Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in Puerto Rico to demand the resignation of Governor Ricardo Rossello.

The protests come a day after Rossello refused to step down over a leaked online chat in which he exchanged homophobic slurs and insults about victims of 2017’s Hurricane Maria.

The protest on Monday is expected to be the largest in US territory’s history.

The aging Valley Metro train station and retail precinct will undergo an extensive refurbishment to the internal area and external entrance off Brunswick Street.

Under the approved plans, the precinct will get a revamped entry way, upgraded central common space, more public art and increased pedestrian connectivity to the train station.

The building will also get a new 5 screen cinema to strengthen Fortitude Valley as an entertainment destination.

Queensland Deputy Premier and treasurer, Jackie Trad, has referred herself to the Queensland Crime and Corruption Commision over a seven-hundred thousand dollar property she did not declare in Woolloongabba. 

Ms Trad purchased the property earlier this year, in the same area that will benefit from a new highschool and the Queensland Government's Cross River Rail project which she is in charge of.

Trad will stand down from making decisions for the Cross River Rail project while the investigation is underway.

French reporter Hugo Clement and his film crew have been charged with trespass after filming an anti-adani protest at the entrance to Adani’s Abbot Point coal-loading facility in North Queensland.

Mr Clement and his crew will appear at the Bowen Magistrates Court in early September, with strict bail conditions banning him from being within 20 kilometres of Adani’s Carmichael mine or less than 100 metres from any other Adani site.

A 21-hour prison riot at Frank Baxter Juvenile Justice Centre came to an end last night when police stormed the roof causing eleven detainees to surrender peacefully.

The riot first broke out at 8:30pm on Sunday, with reports several inmates assaulted each other before some climbed onto the roof of the complex.

Superintendent John Gralton told reporters a total of 20 male detainees aged between 16 and 20 have been arrested and will be charged with riot, an offence that carries a 15-year maximum sentence.

Hong Kong police made no arrests after a mob assaulted commuters, protesters and journalists after an anti-extradition march took place on Sunday night.

The group of assailants wearing white shirts began attacking people with bamboo sticks and other weapons, injuring 45 people with one person in critical condition.

There is speculation that the mob of white shirted men were local Hong Kong triad gangsters.

The Iranian intelligence ministry claims to have arrested 17 spies working for the CIA, found collecting information in the nuclear and military sectors among others.

A top Iranian intelligence official told reporters that all 17 were Iranians working in ‘sensitive centres’ and that some had been sentenced to death but failed to disclose how many had been sentenced or when the sentences had been handed down. 

US President Donald Trump took to Twitter dismissing the allegations, saying they are ‘totally false’.

New survey results show fishing has surged in popularity in Queensland, with an estimated 1 million Queenslanders going fishing over the last year alone.

Minister for Agriculture Mark Furners said recreational fishing is great for supporting local businesses and boosting tourism.

Younger people are also showing interest, with nearly a quarter of the survey respondents being under the age of 14.