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Central Intelligence Agency officials are said to have turned to the country's former enemies to help beat the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
Academics studying the documents say America used at least 1,000 ex-Nazis.
Some had served at the highest levels of the Nazi Party, and were recruited to work as spies for the US in Europe.
Former SS officer Otto von Bolschwing reportedly wrote policy papers on how to terrorise Jews, but was hired by the CIA to spy in Europe after World War Two.
The agency is said to have relocated him and his family to New York in the 1950s as a reward for loyal service.
Nazi collaborator Aleksandras Lileikis - linked to the massacres of tens of thousands of Jews in Lithuania - was recruited by the US as a spy in East Germany and later brought over to Boston.
There is evidence the CIA even tried to intervene when Mr Lileikis became the subject of a war crimes investigation.
The recruitment of Nazi assets occurred against the backdrop of Cold War paranoia and panic.
But records indicate long-time FBI director J Edgar Hoover not only approved of the use of ex-Nazis as spies, he also dismissed the horrific acts they had been involved in during the war as Soviet propaganda.
The revelations come one week after an Associated Press investigation found the US government had paid dozens of suspected Nazi war criminals millions of dollars in Social Security benefits after forcing them to leave the US.
The payments were made through a legal loophole. The US justice department later said benefits are paid to individuals who renounce US citizenship and leave voluntarily.
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Declassified US records reveal the nation's intelligence chiefs used hundreds of Nazis as spies and informants after World War Two.
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Police found the teenager and a 23-year-old man with stab wounds on Ashton Road, Oldham, on Saturday.
They were both taken to hospital where the 19-year-old died later that day. The older man had serious injuries and remains in hospital, police said.
Matthew Gregory, 23, of Horsedge Street, Oldham, has been charged with murder, assault and violent disorder.
He has been remanded in custody and will appear again at Manchester Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.
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A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a 19-year-old man who was stabbed in Greater Manchester.
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Shalane Blackwood, from Derby, had been jailed for possession of a firearm and was on a licence recall when he died on Wednesday morning.
Attempts were made to give the 29-year-old CPR but he was pronounced dead by paramedics at 6:52 BST.
The Prison Service said the cause of his death is unknown.
The death is being investigated independently by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO).
A highly-critical government report published in February said Nottingham Prison was not safe enough and conditions were poor.
In response, the National Offender Management Service said a new governor was in post and "rapid improvement" was expected.
Last July, an inmate was taken to hospital after reportedly trying to blind himself.
About a week later, a prison officer's ear was bitten off in an attack at the jail.
The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman has investigated and published reports on 16 other deaths of Nottingham Prison inmates since 2004.
Of these, six of the deaths were found to be "self-inflicted" and eight were natural causes.
Two of the deaths, in March 2007 and September 2009, were "non-natural". Both of these men died from heroin and alcohol overdoses shortly after being released from the prison.
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The death of a prisoner who was found unresponsive in his cell at Nottingham Prison is being investigated.
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The Wales Air Ambulance and three road ambulances attended the crash at Pandy on the main road between Abergavenny and Hereford at about 15:10 BST.
The A465 Hereford Road has been shut in both directions but it was expected to reopen on Thursday evening.
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Two people have been airlifted to hospital after a four-vehicle crash on the A465 in Monmouthshire.
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The National Trust for Scotland, which owns the islands, is launching the Love Our Islands campaign to support historical conservation and environmental work on the archipelago.
The appeal marks the 30th anniversary of St Kilda's designation as a World Heritage Site.
The islands lie about 40 miles west of Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides.
St Kilda is home to hundreds of thousands of seabirds which nest on the seven islands that make up the archipelago.
It was also the home of generations of people until the last were evacuated in 1930.
The last surviving former resident of St Kilda, Rachel Johnson, died earlier this year at the age of 93.
Caring for St Kilda costs the National Trust of Scotland £270,000 a year. It includes preserving the street the residents once lived on, the church, nearly 1,400 "cleits" - conical stone structures used for storage and drying of seabirds - and buildings which are thought to be prehistoric.
The trust also monitors wildlife on St Kilda, which is the largest seabird colony in the north-east Atlantic with 600,000 nesting birds each year.
The most recent major survey, conducted last year, revealed dramatic declines for seabirds including fulmars, kittiwakes, common guillemots and razorbills, amid rising temperatures and rising seas, the trust said.
St Kilda was designated as a natural World Heritage Site in 1986 after being one of the first sites put forward in the UK for the designation.
In 2005, it became the UK's first site to have mixed listings for both natural environment and cultural value.
National Trust for Scotland chairman Sir Moir Lockhead said: "Its remote location, outstanding natural beauty and the dramatic story of the people who once lived there have captivated people across the centuries and it still holds an allure for many people today.
"More importantly, anyone who cares about our seabirds and the wider health of our oceans will appreciate the work we carry out here year on year at St Kilda.
"Our seabird survey from St Kilda is providing us with vital information which appears to show major impacts of climate change on sea conditions and the species which depend on the marine environment."
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A new fundraising appeal is being launched to look after the remote islands of St Kilda.
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He also promised "to prioritise refugee claims made by individuals on the basis of religious-based persecution, provided that the religion of the individual is a minority religion in the individual's country of nationality".
The executive order imposed a cap of 50,000 on the number of refugees for 2017, less than half of the 110,000 admissions that President Obama planned.
Has the number of refugees in the US and, in particular, those from Syria, risen in recent years?
The number of refugees admitted to the US over the past 10 years has fluctuated, from the low of 48,282 in 2007, to the high of 84,995 in 2016.
In the first three months of the new financial year, a total of 25,671 were admitted.
In 2016, of the nearly 85,000 refugees admitted, the highest number - 16,370 - arrived from DR Congo, followed by Syria with 12,587 and Myanmar (Burma) with 12,347.
The number of Muslim refugees who entered the US in 2016 was 38,901, making up almost half (46%) of the total, according the the Pew Research report from October 2016.
The report says this is the highest number of Muslim refugees in any year since data on self-reported religious affiliations first became publicly available in 2002.
Between 2011, when the conflict in Syria started, and 2015, the US admitted a relatively small number of Syrian refugees - a total of 201. In 2015 the number increased to 1,682 and in 2016 to 12,587, bringing the total, since the start of the war, to 14,470.
By comparison, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees' latest figures show that the highest number of refugees from Syria since the start of the crisis was taken by Turkey with 2.9 million, Lebanon with one million and Jordan, which took 655,000.
In the same period, the EU took 844,000 Syrians, according to Eurostat, with more than half of the total admitted by Germany.
There have been big differences in the number of refugees arriving year-on-year in the US over the past four decades: from the peak of 207,116 in 1980 to the lowest of 27,131 in 2002.
In total, since 1975, the US has admitted about 3.4 million refugees. Its current population is about 323 million.
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On 28 January, President Trump signed an executive order, which, among other things, indefinitely bans Syrian refugee arrivals as well as all other refugees for 120 days.
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Laidlaw, 31, is out of the Six Nations after injuring an ankle against France.
Wales number nine Webb says Scotland will miss the Gloucester player's tactical nous and place kicking.
"Greig's a massive loss. His accuracy off the tee is pretty impressive, he almost never misses. Whoever's replacing him will be getting in a lot of practice this week," he said.
"Hopefully we won't be giving away many penalties to give them a shot at."
Laidlaw kicked three penalties and two conversions in Scotland's opening-round 27-22 win against Ireland at Murrayfield.
He left the field in the first half in Paris when Finn Russell missed a conversion from in front of the posts as the ball toppled from the tee at the last moment.
Webb expects Laidlaw's replacement to be a tough opponent, with Ali Price impressing off the bench against France.
"Price came on for them at the weekend and he's been playing in a Glasgow team which has been full of confidence last season and this season," added the Ospreys scrum-half.
"He's got a good understanding with Finn Russell as well and then there's Henry [Pyrgos] if he comes off the bench as well.
"They're all good players but we're going to be concentrating on ourselves and not worrying about who they bring to the party."
Scotland have not beaten Wales since 2007, but Webb believes they are a better team now than in previous seasons.
"I think Scotland have come on leaps and bounds," he added.
"They've got some threats in the back three with Stuart Hogg, [Tommy] Seymour, [Tim] Visser - they're all dangerous whoever plays there so we have to be tactically smart with those guys playing.
"They'll want to play some rugby as well, especially with Finn Russell at 10.
"He's been pulling the strings for Glasgow and Stuart Hogg has been carving it up hasn't he for the last two games, so I don't think much is going to change."
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Scotland scrum-half and captain Greig Laidlaw will be a huge loss against Wales, according to Rhys Webb.
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They felt they were unfairly targeted with email marketing and TV shopping at night when their defences were down.
The report's authors, the Money and Mental Health Policy Institute, said shoppers should be allowed to set "opening hours" for online accounts.
A retailers' trade body said no shop deliberately targeted the vulnerable.
Internet shopping is valued at £1bn every week, with sales representing about 15% of all retail activity in the UK.
The report said that 24-hour online shopping meant "consumers who struggle to control their spending find themselves at greater risk than ever before".
Retailers send personalised emails to customers, based on previous purchases, which may include short-term discounts and promotions.
The report claimed that while most retailers targeted their marketing for first thing in the morning - from 06:00 to 09:00 - or early evening - from 17:00 to 22:00, a few seemed to frequently send emails at night - from midnight to 05:00.
Some mental health problems manifest themselves in compulsive buying, making purchases which are later regretted and could lead them into a spiral of debt.
So-called crisis spending often occurs during periods of poor mental health and was "motivated by emotional or psychological needs and processes rather than material need", the report said.
"Some people experiencing mental health problems find it difficult to return online purchases. They often feel too ashamed or guilty about their behaviour, or may face practical barriers such as social phobia preventing them from going to the post office."
The institute called for:
Bryan Johnston, from the British Retail Consortium, which represents retailers, said: "This report raises some serious issues which retailers consider carefully, but no retailers deliberately target vulnerable customers.
"The timing of marketing varies greatly, but mails are generally timed to land when they are most likely to be seen and never with a view to exploiting a particular vulnerability. All customers are able to opt out of marketing, which for many delivers useful product news and special offers."
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Late-night messages sent to shoppers with mental health problems leave them vulnerable to financially-crippling impulse buys, a report has suggested.
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Clarke's side were bowled out for 60 before lunch as Stuart Broad took 8-15.
Joe Root then hit an unbeaten century as England scored 274-4 to establish a lead of 214.
"The Australian way is to never give up. That has to be our attitude," Clarke told Test Match Special.
"We have to come here tomorrow and bowl England out and then bat as big as we have done in this series."
Clarke's side came into the Test at Trent Bridge 2-1 down and knowing that a defeat would see the home side regain the Ashes.
However, they now face the prospect of a heavy defeat after being dismissed for their joint seventh-lowest Test score in 111 balls - the shortest first innings in Test history.
The Australia captain lost a key toss on Thursday, which allowed England to bowl first in favourable conditions on a wicket that offered incentive for the seam bowlers.
Broad, though, was exceptional, taking the equal fastest five-wicket haul in Test cricket before cleaning up the tail after Steven Finn and Mark Wood had claimed a wicket each.
"It didn't start well, losing the toss and getting sent in but you still have to execute and Stuart Broad was a class above today," continued Clarke.
"He put everything in the right area, we nicked everything and England's fielding was exceptional. Those conditions we faced today were as tough as we faced in a long time so to lose the toss was vital."
England lost Adam Lyth and Ian Bell cheaply, but 43 from captain Alastair Cook set the platform, which Root (124 not out) and Jonny Bairstow (74) capitalised on with a fourth-wicket stand of 173.
"The wicket flattened out a little bit after lunch but England played really well," added Clarke.
Australia made a surprise selection for the match, bringing in batsman Shaun Marsh at the expense of his all-rounder brother Mitchell, meaning Clarke had just three seamers at his disposal.
Towards the end of the day, Clarke turned to the part-time seam of opening batsman David Warner.
When questioned about this he replied: "You'll have to ask the selectors about that. They tried to pick the best XI and I don't think it would matter who we picked. Shaun Marsh has scored a couple of hundreds and is in good form but he got a good ball."
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Australia captain Michael Clarke insists his side will not give up as they look to save the Ashes series following a disastrous first day for the tourists at Trent Bridge.
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The 26-year-old joined Dale from Manchester City in 2010 but made just three substitute appearances.
He dropped into non-league football with Salford City and Altrincham and had a three-year spell at Morecambe before he joined the Seasiders in 2015.
Meanwhile, striker Joe Bunney, 23, has signed one a new one-year deal with the League One side until 2018.
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Rochdale have re-signed striker Jack Redshaw on loan for the rest of the season from Blackpool.
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The advertisement shows a black, emaciated child holding a red parasol over the fair, bejewelled actress.
A group of activists, in an "open letter" to Ms Rai Bachchan, called the image "extremely objectionable".
The film star's publicist said she had been photographed without the backdrop.
"The final layout of the ad is entirely the prerogative of the creative team for a brand," Ms Rai Bachchan's publicist said in a statement, suggesting that the actress had not been involved in the final image that appeared in the advertisement for Kalyan Jewellers.
The ad featuring the 41-year-old, who is a former Miss World, appeared in a newspaper last week.
After criticism, the company issued an apology on its Facebook page. It said the advertisement was intended to portray "royalty, timeless beauty and elegance" and expressed deep regret for any inadvertent hurt caused.
The company said it had begun withdrawing the ad from its campaign.
In an open letter addressed to the film star and published on Wednesday, a group of activists expressed "dismay" at the "offensive image".
"In the advertisement you appear to be representing aristocracy from a bygone era - bejewelled, poised and relaxing while an obviously underage slave-child, very dark and emaciated, struggles to hold an oversize umbrella over your head.
"The extremely fair colour of your skin (as projected in the advertisement) contrasted with the black skin of the slave-boy is obviously a deliberate 'creative' juxtaposition by the advertising agency, and insidiously racist."
The activists said the image reminded them of "17th and 18th century colonial European portraits of white aristocracy, depicting women being waited upon by their 'black servants'" and called on the actress to dissociate herself from "this offensive image".
