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The Lib Dems highlighted research which suggested many employers cannot get candidates with the skills they need.
The SNP pledged to create more "high-skill" apprenticeships.
Labour called on the SNP to "come clean" over cuts to council budgets, and the Conservatives claimed a key Labour health policy was "in tatters".
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie said a report from the UK Commission for Employment and Skills had stated a fifth of employers in Scotland cannot get candidates with the skills they need.
His party plans to invest extra cash in colleges as part of a plan to raise ??475m a year extra funding for education by increasing income tax rate in Scotland by 1p across all bands.
Mr Rennie, who was visiting Inverurie in Aberdeenshire, argued: "The best route out of poverty is work and the best route into work is education. We know the best way to build a sustainable, vibrant economy is to deploy the talents of all our people.
"At the moment too many people are being left behind. Businesses are crying out for skilled workers but Scotland has slipped down the international education league table and 152,000 college places have been lost on the SNP's watch.
"More than 20,000 of these were places here in the north-east. Tens of thousands of people in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire are not getting the opportunities they deserve on the SNP's watch. That will not help Scotland be the best again."
SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon focused on the same issue when she visited communities near the Dalzell Steelwork in Motherwell, days after a deal was reached to save it and another mothballed steel plant in Clydebridge, South Lanarkshire.
Ms Sturgeon had already promised her party would up the number of apprenticeship training places from 25,000 a year to 30,000 a year by 2020 if it is re-elected on 5 May.
Now, the SNP has vowed those additional 5,000 places will be in "high-level science, technology and engineering courses that deliver the skills employers need and the high-wage jobs our young people deserve".
Ms Sturgeon said: "Giving our young people the skills they need to be at the cutting edge of our economy and our jobs market is vital for their future and for the future of our economy.
"That means learning from our traditional industries, expanding support for science, maths, engineering and vocational training, building greater connections between industry, schools and colleges, and ensuring our young people are able to see the huge opportunities ahead of them."
Meanwhile, Scottish Labour said cuts to council services would have a negative impact on older people and make delivering proper social care in Scotland even more difficult.
The party said it would make "fairer choices" on tax to stop cuts to local services, and would spend the health budget more effectively, with an additional ??300m for social care to guarantee a care package within a week of assessment.
Labour's Jackie Baillie said: "We need to end the sticking plaster approach to our NHS which sees queues at our A&E wards and only a third of our NHS staff believing there are enough of them to do their jobs properly.
"Labour would relieve the pressures on our hospitals by protecting the health budget and spending it better. That would help our health service, established in the 1940s, to meet the challenges of the 2040s. More than 270 Scots died in the last year waiting for a care package. That is simply scandalous.
"The SNP need to come clean on the impact of their cuts on our older people that may need extra care in later life. These are cuts we don't have to make. We can end austerity in Scotland by taking different, fairer decisions on tax."
But Labour came under attack from the Conservatives over proposals unveiled by party leader Kezia Dugdale, which were widely reported as being a pledge that everyone in Scotland would be entitled to a GP appointment within 48 hours.
On its website, Scottish Labour said it would "end the SNP GP crisis and guarantee an appointment within 48 hours," with Ms Dugdale telling the party's conference: "Our plan for the NHS will guarantee an appointment at your local surgery - which you can book online if you choose - within 48 hours".
But Labour's health spokeswoman, Jenny Marra, clarified at a hustings event last week that: "There was a little bit of confusion because of the way it was reported in the press - it's not a guarantee to see a GP directly".
Instead, Ms Marra said the 48-hour commitment referred to "the most appropriate health care professional" rather than specifically to a GP.
Jackson Carlaw of the Conservatives said: "There was no doubt in anybody's mind that Labour was promising everyone access to a GP within 48 hours.
"However, under pressure at an election health hustings this was 're-profiled' by Jenny Marra as nothing more than access to a local surgery but not a guaranteed appointment with a doctor." | The question of how to improve the skills of Scotland's workforce has featured heavily on the Holyrood election trail. |
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Alejandro Valverde extended his overall lead as his Movistar team dominated but stage victory was snatched from him by Daryl Impey in a sprint to the line.
Froome, riding his first European race of 2017, had moved second with a strong finish behind Valverde on Friday.
But he struggled on the 190km run from Tortosa to Reus, finishing way behind.
"I said coming into this race that I was here to suffer this week and that's exactly what I've got out of it," said Froome.
"Personally it was great to be up there yesterday with the best guys and to be feeling that good this early on in the season, but days like today are really tough. We just have to learn from them and move on."
Valverde now leads Alberto Contador, who moved up to second, by 53 seconds, with Britain's Adam Yates in fourth, one minute and 21 seconds behind the Spaniard.
Sunday's final stage in Spain is a relatively flat 138km route that begins and ends in Barcelona, with overall victory for Valverde now all but assured.
Geraint Thomas, who began the stage in seventh overall, was also distanced after Froome and Team Sky were among those dropped by an attacking move after the day's opening climb.
The gap only widened over the day, and Froome's group were 21 minutes behind by the time they went over the final climb, the snow-topped category one Alt de la Mussara.
Up the road on the descent, Italians Alessandro de Marchi of BMC and Dario Cataldo of Astana broke clear with 15km to go, but the pair were caught in the final metres, with South African Impey just edging ahead of Valverde.
Team Sky sport director Nicolas Portal said: "We made a big mistake. I'm not going to try to make an excuse. There is no excuse.
"The guys have been brilliant up until today. It looks like it was a positioning issue. The guys weren't in the top positions on the first descent and this is what can happen.
"It's a good reminder for us that it can happen to anyone. It's always bad when it happens, but maybe it's better to happen here, and we learn from it, than in some of the bigger races we will have this season."
Stage six result:
1. Daryl Impey (RSA/Orica) 4hrs 34mins 14secs
2. Alejandro Valverde (Spa/Movistar) Same time
3. Arthur Vichot (Fra/FDJ)
4. Petr Vakoc (Cze/Quick-Step)
5. Allesandro de Marchi (Ita/BMC)
6. Nick van der Lijke (Ned/Roompot)
7. Dario Cataldo (Ita/Astana)
8. Lennard Kamna (Ger/Team Sunweb)
9. Cyril Gautier (Fra/Ag2r)
10. Daniel Martin (Ire/Quick-Step)
Selected others:
74. Chris Froome (GB/Team Sky) +26min 38secs
86. Geraint Thomas (GB/Team Sky) Same time
General classification:
1. Alejandro Valverde (Spa/Movistar) 22hrs 18mins 35secs
2. Alberto Contador (Spa/Trek) +53secs
3. Marc Soler (Spa/Movistar) +1min 6secs
4. Adam Yates (GB/Orica) +1min 21secs
5. Tejay van Garderen (US/BMC Racing) +1min 24secs
6. Daniel Martin (Ire/Quick-Step) +2mins 19secs
7. Steven Kruijswijk (Ned/LottoNL) +2mins 46secs
8. Carlos Verona (Spa/Orica) +2mins 50secs
9, George Bennett (NZ/LottoNL) +2mins 51secs
10. Romain Bardet (Fra/AG2R) +2mins 55secs
Selected others:
31. Chris Froome (GB/Team Sky) +27mins 5secs
32. Geraint Thomas (GB/Team Sky) +28mins 18secs | Chris Froome's hopes of victory at the Volta a Catalunya were dashed as the Team Sky rider lost 26 minutes on his rivals in Saturday's penultimate stage. |
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BBC Radio 4's Money Box programme would like your help to make the Budget personal. If you're willing to take part in the programme, let us know.
How will the Budget affect your personal spending plans? Will you have a little extra cash to spend or difficult financial decisions to make? Money Box would like you to share your stories. | On Wednesday 16 March 2016 The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, will publish his eighth budget, but what will that mean for you? |
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Hundreds of vehicles were stranded in mud at the park-and-ride site for the Portmeirion event in Gwynedd.
Organisers planning a singer-songwriter festival in neighbouring Conwy have said those who helped were "heroes".
Tansy Rogerson from the Gorjys Secrets event said she was stuck for two days in Porthmadog.
"It would be amazing if the farmer and his girlfriend that rescued me got in touch, as I never got the chance to get their names, and say thank you again," she said.
"We wanted to do something immediately to keep in people's mind what a great place north Wales is to see and enjoy live music - and to also say thank you to all those unsung heroes."
As well as offering free tickets to the tractor drivers, event organisers said those who survived the mud bath could get half-price entry to the new festival being held on Saturday, 17 September at Caer Rhun Hall, in the Conwy Valley.
It claims to be the first singer-songwriter festival held in the UK, with a line-up including the Mercury Prize nominated Seth Lakeman, world beat-box champion Bellatrix. | Tractor drivers who pulled cars from a field at Festival No.6 in north Wales are being offered free tickets to a new event, to say "thank you". |
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The team at the University of Chicago showed a group of bacteria - Clostridia - could block peanut allergies in mice.
They hope to harness the bacteria in a pill form - or replicate their effects with a drug - in order to treat allergies.
Experts said it was a "very exciting" discovery.
For every one cell that builds up the human body there are ten bacteria living on or in us.
There is an emerging school of thought that this "microbiome" may be helping to fuel a rise in allergies around the world.
The research group performed experiments on mice brought up in perfectly sterile environments and had no bacteria in their gut.
These animals had a strong immune response to peanut - an allergy that can be deadly in some people.
The team then investigated whether adding different bacteria to the digestive tract of the animals had any effect.
Only the Clostridia group of bacteria - which includes some disease causing species such as C. difficile - could prevent the allergic reaction.
Lead researcher Dr Cathryn Nagler told the BBC News website: "The first step is for an allergen to gain access to the blood stream, the presence of Clostridia prevents the allergens getting into the bloodstream.
"Clostridia are known to be closely linked to the intestinal lining, they are spore forming which makes them tricky to work with, but down the road they would be a candidate to put in a to pill as they are highly stable."
Another option the researchers are investigating is finding a drug which would have the same effect as the bacteria.
It is hoped that using bacteria can help with desensitisation therapies, which involve giving people regular, but tiny, doses of the substance provoking the allergic response until the immune system becomes used to it.
Previous research has suggested roles for our microbiome in everything from obesity to autism.
Dr Cathryn Nagler says we should not be surprised how powerful an effect these bacteria, fungi and viruses can have on our body.
"We have co-evolved with our microbiota and it has an enormous impact on our health.
"It's having a negative impact now because we've disturbed it with antibiotics, a high fat diet and c-sections."
Commenting on the findings, Prof Colin Hill, a microbiologist at University College Cork, told the BBC: "This is really interesting.
"This paper identifies a group of bacteria which could be important in protecting against these prevalent diseases.
"While we have to be careful not to extrapolate too far from a single study, and we also have to bear in mind that germ-free mice are a long way from humans, it is a very exciting paper and puts this theory on a much sounder scientific basis."
If you want to find out more about what you can do to reduce you or your children's chances of becoming allergic watch Horizon - Allergies: Modern Life and Me, broadcast on BBC Two at 9pm on Wednesday 27th August. | Bacteria that naturally live inside our digestive system can help prevent allergies and may become a source of treatment, say US researchers. |
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Conor Harte marked his 200th Irish appearance by levelling after Aleem Bilal Muhammad put the visitors ahead.
Ali Shan restored Pakistan's lead before half-time but Jeremy Duncan's late goal earned the Irish a draw.
The sides will meet again on Saturday and Sunday as the Irish continue their preparations for the World League semi-finals in Johannesburg next month.
The South African tournament doubles up as the main qualifying tournament for next year's World Cup.
The weekend games at Lisnagarvey start at 14:00 BST.
Later this month, Ireland will play against Germany, Spain and Austria at the Hamburg Masters which takes place from 22-25 June. | Ireland's men drew 2-2 with Pakistan in the first game of the three-match series at Lisnagarvey. |
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Oleg Anashchenko, military chief of Luhansk People's Republic (LPR), was reported to have died instantly.
The incident was described by rebel spokesman Andrey Marochko as an "act of terrorism".
