i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. the headlines: police in hong kong fire a warning shot as they battle with protesters in another weekend of violent skirmishes. what's extraordinary is that despite volley after volley of tear gas and rubber bullets, the protesters show no sign of backing down. the iranian foreign minister makes an unexpected appearance at the g7 summit in france, but there's little sign it's reduced tensions between iran and the us. i'm rico hizon in london. also in the programme: tens of thousands of rohingya refugees demand justice two years after fleeing myanmar‘s

brutal military offensive. and adventurers with driving ambition, starting a four—month road trip from singapore to london. announcer: live from our studios in singapore and london. this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 8am in singapore, 1am in the morning in london and san in hong kong where protesters and police are recovering from another weekend of violent clashes. it's understood a police officer fired a warning shot at the protests, marking an escalation in the unrest. earlier, police used water cannon to disperse crowds and clear barricades for the first time since the demonstrations began in june.

john sudworth has the latest from hong kong. hong kong was once celebrated for its stability. not any more. onlookers gazed down on the political crisis being lived out in running street battles. by nightfall, it was at times almost medieval. this rain of sticks and clubs, brought to an end only by the sound of a gunshot, as one officer draws his side arm, shooting into the air. much of this city, it should be said, continues as normal, with the violence only in small pockets. but it's intensifying. peaceful demonstrations don't work, according to so many people, because they have one million march, two million march, and the government

still didn't listen. and therefore this leads to an escalation of force. there's now an established pattern — barricades are set up. there are taunts and provocations. and then the police response, meeting violence with violence. what is extraordinary is that despite volley after volley of tear gas and rubber bullets, the protesters show no sign of backing down. in fact they're advancing, following the tear gas back and moving forward under the police lines. with no political solution in sight, the cycle continues. the families of police officers also held a rally, concerned that it's their loved ones, not the government, taking the brunt of public anger. the government should do something,

notjust push the police in front of the protests, let them face the protests. and i think this will never end. calm was eventually restored, but these scenes will not go unnoticed in beijing, which has been issuing fresh warnings that the army could be sent in. john sudworth, bbc news, hong kong. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. iran's foreign minister has made an surprise visit to the g7 summit in biarritz where he met french president, emanuel macron. the leaders are said to have agreed on a way to try to defuse nuclear tensions with the us. but there are still no plans for talks between iran and the americans. in other news from the summit, president trump says the us and japan have agreed in principle to a large bilateral trade deal. it covers industrial goods, digital

trade and agricultural products. we're very far down the line. we've agreed to every point, and now we papering it and we'll be signing it a formal ceremony. and we'll have more on the g7 summit later in the programme. in other news: a light plane and a helicopter have collided on the spanish island of majorca killing at least seven people. there were no survivors. two people were on the plane and five people, including two children, were on board the helicopter. south korea's armed forces have been conducting military drills around a group of small islands also claimed by japan. tokyo and seoul have been at loggerheads for decades over the sovereignty of the islands. paris has opened a museum to mark the 75th anniversary of the city's liberation from nazis. the museum is located underground, in the former command centre of the french resistance. it's named after two key figures from the resistance — general philippe leclerc

and jean moulin. a banksy mural showing a star being chiselled from the eu flag, a reference to brexit, has been mysteriously covered with white paint and scaffolding. the artwork appeared near dover's ferry terminal back in 2017. it is not clear whether it has been painted over or someone has removed it to be sold. tens of thousands of rohingya refugees have rallied at a camp in bangladesh to mark two years since they were forced to flee a brutal military offensive in myanmar. some carried banners commemorating what they described as genocide remembrance day. akbar hossain reports. they turned in their tens of thousands — rohingya muslims,

calling for justice. the parade for those killed by the myanmar military. this is their rohingya genocide day. the refugees living in this bangladesh camp want the myanmar government to ensure their citizenship and human rights. translation: our mothers and sisters were tortured in myanmar and we came here two years ago. with this rally, we want to show to the whole world that we are victims of genocide and torture. this is called the largest refugee camp in the world. one million rohingya muslims live here. the camp is cramped and people live in unhygienic conditions. when i walked around the camp, i saw anxious faces, but they say they cannot go back. translation: we are suffering from different kinds of diseases. we are suffocating because of high temperature. still, we are living here. how will we go back? we want justice.

translation: they will kill us again if we go back. i'm not willing to go back. if they recognise us as rohingya, we will go back. if we go back without justice, they will again kill us. the military crackdown in myanmar since 2012 has resulted in many fleeing their country. more than 700,000 rohingya fled to bangladesh in 2017 alone. the united nations described it as a textbook example of ethnic cleansing. bangladesh ministers say that refugees cannot go back because myanmar is not letting them. but bangladesh is one of the world's poorest countries and struggles to cope. many bangladeshis believes that rohingya should be repatriated soon. neighbouring myanmar is reluctant to change their policies. the solution remains elusive for the rohingya muslims. akbar hossain, bbc news, dhaka.

