm that carrie lam will not resign and the extradition bill will not be withdrawn. well, yesterday's 1.7 million people protest could be a turning point because it was conducted in a largely non—violent manner. the pressure is on the administration of carrie lam and of course xijinping to make concessions because earlier they said if the protesters could behave

themselves then they were ready to sit down and talk to them but so far this hasn't happened. from many a nalysts, this hasn't happened. from many analysts, the strategy from xi jinping appears to be to give no ground and make no concessions but as protesters you get more frustrated, they will use more violent which might alienate them against the public. the less violent showing shows that they have heard the voice of the people and they are doing it in a very peaceful manner. 0k, they are doing it in a peaceful manner. of course, a part of the demands is that protesters are being fuelled by fear that the special freedoms of the people are being evoked and eroded. are they? freedoms of the people are being evoked and eroded. are they7m freedoms of the people are being evoked and eroded. are they? in the past 5— six years, of course, it is well—known that the administration

and the presidency of xi jinping has been squeezing hong kong cosmic economy. “— been squeezing hong kong cosmic economy. —— hong kong pulse economy. —— hong kong's economy because of the people have a right to demand rights. with the way beijing is acting during these ongoing protests in hong kong, do you think they will be sticking to their pledge to stick to the one country, two systems until 2047? it is to the one country, two systems unti12047? it is most to the one country, two systems until 2047? it is most unlikely because even though so far it is very unlikely that beijing will mobilise the hong kong garrison of the people army, they have moved police and the people's armed police so it is intimidation and classic psychological warfare so the prospect for beijing giving ground

is not very high. the situation is indeed fluid in hong kong and its relationship with beijing stop thank you so much forjoining us. a political analyst from the chinese university of hong kong. also making news today: the british prime minister boris johnson will tell eu leaders there needs to be a new brexit deal when he makes his first foreign trip as pm later this week. it comes as one newspaper printed leaked government documents warning of food, medicine and fuel shortages in a no—deal scenario and suggesting that would make a return to a hard border in ireland all but inevitable. reports that huawei will have its licence in the us extended for a further 90 days have been denied by president trump. the existing agreement will lapse on the 19th of august. the president says he doesn't want to do business with the company for national security reasons.

huawei is a company we may not do business with at all. and it was sort of reported i think the opposite today, i was surprised, that we are open to doing business, we are actually open not to doing business with them, so i don't know who gave the report. now, they have little sections of huawei —like furniture and other things that we could do that when you cut out sections, it gets very complicated. what is being sold, what is coming into stop at this point it looks like we're not doing business, i don't want to do business at all because it is a security threat. canada has accused the uk government of ‘off—loading its responsibilities' after a british—canadian man who joined the islamic state group was stripped of his british citizenship. jack letts is currently in prison in northern syria after being captured by kurdish forces. a canadian government statement said it was disappointed in what it described as the uk's ‘unilateral action'. parts of northern india have been

hit by severe weather. flash—floods have left at least 22 people dead in the state of himachal pradesh. roads have been swept away in some areas, and two national highways have been blocked due to landslides. in the last hour, president trump has said he believes that talks to broker a peace deal between the afghan government and the taliban. are going well. as the country prepares to celebrate its independence day however, the security situation is dire. the islamic state group has said it carried out the bomb attack at a wedding on saturday in which 63 people were killed. aulyia atrafi reports. a tragic end to a family celebration.

wedding guests are burying the dead. here, 13 friends and families buried in one mass grave. translation: in this attack, i myself lost two family members, my brother and my nephews. you could never imagine that such an incident could happen ata wedding. the feast was abandoned, as people ran for safety. the bombs went offjust as the marriage ceremony was ending. the couple survived, but mirwais, the groom, said he and his wife felt guilty that so many people had died at their wedding. translation: i have lost hope. i've lost my brother and my friends who came to join my wedding party. the celebration of independence day doesn't matter to me any more. more than 180 guests were injured. many are here, fighting for their lives. the family are not known to be

political, and the fear now is that the attackers have switched from targeting politicians and officials to targeting ordinary afghans. hours after the attack, families are still looking for their loved ones here at the emergency hospital. this attack was particularly shocking, because normally when civilians are caught in conflict, it's a matter of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, but here a wedding was specifically targeted. people aren't feeling safe anywhere any longer in this country. those safety concerns are increasing, especially now that the islamic state group has claimed it carried out the attack. taliban assurances that they are in control throughout the country are no longer credible. aulyia atrafi, bbc, kabul. some of the migrants stranded on board a charity ship off

the coast of italy have jumped into the sea to try to swim ashore. they've been marooned for two weeks after the italian government refused to let them dock. spain has now offered to take the vessel but the ship's owners say that's too far to travel. here's leigh milner. chaos and frustration aboard this migrant ship open arms. they have been stranded from lampedusa for two weeks now. some decided to take matters into their own hands. italy's government has reluctantly allowed 27 children and two newborn babies to disembark from the open arms, the rest have been told to stay on board. is -- translation: i told the miners they could get off but presumed sick people, no. i am

