this is bbc world news today. i'm karin giannone. our top stories. further controversy for prince andrew after the bbc‘s exclusive interview — he said he didn't regret his association with the financier and sex offenderjeffrey epstein — now lawyers say he should assist investigations in america. whether a person is a prince or a pauper, if anyone has evidence and information that might be relevant to an investigation of a criminal case, that person should provide it. police in hong kong threaten to use live ammunition against protesters barricaded inside a university who've been throwing petrol bombs and firing arrows. a sweeping election victory for gota baya rajapa ksa — sri lanka's new president says he will be the leader of all citizens, regardless

of religion or ethnicity. and at least ten people are confirmed dead in iran during protests against fuel price rises. the supreme leader backs the hike and blames counter—revolutionaries for violence. we have the latest. hello and welcome to world news today. prince andrew is facing widespread criticism after the bbc interview in which he denied having a sexual encounter with a 17—year old girl in 2001. virginia roberts says she was groomed byjeffrey epstein — the american financier who was convicted on child sex offences in 2008 — and who had been a friend of prince andrew. the prince has admitted that going to stay with him after his release from prison was a mistake — and is now facing calls to assist legal inquiries in the united states. our royal correspondent

nicholas witchell reports. your royal highness, we've come to buckingham palace... the interview has been heard, andrew's answers have been noted, with incredulity in some quarters and, one suspects, with something close to despair within the royal household. the reaction to his words in most cases has been negative. the consensus in pr terms — the interview was extremely ill—advised. andrew was categoric about his denial of impropriety with the then 17—year—old virginia roberts. she has claimed that on the night of their alleged first encounter, she was introduced to him at tramp, the nightclub in central london. she says they danced together there, but andrew was emphatic that he was at home. he said he had taken his daughter beatrice to this pizza restaurant in woking in surrey in the afternoon. but how had he managed to remember a specific day so many years ago?

because going to pizza express in woking is an unusual thing for me to do. a very unusual thing for me to do. i've never been... i've only been to woking a couple of times, and i remember it weirdly distinctly. as soon as somebody reminded me of it, iwent, "oh, yes, i rememberthat." in the united states, home to most of the young women who say they were trafficked byjeffrey epstein to perform sexual favours, lawyers are saying andrew should now repeat his testimony under oath. whether a person is a prince or a pauper, if anyone has evidence or information that might be relevant to an investigation of a criminal case, that person should provide it to the law enforcement. in this case, it would be the federal bureau of investigation. and from those who have worked for the royal family and who are familiar with prince andrew, there is a feeling of weary resignation. they will be wondering, was the right decision made?

who made the decision to put him on? did he make it himself? or did he seek advice within the palace? my guess is that he bulldozed his way in and decided that he was going to do it himself, without any advice. i'm truly grateful for the opportunity... it was supposed to be the interview which drew a line under the story for andrew and allowed him to move on. that moment is certainly some way off. i understand from people close to prince andrew that he stands by the decision to do the interview but it is fairto decision to do the interview but it is fair to say they have been taken aback by the intensity of the negative reaction to it. they say that he wanted to address these issues head on. they feel that he did so with honesty and humility. they hope that people willjudge him on that basis. hong kong police are warning they may use live ammunition on pro—democracy protesters if they continue to attack officers near the polytechnic university.

protesters have shot arrows and thrown petrol bombs at police. riot police responded with teargas canisters and water cannon. robin brant has the latest. let's show you the scenes on the streets outside. there are many people still gathered there. just after 5am, still dark, but every few minutes we see water cannon being used on these groups of protesters. we have seen petrol bombs being thrown and other objects as well being thrown back at police, and police responding with tear gas and repeatedly using water cannon but at the moment the situation is quiet but very tense indeed. sunday morning in hong kong. these protests are now in their sixth month. on the edge of another university campus, taken over by protestors, there is tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon from the police. from the other side they are now using improvised weapons. the police are now trying to move in on two fronts. the tear gas is coming from there and another group there,

