News Headlines - 29 October 2016

▽South Korea: thousands of protesters call for president to resign | The Guardian

Thousands of South Koreans took to the streets of the capital on Saturday calling for increasingly unpopular president Park Geun-hye to step down over allegations that she let an old friend, the daughter of a religious cult leader, interfere in important state affairs. The evening protest came after Park ordered 10 of her senior secretaries to resign over a scandal that is likely to deepen the president’s lame duck status ahead of next year’s election.

▽Calais 'Jungle': France urges UK to take more children - BBC News

France's president has urged Britain to take its share of responsibility for migrant children who remain in Calais after the "Jungle" camp was cleared.

▽Theresa May said in 2007 MPs should have veto on EU negotiations - BBC News

In 2007 Theresa May said ministers should gain Parliamentary approval before talks with the European Union.
Mrs May is now resisting pressure to give Parliament a vote on her plans for Brexit prior to EU negotiations.

▽World on track to lose two-thirds of wild animals by 2020, major report warns | The Guardian

The analysis, the most comprehensive to date, indicates that animal populations plummeted by 58% between 1970 and 2012, with losses on track to reach 67% by 2020. Researchers from WWF and the Zoological Society of London compiled the report from scientific data and found that the destruction of wild habitats, hunting and pollution were to blame.

▽10 Things You Need to Know Before Seeing ‘Doctor Strange’ - The New York Times

Even though he’s about to get the full Hollywood C.G.I. treatment, Doctor Strange has never been a superstar of the Marvel Universe — more like an endearing benchwarmer with a knuckleball personality and a wacky Cloak of Levitation.