In India, where there is a marked preference for fair skin and skin-whitening creams and lotions are big business, many say the advertisement perpetuates the retrograde idea that fair is beautiful.
The advertisement was also criticised on social media. Author and activist Meena Kandasamy tweeted:
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An Indian jewellery advertisement featuring top Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has been withdrawn after criticism that it was "racist" and promoted child slavery.
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Simon James, 46, from the city, lied to the women, both his former partners.
James was diagnosed with HIV in the 1990s but failed to use contraception, attend hospital appointments or take his medication, the court heard.
He was found guilty of recklessly transmitting HIV - Avon and Somerset Police said it is only the third such conviction in UK legal history.
Recorder Michael Parroy, QC, said his actions were "dreadful" and had "devastated" the lives of the women.
Police said James initially did not tell the women he was infected and then, when his HIV status was discovered, he claimed to be allergic to latex condoms and insisted unprotected sex with him was safe because he had never infected anyone before.
Speaking after the sentencing hearing, Det Con Ben Sullivan said: "Simon James had been aware of his HIV status and yet failed to use his antiretroviral medication or use contraception."
He added: "As a result, his victims have suffered greatly and I can only praise them for their bravery."
Stephen Dent, from the Crown Prosecution Service, said: "The HIV virus is highly complex and prosecutions based upon its transmission are similarly complicated.
"We are therefore pleased that, with the help of some of the country's foremost virology experts, Simon James' dangerous behaviour has been exposed and he has been punished for the lifelong injury he has caused his victims.
"His selfish and irresponsible approach has had tragic consequences for both his victims."
James, from Bradley Stoke, was convicted at a previous hearing.
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A man with HIV who infected two women with the virus has been jailed for five years at Bristol Crown Court.
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Keith Burgess, 41, of Dibden, Hampshire, also faces three counts of misconduct in public office.
He was bailed to appear at Guildford Crown Court for trial on 5 December.
Police have confirmed the officer has been dismissed from his job at Southampton Central police station for matters unrelated to the court case.
Correction 28 July 2016: This story has been changed to reflect the fact Mr Burgess has since been dismissed from the police for matters unrelated to this case.
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A former police constable has pleaded not guilty to making indecent images of a child, sexual assault and grooming a girl under the age of 16.
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The authority said relocating the station could generate up to 6,500 more jobs and bring in hundreds of millions of pounds in business rates.
The figures emerged after a Freedom of Information request by BBC Look North.
An HS2 spokeswoman said the Meadowhall site provided "significantly better connections to more people and places".
Figures show that the council spent £78,090 on an assessment of the case for a city centre station, £25,525 on "understanding the economic impact relocating the station and £6,000 on a business breakfast with HS2 representatives.
A Sheffield City Council said: "The differences in predicted economic impact between a city centre or an out-of-town parkway location are vast.
"A city centre station will help connect Sheffield to Leeds and Manchester to help create the 'Northern Powerhouse'. An out-of-town parkway station will be a massive economic opportunity lost. "
It was announced in 2013 that a new station linking Sheffield with London and Birmingham via the HS2 high-speed rail network would be situated at Meadowhall shopping centre.
Katherine Button, of HS2 Ltd, said: "The Sheffield Meadowhall station is the best location to serve the wider South Yorkshire region.
"We have scrutinised other options including a city centre site, but Meadowhall provides significantly better connections to more people and places across the region and at a lower cost, and provides the quickest onward journey times to Leeds, Newcastle and Scotland.
"That is why the majority of Sheffield City Region authorities, as well as Leeds City Region and East Midlands authorities support Meadowhall, and are keen to see faster progress in the coming months.
"The final decision will come from the Government and we anticipate an announcement will be made later this year."
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Sheffield City council has spent £190,000 lobbying for a proposed HS2 station to be moved from Meadowhall to the city centre, it has emerged.
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Crew Manager Paul Wilkens, a 47-year-old father of four, had worked for Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service for 14 years.
He was found dead on Tuesday morning while on duty at Castle Donington Fire Station.
The fire service has not yet given any details of how he died.
Chief Fire and Rescue Officer Steve Lunn said: "The whole service is devastated and shocked at the sudden and tragic loss of our friend and colleague.
"At this hugely sad time our primary concerns are very much focused on Paul's partner, his children and his immediate and close family. As a service, we are doing everything we possibly can to support them."
Mr Wilkens had previously served in the armed forces, in the Corps of Royal Engineers.
A JustGiving page to support his partner, daughter, son and two stepchildren has already raised thousands of pounds.
A tribute on the page said he was affectionately known as TL - due to his "too loud" presence.
"TL was certainly larger than life itself; you certainly knew when TL entered a room, a party and even an incident," the tribute said.
"He was incredibly positive and tremendously kind."
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A firefighter has been found dead while on duty at a fire station in what his employer described as a "sudden and tragic loss".
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Fe gwblhaodd y Cymro 32 oed o Gaerdydd y cymal cychwynol yn Dusseldorf mewn 16 munud 4 eiliad, 12 eiliad o flaen pencampwr y llynedd, ei gyd aelod yn Team Sky, Chris Froome.
Dyma'r tro cyntaf i Thomas ddod i'r brig yn un o gymalau'r gystadleuaeth hon, nag unrhyw un o'r prif bencampwriaethau.
Mae'n ddechrau gwych iddo, yn enwedig o ystyried iddo orfod rhoi'r gorau i'w ras yn y Giro d'Italia fis Mai, ar ôl cael ei anafu'n ddrwg mewn damwain.
Mewn cyfweliad ar ITV4 yn dilyn y ras, dywedodd: "Mae'n afreal, dyma ddechrau fy wythfed Tour, a'r cymal cyntaf i mi ei ennill.
"Wnes i ddim breuddwydio y byddai hyn yn digwydd. Mae'n anghredadwy."
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Mae Geraint Thomas o Team Sky wedi cipio'r crys melyn ar ddiwrnod cyntaf y Tour de France.
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Ballance struck a vital 120 from 190 balls, including 17 fours, to anchor his side's first-innings score of 273.
Yorkshire had slipped to 152-7, but his 106-run partnership with Steven Patterson (37 not out) steadied things.
Coad (5-18) then produced career-best figures to leave Hampshire reeling on 58-5 at close.
At an uncontested toss, Hampshire captain James Vince elected to bowl first, but may have been worried as Yorkshire's opening pair of Adam Lyth (30) and Alex Lees (20) put on 41 for the first wicket at a rate of five runs per over.
However, Edwards bowled Lees and Gareth Berg (2-50) had Lyth caught behind by Lewis McManus to slow the scoring.
Australia batsman Peter Handscomb made 25 on debut before Edwards got through his defences and exposed the middle order, with Jack Leaning and Tim Bresnan falling in quick succession.
England left-hander Ballance, who played the last of his 21 Test matches against Bangladesh in October, battled on throughout in an innings that spanned nearly four hours.
He found a willing partner in Patterson in a crucial stand before 23-year-old seamer Coad - in just his fourth first-class game - turned the match on its head with a remarkable eight-over burst.
He pinned Jimmy Adams lbw in his first over, had Vince caught at mid-wicket, Michael Carberry taken at slip and Sean Ervine caught at mid-off, before debutant Rilee Rossouw (23) fell lbw to leave the visitors in real trouble at stumps.
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Gary Ballance scored a century in his first game as captain and Ben Coad took five wickets to help Yorkshire take control on day one against Hampshire.
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Ex-Manchester City manager Mancini, 51, claims Sarri used homophobic language towards him during a touchline row when their teams met in the Coppa Italia.
However, the suspension was not for homophobia, for which the punishment could have been greater.
Sarri, 57, has also been fined 20,000 euros (£15,000).
Napoli were beaten 2-0 in Tuesday's quarter-final, so Sarri will not serve his ban until next season.
Mancini, in his second spell at Inter, was also fined 5,000 euros (£4,000) after he was sent off towards the end of the match.
Warning - the section below contains language some readers may find offensive
Mancini said Sarri shouted "poof" and made another homophobic slur in an altercation following Inter's second goal.
Sarri claimed not to remember his exact words, but acknowledged he had been "fired up and angry".
He added: "I was not discriminating against anyone. If I did indeed use those words, then I apologise to the gay community."
Italian snowboarder Arianna Cau said Sarri's ban is too short.
"I am not a judge, so I can't really say what the punishment should be, but it should be more serious," Cau told BBC World Service.
"People understand that in Italy we have a problem. If we don't have a serious punishment, then we will never fight this war.
"They say homophobia doesn't exist in Italy, but that's not true. The moment has arrived to start taking this seriously."
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Napoli manager Maurizio Sarri has been banned for two Italian Cup matches for "highly offensive" comments made to Inter Milan boss Roberto Mancini.
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Argentina missed what would have been a match-winning penalty in stoppage time, sending the game into sudden death.
Tom Mitchell could then have won it for Britain, only for his penalty to rebound off the post, but Dan Bibby's try soon after secured victory.
They will face South Africa in the last four on Thursday.
"I thought that our Olympic dream was over, but luck was on our side," Bibby said.
"We have only been together for 10 weeks, and to fight out there on the field, no matter what nation you are from - England, Scotland or Wales - is what a true team is about."
Argentina came second in their pool during the group stages and many of their players were left in tears after the defeat.
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Fiji advanced to the semi-finals with a 12-7 victory over New Zealand, as they continued their search for a first ever Olympic medal.
It was New Zealand's second loss of the day after Great Britain defeated them 21-19 in the final group match.
Fiji will face surprise package Japan in the last four after their 12-7 win over France, while South Africa secured an emphatic 22-5 victory over Australia.
England's 2003 World Cup-winning coach Sir Clive Woodward
"The drama was amazing. I thought the Great Britain team handled the pressure really well. They really kept their nerve. The scenes at the end were just fantastic and this game will go down in the history of rugby sevens. It was that good."
England international James Haskell: "Yes the boys!!!! @TeamGB 7's pulling it out the bag. Dan Bibby take a bow. Unreal try-saving turnover from Davies in the first half."
Harlequins and England full-back Mike Brown: "What a game!! Well done @TeamGB brilliant #Rugby7s #Olympics"
Welsh rugby union referee Nigel Owens: "Never get excited over a game of rugby unless Wales or Pontyberem are playing lol. But was hiding behind the sofa for that one. Well done GB."
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Great Britain's men advanced to the Olympic rugby sevens semi-finals after a dramatic 5-0 victory over Argentina in extra time.
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Murray, 27, has won three titles in the past six weeks to qualify for the eight-man season-ending tournament, which takes place from 9-16 November.
The Scot is in Group B along with Swiss second seed Federer, Japan's Kei Nishikori and Milos Raonic of Canada.
Top seed Novak Djokovic, Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka, Czech Tomas Berdych and Marin Cilic of Croatia are in Group A.
Murray will open play at the O2 at 14:00 GMT on Sunday against Nishikori, followed by Federer against Raonic at 20:00.
Wawrinka and Berdych begin proceedings on Monday, with Djokovic and Cilic in the evening session.
The top two players in each group will progress to the semi-finals, with the standings based initially on match wins, although it can come down to the percentage of games won or even world rankings as the final tie-breaker.
Murray has avoided defending champion Djokovic, who beat him at the Paris Masters last week to end his 11-match winning run.
But the 2013 Wimbledon champion will face Federer, who is attempting to regain the world number one spot and win this title for a seventh time.
Three-time semi-finalist Murray and Federer have each won 11 of their career meetings.
The Briton has a 3-0 winning record against Nishikori but trails Raonic 3-1 in their head-to-head.
US Open champion Cilic, meanwhile, will be making his debut in the tournament at the O2 Arena.
"It is going to be very difficult but very exciting," he told BBC Radio 5 live. "I hope it is going to be an absolutely amazing experience.
"I have watched it on TV for so many years so it is going to be very exciting, especially knowing it's played in front of full crowd, with big entertainment.
"Any of the matches could be a Grand Slam final so it is satisfying to play in it."
World number three Rafael Nadal will miss the tournament after having appendix surgery on Monday.
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Britain's Andy Murray has been drawn in the same group as Roger Federer for the ATP World Tour Finals in London.
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The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) declined the request in order to allow the 30-year-old to rest.
Broad bowled 21 overs in Notts' opening match, taking four wickets as they beat Leicestershire by 10 wickets.
He and fellow paceman James Anderson, who is unavailable for Lancashire, will return for the third round of games.
"Both Stuart and Jimmy are committed to their counties and keen to play as much possible," said ECB director of cricket Andrew Strauss.
"But equally they recognise both the challenges and demands to come over the summer. Counties were made aware of the likely schedule back in January."
Despite losing the services of the centrally contracted Broad, Notts will have another England pace bowler, Jake Ball, available after the ECB rested him for the first game.
England do not play a Test until 6 July, but then face seven Tests in just over two months against South Africa and West Indies, before seven more in Australia and New Zealand over the winter.
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England bowler Stuart Broad will not be available for Nottinghamshire's County Championship match at Durham on Friday, despite a request from his county.
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Roedd Henry Ayabowei yn briod â dau o blant.
Ddydd Sul, cafodd dyn 26 oed o'r ardal ei arestio ar amheuaeth o lofruddiaeth.
Fe gafodd yr heddlu eu galw i'r lleoliad ger clwb Peep ar Stryd y Deon ychydig cyn 02:00 fore Sadwrn, yn dilyn adroddiadau bod dyn yn anymwybodol.
Cafodd Mr Ayabowei ei gludo i Ysbyty Gwynedd, cyn cael ei drosglwyddo i Stoke, lle bu farw fore Sul.
Mae swyddogion arbenigol yn rhoi cefnogaeth i'w deulu ar hyn o bryd.
Cafodd y dyn lleol 26 oed ei arestio mewn cysylltiad â'r ymosodiad ddydd Sadwrn, ac aeth o flaen Llys Ynadon Llandudno ddydd Sul.