It follows the bloodiest week of clashes between Ukrainian troops and Russian-backed insurgents since 2015.
Mr Marochko said "Ukrainian secret services" were suspected of being behind the attack, which he said was aimed at "destabilising the Republic".
"We will track down the perpetrators of this monstrous act and they will receive the appropriate punishment," he said.
Officials in Kiev have denied any involvement in Saturday's bomb attack.
This week has seen an escalation in the violence in rebel-held eastern Ukraine, with a number of attacks that have reportedly left at least 35 people dead. There are fears that the actual death toll could be much higher.
Each side blames the other for the upsurge in violence.
Meanwhile US President Donald Trump is due to hold talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko.
A scheduled call is due to take place on Saturday in which Mr Poroshenko is likely to seek assurances that Washington will continue to provide diplomatic support to Ukraine.
Earlier this week, the government-held frontline town of Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine was hit by heavy shelling. The town, whose population is estimated to be about 22,000 people, was left without water and electricity in freezing conditions.
Russia and Ukraine, along with the rebels on Wednesday, signed up to calls for a ceasefire and the withdrawal of heavy weapons from Avdiivka by Sunday.
But Ukraine says it is preparing a possible evacuation of the town to avoid a humanitarian crisis.
The conflict in eastern Ukraine erupted after Russia annexed Ukraine's southern Crimea peninsula in March 2014.
A ceasefire was eventually agreed in February 2015 but there have been frequent violations. The latest truce began on 23 December.
The US and EU imposed sanctions on Russia in response to its actions in eastern Ukraine and Crimea.
Russia has repeatedly denied sending troops and weapons into eastern Ukraine, but admits that Russian "volunteers" fight alongside the rebels. | A senior commander with pro-Russian rebel forces in eastern Ukraine has been killed in a car bomb attack in Luhansk, rebels say. |
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Paltrow cited irreconcilable differences in the documents, which were filed in Los Angeles on Monday after 11 years of marriage.
The papers request joint custody of their two children, Apple and Moses.
Paltrow, 42, and Martin, 38, announced their separation in March 2014, describing it as a "conscious uncoupling".
The actress's lifestyle blog Goop.com crashed after the couple posted a statement about their decision.
They said they had "come to the conclusion that while we love each other very much, we will remain separate".
The couple said they had been "working hard for well over a year, some of it together, some of it separated, to see what might have been possible between us".
"We are, however, and always will be a family, and in many ways we are closer than we have ever been," they wrote.
"We are parents first and foremost, to two incredibly wonderful children and we ask for their and our space and privacy to be respected at this difficult time.
"We have always conducted our relationship privately, and we hope that as we consciously uncouple and co-parent, we will be able to continue in the same manner."
Confirmation of the divorce comes afters days of speculation the actress had filed the papers.
The documents do not list any details about how the pair will divide their assets, but asks that both sides pay their own lawyers' fees.
Paltrow won an Oscar for her role in Shakespeare in Love, while Martin and his band have won six Grammy Awards.
They married in secret ceremony in December 2003, days after they announced Paltrow was pregnant with their first child.
They had already been together for a year, after reportedly meeting backstage at a Coldplay concert. | Hollywood actress Gwyneth Paltrow and Coldplay frontman Chris Martin have filed for divorce. |
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18 October 2016 Last updated at 01:04 BST
Leagues are springing up and coaches and scouts travel across Africa looking for the next big star.
The BBC spent time with one young man hoping to make it to the MLB’s “Elite Africa” training camp taking place in Johannesburg later this year.
Video Journalist: Christian Parkinson | African players are hoping to hit the big time, as Major League Baseball (MLB) launches a talent hunt in the continent. |
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The installation involves people's words being projected on to the barrier's west tower.
Titled The City Speaks, it is the second in a series of temporary commissions marking Hull's year as UK City of Culture.
Hull 2017 chief executive Martin Green said the project celebrated "the voice of the people on an epic scale".
Spectators speak into a microphone at a nearby steel lectern with the words electronically transcribed into text before being illuminated on the landmark.
Artist Michael Pinsky said: "Hull's tidal surge barrier plays a significant role in protecting the city from flooding.
"This installation gives a new voice to the people of Hull and in doing so celebrates resilience and freedom."
Mr Green said the artist had "created an extraordinary visual statement on one of Hull's most prominent landmarks".
The installation runs until 31 December. | An interactive light artwork has been installed in Hull illuminating the city's tidal barrier. |
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Colwyn Bay's Victoria Pier was already closed to the public for safety reason and there is no suggestion anyone was nearby at the time.
In 2013, Conwy council voted to demolish it but this was refused by the Welsh Government in 2015.
The council said it was responsible for the clearance and a clear-up would start at low tide on Thursday.
A spokesman said: "Contractors have been mobilised to make the area safe, to remove the fallen pieces and salvage materials wherever possible.
"Over recent years the council has been quite clear about the deteriorating state of the pier. Fencing has been in place around the structure for some time for public safety and we urge the public to take note of the situation and keep away from the area."
The pier has been the subject of a protracted legal battle between the council and businessman Steven Hunt.
Mr Hunt failed in a 2015 High Court bid to regain ownership of it when Mr Justice Morgan said the pier was unsafe, in danger of collapsing and Mr Hunt was in no financial position to restore it.
It is estimated it would cost about £12m to restore and the council could be asked to provide £850,000 towards it.
Campaign group Colwyn Victoria Pier Trust wants the authority to save the structure, saying it would be far less costly than demolishing it. | A Grade II-listed pier has partially collapsed into the sea off the Conwy coast |
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The West Ham winger slotted in a penalty on 32 minutes after captain Asamoah Gyan had been pulled back.
Ghana also threatened through two Gyan headers, while Ayew and Christian Atsu tested Uganda goalkeeper Denis Onyango.
Uganda came close when Faruku Miya hit the outside of a post but they could not force their way back into the game.
It was a disappointing return for Uganda, who are playing at their first Nations Cup since 1978 when they lost in the final to then-hosts Ghana.
The Cranes created few opportunities of note and struggled against the Black Stars, who were happy to defend their lead.
Ghana were far more positive in the first half, with Andre Ayew, his brother Jordan and Atsu posing a huge problem for the Uganda defence.
Andre Ayew should have scored from a great cut-back by Jordan, while Atsu relentlessly tormented defender Isaac Isinde, whose conceded a penalty by tugging back Gyan after losing control of the ball.
The spot-kick gave Andew Ayew his seventh Nations Cup finals goal - one more than the number scored by his father and legendary former Ghana captain, Abedi Pele. But he remains one African title behind his father, who lifted the trophy in 1982.
Ghana had a good chance to add a second late on when Atsu was clean through but his 12-yard drive was superbly saved by Onyango.
The only downside for Avram Grant's side was an injury to defender Baba Rahman, who was taken off with what looked like a hamstring injury after 39 minutes.
Ghana will next take on Mali on Saturday while Uganda will face record seven-time champions Egypt on the same day.
Match ends, Ghana 1, Uganda 0.
Second Half ends, Ghana 1, Uganda 0.
Offside, Ghana. Mubarak Wakaso tries a through ball, but Emmanuel Badu is caught offside.
Joseph Ochaya (Uganda) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by André Ayew (Ghana).
Foul by Hassan Wasswa (Uganda).
André Ayew (Ghana) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Offside, Ghana. Mubarak Wakaso tries a through ball, but Christian Atsu is caught offside.
Joseph Ochaya (Uganda) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Emmanuel Badu (Ghana).
Attempt missed. Faruku Miya (Uganda) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Geofrey Massa.
Attempt saved. Christian Atsu (Ghana) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Harrison Afful.
Substitution, Ghana. Afriyie Acquah replaces Jordan Ayew.
Emmanuel Badu (Ghana) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Geofrey Serunkuma (Uganda).
Attempt saved. Jordan Ayew (Ghana) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mubarak Wakaso.
Jordan Ayew (Ghana) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Hassan Wasswa (Uganda).
Offside, Ghana. Frank Acheampong tries a through ball, but Jordan Ayew is caught offside.
Thomas Partey (Ghana) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Muhammad Shaban (Uganda).
Offside, Ghana. Christian Atsu tries a through ball, but Jordan Ayew is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Faruku Miya (Uganda) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Geofrey Massa.
Substitution, Ghana. Emmanuel Badu replaces Asamoah Gyan.
Substitution, Uganda. Geofrey Serunkuma replaces Isaac Isinde.
Attempt missed. Thomas Partey (Ghana) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Jordan Ayew.
Attempt saved. Geofrey Massa (Uganda) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Moses Oloya.
Attempt missed. Geofrey Massa (Uganda) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
Foul by André Ayew (Ghana).
Geofrey Massa (Uganda) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Joseph Ochaya (Uganda) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Faruku Miya.
Foul by Mubarak Wakaso (Ghana).
Moses Oloya (Uganda) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Tonny Mawejje (Uganda) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left following a corner.
Corner, Uganda. Conceded by Daniel Amartey.
Attempt missed. Tonny Mawejje (Uganda) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Geofrey Massa.
Foul by André Ayew (Ghana).
Tonny Mawejje (Uganda) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by John Boye (Ghana).
Muhammad Shaban (Uganda) wins a free kick in the attacking half. | Ghana's Andre Ayew surpassed his father's record by scoring the goal that beat Uganda 1-0 in their Group D match at the Africa Cup of Nations. |
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The attack happened at a farm near Shotts, in North Lanarkshire, at 08:30 on 5 September.
The 32-year-old victim did not require hospital treatment but was left traumatised by the experience.
A reconstruction of the attack will be played on Crimewatch, to be broadcast on Wednesday at 21:00 on BBC One.
The victim was in her home when a man entered and threatened her with a firearm.
He tied her up and demanded she hand over money. He then subjected her to a sexual assault.
The man fled in the family's BMW car, which was found later that day abandoned near to Plains, Airdrie, North Lanarkshire.
The suspect is described as between 5ft 8in and 5ft 10in tall with a stocky build and had tights over his face.
At the time of the attack he was wearing a khaki green army style jumper with patches on the elbows and heavy boots. He is also described as having a noticeable beer belly.
Officers working on the case will take part in Crimewatch and a reconstruction will be broadcast as well as an interview with the victim, which will be played and voiced by actors in order to protect her identity.
Speaking ahead of the programme, Det Ch Insp Garry Church, who is leading the investigation, said: "Our initial public appeal in November was very positive and the public, especially those in the local area, have been extremely helpful.
"However we are now turning to Crimewatch to help to identify the man responsible for this terrifying attack on a woman in her own home.
"We are very hopeful that the reconstruction and our direct appeal will jog someone's memory and give us the vital piece of information we require to catch the man responsible." | The BBC's Crimewatch programme will feature an appeal later to find an armed man who tied up, robbed and sexually assaulted a woman in her home. |
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Laura Ward had cannabis, diazepam and amphetamines in her system when she hit Aiden Platt, 20, in Barnstaple, Devon.
Ward, 30, of Fleet, Hampshire, admitted causing death by careless driving but was spared a jail sentence because she has a young child.
Campaigners have set up an online petition and say they will stage more protests until the law is changed.
Protester Ben Reed, who was among those taking part in the "ride out" demonstration in Barnstaple, said Mr Platt was "one of our own, a local lad and a biker".
He added: "His life was taken but no justice was served."
Ward was handed a 20-month jail sentence but it was suspended for 18 months because she had a five-month-old son at the time of sentencing.
Footage was shown to the court of Ward's car pulling out at Sticklepath Hill without any warning with Mr Platt being thrown into a traffic light post on 2 August 2015.
Protester Pam Douglas said: "It's too lenient, she should have got a prison sentence. The 18 months, suspended, is no sentence. Aiden's parents have got a full-life sentence now without Aiden."
Devon and Cornwall Police appealed against the sentence but the Attorney General but turned it down saying he did not believe there was a realistic chance the court would find it unduly lenient.
Sgt Rob Kelland from Devon and Cornwall Police said: "Three illegal drugs were found in her system, it doesn't send out the right message to people considering taking drugs and driving."
