Beijing-appointed Carrie Lam shelves proposed law indefinitely following mass protests, says she'll 'adopt a sincere and humble attitude in accepting criticism'

Violence flares as police try to clear protesters outside parliament; organizers say over a million people took part in march, largest protest since city's 1997 handover to China

Crowd calls to scrap planned bill to allow extraditions to countries without treaty, including China; police say at least 153,000 started march, but new people still joining

With figures disputed, tens or hundreds of thousands attend commemoration events for hundreds of victims in 1989 Chinese crackdown on Beijing protesters