and what you have here is the last of the students. they are throwing bricks, they are throwing petrol bombs. at the moment it remains a stand—off. for hours, both sides pushed back—and—forth. all as a handful of china's soldiers looked on, from behind the steel gates of their barracks just metres away. there were claims that both sides are resorting to lethal weapons. the police said one was hit in the leg by an arrow fired from the university. do you think the people of hong kong support you firing bows and arrows, support you throwing petrol bombs? i don't expect everyone to support us, but most of the citizens are ok with it. we're not asking for support, we just hope people understand what we are doing right now. for the second time in a week i'm standing on a bridge surrounded by protestors, with riot police on the other side. earlier in the week, it was a highway below they blocked. now, it is one of the tunnels to hong kong island. these protestors continue with their efforts to cause maximum disruption to hong kong's infrastructure. by the day's end the protestors

faced police moving in on fourfronts. hong kong polytechnic university is now under siege. the protestors who have stayed, many inside, have no way out. robin brant, bbc news, hong kong. let's bring you some live pictures now from hong kong. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. thousands of protesters have rallied outside parliament in the georgian capital, tblisi. opposition supporters want the government to resign and hold parliamentary elections. they've accused the ruling georgian dream party of breaking its promise to introduce a system of full proportional representation for electing representatives. the former mayor of new york, michael bloomberg, has apologised for his controversial "stop and frisk" policy, which gave police broad search powers. mr bloomberg says he now understands that the policy disproportionately targeted blacks and latinos. the 77—year—old is considering whether to join the already crowded field of democrats running for president.

the polls have closed in belarus, where officials say more china has banned two australian politicians from entering the country. they had planned to go on a study tour. both men have been critical of china over its treatment of uighurs and impact on australian affairs. immigration has featured strongly in the uk general election campaign today — the conservatives have given more details of how they would make the system the same for people from eu countries and the rest of the world. and labour leaderjeremy corbyn has said there would continue to be plenty of movement of people in and out of britain under a labour government. jessica parker reports. long debated, the flow of people to the uk, the free movement of workers around the eu. he wants a further referendum, with remain versus a labour brexit deal, so what would that new deal mean

for immigration? our economy and society has been enriched massively by people that have made homes here. no labour government led by me will bring in a hostile environment such as theresa may brought. simple question, will free movement end? there will be a great deal of movement. so free movement will not end? labour manifesto is being launched on thursday. conservatives are fleshed out some of their plans, treating eu and non—eu workers the same, the vast majority will need a job offer to come and live in the uk. migrants will typically have to wait five years before they can claim benefits. the annual charge to access the nhs will rise to £625. but no targets from a party that has been stung before by failing to meet them. if you don't have targets we don't have a way ofjudging whether your policy has been

a failure or success. we will make sure parliament has control over immigration, so we get the advantages and benefits. how can we judge if the control is being used properly? we also control the costs that uncontrolled immigration undoubtedly places. emigration can be seen as an issue of principle, to what extent should the uk be able to control exactly who can and cannot come here to live and work? it is also an issue of pragmatism with many businesses saying they need easy access to workers of all skill levels. there are so many industries that rely on people coming here to work from other countries, so we want to make sure there is a system that is fair, where you have targeted enforcement so you can keep the rules, but that we recognise and celebrate what immigrants offer us all. in scotland, we need to encourage more people to come and live here.

over the next 25 years, if we don't encourage people to make scotland their home and make a contribution to our economy, our working age population may decline, which will mean lower tax revenues in order to fund our national health service. immigration was up for debate in the 2016 referendum, and in this election that hasn't changed. sri lanka's most prominent military family is back in power, with gotabaya rajapaksa winning the country's presidential election. he secured 52% of the vote, well ahead of his main rival, sajit premasada. the election largely split along ethnic lines, with the wartime defence chief doing better in sinhalese—majority areas compared to the tamil—dominated north and east. our correspondent yogita limaye has more. a wartime strongman returns, as sri lanka's most powerful. mr rajapaksa is seen as a leader

who can keep their country safe. we don't have enough protection for the people. you see everywhere there are bombs and terrorists, day by day a lot of terrorists created here. so, we like to have a father for our mother country. in april this year, a series of attacks by islamist extremists killed more than 250 people. security became a big issue and a wartime defence chiefs sensed an opportunity. rajapa ksa got wartime defence chiefs sensed an opportunity. rajapaksa got his reputation during this deadly ethnic conflict between tamil insurgents.

