Activists in Hong Kong have blocked roads and disrupted subway services as part of pro-democracy demonstrations. More than 200 flights to and from the city were cancelled, while in the Yuen Long district, a car rammed its way through barricades, narrowly missing protesters who sought to push it back. At a press conference on Monday, the city’s chief executive Carrie Lam warned that activists were “pushing our city… to the verge of a very dangerous situation” and accused them of using opposition to an extradition bill as a cover for “revolution”.
Donald Trump has been accused by senior Democrats of fuelling violence through anti-immigration rhetoric and opposition to gun control after two mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Ohio left 29 dead. A 21-year-old white man arrested over the former published an online document calling the attack a response to “the Hispanic invasion” of the state. Trump responded by stating that “hate has no place in our country” and attributed both shootings to mental illness. Democratic presidential candidate Corey Booker said: “He [Trump] is responsible for what is going on and is doing nothing to stop the carnage and chaos.”
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