this is bbc news, i'm shaun ley. the headlines at 11... the chancellor sajid javid insists his relationship with borisjohnson is "fantastic", despite downing st abruptly firing one of his special advisers sonia khan am not going to discuss any personnel i am not going to discuss any personnel issues, it would be inappropriate. i think my views are well understood. the relationship is fantastic with the prime minister. police in hong kong use tear gas and water cannon to try and disperse large crowds of pro—democracy protesters. this is the scene live in hong kong where police have been using tear gas. this is the picturesjust this is the pictures just before the protests kicked off this morning as people gathered to appear.

a trial date is set for khalid sheikh mohammad who is accused of playing a leading role in plotting the september 11th attack. more than 30 protests are expected across britain today against boris johnson's decision to suspend parliament in the run—up to brexit. and strictly come dancing looks set to allow same—sex couples to compete from next year. and in half an hour's time, carrie grace and her guests will discuss, in detail, the story of the week — boris johnson's prorogation of parliament. that's dateline at 10:30 here on bbc news. good morning. we can bring you the latest from hong kong. following the pictures of people gathering just an hour ago for the protests which they

had been told would not be allowed to ta ke had been told would not be allowed to take place, police have begun firing tear gas and using water cannons to fire blue dyed water to try and disperse large crowds of protesters. a significant number of protesters. a significant number of protesters had gathered as our correspondent has been telling us. we hope to be talking to our correspondent injust a we hope to be talking to our correspondent in just a few minutes‘ time. this is the picture at the moment. does not look like there is a big rush to get away. a lot of the protesters are familiar with the tactics that the police deploy, not the first weekend we have seen tear gas being used, this is pretty early in proceedings and stephen was saying, only an hour ago, the protest they might have been very calm and nothing would suggest it would kick off, but they had been won by the authorities that if they turned up, they were at risk of arrest and the risk of police action. the police tactics have

changed again over the last few days, notably with the significant amount of arrests of pro—democracy campaigners, including one of the young campaigners who rose to prominence years ago with the original protests against beijing's announcement that it wasn't going to allow full—fledged multiparty democracy, which many of the people of hong kong, those protesters would like. that was joshua wong, of hong kong, those protesters would like. that wasjoshua wong, who said when he was released on bail, that he wouldn't be discouraged from being at today's protests. police officers there on the raves of discharging their weapons. again, we think this is the use of tear gas rather than anything more series, although tear gas is potentially very serious, if deployed in large crowds and the risk of potential harm to health. the police have

taken a robust approach. reuters reported that carrie lam had been overruled by beijing when she proposed a programme of reconciliation to talk to the protesters underlining the criticism, that hong kong has made, that the democracy is constrained by beijing, and that is at the heart of the persistence of the protests in the persistence of the protests in the original cast three months ago now with the anti—extradition bill. we will return to hong kong in the class of the next half hour and hopefully speak to our correspondent stephen mcdonnell. the chancellor, sajid javid, insists that he has a fantastic relationship with the prime minister, despite rowing with him about the sacking of one of his special advisers. the adviser — sonia khan — was dismissed by borisjohnson‘s top aide, dominic cummings, after reportedly being questioned about contacts with former colleagues. there's no evidence she'd released sensitive information.

asked about the sacking on bbc radio 4's today programme, mrjavid said he would not talk about individuals and insisted that he had a "fantastic" relationship with mrjohnson. well, i am not going to discuss any personnel issues, it would be inappropriate. i think my views are well understood. the relationship is fantastic with the prime minister. this is a prime minister that, before he was prime minister, is someone i have always got on with incredibly well and it has been a real privilege for me to work with him so closely on delivering on these people's priorities, and that relationship is as strong as ever. and what it does mean, by having that strong link, is that we can focus on all these things that matter to so many people. what about your relation with dominic cummings? i'm not going to talk about personnel relationships, especially when you ask me about the prime minister, it is perfectly correct to do that,