torture, killings, the disappearance of minorities in the bombing of civilian areas. he is accused of them all. this is where the last very intense bit of fighting took place at the end of the sri lankan civil war. hundreds of thousands of tamils who were trapped there walked over this bridge into areas that we re over this bridge into areas that were under the control of the sri lankan military. among them were tamil rebel leaders who had negotiated a surrender with the government. but once they went across to that site, many of them we re across to that site, many of them were never heard from again. some believe they were killed on mr rajapaksa's believe they were killed on mr rajapa ksa's or theirs. thousands believe they were killed on mr rajapaksa's or theirs. thousands of those who disappeared were also civilians. their families still hold daily vigils asking for answers. even though it has been a decade since the war ended.

even though it has been a decade since the war endedlj even though it has been a decade since the war ended. i don't think my son will come back but we want to expose the atrocities of rajapaksa to the world and that is why i come here. mr rajapaksa has always denied the allegations against him. as long as he remains president he can't be held to account. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come. tsitsipas has won the atp finals in his first appearance at the event. the latest in sport, coming up. benazir bhutto has claimed victory in pakistan's general election. jackson has been released on bail of

$3 million after turning himself into police at santa barbara. $3 million after turning himself into police at santa barbaram $3 million after turning himself into police at santa barbara. it was the biggest demonstration so far of the biggest demonstration so far of the fast—growing european antinuclear movement. the south african government has announced that it african government has announced thatitis african government has announced that it is opening the government's remaining whites only beaches to people of all races. this will lead toa people of all races. this will lead to a black majority government in this country and the destruction of the white civilisation. part of the centuries—old windsor castle has been consumed by fire for much of the day. 150 firefighters have been battling the blaze which has caused millions of pounds of damage. this is bbc world news today. the latest headlines.

further controversy for prince andrew after the bbc‘s exclusive interview. he said he didn't regret his association with the financier and sex offender jeffrey his association with the financier and sex offenderjeffrey epstein and lawyers say he should assist investigations in america. hong kong police warned they will fire live ammunition at protesters that they continue attacking officers near the polytechnic university. the bbc has confirmed that at least ten people have been killed in iran in clashes triggered by a government announcement that it's increasing fuel prices by at least 50%, and rationing petrol. there have been protests for a third day across the country, including the capital tehran and other major cities, like tabriz and shiraz. this is despite threats of force by security forces, and prosecution by thejudiciary. according to a semi—official news agency, internet access has also been curbed this week on the orders of a state security council. rana rahimpourfrom the bbc persian service has more. probably 97% of people who have access to the internet and there is access to the internet and there is a national internet which they have been working on for a while and they have been talking about, and

everything has now switched to the national internet. it means that the banking system can sustain itself, all the ministries can carry on, so people have access to local news agencies and state news agencies but they can't have any access to the bbc, for instance. and that is the difference. in the past that they shut down the internet they could only sustain it for a couple of days but now because of the national internet this can go on for a very long time and we can't see any solutions for it. what picture do we have of how widespread the protests have of how widespread the protests have been? a newsagency which is semi—official and close to the revolutionary guards said that on saturday at least 100 cities faced protests, and that is quite a large number of cities, but perhaps as large as we sullen 2018, but definitely with more concentration in major cities including the capital. thousands of people have

been arrested but because of the restrictions on internet, we are sure they have continued today but we re sure they have continued today but were not sure how widespread they are but in some of the cities and towns, they are cut off from the rest of the world. going back to the trigger of the protests, the removal of subsidies for fuel, what exactly is behind it and how important is the imposition of sanctions by america been blamed for what is going on? fuel in iran is heavily subsidised, almost cheaper than water to get a litre of petrol, and for decades the iranian government, one after another have tried to reduce subsidies. but it is naive to say that us sanctions didn't have any impact. the reason they had to make such a drastic measure was a result of iran's huge deficit which is because iran can no longer sell its oil. as the president said, one

