last week, mrs lam said she was pushing ahead with the proposal.is not moving forward, but that is not good enough for these protesters, who have turned out in considerable numbers too much again in hong kong. that is our china correspondent in hong kong. former conservative leadership contender, esther mcvey has come out in support of borisjohnson. ms mcvey, who was eliminated in the first ballot, told the sunday telegraph she was backing mrjohnson because he had promised to deliver brexit by 31st october. meanwhile, another contender, michael gove, has won over the support of the scottish secretary, david mundell. earlier i spoke to nick eardley, our political correspondent — and i asked him to explain a bit more about why esther mcvey is supporting boris johnson. i don't think it is a huge surprise that she has got behind boris johnson, as another brexiteer, someone johnson, as another brexiteer, someone she has been close to fairly politically. she only got nine fights, so some of her supporters will follow suit. —— votes. more broadly, i think

this time last week, mrs lam said they were pushing ahead with that proposal.the proposal is not for the moment moving forward, and yet that is not good enough for these protesters, who have turned out in considerable numbers too much again in hong kong. stephen mcdonell, who you sawjust there, has been speaking to hong kong politician — emily lau, the former chairperson of the hong kong democratic party, who has also been out among the protesters. members have had an urgent meeting, but there is a greater story, beijing is very upset with mrs lam, saying she has no ability so i think she is in great danger. people think she is in great danger. people think she should go because she is not fit for office, she has to step down. the message must go out. and what about the extradition bill? do you think she could ever introduce it again? i don't think she can do it this year or next year. they will be an election in september next year, and there will bea september next year, and there will be a chief executive election, so i don't think it will survive, and if it

the demonstrators are calling for the proposals to be completely withdrawn and for mrs lam to resign.hen mcdonell, has spent the day at the protests. hong kong's streets are again a sea of protest, a day after the government was forced into a humiliating back—down. it's delayed a bill to allow for people to be sent to mainland chinese courts, where demonstrators say a free trial is not possible. but those marching are demanding more. they want the plan scrapped altogether. basically, we shouldn't let the government have all power to us because we have our own freedom of rights and freedom of speech and this is why we are out here. if the bill is passed, hong kong will have no democracy anymore. this is not acceptable. i have come here today and also my parents, and all my friends came here today. because we are really upset about this. if this happened, hong kong is over. many in the crowd have blamed hong kong's leader, carrie lam, for instigating this crisis. they say the chief executive pushed ahead with extradition in the face of clear mass opposition. now they want something else

even pro-government lawmakers are blaming mrs. lam the current mess. >> now she create a problem. if she leave, who is going to come and take up the problem? if it was me, don't want to touch it. ok, let her clear that up first. pert: after three of the biggest protest this territory has ever seen in the space of just one week, time may be running out for hong kong' embattled chief executive. rupert wingfield-hayes, bbc news, in hong kong. ne: president trump is gearing up to launch his reelection tomorrow in florid nigh he is already tweeting up a storm for the crowds expected in orlando, but it comes as he fights polls showing him being beaten by many of his democratic edvals. anthony zurcher joe to s discat we can expect at s rally.night' her white house incumbents have waited a lot longer than this. why has president trump decided to launch his reaction campaign now? anthony: the democrats are going to have a big debate in florida next week, so this could be an attempt to try to get the stage and take it away from the democrats a

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butjust as mrs lam was sending her apology, protesters were setting up a shrine to the first martyr claimedovement. the flowers and candles are for a man who fell to his death on saturday night after climbing a building to unfurl a protest banner. the sea of protesters then surrounded the government headquarters. the police were on their best behaviour, no helmets, shields or barriers in sight. but if today's protest shows anything, it's the public anger here will not be assuaged until the hated extradition bill is gone. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in hong kong. you saw the crowds in rupert's report there and the estimates are that according to organisers, nearly 2 million people took to the streets. if that is true, it will be the largest demonstration ever in the largest demonstration ever in the history of hong kong, not since the history of hong kong, not since the protests against tiananmen square in 1989 here have we seen so many people take to the streets. of course, police are suggesting the number is much smaller, they say 338,000 people took to the streets on sunday. , of co

butjust as mrs lam was sending her apology, protesters were setting up a shrine to the first martyr claimedt. the flowers and candles are for a man who fell to his death on saturday night after climbing a building to unfurl a protest banner. a sea protesters then surrounded the government headquarters. the police were on their best behaviour, no helmets, shields or barriers insight. but if today's protest shows anything, it's the public anger here will not be assuaged until the hated extradition bill is gone. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in hong kong. the wife of the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has appeared in court injerusalem to admit misusing public funds. as a part of a plea deal, sara netanyahu has agreed to pay the state around £12,000, some of it in the form of a fine. electricity is slowly being restored to huge parts of south america, after a catastrophic power failure. at one stage today, tens of millions of people were without electricity, in argentina, brazil, uruguay, chile and paraguay. here's chris buckler. at first light, much of south america was left in

