jonathan head, bbc news, hong kong airport. jonathan head, bbc news, hong kong airport.ited states and britain could pursue a sector by sector trade deal, after brexit. speaking following a meeting with the prime minister in downing street, john bolton said the countries could start with areas like manufacturing and car making, and work out more complicated areas later. there is a national shortage of hrt, hormone replacement therapy which is used by about a million women, mainly to help with symptoms linked to the menopause. many of the most commonly prescribed forms of the treatment are out of stock at chemists. the government say it's a result of manufacturing delays, as our health editor hugh pym reports. according to my doctor, there are no patches for at least three months if possibly longer. the last time i went into the chemist the pharmacist said, "we don't know whether we will be getting them back in at all." i'm just afraid that a lot of the symptoms are going to come back and it really eats into the quality of life. these are anxious times for some women on h

from the scene, jonathan head reports. jonathan: as the last flights came in, the passengers were greeted with a chorus of appeals from young hong kongers pleading for support. they feared the police were about to storm the airport. its sudden closure left travelers he will third -- people there -- left travelers and stuck. therine morgan and her daughter, helen, were due to fly back to britain, but their flight was cceled. >> flew from taipei this morning and it was fine until we got to warrivals, and it mass protests. >> i have a level results on thursday, so i'm hopg i get back for them. jonathan: more people poured into the termil to protest police brutaenty over the d. this incident in particula where cornered, region, and shot at -- beaten, and shot at w,h pepper gu has shocked hong kong. conference, local journalists held up pictures of the images, demanding betteran swers from the city's police chief's. this is now a beleaguered force, detested by many hongon kgers over its handling of the unrest. would china interv

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our correspondent jonathan head has more. saturday evening in hong kong. another protest. but the tactics have changed. keeping one step ahead of the police, they have made an unannounced dash to block this busy intersection. the barricades go up with breathless efficiency. and then they wait. the police arrive, as expected, at dusk. they are charging through a barrage of tear gas. but when they reach the barricades, there is no one left. save for a solitary woman shouting at the police through a speaker. the night's events are only starting. we have now come down to the commercial heart of kowloon. this is another location where the police have moved very quickly. they are blocking the road, there are protesters who have been surrounding the police station. all of this is happening very quickly. the police disperse them quickly but the protesters just move on. for the moment it looks as though they will pursue them down a side street. the tear gas warning goes up again. but the protesters have largely gone. in their place are regular bystanders in what is a busy shopping

jonathan head, bbc news, hong kong. the developing situation in hong kong you can head to the bbc news website, where you'll find the latest information as well as the background context of the pro—democracy movement. a political row has broken out in washington following the death ofjeffrey epstein, the multi—millionaire businessman and convicted sex offender. he was found in his prison cell in new york yesterday, apparently having taken his own life, while awaiting trial on new sex trafficking charges. the case has created a slew of speculation from both sides of the political divide. but donald trump is facing strong criticism from democrats, for retweeting a conspiracy theory, linking epstein‘s death to the clinton family. chris buckler reports from washington. jeffrey epstein was once a man at the centre of high—society parties, and a figure instrumental in the abuse of underage girls. his death in a new york prison, just weeks after another apparent suicide attempt, has raised many questions. some, including the ci

jonathan head reports.s the last flights came in, their passengers were greeted with a chorus of appeals from young hong kongers waving posters, pleading for support. chant: fight for freedom! they feared the police were about to storm the airport. its sudden closure left travellers bewildered and stuck. catherine morgan and her daughter helena were due to fly back to britain, but their flight was cancelled. we flew in from taipei this morning, and it was fine, until we got to arrivals and there was a mass protest and everything closed down. the crowds had built up during the day, as more people poured into the terminal to protest at police brutality over the weekend. this incident in particular, where demonstrators were cornered, beaten and shot at with pepper guns at the top of an underground escalator, has shocked hong kong. at a press conference, localjournalists held up pictures of the injured, demanding better answers from the city's police chiefs. this is now a beleaguered force, detested by many hon

