The Latest: UK: Beijing should understand HK protests’ cause

HONG KONG (AP) — The Latest on protests in Hong Kong (all times local):
5:30 p.m.
Britain’s foreign secretary says authorities in Hong Kong must not use an outbreak of vandalism during protests as a “pretext for repression.”
Jeremy Hunt says Britain condemns “violence on all sides” after hundreds of demonstrators stormed the Hong Kong legislature and daubed graffiti on the walls.
But he said the authorities need to “understand the root causes of what hap