more now on the g7 summit which is taking place in france this weekend. michael bociurkiw, a global affairs analyst, explained to me the significance of the french initiative to engage with iran. of course the big hope of europe right now is for peace in the region, because the tensions are very, very high. the last thing anyone wants is a regional war. but i think what really popped out of this one for me, rico, was the stealth move by macron to do this and have these meetings. apparently trump didn't even know. this is macron striking out to be the statesman. after all, merkel is retiring soon. but also it shows europe is striking out on its own with or without the us in terms of foreign policy. do you think it will ever materialise, this meeting between the americans and the iranians, and how soon? un week, end of september, perhaps that will happen. that's a good opportunity. the iranians have to show up there anyway. but for trump, i think he has very little interest in settling this. what also surprised g7 leaders is trump basically asking and demanding that russia be readmitted after five years. it's unbelievable, and certainly russia does not deserve to be readmitted into this informal club.

crimea, we can write it off pretty much, but they're still in eastern ukraine — over 13,000 deaths — they're still playing military adventurism in the sea of azov, and those 20 plus ukrainian seamen are in captivity in russia. the americans are hosting the g7 next year, certainly vladimir putin could be a special guest of president trump. i'm not a betting man but i bet he will invite him. 0n the other hand, rico, the europeans have said president zelensky of ukraine should be the one to be invited, so we'll see what happens there. trump loves drama. but, you know, what we're seeing happening right now is the foreign policy of buffoonery i would say. drama and a surprise that abe and trump have said they've agreed to a trade arrangement amidst this ongoing us—china trade war. yeah. well, that is a good win for trump if it happens, but right now the big one of course is the collapse

with china right now. i think what trump said the other day, that we can live without china, that crossed a red line. i think you're going to a lot of republican businessmen saying, "that is enough. " he also said he's having second thoughts about the tariffs but the white house later in a statement said it's not true. if you're pierre trudeau or macron, who do you believe these days? what trump said this morning or what he said this afternoon? the other thing of course, it is so difficult to conduct foreign policy because you can meet with pompeo but trump loves to contradict them afterwards. so it's very, very difficult. england's cricketers have won an astonishing victory in the third ashes test at headingly to keep alive their hopes of winning the series. they were set a target of 359 to win by australia, more than they have ever scored before to win a test. gavin ramjaun has the latest from bbc sport centre.

what an amazing third test this was at headingley. phenominal stuff. kind of what cricketing summers are made of really. australia looked like they were going to win this match. the english middle order crumbled, looked like they had them on the ropes, and ben stokes was in there at the end, 135 not out and he was playing with a glute injury, so he was really struggling through, but he got them across the line, 362—9, england winning by a wicket. a stokes masterclass, every shot he played was played to extreme precision, going for the four at the right time and taking the single at the right time. with jack leach there, as you can see, fantastic partnership to see england through. playing under that sort of pressure, it's kind of what cricket's all about, and people are saying this was the most phenomenal

performance from an england batsmen of all time, or batsmen of all time. it's going to go down as one of the most memorable and sensational matches, especially on the fourth day, they had another day to go, but it's one of these days where people will ask where you on this day when england beat australia in the third test at headingley? the series is back on, 1—1, two more tests, old trafford and then the oval, ten more days and we will see what happens. steve smith will be back for australia but i tell you what, ben stokes is very much the man of the moment right now. you're newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: countdown to the 2020 tokyo paralympics. the games welcomes four thousand athletes from 165 countries one year from now. also on the programme: reliving an epic road trip. we meet the team driving a battered land rover halfway round the world. the first african—american to win

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this is newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. i'm rico hizon in london. our top stories: police in hong kong fire a warning shot at protestors — as anti government demonstrations continue. a water cannon has been used on protesters for the first time. the iranian foreign minister has made an unscheduled visit to the g7 summit in france. earlier, the french president, emmanel macron, said g7 leaders had agreed a common stance on iran. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. let's start with the japan times, which asks whether tokyo could help the united states close what it calls a missile gap with china. it reports that washington is keen to send missiles to asia and could turn to one of its most steadfast allies — japan — for some form of deployment.

