After tens of thousands march through the town where gangs attacked pro democracy activists last weekend. And we will be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers, katherine forster, reporter at the sunday times, and the home editor at the london evening standard, martin bentham. Stay with us for that. Good evening. In another policy announcement, three days after becoming Prime Minister, borisjohnson has pledged to fund a new high speed rail link between leeds and manchester. He says it will turbo charge the regions and unlock jobs, boosting growth. He was speaking on a visit to the north west, with the full details of his proposals to be published in the autumn. But labour says the plans are a rehash of past failed promises from the conservatives. Our chief Political Correspondent vicki young reports from manchester. Taking his first steps as Prime Minister, borisjohnson is promising a bright, optimistic future. I wasjust thinking that it was actually the metro. But he is not the first conservative to come to manchester offering more investment for the north of england. At the science and industry museum, mrjohnson said action was needed to combat the hopelessness felt by those living in some northern towns. It isnt really the fault of the places, and certainly isnt the fault of the people growing up there. They havent failed. Its we, us, the politicians, our politics, who has failed them. And our plan now, in this new government that i lead, is to unite our country and to level up. He announced a 5. 6 billion fund to improve transport and broadband in 100 towns, and committed to a new fast rail link between manchester and leeds. And as far as im concerned, that is just the beginning of our commitments and our investments. We want to see this whole thing done. Many of the people sitting here have heard warm words about the Northern Powerhouse forfive years, and have had, really, absolutely no progress whatsoever. Are you really going to have the money for all of these other pledges that you have made . The answer to that is yes. And i think the answer to your point about the Northern Powerhouse, which i really want to help deliver, i think its a fantastic idea. Its a fantastic project, and its time has come. Today has been a massive step forward and we should be celebrating that, but keeping the pressure on governmentjust to make sure that commitment is anchored and delivered on. But commuters here are demanding more than one new rail line. It costs £4 here for a single busjourney. £1. 50 in london. How can that be right . So, when it comes to funding, we need the same kind of subsidy that londoners have had for decades. What the north really needs is a crossrail for the north, which would be proper connectivity with newcastle and with hull. Borisjohnson says the investment will open up new opportunities and turbo charge the economy. The Prime Ministers list of promises goes way beyond new railway lines. Social care, broadband, more police, education it is all going to cost more money, and it is not clear where thatis going to come from. So do voters believe what theyre hearing . Its all good. Yeah, all good, so long as it happens. At least hes positive. Yeah, thats what id say positive. And thats what we need. What they promise and what they deliver is always completely different. And i have no faith in borisjohnson as a Prime Minister. I think anything he can do to make life better for people is good. Whether he can deliver or not, well wait and see. Drawing up a to do list is the easy part. Making it happen is a real challenge. Vicki young, bbc news, manchester. Our Business Correspondent katy austin is here. How new is all of this, the funding and this plan . Well, the idea of boosting the north of englands economy through improving infrastructure is certainly not a new idea. In fact, its one of the key spines, if you like, of the northern power powerhouse idea. Today, Boris Johnson northern power powerhouse idea. Today, borisjohnson is staking his claim to part of that project with his manchester to leeds fast rail service idea. But for a long time now Business Leaders across the north, council leaders, businesses themselves, have been calling for much more than that. They have been calling for tens of billions of pounds of investment in a really wide ranging kind of rail improvement projects, faster, better links between many cities all the way from liverpool in the west to hole in the east and north as well. So they think that is the way to unlock the unused potential of that area of the economy hull. Unlock the unused potential of that area of the economy hull. And what will this achieve . Well, the idea is to address one of the kind of imbalances that there are across the country, and transport is one example of that. And if you look at one analysis, the growth in spending one analysis, the growth in spending on transport per head over the last few years has gone up £149 in the north. But, you know, thats only half the increase that london has seen, although london of course does have more people and a very different type of condensed transport network. Now, this is all well the contribution that the entire north makes to the uks economic output has remained hovering around i9 , and improving transport connections is seen as a really big way of improving that, getting the most out of the economy, that isnt perhaps being drawn upon at the moment, or enabled at moment. Meanwhile, northern Business Leaders have been looking at big projects that have been on the move in the south, around london. Crossrail is a particular example, looking at that and seeing that actually up north progress has been slower and smaller, more incremental. So they will definitely be looking for proof that manchester to leeds willjust be the start of something much bigger, they hope. Many thanks indeed. Riot