this is bbc world news today, with me karin giannone. our top stories... more clashes on the streets of hong kong as anti—government demonstrators step up action ahead of the seventieth anniversary of the communist state in china. as britain's governing conservative party begins its annual conference in manchester, prime minister borisjohnson insists he's been a ‘model of restraint‘ in the brexit debate. in austria the conservative people's party celebrates, as its leader, sebastian kurz, heads for victory in a snap general election. it is incredible. it is an amazing day. it is an historic result for our party. and coming up all the sport, including wales enthralling victory over australia in the rugby world cup.

hello and welcome to world news today. there have been running street—battles in hong kong, in some of the worst violence in more than three months of anti—government unrest. protesters threw petrol bombs, while the police fired round after round of tear gas and rubber bullets. there were multiple arrests, as the authorities try to assert control, in the run up to tuesday's 70th anniversary of communist party rule in china. from hong kong, here'sjohn sudworth. they are determined to spoil the party. with just two days to go before china ‘s big anniversary, hong kong is decidely off message. while in beijing, rehearsals are in full swing for a celebration of 70 years of communist rule and a message of

unity and strength. in hong kong, there is division. uncertainty and fear. it is a fault line that cuts across class and generation. this 73—year—old man is showing me the protective gear he wears when supporting the protesters. translation: for 70 years, the ruling party has subdued its people. do you think we are in the mood to celebrate? this woman is in favour of chinese rule and says the protests are scaring off mainland chinese tourists. translation: i still have business, but not as much as before. i have lost at least a half of my revenue. with more protests planned on tuesday, the authorities are not taking chances. you can still taste

the tear gas in the air. hong kong finds itself at the centre of a global clash of values. authoritarianism against freedom. from the streets of this city, china ‘s vision of its future has run into a crisis of legitimacy. the chaos continued into the night. for some, it is a principled fight. for others, a doomed strategy that risks provoking an ever more powerful china to sweep this city ‘s freedoms for good. john sudworth, bbc news, hong kong. britain's prime minister boris johnson says he's been "a model of restraint" when it comes to the language he uses in the brexit debate. it follows a week of bitter exchanges between mps in parliament. this report now from our political correspondent jonathan blake at the conservative party conference in manchester — it does contain some flash photography.

you can't miss the message the conservatives want to hammer home here. "get brexit done" might be a simple slogan, but the reality has been far from easy for the prime minister so far. and he has arrived here facing questions about how he has tried to argue his case, accusations that his language has got out of hand. he should be ashamed, say labour, but borisjohnson says all sides need to pause for breath. well, i certainly think everybody should calm down. including you? i think i've been a model of restraint. my use of the word "humbug" was in the context of people trying to prevent me, us, from using the word "surrender". so you can say sorry for the misunderstanding, at least? i can certainly say sorry for the misunderstanding. whatever words he uses, from the moment he set foot in manchester, borisjohnson‘s message won't change — that brexit should happen by the end of october, come what may,

and it's in the country's interests to make sure of it. i think the best thing for the country, and the best thing for people's overall psychological health, would be to get brexit done. no detail on how, given that parliament has passed a law forcing him to ask for an extension if a deal can't be done. but would he step aside, allowing someone else to do that? i've undertaken to lead the party and my country at a difficult time and i'm going to continue to do that. i believe it's my responsibility. and inside the conference hall, you wouldn't know there was any attempt to delay brexit. key figures doubled down on the promise to leave by the end of october. if the eu spurn the opportunity for a win—win deal, we will leave at the end of october. no ifs, no buts. and if we don't get a deal by october sist, then we will have to leave without a deal.

away from brexit, questions remain for the prime minister about his friendship with the businesswomanjennifer arcuri and whether she received special treatment on trade visits while mrjohnson was mayor of london — an emphatic denial that he did anything wrong. everything was done in accordance with full... you have to declare interest. did you declare interest? there was no interest to declare. for all the questions facing the prime minister, it's brexit which will drown out everything else. jonathan blake, bbc news, manchester. chris masonjoins me now. away from the politics of rights that at the moment, first of all, tell us about those allegations that borisjohnson is tell us about those allegations that boris johnson is facing. yes, so as we we re boris johnson is facing. yes, so as we were hearing there, there have been allegations relating to a woman that he was associated with during his time as mayor of london. in addition to that today, charlotte

edwards are columns for the sunday times and her first column for the newspaper today made an allegation that 20 years ago, when mrjohnson was the editor of the spectator magazine and she was a young journalist, they were at a lunch in which they were sat together and mr johnson, she alleges, had put his hand on her thigh, high up her leg. tonight, downing street and said that that allegation is untrue. but charlotte edwards said in response that that must mean that she has a better memory than mrjohnson. into the mix on this story, matt hancock, who is the health secretary, said tonight that he knows charlotte edwards well and regard her as entirely trustworthy and amber rudd, who was in borisjohnson ‘s girl cabinet until recently and then resigned and left the conservative parliamentary party, said that she agreed with mr hancock. mrjohnson

