Hong Kong's streets have once again descended into violence as protesters clashed with police who fought back the masses with riot shields, batons and pepper spray. Thousands of demonstrators marched on the border town of Sheung Shui today to rail against Chinese traders, tapping into the recent anger over proposed extradition laws to swell their support. The march began peacefully but it wasn't long before nasty skirmishes broke out when protesters began lobbing hard hats at officers who retaliated by clobbering the demonstrators. 👮🏻‍♂️😱 #retract

Massive well done to everyone that came to #BelmarshPrison tonight to protest for #TommyRobinson. He heard you all & is so thankful you all made the effort for him.

He will sleep better tonight knowing, we all behind him!!

We are stronger together!!!

#FreeTommy #WellDone 🇬🇧

Cheers were heard across large swathes of Manhattan as the lights flicked back to life after an hours-long outage caused chaos in the city. The blackout was reported in Midtown, Times Square, Hell’s Kitchen, and other parts of Upper Manhattan, with subway stations affected and street lights out. The New York City Fire Department said the cause of the outages, which left more than 73,000 Con Edison customers without power, was a transformer fire which started at West 64th Street and West End Avenue on the Upper West Side. No deaths or injuries were reported due to the blackout, which officials said began at 6.47pm and darkened a stretch of the city from West 42nd Street to West 72nd Street, 42 years to the day from a major 1970s blackout that sparked rioting and looting. #NYC