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our reporter martin yip sent this report from the scene. into the shopping mall levels. this video shows diners in the buffet restaurant, not sure what to do. a shopper told the bbc she heard no fire alarm. the fire department confirmed later that builders had informed them that they had to turn it off for renovation works. as people made their way out, some found it hard to go down the staircase because of the smoke. instead, they went up onto the podium. some office workers ended up on the roof, more than 30 levels above ground but it did not take long before firefighters came to their rescue. the fire brigade spent around four hours to put everything under control. this renovation was built in the 1970s. it is a building that stands on the hong kong harbourfront overlooking the famous victoria harbour. our fireman discovered the fire was heavy smoke logged at the time of our arrival. so to a fireman, we find it... it is one of the reasons leading to the distress to the occupants inside the building. the fire department says it will inves

blaze took hold around lunchtime in the world trade centre in the causeway bay area. 0ur reporter martin yiphe scene. it was lunchtime when smoke started billowing into the shopping mall levels. this video shows diners in a restaurant, not sure what to do. one told the bbc she had no fire alarm. the fire department confirmed later that they had to turn it off for renovation works. as people made their way out, some find it hard to go down the staircase because of the smoke. instead, they went up the smoke. instead, they went up onto the podium. some office workers ended up on the roof, more than 30 levels above ground but it did not take long before firefighters came to their rescue. the fire brigade spent around four hours to get everything under control. this renovation is built in 1970s and it is a building that stands on the harbourfront the famous harbour. a£111" stands on the harbourfront the famous harbour.— famous harbour. our fireman discovered — famous harbour. our fireman discovered the _ famous harbour. our fireman discovered the fire _ famous harbour. our fireman discovered the

our reporter, martin yip, is in hong kong. what has the reaction been to this move?ion as far as we can see. people express - move? quite a mixed reaction as far as we can see. people express their| as we can see. people express their anger on social media and at the scene there are reportedly chinese students who are studying at the university of hong kong shedding tears as they witnessed the statue being taken down overnight. until this very morning, they had finished the operation by seven o'clock in the operation by seven o'clock in the morning, until that moment, the pillar of shame has been the only remaining standing document marking the 1989 tiananmen square student protests crackdown in beijing, on chinese soil that is hong kong, we are talking about, because a few months ago, you might remember the vigil that was held every year by the hong kong alliance, before that, there museum with relics from the protest was raided by national security police and everything has been taken away. now the pillar of shame has been taken down. this moment it is fair to say

bbc chinese's martin yip who's in hong kong has more on this. day, we have the sentencing for the threewhen a band is an annual rally at victoria park in hong kong for the very first time. before that, for nearly three decades, hong kong has been the only place that can hold a major rally. they are cracking down on opening with a candlelight vigil. after the police decided to ban the 2020 rally, thousands of people still showed up at the event at hpm, like thousands of years before. —— like the years before. police took action to press charges. dozen of them have already pleaded guilty. that includes another activist who is among those who pleaded guilty. three of them chose to plead not guilty, and they had the verdict today of a guilty verdict. for the first time, families of indian soldiers from undivided punjab who served in world war one will have access to the service registers of their ancestors, all thanks to a new website set up by uk based historians. the records, which have been lying in a museum in pakistan for almost a century, have now been made available online for free.

our correspondent, martin yip, was outside the courts in hong kong after the sentencing. has already starting a 20 month jail term for other charges that we are yet to know how the courts will do the maths to add up these jail terms. so whether he will serve his 30 months concurrently or separately, we are yet to hear from the court. and among other defenders, the former legislator as the heart of the now disbanded alliance, which organised that annual vigil marking the tiananmen square crackdown has received a0 months, the heaviest amongst all. voters in north shropshire go to the polls in a by—election on thursday. that's the constituency previously held by owen paterson. we'll be speaking to candidates throughout the day. earlier we heard from labour's ben wood. i'm joined now by the leader of reform uk — formerly the brexit party — richard tice. very good morning to you. very good mornin: to very good morning to you. very good morning to you. _ very good morning to you. very good morning to you, thank— very good morning to you. very good morning to you, thank you _ ve