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Hello and welcome to world news today. There have been running street battles in hong kong, in some of the worst violence in more than three months of Anti Government unrest. Protesters threw petrol bombs, while the police fired round after round of tear gas and rubber bullets. There were multiple arrests, as the authorities try to assert control, in the run up to tuesdays 70th anniversary of communist party rule in china. From hong kong, heresjohn sudworth. They are determined to spoil the part...

Tonight at ten, borisjohnson defends his language in the Brexit Debate on the opening day of the conservative Party Conference. Speaking in manchester, the Prime Minister said tempers on both sides have become inflamed. I certainly think everybody should calm down. Including you . I think ive been the model of restraint. At the conference, new funding for Hospital Building projects in england has been announced. Well have the details. Also tonight. Running street battles in hong kong, as protest...

Chilly for just about all of us, but wednesday is going to be a bright and crisp day. Quite a windy one, particularly across eastern areas, lighter winds further west, but those temperatures no great shakes for the time of year, between 11 and 1a degrees. As we head towards the end of the way, it looks like those temperatures will start to climb again, more of the west or south westerly influence to our weather, but with that there is the potential for wet and windy weather at times. A lot of un...

The air. Hong kong finds itself at the clash authoritarianism against freedom. Dina asher smith becomes the first ever british woman to win a medal in the 100 meters, at the world athletics championships. And well be taking an in depth look at the papers, with our reviewersjoel taylor and Benedicte Paviot stay with us for that. Good evening. Borisjohnson says hes been a model of restraint when it comes to the language hes used in the brexit debate. It follows a week of bitter exchanges between m...

Loss of life. Security forces have been deployed by the Prime Minister who has also appealed for calm. If the security situation worsens, he warns the risk is the destruction of the state. These protests havent come out of nowhere. Their roots lie in the terrible damage inflicted on iraq and its people by decades of warand iraq and its people by decades of war and the failure of politicians to unite and rebuild a fragile country. A big force driving them to demonstrate is unemployment. Even thos...

Millions of customers are being penalised by staying loyal to their Insurance Companies warns the financial watchdog. 0h oh yeah oh yeah all right. And coming up on the programme, the beatles abbey road album returns to number one in the uk, 50 years after it first topped the charts. Good evening. The duke of sussex has begun legal action against the publishers of the sun and mirror, in relation to alleged phone hacking. Documents have been filed on behalf of prince harry at the High Court Regar...

Of doctors, enabling this paraplegic man to move in an external skeleton, controlled by his mind. And an emotional moment, as britains Katerina Johnson thompson finally becomes the World Champion heptathlete in doha. Getting this gold medaljust means the absolute world to me. Itjust means that, you know, i wasnt deluded in thinking that i was able to do these things and coming up on sportsday, on bbc news both Great Britains axioom relay teams ease through to the final at the world athletics cha...

Others, she is an snp mp, were basically trying to do an action to force borisjohnson to basically trying to do an action to force Boris Johnson to abide by the benn act, which is supposed to block 110 benn act, which is supposed to block no deal. The Court Documents submitted by the government said if there is no deal by october 19, the Prime Minister will request an extension stop now, that seemed to fly in the face of everything he set up fly in the face of everything he set up until now. We ...

A waste of time for most people. The cost of credit. Spending on credit cards is at the most expensive in 13 years, even though Interest Rates are at record lows. I will look at why. Mo farahs former coach Alberto Salazar is found guilty of doping violations and banned from athletics for four years. A court case began behind closed doors in 2017, the year farah stopped working with salazar. Good morning. Today across scotland and Northern Ireland, early rain will clear. Then mostly dry for you w...

Links to an american businesswoman when he was mayor of london. The labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, promises to replace the governments controversial welfare policy, universal credit, should they get into power. The heat dominates at the world athletics championships. Kenyas Ruth Chepngetich wins the womens marathon but nearly half the field pull out. Good morning. A very unsettled weekend ahead. Whilst there is some sunshine in the forecast, theres also heavy rain and some strong winds. All of th...