The Ministry of Justice said it was consulting on increasing jail terms for drug and drink driving, but said it was ultimately up to independent judges to pass sentence on the facts of the case.
Aiden's mother, Mandy Glass, said: "Everyone is a vulnerable member of the public when a driver gets behind the wheel of a car drunk or under the influence of drugs, whether you are a biker, cyclist, pedestrian or car driver.
"I just hope at some point the justice system in this country will acknowledge that and start to give sentences that reflect the seriousness of the crimes committed." | More than 500 bikers have joined a rally calling for tougher sentences for drivers who crash while on drugs. |
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His body was taken through the capital to the royal palace as mourners wept and held up portraits of the late king.
Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn has been named as successor, but has asked for a delay in the process.
The death of the world's longest-reigning monarch sparked an outpouring of grief in Thailand.
Official mourning will last a year. The cabinet declared Friday a government holiday, and flags are to fly at half-mast for the next 30 days.
People have been asked to wear black, and avoid "joyful events" during this period. Cinema screenings, concerts and sports events have been cancelled or postponed.
News websites have turned their pages black and white, and all television channels in Thailand are airing programmes about the king's life.
The crown prince travelled in the convoy carrying the king's body, which will lie at a temple in the royal palace while people pay their respects.
It could be months before the late king's cremation.
"This is the worst loss in my life," said one of those lining the streets.
Later on Friday, the Crown Prince conducted the bathing ceremony of the king's body, a traditional Thai Buddhist funeral rite.
The king had been ill for a long time. When news of his death was announced on Thursday evening, many in the large crowds outside the hospital where he died broke down.
King Bhumibol was widely respected across Thailand, and thought of by many as semi-divine.
He earned the devotion of Thais for his efforts to help the rural poor, such as agricultural development projects, and works of charity.
The monarch was also seen as a stabilising figure in a country often wracked by political turmoil.
Thailand remains under military rule following a coup in 2014.
The country has suffered from political violence and upheaval over the past decade, as well as a long-running Muslim separatist insurgency in the southern provinces which sees regular small-scale bomb attacks.
Though a constitutional monarch with limited official powers, many Thais looked to King Bhumibol to intervene in times of high tension. He was seen as a unifying and calming influence through numerous coups and 20 constitutions.
However, his critics argued he had endorsed military takeovers and at times had failed to speak out against human rights abuses.
The crown prince, who is 64, is much less well known to Thais and has not attained his father's widespread popularity. He spends much of his time overseas, especially in Germany.
While the Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has said the crown prince will ascend the throne next, there is uncertainty over when that will happen after the prince asked for a delay in succession.
Profile: Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn
Privy Council President Prem Tinsulanonda, a 96-year-old former prime minister, has been named regent in line with the constitution.
He remains as regent until the Thai assembly invites the heir to succeed to the throne, the Bangkok Post reported.
Strict lese-majeste laws protect the most senior members of Thailand's royal family from insult or threat. Public discussion of the succession can be punishable by lengthy jail terms.
Given the pivotal role the king has played in maintaining the balance of power in Thailand's volatile political environment, the succession will be a formidable challenge for the government, says the BBC's Jonathan Head in Bangkok. | Thousands of Thai people have packed the streets of Bangkok to see a convoy carrying the body of King Bhumibol Adulyadej. |
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McIlroy, 26, took the lead for the first time at the 15th only for American Na to draw level at the next.
The pair could not be separated until Na, 32, found rough with his drive at the second extra hole and made bogey.
World number two Jason Day progressed too after his opponent, Paul Casey of England, withdrew with stomach pains.
Former Ryder Cup player Casey - who could not qualify from his group - won the first two holes of their match on Friday in Austin, and was two holes up until losing the fifth and sixth with bogeys, before withdrawing.
The quick victory was a welcome one for the Australian, who struggled with back spasms during his opening match on Wednesday against Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell.
US PGA champion Day will now face American Brandt Snedeker while McIlroy will play reigning Open champion Zach Johnson, who saw off Shane Lowry of Ireland 4&3.
Jordan Spieth eased past Justin Thomas to maintain his perfect record in the group and he will tackle former Open champion Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa.
Matt Kuchar of America was never down against England's Justin Rose and claimed a 3&2 victory to win group seven and set up a match with his compatriot Brooks Koepka.
Patrick Reed dismissed compatriot Phil Mickelson 5&4, having been seven up after 10 holes, and will now take on Dustin Johnson in arguably the tie of the round.
Sergio Garcia bowed out despite beating Marc Leishman 5&4 - as a result of Ryan Moore's 3&1 triumph over Lee Westwood - but fellow Spaniard Rafa Cabrera Bello is through and faces Byeong-Hun An.
Scotland's Russell Knox lost 5&4 to Branden Grace of South Africa but it was Chris Kirk who progressed from group 11 as the American beat David Lingmerth 3&2.
Sixteen players progress to Saturday's knockout phase from the 64-strong field that was divided up into four-man groups for a round-robin format that began on Wednesday.
The quarter-finals follow the last-16 ties on Saturday, with the semi-finals on Sunday followed by the Championship match. | Defending champion Rory McIlroy needed a play-off before beating Kevin Na by one hole to reach the knockout stage of the WGC-Dell Match Play in Texas. |
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Sailings of the high-powered trimaran Liberation have been cancelled since Friday because of steering problems.
Passengers had been due to be transferred to the Clipper ferry, but that broke down on Saturday morning.
Condor said the Liberation would be back in service on Tuesday on the route between the Channel Islands and Poole.
The firm has apologised to customers and offered refunds.
It said Monday's Liberation passengers would be transferred to the Tuesday services and its booking staff would work until late on Sunday.
Passengers were delayed embarking at Portsmouth on the Clipper for 12 hours on Friday after a ramp failed.
The ramp was being fixed on Sunday and the Clipper is expected to sail again on Monday.
The firm said fixing the ramp on the Clipper required a specialist crane, which delayed the work.
"We could have lowered the ramp more quickly, but that could have caused permanent damage, so we took the prudent approach of sourcing a specialist crane to lower it, that's why it took longer," said a spokeswoman.
Condor's executive chairman, Russell Kew, said: "I'd like to apologise to all those customers who have been inconvenienced over the last 24 hours, and to thank them for their understanding and patience." | Ferry passengers between the Channel Islands and the UK face major disruption on Monday with Condor's fast service out of action for a third day. |
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Rehm, 27, won Paralympic gold in 2012 and is looking to become the second athlete after Oscar Pistorius to compete at the Olympics.
IAAF rules say amputee competitors must prove they do not have an advantage.
IAAF president Lord Coe said Rehm had not proven the prosthetic he uses "does not give him a competitive advantage".
Rehm had commissioned a scientific study hoping to prove he did not get an advantage, with a report last month indicating no clear edge over able-bodied athletes.
The study showed that amputees such as Rehm had a less efficient start but a more efficient jump.
Last year, Rehm jumped a Para-athletics world record of 8.40 metres to win the IPC world title in Doha.
That distance would have beaten Briton Greg Rutherford's winning leap at the 2012 London Olympics by nine centimetres. | Paralympic long jumper Markus Rehm is unlikely to compete at the Rio Olympics after failing to prove his prosthetic leg does not give an unfair advantage. |
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Mr Trump tweeted that it would be premature to consider any relaxation "until the Ukrainian and Syrian problems are solved".
The president also said he would work "constructively" with Russia after meeting President Putin last week.
Russia meanwhile has insisted that it will not change its policies in Ukraine and Syria because of the sanctions.
"Our policy on Syria and on Ukraine has never been and will never be determined by the pressure of sanctions applied by the USA," parliamentary international affairs spokesman Konstantin Kosachev said.
He said that US policy towards Russia was not determined by the requirements of international relations but by "the zigzags of US domestic policy and [the] confrontation between [President] Trump and Congress".
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who is visiting Ukraine, on Sunday called on Russia to take the "first step" to bring an end to the separatist conflict in the east of the country.
He said the sanctions against Russia would remain "until Moscow reverses their actions".
The secretary of state said it was incumbent on Russia to make sure the Minsk peace agreement, which for Ukraine was fully implemented.
The war in Ukraine, along with Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 and its military backing of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, have strained ties between the two countries.
US Senators last month voted overwhelmingly to impose fresh sanctions on Russia over its alleged interference in last year's US election.
The senators also agreed to set up a process by which Congress could block any attempt by President Trump to scale back the sanctions. | US sanctions imposed against Russia over its annexation of Crimea are to remain, President Donald Trump says. |
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Dyfed-Powys Police said it was called to Pleasant View in Felinfoel, Llanelli, on Tuesday afternoon.
Two men and a woman are currently in custody assisting police with their inquiries.
Police said they could not give any more details at this time. | A murder investigation is under way following an "incident" in a Carmarthenshire town. |
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Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness said the first group to be resettled will be based in Belfast, and a second group will go to Londonderry.
Half of the "highly traumatised" people due to arrive are under 16 years old, Mr McGuinness added.
The UK is due to accept 20,000 refugees from Syria over the next five years.
Speaking after a meeting of the British Irish Council in London, Mr McGuinness said: "I don't have any doubt whatsoever, if they choose to continue to live in the north of Ireland they will enrich our lives."
First Minister Peter Robinson said: "We want to see them assimilated into our society - we don't want them to be an isolated group."
He added that he and Mr McGuinness "deplore" those who were planning an anti-refugee rally in Belfast ahead of the arrival of the first group of refugees.
"That is not the people of Northern Ireland, that is not the way we behave," he said.
"When the public get some sight of the refugees that are coming to Northern Ireland, they will see how wrong-headed it would be to do anything other than provide support and comfort to these people."
"They are people who have gone through the most traumatic of times in the land of their birth." | Eleven refugee families - a total of 51 people - are set to arrive in Northern Ireland on 15 December, the first and deputy first ministers have said. |
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Digital forensics expert witness Prof Peter Sommer says Islamic State (IS) militants would probably shun the high-profile communication companies.
"They are not using the big obvious systems at all," he tells the BBC.
"There are lots of entrepreneurs who set up systems for libertarians to use and the terrorists quickly identify these.
"Systems such as SureSpot offers consumers an easy way to use encryption."
Cybercrime consultant Prof Alan Woodward says the availability of encrypted systems makes the security agencies crackdown "absolutely pointless".
"They are all now using the OTR [Off the Record] protocol, which offers end-to-end encryption," he says.
"Even if you managed to stop companies providing OTR, there are plenty of free-add-ons available.
"On jihadi bulletin boards, there are links to online encryption tools that people can download.
"Any jihadi worth his salt to going to know to find a safe way to communicate.
"Most don't tend to use iMessage or WhatsApp."
"The big tech firms are low-hanging fruit and it is a case of having to start somewhere," says Prof Woodward.
"If you want to boil the ocean, you have to do it one cup at a time."
There has been a degree of misinformation about how those behind the Paris attacks communicated with each other.
Former CIA deputy director Michael Morell reportedly said it was more than likely they had used WhatsApp, but there is no evidence they did.
Meanwhile, a comment from Belgian Federal Interior Minister Jan Jambon that they had used a PlayStation 4 to communicate was widely reported, but it later emerged suggestions the console had been found at the apartment of one of the attackers were false.
It was also reported the PlayStation 4 used end-to-end encryption, but it does not.
Encrypted products still reveal metadata - who talked to whom and for how long, and this has played a crucial role in the aftermath of events in Paris.
"The arrests that are going on now have come from a trawl through metadata," says Prof Woodward.
"The first person is identified, and then the security services use what is called link analysis to build a picture of who they have been speaking to."
The British intelligence service is particularly good at link analysis, according to Prof Woodward
And the Draft Investigatory Powers Bill, currently going through Parliament, would require internet service providers to hold on to this metadata for 12 months.
But increasingly the security services are turning to hacking - placing malware on suspects' computers to find out what they are doing in real time.
"If they can hack into a computer or smartphone, then they can find the key to decrypt their messages," Prof Sommer says.
Prof Woodward says: "There was an IS operative in Syria who was sucked into a Skype scam, persuaded to talk to what he thought was a pretty girl, but she was a cover to inject malware onto his machine,.
