yuen long is not in the city centre, but there is a police station minutes away from the train stationclaim to be the finest in asia, could allow that from happening? the inaction suggests they were behind it, or at least they allowed it. you mention video evidence. there's been a number of videos that have appeared on social media. it's impossible to independently verify them, but one of them shows riot police chatting to one of these men. one of them pats one of the men on the back, and in another example, a pro—beijing lawmaker is shown telling men in white t—shirts you guys are my heroes. but he has denied he has any connection with these people. he says these people greeted him when he was outside a restaurant and recognised him from television. the south china morning post said, according to members of the police they spoke to, these were members of the triad gang. why would there be links between the police and the triads? we do not know how come the police in power seek help from this from the mobs. but we look at history, and we know whenever there's protests from the oppositi

then last sunday, mobs of men wearing white shirts attacked protesters at the yuen long station.on for. protests that took place on saturday ended in tear gas and rubber bullets. let's talk to victoria hui who is an associate professor of political science at the university of notre dame in the us, shejoins me now. this started about the x tradition build but the protests seem to have moved on. yes, every week there have been new protests because the government wouldn't make any concessions, in particular withdrawing the bill completely and starting an independent investigation. 0n starting an independent investigation. on top of that every week the police have been using excessive force, so every week there have been new reasons for the protesters to come out. talking about excessive force, the police say they've used rubber bullets and tear gas because of violence from the protesters. how angry are the protesters with the police? extremely angry. 0n social media there have been posters showing the contrast between last week and today. last week you had people wearing white, gan

," they shout, towards officers they say failed to protect them last weekend here in the town of yuen long 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, because the police, they are supposed to protect the people in hong kong, the hong kong people. they're supposed to protect us. but instead, they did not. they stepped back when the triad attacked people. the police used too much force and violence to the protesters and the citizens, so we are here to demonstrate. tonight, a show of force to restore order — for now, at least. the protesters say they'll be back on the streets t

and too many on the internets, as well as those who have lived in yuen long long enough, people are suspectingcan't say for sure, but there are indeed one legislator who is so pro beijing that they came out saying that they we re that they came out saying that they were only defending their own land, and the whole event outside the liaison office would not go down well in beijing. so let's deal in more detail with the incident you mentioned just there, the attack on people getting off trains in yuen long. those individuals carrying out the attacks, i mean, some were masked, but some were not — they seemed to feel that they could operate with complete impunity. indeed, but we don't have a clear identity of those people as yet, some people are trying to work out who is who in the incident, but we can't set up any of those connections so far. but the theory goes probably that most of the protesters we have seen, the anti—government protesters have been trying to protect their identity by masking themselves, while these people, they apparently have the aim to teach people a lesson, they want to te

they are local in yuen long, there are lots of the alleges and gangsters was always a problem in hongviolence. in my observation that night and in my opinion, i think the policeman empower them to do the attack. they realised that they have no consequence if they heard any people, if they did anything illegal. we obviously still don't know who might have influenced these games or what they were doing, but the attack must have been incredibly traumatising. what do you think now or how do you feel about the whole movement and protests that have been happening? is a former journalist, i don't make accusations easily so when i have to make those accusations which mean the general public, namely hong kong people, are very angry and they have the same theory, i talked to many strangers on the street. they show up and express their sympathy to me. ten of them, they ask a question. where are we going? what is next? many of them are very emotional. they are crying in front of me and we are really helpless since our voice was unheard by the government and they start suppressing the voice of peo

the police have said that some of the attackers — in the town of yuen long — were members of triad gangsing a speech at a banquet two weeks ago in which he urged residents of yuen long to organise resistance against the activists. a lot of protests including at the airport and on the streets and tear gas has reportedly been fired at the police —— by the police. we now have a very large crowd of protesters dressed in black, defying the police, having an illegal march here. this is one side of it. our cameraman moves over to the other side, you can see them there. you can see them all approaching. this is the march calling for an inquiry into the violence here last week. they are saying that this mafia violence, these triad gang attacks on pro—democracy activists was an organised thing and they want to know why it took the police along to get here and even an apology from the number two figure in the hong kong government has not been at enough for people here, they want to know why that happened and some here are even accusing certain officers at least of colluding with those triad gangs.

