this is bbc news, the headlines: there's been an escalation of the violence in hong kong, with a teenager becoming the first protester to be shot by police in four months of unrest. thousands took to the streets in defiance of a ban in place for china's national day. welcome to bbc news — i'm mike embley. our top stories: hong kong suffers one of its most violent days — police fire live ammunition at a protester for the first time. south korean officials are saying that north korea may have justified pompeo under pressure. the us secretary of state's issued a ballistic missile from a a subpoena, the latest twist in the trump impeachment inquiry. submarine, flying about 450 kilometres before landing in the sea north korea's believed to have fired of japan. south korean another missile into the sea kilometres before landing in the sea ofjapan. south korean military said ofjapan, just hours after agreeing it read an altitude of 910 kilometres, just after beyond yang to new talks with the us. announced that talks with the us would resume on friday. harry and meghan sue the mail the duchess of sussex — on sunday newspaper — the prince says the press meghan markle — has begun legal action against the mail on sunday over a claim it unlawfully published are vilifying his wife. one of her private letters. in a statement prince harry referred to what he called relentless propaganda against his wife. and said he wasn't prepared to see her victimised by the press

police in hong kong have defended the shooting of an 18—year—old protestor in the chest. it's the first time in months of demonstrations that a protestor has been injured by live ammunition. police say the officer opened fire because he felt his life was under threat. rupert wingfield hayes is in hong kong and sent this report. this was hong kong's birthday present to china. they had been told to stay home, that any protest today would be illegal. any hope the protests would pass peacefully were quickly dashed. this was central hong kong this afternoon, and this the town of tsuen wan, police and protesters fighting running street battles. in the middle of one such battle, this happened. as a young protester tries to strike a policeman with a metal bar, the officer shoots at almost point—blank range. the 18—year—old protester

is expected to survive. but news of his shooting only increased the fury on the streets. we are not afraid. because they shoot, we will get angrier and angrier. we are not afraid of them. especially us, we have to stay in the front line to protect our people, to save hong kong and the future of hong kong. as night fell, the streets of hong kong began to burn. the protesters began targeting chinese state—owned banks with molotov cocktails. but, as police reinforcements arrived, the protesters decided it was time to retreat. so this is the middle of causeway bay on hong kong island. and you can see, here come the riot police, here come the water cannon. they're about to start clearing this street. this is only one of at least six different protests that's taking place here. with the water cannon speeding after them, and the riot police close behind, the protesters fled into the back streets.

and so began a game of cat—and—mouse. on a street corner, we found this group of angry local residents cursing the police. up above, they had a suspected protester cornered. as the police marched him away, the crowd screamed at them, "gangsters, we curse your whole family." this is how deep the divisions have now become here. this is now the new normal. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news in hong kong. we wa nted we wanted to bring you something but i think we will hold it for a moment and move on to north korea has launched an unknown project while according to the south korean military. the move has been condemned to the japanese prime

minister. he said it was a violation of un resolution, thisjust minister. he said it was a violation of un resolution, this just a few hours after the vice foreign minister in pyongyang announced that talks with the us would resume. live to los angeles, and i'm joined byjonathan pollack from the brookings institution independent think tank. what do you make of this? this is pa rt what do you make of this? this is part of a continuing process of missile testing, short—range missile testing that north korea has been undertaking in recent months. some of these missiles may be intended to evade detection in terms of the missile systems against them —— arrayed against them. but the signals here go beyond the question of technology. the north koreans are well aware that president trump has said he has no objections to short—range missile test, he only objects to nuclear missiles and long—range missiles. so they deal they have room to manoeuvre even as

renewed discussions with the us begin. they may also feel in pyongyang that president trump is under increasing political pressure to produce something meaningful here. he is enormously invested psychologically in this relationship with north korea and he has very little to show for it, frankly. so add to this picture north korea ‘s intent to try and find ways to wea ken intent to try and find ways to weaken wherever it can the ongoing relationship between the united states and south korea, but also remindingjapan states and south korea, but also reminding japan that these short—range missiles pose a direct great to japan and that is why i am not surprised that the japanese prime minister has taken note of them. so north korea is always looking for where there are openings

andi looking for where there are openings and i suspect that is where we find ourselves now. it remains to see whether there is anything meaningful that can be realised through these renewed discussions. we don't even know where they will be held or who the participants will be but it is another thing that north korea is dangling to the united states without, in essence, north korea having to make any real concessions oi’ moves having to make any real concessions or moves back from its missile and nuclear programmes. briefly, i saw an analyst saying that we should understand that not everything north korea does is always tactical or strategic. sometimes it isjust korea does is always tactical or strategic. sometimes it is just them doing whatever the hell they want to do. there is something to do that. can over analyse their behaviour but, again, on issues of missile testing they have something of a past. make it explicit. on this basis they can sustain some of what they do when they feel it is