the prime minister is my boss and we work together along with other cabinet colleagues to deliver, so i am not here to talk about particular individuals who are advisers in downing street. our political reporterjohn owen has been following the story. sonia khan, who was a specialist adviser to the chancellor sajid javid, was escorted out in fairly dramatic fashion from downing street on a thursday evening. she had been questioned by dominic cummings, that is borisjohnson‘s de facto chief of staff, on suspicion she had been leaking confidential government information. now, it seems to be the case that she wasn't leaking that information, but she had just lost the confidence of dominic cummings and was summarily fired. now, what has emerged more recently is that sajid javid and boris johnson, the prime minister, have exchanged cross words about this because it seems that sajid javid was not aware in advance that she was going to be fired. he clearly thought that he ought to have been entitled to know if this was going to happen, he wasn't made aware and it is the second member of his staff that has been fired

just this month, so clearly he was quite upset about it. i'm joined byjill rutter, the programme director at the institute for government. thank you for coming in. as ever, it is good to see you. there is plenty to talk about. special advisers — these are political appointees, so they live and die by the politician's hand. they are temporary civil servants, subject to some restrictions, but they allowed to do political work on behalf of the people they work for, but they know they live a precarious life because if their minister is sacked oi’ because if their minister is sacked or moved, they leave theirjob immediately, and as we have seen, they can also be dismissed. it is not for the people who are a bit, wonderjob not for the people who are a bit, wonder job security. the circumstances surrounding this i’ow the circumstances surrounding this row and sonia khan's patch, they are complicated because this goes back

to allegations that there was a leak and it was suggested by downing street there was a minister, ex minister behind the leak and philip hammond wrote an angry letter saying it couldn't have been linked to us because we had left government by the time the letter was published. downing street is the source of the problem and yet downing street is having to clean up the mess. downing street is using this to show it is in control of the operation. it is interesting. if you want to discipline in advisor, then downing street would have words with the employing minister, in this case sajid javid, and say we have lost confidence in your special adviser, we think you need to let them be resigned. if number 10 are in a strong position, they could do that. i know when i was in the treasury way back when, a lot of people in number 10 under tony blair were not keen on the people that gordon brown wa nted keen on the people that gordon brown wanted to bring in, but they were not strong enough to stop him

appointing them. there was always a bit of tension there, particularly when number 10 thinks the special advisers are doing work for the ministers they are walking far rather than the government as a whole. quite often that could be undermining the prime minister, so there is always tension. the fact that number 10 have done this and made it so clear that this was not sajid javid's decision, he was not consulted, this was dominick cunningham is, it shows that number 10 at control of the operation to two audiences, the outside world and to show that you may think you showing quality are to your minister, but we show the shots. even with a senior minister is the chancellor, what we say, goes. clearly in embarrassing the sajid javid. he was uncomfortable about it in the interview with radio four. with the message it sends, it is curious because you have sonia khan

who was summarily dismissed, taken out by a police officer, which must have been embarrassing, but there is no actual evidence that she leaked anything, she clearly had contacts with former minister like mr hammond. 0n the other hand, sitting around that they can edit table was dominic williamson, who had been sacked, and found had leaked private information about the national security council. these are decisions by the prime minister to make the step. does he trust gavin williamson enough to put him in his cabinet? he obviously owed a big debt for gavin when the lens and for the leadership campaign and the number10, lens and for the leadership campaign and the number 10, do they have the special advisor team, the team administers that they can work with. this is very much a government that has made a litmus test of being appointed to cabinet that you are prepared to go along with the prime

minister, one of the things the prime minister said early on was that he thought the may government was disabled by lack of decision—making, he would not have that, and we see a whole range of a cts that, and we see a whole range of acts from boris johnson that, and we see a whole range of acts from borisjohnson and his aides, but they only get their authority from boris johnson. aides, but they only get their authority from borisjohnson. if it is his decision about how he wants to run the government, you are either with us or against us, and if i get the whiff you are against us, thatis i get the whiff you are against us, that is terminal. that is the message they will probably go on sending. thank you very much. now back to hong kong, with tear gas being shut on pro—democracy campaigners. stephen, we spoke an hour or so ago, campaigners. stephen, we spoke an houi’ oi’ so ago, you campaigners. stephen, we spoke an hour or so ago, you said it was a relatively quiet and peaceful day. why change? not anymore. what changed is the