Cafodd ei arestio ar amheuaeth o lofruddiaeth yn ddiweddarach, ac mae'n cael ei gadw dan glo yng ngorsaf heddlu Caernarfon.
Mynegodd yr Arolygydd Owain Llywellyn o Heddlu'r Gogledd ei "sioc" a'i "dristwch" yn dilyn "marwolaeth trasig y dyn teulu ifanc yma".
Mewn teyrnged iddo, dywedodd ei glwb pêl droed, CPD Llanfairpwll, bod Mr Ayabowei - oedd yn cael ei adnabod fel Henry Esin - yn "fonheddwr go iawn".
Mae'r heddlu'n apelio am dystion ac yn galw ar bobl sydd â lluniau neu fideo o Stryd y Deon rhwng 01:30 a 02:15 fore Sadwrn i gysylltu â nhw.
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Mae dyn 27 oed o ardal Llangefni wedi marw yn dilyn ymosodiad ger clwb nos ym Mangor fore Sadwrn.
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The Labour, Plaid Cymru, Conservative and Liberal Democrat leaders say a vote the month after May's assembly election could confuse voters.
They say a later referendum would give both polls the "respect" they need.
The leaders say a June referendum would also affect election campaigning in London, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
There has been speculation David Cameron intends holding the referendum on 23 June, depending on the outcome of an EU summit in February.
On Monday, the Welsh government said the EU vote should be "sufficiently distant" from the assembly election.
In the letter, published on Wednesday, Labour's Carwyn Jones, Tory Andrew RT Davies, Plaid's Leanne Wood and Lib Dem Kirsty Williams say: "A June referendum date would mean that the campaigning period for the referendum would overlap with the campaigning for the May elections to our national assembly.
"The simultaneous existence of multiple party political campaigns and EU referendum campaigns would in itself pose practical and logistical difficulties, but the greater problem that we anticipate is the potential for confusion as a diverse range of issues is presented to the electorate.
"This is not just a matter of respecting the integrity of the Welsh electoral debate, but of affording the EU referendum campaign the respect it deserves."
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has also warned it would be "a mistake" to have the referendum so soon after the devolved elections.
Mr Cameron has pledged to hold the referendum by the end of 2017.
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All four party leaders in the assembly have written to the prime minister objecting to the idea of holding the EU referendum in June.
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The Croatian winger has been linked with a £48m move to Manchester United.
Spalletti says Inter want to keep Perisic, 28, but would reluctantly sell the former Wolfsburg player to free up funds to strengthen his squad.
"He's an important player in the team and we're counting on him to start the new season," added the ex-Roma boss.
Spalletti, appointed Inter boss in June, added: "Sure, there were rumours, but the status quo is that we want to keep Perisic.
"Having said that, if someone comes in with a very difficult offer to reject, then we'll consider that.
"But, of course, we'll need to find a valid alternative for Perisic as well."
United representatives have visited Milan in an effort to negotiate a deal.
Perisic has scored 18 goals in 70 Serie A games since joining from German side Wolfsburg for reported £14.5m in August 2015.
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Inter Milan will consider offers for winger Ivan Perisic that are "difficult to reject", says boss Luciano Spalletti.
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The Friesians, aged 16 months, were found dead in Dolwen, near Old Colwyn, on Friday after eating clippings from yew and leylandii trees.
Sgt Rob Taylor, of the rural crime team, said a post-mortem examination showed plant toxins were to blame.
He said the force was investigating the "atrocious" act of fly-tipping.
"I'm appalled that the selfish action of someone dumping their waste has killed three animals. We are investigating and will analyse CCTV," he added.
He urged anyone with information to call 101.
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Three young cows died after eating poisonous tree cuttings dumped in a Conwy farmer's field, North Wales Police has said.
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The prime minister met the Tibetan spiritual leader in London on Monday.
China's foreign ministry said the meeting "seriously interfered with China's internal affairs" and "hurt" Chinese feelings.
Downing Street said the Dalai Lama was "an important religious figure" but the UK did not want to see its relationship with China "disrupted".
Mr Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg met the Dalai Lama privately on Monday at St Paul's Cathedral.
The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader was receiving the £1.1m Templeton Prize for his work affirming the spiritual dimension of life. He donated the bulk of the prize to Save the Children to support its work in India.
He told reporters China was beset by a "moral crisis" with widespread corruption and lawlessness.
Britain's ambassador in Beijing, Sebastian Wood, was summoned to China's foreign ministry by Vice Foreign Minister Song Tao following the meeting.
China's Foreign Ministry said Mr Song told Mr Wood British leaders should consider the "serious consequences" of meeting the Dalai Lama.
The meeting "seriously interfered with China's internal affairs, undermined China's core interests, and hurt the feelings of the Chinese people", said the foreign ministry in a statement.
At a news conference in Beijing, foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei said: "We ask the British side to take the Chinese side's solemn stance seriously, stop indulging and supporting 'Tibet independence' anti-China forces, immediately take effective measures to undo the adverse effect, and take concrete action to safeguard the overall development of China-UK relations."
Mr Cameron's official spokesman defended his decision to meet the Dalai Lama, saying: "The Dalai Lama travels all over the world and has visited the UK several times in the past, and I believe that former prime ministers also met with him when they were in office."
The Dalai Lama, the spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhism, fled his homeland in 1959 after a failed uprising against Chinese rule.
He now lives in Dharamsala in India, travelling the world to seek support for more rights for Tibetan people.
He is regularly vilified by the Chinese government, which accuses him of trying to split Tibet, with its separate culture and language, from the rest of China.
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David Cameron's decision to meet the Dalai Lama has provoked an angry response from the Chinese government.
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Phillip Monk, 61, of Penycoedcae, Pontypridd, went on trial at Newport Crown Court accused of 23 counts of indecent assault of a person under the age of 14, relating to seven girls.
He was found not guilty of assaulting pupils at Maesybryn Primary School, near Pontypridd, between 1984 and 1995.
No evidence was offered on six similar charges relating to two girls.
He was also cleared of these.
Judge Daniel Williams formally found Mr Monk not guilty of these charges after at a hearing on Monday after being told no evidence would be offered by the prosecution.
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A primary school teacher accused of indecently assaulting his pupils has been cleared of all charges.
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A total of 10,886 badgers were culled in 10 areas in the counties of Gloucestershire, Somerset, Dorset, Cornwall, Devon and Herefordshire.
The government is proposing to allow continued "strictly licensed" culls to stabilise the badger population at its now reduced level.
Opponents of the plan say there is no evidence the cull is effective.
The highly-controversial culls began four years ago with the aim of stopping the spread of TB among cows, although animal welfare campaigners have criticised them as "inhumane and ineffective".
But the government insists "proactive" culling, which aims to remove 70% of the badgers in a given area, is necessary to tackle the disease which it says costs the taxpayer more than £100m every year.
The Humane Society International UK said it was outraged by the culls, describing them as "badgercide".
Director Claire Bass said: "Nearly 11,000 badgers have been shot in England since September this year, a staggering 14,829 badgers overall since the start of the culls, a shocking and grim death toll for this supposedly protected species."
Source: Defra/Natural England
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Almost 11,000 badgers were killed in 2016 as part of a government plan to control the spread of bovine TB.
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Based on EL James's best-selling so-called "mummy porn" books, it has been given an 18 certificate by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC).
The film, which contains "strong sex and nudity", stars Jamie Dornan as Christian Grey and Dakota Johnson as his lover Anastasia Steele.
Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson, it is due for release on 13 February.
James's trilogy of Fifty Shades books have reportedly sold more than 100 million copies worldwide and been translated into more than 50 languages.
In the US the film has been given an R rating, meaning those under 17 years old can watch it if accompanied by an adult.
Taylor-Johnson, who has never directed a Hollywood film before, said she consulted a professional dominatrix for research and said she "learned a lot" from her.
The film, which opens the day before Valentine's Day, has a dozen sex scenes although Taylor-Johnson said she was determined not to make the whole film about it.
"The sex scenes are pretty intense, so I'm sure people are going to feel aroused - but I've seen them so many times that I tend to forget," she told The Independent.
Some of the BBFC's rulings in the past have been controversial - last year the new Paddington film was given a parental guidance advisory due to scenes showing cross-dressing and a villainous taxidermist.
It initially advised the film featured "dangerous behaviour, mild threat, mild sex references (and) mild bad language".
However after the film's distributor contacted the body, it later changed the description from containing "mild sex references" to containing "innuendo".
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Fifty Shades Of Grey will be hitting cinemas in its full glory after censors approved the film without any cuts.
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Anthony Jordan, 44, denied all the offences, which took place in Wishaw and Motherwell between 2003 and 2014.
The High Court in Glasgow heard the abuse began when the girls were aged 12 or 13 and took place while their mothers were at bingo or out shopping.
Jordan was jailed for 13 years and placed on the sex offenders register.
His rape victim, who is now 24, told prosecutor Jane Farquharson it had happened "whenever he had a chance to get to me".
She said the first time he raped her, when she was 12, she was terrified and added: "I was feart to move."
The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said: "Afterwards I curled up in a ball and cried."
Jordan claimed he was in a sexual relationship with the woman in 2014.
Ms Farquharson said: "This was nothing more than a last and defiant act by her abuser with no purpose other than to humiliate her."
Judge Lord Matthews said it was an appalling ordeal for the woman, which had "robbed her of her adolescent years".
The court heard how Jordan attempted to rape another of his victims, but every time he tried she would kick out and scream.
This victim, now 17, had told her mother she did not want her to go out to bingo, but did not tell her why.
Police were contacted after she finally told her mother.
Jordan's third victim, now aged 25, was sexually abused after he began a "squeezing game" with her.
He also abused her during a visit to a swimming pool by inappropriately touching her as they came down the flume together.
Jordan accused all his victims of lying.
He gave a thumbs-up to family members as he was led away to begin his sentence.
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A man has been jailed for raping a teenage girl almost daily for four years, the attempted rape another girl and abuse of a third.
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The 32-year-old Argentina international, who is leaving after nine years at the club, came on to a standing ovation in the 62nd minute.
He was named man of the match and ended the game with the captain's armband after Vincent Kompany was substituted.
After the final whistle he gave an emotional farewell speech.
Zabaleta, who is City's third longest-serving player after Joe Hart and Kompany, was joined on the pitch by his wife and young son and given a guard of honour by his team-mates as he and his family departed down the tunnel.
A presentation also took place on the pitch in which Zabaleta was shown video tributes, including one from former teammate Mario Balotelli, and he was handed a lifetime City season ticket.
"As a football player and as a football fan it was a dream to come to the Premier League," said Zabaleta, who made more 322 appearances for the club, winning two league titles, the FA Cup and two League Cups.
"I said to my girlfriend, now my wife, let me go to Manchester, I will enjoy it, it will be only for three or four years, so I'll have to say sorry, it's been nine years.
"My favourite moments were when we beat Manchester United in the semi-final at Wembley and the first Premier League we won with Sergio Aguero's goal. The fans had waited so long and we did it in a City way."
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Manchester City defender Pablo Zabaleta was given an emotional send-off as he played his last home game in the 3-1 win against West Brom.
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The site, which bills itself as a "virtual pinboard", allows users to post pictures and other content onto a personalised profile.
However, some have raised concerns that the format encourages unauthorised sharing.
Concerned sites can now block their content by adding a line of web code.
Any Pinterest user attempting to share images or other material from a site with the "nopin" instruction will be told: "This site doesn't allow pinning to Pinterest. Please contact the owner with any questions. Thanks for visiting!"
In a blog post, co-founder Ben Silbermann said Pinterest cared about "respecting the rights of copyright holders".
He added: "We understand and respect that sometimes site owners do not want any of their material pinned. For these folks, we provide a snippet of code that can be added to any website."
In addition to the code, copyright holders can - like most sites featuring user uploaded content - request that material be taken downvia an online form.
Pinterest has grown rapidly, with reports from ratings firm Comscore suggesting the site had 7.5 million unique visitors in December, rising to 11.7 million in January.
However, concerns over copyright violations have caused some users to back away from using the service.
Webmasters who want to prevent their material from being posted on Pinterest can use the following code:
<meta name="pinterest" content="nopin" />
Niri Shan, a media law expert from Taylor Wessing, said he believed the move to enhance measures for rights holders would probably work in Pinterest's favour, should rights holders begin make legal claims.
"I think they [the courts] would look favourably," he said.
"Overall the court will have to look at the public interest. Blocking sites has implications for free speech - it's not something the court will do every day of the week."
Mr Shan added that Pinterest's key approach would be to prove that while copyrighted material might be uploaded to the site, it was not the service's primary function - an accusation made about other sites, such as MegaUpload and Newzbin, in recent court cases.
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Social networking service Pinterest has responded to concerns over copyrighted material by allowing websites to opt-out of being featured on the site.
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Oliver Kierans, of Bailieborough in County Cavan, was also sentenced to eight years for possession of a sawn-off shotgun and 12 years for possession with intent to endanger life.
He had pleaded not guilty to murdering his wife Patricia Keane in 2013.
He was found guilty of her manslaughter in February.
During his trial Kierans had said he had intended to take his own life on 5 September 2013 when he and his wife visited the family home.
They had been separated for a number of months.
He said that he picked up the shotgun and it went off, hitting his wife, the mother of his four children, in the chest and causing severe injuries leading to her death.
Kierans then went to a bar in Bailieborough where he pointed the gun at a member of the police before his arrest.
The judge said that when passing sentence she took into account that Kierans' four children had stood by him and that he was a loving grandfather.
The sentences will run concurrently.
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A man has been sentenced to nine years in prison for the manslaughter of his wife of 33 years in the Republic of Ireland.
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World number 10 Federer claimed the first set before being broken for the first time at this year's tournament in the first game of the second set.
Wawrinka, the world number three, went 2-0 ahead before Federer won three games in a row on his way to the title.
Elena Vesnina beat Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-7 (6-8) 7-5 6-4 in the women's final.
Federer becomes the oldest champion in the tournament's history, surpassing Jimmy Connors, who was 31 when he triumphed in 1984.
This was the 23rd meeting between Federer, an 18-time Grand Slam winner, and Wawrinka.
