News Headlines - 20 August 2015

▽Calais migrant crisis: Theresa May in Calais as policing deal announced - BBC News

Home Secretary Theresa May is in Calais to sign a UK-French deal to tackle the migrant crisis, as plans for a "control and command centre" are announced.

▽North Korea 'fires shots' at South Korea as border towns evacuated - The Independent

South Korea has ordered the evacuation of residents from the border after North Korea “fired shots”, according to reports.
According to South Korean media, they were aiming at a loudspeaker which had been blaring anti-Pyongyang propaganda.

▽China explosions: Cyanide in waters near blast site said to be 277 times acceptable level - CBC News

Chinese authorities warned that cyanide levels in the waters around the Tianjin Port explosion site had risen to as much as 277 times acceptable levels although they declared that the city's drinking water was safe.

▽Labour leadership: Is Jeremy Corbyn really going to win? - BBC News

Jeremy Corbyn is the favourite to be the next Labour leader according to the bookmakers, the opinion polls and his own opponents. But is a Corbyn victory assured?

▽Aston Martin to launch all-electric suped-up version of four-door Rapide | Malay Mail Online

In two years, British sportscar manufacturer Aston Martin will launch an all-electric car that’s equipped with an 800-horsepower engine... Aston Martin CEO Andy Palmer said at Sunday’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance that the company plans to launch an all-electric version of the DBX crossover by the decade’s end.