protesters have come to this building where they have been throwing molotov cocktails, and other projectiles. police are firing from above. there are riot police shooting tear gas at them. to give you an idea of how sensitive this area is, the building next to it, this is the people's liberation army headquarters, and at times we have also seen soldiers from the chinese army coming out and looking down. you can imagine how serious it would get if they started attacking bed building, and the army was getting involved. having a look over side, a water cannon has been used to try and clear the protesters. the riot police are there, they are standing up police are there, they are standing up on these raised platforms to try and get over their own barricades, and get over their own barricades, and here we can see the protesters coming in, they are moving forward towards the government headquarters where they may be able to, i

suppose, throw molotov cocktails in closer proximity. those molotov cocktails... there goes one. they have been catching fire on the barricades. we have also seen some of the flammable liquid bouncing off the barricade and are sometimes protesters catching fire. this is the violent showdown that people predicted when permission was denied to have this match today. and also follows the arrest of high—profile pro—democracy figures here. many people came out, despite the threat of violence, despite the threat of arrest, you get a better idea down the street. many tens of thousands marched here and it shows firstly that the level of feeling here, the widespread support for this movement, where people are prepared to ta ke movement, where people are prepared to take risks like this, even if it means they could potentially be

arrested, potentially be heard. -- third. arrested, potentially be heard. —— third. in terms of their tactic, some have been deployed before. what is the prospect it will clear people from the streets? i tell you what might clear them, the riot police coming behind me here. they have farmed at the top of here. they have farmed at the top of here where we are standing, we might work up to them, and they will be coming down here to push people away, and the protesters have shown in recent times, when the police turn up like this, they don't want to get arrested, which is why they are spraying this blue dye from the water cannons. i have been covered in itand water cannons. i have been covered in it and it is fluorescent paint that will come up later on if people... so people can be identified and arrested by the police. the riot police forming up

here and as they move down, this, over this flyover, i am sure the protesters that are still there at the other end of the street, they will probably tend to scarper, i would imagine, because they don't wa nt to would imagine, because they don't want to be arrested, and yet they are prepared to take the risk of this arrest if they can use these hit—and—run tactics they have been employing. steve mcdonald, thank you for now in hong kong. meanwhile — 400 million pounds of additional funding is to be given to colleges offering vocational training for 16—18 year olds in england. the treasury says the money will support the introduction of new t—level qualifications next year. a government review earlier this year found that one—billion—pounds of capital investment was needed for further education colleges. the education secretary, gavin williamson said today's announcement is a signficant boost. it is a significant increase in terms of the amount of funding that all sixth forms and further education establishments will be having and it will be making sure

that we have got the right skills for our young people to equip britain for future generations. pauljohnson is director of the institute for fiscal studies. we have spoken before on bbc news about the danger of the government building up promises that it might not be able to deliver without significantly interfering with its long—term economic plans. theresa may accused jeremy corbyn of a believing in a magic money tree. has borisjohnson discovered a magic money tree? the sorts of numbers we have seen so farare the sorts of numbers we have seen so far are not so dramatic... under normal circumstances, it would not

bea normal circumstances, it would not be a problem to afford the few billion pounds... what we don't know is how much more money is going to be needed to be found, but on the spending budget... what happens is what happens to the economy and if we end up with a... poll, i am sorry, we are having problems with the line to you, we are losing a lot of the words. so we are losing a lot of the words. so we are going to have to try and re—establish the connection. we will come back to you, if we may. apologies for that. we will try get again shortly. unconfirmed reports suggest more than 50 suspected migrants have been picked up trying to cross the english channel this morning. the coastguard says it's responding to a number of incidents. on thursday, the home secretary, priti patel, met her french counterpart to discuss ways of reducing the number of illegal migrants making the crossing. a trial date has been set for the man accused of playing a leading role in plotting the september 11th terror attacks. khalid sheikh mohammad, seen here

before and after he was captured, will be tried at guantanamo bay, along with four other men, from january 2021. he's already been detained for more than 15 years. a military court in the united states has set a trial date for khalid sheikh mohammad. 0ur north american correspondent, peter bowes, has more. this trial has been a very long time in coming. khalid sheikh mohammad was detained by the americans in pakistan in 2003, three years later moved to the detention centre in guantanamo bay, and initially charged along with his alleged accomplices, under the administration of george w bush, and the initial plan was to have the trial in guantanamo bay. then president 0bama came up with a plan to move it to a civilian court in new york city. and that really caused an outcry from members of the public and that plan was eventually dropped. so it looks like it will go ahead.