Federer, 35, has beaten his compatriot, who was in tears at the end, 20 times.
"This has been a fairy tale week," said Federer. "It's a beautiful feeling. Maybe it's not as surprising as Australia but it's still great to back it up by winning in America.
"It's a dream start to the year. I have totally exceeded my expectations. It's been an unbelievable start to the year."
The women's final lasted just over three hours as Vesnina came back from the dead to secure the biggest title of her career.
Eighth seed Kuznetsova edged a marathon first set lasting 71 minutes by winning a tie-break.
Vesnina, the 14th seed, trailed 4-1 in the second set before winning four games in a row to force a deciding set.
She trailed 4-2 in that set but again won four successive games to clinch victory and she collapsed to the court with a mixture of ecstasy and exhaustion at the end.
Vesnina, 30, was playing in her first final at a 'Premier Mandatory' event - those at Indian Wells, Key Biscayne, Madrid and Beijing.
Kuznetsova has now lost three finals at Indian Wells, having also been runner-up in 2007 and 2008.
BBC tennis correspondent Russell Fuller
A 90th career title for Federer, who has won 13 of the 14 matches he has played in 2017 - with six of those wins coming against fellow top-10 players.
It is not easy being Wawrinka in a match against Federer: he has played a whole career in his shadow and has now lost all 15 of the hardcourt matches they have played.
Federer's stronger belief was very much in evidence as he broke in the final game of each set to continue his dream start to the year. Top of the 2017 ranking points list, he has accumulated nearly twice as many points as second-placed Rafael Nadal.
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Australian Open champion Roger Federer beat Stan Wawrinka 6-4 7-5 in an all-Swiss final to win the BNP Paribas Open - his fifth Indian Wells triumph.
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The UK will maintain an EU deal, which provides 48 countries with duty-free access to Britain for imports.
It means British firms do not pay import tariffs on goods bought from countries such as Bangladesh and Haiti.
International Trade Secretary Liam Fox said Brexit gave the country an opportunity "to step up our commitments to the rest of the world".
He added: "Free and fair trade has been the greatest liberator of the world's poor, and today's announcement shows our commitment to helping developing countries grow their economies and reduce poverty through trade."
The deal excludes arms and ammunitions.
The list of countries - which also includes Ethiopia, Sierra Leone, and Uganda - is based on the UN's Least Developed Countries index.
Currently £19.2bn of goods are imported from the 48 countries, including 79% of the tea consumed in Britain.
Some 45% of the UK's textile and clothing imports, and 22% of its coffee, also come from the developing nations.
International Development Secretary Priti Patel said the renewed commitment would "help the world's poorest people stand on their own two feet".
She added: "Building a more prosperous world and supporting our own long-term economic security is firmly in all our interests‎."
The government also intends to explore options to expand relationships with richer countries like Jamaica, Pakistan and Ghana, which currently enjoy a mixture of reduced tariffs or zero tariffs.
Dr Fox added it would result "in lower prices and greater choice for consumers".
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Free trade deals with developing countries will continue post-Brexit, the government has said.
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The agreement involves the Scottish Government buying the Clydebridge and Dalzell plants from Tata Steel, and immediately selling them on to Liberty.
The sale will be made under the same terms with no cost to the taxpayer.
Liberty will take responsibility for reopening, operating and investing in the two sites as its attempts to build a sustainable UK steel business.
Confirming the deal on Thursday, business minister Fergus Ewing said: "When Tata Steel mothballed the Dalzell and Clydebridge plants, I said we would leave no stone unturned in the quest to find an alternative buyer.
"That is why we established a Scottish steel taskforce and why I am delighted that our support for the steel industry has paid off."
Tata Steel announced in October it would close both Scottish plants with the loss of 270 jobs.
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International metals firm Liberty House has signed a deal to buy two mothballed steel plants in Lanarkshire.
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The detail is contained in a speech by Andy Haldane which examined how different parts of the UK have experienced recovery.
It shows that on one key measure, GDP per head, Northern Ireland suffered a sharp fall between 2007 and 2009.
It has essentially flat-lined since then.
However on other measures, notably employment, Northern Ireland has had a recovery.
The employment rate in Northern Ireland hit an all time high of 69.6% earlier this year and all 41,000 jobs lost between 2008 - 2011 have been recovered.
Mr Haldane noted that experimental statistics also suggest that people in Northern Ireland experience greater wellbeing than in other parts of the UK.
He said "When it comes to measures of life satisfaction...London ranks at the bottom of the regional league table of happiness, while Northern Ireland occupies, by some distance, pole position."
Mr Haldane suggested that the economic recovery has largely been felt in London and the South East, among those who own their own homes and those who are aged over 50.
He added that in only two regions - London and the South-East - is GDP per head in 2015 estimated to be above its pre-crisis peak.
In other UK regions, GDP per head still lies below its pre-crisis peak, with Northern Ireland faring worst with a figure still an estimated 11% below peak.
Mr Haldane concluded that "so far at least, this has been a recovery for the too few rather than the too many, a recovery delivering a little too little rather than far too much."
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Northern Ireland's economy has seen little recovery since the 2007 economic crash, the Bank of England's chief economist has suggested.
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The unnamed waitress wrote in a blog that he had tugged her ponytail on several occasions, even after she had asked him not to.
Mr Key's office said on Wednesday that his actions were meant to be "light-hearted" and he apologised.
The incident has sparked criticism from an opposition party and the public.
The waitress wrote on the Daily Blog that the hair-pulling started during last November's election campaign, when Mr Key's National Party was re-elected.
She said that she had begun avoiding him whenever he came into the cafe, and had told his security officers that she didn't like her hair being pulled.
She said she finally told Mr Key in person to stop in March, but he continued to do so.
He later apologised and gave the waitress two personalised bottles of wine.
Mr Key's office said in a statement: "His actions were intended to be light-hearted. It was never his intention to make her feel uncomfortable and he has apologised to her."
Mr Key told reporters on Wednesday that he had "a very warm and friendly relationship" with staff at the cafe where "we have lots of fun and games there, there's always lots of practical jokes and things".
One of the leaders of New Zealand's Green Party, Metiria Turei, said his actions raised questions about workplace bullying.
"As politicians our job is to make people feel safe at work, not bullied... We should expect higher standards of behaviour from our prime minister, not this weird hair-pulling," she told The New Zealand Herald.
New Zealanders have been discussing Mr Key's actions on Twitter with the hashtags #tailgate. and #ponytailgate.
Controversial internet tycoon Kim Dotcom, who has criticised Mr Key's policies on internet freedom, also tweeted on the incident.
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New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has apologised to a woman who works at an Auckland cafe for repeatedly pulling her hair.
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Yannick Borel, Gauthier Grumier, Daniel Jerent and Jean-Michel Lucenay clinched a 45-31 victory to give France a seventh gold medal of the Games.
They won at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008, reasserting their dominance in Brazil after the event did not feature in London in 2012.
Hungary won bronze with a 39-35 win against world champions Ukraine.
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France won their third successive Olympic gold in the men's team epee by beating Italy at Rio 2016.
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The firm, seen as China's equivalent of Google, had revenue of 12.73bn yuan ($2bn; £1.3bn) from January to March, below forecasts of 12.9bn yuan.
Its net profit for the quarter also fell 3.4% compared with a year ago.
Baidu said customers spending less money on its online marketing business had hit its earnings.
New York-listed shares of the company were down 2.6% in after-hours trading as a result of the quarterly report.
The tech giant has been struggling to stay ahead of its rivals in the world's second-biggest economy.
In February, it reported 2014 fourth-quarter earnings below expectations, sending its shares plunging.
The company is still dealing with the impact of consumers moving away from personal computers to mobile phones, where it makes half of its revenue. But businesses pay less for advertising on smartphones than they do on computers.
Social media rivals such as Tencent and e-commerce giant Alibaba are also giving it intense competition.
A bid to create new streams of income from mobile has also pushed up Baidu's costs. Expenses for its research and development department shot up 79% to $368.8m.
"We continue to execute on our investment plan to capture the vast growth opportunities ahead and fulfil our vision," said chief financial officer Jennifer Li in a statement on Wednesday.
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Chinese online search giant Baidu saw its slowest revenue growth for nearly seven years in the first quarter of 2015.
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Donna Sullock let friend Michael Pearce look after son Alfie while she went on a night out last August and said the baby had no marks on him when she left.
Newport Crown Court heard the defendant text her saying Alfie was "fine" but soon after he was brain damaged.
Mr Pearce, 32, of Nelson, Caerphilly county, denies murder and manslaughter.
The injuries were said to have happened in the two hours the defendant babysit Alfie, of Fairwater, Cardiff, for the first time on 16 August.
The jury were read a series of texts between the defendant and 29-year-old Ms Sullock, who became friends when she was six months pregnant.
He texted a photo of the baby to her and she replied: "Has he been crying, his face looks red?"
Responding a minute later, at 20:20 BST he said: "He's had a little wind. He's fine now, sleeping, don't worry".
He sent another text 20 minutes later saying: "You can trust me you know," and then at 21:07 BST, another text was sent informing Ms Sullock that Alfie was still sleeping.
But four minutes later, the court heard he dialled 999 and then called Alfie's mum to say her baby had stopped breathing and was being taken to hospital by ambulance.
Alfie was taken to Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil before being transferred to the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff where he died four days later.
The prosecution claim Mr Pearce had beaten him with a shoe and a hard plastic bottle.
A post mortem examination showed Alfie died of blunt trauma injury and extensive bleeding into the brain.
The trial continues.
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A man accused of murdering a baby was "brilliant" with him and the six-week-old's mum had no issues leaving them alone together, a court heard.
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Rab McKelvey had claimed his younger brother Garth was told he could not get on the bus at Belfast's Lisburn Road to get to his work at a charity shop.
He said on Twitter the reason given for the refusal was his football jacket.
Translink said it had "no customer policy referring to passenger clothing when travelling on the bus or train".
"We have concluded a thorough investigation into this alleged incident which has included a full review of the high quality CCTV to identify the full facts of this matter," said a spokesperson for the public transport company.
"From the evidence, we can concur that this incident did not happen as reported.
"This has been a very serious complaint and as such our investigations have been completed without delay."
She added: "We pride ourselves in providing vital public transport for the entire community."
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Translink says CCTV footage shows that a 16-year-old allegedly refused onto a bus for wearing a coat with a Linfield FC logo "did not happen as reported".
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The ministry of information said it has "successfully jammed the signals" of the station.
However, the BBC's Abdussalam Ahmed in Enugu says Radio Biafara is still broadcasting.
It is not clear where it is based but it mainly broadcasts to the Igbo-speaking south-east of the country.
The first republic of Biafra declared its independence from Nigeria in May 1967, but was eventually defeated after a three-year civil war that cost more than one million lives.
Our correspondent says the station hosts phone-in programmes with listeners calling to talk about issues affecting their region and their desire to break away from Nigeria.
It also attacks and ridicules President Muhammadu Buhari and other government officials.
Although the Biafra uprising was quelled by the military, a group called the Movement for the Actualisation of a Sovereign State of Biafra (Massob) has attracted the support many young people in the region.
They feel they have been discriminated against by those in power in Abuja and demand independence.
Several of their leaders and sympathisers have been detained by authorities and accused of treason.
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Nigeria's government has vowed to shut down an illegal radio station operated by people sympathetic to the breakaway state of Biafra.
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All able-bodied South Korean men are obliged to complete two years of military service between the ages of 18 and 35.
Bae had hoped to delay his service to continue his golfing career, but the Daegu court said the military had been right to deny the request.
He said he would "humbly accept" the ruling, said the Yonhap news agency.
Bae, who is based in the US, also apologised to his fans, saying he had been "doing the best" he could to extend his stay so he could remain in competition.
"But the court's ruling today reminded me of the fact I should put my duty as a South Korean citizen ahead of my golfing career," he said.
"I decided that I can mature further as a golfer by returning home as soon as I can and complete my mandatory military service."
Bae is currently ranked 107 globally by the PGA.
The court said it was aware Bae would financially lose out by missing out on PGA Tours, but said that "for everyone facing conscription, dreams are all precious".
"If an athlete is allowed to arbitrarily schedule when he'd enter the military because he'd lose more money than others, then it would damage the idea of fairness in conscription and also the morale among the troops."
Bae, who is currently competing in the RBC Canadian Open in Ontario, has not yet indicated when he will return to South Korea.
Proposed changes to the PGA Tour regulations could, however, mean he would be allowed to return to the tour at the same level after completing his military service.
The rules, expected to be approved next week, would mean that "mandatory obligations" would be considered alongside medical and family crises as grounds for allowing a player to return despite missing key competitions.
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South Korean golfer and two-time PGA Tour winner Bae Sang-moon has lost his attempt to delay his military service.
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City Hall hopes to introduce the additional emissions surcharge from October next year.
The plans were put out for formal consultation on Monday.
Mr Khan is also putting forward plans to extend the capital's ultra low emissions zone to the north and south circular roads.
Under the proposals, the owners of diesel and petrol vehicles manufactured before or up to 2005 that do not meet Euro 4 emissions standards for nitrogen oxide (NO2) and particulates will be required to pay £10 on top of the congestion charge.
The mayor has also called on the government to put in place a national diesel scrappage scheme to help people replace vehicles affected by his plans.
City Hall said its research showed people living in London's most deprived communities, often by busy roads, are on average exposed to 25% higher levels of harmful NO2 pollution.
It is estimated that the equivalent of 9,400 premature deaths occur each year in London due to illnesses caused by long-term exposure to air pollution and 448 schools in London are in areas exceeding legal air quality levels.
Diesel vehicles are recognised as a major contributor to pollution and associated health impacts in London and the mayor wants to phase out these vehicles from the bus, taxi and other fleets.
Mr Khan said: "Toxic air in London is a health emergency that requires bold action, including introducing charges for older polluting vehicles and expanding the ultra low emissions zone.
"I am determined to help every Londoner breathe cleaner air. After the massive response to my first consultation I now need the public to let me know their views on my detailed proposals to help clean-up our filthy air."
