i‘m ben bland with bbc world news. our top story: two victims of monday‘s violence in hong kong are in a critical condition after one of the worst i'm sharanjit leyl in days of unrest in five months‘ of anti—government protests. singapore, the headlines: the leader of the territory warns the escalating unrest is taking it hong kong's leader, carrie lam, "to the brink of no return". warns the territory is heading towards the brink of no return fire chiefs in australia say the country after one of the worst days is facing the most dangerous bushfire week the nation of violence in five has ever seen. three people have died and thousands displaced. months of protests. two australian states have declared a state of emergency. violence is not going to give us any solution to the problems that hong nd this video is kong is facing. trending on bbc.com. fire chiefs in australia say an exhibition by the 0scar—winning filmmaker the country is facing the most steve mcqueen — in which he dangerous bushfire week photographed over 75, 000 school children across london. it was inspired by his one the nation has ever seen. of his own class photos dating back to 1977. i'm ben bland in london. also in the programme. tackling global warming by going after air conditioners. how one american man's environmental action is already helping the climate. that‘s all. and feeling stressed?

meet lilou — the world's first airport therapy pig. she's hogging the limelight at san francisco airport. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's midnight in london and 8 o'clock in the morning here in singapore and in hong kong, where two people are in a critical condition in hospital after one of the worst days of unrest in five months of protests. the first person — a protester — was shot by a police officer at point blank range. later a pro—beijing supporter was soaked in flammable liquid and set alight after arguing with protesters. our correspondent in hong kong,

stephen mcdonnell, sent this report. this is how the day of extraordinary violence starts. a police officer, arresting the person in white, is approached by another protester, wearing black. he's shot at point—blank range. and it's all captured this is a day after a protester was in a facebook live video. shot and some of the most dramatic u nrest we shot and some of the most dramatic the 21—year—old is seriously unrest we have seen. injured yet somehow, shot and some of the most dramatic unrest we have seen. riot police despite his injuries, firing tear gas at protesters in: and amidst the chaos, he attempts to flee, but is captured and is taken away in an ambulance. time. we will bring you more details. the 0scar—winning bidders elsewhere in the city, film director steve mcqueen opens a a police officer drives into a group new exhibition at the take gallery of black—clad protesters, veering the motorbike towards them on wednesday. brenda alice went to three times before taking off. he's since been suspended. meet him to out more. three, two, hours later, a middle—aged man one. big smiles! for the last year, argues with hard—line protesters. in an act too graphic to show, he's doused in flammable liquid this has been happening across before being set on fire. schools at london. class voters of seven eight —year—olds part of one

of the most ambitious art exhibitions ever staged. it is the there's no question that escalating violence could get what the rioters want. brainchild of this man steve not from the government, mcqueen, an award—winning artist and not from society at large. hollywood director now going back to and yet this evening, the clashes continued. his own earlier work. they brought gunshots there's been an outpouring of anger here today and a very tough police response. it seems that this city is now us his own earlier work. they brought us out here, and then we walked in. locked in an ever—deteriorating so in some ways it is just about cycle of violence and retribution. reflecting, like i said before, reflecting, like i said before, reflecting london. with so many schools signing up the challenge has and now it's no longer like just grown and grown. three weeks later a protest or strike, they are ready for the grand reveal. it's war now, and it's a war that i think all hong kongers must win. i think i even can't imagine what is going to happen tomorrow, so...yeah, i don't know. more than 250 people what you think is going to happen were arrested today. with both sides digging in,