jonathan head, bbc news, hong kong.ing the warnings from carrie lam about the cost of the unrest in business briefing in about 20 minutes time so stay with us for that. detectives in malaysia have set up a special hotline for information about a missing british teenager, who vanished a week ago. a team of 250 people are searching for 15—year—old nora quoirin, who has special needs. she was last seen at a forest eco—resort where she was staying with her parents. joining me now is howard johnson in seremban. nora disappeared from this resort behind me. 350 people are searching, the biggest number of search and rescue personnel to date. the family are considering offering a reward for any information that will lead to the discovery of nora. that's something the elusive blackman trust charities working with. the family set up to help reduce nationals. they have said that they are considering this reward. speaking to rescue workers today who say they have been through the jungle overnight. no luck, no new leads. they were ly

jonathan head reports.his was the day a self—styled democracy movement came close to mob violence. fearful of infiltrators, the protesters seized individuals they believed were undercover chinese officers. with emotions so raw it was hard to restrain them. for a second day they had occupied the airport and shut it down. luggage trolleys rammed together to make effective barricades. thousands filled the departure hall, mingling with bewildered passengers whose flights were no longer leaving, and at times trying to win their understanding. what started as opposition to a controversial extradition bill has evolved into demands for fully democratic government in hong kong and for police accountability. a roar from the crowd and another suspected infiltrator had gone down. it was a struggle for medics to evacuate him. a delegation of police was allowed into the airport. this officer pleading for cooperation. but the bellowing fury of these young protesters drove them back out of the terminal. that was followed b

jonathan head, bbc news, hong kong.een charged with the attempted murder of a policeman with birmingham after the officer was allegedly run over by his own patrol car yesterday. the 42—year—old co nsta ble car yesterday. the 42—year—old constable suffered serious injuries but his condition is not said to be life—threatening. this aspect will appear in court tomorrow. a second teenager has died two days after getting into difficulty in the sea off the essex coast. haider shamas, who was 18 and from luton, died yesterday. rescuers couldn't revive his 14—year—old sister malika after she was rescued from the water near clacton pier on thursday. police say a third relative, a 15—year—old girl, also pulled from the sea, is expected to recover. a political row has broken out in washington following the death ofjeffrey epstein, the multi—millionaire businessman and convicted sex offender. he was found in his prison cell in new york yesterday, apparently having taken his own life while awaiting trial on new sex traffiking charge

our correspondent jonathan head has more. saturday evening in hong kong. another protest.eeping one step ahead of the police, they have made an unannounced dash to block this busy intersection. the barricades go up with breathless efficiency. and then they wait. the police arrive, as expected, at dusk. they are charging through a barrage of tear gas. but when they reach the barricades, there is no one left. save for a solitary woman shouting at the police through a speaker. the night's events are only starting. we have now come down to the commercial heart of kowloon. this is another location where the police have moved very quickly. they are blocking the road, there are protesters who have been surrounding the police station. all of this is happening very quickly. the police disperse them quickly but the protesters just move on. for the moment it looks as though they will pursue them down a side street. the tear gas warning goes up again. but the protesters have largely gone. in their place are regular bystanders in what is a busy shopping street — and they are angry. a y

jonathan head reports.s the last flights came in, their passengers were greeted with a chorus of appeals from young hong kongers waving posters, pleading for support. they feared the police were about to storm the airport. its sudden closure left travellers bewildered and stuck. catherine morgan and her daughter helena were due to fly back to britain, but their flight was cancelled. we flew in from taipei this morning, and it was fine until we got to arrivals and there was a mass protest and everything closed down. the crowds had built up during the day as more people poured into the terminal to protest at police brutality over the weekend. this incident in particular, where demonstrators were cornered, beaten and shot at with pepper guns at the top of an underground escalator, has shocked hong kong. at a press conference, local journalists held up pictures of the injured, demanding better answers from the city's police chiefs. this is now a beleaguered force, detested by many hong kongers over its handling