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Owners of older, more polluting cars face an extra £10 fee for entering the congestion charge zone, under plans issued by London Mayor Sadiq Khan.
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Two diplomats were killed and a third wounded in a shooting at a restaurant in Cebu City on Wednesday.
Police have taken a woman who works at the consulate and her husband into custody.
They have diplomatic immunity and will be sent back to China.
The suspected shooter was identified by police as Li Qing Liang. Mr Li's wife, Guo Jing, who works in the consulate's visa section, was also held for questioning.
Beijing has invoked the couple's diplomatic immunity under the United Nations' Vienna Convention, foreign ministry spokesman Charles Jose said.
The 1961 Vienna Convention spells out protections afforded to diplomats and embassy staff, including immunity from local laws and criminal prosecution.
China says it is investigating the shooting.
The deputy consul and the finance officer for the Chinese consulate in the city were killed and the consul general wounded, police said.
The consul general, Song Ronghua, who was celebrating his birthday at the restaurant, is in a stable condition after being shot through the neck.
"We're still trying to determine the motive for the shooting," said Chief Superintendent Prudencio Banas.
The consul general's deputy Sun Shen was shot in the neck and finance officer Li Hui was shot in the head, police said.
A handgun has been recovered from the scene, police spokesman Wilben Mayor told AFP.
The attack occurred at 13:30 (05:30 GMT) at Lighthouse, a popular restaurant.
Restaurant manager Stephen John Patero said the shooting occurred in a private room, which is a favourite among local politicians.
He said waiters who served the diners heard the guests shouting at each other before the shots were fired.
"They are all friends who apparently figured in an argument," he said.
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The Philippine Foreign Ministry has said it will give China custody of the two suspects involved in the killing of two Chinese diplomats in the Philippines.
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In an NHS staff survey at East Kent Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 42% of staff said they were targeted in 2014.
The trust, which runs hospitals in Ashford, Canterbury, Margate, Dover, is in special measures.
It said it had done work to address the issues found by the survey and identified by the health watchdog.
The number of staff who said they were bullied has risen from 31% in 2013.
It was put into special measures last September because of "serious failures" in patient safety.
The trust runs the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford; the Kent and Canterbury in Canterbury; the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (QEQM) in Margate; the Buckland in Dover; and the Royal Victoria in Folkestone.
Sandra Le Blanc, director of human resources at the trust, said: "The questionnaires were completed... a matter of weeks after the trust was put into special measures following the publication of the Care Quality Commission's (CQC) report.
"The results [of the survey] reflect where we were then as a trust, because bullying was identified as an issue in the CQC report," she said.
"We've done quite a lot of work since then to address some of the issues raised in the report."
She said a confidential phone line was set up for staff following the report and managers were putting in a programme of "good working practices".
Ms Le Blanc said she was unable to comment on why the number of staff reported being bullied had risen from 31% in 2013 to 42% in 2014.
"Bullying is a very complex issue. It's not just about the managers, it's also about staff's behaviours with other staff."
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More than 40% of staff at a Kent NHS trust were victims of harassment, bullying or abuse by colleagues, figures show.
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Rhodri Colwyn Philipps, 50, from Knightsbridge, central London, was arrested after police received a complaint last November.
He is charged with making malicious communications, with racially aggravated factors.
He will appear on bail at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 4 April.
Scotland Yard said he was arrested by officers from its Operation Falcon after a complaint was received concerning threats made online against a 51-year-old woman.
Ms Miller, a partner in an investment management firm, was the lead claimant in the legal fight to get Parliament to vote on whether the UK could start the process of leaving the EU.
Rhodri Philipps is also known as the 4th Viscount St Davids and holds the titles Lord Strange of Knockin, Lord Hungerford, and Lord de Moleyns.
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A man has been charged over alleged online threats against Gina Miller, the woman behind the Brexit legal challenge.
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However, the winless Scots can still reach the quarter-finals if they beat Canada in their final group match.
Wei Adams shot Scotland in front after good work from Lee Morton.
Muhammad Irfan Jnr levelled after the interval, with Muhummad Arslan Qadir and Aleem Muhammed Bilal also on target for Pakistan's first victory of the tournament in London.
Scotland, who earlier lost to India and the Netherlands, have a better goal difference than Pakistan, who have now completed their pool games.
Therefore, any win over Canada, who have one success from three outings, would lift the Blue Sticks into fourth place.
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Scotland fell to the bottom of Pool B at the Hockey World League semi-finals after a 3-1 defeat to Pakistan.
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The Armstrong edition was tracked down by the production team after a listener alerted them to the existence of a recording of the show in the US.
Other rescued recordings feature author Reverend W Awdry, Dame Diana Rigg and Doctor Who star William Hartnell.
It is the first time the editions have been heard in more than 45 years.
All the subjects were interviewed between 1964 and 1970 by Roy Plomley, with Thomas the Tank Engine author Awdry's 1964 appearance being the earliest.
Only part of the Hartnell interview, recorded in 1965, has been recovered.
Awdry, Hartnell and Dame Diana were all personal audio recordings donated by listeners and have been carefully restored for the archive.
The Rigg edition, first broadcast in 1970, had been saved on an old quarter inch tape.
The Armstrong edition, which was gifted to him by the BBC after he recorded the programme in 1968, was donated courtesy of the research collections of the Louis Armstrong House Museum.
"Louis Armstrong's appearance on Desert Island Discs is the next best thing to hanging out with the legendary trumpeter," said Ricky Riccardi, archivist for the museum.
"Armstrong's in a frisky, quick-witted mood throughout the broadcast, tells some of his favourite stories about his rough upbringing in New Orleans and spins some good music - namely because he chooses so much of his own!"
Armstrong's favourite piece was his own track, Blueberry Hill. He also chose to take his own autobiography, while his luxury item - predictably enough - was a trumpet.
Dame Diana chose a vegetable garden as her luxury item, Hartnell took cigarettes, and Rev Awdry took writing materials. Among his track choices was train sound effects.
The Desert Discs online archive was launched in 2011, in a bid to collate all the recordings from the show's 73-year-history.
Current host Kirsty Young described it as "a broadcasting treasure trove".
"Unearthing yet more recordings and adding them to our archive is great news, not just for the much-valued listeners we have now, but for listeners of the future too," she added.
Listen to Louis Armstrong's Desert Island Discs programme, and other items from the Desert Island Discs archives.
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Louis Armstrong's personal copy of his appearance on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs is among the recordings to be added to the show's online archive.
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A helicopter recovered the man's body on Sunday from a part of the Kilauea caldera that is not currently erupting, a day after his fall, said a Hawaii Volcanoes National Park spokeswoman.
The man, named by family members as Leo Adonis, 38, left a note in his backpack which was found by hikers near the Crater Rim Trail.
The man's father plans to cremate his son and spread the ashes in Hawaii.
John Michael Ure, the man's father, told the Hawaii Tribune-Herald his son had recently lost his job working for Whole Foods in San Rafael, California.
His son, who legally changed his name in 2016, had "some emotional issues the last four to five years, and we'd been quite worried about it", he told the newspaper.
He added that Mr Adonis "really loved Hawaii".
Five other visitors have died in areas marked off limits in Volcanoes National Park since 1990, according to the New York Daily News.
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A US man killed himself by jumping into a Hawaii volcano, say park officials.
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The flag appeared over Parliament Buildings for a time on Wednesday.
A spokesperson for the assembly said it was aware that "two flags were flown without permission from the roof" and it was investigating the incident.
DUP assembly member Peter Weir said he had been assured by the assembly that "these were rogue actions and are being fully investigated".
The roof and the fourth floor of Parliament Buildings are currently a construction site under the control of building contractors.
The assembly said that the flags were removed as soon as it was made aware of them.
Mr Weir said he had written to the assembly speaker Mitchell McLaughlin and chief executive Trevor Reaney to demand an explanation.
TUV leader Jim Allister said it was "a serious breach of protocol and absolutely unacceptable".
"The incident demands an immediate and through investigation by the Assembly Commission, and given the provocative nature of the stunt there should also be a police investigation," he said.
The assembly spokesperson said the speaker would hold a briefing on Thursday for members of the Assembly Commission where the chief executive would "update them on any initial findings surrounding the incident".
"The Speaker is clear that the commission needs to be able to consider this matter in full possession of the facts of the situation," the spokesperson said.
"A full meeting of the commission will then be held on Monday when all commission members are available and when it is anticipated that more information will be known."
Sinn Féin MLA Gerry Kelly said the reaction by unionist politicians to the incident "can only be described as hysteria".
"This for some unionist politicians is a bigger crisis than anything that has happened over the past weeks," Mr Kelly said.
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Police have begun an investigation into how an Irish tricolour was flown over Stormont.
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The court heard how the teenager, who called himself DJ Stolen, earned more than 15,000 euros (£13,260) by breaking copyright laws and hacking personal information from a number of singers.
The hacker used phishing emails and Trojan horse software to steal unpublished songs and then offer them for sale on the internet.
Anti-piracy teams in the UK and Germany noticed a growing number of pre-release tracks being leaked much earlier than normal.
Tracks were stolen from Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake, Leona Lewis, Ke$ha and Mariah Carey in 2009 and 2010.
The teenager, referred to in court as 'Deniz A' because of his age, was also found guilty of downloading explicit private photos from Kesha's computer.
The court in the German city of Duisburg also heard how a letter of apology was published in the Bild, a German tabloid newspaper, from the teenager.
It said: "Dear Lady Gaga, I am ashamed of what I have done. I did not think about the consequences."
The judge ruled that the teen was "driven more by a desire for recognition than by criminal intent".
The 18-year-old was also ordered to have therapy for an addiction to the internet.
Another hacker, 23, whose name wasn't released, was also given an 18 months suspended sentence.
Jeremy Banks, from the International Federation of the Phonograhic Industry (IFPI), which helped with the investigation said the sentences acted as a "deterrent" to others.
He said the crimes caused "huge damage to artists and record companies".
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An 18-year-old computer hacker who stole songs from artists including Lady Gaga has been sentenced to 18 months detention in Germany.
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The victim, 27, suffered injuries including broken ribs and a suspected broken jaw when he was attacked at his home in Mutley in Plymouth on Sunday.
He was then driven to Cornwall, where he was abandoned in Hayle.
The men appeared at Plymouth Magistrates Court also accused of grievous bodily harm with intent.
They are: Luke Coley, 27, from Chapmans Way, St Austell; Barry Wright, 26, from Dovedale Road, Birmingham; Mark Reeves, 24, also from Dovedale Road; James Prideaux-Hamilton-Bing, 28, from Hendra Prazey, St Austell; and Mark Bird, 27, from Morcom Close in St Austell.
No pleas were entered and the case was transferred to Plymouth Crown Court for a hearing on 3 May.
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Five men have appeared in court charged with kidnapping a man who was badly beaten before being driven 70 miles away.
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The Metropolitan Police hopes the scheme will fill some of the 600 detective vacancies in the force.
It also hopes to attract people with different skills and backgrounds who might otherwise not want to join.
Up to 80 detectives will be taken on initially, with further recruitment rounds likely to follow.
Earlier this year, HM Inspectorate of Constabulary said there was a policing "crisis" across England and Wales because of a "severe shortage" of detectives.
Among the reasons given were the high workload in CID units, a lack of support for trainees and the intense scrutiny detectives face.
To help plug the gaps, some forces have begun recruiting specialists in cyber-crime and fraud to help with investigations.
Scotland Yard is now going a step further by allowing people to join as trainee detective constables, with full police powers.
Unlike other recruits, they will not have to spend any time in uniform doing street patrol and response work.
They will undergo an assessment involving tests, exercises, and interviews. If selected, they will undergo 18 weeks' training.
The training will be partly classroom-based, and partly based in boroughs. It will be similar to a constable's training, but with an investigative focus.
The initial salary will be just under £30,000.
The training will start in January. If successful, there will be another recruitment campaign during autumn.
David Tucker of the College of Policing, which sets standards of training and ethics for police in England and Wales, said: "We are aware of the difficulties in recruiting officers and staff into investigative roles, and we are working with colleagues, including the national policing lead, to support our members.
"The College and the NPCC are looking at the extent of this issue and we are currently working with a number of forces to develop a range of initiatives to address the problem."
The Met has 5,500 detectives out of 31,000 police officers.
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For the first time, a British police force will recruit people directly to become detectives without them working as beat officers in uniform.
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A security source told Reuters news agency the claim by the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front (Dev Sol) was plausible.
An attacker hurled a grenade before blowing himself up at the station in the western suburb of Sultangazi.
The group is deemed a terrorist organisation by both the US and Turkey.
Active since 1978, it has been fighting to set up a socialist state in Turkey and is opposed to both the existing establishment and the US.
Four other policemen and three civilians were injured in Tuesday's attack, police said.
Images broadcast on Turkish TV showed damage to the main entrance of the building
Turkish newspaper Hurriyet named the suicide bomber as Ibrahim Cuhadar, said to be a Dev Sol member who had previously served eight months in prison for participating in illegal demonstrations.
The policeman who was killed, Bulent Ozkan, reportedly managed to fire two shots at the attacker but was unable to stop him detonating explosives strapped to his body.
Suicide bomb attacks are rare in Turkey. However, a member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) group reportedly blew himself up earlier this month during an attack in the south-eastern province of Sanliurfa.
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A Turkish leftist group has said it carried out a suicide bombing outside a police station in Istanbul which killed a policeman and injured several people.
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Gray whales migrate north along the west coast of the USA in the spring and although it is known the vulnerable young are often targetted by killer whales, it is rarely captured on film.
In this clip the end of the killer whale attack can be seen, followed by the "agitated" humpback whales trumpeting.
The gray whales are being followed for the Planet Earth Live series, known as 24/7 Wild in the US, which continues on Wednesday 1930 BST on BBC One in the UK.
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A BBC/National Geographic film crew have captured rare footage of humpback whales intervening in a hunt by a pod of killer whales.