facing some awkward questions, albeit about something that happened quite some time ago, but i suppose you put both of those things together, they are clearly different allegations at different times different circumstances, but for mr johnson's dicks, it will raise questions about his judgment. johnson's dicks, it will raise questions about hisjudgment. as to what we are hearing at the conference, we keep hearing from senior tories that we are going to leave the eu on october the 31st, even without a deal, have we heard how they propose to do that, given that there is a law in place to stop a no—deal brexit? that there is a law in place to stop a no-deal brexit? we haven't. the conference about getting brexit done is everywhere you look and we can probably see it, can we see it? yes we can, or i can. it is everywhere and tumbling out of the lips of every minister you bump into. why are they saying that? they are conscious that regardless of the view of brexit by plenty of people, there is an attitude of get it out,

so there is an attitude of get it out, so that people like you and me are not wittering on about it. crucially, we don't know any more about how we are going to get to do it, but there is a law designed to prevent a no—deal brexit at the end of next month and borisjohnson says he is determined to get a deal but getting a deal in the current time frame seems like a long shot but not impossible and he continues to entertain the idea that he might be able to deliver a no—deal brexit despite what the law says, but when we put him and others as to how he might manage to pull that off, the detailed answer comes then on. how much novices as though they're about the conference about a potential vote of no confidence in the government living at some point in the near future? it swirls around in the near future? it swirls around in the conversation and there is an external conference, i have never been to a party conference before where the governing party is meeting and it is not unreasonable to speculate that they might be out of power before the end of the week by the end of the fortnight and that is

possible. the curiosity when you speak to people here about a vote of no confidence is that this party is desperate to see a general election, pretty much willing to entertain any mechanism to bring that about and it is not impossible that they could be circumstances where the conservatives would endorse the idea ofa conservatives would endorse the idea of a mechanism to bring down their own administration, because they think that, general election, they would perform pretty well and they think that central message of brexit would actually be pretty popular, evenif would actually be pretty popular, even if it has created a few bumps in the road for the british prime minister in the last few weeks. there is a kind of stoicism here that says, let see what happens, but we are likely to end up in a general election campaign relatively soon and they are pretty confident up against the left—wing leader of the opposition party, the labour party, that they can win and win with the reasonable majority. one caveat worth inserting, the former conservative prime minister theresa may thought exactly the same in 2017 and went backwards. thank you very

much. exit polls in austria suggest that the conservative party led by the former chancellor sebastian kurz has won the largest share of the votes in the country's snap election. mr kurz told jubliant supporters at his party's headquarters that the result had left him almost speechless. the polls suggest he's won about thirty seven per cent of the votes, well clear of the next biggest party, the centre left social democrats. the first thing is that i would like to thank our voters. it is incredible, it is an amazing day, it is an historic result for our party and that we will try to have difficult talks with all the other parties in the parliament and try to form a government that works for the people of austria. thank you. the process of building a coalition is likely to begin soon. bethany bell is following the story in vienna.

this is a strong showing for 33—year—old sebastian kurz, of the conservative people's party. he has emerged stronger than he was in his last government, which fell apart in may because of a scandal involving his coalition partner, the far right freedom party. the freedom party has paid the price for that scandal in this election. it has dropped by about 10%. it has been a very good day for the green party, the resurgent green party, they are now back in parliament, with around 14%. the big question now is who sebastian kurz will be able to form a coalition with. will he try and reform an alliance with the freedom party or will he decide to try and make a pact with the green party, possibly also a three—way pact with the greens and the liberals. that all could take a lot of negotiation, a lot of bargaining and those coalition talks are likely to go on for weeks, if not months.

let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news... people have been queuing up in the french capital, paris, to pay their last respects to the late president, jacques chirac. they'll file past his coffin, in the cathedral at les invalides, on what's been decreed a day of national homage. mr chirac, who was twice prime minister, and mayor of paris, died on thursday aged 86. his funeral will be held on monday pope francis has inaugurated a large statue dedicated to migrants at the vatican. the life—size sculpture depicts dozens of migrants and refugees from different periods of history. addressing thousands of pilgrims in st peter's square, the pope also warned that the world is becoming increasingly elitist and cruel towards excluded people. twenty—five luxury cars, which were confiscated from the son of the president of equatorial guinea have been auctioned off in switzerland. the sale, including lamborghinis, ferraris, and rolls royces, raised 23 million dollars for social projects in equatorial guinea. it's part of a deal reached with swiss prosecutors to drop an investigation into misuse of public funds in

