The governments promised all students who achieved the required a level grades will be offered a place at their First Choice University. A prominent critic of the russian government is in intensive care his supporters say hes been poisoned. A man is found guilty of lacing baby food with shards of metal in a plot to blackmail the Supermarket Chain tesco. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Hashem abedi the brother of the Manchester Arena bomber has been sentenced to at least 55 years injail, for the murder of 22 people. Abedi refused to attend his two day sentencing hearing and face the families of those who died, who gave emotional statements about the impact of the attack in 2017. Number 10 have issued a statment from boris johnson, the Prime Minister, on the sentencing of hashem abedi. Mrjohnson says, the Manchester Arena attack was a horrifying and cowardly act of violence which targeted children and families. Those who were taken from us will never be forgotten, nor will the sp
Im kasia madera in london. Also in the programme north korea is believed to have fired another missile into the sea ofjapan, just hours after agreeing new talks with the us. Borisjohnson says he will make his brexit proposals public on wednesday, but will they win over the doubters . Good morning. It is 1 00am in london and 8 00am here in hong kong, where the police have been defending the shooting an 18 year old protestor in the chest. It is the first time in months of demonstrations that a protestor has been injured by live ammunition. Police say the officer opened fire because he felt his life was under threat. In stark contrast, beijing celebrated seven decades of communist party rule in china. More from our beijing correspondent John Sudworth injust a moment. But first, Rupert Wingfield hayes is in hong kong. This was hong kongs birthday present to china. They had been told to stay home, that any protest today would be illegal. Any hope the protests would pass peacefully were quic
Police in hong kong have defended the shooting of an 18 year old protestor in the chest. Its the first time in months of demonstrations that a protestor has been injured by live ammunition. Police say the officer opened fire because he felt his life was under threat. Rupert Wingfield Hayes is in hong kong and sent this report. This was hong kongs birthday present to china. They had been told to stay home, that any protest today would be illegal. Any hope the protests would pass peacefully were quickly dashed. This was Central Hong Kong this afternoon, and this the town of tsuen wan, police and protesters fighting running street battles. In the middle of one such battle, this happened. As a young protester tries to strike a policeman with a metal bar, the officer shoots at almost point blank range. The 18 year old protester is expected to survive. But news of his shooting only increased the fury on the streets. We are not afraid. Because they shoot, we will get angrier and angrier. We a
Harry and meghan sue the mail on sunday newspaper the prince says the press are vilifying his wife. Police in hong kong have defended the shooting of an 18 year old protestor in the chest. Its the first time in months of demonstrations that a protestor has been injured by live ammunition. Police say the officer opened fire because he felt his life was under threat. We can go live to mariko oi in hong kong. How does this look from there now . As you can see behind me on the streets of hong kong it is now back to normal. Almost unimaginable how violent it was last night but this has become somewhat of a new normal. Violent clashes between police and protesters on the weekend and on special occasions like yesterday when china was celebrating the 70th anniversary of the foundation of the peoples republic of china. But as you mention, the first incident in which a protester was injured by a live ammunition yesterday and even though he is expected to survive, as you can imagine it has really
The shooting of an 18 year old protestor in the chest. Its the first time in months of demonstrations that a protestor has been injured by live ammunition. Police say the officer opened fire because he felt his life was under threat. Rupert Wingfield Hayes is in hong kong and sent this report. This was hong kongs birthday present to china. They had been told to stay home, that any protest today would be illegal. Any hope the protests would pass peacefully were quickly dashed. This was Central Hong Kong this afternoon, and this the town of tsuen wan, police and protesters fighting running street battles. In the middle of one such battle, this happened. As a young protester tries to strike a policeman with a metal bar, the officer shoots at almost point blank range. The 18 year old protester is expected to survive. But news of his shooting only increased the fury on the streets. We are not afraid. Because they shoot, we will get angrier and angrier. We are not afraid of them. Especially