this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at a:00... 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. us media report that a second whistleblower has come forward in the impeachment case against donald trump. a man is arrested and a murder investigation is launched after three men are found dead at a property in colchester in essex. writing in two sunday newspapers, borisjohnson urges the eu to show that it's willing to compromise with the uk on a brexit deal. the met office has issued an amber warning for heavy rain

in the east of england, warning that disruption from flooding is likely. the british rock drummerginger baker — who was part of the band ‘cream' with eric clapton — has died at the age of 80. and at 4:30 in witness history we'll hear first hand what happened when the soviet union tried to ban alcohol. 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 attempts 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. tens and tens of thousands marching on the streets, and shutting down major roads once again. as the police watched from on high, some made roadblocks, others prepared their weapons for a fight. and then... now you need a face mask because the police are firing tear gas to try and disperse this crowd.

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. it has definitely been numbering in the tens and tens of thousands. hong kong's leader, carrie lam, spoke of paralysis here yesterday, condemning the protesters once again. the face mask ban has done nothing, though, to help lessen that. translation: carrie lam is trying to use the ban to keep us from coming out. i want to tell her that this is counter productive. she is just targeting the symptoms but not the root causes. she is suppressing our right to express ourselves. this will only push us further. hong kong's police now have even more powers to arrest protesters and various techniques at their disposal to push people back, but as night falls here, even more shops are closing early, fearing violent attack from the hardcore who have targeted some business.

robin brant, bbc news, hong kong. well the face mask ban was enacted when the government activated sweeping colonial—era powers known as the emergency regulations ordinance. a little earlier i spoke to professor steve tsang, director of the china institute at the school of oriental and african studies, who explained why the invoking of the emergency regulations ordinance is so signifcant. it is about the escalation on the pa rt it is about the escalation on the part of the authorities in hong kong. it will enable the chief executive in counsel to exercise a very wide range of power, the kind of power that will be available to countries in looking to a state of emergency. hong kong will not need a state of emergency to do so. it

means they can arrest thousands of people and be putting them away for a long time. have these arrests started yet because we were expecting to see widespread arrests taking place? why do you think carrie lam and the security forces held back? i think they are trying to use the facemask ban partly to distract attention from the unlocking of the emergency ordinance and also to put people off to coming out demonstrating. in the short term it will have the exact opposite and get more people coming out to demonstrate. but over the long term, whether this would deter people, it remains to be seen. we have seen more people come out, haven't we? as soon as the ban was announced, they we re soon as the ban was announced, they were on the streets. i am keen to get your impression and what you think is beijing's strategy, the long game they are playing here?”

think what beijing tries to do is really put an end to the protests in hong kong, whatever ways they can, except looking for a political solution. then as the hammer and seeing everything as the nail and the hammer of repression so we are seeing that being done. but i don't think they actually want to go all the way down that road which will eventually involve the deployment of chinese security forces to hong kong. but we are getting one step closer to that direction. yes, this is the pla we are talking about, why is the pla we are talking about, why is everybody not wanting them getting involved? they would rather have the people's armed police rather than the people's liberation

army. the people's liberation army is trying to kill where as the normal police are trained to beat people up and suppress. this is something that people are worried about because of this image of the beijing massacre in 1989. i don't think they will get a repeat of that in hong kong, but the news of chinese security forces in hong kong will cause a basic change to the image of hong kong and to the idea that hong kong is special from the rest of china. that it will be broken by the deployment of the chinese security forces. professor, what do you make of the fact that carrie lam is still in charge of hong kong, what is beijing's doing here? carrie lam is not really in charge in hong kong any longer, in any sense of the word. she is being keptin any sense of the word. she is being kept in office by beijing because the chinese government cannot and

will not appear week to the demonstrators. therefore, they will not remove her under pressure from the protesters in hong kong. it is quite clear that by now carrie lam is really mostly just quite clear that by now carrie lam is really mostlyjust following orders from china. us media is reporting that a second whistleblower has emerged in the controversy about president trump's conversations with his ukranian counterpart. mr trump has already been accused of asking the ukranians to dig for dirt on his rivaljoe biden. and now abc news says a second whistleblower has come forward with first — hand knowledge of what happened. earlier, our washington correspondent chris buckler said the second whistleblower was also an intelligence official. we have now had it confirmed by the lawyer representing the first whistle—blower and now the second whistle—blower, that the second

member of the intelligence community has come forward and giving evidence about the phone call that took place between donald trump and the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelenskiy. in his statement, the lawyer says, i can confirm the report of a second whistle—blower being represented by our legal team. they also made a protected disclosure under the law and cannot be retaliated against. that means that under the whistle—blower law they made their statement and action cannot be taken against them. among those people, they were taking —— talking about the potential of the second whistle—blower coming forward, that included the president himself. the whistle—blower got my phone conversation almost completely wrong. word is they're going to the bench and another whistle—blower is coming in from the deep state, also with second hand info. the last bit does not seem to be right. the suggestion from the details

