i'm sharanjit leyl in hong kong, the headlines: a pro—democracy landslide in hong kong's district council elections, sweeps aside the pro—beijing establishment. turnout was more than 70% — the highest ever recorded in any hong kong election. our correspondent witnessed an upset. you witnessed an upset. can hear all the excitement here, you can hear all the excitement here, that is because a 23—year—old democracy activist has just unseated a pro—government incumbent who has held that seat for the last 20 yea rs. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme:

leaked documents, seen by the bbc, reveal the extent to which prison camps in western china are used to brainwash the muslim uighur minority. the billionaire former mayor of new york michael bloomberg announces he wants to run for us president as a democrat. good morning. it's midnight in london, 7pm in new york and 8am here in hong kong where the pro—democracy parties are on course for an overwhelming landslide victory in local elections. with about half the vote counted, the pro—democracy camps have won seven seats for every one held by parties backing the government. these are only local district council elections, but this is a huge vote of support

for the protest movement. after almost six months of often violent demonstrations that have brought this city to a halt, it's no doubt been those protests that have motivated hong kongers to turnout in large numbers. and we take a look at them now. we see that pro—democracy parties have already taken 278 seat. pro establishment parties have just 42 so establishment parties have just 42 so far, and these numbers that are being reported by the local media, there is still a way to go yet as there is still a way to go yet as the official numbers come and, but my colleague was there, witnessing the results as they came and. in the eastern district of hong kong island this morning, the queue to vote at the shau kei wan polling station went on and on and on. we're seeing queues like this in districts all over hong kong today.

people waiting for an hour, even up to an hour and a half to vote. and people are telling us they have never seen anything like this in a local election in hong kong before. translation: we didn't have to line up before. everyone is more enthusiastic. they really want to contribute to the society. speaks in cantonese the passion of those standing for election today is out of all proportion to the power of the local council seats being contested. but for the opposition, today is a referendum on the protests that have rocked hong kong for the last six months. david and his mother anne are on opposite sides of that fight. we can see just old people, pro—government, pro—regime, they control the power, they control the parties, they control everything, even the economy. so we can take back the control and start to have more strength and power.

as counting got under way tonight, the turnout for today's election had topped 7i%. that is the highest turnout ever recorded in any hong kong election. the early signs are all so that the pro—democratic camp is heading for a sweeping victory. well, you can hear all the excitement here, and that is because a 23—year—old democracy activist has just unseated a pro—government incumbent who's held the seat for the last 20 years. scenes like these are being repeated across hong kong tonight — the new, very young faces of hong kong politics. the question now is will any of these victories have an impact on the hong kong government or on beijing? rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in hong kong. we'll be back in hong kong shortly. but first, let's take a look at some of the day's other news. the billionaire businessman michael bloomberg has officially

announced he's running for president of the united states. in a statement, the former mayor of new york city said he was standing in the 2020 election "to defeat donald trump and rebuild america." mr bloomberg joins i7 other candidates vying for the democratic nomination. chris buckler has more. at the heart of this is a suggestion from michael bloomberg that he doesn't believe the democrats that are currently standing has the ability to defeat donald trump. and if you take a look at his advert campaign, it is very clear that he doesn't want that to happen, describing it as a risk and even a menace at certain points, and certainly it feels like it is getting somewhat personal between the president and michael bloomberg. if you take a look at some of the campaign literature, he says that donald trump is a field businessman whose companies went bankrupt and his reckless act since in office

have harmed americans and weakened oui’ have harmed americans and weakened our country. if he is lighting up for a battle of the billionaires a suspect president donald trump come out fighting as well. he has set in the past that there is nobody who he would rather beat than who he describes as little michael. also making news today, the philippines president, rodrigo duterte, has fired his vice—president from her position as head of anti—narcotics policy. leni robredo was sacked less than three weeks after being appointed. she was a frequent critic of mr duterte, and has accused the government of allowing the killing of innocent people in its war on drugs. britain's prime minister, borisjohnson, has pledged to "get brexit done" as he launched his conservative party's election manifesto. mrjohnson also promised more than $25 billion in extra funding for the national health service. we pledged 50,000 more nurses, and