the south china morning post leads with the election of a new chief executive for macau. ho iat—seng was elected uncontested as the leader of one of the world's wealthiest cities by a 400—member electoral college over the weekend. and the front page of singapore's business times says recent political unrest in hong kong could be good news for the singaporean economy. businesses in the region could look into re—routing their listings to singapore as the turmoil threatens to strip hong kong of its reputation as a safe financial hub. brazil has deployed the military and two aircraft to drop water on the amazon rainforest after hundreds of new fires flared up. european leaders have

criticised brazil's president, jair bolsonaro, for his stance on the environment. now the bolivian president is facing criticism for his slow response to a series of wildfires. more than a million hectares of forest close to brazil have already been destroyed. gareth barlow reports. polybius forests are burning as helicopters of overhead, volunteers and firefighters but of the flames on the ground. it is from the air that your extent of the fires is apparent. more than 10,000 square cut the monitors have been burnt. —— kilometres. the president is being criticised was low respond. kilometres. the president is being criticised was low respondlj welcome criticised was low respond.” welcome telephone calls from the essence of paraguay, chile and spain. we welcome any cooperation. since wednesday we have been managing the operation to stop development bank of latin america is

generating about half $1 million. it's not only the environment that suffering. these families outside of the many forced from their homes. the plants are destroyed, all the plants, and other war devices well. the pipe has been burnt and we don't have water running from the pipe. it is all burnt. there is intense smoke coming with fire, it was like a whirlwind. it was coming to their houses. it advances very fast, the fire came from the side of the mountains and into the village. as in neighbouring brazil which is tackling a record number of fires, activist said that tree clearing in bolivia often for agriculture is most are to blame. while monthly to discuss the fires of the g7 summit in france, on the ground in bolivia, bottled water and baskets of water are being used to tackle the blaze. a year from now — the 2020 paralympics will be under way in tokyo.

with 4,000 paralympians set to compete, organisers are hoping the games change attitudes towards disability in japan. duane kale is the vice president of the international paralympic committee, he told me how the preparations are going. from the two days we have had here and many, many aspects, tokyo 2020 will certainly be ready. we raise the aspect of brand accommodation and accessibility to rooms, that president parsons has mentioned and it isa president parsons has mentioned and it is a challenge for the japanese community to change. the struck and the nature. we require for the ipc about 85 fully accessible rooms and we got a little over half of that at the moment. but i think what was important and what is a wonderful thing of the legacy of the paralympics at the government here

have already change the laws that require renovations and new builds to have more accessible rooms so the legacy started and we're still one year go. as you say, our reporter nikki fox who is wheelchair bound, she has been there checking out how ready she has been there checking out how rea dy to kyo she has been there checking out how ready tokyo is for the paralympics, and she says there are huge problems with rooms being available with also restau ra nts, with rooms being available with also restaurants, the ability to find easy meals. so your colleague again, and you parsons saying injapanese society, the agency disabled people travelling either for pleasure business. they don't understand why they would need an accessible hotel room, if they don't travel, so what is behind this culture of an attitude towards disabled people into —— injapan? attitude towards disabled people into -- in japan? but many countries there is been a culture of disability, hiding people away, not able to contribute users i did. that is changing and is changing rapidly.

it is thanks to the likes of the paralympic games that is changing that perception and awareness for society of what people with disabilities can offer to the community and society and how did society represent the make up of its people? and were really proud of her —— for the paralympic games does to change that and working because of the government, with tokyo 2020, to help showcase that and they can be proud of all the their citizens. they can make the necessary changes that people who are out in wheelchairs over different disabilities have access to what they need and access to rooms, can get to restaurants, and as i say, putting 4000 loss athlete intercity —— in the city in one concentrated period of time will help demonstrate the restaurant portion of the market they are missing and i am sincerely

hopeful and encouraged that we will see a lot of people injapan with disabilities come out because of the paralympic games and witness wonderful sport. but also drive that change for what businesses will need to do, just have —— —— just as many countries have the games. in 1955, a group of students from oxford and cambridge set off on the journey of a lifetime — making history by becoming the first to drive the 16,000 kilometres from london to singapore. now, almost 65 years later, a team of adventurers are recreating that epic drive, but the other way round. 0ur reporter sarah toms waved them off as they hit the road. cheers from the crowd, they're off. this old land rover will be the trusty companion for nearly four months to the team driving

from here in singapore to london. the route of the original trip from europe to singappore has had to be changed due to several conflict zones. syria and iraq are out but central asia is now on the map. sitting here gives a sense of the history of the challenges of the journey. while there have been a few updates, the new land rover has a new engine and the team are carrying gps navigation system, plus they have a social media manager rather than just an old typewriter. while scenery will be stunning, there will be few comforts along the road and no air—conditioning. 31—year—old alex read about the trip at university and was inspired by the story. it's an absolute madcap adventure. it was the first the time back in 1955, they told me it was impossible, it's still crazy, 63 or 64 years on that if someone is you the opportunity to give a land rover halfway around the world,