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2 February 2016 Last updated at 11:48 GMT
The BBC's Taurai Maduna reports from the north-western district of Hwange.
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In Zimbabwe, some 1.5m people are facing hunger, according to the UN's World Food Programme.
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The bus, carrying schoolchildren aged five to 10, crashed at about 16:00 local time (21:00 GMT) on Monday.
Photos from the scene showed the bus wrapped around a tree, with its metal roof split in two.
"Speed is being investigated very very strongly as a factor in this crash," said Chattanooga police chief Fred Fletcher.
He said it was a complicated crime scene, but conditions "appeared to be clear and dry".
Investigators believe the bus may have hit a utility pole before colliding with the tree, the police chief added.
The driver, who survived the crash, was being questioned and was co-operating with investigators, police said.
A spokeswoman for the district attorney said five children were found dead on board the bus after the crash, and another child had died in hospital.
She said 35 children had been on board the bus. Chattanooga Fire Department also said 23 children had been taken to hospital by ambulance.
Local blood bank Blood Assurance called for blood donations following the crash.
A reporter for the local news channel tweeted that queues to donate were "out the door" and the office was taking appointments for the following morning.
The mayor of Chattanooga, Andy Berke, asked concerned parents to go to the elementary school for information, and not the crash site.
"Please pray for the families of those affected by this horrible accident," he said in a tweet.
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At least six children have been killed and several others injured in a bus crash in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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The chick was one of five fitted with identification rings in May, having hatched in a man-made nestbox built into The Mill on Ipswich's waterfront.
The bird was found "almost emaciated" with an injured chest in a churchyard.
The other chicks and their parents are flying and feeding around the docks.
The chicks all fledged about two weeks ago from The Mill, which is 233ft (71m) high and has a nesting box fitted into the parapet on the flat roof.
The injured chick was found in the neighbouring St Peter's churchyard on 17 June.
Steve Piotrowski, from the Suffolk Ornithologists Group, said: "The bird had a bruised sternum and was very weak and almost emaciated from a lack of food - it's not strong enough to be returned to its family, who might even kill it.
"It can feed itself, but the question of whether it can successfully be taught to hunt could take up to a year to be answered - it can be a very long rehabilitation."
Mr Piotrowski said a pair of peregrines had bred three chicks at a nest on the Orwell Bridge in Ipswich, but all three had been killed after flying into traffic.
A pair of adult birds were at the derelict sugar beet factory in Ipswich, while another pair laid eggs at Felixstowe docks, but these did not hatch.
A pair of juveniles have since arrived at Felixstowe, but Mr Piotrowski said it was a mystery where they had come from.
180mph (290km/h)
the top diving speed of a peregrine falcon
1,400 the number of breeding pairs in the UK, according to the latest figures
365 the number of breeding pairs in the UK back in 1961
3-4 the number of eggs a hen would usually lay in a year
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A peregrine falcon chick could be in rehab for "up to a year" after it crash-landed having fledged from its nest at the top of the 23-storey block of flats.
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Essex PCs Jason Munns and Luke Salmon refused to leave Norwich Travelodge after being asked to go for being "rude and aggressive", the hearing was told.
It was said they had been on a "big night out" for a colleague's hen party and had been drinking since 14:30 BST.
Both are accused of conduct breaching standards of professional behaviour.
The hearing was told how the police had to be called to the hotel in June 2016 as the officers were being "noisy and rowdy" and "verbally abusive" to the night receptionist, who had asked them to leave.
Four police officers attended the scene and PCs Munns and Salmon, who are based in Colchester, are accused of being "obstructive" and pretending to be asleep when the officers tried to get them to answer their hotel door.
They are also accused of saying they were not leaving as they "knew the law and were police officers".
PC Munns's solicitor said he recognised his behaviour amounted to misconduct and was "ashamed of himself".
The hen party consisted of seven police colleagues, one of whom had been sick and another who said his recollections of the night were "hazy at best", the hearing was told.
PC Munns also allegedly told PC Salmon to tell the night manager to "do one".
PC Munns's solicitor denied his actions amounted to aggression and said he did not intend to be threatening or intimidating.
The situation calmed when PC Munns revealed he was a police officer, the panel was told, and the officers all shook hands before they left after 40 minutes.
The hearing continues.
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The police had to be called to deal with two "noisy and rowdy" police officers who had been on a hen do, a misconduct panel heard.
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Lottery organisers Camelot said the window for claiming the Euromillions winnings closed at 23:00 BST on Sunday.
Camelot said unclaimed money would be added to the money in the National Lottery Good Causes fund.
Leicester's lord mayor Abdul Osman started a countdown timer to the deadline near the Haymarket clock tower last week but the prize went unclaimed.
A spokesman for Camelot said: "Unfortunately, I can confirm that the ticket-holder did not come forward within the deadline to claim their prize and has now sadly missed out on this substantial amount of money.
"I would urge all National Lottery players to check their tickets on a regular basis."
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A lottery player who won £1m on a ticket bought in Leicester has failed to claim their prize.
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The 6.2m (20ft) bra was crocheted by the Swindon Bitch and Stitch knitting group to raise funds for the charity Against Breast Cancer.
Despite attracting about 200 views, the bra, listed as "used", did not sell.
Tracey Major, from the group, said: "It's very heavy, each cup weighs about 5kgs so it could be used as beanbags."
Measuring 6.2m wide and 2m high, the giant bra took around four months to create.
Along with bras belonging to Honor Blackman, Barbara Windsor, and Twiggy, it is currently on display at the Brunel Centre in Swindon.
Ms Major said they had been hoping to find a "good home" for it and raise "a giant amount of money".
"I listed it as used because so many people were touching it and doing selfies with it and I thought I can't sell that as new," she said.
"But if it doesn't sell, I'm not too fussed because we can donate it to the charity and they can use it and take it around to exhibitions with them."
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A giant bra designed to raise awareness of breast cancer, which failed to sell on the auction website eBay is to be relisted, its makers say.
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Federer lost 3-6 7-6 (9-7) 7-6 (7-5) to the world number 116.
Federer had three match points in the second set, served for the match at 5-3 in the third and led the deciding tie-break 5-1 but Donskoy fought back brilliantly.
Earlier, Britain's Andy Murray beat Spain's Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-2 6-0.
The world number one, 29, is playing his first tournament since his fourth-round defeat at the Australian Open in January.
Murray, who won in one hour and 12 minutes, will face Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber in the last eight.
British number two Dan Evans was beaten 6-4 3-6 6-1 by fourth seed Gael Monfils of France.
The 26-year-old, at a career-high ranking of 43, lost the opening set but levelled as Monfils held serve only once in the second set.
But Monfils raced through the decider to complete victory in one hour and 35 minutes.
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Australian Open champion Roger Federer suffered a shock defeat by Russian qualifier Evgeny Donskoy in the Dubai Championships second round.
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When he turned 90 he told the BBC it was "better to get out before you reach your sell-by date".
From the autumn, he will follow a path into retirement which is trod by many non-royals once they are in their sixties.
Today's announcement is a significant moment in the recent history of the British Royal Family.
A prince of Greece - with Danish, German and Russian blood - he has served the ancient institution, very publicly, for seven decades.
As an outsider - who was viewed with suspicion by the aristocracy - he struggled at first.
To his critics, he is a gaffe-prone prince.
His many supporters argue that this nonagenarian senior royal has played a crucial role sustaining the monarchy.
It's little wonder then, that the Queen once called him her strength and stay.
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This is Prince Philip acting on his own advice, nearly six years later.
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Heath crossed the line in 33.38 seconds ahead of Hungary's Bence Horvath and Marko Dragosavljevic from Serbia.
Heath, 32, who took gold at the Rio Olympics, will be hoping to add the world title to his collection in the Czech Republic in August.
Britain's Hannah Brown and Angela Hannah were fourth in the K2 200m in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
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British Olympic champion Liam Heath defended his K1 200m title at the Canoe Sprint European Championships.
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Some Baggies supporters ignored a warning not to sell tickets in the home section to opposing fans.
Crowd trouble occurred after Michy Batshuayi's late winner.
West Brom chief executive Martin Goodman said any supporters "who could be traced selling on tickets to visiting supporters faced sanctions".
He added: "Naturally it is a matter of great disappointment for all at Albion and our thousands of genuine fans that a tiny minority would put profit before backing their team.
"We will also co-operate fully with police to help identify anyone clearly guilty of disorder offences during the disturbance."
West Midlands Police said seven of those arrested were charged with pitch invasion. They are due to appear before Dudley Magistrates' Court later this month.
A 35-year-old man from Solihull was arrested on suspicion of a public order offence and a man from Suffolk, 32, was detained over suspected criminal damage and assault. Both have been bailed.
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West Brom are to investigate crowd disturbances during Chelsea's title-clinching 1-0 win at The Hawthorns on Friday, after nine fans were arrested.
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Juan Pablo Pernalete died of cardiogenic shock after being hit by an object in the chest.
A number of government officials had said he had been killed by hooded men with a bolt gun.
Venezuela has seen almost daily anti-government protests since April.
The country's deepening economic and political crisis has led to triple-digit inflation, a high crime rate and clashes between protesters and security forces.
In a news conference, Chief Prosecutor Luisa Ortega said witness statements and forensic evidence showed that Juan Pablo Pernalete had been hit by a tear gas canister.
She said she hoped to be able to identify the officer who fired the canister "in the coming days".
Firing tear gas canisters directly at protesters could be lethal and was banned by both international and national regulations, she said.
Juan Pablo Pernalete's parents welcomed Ms Ortega's announcement, describing it as a "positive first step".
Jose Gregorio Pernalete and Elvira Llovera told BBC News Online it was "one of the first acts of justice for our son".
Officials including Information Minister Ernesto Villegas, Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez and deputy leader of the governing socialist PSUV party Diosdado Cabello had previously denied the National Guard was responsible.
Mr Cabello had blamed "gunmen in the service of the bourgeoisie" and insisted there were no National Guard personnel in the area at the time.
Ms Ortega, once considered an ally of President Nicolas Maduro, has in the past months distanced herself from the government.
In March she said a Supreme Court ruling stripping the opposition-controlled National Assembly of its powers broke the law.
She has also been critical of President Maduro's plans to convene a citizens' assembly to rewrite the constitution.
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A student who died at an anti-government protest in Caracas last month was killed by a tear gas canister fired by the National Guard, Venezuela's chief prosecutor says.
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But scientists in Scotland are worried about another type of creature, Natterjack toads.
Their numbers are falling, and researchers are looking into new ways to make sure they survive.
We sent Ayshah on a mission to track down the rare amphibians.
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When you think of endangered species, you usually think of pandas and tigers.
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The 27-year-old judo athlete from Inverness was placed in an induced coma after suffering head injuries in the motorbike taxi accident on 10 May.
Since being flown to a hospital in Thailand, doctors have begun the process of waking her from the coma.
On Sunday, she opened her left eye and followed a light shown into it.
Her family joked in a Facebook post that Ms Inglis opened her eye in shock at hearing her father, Robert, singing by her bedside.
In the same message, her family added that her temperature was falling and had almost returned to normal, an indication that she was fighting infections, including pneumonia.
Ms Inglis had been in Vietnam for four months teaching English to underprivileged children when the accident happened.
It is understood that a long skirt she was wearing, and which she had tied up for the bike journey, became unravelled and caught in the wheel of the motorbike, pulling her off the machine and on to the road.
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Commonwealth Games silver medallist Stephanie Inglis has opened an eye for the first time during her recovery from a serious accident in Vietnam.
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The owners of the Cereal Killer Cafe said staff were "absolutely terrified" when protesters targeted the shop on Saturday night.
Police said the disorder, which spread into Brick Lane, began at about 20:00 BST and lasted for several hours.
One man was arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage.
Alan Keery, who runs the Cereal Killer cafe with his twin brother Gary, told the Evening Standard newspaper: "There were children there - they were terrified.
"The staff were absolutely terrified. It was an angry mob throwing paint at the windows. They had torches and pigs' heads."
He added: "We're being targeted as the poster boys of gentrification and that's not our fault."
One witness told the BBC: "We don't know why they did it but they were wearing Cameron masks. They've written Class War on their banners.
"And later threw paint on the cafe. The staff and employees barricaded themselves inside."
The brothers from Belfast, who opened the cafe in December 2014, were forced to defend their prices after a Channel 4 interviewer asked whether local people could afford £3.20 for a bowl of cereal.
On Sunday they tweeted: "The mob won't win, wearing masks with pitch forks and torches, it's 2015. #hatecrime"
The pre-planned demonstration was advertised on Facebook, with organisers saying: "We don't want luxury flats that no-one can afford, we want genuinely affordable housing.
"We don't want pop-up gin bars or brioche buns - we want community.
"Soon this City will be an unrecognisable, bland, yuppie infested wasteland with no room for normal (and not so normal) people like us.
"London is our home and worth defending against this onslaught of dog-eat-dog economics.
"Working class people are being forced out of our homes but we won't go out without a fight."
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Activists opposed to what they claim is the gentrification of parts of east London threw paint and daubed the word "scum" on a business selling cereal.
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The contract got the go-ahead after international sanctions on Iran were lifted earlier this year, following a deal over its nuclear programme.
Israel, the US and Saudi Arabia are all opposed to the missile contract.
Russian officials say the first batch could be delivered 18 months after Iran has specified the S-300 type that it wants. Technical talks are continuing.
"The deal to supply the S-300 to Iran has not only been signed between the parties but it has already come into force," said Sergei Chemezov, head of Russia's Rostec arms firm, speaking at the Dubai Airshow-2015.
The $800m (£545m) contract, signed in 2007, was frozen by Russia in 2010 because of the international sanctions. President Vladimir Putin unfroze it in April.
Israel and the US fear the missiles could be used to protect Iranian nuclear sites from air strikes.
The S-300 can be used against multiple targets including jets, or to shoot down other missiles.
The S-300B4 variant - delivered to the Russian armed forces last year - can shoot down any medium-range missile in the world today, flies at five times the speed of sound and has a range of 400km (248 miles), Tass reports.
