and use other methods. 0k, victoria hui, interesting to get your analysis.g us on bbc news. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10.30 and 11.30 this evening in the papers — our guestsjoining me tonight are the broadcaster lynn faulds—wood, and the independent‘s deputy political editor, rob merrick. the prime minister has urged the european union to, in his words, "grasp the opportunity" offered by his brexit proposals. talks are due to resume tomorrow, but the eu summit at which any deal would be approved is now only 11 days away. 0ur political correspondent iain watson reports. deal or no deal? this is a week when that question may finally be answered. boris johnson is pushing brussels to open serious negotiations on his latest proposals. and government ministers are warning time is short. we have set out very serious proposals, including compromise on our side, and we now need to see creativity and flexibility on the eu side in order to reach that deal. under boris johnson's plan, after brexit, the

earlier i spoke to victoria hui, who is from hong kong and associate professor of political science atrapid escalation of violence in the past few months. the government imposed this ban on masks and people believe that firstly the police will not issue a permit for protest and now we cannot even wear facemask. what's left? so they're defending the last threat to their freedoms. carrie lam, the chief executive, said the ban has come into effect because the protests are destroying hong kong. she said they can't be allowed to continue, and she has a point, doesn't she? they're having an impact. there's been a lot of violence. a lot of destruction of buildings and subway stations. yes, in a way that's true but at the same time we're seeing a lot of provocation the police. there have been videos of the police burning stuff in the station and then also we are seeing videos of police officers following molotov cocktail. so it's hard to know which side is doing what. but you're quite right, if the police are instigating violence, they do so for a point. they really want to get the protesters