it is still a long time before that trial date and it has been a long time in coming for the families of those people who died, that momentous day, that tragic day in american history when those four passenger planes were hijacked, 19 hijackers, two crashing into the world trade center, the twin towers in new york city, one into the pentagon in washington, and the fourth crashed into a field in pennsylvania. so if the trial sticks to this schedule, it will be just eight months short of the 20th anniversary of 9/11. the charity samaritans is being criticised for entering into a year long partnership with a gambling company. staff at paddy power betfair chose samaritans as their charity of the year and are supporting it through fundraising, corporate donations and volunteering. critics say samaritans shouldn't work with the gambling industry. dan whitworth, from radio 4's money box programme, has more. if you are sat in a pub, you can

tell the guy who's an alcoholic. you can — let's be honest — you can tell the guy who's on drugs. the young man sat in the car and on his phone is gambling his life away and nobody knows because it's such a hidden thing. critics, including relatives of people with gambling problems who took their own lives, say samaritans is risking its well—earned reputation by working with paddy power betfair, adding it should stop taking the compa ny‘s money. the mp carolyn harris, who chairs the all party parliamentary group on gambling—related harm, says she is shocked by the deal. she calls it "distasteful and appalling". others on social media, as well as the charity gambling with lives, have voiced similar opinions. both samaritans and paddy power betfair have defended the partnership, though. samaritans says it will work with the company to: paddy power betfair, meanwhile, says the charity's

expertise will help develop existing safeguards for vulnerable customers. there are more than 400,000 problem gamblers in britain, according to the gambling commission, defined as people whose gambling compromises, disrupts or damages family, personal or recreational pursuits, with a further two million people at risk. things even now can just hit you. it's just something stupid, that will set it off and you'll hear something or you'll see something or you'll remember something, and before you know it, you're tearing up again, it's — it never goes away. it does get slightly better, but it doesn't go away. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's jane dougall. good afternoon. johanna konta is the last british player involved at the us 0pen singles after another comfortable win for her

at flushing meadows. dan evans though, is out of the men's event after he was beaten by five—time champion roger federer. adam wild was watching. in one of the game's greatest arenas, this was dan evans for the first time. intimidating enough. even more so when you are greeted by two of sport's biggest superstars. basketball legend kobe bryant only stayed around for the coin toss. roger federer seemed equally in no mood to hang about. starting on a charge that would take him to the first set, evans unable to keep pace. federer famously once described taking on evans as like "playing a mirror image" — a compliment, but no time to reflect. here he was firmly in his shadow. 0utplayed, outclassed, dan evans is out. far better, though, forjohanna konta. china's zhang shuai was in her way, but she was not in the way for long. the british number one ruthless, unrelenting

and never really troubled. a comfortable victory in little over an hour. commentator: just brilliant! through to the next round. she might now be the last briton left standing in the singles, butjohanna konta, it seems, is not slowing down. adam wild, bbc news. it was short and sweet for dan evans too. 0nly not how he'd have wanted it as he won just five games against the five—time champion roger federer. the british number two not happy at having to play early on friday, less than a day after his second round match when federer had an extra day's rest it's tough on me, isn't it? but it wouldn't be the first time the higher ranked players have had pull, so to speak. also these guys, they want — the tournament obviously want roger — would rather roger be going through that match than me, so it's understandable.

i know there was questions to a preference, but that does not mean roger asks roger getz. i'm sick and tired of it that apparently, i call the shots — the tournament and the tv stations do. we can give our opinion. that is what we do. but i'm still going to walk out, even if they schedule me at four in the morning. arsenal defender nacho monreal hasjoined la liga side real sociedad on a two—year deal. the spanish international has been ever—present in the league this season, but new signing kieran tierney, who joined in the summer, is seen as his long—term replacement. monreal has made 250 appearances for arsenal and won three fa cups. monreal leaves the club ahead of the north london derby tomorrow. manchester city play brighton this afternoon and can overtake liverpool for at least an hour or so. jurgen klopp‘s side are three wins from three so far, but they face a difficult trip to burnley. that's what we are prepared for.

