Third Night Of Protests Over Police Killings

Cop Killing Of Black Man On Stairwell Probed

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By Sky News US Team

A New York City district attorney has announced he will convene a grand jury to consider charges against a rookie cop who fatally shot a black man.

The news came just hours before a memorial service for Akai Gurley, 28, who died on 20 November after he was shot once in the chest.

Probationary Officer Peter Liang's gun fired accidentally on the dimly lit stairwell of a housing project, police officials have said.

It is the latest case in a debate about policing, racial profiling and criminal justice, which has spawned a third night of nationwide protests.

Announcing the grand jury plan, Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson said in a statement: "It is important to get to the bottom of what happened."

He added: "I pledge to conduct a full and fair investigation and to give the grand jury all of the information necessary to do its job."

The prosecutor, who is black, said there was no timeline for the jurors to be impanelled.

The New York Daily News reported on Friday that the officer involved texted his union representative as Mr Gurley lay dying.

After Officer Liang discharged the bullet that struck Mr Gurley, he and partner Shaun Landau did not respond to radio contact for more than six and a half minutes, according to the newspaper.

A neighbour phoned for the ambulance that took Mr Gurley to hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival, reports the Daily News.

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Gallery: Chokehold Protesters On March Across US

An NYPD policeman stands next to protesters on a second night of nationwide demonstrations over the death of a black man and the clearing of a white cop who restrained him in an alleged chokehold

A demonstrator restrains another as protesters clash with police in Times Square

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Third Night Of Protests Over Police Killings

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Protesters have rallied in US cities for a third night to denounce police treatment of black Americans.

The wave of largely peaceful demonstrations across the country including New York, New Jersey, Colorado and Florida, follow the decision by a grand jury not to indict a white policeman in the chokehold death of a black man, Eric Garner.

In one protest a group of more than 100 people stormed into a Manhattan Apple Store chanting slogans before staging a "die-in" as shoppers and employees looked on.

There was no looting or vandalism, and the group left, with no arrests, after about five minutes.

Nationally, tensions were already running high after a white policeman was cleared in the fatal shooting of the unarmed black 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.

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Gallery: Protests After Chokehold Jury Decision

Protesters took to the streets in the US for a third night to voice their anger at police treatment of black Americans after a series of fatalities

The wave of largely peaceful demonstrations across the country, included one group storming the Apple store in Manhattan

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Protesters took to the streets after a grand jury decision not to charge a white policeman over the chokehold death of an unarmed black man

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Protesters blocked traffic in New York over the verdict

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Father-of-six Eric Garner, 43, died after he was restrained by police while being arrested on suspicion of selling untaxed cigarettes on Staten Island in July

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The latest fatal shooting of a black man, Akai Gurley, 28, by a rookie cop on a housing project stairwell in Brooklyn has only served to fuel public outrage, and stoke the debate about race, policing and the justice system.

A New York City prosecutor has said he would convene a grand jury to consider charges against the officer.

There have also been protests in Phoenix, Arizona, after a white police officer shot dead an unarmed black drug suspect during a scuffle.

And in Ohio, the family of a 12-year-old boy who was carrying a pellet gun when he was shot dead by a police officer has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit.

Mr Garner, a father-of-six, died after he was restrained with an apparent chokehold while being arrested on suspicion of selling untaxed cigarettes on Staten Island in July.

A viral video shot by an onlooker showed the 43-year-old, who had asthma and a heart condition, repeatedly gasping "I can't breathe!". He later died in hospital.

President Barack Obama has also weighed into the debate, saying "too many Americans feel deep unfairness when it comes to the gap between our professed ideals and how laws are applied on a day to day basis".

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Three women who claim to have been sexually assaulted by comedian Bill Cosby have outlined the details of their allegations in an emotional news conference in Los Angeles.

One of the alleged victims, Beth Farrier, claimed she had an extramarital affair with Cosby in the mid 1980s and that he drugged her and sexually assaulted her after she agreed to meet him at a show in Colorado where he was performing.

