The tension remained high in Hong Kong on Friday despite an agreement yesterday between local authorities and students to open a dialogue. Beijing has warned that the demands of protesters were "doomed to failure".
The main streets of Hong Kong were still blocked, Friday, Oct. 3. In the morning, pro-democracy activists clashed with police outside the headquarters of the local authority, despite the agreement reached yesterday between the authorities and students to open a dialogue.
Most demonstrators gathered en masse on the night before the buildings housing the headquarters of the Legislative Council and the local executive, had gone home but a hundred protesters remained determined in place. They are demanding the establishment of a full and complete and the resignation of the head of the local executive, Leung Chun-ying, which they consider a puppet of Beijing universal suffrage.
David Cameron made a surprise visit Friday to Kabul. The British Prime Minister is the first Western leader to visit Afghanistan since the advent of the new president Ashraf Ghani, after a long electoral crisis. He came to show his support, particularly in the fight against the Taliban.
"This is a difficult and volatile region. But I think that with well-trained security forces, a government of national unity and a continued commitment to the UK and the rest of the international community in this country, we can ensure that Afghanistan does not again become not a sanctuary for terrorism, which is why we came here the first time. 
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Ashraf Ghani paid tribute to the 450 British soldiers who have died in Afghanistan since the start of the NATO intervention in 2001 Most of the troops of the International Force (ISAF) have completed their withdrawal from the country by the end of the year. Soldiers, American, essentially, but will remain in place to oversee Afghan forces, who have paid a very heavy price this year in the war against the Taliban