jonathan head, bbc news, hong kong airport. this in the next few minutes, when i'll be speaking to one of the protest leaders, joshua wong. that's coming soon here on the briefing. memorial services in italy on wednesday will mark the first anniversary of the collapse of the morandi road bridge in genoa. 43 people were killed when a section of the crossing fell around 50 metres to the ground. there will be a minute's silence at the exact moment the disaster happened. the bbc‘s tim allman has the story. amidst the rubble, amidst the devastation, a glimpse into the future. the city's new bridge beginning to take shape, replacing the old one that brought such despair. one year on and the memories are still raw. translation: every time i am on a bridge or a road i get panic attacks. i get anxious so i'm really scared. translation: there are bad days, others are better, but i try to live normally and i try to enjoy the single moments of every day. at exactly 11:36 local time, a 200—metre section of the morandi bridge collapsed. the

jonathan head, bbc news, hong kong.eaking to a hong kong based lawyer and author a little later here on newsday. first, let's catch up with some of the day's other news. china has mobilised thousands of servicemen and women to help with the clean—up after typhoon lekima swept across the country's eastern seaboard. officials say 32 people were killed and 16 are missing. the storm system brought winds of up to 187km/h and heavy rain, causing widespread flooding. more than 5 million people were affected across zhejiang province, causing losses estimated at around $2.5 billion. also making news today, floods have killed almost 150 people in southern india. nearly half the deaths occured in the southern state of kerala, where continuing heavy rain and landslides forced more than 100,000 people to take shelter in relief camps. 0ur reporter deepthi bathini is in kerala with the latest. in this district, what we see at this relief camp is that most people have shifted here, there are around 138 people living in this relief camp

from hong kong jonathan head sent this report.elf—styled democracy movement came close to mob violence. fearful of infiltrators, the protesters seized individuals they believed were undercover chinese officers. with emotions so raw it was hard to restrain them. for a second day they had occupied the airport and shut it down. luggage trolleys rammed together to make effective barricades. thousands filled the departure hall mingling with bewildered passengers whose flights were no longer leaving, and at times trying to wind their understanding. what started as opposition to a controversial extradition bill has evolved into demands for a fully democratic government in hong kong and four police accountability. a roarfrom the crowd and another suspected infiltrator had gone down. it was a struggle for medics to evacuate him. a delegation of police was allowed into the airport. this officer pleading for cooperation. but the bellowing theory of these young protesters drove them back out of the terminal. that was followed by lines of riot

jonathan head, bbc news, hong kong. 0ur china correspondent stephen mcdonell is in hong kong for us nowof relations? absolutely, but where you stand i guess depends on how you feel about those comments from the foreign secretary. for example these protesters have been dodging tear gas all day. many of them think this has been a long time coming and have wa nted has been a long time coming and have wanted the british government to stand up to china in terms of it honouring the conditions under which hong kong was handed back to mainland china. however there was more loyal to beijing think, why on earth is britain meddling anymore in hong kong? after all this is part of china. but it shows how seriously beijing views this. beijing has accused western governments of funding and organising these protests, although it doesn't really have any evidence to show so anything like this, it is really clutching at it to try to prove that thesis, if you like. thank you. clashes have broken out injerusalem between israeli police and palestinian worshippers at the site of the al aqsa mosque. the police

jonathan head, bbc news, hong kong.ared while on holiday in malaysia, have made a new appeal for information. a 200 strong search team is continuing to scour dense forest near the resort where nora kwarang, who has learning difficulties, was staying. from malaysia, howard johnson reports. it's been a week since their daughter went missing — a teenager with serious learning difficulties who disappeared while on holiday, suspected missing in the jungle. we are extremely impressed with the effort, your expertise, your dedication. and we hope that you find nora. the malaysian authorities have used drones, sniffer dogs and thermal scanning technology to try to find nora. the 15—year—old was born with a condition limiting the development of her brain — it means she needs help with simple, everyday tasks. the family have stressed that given nora's learning difficulties, it is very unlikely she would have walked off alone. they believe she may have been abducted. but today, the police say they are continuing to treat nora's dis

our correspondent jonathan head has more. saturday evening in hong kong. another protest.to block this busy intersection. the barricades go up with breathless efficiency. and then they wait. the police arrive, as expected, at dusk. they are charging through a barrage of tear gas. but when they reach the barricades, there is no one left. save for a solitary woman shouting at the police through a speaker. the night's events are only starting. we have now come down to the commercial heart of kowloon. this is another location where the police have moved very quickly. they are blocking the road, there are protesters who have been surrounding the police station. all of this is happening very quickly. the police disperse them quickly but the protesters just move on. for the moment it looks as though they will pursue them down a side street. the tear gas warning goes up again. but the protesters have largely gone. in their place are regular bystanders in what is a busy shopping street — and they are angry. a young woman has just been arrested. that only fuels more anger. here we a

