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Raped. Jubilation in rio as flamengo win the showpiece tournament of latin american football beating river plate, in lima. Lets start in hong kong, where local elections are under way. The authorities have threatened to suspend voting if theres serious trouble but pro democracy campaigners have told their supporters not to cause any disruption. This vote is the first to take place since protests and often violent clashes with police started back in june. So it will be a test of support for pro d...

This vote is the first to take place since protests and often violent clashes with police started back in june. So it will be a test of support for pro democracy and pro bejing candidates. The poll is for the lowest rung of government in the city. More than 1,000 candidates are running, competing for more than a50 seats throughout the citys 18 districts. A number of seats currently held by pro beijing incumbents, are being contested by pro democracy candidates. Butjoshua wong, one of the promine...

Violence towards women. And a question for many museums should former colonial powers return artefacts they took from the countries they once occupied . Hello and welcome to bbc news. Lets start in hong kong, where polls have just opened in local elections. The authorities have threatened to suspend voting if theres serious trouble, but pro democracy campaigners have told their supporters not to cause any disruption. This vote is the first to take place since protests and often violent clashes w...

A number of seats currently held by pro beijing incumbents, are being contested by pro democracy candidates, butjoshua wong, one of the prominent protest leaders is banned from running, because he called for Self Determination for hong kong. Lets go to hong kong, where our correspondence Jonathan Head lets go to hong kong, where our correspondenceJonathan Head is with us. CorrespondenceJonathan Head is with us. Jonathan, how high up the list of priorities is the protest in hong kong for voters, ...

Written for billionaires and delivered for billionaires. Meanwhile, labour has pledged to compensate nearly four million women who lost out when their state pension age rose from 60 to 66. In other news, voters in hong kong have turned out in large numbers to vote in local elections, seen as a test of support for the territorys chief executive, carrie lam. Five teenagers have been arrested after a large brawl at a cinema in birmigham last night which saw a number of Police Officers injured. Lets...

Its 8am in singapore, midnight in london and 2 oclock in the afternoon in hawaii, where people are still in shock after an alert warning residents to take shelter and brace for a Ballistic Missile attack was accidentally sent across the island. While fingers are being pointed and questions asked over how such a monumental human error could be done, us President Donald Trump has remained silent on the incident. Tiffany werthamar reports. 38 minutes of panic and confusion. Which has now turned to ...

Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business, and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Tell us what you think of the stories we are covering, and apparently it is blue monday 2018 today, the most depressing day of the year. What do you think, and how do you combat the january blues . Just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. A south korean delegation is holding talks on the border with north korea, aimed at overcoming logistical obstacles to ensure a team from the north ca...

Across the island. While fingers are being pointed and questions asked over how such a monumental human error could be done, us President Donald Trump has until now remained silent on the incident. We are going to do it involved with them. They took total responsibility. We are going to get involved. Their attitude and what they want to do is terrific. They took the responsibility. They made a mistake. What will you do to make sure Something Like that doesnt happen again . We hope that wont happ...

Missile attack was mistakenly sent to people in hawaii says the state didnt have reasonable safeguards in place to prevent the mistake. The false alarm on saturday led to widespread panic. President trump has, until now, remained silent on the incident and faced criticism over his muted response. But a short while ago he was asked about what happened and gave this response. That was a state thing. We are going to do it involved with them. I love that they took responsibility. They took total res...

She picked up her children and began running. Then this happened. They snatched my two year old boy from my arms and threw him inside a burning house. It took her three days to get here, a refugee camp in bangladesh, just inside the border. I cannot find my husband, my parents, my other children. Doctors treating the rohingyas say they are seeing more such cases of Sexual Violence. I find this 22 year old rohingya woman inside her tent, trying to put her baby to sleep. She says she was raped by ...