the african country. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come.. the make—shift school that became a house of torture: the bbc hears the stories of hundreds of men and boys allegedly abused at a koranic school in nigeria. in all russia's turmoil, it has never quite come to this. president yeltsin said the day would decide the nation's destiny. the nightmare now that so many people have feared for so long is playing out its final act here. russians are killing russians in front of a grandstand audience. it was his humility which produced affection for catholics throughout the world. and his departure is a tragedy

for the catholic church. this man, israel's right—winger ariel sharon visited the religious compound and that started the trouble. he wants israel alone to have sovereignty over the holy sites, an idea that is unthinkable to palestinians. after 45 years of division, germany is one. in berlin, a million germans celebrate the rebirth of europe '5 biggest richest nation. this is bbc world news today. the latest headlines there've been more clashes on the streets of hong kong in the run up to the seventieth anniversary of the communist state in china. police in russia say 20,000 demonstrators have gathered at a protest in the centre of moscow in support of what they call

political prisoners. it follows the imprisonment of a number of people linked to anti—government protests that took place ahead of moscow's recent local elections. our correspondent sarah rainsford has more. it's more than two months since these protests first began here in moscow. in the beginning they were about free elections for the moscow city parliament but since then the focus has shifted to the people, the protesters who were imprisoned. they call it the moscow case. there were 19 people who were charged with various offences taking part in the protest and many of them are still in custody, so people have come out with posters calling for theirfreedom, carrying posters with their faces on it, pictures of them and their names. basically the message of this protest is that those people must be freed and they also want the rest of society here in russia is not to forget that there are people still in prison but the interesting thing is the mood at these protests has begun to change because people, i think, feel invigorated somewhat, they feel stronger.

they feel that their anger on the streets here is beginning to be heard and several of those people who were charged, protesters who were charged for taking part in these rallies have been freed from custody, had the charges dropped, and in russia that is almost unprecedented. some of them are being set free and i think that if more people come, maybe most of them will be out and will be given freedom. at least i hope. and i think it's also important to support them while they are imprisoned, to send them letters and come to hearings in the court. i think this summer of protest represents a real challenge for the kremlin because there is very real anger here on the streets in russia,

first of all about the elections themselves, about election rigging, and then about the police brutality resort those summer protests, and finally about the courts here in russia, which have begun sentencing people and convicting them for what these people believe is nothing at all. to nigeria — where the discovery of what police are calling a house of torture — has shocked the country. nearly 500 men and boys were discovered — imprisoned in a koranic school where they were allegedly sexually abused and tortured. two children said their parents had sent them from burkina faso to the northern nigerian city of kaduna. the bbc‘s ishaq khalid has been talking to some of those involved. his report from kaduna contains some distressing images from the start. tortured and abused. this 29—year—old was taken to this so—called islamic school by relatives, hoping to correct poor behaviour. he has been herejust two weeks but has already been marked by the experience.

it is like living in hellfire. praying here is hard, eating is hard, if you are struggling, they will beat you. anything you do, they will be too. even if you are sleeping, before they wake you up, they will use a cane to wake you up. police responded to a tip—off from a relative who raised the alarm about treatment here. this is the building where the captives were held. it is said to be a kind of islamic school as well as a correctional facility, but the police say there is much more to that. the victims were allegedly locked up in some of these rooms, shackled with something like this and then tortured. many of the relatives that have gathered to reunite with loved ones say that they were prevented from seeing those imprisoned inside the school.

translation: if we had known that this thing was happening in the school, we wouldn't have sent our children. we sent them to be good people, but they ended up being maltreated. iam sad. the police called what happened here human slavery and there are concerns that it is much more widespread. many children in this part of nigeria cannot afford to attend school. those that can often go to poorly regulated koranic schools like this one. you have to map all the schools, you have to map all these kind of facilities and we have to make sure that if they violate the government orders, they have to be closed down. completely. and then if we find any facility that is torturing children or harbouring this kind of horrific situations that we have just seen, they have got to be prosecuted. details about what really happened here remain unclear.

seven people have so far been arrested, but this school is thought to have operated this way for years. and it is feared there are others across the region where the beatings continue. more on that report on the bbc website. john watson has all the sport. hello and thanks forjoining us..... wales overcame the former two time world champions australia in a thrilling group game at the rugby world cup, one of the matches of the torunbamnet so far. they had to hold off an australian comeback in the sceond half, coming out on top 29 points to 25. katie gornall reports from tokyo. this was a game that these fans will remember for a very long time. one that more than lived up to its box office billing. it was exciting and exhilarating. despite the hot and humid conditions here in tokyo, wales out of the blocks early

on with that try. australia hit back in the first half, when gareth davies broke free to score, you felt the momentum was with wales. you have to give full credit to australia further the way they surged back into this match, scoring two tries and a penalty in the second half to get to within a point of wales. the tension at that point was written all over the face of the welsh coach. what they needed at that point were cool heads and they had that in the replacement fly—half who was on for dan biggar who went off at half—time. wales were able to hold on and hang on to secure a memorable victory to mark them out as contenders to win the whole world cup. i am happy with the character we showed, particularly in the second half.

