now the bbc nick beake has been across the story for the last 24. chamber and seen we have been in the main chamber and seen the destruction and debris that was left behind. police have been asking people to come to this point and you can see some of the graffiti behind us. the smashed glass as far as the eye can see and this gives you an indication of how these protesters were able to make their way indoors and were able to occupy this building. in an incredible fashion. of course, they were able to do that because the police did not stop them. you can see some officers now, they have taken off the right gear and no more shields, no more battles, no more spray. some people may say too little too late, why did they not better protect this building, buti why did they not better protect this building, but i think it might have been a decision that they stood back and can now say, look at what the protesters have done. look what they have done to the parliament, what they have done to the assembly of they have done to the assembly of the people of hong

nick beake, with the latest from hong kong.e now made the bbc‘s list of the highest—paid on—air talent. zoe ball, claudia winkleman and vanessa feltz are among the top ten biggest earners, revealed in the bbc‘s annual report. 75 stars received more than £150,000 — 11 more than last year. our media and arts correspondent, david sillito, reports. good morning, radio two per star listeners. when the bbc first revealed its favoured stars, the top ten was entirely male. things have changed. zoe ball is now one of three women in the list of highest—paid stars. alongside claudia winkleman and vanessa feltz. how does it feel being on the top earners list? i'm not quite sure how these things are calculated and i'm not certain that it's an accurate assessment of who is actually earning what. indeed many famous faces a re earning what. indeed many famous faces are not only list. those employed by bbc studios do not appear but what it does show that the number being paid over £150,000 has increased from 64 to 75. the top talent bill has in

that report by nick beake.er of boris johnson's new cabinet says the government is now working on the assumption there'll be a no—deal brexit. writing in the sunday times, michael gove, who's handling the planning for a uk withdrawal without an agreement, also insists he still hopes eu leaders will strike a new deal. here's jonathan blake. a warning, his report contains some flash photography. just days into his time in downing street, borisjohnson and his government are making moves to demonstrate they are ready to deliver brexit by the end of october, with or without a deal. no ifs, no buts. while the government hopes the eu will change its mind and allow a new agreement to be reached, the man in charge of preparing for no deal says he's working on the assumption that they won't. writing in the sunday times, michael gove says no deal is now a very real prospect, and we must make sure that we are ready. planning for no deal, he adds, is now this government's number one priority. there is clearly a step change

the bbc‘s nick beake reports from hong kong.redictability to sundays in hong kong this summer. they start peacefully, and end very differently. once again, tens of thousands turned out, this time to condemn alleged police brutality during previous demonstrations. the police had tried to ban today's event and had warned that anyone who marched through the streets could be arrested but, as you can see, it hasn't made any difference, and you do get the feeling now that many people in the city simply have no respect for the authorities orfor the police. they were heading for the main chinese government building in the territory, and heading for a showdown. because this fire is being fuelled by a fear of what life would become under tighter chinese control. because it's our future, we love hong kong and we want hong kong to stay hong kong. we don't want hong kong to become china. we want our freedom. even you know something you cannot achieve, but you will still do it for justice, right? when the masses slipped away, the hard core du

nick beake, bbc news, hong kong.ng kong, stephen mcdonell has just sent this update. has spent many hours on the streets of the city. the violence has increased here every week in hong kong. but the police and protesters have shown propensity to increase... roughly prepared to throw out the other side of the protesters. it's... part of the riot police coming in, tear gas, rubber bullets, pepper spray, and every week, it seems to get worse. all along, the protesters are saying they want to be able to vote for their new leader, it's not something they're going to get in a hurry. so it is hard to see how this is going to be resolved. the president won't easily cave in and let them choose their own leader, for these protesters, who are coming out every week now, and having multiple protests over the weekend, say they are not going to back down either unless they get something approaching one person to one vote democracy, so it's hard to see where the end is. steven mcdonnell. claudia mo — is an independent, democratic le