you'd be stupid to say no. the team already has its first problem. someone who was meant to make the return journey was too ill. instead his 21—year—old grandson stepped in. he wanted to do it at 87, he can't do it. so i will go and fill in for him. fly the flag on his behalf. the adventurers have to be in london for christmas. that leaves only 100 days of heavy driving and vast stretches of open road ahead. is she on her way to london? i don't know but i think she should take the land rover the and you should drive it all the way back to singapore because i know you are due back next week. instead of four months, three days. absolutely. you have been watching newsday.

i'm rico hizon in london. and i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. stay with us. we take a look at the perfect employee — they sing, telljokes, clean up and never complain. how robots are filling the gap in singapore's job market. i hope you have been parting —— partying over the weekend. have you? i'm heading off to this very popular dance festival at notting hill. that so dance festival at notting hill. that so you dance festival at notting hill. that so you some dance festival at notting hill. that so you some pictures because it's a big long weekend party going on here in london. it is the notting hill carnival, billed as europe's biggest street party. a huge part of west london is awash with colour, costumes, bands and parades as hundreds of thousands of partygoers enjoy celebration of caribbean heritage in the capital. about1 million people are expected to flock to west london this weekend. i'm getting ready to leave right

now, and i will be doing my summer, my tango and mobiles on the streets of notting hill. i going to take pictures? you gotta show us, i want to see the gossip stop photograph the evidence. have a great day everyone, thanks for watching. hello there. this week is set to bring some pretty big changes in our weather. there's something cooler on the way, something a bit more unsettled as well. but the weekend brought a real burst of heat. sunday's temperatures got all the way up to 33 degrees just to the west of london. that heat being drawn up from the near continent around this area of high pressure. the south—easterly winds affecting most parts of the british isles, it was a bit different and the west though, the air starting to come in from the atlantic, a cooler source of air, that cooler atlantic air will make more inroads over the next couple of days, firstly behind this little weather front here, things will turn a bit cooler. this, a big dangling weather front in the atlantic will eventually bring some much cooler air for all of us around

the middle of the week. so, those temperatures gradually, slowly but surely, dipping away, will be a slow process, though, particularly in the east. and with that change we'll see some outbreaks of rain and perhaps some thunderstorms for a time. through monday morning, some quite poor visibility, and mix of mist and murk, and low cloud, some fog patches too, especially through wales, the west midlands, north—west england, south—west scotland. and it is a bank holiday for most, but if you are travelling early, bearthat in mind. that should clear, then we see some long spells of sunshine again, the odd shower in the afr south—west, some rain and the strengthening breeze across the western isles, and generally it will be a cooler day in scotland, northern ireland, the western side of england and wales. further east though, in the sunshine, it could again get to 32 or 33 degrees. now a lot of dry weather and clear skies to take us through monday night into the early hours of tuesday, there is the ongoing chance of a shower across the south—west, maybe up into wales as well.

there's temperatures over night between 11 and 17 degrees. so for tuesday this frontal system which would eventually, remember, bring that cooler air, will just store out to west, not making a lot of progress eastwards, so we will see plenty of dry weather, some spells of sunshine but the increasing chance that we'll see some showers breaking out and thunderstorms, too. some of which could be heavy. the heat‘s increasingly getting squashed eastwards, could still get to 31, 32 degrees in the south—east, but it will be cooler futher west, and we'll see some rain later in the day into northern ireland. now, during tuesday night a scattering of showers and thunderstorms looks likely to push across the british isles, quite hit and miss but some of these storms could bring a lot of rain. and then as we get into wednesday, that front which will have been lingering out to the west for a couple of days will finally make its move. it slides eastwards, it takes some rain with it, and we're all left with some cooler, fresher weather by the time we get to thursday. some wet weather, too, particularly in the north—west.

i'm rico hizon with bbc world news. our top story: a police officer in hong kong has fired a warning shot at protestors, the first time a live round has been used since demonstrations broke out in june. police also fired rubber bullets and tear gas and used two water cannon vehicles to clear barricades and disperse crowds. the iranian foreign minister has made an unexpected appearance at the g7 summit in france. earlier, the french president emmanel macron said g7 leaders had agreed a common stance on iran. and you won't be surprised to hear that this story is doing well on bbc.com. the england cricket team has pulled off an astonishing victory in the third match of the ashes test series against australia. batsman ben stokes almost single—handedly won the match, scoring a 135 not out. that's all. stay with bbc world news.