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this is bbc world news. the headlines at 11:00 — thousands take to the streets across the uk to condemn borisjohnson's decision to suspend parliament. in hong kong, police storm an underground train using pepper spray and batons as the city sees some of the worst street battles yet. it isa it is a very centre of hong kong, and look at it. they warned them not to protest today. the government beatings —— buildings under sage and it is complete mayhem.
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—— under siege. 66 migrants have been detained as they tried to cross the english channel to reach kent. several boats have been intercepted. close to 2 million people in north—east india are stripped of their citizenship, accused of being illegal immigrants. formula 2 driver anthoine hubert has been killed in a crash at the belgian grand prix. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers city am's rachel cunliffe and the journalist and author yasmin alibhai—brown. stay with us for that. wa nt to want to start with some breaking news. lease in texas around 20 have been shot in the city of midland and 0dessa, 20 miles apart. they are searching for two people who are
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believed to have opened fire from two separate vehicles. the midland appeared —— police department issued the following statement on social media? —— social media. they are —— they go on to say there are reports of an shooter in odessa. that is the latest from texas after reports of a shooting there. more to come on that story as we get it. first, tens of thousands of people have held demonstrations across the uk in protest at boris johnson's decision to prorogue or suspend parliament. the government insists it's acting properly in shutting down the commons for five weeks in the run—up to brexit. but critics say it's an attempt
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to bypass democracy. marches took place from sheffield to swansea, belfast to london, as our home editor mark easton reports. if you shut down our parliament... (chanting) we will shut down the streets! calls for direct action from protesters outside downing street. several thousand people gathered in whitehall, many to voice their opposition to borisjohnson's move to shut down parliament ahead of britain's scheduled exit from the european union on october 31. stop brexit! the crowds were diverse — cutting across class, age, ethnicity and traditional party politics. today's protest is a reminder of how arguments over brexit represent a reshaping of political discourse in britain. bankers and corporations... who get richer while the workers get poorer. as well as london, there were similar demonstrations in towns and cities across the country. from yorkshire to belfast to bangor.
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in london, the apparent unity of the crowd disguised divisions over what they were opposed to. the government's suspension of parliament orjust the government? 0pposed to a no—deal brexit or leaving the eu at all? is this about proroguing? is it about brexit or conservatives? a bit of both, really. mainly proroguing and brexit, but a bit of both. are you a supporter of the european union? i am not in support of a bosses club, i am in support of the european workers of greece, spain and italy, but i don't support what is, in effect, a bosses club in europe. you're anti—eu? i am anti the european union, yes. i am opposed to a no—deal brexit. brexit with a deal would be ok? iwould prefer we remain, but i could live with a brexit with a decent deal, yes. you are a french national. why are you here today? why am i here today? because i am one of the eu 27 who has been living
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for decades here. it is about a no—deal brexit, it's about the hatred and it is about hindering democratic processes. deeply held feelings are on display as thousands take to the streets. but it is worth reflecting on the people who are not here, people with equally passionate views on the other side of the brexit debate. public opinion and the country are riven as to what democracy should mean. this evening, there was disruption around westminster bridge. the organisers of today's demonstration say it should be seen as the beginning of a campaign of civil disobedience against the government's treatment of parliament. mark easton, bbc news, whitehall. 0ur political correspondent jessica parker weighed up the likely impact of today's protests. there has been a lot of anger, a lot of noise today, but will boris johnson be looking out of his window, worrying about what he is seeing and having second thoughts? the evidence say it is not exactly afraid of a bit of confrontation. 0n
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that note, this coming week of course we are going to see court battles a nd course we are going to see court battles and an almighty showdown here in westminster as well. a cross— party here in westminster as well. a cross—party group of mps try to legislate against the possibility of a legislate against the possibility of 3110 legislate against the possibility of a no deal brexit with a now limited amount of time they have left before parliament is due to be suspended. they hope today's protests bruised their cause, injected with some energy. i think of those that back borisjohnson was my approach to brexit, well, today public anger and noise may fall on deaf ears. in hong kong, riot police stormed a metro station using batons to beat passengers in the latest round of clashes, with pro—democracy campaigners, and police confirm two officers fired live rounds into the air during operations to clear protestors from the streets. tens of thousands were marching in defiance of a ban with petrol bombs being thrown at officers who responded with tear gas and water cannon. beijing has condemned the protests asjohn sudworth reports now from hong kong.
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tear gas from the roof of hong kong's government offices met with utter defiance. hong kong's political deadlock is growing increasingly violent. the only way, some believe, to secure this city's freedoms under chinese rule. by nightfall, this giant fire was raging in the central business district. but with scenes like these, china is also in no mood to compromise. this man is editor of one of beijing's ultra—loyal communist party—run papers. translation: america and britain are interfering in hong kong's affairs. you're inflaming the situation. not all these irrational emotions come from this society.
