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37,461,777 | The Crues were comfortable 5-1 winners over Ballinamallard United, while Linfield triumphed 4-0 over Ards.
Third-placed Ballymena came from a goal down to beat Glentoran 4-1.
Cliftonville were 3-0 victors away to Portadown, Coleraine scored twice late on to draw 2-2 with Glenavon and Dungannon saw off Carrick Rangers 3-0.
Re-live all Saturday's Irish Premiership action as it happened here
Paul Heatley tucked the ball past Stefan McCusker after Declan Caddell supplied the assist to give Crusaders a 16th-minute lead at Seaview.
Ryan Mayse beat the offside trap and home goalkeeper Sean O'Neill to level 10 minutes later but Jordan Owens restored his side's advantage with a 33rd-minute looping header.
Stephen Baxter's team added second half goals through Craig McClean's header from a Caddell corner on 55 and then two strikes from Gavin Whyte.
Linfield were always in control at Windsor Park as they cantered to a comfortable victory, which saw Ards drop two places to sixth in the Premiership standings.
Aaron Burns got the goalscoring underway with a neat left-foot finish and Stephen Lowry made it 2-0 to the hosts four minutes later.
Kirk Millar fired in the third before the break and an Emmett Friars own goal on the hour completed the scoring.
Ballymena trailed the Glens 1-0 at half-time at the Showgrounds thanks to Curtis Allen's well executed left-foot finish but Allan Jenkins brought the sides level after poor defending by the visitors six minutes after the interval.
Willie Faulkner's header from a right-wing cross on the hour edged the Sky Blues ahead and two late Tony Kane penalties ensured that David Jeffrey's outfit took maximum points.
Glenavon looked set to leave Ballycastle Road with three points after Eoin Bradley headed in Andy Hall's cross in the 32nd minute and Kevin Braniff slid home a second on 67.
Jamie McGonigle pulled one back with five minutes remaining and Jordan Allen steered home the equaliser from McGonigle's teasing cross in the 88th minute.
Stefan Lavery gave Dungannon the lead against Carrick with his first touch, a glancing header, after 68 minutes, with Andy Mitchell then grabbing two goals to give the final scoreline a more convincing look.
Like the Swifts, Cliftonville scored three times in the second half as they saw off Portadown 3-0 at Shamrock Park to move up to fourth spot in the league.
Jason McGuinness broke the deadlock on 55, substitute David McDaid tapped home the second on 75 and Stephen Garrett grabbed the third in added time. | The top three sides in the Irish Premiership all won on Saturday as Crusaders stayed five points clear of Linfield at the head of the table. |
39,261,793 | Malkit Kaur Sidhu and Subjit Singh Badesha are accused of orchestrating the murder in 2000 of Jaswinder "Jassi" Sidhu in Punjab.
Their lawyers argue they could face abuse in the Indian prison system.
Canada's highest court is hearing the case after years of appeals.
Mrs Sidhu, Jassi's mother, and Mr Badesha, her uncle, deny any involvement in her death.
The apparent "honour killing" of Jassi, a young Indian-Canadian woman, over a clandestine marriage to a man her family considered unsuitable, and the efforts to bring those behind it to justice have been followed closely in North America and India for years.
The accused were arrested in Canada in 2012 under the Extradition Act following an international investigation by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and Indian authorities.
India wants them to stand trial on charges of murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
Government lawyers appealed to Canada's highest court after a surrender order was struck down by a British Columbia appellate court in 2016.
Mrs Sidhu and Mr Badesha argue that they could face torture and abuse in the Indian prison system and might not get a fair trial. Both are elderly and suffer from age-related chronic ailments.
Mrs Sidhu's lawyers also made reference to reports of the gender-based violence in India jails in arguments against extradition.
The Supreme Court's eventual ruling could have implications beyond this particular case, a point underscored on Monday by Department of Justice lawyer Janet Henchey.
"It undermines the entire concept of extradition and sending people to the country where they have allegedly committed a crime if we refuse to surrender based on imperfections in our treaty partner, even sometimes large imperfections," she told the court.
Ms Henchey also said the reputation of countries that have extradition treaties with Canada would "be on the line" if they failed to live up to diplomatic assurances that people would not be mistreated while in custody.
On 8 June 2000, Jassi, 24, and her husband Sukhwinder "Mithu" Singh were ambushed by a group of attackers in Punjab, India.
Mithu was badly beaten while the body of Jassi, with her throat cut, was found in a ditch the next day.
The young woman had fled her Canadian home to India after months of alleged abuse and harassment at the hands of her family, since they discovered her 1999 marriage to Mithu, a rickshaw driver.
Three men in India were eventually given life sentences for the attack.
The Canadian Lawyers for International Human Rights, the Canadian Centre for the Victims of Torture and the Canadian Council for Refugee are fighting extradition.
Their lawyer warned the judges on Monday that diplomatic assurances, like those received from India in this case, were "inherently unreliable" and relying on them was an "abdication" of Canada's responsibility to fight human rights abuses.
The court said it would reserve its decision to a later date.
Fabian Dawson, a journalist and author who has been reporting on the case for years, said he is "not surprised but still flabbergasted" at how long extradition cases can take in Canada.
"It is my belief, after covering this case for almost two decades, that Jassi will not get any justice from the people who orchestrated this crime," he said. | Canada is confident assurances from India will be enough to prevent the accused in a so-called honour killing of being mistreated if extradited, a lawyer has told the Supreme Court. |
29,759,298 | Alan Clark, 39, abused the women in Glasgow, Clydebank and Dumbarton between 2001 and 2012.
The High Court in Edinburgh heard how he raped one woman who had helped him with literacy skills while he was in prison.
Judge Lord Carloway ordered Clark to be kept under supervision for a further four years after his release.
The judge told him: "You have been convicted of a catalogue of sexual and violent offences."
The court heard how Clark, who had "a significant criminal record", raped a woman who had helped to teach him during a previous prison sentence.
He was described as being "charming and pleasant" at first but later abused the woman who was pushed, slapped, gouged and handcuffed.
On one occasion he tried to strangle her after she turned off the TV at a house in Dumbarton.
After being raped the woman said she felt "so low" that she believed the attacks would only end when one of them died.
Clark threatened to burn down her house and her parents' home during a four-year period up to the end of 2005.
He also raped a second woman in 2008 at a flat in the Bridgeton area of Glasgow.
During the ordeal he slashed clothes belonging to her and threatened to stab her dog.
Clark also threatened to petrol bomb the woman's home.
He also committed acts of violence against a fourth woman who was punched, kicked and jumped on.
He threatened to throw her out of a window and tied her hands and ankles together with wire.
During one incident in 2012 in Glasgow he tried to strangle her and dragged her through the door of a close and repeatedly struck her head against a concrete floor.
Clark also robbed the woman of cash and destroyed photos belonging to her.
A fourth woman was dragged by the hair and punched by Clark during incidents in Glasgow in 2010. | A man who was convicted of raping two women and assaulting two others has been jailed for eight years. |
39,934,323 | But what if the cars they spend so much time in could be used to generate electricity using crystals embedded in tarmac that can capture energy via the vehicle's vibrations?
It may sound like a typical La La Land idea but in fact the California Energy Commission is investing $2m in two pilot studies of the technology.
It is part of a wider effort towards cleaner air in the state, which currently has a goal to provide half of the state's energy supply via renewable electricity by 2030.
Piezoelectricity is not new technology - one of the most common applications is electric cigarette lighters which use piezoelectric crystals to create a flame. The electric lighters for barbecues use the same technology.
And microphones in laptops also used such crystals to convert the sound vibrations in voices into electrical signals that can be processed by the computers.
Piezoelectric crystals generate an electrical charge when compressed and scientists estimate that if they were positioned on a 10-mile stretch of highway they could generate enough electricity to power the city of Burbank, which has a population of more than 100,000.
Currently the technology is used on a much smaller scale.
Since 2009, all the displays at the East Japan Railway Company's Tokyo station have been powered by people walking on floor tiles that utilise piezoelectricity.
And start-up PaveGen has put similar tiles beneath the floor of a football pitch in one of Rio de Janeiro's most notorious favelas to offer night-time floodlights powered by footsteps. It means children can play at night rather than hang out in gangs.
It is now installing the tech on a street in central London to provide street light and has similar schemes in Washington.
Mike Gatto, a Californian legislator, is pleased that the value of the technology has finally been acknowledged.
"California is criss-crossed with roads and our car culture is both a blessing and a curse," he explained.
"No society can be 100% solar and so energy needs to be procured from a variety of different sources and I think that this has tremendous potential."
Mr Gatto actually proposed a similar scheme back in 2011 which was vetoed by the state governor.
"Six months later I got a call from one of his aides saying that they had got it wrong and were going to get the State Energy Commission to look into it," he told the BBC.
Money has been awarded to The University of California, among others, to investigate the potential of the tech.
Mike Gravely, from the California Energy Commission, explains why it is pursuing the technology.
"California has an aggressive renewable energy policy and we have a lot of cars. They roll by and the energy is lost, so if we could capture that energy if would be another type of renewable to meet the future policy goal," he said.
Crystals will be embedded into a device the size of a coin which will be laid along a stretch of highway a few millimetres apart.
The pilot programmes will run in about 18 months time and will assess how many of the devices are needed, how deep into the concrete they need to be embedded and what the best location for them will be.
Mr Gravely said that if the pilots prove successful, they could be rolled out more widely.
"When roads are extended or repaired will be the time to do it to avoid tearing up the highway," he said.
"There are some people who would like us to do it for all the roads in California but we don't know if it will work yet."
It might not just be energy that the devices capture.
"One of the contractors is looking at using them to capture information to help with road management," he said.
Critics might say that the move away from fossil fuel should mean fewer cars, not a scheme to utilise the vast amounts of traffic on California's roads. But Mr Graveley points out that California wants to introduce 1.5 million zero-emissions vehicles by 2025.
In April 2017 the American Lung Association reported that LA had hit its lowest levels of particle pollution ever. Despite that, Southern California remains the most polluted region in the US and is ranked the worst nationally for ozone pollution.
A study from New York University revealed that better air quality in the state could prevent more than 3,000 deaths a year from pollution-related conditions.
Some people remain sceptical about what a crystal energy scheme can achieve.
Peter Calthorpe is an urban architect who has long been campaigning for greener cities via lifestyle changes.
"I am pretty cynical about fancy gadget solutions. There are lots of these technologies that capture a bit of energy here and there but it is not the answer.
"Everyone loves a solution that doesn't change their lives, but this is about the way we live," he said.
He wants to change the landscape of cities in Southern California, taking lanes from the arterial roads which criss-cross the state and converting them specifically for public transport while making suburbs more connected via high-speed rail and locating shops within walking distance of people's homes. | Los Angeles is the car capital of the world with traffic a part of daily conversation as people estimate how many hours they will be stuck in a jam on their commute home each night. |
35,651,217 | Lawro's opponent for this weekend's Premier League fixtures is Nobby Butcher - aka Sacha Baron Cohen, star of new comedy film 'Grimsby'.
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Butcher told BBC Sport: "I'm very experienced at the beautiful game and once had a trial with Grimsby United.
"But unfortunately it clashed with another trial I had for breaking and entering, for which I got a three-year contract that dropped to two for good behaviour.
"I love football, though. I come from Grimsby and have lived there all my life but I never do the obvious so, instead of supporting Manchester United, I actually went for Grimsby."
Nobby did not make a prediction for Sunday's Capital One Cup final but you can hear more from him on Football Focus on Saturday at 12:10 GMT on BBC One and the BBC Sport website.
Our scoring system has changed this season and a correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is now worth 10 points. The exact score earns 40 points.
On FA Cup fifth-round weekend, Lawro got four correct results from eight ties, with no perfect scores.
His score of 40 points saw him beat BBC Breakfast presenter Bill Turnbull, who picked three correct results but no perfect scores for a total of 30.
The scores from those FA Cup ties do not count towards the totals for Lawro and his guests (below).
Make your own predictions now, compare them to Lawro and other fans and try to take your team to the top of the leaderboard by playing the BBC Sport Predictor game.
All kick-offs 15:00 GMT unless otherwise stated
I was at Ewood Park last weekend to see West Ham take Blackburn Rovers apart in the FA Cup.
The Hammers impressed me a lot with the way they responded when they went behind in the first half, and there was never any doubt that they would go on and win that tie.
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Slaven Bilic's side showed they are not just a good side, they can adapt their style depending on the opposition too - they can either out-play you or they can battle with you.
The return of former Hammers boss Sam Allardyce means this will be the latter, and it should be a close one.
Sunderland were already out of the FA Cup so they had the week off but, beforehand, they were just starting to show that they are beginning to find their feet a little bit.
They took four points from their last three games against Manchester City, Liverpool and Manchester United and were a bit unlucky not to pick up even more.
There is talk Allardyce might get a mixed reception from the home supporters on Saturday but, as a West Ham fan, why would you boo him?
He kept your team in the Premier League and made some good signings who are still there. Now they have improved and are playing really well, but he has played his part in that too.
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Nobby's prediction: 0-27
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Norwich have picked up only eight points out of a possible 39 on the road, and only Newcastle have a worse away record in the Premier League this season.
Canaries boss Alex Neil's best bet here is probably to just try to shut up shop and try and pinch a positive result because if they open up against Leicester then the Foxes will take them apart.
I am at this game for BBC Radio 5 Live and just don't see Norwich as having the defensive ability or the mental strength they will need to get something out of the game.
This is the start of a tricky-looking run of games for Leicester that will test their title prospects because they will largely be up against opposition from the bottom half of the table that is just trying to stop them from playing, rather than taking the game to them.
We will also find out how they respond to losing so late on against Arsenal last time out.
But, the last time they were beaten by the Gunners, back in September, they faced the same six sides that they play next, only in a different order.
The Foxes won five and drew one of those games, so a repeat of that run would obviously keep their title bid ticking over quite nicely.
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Nobby's prediction: 2-0
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Chelsea have improved under Guus Hiddink but they are still nowhere near the team they were in the first half of last season.
Hiddink has not lost a domestic game since he took over before Christmas, but extending that record will not be easy because Saints are not conceding goals and will be full of confidence
Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Nobby's prediction: Reputations mean nothing in this league so, if they turn up and don't show any fear, then I say Chelsea can get a draw. 1-1
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I find Stoke a very difficult team to predict, unless they are playing Aston Villa - you have got to predict everybody to beat them.
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Nobby's prediction: I think Villa are going to surprise everyone this week by showing a real improvement and only losing 3-0.
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Watford have only lost one of their last six games in the Premier League and FA Cup and are close to securing their top-flight status - if they win on Saturday, they will have 39 points.
Bournemouth, in contrast, have been beaten in their last three matches and they have got a lot of work to do before they can talk about being safe.
The Cherries are still four points clear of the bottom three but they need to stop the rot before they get sucked into the relegation scrap.
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Nobby's prediction: Watford to win, and I also predict that by the time this game is on Match of the Day, I will be tucked up asleep in bed. 1-0
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Palace have been struggling for points and goals in the league but they got a good win over Tottenham in the FA Cup and the return of Yannick Bolasie from injury was a big boost.
West Brom were knocked out by Reading but I am backing them to bounce back for a couple of reasons.
Baggies boss Tony Pulis is great when he has his back against the wall - he will want to shut up some of his own team's fans who have been criticising him, and he is up against his old club Palace so he will have a point to prove against them too.
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Nobby's prediction: 1-3
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I spoke to a load of Manchester City fans on my way back from their Champions League win over Dynamo Kiev and they were very unsure about what to expect from their team at Wembley.
Liverpool are just as unpredictable at the moment, though.
If Roberto Firmino, Philippe Coutinho and Daniel Sturridge turn up, then they will give City a real game but if they don't, then I think Manuel Pellegrini's side might win comfortably.
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Pellegrini got it right against Kiev by putting Fernandinho on the right in his 4-2-3-1 formation, because that gave David Silva room to play in the middle.
It will be interesting to see what he does against Liverpool, who were so impressive when they beat City 4-1 at the Etihad Stadium before Christmas.
I don't think Jurgen Klopp's side will catch City napping again like they did that day, but I am still backing Klopp to come out on top.
City have got the better players but I think this will be one of those games where Liverpool's manager gets them over the line.
In a one-off shoot-out, I think Klopp will find a way to win, although I didn't say that to those City fans at Kiev Airport.
Lawro's prediction: 2-1
The more I look at Louis van Gaal's situation at Manchester United, the more I think he is the right man in the right place at the wrong time.
I am starting to feel a little bit sorry for him because he has been a great manager with a fabulous record, but that was yesterday and football has moved on so much.
The days of being solid, staying in position and trying to pick the opposition off have gone. You need to have pace and the ability to tear through teams in the last third, and Van Gaal has not really grasped that.
He was the right man for United, but his time was five or 10 years ago.
We are at the stage where it is not a case of if Van Gaal loses his job, but when.
A bad result here will not help his cause and Arsenal are more than capable of winning at Old Trafford.
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The Gunners played well against Barcelona but lost out to a team with the best front three I have ever seen.
United's attack does not quite carry the same threat, does it?
Lawro's prediction: 1-2
Nobby's prediction: This is the big one, El Clasico. A big shout-out to everyone watching this game in the Trawlers Arms in Grimsby - leave one for me and give it a wipe. 1-2
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Tottenham played poorly against Crystal Palace and are out of the FA Cup but I am not reading too much into that performance, or the result.
People will ask 'are they tired?' especially because they play in the Europa League again ahead of this weekend, but they just had one bad game.
I don't expect the same to happen against Swansea, who are still teetering a bit above the drop zone.
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Nobby's prediction: 2-0
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Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
Lawro's best score: 160 points (week 19 v Guy Mowbray)
Lawro's worst score: 20 points (week one v Graeme Swann & week 23 v Ice Cube and Kevin Hart) | BBC Sport's football expert Mark Lawrenson is pitting his wits against a different guest each week this season. |
29,750,832 | The objects include pottery and pieces looted from ancient Peruvian graves dating back from before the arrival of the Spanish in the 16th Century.
They were found during four separate investigations over several years by US the customs service.
A spokesman said the objects belonged to the people of Peru, and were part of the country's rich heritage.
Investigators say a middleman in Peru bought some of the pre-Columbian items from local farmers in Peru who robbed burial sites. They were then shipped by post to a smuggler in the US.
Since 2007 the US authorities have returned 7,150 items to 27 countries including France, China, Poland and Iraq. | The US has returned about 20 ancient artefacts - some more than 1,800 years old - to Peru. |
34,696,009 | The "captain's pick" decision - in other words: "I won't bother consulting with anyone else" - to award Prince Philip an Australian knighthood in January this year was about as popular as a Polly Waffle in a public pool, as they say in these parts.
The move was widely panned by the public, as well as amongst his own cabinet, and within a few weeks Mr Abbott was facing a leadership challenge that, although initially unsuccessful, eventually concluded with his ousting in September.
Now, the new Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, who one suspects doesn't see eye to eye on much with his predecessor, has wasted little time in abolishing the policy of awarding knights and dames.
In a statement, Mr Turnbull's office said the awards were not appropriate in a modern honours system.
Prince Philip will get to keep his title, amongst the seventy-odd others he already holds.
But as things stand, his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, Royal Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Grand Master and First Principal Knight Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Extra Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Knight Grand Cross with Chain of the Order of the Queen of Sheba, Knight of the Order of the Elephant etcetera etcetera (excuse me while I put the kettle on) will be among the last Australian knights.
Mr Turnbull's move will likely go down well with the Australian public.
But it also raises interesting questions about this country's future as a constitutional monarchy.
Unlike Mr Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull is a committed republican.
A former chair of the Australian Republican Movement, he led the unsuccessful 1999 referendum campaign to abandon the monarchy and establish a republic.
Following the referendum defeat, he accused the then prime minister and fervent monarchist John Howard of "breaking the nation's heart".
Many have wondered whether now in power, he might once again pursue another public vote on the establishment of a republic.
Just two years ago, Mr Turnbull was advocating a nationwide online plebiscite to address the issue ahead of a possible second referendum.
But since ousting Tony Abbott in September's leadership coup, the Prime Minister has stepped back from that position.
While saying he remains a firm republican he has made clear that he does not see the issue as a priority for his government.
He certainly wouldn't want to have a referendum and lose again. And polls show at the moment that is likely what would happen.
One survey last year showed support for a republic at a 20-year low with just 39% of people favouring abandoning the monarchy.
There seems absolutely zero chance of a referendum before the next election due in just under a year's time.
But who knows? If Malcolm Turnbull wins in 2016, he may want to return in his second term to an issue he has long felt passionately about.
Also public opinion might change, if Prince Charles were to come to power.
The Queen will celebrate her 90th birthday next year.
All these matters might make for interesting, if a little awkward, after-dinner conversation when Prince Charles makes a royal visit to Australia later this month.
Certainly if it were Prince Philip visiting, instead of his son, you might imagine him asking: "So Mr Turnbull, I hear you are a Republican and don't approve of my knighthood?" | "Knightmare", as it became known, was arguably the beginning of the end for Australia's former prime minister and staunch monarchist Tony Abbott. |
25,705,066 | Gunmen laid down arms in the city's southern district of Bimbo after days of bitter fighting there between Muslim and Christian groups.
The violence-racked city is much calmer though fighting continues elsewhere, a BBC correspondent reports.
Talks are due to begin on Monday on electing a new, acting president.
Michel Djotodia, who served as interim president after his mainly Muslim Seleka rebels took power in a coup last March, has left the country, with reports that he will go into exile in Benin.
At least 1,000 people have been killed and tens of thousands have fled their homes since violence broke out in the Christian-majority country in December.
France, the former colonial power, has deployed 1,600 troops to try to restore peace, along with an African Union force of some 4,000.
The UN has warned of an impending humanitarian disaster in the country.
The "reconciliation" in Bimbo, confirmed by the BBC's Thomas Fessy, followed a weekend of violence and disorder, with reports of widespread looting and even cannibalism in the stricken city.
Fighters "hugged each other", CAR official Roger Kombo told AFP news agency. "They asked for forgiveness as people cheered."
They then went together to the neighbourhood market and re-opened the checkpoint, allowing people in the area to travel about freely again, he added.
The local Seleka commander, Captain Souleimane Daouda, told AFP a ceasefire had been reached with anti-balaka fighters (as Christian vigilantes are known) after all-night negotiations.
"Early this morning we met," he said. "We told each other that we had no reason to fight since Djotodia is gone. We await instructions from the future authorities."
The CAR's chief of staff, Gen Ferdinand Bomboyeke, confirmed a "deal" had been obtained between militants in the district.
In another development, people attended a service at Bangui's cathedral for the first time in a month.
Meanwhile, rioters in Bangui set alight a car which had reportedly been carrying family members of a former Seleka commander. The family was evacuated by African peacekeepers.
Six bodies were also collected by the Red Cross on Sunday.
French and African peacekeepers have set up roadblocks in a bid to prevent further unrest.
The National Transition Council (NTC), or provisional parliament, is to begin consultations on Monday with politicians and civil society members on electing Mr Djotodia's successor.
source: Index Mundi
NTC speaker Alexandre-Ferdinand Nguendet is tasked with convening a special session of the parliament to elect a new temporary president.
"He must be someone who can unite Central Africans, restore security, ease tensions, put everybody back to work, and pave the way for free, democratic and transparent elections," said NTC deputy speaker Lea Koyassoum Doumta.
Michel Djotodia, CAR's first Muslim leader in a country where Muslims make up about 15% and Christians about 50% of the population, seized power last year.
Though he officially disbanded the Seleka rebels who enabled him to take the presidency, he proved unable to keep them in check and their actions prompted Christians to form vigilante groups, sparking a deadly cycle of revenge attacks. | Rival militiamen have embraced each other in a district of the Central African Republic capital Bangui after the French military brokered a truce. |
27,144,912 | Jose Joao Santos Silva, 21, is charged with causing death by dangerous driving while Jeronimo Vieira Santos, 29, and Luis Carlos Alves Cardoso, 19, are charged with dangerous driving.
Vitor Fernandes, 22, was killed in a car crash on Victoria Avenue at First Tower on 30 December 2013.
All three cases were referred to the Royal Court on Thursday.
