News Headlines - 17 August 2012

▽Prince Philip: no visitors but responding well to hospital treatment | guardian.co.uk

Prince Philip is continuing to respond well to treatment at the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, but has been ordered to rest and not exhaust himself entertaining visitors, even members of his own family – though they are keeping in touch by phone.

▽Pussy riot trial: 'We are representatives of our generation' | guardian.co.uk

They have targeted some of Moscow's most well-secured sites with their flash concerts – the metro, a jail, Red Square – but it was a 40-second performance inside Russia's official church that proved a step too far for a system increasingly intolerant of dissent.

▽More than 30 striking miners killed in South Africa - The Independent

More than 30 people have been killed after South Africa's police officers opened fire on striking workers at a Lonmin PLC mine. Police ministry spokesman Zweli Mnisi gave the figure today after yesterday's shooting in Marikana, just north-west of Johannesburg.

▽Japan sends back Chinese activists in bid to defuse island row | Reuters

Japan on Friday sent home the first group of Chinese activists detained after landing on an island claimed by both Tokyo and Beijing, but anger in China and South Korea shows the latest flare-up in territorial rows is far from over.

▽BBC News - Camouflage bendy robot changes colour for disguise

A robot that can change colour to either blend in with or stand out from its surroundings has been created by scientists. The machine, designed by researchers at Harvard University, was inspired by the camouflage skills of sea creatures such as octopuses, cuttlefish and squid.