of this whistle—blower coming from the lawyer is that he has first—hand information, so that is obviously very important within this, but what will be more important is exactly what they have to say, exactly what information they can provide to the inspector general. on that point, the democrats are trying to collate as much evidence as they can on this. what have they got so far and what are they waiting on? it is a very good point. they have got some details and text messages that have raised concerns about potentially was there a suggestion of perhaps giving the ukrainian government something in return for launching this investigation. that is firmly denied by the white house who said there was no quid pro quos but they have issued subpoenas as well, looking for information and documents from the white house about the call and related matters. it should be said, we have had a rough transcript of this conversation between president trump and president zelenskiy, in which it is confirmed that president trump asked his ukrainian counterpart to launch

an investigation intojoe biden and his son hunter, who had business dealings in the country. joe biden is one of the frontrunners to be the democratic presidential candidate in next year's elections, but they want more information and the full transcript to see exactly what was said, and the argument from the democrats is very simple, they say it is against the law to try and get anything from a foreign government that would interfere any us election. interfere in a us election. mr trump's argument is different. he says he was trying to root out corruption and investigate corruption which he says is his right if not his duty but at the same time, he has offered no evidence whatsoever against joe biden or his son. the french president has urged borisjohnson to engage in discussions swiftly with the eu's

chief negotiator, during a phone call to discuss the prime minister's latest brexit proposals. earlier, mrjohnson urged the european union to, in his words, "grasp the opportunity" his brexit plan offers, insisting britain will leave the eu at the end of october. the brexit secretary, stephen barclay, has suggested that the government is willing to be flexible on the detail of its proposals. labour says the prime minister's current plan is not acceptable. here's our political correspondent, helen catt. falcon if borisjohnson is to get a brexit deal done in time for the 31st of october then talks need to turn into formal intensive negotiations within days. and so far, the eu has said the uk's proposals are not enough for it to agree to that. writing in two sunday papers, the prime minister said the eu needs to move and grasp the opportunity that our new proposal provides... european leaders say they believe a deal can be done but mrjohnson needs to move too.

one area of concern is the plan to keep northern ireland following eu rules on goods if a trade deal can't be reached that allows no border with ireland. the northern irish assembly would get to vote on whether or not to do it and then again every four years on keeping it. the brexit secretary has hinted at a possible further uk compromise there. obviously as part of the intense negotiations in the coming days, discuss that mechanism but the key issue is the principle of consent to any regulatory zone. the problem for borisjohnson is that if he changes what he set out too much, he risks losing the vital support he's gained from some groups within parliament. although labour is sceptical he could get through what he is currently proposing in any case. he has got to move, he has got to compromise in the national and international interest if he's going to get our support. meanwhile, some ministers are privately discussing what may happen if boris johnson cannot get a deal done.

there have been discussions on how the uk could disrupt eu business if brexit is delayed, and reports that mrjohnson himself could refuse to leave downing street if opposition parties vote him out. but for now, the focus remains on getting a deal, what's clear is a breakthrough depends on someone budging. the question is who. helen catt, bbc news. the former conservative cabinet minister stephen dorrell has joined the liberal democrats. mr dorrell, who served as health secretary injohn major's government, left the conservatives to join change uk earlier this year. writing in the times, he said liberal conservatives and social democrats should "break cover" from their respective parties and join the liberal democrats in a "big tent". a man's been arrested on suspicion of murder after three men were found dead in colchester. police were called to an address on wellesley road yesterday evening — where they found two men dead

inside the property and the body of a third man in a car outside. a 32—year—old man from colchester has been arrested. a bbc radioi extra live music event in birmingham, was ended early last night, after a man was attacked with a knife backstage. the rapper, krept, suffered a slash wound before his performance. this morning he tweeted a message thanking supporters and saying he is ‘good and will be back in no time.‘ the bbc said it was saddened at what happened and is offering its full support. the headlines on bbc news. police in hong kong charge protestors with batons and use tear gas once again — a day after the government brought in emergency legislation banning the use of face masks. us media report that a second whistle—blower has come forward in the impeachment case against donald trump.

a man is arrested and a murder investigation is launched — after three men are found dead at a property in colchester in essex. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's olly foster. it's been a bad day for the champions in england and scotland. liverpool will take an eight point lead into the international break that's after manchester city were beaten 2—0 at home by wolves. the champions couldn't convert their possession into goals despite numerous chances and wolves caught them on the counter attack late on, adama traore with both for the visitors. it was city's first defeat at home in any competititon for 10 months.