option is to be able to sell oil but the supreme leader didn't allow him to negotiate so this is the only option left. saudi arabia's state oil company has announced a share price for its initial public offering — likely to be the biggest in financial history. saudi aramco said its preliminary valuation was about one—point— seven trillion dollars. saudi authorities are mounting a huge campaign to encourage citizens to invest. our business correspondent katie prescott reports. adverts like these are stoking demand in saudi arabia for aramco shares. for the first time local people in saudi arabia will be able to buy shares stake in the nation's cash cow. a third of aramco shares will be sold to the man on the street and, according to their prospectus, even a divorced woman. a sign, perhaps, of how a new crown prince wants to liberalise society here. the aim is to move the saudi economy away from an almost total dependence on oil and, certainly within the region, there is no shortage of interest from investors.

translation: aramco company is the crown jewel of investment in saudi arabia. it is a good opportunity that crown prince mohamed bin salman gave us the chance to be partners in its success. but recent attacks on the company's oilfields show the risks of investing in this volatile region. not to mention in fossil fuels, as the world looks to renewables. so, global investors are more wary. norway's sovereign wealth fund is among those to rule themselves out of buying shares. while we probably haven't hit peak oil yet, with the advent of electric cars, we are probably going to get to a period now over the next few decades where the oil use will start to come down. as the company's big sales pitch kicks off, the real test of investor appetite is about to begin. katie prescott, bbc news. ben crouchers has all the sport.

we start with tennis and greece's stephanis tsitsipas has won the season ending atp world tour finals in his first appearance at the event. he is the youngest winner for 18 yea rs. he is the youngest winner for 18 years. the next gen finals for up—and—coming talent. he has arrived 110w up—and—coming talent. he has arrived now and says it was frustrating to play with so many nerves but are so relieved he managed to wind. the final round of qualifiers for the 2020 european championships are under way. england are finish their campaign witha under way. england are finish their campaign with a comfortable 4— 01 over kosovo. they had already qualified but this gives them one of the sixth—seeded places in the draw at the end of the month. harry winks, hurricane, marson blue marcus rashford and nathan mount with those goals. defending european champions portugal also assured themselves automatic qualification for next year's tournament. they beat luxembourg 2—0. cristiano ronaldo scored the 2nd

and is nowjust one goal short of 100 for his country. he'll have to wait until at least march before he's able to bring up his century. the former san francisco 49ers quarterback colin kapernick decided to not turn up for a pre—arranged nfl workout, causing yet more controversy about his return to the game. instead, he invited media to attend his own session at a high school. kapernick said in a statement that he wanted "transparency". he's claiming that the nfl wouldn't allow media to go to the planned workout in atlanta. 25 team scouts were waiting to see kapernick, who hasn't played in 3 years. it's after, he began kneeling during the us national anthem in a protest against racism. the nfl said it was "disappointed" that the venue changed with only 30 minutes' notice. rugby union, where european champions saracens began the defence of their title with a humbling 30 popints to 10 defeat at racing 92. with a domestic points deduction, and large fine potentially looming for breaching the premiership's salary cap, the result will hardly have improved their mood. reports are suggesting that saracens

won't appeal the sanction. the former saracens wing, chris ashton told our reporter james burridge that he thinks the charge will actually bring the side together. iam not i am not surprised they are not going to appeal. i don't think there was much room to manoeuvre. i do think the playing group will bring them closer together and make them tighter as we saw them playing against gloucester last week. they had a really young side and still managed to beat gloucester, so for the group i think they will be glad it is out of the way and they can crack on with it. for the premiership as a whole, it set a precedent, a pretty devastating couple of weeks? it has, and the cap is therefore a reason and we all wa nt to is therefore a reason and we all want to play it. it makes it a very competitive competition and that is the way i wanted to be. it has landed saracens doorstep and they have dealt with it and totally know we can move on and making this leak great. that's all the sport for now.