"That was able to head off a couple of attacks."
For the past 20 years, there have been concerns a terrorist network could cause real disruption by attacking critical infrastructure such as air traffic control or hospitals, and Chancellor George Osborne has just announced he is going to double funding to fight cybercrime to £1.9bn a year by 2020.
He said Islamic State militants were trying to develop the ability to launch deadly cyber-attacks, but his comments were "vague" rather than being about specific threats, according to Prof Sommer.
And Prof Woodward says: "There are more power outages caused by squirrels than by cyber-terrorists."
However, the Stuxnet malicious worm believed to have targeted Iran's nuclear programme in 2009 suggests such attacks are possible.
"These militant groups are getting much more sophisticated, and you only have to look at how they use social media to see that they are very tech-savvy," Prof Woodward says.
And much of the government's £1.9bn budget will go on finding highly skilled people to work out what militant groups might do next. | In the wake of the terrible events in Paris, governments around the world have renewed their calls for tech companies to design products that will allow law enforcement agencies to better monitor communications. |
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Brent crude fell 4.7%, hitting fresh 11-year lows, while US crude was down 3.9% at its lowest level since 2008.
Brent recovered to $33.95, down less than 1% on the day, while US crude climbed back to $33.42, down 1.6%.
Oversupply has hit oil prices, which are now 70% lower than in June 2014.
Companies and governments that rely heavily on oil revenues have been suffering as a result.
Adding to the continuing fall in oil prices, China depreciated the yuan on Thursday, sending regional currencies and stock markets tumbling.
Demand for crude tends to fall when the US dollar is stronger against currencies of purchasing countries, and China remains the world's biggest energy consumer.
China's stock markets were suspended less than half an hour into trading on Thursday, after falling 7% and triggering a new circuit-breaking mechanism for the second time this week.
Overnight, the US Department of Energy's weekly report showed a sharp drop in US commercial crude inventories of 5.1 million barrels to 482.3 million.
The government data also showed a gain in US crude production of 17,000 barrels a day, taking it to 9.22 million barrels a day, the fourth consecutive week of increases. There was also a rise in stockpiles at the Cushing oil hub in Oklahoma.
Oil is so oversupplied globally that countries are running out of storage.
The US, which is thought to have among the largest storage facilities in the world, has nowhere left to keep it, according to Paul Stevens, professor emeritus at the University of Dundee and a Middle East specialist.
"Storage is pretty much full and people are already talking about buying tankers as floating storage," he said.
"But if supply continues to outstrip demand, then the only thing that you can do with the oil is sell it, which inevitably pushes the price down."
The huge storage overhang means that even if US production falls this year, as oil companies halt production, it will take several months to get rid of excess supplies. | The oil price tumbled to $32.62 a barrel on Thursday morning as a result of rising US energy stockpiles and China's weakening currency, before recovering later in the day. |
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The parade through the city centre was part of the International Association of Women Police (IAWP) conference, which also celebrates its centenary.
Ahead of the event, South Wales Police launched an appeal to find the family of one of its first women officers, WPC1 Elsie Joan Baldwin.
Her relatives were among those to attend the event on Sunday.
South Wales Police's Ass Chf Cons Nikki Holland said the conference recognised the "huge contribution that women make towards policing" and was a place to discuss local and international issues and share best practice.
As well as tracing WPC1 Elsie Baldwin's family, the force has discovered more information about her fellow female colleagues.
ACC Holland added: "I believe that these women whose families we have met were incredible, not only having served in World War Two but also were among the first women to police south Wales leading the way for women, including myself, to forge a career in the police."
South Wales Police - formed after the Glamorgan Constabulary merged with Cardiff, Swansea and Merthyr Tydfil police forces - is hosting the International Association of Women in Policing training conference from 23-27 August. | Hundreds of women officers from around the world have marched through Cardiff to celebrate 100 years of policewomen. |
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He had already been in office for six years - no mean feat in a country that went through seven presidents in the 10 years before Mr Correa was elected.
Mr Correa, 49, came to power making much of the fact that he was not a traditional politician, and while in office he has sought to overhaul Ecuador's political structure and boost social spending.
He has also defaulted on foreign loans and clashed with Washington on several issues.
Mr Correa is regarded as the strongest leader in decades to be at Ecuador's helm, and his approval ratings have remained consistently above 50%.
Much of his popularity can be attributed to the government's public spending, including on roads, bridges, schools and hospitals.
Cash transfers have boosted the incomes of the poorest Ecuadoreans, and poverty levels have dropped from some 38% in 2006 to 29% today, according to the World Bank.
Mr Correa, a US-trained economist, announced in December 2008 that Ecuador was officially defaulting on billions of dollars of foreign debt that it considered "illegitimate".
Ecuador, an Opec member, is heavily dependent on oil exports. Mr Correa has pushed for new contracts with foreign oil companies operating in the country, increasing the share of income that goes to the state. Critics warned that such moves could deter foreign investors.
Other high-profile decisions Mr Correa has taken include his refusal to renew the lease on airbases used by US forces to mount anti-narcotics missions.
In February 2009, Ecuador expelled two US diplomats, accusing them of meddling in the country's internal affairs - charges Washington rejected.
Mr Correa came to office promising constitutional reform and in September 2008 some 65% of Ecuadoreans voted in a referendum to approve a new constitution that brought sweeping changes.
Mr Correa's opponents accused him of seeking to override Ecuador's democratic institutions and amass too much power for himself.
President Correa has described the private media as his "greatest enemy" and a major obstacle to implementing reforms.
He often uses his weekly radio and TV shows as a platform to attack them. He also uses a law that requires the media to carry government messages as a way of directly confronting his critics.
In 2011, three executives and a former columnist from an opposition newspaper, El Universo were sentenced to jail terms and a massive fine for libelling President Correa. He subsequently pardoned them, saying his aim had been to fight the "dictatorship of the media".
In 2012, Reporters Without Borders highlighted the closure of some dozen broadcasting outlets that were critical of the government.
President Correa came to wider international notice after offering asylum to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who remains at the Ecuadorean embassy in London.
Mr Correa was born in 1963 in the city of Guayaquil.
He studied economics in that city's Catholic University and then went on to get two masters degrees - one in the US and the other in Belgium - and, in 2001, a PhD.
The father of three speaks fluent English and French and can also speak the indigenous Quechua language, which he learnt while doing voluntary work.
Mr Correa describes himself as "left-wing - not from the Marxist left, but rather a Christian left". | Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa won an unprecedented third term in elections in February 2013. |
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James Porter, who takes over the top job on Monday, issued the rallying cry at the NRA's annual meeting in Texas.
Tens of thousands of people are expected at the gun rights group's event, which comes weeks after the NRA helped stop a firearms control bill.
Gun control groups plan counter-demonstrations in Houston.
"This is not a battle about gun rights,'' Mr Porter told attendees on Friday, saying it was "a culture war".
"[You] here in this room are the fighters for freedom," the Alabama lawyer added. "We are the protectors."
About 70,000 people were expected to attend the conference in Houston, to browse new products from weapons manufacturers and hunting outfitters, and sign up for hunting excursions around the world.
On the stage at the George Brown Convention Center, the NRA's chief executive, Wayne LaPierre, told the crowd that politicians and the media had repeatedly lied about the organisation.
"NRA members have stared those anti-gun elitists straight in the eye, and we've stared them down," Mr LaPierre told the cheering crowd.
Texas Governor Rick Perry also took to the podium, thanking Texas Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz for "fighting back against the anti-gun lobby in their latest attempt to undercut the [US Constitution's] second amendment", a reference to the failed firearms control bill.
Last month the background checks proposal fell six votes short of the 60 needed to advance in the Senate. It had support from almost all the chamber's Democrats and President Barack Obama, but faced near unanimous Republican opposition.
High-profile gun rights activists including former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal also spoke at the convention.
And the conference will host a demonstration called Stand and Fight, organised by conservative commentator Glenn Beck.
Military veterans who disagree with the NRA are planning a counter-demonstration called Occupy the NRA, and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense were due to rally.
Texas state lawmaker Garnet Coleman, a Democrat whose district is hosting the conference, said he did not plan to attend.
"Clearly, the sales and promotion of firearms is big business," he said. "This is business with politics as the cloak."
Opinion polls have repeatedly shown more than 80% of Americans support a wider system of background checks to keep people with criminal histories from purchasing guns.
The US gun debate was re-energised by a December shooting that left 20 children dead at a primary school Newtown, Connecticut.
In the massacre's wake, some states including New York, Colorado and Connecticut passed gun control legislation, but firearms laws were loosened in South Dakota, Wyoming and Arkansas.
Following the Newtown shootings, the NRA called for armed guards in US schools. | The incoming president of the National Rifle Association (NRA) has told attendees of its conference they are freedom fighters in a "culture war". |
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The Markit/Cips construction purchasing managers' index (PMI) was virtually unchanged at 53.5 points in July from 53.6 points in June. A number above 50 indicates growth in orders.
But employment in the sector in the sector fell for a second month.
The data comes after a similar survey of manufacturing on Monday showed its first contraction in two years.
Within the construction sector there was an increase in commercial and civil engineering orders but a small decrease in residential orders.
"Following a recent flurry of disappointing surveys and data, it is actually somewhat of a relief to see construction activity expand at a similar pace in July to June," said Howard Archer an economist from IHS Global Insight.
It was the 17th successive monthly rise in construction orders.
Confidence amongst construction companies improved slightly but Markit said it remained subdued by historical standards.
However, PMI surveys are not always a reliable indicator of economic performance.
Data from the Office of National statistics showed the construction industry contracted during the winter despite surveys indicating solid growth in orders. | The UK's construction industry continued to grow in July, a survey of the sector has indicated. |
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Single asylum-seekers without children will get an integration benefit of 5,945 kroner (£564) a month before tax, instead of the current 10,849.
Married couples with children will be able to get 16,638 kroner monthly, instead of the current 28,832.
Immigrants who pass a Danish language test will be entitled to a 1,500 kroner monthly bonus.
On Friday the proposal is expected to be passed by parliament, where the Venstre-led (Liberal) government is supported by the anti-immigration Danish People's Party (DPP).
The new integration benefit - replacing unemployment benefit for migrants - would then become law in September. EU migrant workers will not be affected by it.
Denmark has adopted some of the toughest immigration policies in the EU in recent years, as the DPP's political influence has grown.
First- and second-generation immigrants form 12% of Denmark's 5.6 million population.
"We must tighten up so we can get to grips with the asylum stream to Denmark," said Immigration Minister Inger Stoejberg, quoted by the Copenhagen Post.
In the run-up to last month's election, Venstre leader Lars Lokke Rasmussen - now prime minister - said action was needed "so that the influx of asylum-seekers and people coming here through family reunification is brought under control".
Separately, the government says more police and monitoring equipment will be installed at the border with Germany to stop smugglers and irregular migrants entering Denmark.
However, the measures would not violate the EU's Schengen rules on unrestricted travel, Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen said. | Denmark's new centre-right government has announced plans to reduce social benefits for asylum-seekers. |
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The incident, during which the 29-year-old man received facial injuries, happened in Hill Street at about 19:30 on Sunday.
The area was taped off by police and investigations were also being carried out in South Mount Street.
Police Scotland said they were initially called out to reports of a "disturbance". Officers were said to be following a positive line of inquiry. | A man has been seriously assaulted in Aberdeen. |
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Short-term financing has been arranged to help Greece get through July and emergency funding has enabled the banks to reopen for the first time since June.
But the bailout has been widely criticised and there are many voices still arguing that Greece should leave the eurozone, also known as a "Grexit".
For now, the threat of a Grexit is diminished. But it was a genuine possibility in the hours before the 13 July bailout deal was hammered out. Since then, Greece has successfully negotiated the first hurdles put up by its eurozone partners.
The most important obstacle was in the Greek parliament, where the Syriza-led government survived a rebellion and pushed through tough reforms on VAT, pensions and early retirement which eurozone partners said were an immediate test for the government to pass.
