Are scenes like this, of complete chaos. Well have live reports from hong kong and from beijing, with no end in sight to the clashes between democtrators and the authorities. Also tonight. Following that bbc interview, Prince Andrew is now under growing pressure to talk to us officials about his links with the latejeffrey epstein. Three Party Leaders take their messages to the cbi conference, each claiming to be the Natural Partners of business. We report on the crisis in care for the elderly, and the major policy and financial challenges facing whoever wins the election. And we meet the team behind the Tony Award Winning musical dear evan hansen, which opens in london tomorrow night. Coming up on sportsday on bbc news, can the republic of ireland secure a crucial win over denmark in dublin to guarantee their place at euro 2020 . Good evening. In hong kong, hundreds of activists remain under siege inside the polytechnic university, where theres been more violence today, as police try t
Amnesty International Says more than 100 people have been killed across iran during days of protests. Security forces are accused of firing directly on protestors. The leaders of britains two biggest parties trade blows, ahead of next months election amid claims the conservatives are misleading voters. Good morning. Its 1 00am in london, 9 00am in singapore and in hong kong, where almost all of the protesters whod been barricaded inside a university have now left, with more than a thousand people arrested. Police and pro democracy activists have clashed over the past few days using tear gas and rubber bullets, and petrol bombs and bricks. The United Nations have urged the authorities to end the standoff peacefully. Rupert Wingfield Hayes reports from the campus. They came out looking more like prisoners of war hands on each others shoulders, forlorn, humiliated and exhausted. Family members looked on anxiously, hoping to catch a glimpse of a missing child. This man saw his brother, a m
Manchester united are losing 2 1 to sheffield wednesday. Full details in sports day in half an hour, here on bbc news. Good afternoon. Borisjohnson has launched the conservative partys election manifesto, promising to get his brexit deal passed by parliament as soon as possible after the election, if he wins. In a speech in telford in shropshire, he offered what he called a route map to take the country forward. For the nhs in england theres a pledge to add 50 thousand more nurses and restore nursing grants thats on top of an existing promise to pump tens of billions more into the Health Service. He said thered be no rises in income tax, National Insurance and vat for 5 years. And he pledged to raise the threshold at which people start paying National Insurance, to £9,500, a saving of £85 a year, per person. Our political editor, Laura Kuenssberg was at the manifesto launch, and her report contains some flash photography. Ahead, but farfrom clear. Feeling optimistic . Tories out the
Two Prison Guards in new york across iran during days of protests. Iranian Security Forces are accused who were on duty on the night convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein killed himself have been charged with falsifying records. Of firing directly on protestors. Theyre accused of failing to complete mandated checks on prisoners and lying the leaders of britains two on officialforms. Biggest parties trade blows prosecutors in sweden say they will ahead of next months election while the conservatives are accused discontinue their investigation into an allegation of rape, made againstjulian assange. The wikilea ks founder, has been in prison in london since he was taken out of the Ecuadorian Embassy in april. He was sentenced to 50 weeks in jail of misleading voters. For breaching his bail conditions. Police in bolivia have shot a protester dead as he tried to prevent trucks carrying cooking gas from heading towards the countrys biggest city, la paz. Good morning. Its midnight in london,
Hello to you. More senior officials have appeared before the impeachment hearings, investigating whether donald trump has abused his president ial power, and the white house has attacked its own most senior ukraine official, even as he was giving public testimony. As Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman told congress that a phone call made by the president was improper and left him in shock, the official white house twitter account was questioning hisjudgement. In his evidence, the iraq veteran, who serves on the Us National Security council, said mr trump did make inappropriate demands of the ukrainian leader to help him politically in next years us president ial election. Aleem maqbool was there for us. Many are taking huge risks to testify against their president. For Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, a military hero and National Security aid still working for the white house, those risks felt acute. Dad. Hands shaking as he gave his opening statement, he addressed his father wh