She told the news conference Cosby handed her a cappuccino and she passed out and woke up in her car in an alleyway behind the venue.

She said: "I believe that Mr Cosby drugged me and sexually assaulted me that night.

"For years I did not tell anyone about what he had done to me because I was afraid. I felt threatened by him, I did not think anyone would believe me."

Cosby, 77, has refused to discuss sex abuse allegations previously raised by more than a dozen women, but his lawyers said those allegations were "discredited" and "defamatory".

Cosby and his lawyers are yet to respond to the latest claims made at the news conference.

A second woman speaking in Los Angeles on Thursday alleged Cosby invited her to his suite at the Las Vegas Hilton hotel where she worked in 1986 and told her he was going to introduce her to a modelling agency.

She claims he then gave her a blue pill and told her to put on a robe, while a photographer arrived for a photoshoot.

She then claimed Cosby began sexually assaulting her and she blacked out.

The third alleged victim, Helen Hayes, claimed the comedian followed her and two friends after they met him at a tennis tournament in Pebble Beach, California.

She alleged he approached her from behind in a restaurant and sexually assaulted her.

She told the news conference: "Bill followed us around all day Saturday. He found us again on Saturday night, even though we had changed restaurants several times to avoid him.

"At first we thought it was all right, because it was daytime and it was Bill Cosby. We thought we were safe.

"I was stunned and angry, because he had no right to do that and I didn't know why he would behave that way. His behaviour was like that of a predator."

Gloria Allred, a lawyer acting for the alleged victims, said more than 20 women had come forward alleging Cosby had sexually assaulted them.

She said it was too late for them to file a lawsuit against the comedian because of the statute of limitations, and called on Cosby to waive the statute defence and determine if he "is a saint or a sexual predator".

Ms Allred said: "For many of these alleged victims it is frustrating to hear that it is simply too late to obtain a legal remedy and for supporters of Bill Cosby it is also upsetting to them that Cosby is being accused but no jury will decide if he is telling the truth or not."

It comes as a scheduled performance by the comedian in Tarrytown Music Hall, north of New York City, was cancelled on Wednesday.

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Al Qaeda Threatens To Murder Photojournalist

Al Qaeda has threatened to murder a British-born American citizen it captured in Yemen over a year ago.

Photojournalist Luke Somers, who was born in England but has lived in the US for most of his life, was captured by the Islamic extremist group in Sana'a in September 2013.

The Arabian Peninsula wing of the group (AQAP) has released a video with a message saying it will kill the hostage if its demands are not met.

The video has been obtained but not released by US security monitoring organisation SITE Intelligence Group.

The three-minute video first shows Nasser bin Ali al Ansi, a local al Qaeda official, speaking about alleged American crimes against the Muslim world and saying the US is "aware" of the militants' demands.

Speaking in Arabic, Mr Ansi says the US has three days to meet the demands or "otherwise, the American hostage held by us will meet his inevitable fate".

Later in the video, Mr Somers says: "My name is Luke Somers. I'm 33 years old. I was born in England, but I carry American citizenship and have lived in America for most of my life.

"It's now been well over a year since I've been kidnapped in Sana'a. Basically, I'm looking for any help that can get me out of this situation. I'm certain that my life is in danger.

"So as I sit here now, I ask if anything can be done, please let it be done. Thank you very much."

AQAP is considered the most dangerous affiliate of al Qaeda by Washington.

Last week, a Yemeni government website said in a statement the group had moved a number of hostages including an American journalist, as well as a Briton and a South African, days before a joint US-Yemeni raid in southeastern Hadramawt province to free one of them.

It is not clear whether Mr Somers is the journalist or the Briton the statement was referring to.

He was in Sana'a to work as a photojournalist for the Yemen Times.

Yemen is an ally of the US in the fight against al Qaeda, with drones operating against the group over its territory.

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Chokehold Ruling Touches Off New York Protests

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By Sky News US Team

Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of New York after a grand jury cleared a police officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man.