That triggered a deal on €7.16bn in emergency funding, to enable the government to pay its arrears with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and its July bill from the European Central Bank (ECB).
Significantly, it has also prompted the ECB to lift its limit on emergency cash assistance for Greek banks, which reopen on 20 July, three weeks after they were shut.
Not for a while, and it depends on weeks of negotiations on the terms of the third bailout.
Capital controls, imposed when the ECB froze emergency liquidity assistance for the banks (ELA), are unlikely to be lifted for some time. So while the banks are open again, cash withdrawals will be limited to €420 per week.
The reality is that Greece has not been normal for several years. The financial crisis hit Greece and its banks hard. The jobless rate is above 25% and youth unemployment is as high as 50%.
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If negotiations fall through, Greece could still leave the single currency.
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said he was unhappy with the bailout deal he negotiated with other eurozone leaders but he was faced with a clear choice: "A deal we largely disagreed with, or a chaotic default."
So there is a chance a government that does not believe in a bailout deal and that relied on opposition MPs to get it past parliament might not last to see it through.
There are plenty of politicians and economists who believe Greece should leave the euro, most notably German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, who believes Greece needs debt relief, which is not seen as legal within the single currency.
But at a European level, politically the decision appears to have been taken to do whatever it takes to keep Greece in. And for now Mr Schaeuble's arguments have been over-ruled.
Austria's centre-left Chancellor Werner Faymann has said it would be "totally wrong" for Greece to leave, and ECB Chairman Mario Draghi has been even clearer. The ECB's mandate was, he said, "to act based on the assumption that Greece is and will be a member of the euro area".
This was an idea put forward by Mr Schaeuble, who called for a Greek "time-out from the euro area", enabling the Athens government to restructure its debts.
He and many others believe Greek debt is unsustainable and that a debt write-off - a "haircut" - would make more sense outside the euro as it is not allowed inside it.
A time-out was discussed by eurozone leaders, but the terms of re-entering the eurozone are so stringent that a time-out would in reality have become permanent. For France's President Hollande, there is "no such thing as temporary Grexit".
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Certainly, there is a clear attraction for many Greeks of abandoning the euro, when faced with many more years of eurozone austerity and a new debt burden of €86bn (£62bn).
But it all depends on whether or not Greece is allowed to restructure its debts.
The International Monetary Fund revealed it had warned eurozone leaders that Greece's debt would peak at 200% of GDP, far higher than previous estimates. Its "dramatic deterioration in debt sustainability" required debt relief "on a scale that would need to go well beyond what has been under consideration to date".
The only reference to potential debt relief in the eurozone deal is of "possible longer grace and payment periods". And Germany's Angela Merkel said there was a plan to consider restructuring later in the year, after the "first review" of the bailout.
The European Commission said "a very substantial debt re-profiling" was possible if Greece kept to agreed reforms. However a debt write-off was not on the cards.
Greece's former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis certainly believes it will not happen.
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There is no precedent for a country to leave the euro and no-one knows how it might happen.
However, Yanis Varoufakis gave an illuminating idea of the initial steps he had planned for Greece to take towards Grexit in preparation for when the ECB cut off emergency funding for Greek banks.
His colleagues rejected the plan.
The problem for Greece is the damage already done to the banks. Tens of billions of euros have already been withdrawn from private and business accounts, and capital controls have left Greeks unable to withdraw large sums of cash.
The risk is that a messy default could cause even more harm to the Greek economy.
Greece would suffer instant devaluation and inflation. It could end up a pariah in the international markets for years, much like Argentina in 2002.
Tourism - one of Greece's main earners - would be hit hard, dealing a hammer blow to an ailing economy.
Some economists believe a return to the drachma could eventually benefit the economy, but it is difficult to see anything positive in the short term.
If Greece were to fall out of the euro, one potential option for the banks would be to reopen with a parallel currency before the revival of Greece's former currency, the drachma.
Another would be to place Greece in a type of eurozone quarantine, where it would use the euro but not be a fully-fledged part of it. After all, Kosovo and Montenegro have adopted the euro without being inside the eurozone. This method could also be used if Greece were to leave the eurozone on a temporary basis.
Greece could also maintain two euro currencies, with the euro used for transactions and the government paying salaries and pensions in a separate Greek-style euro or even in IOUs.
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€320bn
Greece's debt mountain
€240bn
European bailout
177% country's debt-to-GDP ratio
25% fall in GDP since 2010
26% Greek unemployment rate | Greece has negotiated a eurozone deal for a possible third bailout - but that does not mean its future in the single currency is guaranteed. |
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The new deal includes highlights of the opening two rounds of the tournament, as well as live coverage of the decisive Saturday and Sunday rounds.
Radio 5 live and Radio 5 live sports extra will feature live commentary of all four days of the first major of the year from Augusta National Golf Club.
This year's tournament is from 6-9 April and the action can be accessed on PC, tablet, mobile and connected TV.
The audience can access four digital feeds from Amen Corner, holes 15 and 16, featured groups and the driving range.
This is the 50th year the BBC has been broadcasting the major.
"We're extremely proud of our partnership with the Masters Tournament, and this new deal highlights our longstanding commitment to bringing world-class golf to the widest possible audience on free-to-air TV, " said Barbara Slater, director of BBC Sport.
"In addition, our radio and digital offerings will bring audiences closer to the action than ever before. The Masters remains one of the standout events on the sporting calendar, bringing together the world's best players in a truly unique setting." | The BBC has agreed an extension to its deal to broadcast the Masters. |
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On Tuesday 12 July TJ Williams was live-streaming himself and friends. In the video - which contains some distressing scenes and strong language - three men in Virginia, USA are rapping along to music playing in a car. Then shots are fired and the phone falls to the floor.
This is the second shooting to appear on Facebook Live in a week. On 6 July Lavish Reynolds used Facebook Live to capture the disturbing moments after her boyfriend was shot by a police officer in Minnesota.
It seems that live-streaming has just taken a very serious turn. What does this mean for audiences and for the future of streaming?
Live-streaming is relatively new; platforms like Meerkat and Periscope launched in early 2015. Facebook Live let verified accounts live-stream in August 2015 and now everyone with a Facebook account can join in.
When live-streaming began on social media it could be fun. Who could forget the exploding watermelon? Produced by Buzzfeed for a Facebook Live, where rubber bands were placed on the fruit till it exploded. It was the most watched live stream in Facebook history, racking up nearly 10 million views. That is until the woman in the Chewbacca mask.
Candace Payne streamed footage from a car park immediately after purchasing a Chewbacca mask. It has broken the record as the most-watched Facebook Live video - ever. More than 158 million people have watched Candace wear the mask and laugh hysterically at herself.
But as has been seen recently, there have been some very distressing videos which have been live-streamed. A woman in France filmed her suicide on Periscope earlier this year. Commentators and journalists there began to unpick the role Periscope might have played and whether more could have been done to help her. Twitter, which owns Periscope, did take the video down.
And the horrific scene as the gunman in Dallas began his rampage earlier this week was also captured and instantly broadcast on Facebook by a photographer named Michael Kevin Bautista.
The BBC has its own set of guidelines about not only what sort of things we live-stream, but the footage we use from other people's live streams.
Other companies also recognise a need for safeguards.
Facebook has a set of community standards which include:
"Helping to keep you safe: We remove content, disable accounts and work with law enforcement when we believe that there is a genuine risk of physical harm or direct threats to public safety.
"Encouraging respectful behaviour: To help balance the needs, safety and interests of a diverse community, we may remove certain kinds of sensitive content or limit the audience that sees it."
Periscope also has strict guidelines about content that is allowed and also provides a link to allow users to report issues. It does not monitor the feeds around the clock, although it has previously said that it was able to respond "within minutes".
Meerkat also offers community guidelines which are suggestions for how its community should behave to make it a "happy and vibrant one".
The company says says: "All people watching Meerkat streams, whether they come from the app or web are required to authenticate before they can watch a live stream. It's important to us that the broadcaster understands who is watching and participating."
Live-streaming will clearly play a large role in the future of social media, but what are the wider considerations around its use? What impact does watching a shooting live on your Facebook stream have on you?
Police in Norfolk, Virginia have said that all three men involved in Wednesday's shooting have been taken to hospital - two with life threatening injuries.
Over 2,000 people have shared the latest shooting video - including people who are friends with TJ Williams on Facebook.
Friends who were watching the live stream as it happened commented - as it happened:
"His phone still recording OMG"
"I'm in tears this is so sad. What its wrong with people? Lord let them be ok."
"OMG TJ pull thru I'm praying for you"
Written by Kerry Alexandra and Rozina Sini from the BBC UGC & Social Team | Another shooting in the US has been live-streamed on Facebook. |
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The Dons face Championship Morton at the national stadium in Glasgow on Saturday 22 October.
And the Premiership club believe their support will be at a "major disadvantage" because of the near 150-mile distance and the 12:15 start.
The other Hampden semi-final, Rangers v Celtic, is at 14:15 on 23 October.
In previous seasons, a number of League Cup semi-finals have been played in Edinburgh, with both Hibernian's Easter Road and Hearts' Tynecastle hosting the ties.
Bus journeys from Aberdeen to Glasgow can take up to three hours.
In a statement on the club website, Aberdeen said: "Our stated preference was that the game took place at a more reasonable time on the Saturday at a venue that would ensure a capacity attendance.
"It is from an attendance perspective very regrettable that the game kicks off at 12.15pm, which is a major disadvantage to our fantastic travelling support in particular for games such as these.
"Regarding the choice of venue we understand and accept that it is for all clubs to indicate the crowd they anticipate taking and Hampden Park was chosen on this basis.
"We accept that the majority of our supporters would have had to travel for at least a couple of hours to attend this fixture at any suitable venue, but are disappointed as we feel that this outcome has a very negative impact on what should be a great day out and experience for all supporters." | Aberdeen say it is "very regrettable" their Scottish League Cup semi-final with Greenock Morton has been given a lunchtime kick-off. |
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The actor and comedian said at the London ceremony he was surprised to receive the fellowship, saying it was beyond his "wildest expectations".
Sir Lenny won the judges award for his work raising awareness of diversity within the industry.
Other winners included actress Suranne Jones and presenters Ant and Dec.
Ant and Dec, who won their first RTS award in 1995, took home the prize for best entertainment performance, but Dec admitted he had managed to break the award soon after receiving it.
Jones won the best female actor award for her role in BBC drama Dr Foster, adding to the National TV Award she won in January. Meanwhile Anthony Hopkins won the male actor award for BBC Two's The Dresser.
Emmerdale beat rivals Coronation Street and EastEnders to win best soap and continuing drama.
The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies followed its Bafta success by winning two awards - best drama serial and best drama writing for Peter Morgan.
Another double winner was comedy series Catastrophe. The show's creators and stars Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney won best scripted comedy and best comedy writers.
Michaela Coel, star of E4's comedy Chewing Gum, won the breakthrough award, which was a new prize this year. She also won best comedy performance.
ITV2's Release the Hounds beat The Graham Norton Show and The Last Leg to win best entertainment show.
The horror-themed game show sees contestants pushed to the limit in tests taken place during the night in a remote forest with the judges remarking it was "brilliantly made, with great production values which really move the genre forward".
Reggie Yates, who hosts Release the Hounds, won the presenter award for his BBC Three programme Reggie Yates' Extreme Russia.
ITV's Judge Rinder beat This Morning to win best daytime programme, with judges calling it "incredibly watchable, distinctive and entertaining".
BBC One's DIY SOS: Homes for Veterans beat First Dates and SAS: Who Dares Wins to win the popular factual and features category.
In other drama awards, Paul Abbott's No Offence won best drama series and Coalition won best single drama.
Broadcaster and journalist Joan Bakewell received the lifetime achievement award at the ceremony, hosted by Richard Madeley.
Earlier this month the Royal Television Society announced the judging panel this year had changed to include more women and people from minority backgrounds.
The full list of winners can be seen on the RTS website. | Sir Lenny Henry has been awarded a fellowship of the Royal Television Society alongside a judges award at the RTS Programme Awards. |
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More than 60 have been rescued from the sea near the Turkish resort of Ayvacik.