convenient or necessary or technologically feasible to test different aspects of these short—range systems sitting they do so and there is no political cost that they seem to pay for it. so from the north korean perspective, this is an acceptable degree of risk in terms of relations with the outside world. it also of course is just a reminder to the south korean president that he himself is under a lot of political pressure with low approval ratings and they are reminding him that the goal here is for north korea to try to achieve some kind of a breakthrough with the united states and really not give a great deal of attention to their relations with south korea north through japan who north relations with south korea north throuthapan who north korea continues to shine on a regular basis. thank you very much. -- continues to shun. let's get some of

the day's other news. the government of mali says at least 25 soldiers have been killed and about 60 are missing in attacks by suspected jihadists on two military posts in the region of mopti. in response malian troops have begun a joint operation with forces from neighbouring burkina faso. legislators from zimbabwe's main opposition party have again refused to take part in the president's annual state of the nation speech. political tensions have been growing since last year's contested elections. the movement for democratic change has rejected an invitation for dialogue to help resolve the worst economic crisis in a decade — it didn't feature in president emmerson mnangagwa's address. vatican police have seized "documents and electronic devices" from departments within the vatican as they investigate suspected financial irregularities. one department, the secretariat of state, is the most powerful within the holy see and the administrative centre of the worldwide catholic church. the belfast shipyard probably best known for building the titanic has been saved from closure.

harland and wolff has been bought by a company specialising in energy infrastructure projects. all workers who didn't take voluntary redundancy when the yard went into administration will now keep theirjobs. the duchess of sussex has begun legal action against the mail on sunday over a claim it unlawfully published one of her private letters. in a statement prince harry referred to what he called relentless propaganda against his wife. and said he wasn't prepared to see her victimised by the press as his mother was. the duke and duchess are on the last leg of their tour of southern africa. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell is in johannesburg. it is remarkably outspoken. it is nothing less than a stinging attack on the british tabloid media. now, at the centre of this legal case is a letter written by the duchess to her estranged father, thomas, at his home in mexico, portions of which were quoted in the mail on sunday earlier this year.

in his statement, the duke says that his wife has become one of the latest victims of the british tabloid media. he refers to a ruthless campaign that's escalated over the past year. he talks about the double standards of this specific press pack, which has vilified her almost daily for the past nine months. he says that this amounts to bullying, and then he says this. "my greatest fear is of history repeating itself." now, i understand that both the queen and the prince of wales have been informed of this legal action. both the duke and duchess clearly feel very strongly about this. they feel that they have no option now but to take one of the country's most powerful newspaper groups to court. in a statement a short time ago, the mail on sunday has said that it

stands by its story, and that it will be defending this case vigorously. armed police in peru are preventing mps from entering congress, a day after the president dissolved the chamber. a group of about twenty parliamentarians are still refusing to leave, while streets around parliament in lima are in lockdown. president martin vizcarra accuses parliament of blocking his anti corruption reforms. mr vizcarra has ordered new elections injanuary — prompting members of congress to suspended the president and appoint a rival head of state. they replaced him with the vice president, mercedes araoz. ecuador has announced it will leave the international oil cartel opec, at the start of next year. president lenin moreno says opec has thwarted ecuador‘s plans to increase production to boost its revenues. it's currently one of the smaller members of the iii—nation bloc but have been asking for increased production rights since february but the government have never confirmed whether that request was approved or not.

ecuador joined opec in 1973, withdrew in 1992, then rejoined in 2007 the impeachment inquiry started by president trump's opponents in congress, over his phone call with the ukrainian president, is gathering pace. leaders of three house of representatives committees have accused his secretary of state of intimidating witnesses they want to question. mike pompeo has thrown back much the same accusation. in a tweet he's written: "i'm concerned with aspects of the committee's request that can be understood only as an attempt to intimidate, bully, & treat improperly the distinguished professionals of the department of state." our correspondent has this assessment. who is bullying who? that is the debate right now between my pompeo and the democrats in congress to one of the things the democrats added was that my pompeo himself was in on the call that donald trump had with the ukrainian

president so he himself is a material witness in this investigation did the fact he is telling them that they cannot talk to members of the state department or that they need to get a subpoena and have state department lawyers there and give them more time, all there and give them more time, all the things that he outlined in his letter, that essentially is interfering with this investigation. at first he was asked several weeks ago, about the complaint. he said he is just ago, about the complaint. he said he isjust reading ago, about the complaint. he said he is just reading the complaint now and did not know the details to what he did not admit when he was answering that and perhaps he was being careful in language is that he was in on the phone call and so he knew very much from the start the details of the conversation that donald trump had and the fact that, say, donald trump spoke about gathering information onjoe biden and investigating allegations that the ukraine was involved in the 2016 election hack, the fact that military aid came up during that