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most come from foreign support. but most processes are peaceful. —— protesters. despite the risk of arrest, this peaceful, unauthorised march was joined by tens of thousands. despite what beijing says... as well as one british mp here to observe, he says. to understand them. —— big changes happening in the world, and we need to understand them. i know we're all obsessed about brexit, but we have the growing power of china and a growing authoritarian china as well. are you meddling? no. if one mp is going to get blamed for this, that's simply nonsense. this is clearly an indigenous protest coming from the people here. a few hundred activists, though, are intent on violence. and for the first time, police used water cannon with coloured dye to make identifying them easier. this is the very centre of hong kong, and look at it. they warned them not to protest today.
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the government buildings under siege, and it's complete mayhem. the day ended with running battles and a number of arrests. they spilt into the subway stations. a global clash of values. it is being played out in the city in increasingly brutal form. john sudworth, bbc news, hong kong. here, 66 people have been detained after four migrant boats were intercepted in the english channel. it comes a day after the home secretary, priti patel, said urgent action was needed to stem the flow of illegal immigrants. the latest arrivals were brought ashore at kingsdown, near dover, with sea rch—and—rescue missions in operation along the kent coast. the majority of those onboard were understood to be from iran, as well as syrian, iraqi, lebanese and afghan nationals. so far this year, more than 1,000 migrants have been detained by the uk border force
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with 590 picked up by the french authorities on their way to britain. this month, two people died trying to cross the channel. but, interestingly, there are no figures for migrants arriving stowed away in lorries, which is the main form, of illegal entry. earlier, i spoke to the former head of the uk border force, tony smith. he told me that the number of migrants trying to reach the uk by sea is unprecedented. it is relatively new that we have seen this sort of number of migrants bossing the english channel. it only really began in any number in 0ctober really began in any number in october last year, but it is now an almost daily occurrence that we are seeing reports of significant numbers of people, many women and children as well in small vessels coming across, and increasing resource requirement upon the french —— authorities and ourselves, border force, to make sure they don't drown, we have had a couple of drownings, they are properly treated
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and brought ashore and then we have the ongoing issue of processing. we will talk about the logistics in a moment, buti we will talk about the logistics in a moment, but i wonder if you have thoughts about why we have seen this bike in the numbers. i think it is because success breeds success. i think it is because success breeds success. you mentioned the lorry issue and that was certainly the main area of penetration into the uk. on my watch when i was head of the border force, we did a lot of work in calais with infrastructure, additional technology, resources, working with our colleagues in france to make it much harderfor the migrant gangsters to smuggle people in lorries, and somebody said, let's try the small vessels. we were not sure they would be able to do it but they clearly can doing it and success breeds success. the more come across and are being sent back, the more i going to try. with the kind of coastline that the force has to patrol, how big a challenge as this?
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it is very big, actually, not something that we have really focused on. the defences, we had a few more vessels brought in recently, but in terms of our maritime response capability, we are pretty well at the same levels as we we re pretty well at the same levels as we were ten years ago. they were actually inherited and we emerged customs and immigration years ago. they were designed to stop other forms of drug smuggling in that kind of thing. not really to deal with large numbers of migrant boats. it does require a fresh look at our maritime defences and we have to look at the other countries, they have a much greater threat of perimeter security, maritime security and to see what lessons we can learn and how we can invest in more resources to try and stop the boats. clearly, there has been cooperation between the british and the french. we have obviously brexit looming and one might say some sense of bad feeling around all of that. how
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important is that cooperation in effo rts important is that cooperation in efforts to deal with the migrant issue? yes, that is a good point and i think it is critical that we don't again get distracted by things like brexit from the need for a collaborative and international response to something that is obviously an international threat. this is international organised crime essentially, and it is essential that we continue to work with law enforcement agencies, both in france and in other countries as we have done for many years now to share intelligence, share interventions capability, share resources and work together. nobody really wa nts resources and work together. nobody really wants people drowning, nobody really wants people drowning, nobody really wa nts really wants people drowning, nobody really wants human smugglers to succeed, whether you are on the french side, eu side or uk site. tony smith speaking to me earlier. let's take a look at some of the day's other top stories. afghan security forces say they've "repelled" a major taliban assault
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on severalfronts in the northern city of kunduz. the interior ministry says in one attack, a suicide bomber killed 10 people and injured the local police chief. it comes as taliban and us negotiators are said to be close to agreeing a deal, to end years of conflict. police investigating the death of the teaching assistant lindsay birbeck in accrington have charged a boy aged 16 with murder. the mother of two was found strangled in a cemetery earlier this month. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, has condemned rioting in glasgow after clashes between marchers in support of a united ireland and counter protesters. two people were arrested during the violence in the govan area of the city last night. riot police and mounted officers were deployed. a powerful storm threatening the bahamas and the south—eastern coast of the us has gathered strength and is now expected to be the strongest weather system to hit the us coast in decades. winds of up to 150mph are expected