police in hong kong have fired tear gas at protesters taking part in an unauthorised demonstration. Thousands had gathered, but after Police Warnings a small group refused to disperse, throwing bricks and stones, in the Northern District of yuen long. The march was in condemnation of an attack on pro democracy protestors last weekend, by masked men. There are some flashing images, in nick beakes report. Tear gas, rubber bullets, and anger fill the stifling summer air. Welcome to another weekend in hong kong. This is now the rhythm of life. You find a police force trying to contain an eighth consecutive week of demonstrations. And these are the protesters who wont back down tens of thousands of them. Shame on you, they shout, towards officers they say failed to protect them last weekend here in the town of yuen long, near the chinese border. Men in white, suspected to be triad gang members, had attacked pro democracy activists at a metro station, sending more than a0 to hospital. Hong kong police had tried to ban todays march. It didnt work, and once again, as night fell, a hard core of protesters faced up to them. The police have now lost patience. They have asked the demonstrators to leave this area, and they havent. Theyve already fired tear gas, and so street by street, they re coming through and clearing the way. Repairing Public Confidence will be an even harder task. Im very angry, because the police, they are supposed to protect the people in hong kong. The hong kong people, theyre supposed to protect us. But instead, they dont. They stepped back when the triad attacked people. The police used too much force and violence against the protesters and the citizens, so we are here to demonstrate. Tonight, a show of force to restore order for now, at least. The protesters say theyll be back on the streets tomorrow. Nick beake, bbc news, hong kong. The head of the wellcome trust, which is the uks biggest Scientific Research charity, has written to borisjohnson warning that leaving the eu without a deal would be a threat to the science sector. Baroness Manningham Buller said there was an opportunity to build the science base which would be lost if the uk was made unfriendly to scientists from overseas. The independent mpjared 0mara says he will resign when parliament returns in september. He was elected as the labour mp for Sheffield Hallam in 2017, but quit the Party Last Year after being suspended for alleged misogynistic and homophobic comments online. He announced earlier this week he would be taking time out, after being accused by a former aide of not caring about his constituents. The uk soldier who died in syria was killed by friendly fire, defence minister is said. It was previously reported he was killed by a roadside bomb in 2018, however, the mod said the 33 year old died as a result of explosives carried by american forces. Sergeant tonroe was the only british soldier killed in active duty during operations against is. Over 1,000 passengers have been moved to safety from an express train trapped by torrential rains near the indian city of mumbai. Helicopters, boats and diving teams were deployed by the authorities after the train was stranded on friday night close to the town of vangani. Heavy rains have battered mumbai and the state of maharashtra. Yogita limaye reports. Stuck in a flood, a train with 20 coaches carrying hundreds of passengers. A river near the tracks overflowed because of several hours of heavy rainfall, which meant the mahalaxmi express could go no further. People were stuck on board for nearly 15 hours. They had run out of food and drinking water. Then, a massive rescue effort was launched. Boats were sent in, and dozens of rescuers. Slowly, they brought everyone out to safety. Nine pregnant women are reported to be among those evacuated. Helicopters had also been put on standby. Mumbai and the areas surrounding it have seen intense rainfall since friday, as have other parts of the country. This is video from rajasthan in western india. Assam, in the countrys north east, is also facing floods. Hundreds have already lost their lives this year in weeks of monsoon rainfall, and in many regions, more bad weather is predicted. Police in Northern Ireland say they believed dissident republicans tried to murder officers with a viable device in County Armagh last night. According to the authorities, a loud bang was heard on tullygally road in craigavon at about midnight on friday, where a device was later recovered. Police said they believe the attack was set up to target officers responding to a call from the public. Six people were assaulted on board a p 0 cruise ship in the early hours of friday morning. The britannia was en route from bergen to southampton when the incident happened. All passengers have now disembarked the ship, and a man and a woman in their 40s from essex are currently in Police Custody tens of thousands of e sports fans are filling a new york stadium this weekend to see who will be crowned the fortnite World Champion and walk away with a record breaking £2. 