butjust as mrs lam was sending her apology, protesters were setting up a shrine to the first martyr claimed movement. the flowers and candles are for a man who fell to his death on saturday night after climbing a building to unfurl a protest banner. the sea of protesters then surrounded the government headquarters. the police were on their best behaviour, no helmets, shields or barriers in sight. but if today's protest shows anything, it's the public anger here will not be assuaged until the hated extradition bill is gone. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in hong kong. well, it is the monday morning after those massive protests, and that report you saw on sunday. today we are expecting some strike action from various organisations, and also, i should add, that in spite of those numbers of peoples you saw on the street, authorities are saying the street, authorities are saying the actual number was 330,000, that is what they are reporting at its peak, but organisers say it was as many as 2 million. real discrepancies in the number of people who took to the streets, but there is still a lot

protesters have been calling for the bill to be withdrawn and for mrs lam to resign.peakerjohn bercow said the whole house deplored the violent way demonstrators had been treated. mps wanted to see the legislation withdrawn for good. events in recent weeks in hong kong have been horrifying, but they should not have been surprising. for years now, the people's republic of china has been a salami slicing the commitments they gave under thejoint declaration. sadly, the executive council has too often been complicit in that. but these commitments that have been broken our commitments to which we in this country had been a part of. what out government now send the strongest possible message we will not stand by and allow that process of salami slicing to continue. we've called for suspension and further consultation and i think it's the right thing to do. i think for two fundamental reasons, first this is an honour for the hong kong people, it's unacceptable for the uk government to dictate terms as it is for the chinese government to dictate in any other part of the world

butjust as mrs lam was sending her apology, protesters were setting up a shrine to the first martyr claimedement. the flowers and candles are for a man who fell to his death on saturday night after climbing a building to unfurl a protest banner. the sea of protesters then surrounded the government headquarters. the police were on their best behaviour, no helmets, shields or barriers in sight. but if today's protest shows anything, it's the public anger here will not be assuaged until the hated extradition bill is gone. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in hong kong. let's cross live to hong kong — and speak to the bbc‘s laura westbrook. there are still people out on the streets. yes indeed, when i arrived this morning people had clearly been here all night. people were asleep when they arrived, they had got up and cleaned the rubbish, then moved over to my right to the road there, where people have been gathering. there is an increased police presence there, which i noticed this morning. but police say they are still keeping back, not interfering as of yet. this is something we really notic

butjust as mrs lam was sending her apology, protesters were setting up a shrine to the first martyr claimedement. the flowers and candles are for a man who fell to his death on saturday night after climbing a building to unfurl a protest banner. the sea of protesters then surrounded the government headquarters. the police were on their best behaviour, no helmets, shields or barriers in sight. but if today's protest shows anything, it's the public anger here will not be assuaged until the hated extradition bill is gone. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in hong kong. let's cross live to hong kong and speak to the bbc‘s laura westbrook. we can see people behind you. people are determined to stay on the streets 7 are determined to stay on the streets? yes, indeed. there has been a steady stream of people arriving this morning, some of them were even staying here overnight. people have been gathering behind me there and they have also been making their way to my right, which is where, to my left, sorry, where the legislative council is, hong kong's parliament. the government has announced the p

the demonstrators are calling for the proposals to be completely withdrawn, and some want mrs lam toreports from hong kong. in the sweltering heat of sunday afternoon, they came out again in their hundreds of thousands. a sea of black t—shirts, the unofficial uniform of these protests. today they wore no facemasks or helmets and had just one chant. withdraw the bill, withdraw the bill. these are truly remarkable scenes we are seeing in the centre of hong kong, again this afternoon. it is notjust the street but it is jammed with protesters, it is the next one over and the next one be on that. all of these people shouting withdraw the bill, all heading to surround the government offices. this is a massive display for carrie lam and her government. the message for her todayis her government. the message for her today is what? to stop hong kong people from being to go out and fight with each other, we are one hong kong and not to hong kong's. she said she will... unacceptable, withdraw! we need it withdrew. under the immense pressure from these protests, the hong kong chief executive rel