our correspondent nick beake is in hong kong. into the council chamber. extraordinary scenes. where are we now at the end of this momentous day you think? i think we have come full circle. this is when it all began more than 20ai was a goal when the protesters started to amass your outside the main assembly were the politicians come, and where the rule this particular place. but tonight, i say tonight, it is aam now. this is the legacy of this unprecedented day of violence in modern—day hong kong. these barriers were passed to the front, and these metal ones, look at this. that is an ironic sign. private property, keep out, as we know, they didn't. they took this particular route, strength in numbers. emboldened by the fact the police were not coming out to challenge them. so the protesters clad in black, and with these yellow helmets that we saw them where, this uniform that they have taken on in the past few weeks. they arrived here and were finally able to make their way through the entrance of their way through the entrance o

the bbc‘s nick beake reports from hong kong. a predictability to sundays in hong kong this summer. they start peacefully, and end very differently. once again, tens of thousands turned out, this time to condemn alleged police brutality during previous demonstrations. the police had tried to ban today's event and had warned that anyone who marched through the streets could be arrested but, as you can see, it hasn't made any difference, and you do get the feeling now that many people in the city simply have no respect for the authorities orfor the police. they were heading for the main chinese government building in the territory, and heading for a showdown. because this fire is being fuelled by a fear of what life would become under tighter chinese control. because it's our future, we love hong kong and we want hong kong to stay hong kong. we don't want hong kong to become china. we want our freedom. even you know something you cannot achieve, but you will still do it for justice, right? when the masses slipped away, the hard cor

nick beake, bbc news, hong kong. the uk's biggest scientific research charity, has written to borisjohnson warning that leaving the eu without a deal would be a threat to the science sector. baroness manningham—buller said there was an opportunity to build the science base which would be lost if the uk was made unfriendly to scientists from overseas. the independent mpjared 0'mara says he will resign when parliament returns in september. he was elected as the labour mp for sheffield hallam in 2017, but quit the party last year after being suspended for alleged misogynistic and homophobic comments online. he announced earlier this week he would be taking time out, after being accused by a former aide of not caring about his constituents. the uk soldier who died in syria was killed by friendly fire, defence minister is said. it was previously reported he was killed by a roadside bomb in 2018, however, the mod said the 33—year—old died as a result of explosives carried by american forces. sergeant tonroe was the only br

nick beake, bbc news, hong kong.lice has been fired after the apparent murder of a teenage girl whose repeated emergency calls went unanswered for hours. the 15—year—old was abducted on wednesday, but managed to make three calls and give officers details about where she was being held. her family say officers did not take her calls seriously, while police say they had difficulty tracing her. jon ironmonger reports: the kidnap of 15—year—old alexandra macesanu has sparked outrage across romania — and members of herfamily have joined large protests expressing theirfury with the police‘s handling of the case. "the girl rang 112 three times," her aunt says, "but they arrived after 19 hours." that's how long it took for officers to enter her suspected abductor‘s house in caracal, despite alexandra's repeated calls to the emergency services to report her kidnap and to provide details of her location. the authorities said police initially struggled to trace the call. but, having reached the property, they wasted six hours w

nick beake, bbc news, hong kong. let's take a look at the scenes of that protest in hong kong.ht now and you can see that the situation is largely a stand—off between the protesters and riot police. the firing of rounds have taken place intermittently as they have tried to get protesters out of specific parts of the streets. protesters were denied permission for a rally and it is that denial that they have decided to ignore and that is partly why the police response has been so strong but it doesn't seem to have in any sense deterred protesters from staying on the streets in hong kong. there have been various places over the weekend with one large protests taking place in hong kong airport with people holding up signs saying to tourists not to trust the police or the government. really they are underlining their hope that they are underlining their hope that the international community will ta ke the international community will take some action. it isa it is a point that claudia mo told me earlier. she is a legislator on the hong kong democratic council. she said there has bee

nick beake, bbc news, hong kong. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news.n say eight paramilitary officers have been charged with crimes against humanity for their role in the mass killing of pro—democracy demonstrators in june. the committee head gave the initials of those indicted, but didn't name them. under sudan's military law, these crimes can mean the death penalty. a burmese government delegation has met rohingya leaders in a bangladesh refugee camp for talks on repatriation that have been described as positive. 750,000 rohingya fled a wave of ethnic cleansing in myanmar in 2017. a repatriation deal signed 20 months ago has not won the confidence of most refugees. the hungarian prime minister viktor 0rban has claimed that the european project had been taken over by liberals and it was high time — in his words — to return it to its national and christian roots. speaking in romania, mr 0rban again declared himself to be an "illiberal leader". over 1,000 passengers have been ferried to safety from an express train trapped by torrential rains near the i