50 million more gp surgery appointments, and today we make this guarantee to the british people, that we will tackle crime with 20,000 more police officers and tougher sentencing and that we will sort out our immigration system with a points—based australian style system. the k—pop star goo hara has been found dead at her home in seoul. police say the cause of the 28—year—old singer's death is being investigated. she had recently released herfirst solo album, but was said to be devastated by last month's death of another k—pop star and close friend, sulli. saudi arabia's al—hilal have won the asian champions league for a third time after beating japan's urawa red diamonds 2 goals to 0 on sunday. salem al—dawsari scored the first goaljust 16 minutes from full—time before the win was sealed in injury time.

let's return to our top story here in hong kong where there has been a huge upset with pro—democracy parties thrashing pro—establishment councillors in elections. some notable names ran and lost in the elections, including pro—beijing lawmakerjunius ho. he's one of the most controversial politicians in the city and suffered a shock defeat. with me is antony dapiran, who is a hong kong—based lawyer who has written on the protests. you have been watching it all over the last six months, you have lived here for 20 years, yesterday we saw this record turnout of people going to vote. are you shocked, are you surprised by these results hello yes, andi surprised by these results hello yes, and i think that is far anyone‘s expectations. going into the selection they were speaking to

some of the pro—democracy candidates stopping some of them said they were cautiously optimistic, some said that they were worried that the increased violence and disruptions of the past few weeks of protests may turn people off the pro—democracy camp. i don't think any of them were expecting the kind of victory they had yesterday. the probation camp were counting on voters to turn out, voters to express their frustrations about what has been going on for almost six months, all of those violent protests, though street battles, bringing the city to a standstill. it has had a economic impact, on schools, people's lives. why didn't they guess correctly? why aren't people frustrated enough to get the pro—democracy camp out? people frustrated enough to get the pro-democracy camp out? they have been speaking about the silent majority that they expected to come out and support them, but with more than 70% turnout it clearly shows what side the silent majority lies on. think the government has been

doing that consistently for the last few months, ever since they tried to introduce the extradition law, the people of hong kong have been coming out onto the street, telling them how they feel and the probation parties behind them have been ignoring that, so perhaps this was something that has been waiting to happen for the last six months. where does this leave the chief executive carrie lam and her government? this has really been seen government? this has really been seen as a government? this has really been seen as a litmus test as how the government is being perceived, so obviously in a very bad position. absolutely, i think and any other place this would lead to the resignation of government. it is clearly not going to happen here because carrie lam serves at the pleasure of meeting. whether this is enough for beijing to call time on her leadership is an open question. i think they might not want to have such a direct connection between the people's voice and the people in power and they may push that into next year but i think it is hard to see how carrie lam can continue to run this city with any kind of authority after this shock result.

let's put it into context. these are local district council elections, they are the lowest rung of government, can they make much of a difference? they are important in two ways, in the sense that there has been a referendum and a very clear view of how the people feel. the other is that the district council forms one block of the 1200 member chief executive election committee. based sweeping this election this will give them the opportunity to put a 10% block of voters on that committee. if they continue to do well in other elections this will give them a bigger voice in the election of the next chief executive and 2022. all right, and course those votes are still being counted. thanks so much for coming in and talking to us. and asa for coming in and talking to us. and as a mention, we will get a fuller picture of the results in a few hours once we get the official numbers. we certainly will, and we will come back to you for that. leaked documents reveal for the first time show how china is running a network of high—security prisons designed to brainwash hundreds

of thousands of people. china has consistently claimed the camps in the xinjiang region offer education and training. but official documents leaked to the international consortium of investigativejournalists and seen by bbc panorama show how inmates are locked up, indoctrinated and punished. china's uk ambassador has denied the bbc‘s claims. richard bilton reports. this is a journey thousands have to make into china's internment camps. now, we know what is happening inside. this document contains orders written for those who run the camps. never allow escapes. increased discipline and punishment. promote repentance and confession. this is an actionable piece of evidence. documenting a gross human