Profile: Russia's S-300 missile system
When the Russian deal was suspended Iran filed a lawsuit seeking billions of dollars in damages.
Mr Chemezov said Saudi Arabia had asked Rostec repeatedly not to supply the S-300 to Iran.
But he insisted that it was a defensive weapon. "So if the Gulf countries are not going to attack Iran... why should they be threatened? Because this is defence equipment," Reuters news agency quoted him as saying.
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Russia has signed a contract to supply Iran with sophisticated S-300 surface-to-air missiles.
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The Transport for London (TfL) trial follows the success of its "Baby on board" badge for pregnant women.
TfL is recruiting 1,000 people to start wearing the blue badges from 12 September.
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said he hoped they would "give confidence" to people who find standing difficult.
Some travellers, such as James McNaught who is joining the trial, had already started making their own badges to alert fellow passengers to their condition.
The 45-year-old designed "Cancer on board" badges after travelling on the Tube between Kentish Town and University College Hospital for chemotherapy.
Radiotherapy on his throat left him unable to speak to ask for a seat, and the morphine made him appear drunk.
"I'm really pleased TfL is doing this trial," he said. "A badge and card could help make a real difference to the lives of people undergoing drug treatment or with longer term conditions or disabilities."
TfL will use social media and customer information to encourage other passengers to look out for the badges.
"This small act of consideration from Londoners could make a huge difference to disabled people getting around the city and being fully involved in all London has to offer," said Alice Mitchell-Pye of charity Leonard Cheshire Disability.
The six-week trial is believed to be the first of its kind in Europe.
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People with hidden health conditions are being offered "Please offer me a seat" badges in a bid to help ease their suffering on London transport.
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The pilot is funded through a £39m Scottish government scheme that aims to detect cancer early.
The programme will make a new test available to patients who turn up at their GP with symptoms of the disease.
Previously, patients would have been immediately sent for a colonoscopy, but researchers at Ninewells Hospital say they have developed a better method.
The scientists, working with the University of Dundee, have created a new test which uses a faeces sample to test for blood content which can be a sign of cancer or bowel disease.
If blood is undetectable, this could rule out the need for a colonoscopy for many patients and speed the investigation of those that do.
The new test will be available at all GP practices in NHS Tayside during the pilot, which was launched at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee by Scottish Health Secretary Shona Robison.
Ms Robison said: "The NHS in Scotland is committed to ensuring swift access to diagnostic testing and treatment for all patients in Scotland and we will watch this pilot with interest.
"Cancer services in Scotland have improved significantly over the past decade and increasing numbers of people are surviving cancer due to early detection and advances in medical treatment."
Bowel cancer is Scotland's third most common cancer, but there is a more than 90% chance of successful treatment if it is detected early enough.
The NHS Tayside pilot will run until June 2016 and will cost £35,000.
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A pilot scheme to improve the detection of bowel cancer has been launched in NHS Tayside.
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Bryant, 25, borrowed poles at last week's Hypo Meeting in Gotzis after his never arrived on a Swiss Air flight.
He fell 30cm short of his personal best in the pole vault and missed the qualifying standard by just 44 points.
"I'm now left chasing qualification events," he told BBC Radio 5 live.
"And I have to sit down with my coach to decide where we go next."
Swiss Air say they have since reunited Bryant with his poles and are working to establish what went wrong.
Bryant must now try to achieve the qualifying standard of 8,100 points at the remaining meetings before the Olympics begin in August.
He scored 8,056 points in Gotzis, but does have a personal best of 8,141.
A British Athletics spokesman told the Guardian that Bryant's case would be looked at "as an individual case", meaning he could yet qualify.
"It's an incredibly frustrating situation," he said.
"We checked the plane we were going to take would take poles. We got to the airport and they said: 'These aren't going to make the flight. The next day there's a larger plane'.
"But Sunday came and my poles were not there. I managed to borrow some off a Swedish athlete but they're not the same poles I've trained on.
"I have different poles from the ones which are applicable to a lot of the other guys."
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Great Britain decathlete Ashley Bryant says it was "incredibly frustrating" to find out an airline had lost his vaulting poles before a key Olympic qualification meeting.
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The visitors resumed on 124-2 but Bopara had Wayne Madsen and Tom Poynton caught behind, Hamish Rutherford caught at square leg and Matt Critchley trapped lbw to reduced them to 207-8.
Tom Taylor (25) and Tony Palladino (24 not out) helped the away side to 280 all out, still 258 runs behind.
Billy Godleman's 75 helped the host close on 150-1, still 108 runs behind.
Derbyshire opener Chesney Hughes (26 not out) was forced off after feeling unwell while batting but is likely to bat tomorrow.
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Essex all-rounder Ravi Bopara took a career best 5-49 as Derbyshire were forced to follow-on at Chelmsford.
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The cause of the blaze at Tocuyito jail near the city of Valencia is still being investigated.
Inmates said an electrical fault was to blame but investigators have yet to provide an official report.
Prisons in Venezuela are notoriously overcrowded and violent. Pressure group Venezuelan Prison Observatory says more than 300 inmates were killed in 2014.
Nine men and eight women died in the fire which spread through one of the units, officials said.
Forensic experts are trying to identify the bodies.
Relatives who gathered outside the morgue in Valencia said they believed the male victims were inmates while the female ones were spending the night in the penitentiary.
They said it was not unusual for visitors to spend Sunday night with their incarcerated partners.
Officials said security inside and around the prison had been increased to stop inmates from rioting or attempting to escape.
Venezuela has one of the highest crime and homicide rates in Latin America, and the judicial system is struggling to cope with the caseload.
The prison population has been increasing with many of those incarcerated waiting for trial.
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Seventeen people have been killed and another 11 injured in a fire at a prison in Venezuela.
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Gergana Prodanova, 38, went missing last year from the home she shared with her ex-partner, Kostadin Kostov.
Kostov, 42, appeared at Exeter Crown Court accused of murdering her.
He denies killing the mother of their three children, whose body was found nearly two weeks after she disappeared.
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Simon Laws, QC, prosecuting, said the couple had been in a relationship for 15 years prior to Ms Prodanova moving to Exeter, Devon, in December 2015.
"It was a complex and very troubling relationship," said Mr Laws.
"He had used physical violence against her on a number of occasions.
"He was a jealous and controlling man. He would lose his temper, especially when he had had a drink, and he would hit her."
The jury heard Ms Prodanova moved to England on her own, leaving Kostov and her children at home in Bulgaria and soon formed a relationship with another man.
Mr Laws said Kostov flew to the UK on April 21 2016 and moved in with Ms Prodanova in a small flat on Mount Pleasant Road in the city.
He said the prosecution case was that she was killed there on the evening of August 4 by Kostov because he was jealous of her new relationship.
The court heard Ms Prodanova's colleagues at the Great Western Hotel were surprised at her disappearance.
"Then messages were sent by text and Facebook that looked as if they came from her," Mr Laws says.
"Those messages were intended to explain her sudden absence.
Mr Laws said Kostov told police that Ms Prodanova was alive the last time he saw her, that she had received a phone call from her sister to say that her mother was dead and had left the flat.
The trial continues.
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A mother was killed by her "controlling and jealous" former partner who stuffed her body into a suitcase before dumping it near train tracks, a court has heard.
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20 November 2015 Last updated at 06:58 GMT
Marie-Ange Koutou, 42, is a paediatric nurse's assistant in the Medecins Sans Frontiers Hospital in Kabo, a remote rural village in the north of the Central African Republic.
Kabo is one of the worst three places in the world for child deaths. But the killing is not done by bombs and bullets, it's by malnutrition and malaria as a direct result of decades of civil war.
"People cannot walk around as they would like. When you walk you are afraid," she told the BBC.
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As part of the 100 women series we met some of the nurses working in areas ravaged by conflict.
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Cyril Banks, 91, had £9,000 stolen by fraudsters claiming to be the police.
After more than £12,000 was raised for him, Mr Banks said he wanted to donate some to Shaun Whiter, 27, who was seriously injured in a hit-and-run.
Mr Banks said: "If I can help him, I would be very happy."
Mr Whiter, who played for Newmarket FC, was helping friend Joey Abbs change a flat tyre in Newmarket, Suffolk, on 1 July when a driver crashed into both of their cars.
His injuries were so severe, he had to have both legs amputated.
Mr Banks was defrauded of his savings in June by fraudsters pretending to be from the Metropolitan Police.
A fundraising page was set up by the Herts and Essex Observer after Mr Banks was interviewed on BBC Three Counties Radio.
The appeal raised more than £12,000 in less than 24 hours - leaving Mr Banks saying he was "overwhelmed" by the generosity.
"It's unbelievable. I didn't realise people would offer so much," he said.
Mr Banks said he would donate any money over the £9,000 to charities and has offered £2,000 to Mr Whiter.
"He's had a very nasty accident and to get new legs, as he needs to do for his wedding, well, if I can help I would be very happy."
The money raised will be used to pay for modifications to Mr Whiter's home and car, as well as equipment and aftercare he may need, his family said.
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A World War Two veteran who was conned out of his life savings and became the centre of a fundraising campaign will donate £2,000 to a footballer who lost both legs in a car crash.
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Andy Bishop got on the end of a Louis Almond cross to nod the hosts ahead, only for Robbie McDaid to respond immediately for the Imps.
Jamie Allen met a Mike Phenix cross to edge Southport ahead before Terry Hawkridge centred for Wood to head home and earn Lincoln a point.
Lincoln remain 11th in the National League, while Southport are 16th.
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Bradley Wood scored a last-minute equaliser as Lincoln twice fought back to share the spoils with Southport.
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The alleged victim was at south-east London's Bexleyheath Academy and was 15 when the affair is said to have begun.
Stuart Kerner, 44, denies two counts of sexual activity with a child and six counts of sexual activity with a child by a person in a position of trust.
The affair is said to have happened between March 2011 and October 2012.
The jury watched a video interview with the teenage complainant in which she told how her schoolgirl crush grew into something more serious.
"I felt special. But, I dunno, it wasn't really," she told a detective in the interview. "And admitting that does kind of hurt."
She said Mr Kerner told her that their relationship was "written in the stars".
The girl said when he kissed her for the first time: "I couldn't actually believe what had just happened. I was sort of in a little dream world, it was unbelievable."
She also said she could say "hand on my heart" that he would never have made a move on her without her encouragement.
In the video, the alleged victim told how she lost her virginity to Mr Kerner lying on a yoga mat on the floor of an empty room, having previously engaged in intimate acts on school grounds.
"I knew it was wrong, but it was something that felt right as well ... There was always a little voice at the back of my head saying, 'he's just using you'," she said.
The detective asked her: "Did you love him?"
"I thought I did," she replied.
The court has heard the girl had intimate knowledge of Kerner's life - including details about the layout of his home, his birthday and personal information about his wife - though the accused is said to have told police he had never swapped personal details with her.
"The Crown state that it's inconceivable that all these details could be the product of a teenage fantasy," prosecutor Warwick Tatford told the court.
The girl is expected to be cross-examined later.
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A school teacher who allegedly pursued a secret sex affair with a student told her it was meant to be, Inner London Crown Court has heard.
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High winds have been causing travel problems around the region and tidal surges have led to flooding.
Morning rush hour traffic was disrupted when a lorry was blown over on to a car on Newcastle's Redheugh Bridge.
A plane, diverted to Newcastle because of strong winds, was struck by lightning as it approached the airport.
Easyjet said the Bristol to Edinburgh flight was "equipped to safely withstand lightning and at no point was the safety of the flight compromised".
BBC Weather presenters said 106mph winds were recorded on the North Pennines and 75mph gusts at Boulmer, Northumberland.
The National Glass Centre in Sunderland and adjacent university buildings were evacuated amid fears the River Wear was about to burst its banks.
People have been warned to stay away from coastal promenades and quayside areas.
Earlier about 11,000 properties in Seaham, County Durham, lost power for a time, and there were many reports of trees down across the area.
During the morning, train operator East Coast suspended services north of Newcastle and said no alternative road transport was possible.
It said high winds had left fallen trees and other debris on the track.
A number of roads were also totally or partially closed, the Highways Agency said.
DFDS Seaways said one of its ferries had been unable to dock because of the wind and had to be held off the coast at North Shields for two hours.
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Newcastle Crown Court had to be evacuated after the River Tyne burst its banks, leaving stretches of the city's quayside under water.
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South Birmingham Community Credit Union Ltd (SBCCU), also known as Communisave, operated in south Birmingham, Bromsgrove and Redditch.
Liquidators Baker Tilly said "certain matters" surrounding the winding up are "subject to on-going investigations".
Deposits and savings will be protected under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, liquidators said.
SBCCU has also been affected by a lack of growth in the loan book, an increase in bad debts and a fall in its investment income, a spokesperson said.
Following the winding-up order the credit union will no longer able to accept deposits, allow members to withdraw money or make loans.
Guy Mander, joint liquidator, said they will write to all affected savers.
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A credit union with more than 2,000 members in Birmingham has gone into liquidation.
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Rudd believes the World Anti-Doping Agency or International Olympic Committee must impose bans.
"That way we're more likely to have a credible, transparent and fair results," he told BBC Sport.
"At the moment we get different results for different athletes from different countries for different sports."
Rudd, who is also head coach of the Plymouth Leander club, led the English team at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, where Proud won gold in the 50m freestyle and 50m butterfly events.
He has coached Lithuanian breaststroker Meilutyte, 19, since 2010, helping her become Olympic, World and European 100m breaststroke champion, as well as breaking the world record at both 50m and 100m.
One of Meilutyte's main rivals - Russian swimmer Yulia Efimova - has had her provisional ban for testing positive for meldonium lifted.
"WADA are there with it, they know what they want to do, but they're under-resourced," Rudd continued.
"The IOC want to get it right - it's the governing bodies of each of the individual sports that we need to stand behind.
"Sometimes they're compromised financially, with certain countries that are maybe helping to resource their sport that then pressurise them into making decisions that are maybe not what the WADA code tells us should be the decision.