masked men stormed the yuen long underground station at about 10.30 in the evening local time.h inside the station and then on trains. earlier there had been massive protests in the centre of hong kong. a small group of the protesters defaced china's main representative office in the city. hong kong's chief executive, carrie lam, held a news conference condemning both incidents. we absolutely do not condone that sort of violent act, and let me make this clear again. violence is not a solution to any problem. violence will only breed more violence, and at the end of the day the whole of hong kong and the people will suffer as a result of the loss of law and order in hong kong. there's been a lot of speculation as to who the metro attackers are, with some suggesting they could be triad gangsters. these are criminal gangs known coloquially as the chinese mafia. the hong kong pro—democracy activist joshua wong — who spent five weeks in jail over the cause — tweeted... if we then just have a look at... so these are some of the absolute new images of the latest demonstrations and, li

it shows a picture of empty streets in the yuen long area where the paper reports shops are shuttingowing sunday's attacks in the train station. and the english language version of china's xinhua is also looking at events in hong kong, but it's focussing on the defacing of china's liaison office. the newspaper quotes a government spokesman as saying the challenge by protesters against the central government was intolerable. finally, the philippine star is reporting on president duterte's fourth state of the union address, running with the head line that the president — only halfway through his six—year term — has vowed to see his time out fighting the country's drug problem. those are the papers. the uk is seeking to put together a european—led maritime mission to protect ships passing through the strait of hormuz after a british—flagged tanker was seized there by iran last week. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet reports. first images of the men seized at sea, the crew of the stena impero. indians, russians, a latvian, a filipino. images released by iran. is this what

thousands marched through the northern district of yuen long in response to an assault on pro—democracyemonstrators last week. hundreds of people have been rescued from a train in india after it became stranded in monsoon waters near the city of mumbai on friday. nine pregnant women were among them. this man is set to become the first colombian to win the tour de france after he maintained his lead over the latest stage. the 22—year—old will be met by huge crowds on the final ride into paris on sunday. now on bbc news, our world. since the election of donald trump, rival groups of far left and far left activists have battled in the streets of some american cities. violence has broken out in new york, berkeley and charlottesville. but perhaps most affected is portland, oregon, a liberal, progressive city in the pacific northwest. mike wendling has been there to meet activists from both sides to try to understand why the violence continues. portland, oregon, in america's pacific north—west. since the election of donald trump, there's been trouble in the streets. chant: usa, usa, usa! the

warnings a small group refused to disperse, throwing bricks and stones, in the northern district of yuen longcondemnation of an attack on pro—democracy protestors last weekend, by masked men. there are some flashing images, in nick beake's report. tear gas, rubber bullets, and anger filled 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 a town 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 40 to hospital. hong kong police had tried to ban today's march. it didn't work. and once again, as night fell, ha rd—core protesters faced off against them. the police have now lost patience and have asked the demonstrators to leave this area, and they haven't. they've already fired tear gas, so s

going on in hong kong has been focusing on the police and the police's response to the violence in yuen longut how slow they were to respond to the violence, and also they didn't make any arrests at the time. one of the lawmakers who was there, he said that the level of sophistication and organisation meant that there were ties to organised crime, and that does seem to have been backed up by the police, with these arrests just in the last few hours. and am i right in thinking there have been accusations that in some way the government might be complicit in dealing with these gangs? so some demonstrators have said that the violence was encouraged by pro—government supporters. at a rally on saturday, the vice president of the economic times, he went on stage and he said, bring your canes — do you have canes? some of the men who carried out this violence, they were carrying bamboo sticks. he's come out and apologised for his comments. another video that's been shared widely online shows a pro—beijing lawmaker on the night of these protests going out and meeting men wearing white, and he's seen

e are against the violen of the hong kong police and the cooperation between them and the gangs, yuen long local gangs, they are using violence to attack locals in hong kong. >> sreenivasan: authorities say at least 17 people were injured in today's demonstration, including some who whoe italized. since early june, hundreds of thousa demonstrated against the beijing-backed government and a now-suspended extradition bill. st'll have more on the pro in hong kong later in the program. two people were killed and more than a dozen others njured after a balcony inside a nightclub in south korea collapsed overnight. the injud included four american water polo players and five other athtes from around the world who were in south korea to compete in the world aquatics championships. none of the injured e e believed to life-threatening condition. police detained one of the night clubs co-owners to investigate whetr or not the internal balcony was an approved stcture. clashedow today, polic with thousands of demonstrators over the exclusion of opposition candidates for city council. more than 1,000 d

