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In Afghanistan, another bomb attack and yet again scores killed. This time the venue was a wedding in the western suburbs of Kabul.

In Hong Kong, protest organisers say 1.7 million people took part in today’s pro-democracy rally almost as many as the march in June, at the start of the demonstrations.

The death of the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein has been ruled “suicide by hanging” by the New York medical examiner.

It was a tale of two cities in Hong Kong today. On one side of the harbour, thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators chanted “Liberate Hong Kong!”

The chief executive of Hong Kong’s airline Cathay Pacific has resigned – after some of its employees took part in anti-government protests – saying the airline had been through ‘challenging weeks’. Hong Kong is braced for another weekend of trouble as China’s paramilitary police force watches from the border – and the former head of…

Now Greenland has one thing to say to Donald Trump: we’re not for sale. Following reports that the US President had shown an interest in buying the territory, almost a quarter of the size of the USA itself, Greenland’s government said they were flattered by the interest, but weren’t on the market.

Police in Zimbabwe have fired tear gas and waded in with batons to break up an anti-government protest in the capital, Harare – injuring several people and arresting scores more. The crowd gathered in defiance of a ban imposed by the authorities. The country’s main opposition leader accused the police of extreme brutality – and there’s growing concern…

Donald Trump has urged the Chinese President to personally meet with protestors in Hong Kong, after weeks of violent clashes between the police and demonstrators calling for democratic reforms. China has sent its paramilitary police force to the border and today the Chinese Ambassador to the UK said his government “would not sit on its…

Syrian troops are said to be closing in on a key rebel stronghold in Idlib province after capturing five villages in the northwest. 

Hong Kong airport is once again paralysed by protesters who want to see their freedoms protected.

US national security advisor John Bolton is in London, where he’s had meetings to discuss an interim trade deal between the US and the UK – that could take effect on the 1st of November.

President Trump’s national security advisor John Bolton has been meeting Boris Johnson and other key government figures at the start of a two day trip to London, with hopes of a post Brexit trade deal with the US high on Britain’s agenda. 

Troops in Indian administered Kashmir have allowed some Muslims to go to local mosques to take part in prayers for the Eid festival – although there’s still a ban on any large gatherings – while communications and internet links remain cut off.

 The US Attorney General has strongly criticised the New York prison facility where the accused sex attacker Jeffrey Epstein was found dead this weekend, after apparently taking his own life.    

In northern Greenland, glacial thaw means it’s now a gamble for a villagers to hunt for seals – because no on knows when the sea ice will form.