nick beake reporting. the night in hong kong — and the clashes are still going on — here are the latest pictures — one line of right place is ready to move protesters back. —— one line of riot police. they have used tear gas and rubber bullets in the last 48 a was. nick had to change into anti—right protection gear so you might not recognise him in his next update. —— anti riot. the latest is chaos. look at this. riot police have been moving people through the streets. they are now making arrests. they have fired more tear gas. reinforcements are coming in. it's clear some people have probably been injured by this. the police are pushing us back, this has gone on for the past hour now. look, someone is being arrested here. these are the officers who have been brought in. they have been firing tear gas, also rubber bullets, we think. this has just exploded in the last hour or so. it was a peaceful protest but it followed the pattern we've seen for many weeks now — a peaceful protest followed by a hardcore o

nick beake, bbc news, hong kong.expert from a democracy and human rights think—tank about the ongoing situation in hong kong injust a few minutes. should congressman donald trump really engage with what is happening in hong kong? well, i think right 110w in hong kong? well, i think right now is a critical moment. we are seeing rhetoric out of the ccp, their threats to use violence against peaceful protesters is similarto against peaceful protesters is similar to the rhetoric in the lead up similar to the rhetoric in the lead up to the tiananmen square massacre. and so what the leadership do now is of critical importance. the united states congress and the administration and other governments should be calling on the police to remain peaceful, and ccp to exercise restraint, and the us congress is pacifically should pass the hong kong democracy act which would require us to angrily —— annually that hong kong democratic rights. but if china is losing patience with the situation in hong kong, do you think that any intern

nick beake reports from hong kong.r bullets, and anger fill the stifling summer air. welcome to another weekend in hong kong. this is now the rhythm of life. you find a police force trying to contain an eighth consecutive week of demonstrations. and these are the protesters who won't back down — tens of thousands of them. "shame on you," they shout, towards officers they say failed to protect them last weekend here in the town of yuen long, near the chinese border. men in white, suspected to be triad gang members, had attacked pro—democracy activists at a metro station, sending more than a0 to hospital. hong kong police had tried to ban today's march. it didn't work, and once again, as night fell, a hard core of protesters faced up to them. well, the police have now lost patience. they asked the demonstrators to leave this area, and they haven't. they've already fired tear gas, and so street by street, they're coming through, clearing the way. repairing public confidence will be an even harder task. i'm very angry, bec

nick beake, bbc news, hong kong.s who gathered in moscow to demand free and fair local elections. thousands of people attended the protest which was called for by the jailed opposition leader alexei navalny to pressure authorities into allowing opposition candidates to run in a local vote in moscow, which they are currently barred from. police in northern ireland say they believed dissident republicans tried to murder officers with a ‘viable device' in county armagh last night. according to the authorities a loud bang was heard on tully—gally road in craigavon at about midnight on friday where a device was later recovered. police said they believe the attack was set up to target officers responding to a call from the public. officials from russia, india and the philippines have met with crew members of the stena imperio tanker. the british—flagged tanker was siezed by iran's revolutionary guard last week. the officials from the crew's home countries report that the sailors are in good health, and work continues to se

nick beake, bbc news, hong kong.o christopher r hughes, he's a professor of international relations at the london school of economics and political science. professor, we are in this seemingly never ending cycle of protests in hong kong. what needs to happen to bring that to an end? ultimately there has to be some creative thinking from the people in beijing because they are really the only ones who have the key to this. if you think back to one country, two systems, back in the 1980s, he came up systems, back in the 1980s, he came up with an imaginative idea, their leader, which enabled a compromise to be reached, but at the moment with the president and the government in hong kong, there is absolutely no attempt to talk to the protesters, to talk to the people in hong kong. they need something that's going to get around this deadlock over democracy, representation, and giving the people of hong kong some meaningful say in their own governance. and that really has to come from beijing in the end, and they need an in