there are fears this conflict could only escalate further. when these kids come in here and they see them? what do you think will be the response? that they are stephen mcdonnell, important. that they are on the walls of tate britain, and that they bbc news, hong kong. are important. the first visitors let's take a look at some come as children from steve of the day's other news. thousands are fleeing mcqueen‘s old school, their homes in two eastern australian states as they brace for unprecedented and potentially "catastrophic" bushfires. it was really surprising and really three people have died and a state of emergency has been imposed in two amazing and cool and super falls top states as fires ravage new south wales and queensland. i feel amazing to be here. now fire chiefs are warning amazing and cool and super falls top i feel amazing to be herelj amazing and cool and super falls top i feel amazing to be here. i feel the worst danger is to come on tuesday with serious risk inspired. it is hoped that close to to lives in areas around sydney. 80,000 young people will see the exhibition over the next six months. our correspondent phil mercer is in the hunter valley, one of the worst affected that looks like a great exhibition. areas, north of sydney. this has been newsday on the bbc. we are in maitland in the lower stay with us. coming up we have the hunter we are in maitland in the lower hu nter valley we are in maitland in the lower hunter valley region, about 165 miles to the north of sydney. those on the movie theatre. we will see catastrophic fire warnings are in place here. driving through the why disney is focusing on getting people to stay at home with a new region in the last few hours you can

smell the smoke. most certainly you streaming service as they prepared can see the smoky haze that is to ta ke streaming service as they prepared to take on chinese competition. and blanketing this area. fire authorities are warning that this before we go, could well be the most dangerous all heard the phrase bushfire week ever seen in new south ‘pigs might fly‘ but now san francisco international airport has come up with a unique solution wales. there are significant fires to help ease passengers‘ travel anxieties and put a smile on yourface. burning across the state. 3000 it‘s a pig and her name is lilou. firefighters along the ground falls who dressed in a pilot‘s cap, trots around the airport with her owner, posing for selfies they are supported by a squadron of and raising a trotter to greet you. water bombing aircraft. in many ways the idea called the ‘wag brigade‘ is designed to cheer up passengers. this is a military style operation and it works! to try to protect life and property. residents in bushfire prone regions that‘s all for now. have been urged to leave and we know that more than 600 schools and colleges have also been closed. there is also the threat further it has been a very unsettled start north in queensland, that very much today, the focus is here in new south wales which is facing this to november, even before november we have seen a lot of rainfall around. low pressure firmly in control and unprecedented push fire emergency. temperatures are expected to soar to it has been cold as well. the rest of the week is unsettled thanks to

low pressure, windy as well and snow about 38 celsius, strong winds are around as it takes hold over the predicted, low humidity on top of all of that the ground here is high ground. low pressure in control of our weather for tuesday bringing absolutely bone dry because of a strong wind from the north—west with long—standing drought. so a lot of showers circulating around. firefighters right across eastern early on tuesday it looks like most australia are preparing for this expect that onslaught. showers will be across parts of scotla nd showers will be across parts of scotland and northern ireland, wintry over the high ground to scotla nd wintry over the high ground to scotland where in the south it and later in the programme we'll be hearing more should be dry with lengthy clear about the fires in new south wales skies. that does not mean it will from carol sparks, mayor turn chilly. a few degrees here, of glen innes severn council, where two people have lost their lives and dozens of homes have been destroyed. generally for maybe five degrees to start tuesday. we start with also making news today: the un's nuclear watchdog, sunshine across the south, the iaea, has confirmed that iran has re—started enriching uranium at its underground site at fordow, south of tehran. spreading into south—east areas by the afternoon. it will feel cold this is a fresh breach with temperatures seven or eight of commitments iran gave in the international nuclear deal degrees. low pressure pushes off which the us has abandoned. the british, french and german governments have said they're into the north sea and allows a bump extremely concerned of high pressure to build in for by the development. in britain, the brexit party says it wednesday before the next weather system wednesday before the next weather won't now contest around 300 seats syste m m oves wednesday before the next weather system moves in wednesday night. a