Local officials say they expect the death toll to rise when the capsized boat is searched.
Thousands of refugees and migrants continue to make the dangerous sea journey from Turkey to Greece to seek asylum in northern Europe.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Friday that 244 migrants had drowned in the Mediterranean so far this year, out of 55,568 arrivals.
"The daily average (of arrivals) is nearly equivalent to the total numbers for the month of January as recently as two years ago," the IOM said.
The latest tragedy comes just days after 26 migrants drowned when their boat sank off the coast of the Greek island of Samos.
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The Turkish coastguard said that in Saturday's incident the migrants had been trying to reach the Greek island of Lesbos when their boat capsized.
Lesbos is one of the most popular European arrival points for asylum seekers.
The deputy governor of Turkey's Canakkale province, Saim Eskioglu, said the 17m (56ft) boat "hit rocks soon after it left the coast".
"We believe there are more dead bodies inside the boat,'' he told CNN-Turk TV.
Many of those rescued are being treated in hospital for hypothermia.
A Turkish man suspected of being the people smuggler who organised the trip has been arrested, according to Turkey's Dogan news agency.
However, the BBC's Mark Lowen in Turkey says those caught are typically middle-men rather than the main criminals behind the people smuggling.
Those on board were from Afghanistan, Syria and Myanmar, Turkey's Anadolu news agency said.
Last year more than one million migrants, many fleeing war, poverty and oppression, arrived in Europe, causing a political crisis among EU states.
The mass movement of refugees is largely fuelled by the war in Syria and talks have opened in Geneva to try to find a solution to the violence.
Last week, a draft European Commission report said Greece had "seriously neglected" its obligations to control the external frontier of Europe's passport-free Schengen zone.
The Greek government accused the commission of playing "blame games".
Late last year, the Turkish government signed a deal with the EU to receive about €3bn (£2.2bn; $3.3bn) in return for stemming the flow of asylum seekers. But the proposals have reportedly stalled amid objections from Italy.
Turkey is home to nearly three million refugees, most of them from Syria.
Many of them pay smugglers thousands of dollars to make the crossing to Greece. They then head north, with most trying to reach Germany, Austria and Scandinavia.
A note on terminology: The BBC uses the term migrant to refer to all people on the move who have yet to complete the legal process of claiming asylum. This group includes people fleeing war-torn countries such as Syria, who are likely to be granted refugee status, as well as people who are seeking jobs and better lives, who governments are likely to rule are economic migrants. | At least 39 migrants, including several children, have drowned trying to cross the Aegean Sea from Turkey to Greece, coastguards say. |
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Mr Carney warned on Thursday that a UK vote to leave could cause a recession - sparking calls for him to resign.
But he told the Andrew Marr show he was independent of politics and was not suggesting how people should vote.
Mr Carney said the Bank's role was to "identify risks, not to cross your fingers and hope risks would go away".
Voters will be asked whether they want the country to stay in or leave the European Union on in the referendum on 23 June.
Mr Carney said his comments about a possible recession, made when he appeared before the Treasury Select Committee, were about being "straight and transparent" with the British people.
He rejected suggestions he had breached the Bank's impartiality mandate, and denied claims the remarks had emphasised only the downside of leaving the EU.
"Our central forecast is for Remain - we always take government policy, that's the standard approach of the Bank of England - but we go into great detail about the risks around that," he told Marr.
Mr Carney denied claims that he had overstepped the mark by making statements on EU membership.
"Absolutely not," the governor said. The Bank should not "bend to political pressure from any side".
How working conditions and pay rates are affected by EU membership.
He said it would have been wrong to wait until after the vote, "and then say 'Oh, by the way this is what we thought at the time'.
"We also have a responsibility to explain risk and then take steps, because by explaining what we would do to mitigate them we reduce them.
"That is the key point - ignoring a risk is not to reduce it," he said.
However, former cabinet minister Iain Duncan Smith, a Leave campaigner, repeated criticism that Mr Carney had breached his obligations on impartiality by emphasising only the Leave risks.
Mr Duncan Smith told Andrew Neil's Sunday Politics programme: "If you're going to be impartial, if you're going to be fair, then you damn well better say something about what the alternative case is, and the threats of remaining are very clear."
He said he "wouldn't expect" a major financial institution to back the Leave campaign "because they all wanted to protect the status quo".
Mr Carney's comments last week about the risks of recession were seized on by the Remain camp, with Chancellor George Osborne saying the UK had had a "clear and unequivocal warning" from the Bank's Monetary Policy Committee as well as the Bank's governor about the risks of leaving the EU.
However, former UK chancellor Lord Lamont warned that institutions such as the Bank were becoming politicised.
"A governor should be careful that he doesn't cause a crisis," he said.
Jacob Rees Mogg, a Tory MP and Treasury Select Committee member, called on Mr Carney to be sacked, saying he had acted irresponsibly.
And on the Marr show, ahead of Mr Carney's appearance, Conservative minister and Leave campaigner Andrea Leadsom said the governor had made "an incredibly dangerous intervention" in the EU debate.
She said the Bank's only job was to ensure financial stability, adding: "They're not there to provoke financial instability and that's what they've done."
She predicted Mr Carney would end up "significantly regretting getting involved in politics". | Bank of England governor Mark Carney has defended his intervention in the debate over the UK's membership of the European Union. |
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Several women in the Green Party have alleged they were subjected to either sexual assault or lewd text messages.
Mr Baupin, 53, who stood down on Monday as deputy speaker of parliament, has vigorously denied the allegations.
His lawyer sued two French media outlets on Tuesday for defamation, condemning the claims as "mendacious".
A number of French male politicians have been accused of sexual harassment in recent years.
The most high-profile case involved presidential hopeful Dominique Strauss-Kahn, whose career was brought to an end by New York rape charges that were subsequently dropped.
On its front page on Tuesday the daily Liberation published a petition by 500 female politicians and activists demanding an end to the mafia-style silence surrounding sexual harassment in France. Their Twitter campaign group is called #levonslomerta.
Under French law, allegations of sexual harassment or aggression where the victim is an adult have to be made within three years and it is unclear how many of the revelations fall inside that period. Some of the accusations date back 15 years.
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In its statement, the Paris prosecutor's office said no complaint had yet been made by any of the women. The inquiry would seek to gather evidence from the women involved "to verify the dates and places that the alleged acts took place and listen to every useful witness", it added.
According to the France Inter and Mediapart news organisations, the women speaking out against Mr Baupin had decided to come forward after Mr Baupin gave his support in March to a campaign criticising violence against women. His accusers said they were previously afraid for their careers, and did not speak out.
Mr Baupin left the Greens (EELV) last month amid disagreements over party strategy. He is married to Emmanuelle Cosse, the housing minister in Francois Hollande's Socialist government. She was sacked by the Greens when she took on the job.
Ms Cosse told France Info radio on Tuesday that she had been unaware of the allegations before they had emerged on Monday and had been very moved, as a woman as well as a wife and mother.
The housing minister said, however, that she had complete faith in her husband. If the facts were proved then they should be settled in court, she said. "But if they aren't proved then that should also be settled in court." | Prosecutors in France have opened a preliminary investigation into claims of sexual harassment made by political colleagues of senior MP Denis Baupin. |
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Valentine Clays produces raw materials for the ceramics industry, supplying local firms as well as others across the world.
The latest investment includes a workshop, gallery and training space at the new base in Fenton.
Production is also set to move to the site in the next five years with two factories planned.
Local business leaders said the ceramics sector had enjoyed a resurgence in recent years and they are keen to show young people it was no longer the "dirty environment" it used to be, but a "high-tech, modern" industry. | A ceramics firm has opened a new £3m headquarters in Stoke-on-Trent, with plans to create about 25 new jobs. |
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Stuart Jefferson, 32, was accused of setting a fire at the former Majestyk nightclub in City Square on the night of 30 September.
He admitted being inside the building on the night of the fire but denied two counts of arson.
The jury at Leeds Crown Court heard Mr Jefferson had two previous convictions for arson.
During the three-day trial, the court heard that staff and guests at the Quebec Hotel next door to the venue had to be evacuated during the fire.
Evidence collected after the blaze showed a naked flame had been deliberately placed against the seats.
Dozens of firefighters tackled the blaze at the Grade-II listed building, the home of the Majestic cinema in the 1920s.
Its roof partially collapsed but the "iconic" building was saved by firefighters.
The Majestyk closed its doors in 2006 and plans to revive the building have included creating a cinema, restaurants and a gym. | A man has been cleared by a jury of starting a blaze that badly damaged a disused Leeds nightclub. |
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Andre Esteves was arrested at his home in Rio de Janeiro. Documents were seized both from there and from the bank he heads in Sao Paulo.
At the same time, the leader of the governing Workers Party in the Senate, Delcidio Amaral, was also arrested.
Both men are accused of obstructing the course of the investigation.
Mr Esteves is Brazil's 13th richest man, worth an estimated $2.5bn (£1.7bn), while Mr Amaral is the first sitting legislator to be detained in the scandal.
After his arrest early on Wednesday, police released a recording in which Mr Amaral appears to suggest that the imprisoned former head of Petrobras' international division should refrain from disclosing any evidence about Mr Amaral and Mr Esteves.
In exchange, the Petrobras executive, Nestor Cervero, would be helped to escape from Brazil to Europe, reports said.
The tape was secretly recorded by Cervero's son. He told Brazilian media that his father and he had disagreed with the escape plan.
Later on Wednesday, the Senate held an emergency session and backed up the Supreme Court's decision to arrest Mr Amaral.
More than 100 people have now been arrested in the two-year investigation, including politicians and former top executives at Petrobras, and some of the country's biggest construction firms.
Although Brazil's President and former Petrobras Chair Dilma Rousseff has not been directly implicated in the scandal she is under severe political pressure over its implications, says the BBC's Wyre Davis in Rio de Janeiro.
The president of the Workers Party, Rui Falcao, has published a statement distancing himself from the disgraced senator.
He said was "perplexed by the facts" that led to the arrest.
"None of the acts attributed to the senator is connected to his activities for the party.
"For that reason, the Workers Party does not feel obliged to lend him any solidarity," added Mr Falcao. | One of Brazil's richest businessmen and a top senator have been arrested as part of the sweeping corruption probe into state oil giant Petrobras. |
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Gatwickmeetandgreet.net also said it had been approved by Gatwick Police and Trading Standards.
It said it "never" overbooked customers and parked cars in a police-inspected, fenced and floodlit compound.
One reader complained cars were parked entirely in a quiet residential road.
Urban Parking, owner of the service, did not respond to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) questions about the complaint.
The ASA said there was no evidence to support customers' understanding that their cars would be routinely parked at the compound and would remain there for the duration of their stay.
Gatwickmeetandgreet.net's claim of having been approved by Gatwick Police and Trading Standards was misleading and unsubstantiated, the ASA ruled.
It said the advert must not appear again in its current form, saying: "We told Urban Parking to ensure their future advertising did not mislead in relation to where consumers' vehicles would be parked." | An advert for car parking at Gatwick Airport has been banned after a complaint that vehicles were being parked on local roads instead of in a secure compound. |
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Gwent Police said Thomas Lawrence died at the scene on Belmont Hill, Caerleon.
The teenager, from Pontypool, Torfaen, was taken to Newport's Royal Gwent Hospital where she remains in a critical condition.
There were no other vehicles involved in the crash, which happened at about 23:00 GMT on Wednesday, and officers are continuing to investigate. | The 21-year-old Newport man killed in a crash which also left a 16-year-old girl in hospital has been named. |
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Previously a licence was only needed to watch live broadcasts, so catch-up content was technically exempt from the £145.50 annual fee.
But due to a change in the law, a licence will be needed to download or watch BBC programmes on demand.
Those who already have a TV licence will not be affected.
The change comes after the government said it wanted to modernise the current system, so those watching catch-up TV do not get "a free ride".
"When the licence fee was invented, video on demand did not exist," former Culture Secretary John Whittingdale said in March.