Many of the protesters chanted "I can't breathe", the last words spoken by Mr Garner on July 17.

Protests at locations throughout Manhattan were mostly peaceful but disrupted traffic into the early hours of Thursday.

About 30 people were arrested but police appeared to show restraint and avoided confrontation.

At Grand Central Terminal, about 35 to 45 people lay on the floor in a "die-in" protest as the evening rush hour got underway.

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Gallery: Protests After Chokehold Jury Decision

Activists demand justice for the death of Eric Garner, staging a 'die-in' during rush hour at Grand Central Terminal

About 40 people took part in the 'die-in' protest. The demonstrations began after a grand jury cleared a police officer in the chokehold death of Mr Garner

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Many chanted 'I can't breathe', the last words spoken by Mr Garner

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Protesters block traffic in New York after the verdict

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Some held signs recalling the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri

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In Times Square, a crowd of at least 200 people chanted, "No indictment is denial. We want a public trial."

About 400 protesters marched through midtown Manhattan, tying up traffic and heading from Times Square to Rockefeller Center, where the annual tree-lighting ceremony was held on Wednesday night.

Police presence was heavy as hundreds of protesters stood behind rows of police barricades, but the annual tradition went on without a hitch.

Officer Daniel Pantaleo was captured on video using the banned hold on Mr Garner, who was resisting arrest in Staten Island on suspicion of selling loose, untaxed cigarettes.

The grand jury decision follows a similar ruling in Missouri not to indict a white police officer for shooting dead unarmed black teenager Michael Brown. That ruling led to sometimes violent protests in Ferguson and across the country.

"We should hope for justice and be surprised every time it doesn't happen," said a protester in New York, Meredith Reitman, a 40-year-old white woman from Queens.

Mr Garner's mother, Gwen Carr, said the decision was "breaking my heart, just pulling me apart".

"I don't know what video they were looking at. Evidently it wasn't the same one that the rest of the world was looking at," she added.

"How can we put our trust in the justice system when they fail us like this?"

Officer Pantaleo, 29, said he did not intend to perform a chokehold - which was banned by the Police Department in 1993 - but was performing a takedown move.

He said in a statement it was "never my intention to harm anyone and I feel very bad about the death of Mr Garner", sending his condolences to the family.

But Mr Garner's 43-year-old's widow said she did not accept the apology.

"He's still working, he's still getting a paycheck, he's still feeding his kids and my husband is six feet under and I'm looking for a way to feed my kids now," said Esaw Garner.

"Who's going to play Santa Claus for my grandkids this year? Who's going to do that now?"

Barack Obama said the grand jury decision emphasised the need to strengthen trust and accountability between the community and law enforcement.

"When anybody in this country is not being treated equally under the law, that's a problem. And it's my job as president to help solve it," the US President said.

The US Justice Department will conduct a federal investigation into Mr Garner's death.

Rights campaigner Reverend Al Sharpton called on the federal government to intervene in police cases, and denounced what he said was "police brutality".

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A funeral service for Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes has taken place in his hometown of Macksville, New South Wales.

The 25-year-old batsman died in hospital in Sydney last week after he was hit on the back of the neck by a cricket ball during New South Wales' first-class match against South Australia.

He had scored 63 runs when he was hit by a short ball from bowler Sean Abbott and was wearing a helmet at the time.

Around 1,000 people, mostly locals, packed into his former Macksville High School for the service, with hundreds more watching on big screens outside.

The service was also broadcast live on national television and on big screens in Australia's major cities, including at the Sydney Cricket Ground where Hughes was fatally injured.

It began with the song Forever Young, and lasted around 75 minutes before finishing with Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me.

Hughes' siblings, Jason and Megan, paid tribute to their brother during the service on behalf of the family along with his cousin Nino Ramunno.

Megan said: "I'm sorry you cannot be here with us any longer, but I promise that all the dreams and thoughts we had about the future I will continue in your honour.