even pro—government lawmakers are now blaming mrs lam for the current mess.aves, who's going to come and take up the problems? all right, if it was me, i won't, i don't want to touch it. 0k, let her clear that up first. after three of the biggest protests this territory has ever seen in the space ofjust one week, time may be running out for hong kong's embattled chief executive. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in hong kong. let's take a brief look at some of today's other news. police are investigating five allegations of malpractice relating to the by—election in peterborough earlier this month. cambridgeshire police say they are dealing with three allegations concerning postal votes, one of bribery and corruption, and a breach of privacy. labour's lisa forbes won the contest by 683 votes. a scottish national party mep has issued an "unreserved" apology over his allegation that the brexit party is a "money laundering front". alyn smith, who made the claim in a tv interview, has now admitted he didn't have any evidence to support his statement. he faced bei

the demonstrators are calling for the proposals to be completely withdrawn, and some want mrs lam to after a huge electrical failure left large parts of both countries without electricity. the argentine president promised a full investigation after the outage forced trains to be halted and failures with traffic signalling. the blackout followed the failure of the country's coastal grid, though the full cause is yet to be established. according to reports, brazil and paraguay were also affected. provincial elections were scheduled in parts of argentina, and voting is going ahead, but with some delays. local media have been showing voters filling their ballots in the dark, with mobile phones being used as lanterns. iran has complained to britain's ambassador in the country after the uk government accused it of involvement in the attacks on two oil tankers in the gulf of oman. the iranian authorities deny being involved. amid the growing tensions, the british—iranian woman jailed in tehran for spying, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, has begun a new hunger strike. her husband, richard ratclif

they were not convinced by her and also she was not happy that mrs lam watched a dialogue with lawmakersenhouse gas emissions unit zero by 2050. excess hampton and peterborough football coach bob huggins has beenjailed for 24 years for sexually abusing young players over a 25 year period. the future of arcadia could be determined by its slang wants roger to decide whether to cut rent on some branches of topshop and dorothy perkins and others. if energy them arcadia could collapse. arcadia are the backbone of hundreds of high streets across the uk. it's notjust topshop but miss selfridge, burtons, wallis, evans, and dorothy perkins. 20 years ago they were churning out big profits and peak high street fashion. but topshop has been falling out of fashion. they faced big competition from online retailers. a lot of people say they haven't invested enough to make their stores swanky and the boss, sir philip green, has had a lot of negative publicity. all of that means that this store is one of nearly 50 he is hoping to try and close. that is why he is hoping to convince his landlords to sign a

even pro—government lawmakers are now blaming mrs lam for the current mess.s me, i won't, i don't want to touch it. 0k, let her clear that up first. after three of the biggest protests this territory has ever seen in the space ofjust one week, time may be running out for hong kong's embattled chief executive. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in hong kong. every new teacher in england will be trained how to spot the early warning signs of mental illness, as part of plans unveiled today by theresa may. there will also be a push to offer nhs staff training in suicide prevention. labour say the prime minister is only offering ‘warm words' and that mental health services are ‘stretched to breaking point‘. lauren moss reports. last week, it was bold targets to tackle climate change. today, theresa may has announced how she wants to overhaul mental health support in schools before she leaves number ten. we are pledging that every new teacher will be trained in how to spot the signs of a mental health issues. the next great revolution in mental health has to be prev

mr. xi will find himself, you know, will find nobody else to blame but himself. that's when the decision was announced on saturday to suspend the bill and then carrie lam apologized public on saturday, these were seen as concessions by mr. xi as well because she wouldn't have made these moves without a green light, without a nod from him, so these moves, really, are being very closely watched here but also around the world as in terms of what it means for mr. xi's leadership and his policies down the road. and also, of course, the whole u.s.-china relations, the u.s.-china tensions are adding complications to his decisions, especially as now we know u.s. officials have mentioned that mr. trump would very likely raise the issue of hong kong with mr. xi if and when the two leaders meet at the upcoming g20 summit. anna? >> yeah, stephen, you make a really interesting point. analysts are saying that this is the first time that xi jinping has backed down on an issue. so it is interesting as to what is taking place here. now, joining us from the hong kong bureau is a pro-beijing lawmaker, regina ipp. she obviously has backed this extradition the enormous turnout yester

we know mrs may's deal crashed and burned three times spectacularly, mr stuart seems to believe that he could get it through. lamecause it is true, we live in a parliamentary democracy and we only have one deal, and if you want to leave quickly and legally, and the main thing we want to do in this country, i think, is get on with it, get brexit done, and the quickest and most legal way is to do what we had to do, take a deal, the only deal, through parliament, and once it is through, people will realise it has achieved a lot. i don't want to overstate its prospects, he starts from way back, many tory mps view him as an u psta rt, many tory mps view him as an upstart, a new kid on the block and that works against him, but interestingly nerds are beginning to jangle. in the times, michael gove said, pretty much, please, please, please do not put rory stewart into the final ballot because we do not wa nt to the final ballot because we do not want to polarising contest with borisjohnson on want to polarising contest with boris johnson on one want to polarising contest with borisjohnson on one side and rory stewart o

