New images reveal the bravery of members of the public tackling the convicted terrorist on the bridge and in the hall where his attack began. You get andy and lukasz starting a fightback. They used fire extinguishers, they used chairs, they used these narwhal tusks ripped off the wall in the heat of the moment, and they took the game back to the knife wall. Police say theyve arrested a man in stoke on trent following a review of the existing licence conditions of convicted terrorism offenders. It is not believed to be connected to the London Bridge attack. Maltas prime minister, joseph muscat, says he will resign following mass protests over the murder of an anti corru ption journalist. Now on bbc news, Judith Moritz looks back on the history of the hillsborough disaster. 96 football fans were unlawfully killed at hillsborough stadium. But after 30 years, a jurys decided the man in charge on that april day in 1989 is not criminally responsible for their deaths. 96 were unlawfully kille
Now on bbc news, witness history comes from the Royal Academy in london, with razia iqbal. As part of the bbcs crossing divides season we hear two perspectives on the 1979 iranian hostage crisis. 96 football fans were unlawfully killed at hillsborough stadium. But after 30 years, a jurys decided the man in charge on that april day in 1989 is not criminally responsible for their deaths. We say 96 were unlawfully killed. And yet not one person is accountable. The question id like to ask all of you, and people within the system, then who put the 96 in their graves . Commentator beardsley 0h, hes hit the bar tremendous effort. It was one of the biggest games of the season. But as the match kicked off, a terrible sequence of events was reaching its awful conclusion. Football fans were already dead and dying on the terraces when it was abandoned. Theyre all collapsed here i dont remember anything about the football being played because at that time i was fighting for my life. Commentator and
A sweeping election victory for gota baya rajapa ksa. Sri lankas new president says he will be the leader of all citizens, regardless of religion or ethnicity. And how to save the critically endangered pygmy possum in australia, by looking into its past. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its nine am in singapore, 1am in london and also nine in the morning in hong kong where local media are reporting that police have entered the Polytechnic University campus after a 2 day standoff between protesters and police. Activists inside the University Set its main entrance on fire as police made another attempt to take the building. Police have used tear gas and water cannon against a group of about a hundred pro democracy activists, whove responded with petrol bombs and rocks fired from catapults. Our correspondent, gabriel gatehouse whos at the scene sent this report a little after the trouble started. The assault on the campus st
Celebrates its 500th birthday with music dancing in fireworks but its all against the backdrop of an ailing economy still 100 u. S. Embargo. Plus max 1st up and that brings his maximum speed to sao paulo he holds office stiff challenge from the champion Lewis Hamilton to claim victory in a thrilling for cillian grand prix. A 1000000 welcome to the program a standoff in hong kong has led to Police Moving in against antigovernment protesters holed up in a university with police surrounding hong kong polytechnic protesters set fire to the main campus entrance authorities have warned vale resort to live ammunition if the small group of hold. Dont put down lethal weapons son of used bow and arrows and hurled petrol bombs at police. For more lets go to mathias berlinger whos there in hong kong for us. Right now looks quite calm behind you but take us through some of these very terrifying scenes weve seen over the last several hours yes so the protests as they have barricaded themselves in th
First to hong kong where i want to build up a picture of rapidly moving events, in the last few minutes we have seen these pictures of at least a0 people arrested near Polytechnic University. The people were detained outside hotel icon on Science Museum road. The university has been the scene of intense clashes between Anti Government protesters and police over the weekend. At 5 30am local time, the police advanced in to the huge campus. Protestors set the main entrance on fire. Police used tear gas and water cannon. Our correspondent gabriel gatehouse witnessed events. The assault on the campus started about five minutes ago. We saw several dozen black clad Police Officers suddenly materialise out of nowhere and start storming the place. They were firing rubber bullets and tear gas and in response, the protesters unleashed all the petrol bombs they had, sometimes hurling whole boxes at a time which caused two huge fires at the main entrances to the campus. You may be able to hear a fi