"There won't be a day that goes by that I won't think of you, I promise I will talk to you every day and keep you company up there."

An emotional Australian captain Michael Clarke struggled as he addressed the service.

He said: "He left a mark on our game that needs no embellishment. I don't know about you but I keep looking for him.

"Is this what we call the spirit? If so, then his spirit is still with me and I hope it never leaves.

"We must dig in... we must dig in and get through to tea. And we must play on. So rest in peace my little brother, I'll see you out in the middle."

The mourners included Prime Minister Tony Abbott, the Australia cricket team and Sean Abbott.

Former Australian players Shane Warne, Ricky Ponting, Glenn McGrath and the Waugh brothers all attended, alongside Richard Hadlee, Brian Lara and India batsman Virat Kohli.

Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland also addressed mourners. He said: "Cricket's heart has been pierced with pain, but it will never stop beating. Phillip Hughes... forever unconquered on 63."

Clarke acted as a pallbearer for his close friend following the service as a funeral procession made its way along the main street in the town.

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Gallery: Australia Says Goodbye To Batsman Phillip Hughes

The order of service for the funeral of Australia cricketer Phillip Hughes, who died on 27 November after being struck by a bouncer during a game

Australian captain Michael Clarke arrives for the funeral with his wife Kyly

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Bill Cosby Sued Over Playboy Mansion 'Sex Act'

Bill Cosby is being sued by a California woman who claims the comedian molested her around 1974 when she was 15-years-old.

Judith Huth claims in the sexual battery lawsuit that the incident happened at the Playboy Mansion.

The document claims she and a friend met Cosby at a Los Angeles film shoot and the comedian later gave them drinks at a tennis club.

It then states that Cosby took them to the Playboy Mansion after several drinks. Her suit states Cosby forced her to perform a sex act on him.

The woman claims she suffered emotional distress and that she discovered its impact within the past three years.

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Iran Launches Airstrikes In Iraq, Says US

Iran has launched airstrikes in eastern Iraq against Islamic State militants, the Pentagon has revealed.

But a spokesman said the US had not coordinated the attacks or military action with Tehran.

Rear Admiral John Kirby said the US continued to fly missions over Iraq and that it was up to the Iraqi government to avoid conflicts in its own airspace.

He said it was believed to be the first time Iran has launched manned aircraft from inside Iran to strike targets in Iraq.

Iranian military leaders have admitted that dozens of their forces have been in Iraq fighting alongside Kurdish troops battling extremists.

The US has not invited Iran to join the coalition fighting Islamic State and Iran has said it would not join in any case.

Rear Admiral Kirby said: "There's no reason to believe they are not true, those reports that Iranian aircraft struck targets against IS in eastern Iraq.

"It's Iraqi airspace and it's for Iraqis to deconflict.

"We are not coordinating with nor deconflicting with Iranian military."

But Foreign Affairs Editor Sam Kiley said there would certainly have been coordination.

He said: "There's no question about it.

"You can't fly combat operations in and around an airspace, partciaulraly not with coalition aircraft, you have got to what they call deconflict.

"That will all have technically been done through the Iraqis, but actually the Iraqis don't have that level of technology, not that level of know how.

"So a western power and an Arab power would probably be part of that deconfliction.

"At the very least that is a coordination that has to happen or they would fly into each other."

It came as NATO foreign ministers met in Brussels to discuss the threat posed by IS.

US Secretary of State John Kerry said the battle against IS militants would last "as long as it takes to prevail".

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Obama Pushes For More Body Cameras On Cops

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By Sky News US Team

Barack Obama is calling for millions of dollars in federal funding to equip more police officers with body cameras.

The White House revealed the plan on Monday as the President met with members of his Cabinet and civil rights leaders to discuss the fallout over a grand jury's decision not to indict a police officer for shooting dead Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.

The three-year proposal calls for $263m (£167m), with $75m (£47.7m) aimed at getting 50,000 police officers to wear small, lapel-mounted cameras while on duty.

The White House said the cameras could help bridge deep mistrust between law enforcement and the public.