rights violations. this should be sitting in the files of a prosecutor. in the last three years, china has built hundreds of camps across the remote province of xinjiang. they hold at leasti million people, mainly uighur muslims. china says they offer training and stop terrorism. but the document shows why a superpower is really locking up people. and are imprisoned until they change their beliefs, their behaviour, and their beliefs, their behaviour, and their language. it is very difficult, on that scale, with more thani million difficult, on that scale, with more than 1 million people difficult, on that scale, with more thani million people in those conditions, to view that as anything other than a mass brainwashing scheme designed and directed at an entire ethnic community. the chinese

ambassador in london refused to a nswer ambassador in london refused to answer our direct questions about the camps. last week, he called a press c0 nfe re nce the camps. last week, he called a press conference about hong kong, but i wanted to know about the camps of xinjiang. a wrote to you this week about the camps in xinjiang. i know that they are prison camps. why won't you tell me the truth about those camps? festival, they are no so—called labour camps as you describe. they are what we call vocational educational and training centres. they are there, for the prevention of terrorist. with respect sir, what you are telling me, there is no relation to what they have seen. the so-called document you have seen is so—called fabrications. don't listen to fake news. don't listen to fabrications. the documents aren't fake new. they

are evidence of crimes against humanity. china is caging hundreds of thousands of people in brainwashing camps, and now we know how. more details on richard's report on our website. you're watching newsday live from hong kong and london on the bbc. still to come on the programme: pope francis makes an impassioned plea for the abolition of nuclear weapons during a visit to nagasaki. president kennedy was shot down and died almost immediately. the murder ofjohn kennedy is a disaster for the whole free world. he caught the imagination of the world, the first of a new generation of leaders. margaret thatcher is resigning as leader of the conservative party and prime minister. before leaving number 10 to see the queen, she told her cabinet, "it's a funny old world." angela merkel is germany's first woman chancellor, easily securing

the majority she needed. attempts to fly a hot—air balloon had to be abandoned after a few minutes, but nobody seemed to mind very much. as one local comic put it, "it's not hot air we need, it's hard cash." cuba has declared nine days of mourning following the death of fidel castro at the age of 90. castro developed close ties with the soviet union in the 19605. it was an alliance that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war with the cuban missile crisis. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm kasia madera in london. i'm sharanjit leyl in hong kong. our top stories: pro—democracy candidates in hong kong's local elections are on course to inflict an overwhelming defeat on pro—beijing contenders. leaked documents seen by the bbc reveal how prison camps in western

china are being used to brainwash the muslim uighur minority. hong kong's local elections are dominating many of the front pages around the world. the japan times is leading with the hong kong local reports that there has been a record turnout for the territory. the paper has an image of the territory's chief executive, carrie lam, casting her vote at the ballot international edition —— at the ballot. the international edition of the new york times has a piece on the severe gender imbalance at japan's top nearly two decades, women have accounted for about 20% of enrolments at the university of the philippine star focuses on how the organisers of the southeast asian games in manila were left members of timor—leste's football team

were left stranded at the airport for three hours and then driven to the wrong hotel, complicating their training schedules. you are up—to—date with the papers. as cities expand, particularly in places like india and china, there's a huge demand for cement to build homes and infrastructure is surging. that's great if you're getting a new home, but there's a problem because making cement releases huge amounts of c02, up to 8% of the global total. for our series climate defenders, ahead of the next big un climate conference, rajini vaidyanathan has been to meet the boss of one indian cement company that's managed to slash its co2 emissions to 40% below the global average and aims to become carbon negative. as india grows, so too has its use of cement. now, only second to china. concrete buildings are changing the landscape here. but emissions involved in cement adduction are also pushing up global temperatures. the small town in