police saturday night stormed a ghbway station in the yuen long neighborhood, hitting people with batons and arresting protesters who refused to leave. it was the worst violence the city has seen since june and came after thousands of protesters again squared off against police for hours. protesters blocked roads and threw bricks, bottles, and umbrellas. police fired back with round after round of tear gas and rubber bullets. met this time, protesters wouldn't budge. they were better prepared and ready to fight. right now, the protesters are trying to push back the riot police and it looks like they're succeeding. just in the past minutes or so, se riot police were throwing the first round of tear gas. we, ourselves, were sprayed but rsw it's only angered the crowd even more. angr're angry after a mob of men last weekend brutally attacked protesters and innocent bystanders in this town's subway. the men are believed to be members of organized crime gangs pd it took police roughly 40 minutes to respond. >> we want to demonstrate what justice is. >> reporter: furious protesters today tried

exactly, i am in the yuen long area where today there will be an illegal march... on air activists coming through in their black t—shirts which is now their black t—shirts which is now the uniform. i say illegal because the uniform. i say illegal because the police have not given permission for this much and yet they have said they will defy that and still turn out here, returning to the scene of last weekend's attack from alleged triad gang members on protesters. so they are coming here and saying they wa nt they are coming here and saying they wantan enquiry they are coming here and saying they want an enquiry into those attacks last weekend. they want to know why the police took so long to arrive. and already, they have had something ofan and already, they have had something of an apology from the number two in the government here who has said they did not handle it well. we know people are coming because you can see these pro—democracy messages on the wall here, already activists have been gathering here this morning, putting these messages up, and within the h

it would seem after last night where we were at yuen long, a border city very close to the chinese mainland violent clashes with police where they use tear gas, rubber bullets and pepper spray, our crew were with the protesters when they attacked. it seems the police are now upping the ante. whether they're going to tolerate these unlawful assemblies for much longer. you get the sense, christi and victor, that police are starting to clamp down. >> anna coren, be safe out there. thank you so much for your fantastic reporting of this last several weeks. >>> coming up, what to expect in next week's debates. we'll talk about it. were born to ove the wayy in new pampers cruisers 360 fit with its ultra stretchy waistband.. and adaptive 360 fit new pampers cruisers 360 fit every day, visionaries are creating the future. ♪ so, every day, we put our latest technology and unrivaled network to work. ♪ the united states postal service makes more e-commerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country. ♪ because the future only happens with people who really know how to deliver it. book two, sepa

organizers said -- "while the police were unnecessarily teargassing protesters, on the other side in yuen long there were real thugs chasing and beating passersby, journalists, and lawmakers. this is outrageous." in the occupied palestinian territories, hundreds of israeli troops have begun demolishing homes in the wadi al-hummus neighborhood of sur baher, a west bank village located close to the separation barrier with israel. dozens of families could be pushed out of their homes. residents say israel wants to build more illegal settlements on the land and is destroying structures that were built with permits from the palestinian authority. palestinians have been protesting against the planned demolitions for years. u.n. officials called on israeli authorities to halt the move last week after the israeli supreme court allowed the destruction to go ahead. back in the united states, democrats are preparing to question former special counsel robert mueller wednesday in two house committee hearings. house judiciary chair jerrold nadler spoke on n fox news sund. >>>> i t think thehere's very subsb

more than a0 people were injured when masked men stormed a train station in the border town of yuen longty of gwangju killing two people. at least 17 were injured, nine of them competitors in the world swimming championships being held there. the injured athletes are from the us, new zealand, the netherlands, italy and brazil. the two people killed are understood to be south koreans. railway passengers planning journeys between london and nottingham and sheffield have been urged not to travel as disruption caused by hot weather enters a third day. east midlands trains customers have been told to expect a significantly reduced service to and from st pancras due to repair work on overhead lines damaged by the heat. a revised timetable will also operate on several local routes because of industrial action by the rmt union. the summer heatwave has broken records across the world, and not even the arctic has escaped the dramatic rise in temperatures. there have been hundreds of wildfires within forests in the arctic circle, including siberia, alaska and greenland. plumes of smoke from the fir

more than 40 people were injured when masked men stormed a train station in the border town of yuen long and protestors. a balcony and a staircase have collapsed at a nightclub in the south korean city of gwangju killing two people. at least 17 were injured, nine of them competitors in the world swimming championships being held there. the injured athletes are from the us, new zealand, the netherlands, italy and brazil. the two people killed are understood to be south koreans. railway passengers planning journeys between london and nottingham and sheffield have been urged not to travel as disruption caused by hot weather enters a third day. east midlands trains customers have been told to expect a significantly reduced service to and from st pancras due to repair work on overhead lines damaged by the heat. a revised timetable will also operate on several local routes because of industrial action by the rmt union. the summer heatwave has broken records across the world, and not even the arctic has escaped the dramatic rise in temperatures. there have been hundreds of wildfires within fore