11 million prize. Flushing meadows is more famous for tennis, but the winners of these tournaments could take home far more than Novak Djokovic and simona halep won at wimbledon, and several british players are in the running. Joe tidy has been watching the action at flushing meadows. Well, were halfway through this massive event for e sports. This is the fortnite world cup finals, as you say. Its not looking very good for brits. Today is the duos, the 50 best pairs. We are following carljackson and benjamin fish. Both of them not having a good start. We are into the fourth game now. Im not sure of the situation, but they both need a miracle to stay in this. I want to bring in victor benson. Victor, youre part of a large gaming organisation, fanatic. What do you do . I take care of talent, connected to different titles. We are at the world cup with one of our aspiring young talents, called smeeth. and smeeth is jake smith. Hes british, can you tell me about him . He got the big eu players together and theyve been fighting the last six months to get here. Hes a Big Personality in the eu fortnite scene. And hes not playing today. He is playing tomorrow in the solos. One of the older players here, 18, which is quite hilarious. What are his chances . If he does what hes best at, letting himself become the beast in the moment, its about getting confidence, getting the ego out there, taking care of yourself, i think he has a very big chance of getting a top ten position here. What does this mean for you as a company and as someone involved in e sports as the industry . Is itjust a big event that has a lot of money behind it . Its something that goes beyond what e sports and gaming has been for a couple of years. We will look at fortnite and epic as being the first mainstream titles. Being where traditional sports hold their events, is just incredible for the players. But also the people who dont follow these kind of things, like, mothers seeing their kids playing games may think differently of it after theyve seen this event. And finally, the players were watching in there, especially benji fish and mr savage, they have been pegged for glory. It isnt looking good, but are you hopeful they can pull it out of the bag . They come from a tight group of friends, and anyone from that group can always come back. It doesnt matter what they do in the first three games. There can be miracles, and there will be miracles. Lets hope so. Thank you. Its all go here, apparently a sell out, 20,000 tickets sold today and tomorrow. There are lots of empty seats so im not sure its capacity that youd get with the us open that is held in the same stadium. The headlines on bbc news Prime Minister borisjohnson pledges to fund a new high speed rail route between manchester and leeds. President trump praises borisjohnson and says talks on what he calls a very substantial us uk trade deal are under way. The mp for Sheffield Hallam, jared 0mara, says he is to resign as a member of parliament to deal with personal issues. Sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, heres azi farni. Good evening. We start with the news that egan bernal is poised to become colombias first winner of the Tour De France, after finishing saturdays penultimate stage in the yellow jersey. The 22 year old will also become the youngest tour winner for 110 years. There were emotional scenes in bernals home town of zipaquira, as bernals friends and family gathered to watch. Well hear in a moment from the outgoing champion and bernals ineos teammate, britains geraint thomas, who will finish in second overall. But first from the man wholl replace him as Tour De France winner. When i was high in the mountains i was feeling much better than at the start of the climbs. That was something good for me. I think that im a climber. When we were going up, going up, kilometres and kilometres of climbing, it was better. Its incredible, i said to him, enjoy it, soak it up and dont worry about crying because all real men cry its amazing to be part of. A phenomenal athlete, 22. An amazing year ahead of him. Amazing to have been a part of this. Mercedes Lewis Hamilton is on pole for sundays german grand prix after both ferraris dropped down the grid, following serious power problems. Charles leclerc had been fastest in practice and looked on course to pip the mercedes, but a fuel system problem meant he was unable to post a time. His teammate Sebastian Vettel also had a powerfailure. That left Lewis Hamilton clear to finish the Third Session with the fastest time. Red bulls Max Verstappen will start from second, and Hamiltons Team mate Valteri Bottas from third. Its been, particularly on my side, a really difficult weekend in the car. We struggled with our pace. Weve been there or thereabouts. I think the upgrade is working. I dont know what happened to the ferraris. Theyre always quick here. I was happy with my lap. Leeds rhinos have won the womens challenge cup for a second year in a row. And they beat the same team castleford in the process. It was pretty close for a while 10 10 before Courtney Hill went over for the rhinos with 20 minutes to go, 16 10 the final score at the university of bolton stadium. Its been an incredible week leading up its been an incredible week leading up to this. We knew we had it in us. It was just whether we could bring it today. Ben whishaw did. I think does the beauty and finals, brings out the best in everyone. What a great match. Warrington will play st helens in the mens challenge cup final. Warrington were made to work for their victory by a well drilled hull fc side, but eventually won 22 14. Joe philbin went over late on, to secure warringtons third challenge cup final in four seasons. Part time side halifax put up a brave fight against st helens in the other semi, but in the end saints proved too strong, running in four tries to win 26 points to 2. Its the first time theyve reached the final since 2008. Rory mcilroy looks like hes returned to form after missing the cut at the open last weekend. He shot a third round of 62 at the latest event of the world Golf Championship in memphis. Mcilroy hit nine birdies in his 8 under par round moving to 12 under par overall and a shot clear of brooks koepka. Finally, enable has become the first horse to regain the King George Vi and Queen Elizabeth stakes crown at ascot. The 15 8 on favourite, ridden by frankie dettori, came from behind to just edge out crystal ocean in a thrilling race to the line. It was an 11th straight win for enable, who also won the race back in 2017. Thats all the sport for now. Thank you. Thank you very much indeed. Officials from russia, india, and the philippines have me