"Recent events in Ferguson, Missouri and around the country have highlighted the importance of strong, collaborative relationships between local police and the communities they protect," the White House said in a release.

"As the nation has observed, trust between law enforcement agencies and the people they protect and serve is essential to the stability of our communities, the integrity of our criminal justice system, and the safe and effective delivery of policing services."

The unrest in Ferguson escalated in large part due to the varying accounts of Mr Brown's shooting.

Some witnesses described the unarmed 18-year-old as having his hands in the air when he was shot dead by Officer Darren Wilson on 9 August.

Officer Wilson has maintained he shot Mr Brown in self-defence after the teenager assaulted him and attempted to take his weapon.

A St Louis County grand jury agreed with the officer's testimony and decided not to pursue charges - a move that set off violent protests in Ferguson and demonstrations around the country.

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Gallery: Ferguson Protests Lead To Arrests Across US

Protests have been held across the US after a white officer was not charged for shooting unarmed black 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri

Some of the most violent rallies were in San Francisco. Here a police officer on a motorcycle confronts protesters

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Islamic State Leader's Wife Held, Reports Say

The wife of the Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi and one of his sons have been arrested at the Syrian border, say reports.

They were detained by Lebanese troops in coordination with "foreign intelligence apparatus", according to local media.

His wife is said to have been travelling with a fake passport, and she is being questioned at the headquarters of the Lebanese defence ministry.

The country's security forces have launched a crackdown against IS sympathisers in Lebanon and the intelligence services have been extra vigilant at border crossings.

They have arrested over the past few months a number of Islamic militants suspected of staging attacks to expand IS in the country neighbouring Syria.

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Smoke rises after the airstrikes

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Korean Language Malware Used In Sony Attack

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A hacking attack that crippled key systems at Sony Pictures and led to blockbuster movies being leaked online is increasingly being blamed on Pyongyang after the FBI said some of the software used was compiled in Korean.

The attack, by a group calling itself the "Guardians Of Peace", left the firm's corporate email down for a week and enabled hackers to steal at least four movies, including Second World War drama "Fury" starring Brad Pitt which is yet to be released on DVD.

It has since been downloaded more than one million times.

The Korean malware has led to increased speculation that Sony was targeted in revenge for its movie "The Interview" - a comedy about two journalists recruited by the CIA to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un.

The Pyongyang government had previously described the film as "undisguised sponsoring of terrorism" and an "act of war."

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un makes regular public appearances across the country

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The FBI has given US firms advice on spotting and handling the malware in a five-page report, but it did not confirm if it was a response to the incident at Sony.

Sky's Asia Correspondent Mark Stone, in Beijing, said that while North Korea is yet to comment on the cyber attack on Sony, it "takes any slight on its leader very, very seriously".

"When The Interview trailer came out the North Korean ambassador to the UN made representations to the UN saying that here would be a response," he said.

"It is only a few months ago that a hairdresser in Ealing was offering a Kim Jong-Un haircut and two senior diplomats from the North Korean embassy went there and told him he couldn't do that because it was very disrespectful."

He said it was a "plausible possibility" as Pyongyang had carried out but previous hacking attacks, but he warned there is a lot of reporting about North Korea which is not correct because of the problems getting news out of the closed country.

Cybersecurity experts said it marked the first attack of its kind on a major US company.

Hackers have used malware similar to that described in the FBI report to launch attacks on businesses in South Korea and the Middle East, including one against oil producer Saudi Aramco that knocked out some 30,000 computers.

"I believe the coordinated cyberattack with destructive payloads against a corporation in the US represents a watershed event," Tom Kellermann, chief cybersecurity officer with security software maker Trend Micro Inc, said.

"Geopolitics now serve as harbingers for destructive cyberattacks."

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A World Health Organisation deadline to halt the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa has only been met by Guinea, according to latest figures.

In October, the organisation launched its plan to isolate 70% of those infected and safely bury 70% of the victims in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone by 1 December.