it's not planning a holiday when you go to burnley, it's really planning the hardest work you can imagine, and that's what we try to be ready for. the big game in scotland is tomorrow when rangers take on celtic at ibrox. the rest of the fixtures are later today, with third placed livingston taking on st mirren. last night it was the dundee derby in the scottish championship. dundee united thrashed their neighbours dundee 6—2 in the first league meeting between the sides for over three years. calum butcher was on target twice for the home side who still have a 100% record this season. kim little scored five goals as scotland opened their women's european championships qualfying campaign with an 8—0 drubbing of cyprus. little has scored three hattricks for her country before, but this was her first time getting five in one game. elsewhere northern ireland were thrashed 6—nil at home by norway. that's all the sport for now.

now time for a look at the weather. hello there. it's the last day of august and the weather definitely has an end—of—summer feel about it. some big changes taking place at the moment. rain continuing to move eastwards through the rest of today, and behind that band of rain things turning significantly cooler. this is the satellite picture from the last 2a hours or so. you can see the way in which this stripe of cloud has been setting across northern ireland and scotland. we've had an awful lot of rain in places, but now that cloud and rain on the move eastwards, and as it clears away to the east, it will leave us all in this very cool northwesterly breeze. so this is how things look through the afternoon. we see our band of clouds and increasingly light and patchy rain staggering eastwards across england towards east anglia and the south east, then a mix of sunshine and showers. still some heavy rain falling across the northern half of scotland and blustery winds as well. and underneath that wet weather, temperatures really will struggle — some spots no better than 11, 12 or 13 degrees. turning drier and brighter for southern scotland and northern ireland, but with a scattering of showers, some of which could be heavy and thundery. some of those showers

into north—west england, one or two into wales. south west looks generally dry through the afternoon with some spells of sunshine. 19 degrees for plymouth, the cooler, fresher air, and then here is our band of cloud and very patchy rain just staggering into east anglia and the south east. once that clears away, as we get into the evening, all of us will feel the effects of that cooler air. some clear spells and some showers to take us through the night and temperatures getting down to between eight and 11 degrees. certainly a fresher night than we've been used to lately. so, sunday morning, starting off on a decidedly cool note. there will be some spells of sunshine around through the day. again, some showers being blown in on this northwesterly wind into northern ireland, scotland, some into northern england. we might see a few showers just getting across lincolnshire into east anglia. but generally speaking the further south and west you are, through wales south—west england for example, not too many showers, more in the way of sunshine. but those temperatures well down on where they have been — 13 to 21 degrees. and, actually, as this little bump

of high pressure tries to build in during sunday night into monday, we could see a touch of ground frost in some countryside spots in scotland early on monday morning, and a chilly start to the day elsewhere. it looks pretty mixed through the week ahead, rain at times but not all the time. it does, however, stay rather cool.

hello and welcome to dateline london. i'm carrie gracie. this week, one story only, but what a story. two months to go until the brexit deadline and the british prime minister plans to suspend parliament for half of that time. many are outraged. but can they turn outrage to action? my guests... political commentator steve richards. stefanie bolzen, uk correspondent for die welt. writer on politics eunice goes. and americanjournalist and authorjef mcallister borisjohnson has warned he will do whatever it takes to deliver brexit by october 31st.

his enemies have vowed to do whatever it takes to prevent a no—deal brexit. with the clock ticking and no sign of a new deal with the eu, the westminster stand—off reaches a new pitch with the prime minister's plan to suspend the mother of parliaments and legal action to stop him. steve, you've been writing a book on british prime ministers, how is this one doing and what it is game plan obviously is to get the uk out by 0ctober obviously is to get the uk out by october the 31st and he has given himself no wriggle room, very unusualfor prime himself no wriggle room, very unusual for prime ministers to allow themselves most. it is interesting, i've written this book on modern prime ministers and the honeymoon period for all of them was intoxicating. they sensed they were special, they were gripped by their sense of power, the media swooned,

parliament was