held by mps from the governing conservatives in next month's general election. lot of rainfall, unfortunately. the party's leader nigel farage, through wednesday actually start in central eastern and northern areas said he would instead focus on seats but dry and bright thanks to the bump of high pressure. the next held by the opposition, to avoid weather system will arrive across splitting the pro—brexit vote. northern ireland bringing heavy rain here late in the day and it will be another chilly one, temperatures up 0k. the prime minister has now moved as much as four degrees. through toa 0k. the prime minister has now moved to a position that looks a little more like brexit. let's forget about left and right. let's think about wednesday night a few showers here and the weather front across the putting country before party and south—west will push northwards and thatis putting country before party and that is why i am prepared to give them a pass. eastwards, pivoting as well. this we at least 200 elephants in zimbabwe have died from a lack of food and water because of severe drought. zimbabwe's parks and wildlife don‘t know how far north or south management authority said it was planning to move 600 but some areas could see rainfall elephants from a conservation area and be the flood affected areas in in the south—east of the country the midlands and northern england. to three other national parks. again, some uncertainty on the position of the weather front. flood warnings are still in force in the spacex's falcon 9 rocket launched successfully on monday rain could exacerbate that as well from cape canaveral in the us, so rain could exacerbate that as well so stay tuned to the forecast. into carrying 60 mini—satellites into space. the satellites are intended to help set up a network for global high—speed internet connectivity. friday the weather front starts to

fade and move southwards and eastwards. it could be cloudy on spacex wants a big share of the future internet market friday across southern and eastern from space — its rivals areas with a couple of showers quite blustery but further north and west we will see a ridge of high pressure include 0neweb and amazon. move in. an improving picture here with good spells of sunshine. mexico has offered temperatures again on the low side, asylum to evo morales — who resigned as bolivia's single figures for most. allocations president at the weekend. bolivia is still in chaos and confusion, a day after he stepped down. his decision came after weeks of sometimes—violent protests. demonstrators accused him of rigging the election in october to secure a fourth term. the deputy head of the senate has said that she'll take over as interim president, until new elections are held. the bbc‘s katy watson has more from la paz. for many in bolivia, the demise of the region's longest standing president could not have come sooner. president could not have come sooner. 0vernight, celebrations turned to violence yet more unrest

with buildings tortured and vandalised. this is one of many barricades that you see across la paz blocking the streets in the city. this one is anti—government and people here say that despite the fa ct evo and people here say that despite the fact evo morales has resigned they are still here for democracy because bolivia still does not have an interim president and neither do they know when you elections will be called. a few people, however, braved the journey to work. translation: we are all afraid. it does not matter which side you are on. we are afraid of what is going to happen. everyone is calling for conflict but what matters other people. elsewhere, people on the streets are still calling for change. these protesters were blocking access to the presidential palace, taking shall no government member could return to their office. translation: evo morales could have left through the front door if he had respected what people were saying. unfortunately he tried to perpetuate himself in power and that

made people not want him anymore. few minutes later, a police convoy carrying the politician expected to step in as interim president later this week. there is still so much uncertainty. no—one knows when the new elections will be in until then, instability in this poor country is a co nsta nt instability in this poor country is a constant threat. 100 years since remembrance day was first observed, people in many parts of the world have been paying tribute to those who've died in wars. a two—minute silence was observed across the united kingdom at 11 o'clock today to mark the time and the day when the first world war ended in 1918, as our correspondent daniela relph reports. music: last post the national memorial arboretum in staffordshire, where remembrance happens daily, all year round. but today is different.

armistice day here was marked with a service of remembrance and a silence. 0n the 11th of november, 1919, the first two—minute silence was observed. 100 years on, wherever you are, it remains a moment to stop, to reflect and to remember. the first two—minute silence was introduced by king george v. thousands packed onto whitehall after he said the country should stop to honour those who never came home.

