China begins a major effort to boost its economic growth with business tax breaks and export liberalization, amid an increasing industrial slowdown. (BBC)
Disasters
Mariano Rajoy, the Prime Minister of Spain, declares three days of mourning for the victims of the Santiago de Compostela derailment. (RTE)
Law and crime
Mohammed Brahmi, the general secretary of the Patriotic Democratic Party, is shot dead outside his house in Tunis, leading to reported clashes between the police and of protesters. (BBC)
Disgraced Chinese Communist Party official Bo Xilai is charged with corruption and abuse of office, in the culmination of one of China’s most significant political scandals in recent years. (Financial Times)
Politics and elections
Voters in Togo go to the polls for a parliamentary election. (BBC)
Science
British scientists discover the mechanism which causes human allergy to cats, and state that a general cure for the condition could become available within five years. (Daily Mail)