mr mueller. hong kong's legislative council is debating a motion of no—confidence against the administration of its chief executive carrie lame motion will be vetoed by pro—beijing lawmakers who make up the majority of the council. meanwhile protesters against the controversial extradition bill are planning another rally in the coming hours. mette frederiksen, leader of denmark's centre—left social democrats, has formed a government three weeks after her party came first in general elections. ms frederiksen will be, at a1, denmark's youngest ever prime minister. she has promised to increase welfare spending and bring in binding targets on climate change. denmark is the third nordic country this year to elect a left—leaning government. the british foreign secretaryjeremy hunt says he's the man who can be trusted to deliver brexit. his conservative leadership contender, borisjohnson, insists the uk will leave the european union at the end of october — even if a deal isn't in place. in a bbc interview, mr hunt said that while he was prepared to leave without an agreement, he would not do so if a better deal was within reach. bo

lam choices. are they the best for britain? i am sitting here arguing that we can negotiate better choices. mrf five candidates taking part in a tv bait tonight, the first time you and i am the public at large will have been let into a conservative hustings. there have been plenty so far, but most of them have involved journalists like me having a glass up journalists like me having a glass up againsta journalists like me having a glass up against a wall to try to hear what is happening. tonight, we will be let in on the act. borisjohnson will not be there. the fight tonight will not be there. the fight tonight will be to be seen as the main contender to mrjohnson. that is when it starts to heat up, when we get down to the final two. nick, thank you very much. tens of thousands of peope are protesting on the streets of hong kong over a controversial extradition bill, despite a government climb—down. hong kong's chief executive announced the plans had been suspended — but demonstrators are demanding it be completely scrapped. large crowds have gathered in the city's victoria square. martin yip

lam relieved because i didn't want her to push it much longer. as we've just heard president trump is now in south korea for the second—leg of his tour of asia. mrorean president, moon jae—in, this evening, before a visit to the korean denuclearisation zone tomorrow, where president trump has offered to meet and ‘shake hands with the north korean leader, kim jong—un. our correspondent stephen mcdonnell is in seoul. any news on whether that meeting is going to happen? president trump issued in invitation, rather extra and ordinarily —— issued an invitation, there are other extraordinarily, by twitter. he invited the north korean leader to come down to his side of the heavy lee military realised demilitarised —— the heavily militarised demilitarised zone. to give the north korean leader just demilitarised zone. to give the north korean leaderjust hours' notice, i'm not sure that logistically they will be able to pull it off. many analysts will say there is nothing really much for the north koreans to lose by doing it. they don't have to take any steps forward on denuclearisation, and all he has to do is come along and turn up, i he has to do is co

police commissioner speaks and the opposition on carrie lam, president trump says, "i hope it works out." you need the courage to stay invested. mrfrom new york and queen victoria street in london, francine lacqua. let's go to the map on these tanker -- tankers. bloomberg maps is like google maps with hydrocarbon information. and is here, dubai is here, near oman is a ship bound for singapore, stopped dead in the water this morning, one of two ships attacked. i am not sure if it is napa or napa --, but a -- naptha or methanol, but a serious issue. francine: if you are on the bloomberg terminal, you can go to tliv. abandoned byere their crews after being damaged. there are conflicting reports. they are going blow-by-blow into what is happening. there are reports by other media that one of the ships has sunk, but that appears to be untrue. stocks in the region losing as much as 4.5%. dubai has been affected because they operate marine terminals. tom: in london, here is sebastian salek. sebastian: more detail, the two tankers abandoned in the gulf of oman where a damaged apparently from an act in the strait of hormuz. its crewtor sa

anyway, mr stewart... lam not sure for swear going to going to mr stewart. links with m16.sider, others view him as a serious threat. according to a whitehall security source, the daily telegraph is telling us that were was recruited after he left oxford and stayed as an intelligence officer for about seven an intelligence officer for about seve n years an intelligence officer for about seven years but was not considered asa high seven years but was not considered as a high flyer and then left after that. he, when confronted with this question, says, look, he is bound by the official secrets act, cannot talk about what he did if even he we re talk about what he did if even he were an intelligence officer. if you found some who was an intelligence officer, they would not tell you they were an intelligence officer. it appears that his father was, let's have a look very high up in mi6. his let's have a look very high up in m16. his father was second—in—command. my question is, why is it a problem if he was intelligence... you would think that would be a good thing, would you?