i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. the headlines: after a weekend of protests in hong kong, the beijing government announces a news conference to respond to the crisis. ryan police have been moving people through the streets stop there now making arrests —— right police stop me they've fired more tear reinforcements are coming in. —— right police. the crisis in the territory

right police. the crisis in the territory is now in its eighth week, and there's no sign of it ending. i'm nuala mcgovern in london. also in the programme: russia's leading opposition activist is rushed to hospital. his friends fear he was poisoned in prison. "sing my name" — we visit the indian mountain village where everyone has their own musical identity. announcer: live from our studios in london and singapore. this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 7am in singapore and in hong kong, which is waking up after one of the most violent weekends of recent months. protestors defied police orders to stay at home and commercial areas usually filled with shoppers were instead turned into war zones, thick with tear gas, officers armed with riot shields and masked demonstrators hurling bricks.

cornwall, some rain by the end of monday. rush isles of scilly. —— isles of scilly. heavy, sharp, thundery downpours are not out of the question on tuesday and gusts of winds can particularly down on exposed coats of possibly 45 and 50 mph. sheltered eastern areas will be the best of the dryer brighter weather so down into aberdeen and the east coast. we was the highest values of around 21 to 24 degrees. as we move out of tuesday, we will see see that low pressure, a significant player in the weather story, continuing to drift east and it will take showers with it as well. on wednesday, it looks likely that the emphasis of the showers will be across southern scotland, through the north of england and eastern england as well. a drier story further south and west and not too bad a day into northern ireland and maybe the far north—east of scotla nd and maybe the far north—east of scotland again escaping with some decent weather. the highest values of 18 to 22 degrees, just below where we...