against everyone. the prime minister wrote to me to get people off. the court has opened a case. do i need to end up injail because i defended the borders of this country? there are now more than 100 migrants left on board, most of whom are african who were picked up off the coast of libya. following italy's refusal to dog, spain has since offered to take the but crews they won't be able to last for another six six days of sailing. translation: cup we have been wanting for days, people jumping into the water, fights, panic, anxiety, crisis, what else do we need, dead people? those who did not die at sea have to die here on board the open arms. is that what we need? i hope the public persecutor office act and act now, this is unsustainable. only a few civilian rescue boats like this one are still operating in the mediterranean. as

they say, they face more and more hostility at european ports. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: it was the power station that inspired poetry — but the demolition didn't quite go to plan. also on the programme — a warning about climate change as iceland commemorates the loss of its first glacier. washington, the world's most political city, is today assessing the political health of the world's most powerful man. indeed i did have a relationship with ms lewinsky that was not appropriate. in fact, it was wrong. in south africa, 97 people have been killed today, in one of the worst days of violence between rival black groups. over the past ten days, 500 have died. czechoslovakia must be free!

russia is observing a national day of mourning for the 118 submariners who died on board the kursk. we all with them now. with — in our hearts. the pope has celebrated mass before a congregation of more than 2.5 million people in his hometown of krakow. "stay with us, stay with us", chanted this ocean of humanity. "well, well", joked the pope, "so you want me to desert rome?" this is newsday on the bbc. i'm mariko oi in singapore. i'm rico hizon in london. our top stories: hundreds of thousands of people braved heavy rains, for hong kong's latest pro—democracy march — the 11th consecutive weekend.

burials have been taking place in the afghan capital, kabul, after a bomb exploded at a wedding killing 63 people. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the south china morning post shows a sea of protestors braving torrential rain in hong kong's victoria park. the paper says after three continuous days of demonstrations, there were no physical clashes on sunday, in a break from the past few weeks. the independent leads with the aftermath of saturday's bomb attack at a wedding reception in the afghan capital, kabul. as we've been reporting, at least 63 people were killed in the attack claimed by islamic state and more than 180 were injured. and the japan times reports that prime minister shinzo abe is looking at a large—scale

reshuffle of his cabinet. it says mr abe hopes the changes will make him better prepared to tackle key policy challenges such as making constitutional amendments. the former prime minister of malaysia, najib razak, is due court later on money laundering charges, although lawyers are seeking a delay. it's alleged he used his position as prime minister to obtain millions of dollars from a state investment fund. mr najib denies the charges and has described them as politically motivated. let's here more on this case from dr oh ei sun, a former political secretary to mr najib when he was prime minister. will this trial will involve much more than the previous trial. we are talking about 500,000 us dollars that he allegedly embezzled. in this trial, it's about the investigation by the prosecution in a sense that

he used his position to mishandle about half a million us dollars related to one of his companies are not its subsidiarity. so you used to work for the former prime minister, how do you find what is taking place as what's been done as the trial of the century for malaysia? well, when i was looking for mr najib just make working for, i was handling matters involving communiques and relationships with china, i wasn't privy to these particular matters alleged by the prosecution. when i was there for example — i went to the office at the same time that the sheu the office at the same time that the shell company was set up and from my perspective, at least initially,

when i was there, it was used to handle some of those political matters which are not conveniently handled using the normal political channels. for example, there would be appropriations to the chinese schools in malaysia is, which in malaise and context, is a taboo for the political system. —— malaise in contexts. he denies the allegations what we saw that softer feeds of the election. his critics want him to spend time in prison. what do you think would be the likely outcome of these trials? well i think these trials would encounter a lot of delays. for example, the previous trial, both the prosecution and defence were asking for it to be delayed further because they would like to conclude the first trial,

the src trial before going on. and therefore i think you will see this series of trials dragging on for a long time and in the future i think as malaysia's political winds changed, you might see some different types of outcome. the trail of the —— trail of the former prime minister in malaise are indeed being watched very closely —— trial. the demise of a 700—year—old glacier has been marked in iceland at a ceremony highlighting the effects of climate change. it's the island's first glacier to disappear — but scientists warn it won't be the last, unless immediate action is taken. courtney bembridge reports. photographs taken from space show just how rapidly the 0k glacier disappeared. in 1986, it was a massive solid white, spilling from the creator of an extinct volcano. but by 2014, it was no longer thick enough to move and the glacier officially declared dead

by glaciologist oddur sigursson. translation: by reaching this stage the nature of the glacier changes dramatically. it starts to slide, it erodes the land beneath much more quickly. dirty water emerges from it and the water stops seeping through it. five years later, iceland's prime minister and environment minister were among the mourners who gathered to commemorate the loss of the glacier. the idea for a memorial came from two profressors from a texan university who made a documentary about the loss of the glacier in 2018. one of them is cymene howe. now is the time to act, it's already past the time to act. an so in some ways we see this as a memorial to recognise the loss of this glacier and in that sense it's a sad moment, but we also see it as a call to action. iceland is home to more than 400 glaciers, ok is the first to lose its glacier status but scientists warn all of the island's glaciers could be lost within 200 years due

to climate change. a plaque unveiled at the site titled "a letter to the future" reads: "this monument is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done, only you know if we did it. courtney bembridge, bbc news. staying with glaciers, take a look at these pictures of kayakers getting right up close to one in alaska. 0h, oh, so dangerous! oh, my goodness. huge chunks fell of ice fell off the glacier, causing a massive wave that came straight at them. the kayakers were unhurt as they very quickly paddled away. thank goodness they are safe.