But in Liberia, only 23% of cases are isolated and 26% of the needed burial teams are in place.

In Sierra Leone, around 40% of cases are isolated and 27% of burial teams are operational.

The Ebola outbreak was first reported in Guinea in March, and has spiralled out of control since a public health emergency was declared in August.

Dr Bruce Aylward, who is directing the WHO response to Ebola, said: "If we don't do it in 60 days and we take 90 days - number one, a lot more people will die that shouldn't; and number two, we will need that much more capacity on the ground to be able to manage the caseload."

The number of cases in Liberia and Guinea has declined or stabilised in the last few weeks, but the area around Sierra Leone's capital Freetown has seen a surge in cases.

Anthony Banbury, who is heading the UN response to the outbreak, said: "There are still going to be many people who catch the disease and many people who die from it."

The disease has infected more than 16,000 people, with nearly 7,000 people dying, according to WHO figures.

Last month, the US announced it was scaling back the size and number of Ebola clinics it had promised to build in Liberia.

The WHO aimed to isolate all Ebola patients and provide safe burials for all victims by 1 January.

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Canadian Woman Kidnapped By IS - Reports

The Canadian government has said it is trying to verify reports that one of its citizens has been kidnapped in Syria.

The woman was believed to be helping Kurdish militias in the fight against Islamic State, according to Haaretz.

It cites a blog used by the extremist organisation, which claims a 31-year-old Canadian-Israeli had been taken captive.

Israel has banned its people from travelling to countries deemed as enemy states, including Iraq and Syria.

When asked about the reports, Moshe Ya'alon, Israel's Defence Minister, said "I cannot confirm that and I hope that it isn't true."

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Hong Kong Leader Warns Of 'Action' Over Clashes

Hong Kong's chief executive has warned pro-democracy protesters not to return to the streets for another night of protests after clashes with police temporarily closed the government headquarters.

Chaos erupted as the demonstrators, wearing helmets and wielding umbrellas, charged police after officers warned them to retreat.

Riot police used batons and pepper spray to push them back.

Local media reported that at least 45 people were arrested and police said 11 officers had been injured.

Chief executive Leung Chun-ying told reporters there would be "resolute action" if the demonstrators returned.

"Some people have mistaken the police's tolerance for weakness," he said.

"I call for students who are planning to return to the occupation sites tonight not to do so."

The situation is now said to be calm, although many government offices and shops remained shut mid-morning.

Leaders at the main activists' site in the Admiralty neighbourhood have said they will escalate their campaign after trying to encircle the government headquarters.

Sky's Asia Correspondent Mark Stone said of the clashes: "This is the result of total deadlock between the government and the protesters who want the right to choose their own political leader without interference from China.

"Beijing has said it will allow everyone here to vote but only from candidates chosen by China."

Police had cleared the area more than a month ago during some of the most violent scenes since the demonstrations began in late September.

The democracy movement represents one of the biggest threats for China's Communist Party leadership since its bloody 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy student protests in and around Tiananmen Square in Beijing.

The flare-up comes after four nights of clashes in the working-class district of Mong Kok, across the harbour from Admiralty.

The Hong Kong rallies drew more than 100,000 on to the streets at their peak, but numbers have since dwindled to a few hundred.

Meanwhile, China has been accused of "overtly confrontational" behaviour after saying it will ban a group of British MPs from visiting Hong Kong.

The Government committee had planned to visit the former British colony as part of an inquiry into its relations with the UK 30 years after the declaration which led to its handover.

The Chinese embassy said if the group attempted the visit in December then they would be turned away.

Sir Richard Ottaway, chairman of the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, said: "I have been informed by the Chinese embassy that if we attempt to travel to Hong Kong we will be refused entry."

He added: "The Chinese government are acting in an overtly confrontational manner in refusing us access to do our job."

Sir Richard said he would be calling for an emergency debate in the House of Commons on Monday.

The joint declaration between China and the UK was signed in 1984 and led to the handover in 1997.

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