The men will appear again at Jersey Magistrates' Court on 23 May. | Three men have appeared together in court in connection with a fatal crash in St Helier over the Christmas period. |
36,245,200 | Sheku Bayoh, 31, died after being restrained by officers in Kirkcaldy, Fife, on 3 May 2015.
His partner Collette Bell, sisters Kadi Johnson, Adama Jalloh and Kosna Bayoh, and mother Aminata Bayoh met Frank Mulholland QC in Edinburgh.
They have said they fear Mr Bayoh's race may have played a part in his death.
The relatives spoke to reporters on Sunday after a memorial service which was held near the spot where he died in Kirkcaldy, Fife.
Mr Bayoh, originally from Sierra Leone, died in police custody after he was restrained by officers following an incident in the town on 3 May 2015.
His family have been campaigning for the truth about his death.
Mr Bayoh's death is being investigated by independent police watchdog PIRC.
Mr Mulholland was asked to update Holyrood on the investigation last September and told MSPs: "Having met the family on two occasions, I know the effect that this tragedy has had on them and they have borne their loss with great dignity.
"They are right to demand answers and a thorough, impartial and objective investigation is what they deserve."
He also confirmed that a fatal accident inquiry into the death will be held, regardless of any criminal proceedings.
Asked how worried she was that racism may have played a part in his death and the subsequent investigation, his sister Kadi Johnson said: "We are very worried. Because the way he was injured, I think racism had to play a big part in it."
Speaking about the memorial service, she said: "Sheku was a very happy boy. A very happy, outgoing boy. We want his legacy to linger on in a joyful way, because that is how he was."
Police have previously dismissed suggestions of racism surrounding the case.
In October 2015, the Lord Advocate urged all those with an interest in the death of Sheku Bayoh not to engage in "speculation and a running commentary".
The same month, Barry Swan, the brother-in-law of one of the principal police officers involved, claimed in a BBC interview that the officer "hates black people."
And in June 2015 both the Scottish Police Federation chairman Brian Docherty and a Scottish Police Federation lawyer hit out at criticism of the police from Aamer Anwar, the family's lawyer. | The family of a man who died in police custody have met the Lord Advocate to discuss his death. |
40,427,907 | The creation of a single file can stop the attack from infecting a machine.
However, researchers have not been able to find a so-called kill switch that would prevent the crippling ransomware from spreading to other vulnerable computers.
Experts are still unsure about the attack's origins or its real purpose.
Given that the ransom amount - $300 - was relatively small, some are speculating that the attack may be a front for causing wider disruption or making a political statement.
Among the victims of the attack were the Ukrainian central bank, Russian oil giant Rosneft, British advertising firm WPP and the global law firm DLA Piper.
Also caught up in the attack was at least one hospital in the US city of Pittsburgh.
But for those concerned about the attack there appears to be fix, albeit one with limited effectiveness.
By creating a read-only file - named perfc - and placing it within a computer's "C:\Windows" folder, the attack will be stopped in its tracks.
An explanation of how to do this has been posted by security news website Bleeping Computer and has been backed up by several other security experts.
However, while this method is effective, it only protects the individual computer the perfc file is placed on. Researchers have so far been unable to locate a kill switch that would disable the ransomware attack entirely.
"Even though it will make a machine 'immune'," explained computer scientist Prof Alan Woodward, "It is still a 'carrier' (to use the biological analogy).
"It will still act as a platform to spread the ransomware to other machines on the same network."
For the vast majority of users, simply running an up-to-date version of Windows will be sufficient to prevent the attack taking hold, were it to infect your PC.
The spread of this new ransomware is likely to be much slower than last month's WannaCry attack, researchers predict, as code analysis showed the new attack did not attempt to spread itself beyond the network it was placed on.
Because of this, several experts are predicting that the attack will not spread significantly further than it did on Tuesday, unless it is modified.
"There is low risk of new infections more than one hour after the attack," suggested the MalwareTech blog.
So how did it spread? Experts from Cisco's Talos intelligence unit said it believed the attack may have been carried out by exploiting vulnerable accounting software.
"We believe it is possible that some infections may be associated with software update systems for a Ukrainian tax accounting package called MeDoc," the company said in a blog post.
MeDoc initially posted an update to its website on Tuesday saying, in Russian, "Attention! Our server made a virus attack" - though this was later removed, and the company has since denied its software was exploited.
As reported on Tuesday, the method by which victims can pay the ransom fee has been rendered useless. An email address provided by the criminals has been shut down by the hosting provider, while the Bitcoin wallet - where ransoms are deposited - has not been touched.
At the time of writing, the wallet contains approximately $8,000-worth of Bitcoin, not a large return for such a significant and widespread attack.
These factors contribute to a now-prevailing theory that this was a politically motivated attack on Ukraine, coming as it did just as the country is set to celebrate its Constitution Day.
"This looks like a sophisticated attack aimed at generating chaos, not money," said Prof Woodward.
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You can reach Dave securely through encrypted messaging app Signal on: +1 (628) 400-7370 | Security researchers have discovered a "vaccine" for the huge cyber-attack that hit organisations across the world on Tuesday. |
39,273,211 | The actor and director spoke to students taking the postgraduate course Women, Peace and Security at the London School of Economics.
The university said she talked about her experience and what motivated her work as UN special envoy.
Student Tazeen Dhanani tweeted Ms Jolie did "wonderfully" while Alana Foster described it as an incredible lecture.
Ms Dhanani added: "She'll make an amazing visiting professor. So honoured to hear her inaugural lecture at LSE on sexual violence, rape, working with refugees."
The star also answered questions from the students.
Prof Christine Chinkin, director of the Centre for Women, Peace and Security, said: "I am delighted that LSE postgraduate students have had the unique opportunity to learn directly from the valuable insights, perspectives and experiences that Angelina Jolie, UN special envoy and visiting professor in practice, brought to the class."
She added that "critical and constructive" engagement on women's human rights was "at the core of the education programme" at the centre.
Before the lesson, Jolie told the Evening Standard she was "feeling butterflies" as "this is very important to me".
The course is run by the Centre for Women, Peace and Security, which was launched last year by Jolie and former Foreign Secretary William Hague.
In 2012, the pair co-founded a global initiative to tackle sexual violence in conflict zones.
On Monday, Jolie said although she was proud of what had been achieved, "we are very focused on the next steps: taking the tools that have been developed into the field to help document crimes and support prosecutions, working with militaries to change doctrine and training, and pushing for the implementation of laws to protect the very vulnerable victims".
The actor, an envoy for the UN refugee agency UNHCR, has long campaigned for women's rights.
She wrote and directed the 2011 film In the Land of Blood and Honey about the Bosnian war, in which an estimated 20,000 women are believed to have been raped. | Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has been praised by students following her first appearance as a lecturer. |
35,540,549 | Two complaints to the watchdog claimed that the phrase, when spoken in English, sounded like a swear word.
The Hanoi Bike Shop restaurant replied that the Vietnamese pronunciation was "Fet Fook" and meant "Happy Buddha".
The ASA said the posters were unlikely to cause serious offence as it was obvious that pronunciation may differ.
The ASA ruling said that two posters for the noodle bar which had been seen on a train on 19 October and at a train station on 13 November, had been the focus of the complaints.
The poster showed slogans with text that stated: "Phat Phuc...The Hanoi Bike Shop."
One complaint said the poster was offensive as it featured a slogan which, when spoken, sounded like a swear word.
The other said it was inappropriate for public display where children could see it because it featured a slogan that sounded like a swear word when spoken.
In relation to the first complaint, the ASA acknowledged that the phrase could sound similar to a swear word.
The watchdog said: "However, we noted that the Hanoi Bike Shop sold Far Eastern cuisine, which both posters had made sufficiently clear.
"In the context of the posters, we considered that viewers who might have been offended by bad language were likely to recognise that "Phuc" was from a reference to Southeast Asian language, was different from the expletive and would not necessarily be pronounced in the same way.
"We therefore, concluded that the posters were unlikely to cause serious or widespread offence."
On the second complaint, the ASA found: "We considered that younger children who were unlikely to comprehend that "Phuc" was a Vietnamese word were also unlikely to read or pronounce it as the expletive.
"While some older children might have pronounced it as the expletive, given the context of an ad for a Vietnamese restaurant and that the word was taken from this language we did not consider that this made it unsuitable for them to see.
"We therefore concluded that the posters were not irresponsibly placed where children could see them." | A poster for a Vietnamese restaurant in Glasgow, which featured the phrase "Phat Phuc", has been cleared by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). |
33,999,193 | Monaghan was the first boxer from the city to win a world title, becoming flyweight champion in 1948.
The 10ft-high sculpture, cast in bronze, has been erected in Cathedral Gardens in the city centre, close to where he grew up.
His family was joined by well-known boxers, Belfast councillors and crowds of boxing fans for the unveiling.
Addressing the ceremony, Lord Mayor of Belfast Arder Carson said boxing was "in the fabric and no doubt in the DNA of this city".
"Belfast as a city, in boxing terms, always punches well above its weight. It's a sport we're very proud of and it's a very important part of our sporting heritage."
Born in 1918, John Joseph Monaghan was better known by his childhood nickname, Rinty.
It was a reference to one of Hollywood's most famous animal actors, Rin Tin Tin, because of the young boxer's love of stray dogs.
When he was 30, Monaghan became the undisputed world flyweight champion after defeating Scottish fighter Jackie Paterson.
When he retired from the sport two years later, he had fought 66 times - winning 51, drawing six and losing nine fights.
Monaghan was also known for singing When Irish Eyes Are Smiling at the end of matches.
Among the special guests at Thursday's ceremony was the current IBF super-bantamweight title holder, Carl Frampton.
He told the BBC Monaghan had "inspired generations" of Belfast boxers.
"Boxing is a sport now where it's full of alphabet titles and no-one really knows who the world champion is," Frampton said.
"When Rinty was the world champion, there only was one and everyone knew him.
"I think, not only me, but the whole of Belfast kind of owes something back to boxing and people like Rinty for doing so much for the community" he added.
The bronze statute was commissioned by Belfast City Council and made in Edinburgh.
Monaghan's great-nephew, Eamon McAuley, told the BBC's Good Morning Ulster programme the statue was "absolutely beautiful".
"We want to thank the sculptor Alan [Beattie] Herriot and also Belfast City Council who have made this happen."
Mr McAuley described his great-uncle as a "working-class hero" and said after a five-year campaign to erect the statue, his family were going to celebrate "a wonderful day". | A statue of the former world champion boxer, Rinty Monaghan, has been unveiled in his native Belfast. |
32,790,012 | Nine people were killed in a shootout between rival biker gangs on Sunday.
The company said the management team "did not uphold the high security standards we have in place to ensure everyone is safe at our restaurants".
Separately, Texas officials suspended the Waco location's liquor licence.
Waco police Sgt Patrick Swanton told reporters on Sunday that the Waco Twin Peaks has "some answering not only to do to y'all, but to our community as well".
Waco police said trouble had been brewing for months, causing them to station officers outside the restaurant on Sunday even before the shootings broke out.
The Waco location had promoted Thursdays as "bike night" on its website, courting a motorcycle rider clientele.
One of the business' partners, Jay Patel, wrote in a Facebook post that the management was "horrified" by the shootings.
"Our management team has had ongoing and positive communications with the police and … we will continue to cooperate with the police as they investigate this terrible crime," Patel said.
But the Associated Press reported that Waco police "described the management as uncooperative with authorities in addressing concerns about the gangs".
Dubbed a 'breastaurant' by its CEO Randy DeWitt, Twin Peaks is one of the fastest growing restaurant chain in the US.
With about 70 locations in the US, the Dallas-based restaurant chain is known for its waitresses who wear tight plaid shirts and mini-shorts.
Last year, Twin Peaks sales increased 45% as other chain restaurants such as Olive Garden and Red Lobster struggled to retain customers. | The corporate parent of the Waco Twin Peaks restaurant has cut ties with the franchise after Texas police said the owners failed to their heed warnings of impending violence. |
30,145,397 | The promoter of the Carl Frampton fight, Barry McGuigan, paid £5,000 towards the policing bill.
The total policing bill for the event, at Titanic slipways in September, came in at £35,585. The promoter paid what was described as an "abated cost".
The amounts were revealed in a freedom of information request to the PSNI.
Frampton outpointed Spain's Kiko Martinez to secure the world IBF super-bantamweight title, in front of 16,000 boxing fans.
In its answer to the FoI request, a police spokesperson said the "abated cost" was agreed prior to the event and was "in line with PSNI and Association of Chief Police Officers charging policy".
It is understood the bill was higher than would have been expected at an event of this nature, due to additional discretionary spend by the PSNI.
Extra security measures were put in place because of the high-profile nature of the event and the risk of reputational damage to Northern Ireland, were anything to go wrong.
It is believed the cost, without the additional security, would have been closer to £10,000.
A police source said: "The PSNI billed the promoter for an amount which was deemed to be proportionate and fair."
In October, Northern Ireland's Justice Minister David Ford said First Minister Peter Robinson should have declared an interest in the fight, which received £300,000 in public money, including £250,000 from the Northern Ireland Executive.
The Irish News newspaper reported that Mr Robinson's son Gareth helped to promote the event.
Mr Robinson had asked Mr Ford about the PSNI's charging policy around such events.
The first minister rejected any idea that there had been a conflict of interest and said the discussion at the executive related to the general policy of police charging for events.
`"There was no suggestion whatsoever at any time to influence decisions pertaining to the IBF (International Boxing Federation) event in Belfast," the DUP leader said.
"Rather this was merely the catalyst for the discussion. No conflict could therefore have arisen."
The Association of Chief Police Officers uses a charging policy to decide how much of the cost of policing an event should be paid by those who organise it.
It uses a scoring system. Points are awarded for things like whether a promoter is involved; whether people have to pay in; whether the performers are paid; and whether there are trader concessions.
Depending on the points accumulated, a decision is taken on whether to seek no payment, part payment or full payment.
The ACPO policy says: "Where an event is considered to be substantially commercial, it should meet the cost of additional policing required.
"The principle which should be applied in the charging policy is that, where an event is categorised as commercial, the organiser should be charged the full economic cost of the special police services provided.
"This approach is based on the premise that private persons or organisations should not be able to enhance their profits at the expense of the public funds supporting the police service." | More than £30,000 was paid out of the public purse towards the cost of policing a world title boxing match in Belfast earlier this year. |
40,386,473 | The blaze at Lingey Close in Sacriston, near Durham City, started at about 13:45 BST on Friday.
Eyewitnesses at the scene reported hearing loud explosions as the fire took hold at the scrap yard.
County Durham Fire and Rescue service (CDDFRS) said four engines and a "bulk water carrier" are at the scene.
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A spokesman said the cause of the fire is not yet known but it is not believed to have been started deliberately.
He said there had been an earlier risk of the blaze spreading to nearby buildings at the yard but, despite limited water, fire crews managed to suppress it. | Neighbours of a scrap yard where about 100 cars are on fire are being warned to close their doors and windows as smoke billows across a village. |
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There was almost a sense of disbelief around the Stade de France at the break as the host nation walked off with a 4-0 advantage, two of the goals coming in the closing minutes of the half.
Olivier Giroud's low strike and Paul Pogba's powerful header from a corner had settled early French nerves and put their side in control.
Dimitri Payet scored his third goal of an increasingly memorable tournament for the West Ham playmaker with a precise low strike from 20 yards that skidded across the greasy surface before Antoine Griezmann deftly lifted the ball over Iceland goalkeeper Hannes Halldorsson.
After the restart Kolbeinn Sigthorsson stabbed home at the near post from Gylfi Sigurdsson's cross as Iceland refused to give in before France restored their four-goal advantage when Giroud headed in a free-kick.
Still, there was more to cheer for the excellent Iceland fans when Birkir Bjarnason headed a second for his side in the final stages of what has been a remarkable tournament debut for their team.
Didier Deschamps' side had only conceded twice in the tournament before meeting Iceland - both penalties - but they had not scored in the opening half of a match and only really shown in flashes that they can reproduce on the pitch the ability they appear to have on paper.
That changed at a wet but atmospheric Stade de France on Sunday.
Griezmann had not scored in 648 minutes of football for France at this ground but he ended that with his composed, delicate finish.
In some ways the goal was everything that was best about France; a patient 14-pass move that ended with a moment of invention to open up the opposition. A raking ball forward was superbly dummied by Giroud, completely bamboozling the Iceland defence and giving Griezmann a clear run at goal.
The goal took Griezmann to four in the tournament and he is now the highest scorer at Euro 2016, with Payet and Giroud among several players one behind.
But even though France were very comfortable winners, it was far from a flawless performance.
Iceland created several decent chances - Jon Dadi Bodvarsson shot over from a good position in the first half and Hugo Lloris made a brilliant save to stop a Sverrir Ingason header after the restart - in addition to their two goals.
After defeating the Republic of Ireland and Iceland in the knockout stages, France will face a very different challenge against a German side with a lot more attacking capability.
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Portugal skipper Cristiano Ronaldo rather sourly remarked that Iceland would "not go on to do anything" after their 1-1 draw at the start of the group stage. How wrong he was.
Their exploits at Euro 2016 have not only done wonders for spreading the word about Iceland's modest population (329,000 in case you had not heard) but captivated a nation and been one of the feel-good stories of a tournament that has desperately needed them.
They not only defied the odds by qualifying from the group stage - including a dramatic late winner against Austria - but also deservedly eliminated England in a match that they will surely never forget before running into a red-hot France.
Under the calm and steady joint stewardship of part-time dentist Heimir Hallgrimsson and former Sweden boss Lars Lagerback they showed what can be achieved through determination and organisation.
Even after they were on the wrong end of a 4-0 half-time scoreline against Les Blues, they showed the character and passion to 'win' the second half 2-1, cheered all the way by their magnificent fans, who gave the tournament the incredible hand clap.
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Inventive, alert and always involved, the Atletico Madrid star buzzed along and just behind the front line and was at the heart of so many good things for the French.
Iceland striker Kolbeinn Sigthorsson: "Our defending didn't work out as we wanted, but it's not strange that we're tired after so many games with the same squad. We got back into it in the second half, we showed a lot of character to do that, and we're really happy that we won the second half."
Iceland captain Aron Gunnarsson: "We are disappointed but incredibly proud. It's been an amazing experience. A lot of hard work has gone into this and the fans have been fantastic.
"[Speaking after the final whistle] They are still singing, it's unbelievable. The French have all left. They are still here. It just shows what we put into this.
"The first half was terrible, we managed to play better after the break. We decided we could not leave like that. We will learn from this. We are just starting."
France midfielder Dimitri Payet: "We managed to score a lot of goals, we scored quickly compared to previous fixtures.
"We have a lot of quality going forward. This was our best performance. We worked all week on Iceland's strengths, we were aware of that."
France striker Olivier Giroud: "We're very pleased, we scored five goals. Although we did concede a couple, we had a lot of fun and are pleased with our performance. We're going to try to erase a few of these small defensive mistakes, because against Germany we'd pay a heavy price."
It was not the end they wanted but Iceland can nevertheless return home with a lifetime of memories and a whole heap of new friends. They can look forward to World Cup qualifying in a group that contains fellow Euro 2016 sides Ukraine, Turkey and Croatia.
France can look forward to that tasty semi-final against Germany in Marseille. The winner of that faces Wales or Portugal back at the Stade de France.
12: France are still unbeaten in games with Iceland (W9 D3 L0).
17: France have not lost in their last 17 major tournament games played on home soil, winning 15 and drawing two.
5: France have scored five headers at Euro 2016 - a record by a team in a single European Championship.
4: France are the first team to score four in the first half of a European Championship game.
10: Olivier Giroud has scored 10 goals in his last nine starts for France. He has netted seven goals in eight games for Les Blues in 2016.
5: Iceland attempted more shots on target in this game than all four of France's previous opponents at Euro 2016 combined (three).
5: Iceland became the first team in history to name an unchanged starting XI in their opening five games of a Euros.
1: Samuel Umtiti was the first outfield player to win his first cap for France in a major tournament since Gabriel de Michele at the 1966 World Cup. He ended with a 100% pass accuracy from 77 passes.
Match ends, France 5, Iceland 2.
Second Half ends, France 5, Iceland 2.
Corner, France. Conceded by Sverrir Ingi Ingason.
Attempt blocked. Antoine Griezmann (France) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by André-Pierre Gignac.
Paul Pogba (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Alfred Finnbogason (Iceland).
Attempt missed. Sverrir Ingi Ingason (Iceland) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Johann Berg Gudmundsson with a cross following a corner.
Corner, Iceland. Conceded by Bacary Sagna.
Corner, Iceland. Conceded by Eliaquim Mangala.
Attempt missed. Moussa Sissoko (France) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann.
Attempt saved. Kingsley Coman (France) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann.
Goal! France 5, Iceland 2. Birkir Bjarnason (Iceland) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ari Freyr Skúlason with a cross.
Substitution, Iceland. Eidur Gudjohnsen replaces Kolbeinn Sigthorsson.
Foul by Eliaquim Mangala (France).
Kolbeinn Sigthorsson (Iceland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, France. Kingsley Coman replaces Dimitri Payet.
André-Pierre Gignac (France) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Birkir Bjarnason (Iceland).
Attempt blocked. Gylfi Sigurdsson (Iceland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ari Freyr Skúlason.
Paul Pogba (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Alfred Finnbogason (Iceland).
Foul by Antoine Griezmann (France).
Aron Gunnarsson (Iceland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Samuel Umtiti (France) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Samuel Umtiti (France).
Johann Berg Gudmundsson (Iceland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Antoine Griezmann (France) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Aron Gunnarsson (Iceland).
Substitution, France. Eliaquim Mangala replaces Laurent Koscielny.
Corner, France. Conceded by Hannes Thór Halldórsson.
Foul by Paul Pogba (France).
Aron Gunnarsson (Iceland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Antoine Griezmann (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kolbeinn Sigthorsson (Iceland).
Bacary Sagna (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Johann Berg Gudmundsson (Iceland).
Attempt blocked. André-Pierre Gignac (France) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann.
Corner, Iceland. Conceded by Hugo Lloris.
Attempt saved. Sverrir Ingi Ingason (Iceland) header from very close range is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Johann Berg Gudmundsson with a cross.
Corner, Iceland. Conceded by Bacary Sagna. | France scored five to bring a brutal end to the Iceland fairytale and set up an intriguing Euro 2016 semi-final against world champions Germany in Marseille on Thursday. |
37,439,653 | Richard Schiff, Allison Janney, Bradley Whitford, Dule Hill, Joshua Malina, and Mary McCormack will reunite to help organise events across the state.
The stars of the former hit US political TV drama will appear in towns including Cleveland, Sandusky and Toledo.
The West Wing, also starring Martin Sheen, ran on NBC from 1999 to 2006.
Sheen played Democratic President Josiah Bartlet in the Golden Globe-winning drama, played out within the enclaves of the White House.
His former co-stars will go on the Clinton campaign trail to rally the public to vote, according to a campaign statement.
"The actors will discuss why they are supporting Clinton and urge Ohioans to register to vote ahead of the 11 October deadline and to get involved in organising their communities ahead of November's election," the statement said.
Sheen however won't be joining his former West Wing colleagues, neither will Rob Lowe, one of the drama's other main stars.
Sheen has nonetheless previously stated his support for Clinton - and been damning of her Republican rival, Donald Trump.
Sheen also appears in a new anti-Trump video called Save the Day made by the Avengers director Joss Whedon.
Over the course of its long run, The West Wing and its cast were honoured several times by the Golden Globes and the Emmys.
Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram, or if you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | Cast members of The West Wing are to campaign for the US Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in Ohio this weekend. |
40,584,399 | The settlement is with the US Federal Housing Finance Agency, which oversees the secondary mortgage market.
A separate deal with the Department of Justice is expected later this year.
The boss of RBS said the fine was a "stark" reminder of what happened to the bank before the financial crisis.
RBS has set aside a total of £6.7bn ($8.6bn) as a provision for both payments.
The bank's chief executive Ross McEwan, said: "Today's announcement is an important step forward in resolving one of the most significant legacy matters facing RBS.
"This settlement is a stark reminder of what happened to this bank before the financial crisis, and the heavy price paid for its pursuit of global ambitions."
The UK government still owns 72% of RBS and has been waiting for its performance to recover so it can start selling some of that stake.
