Theresa May is facing a growing backlash over her plan to shake up business practices in the UK.

Senior business figures have called on the prime minister to reverse her plans to curb executive pay and reform cooperative governance.

Mrs. May pledged to reform British boardroom when she came to power in July as part of an attempt to attract low-income voters.

Lord Patten, the last British governor of Hong Kong has criticised two of the territories lawmakers for refusing to pledge allegiance to China.

He said the action was counter-productive and urged the territories lawmakers to focus on democracy rather than independence from Beijing.

And a giant steel shield is to be placed over the contaminated remains of the nuclear reactor site in Chernobyl.

It will be the largest movable structure ever built and is designed to stop radioactive material leaking from the site.

30 years after the reactor exploded, a 3,000 square kilometer area around Chernobyl remains unfit for living and farming.

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