this man was at the yuen long mtr station along with the mostly young demonstrators on their way home colluding with gang members. passions are running high here today. the police are trying to explain to this community that they still have their best interests at heart and yet many who have come along are not happy with the explanation, that the reason the officers were not at the mtr last night was because of security concerns. witnesses here say hong kong's underworld is now being mobilised to crush the pro—democracy movement. we do have quite a number of gangsters in the area and they were not unfamiliar figures. hong kong's leader under pressure, carrie lam, said she was shocked by these events, calling on police to apprehend those involved. and there have been arrests. but with talk of a protest march to the scene of the clashes in the coming days, violence here could only increase. this is beyond 100 days. still to come... 50 years after the apollo 11 mission, india aims to be first to land on the moon's south pole. whirlpool has apologised to customers who own its tumble dryer

this person was at the yuen long mtr station along with the mostly young demonstrators on their way homethe local station faced an angry crowd who are accusing officers with colluding with gang members. passions are running high here today. the police are trying to explain to this community that they still have their best interests at heart and yet many who have come along are not happy with the explanation, that the reason the officers were not at the mtr last night was because of security concerns. witnesses here say hong kong's underworld is now being mobilised to crush the pro—democracy movement. we do have quite a number of gangsters in the area and they were not unfamiliar figures. hong kong's leader under pressure, carrie lam, said she was shocked by these events, calling on police to apprehend those involved. and there have been arrests. but with talk of a protest march to the scene of the clashes in the coming days, violence here could only increase. stephen mcdonell, bbc news, hong kong. the company whirlpool has apologised to the owners of its tumble dryers, as it launches a r

beijing has very little to say about the violence that took place at the yuen long train station. heroes in white, they are being called. that‘s because there isa being called. that‘s because there is a lot of real sentiment in mainland china that anti—government protesters in hong kong are really protesting against china as a hole. inside china, that group of men cloud in white t—shirts, they are being applauded. do we know any more about who might be behind those attacks? there is a lot of speculation. many in hong kong believe this group is very well organised. they do appear to have been carrying the same weapons. a lot of questions being raised as to why when the police were called, they didn‘t appear. some say they didn‘t appear for they didn‘t appear. some say they didn‘tappearforup to they didn‘t appear. some say they didn‘t appearfor up to an hour after that first emergency call was made. it‘s leading to speculation that hong kong authorities simply wa nt to that hong kong authorities simply want to look the other way is anti—government protesters were being attacked. i t

but the attack by the masked mob happened at a station in the yuen long area of hong kong, much closer kong carrie lam spoke out against the violence. we absolutely do not condone that sort of violent acts. and let me make this clear again, violence is not a solution to any problem. violence will only breed more violence and at the end of the day the whole of hong kong and the people will suffer as a result of the loss of law and order in hong kong. definitely our manpower is stretched. i therefore urge young people, if they really have something to voice out, why not use a peaceful way? the police chief asking the question there. the police chief asking the question there. why are some young people in hong kong turning to more violent attacks on buildings at least? and will they now listen to their chief executive and the chief of police in stopping those attacks to deface symbols of chinese rule etc? well, the honest a nswer chinese rule etc? well, the honest answer i have to say is we just don't know. but we have been talking to the protesters in the past few weeks, what we can gath

more than a0 people were injured when masked met stormed a train station in the border town of yuen longence sector, according to the head of the uk's biggest charitable funder of scientific research. in a letter to borisjohnson, the chair of the wellcome trust baroness eliza manningham—buller asks the prime minister to up investment spending and says immigration policy needs to be "more welcoming" to attract top scientists. mrjohnson has insisted he would prefer to leave the eu with a deal, but that the uk must plan for a no—deal scenario. the summer heatwave has broken records across the world, and not even the arctic has escaped the dramatic rise in temperatures. there have been hundreds of wildfires within forests in the arctic circle, including siberia, alaska and greenland. plumes of smoke from the fires can be seen from space. drivers in the us state of newjersey has a lucky escape when a runaway tyre caused a motorway crash. the tyre can be seen rolling along the road after coming off the back of a lorry. after going over the barrier, it struck a car in oncoming traffic. thankful