The Hong Kong International Airport's Terminal 2, or T-two for short, has opened amid fanfare with officials saying operations proceeded smoothly. Chloe Feng with details.

The city's transport chief says she believes that the proposed regulatory regime for ride-hailing services will complement the taxi industry. The government has proposed issuing up to 10,000 vehicle permits in the first phase, as Janice Lo reports.

A think tank says the government should provide details on how often it will adjust the quota system for ride-hailing permits to offer the market transparency and reassurance. Jason Leung, the Our Hong Kong Foundation's assistant research director, says that's a reasonable starting point, but pointed out that people need to know how and when it can be changed. He spoke to Janice Lo.

The Department of Health says Hong Kong's smoking rate has dropped to 8.5 percent, marking a historic low since records began in 1982. As another anti-smoking campaign gets under way, young people have been encouraged to avoid what has been described as sugar-coated poison. Altis Wong with details.

US President Donald Trump appears to have threatened Washington ally Oman, saying the Gulf state must "behave" or he would "blow them up." He was speaking in response to a report on Iranian state television that it had obtained a draft of a peace agreement that said Iran and Oman would jointly manage traffic in the Strait of Hormuz. As Azam Khan reports, the White House has called the report a "complete fabrication".

Israel's military has declared a new swathe of southern Lebanon as a combat zone and said residents in the area should move north, warning it would act "with great force" against Lebanese armed group Hezbollah in the zone. Azam Khan reports.

The World Health Organization has warned that the war raging in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is setting up a 'catastrophic collision' with the deadly Ebola outbreak in the region. The UN health agency has recorded at least 10 confirmed and some 223 suspected Ebola deaths in the DRC since the outbreak was declared in mid-May. This is out of more than 1,000 confirmed and suspected cases. Azam Khan has the details.

Home prices in Hong Kong have risen again. Figures from the Rating and Valuation Department show Hong Kong's official home price index rose for the 11th straight month to 316.6 in April. Chloe Feng reports.

Foreign Minister Wang Yi has called for a renewed commitment to the United Nations Charter. He has also warned against unilateral actions and double standards at a time of growing political tensions and threats to multilateralism. Raymond Yeung reports.

A senior Russian diplomat has said that cultural agreements signed during Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to China last week will help to deepen trust and understanding between Beijing and Moscow. President Xi Jinping and Putin also agreed to extend the China-Russia Treaty of Good-Neighbourliness and Friendly Cooperation. The Russian consul general in Hong Kong, Anatoly Kargapolov, spoke to Azam Khan about the relationship on RTHK's Back Chat programme.

Hongkong Post will receive 4.6. billion dollars from the government's Capital Investment Fund to help keep it going over the next three years. Aaron Tam reports.

Hong Kong's stock exchange operator says its proven track record of dealing with companies from non-common law jurisdictions makes it an ideal location for Central Asian firms to raise funds. Janice Lo reports.

A senior official says steps have been taken to help reduce the construction cost of a government complex in Kwu Tung North. The facility is part of the Northern Metropolis project. Altis Wong reports.

A two-month fuel subsidy for taxis, minibuses and school vans that run on liquefied petroleum gas, or LPG, begins on Sunday. The government said oil companies will offer a 50-cent discount for each litre at all 66 LPG filling stations across Hong Kong. Janice Lo reports.

The UN climate chief has said that a record-breaking early heatwave scorching a swathe of western Europe was "a brutal reminder of the spiralling impacts of the climate crisis". French authorities have reported at least seven deaths linked to the heatwave, five of which were drownings, as many people sought relief at water spots. With temperatures lingering in the 30s Celcius, the record temperatures are disproportionately harming those without shelter. Azam Khan reports.

Muslims in Hong Kong celebrated Eid al-Adha this week. In Indonesia, which accounts for 87 percent of the world's Muslim population, the religious gathered at mosques around the country to mark the occasion.
Melissa Gecolea reports.

Crystal Palace have won their first-ever European trophy. The London side won the Conference League final in Leipzig by beating Rayo Vallecano 1-0, marking a storybook farewell for manager Oliver Glasner. Nazvi Careem with more.