News Headlines - 08 September 2019

▽Boris Johnson draws up plan to legally stop Brexit extension if MPs vote against general election

Boris Johnson has drawn up plans to “sabotage” any Brexit extension without breaking the law, the Telegraph has learnt.
It means Monday’s vote on a general election is the “last chance” for MPs to block a no-deal Brexit, the Government believes... One plan under serious consideration would see the Prime Minister send an accompanying letter alongside the request to extend Article 50 setting out that the Government does not want any delay after Oct 31.

▽Amber Rudd quits cabinet and attacks PM for 'political vandalism' | The Guardian

Boris Johnson’s government was in danger of imploding on Saturday night as the work and pensions secretary, Amber Rudd, quit the cabinet and resigned the Conservative whip, saying she could not stand by while “loyal, moderate MPs” were purged from the party.
In a devastating resignation letter, she accused the prime minister of “an assault on decency and democracy” and “an act of political vandalism” for sacking 21 of her Tory colleagues for backing a parliamentary bill to stop a no-deal Brexit.

▽Floods of flies add to monsoon misery in Pakistan's Karachi | South China Morning Post

Swarms of flies are descending on Pakistan’s commercial capital in what residents say are record numbers this rainy season, adding to the misery of Karachi’s monsoon “hell”.
Heavy rains have inundated the sprawling port city of nearly 20 million people for weeks, overwhelming shoddy drainage systems clogged with mountains of uncollected garbage and flooding neighbourhoods with raw sewage.

▽Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong confirms arrest for 'bail breach' - CNA

Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong said Sunday (Sep 8) he had been arrested for breaching bail conditions on returning home from a trip to Taiwan.
Wong, 22, was among multiple prominent democracy advocates who were detained late last month in a roundup by police as the city reels from more than three months of unprecedented protests.

▽Kyoto Animation arson attack victims to be honored in end credits of new film | The Japan Times

Kyoto Animation Co. said Thursday all of the victims of the July arson attack on one of its animation studios will be named in the end credits of its new film to be released Friday.
The fire killed 35 of the 70 employees working at the studio at the time. Their names will be shown as a “testament” to all those who worked on the new film, which was completed on July 17, the day before the attack, according to the company’s lawyer.