jonathan head, bbc news, hong kong. let's get some of the day's other news.used by torrential monsoon rains have killed at least a hundred people in southern and western india. the state of kerala is worst hit with a series of major landslides. relief camps have been set up and tens of thousands of people evacuated. but many are missing and rain is hampering rescue efforts. year than yemen's internationally recognised government has suffered —— yemen's internationally recognised government has suffered a setback after losing control of many key parts of its stronghold, aden. this comes after four days of fighting. until recently, presidential forces and separatists were fighting together against the houthi rebels as part of the saudi—led coalition. the presidential palace has been seized and the battle over the southern port reveals a fracture in the coalition. there has been a shooting inside a mosque in norway, in suburban oslo. police say one elderly person was shotand injured in barum. officers arrested a man after he was subdued by worshippers in the mos

jonathan head, bbc news, hong kong airport.the foreign minister, the foreign office minister, the foreign office minister, here is what he said in the light of the scenes in hong kong today. i think the scenes we have seen over the past few days have been deeply troubling, and in particular the scenes from the airport over the past couple of days. in terms of china's reaction, china is clearly a signatory to the joint declaration with the uk, and that binds both of us to promoting the special status of hong kong, and i feel certain that china will want to be true to its obligations in international law, contained within thejoint declaration. international law, contained within the joint declaration. that was the foreign office minister speaking a little earlier following comments from the foreign secretary, dominic raab, who tweeted about the need for dialogue between the two sides. he says the foreign office is upping its anti—in how these issues are being dealt with. police in malaysia say they've found the body of 15—year—ol

the uk has roughly 90 days until it exits the european union. 0ur southeast asia correspondent jonathan headregion are curious to see where britain is heading. it seems there is quite a bit of interest among the ministers here in what britain is going to do after brexit, assuming it leaves on 31 october. it is not all negative, but of course, the reality is trade deals with this region, i can't think of a trade deal that's been done in this region that took less than five years. what he is getting is offers from some countries, notably singapore, which is farther ahead than others on this, agreements to existing free trade agreements with the european union, which of course includes britain at the moment, to rollers over once prison leaves, which would help, but we don't know how many of those rollover agreements could actually be completed by 31 october. but i think you have to see this visit also very much, by dominc raab, as signalling to brussels that his government is already focused outside of europe, that it is looking elsewhere, and signalling back to a home audience that are wonderf

staff at jonathan head staff atjonathan head say they have been told of an offer to buy the ligue ——g to show how they plan to pay off creditors or they face having a fourth game suspended. bury are yet to play a game this season after league 1 matches against mk dons and accrington, as well as tuesday's league cup match against sheffield wednesday, have all been suspended because of the ongoing crisis at gigg lane. eddiejones has announced his 31—man squad for the rugby world cup almost four weeks before the deadline. there are a few familar big names missing from the squad today, such as former captain dylan hartley and centre ben te'o, who was recently involved in an off—field incident at the training camp in italy. there was delight for others, though, with rury mcconnachie and lewis ludlam named in the squad. this time last year, i was fighting for a club contract. if you told me i would been in this position, world cup, this time last year, i would've told you were crazy. still a lot of work do and really got to kick on now. yeah, it's been a crazy, crazy journey so far. three

but as jonathan head was just saying, it is ha rd to jonathan head was just saying, it is hard to imagine with luggage trolleys, making it difficult for people to get in and out of the airport, and also leading the authorities to decide not to continue with all of the departures today. which is the second day running that that's been the case. there is just too running that that's been the case. there isjust too much disruption. foran there isjust too much disruption. for an airport that across a year will see traffic of 75 million passengers, nearly 500,000 take offs and landings by 120 landings since it opened for business in 1998. it has become a major transport hub for this part of asia. a great deal of criticism from local journalists as to how carrie lam has responded to this unrest. at the most responded to this unrest. at the m ost rece nt responded to this unrest. at the most recent press conference there was a barrage of questions from them to her. she had told members of the media that she was heartbroken by reports of the injuries that people sustained in the protest last week