Although the settlement is enormous - it is not unexpected and RBS had already set aside £6.7 billion to settle their final bill. This is not quite it.
A separate settlement with the Department of Justice is expected later this year which could match or exceed today's settlement.
RBS today topped up the kitty for penalty payments by another £151m which will hit this year's earnings.
Despite its core business producing reasonable profits, fines for historical conduct has meant RBS has lost money every year since a £45bn government bailout in 2008.
RBS chief executive Ross McEwan has said he is hopeful that by the end of this year, the legacy issues that have dogged this bank will be behind it and the government will be able to start selling chunks of the bank back to the private sector.
The shares are currently worth around half the price the government paid for them but Philip Hammond has indicated that the government may be prepared to start selling shares at a loss.
The settlement announced today relates to the role played by RBS in the mis-selling of products backed by home loans in the run up to the financial crisis.
During that period banks were buying up mortgages and repackaging them as investment products.
Those bundled up packages of mortgages were often marketed as safe investments, but when the financial crisis hit, many proved to be worthless.
Other banks, including Deutsche Bank, Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs have already settled similar cases with US authorities. | Royal Bank of Scotland has agreed a £3.65bn ($4.75bn) settlement for its role in the sale of risky mortgage products in the US before the financial crisis. |
39,047,830 | In the middle of a packed arena a cowboy clings on to a wildly bucking bronco.
This is a state with a proud heritage — and proud people.
Texans will tell you they're God-fearing, cattle-rearing, straight-talking folk, and while inside the ring it's strictly apolitical, outside they don't mince their words.
"Wall it up," says one Texan simply, when asked about President Trump's plans for the border. "We don't need the criminals in here. Wall it up."
"The wall probably will never happen," says Kade Thigpen, "just because of geography. That simple."
"There's definitely some security measures that might be put in place that will hopefully help alleviate some of the illegal immigrants," says Mr Thigpen's wife, Kelley "but, you know, we need immigration."
Another rodeo fan, Billie Martz, talks of "wets" (a racist term referring to Mexicans who swim or wade across the Rio Grande) running up towards his truck.
"Most of the time they need water but you do see some carrying fully automatic weapons and you'd better just keep on going," he says with a smile.
On the border itself it's just as complicated.
"The facts have not changed," says Republican congressman Will Hurd whose West Texas district encompasses more than 800 miles (1,290km) of the border.
"Building a wall is the most expensive and least effective way to secure the border."
The wall, he warns, would "negatively impact the environment, private property rights and economy."
He's not the only conservative opponent of the president's plans.
In Texas, much of the land along the border is privately owned, and a 1970 treaty with Mexico prevents the construction of structures interfering with the flow of the river or its floodwaters.
Many ranchers are deeply reluctant to see a barrier slicing through their fertile fields on the Rio Grande. Landowners have fought previous plans for border barriers in the courts and may do so again.
Rancher Casey Worrell said the wall would take "prime real estate" used for livestock. He said some farmers on the border would rather pay Mexico to host the wall rather than, as President Trump proposes, the other way around.
As for immigration, while the perception may be of Mexicans pouring over the border, official statistics tell a more nuanced story.
In the weeks before the presidential election, then-Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said "far fewer Mexicans and single adults are attempting to cross the border without authorisation but more families and unaccompanied children are fleeing poverty and violence in Central America".
In fact, according to the US government, Central Americans apprehended on the southern border outnumbered Mexicans in 2014 and again in 2016.
According to the Pew Research Center, "unauthorised immigration" from Mexico "has steadily declined" since the start of the Great Recession in 2007.
This accords with the experience in McAllen, Texas. The town lies less than 100 miles from the eastern end of the 1,954 mile border where the Rio Grande empties into the Gulf of Mexico.
Across the divide every month come thousands of children like Yeneli Castillo Figueroa, not from Mexico but from Central America. She is just three years old and has been on the road with her family from Honduras for 13 perilous and terrifying days.
Like everyone arriving here during our visit, her mother, Jesenua Figueroa Nuillo, 40, says violence and poverty forced her to flee.
The journey "was hard because when you're an adult you understand," she told the BBC, in Spanish, "but babies get scared and they cry".
"There are parts of the forest where you walk in the dark. And when the police came my little girl knew she had to hide under the luggage and stay quiet."
Yeneli's big brother Dairin Castillo Figueroa, 17, agreed that the journey was tough but insisted it was worth it.
"It was cold and we shivered," he said, in Spanish, "but we had to endure it for the American dream, for a better life."
Many of the new arrivals hand themselves over to border security and are given an electronic ankle bracelet and a court date which they will use to seek asylum in the United States.
President Trump has suggested ending this policy known as "catch and release" either by building new detention centres or, it is now being reported by forcing them back over the border to Mexico, even if they are not Mexican citizens, a controversial approach which is certain to face legal challenges.
Many of the refugees enjoy their first hot meal in the United States along with a hot shower and the opportunity to select new clothes thanks to donors and volunteers at the Roman Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart in McAllen.
In fact it is the church which is making a stand in favour of the migrants on a wider stage.
Last week more than 20 bishops from Texas and Mexico gathered in the town for a cross-border conference. The treatment of immigrants was high on the agenda.
Daniel Flores, the bishop of Brownsville says a secure border with Mexico depends on solving problems further south, particularly in Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador.
"People have a right to live in conditions in their own county where they are safe and secure and can provide for their children," he argues, adding that when those conditions are absent "there's something seriously wrong."
The answer, says the bishop, is "a hemispheric response".
Back in McAllen they know full well how intertwined the fates of Central America, Mexico and the US have become.
People don't just come here for a better life, they also like to shop.
The town relies heavily on Mexican trade and tourism. Its mayor, Jim Darling - who insists he is neither Republican nor Democrat - says that President Trump's tough talk is already having a chilling effect.
"You're affecting other people's pride and that has a backlash and unfortunately we're feeling the backlash not Washington DC," says the mayor. | It's rodeo season in San Antonio, deep in the heart of Texas. |
37,434,596 | The footage, showing Simon McManus' son Toby, 12, being kicked and punched by a group of boys, was initially uploaded to social media app Snapchat.
Mr McManus copied the footage and shared it on Facebook, where it was viewed more than 2m times in two days.
Avon and Somerset Police said it was now investigating.
Mr McManus said several onlookers filmed the assault when Toby was set upon in the park in Yeovil, Somerset.
Mr McManus said he had been "overwhelmed" by the response from "everyone who watched it".
"Two million people watched my son being beaten by some youths who felt that just knocking him to the ground wasn't quite enough, they had to continue to kick and stamp on him whilst down on the ground in pain," he said.
He said he had received "hundreds and hundreds of messages of kindness" for Toby and thanked his family, friends, his son's school and the police.
"My son now has most of his confidence back that he lost when he was beaten and humiliated by these individuals," he said.
"He is able now, to walk with his head held high knowing that there are far more decent, genuine people out there who really do care than there are low-lifes."
Avon and Somerset Police has asked people not to share the video further on social media because of the ages of those involved.
"We have received an allegation of assault and we are investigating," a force spokesman said. | A father who posted a video online of his son being attacked to raise awareness of bullying said he has been "overwhelmed" by the response. |
38,826,753 | The group will also examine whether the way they are elected should change, and whether to reduce the voting age to 16.
The panel also includes Sir Paul Silk, who previously led inquiries into the scope of the assembly's powers.
Prof McAllister said they would prepare "robust, evidence-based recommendations".
Presiding Officer Elin Jones said she was "delighted" to announce "such an expert and highly qualified panel".
"The devolution of powers to the Assembly and a move to a reserved powers model signals a new constitutional basis for the Assembly, with important new responsibilities," she added.
"The Assembly finally has autonomy over its own affairs to help make this institution a stronger, more accessible, inclusive and forward-looking legislature that delivers effectively for the people of Wales."
Prof McAllister said: "The capacity of the Assembly to carry out its vital functions holding the Welsh Government to account, making laws for Wales, agreeing Welsh taxes, and representing the people of Wales has long been a subject for debate.
"The Panel and I look forward to exploring the evidence, and preparing robust, evidence-based recommendations for the Llywydd [Presiding Officer] and the [Assembly] Commission to consider."
The panel members are:
A political reference group made up of people nominated by the assembly parties will also be set up to be a "sounding board" for the panel and to help "ensure its work culminates in workable recommendations".
The panel is due to publish its recommendations by autumn 2017 to allow any changes to be made in time for the 2021 assembly election, subject to political support.
There have been longstanding calls from some political parties for an increase in the current total of 60 members to deal with the assembly's workload, in light of new powers over taxation and other issues as a result of the passing of the latest Wales Bill.
However Rachel Banner, who led the 2011 referendum campaign against increased law-making powers for the assembly, has said any increase in AMs should be put to a public vote.
In November, a report by the Wales Governance Centre and Electoral Reform Society (ERS) said there would need to be changes to the electoral system if the number of AMs was to be increased.
Dr Owain ap Gareth, campaigns and research officer for ERS Cymru said the setting up of the panel was "a vital step forward for Welsh democracy and paves the way for a stronger Senedd".
However, he spoke of "a need to bring the public along too in these discussions and engage with voters themselves on these key issues". | Professor Laura McAllister is named as chair of an expert panel to examine the case for having more assembly members to handle its increasing workload. |
37,310,593 | The House of Representatives held a voice vote on legislation that the Senate approved in May.
President Obama vowed again to reject the measure, but lawmakers could overturn one of his vetoes for the first time if they secure enough votes.
Saudi Arabia, a key US ally, has denied any role in the attacks.
Democratic New York lawmaker Jerrold Nadler, the bill's sponsor in the House, said of Friday's vote: "We wanted it to come to the floor, symbolically before the 15th anniversary.
"We've been aiming toward that the entire session.''
President Obama has warned of retaliatory lawsuits against the US government if American citizens are allowed to take the Saudis to court.
But Terry Strada, national chair for 9/11 Families United For Justice Against Terrorism, disagreed that the bill could backfire as the White House has warned.
"If we're not funding terrorist organisations and killing people, then we don't have anything to worry about," she said.
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, a former New York senator, is among backers of the bipartisan legislation.
Riyadh reportedly threatened earlier this year to pull hundreds of billions of dollars from the US economy if the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act was enacted.
The Saudi foreign minister warned the bill would strip the principle of sovereign immunity and usher in the "law of the jungle".
Separately, a bipartisan group of US senators announced on Thursday they will attempt to block the Obama administration's proposed sale of more than $1bn (£754m) in weapons to Saudi Arabia.
Riyadh has never been formally implicated in the 11 September 2001 attacks.
But two months ago Congress released 28 declassified pages from a report that reignited concerns a few of the attackers had links to Saudi government officials.
Last year, a confessed 9/11 plotter in US custody, Zacarias Moussaoui, claimed a Saudi prince had helped finance the attack.
The kingdom said it was a baseless accusation from a "deranged criminal".
Fifteen of the 19 hijackers were Saudi citizens. | US Congress has unanimously passed a bill allowing 9/11 victims' families to sue the Saudi government, on the eve of the attacks' 15th anniversary. |
20,220,185 | More than 40 others were wounded by the blast, which occurred at 12:00 (09:00 GMT) at the facility in Taji, about 25km (15 miles) north of the capital.
One report said potential new recruits gathered outside were the target.
Although violence has decreased in Iraq since its peak in 2006 and 2007, insurgent attacks are still common.
On Monday, two car bombings killed at least four people and wounded 16 others around Baghdad.
The first took place at a market in the mainly Shia district of al-Ubaidi, while the second struck an army patrol in Taji, wounding several soldiers.
It is not clear how many of the victims of Tuesday's blast were soldiers. One report said as many as 22 were among the dead.
The explosion appears to have occurred as they left the base at lunchtime and walked towards minibuses waiting to transport them.
However, sources told the AFP news agency there had also been a recruitment event on Tuesday to welcome potential new soldiers.
Mohammed Talal told the New York Times he had been among the would-be recruits.
He said the crowd of applicants had been told to check their names against lists posted on the walls outside.
"I was heading to the place near the parking lot to check my name when all of sudden a strong explosion happened where the people was gathering," he added. "I turned and started to run, and I began to feel shrapnel in my back and I fell to the ground."
Such recruitment events have been targeted by militants in the past. In January 2011, a suicide bomber blew himself up among a crowd of police recruits in the city of Tikrit, killing 50 people.
Following Tuesday's blast, heavy security was in place around Kadhamiya hospital, where many of the victims were taken for treatment.
The incident is believed to be the deadliest single attack in Iraq since 23 July, when a series of co-ordinated blasts - also in Taji - killed 42 people.
No group has said it was behind the bombing, although previous attacks on army bases have been claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq, a radical Sunni Islamist militant umbrella group that includes al-Qaeda. | At least 27 people have been killed by a car bomb that exploded at the entrance to an Iraqi army base near Baghdad, police and medics say. |
36,755,993 | A panel will be appointed to choose an artist and design for the tribute, which will be unveiled in summer 2017.
The public was asked to vote on a preferred site for the memorial.
A separate consultation will be held for a memorial for the victims of the Tunisian terrorist attacks in 2015.
Mr Cameron said: "These memorials will be places where the family and friends of people killed in terrorist attacks can reflect and remember.
"By building them we are underlining our pledge to never forget the victims of these atrocities."
The panel will be led by former overseas development minister Baroness Chalker. | A memorial for British victims of terrorism is to be located at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, David Cameron has announced. |
40,393,917 | Members of the public reported seeing an upturned kayak in Clashnessie Bay near Lochinver at about 13:30 on Saturday.
RNLI Lochinver Lifeboat and a coastguard helicopter from Stornoway responded and the man was winched to safety off rocks at 14:15.
He was taken to Western Isles Hospital for checks. His condition is not known. | A man has been rescued after his kayak overturned off the north west coast of Scotland. |
38,539,373 | Spurs equalled their club record of six straight Premier League wins with ease as they set about dismantling their visitors, amassing 10 shots and 78% possession by half-time.
Kane smartly lifted Christian Eriksen's neat through ball in off the upright, before Eriksen's own effort went in via Gareth McAuley.
England striker Kane - who became a father this week - was a continued threat and he turned in Kyle Walker's low cross, before completing his treble with a low finish across Ben Foster.
There was one black mark for Spurs in the form of an injury to Jan Vertonghen, which boss Mauricio Pochettino said "looks bad".
But his side are now showing real momentum and they simply outclassed Tony Pulis' Baggies, who stay eighth.
Mauricio Pochettino's nine changes from the FA Cup win at Aston Villa returned Spurs to the line-up that beat league leaders Chelsea just under two weeks ago.
Understandable, then, that his side bristled with energy and confidence. Eriksen and Dele Alli bounced around in midfield; Kyle Walker and Danny Rose constantly stayed advanced from full-back.
The high positions Walker and Rose took up saw West Brom's wide men Nacer Chadli and Matt Phillips pinned back, ensuring the away side could not escape in the early exchanges.
It broke the Baggies, who should have been more than two down at the break with Kane only finding the net once from seven first-half shots. The England striker was brilliantly denied on three occasions by Foster - who made eight saves in all.
Even against a side set up to frustrate them, Pochettino's men never looked like they would be short of answers as they scored four goals for the third time in four league games.
There will be concern, however, over the injury to Vertonghen. He looked distraught after rolling his ankle in the second half and would appear a major doubt to face Manchester City next week.
"The week has been a whirlwind having a little daughter - to finish it off like this is the best way possible," said Kane afterwards.
The 23-year-old called Tottenham's collective display "outstanding", and his own efforts were just that.
But Kane's life is certainly made easier by the creative work on the flanks of Walker and Rose, and the guile and endless support running from Alli and Eriksen.
Eriksen's impact can tend to be slightly overlooked, given the the focus on England internationals Kane and Alli, but the Dane has now created 59 chances this season - 29 more than his next most prolific team-mate.
Kane was clearly in the mood to make use of this impressive support, and might easily have scored more than three - he ended the day with 11 shots.
But there is no doubting that his ability to make space in the box offers those around him a perfect target, and he now has 62 Premier League goals - reaching 60 faster than any Spurs player has done before.
Pulis admitted his side simply "weren't on it" at White Hart Lane and referenced the gap in class and points between seventh place in the Premier League and the top six.
The harsh truth is Kane alone bettered the entire West Brom team for touches in the opposition area.
"We need to improve and we are trying very, very hard behind the scenes to do that," said Pulis afterwards.
January signings seem inevitable then, not that there is need for panic with such a solid top-half position.
Pulis stressed that striker Saido Berahino - linked with Stoke - does not need to be sold in order for him to recruit. But expect the Baggies to make signings, with left-back perhaps one area of concern as once again Chris Brunt was forced to fill in at White Hart Lane.
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Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino: "It was a great performance. We are showing a good maturity. The team learned a lot from last season and we [have] very good momentum. If you want to fight and challenge for big things we need to follow performances like Chelsea with this one."
West Brom manager Tony Pulis: "We just weren't on it. Spurs were very good. You have to be on it against these teams. We were miles off it and it's disappointing. They have real quality. The top six in the Premier League this year, it could be the biggest gap ever to seventh, that's how far ahead of the rest of us they are."
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Tottenham travel to Manchester City in a key game at the top of the table for the day's late kick-off on Saturday. West Brom host Sunderland at 15:00 GMT.
Match ends, Tottenham Hotspur 4, West Bromwich Albion 0.
Second Half ends, Tottenham Hotspur 4, West Bromwich Albion 0.
Foul by Danny Rose (Tottenham Hotspur).
Claudio Yacob (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Eric Dier (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Hal Robson-Kanu (West Bromwich Albion).
Hand ball by Danny Rose (Tottenham Hotspur).
Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Sam Field replaces Matt Phillips.
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Son Heung-Min replaces Harry Kane.
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Harry Winks replaces Mousa Dembélé.
Goal! Tottenham Hotspur 4, West Bromwich Albion 0. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dele Alli.
Goal! Tottenham Hotspur 3, West Bromwich Albion 0. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kyle Walker.
Kyle Walker (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by James McClean (West Bromwich Albion).
Attempt blocked. Hal Robson-Kanu (West Bromwich Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Foul by Victor Wanyama (Tottenham Hotspur).
Claudio Yacob (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Danny Rose (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Craig Dawson (West Bromwich Albion).
Foul by Victor Wanyama (Tottenham Hotspur).
Gareth McAuley (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Victor Wanyama (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Christian Eriksen.
Gareth McAuley (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt missed. Mousa Dembélé (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Christian Eriksen.
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Ben Davies replaces Jan Vertonghen because of an injury.
Jonas Olsson (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Jonas Olsson (West Bromwich Albion).
Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Hal Robson-Kanu replaces Nacer Chadli.
Foul by Mousa Dembélé (Tottenham Hotspur).
Craig Dawson (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Christian Eriksen (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Harry Kane.
Attempt saved. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dele Alli.
Attempt saved. Jan Vertonghen (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Victor Wanyama.
Attempt missed. Jan Vertonghen (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
Attempt saved. Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Harry Kane.
Attempt missed. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Christian Eriksen following a corner.
Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Jonas Olsson.
Attempt blocked. Kyle Walker (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. James McClean replaces Chris Brunt. | Harry Kane struck a hat-trick as Tottenham moved second in the Premier League table with a display of total dominance against West Brom at White Hart Lane. |
37,202,426 | Central defender Bradley headed home Oscar Threlkeld's angled cross from the right in the third and final minute of added time as Argyle made it four league wins in a row.
Town's Asa Hall had earlier smashed an 82nd-minute half-volley from substitute Amari Morgan-Smith's left-wing cross past goalkeeper Luke McCormick but against a post.
Bradley and Jake Jervis should have made more of close-range opportunities for Plymouth in the first half.
Bradley volleyed wide from a few yards out following Graham Carey's pinpoint free-kick to the far post from the right.
Forward Jervis should also have done better than slicing wide when another Carey free-kick was headed into his path by Yann Songo'o.
Substitute Arnold Garita then set up strike partner David Goodwillie, whose low drive from inside the box was deflected over the bar by keeper Russell Griffiths' feet.
Griffiths made a brilliant low save at the foot of a post to scoop out Garita's close-range volley before the late drama.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
REACTION: Cheltenham midfielder Asa Hall speaks to BBC Radio Gloucestershire
Match ends, Plymouth Argyle 1, Cheltenham Town 0.
Second Half ends, Plymouth Argyle 1, Cheltenham Town 0.
Foul by Arnold Garita (Plymouth Argyle).
Jordan Cranston (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Arnold Garita (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jordan Cranston (Cheltenham Town).
Goal! Plymouth Argyle 1, Cheltenham Town 0. Sonny Bradley (Plymouth Argyle) header from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Oscar Threlkeld.
Corner, Plymouth Argyle. Conceded by Robert Dickie.
Attempt missed. Asa Hall (Cheltenham Town) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Foul by Arnold Garita (Plymouth Argyle).
Robert Dickie (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Ben Purrington (Plymouth Argyle).
Asa Hall (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Asa Hall (Cheltenham Town) hits the left post with a left footed shot from the centre of the box.
Foul by Graham Carey (Plymouth Argyle).
Harry Pell (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Graham Carey (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Danny Parslow (Cheltenham Town).
Arnold Garita (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by James Rowe (Cheltenham Town).
James Rowe (Cheltenham Town) is shown the yellow card.
Arnold Garita (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Daniel O'Shaughnessy (Cheltenham Town).
Foul by Arnold Garita (Plymouth Argyle).
Danny Whitehead (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by David Goodwillie (Plymouth Argyle).
James Rowe (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Arnold Garita (Plymouth Argyle) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Corner, Plymouth Argyle. Conceded by Harry Pell.
Corner, Plymouth Argyle. Conceded by Danny Parslow.
Attempt blocked. David Goodwillie (Plymouth Argyle) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Substitution, Cheltenham Town. Amari Morgan-Smith replaces Billy Waters.
Corner, Plymouth Argyle. Conceded by Russell Griffiths.
Attempt saved. David Goodwillie (Plymouth Argyle) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Corner, Plymouth Argyle. Conceded by Danny Parslow.
David Fox (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Daniel O'Shaughnessy (Cheltenham Town).
Oscar Threlkeld (Plymouth Argyle) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Billy Waters (Cheltenham Town).
Hand ball by Billy Waters (Cheltenham Town). | Sonny Bradley scored a stoppage-time winner as Derek Adams' Plymouth beat visitors Cheltenham in League Two. |
39,804,073 | Kelly Machin, 34, had been fed up with balls landing in her back garden in Leicester, so she burst one before throwing it back over the fence.
The child's mother and grandfather assaulted her and she died almost two weeks later.
A jury found both Natalie Bollen and William Jelly guilty of manslaughter.
William Harbage, prosecuting at Leicester Crown Court, said Ms Machin had been having problems with Bollen, who lived two doors down in Waldwick Close, for several months.
She was concerned about the excessive noise made by Bollen's children, and bothered by them regularly kicking balls into her garden.
On the day of the assault, 23 August 2016, she punctured one of the balls with a knife.
A group of women, with Bollen described as the "ringleader", then gathered outside Ms Machin's home shouting "Come out Kelly", the court heard.
Bollen banged on her door, swearing and shouting: "You might not come out now Kelly, but I'm gonna kill ya."
Ms Machin called 999 and told police that she was scared for her life.
The group of women went away but Bollen returned about 20 minutes later with her father, and her father's wife.
A friend of Ms Machin, Winston Hinds, answered the door and the defendants "barged their way into the house uninvited", the court was told.
Natalie Bollen punched Ms Machin about three times to the head, and William Jelly then punched or pushed her, causing her to fall over and crash into a coffee table, fracturing her ribs.
"When she was on the floor, the defendants then left her curled up on the floor crying, and holding her ribs," said Mr Harbage.
Ms Machin called emergency services while the defendants were still in the house and in the 999 call she can be heard crying out in pain and saying: "They smashed my head up."
Both defendants can also be heard shouting aggressively to Ms Machin before they leave.
Police and paramedics attended but it was not felt necessary for her to go to hospital.
She continued experiencing severe pain and was eventually taken to hospital on 28 August, but her injuries were regarded as not requiring emergency treatment.
However, the rib fractures caused 1.9 litres of blood to gradually accumulate around her heart, which stopped working.
Mr Harbage said she died "alone and in pain, with significant breathing difficulties" at her home on the weekend of 3 and 4 September.
