News Headlines - 05 August 2012

▽Heavy rain causes floods in Scottish borders and south-west England | guardian.co.uk

Spectators stand in the rain before the start of the women's marathon at the London 2012 Olympics. Heavy downpours are forecast for much of the UK on Sunday.

▽BBC News - South China Sea dispute: China summons US diplomat

On Friday, the US state department said Beijing was risking an escalation in tensions by establishing a garrison on one of the disputed Paracel islands.

▽Target Nagasaki: the men who dropped the second bomb - Telegraph

Days after Hiroshima, a deadlier atomic bomb was bound for an armaments factory in Kokura – until bad weather forced a change of plan. In an extract from his new book, Nagasaki, Craig Collie gets inside the cockpit of the plane that dropped Fat Man

▽Nasa's Curiosity rover on course for successful landing - Telegraph

Nasa's ambitious attempt to land its Curiosity rover on Mars has so far gone without a hitch paving the way for a smooth landing on Monday morning, scientists have said.

▽The 50 best apps for children | The Observer

Adults are starting to trust their kids with their smartphones, but can children trust the grown-ups to download the best apps? Stuart Dredge picks the apps designed to get the kids learning, creating and playing