whenever there's a plan to demolish a megastructure — especially if there's dynamite involved — you can be sure of a good crowd. that was the case in the english town of didcot where three famous towers used to produce electricity were turned to rubble. it didn't quite go as planned though, as louisa currie reports. they've what stover didcot from more than half a century. boom. but it took just seconds for the power station's three remaining cooling towers to be flattened. (applause) it's quite an emotional thing, really, because those towers have been up since before i was born. there were always like a landmark year. you would always see the towers whenever you come in from the towers whenever you come in from the motorway and it's a way

something saying you're nearly home. i feel quite so losing really, yeah. it's quite a big change now, forever. dan and kevin worked there forever. dan and kevin worked there for many years. we want to be more environmentally friendly, that's the right thing, but when you've spent all that time there, it's a sad day. it is quite nice to not see the towers, because obviously it's restore the area to its natural environment again, but, yeah, a saturday. work to clear the site has been ongoing since it shut in 2013. but in 2016, tragedy struck. a ten story boiler house collapsed, killing four men. the investigation into what caused it is still ongoing. today's demolition appeared to run smoothly, but moments later an explosion — 49,000 homes lost power for just over an explosion — 49,000 homes lost powerforjust over an an explosion — 49,000 homes lost power forjust over an hour. an explosion — 49,000 homes lost

powerforjust over an hour. once the site is clear, it will be redeveloped. there are already plans to build a hotel there, 400 new homes and it's going to be a site for business, leisure and also residential. so it's changing, its great to have its use going forward. before that, there is one last demolition plant in the autumn for the largest chimney. louisa currie, bbc news. you have been watching newsday. iam rico i am rico hizon in singapore —, no, not singapore, i'm in london!” know. the directors are having a nightmare. singapore, london? i'm mariko oi in singapore. stay with us. coming up — singapore's silver tsunami. we will be seeing why the city—state depends

on its elderly workforce way beyond the official retirement age. that's all for now. we'll see you again soon. hello again. so is another name of the game for monday. the radar picture shows the most extensive showers across northern and western areas of the uk, there could be a few over the next few hours running to the english channel, perhaps sneaking onto the coastline of southern england as well. but it's across eastern areas of england, part of the midlands they will have the longest of the clear spells over the next few hours. if you are heading out, it's worth taking an umbrella with you today for sure. it's going to bea with you today for sure. it's going to be a busy start of the day, but not cold. temperatures 10— 13 degrees or something like that. on

monday we have the same area of low pressure family in charge that we had with us to the weekend, the only differences it's moving over towards norway, allowing the winds to switch toa norway, allowing the winds to switch to a more north, north—westerly direction across parts of the country. so is from the word go, really. the heaviest heading northern ireland, scotland under north—west of england. much greater chance of seeing downpours in the south as well. the winds are coming down from polar regions, whereas across england and wales, they're coming from the mid—atlantic. there isa coming from the mid—atlantic. there is a north— south events in damages, 60 degrees in edinburgh whereas we should see temperatures in the low 20s still across eastern counties of england. as they's weather, we've got a ridge of high pressure here for a time ahead of this warm front that was spread ultimately thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain into western parts. so there and get

going into northern ireland, it was rain into parts of western scotland, western england and wales is the day goes by and you will see some of the cloud becomes quite low for some of the hills —— 16 degrees and attenborough, it is probably a better kind of day and those eastern parts of the country. a cold front swings in across the west part of the country, so some real contrast in the weather for wednesday. wet and windy weather for northern ireland, the rain getting into western scotland could see a few spots running ahead into north—west england and north wales, but by and large eastern parts of the country dry and it will turn claudia with those damages coming up a little. highs of 18 in edinburgh on wednesday, 23 degrees in london. once we got wednesday out of the way, the weather should become dry for a few days and get warmer as well. in london, as we head into the weekend, temperatures could reach 27 by saturday.

this is bbc world news. our top story: hundreds of thousands have taken part in peaceful rallies in hong kong. organisers say 1.7 million people braved monsoon rains, in the territory's latest pro—democracy march. beijing hinted at sending in military police in the event of clashes. burials have been taking place in kabul after a bomb exploded at a wedding, killing 63 people. almost 200 people were injured in saturday's attack. and this video is trending on bbc.com. a power station in oxfordshire was demolished on sunday — although things didn't go to plan. about 40,000 people in the local area lost power when debris struck an overhead electricity line. there were reports of some minor injuries and power was restored after about 80 minutes. an investigation has begun into what went wrong. that's all. stay with bbc world news.