jonathan head sent this report which includes pictures viewers may find disturbing.ek they were just protesting here. now — they control it. thousands of young demonstrators flooding the terminal, forcing the cancellation of flights, and bringing a second day of misery to airline passengers. they wandered among the marooned travellers, trying to explain why they are doing this. but with so much disruption, the strain is starting to show. they say they go here because this is their last resort, because the police cannot touch them here. but how about us? how about us. we are hostages here, we want to go. it is our honeymoon, so it has been a little bit of a rubbish ending. the activists are also on edge, knowing that china has vowed to punish them, that riot police are just outside the terminal. fear of infiltrators is everywhere. suspected undercover officers were mobbed and sometimes beaten. an attempt by a police delegation to get them out turned into a furious confrontation. at one point, a hard—pressed police officer pulled out his gun. as you can see, they are b

jonathan head, bbc news, hong kong. sea off essex on thursday has died. haider shamas and his 14—year—old sister malika were pulled from the sea close to the pier in clacton. police say a 15—year—old girl, a relative of haider and malika, who was with them, is expected to make a full recovery. a 29—year—old man remains in custody after being detained on suspicion of the attempted murder of a police officer in birmingham. the suspect was cornered by armed police and tasered before being arrested in the moseley area. police said he had earlier punched an officer to the ground before running him over with his own vehicle as he tried to arrest him in connection with a car theft. the officer is being treated for head and pelvic injuries. the headlines on bbc news... the prime minister pledges £2.5 billion to create 10,000 new prison places, and says all police forces will be given extended stop and search powers. police in hong kong fire tear gas at pro—democracy protesters in the tenth consecutive weekend of anti—government

is injonathan head is in bangkok. jonathan much, apart from the operation that they are mounting to try to find this missing girl. they have got around 160 officers from a range of different units, including special police units, civilian defence and volunteer units, and also local people, indigenous people, who know the forest well. this resort that she and her family were staying in is quite close to a reserve where there is primary tropicaljungle, so it would be quite difficult to search those areas, if that is where they think she has gone. it's pretty certain they're considering the possible to have abduction, because her window was open and her family say that it is uncharacteristic of her to disappear like that so they are taking it very seriously. beyond that, we are waiting for the authorities to give us any more information about any signs they may have seen of her or any indication at all that she was abducted, but we don't know at the moment, this is simplya don't know at the moment, this is simply a very large—sca

just before coming on air we got the latest from jonathan head at the airport, where, magically, those into the night. this is one of the busiest airports in asia, millions and millions of passengers go through here every month and it has been extraordinary. the decision to close the airport was very sudden, there were an awful lot of protesters, the numbers had built up. perhaps that was the reason the authorities did it. the airport was still functioning and then suddenly all flights were cancelled. a lot of stranded passengers were sleeping wherever they could. up until about an hour ago there were thousands of protesters, i say thousands, the numbers had dropped down but still large numbers filling up the floors, they looked determined to stay. we knew there were riot police deployed at the airport. it was not clear whether they would risk using the same tactics we have seen in recent weeks in hong kong. the protesters talked among themselves and suddenly they just vanished, literally talked among themselves and suddenly theyjust vanished, literally in the last hour. the airport is

jonathan head, bbc news, hong kong airport.ke let's take you to the scene again, this afternoon in the morning at the hong kong airport. asjonathan was saying, one of the world ‘s busiest and a key asian transport hub, moving at the moment i brought to a standstill for two days. state media have on publishing images of convoys of military police gathering in the border city so all kinds of questions about what china might do next, beijing has been calling best civil unrest, tour atrocities, the pro—government voices talking about mobsters creating an atmosphere of terror and send the restoration of the rule of law is the top priority now. gary locke is the former us ambassador to china and hejoins us now from seattle. thank you for your time. looking at the scenes from hong kong, what do you thinking —— what are you thinking? these are very disturbing views and this is really a crisis that has fallen on hong kong. any re m na nts of that has fallen on hong kong. any remnants of democracy, we need to be very concerned, the world