india's south is nicknamed cement city because it is home to some of the industry's big players. and it is also here that one company is leading the world with a bold vision. to make cement carbon negative by 2040. but is that really credible? yes... the ceo of the cement company certainly thinks so. he is at the forefront of using climate friendly ways to make cement. the challenge which we took was that is it possible to bring down c02 was that is it possible to bring down co2 emissions from the cement and to create an example that cement can be... you will be happy to know that today we have the lowest carbon footprints in global cement. that today we have the lowest carbon footprints in global cementm that today we have the lowest carbon footprints in global cement. it has not been easy. emissions from the cement industry contribute to global warning —— warming more than

aviation. becoming carbon negative requires a huge investment in cutting—edge technology to remove the remaining carbon dioxide. why is cement so dangerous to the planet? it is all in the way it is produced. the materials are hence —— heated to temperate as a i400dc and that process in itself emits carbon dioxide. as does the burning of the fuel to heated. they aim to reduce the levels first by using renewable fuels to heat the furnaces. here, bamboo is being used as a replacement for coal. bamboo rose rapidly on wasteland that can't be used for much else. different types of waste are also being used as fuel, and waste materialfrom power stations is added to the mix of ingredients, reducing the need for limestone. but why notjust use less cement? the problem is it is very difficult to replace as even environmentalists can see. they are

going to rely more on cement and then the notion has to change. i don't think it is practical, but in the longer run, we can do it. we cannot alienate the cement com pletely cannot alienate the cement completely but we can find many more ultimate materials. cement has now become one of the world's most consumed materials, but many people are still unaware of the damage —— damage it is doing to the climate. it is still a big polluter. this plant ina it is still a big polluter. this plant in a small corner of india may be showing the way to reducing and one day eliminating its damage. injapan, pope francis will pay a private visit to emperor naruhito. he'll also meet survivors of the 2011 tsunami, which killed almost 16,000 people. pope francis is injapan for a 4—day visit. he's only the second pope to visit the country. i've been speaking to christopher lamb from the catholic

publication, the tablet. i put it to him that the pope has been very vocal on the subject of nuclear weapons during his visit. that is right. the pope today was very clear that not just that is right. the pope today was very clear that notjust the use of nuclear weapons are immoral, but to hold onto them, to have possession of nuclear weapons is immoral, and thatis of nuclear weapons is immoral, and that is a shift in papal teaching or policy on nuclear weapons, and the past pope said they wanted to get rid of nuclear weapons but accepted the countries had to have a deterrence policy in order to disarm, but pope francis is saying, no, there are no circumstances by which countries should hold onto nuclear weapons, a very clear antinuclear message during his trip to nagasaki and to hiroshima where he met with survivors of the terrible world war ii bombings there. pope francis has already —— a lwa ys there. pope francis has already —— always had a passion forjapan as a

young gentleman. he wanted to be a missionary to the country but was told by the superior of hisjesuit order that he was unable to go because of health grounds. this is a dream he has long held. it is a personal significance for pope francis. he is only the second pope to visit there. tell us a little bit about japan when it to visit there. tell us a little bit aboutjapan when it comes to to visit there. tell us a little bit about japan when it comes to the catholic community, because the numbers are few. yes, there is about half a million catholics out of a population of 126 billion. it is really a mission territory for the pope and thejesuit order of which he isa pope and thejesuit order of which he is a mortar. japan are obviously very secularised. but there is also an appetite and a hunger for faith there. that is certainly in the view of the pope of pope francis and his

advisers, and i think there is one thing that this pope loves to do is to go to countries where there is a kind ofan to go to countries where there is a kind of an openness to faith perhaps. but a church that is small and that is growing, albeit in difficult circumstances. and i think what pope francis is trying to do with a lot of his trips is build up the small local churches. and he will also be meeting with those many, will also be meeting with those any will also be meeting with those many, many people who had their lives devastated by the events of 2011, the earthquake, this an army, the nuclear reactors that were destroyed in that particular region. it will be quite an emotional time given what that area had experience briefly if you will. well, these kind of encounters of what the pope is really all about, he loves to have, and is energised by meeting those people who have been affected by terrible disasters, and i think