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to hit the bahamas tomorrow. the prime minister hubert minnis called for those living in the north west of the country to leave for shelters immediately. iam six i am six foot one. the surge is expected to be two or three times my height. what this means is that homes may be potentially submerged with water. 0ur weather presenter nick miller has more. the forecast for hurricane dorian track has evolved considerably. here it is on the satellite picture as it continues to head west. vi here is a sign of the strengthening we have seen and continue to see with dorian. maximum winds at the centre around 150 mph. there will be variations in strength over the next few days but it is a powerful system and it is heading right for the bahamas, particularly the northern
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parts of the bahamas. that where it goes next is what is interesting. at one stage it looked like it would move right into florida. this is the forecast rainfall. the latest forecast rainfall. the latest forecast moving through the bahamas but then taking a turn to the north. it is still not guaranteed but it is becoming more likely that it will not make landfall in florida. it will move up along the south—eastern coast of the usa before it looks like curving back out into the atlantic. still something to play for in the detail and it is coming with destructive wind, flooding rain and a storm surge. these are likely in the bahamas. to what extent as to who sees them across the south—eastern side of the usa, we have to wait and see as the forecast develops. still more in the coming days. the headlines on bbc news: police in texas are searching for two people who are believed to have opened fire from two separate vehicles. police in the city of odessa say
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there are multiple gunshot victims. thousands take to the streets across the uk to condemn borisjohnson's decision to suspend parliament. in hong kong, police storm an underground train using pepper spray and batons as the city sees some of the worst street battles yet. sport, and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. good evening. there have been eight premier league matches today — i'll have all the scores foryou in a minute — but first liverpool have maintained their 100% start to the season with a 3—0 win at burnley. so they go into the international break with four wins from four. here's lydia campbell. he already has legendary status at liverpool. after guiding them to an sixth european cup. but now klopp has done something that no—one else has done something that no—one else has done. this was a record 13th
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consecutive top—flight victory for liverpool. and part of that success is down to this man. the player of the year. but van dyck was also most made to look like a full inside two minutes. chris ward, one of the few people to get past him this season. but he could not apply the finish. u nfortu nately but he could not apply the finish. unfortunately he could at the other end, however. the deflection helping arnold open the scoring. there is no such luck about liverpool ‘s second. it was cool this allotted home. he has the second most premier league goals in 2019. and the records kept coming for liverpool with the first brazilian to score 50 premier league goals. klopp ‘steam are the only side with a perfect start to the season. but if they are to stay ahead of manchester city, they will need the records to keep coming. elsewhere, chelsea squandered a two goal lead
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to draw with sheffield united, crystal palace beat aston villa, manchester city eased to a 4 nil win over brighton, leicester won 3—1 at home to bournemouth, newcastle and watford shared the points in 1—1 draw — watford's first point of the season — and west ham beat norwich 2—0. it's rangers against celtic in the old firm derby tomorrow but everyone else in the scottish premiership played today. livingstone continue their unbeaten start to the season with a 2—1win at home to st mirren. aberdeen won 3—0 at home to ross county, hearts and hamilton drew two all, motherwell were 3—0 winners over hibs, and kilmarnock won by a single goal at stjohnstone. there has been some terrible news coming out of belgium this evening, the death of the 22 year old french driver anthoine hubert after a horrific crash in today's formula 2 race in spa. it happened on the second lap and the race was susequently cancelled. 0ur reporterjenny gow
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was at the circuit today. it was a high—speed accident on the second lap of the race that was taking place this afternoon. the accident, the incident involved three drivers but one that was one of them. —— anthoine hubert was one of them. —— anthoine hubert was one of them. —— anthoine hubert was one of them. medical staff and emergency services attended the scene and one of the drivers was taken away in the helicopter are used for medical emergencies. unfortunately anthoine hubert succumbed to his injuries at 1835 local time. the other driver was checked out at the medical centre and past as 0k. anthoine hubert was a young promising driver and we have not had a serious incident since 2014. when there was
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a big question japan. incident since 2014. when there was a big questionjapan. so there is a feeling of shop something like this can still happen given the amount of safety in these cars. but an accident like this, there is no avoiding an horrific outcome. earlier, qualifying took place for formula 1 belgian grand prix. charles leclerc dominated it for ferrari, claiming pole position by three quarters of a second from his team mate sebastian vettel. britain's lewis hamilton was third for mercedes. it's now less than three weeks until the rugby world cup kicks off injapan and ireland have knocked wales off the top of the world rankings with victory in cardiff. ireland started much better and two jacob stockdale tries helped them to a 15—3 half—time lead. wales rallied in the second half, but couldn't complete the comeback and were eventually beaten by 22 points to 17. the two sides meet again next weekend in dublin. scotland have eased to victory in their penultimate warm up match. they thrashed georgia 44—10 in tblisi. scotland made a lightning start,
