Caracas Venezuelan MPs claimed that they were pushed into a ditch by police breaking up an anti-government protest yesterday. “A guard struck my companion and threw me into that ditch,” Juan Requesens, of the centre-right Justice First party, said. Protesters want President Maduro replaced and fresh elections. (AFP)
Eiffel’s zip down
Paris A zipline has opened on the second floor of the Eiffel Tower enabling visitors to travel 115m to the ground at up to 56mph. Those who take the plunge land on a platform in the Champ de Mars about 800m from the monument. The ride, opened to celebrate the French Open tennis, is free of charge.
Students dropped
Cambridge At least ten prospective first-year Harvard students have had their offers revoked over offensive online messages and pictures, the student newspaper reported. The Harvard Crimson said the students had mocked sexual assault, the Holocaust and racial minorities in a private Facebook group.