Bush vetoes children's health bill: George Bush has vetoed a bill that would have expanded US health insurance coverage to four million uninsured children for five years, at a cost of $35bn (£17bn; €25bn). Democrats and some Republicans in Congress hope to over-ride the veto on 18 October.

Chinese doctors agree not to use prisoners' organs: The Chinese Medical Association has issued a statement agreeing that the use of organs of executed prisoners for transplantation, except for members of …