Mr Hinds found her dead on the sofa when he went to her house on 5 September.
Jelly, 48, from Impey Close in Thorpe Astley, was not in the dock for the verdicts as he collapsed in court earlier and was taken to hospital.
Both he and his daughter, who is 28, will be sentenced at Leicester Crown Court in June. | A father and daughter who launched a fatal attack on a neighbour who punctured a child's football have been convicted of manslaughter. |
30,725,772 | The winner will work with teams across BBC News in London for three months.
Last year's winner, Nancy Kacungira, said: "I felt supported as a journalist from the continent, to tell the story I wanted to tell in the way that I felt it should be told."
Applications close on 23 March 2016 at 23:59 GMT.
The award was established to honour Komla Dumor, a presenter for BBC World News, who died suddenly aged 41 in 2014.
Ms Kacungira, a television anchor for Kenya's KTN television channel, was selected from nearly 200 applicants.
"It felt really good to be able to tell a story from Africa on such a big platform - my stories were seen and heard on BBC TV, radio and online," she said of her experience.
"My own values on reporting about the continent - nuance, balance, and authenticity - were a good match for the BBC's commitment to getting the story right from wherever they report from in the world."
The BBC's World Service Group and deputy director of News and Current Affairs Fran Unsworth said: "Komla was a much-loved and respected journalist - not only with his colleagues but also with aspiring journalists and audiences across the world.
"His storytelling was compelling and his enthusiasm was infectious, making him one of Africa's leading journalists.
"At the BBC, we are committed to continuing Komla's dedication to this continent by launching this award for the second year running. We are searching for a rising star who displays exceptional talent, someone who embodies the spirit of Komla."
Komla Dumor was an exceptional Ghanaian broadcaster who in his short life made an extraordinary impact - in Ghana, in Africa and around the world.
He represented a confident, savvy and entrepreneurial side of Africa.
Through his tenacious journalism and compelling storytelling, Komla worked tirelessly to bring a more nuanced African narrative to the world.
The BBC is committed to continuing Komla's legacy.
Eligible applicants for the BBC World News Komla Dumor Award have until 23:59 GMT on 23 March 2016 to submit an application. | The BBC is seeking a future star of African journalism for the BBC World News Komla Dumor Award, now in its second year. |
33,977,947 | David Cooper, 39, of Leicester, and Roger Cooper, 41, from Coventry, are alleged to have used references to Darth Vader and the Death Star space station to update each other on an aborted "mission" against Sameena Imam.
Her body was found at an allotment in Leicester in January.
Both men deny murder.
It is alleged ex-soldier David Cooper helped his brother, who was a lover of Ms Imam, to kill her on Christmas Eve.
On the second day of their trial at Birmingham Crown Court, Timothy Spencer QC, prosecuting, said the pair formed "a plan" against Ms Imam on 11 December.
But the plan - which took place three days after David Cooper bought chloroform online - was abandoned, the court heard.
During that time the prosecution allege the pair sent Star Wars-coded text messages to each other, including "Death Star complete", "Stay on target, stay on target" and "You are expected Vader".
Mr Spencer said: "We suggest that [the text messages] are code that both men understand.
"They have a plan for this day and they are using code, one to inform the other of how far they have got on their mission."
Another message written in misspelt French included the words "nil points" and was an acknowledgement that the plan had failed, it was claimed.
He added: "I can't tell you precisely what the plan was, what the code really was."
On Monday, the court heard both brothers had a "genuine interest" in Star Wars models and action figures.
Earlier on Tuesday, the prosecution claimed David Cooper made eBay purchases of 200ml of chloroform and 50g of copper powder.
The trial continues. | Two brothers accused of murdering a Cardiff woman used Star Wars phrases to communicate in code before her disappearance, a jury has heard. |
36,640,479 | Coombs, 31, injured his knee in the Dragons' 25-21 win against Cardiff Blues in the European Rugby Challenge Cup quarter-final in April 2015.
"I can empathise with the problems Andrew has faced over the last year and the difficult decision he has had to make," Dragons CEO Stuart Davies said.
"I wish him the very best in his future endeavours."
Coombs won 10 caps for Wales after making his first appearance in the 2013 Six Nations, during which he played in the 30-3 defeat of England to seal the title.
He began his career with Pontypool RFC, making 30 appearances in 2005 and 2006 before rejoining Newport RFC, where he had progressed through the youth system.
After making 100 appearances for Newport, Coombs captained the side in the 2008-09 and 2009-10 seasons and was named Premiership Player of the Year in 2010.
He made his debut for the Dragons later that year and picked up eight tries in 86 appearances in a six-year spell with the club prior to his retirement. | Newport Gwent Dragons and Wales lock Andrew Coombs has retired from rugby with immediate effect due to injury. |
38,183,861 | Antoine Maury, 21, was last seen more than a month ago. He disappeared after leaving a group of friends suddenly on Monday 24 October.
A man matching his description was later seen at the loch wearing no top.
On Facebook, his mother Laura Maury thanked people for their help and support over the last few weeks.
She said: "For all of you out there and particularly to all of Antoine's, older and more previous friends.
"My beloved sons body was recovered in the Dudingston Loch earlier this morning. Antoine would had turned 22 on the 31st of December this year. Thank you all for your help and support during the last 5 and 1/2 weeks. God bless you all."
Divers and sonar equipment were used in the search for Mr Maury whose family travelled to Edinburgh to appeal for information.
Earlier, a Police Scotland spokeswoman said: "Police in Edinburgh can confirm that a body has been recovered from Duddingston Loch.
"The discovery was reported to police around 10:30 on Friday, 2 December.
"Inquiries are ongoing to establish the man's identity.
"The family of Antoine Maury have been informed of this development." | The mother of a missing French student has confirmed that his body has been found in Duddingston Loch in Edinburgh. |
35,461,503 | Papa Massata Diack, son of ex-world athletics chief Lamine Diack, and Russians Valentin Balakhnichev and Alexei Melnikov want the bans annulled.
They were charged in December with multiple breaches of anti-doping rules relating to Russia's Liliya Shobukhova.
An IAAF ethics commission accused the trio of blackmail and bribery.
Cas said the three men had filed their appeals but it would not comment any further at this time.
Papa Massata Diack is a former consultant to athletics' governing body.
In a 170-page report, the independent IAAF ethics commission panel ruled he, Balakhnichev and Melnikov conspired to "blackmail" Shobukhova to cover up her doping violations by paying them "bribes" of about £435,000.
Diack and Balakhnichev, a former president of the Russian athletics federation and IAAF treasurer, were fined £17,000 while Russian coach Melnikov was fined £10,000.
In December, Diack told the BBC he "totally rejects" the blackmail allegations, saying: "There was no extortion of funds from any athlete."
Last month, France issued an international wanted notice via Interpol for the former IAAF marketing consultant, who Senegal refuse to extradite.
Cas told BBC Sport on Monday it would allow Diack to appear by video link. | The three athletics officials banned for life from the sport over an alleged doping cover-up have appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas). |
29,680,253 | It says the forthcoming election and accompanying political uncertainty will hold business back from investing.
Growth will also be constrained by worries about the eurozone and the Ukraine conflict, EY Item Club says.
The 2.4% figure undershoots forecasts issued by the Bank of England, the CBI and the International Monetary Fund.
Last week, the Bank's chief economist, Andrew Haldane, said he was downbeat over the UK economy because of weaker global growth, low wage growth and financial and political risks.
He said interest rates should remain low to avoid long-term economic stagnation.
Peter Spencer, EY Item Club's chief economic adviser, said: "The forecast for GDP growth is still relatively good. What has changed is the global risks surrounding the forecast and the headwinds facing investment by firms.
"The UK's export outlook continues to look dreadful. The glimpse of economic rebalancing that we saw in the early part of this year has turned out to be a false dawn.
"Looming political uncertainty risks denting corporate confidence - the question now is how will these risks play out? I expect caution to become the order of the day."
He also said the Bank of England was unlikely to rush to raise borrowing costs in the face of falling commodity prices and low wage growth.
The report predicted inflation would remain low. It is currently at a five-year low of 1.2% and is likely to average 1.3% in 2015, EY Item Club said.
The Bank of England's most recent forecasts predict GDP growth of 3.5% this year and 3% next, while the IMF says it will be 3.2% followed by 2.7% and the CBI 3% and then 2.7%. | The UK economy will grow by 2.4% in 2015, well below the 3.1% growth expected this year, forecasting group EY Item Club has said. |
17,770,991 | Anders Behring Breivik admits carrying out a bombing in the capital, Oslo, and going on a shooting rampage on the island of Utoeya, but denies criminal responsibility.
The prosecution has asked for the 33-year-old Norwegian to be committed to psychiatric care. The defence insists he is sane.
Here is a summary of events in court.
The trial ended with defence lawyer Geir Lippestad arguing Breivik should be considered sane, as he had been driven by extreme politics, not violence.
He also asked for his client's acquittal - a request regarded as a formality since Breivik considers his actions were justified.
When Breivik himself got up to speak about his views, relatives of his victims walked out of the courtroom.
The verdict will be announced on 24 August.
The government announced that memorials to Breivik's victims would be built at the two attack sites.
The prosecution outlined its case for recommending that Breivik should not be sent to prison but confined to psychiatric care.
"We are not convinced or certain that Breivik is legally insane but we are in doubt," said prosecutor Svein Holden.
His colleague Inga Bejer Engh said: "We have murderers who have been sentenced to psychiatric care who will probably never get out again."
A psychology professor called to testify said he believed Breivik was sane.
Svenn Torgersen said he agreed with the conclusions of the second court-appointed psychiatric team.
He identified as a weakness the first report's focus on Breivik's childhood.
Defence witnesses from the far right backed Breivik's views on Islam in court.
They said Norway was threatened by Muslim immigration, an argument used by Breivik in an attempt to justify his attacks.
However, the speakers did not condone Breivik's attacks.
Breivik's defence said the extremists' testimony proved he was not insane because others shared his views.
One of the five judges was caught on camera playing solitaire in court.
In a picture published in Norwegian media, Ernst Henning Eielsen could be seen playing the card game on his computer.
Breivik told the court he had been slighted by Muslims on several occasions during his childhood.
Breivik took stimulants before he launched his deadly attacks, the trial heard.
Expert witness Joerg Moerland, a professor of forensic toxicology, said the killer had taken a cocktail of ephedrine, caffeine and aspirin (ECA).
"You can say that he was lightly to moderately drugged," he added.
Experts in far-right ideology told the trial Breivik's ideas should not be seen as the ramblings of a madman.
Some of Breivik's former friends testified in court anonymously.
At their request Breivik was removed from the court and watched proceedings from a nearby room.
One former friend told the court how Breivik isolated himself from friends in the years leading to the attacks, and that he "lost the spark of life" and became "less bubbly".
Another former friend said Breivik had worried about his looks and had a nose job in 1999 in order to look more "Aryan". Afterwards Breivik denied this was the case.
Norwegian police officers described Breivik's arrest, telling the court he had asked for a plaster to cover up a minor cut and later posed like a bodybuilder when he was stripped of his fake police uniform.
Police superintendent Haavard Gaasbakk described the terror of young Utoeya survivors who had mistaken the arrival of police for Breivik's fellow gunmen.
He also recalled that Breivik said: "You are not the ones I am targeting. I consider you as brothers. It's a coup: I must save Norway from Islamisation."
The court heard from another survivor who came to face-to-face with Breivik but was spared because he reminded the gunman of himself.
Breivik told the court that he will not appeal agaist a guilty verdict if the court finds him sane. He says he wants to be declared to sane to prove he had rational, ideological motives for the killings.
The court also heard more evidence from those who survived the massacre on Utoeya.
One, wheelchair-bound Mohamad Hadi Hamed, 21, told the court how his left arm and his left leg were amputated after he was shot by Breivik.
Another survivor, Einar Bardal, 17, described how he was trying to escape when he heard a loud bang, followed by a loud beeping noise in in his head.
Having shown little emotion during the trial, Breivik acknowledged that the witness testimony was having an effect on him and said: "Today I feel almost mentally damaged after having heard these testimonies."
Utoeya survivor Tarjei Jensen Bech, 20, likened Breivik to Voldemort, a villain in the Harry Potter novels, saying he had heard him "breathing and hissing" as he approached the spot where he shot and wounded him in the legs.
"I like to say I've had more operations than Michael Jackson," he told the court.
Ylva Helene Schwenke, now 15, described for reporters how Breivik had shot her in the neck and then several more times as she lay bleeding.
"He shoots a 14-year old girl from behind, then shoots me twice in the leg," she said. "That's the most cowardly thing I've ever heard."
Another survivor, 18-year-old Andrine Johansen, told how a boy, Henrik Rasmussen, had thrown himself in the way of bullets meant to kill her.
In further testimony from Utoeya survivors, Espen Myklebust told the court how he waited in the water to be rescued, after jumping into the lake and swimming out to a boat that was already full of panicking youths.
Mr Myklebust, who suffered a superficial bullet wound in the back, said Breivik was "calm as a human being can be" during the attacks. "He walked around as if nothing had happened."
Another witness, Cathrine Troennes Lie, told the court about the last time she had seen her 16-year-old sister before Breivik shot and killed her.
The trial continued to hear from survivors wounded during the shooting spree on Utoeya.
One, Afghan-born Hussain Kazemi, told the court he saw the waters of the lake around the island red with blood after the attack.
During the attack, Mr Kazemi said he briefly met Breivik, who, posing as a policeman, calmly asked him if he knew the whereabouts of the gunman. Mr Kazemi escaped by jumping into the lake as Breivik opened fire.
Another witness, Martha Fevang Smith, 18, told the court how she survived being shot in the head while Breivik calmly and deliberately killed 10 others lying nearby.
The trial also heard a recording of a panicked emergency call made by witness Renate Taarnes as she hid in a toilet in the camp's cafe while Breivik shot 13 people there.
In further evidence from Utoeya survivors, Ingvild Leren Stensrud, told the court that she only lived because she hid under another victim's body as Breivik killed 13 people in the youth camp's cafe.
After emerging from her hiding place behind the piano, Ms Stensrud then used the dead girl's phone to try to call emergency services.
She also described hearing what she believes was Breivik uttering a battle cry, and that he made sure his victims were dead by delivering a control shot to their heads one by one.
The court heard from more people who survived Breivik's attack on Utoeya island.
Marta-Johanne Svendsen, who was shot in the arm, described hiding with others in a building known as the school house, and hearing twigs snap as Breivik tried to get in. She said she heard "the worst screaming".
Another, Ina Rangoenes Libak, told how she survived by hiding behind a piano in the café building. She was shot four times in the jaw, chest and arms.
A man who swam to safety was in tears as he told the court how his friend drowned as Breivik fired on them in the water.
The day had a dramatic end when a man set fire to himself outside the courthouse. He was taken to hospital with serious burns to his head and chest. The incident was not thought to be related to the trial.
The court hears more testimony from survivors of the Utoeya massacre.
One woman, fighting back tears, said she swam more than 600m to safety before realising she had been shot. Another witness who was shot in the lung explained how he hid by covering himself with dirt.
A third witness, 20-year-old Frida Holm Skoglund, asked for Breivik to be taken out of court before she testified. She said she fled into woods and removed a bullet from her thigh, before trying to swim to safety along with others - three of whom died. Despite her trauma, Ms Skoglund declared: "We won, he lost!"
There is a dramatic interruption to the trial when a brother of one of those killed throws a shoe at Breivik.
The relative screamed at Breivik as he threw the shoe, which missed Breivik, hitting his defence lawyer instead. Members of the public present in the courtroom spontaneously applauded.
The incident happened during the presentation of further reports from post-mortems on the victims. It prompted Breivik to reveal that someone had tried to stop him during the attack on Utoeya island by throwing an object at him which hit him in the face.
The trial later resumed with more testimony from survivors of the attack on Utoeya island.
Eivind Rindal described trying to escape by running through the forest on the island and how Breivik had then shot at him and some other people as they tried to flee in a rowing boat.
The survivors of the attack on Utoeya island continue to give testimony.
Many relatives, and one of the prosecutors, were reduced to tears as the court heard reports from post-mortems carried out on the victims.
Survivor Lars Henrik Rytter Oeberg, who saw Breivik shoot and kill 14 people, described Breivik as having "a stone face" when he tried to shoot him.
For the first time, the court hears testimony from those who survived the attack on Utoeya island.
Labour youth leader Tonje Brenna, who organised the event targeted by Breivik, described hiding from the killer in rocks near the lake shore as the bodies of victims fell around her.
Local resident Oddvar Hansen told the court how people trying to swim away from the massacre had cried and waved for help.
Bjoern Ihler said he and two boys had swum to safety after Breivik approached them, pretending to be a policeman, but then calmly pulled a gun.
As on previous days, Breivik remained impassive throughout the survivors' accounts, but complained about being unable to question the witnesses directly.
For a third day, the court is told about the autopsies on the Utoeya massacre victims, including that of a 17-year-old girl who was attending her first Labour youth event.
Another 17-year-old found dead on the island was a cheerleader at school and planned to go on study in the United States.
The Breivik trial continues to hear coroners' forensic reports on those who died on Utoeya.
Among the fates detailed where that of a 15-year-old boy who was the youngest to die on Utoeya.
Freddy Lie, the father of a 16-year-old girl who died on the island, said his daughter had talked to him on her mobile phone just before she died.
The court begins hearing coroners' reports about the autopsies on the 69 people killed on Utoeya Island.
Lawyers for their families read out descriptions of those who died and showed pictures to the Oslo court.
One young girl, sitting just metres away from Breivik in the courtroom, listened to how her mother died. As on previous days, Breivik seemed unmoved by the evidence.
Coroner Torleiv Ole Rognum said the average age of the victims was 18.
Witnesses told how they helped Breivik get to Utoeya island because they thought he was a police officer.
Breivik was wearing a uniform and showed fake identification papers to a security guard at the quay, who then summoned the ferry.
The ferry captain, Jon Olson, described how he helped Breivik carry a case, which proved to be full of weapons, on to the island.
Mr Olson's partner was one of the first to die at the youth camp on Utoeya and his daughter was also there.
The trial heard harrowing testimony from people wounded in the Oslo bomb attack.
Breivik appeared unmoved as a father, Jan Erik Lund, spoke of seeing his daughter Anne Helene seriously injured in hospital.
About 40,000 people gathered on a central Oslo square to sing a popular old peace song, Children Of The Rainbow, which Breivik had mocked in court.
The singer Lillebjoern Nilsen, accused by Breivik of being a Marxist who sought to brainwash children, led the singing on Youngstorget Square, close to the courthouse.
Breivik sought to persuade the trial that he was sane, insisting that his actions were motivated by a political ideology, and that he was accountable for them.
He dismissed an initial psychiatric report that found him insane as "a lie".
He said his argument was "entirely logical" and there was "not the slightest possibility" he would be judged insane.
Breivik said the compilers of the report had no experience in dealing with political extremists and, because they had spoken to him so soon after the attacks, they themselves were still in shock.
Security guard Tor Inge Kristoffersen described the moment the car bomb exploded at Norway's government headquarters.
He watched on CCTV as a car parked and a man wearing what looked like a guard's uniform got out.
Mr Kristoffersen said: "Half of our screens, the images disappeared. There was a deep rumbling, the entire block shook, the ceiling bent like water."
The police officer who co-ordinated the emergency response, Thor Langli, also gave evidence describing how the bomb squad searched for more bombs.
He said a witness saw a small car leave the area, but he felt he could not take any officers away from the site to follow this up.
He suggested if CCTV footage had been relayed live to the police, this might have saved vital minutes and could have given them the opportunity to pursue the car.
On the last day of giving evidence, Breivik justified his acts as "a small barbarian act to prevent a larger barbarian act".
Saying the killings had been a "gruesome" experience for him as well, he explained how he had to force himself to do something which felt so "against human nature".
He offered an apology for "innocent" people who died in the Oslo bombing, referring to those who were passing by and who had no political connections. But asked if he extended that apology to those he killed on Utoeya, he said: "No, I do not."
He reiterated his belief that they were "legitimate targets", and added that there were many others in Norway "who deserve to be executed, eg journalists and members of parliament".
He said he understood the loss he had inflicted on victims' families because he had lost his own family and friends after the attack.
Breivik described his rampage on Utoeya in chilling detail. Before shooting his first two victims, he said he had "100 voices" in his head telling him not to do it - but pulled the trigger anyway.
Displaying no emotion, Breivik said he proceeded to go to a cafe where several people were hiding, "completely paralysed" with fear.
He said he reloaded his gun after running out of ammunition and killed people as they were begging for their lives. He also shot in the head others who pretended to be dead.
Breivik - who was dressed as a police officer - continued his rampage around the island, luring youths from hiding places by telling them he was there to protect them.
When they came out, he told the court, "I shot towards many of them aiming at their heads."
Breivik said he intended hundreds should die in his attack on the Labour Party summer camp, and that a primary target was a former prime minister, Gro Harlem Brundtland.
He claimed he planned to behead Mrs Brundtland, who he thought would be on the island, and post a video of this on the internet. In fact the ex-PM left Utoeya before Breivik arrived.
He also hoped his car bomb in Oslo would kill the entire government.
Breivik told the court he used computer games to rehearse scenarios ahead of his attacks. He said he had planned three car bombs but opted instead for one bomb attack and one gun attack when he discovered how difficult it would be to make the bombs.
The BBC's Steve Rosenberg, at the trial, said Breivik was behaving differently from his irritable performance on Wednesday and he seemed calm.
He abstained from giving his usual salute as proceedings began, following a request by the defence team.
The prosecution continued its cross-examination of Breivik by trying to disprove his claim of the existence of a far-right European network.
They also questioned him on his supposed contacts with Serb nationalists in Liberia, and with English nationalists in London.
Breivik was also questioned about his religious beliefs by a lawyer for the victims. He said he wanted to prevent the "de-Christianisation of Europe".
The BBC's Matthew Price, who was in court, said Breivik appeared to be on the back foot - less relaxed than before, and more defensive.
Breivik also told the court that there could be only two "just" outcomes to his trial - acquittal or the death penalty.
Proceedings were delayed while the court decided to dismiss a lay judge over remarks made on a social networking site suggesting Breivik should be given the death penalty.
Breivik then took the stand and delivered a 13-page statement explaining his political views.
In it, he said that he would do it all again, that his actions were "based on goodness, not evil", and that he had acted to defend Norway against immigration and multiculturalism.
The prosecution then began its cross-examination. They cast doubt on his membership of an organisation called Knights Templar, which they assert does not exist.
His testimony and that of his witnesses was not broadcast.
Anders Breivik pleaded not guilty to the charges. He told the court he "acknowledged" the acts committed, but said he did not accept criminal responsibility. He said he acted in self-defence.
Dressed in a dark suit, he smiled and appeared calm as he entered the court and gave a closed-fist salute.
Breivik showed no emotion as harrowing details of how he killed and injured his victims were read out, but later wiped away tears as the court was shown a video he made about multiculturalism prior to the attacks. | The man who killed 77 people in Norway last July has pleaded not guilty to acts of terrorism and mass murder. |
36,209,318 | Publisher Trinity Mirror declined to comment, but a statement is due later, with reports suggesting the New Day's final edition will be on Friday.
The title was launched in February as Trinity reported a £14.4m fall in annual pre-tax profit to £67.2m.
It had hoped to sell about 200,000 copies a day, but sales are reported to have fallen to about 40,000.
At launch, the New Day was announced as politically neutral and its publisher said it was aimed at readers who no longer bought a newspaper.
Two million copies were distributed free on launch day. It then cost 25p for the first two weeks, before rising to 50p.
Its editor Alison Phillips said in February that the newspaper intended to "cover important stories in a balanced way, without telling the reader what to think".
She said it would aim to give "a ruthless edit of the day" in 30 minutes for "time-poor" readers.
Although the title had a social media presence, it did not have a website.
It was the first new national paper since the launch of i, a slimmed-down version of the Independent, went on sale in October 2010.
However, its impending closure comes just over a month after the Independent and Independent on Sunday ceased as print editions to concentrate on online publishing.
By BBC media correspondent David Sillito
A new type of newspaper to reach the sort of people who had given up on print - New Day was launched in February at a time when the rest of the industry is struggling with falling sales and advertising revenues.
