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Hello and welcome to world news today. There have been running street battles in hong kong, in some of the worst violence in more than three months of Anti Government unrest. Protesters threw petrol bombs, while the police fired round after round of tear gas and rubber bullets. There were multiple arrests, as the authorities try to assert control, in the run up to tuesdays 70th anniversary of communist party rule in china. From hong kong, heresjohn sudworth. They are determined to spoil the party. With just two days to go before china s big anniversary, hong kong is decidely off message. While...

Tonight at ten, borisjohnson defends his language in the Brexit Debate on the opening day of the conservative Party Conference. Speaking in manchester, the Prime Minister said tempers on both sides have become inflamed. I certainly think everybody should calm down. Including you . I think ive been the model of restraint. At the conference, new funding for Hospital Building projects in england has been announced. Well have the details. Also tonight. Running street battles in hong kong, as protestors prepare to disrupt celebrations marking 70 years of Chinese Communist rule. You can still taste ...

Chilly for just about all of us, but wednesday is going to be a bright and crisp day. Quite a windy one, particularly across eastern areas, lighter winds further west, but those temperatures no great shakes for the time of year, between 11 and 1a degrees. As we head towards the end of the way, it looks like those temperatures will start to climb again, more of the west or south westerly influence to our weather, but with that there is the potential for wet and windy weather at times. A lot of uncertainty about that, i have to say. So through the weekend, more rain at first and then it turns ch...

The air. Hong kong finds itself at the clash authoritarianism against freedom. Dina asher smith becomes the first ever british woman to win a medal in the 100 meters, at the world athletics championships. And well be taking an in depth look at the papers, with our reviewersjoel taylor and Benedicte Paviot stay with us for that. Good evening. Borisjohnson says hes been a model of restraint when it comes to the language hes used in the brexit debate. It follows a week of bitter exchanges between mps in the commons, and accusations his rhetoric has been inflammatory. 0n the first day of the conse...

Loss of life. Security forces have been deployed by the Prime Minister who has also appealed for calm. If the security situation worsens, he warns the risk is the destruction of the state. These protests havent come out of nowhere. Their roots lie in the terrible damage inflicted on iraq and its people by decades of warand iraq and its people by decades of war and the failure of politicians to unite and rebuild a fragile country. A big force driving them to demonstrate is unemployment. Even those with jobs are struggling. Almost a quarter of the population lives on less than 2 us per day accor...