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Hong Kong voters back pro-democracy movement

After months of unrest, anti-government protests and clashes, district council elections in Hong Kong have passed off peacefully. And the opposition pro-democracy movement has made unprecedented gains in the Chinese territory, according to early results. Local media suggests 17 of the 18 councils are now controlled by pro-democracy councillors. The government and Beijing had been hoping for a show of support from a "silent majority". As our China correspondent Stephen McDonell puts it: "Nobody imagined such a comprehensive wipeout."

District councillors have little power, dealing mainly with issues such as bus routes and rubbish collection, but these polls were being viewed as a referendum on embattled Chief Executive Carrie Lam's leadership. Also, as 117 of the district councillors will sit on the 1,200-member committee that votes for the chief executive, the result could offer pro-democracy councillors a bigger say in who becomes the city's next leader. Confused about the background to the unrest, which started over plans - now shelved - for a new extradition law? We explain in 100 - and 500 - words.

Labour plans rent controls

With the UK's general election less than three weeks away, Jeremy Corbyn is highlighting Labour's plans for a "private renters' charter" in England, with a vow to "put bad landlords out of business". A Labour government would cap rent increases at the inflation rate, bring in "open-ended" tenancies to protect tenants from unfair evictions and introduce an annual "property MOT", with fines of up to £100,000 for sub-standard accommodation. The Residential Landlords Association says the result would be "serious rental housing crisis".

Boris Johnson will be back on the campaign trail, a day after launching the Conservative manifesto. If you missed the detail, we're examining 13 key policies, while political correspondent Helen Catt sums it up in (nearly) two minutes. As political editor Laura Kuenssberg sees it, the Tories are aiming to avoid a repeat of their 2017 manifesto calamity.

In other election news:

The SNP's Nicola Sturgeon will be the first party leader to appear on The Andrew Neil Interviews, a series of half-hour programmes, on BBC One from 19:30 GMT. Viewers in Wales can see Plaid Cymru's Adam Price interviewed by Jo Coburn

The Liberal Democrats say remaining in the European Union would allow them to increase spending on defence to £1bn more than under the Conservatives

World Wide Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee accuses the Conservatives of spreading misinformation with a "brazen" temporary rebrand of a party Twitter account as "factcheckuk"

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University staff strike over pensions and pay

It will be all quiet in many UK university lecture halls today, with more than 40,000 lecturers and support staff expected to start an eight-day strike over workloads, real-terms pay cuts, a 15% gender pay gap and pensions changes. The universities say strikes are not the way forward and promise to try to minimise the impact. Some students tell the BBC the strike has left them unsure of exam dates. Sixty institutions are affected.

'They think disability is almost worse than being dead'

By Kate Scotter, BBC News

To watch Tilly Moses perform her folk music on stage, there are no visual clues she's disabled - although the message is there loud and clear in some of her lyrics. A year ago, Moses was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, a chronic condition that causes pain and fatigue. She says her fibromyalgia can leave her so tired she passes out.

It also affects her cognitive function and she can be in a lot of pain, and she sometimes has to use a walking stick or a wheelchair. "When people see me, because I'm young and I'm performing, people assume you can't be those things and be disabled." The misconception annoyed her and so she started writing songs about it.

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What the papers say

Most front pages focus on the Conservative manifesto launch, with both the Metro and Daily Telegraph quoting Boris Johnson saying "the stakes have never been higher". The Sun predicts a "Merry Brexmas and Happy BLUE Year", thanks to what the i calls a "safety-first" manifesto. The Financial Times also views it as a "low-risk pitch" to voters, with the Guardian saying the "modest" spending plans omit several pledges from Mr Johnson's leadership campaign.

Daily digest

Blue Story Cinema chains pull gang film after 'machete' brawl

Prison camps Data leak reveals China's 'brainwashing' system

Frozen 2 Disney sequel rakes in $127m at its US box office debut

Test cricket England suffer innings defeat in New Zealand

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Lookahead

09:30 Maurice Robinson, 25, appears at the Old Bailey in London on charges including 39 counts of manslaughter related to the discovery of the bodies of Vietnamese nationals in a lorry container.

10:00 World Meteorological Organization releases annual bulletin showing concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere ahead the opening of the UN Climate Change Conference in Madrid.

On this day

1963 An estimated 800,000 people line the streets of Washington to watch the funeral cortege of assassinated President John F Kennedy.

From elsewhere

Catherine Mayer: Planet Windsor, like Westminster, has a real problem with women (Guardian)

The Jungle Prince of Delhi (New York Times)

Chris Moncrieff, rumbustious political editor of the Press Association who reigned at Westminster for decades - obituary (Telegraph)

Deforestation is leading to more infectious diseases in humans (National Geographic)