Trinity Mirror's share price has been dipping and it's also having to make large payouts to the victims of phone hacking.
The New Day was always going to be a gamble - more than a million people have stopped buying a paper over the last three years. This was an attempt to coax those readers back - especially women.
Its slogan was "Life is short, let's live it well". Few expected it to end quite so quickly. | Daily newspaper the New Day is set to close just nine weeks after it was launched. |
35,244,281 | Medway Maritime Hospital, in Gillingham, has been rated "inadequate" following its latest Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection.
It found the hospital's A&E department could not cope when busy.
Medway Maritime's chief executive Lesley Dwyer said the hospital was on a "continuous journey of improvement".
The trust was originally placed in special measures in July 2013 because of concerns over mortality rates and standards of care.
The latest inspection took place in August and September 2015 and found there were continuing concerns with medical care, surgery, outpatient and diagnostic services.
The chief inspector of hospitals, Prof Sir Mike Richards, said he was not satisfied the "underlying issues" had been resolved.
"It is disappointing to report that performance may even have deteriorated in some areas, despite the support which has been offered to the trust up until now," he said.
"It is clear that the trust cannot solve these important issues on its own, and will require continued support for the foreseeable future."
However, the hospital was praised for the "compassionate care" staff provided in "almost all their interactions" with patients.
The report said patients spoke positively about the staff and said they considered their privacy and dignity had been maintained in most cases.
Ms Dwyer said: "We accept the findings of the CQC, we recognise that was in a point of time in August and take their concerns seriously.
"We are continuing to make changes that we know will improve the safety and quality of care we provide here at Medway." | A hospital placed in special measures two years ago has been told it will remain so until significant improvements have been made. |
36,555,619 | Media playback is not supported on this device
The Belgians led 3-1 with only four minutes left, before David Ames scored his first international goal for GB.
Barry Middleton equalised with just over a minute on the clock, but despite further pressure a winner did not come.
Britain, who would have slipped to the fifth-sixth play-off with a defeat, will meet Germany for the bronze medal.
"It feels like a defeat," Ames told BBC Sport.
"We wanted to win this and there are positives to take from how we fought back, but overall we're disappointed we weren't able to take chances earlier."
After pool leaders Australia defeated India in the first game of the day, Britain knew a victory over Belgium would have put them into Friday's gold medal match.
However, Bobby Crutchley's side found themselves behind after only 35 seconds, with Thomas Briels sweeping home.
Captain Middleton equalised in the second period, but Loick Luypaert then struck just before the break.
After Luypaert scored again to put Belgium two ahead, Britain looked beaten, but the decision to withdraw keeper George Pinner for an extra outfield player paid off as they battled back to draw.
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"We've had some amazing battles against Belgium and yet again we've had another incredible draw," said Middleton.
"We don't want to be in this position where we have to fight back, we want to be controlling it from the off, so we'll learn from this."
Britain will now face Olympic champions Germany for third place.
"It's a game we want to win and we want to finish the competition with a medal," said coach Crutchley.
World number one side Australia will face India for gold, whilst Belgium and Korea will meet in the fifth-sixth play-off. | Great Britain's men missed out on the Champions Trophy gold medal match despite battling back to a secure a thrilling 3-3 draw with Belgium. |
40,741,918 | The median income per secondary pupil in academies for 2015-16 was £5,714, down from £6,340 in 2011-12, not taking into account inflation.
Head teachers have been campaigning about funding shortages.
But last week Education Secretary Justine Greening promised to reallocate £1.3bn more for school budgets.
The figures from the Department for Education show a £280m shortfall between total income and expenditure in academies in 2015-16.
This represents a gap of 1.5%, compared with 1% in the previous year.
About six in 10 multi-academy trusts spent more than their income - and just under half of standalone academies had an income shortfall.
But the Department for Education says this "deficit does not mean that these academies or trusts are in debt, as they may have reserve funds through which these costs were met".
The figures also show that the proportion of income spent by academies on teaching is lower than in 2011-12, while the proportion of spending on "back office" costs has risen.
But the Department for Education cautions against direct comparisons, because the number of academies has changed across these years.
And the department claims that academies could have collective reserves worth more than £2bn.
Median per-pupil funding is presented as a more reliable measure over time.
Most secondary schools are now academies - and the official figures show that at secondary school level income has fallen in cash terms - down by £626 per pupil.
But in primary schools, income has risen by £78 per pupil over the four years, without any adjustment for inflation.
The figures follow an announcement last week by the education secretary that school budgets would be protected in real terms, with £1.3bn more being put into school budgets over the next two years.
This will not be new money, but will be taken from other budgets, including spending on free schools, school improvement support and "healthy pupils" capital funding.
Ms Greening has promised that no school will lose out in cash terms from a new funding formula to be announced in the autumn.
The reallocation of funding to frontline school budgets will prevent cuts in average budgets for two years.
But the Institute for Fiscal Studies says that between 2015 and 2020 school budgets will have declined in real terms by 4.6%
Rosamund McNeil, from the National Union of Teachers, said the latest funding figures showed "the growing financial crisis affecting all schools - academies as well as maintained".
She said she was concerned that "academies' expenditure on teaching staff has fallen" and that it showed "academy status is no security against financial austerity".
But a Department for Education spokesman said the new figures showed the efficiency of the academy system and how it was open to financial scrutiny.
"The transparency we have introduced to school budgets allows parents, teachers and the wider public to ensure that money is being used to deliver the best outcomes for their pupils," he said.
"Figures like these, coupled with the introduction of our National Funding Formula, will give us even greater oversight of how much money is going into schools and how it is being spent." | Academies in England received less last year per pupil in secondary schools than four years earlier, according to official figures. |
36,041,517 | Tutton, 19, stormed to victory on the second night of the British Championships in a British record of two minutes 22.34 seconds.
"It couldn't have gone any better at all," she told BBC Sport.
There were also wins for Georgia Davies and Chris Walker-Hebborn in their respective 100m backstroke events.
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Adam Mallett was the surprise victor in the 200m butterfly final.
Tutton had qualified for the 200m breaststroke final with the second-quickest time, with rival and favourite Molly Renshaw expected to claim the title.
But the Cardiff-based swimmer impressed throughout and moved clear of Renshaw in the closing stages, missing out on automatic Olympic qualification by just 0.26 seconds.
"I didn't expect [to swim so quickly]," she said.
"I've trained so hard and have struggled with a lack of self-confidence, but I beat it."
Tutton added: "It's my dream to go to the Olympics and I would love to make the team, but it isn't in my hands."
She will now await the decision of Team GB selectors, who are due to announce their choices later this month.
Commonwealth backstroke champion Walker-Hebborn will also be sweating on his place after missing his qualification target.
With a medley relay place up for grabs, he should be picked for Rio - with runner-up Liam Tancock also in contention - but believes he needs to improve.
"I'm a bit disappointed with the time," said Walker-Hebborn, after finishing in 53.73secs.
"I am not one for excuses, but I had a few issues before trials and if I'm firing on all cylinders I know [faster times are] there."
Davies too missed out on her target time of 59.05secs but was pleased with a 59.64, which put her ahead of rival Lizzie Simmonds.
"I am so pleased," she told BBC Radio 5 live.
"I was really disappointed with trials last year [which saw her miss the World Championships], but it fuelled me to get more hungry in training.
"I hope it's enough for Rio."
Mallett's first British title was an impressive achievement, but with his winning time four seconds slower than the Rio qualification mark, his best chance of making the Games will come in the 100m butterfly event later in the week.
"Being the British champion was something I wanted to achieve," said the 26-year-old.
"I want to start making senior international teams and keep moving forward and one day win medals." | Wales' Chloe Tutton produced a three-second personal best to secure 200m British breaststroke gold and put herself into Olympic contention. |
35,609,947 | Using a camera hooked up to a HoloLens headset, he was able to "teleport" Nasa scientist Jeff Norris to the TED stage.
Microsoft is due to starting selling HoloLens developer units this spring for $3,000 (£2,000).
Some have questioned whether the technology will appeal to the mass market.
Mr Kipman said that AR would eventually replace the computer, smartphone and laptop screens we currently use.
"We will look back at this decade as being like cavemen in terms of technology," he said.
"Machines are becoming capable of understanding our world and interacting with us."
That, he said, will ultimately lead to a world where the real and the digital are merged seamlessly.
"We will turn a dial and get reality and turn it the other way and get virtual reality."
In his demonstration at TED he showed delegates an other-worldly garden and digital rain before "teleporting" Mr Norris, who appeared to be standing on Mars.
"I'm in three places. I'm in a room across the street, I'm on the TED stage and I am also on Mars," said Mr Norris.
Critics have questioned whether HoloLens will be something that consumers will be prepared to pay for.
"I think we're a good few years away from a compelling consumer AR smart glasses solution which has the desirable content and is cheap enough to drive a broader interest in the technology," said Piers Harding-Rolls, an analyst at research firm IHS.
"I see consumer AR as more embryonic than VR and still very much at an experimental stage," he added.
Most activity in AR at the moment is "business-focused using smart glasses for commercial applications," he added.
Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) have been constant themes at this year's TED with a VR theme park being demonstrated, alongside another AR headset from Meta.
Virtual reality film-maker Chris Milk used his TED talk to conduct the world's biggest simultaneous VR experience.
Delegates had earlier been asked to download an app to their smartphones and each of the 1,200-strong TED audience was given a Google Cardboard headset to view a video.
It was a combination of films made by Mr Milk's start-up Vrse - including film shot from a helicopter above New York City and footage from refugee camps.
Mr Milk called VR "the last medium".
"We have just started to scratch the surface of the true power of virtual reality," he said.
"It's not a video game peripheral. It connects humans to other humans in a profound way that I've never seen before in any other form of media - and it can change people's perceptions of each other.
"And that's how I think virtual reality has the potential to actually change the world." | HoloLens creator Alex Kipman has shown off Microsoft's augmented reality technology at the TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) conference. |
34,696,576 | Pte Gavin Williams, 22, of Hengoed, Caerphilly, was serving with the Second Battalion of the Royal Welsh Regiment at Lucknow Barracks in Wiltshire.
He died from heart failure as a result of heatstroke after a physical punishment known as "beasting".
Judge Alan Large, assistant coroner for Wilshire and Swindon, reopened Pte Williams's inquest on Monday.
In a statement the soldier's mother said her son was unhappy after being posted to the barracks in Tidworth and was targeted for punishment.
The inquest heard Wiltshire Constabulary conducted a criminal investigation into Pte Williams's death and charged three men in July 2006.
Sgt Russell Price, 45, Sgt Paul Blake, 37, and Cpl John Edwards, 42, were found not guilty of manslaughter by a jury at Winchester Crown Court.
The investigation branch of the royal military police then looked at the matter.
In 2009 following their report, the service prosecuting authority decided no prosecutions would be brought against any Army personnel.
In 2010 a further investigation was conducted by the army as to whether any actions should be taken.
A service inquiry commenced in 2011 and in February 2013 produced a report.
The hearing continues. | Details of punishment exercises which led to the death of a soldier in 2006 will be made public, a coroner said. |
33,380,869 | They had been seen at weirs mostly in the past 10 days, West Midlands Search and Rescue (WMSAR) said.
It issued the warning about weirs at Shrewsbury, Powick in Worcestershire and Gullet Quarry near Ledbury, Herefordshire, where two people died in a week in 2013.
The voluntary rescue team put out a photo from Shrewsbury as a warning.
Playing in weirs "might seem like good fun but it's dangerous", it stated.
Water incident manager and rescue boat operator Ben Allen said: "It's not necessarily related to the hot weather, but children are out now it's the summer.
"The problem is going to get worse over the summer holidays."
Mr Allen described the bottom of any weir as "a bit like a washing machine".
He said: "If you go into that [Shrewsbury] weir, it will keep tumbling you around. You will get completely disorientated, you will be trapped and unfortunately it's not usually a good outcome when somebody does get trapped on those weirs.
"You've got lots of dangers where you've got a stopping wall. Basically the idea of it is to stop debris, so if you fall in that, it's going to do exactly the same to you."
The rescue team serves Shropshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire. | Children have been warned of dangers of playing in weirs after some were spotted putting themselves in danger. |
35,129,588 | Firefighters were called to Lyndhurst Meadows shortly before midnight, after bins were placed close to the sub-station and set alight.
Station commander Michael Roberts said the sub-station was "wiped out".
The power cut affected homes and businesses in the Springfield Road area but all were reconnected by 06:00 GMT.
Ten firefighters were involved in the operation, but because of the dangers posed by the very high voltage, their commander said the only action they could take was to keep nearby properties safe and advise residents to stay indoors.
The roof and gable of one property had to be hosed down to prevent it from catching fire.
Local resident and former DUP councillor Nicola Verner filmed the fire from her house.
She described the arson attack as "reckless vandalism".
Ms Verner said those responsible had put people at risk, including her elderly neighbour who lives nearest the sub-station.
She said the man is in ill health and has mobility problems and the arson attack had left him in "a very vulnerable position". | An arson attack has destroyed an electricity sub-station in west Belfast and caused an overnight power cut for about 2,500 customers. |
40,567,772 | The girl was with her sisters in Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire, on Saturday when she was grabbed and dragged on her knees.
Alexander Victor Benfield, 24, of Lawrence Road, Cirencester, was arrested on Monday.
He was remanded in custody by magistrates to appear at Swindon Crown Court on 11 August.
Gloucestershire Police said the girl managed to break free before running home and alerting her parents, who called police.
The force has urged parents to remain vigilant and to remind their children about the danger of talking to strangers. | A man accused of grabbing a nine-year-old girl has appeared in court charged with actual bodily harm and attempted kidnap. |
35,398,426 | Brent crude fell 6.3% to $30.15 a barrel following a 10% rise on Friday, while US oil shed 7.1% to $29.90.
The slide came as the head of Opec called for all oil-producing nations to work together.
Abdullah al-Badri said both Opec and non-Opec oil producers needed to tackle oversupply to help prices rise.
"It is vital the market addresses the issue of the stock overhang. As you can see from previous cycles, once this overhang starts falling then prices start to rise," he told a conference in London.
Despite the ongoing refusal of Saudi Arabia, the dominant Opec member, to cut production, Mr al-Badri nevertheless blamed countries outside the cartel for the huge global oil glut.
"Yes, Opec provided some of the additional supply last year, but the majority of this has come from non-Opec countries," he said.
Opec accounts for almost 42% of the world's oil production.
What's an oil producer to do amid tumbling prices?
Ask everybody in the business to cooperate, it seems.
If you're Opec, that means asking non-members, such as Russia to join in with curbing production.
It must be said that the prospects of any co-operation from outside Opec are weak at the best of times.
But it has got harder in the last decade.
The surge in US shale oil means it is much more difficult to manage the market without American co-operation, which would never be forthcoming.
The US government wouldn't want to work with Opec, and in any case private companies are the ones taking the decisions.
They will cut if it makes commercial sense to them and their shareholders.
The Opec secretary-general said all major producers should agree on methods to reduce stockpiles and thus help prices recover.
"The current environment is putting this future at risk. At current price levels, it is clear that not all of the necessary future investment is viable," Mr al-Badri said.
Prices briefly fell to less than $28 a barrel earlier this month.
HSBC has lowered its forecast for the average price of Brent crude in 2016 from $60 to $45 a barrel, while UniCredit lowered it from $52.50 to $37 a barrel.
The prospect of Opec members cutting production remains unlikely. Indonesia's Opec representative said that only one member of the cartel supported calling an emergency meeting to discuss ways of boosting oil prices.
The chairman of Saudi Aramco, the state-owned oil giant, said on Monday that prices would ultimately rise to a moderate level as global demand increased.
The Iraqi government said on Monday that oil output reached a record high in December, producing as much as 4.13m barrels a day.
Hans van Cleef, senior energy economist at ABN Amro in Amsterdam, said: "The news that Iraq has probably hit another record builds on the oversupply sentiment. The oversupply will keep markets depressed and prices low."
Iran, which has the world's fourth-biggest oil reserves, is also preparing to resume exports now that sanctions have been lifted.
A fall in the number of oil rigs in the United States, one of Opec's biggest production rivals, could reduce output, with Goldman Sachs predicting a decline of 95,000 barrels per day this year.
Analysts at Energy Aspects said global oil inventories would continue to rise in the next few months, but should start to decline by the summer. | Oil prices tumbled again on Monday, eroding last week's gains, as Opec called for co-operation from oil-producing nations outside the cartel. |
34,665,054 | She has been in the Welsh-speaking part of Argentina with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales (BBC NOW) to mark 150 years since Welsh settlers arrived.
Ysgol yr Hendre, the bilingual Welsh-Spanish school in Trelew, has hosted performances during a week of events.
Ms Finch said it was "incredible" to visit a Patagonian school where all the pupils speak Welsh.
"I think it's the music that is keeping the language alive," she said after the school visit.
"Obviously I've lived in Wales my entire life, and you hear about Patagonia but you never quite get it, you never quite believe that people really do speak Welsh here."
She said it was "incredible" to visit a school where "they all speak Welsh, and they know the songs we have been singing to them".
"They almost know them better than we do," she added.
"It's an incredible experience. When you look out of the window at the countryside, what you see is so different to what we see in Wales, and yet there is a little patch here that is speaking Welsh. It is amazing."
As well as the workshops and performances for schools, members of the orchestra are also taking part in activities with community choirs and amateur orchestras.
The week's performances include a Noson Lawen, an evening of traditional Welsh music, in the town of Gaiman and a gala concert in a converted wool warehouse in Trelew.
After its week in Patagonia, BBC NOW will continue its first tour of South America with performances in Buenos Aires, Chile and Uruguay. | Music is helping to keep the Welsh language alive in Patagonia, harpist and composer Catrin Finch has said. |
39,563,536 | Fire crews were called to the site at Muir of Ord at about 04:15 on Tuesday.
The fire broke out in the furnace of carbon fibre manufacturing factory SGL Technic.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said four appliances and a support unit were sent to the scene. Nearly 30 firefighters were dealing with the incident. | Firefighters are tackling a blaze at a factory on a Highland industrial estate. |
38,008,954 | The Democratic candidate said she had wanted to "curl up with a good book and never leave the house again".
But in a speech at a children's charity she urged the audience to fight for American values and "never give up."
Mrs Clinton won the popular vote but was beaten to the presidency in the all-important US electoral college.
"Now I will admit coming here tonight wasn't the easiest thing for me," she said as she was honoured by the Children's Defense Fund.
She continued: "I know many of you are deeply disappointed about the results of the election. I am, too, more than I can ever express.
"I know this isn't easy. I know that over the past week a lot of people have asked themselves whether America is the country we thought it was.
There was little ceremony and no sign of security for the former presidential candidate who is known simply as "Hillary" in this circle of friends.
The audience were on their feet and chanting her name as she took to the podium. When she talked about her disappointment, murmurs of agreement spread through the room in waves.
That murmur grew louder as she urged those listening not to lose heart - this was an emotional plea for action.
The event was entitled Beat the Odds, which offers hope for some of America's most underprivileged children and celebrates their achievements.
But I spoke to one man who told me that he could offer little hope to the young African Americans he mentors in the wake of this election.
Hillary Clinton used her voice tonight to try to help change that and dissuade others from feeling despondent.
The candidate may be gone, and right now "Hillary" looks like she might run home and curl back up on the sofa, but there is still a spark left in the first woman who got this far in trying to reach the White House.
"The divisions laid bare by this election run deep, but please listen to me when I say this.
"America is worth it. Our children are worth it. Believe in our country, fight for our values and never, ever give up."
In her concession speech after her shock defeat last week, Mrs Clinton said rival Donald Trump must be given the chance to lead.
Since then she has kept a low profile, although she was spotted while out walking.
In a phone call leaked to US media she also blamed her loss on FBI director James Comey, who announced a new inquiry into her use of a private email server in the run up to the vote. | Hillary Clinton has laid bare her disappointment at her election defeat to Donald Trump in her first public appearance since she lost a week ago. |
38,475,179 | Simon Walton put the Lions ahead from the penalty spot in the 32nd minute after James Wesolowski was upended in the area.
The visitors, who remain just one place above the relegation zone, equalised with a spot-kick of their own when substitute Bobby-Joe Taylor converted in the 64th minute.
Adam Lockwood's men, unbeaten in seven league games at home, still had time to earn all three points and Rankine buried Will Hatfield's pass seven minutes from time to claim his first goal since October and move Guiseley to within one point of their opponents in the table.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Guiseley 2, Maidstone United 1.
Second Half ends, Guiseley 2, Maidstone United 1.
Goal! Guiseley 2, Maidstone United 1. Michael Rankine (Guiseley).
Substitution, Maidstone United. James Rogers replaces Reece Prestedge.
Substitution, Guiseley. Joel Logan replaces Jordan Preston.
Goal! Guiseley 1, Maidstone United 1. Bobby-Joe Taylor (Maidstone United) converts the penalty with a.
Substitution, Maidstone United. Bobby-Joe Taylor replaces Tom Mills.
Jamar Loza (Maidstone United) is shown the yellow card.
James Wesolowski (Guiseley) is shown the yellow card.
Second Half begins Guiseley 1, Maidstone United 0.
First Half ends, Guiseley 1, Maidstone United 0.
Simon Walton (Guiseley) is shown the yellow card.
Goal! Guiseley 1, Maidstone United 0. Simon Walton (Guiseley) converts the penalty with a.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up. | Michael Rankine scored a late winner to earn Guiseley a 2-1 victory over fellow National League strugglers Maidstone. |
18,092,775 | Villagers' suspicions were aroused when the bird, a common European bee-eater, was found dead in a field with a metal ring around its leg stamped "Israel".
They called the police after deciding its nostrils were unusually large and may have carried a microchip fitted by Israeli intelligence for spying.
It was taken to government experts for examination and declared safe.
The BBC's Jonathan Head, in Istanbul, says the regional office of the Turkish agriculture ministry examined the colourfully plumed corpse and assured residents of the village, near the city of Gaziantep, that it was common practice to fit a ring to migratory birds in order to track their movements.
An official at the ministry told the BBC that it took some effort to persuade local police that the little bee-eater posed no threat to national security.
At one point a counterterrorism unit became involved in the case.
Our correspondent says that wildly implausible conspiracy theories take root easily in Turkey, with alleged Israeli plots among the most widely believed.
Ties between Turkey and Israel deteriorated sharply after nine Turkish pro-Palestinian Islamic activists died in a raid by Israeli security forces on a boat trying to break the blockade on Gaza two years ago. | A migratory bird has caused alarm in a village in south-eastern Turkey after locals mistook it for an Israeli spy. |
40,015,713 | Lacey made 72 appearances for the Glovers after joining them from Luton before the 2015-16 season.
The 23-year-old is Gillingham's first signing since former manager Peter Taylor was named director of football.
The Gills finished 20th in League One this season, just one point above the relegation zone.
"We offered him a fantastic deal to remain at Huish Park but he wanted to play at a higher level," Yeovil boss Darren Way told the club website.
"We wish him all the best in his career."
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page. | League One side Gillingham have signed centre-back Alex Lacey on a two-year deal after he rejected a new contract at League Two club Yeovil Town. |
36,022,273 | The aircraft, an M-28H attack helicopter, was not shot at, Russia's defence ministry said.
The crash happened in the early hours of Tuesday, the ministry said. The bodies were recovered and brought to Russia's Hmeimim air base.
Russia joined the Syrian conflict in September, launching air strikes in support of President Bashar al-Assad.
A "cessation of hostilities" came into force in February including the Syrian government and nearly 100 rebel factions, but not the so-called Islamic State (IS).
Russia withdrew most of its forces from Syria but officials said in March they would continue air strikes.
More than 250,000 Syrians have been killed in nearly five years of civil war. Millions more have been displaced. | Two Russian military pilots have died after their helicopter crashed near the central Syrian city of Homs. |
35,615,897 | "We are going to continue engaging Wada to ensure that Kenya reaches compliance status," said Hassan Wario.
On Thursday, global athletics chief Lord Coe said he was prepared to ban Kenya from the 2016 Olympics.
The country has already missed a deadline to provide assurances to Wada.
That led to it being placed on a 'watch-list' of nations at risk of breaching the agency's code and prompted the comments by IAAF president Lord Coe.