"The BBC works on the basis that all who watch it pay for it. Giving a free ride to those who enjoy Sherlock or Bake Off an hour, a day or a week after they are broadcast was never intended and is wrong."
The new rules apply to all devices used to access iPlayer - including laptops, smartphones, tablets, TV streaming devices and games consoles, as well as through third-party services such as Sky, Virgin or BT.
However, a TV licence will still not be needed for watching other on demand services, such as ITV Player, All4, My5 or Netflix.
TV Licensing said fewer than 2% of households would be affected by the change and would "not affect the huge majority of households which are already licensed".
It added all unlicensed households would be notified of the change in law and a publicity campaign to promote awareness will be carried out before 1 September.
TV Licensing is also pushing awareness for students, many of whom will be affected at the start of the new academic year. | People who watch BBC programmes only on iPlayer will be required to buy a TV licence to view the content from 1 September. |
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Edinburgh College of Art graduate Emily Binks won the award for a shelter she created from discarded furniture.
She will be provided with a house and studio for three months and a monthly stipend as part of the Glenfiddich Residency Award.
Ms Binks, who is originally from West Yorkshire, will also be given a budget to create new works.
She graduated with a BA in sculpture in 2015.
She said her work combined her passion for art with her love of the outdoors.
"Recently, my art practice and personal interests have been becoming more and more intertwined," she said.
"I have been re-homing discarded pieces of furniture from around Edinburgh, then combining that with my experiences of being a Scout leader and my knowledge of survival skills.
"I am currently experimenting with construction of temporary shelters made from reclaimed materials which humans can interact with, encouraging them to develop a new understanding of objects both in art and day-to-day life."
As part of the international residency programme at the Glenfiddich Distillery, Ms Binks's new work will go on show at the on-site gallery.
Andy Fairgrieve, co-ordinator of the Glenfiddich Artists in Residence programme, said the artist would be "a very worthwhile addition to this year's residency line-up".
He added: "Her sculptural assemblage invokes a basic fundamental of the human condition: from building dens as children to setting up homes as independent adults, we can all relate to the creation of a place to shelter and a sense ofbelonging."
The piece was chosen from 61 artists on show at the RSA New Contemporaries exhibition which opened in Edinburgh on Saturday, displaying artwork from graduates of art schools across Scotland in 2015.
Colin Greenslade, director of the Royal Scottish Academy of Art & Architecture, said: "The artists in RSA New Contemporaries are selected on the impact of their degree show presentation, and the Glenfiddich Residency Award winner is then selected from this distilled snapshot of newly emerging talent in Scotland." | A sculpture made from sofas abandoned on the streets of Edinburgh has won a £10,000 art prize. |
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"The experience of a film is immersive and music is supposed to underline and help that experience," he told BBC Radio 3's In Tune.
"If you notice it, maybe its working too hard, or maybe it's too loud. It's all very delicate in the end."
The US composer, who premiered part of the Spectre score on BBC Radio 3, said working on the film has been "tough".
"It was a lot of hard work," he told Sean Rafferty. "I've been at it for three-and-a-half months solid. Seven days a week, morning til night. There were tough moments but all in all, it's strong and I feel good about it."
Newman's first Bond score was for 2012's Skyfall - the highest-grossing Bond film of all time.
He said the project had been daunting "because I'd really never scored an action movie".
Pressed for details about the latest Bond film - and how the music complements the action - the composer remained tight-lipped.
"You're not supposed to give anything away," he said. "It's crazy. It's not that I even want to talk about it, or not talk about, I just know that I shouldn't."
The 12-time Oscar nominee has previously worked on the likes of The Shawshank Redemption, American Beauty and Finding Nemo.
He played a bombastic, pounding clip of his Spectre score on Radio 3, taken from a sequence set in Rome.
Preview clips suggest the piece could soundtrack a set-piece "cat-and-mouse" car chase through the city, but Newman refused to be drawn on the details.
"It takes place in Rome. It's very fast-paced," he said. "I can't tell you about the type of cars but there are cars. There are roads that the cars drive on, as well.
"I won't say anything because I don't know if I'm supposed to or not." | Bond composer Thomas Newman says movie scores should be unobtrusive, otherwise they upset the balance of the film. |
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Members of the group, the UK's biggest mutual organisation, voted on the issue at their annual general meeting.
They passed a motion by 48,579 for, to 39,479 against, to approve "political expenditures" of up to £1m which support the movement's objectives.
Last year the Co-op Group gave £625,000 to the Co-op Party.
This figure was down on the sums donated in previous years.
The AGM also included a vote on new corporate governance procedures which would mean members having less of a direct say.
The Co-operative Group is still recovering from a period of financial mismanagement and some members have recently expressed concerns about how elections to the board are chosen.
The banking arm of the group came close to collapse in 2013, bringing the whole group to a £2.5bn annual loss that year.
The Co-op Party includes among its members a number of Labour MPs, including shadow chancellor Chris Leslie and Walthamstow MP Stella Creasy.
The politicians stand as candidates of both the Co-operative Party and the Labour Party, and the two political movements have strong historical ties.
The board asked the members of the Co-operative Group whether they wanted to continue financially supporting the Co-operative Party, or any other party.
Allan Leighton, chairman of the Co-op Group, said: "There's a clear remit from the members to continue to support the Labour Party.
"It allows us to now have a conversation with the Co-op Labour Party about what we do next."
There was also a members' motion on the agenda, put forward by those in favour of making political donations of up to £1m a year.
The motion to approve political funding "not to exceed £1m per annum" was carried by 55.17% to 44.83%.
BBC business correspondent Joe Lynam said: "To meet a £1.5bn hole in its accounts - mostly stemming from its banking division - the Co-op Group has had to sell off parts of its businesses and hand over majority control of its bank to American hedge funds.
"It's also in the process of radically changing the way it runs itself into a more corporate structure with less of a direct say by its members."
He said that "in theory", each of the 2.8 million Co-op members could vote on a series of motions about the reforms, as well as how its bosses are paid, and retaining the links to the Co-operative party.
One of the group's largest independent societies, Midcounties, recently threatened legal action over a shortlist of six candidates for the group's board being reduced to three - the number of positions available - before a member vote. | The Co-operative Group has decided to continue financially supporting the Co-operative Party, which has strong ties to Labour. |
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Bale, 26, limped out of Real's 4-0 Champions League win over Shakhtar Donetsk in midweek.
But Benitez expects the former Spurs player to be fit for his country's Euro 2016 qualifiers against Bosnia-Herzegovina and Andorra next month.
"It is a small injury and it appears he recovers quickly," said Benitez.
Bale has scored six of Wales' nine goals in Euro 2016 qualifying.
Benitez believes he should be available for their two fixtures in October, which they enter needing a point to qualify for their first major tournament since the 1958 World Cup.
"We are optimistic," he said.
"If the player is fit to go with the national team there is little you can do apart from the normal conversations with the national team managers.
"The most important thing is that Gareth recovers as quickly as possible." | Wales forward Gareth Bale is set to be out "for two to three weeks" with a calf injury, according to Real Madrid manager Rafael Benitez. |
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West Oxfordshire District Council said an online advert on Gumtree promoting the sale of land at Turley Lane in Hailey, Oxfordshire, was not "viable".
It added that permission to develop the land would be highly unlikely.
Warwick Robinson, cabinet member for planning, said steps were taken in 2005 to protect the land from development.
Gumtree is an online site for classified advertisements. | People in Oxfordshire are being warned of a "scam" which claims developers are entitled to purchase an area of greenbelt land for investment. |
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Real were far from convincing against their newly promoted neighbours until Bale latched on to Isco's pass to open the scoring.
The Wales forward got a second on the stroke of half-time after bundling the ball over from close range.
Alvaro Morata added the third after the interval.
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Zinedine Zidane's side moved five points clear of second-placed Barcelona, who are in action later on Sunday away to third-placed Sevilla (19:45 GMT).
Yet Real, who blew a 2-0 lead to draw 3-3 at Legia Warsaw in the Champions League in midweek, struggled against their lowly opponents before Bale broke the deadlock seven minutes before half-time.
He raced on to a through ball from Isco that split the visiting defence and rounded goalkeeper Jon Serantes to tuck the ball inside the near post from a tight angle.
Bale then took advantage of poor defending from a free-kick to hit the second. Even then Real looked vulnerable.
It required a finger-tip save by Keylor Navas to deny Alexander Szymanowski before Morata, standing in for the injured Karim Benzema, made it 3-0.
A big plus for Zidane is the return from the bench of midfielder Luka Modric after injury.
The Real manager's options will be boosted further when Brazilian midfielder Casemiro returns from injury in the near future.
He will be needed.
Real's first game after the international break is away at neighbours Atletico Madrid, while the first El Clasico of the season against Barcelona is on 3 December.
Match ends, Real Madrid 3, Leganés 0.
Second Half ends, Real Madrid 3, Leganés 0.
Attempt missed. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right from a direct free kick.
Víctor Díaz (Leganés) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Marcelo (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Víctor Díaz (Leganés).
Offside, Real Madrid. Lucas Vázquez tries a through ball, but James Rodríguez is caught offside.
Attempt missed. James Rodríguez (Real Madrid) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right from a direct free kick.
Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Víctor Díaz (Leganés).
Foul by Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid).
Diego Rico (Leganés) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Omar Ramos (Leganés) because of an injury.
Foul by Marcelo (Real Madrid).
Omar Ramos (Leganés) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Omar Ramos (Leganés) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Marcelo (Real Madrid) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Omar Ramos (Leganés).
Substitution, Leganés. Víctor Díaz replaces Martín Mantovani.
Substitution, Real Madrid. Lucas Vázquez replaces Álvaro Morata.
Attempt blocked. Gareth Bale (Real Madrid) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by James Rodríguez.
Goal! Real Madrid 3, Leganés 0. Álvaro Morata (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Toni Kroos.
Attempt blocked. Omar Ramos (Leganés) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Unai López.
Offside, Leganés. Bustinza tries a through ball, but Alexander Szymanowski is caught offside.
Daniel Carvajal (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Alexander Szymanowski (Leganés).
Corner, Leganés. Conceded by Keylor Navas.
Attempt saved. Alexander Szymanowski (Leganés) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Omar Ramos with a through ball.
Foul by Gareth Bale (Real Madrid).
Diego Rico (Leganés) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Leganés. Luciano Neves replaces Rubén Pérez.
Substitution, Real Madrid. James Rodríguez replaces Isco.
Attempt blocked. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Álvaro Morata (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Bustinza (Leganés).
Marcelo (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Omar Ramos (Leganés).
Substitution, Real Madrid. Luka Modric replaces Mateo Kovacic.
Martín Mantovani (Leganés) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. | Gareth Bale celebrated his new contract with two goals as La Liga leaders Real Madrid signed off for the international break with victory over Leganes. |
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For those who can't read Greek, here's a translation.
For those who can't read Greekdebtspeak, well, you're on your own.
The two appendix documents - "Reforms for the completion of the current programme and beyond" and "Preliminary debt sustainability analysis" - don't sound much more easily digestible than the ballot.
There is still a question over when and how voters will be presented with those documents, and whether world-class economists will be on hand at polling stations to explain them.
Canada actually introduced an act of parliament to avoid exactly these kinds of questions being put to the public. After two long and convoluted referendum ballots on Quebec independence in 1980 and 1995, the "Clarity Act" stipulated that an independence referendum must be essentially: "Do you want independence, yes or no?"
As well as being a little bit dense, the Greek ballot also controversially puts the "No" option - favoured by the Greek government - above the yes option, leading some to accuse it of bias.
It is an "unusual" format, said Katie Ghose, Chief Executive of the UK Electoral Reform Society.
In the case of the Greek ballot, the no-before-yes format may be offset by the question reading: "Should the [agreement] be accepted" instead of "accepted or rejected", Ms Ghose said.
The Greek ballot wouldn't be the first accused of being not quite up to scratch on the no-bias front, and there are arguably worse examples in history.
In 1978, after being accused of human rights violations by the UN, Chile's General Pinochet held a referendum to ask the people whether they supported his policies. The "Yes" box was a Chilean flag, the "No" box - ever so slightly lower - was a solid black rectangle.