jonathan head, bbc news, hong kong. stephen mcdonell is in hong kong.ters. the beijing authorities now pointing their fingers directly at the uk and the us. how are these protests going? they have changed, they have this new strategy, more hit—and—run. we are into the night after a full day of protesting, people still gathering, thinking of their next move, where they might go to next. round here, barricades still being built here. a sort of home—made shield made from a street sign. this is going on all of the city. down here, other groups at the end of the street. the fact that there are smaller groups is kind of pa rt there are smaller groups is kind of part of the plan. it does not matter if you've got this guerrilla tactic of going somewhere, hitting it and moving fast if you have less people because they can be more mobile. the reason the police have also been more mobile, coming in fast, trying to grab people, make enough arrests to grab people, make enough arrests to try and somehow take the wind out of this protest movement. there are still many

from hong kong, here's jonathan head. this is how it starts every weekend now in hong kong. turned improvising barricades into an art form. they work with impressive speed and coordination. there's never much time before the police arrive. these confrontations are now a familiar routine in hong kong's streets. generally, the protesters retreat, avoiding direct contact. but, by nightfall, the clashes were happening in multiple locations across the city and getting worse. the police are stressed and acting at times with little restraint. this was tai koo underground station, where protesters were corralled by the police and then beaten and driven down the escalators. the foreign secretary dominic raab has called for an independent investigation into police tactics. it's one of the five demands made by the protest movement, but his intervention has not gone down well with china, which views this as an internal matter. the longer this goes on, the greater the risk of more overt intervention by china. now, that's something that clearly worries britain as a joint guarantor of the

jonathan head, bbc news, hong kong.ast ten weeks on the streets of hong kong with demonstrators. i asked him what's changed during that period. this is like a home—made shield made from a street sign. it is more of a hit—and—run strategy. this is going on all of the city. i don't know if you can see but there are other groups at the end of the street. the fa ct groups at the end of the street. the fact that there are smaller groups is kind of part of the plan. it does not matter if you've got this guerrilla tactic of going somewhere, hitting it and moving fast if you have less people because they can be more mobile. for that reason, the police have also been more mobile, coming in fast, trying to grab people, make enough arrests to try and somehow take the wind out of this protest movement. there are still many thousands of radicalised protesters prepared to break the law, doesn't seem to matter that they are warned by the police not to come out. they have gas masks and helmets like we have, the riot police turn up, fir

jonathan head, bbc news, hong kong airport.o is director of the china national association of international studies — he worked as an interpreter for previous chinese leaders and has close contacts with the current government in beijing. his view is that the hong kong protestors are breaking the law and should be treated as criminals. the situation in hong kong involving so much rioting and violence, and damage to the rule of law is fast reaching a tipping point. lots of filling elegies have been committed and i think something needs to be done to apply the rule of law to those criminals who have committed such heinous crimes. not only on the hong kong airport but in many other places in hong kong. estimation of rule of law as a top priority right now. up to now, i think the whole responsibility is firmly rested on the shoulder of the hong kong government and the hong kong police. i hope this will be sufficient to restore order and the two hong kong but if it's proved to be insufficient, something else needs to be done, includi

jonathan head reports from hong kong. one of the world's busiest airports, they were greeted with a chorus of appeals from young hong kongers to support their struggle. they have been here for four days. in such numbers today, that the authorities took the drastic step of shutting the airport down, prompting some protesters to flee, fearing the police were about to attack. well, they closed this airport down about three hours ago, and yet there are still hundreds of confused passengers looking for information. very few have them have been told that there's possibility of the police storming in here. to be honest, with so many people milling around, it's hard to understand how the hong kong police could come in and clear out those protesters. catherine morgan and her daughter helen were due to fly back to britain, but theirflight, like all the others, was cancelled. we flew in from taipei this morning and were fine until we got to arrivals. there was a mass protest. everything closed down. i get my a—level results on thurs

