this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 2: police in hong kong charge protesters with batons and use tear gas once again, a day after the government brought in emergency legislation banning the use of face masks it is coming in fairly indiscriminately, over the top. the police are over there. i mean, there is no violent confrontation but this is the first sign of tactics to try and disperse the crowd today. writing in two sunday newspapers, borisjohnson urges the eu to show that it's willing to compromise with the uk on a brexit deal. a murder investigation is launched after three men are found dead at a property in colchester in essex. pope francis denounces the fires that have devastated large areas of the amazon as he opens

a three—week synod focusing on the latin american region. the british rock drummer ginger baker, who was part of the band cream with eric clapton, has died at the age of 80. and in half an hour, we review another busy week in politics. that's in the week in parliament at 2:30. good afternoon. tens of thousands of demonstrators have again taken to the streets in hong kong, defying a ban on wearing face masks which has been imposed under a new emergency law. police used tear gas and charged with batons to try to break up the crowds. the protesters, who first took to the streets injune, are demanding greater democratic

freedoms. our china corrspondent robin brant reports. standing and waiting, taking cover under umbrellas from the warm rain. almost all of them were wearing a face mask. this was how hong kong's protesters showed their contempt for their government and its latest attempt to quell the protests, with emergency measures that outlaw face masks. some were even handing them out, to stop people getting sick, one man told me. this was a sizeable turnout.