Kenya is a dominant nation in distance running - topping the medal table at the 2015 World Athletics Championships - but has seen more than 40 of its athletes fail drug tests since 2011.
Wario says Kenya has taken the following steps to combat its doping problem: | Kenya is "fully co-operating" with the World Anti-Doping Agency, its sports minister says, as the country aims to prove it is tackling cheating in athletics. |
36,499,566 | Sylvia and Peter Stuart, aged 69 and 75, were reported missing last Friday. Mr Stuart's body was found near their home later that day.
Ali Qazimaj, 42, of Tilbury, is wanted over the murder and disappearance.
Police said while the search for Mr Qazimaj is international in nature, the search for Mrs Stuart is UK-focused.
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Officers said further searches in Weybread were being carried out near the couple's Mill Lane home, where a bunch of flowers had been left outside.
The area around the house remains sealed off, with a police community support officer on guard outside the property.
The force said it would be "combing" fields near the house as part of an "ongoing search strategy" to locate Sylvia Stuart and any further evidence.
Det Ch Supt Simon Parkes said: "We are continuing to work to locate Sylvia and to find Ali Qazimaj."
The couple's son-in-law Steve Paxman, 61 and from Leicester, was arrested on Sunday in connection with Mr Stuart's death, and released on police bail until 3 August. | Police investigating the murder of a man and the disappearance of his wife say they are continuing to search fields near their Suffolk home. |
38,310,064 | The bill caused an outcry and Mr Kasich said it could be unconstitutional.
But he did sign a 20-week abortion ban, which is similar to a restriction already in place in 15 US states.
Mr Kasich called this bill the "best, most legally sound and sustainable approach to protecting the sanctity of human life".
The "heartbeat" bill is so called because it sets the cut-off point for legal abortions at the first time the fetal heartbeat can be detected. Such development can come before many women know they are pregnant.
Anti-abortion campaigners believe this leaves women with no choice but to continue every pregnancy.
The two bills both fell on Mr Kasich's desk at the same time and had both been approved by the Republican-controlled Ohio Senate.
The "heartbeat" bill would have been passed had Mr Kasich not used his right to veto it.
Mr Kasich said he believed that its passing would have led to costly legal challenges, which he felt the state had no chance of winning.
"The State of Ohio will be forced to pay hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars to cover the legal fees for the pro-choice activists' lawyers," said Mr Kasich, adding that he believed the veto was in the public interest.
Ohio lawmakers still have the option to override his veto.
Critics of the 20-week abortion ban see it as paving the way for an attempt to overrule a 1973 Supreme Court ruling, known as Roe v Wade, which states that abortion is legal until a foetus is viable, typically between 22 and 24 weeks.
President-elect Donald Trump called for a total ban on abortion during his presidential campaign, but later said he supports an exception in cases of "rape, incest and [to protect] the life of the mother".
US family-planning organisation Planned Parenthood say 99% of abortions in the US occur before 21 weeks, and the exceptions only occur in extreme circumstances.
Mr Trump has called for an end for federal funding for Planned Parenthood if the organisation continues to support abortions. | Ohio Governor John Kasich has vetoed the so-called "heartbeat" abortion bill that would have banned most abortions as early as six weeks into pregnancy. |
37,361,745 | Former Supt Gordon Anglesea, 78, is accused of two indecent assaults and one serious sexual assault against one boy, and the indecent assault of another.
He denies the four charges.
On the first day of his trial at Mold Crown Court, prosecutors said his position made it "harder for complaints to be made".
Prosecuting, Eleanor Laws QC, said the allegations dated back to when Mr Anglesea, of Old Colwyn, was a police inspector based in Wrexham in the mid-1980s.
The victims, now in their forties, were in their mid-teens at the time.
Ms Laws said: "The prosecution say that Gordon Anglesea, back in the day, was in a position to abuse these two men when they were teenagers as a result of his position he held within the police force at the time, a time when the issue of institutional abuse and abuse by public figures was hard for most of us to believe, or want to believe - and harder for complaints to be made."
The trial, set to last several weeks, continues. | A former north Wales police chief was "in a position to abuse" two teenage boys in the 1980s, a court has heard. |
39,696,160 | Leigh Day failed to disclose evidence its Iraqi clients were members of a "murderous" militia group when it represented them in compensation cases, a tribunal has heard.
The claims caused years of anguish to falsely accused soldiers, it was told.
Leigh Day and solicitors Martyn Day and Sapna Malik deny 19 misconduct charges.
Fellow solicitor Anna Crowther also denies one allegation of misconduct at the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal in London.
Without the firm's failures it was unlikely a £31m public inquiry into claims of murder and torture by UK soldiers would have taken place, the tribunal was told.
Representing the Solicitors Regulation Authority, Timothy Dutton QC, said: "Over a period of more than seven years, Martyn Day, Sapna Malik and Leigh Day made and maintained allegations that soldiers in the British Army had murdered, tortured and mutilated Iraqi civilians."
He said the lawyers had continued to act for their clients despite having a document showing they were members of a militia associated with the Mahdi Army, which had ambushed British troops.
Mr Dutton said the OMS (Shia militia group Office of the Martyr Al Sadr) detainee List had been in their possession from 2004 onwards and "undermined their clients' claims they were innocent bystanders in the Battle of Danny Boy".
The battle occurred on 14 May when British soldiers were ambushed near to the city of Al Amara by Iraqi insurgents of the Mahdi Army.
The tribunal heard Leigh Day had received some £9.5m for its work on the compensation cases.
The firm has always said the failure to disclose the detainee list was caused by "human error" and not professional wrongdoing.
Mr Dutton said if the list had been made available to others, it was unlikely legal aid would have been granted to Public Interest Lawyers and the long-running Al-Sweady inquiry would not have gone ahead.
Public Interest Lawyers, which submitted multiple allegations of misconduct by British troops during the Iraq War, has since closed down and its lead lawyer, Phil Shiner, has been struck off for misconduct.
Mr Dutton said: "If the respondents had discharged their duties, British soldiers and their families would not have had to endure torment and years of worry arising from false allegations endorsed by solicitors and members of the profession, made not just in claims but to the world's media."
The Al-Sweady inquiry concluded in its final report that the conduct of some soldiers towards detainees breached the Geneva Convention.
But it was highly critical of the claims it was initially set up to investigate - that Iraqi detainees had been murdered, mutilated and tortured following the Battle of Danny Boy.
It found that British forces responded to a deadly ambush by insurgents with "exemplary courage, resolution and professionalism".
Among the charges the lawyers face is an allegation of prohibited payments made to a person called Mazin Younis, and of improper conduct at a 2008 press conference involving Mr Shiner, where it was claimed that British soldiers had carried out the abuse.
The tribunal, which is scheduled to last seven weeks, is expected to be the longest and most expensive in the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal's history. | A law firm has been accused of misconduct over the way it handled claims that British troops tortured civilians during the Iraq War. |
39,425,641 | Coleman suffered a double break of his right leg during Friday's draw with Wales, and O'Neill said the injury had put a "dampener" on Tuesday's friendly with Iceland, who won 1-0 in Dublin.
"He's getting out tomorrow, I think," said O'Neill after the game on Tuesday.
"Seamus is doing much better. I went to see him again. He's in better spirits."
He added: "It's as much to do with he's still got the family around - his brother, his wife, his mother and the youngster all keeping him pretty busy."
The Republic captain fractured both the tibia and fibula in his leg when he was tackled by Wales defender Neil Taylor, who was sent off.
O'Neill said Coleman's "strong character" increased his chances of making a full recovery.
"If anybody is going to come roaring back from this injury, it will certainly be him," he added.
Coleman was not only the only Republic regular missing from Tuesday's friendly, as O'Neill fielded four debutants against the Euro 2016 quarter-finalists.
Brentford defender John Egan and Aston Villa midfielder Conor Hourihane both started, while O'Neill introduced Preston pair Daryl Horgan and Andy Boyle from the bench.
Egan's concession of a free-kick was punished as Bristol City full-back Hordur Magnusson curled in Iceland's winner in the 21st minute.
Despite that, O'Neill praised Egan and his fellow debutants.
"John Egan, I thought, did fine. He got a cut head after a couple of minutes - we bandaged him up - and Hourihane played for the first time," he said.
"Horgan's dribbled between players and he's put in a couple of really great balls. For the length of the time he was on the pitch, that was an excellent contribution." | Everton defender Seamus Coleman is expected to leave hospital on Wednesday, says Republic of Ireland boss Martin O'Neill. |
36,637,376 | Police said about 30 members of a white supremacist group were holding a rally outside the California State Capitol when about 400 counter-protesters turned up and fights broke out.
Nine men and one woman were treated for stab wounds, cuts and bruises, officials said.
No arrests have been reported so far.
Video posted on social media showed dozens of people, some wearing masks and wielding what appeared to be wooden bats, racing across the capitol grounds and attacking others.
The two people seriously wounded had suffered stab wounds, Sacramento Fire Department spokesman Chris Harvey said.
"There was a large number of people carrying sticks and rushing to either get into the melee or see what was going on," he said.
Matthew Heimbach, chairman of white supremacist group the Traditionalist Worker Party (TWP), told the Los Angeles Times that his group and the Golden State Skinheads had organised the rally.
He said one of their marchers had been stabbed in an artery and six of the counter-protesters had also been stabbed.
TWP vice chairman Matt Parrott, who was at the rally, blamed "leftist radicals" for the violence.
The TWP is described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as the political wing of the Traditionalist Youth Network, which aims to "indoctrinate high school and college students into white nationalism". | At least 10 people have been wounded, two seriously, in clashes between right-wing extremists and counter-protesters in Sacramento, California. |
33,441,715 | In the case of Julien Temple, you rejoice. Not only was the film-maker delighted to see Wilko Johnson defy death, he also thinks he ended up with a better film. And it's not just for fans of rock'n'roll, he says.
In late 2013, Temple was approached to work with Johnson. The guitarist had already appeared in Oil City Confidential, Temple's 2009 film featuring 1970s R&B band Dr Feelgood and their home territory of Canvey Island in Essex.
"But this time it looked like quite a small project," Temple says. "Wilko was making an album with [The Who's] Roger Daltrey on a very quick turnaround, and they needed a video. But Wilko is an engaging man, and I thought I would at least film a couple of conversations with him. Because by then he certainly had a story to tell."
The outline of that story is now well known. The guitarist had largely slipped from the headlines until, in early 2013, he gave a candid interview to BBC Radio 4's Front Row programme, explaining he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and been told he had about 10 months to live.
In the interview, Johnson, now 67, was resolute and humorous. He impressed listeners with his determination to make the best of whatever time was left to him.
Which, as Temple's film records, has turned out to be considerably longer than doctors expected.
This week, The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson received its UK premiere, in London, in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust charity. Afterwards, Johnson played a celebratory set at the 100 Club on Oxford Street.
Aptly, photographs were being taken by surgeon Charlie Chan. Chan works in Cheltenham and specialises in breast surgery, but his other passion is photography. The combination has had an extraordinary effect on Johnson's life and may even have saved it.
Chan says he was taken aback when he went to photograph the guitarist at the London venue Koko in October 2013. "I'd already photographed Wilko at home in Southend that summer - which I was certain would be the last time I would ever see him," he says. "Yet he actually looked better at the club than he had three months before.
"I'm not a specialist in pancreatic cancers, but the penny dropped. Something just didn't add up: by then he should have been very sick indeed or probably dead. So I arranged for Wilko to see the surgeon Emmanuel Huguet at Addenbrooke's hospital in Cambridge. After that things moved very quickly."
Julien Temple did not set out to make a standard hospital documentary, but the parts of The Ecstasy that record Wilko Johnson's medical journey are gripping and at times moving.
Yet the director says he hopes audiences will be equally engaged by the sight of Johnson by the River Thames in Essex, playing chess with the sinister figure of Death.
At the time, no-one expected Johnson could possibly take the game.
The chess is an obvious nod to Ingmar Bergman's film The Seventh Seal. It is not the only movie classic Temple borrows from.
"These days a documentary like this is made with a crew of four or five, but modern kit can serve the film-maker incredibly well," he says. "We could retain the intimacy which was important to let Wilko speak openly. But we also weave in several dramatic clips from Powell and Pressburger's classic film A Matter of Life and Death from 1946."
In the film, David Niven plays a wartime RAF pilot who cheats death: Temple says the parallel seemed irresistible. Johnson grins and says it is one of his favourite films too.
The documentary is not all about death or defeating death. We also learn why Johnson loves astronomy and Canvey Island so much. The soundtrack features everything from 1950s rock'n'roll to Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Johnson says the time under a sentence of death now feels like a dream he is in the process of shaking off. "I've been told that Julien captures that well, but the truth is so far I've avoided seeing the complete film: I find it toe-curling to watch myself on screen or to read pieces about my life," he says.
"Who knows what the future will bring, but Charlie Chan and then the NHS at Addenbrooke's gave me a new lease of life. It was hard originally to get my head around the terrible diagnosis two and a half years ago. But in a way to be told by Mr Huguet in Cambridge that my cancer was operable after all was even more difficult to take in. I've been incredibly lucky."
Temple says no project he has ever worked on has changed so much so quickly. "It was about two months between my coming on board and then suddenly Wilko getting his amazing news," her says. "My mum was dying at the time that Wilko was so ill, and all the emotions began to merge. I actually found what Wilko said, both on screen and off, very inspiring.
"I love the music in the film, seeing Wilko perform now and 40 years ago. But the film is not just for fans of rock'n'roll. All of us are going to face something like he faced - either ourselves or in a parent or a partner or a friend.
"Both of us are atheists, but I think there's an unexpected element of spirituality to the film. That is as well as the rock'n'roll of course."
The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson is in selected cinemas from 17 July | What do you do if you set out to make an intimate documentary about a terminally ill rock performer - only to discover your central character then makes an astonishing return to health? |
35,060,764 | The six, including prominent lawmaker Billow Kerrow, were taken to a police building for questioning.
Mr Kerrow suggested the graves were of people killed by the security forces.
The interior minister said the allegation was false, and undermined efforts to tackle militant Islamists.
Fifteen sites had been exhumed in Mandera county, and no mass graves had been found, Joseph Nkaissery said in a statement.
The body of one woman was discovered.
Mr Kerrow and the other politicians had caused "unnecessary alarm and fear following outlandish and unsubstantiated allegations", he added.
"The claim is that any person found dead is assumed to have been killed by a security agent. This is not only unacceptable but outrageous," Mr Nkaissery said.
He demanded that the politicians "retract in full and apologise to the nation for their alarmist statements", or risk facing the "full force of the law".
Although Mr Kerrow subsequently apologised, police arrested him and another five politicians when they flew in from Mandera to the capital, Nairobi, reports the BBC's Robert Kiptoo from the scene.
The six were driven in police vehicles to the headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Division for questioning, he adds.
Amnesty International said it had visited Mandera, and could confirm that there were no mass graves.
However, there were reports of systematic human rights violations, including torture and extra-judicial killings, it said.
When the reports of a mass grave first emerged earlier this week, the hashtag #StopKillingSomalis started to trend in Kenya.
A report last year by campaign group Human Rights Watch said there was strong evidence that Kenya's Anti-Terrorism Police Unit has carried out a series of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances in the region.
Kenya's security forces deny the allegation.
Kenya has thousands of troops fighting al-Shabab in neighbouring Somalia. The militant group says this is why it has staged several deadly attacks in Kenya in recent years. | Six Kenyan politicians, detained over comments on the alleged discovery of mass graves in the north-east, have been released after six hours. |
37,517,548 | Tries from Kurt Gidley, Stefan Ratchford and Tom Lineham secured an 18-10 win for Wolves, a week after they secured the League Leaders' Shield.
Wire have reached two Grand Finals previously, in 2012 and 2013, but have never won the showpiece event.
"Our boys just had that determination," Smith told 5 Live Sports Extra.
"I thought we made it a bit hard on ourselves as our kicking game wasn't fantastic and we made a couple of errors here and there - even where we attacked wasn't the smartest at times.
"But I just had that feeling that no matter what happened tonight they were going to work hard for each other and that's a really big ingredient in rugby league.
"You might not be squeaky clean or perfect in some areas but if you work really hard for each other you can cover over a lot of cracks." | Warrington head coach Tony Smith has praised the character of his players after they beat St Helens to reach the Grand Final. |
37,784,079 | Operating profit between July and September fell 30% from a year earlier to 5.2tn won ($4.6bn, £3.8bn) - the lowest level in two years.
The world's largest smartphone manufacturer stopped making the Note 7 after reports of them catching fire.
Meanwhile the firm's shareholders have backed Samsung heir apparent Lee Jae-yong joining the board.
He is grandson of the firm's founder Lee Byung-chull. and the son of Samsung chairman Lee Kun-hee.
The appointment is being seen as a major step towards his overall control of the family-run group.
But Mr Lee's appointment has raised some questions from critics who say he has not held any major role at the firm and was taking a place on the board through birth rather than by merit.
- Grandson of Samsung founder Lee Byung-chul, son of current chairman Lee Kun-hee.
- Aged 48, he's spent his entire career in the company and is vice chairman of Samsung Electronics.
- Last year was nominated to join the board of Samsung Electronics - an appointment confirmed on 27 October.
- Widely expected to take overall control of Samsung once his 74-year-old father steps down.
- Critics say his position on the board is due to his birth, not his business experience.
Recalling and then scrapping the Note 7, which competed with Apple's iPhone, has been seen as a blow for the company's reputation for quality and reliability.
Samsung said its mobile phone unit would now focus on "expanding sales of new flagship products... as well as regaining consumers' confidence."
However its next major handset launch, the Galaxy 8 is not due until next year.
"Samsung has lost consumer confidence, but I think it still has at least one more chance. Rather than rushing to release the next product, it should conduct a thorough inspection and explain the results of its investigation into the Note 7," said Greg Roh, an analyst at HMC Investment Securities.
Samsung had first tried to replace the phones with improved devices, but this was scrapped when reports started coming in of the new handsets also overheating and catching fire.
Eventually, Samsung stopped sales and halted production of the phone.
And while the weaker profit numbers were in line with the firm's revised guidance, there was no doubt the fiasco had "a big impact" according to Jake Saunders of ABI research.
"It's painful - the Note 7 should potentially have sold 15 to 17 million units and that's gone," he told the BBC. "That's now suddenly an opportunity for other smartphone makers to jump in."
The troubles come at a time when high-end smartphone makers are seeing sales slow - as they struggle to encourage consumers in developed markets to upgrade to newer models.
Earlier this week, Samsung's main rival in the smartphone market, Apple, reported falling sales and revenue for the first time since 2001. | South Korean technology giant Samsung has seen profits plunge after the recall of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone. |
32,860,868 | The Welfare Reform Bill is due before the assembly on Tuesday, despite no agreement between Sinn Féin and the DUP.
Sinn Féin withdrew its support for the bill in March.
Mrs Foster told the BBC's Inside Business programme she did not want to see the assembly break down.
"I hope that it doesn't happen and that if it comes to the fact that the welfare reform bill falls, that the government will step in and legislate for welfare in Northern Ireland, because if they don't we will continue to have a huge hole in our budget," she said.
"It would just be unacceptable to the community in Northern Ireland for us to implement that budget because it would be a budget with cuts which would be unimaginable, we just would not be able to support that."
On Friday, SDLP leader Alasdair McDonnell said his party would not be bounced into an artificial deadline on welfare reform.
The party's 14 MLAs have signed a petition of concern on the measure.
Combined with the 28 signatures already collected by Sinn Féin, the SDLP move means the welfare reform bill will be blocked as it will not get the necessary cross community support.
On Thursday, the BBC saw a document in which Ms Foster outlined the financial crisis facing the Northern Ireland Executive.
Her paper, obtained by the Nolan Show, was circulated to other executive ministers.
In it, she said no deal on welfare would mean the executive having to make cuts of £604m in order to balance its books.
Mrs Foster said health could lose £280m and education £114m.
A so-called black hole would be created because loans offered in the Stormont House Agreement depend on the welfare issue being resolved.
Arlene Foster's interview was broadcast on BBC Radio Ulster's Inside Business at 13:30 BST on Sunday 24 May. | Finance Minister Arlene Foster has said she hopes the current impasse over social welfare does not lead to the collapse of the assembly. |
39,844,585 | He scored 12 goals in 23 games for the Bees after returning from a loan spell with Spanish club Eibar in January.
The 25-year-old joined Brentford from Celta Vigo in 2014, and has made 74 appearances for the club.
Brentford finished 10th in the Championship table this season, 16 points outside the play-off places. | Brentford have taken up an option in forward Jota's contract to keep him with the Championship club until the end of next season. |
34,195,033 | This week: not so much. The industry is hunkered down, counting the cost of contraction.
There are still riches to be made from exporting, and Aberdeen is doing that well. But in the UK sector, one insider told me that quite a few companies are "simply waiting to be bought". There's nowhere else to go.
Every week brings more redundancies. Last week was Expro. This week, ConocoPhillips put us on stand-by for more bad news on that front, thought most of it in North America.
Financial restructuring is required to stay afloat. Iona Energy and Independent Oil and Gas are two North Sea-focused drillers that have been struggling to keep it together in the short term.
The recent collapse of Fletcher Shipping, leasing offshore supply ships and based in Portlethen, shows what happens when day rates plummet from £18,000 to £3000. (We've yet to hear how much the Scottish government's investment fund lost in that pre-pack administration.)
The annual economic report from industry body Oil and Gas UK notes that expectations of an acquisitions boom haven't been met, yet. Talisman and BG are two big firms being taken over this year, but others seem to be on hold.
Perhaps it is because deals will become more attractive once firms have run out of cash, working capital and other options. The expectations when the oil price appeared to bottom out last January was that the price would be rising by now, as supply constraints kicked in.
But while demand for energy from China has been slowing up, the US shale industry continues to produce, and OPEC has been surpassing its own agreed limits.
Platts, the industry data specialist, has just released its latest take on OPEC production, saying the battle is not to maintain the cartel's control of pricing, but for market share of its 31 million barrels of daily production.
The Saudi-led group has realised that its tactics are not going to kill off US shale, where they can quickly start fracking again as prices rise, and Iran is preparing to come back into the market post-sanctions. So from the Persian Gulf to Venezuela, they're going to have to look to a new strategy.
With that background, it's become harder to see when prices might rise again, and when they do, it doesn't look like being a return to dollar gushers.
Seventy dollars is thought to be the price at which US frackers can move in to the market to boost supply and keep prices from rising further. The price of Brent crude has risen in the last week from below $43 to around $48.
Having hunkered down for several months, North Sea firms are now having to move on to Plan B, for a sustained period of much lower prices.
That's where Oil and Gas UK, along with the new offshore regulator, have been trying to provide a route map from short-term cost-cutting to a big drive on efficiency, to a transformation of the industry. And all within around three years.
The figures about recent developments underline the need for something transformational. Within the Oil and Gas UK report, here are some elements worth noting.
If you like hydrocarbons (and plenty people think they should stay in the ground), the good news is that production is on the rise. Fifteen years after its decline began and after some sharp declines in recent years, UK offshore production is up 3% in the first half of this year.
If Petrofac can finally sort out its miserable project management of Total's Laggan-Tormore field west of Shetland, then the start of gas from that should push 2015 production into the first increase since 2000.
Other plans have drifted. Of 15 new fields due to come on stream this year, a third have already been pushed into 2016.
Big new fields should push the numbers up further - by 4% next year, then 3%, then 6%, to reach 1.7 million barrels per day by 2018. That's still well under half the peak production in 1999, but it shows what you get from investment spend peaking at a colossal £14.8bn last year.
Following through on investment decisions taken before the oil price fell, investment is holding up at around £11bn this year. That is dominated by only four huge projects east and west of Shetland; Mariner, Kraken, Schiehallion and Clair Ridge.
As these move towards production, that investment spend falls sharply - by £2bn to £3bn for the next three years. With a lower oil price, new projects simply aren't being sanctioned.
Even before prices fell, the UK offshore industry had figured out that its costs were spiralling dangerously.
They are trying to get those costs down, through collaboration, sharing the best ideas for efficiency and standardised processes so that more can be shared.
If it has recently cost £17.80 to produce the average barrel, you might think there ought to be a healthy profit. But to that, you have to add £13.60 development costs. Translate that into dollars, and the combined cost is $49.30 - just above the current barrel price.