we will see tomorrow the pope in his element, and that is why he has come tojapan, to element, and that is why he has come to japan, to try, as he element, and that is why he has come tojapan, to try, as he said, to bring a voice to the voiceless and bring a voice to the voiceless and bring some sense of healing and comfort. christopher -- christopher lamb on the pope 0sman visit. you have been watching newsday. i'm kasia madera in london. and i'm sharanjit leyl in hong kong. many inner—city waking up to the shock defeat of the pro—beijing pro camp in local district council elections. of course, they are going to make sense of it all as the numbers coming in the next few hours. but so far, with more than half the counted in these district council elections, it suggests that the pro—democracy camp has won overwhelmingly in a landslide victory, and of course i will be bringing you all of the latest in the next two hours. stay with us here on bbc world news. from us and the whole newsday team, many thanks for watching and we will see you

soon. hello. as we move into the final week of meteorological autumn, there is more rain in the forecast. through the early hours of monday morning, the heaviest of the rain. the rain a little patchy, some cloud and drizzle further north and east so it isa drizzle further north and east so it is a murky, misty, mild start to monday morning, but what wet in places. these spells of rain will gradually track north as the day wears on, perhaps not getting as far north as the far north of scotland. for all of the uk it is another mild afternoon if rather soggy. poor visibility in places as well, but temperatures nine to 13 celsius on monday afternoon. 0utbreaks

temperatures nine to 13 celsius on monday afternoon. outbreaks of rain easing northwards. driver cloudy before the next band of rain arrives into the south—west through the early hours of tuesday morning. with that comes some tropical air so committed overnight interviews i won't drop much lower than seven or eight celsius and this is because in this area of low pressure is a re m na nts of this area of low pressure is a remnants of what was tropical storm sebastien, and it is also going to pepper rainfall and strengthen the winds on tuesday. across parts of south wales in south—west england we could well see widespread gusts of 40 to 50 miles an hour coupled with further heavy rain. falling onto already saturated ground we have a number of met rain warnings in place on tuesday. rain spreading north across the uk, not all the time, they will be some breaks and may be brightest guys, but further heavy showers are never far behind. brightest guys, but further heavy showers are neverfar behind. it will be quite a windy day particularly across parts of wales, south—west england, southern coast as well and it will be very mild, ten to 14 celsius the top temperature on tuesday afternoon.

this area of low pressure continues to rotate around, pushing its way east across the uk on wednesday, so still a very messy picture and still quite wet, further heavy rain. we have met office warnings in place for the middle part of the week and also some strong wind across northern scotland, gusty winds along welsh coast into south—west england and along channel coast as well. ten to 12 celsius top temperature on wednesday afternoon. anything, it sta rts wednesday afternoon. anything, it starts to slowly change through the second half of the week as the low pressure trips a. we pulled out a north—easterly window that will return some colder air across much of the uk as we go into thursday and friday. by the time we get a friday morning, most of us will be waking up morning, most of us will be waking up to morning, most of us will be waking uptoa morning, most of us will be waking up to a frost again. to sum up the week ahead, mild and cloudy, wet and windy at times and drier and colder later in the week. goodbye.

i'm kasia madera with bbc world news. our top story: hong kong's opposition pro—democracy movement is on course for a landlside, sweeping aside the pro—beijing establishment in district council elections. the poll was billed as a test of support for the chinese territory's embattled chief executive carrie lam. turnout was more than 70%, the highest ever recorded in any hong kong election. it comes after five months of unrest and anti—government protests. leaked documents, seen by the bbc, reveal the extent to which prison camps in western china are used to brainwash the muslim uighur minority. and one story that's being closely followed on bbc.com: the k—pop star goo hara has been found dead at her home in seoul. police say the cause of the 28 year—old singer's death is being investigated. that's all. stay with bbc world news.