jonathan head, bbc news, hong kong airport. gary locke is a former us ambassador to china.im for his take on the situation in hong kong. these are very, very disturbing views and this is really a crisis that has fallen on hong kong. it really could portend the future of hong kong, any remnants of democracy, we need to be very, very concerned. the world community has to be very concerned about any intervention by the mainland chinese forces who are on the other side of the border, ready to step in. it would really hurt the future of hong kong, it could really set back any type of democratic democracy in hong kong, rule of law, self or autonomous government, it could also ring huge condemnation and sanctions against the mainland china if they we re against the mainland china if they were to intervene. we are facing the prospect of another event for there would be a lot of bloodshed if the chinese forces were to cross into hong kong and try to put down and bring stability back. that is why the hong kong government itself needs to really take charge and perhaps even change the

our asia correspondent, jonathan head, is at hong kong's airport.chaos here as passengers queue up for flights that might never go, more and more of them are being cancelled and the server once again looks like it's going to shut down for the night. when these protesters started the rally here at the airport the objective was to get international attention for their grievances, their complaints about the police. but in the last 2a hours we've seen a change, they've come in today and completely shut down operations here. they are going around, you can see them, walking with posters dry to explain to these passengers why they've had to do this but this is massive disruption of one of the rope is my busiest transport hubs. the question is how much longer will the hong kong government put up with this? we've heard the chief executive carrie lam today insisting she will not change tack, she is backing the police and of course we are getting increasingly ominous sounds from beijing which is describing what is happening here as terrorism and saying it has

our correspondent jonathan head has more. saturday evening in hong kong. another protest.he barricades go up with breathless efficiency. and then they wait. the police arrive, as expected, at dusk. they are charging through a barrage of tear gas. but when they reach the barricades, there is no one left. save for a solitary woman shouting at the police through a speaker. the night's events are only starting. we have now come down to the commercial heart of kowloon. this is another location where the police have moved very quickly.

jonathan head sent this report. last week they were just protesting here, now, they control it.inal, forcing the cancellation of flights, and bringing a second day of misery to airline passengers. they wandered among the marooned travellers, trying to explain why they are doing this. but with so much disruption, the strain is starting to show. they say they go here because this is their last resort, because the police cannot touch them here. but how about us? how about us. we are hostages here, we want to go. how about us? how about us. we are hostages here, we want to gom how about us? how about us. we are hostages here, we want to go. it is out hostages here, we want to go. it is our honeymoon, so hostages here, we want to go. it is our honeymoon, so it has been a little bit of a rubbish ending. the activists are also on edge, knowing that china has vowed to punish them, that china has vowed to punish them, that riot police are just outside the terminal. fear of infiltrators is everywhere. suspected undercover officers were mobbed and sometimes beaten. an attempt by a police d

from hong kong, jonathan head, reports. this is how it starts every weekend now in hong kong.ing barricades into an art form here. they work with impressive speed and coordination. there is never much time before the police arrive. these confrontations are now a familiar routine in hong kong's streets. generally, the protesters retreat, avoiding direct contact. but, by nightfall, the clashes were happening in multiple locations across the city and getting worse. the police are stressed and acting at times with little restraint. this was an underground station where protesters were corralled by the police and then beaten down the escalators. the foreign secretary, dominic raab, has called for an independent investigation into police tactics. it's one of the five demands of the protest movement. but his intervention has been rebuffed by china which accuses britain of meddling in its internal affairs. there are those here who still hope for some kind of foreign support for their cause. in truth, though, they are largely on their own and up against an unyielding and increasingly i

let's get more from our correspondent jonathan head in hong kong.the business only of the chinese government, of the hong kong government, of the hong kong government, no one else should be involved. britain is of course a joint signatory and guarantor of the joint signatory and guarantor of the joint declaration which underpins hong kong's special status, so britain can argue illegally it does have a responsibility to speak up, but of course in practice it has very little ability to influence events here, and i don't think china is taking britain's intervention, such as it is, that seriously. i'm not actually sure from what president trump said when he talked about the possibility of settling humanely whether there is even a change in the us position, which officially until now has always been, this is an internal affair, nothing we can do, ultimately these hong kong protesters are on their own. and when it comes to what we might see in the coming days and weeks, the message from the ambassador to the uk, the chinese ambassador, was pretty much the