it is so difficult to play against manchester city. but the chances come eventually. the organisation, the weight the players went about their tasks, always pressing. very good. chelsea are up to fifth in the table after a 4—1 win at southampton. it's the first time this season they've won back—to—back games in the league. they opened the scoring at st mary's through tammy abraham, who was called up to gareth southgate's england squad this week. his effortjust crossing the line. they were soon two up thanks to another of their young players, mason mount. and although danny ings did pull a goal back for southampton, ngolo kante's deflected effort restored chelseas two—goal lead before the break, michy batshuayi added another late on to make it a comfortable afternoon for frank lampard's side. arsenal are up third in the table. david luiz scored the only goal of the game at the emirates stadium against bournemouth. one more game today newcastle

face manchester united, they kick off in the next ten minutes or so. celtic have been beaten for the first time this season in the scottish premiership. they had a man sent off inside half an hour at livingstone and lost 2—0. with rangers currently beating hamilton, celtic are also going to get knocked off the top of the table. michael redford reports. having dropped points for the first time this season last weekend, celtic headed to livingston looking for a response. where better to get it than at the side who had lost four successive league games. but if celtic thought this would be easy, they should have thought again. even lawler giving them an early warning sign. celtic‘s task was made harder later. ryan christie shown a straight red card. celtic having to play 70 minutes with ten men. the champions held on until half—time, but not for much longer. scott robinson with his first goal of the season two minutes after the restart. livingston's second goal

was much easier. this long ball and a clever lob from lyndon dykes. celtic in need of a quick response. they didn't get it. the first league defeat of the season for the champions and the first time they have ever lost to livingston. frankie dettori and enable missed out on a record third win in europes richest race, the prix de l‘arc de triomphe the hot favourite and winner for the last two years was clear in the final stages at longchamp but was just pipped on the line by pierre—charles boudot riding waldgeist, that a record eighth win in the arc for trainer andre fabre. france have joined england in the quarterfinals of the rugby world cup. but only just. they edged tonga by 23 points to 21 in kumamoto this morning. the french will play england next saturday to decide who tops pool c. earlier, champions new zealand all but sealed their place in the last eight running in ii tries to beat namibia by 71 points to nine in pool b.

that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website, including details of a sixth motogp title for marc marquez after the spaniard won in thailand. roman catholic bishops have begun a three—week meeting at the vatican, which will include discussions on whether to allow married men to be ordained as priests. pope francis led mass this morning to open the meeting where a decision to allow married men to become priests would break centuries of tradition. i'm joined now via webcam from rome by the catholic commentator and writer austen ivereigh. thank you forjoining us. there was mass this morning, what did pope francis have to say? i was there in

the basilica of saint peters when he celebrated mass this morning and in the front pew in this vast basilica where representatives of the amazon peoples with their headdresses. it was a beautiful... he gave a very bold homily in which he told the people gathering from across the world for this three—week meeting of bishops, he told them not to be afraid to be open to the new things of the spirit. he said it was very important not to give in to fear and the idea we can carry on as we are, there are huge challenges to face and we need to face them boldly. it was a plea for the bishops to be open to a real discussion over these next three weeks. the senate is titled new pats for the church. on one of those new pats is ordaining married men as priests, how likely is that to get the vote? this isn't

a synod that is for the purpose of discussing that. it is much more than that. essentially it is how the church can come to be present in the amazon. when you have a vast territory with at least 3 million people belonging to indigenous communities. you have very few priests so it is very hard for them to get there and people often will only receive the sacrament once a year. the amazonian catholic communities have been saying to the church, and they have been consulted over the last two years, 80,000 people have taken part in these consultations... they are saying look, we need you to be present 20 47 and we need the church that doesn't just pass 47 and we need the church that doesn'tjust pass through. it is also recognition of the leadership that already exists within amazonian communities and the church. the question of ordination comes up in that the question also of recognition of women's ministries as pa rt recognition of women's ministries as part of the broader discussion on

how the church can be better present in order to defend the amazonian people from the huge threat they face. one of the argument is that if this does take place, it will set a precedent. however, there are catholic priests already, particularly in eastern european catholic churches, that are married. certainly, this is a very pressing issue and it is set to be discussed in germany in december. and the role of women as well. some of the nuns are not happy with the way things are not happy with the way things are going? you are right. the synod has come under heavy criticism from conservatives in the church who fear it is the thin end of the wedge and this is being used as a laboratory to bring about wider changes. i know the organisers of the synod very well and the people involved and they have one very simple thing to say on this. they say, this is about the people of the amazon and have

the people of the amazon and have the church can be better present there. we are not engaged in a wider discussion about priestly celibacy and the pope has said he is not going to change the traditional rule in the church that clerical celibacy should be mandatory. people who say that where they introduce, allow the ordination of married elders in the amazon, that would in some way breaking the tradition. of course not, there are plenty of other exa m ples not, there are plenty of other examples around the world. as you say, there are 19, of which 17 have a married priesthood of some form. although this would be a bigger departure because in most of those