terry o'neill — the photographer whose pictures helped define the 1960s — has died at the age of 81. his images of rock and film stars and royalty helped frame an age of celebrity — and the idea of the ‘swinging sixties.‘ david sillito looks back at his work. patrick macnee, twiggy. photoshoots don't get more ‘60s than that, and the man behind the lens was terry o'neill. his work, a who's who of the greatest stars of the last 50 years. this image of frank sinatra striding down a boardwalk is now a museum exhibit. indeed, his first assignment as a photographer on fleet street... you know, the very firstjob i ever had on the newspaper i got sent to photograph a group, and they turned out to be the beatles recording please please me, and i started at the top and i never looked back. # rebel, rebel, you've torn your dress. in the ‘70s, he captured david bowie's ever changing image. to his admirers, one of his great talents was developing relationships with his sitters.

when you work with musicians, you have to respect that it's their time, but terry got very close to a lot of people, and in, you know, in some instances, he married his subject. you know, he was married to faye dunaway. married to faye dunaway, photographed frank sinatra — it wasn't an easy life. this was one of the first stones photoshoots, but as the years went by, modern stars weren't so interesting to him. i don't know what it is, all the guys seem to wear black suits, all the girls seem to be fashion plates, but they all look the same. it was a portfolio that had everyone from bardot to churchill, sinatra to taylor. terry o'neill‘s life truly was a catalogue of a golden age of stardom. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter —

i'm @karinbbc i think the weather should turn drier with a bit more sunshine to go around for most of us over the next couple of days. before that, tonight stays pretty cloudy for england and wales initially. still the threat of some rain coming and going over parts of east anglia and perhaps the far east, south—east of england. sky is clear for scotland and northern ireland and here it will be a cold night with widespread sharp frost. frost is all down to a ridge of high pressure that will be moving across the british isles during monday stopping the slow pressure from building across from europe. the law could get close enough to bring some thicker cloud to south—east england, perhaps a few patches of rain but for most of us are dry day with

plenty of sunshine. a locally cold but frosty start to the day. after that the temperature struggles. scotla nd that the temperature struggles. scotland and northern ireland in the far north of england, the temperature in edinburgh just far north of england, the temperature in edinburghjust to celsius, 9—10 for cardiff and london, but monday night will be really cold, probably the coldest of the autumn so far with the temperature in the countryside in scotla nd temperature in the countryside in scotland getting all the way down to about —10 so a very cold night coming up. looking at the weather picture into tuesday, the middle pa rt picture into tuesday, the middle part of the week should be initially dry with a ridge of high pressure in charge but increasingly later on in the week we start to see this low trying to exert its influence of the atla ntic trying to exert its influence of the atlantic bringing thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain into western areas, went eventually in a south—east direction. most of his on tuesday having a dry day, cold and frosty to start with and lingering mist and fog patches with poor

visibility. otherwise fine and sunny conditions but this is where moves across northern ireland, perhaps reaching cornwall and northern fringes of wales threatened outbreaks of rain. the same low pressure system gets closer to the british isles on wednesday so the cloud and the rain more extensive across these western areas and elsewhere another cold and frosty start to the day again with mist and fog patches that could loiter and where that happens the temperature stays on the low side. looking at the weather in the week ahead although i'm not promising it stays com pletely although i'm not promising it stays completely dry the heavy rain will not be as heavier as persistent as it has been.

this is bbc world news, the headlines: prince andrew is facing criticism after the bbc interview in which he denied having a sexual encounter with a 17—year old girl in 2001. he also spoke in detail about his links with convicted sex offender, jeffrey epstein. police in hong kong are warning they may shoot live ammunition at pro—democracy protesters if they continue to attack officers near the polytechnic university. masked activists have been throwing bricks and petrol bombs at police who responded with tear gas and water cannon. at least ten people have been killed in protests against a fuel price rise in iran. at least 1,000 arrests have been reported.