World
18/08/2019 Heavy rain fell on tens of thousands of protesters as they started marching from a packed park in central Hong Kong, where mass pro-democracy demonstrations have become a regular weekend activity.
World
18/08/2019 Workers have erected a wooden fence around Mexico City’s landmark Angel of Independence monument after feminists defaced it with graffiti during a raucous and violent protest over a string of alleged rapes by police.
World
18/08/2019 A spokesman for China’s ceremonial legislature has condemned US politicians’ support for Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement as “a gross violation of the spirit of the rule of law”.
UK
18/08/2019 The remains of a coal-fired power station where four workers were killed when it collapsed several years ago have been demolished.
News
18/08/2019 Adapted pig hearts could be transplanted into patients within three years, according a report citing the surgeon who pioneered heart transplantation in the UK.
World
18/08/2019 The death toll from a late-night suicide bombing at a crowded wedding party in Afghanistan’s capital rose to at least 63 on Sunday, including women and children, officials said.
UK
18/08/2019 The papers are led by political jostling over Brexit and responses to the possibility of raising the pension age.
UK
18/08/2019 Detectives investigating the murder of Pc Andrew Harper have been granted an extra 36 hours to question 10 suspects, including a 13-year-old boy.
UK
18/08/2019 Jeremy Corbyn’s proposal to be installed as caretaker prime minister to prevent a no-deal Brexit has received a further blow after another senior Tory ruled out backing the plan.
UK
18/08/2019 Boris Johnson will tell Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron that there must be a new Brexit deal when he makes his first trip abroad as Prime Minister.
