Hong Kong will vet all political candidates to ensure they are "patriots" under new laws that seek to remove any opposition and tighten China's control.
The most likely origin for coronavirus was transmission from a bat to humans via an unidentified intermediate animal species, according to a long-awaited World Health Organisation (WHO) report due to be published today.
Gangs in Manchester are increasingly using "horrendous" torture methods on kidnap victims involving blowtorches and waterboarding, a senior police officer has warned.