at times it felt like an game, we were tentative in the first half but pleased with results. it is always easy to end a defending read which we potentially get in the second half. but credit to the guys in gold who came at us with everything in the second half. they really tested our resolve. day three of the world athletics championships in doha, where the final of the women's 100 metres has been won by shelly anne fraser pryce ofjamiaca, the two time olympic champion is the women to beat, having qualified fastest with a time of 10.81 seconds. british sprinter dina asher smith claimed silver, her first global medal marie—josee ta lou: at london 2017 world championships she won silver over 100m and 200m. lewis hamilton has extended his lead at the top of the formula one standings after winning the russian grand prix.

hamilton trailed behind sebastian vettel who drove past his ferrari teammate charles lecler in the first lap. but the german retired after 27 laps which allowed hamilton to take the lead and power to victory. his mercedes teammate val—tteri bottas finished second but the gap between them at the top of the standings is 73 points. there are now five races left, with the japanese grand prix next. leicester are up to third in the premier league after a five nil win at home to newcastle. ricardo pereira had put the home side one nil up and then the visitors lost isaac hayden to a red card just before half—time. two goals from jamie vardy either side of an own goal made it four nil, before wilfred ndidi added a fifth late on. newcastle stay second bottom. kenenisa bekele missed out on the marathon world record byjust two seconds in berlin, germany. the former olympic and world champion led an ethiopian sweep of the podium places with the second fastest time ever. two hours, one minute

and 41 seconds. the women's race was won by another ethiopian, ashete bekere. she beat compatriot mare dibaba to win in two hours, 20 minutes and 1a seconds. that's all the sport for now. much of the northern united states has been hit by heavy snow storms — with winter arriving unseasonally early — in september. this was the state of montana where some parts expecting to receive several feet of snow over the next 2a hours. it's on track to be the heaviest september snowfall there since 1935. a reminder of our top story.... there have been running street—battles in hong kong, in some of the worst violence in more than three months of anti—government unrest. protesters threw petrol bombs,

while the police fired round after round of tear gas and rubber bullets. hello there. some parts of the uk have had more than their fair share of rain this weekend. so much so that there have been some flooding problems and there are still a number of flood warnings in place across england and wales, also coastal flooding because of some pretty high tides. as this area of low pressure pulls away, notice a squeeze on the white lines, a spill of brisk winds for eastern coastal counties, but as we go through the small hours of monday, those winds will ease in the skies were clear and we will see some mismatches and it will turn chilly and there will bea it will turn chilly and there will be a few showers just travelling in from the north, spreading across scotland. as we go into tomorrow, for most, a quiet start, a bright start, once any mist has cleared, but you can already see behind me, are netbooks system, heavy and

persistent rain returning to wales, northern england and the hills of wales and north—west england, there is the ongoing threat of flooding, with some spots of a high ground scene as much as 70 millimetres of rain. drierfurther north, but on the chilly side. moving through monday into tuesday, this area of low pressure change its ways, there will be further heavy downpours or longer spells of rain, pushing mostly across england and wales, that tending to pivot away as the day wears on. for scotland and northern ireland, one or two showers, but the when starting to come down from the north, it is going to feel very cool, 9 degrees for aberdeen, 12 in belfast. as we move into wednesday and we push that area of low pressure way, we will notice the white lines, the isobars coming down from the north, that shows where the air will be coming from. they will be coming from a long way north and on wednesday morning, some places could start off with a touch of frost, in the countryside in the north of england and central parts of scotland. chilly forjust and central parts of scotland. chilly for just about all of us but

wednesday is going to be a bright and crisp day, quite windy, especially across the east. lighter winds further west but those temperatures no great shakes for the time of year, 11—14d. heading towards the end of the week, it looks like those temperatures will start to climb again, more of the west are south—westerly influence to oui’ west are south—westerly influence to our weather, but with that there is the potential for some wet and windy weather at times, a lot of uncertainty about that, i have to say. through the week ahead, more rain, then turns chilly, manager at the end of the week but with the potential for some the end of the week but with the potentialfor some more the end of the week but with the potential for some more wet and windy weather.

hello this is bbc news. the headlines: hong kong police have again fired rubber bullets, water cannon, tear gas and pepper spray to break up anti—government protesters in another weekend of increasingly violent clashes. thousands took part in the unauthorised rallies. the british prime minister has again refused to rule out a no del brexit, despite parliamentary red legislation to prevent an outcome like this. he also said there would be misunderstanding in his recent use of language in parliament. austria's conservative people's party is heading for victory in a snap general election, nearly all the votes counted and it has won a 37% share of the poll. people have

been paying their last respects in