News Headlines - 21 February 2014

▽China training for 'short, sharp war' against Japan - Telegraph

China is stepping up its training for a "short, sharp war" designed to seize the disputed Senkaku islands from Japan, according to the head of US naval intelligence in the Pacific.

▽Abe adviser protests Wall Street Journal article on Yasukuni Shrine - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

An economic adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe lodged a formal objection with the Wall Street Journal over an article he says distorted his comments concerning war-related Yasukuni Shrine.
Etsuro Honda told reporters on Feb. 20 that he was interviewed earlier in February by a British reporter based at the financial newspaper’s Beijing bureau.

▽Tensions high at Kyiv protest camp despite ground-breaking deal | CTV News

In a fast-moving day that aimed to reshape Ukraine's political destiny, protest leaders and the beleaguered president agreed Friday to form a new government and hold an early election. Parliament slashed the powers of President Viktor Yanukovych and voted to free his rival, former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, from prison.

▽Three arrested over drive-by shooting on London's Waterloo Bridge - The Independent

Three men have been arrested after a suspected drive-by shooting on the southbound approach to London's Waterloo Bridge. The bridge's southbound carriageway was closed for a number of hours following the incident at around 8pm last night, but has since reopened.

▽Storms uncover 4,400-year-old forest on Cornwall's Daymer Bay | Cornish Guardian

STUNNING remains of ancient forests have been uncovered on Daymer Bay by the recent stormy weather.
Thought to date back 4,400 years, the so-called "submerged forests" can now be seen after heavy winds and rain shifted huge quantities of beach sand and shingle around the coastline.