the silence remains at the centre of remembrance a century later. but, this year, the royal british legion wanted more than just a pause. it asked that we all mute our phones, switch off tvs and close our laptops to honour those who defended our freedoms and our way of life. daniela relph, bbc news. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: the ‘climate defenders' — personal stories from people looking for solutions to global warming. also on the programme: pigs may not fly but me this one. he eases passenger travel anxieties at the san francisco international airport. the bombastic establishment outsider, donald trump,

has defied the pollsters to take the keys to the oval office. i feel great about the election result. i voted for him because i genuinely believe that he cares about the country. it's keeping the candidate's name always in the public eye that counts. success or failure depends not only on public display, but on the local campaign headquarters and the heavy routine work of their women volunteers. berliners from both east and west linked hands and danced around their liberated territory. and with nobody to stop them, it wasn't long before the first attempts were made to destroy the structure itself. yasser arafat, who dominated the palestinian cause for so long, has died. palestinian authority has declared a state of mourning. after 17 years of discussion, the result was greeted with an outburst ofjoy. women ministers who'd long felt only grudgingly accepted in the ranks of clergy suddenly felt welcomed.

this is newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. i'm kasia madera in london. —— ben bland. our top stories: two victims of violence in hong kong are in a critical condition after one of the worst days of unrest in five months of anti—government protests. two australian states declare a state of emergency as bushfires bring a "catastrophic" threat to heavily populated areas. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the hong kong protests also dominate the newspapers, with the front page ofjapan times showing a picture of the aftermath of the protests with the graffiti slogan "liberty or death" — an indication ofjust how intense and violent the demonstrations have become. arab news is reporting that a un

watchdog has confirmed that iran has breached a 2015 nuclear deal by enriching uranium in an underground facility. it says the watchdog discovered uranium particles, which prove that iran is still developing a nuclear weapons programme. and the south china morning post focuses on international singles‘ day — which has been profitable for the chinese website alibaba, it made a record $38 billion during its special online shopping festival. that brings you up—to—date with some of the papers. let's return to our main story, and eastern australia is bracing itself for one the nation's worst—ever bushfire threats. more than 60 blazes were burning across the state of new south wales ahead of predicted "catastrophic" conditions on tuesday. with me on the phone is carol sparks, the local mayor of glen innes, which has lost two

people and dozens of homes. i appreciate it must be a very busy time for you right now. but please just bring us up—to—date on how your area is coping with this as things currently stand 7 area is coping with this as things currently stand? at the moment the fire situation is going to be worse. the new south wales rural fire service says it will be worse. conditions are expected to become more volatile and unpredictable as the day goes on and the wind is coming up now, so it is getting warmer, yes. we are expecting more tragedies, i think, warmer, yes. we are expecting more tragedies, ithink, around warmer, yes. we are expecting more tragedies, i think, around the area. we've had, you know, loss of life in our little community and we are old devastated by this. and what are

people doing to prepare as the conditions are predicted to potentially become even worse? well, this year we have had what they call back—burning for at least three times, and the fire still came out us even times, and the fire still came out us even though we were very well prepared and had lots of firefighters here. there were over 200 firefighters here from various areas in australia that were helping us areas in australia that were helping us to fight fires with their trucks. the lack of water of course is a big problem, so we've had to ship in water tanks, et cetera to deal with it. people were trying to remove sticks and grass and clear the area but it didn't make any difference with this fire. it's volatile, it's like fireballs in the air that explode. cars blowing up before the fire even gets near. it's

unprecedented, yes. and we roll, at the moment we are all on watch and act alerts and hoping the weather won't deteriorate today, but it is not looking good. sorry to interrupt, carol. iwonder not looking good. sorry to interrupt, carol. i wonder how this co m pa res interrupt, carol. i wonder how this compares with other fires you have seen compares with other fires you have seenin compares with other fires you have seen in previous years? oh, it's far worse. yes, people don't really understand it until you actually see it coming at you in a wall of flame. it's really — everything is so dry here. it's been drying out for, you know, two years. so it's very volatile and we had eucalyptus in the area, it's volatile, too. so it just explodes. it's very, very terrifying. ok, carol sparks, thank

you very much for your time. carol sparks, the mayor of glen innes. thank you. next month, the world will gather in madrid for an annual assessment, of how climate change is affecting the globe. 25,000 people will be at the conference to look at the latest data and what action can be taken. 00:19:20,104 --> 2147483051:46:24,767 here on bbc world news we‘re looking 2147483051:46:24,767 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 at so—called ‘climate defenders‘ —