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20—0 up inside the first 20 minutes. lock ben toolis with their first try. two tries from rory hutchinson put scotland in control — with late scores from darcy graham and scott cummings sealing the win. the two teams will meet again next friday at murrayfield for their final warm up match before the world cup. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories — and the latest from the us open tennis, tonight's big boxing bouts and much more — on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. now it's time for a look at the weather. nearly 2 million people in the indian state of assam have been effectively stripped of their citizenship after being left off a newly published list of indian nationals. residents were asked to prove
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they had lived there since 1971 when neighbouring bangladesh declared its independence. it's home to around 10 million muslims, many of whom are suspected by india's hindu nationalist government of being illegal migrants. 0ur india correspondent rajini vaidya nathan sent this report. lining up to find out if they still belong in the country they call home. if they are not on this list, they are not considered citizens, their fate decided by a paper printout. none of asiya khatoon's family of nine has been included. "i'm an indian citizen. i should be on it", she says. it's the same for salma. "what do i do? i'd rather die than go to a detention camp". best known for its tea, assam is one of india's poorest states. resentment towards illegal immigrants from neighbouring bangladesh runs high, which is why everyone's been asked to prove their citizenship, and that's left many terrified. one evening last november, maliha went to look for her husband,
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shamshul, after he did not return from a walk. she found him here, in this paddy field. she sobs. maliha said shamshul killed himself, fearing his family wouldn't make the citizenship list. "on our land, they are like termites". that's amit shah, now india's home minister, describing illegal immigrants earlier this year. his party, the ruling hindu nationalist bjp, is pledging to expand the assam—style crackdown across india, promising amnesty for illegal immigrants from neighbouring countries, of most religions except muslims. india is the only land for the hindus. that is why our government is very much determined to protect the hindus who came from pakistan, who came from bangladesh, due to the religious persecutions.
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critics believe this citizenship exercise is nothing more than a drive to remove muslims from india. translation: they are trying to make india a hindu state and curtail the rights of muslims. that's why we are scared. what now for the nearly two million people here in assam who have been left disenfranchised ? if they lose their appeals and are declared foreigners, then what? there aren't enough detention centres to house them all, and if they are deported, then where to? bangladesh has already said it won't take anyone. the fate of millions remains in the balance. what started as an exercise over identity could become a crisis of humanity. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, assam. the papers are coming up injust a moment but first, at the weather.
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good evening. the weather is changing as we move into a new month. it is turning a little chillierfor the month. it is turning a little chillier for the next day or so. we had this band of cloud today that has brought with it some early rain. behind that we saw some showers following on. it is cooler fresh air filtering down across the country at the moment with more of a chill in the moment with more of a chill in the end. this quite brisk right now but they will tend to ease down a bit as the night goes on. clear skies tonight will be across southern parts of the uk. that was the end of the day earlier on and further north, more cloud and showers but still the chance of northern lights which you may find across scotland, northern ireland and perhaps the far north of england. in these areas we are more likely to have some showers, particularly in the north and west of scotland. showers on the little —— showers are still a little on the sharp side. largely dry across northern england and north wales.
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quite brisk rings at the moment, easing by in the morning, temperature 7—9d, chillier than last night and these are the numbers in the towns and cities. bulk of england and wales on sunday. more frequently heavy, thundering once putting their way eastwards across scotla nd putting their way eastwards across scotland and northern england down towards the wash. not a lot of showers in the afternoon across wells in the midlands and southern england may well have a dry day with temperatures sneaking up to 20 degrees. 26 today in the south—east of england, 15 or 16 further north in the showers but at least the wind will not be strong. chilli feel nonetheless. showers push across northern ireland into northern england and into scotland for a while overnight. another chilly one by the time we reach monday morning. especially north—eastern scotland where temperatures could be two or three degrees. at the start of the week we want to swap the north—westerly winds to moloch cloudy self westerly once. around
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the top of the high—pressure weather fronts focused rain again. a chilly start and we will see some sunshine across england and wales, turning to cloud over from the west. rain for northern ireland, weather in scotla nd northern ireland, weather in scotland into cumbria so heavy rain over some of those western hills, temperatures pegged back to 15 degrees through the central belt. 22 in the south—east of england. more cloud and rain in the west on tuesday and then it gets chilli from mid week onwards. north—western winds again with sunshine and showers to —— it gets chilly.
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