conversation right before donald trump asked for these favours. so it is very clear that mike pompeo knew more than he let on at that time. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: a relic returns. a stolen sarcophagus that turned up at a prestigious american musician —— museum is back in egypt. 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 that so many people had 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 from catholics throughout the world. but 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's unthinkable to palestinians. after 45 years of division, germany is one. in berlin, a million germans celebrate the rebirth of europe's biggest and richest nation. welcome back. good to have you with us. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: violence in hong kong escalates as police shoot a protester with live ammunition for the first time. in the past two minutes, students have been sitting in at the protest of‘s school. it is not is not in a life—threatening condition.

mariko oi is in hong kong and gave this update. as you can imagine, a lot of debate about the incident from yesterday where an 18—year—old protester was shot by a police officer. police said the officer felt his life was under threat, but as you can imagine, a lot of debate whether that was really the case, whether live ammunition was really necessary. as you can imagine, that is dominating the newspapers here in hong kong. this is the picture of the exact moment when a police officer is pointing a gun at the protester. the fact that he is a teenager is also in the headline. 180 arrests were made yesterday, which is the largest number in one day. meanwhile, a different take. this picture of a celebration in beijing with a picture of xi jinping

there. i want to show you this one, an interesting paid advert wrap around with the national anthem. yesterday as well the paper had a paid advert. congratulating china for the 70th anniversary since the foundation of the people's republic of china. today we are expecting someone hundred people who were arrested on sunday to appear in court and protesters have been calling on each other on social media to show up to express their support. they are charged with rioting offences and that is one of the demands of the protesters. don't call them rioters. the other demands include universal suffrage as well as the unconditional release of those protesters who have been arrested. after witnessing one of the worst violence since the protest began, since that controversial extradition bill was introduced, we have no end in sight of how this

violence could come down. britain's prime minister will offer the european union his plan for brexit on wednesday. borisjohnson insists it is his final offer and that the uk will leave the eu at the end of this month, even though parliament has passed a law to prevent him doing so without a deal. a major sticking point has been the border between northern ireland, part of the uk, and the irish republic, part of the eu, once the uk leaves the eu customs union and single market. mrjohnson says for a while after brexit, "some customs checks" will be needed. this from our political editor laura kuenssberg. there are flashing images. when is a crisis an opportunity? right now, borisjohnson seems to believe. prime minister, in the last few weeks, you have lost major votes in the commons. yes, yes. you've chucked some mps out of your own party. the highest court in the land has found you broke the law and gave the wrong advice to the queen.

how do you think this is going? well, i think that it's going about as well as can be expected, if not slightly better. really? yeah, because, look, this was always going to be a really difficult time. what we've got, basically, is a situation in which the people voted for leaving the eu. and, yes, there are many people in all sorts of positions who don't think that was the right way to go. and i am tasked with getting it over the line, getting brexit done by 31 october. and i think we always knew that, as we came up to that deadline, things would get choppy. and if only we could all come together, get brexit over the line, i think that fevers would cool, tempers would come down and it would be a great thing. so that is what i'm trying to do. but you are suggesting that people ought to come together, when, transparently, you have been trying to create this

idea of "them" and "us". the truth is, there's no way of getting brexit done without, as it were, displeasing people who don't want brexit to get done. under the proposals that you're about to take to brussels, there would be extra checks on the island of ireland. how and where? yeah. well, i mean, if the eu is going to insist on customs checks as we come out, as it is, then we will have to accept that reality. and there will have to be a system for customs checks away from the border. now, we think that those checks can be absolutely minimal and nonintrusive, and won't involve new infrastructure. isn't this just you putting forward similar proposals to what had been suggested and turned down so many times before? well, let's see where we get to, and, as you know, we made some very constructive and far—reaching proposals. if there isn't a deal,

whose fault will it be? well, i don't want to get into a blame game, but i think that the uk has really moved a long, long way. you really believe that what you're about to put on the table could win the eu around, you really believe that? i absolutely do, yes. and i would urge you, laura, to keep hope alive, and not to... prime minister, this is not about people feeling hopeful. this is about whether or not the government can come up with a deal with the european union to protect the economy, to protect people's jobs and livelihoods. yes. this is not about telling people to cheer up. this couldn't be more serious. i know, but it's also a question of getting brexit done by 31 october, and doing it in a way that protects the unity and integrity of the united kingdom. and we are entitled to protect our customs union and we are entitled to exit as a sovereign state. so, with great respect to all those who are currently anxious about it, particularly in ireland, we do think that our proposals are good and creative. but i accept also, laura, that, you know,