thank you very much, nick beake, amongst the protesters.ernment is now "working on the assumption" of a no—deal brexit. that's the message today from michael gove — the person responsible for planning in the event of that scenario. writing in the sunday times, he said he hoped eu leaders might yet open up to the idea of striking a new deal — but added "no deal is now a very real prospect". our political correspondent tom bartonjoins me now. planning, money to do so, what more do we know? we have heard lots from borisjohnson do we know? we have heard lots from boris johnson about leaving do we know? we have heard lots from borisjohnson about leaving the eu on the 31st of october, what may, and today ministers have been underlining that message. michael gove, the man responsible for coordinating no—deal preparation gci’oss coordinating no—deal preparation across whitehall writing that that outcome was now a very real prospect and that planning for it was the government's number one priority, saying that while the government was not preferred

nick beake, bbc news, hong kong. let's take a look at the scenes of that protest in hong kong.nues with lines of riot police at one end of the street and protesters gathering at the other. some of the protesters have come toward up with helmets and to protect themselves and also some cases to preserve their anonymity from the police but a significant number of officers have been drafted in to downtown hong kong. let's talk to our correspondence stephen mcdonell who is on the streets. you've been there for eight consecutive weekends and quite a few hours today. is any sign of the protesters dispersing? they are slowly moving back but as you can see there are still thousands of protesters here. they have their home—made shields. they've got their masks for tear gas and waves and waves of tear gas is not working anymore. the police are coming through with force but tear gas alone isn't enough. to show you the situation now, down the end the street there are riot police and these protesters a re street there are riot police and these protesters are waiting for them to potentially c

nick beake, bbc news, hong kong.g kong, stephen mcdonell, sent this update earlier. violence has increased here every week in hong kong. between police and protesters. they have both shown the propensity to increase on the other side. tear gas, rubber bullets, pepper spray, and every week it seems to get worse. the pro—democracy protesters are saying all along they want a vote for their leader. it won't be something they will get in a hurry. beijing won't easily cave in and let them choose their own leader so these protests happening every week now and having monster protests over the weekend, so monster protests over the weekend, so they are not going to back down either unless they get something approaching one—vote to i—person democracy. firefighters are trying to rescue a man whose leg got trapped in rocks when the tide was coming in off the norfolk coast. with me is our news correspondent simonjones. this is a nightmare, isn't it? absolutely. we know the coastguard received a 999 call at about 5:30pm this aftern

nick beake, bbc news, hong kong.ok at some of the other stories making the news: a burmese government delegation has met rohingya leaders in a bangladesh refugee camp for talks on repatriation, that have been described as positive. 750,000 rohingya fled a wave of ethnic cleansing in myanmar in 2017. a repatriation deal signed 20 months ago has not won the confidence of most refugees. the hungarian prime minister, viktor 0rban, has claimed that the european project had been taken over by liberals, and it was high time, in his words, to return it to its national and christian roots. speaking in romania, mr 0rban again declared himself to be an illiberal leader. thousands of tunisians have turned out for the state funeral of the country's first freely elected president. beji caid essebsi died on thursday at the age of 92. foreign leaders including the french president, emmanuel macron, and the palestinian leader, mahmoud abbas, also attended. over 1,000 passengers have been ferried to safety from an express train trappe

our correspondent nick beake is at the legislative council. you wonder where to start.been an extraordinary day. this chamber is normally where the politicians have their say but today the only voice was that of protesters. they rushed into this place, overran it. let's look at what they've left behind. you have some food here and some of it is still warm. they were obviously setting up camp. helmets, an umbrella. this is an interesting symbol because this has been used over the past few days as a way of hiding their identity from the police. it was raining today so it also serve that purpose. the officers were setting spray toward some of the protesters and so it meant they were able to take shelter. this is the route to protesters would have taken earlier today. they headed for the main wall and, symbolically, the symbol of hong kong has been defaced, the black graffiti. the portraits of some of the politicians who now have to try and deal with this mess and pick up the pieces. the commissioner of police on the left, the chief executive, carrie lam next to him. she's

