Masked pro-democracy protesters marched through Hong Kong in defiance of a ban on face coverings as the city ground to a halt on Saturday, with the subway suspended and many shops shuttered following another night of violence. Thousands of protesters staged unsanctioned marches and flashmob protests at multiple locations, a day after the city's leader outlawed masks at protests, invoking colonial-era emergency powers not used for half a century. The marches came as a group of pro-democracy politicians filed a legal challenge against the government's use of the law, which triggered an overnight rash of widespread violence - including the starting of fires and attacks on an off-duty police officer who fired a live shot in self-defence that injured a 14-year-old boy. The latest acts of resistance came after a night of widespread chaos as hardcore protesters trashed dozens of subway stations, vandalised shops, set fires and blocked roads. #HK

More than 100,000 join pro-Scottish independence march through streets of Edinburgh calling for a second referendum. Groups and organisations who support separation from the UK joined the All Under One Banner (AUOB) procession on Saturday. The 34-year-old from Edinburgh said: 'I'm here to support the cause for independence. I've not really been caught up in the whole Brexit debate, I'm not bothered about that. But I am for another independence referendum, as soon as possible - it should've been ages ago.' The march began at Holyrood Park at 1pm and began proceeding up the Royal Mile from there. Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon did not join the event but said she was there 'in spirit'.