there may be hard yards ahead. there are nerves here in manchester about what might come next. yet the prime minister largely has the tory crowd on side. yesterday you denied that you touched a woman inappropriately at a lunch. she said you did. is she lying? look, i don't want to minimise the importance of this issue, or people's concerns about this kind of thing, but in this case, it is simply not true. so she is lying. look, i'm not going to go into whatever... when people make these kinds of allegations, they must always be taken very, very seriously, but in this case, it is not true. do you worry about what female voters think of you? yes, of course. of course, and i think that these are important issues. when i was running in london, we had an administration that was very largely women—led, and i was very proud of that. is the job harder than

you thought it might be? it's a wonderfuljob. yes, it's a hardjob, but i think that every day we are making progress. he cannot just bounce his way through this. boing, boing, boing... the prime minister's behaviour and brexit plans are under pressure. i wish you all the very best. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, manchester. a court in tunisia has turned down an appeal by the presidential election candidate nabil karoui who was seeking to be freed from jail. mr karoui is in detention awaiting trial on charges of tax evasion and money laudering. he was one of two frontrunners during the first round of voting in the presidential ballot, qualifying for the final run—off in less than two weeks' time. electoral officials allowed mr karoui to take part in the race despite the legal case against him. officials in cairo have welcomed the return of the golden coffin of a priest in ancient egypt, which had been stolen and smuggled out of the country. the gilded sarcophagus had been discovered in the metropolitan museum of art in new york. the met has apologised, saying it was given fake documentation for the piece.

the bbc‘s tim allman reports. the relics of a department ancient past never failed to impress. shimmering gold, ornate inscriptions, and now back where it belongs. more than 2000 years old, it is believed to be the coffin of a priest who worshipped the ram headed got of fertility. golden wooden coffin. it is not that big. the golden one, covered with gold. look at the tiny inscriptions. it looks really amazing. the coffin of the priest has been on quite a journey. it was modelled out of the southern province of migno in 2011. using forged documents, it was sold to the metropolitan museum of art in new

york in 2017 for $4 million —— minya. once they were a letter to the fact it was stolen, american officials agreed to return it. we are so happy that it is back here in egypt where it ought to be, where it can be enjoyed by millions of people who come to egypt and visit egypt and to see the amazing cultural heritage of egypt. and that opportunity will be available next year when the coffin goes on display to the public. it's has been described as a victory to egypt. the latest on the lawn from north korea. according to officials in south korea, it is thought the missile i have been launched from a submarine, launched in the sea. it flew around 450 kilometres before landing in the sea ofjapan, reaching altitude of 910 kilometres. the national security council insole is saying it is placing weight on

the possibility it was a submarine launched ballistic missile. this just after pyongyang announced talks with the us will finally resume on friday. thank you for watching. good morning. we've all had our fair share of rain, haven't we, just recently? in fact, tuesday, i'm sure you're now well aware of the flooding rains that we had through the isle of man and the north of england. but they have gradually drifted their way south and east over the last few hours and we are seeing a slow improvement. so the sharp, thundery downpours easing as well in the south—east, and they will continue to clear. so by dawn, temperatures are going to be the talking point, not the rain. and in fact, with the northerly wind kicking in, the temperatures falling away quite sharply, so we are going to be greeted with some blue tones on our chart, temperate as close to freezing in places. so, yes, there could be a touch of frost first thing this morning, and, certainly, it's going to be chilly start in comparison to of late.

so we start off, yes, on that chilly note, but it will be a dry one with some lovely spells of sunshine coming through and probably the best day in terms of drier, sunnier weather through wednesday. now, a northerly wind could drive in a few sharp showers up into the far north of scotland, and at the same time, down to the south—west, we could pick up a bit more fair weather cloud. and those temperatures really struggling after that chilly start, 11—15 degrees the high, down on where they should be for the early half of october. so, wednesday, a cool day. some blue tones denoting that, but if we look out into the atlantic, around this circulation here, the warmer russets, the winds coming from more of a southerly direction. and within this significant area of low pressure is a lot of tropical moisture, so a little more warmth is set to return. you are probably aware now that this has the remnants of ex—hurricane lorenzo in it, and it's this low that's going to track to the west of ireland and it will bring some wet weather and some pretty rough seas and high tides. that moves across ireland,

into northern ireland and ahead of it, we'll see the cloud thickening and the winds strengthening to gale force gusts. but further east there should be a little more in the way of brighter weather, a little more sunshine coming through from time to time. and temperatures, similar values on thursday to wednesday, we're looking at highs of around 11—16 degrees. but it's when this low pressure, which is going to track its way steadily eastwards and south during thursday into friday, which will introduce slightly milder air, but it will bring a spell of wet and windy weather before that system slowly starts to ease as it pushes south. take care.

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