A small passenger plane crashes into a densely populated neighborhood in the city of goma in eastern democratic republic of congo at least 27 people have been killed. There counting is underway in hong kong after a record turnout for the territorys local elections the burj is seen by many as a test of Public Opinion on hong kongs relationship with beijing after months of sometimes violent protests at least 2900000 people cast their ballots thats more than 70 percent of all registered voters results are expected in the coming hours in a moment well cross to rob mcbride whos standing by in hong kong but 1st scott hardly takes a look at the record breaking election and how it unfolded. In a hong kong neighborhood hardest hit by battles between protesters and Police Voters in manchaca cast last minute ballots just moments before the polls closed on a record breaking day for hong kong elections the highest voter turnout ever after nearly 6 months of violent demonstrations the polling was se
A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Also in the programme ajob for life could soon be a thing of the past. New Research Shows the average millennial spends less than 4 years with an employer, by the time they reach 3a may have had 6 jobs. What is your experience . Get in touch, just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Lets focus on the huge shift that has taken place in hong kong. Pro democracy parties have achieved an overwhelming landslide victory in local elections winning nearly 90 of seats. It comes after months of protests across the city and is a massive set back for hong kong chief executive carrie lam, who has said she will respect the results. Lets go live tojonathan head in hong kong. Tell us more about today and a huge turnout in terms of people voting. It isa turnout in terms of people voting. It is a stunning result, of course for the opposition pan Democratic Alliance who had to bring together very dispara
Back. Labour are vowing to tackle dodgy landlords if they win the election with plans to improve conditions for tenants in privately owned accomodation. Two cinema chains withdraw the gang film blue story after a brawl at a cinema in birmingham on saturday. Coming up chinas prison camps leaked documents reveal the government re Education Programme at detention centres for nearly a Million People. Thats at 9 15am. And in sport, a world away from world cup form. New zealand crush england by an innings. That and more at 9 35am. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. Pro democracy parties in hong kong have made huge gains in local elections, with voter turnout the highest in the territorys history. The councils theyve elected only have limited powers, but the result is being seen as a clear verdict on the way the authorities have handled more than five months of Anti Government protests. Chinese state media had urged voters to use the election to denounce the Pro Democracy Movem
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