That simplifies things a bit, so it's worth looking at the spread of costs.
More than 50 fields were producing oil last year at a cost of less than £10 per barrel, so it continues to look profitable. Around 10 were doing so for at least £40, and a couple for more than £60. Fields cost per barrel tend to rise sharply as they near the end of their working lives.
As old fields dry up, the industry's hope is that they can be replaced. UK drillers would like something like the vast Johann Svardrup field, recently discovered within a developed area just across the sea boundary with Norway.
(The astonishing field announced last week off the coast of Egypt, containing an estimated 30 trillion cubic feet of gas, would be even more welcome.)
But hoping is about all they're doing. So far this year, only seven exploration wells have been sunk. That's in line with recent years, and the appetite for taking risks in the UK sector are diminished by a dire success rate.
In the three years 2012 to 2014, only 165 million recoverable barrels have been found. Last year's finds amounted to only 60 million barrels.
That may sound a lot if you buy your fuel by the litre and tankful. But at current rates of production, that would last little more than three months of pumping.
At that rate of success with exploration, the estimate of between two and nine billion of yet-to-find UK oil and gas looks like being very optimistic.
So what about going after the reserves they know they've got? The Oil and Gas UK economic report points to analysis suggesting there are nine billion barrels found but not developed, from 300 discoveries.
Most of these were found before 2000, and even with the oil price consistently above $100, they still weren't attractive enough to develop.
So what to do? Cue - yes, you've guessed correctly - the industry's call for more tax incentives. | Offshore oil and gas has previously used the vast scale of its Offshore Europe event in Aberdeen to showcase how big and bold it is. |
40,157,663 | Clerk of the course Gary Thompson confirmed the opening four-lap Supersport race will start at 13:00 BST.
However, police said part of the course between Ballacraine and Ballig is currently closed after a tree fell on top of a car.
It is not believed anyone in the car was injured.
The day's schedule also includes the first Sidecar race at 14:50 BST and practice sessions for TT Zero, Superstock and Lightweight machines.
Most roads around the course will close to traffic at midday.
The Mountain Road from Barrule Park, Ramsey to Bungalow will close at 11.15 and Bungalow to Creg Ny Baa at 11:30.
The event's opening Superbike race was won by Yorkshire racer Ian Hutchinson on Sunday. | The second day of racing at the Isle of Man TT has been delayed because of poor weather on the island. |
30,302,258 | The attack took place on the same day as Egyptian security forces broke up protest camps set up by Brotherhood supporters, leaving hundreds dead.
Egypt has been fiercely criticised for its crackdown on Islamist supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi.
Hundreds of death sentences have been passed but none have been carried out.
The latest sentences are subject to the opinion of Egypt's top religious authority, the Grand Mufti.
A final verdict is due on 24 January, after which defendants may appeal.
More than 140 of the 188 defendants are already in custody, while the rest have been sentenced in absentia.
The sentences were passed for an attack on a police station in the village of Kerdasa on 14 August 2013, in which at least 11 officers were killed.
More than 500 people have been sentenced to death for a separate attack on a police station in Minya on the same day.
Mr Morsi, a senior figure of the Brotherhood, had been forced from office by the military in the previous month, following mass protests against him.
He was succeeded by President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, a former military chief who has been heavily criticised for his crackdown on the Islamists.
On Saturday, another court dropped all charges against former President Hosni Mubarak, who has been in custody since being overthrown in the so-called Arab Spring uprising of 2011.
Critics of the current government accuse it of restoring Mr Mubarak's authoritarian practices. | More than 180 supporters of the banned Muslim Brotherhood have been sentenced to death in Egypt over a 2013 attack on a police station near Cairo. |
34,540,154 | A knife, "bloodstained goggles" and "make-up stained masks" were among the items produced at Bristol Crown Court.
The 16-year-old's dismembered body was discovered in a shed at an address in Bristol in March.
Becky's stepbrother Nathan Matthews and his girlfriend Shauna Hoare deny murdering her.
Crime scene investigator Lucy Pinkard confirmed pliers with apparent blood stains, a screwdriver and handcuffs were also recovered.
Becky's aunt, Sarah Broom, left the public gallery as the jury were shown a bloodstained green jumper which had been cut along the back.
An all-in-one garment with "apparent blood staining" was also shown to the court. Jurors had previously been told Becky was probably wearing the "onesie" and the jumper when she died.
Ms Pinkard said bloodstained safety goggles, a kitchen knife, scissors, two screwdrivers, masks, handcuffs, pliers and a shower curtain were found in a small rucksack discovered in the shed at 9 Barton Court in the Barton Hill area of the city on 3 March.
The finds also included a broken beaded bracelet and white bedding with blood stains and scorch marks which were wrapped in three layers of cling film and a black bin bag inside a suitcase, the court learned.
The jury also heard from a police officer who examined a polka dot suitcase found in the shed which contained a circular saw alongside an empty bleach bottle, limescale remover, pan scourers, two T-shirts and a pair of jeans
Earlier, the jury was shown suitcases, a blue plastic box and a bin liner, in which Becky's body parts were found.
PC Jeremy Gale told the court a stun gun, which is a prohibited weapon, was found at Ms Hoare's house in Cotton Mill lane.
The court heard if it had been used for a split second it would have had a disorientating effect, and if used for longer the victim would have lost control of their muscles.
Mr Matthews, 28, of Hazelbury Drive, South Gloucestershire, admits killing his stepsister but denies murder and conspiring to kidnap her.
He also admits perverting the course of justice, preventing Becky's burial and possessing a prohibited weapon.
Miss Hoare, 21, of Cotton Mill Lane, Bristol, denies murder and conspiracy to kidnap, the weapons charge, perverting the course of justice and preventing a burial.
Two other men, Donovan Demetrius, 29, and James Ireland, 23, deny assisting an offender.
The trial continues. | A member of Becky Watts' family left court in tears as jurors at her murder trial were shown bloodstained clothing found with the teenager's body. |
34,893,898 | The crash happened along Penarth Road, Penarth, at 03:00 GMT on Sunday.
He is being treated at the University Hospital of Wales (UHW), Cardiff. His injuries are described as "critical".
Meanwhile, police are investigating a collision between a car and a tractor at Bonvilston, in which a man, 26, sustained "serious head injuries".
The crash occurred just off the A48 on Sycamore Cross lanes at about 15:25 GMT on Saturday.
The injured car driver was taken to the UHW. | An 18-year-old man has suffered "multiple internal injuries" after his car struck a tree and overturned in the Vale of Glamorgan. |
35,733,593 | Lincoln took the lead on 16 minutes when Jamie McCombe met Greg Tempest's cross with a fine header past goalkeeper Shwan Jalal.
Danny Whitehead then equalised for the Silkmen with an excellent long-range strike just five minutes into the second half.
Both goalkeepers were tested late on but neither side could find a winner.
Lincoln lie 10th, six points off fifth-placed Tranmere, six points above 13th-placed Macc.
Imps manager Chris Moyses told BBC Radio Lincolnshire:
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"It was probably a good game for the neutral. They had chances, we had chances and it was quite open at times but we came to win.
"We were desperate for the second goal which wasn't forthcoming. We counter-attacked more in the second half and maybe could have done it better.
"We got the ball in good areas but then gave it straight back and we gave a lot of stupid free-kicks away which gave them the momentum." | Macclesfield came from behind to earn a point against National League play-off outsiders Lincoln City. |
38,506,536 | Joan Hawes, 77, went to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge in July thinking her leg pain might be a blood clot.
Medics sent her home with painkillers after diagnosing a ligament injury. The next morning she was found dead.
Coroner Simon Milburn ruled Mrs Hawes died of natural causes as deep vein thrombosis had not been detected.
Mrs Hawes was assessed by a triage nurse when she arrived at the hospital and blood tests were ordered, Huntingdon Coroners' Court heard.
However, during a later examination, she was told the pain in her knee was caused by a ligament injury and the tests were cancelled.
She was discharged with painkillers and advised not to climb stairs.
The coroner heard Mrs Hawes had spent the night downstairs. In the morning she was found unresponsive by her 84-year-old husband Terrence, who called 999.
A paramedic who went to their home confirmed she had died.
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Solicitor Amanda Cavanagh said the family received a letter on Tuesday from the trust which accepted "liability and causation in the death of Mrs Hawes".
"The family are understandably deeply distressed at what has happened to Mrs Hawes, an otherwise fit and healthy woman," she said.
"They were looking to the inquest for answers, and in some respects this admission by Addenbrooke's will go some way to provide them."
In a statement after the inquest, a spokesperson for Cambridge University Hospitals said a formal apology had been offered to the family.
"An investigation was carried out to make sure lessons could be learned from what happened to Joan and a detailed action plan has been put in place to improve the way deep vein thrombosis is recognised and treated," the statement said.
Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a blood clot that usually develops within a deep leg vein that runs through the muscles of the calf and the thigh.
It is a serious condition and can lead to complications such as a pulmonary embolism.
Symptoms include pain and swelling in one leg, a heavy ache and warm, red skin on the back of the leg below the knee.
If left untreated, about one in 10 people with DVT will develop a pulmonary embolism, which can be life-threatening as it prevents blood reaching the lungs.
Both DVT and pulmonary embolism require urgent investigation and treatment.
Each year, DVT affects about one person in every 1,000 in the UK.
It is most common in the over-40s, as well as with people who have prolonged inactivity, are pregnancy or obese. | Hospital bosses have admitted causing the death of a patient who was sent home and told her deep vein thrombosis (DVT) was a ligament injury. |
31,320,162 | Haq celebrates his 32nd birthday on Wednesday and is the oldest and most capped player in Scotland's team.
Machan, who turns 24 on Sunday, is the third youngest in Grant Bradburn's national side at the 2015 World Cup.
Haq was born and bred in Paisley by Pakistani parents, obtaining an honours degree in accountancy from the town's university.
Machan entered this world at one of the most southerly points of England and has lived in the Brighton area all his life.
Haq has never played English county cricket despite a brief trial period with Warwickshire in 2008.
Machan is already steeped in England's domestic scene, having played at Sussex since 2010.
Haq's reputation has been built on solid bowling, while Machan increasingly shows he has a way with the bat.
But, when cricket's showpiece in Australia and New Zealand starts on Friday, Haq and Machan will unquestionably have the same, identical goal.
Machan told BBC Scotland: "Winning one game will be creating history.
"Whether we can go further than that, you never know. We've done quite well in the associate world for the last six to 18 months.
"It's a real chance to put ourselves on the world stage and try and become a side like Ireland and Afghanistan have over the last four or five years."
Machan, who is eligible to play for Scotland because of his Glasgow-born mother, highlights the aim each squad member and Scotland fan has probably expressed tens of times over recent months.
Despite Scotland's presence at the 1999 and 2007 World Cup tournaments, all they experienced were defeats, so a single victory this time around would represent decent progress.
In Pool A with them are New Zealand, England, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Australia.
Six opportunities. And Haq said: "We're very confident against every team.
"A lot of the guys are playing at a high level down south. It's quite a young squad, but a lot of the young guys have already played a lot of cricket.
"They're mature as players, so I think it's time to show the world how good the Scotland cricket team is.
"There's no reason why we can't get points on the board in the first game against New Zealand. A lot of pressure is going to be on them."
Haq is partly referring to New Zealand being co-hosts, but something else too.
In October, Scotland performed admirably against a strong New Zealand XI, losing by a solitary run when really, had it not been for a couple of misfields, victory was in their grasp.
The highlight of that contest for Haq was ending the Kiwi captain's spell at the crease.
"It would be nice to get Brendan McCullum again," said Haq, who has also dismissed ex-England skippers Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Strauss in his career.
"He's very tough to bowl at and one of their best batsmen. I need one more wicket to become the highest wicket taker, so hopefully it can happen pretty soon.
"It's important for me as a senior player, and as someone who's been there and played for a long time, to take the lead role when it comes to the matches."
Machan hopes the fact he posted an excellent 86 in that autumn contest versus New Zealand will give the hosts the jitters at Dunedin's University Oval.
"I think it will play some part," said Machan, a former England Under-18 team-mate of England wicketkeeper Jos Buttler.
"I know it's already sold out. I've got friends in Dunedin and they say the build-up for the World Cup and Scotland coming over to Dunedin is incredible.
"We'll have a lot of home support over there, so it will be an interesting game and one we can definitely challenge to try to win."
When that opening match is done and dusted, there is no respite for the Scots.
Next up is a face-off with England in Christchurch on 22 February in what will be an interesting occasion for Machan, who may have Sussex team-mate Chris Jordan as an opponent.
"I play against a lot of the guys on the county scene and know quite a few of them from growing up," he said.
"It's going to be a nice experience and to see where you are in comparison to them. Anything can happen."
Key to Scotland's chances against the English could be having one of their own in the camp.
Former England limited-overs skipper Paul Collingwood has been drafted in as a specialist coach for the Scots. Collingwood's former Test captain Michael Vaughan has already commented that current England coach Peter Moores should have enlisted the Durham all-rounder's help.
"It's always good to have Collingwood with us," said Haq. "I'm sure he'll know most of the English guys.
"With England, you know what you're going to get. They're all top-class players and they perform when it comes to the big tournaments. They will be targeting the semi-finals."
Perhaps the subsequent two matches, against Afghanistan and Bangladesh, will be the crucial contests in Scotland acquiring the one World Cup win they crave.
While Machan agrees that double-header could "define their tournament", he is reluctant to put a lid on their aspirations.
"You never know what's going to happen in fixtures, with a 'no result' or another associate team winning a game, so we might find ourselves in the mix," he said.
Wait a minute, Scotland qualifying for the latter stages?
"I've thought about it," he added. | Majid Haq and Matt Machan seem poles apart. |
32,250,763 | Jail officials in Rawalpindi said Mr Lakhvi was released on Friday morning.
India's Home Minister Rajnath Singh has called the release "unfortunate and disappointing", Indian media reports say.
Mr Lakhvi had been granted bail in December, but was kept in detention under public order legislation.
That detention was declared void by the High Court, which ordered his release.
Mr Lakhvi still faces trial - along with six other suspects - over the attacks, which left 166 people dead and damaged peace efforts between the two countries.
Zakiur Rahman Lakhvi's trial in the Mumbai attacks case still continues, but his release on bail suggests the legal evidence presented in court by prosecutors may not be enough for a conviction.
This contrasts with six years ago, when the interior minister at the time, Rehman Malik, provided graphic details of how a part of the Mumbai attacks conspiracy was hatched in Pakistan. Indian officials have since said that they also handed evidence against Mr Lakhvi and his comrades to Pakistani prosecutors.
Apparently, most of this evidence has not been made part of the case record, indicating legal complications and also perhaps a lack of interest on the part of Pakistani authorities.
Analysts say legal technicalities may be one factor behind his release. Another factor, according to some in the intelligence community, may be the fear in security circles that his "demobilisation" may hurt the morale of Kashmir-focused insurgents, something they say the government does not wish to see.
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The Mumbai attacks were blamed on militants of the Lashkar-e-Taiba group (LeT) which Mr Lakhvi was accused of heading.
He was arrested by Pakistan on 7 December 2008, four days after he was named by Indian officials as one of the major suspects.
A spokesman for Jamaat-ud-Dawa, a charity accused of links to LeT, said Mr Lakhvi was "free now and in a secure place".
"We can't say exactly where is he at the moment for security reasons," the official told AFP.
Mr Lakhvi had been receiving special treatment during his time in prison.
Jail officers said he, along with six of his comrades, had several rooms at their disposal. They had access to a television, mobile phones and the internet, as well as dozens of visitors a day.
These privileges had allowed him to remain in effective contact with the LeT rank and file, the officials said.
Elements in the Pakistani establishment are known to have provided such facilities to jailed militant commanders whom they believe they may need in future.
The court order to free Mr Lakhvi on bail caused controversy as it came just after militants carried out a massacre at a school in Peshawar last December.
The attack prompted the civilian and military leadership to come together to make a rare call for action against "all shades of terrorism". | The suspected mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, has been released on bail from a Pakistani jail, officials say. |
31,510,074 | Archway Sheet Metal Works, in Paxton Road, Tottenham, has asked a judge to quash the order.
If it is quashed, it could delay the new 56,000 capacity stadium.
In November, a fire gutted the premises, which is yards from the White Hart Lane ground in north London.
Mr Justice Dove has been told by Archway lawyers the police are currently "investigating the cause of arson".
The owners said they had received "bomb threats".
Josif Josif, 46, who runs the family business, said at the time of the fire: "People were calling us and threatening us and we were receiving bomb threats and that started a few months ago, but we don't know if that's got anything to do with it."
The firm, which produces metal items for the catering and hospitality industry, has been in dispute with Spurs for the last decade over its redevelopment plans.
The London Borough of Haringey made the purchase order in March 2012, which was confirmed by the communities secretary in July 2014 following a public inquiry.
Archway is challenging the legality of the order and also claims new changes to the Spurs project have come to light which are so substantial they "alter the viability case made at the inquiry" and further undermine the order.
Christopher Lockhart-Mummery QC, appearing for Archway, has written a submission to the judge, saying an application for disclosure of documents held by Tottenham Hotspur Ltd had revealed the extent of the changes.
The Tottenham documents revealed discussions had taken place involving an updated design of the Spurs stadium increasing its capacity by 5,000, as well as a potential increase in the residential development and commercial development space to include a medical centre, gym and fitness centre.
Mr Lockhart-Mummery said discussions about the changes had taken place between Haringey Council and Tottenham Hotspur Ltd and representatives "at high levels of Government", including UK Trade and Investment and HM Treasury, as well as the Greater London Authority and Transport for London.
He said: "There is clear evidence of an intention to implement these changes."
Stephen Whale, acting for the communities secretary, submitted there were no grounds for ruling the purchase order invalid or unlawful, adding the minister had acted "on unchallenged findings" that the stadium project would benefit the borough.
The club has planning permission for the new stadium and it hopes to open for the 2018-19 season.
A Spurs spokesman said: "We have already successfully and amicably relocated more than 70 businesses in the area to the satisfaction of all parties concerned and a number of these organisations continue to reside in the borough.
"Whilst we were able to accommodate all these other businesses' requests, in the instance of Archway, we have been unable to reach agreement over the period of the last seven years."
The hearing continues. | A business standing in the way of Spurs' £400m stadium redevelopment has claimed that an invalid compulsory purchase order (CPO) is being used to force it out, the High Court has heard. |
30,298,382 | Louise Burns tweeted: "Asked to cover up with this ridiculous shroud while breastfeeding so not to cause offence at Claridge's."
A spokeswoman said it asks "mothers are discreet towards other guests."
The 2010 Equality Act makes it unlawful for a business to discriminate against a breastfeeding woman.
Ms Burns tweeted a picture of her without the napkin and with one adding: "SO much more obvious with it than without! Such a shame I can never go back..."
A Claridge's spokeswoman said: "We are saddened to see what is being discussed and we feel we need to clarify that breastfeeding is of course embraced at Claridge's.
"All we ask is that mothers are discreet towards other guests." | A luxury Mayfair hotel has said breastfeeding mothers are welcome after a woman said she was asked to cover up while feeding her baby at tea. |
33,840,699 | The rate edged up to 1.6% from 1.4% the month before because of rising food prices, the government said.
Producer prices, which include wholesale and factory price inflation, fell for the 40th month in a row.
Analysts say the data points to the need for measures to stimulate the world's second-largest economy.
The producer price index was down 5.4% from a year earlier - it had been expected to fall by just 5% in July.
China's central bank has cut interest rates four times since November last year in an effort to boost economic activity. But Zhou Hao, economist at Commerzbank in Singapore, said it would probably need to do so again.
"Policy focus is definitely the [producer] deflation at this stage," he added.
Figures published earlier this month indicate that the Chinese economy grew by 7% in the April-to-June period, the same as in the first three months of the year.
However, it was still the weakest showing since the global financial crisis, and experts doubt that this level of growth can be sustained.
The worries over the health of the economy are reflected in the performance of the Chinese stock market. The mainland's benchmark index, the Shanghai Composite, has lost almost a third of its value since mid-June.
A slowing property market, low investment and a fall in exports have hampered growth. | China's consumer inflation rate hit its highest level this year in July, but is still well below the government target of about 3%. |
38,623,671 | Military forces have been attempting to retake the city - the last major IS stronghold in Iraq - since October.
Iraqi officials said the IS group had used laboratories in the university complex to make chemical weapons.
The head of the country's counter-terrorism operations said retaking the area was a significant victory.
"This great scientific and cultural building was liberated by the heroes," Lt Gen Talib Shaghati, said. "The liberation of the University of Mosul means much, given its cultural, social and human symbolism."
Elite troops had entered the compound on Friday as part of a major push into new territory.
Iraqi military officials claim they now control a large majority of the city's eastern half.
They also control three of the five key bridges crossing the river Tigris, which divides Mosul in two.
The bridges were targeted by coalition air strikes in October with the aim of limiting the ability of IS to resupply or reinforce their positions in the east.
The campaign began in October, but got off to a slow start in the face of tough IS defence and counter-attacks.
But significant gains along the river may open up western Mosul, which is still under IS control, to Iraqi forces seeking to advance. | Iraqi forces have seized full control of Mosul University in their battle with so-called Islamic State, Iraqi state television said. |
34,489,074 | Clearwater Seafoods will pay £98.4m for the wild shellfish processor, which is owned by the Beaton family and private equity fund Change Capital Partners.
Macduff, which is based near Peterhead, specialises in scallops, langoustine, whelk and crab.
It operates factories in Mintlaw, Stornoway and Exeter.
It also owns and operates 14 scallop harvesting vessels from its Dumfries facility and employs about 400 people at seasonal peaks.
Under the deal, Macduff will retain its name and operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Clearwater.
Macduff was founded in 1987 by the fifth generation of the Beaton family, who have been involved in the seafood industry for more than 120 years.
Nova Scotia-based Clearwater is one of North America's largest seafood companies, employing about 1,400 people.
Macduff said the deal would bring the company access to new markets, investment and opportunities for growth.
Macduff chairman Euan Beaton said: "Having reached our goal of building a £52m business, we had one suitor in mind which shares our vision and values to enable us to accelerate our growth on a global scale.
"This deal is great news for our operations in the UK, bringing investment and access to new markets within an extremely successful and respected business.
"It provides learning and development opportunities for our staff as we share best practice with Clearwater and it gives fishermen access to more markets." | Macduff Shellfish Group is being snapped up by a Canadian seafood firm in a deal worth nearly £100m. |
11,796,636 | One in five music services, which support schools, expect councils will completely axe their grants and half fear cuts of up to 50%, a survey suggests.
The Federation of Music Services warned that some services which help provide subsidised lessons could collapse.
The government said all pupils should be able to learn an instrument or sing.
It has commissioned a review of music provision in schools, being carried out by Classic FM head Darren Henley, but this is not due to report until January.
However, local authorities in England which face cuts of about a third, get their funding allocations in early December.
It is clear from the federation's survey of 158 music services in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, that many are already planning cuts with some preparing to axe the funding completely.
Local authorities provide just one strand of funding for school music services, with the rest coming from central government grants and parental contributions.
But the expected cuts come as schools face a huge shake-up of their budgets. A number of schemes dedicated to supporting school music face cuts or being channelled into a general schools budget for redistribution.
The Department for Education later said it had not yet taken a decision on the main £82.5m Music Standards Grant and would not do so until the Henley review had reported.
But it would not guarantee that the money would be ring-fenced within schools.
Federation of Music Services (FMS) chief executive Virginia Haworth-Galt said: "We recognise the pressure many local authorities are under but would urge them to them to hold back their plans until we know the results of the Henley Review.
"Music and our children's education are too important to be jettisoned like this particularly when we know that 91% of the public back music education in schools."
She added that the FMS would be very disappointed if the music grant went directly into schools' budgets without any ring-fencing for music education.
"This situation occurred in the early 1990s with disastrous results; music went into a steep decline as the monies were spent elsewhere in schools. This is a music lesson that should not be repeated," she added.
Conductor of the Bedforshire Youth Orchestra Michael Rose says music services in his area, Central Bedfordshire, are set to have budgets and teaching staff cut to zero.
He said as music services were non-statutory they were particularly vulnerable in the present climate of cuts.
He said: "If funding is lost in this way music lessons will become the sole preserve of the middle classes."