nick beake, bbc news, hong kong. in hong kong, stephen mcdonell has just sent this update. violence has increased here, police and protesters have shown the ability to increase... the protesters, pa rt of ability to increase... the protesters, part of the right police coming in here with tear gas, rubber bullets, pepper spray, and every week, it seems to get worse. all along, the democracy protesters are saying they want to be able to vote for their leader, it's not something they're going to get in a hurry. so it is hard to see how this is going to be resolved. they won't easily cave in and allowing them to choose their own leader, these protesters are carrying out every week now, and having multiple protests over the weekend, so they are not going to back down either, unless they get something approaching one person one vote, so really it's hard to see where the end is. that stephen mcdonald there, he filed that report just a few minutes ago. claudia mo — is an independent, democratic legislator in hong kong. she s

our myanmar correspondent nick beake gained rare access to the affected part of rakhine and sent us thisanmar‘s killing fields. a grim journey to where, they say, a genocide was committed. far from the eyes of the outside world. for the past year, the myanmar government has not allowed us to travel to northern rakhine state. finally we now have permission to go to an event there. how much the authorities will let us see is another matter. this was the highway from hell. two years ago, hundreds of thousands of rohingya muslims escaped along this route. fleeing the burmese army's campaign of rape and murder. but now we are told, some of those displaced in the bloodshed are coming back. under close scrutiny we are invited see 250 new homes and the people who will live in them. they have been paid for by neighbouring india. this family are waiting to talk to us. although it turns out they will not be sleeping here tonight. they will be going back to their nearby village. because these are not rohingya muslims coming home. like everyone we meet here, they are hindu. how would you feel if your

nick beake is in the capital, yangon.the message that it is leading the way in taking tough action on myanmar, but the military has dismissed this move and says it won't have any impact whatsoever. we had one army spokesman saying none of the generals intended to travel to the us, although he did say the travel ban insulted the dignity of the military. of course, this is a military that continues to play a key role in the life of this country. just yesterday, hundreds of people were on the streets of yangon in support of the move, which if it went through would loosen the grip on power of the generals. because even though aung san suu kyi leads a civilian government, key aspects of the government and the security forces are with the military. that said, other people were also on the street yesterday supporting the army. it is a complicated picture, because over the last few years some parts of the population have increased their support for the army, because frankly they do not support the rohingya people, and they are wi

let's return now to our top story,o ur reporter nick beake —— our, was on the scene at hong kong's parliaments of protesters ransacked the building overnight. here's some of his reporting after he made it inside. this is the place where thousands of protesters today took siege, putting up barricades. you can see the graffiti on the wall. they were here, trying to break into different entrances. let's see if we can take you just inside. let's go through here, danny. this is one of the government buildings, normally it would be a highly secure area. it's been completely trashed. for instance, there, the whole place has been ripped apart. if we go into one of these other entrances, this is where the place where politicians, the people who make the decisions in this city would be coming to work every day. and if we just take you inside, this is where some of the protesters went through. there is an eerie silence and there isa there is an eerie silence and there is a smell in the area, that's probably the teargas that was fired. come forward. these are other members of the media having the same id

our myanmar correspondent nick beake gained rare access to the affected part of rakhine.me to reach myanmar‘s killing fields. a grim journey to where, they say, a genocide was committed. far from the eyes of the outside world. for the past year, the myanmar government has not allowed us to travel to northern rakhine state. finally we now have permission to go to an event there. how much the authorities will let us see is another matter. this was the highway from hell. two years ago, hundreds of thousands of rohingya muslims escaped along this route. fleeing the burmese army's campaign of rape and murder. but now we are told, some of those displaced in the bloodshed are coming back. under close scrutiny we are invited see 250 new homes and the people who will live in them. they have been paid for by neighbouring india. this family are waiting to talk to us. although it turns out they will not be sleeping here tonight. they will be going back to their nearby village. because these are not rohingya muslims coming home. like everyone we meet here, they are hindu. how would yo

our correspondent nick beake sent this report from central hong kong.

