Our top story this morning,...<br />The protests in Hong Kong continue to intensify... becoming increasingly chaotic by the day.<br />After a temporary shutdown Monday due to a massive rally over police aggression, flights resumed Tuesday morning at Hong Kong International Airport,... only to stop again in the afternoon, as demonstrators flooded back into the airport.<br />It's still unclear whether flights will be able to leave today.<br />This comes as U.S. President Donald Trump said China is "moving troops to the Hong Kong border" in what may be an attempt by Beijing to crackdown on the rallies.<br />We have our Choi Si-young on the line.<br />Si-young, what's the latest?<br />Well, Conn-young.<br />As you said, President Trump tweeted Tuesday that U.S. intelligence agencies have informed him "that the Chinese government is moving troops to the border with Hong Kong."<br />He went on to say that "everyone should be calm and safe," in a clear reference to concerns China may attempt to intervene.<br />The UN human rights chief also denounced the violence on Tuesday and called on Hong Kong to talk to its people.<br />The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, called for a "prompt, independent, impartial investigation" into alleged excessive force by police against the protesters.<br />The EU has expressed similar thoughts.<br />The spokesperson for the European External Action Service, which is the EU's diplomatic arm, urged all sides to refrain from violence and calm down.<br />The spokesperson highlighted the need for all sides to come together for "talks."<br />So, aside from the international reaction to the developments in Hong Kong, what's the status on the rallies and the airport?<br />Well Conn-young, all outbound flights from Hong Kong International Airport were suspended as of 4:30 p.m., local time, Tuesday because of the massive rally in the airport's terminals.<br />It's still unclear whether any flights will depart on Wednesday, but some reports say the scene at the airport is much calmer than yesterday.<br />So no luck flying out right now, but the airport says incoming flights are running as normal.<br />Small confrontations and scuffles between the protesters and police occurred on Tuesday, with police spraying tear gas.<br />More than 300 flights have been cancelled so far since Monday.<br />Back to you Conn-young.<br /><br />