He added: "Instrumental teaching in the county's schools is provided by a central staff of highly qualified instrumental teachers. It has resulted in literally many thousands of children having the experience of learning an instrument."
Schools minister Nick Gibb said too many children in state schools were denied the opportunity to learn to play a musical instrument.
This was why he had launched a major review of how music is taught and enjoyed in schools to help make sure all pupils get an opportunity to learn to play an instrument and to sing.
Its recommendations would determine how future funding could be best used in the future, he added.
"Evidence tells us that learning an instrument can improve young people's numeracy and literacy skills and their behaviour.
"It is also simply unfair that the pleasure of musical discovery should be the preserve of those whose parents can afford it."
"As part of that review recommendations will be made to determine how future funding can best be used," he said.
He added that decisions on central funding for music would not be made until after the review had reported.
General secretary of the National Union of Teachers Christine Blower said the cuts to music in schools were even more shocking in light of Michael Gove's announcement that he would be holding a review into music education in schools, claiming that it was a "sad fact" that too few state school children learnt an instrument.
She added: "Music in schools makes a contribution way beyond the straightforward exercise of learning an instrument.
"Children and young people can experience coming together in a creative environment which benefits them in other aspects of their school life." | School music lessons could be hit as local councils make savings and school budgets are redrawn, it is feared |
36,908,353 | The US central bank opted to keep rates between 0.25% and 0.5%.
The Fed said "near-term risks to the economic outlook have diminished," but inflation remained below the bank's target.
It is still expected to raise rates twice this year. Investors expect the first increase to come in autumn.
In a statement, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) said household spending was "growing strongly" and the unemployment rate had decreased for the last two months.
However, the Fed has held back from raising rates while inflation remains under its 2% target. The measurement used by the central bank lists current US inflation at 1.6% and it has hovered below the Fed's target since 2012.
The committee blamed low energy prices for weighing on inflation.
Investors had not been expecting the Fed to raise rates but had been looking for indications about the timeline for increases.
"[The statement] sounded a reasonably upbeat tone, not a big difference from last time, but a reasonably upbeat tone," said Kathy Jones, chief fixed-income strategist at Charles Schwab.
Global market uncertainty, stemming from the UK's decision to leave the European Union, led the central bank to refrain from increasing rates when it met in June. In the past slow economic growth in Europe and uncertainty about the Chinese economy have forced the Fed to delay a interest rate increase.
Speaking in advance of the 'Brexit' vote, Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen said that if the UK decided to leave the European Union it could have "significant economic repercussions" for the US economy.
US markets have shrugged off the initial shock of the Brexit decision, repeatedly hitting record highs and figures show the economy has improved at a moderate pace.
Only one member of the FOMC voted to raise rates.
Esther George, who leads the Kansas City Federal Reserve, has voted to raise rates several times in the past and said publicly she feels the central bank is being too cautious.
The Fed meets three more times this year and is not expected to raise rates in November because the meeting is just one week before the US presidential election.
FOMC members have acknowledged that the election has added a level of uncertainty to the US economy.
Most analysts expect an increase at its next meeting in September. | The Federal Reserve has decided not to raise interest rates, maintaining the ultra-low level they have been at since December 2015. |
34,894,481 | The signatories, who include Radio 1's Huw Stephens and rugby referee Nigel Owens, wrote to David Cameron saying S4C had already faced cuts.
S4C said it had lost 36% of its income since 2010 when the cost of most of its budget was shifted to the licence fee.
Culture Secretary John Whittingdale has said it was reasonable to expect S4C to make the same cuts as the BBC.
The group's letter, which was also co-signed by presenter Sian Lloyd, singers Caryl Parry Jones and Dafydd Iwan, and British Jamaican poet Benjamin Zephaniah, said S4C made a "priceless contribution to ensuring a prosperous future for Welsh, the oldest living language in Britain".
Jamie Bevan, chairman of the Welsh Language Society, said: "The letter reflects the strong support for the channel.
"Welsh is a treasure for so many people across the British Isles, it would be a blow to the cultural wealth of the world if S4C was threatened further." | A group of Welsh celebrities has called on the UK government to protect Welsh-language broadcasting. |
35,727,290 | The Brazilian injured himself taking a penalty, which he missed, in the shootout as Liverpool lost the League Cup final to Manchester City on Sunday.
The 29-year-old missed Wednesday's 3-0 against City at Anfield in the Premier League.
Klopp also confirmed defender Mamadou Sakho and England striker Daniel Sturridge were back in training.
Both players missed Liverpool's midweek game at Anfield with Sakho suffering a head injury in the cup final defeat while Sturridge did not take a penalty.
Liverpool travel to Selhurst Park to play Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Sunday with kick off at 13:30 GMT. | Liverpool midfielder Lucas will be out for five to six weeks with a thigh injury, says manager Jurgen Klopp. |
36,204,348 | He will play the lead in an adaptation of German playwright Georg Büchner's work by Skins and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child co-writer Jack Thorne.
The season also includes the world premiere of a Samuel Beckett monologue and Glenda Jackson as King Lear.
Artistic director Matthew Warchus said he wanted the theatre to be seen as a "leading creative hub".
The forthcoming season, which opens with the never-before performed Beckett work No's Knife on 29 September, will also see a 20th anniversary production of Yasmina Reza's Art - helmed by its original creative team - and a new version of Gilbert and Sullivan's HMS Pinafore.
Announcing the season, Warchus said: "Anyone who has visited the Old Vic in the last eight months will have felt the new wave of energy which has swept through the building.
"There's much more happening, and for a much wider range of people. For a theatre without public funding, this is no mean feat.
"It's an exciting shift, aimed at consolidating the Old Vic as a vibrant and indispensable part of London's artistic scene."
Büchner's play, published posthumously in 1879, is based on the true story of a military barber who stabbed to death his mistress in a fit of jealousy.
Boyega, who played Finn in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, will take to the stage in February next year.
King Lear, which opens in October, will also star Jane Horrocks and Rhys Ifans, while the theatre will also stage a 50th anniversary production of Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and bring back The Lorax, which ran there last year.
The season also includes work for young people, including a newly commissioned puppetry show, Missing Light, and a collaboration with inclusive theatre company Chickenshed. | Star Wars actor John Boyega is to star in a production of Woyzeck as part of the new season at The Old Vic. |
30,899,763 | Jason Wilkes, 45, pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the opening day of his trial at Maidstone Crown Court.
He had pleaded guilty to supplying a class A drug at an earlier hearing.
Chloe Wilkes, 17, died after falling ill at their home in Tunbridge Way in Ashford, Kent, on 27 July.
An inquest into her death was adjourned in August.
MDMA is the base that ecstasy is made from before it is mixed with other chemicals to form a tablet, and is sold as a powder that is snorted or swallowed.
Wilkes and his daughter had taken drugs, including ecstasy and cocaine, together at least three times before but text messages between them showed it was a regular occurrence, prosecutor James Mulholland QC told the court on Tuesday.
Two days before her death, Wilkes and Chloe had taken a gram of cocaine and a gram of MDMA between them, staying up all night.
The following day, Wilkes bought another gram of MDMA and each wrapped half a gram of it up in a cigarette paper and swallowed it with water - "a method of ingestion called bombing", the prosecutor said.
By 01:00 BST on 27 July, Chloe had started to become agitated and disorientated, Mr Mulholland said.
The court heard Wilkes failed to get medical help for Chloe for more than an hour - driving her first to a woodland area on the edge of Ashford, and then to an industrial estate where he worked, in an attempt to cool her down rather than taking her to the nearest hospital, which was less than three miles away.
He eventually called 999 at 02:01, telling the operator his daughter was not breathing and did not have a pulse.
Chloe died later that day in hospital.
The court heard, had he sought medical help for his daughter, hospital staff might have been able to stop her overheating, which caused her heart to stop.
A toxicology report showed Chloe had 3.1mg of MDMA per litre in her blood, enough to prove fatal.
Cocaine was also found in her blood, the court heard.
Wilkes, who split up with Chloe's mother when she was nine or 10, later told police his daughter had been taking drugs, including MDMA and ketamine, since she was 13 years old.
Sentencing him, Judge Philip Statman said: "You will lead the rest of your life knowing that your conduct led to the death of your daughter who in my judgment you loved.
"That's an enormous burden for you to have to carry with you, but it is not just your burden.
"She is lost to her mother, brother and her extended family, a life tragically cut short."
Det Insp Richard Vickery, from the Kent and Essex serious crime directorate, said Wilkes had "denied her the chance of survival".
"He was there as Chloe's role model and father. She was an impressionable teenager and she clearly looked up to her father.
"Not only did he legitimise the taking of class A drugs, he actively encouraged it," he said. | A father who supplied his teenage daughter with the drug MDMA and delayed getting medical treatment when she became ill has been jailed for five years and four months for killing her. |
37,123,897 | More than 100 unaccompanied children are believed to in the camp despite being eligible for asylum in the UK.
A lack of national leadership has meant it had fallen to local authorities to "step up", the councillors said.
The government said it had increased funding to help care for lone children.
There were more than 3,000 claims for asylum in the UK by unaccompanied children in 2015, in addition to those already being cared for in the UK, it added, saying local authorities needed to agree to care for and resettle them.
In May, former Prime Minister David Cameron agreed to accept unaccompanied child refugees with family links to the UK.
But councillors said there had been issues over identifying the children in the Calais camp, known as the Jungle, while aid workers claim not a single child eligible under the government's new rules has yet been placed.
Stephen Cowan, Labour leader of Hammersmith and Fulham council criticised the government and Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn for not taking more responsibility.
"Yvette Cooper (chair of Labour's refugee taskforce) is doing an amazing job. Lord Dubs is a friend of mine who has shown leadership, but it's not coming from the front bench on the mainstream parties," he said.
Ealing councillor Julian Bell said local authorities had a duty to help as much as they could despite "financial budgetary pressures".
Lone refugee children can be brought to the UK after an amendment by Labour peer Lord Dubs in the House of Lords put pressure on the government to say it would accept some unaccompanied minors.
Councils are responsible for the costs of caring for unaccompanied children - including schooling, foster care, university fees and housing - and receive funding at a fixed rate from central government.
The government said than 30 lone children have been accepted for transfer from within Europe since Immigration Act amendments were made in May, and the majority of these have already arrived.
After visiting the so-called Jungle, the Local Government Association (LGA) had a meeting with their French counterparts where they offered to send British officials to help register and process unaccompanied children.
David Simmonds from the LGA said talks had been "positive".
"It feels like goodwill has been missing from this process for a while... I imagine France, and the mayor in particular, are a bit fed-up being criticised by people in other countries and what local government is good at is finding practical solutions, so that's what we're going to do."
A Home Office spokeswoman said unaccompanied children who had already made it to the UK "still need support and we still need local authorities to agree to care for them".
"Local authorities, including Hammersmith and Fulham, must be willing to offer support to all unaccompanied children in need regardless of how they arrive in the UK," she said.
"We must avoid creating distinctions between unaccompanied children within Europe and the children who have made it to the UK on their own - especially when so many have undergone similar experiences."
The government added that councils such as Kent and Croydon were caring for disproportionately high numbers of unaccompanied children and a National Transfer Scheme has been set up for "a fairer distribution of caring responsibilities across the country". | Lone child refugees in Calais need to be better treated by ministers and party leaders, councillors have said during a visit to the camp. |
38,587,697 | Ryan Counsell, 28, denies four charges, including trying to join an Islamic terrorist group in the Philippines.
Woolwich Crown Court heard the e-book suggested using a fake beard or moustache as a disguise and playing console games like Call of Duty.
It also advised against going Paintballing "because they write down the names of every Muslim who goes".
Counsell, who worked at the Hyson Green branch of Asda, in Nottingham, used annual leave to travel to remote parts of South-East Asia, prosecutors said.
Dan Pawson-Pounds, for the Crown, said the defendant spent two years stockpiling equipment for his trip.
Items included Kevlar-lined underpants called "Blast Boxers" and badges with the words, "Zombie Response Team," "I love my beard," and "We do bad things to bad people", he added.
Counsell is charged with preparing acts of terrorism by obtaining information about Islamic terrorist groups in the Philippines, arranging to travel to the Philippines to join and fight for an Islamic terrorist group, and purchasing equipment and clothing for use when having joined such a group.
The married father, from Nottingham, also faces a charge of possession of electronic documents containing information likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism.
The trial continues. | A supermarket worker downloaded a terrorism guide in preparation for joining extremists, a court heard. |
35,875,297 | Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) members have protested against plans to stop extra payments to weekend and bank holiday staff.
On Tuesday, National Museum Wales said the union had backtracked on an agreement to ballot members over a proposed resolution.
The PCS said members had "no confidence" in the management.
National Museum Wales has said it is facing a 4.7% cut in its annual grant in aid from the Welsh Government and the weekend payments cost about £750,000 a year.
Planned strikes were suspended in September after negotiations via the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service.
But National Museum Wales said it emerged earlier this month that PCS would not ballot members on a suggested deal, as agreed in December.
The Museum said it would begin consulting with those affected on an individual basis on 4 April.
"Resolving this dispute is now a matter of urgency for Amgueddfa Cymru (National Museum Wales), due to the pressures of a reduced budget," a spokesperson said.
However, PCS said members had voted "overwhelmingly" at workplace meetings to "express their dissatisfaction" with National Museum Wales' senior management and their "refusal to re-start negotiations".
PCS Wales secretary, Shavanah Taj, said: "This dispute has now dragged on for two years and morale is at rock bottom. We understand that the Museum's budget has been cut but don't accept that it should be the 'front-of-house' staff - the poorest-paid in the organisation - who should make the greatest sacrifice, by giving up their weekend pay." | Six museums across Wales are to be hit by further strikes over Easter after talks over a pay row broke down. |
31,659,025 | Tom Lucking, 23, found the gold pendant, inlaid with a "profusion" of garnets, while metal detecting on farmland just before Christmas.
The 7cm (2.8in) item has been described by treasure experts to be of "national significance".
It is thought its owner may have had royal connections.
The pendant was discovered by landscape history student Mr Lucking in south Norfolk along with a female skeleton and a number of other coins and jewellery.
He initially detected a bronze bowl which, upon investigation, revealed a grave belonging to a woman.
"We knew there was something in that area of the grave, but no-one was expecting anything so significant," said Mr Lucking, from Felixstowe.
"This pendant is particularly well made, of real quality and clearly features commissioned [specially-cut] garnets.
"If you look at a piece from the Staffordshire Hoard or Sutton Hoo - this is up there with that level of quality."
Coins in the grave have suggested the skeleton and jewellery date from circa 630-650AD.
"It would seem we have something of major significance," said Dr Andrew Rogerson of Norfolk County Council's Heritage Environment Services (HES), who described the pendant as one of the "most elaborate...ever found".
Dr Rogerson said he thought the owner was "somebody of considerable note" who would have "most certainly mixed in royal social circles".
University of East Anglia (UEA) student Mr Lucking, who lives in Bowthorpe on the outskirts of Norwich, said the importance of his find "hasn't sunk in really".
It is too early to give the pendant an exact value but it is likely to run into tens of thousands, he said.
Once the pendant has been subjected to a treasure inquest, experts hope it will be acquired by Norwich's Castle Museum. | A student who unearthed an "outstanding" piece of Anglo-Saxon jewellery believes it could be worth tens of thousands of pounds. |
36,486,897 | Lewandowski left his role as Union Berlin coach in March, after six months in charge, on medical advice because of acute fatigue syndrome.
Club president Dirk Zingler said: "We are deeply shocked and incredibly sad. Our sincere condolences to the family."
Lewandowski was joint head coach of Leverkusen from 2012 to 2013, and was briefly in sole charge in 2014. | Former Bayer Leverkusen coach Sascha Lewandowski has been found dead at his home in Bochum, Germany, aged 44. |
16,264,461 | More than 130,000 people have seen the exhibition since it opened in October.
It includes The Lacemaker, believed to be Vermeer's smallest work, that was loaned by The Louvre and is on display in the UK for the first time.
The museum will extend its opening hours to cope with demand during the final two weeks of the exhibition.
The popularity of the exhibition - Vermeer's Women: Secrets and Silence - is believed to be down to the inclusion of The Lacemaker.
Curator Betsy Wiseman said: "The Louvre very rarely lend this painting because it's almost as important in their collection as the Mona Lisa.
"It is a painting that people make a trip especially to the Louvre to see."
The exhibition also includes A Lady At The Virginals With A Gentleman (The Music Lesson), on loan from The Royal Collection, and A Young Woman Seated At A Virginal, from the National Gallery, London.
A private collector from New York loaned Young Woman Seated At A Virginal, to complete the Vermeer collection.
The exhibition contrasts the artist's work with those of his contemporaries, including Gerrit Dou, Pieter de Hooch and Eglon Hendrik van der Neer.
The museum said between 9,000 and 12,000 people had visited the exhibition each week since its opening.
Director Dr Timothy Potts said: "This is the first time any exhibition at the Fitzwilliam has achieved over 100,000 visitors and there are still some weeks to go.
"The critical and popular acclaim for Vermeer has been universal."
Opening hours at the Fitzwilliam Museum will be extended from 3 January until the close of the exhibition on 15 January. | Four paintings by the 17th Century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer have attracted record numbers of visitors to the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge. |
35,669,595 | The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, attacked Gwen Louden in the court's foyer in January.
The girl had been told to leave the court by PC Louden but returned and assaulted her.
The court was told that the police officer was still off work as a result of the incident.
Depute fiscal Stewart Duncan told Dundee Sheriff Court: "The accused was informed she was under arrest for another matter no longer before the court.
"PC Louden took the girl's hand and she pulled away, before PC Louden took her by the wrist.
"A struggle ensued and she then punched PC Louden in the face with her right fist then headbutted the officer to the left side of her face and repeatedly punched her on the head several more times."
PC Louden and a colleague struggled with the girl and pulled her into the main reception area.
Mr Duncan said: "She continued to repeatedly punch and headbutt the officer to the head and face.
"The accused was eventually forced face down on the ground and handcuffed to the rear."
The court was told PC Louden attended Ninewells Hospital with swelling and pain to her left forehead and severe swelling to her left cheekbone
The 16-year-old, of Dundee, admitted a charge of assault to injury on 28 January.
She also admitted breaching a community payback order previously imposed for another offence.
David Duncan, defending, said: "In terms of the offence there's no mitigation that could be properly attached to it.
"It is only the circumstances of this offence that has really opened her up to realise that her conduct could result in imprisonment."
Sheriff Elizabeth Munro deferred sentence until March for a psychiatric report and remanded the girl in custody.
Sheriff Munro said: "She spends £180 a fortnight on cannabis with her partner and then says she doesn't have the money to pay her bus fare to engage with her current community payback order.
"On the basis of her repeated failures to attend I'm having difficulty seeing I can trust her." | A 16-year-old girl who headbutted and punched a female police officer inside Dundee Sheriff Court has been remanded in custody. |
35,275,979 | Munro's 50 not out, which included seven sixes, came in two more balls than Yuvraj Singh took against England in the World Twenty20 in 2007.
Team-mate Martin Guptill had set a new Black Caps record earlier in the match with a 19-ball 50 on his way to 63.
Sri Lanka, who posted 142-8 in their innings, lost by nine wickets.
"Guppy's had a very good record this summer and to beat that record was very pleasing," said Munro, who set a new record for the number of sixes in a first-class innings with 23 in a score of 281 for Auckland in March.
Angelo Mathews' career-best 81 not out was the one highlight for the tourists, who depart having lost both Tests, a one-day series 3-1 and the Twenty20 series 2-0. | Colin Munro hit the second-fastest Twenty20 international half-century, off only 14 balls, as New Zealand beat Sri Lanka in their final tour match. |
31,698,755 | Libya's internationally recognised government controls only a small part of the country, with Tripoli controlled by rivals Libya Dawn.
The country has been blighted by fighting between the factions, as well as attacks by jihadist groups.
Gen Haftar launched Operation Dignity last year, a self-declared war on Islamists in the city of Benghazi.
On Monday there were reports of fighting between Haftar-controlled troops and Islamists in the city.
The former general is a divisive figure amongst Libyans. He has drawn praise for attempts to bring order to the chaos in the country but criticism for his aggressive use of force, including air strikes.
His critics say he targeted both moderate and hardline Islamist groups in the east, which further radicalised some people, according to BBC Libya correspondent Rana Jawad.
Profile: General Khalifa Haftar
As a young military officer he helped Colonel Muammar Gaddafi come to power, before fleeing the country in the 1990s to live in the United States.
He returned to Libya to fight against Gaddafi in the 2011 revolution, but it was only in 2014 that he rose to prominence with a vow to rid Libya of violent Islamists.
Initially the leader of a rogue militia, in recent months the government and Gen Haftar have sought to integrate their forces.
As well Libya Dawn, which has formed a rival administration, the government also faces threats from jihadist groups, including the Islamic State group, which claims to have taken control of the city of Sirte.
The group recently released a video appearing to show the beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians, leading to retaliatory airstrikes by Egypt. | A controversial anti-Islamist, General Khalifa Haftar, has been named head of the Libyan army. |
38,655,108 | This will be part of an announcement of six more "opportunity areas", where efforts will be focused to improve social mobility.
There will now be 12 opportunity areas in total and each will have a research school.
These schools will encourage innovation and share evidence-based ideas.
The six new opportunity areas will be Bradford, Doncaster, Fenland and East Cambridgeshire, Hastings, Ipswich, and Stoke, identified as social mobility "cold spots".
The total of 12 areas will share £72m, to improve the quality of education and to provide young people with the advice and skills needed for good jobs.
These will build partnerships between schools and colleges and local employers and careers services.
There will be a £3.5m scheme announced for each of the 12 areas to have a research school, to be set up with the Education Endowment Foundation.
These schools are intended to improve the quality of teaching and share ideas from the latest educational research.
Sir Steve Lancashire, is chief executive of REAch2, an academy trust with six schools in the Ipswich area.
He welcomed that "the government is explicitly recognising and prioritising areas of the country where social mobility is at risk of stagnation" and was looking forward to "seeing the difference that this concerted effort will make".
But the National Union of Teachers said that the amount being invested in opportunity areas was less than the amount that would be lost by a funding squeeze facing schools in those areas.
"The sad and bitter irony is that those areas will collectively lose £115m in real terms cuts under the current plans for school funding," said the union's leader, Kevin Courtney.
"I want to see more disadvantaged young people attending the very best universities, winning places on apprenticeships, entering the top professions, and progressing through the most rewarding careers," Ms Greening will say in a speech on social mobility.
"Opportunity areas will help local children get the best start in life, no matter what their background.
"Ensuring all children can access high-quality education at every stage is critical.
"We will focus not just on what we can do to help inside schools, but also create the opportunities outside school that will raise sights and broaden horizons for young people."
Prime Minister Theresa May has linked social mobility with plans for more grammar schools, but it is not expected that the education secretary will have any further details of how selection might be expanded.
Chris Keates, general secretary of the Nasuwt teachers' union, said the opportunity areas announcement had "the potential to make a difference".
But she warned that it was not enough to address the "cumulative impact of real terms' cuts to spending on education". | Education Secretary Justine Greening is to announce a wave of "research schools" to raise standards in disadvantaged parts of England. |
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The idea is that cycling during lessons helps the pupils to focus their energy and stop them from fidgeting.
Students at Martin GT Magnet Middle School in North Carolina tell Newsround what they think about it. | One teacher in the US has found an unusual way to get her class to concentrate better - by installing bike pedals under the desks. |
32,915,362 | CalMac said the masters of its ships have experienced bad weather of greater severity and lasting for longer than previously seen.
The company's comments have been made in response to criticism from residents of Barra about ferry services.
Islanders have complained of the late arrival and departure of boats.
CalMac is holding public meetings in communities it serves ahead of the tendering process for the west coast ferry network.
A company spokesman said: "We fully recognise that disruptions due to bad weather are frustrating for all concerned, but we must put the safety of our passengers, crew and vessels first.
"It is an established fact that weather patterns are changing across our network with our masters witnessing an increase, not only in the severity of extreme weather events but also in their duration and frequency, all of which have impacted on our fleet's ability to operate services safely." | Extreme weather has been increasingly disrupting ferry sailings on Scotland's west coast, according to ferry operator Caledonian MacBrayne. |
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