welcome to bbc news. i'm reged ahmad. our top stories: marking five years since the umbrella protests, hong kong's democracy movement takes to the streets for another night of clashes with police. and votes are being counted in afghanistan after an election marked by low turnout and attacks on polling centres. hello and welcome. police in hong kong have used tear gas and water canon to disperse protesters hurling rocks and petrol—bombs in anti—government demonstrations. they were marking five years since the start of what became known

as the umbrella movement, a campaign for greater democratic freedom under chinese rule. from hong kong, here's our china correspondent, john sudworth. the everyday object that lent its name to a movement was in use again. five years after it first shielded the protesters from the pepper spray and tear gas. in 2014, the umbrella protests faded away. but this year they're back with a vengeance — in far more violent form. we have no choice. like, we can't go back. imean... for me, like... if we lose this time, hong kong cannot survive for more than another five years. the anniversary began calmly enough, with thousands joining a peaceful rally. but this is now a deeply divided society. with those who fear that hong kong's

freedoms are being eroded... ..pitted against often ugly confrontation against the supporters of chinese rule. this man, beaten for carrying a chinese flag by those who say they are fighting to protect freedom of speech. by the end of the night, the centre of hong kong was a battleground once more. so the protesters are retreating from the water cannon and the pepper spray. five years ago, the umbrella movement began on this spot. they gained no political concessions. that's why these people say their far more militant tactics are justified. the authorities marked the anniversary with a belated promise to look again at electoral reform. the protesters smashed their windows and then disappeared into the night.

john sudworth, bbc news, hong kong. the white house has restricted access to transcripts of some of president donald trump's calls with foreign leaders. that's according to us media reports. officials say notes about calls to leaders including russia's vladimir putin and the saudi crown prince have not been handled in the usual way. it comes as an impeachment investigation into president trump over his administration's dealing with ukraine, is gathering pace. our north america correspondent, peter bowes has more. well, the significance is that it really exposes two sides of the story, that according to these reports, the white house for some time now, for several months has been restricting the transcripts of conversations that the president has had with, as you say, world leaders like president putin, the crown prince of saudi arabia, and essentially keeping that information on a special server with access allowed only for a few people in the white house.

and the implication is that that was done because it was to stop lea ks of conversations of the president was having, there was one he had with malcolm turnbull, the then prime minister of australia back in 2017, that was leaked. and so the suggestion is that those calls like this very latest one, this controversial one with the president of ukraine are being kept with tighter security. of course the other side of the story, and the democrats suspect, that in fact what's happening is that the white house is trying to cover up details of that controversial conversation. peter bowes there. us sprinter christian coleman has won the 100m world championships gold in doha, just weeks after a controversy over his place in the competition. it makes him the fastest man of the year with a finish time of 9.76 seconds. the build up to the competition saw the us anti—doping agency charge coleman with missing three drugs tests in 12 months before

withdrawing the claim. he gave this reaction, after his win. sad you start with something like that. trying to smear my reputation. and i don't know how the information got out there to the public, but it shouldn't have. but it is what it is, man. now all i've got to do is keep doing what i've been doing, focus on me, now i am world champion, that is something nobody will ever take from me. the forecast is for a low turnout, in afghanistan's presidential election. tens of thousands of police and soldiers have been protecting polling stations after warnings of violence from the taliban. so far at least four people have been killed and 80 others injured in bomb and mortar attacks. the poll, which had been delayed twice, follows the breakdown of peace talks, between the taliban and the us. martin patience reports from the capital, kabul. voting in afghanistan takes courage. this is an election that will be

closely scrutinised for fraud. taliban threats didn't stop these women from turning out, no matter what it took. in a hospital in the city ofjalalabad, these people know the cost of democracy. 36 people here were injured in a blast. translation: i had been queueing up to vote for ten minutes. then i heard an explosion. the next thing i knew, i was lying on the ground and my legs were wounded. translation: we need security. we call on our next president to deliver security. but a massive security presence wasn't enough to bring people out. what's striking is the streets of the capital have been quiet all day. normally they'd be busy with people heading to the polls to elect their next president.

but the fear of taliban attacks mean many people have chosen to stay at home. earlier today, president ashraf ghani cast his vote, saying this election will help move the country forward. and his main challenger, doctor abdullah abdullah, conveyed a similar message. was today's vote a success? from a security point of view, yes. but the taliban threats worked. voters didn't turn out. taliban threatened particular, certain objectives for them. they were going to attack the sites, they were going to make targeted attacks in cities. but today, they failed to do it. but if voter turnout is as low as predicted, how much legitimacy will the next afghan president have? martin patience, bbc news, kabul.

those results of the election in afghanistan are due to be announced inafew afghanistan are due to be announced in a few weeks time. you will have all the coverage on bbc news. now on bbc news, as the wealthiest i% are on course to control two thirds of the planet's wealth by 2030, the bbc‘s world debate looks at the issues surrounding global inequality. hello and welcome to the united states for this world debate. i'm on wall street in new york, the centre of globalfinance, wall street in new york, the centre of global finance, in a country which is that the heart of free—market capitalism. but is the system broken? critics argue it has led to growing inequality, with the richest 1% owning nearly half of the world's well. others insist this is

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