"That's why we see different results for different countries. We get a particular drug taken by a particular athlete in a particular way, and this athlete in country X gets a four-year ban and this athlete in country Y, doing exactly the same thing, gets a tap on the wrist.
"That's the thing that's not right. We either have a zero-tolerance policy or we don't, and if we don't, then we need to stop saying we've got a zero-tolerance policy."
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Jon Rudd, coach of champion swimmers Ruta Meilutyte and Ben Proud, says sport governing bodies should lose the power to impose bans on drugs cheats.
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The 23-year-old, who joined the Seagulls from Dutch club Feyenoord in 2015, has agreed a two-year deal at the Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium.
"With his game time likely to be limited again, this is the best move for him," manager Chris Hughton said.
Dutch-born Ghanaian Manu spent time on loan at Huddersfield Town and Go Ahead Eagles in the last two seasons.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.
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Brighton striker Elvis Manu has signed for Turkish Super League side Genclerbirligi SK on a free transfer.
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19 January 2016 Last updated at 19:50 GMT
Eddie Girvan, 67, was found in his home on Station Road in Greenisland by police at about 21:30 GMT on Monday.
BBC News NI's Kevin Sharkey reports.
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A murder inquiry has begun into the death of a man who was found tied up and stabbed in his home in County Antrim.
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Broadmeadows Bridge in the Yarrow Valley was damaged by a vehicle in September last year.
The crossing on the A708 has had temporary traffic lights in place since then to allow its continued use.
A £100,000 rebuilding programme will now get under way on Monday with lights continuing to be used to allow the bridge to remain open to traffic.
Councillor Gordon Edgar said: "The council has recognised the importance of keeping Broadmeadows Bridge open for the local community.
"The A708 is a vital route for the Yarrow Valley community and a temporary diversion would have caused significant disruption.
"The council thanks the local community for their patience and will carry out the works safely, and as quickly as possible."
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A 13-week programme of works is scheduled to begin next week to repair a historic bridge in the Borders.
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The government has carried out a new assessment of the risk they had of becoming infected by wild birds.
The move brings the rules for poultry in higher-risk areas in line with the rest of England.
Normally-free range eggs have had to carry labels making it clear birds have been kept inside for their welfare.
Those stickers will no longer be needed after Thursday.
But once the rules are lifted, all eggs from birds which remain housed are no longer considered to be free range and cannot be labelled as such, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said.
Chief veterinary officer Nigel Gibbens said the decision affected flocks still being housed, or placed under netting, to protect them because they were near lakes or estuaries where wild birds gather.
Poultry and bird keepers in England have to continue to comply with strict biosecurity measures to prevent the spread of bird flu. A ban on poultry fairs and gatherings remains in place.
Prof Gibbens said: "Based on the latest evidence on reduced numbers of migratory and resident aquatic wild birds, we believe that kept birds in the areas we previously designated as higher risk are now at the same level of risk as the rest of England and may now be let outside.
"However, all keepers must still observe strict disease prevention measures to reduce the risk of contamination from the environment, where the virus can survive for several weeks in bird droppings."
Chicken, turkey and duck owners were first told to keep their birds inside - or take steps to separate them from wild birds - in December, as highly pathogenic avian flu H5N8 was circulating in Europe.
Since then, there have been a number of outbreaks of the virus in poultry and wild birds in the UK.
The Scottish government has previously said restrictions on bird keepers in Scotland are staying in place until the end of April.
Measures in Wales had previously been relaxed.
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All poultry in England will be allowed outside again from Thursday, having been kept indoors to protect them from an infectious strain of bird flu.
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Agent Tony McGill, from Sunderland, claimed he was cut out of a 2007 £1m deal which saw Gavin McCann move from Aston Villa to Bolton Wanderers.
No evidence was offered against Bolton, its chairman Phil Gartside, Mr Lee, Mr McCann and several others.
As a technicality, "not guilty" pleas were entered at Newcastle Crown Court.
The agent started a private prosecution against the parties following a legal battle over his claims he was cut out of McCann's transfer.
The Crown Prosecution Service later took over the case.
At the hearing, Judge Tim Gittins told the defendants: "That brings the matter to an end."
The issue of costs for all sides has yet to be decided.
Those cleared are:
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Senior football figures including ex-Liverpool and England coach Sammy Lee have been cleared of all charges stemming from a transfer deal dispute.
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Cardinal Pell was excused from returning to Australia to testify at the royal commission into child sex abuse due to ill health.
Abuse survivors and their supporters have raised enough money to attend Cardinal Pell's testimony in Rome.
A room at the Hotel Quirinale will be the venue for next week's hearing.
The cardinal's testimony begins on Monday morning Australian time and is expected to run for three to four days.
It will be streamed live to the Royal Commission's hearing rooms in Sydney and Ballarat Town Hall, and will also be viewable online.
The group that will comprise Cardinal Pell's audience, which raised more than A$200,000 ($143,000; £100,000) through crowdfunding, is expected to fly to Rome this weekend.
Survivor Andrew Collins told Fairfax on Monday it would be an "arduous journey" to Rome, but said Cardinal Pell "should have to see people and look into their eyes".
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has focused much of its efforts on widespread child abuse by Catholic church clergy in Australia.
It is currently hearing testimony regarding child abuse that occurred in the city of Ballarat, including by notorious paedophile priest Gerald Ridsdale.
Cardinal Pell was a priest in Ballarat and lived together with Ridsdale in the early 1970s.
He is not facing criminal charges, but detractors say child abuse that happened under his watch has made his Vatican position untenable.
Cardinal Pell has testified at the inquiry twice before in relation to other matters, once in person and once via video link.
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Catholic Cardinal George Pell will face an audience of child abuse survivors when he testifies to an Australian inquiry from a Rome hotel.
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Turkey will receive €3bn (£2.1bn) and political concessions in return for clamping down on its borders and keeping refugees in the country.
Talks on Turkey's accession to the European Union will also be revived.
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said it was a "historic day" in Turkey's relations with the EU.
Under the deal, Turkish citizens may be able to travel without visas in Europe's Schengen zone, which allows free movement between many European countries, by October 2016.
However, the rules will be relaxed only if Turkey meets certain conditions.
More than 720,000 migrants have arrived in Europe on Greek shores so far this year, the International Organization for Migration says, with most arriving from Turkey.
Many are fleeing conflict in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, and lived in makeshift camps in Turkey before their journey.
The €3bn will go towards helping Syrian refugees in Turkey. Ankara has already spent $8bn on helping those in need, Mr Davutoglu said.
"We are paying the price of the failure of the UN system not to solve the problem of the Syrian crisis at the earlier stages of the crisis," he said after the meeting, referring to his country and the EU.
The BBC's Istanbul correspondent Mark Lowen says there was reluctance among some EU members to bow too deeply to Turkey when there are serious concerns about its government's respect for democracy and the rule of law.
The editor of the main centre-left newspaper in Turkey, arrested this week after an article that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan disliked, published an open letter to EU leaders urging them not to prioritise the refugee crisis over respect for human rights in Turkey.
But after the talks, Jean Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission, said the deal "would not lead to a situation where we forget about the main differences and divergences we have with Turkey - human rights and freedom of the press."
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Turkey and European leaders have struck a deal to try to control the flow of migrants to Europe.
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The officer was struck by a silver Honda Estate on the junction of Chapel Street and Oat Street in Evesham at 13:20 GMT on Tuesday.
He was taken to Evesham Hospital with minor injuries to his leg and head.
The car police believed was involved was later found unoccupied in Longford Close, Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire and the car driver is being sought.
Read more Herefordshire and Worcestershire stories.
Witnesses are being urged to come forward.
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A police officer has been hit by a car driven by a man he wanted to speak to over suspected traffic offences.
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People will be able to ring a special phone line and will be asked questions about their travel history and possible symptoms.
Experts will be on standby with several hospitals ready to deal with any possible cases.
The Ebola virus has spread across West Africa in recent months and prompted lots of questions from you.
We spoke to virus expert Doctor Benjamin Neuman to answer some of them.
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The government has announced that more is going to be done to deal with the risk of the Ebola virus in the UK.
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The four concrete prototypes will be 30ft (9m) long and up to 30ft tall, and will be built in the coming months.
Officials will then spend up to two months testing the walls for tampering and penetration resistance using small hand tools, CBP said.
The four contracts are worth up to $500,000 (£387,000) each.
A continuous wall across the entire southern US border was a key promise in President Trump's election campaign.
The prototypes "will help us refine the design standards" of the eventual wall, acting CBP deputy commissioner Ronald Vitiello said.
"Testing will look at things like the aesthetics of it, how penetrable they are, how resistant they are to tampering, and scaling or anti-climb features."
But he said the officials would stick to small hand tools rather than testing "ballistic kind of things".
The walls will also need to feature cable conduits and other design features for sensors and cameras.
Once the order to start building is given in the next few weeks, the prototypes are expected to be finished within 30 days.
The four companies to which the contracts were awarded are:
Mr Vitiello said he did not know if any of the firms had had prior experience in border wall construction.
More than 200 companies are believed to have submitted designs for the proposed border wall.
Four more contracts for prototypes made from materials other than concrete will be announced next week.
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Four companies have been chosen to build prototypes for Donald Trump's planned border wall, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said.
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Cameras captured the moment David Drury asked the driver to move his car from zigzag lines next to a pedestrian crossing on the Isle of Sheppey.
As a parking ticket was being printed, the driver accelerated towards him and knocked him over, before driving off. It was captured on a body worn camera.
Mr Drury suffered neck and shoulder injuries.
The incident took place on 8 July on High Street, Eastchurch. No arrests were made.
Police have now re-issued an image of a man they would like to speak to.
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Dramatic CCTV footage of a traffic warden being mown down by a motorist has been released by Kent Police.
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Seven Shi Tzu puppies and two full-grown lurchers were taken from the property in Glendevon Park, Winchburgh, between 07:30 and 18:00 on Wednesday.
The Shi Tzu puppies are tan and white in colour and are worth about £650 each. The lurchers have pale gold rough coats and are working dogs.
Police officers are appealing for witnesses to come forward.
Con Rachel Royan, of Police Scotland, said: "At eight weeks old the puppies are too young to have left their mother, who was not taken, and the owners are extremely concerned for their welfare.
"We would urge anyone who saw anything suspicious in or around Glendevon Park on Wednesday to please get in touch as we are keen to reunite them with their owners."
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Nine dogs including seven puppies have been stolen from a garden in West Lothian.
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Alexander sustained a broken cheekbone in the last week's victory over former club Rangers.
And Gallacher twisted his ankle in training, making him a doubt for Sunday's Edinburgh derby with Hibernian at Tynecastle.
Hollis, 28, spent four seasons at Well after a six-year spell with Airdrie.
He became a free agent after leaving Motherwell this summer.
"I said earlier in the week that we would be looking at the situation after Neil's injury," Hearts head coach Robbie Neilson told his club website.
"Lee's an experienced goalkeeper and has spent the last few seasons with Motherwell and has played in Europe for them."
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Hearts have signed former Motherwell goalkeeper Lee Hollis on a short-term deal following injuries to Neil Alexander and Scott Gallagher.
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The new spin-off will bring fans exclusive footage, interviews and behind-the-scenes access to the main show.
It will be presented by Rory Reid, who has already been announced as one of the seven new Top Gear presenters.
Extra Gear, which begins in May, will be made available on BBC Three and distributed on BBC Worldwide.
Reid said Extra Gear was "hugely exciting" as Top Gear fans were "some of the keenest in the world and with this show, I'm giving them a chance to really get a peek behind the curtain".
"I'm looking forward to showing them how the show is made and what goes on behind the scenes, giving viewers a different perspective on some of the coolest cars on the planet."
Top Gear will return to BBC Two in May in its regular Sunday night slot.
It will be the first series to air since the departure of Jeremy Clarkson, who left the show last year after an "unprovoked physical attack" on a producer.
His co-stars James May and Richard Hammond also exited the show. All three have since been signed up to present a new motoring programme for Amazon Prime.
Matt LeBlanc and Chris Evans will front the new series of Top Gear, alongside Reid, Sabine Schmitz, Chris Harris and Eddie Jordan.
Extra Gear will be made available immediately after episodes of the main show have been broadcast, the BBC said.
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The new series of Top Gear will have a sister show called Extra Gear, the BBC has confirmed.
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The remains were found in a remote part of north-western Brittany after Hubert Caouissin was let out of custody to lead the investigators to the location.
He earlier confessed to killing Pascal Troadec, his wife Brigitte, and their two children in an inheritance row.
He said he had battered them to death with a crowbar at their home in Nantes.
Mr Caouissin was arrested last week along with his former wife Lydie, Mr Troadec's sister.
The discovery of body parts at the farm in de Pont-de-Buis-les-Quimerch was announced by prosecutor Pierre Sennes on Wednesday. Family jewellery was also found. The remains are yet to be identified.
Pascal and Brigitte Troadec, both aged 49, their son Sebastien, 21, and daughter Charlotte, 18, were last seen in mid-February.
At a news conference last week, Mr Sennes said Mr Caouissin had admitted using a crowbar to bludgeon the family at their home in Nantes.
On 16 February, he spied on the Troadecs' home, using a stethoscope to listen through the windows, Mr Sennes said.
That night he broke into the house, apparently with the aim of stealing a key. The family awoke when they heard a noise, and a fight broke out between the intruder and Pascal Troadec.
Mr Caouissin killed Mr Troadec first, and then the rest of the family, Mr Sennes added.
The prosecutor said Mr Caouissin dismembered the bodies, burying some parts and burning others.
Mr Caouissin has no previous criminal record. He now faces possible life imprisonment.
The role of Lydie Troadec is not yet clear, but she is accused of helping to clean the vehicle used to dispose of the bodies.
The inheritance argument reportedly centres on gold bars found during works at a building in Brest owned by Mr Troadec's father, who died several years ago.
However, Mr Caouissin's mother has told journalists that the existence of the gold bars was a "myth".
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French investigators say they have discovered body parts at the farm of a man who earlier admitted killing four of his relatives.
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