The airport's north runway was shut down for more than an hour on Monday, after a Hong Kong Express flight arriving from Beijing reportedly struck signage while taxiing. Passengers on the plane waited for about 90 minutes before they got off. The Air Accident Investigation Authority, under the Transport and Logistics Bureau, is to conduct a probe into the case. Hailey Yip reports:

The number-eight signal was in force for almost 16 hours as the latest storm to affect Hong Kong brought gale force winds and heavy rain. But as Tapah no longer posed a threat to the city, Hongkongers headed back to work on Monday afternoon, and some people say the Observatory's early announcements gave them more time to plan for their trips. Natasha Ho has the story:

A spokesman for the Hong Kong Meteorological Society, Leung Wing-mo, says tropical cyclones like Tapah are developing in the South China Sea because of the favourable conditions there. He said the sea surface temperature in the region is around 30 degrees, well above the 26-degree threshold needed for cyclone formation. Leung spoke to Hailey Yip:

The Commissioner for Belt and Road, Nicholas Ho, says Hong Kong -- now more than ever -- has a very pivotal role to play in the nation's massive global infrastructure initiative. Aaron Tam reports:

Financial Secretary Paul Chan says initiatives by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority to expand the taxonomy for sustainable finance are pivotal to scaling up capital flows to accelerate green transformation. Charlie Chun has details:

Health authorities said they want schools to provide reasons for opting out of an influenza vaccine outreach drive. Most local schools will join the latest seasonal vaccination programme that's set to start on the 25th of this month. Health authorities also say 100,000 jabs have been procured for family doctors. Family doctor Lam Wing-wo said the new initiative could prevent over-ordering and insufficient procurement of jabs. He spoke to Frank Yung about the city's flu situation and the vaccination programme:

President Xi Jinping has called on Brics countries to jointly defend multilateralism and the multilateral trading system. Frank Yung reports.

Legislators have toppled France's government in a confidence vote, over its plans to tame the ballooning national debt. The move has plunged Europe's second-largest economy into a new crisis -- one that obliges President Emmanuel Macron to search for a fourth prime minister in 12 months, as Jamie Clarke reports:

RTHK's Europe correspondent Gavin Grey told Ben Tse why French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou called a confidence vote in the first place, even though his chances of surviving it in the National Assembly were slim:

Israel has told residents of Gaza City to leave immediately. It's said it'll step up air strikes and ground operations in the Gaza Strip in a "mighty hurricane", if Hamas doesn't free the last hostages and surrender. As Jamie Clarke reports, the warning comes as Palestinian gunmen opened fire in a deadly attack on a bus stop in Jerusalem:

There's fresh political turmoil in the Turkish city of Istanbul, after a court-appointed trustee has taken over the office of the country's main opposition party, following police intervention. Party lawmakers had staged a sit-in at the provincial headquarters to protest the move. As Jamie Clarke reports, tensions escalated when riot police used tear gas to disperse those inside, and scuffled with supporters who defied a temporary ban on public gatherings:

An Australian judge has sentenced convicted killer Erin Patterson to life in prison for murdering three people with toxic mushrooms, with the possibility of parole after 33 years. Fifty-year-old Patterson was earlier found guilty of triple murder for serving Beef Wellingtons laced with death cap mushrooms to her estranged husband's relatives. The presiding judge at the Supreme Court of Victoria said the substantial planning of the murders and Patterson's lack of remorse meant her punishment should be lengthy. The trial attracted global media interest, with the court allowing for the first time a sentencing hearing to be broadcast live on TV. RTHK's Australia correspondent, Gerry Gannon, told Frank Yung more about the case:

China's total foreign trade rose 3.5 percent year on year in August in yuan-denominated terms. It marked the third straight month that both exports and imports saw growth. But shipments to the United States continued to fall, amid trade tensions between the world's two largest economies. Lau Hon-ting reports.