A Chinese province which borders Hong Kong has ordered 150,000 police officers to step up their effort in anti-riot campaigns in a warning to anti-government protesters in the financial hub. The police authority of Guangdong Province in southern China urged the land, naval and air forces across the region to conduct more drills to improve their combat capabilities ahead of the country's National Day on October 1.

GREAT progress on the Border Wall!

Hong Kong cancels National Day fireworks on Oct 1 as protests continue

https://www.hongkongfp.com/2019/09/18/hong-kong-cancels-national-day-fireworks-oct-1-protests-continue/

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A Belgian F-16 fighter jet crashed Thursday in western France, damaging a house, setting a field ablaze and leaving a pilot suspended for two hours from a high-voltage electricity line after his parachute got caught, according to French authorities. Emergency workers extracted the pilot safely after cutting off power in the area, and he was been taken to a nearby hospital for medical checks, a spokesman for the regional administration told The Associated Press.

'I'm p***** off at myself': Canadian PM Justin Trudeau apologizes after photo emerges of him wearing brownface to an 'Arabian Nights' gala event in 2001 when he was a private school teacher. A photo has emerged showing Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wearing blackface to a party 18 years ago when he was a private school teacher. The picture, obtained by TIME, shows a then 29-year-old Trudeau wearing brown paint on his face, neck and hands while wearing a turban and robe. Trudeau was attending an 'Arabian Nights' themed gala at West Point Grey Academy, which is the private school in Vancouver where he taught at the time. The photo appears in the West Point Grey Academy 2001 yearbook. #facepalm

'She wasn't expecting me': Grandmother, 81, tells how she bravely fought off would-be ATM robber. Doreen Jones was at an ATM in the UK when she was interrupted by a young woman behind her. The twice-widowed 81-year-old was tapped on the soldier by the woman, who pointed at her mouth and tried to hand her a piece of paper. CCTV footage shows the situation soon escalating after Doreen refused the young woman's requests for money. The woman lunges at the cash machine in an attempt to steal the pensioner's bank card.

Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg, who has inspired a global movement for climate change, delivered a strong message to U.S. lawmakers: 'Wake up.' 'I don't want you to listen to me, I want you to listen to the scientists,' she at a House hearing on Wednesday, noting that she wanted her opening testimony to be a 2018 United Nations report, which called for limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Wrapping up a six-day visit to Washington, D.C., the 16-year-old Thunberg rallied a room full of Democratic lawmakers and activists, urging them to follow scientific warnings and push for strong measures to combat climate change.

New York's ban on flavored e-cigarettes became the first to come into effect in the US, with Michigan's - announced earlier this month - soon following suit on Wednesday. Governor Andrew Cuomo on Sunday called for an urgent meeting of the state's Public Health and Health Planning Council to consider the proposed ban in response to concerns about their rising use among teens and a nationwide spate of lung illnesses. The panel on Tuesday voted to adopt the prohibition, which applies to all flavored e-cigarettes besides menthol, Cuomo's office said in a statement. On Wednesday, the Michigan health department detailed its new rules. Each state's health department promised retailers two weeks to pull the newly designated contraband from their shelves before site visits to enforce the bans begin.

A deputy shot an armed man at the Jackson County courthouse in Alabama Wednesday. Jackson County Sheriff Chuck Phillips said an area resident entered the courthouse with a handgun just after 10am and exchanged words with a deputy. Both pulled out their weapons and the armed man was shot. 'After being refused entry by courthouse security deputies, the man drew his weapon and was shot,' the sheriff told @police_frequency in the Telegram. 🔫👮🏻‍♂️

Shaun Bailey for London mayor 👍