our correspondent nick beake is in hong kong following developments for us.past year. how are these demonstrations growing week by week? well, we have been here about half an hour today and people are streaming past. it looks like, once again, tens of thousands eye on the streets of hong kong. today, the theme of the march is they want to stop violence. they have had enough of the confrontation between the police and a group of hard—core protesters we have seen. this is now the eighth consecutive week of protests here in the city of hong kong. it is very hard to see how this de—escalates. once again, there we re this de—escalates. once again, there were violent scenes about one hour from here towards the chinese border. people were protesting against the incident last week were against the incident last week were a number of pro—democracy campaigners were attacked. they said the police did not do enough to attack them. yesterday we saw violent scenes as we got towards midnightand violent scenes as we got towards midnight and the police cleared people. it was

james landale our correspondent nick beake is in hong kong.n i can see many people still on the streets where you are, is there a fear that beijing may get tough to end the protests? clive, this has been an extraordinary day for hong kong, and it is not over yet. tonight this is a city of anger and of chaos, certainly at this particular place, this is the main building that the demonstrators in their thousand have been surrounding today. many people are sitting down but you may also be able to hear the cha nts but you may also be able to hear the chants of the crowd. they are going nowhere, the anger is real here, and throughout the day they have been pummelling the glass windows of this building, some smashing their way through. in terms of the response from beijing we don't know what will happen. this was supposed to be a symbolic day, 22 years from the moment back in 1997, when this place, a former british colony was handed to the chinese. if this is supposed to be part of china it doesn't feel like it tonight. these protestors are going no

here's one protester with nick beake yesterday.ourfuture, in a sense, to fight for what we're doing. today, when we met this architect again, he tried to defend what happened. nobody wants to step over that line, if there is such a line, and i think the one that steps over the line first is the hong kong government. i mean, they have been ignoring us for so many years. their administration is getting worse. they are pushing us towards the edge. we've also heard from the chinese authorities. translation: the violent storming of the parliament building in hong kong and the indiscriminate damage to parliament's facilities is a serious illegal act that trampled on the rule of law and damaged public order. we strongly condemn this. inevitably, technology is at the centre of this story. this is lihkg, dubbed "hong kong's reddit". protestors have connected there and on encrypted mobile messaging app telegram. let's get more from stuart lau, a correspondent for the south china morning post, based in brussels. so, basically, we have seen a

nick beake has the latest.ll not be easily healed. thousands of young hong kong people besieged the building yesterday, saying they did not want to be part of china, a seemingly leaderless protest powered by social media and anger. they even took over the chamber, where normally it's the city's politicians in control. 0ne demonstrator told us why he was there. i think it's important for us to show what we are fighting for. and we are willing to risk ourfuture, in a sense, to fight for what we're doing. today, when we met this architect again, he tried to defend what happened. nobody wants to step over that line, if there is such a line, and i think the one that steps over the line first is the hong kong government. i mean, they have been ignoring us for so many years. their administration is getting worse. they are pushing us towards the edge. but beijing condemned the protesters as violent criminals and told the world not to interfere in its business. translation: the violent storming of the parliament buildin

mean neither the generals, nor their immediate families, can travel to the us. 0ur correspondent nick beake rohingya were driven from myanmar in such great numbers. many people, of course, believed that that was genocide. that's certainly what some un inspectors believe. but this is the first time that the commander in chief here in myanmar, min aung hlaing, has been sanctioned in this way. he, along with his deputy and two other senior figures in the military, will no longer be able to travel to the united states, if, indeed, they want to. some people today are seeing this as a symbolic gesture. will it really have an impact? certainly their family members, if they had sons and daughters or grandchildren who wanted to study in the united states, they wouldn't now be able to do this. generally, though, human rights groups have welcomed this decision but they'd like the us and other countries to go further. they would like to see financial sanctions on key business interests of the burmese military, because, of course, the army still holds a great deal of power and has lots of money invested

nick beake has the latest.ed parliament. but these protests have inflicted other wounds, deep wounds, which will not be easily healed. thousands of young hong kong people besieged the building yesterday, saying they did not want to be part of china. a seemingly leaderless protest powered by social media and anger. they even took over the chamber, where normally it's the city's politicians in control. one demonstrator told us why he was there. i think it is important for us to show what we are fighting for. and we are willing to risk ourfuture, in a sense, to fight for what we are doing. today, when we met this architect again, he tried to defend what happened. nobody wants to step over that line, if there is such a line, and i think the one that steps over the line first is the hong kong government. they have been ignoring us for so many years. their administration is getting worse. they are pushing us towards the edge. but beijing condemned the protesters as violent criminals and told the world not to interfer