Pinochet won by a cool 78.6%.
And back in 1938, Adolf Hitler balloted the German people to ask: "Do you approve of the reunification of Austria with the German Reich accomplished on 13 March 1938 and do you vote for the list of our Fuehrer, Adolf Hitler?"
The ballot paper had a subtly leading format.
Hitler won with an even cooler 99.7%.
When the UK government prepares a referendum question, the Electoral Commission takes 12 weeks to test the question on focus groups to eliminate any bias or confusion.
A draft of the referendum on whether the UK should leave the EU was rewritten because it confused a significant minority of people who didn't know the UK was already a member.
As well as bias, the question is tested for clarity, said the Electoral Commission's Rosie Davenport.
"We look at length of the question. There is a guideline for the number of words," she said.
"The aim is to make the question as as clear and concise as possible, so you're not presenting people with a lot of waffly information before they vote."
Which brings us back to Greece. Athens did not have the luxury of a 12-week testing period - it has to organise a national referendum at breathtaking speed - but it might be accused of waffle.
"This referendum's emergency nature gives little time to prepare the arguments for either side, and the question is enormously detailed, essentially asking Greeks if they will accept the specific document-based proposals from the IMF, ECB and European Commission," said Ms Ghose.
With such a short time for the people of Greece to make up their minds, what they are being told by politicians will have more of an effect than usual, Ms Ghose said.
"Given the short time span with this referendum, party cues may matter even more than usual; millions will be listening to what party leaders have to say and informing their decisions based on that.
"At the core of this, however, the Greek people will understand the implications for voting yes or no - even with little time to campaign. The UK's 1998 Good Friday Agreement referendum question was notoriously complex, but people knew the underlying choice," she added.
So while the question is long and detailed - that may be out of necessity, and the real choice will be known by Greeks." | The wording of the Greek debt referendum has been released, and it's a bit of a thinker. |
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Trials for the event, between 30 June and 2 July, clash with the Games.
The 400m runner, 20, shaved seven hundredths of a second off his island record on his way to winning the England Under-23 title on Sunday.
"He's now seeing that opportunity there for him," Guernsey team manager Tom Druce told BBC Sport.
"I think they've looked at the current landscape of running - some of the top guys aren't performing, quite frankly, so he's gone from a maybe to a probable [for the World Championships]."
Chalmers, who won the British Universities and Colleges Sport 400m title in a record time last month, had hoped to win three gold medals at the Gotland Games.
He will make his senior Great Britain debut at the European Team Championships this weekend, and has also been selected for the European Under-23 Championships in Poland next month.
His place in Guernsey's 4x400m Island Games relay squad has been taken by Peter Curtis.
"Peter's one of our most promising Under-17s, and he would have been named in the team anyway if we didn't already have two high-class 400m hurdlers," added Druce. | Guernsey sprinter Cameron Chalmers has pulled out of the Island Games to focus on securing a place at the World Championships in London in August. |
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Ruby Rai, 17, ranked first in the Bihar state exams - but said in a video interview that her main subject political science was about cooking.
After the video went viral, Ms Rai was made to re-sit her exams, and was arrested after she failed and had her original results cancelled.
She was produced in court on Sunday where a magistrate sent her to jail until 8 July.
The decision to send her to prison has been criticised given that she is a minor and should, therefore, be sent to a detention home for juveniles.
The Hindu newspaper quoted Senior Superintendent of Police Manu Maharaj as saying that Ms Rai would have to "prove" that she was a minor. He did not specify how.
One state minister told reporters that authorities needed to make the system accountable instead of punishing students.
Meanwhile, arrest warrants have been issued for several other students who performed well in the exams, including Saurabh Shrestha who topped the science stream, but later could not say that H2O was water.
The AFP news agency quoted police as saying that another 18 people had been arrested.
Examiners who retested Ms Rai told reporters they were "shocked" by her performance. When asked to write an essay about the Indian poet Tulsidas, she only wrote "Tulsidas ji pranam (Salutations to Tulsidas)".
Last year, parents of students in the state were photographed climbing school walls to pass on answers.
The embarrassed state government had announced tough measures like fines and jail terms, intended to curb cheating this year.
The markedly lower pass rate seen in the results announced last month was taken as an indication that the steps had worked.
That is, of course, until the footage of Ms Rai's interview was aired. | An Indian student has been sent to jail for cheating after she failed a retest. |
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Wood moved to nine under after seven birdies and two bogies, ahead of France's Benjamin Herbert and Italy's Renato Paratore.
Overnight leader Jamie Donaldson of Wales shot a two-over 75 to fall three shots off the lead after 54 holes.
England's European Tour rookie Max Orrin is also three shots behind Wood.
World number 469 Orrin, 23, had a share of the lead after the opening round at the Barseback Golf and Country Club and carded a one-under-par 72 on Saturday to stay in touch.
Wood began the day four shots off the lead, but the 29-year-old from Bristol got off to the perfect start with a birdie on the first hole.
"I've played nice all year without getting any results so in my mind it's a matter of time before I start getting some decent results," he told Sky Sports.
"The wind in the pro-am on Wednesday afternoon threw me out a bit and I struggled Thursday.
"I battled round in one over and have been working hard late at night in the gym just trying to get a feel for the swing back and it's getting there."
If Wood wins a fourth European Tour title on Sunday, it would secure his place at the US Open which starts on 15 June.
Wood is currently ranked 68th, with the top 60 in the world rankings on June 12 qualifying for the second major of the year. | England's Chris Wood carded a five-under-par 68 to take a one-shot lead into the final round of the Nordea Masters in Malmo, Sweden. |
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One officer fired at rioters who threw rocks at police.
The unrest in the Rinkeby suburb on Monday night came after police tried to arrest a suspect on drugs charges.
It also comes after US President Donald Trump referred to Sweden in a speech on immigration problems, baffling Swedes about a non-existent incident.
Rioters, some of them wearing masks, threw rocks, set vehicles on fire and looted shops from about 20:00 (19:00 GMT) on Monday in Rinkeby, which has a history of unrest.
Warning shots were fired, but police later said one officer had also fired at least one shot at stone-throwers, a rare occurrence in Sweden.
No gunshot wounds were reported.
A number of other injuries were reported, including a shopkeeper.
A photographer from Dagens Nyheter said he was assaulted by a group of people when arriving to report on the unrest and spent the night in hospital.
The unrest subsided at about midnight.
Police spokesman Lars Bystrom said: "This kind of situation doesn't happen that often but it is always regrettable when it happens."
Sweden has seen urban unrest in some areas with large immigrant populations, where there have been job and integration issues.
At a rally in Florida on Saturday, Mr Trump suggested Sweden could face the kind of terrorist attacks that have hit France, Belgium and Germany.
He said: "You look at what's happening in Germany, you look at what's happening last night in Sweden. Sweden, who would believe this. Sweden. They took in large numbers. They're having problems like they never thought possible."
The statement about a particular incident on Friday night baffled Swedes, including former Prime Minister Carl Bildt, who tweeted: "Sweden? Terror attack? What has he been smoking?"
The hashtag #lastnightinSweden was soon trending on Twitter, and the Swedish embassy in Washington asked the state department for clarification.
Mr Trump later tweeted that his statement "was in reference to a story that was broadcast on FoxNews concerning immigrants & Sweden".
Some people suggest Mr Trump might have been referring to a clip aired on Fox News on Friday night of a documentary about alleged violence committed by refugees in Sweden.
Mr Trump continued with a tweet on Monday, saying: "The FAKE NEWS media is trying to say that large-scale immigration in Sweden is working out just beautifully. NOT!"
Sweden, with a population of about 9.5 million, saw a sharp increase in asylum seekers in 2015, with more than 162,000 people claiming asylum. Almost a third came from Syria.
With the influx, tensions also rose with some isolated attacks on immigrants, as well as pro- and anti-migrant demonstrations.
Sweden had been offering permanent residence to all Syrians but the high number of arrivals prompted a change in the rules.
The number of asylum applications dropped to 29,000 in 2016 after Sweden introduced new border checks incurring longer processing times, as well as financial incentives for migrants who voluntarily returned to their country of origin.
The killing of a 22-year-old woman in January 2016 by an asylum seeker based at the centre where she worked put further pressure on the government to reassess its approach.
Sweden has generally low crime rates.
Preliminary statistics from the Swedish Crime Survey (in Swedish) show only a marginal increase in 2016 from the year before. Fraud and crimes against individuals were up, but drugs crimes and theft had decreased.
The number of reported rapes increased by 13%, although that is still lower than the number reported in 2014 (6,700), as Sweden's The Local reports.
There have been no terror attacks in Sweden since the country's open-door policy on migration began in 2013.
In 2010, two bombs detonated in central Stockholm, killing the attacker - an Iraq-born Swedish man - and injuring two others, in what police described as a terrorist attack.
In October 2015, a masked man who was believed to have far-right sympathies killed a teacher and pupil in a sword attack.
And in Malmo last October, a fire at a Muslim community centre was claimed by the Islamic State group - the incident was cited by the White House in the list of incidents it deemed "under-reported" by the media.
Separately, Sweden is believed to have the highest number of Islamic State fighters per capita in Europe. About 140 of the 300 who went to Syria and Iraq have since returned, leaving the authorities to grapple with how best to reintegrate them into society.
How Sweden became an exporter of jihad | Swedish police have launched an investigation after a riot erupted in a predominantly immigrant suburb of the capital, Stockholm. |
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Why do so few people aged 18 to 24 turn out to vote?
Is there a 'disconnect' between the younger UK electorate and the political classes?
If so, why?
And, how might it skew politicians' decision-making, if they know the young are far less likely than older people to punish or reward them at the ballot box?
It's thought just 44% of 18 to 24-year-olds had their say at the 2010 general election, compared with 75% of those over 55.
What causes this low turnout among the young?
Apathy? Indifference? Or mistrust?
A recent BBC Newsbeat survey found that large numbers of young people do care about politics.
However, research also indicates that many are turned off democracy specifically by the behaviour and attitude of politicians and political parties.
In the run-up to a general election, and in the wake of a recession that many say has disproportionately impacted young people, there is no better time to discuss these issues.
The 200 members of Generation 2015 have been hand-picked to represent the broadest possible cross-section of young UK, and to get involved in debates and discussions as part of the wider BBC family.
We have voices drawn from a range of diverse backgrounds and communities.
They represent the whole of the UK, from Shetland to Southampton, and from Norfolk to County Fermanagh.
They'll appear across a range of BBC output, discussing the issues above, or talking more broadly about life as a young person today.
Their lives are also being captured to film, in innovative BBC projects like #inmyshoes.
BBC Generation 2015 are delighted to be able to bring these young voices to the heart of UK debate.
Join the conversation with @BBCGen2015 and find out more at bbc.co.uk/generation2015 | BBC Generation 2015 addresses fundamental questions about the relationship between UK young adults and democracy. |
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Tony Kenway, originally from Southampton, was killed in a car park in the resort of Pattaya at 14:10 local time, according to the Bangkok Post.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has confirmed it is in contact with local police regarding the death of a British national.
Sanit Sport Club, where the shooting happened, offered its condolences in a message posted on its Facebook page.
It read: "We are very sad to announce the death of Tony Kenway who lost his life this morning. We would like to offer Tony's family and friends our deepest sympathy and condolences at this difficult time. RIP Tony."
The Bangkok Post reported that an eyewitness described the gunman as a "chubby man wearing a white T-shirt and black jacket" who opened the door of the red Cayenne GTS before firing once and escaping on a black motorcycle.
Mr Kenway was described as a father-of-four who had set up a website design business.
His Facebook profile shows he lived in Bangkok but previously resided in Marbella, Spain, and had been married to his wife, Pans, since November.
A FCO spokeswoman said: "We are in contact with the family of a British man following his death in Pattaya, Thailand. Our sympathies are with them at this difficult time. We are in touch with the local police." | A British man has been shot dead in his Porsche in Thailand. |
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17 September 2016 Last updated at 13:33 BST
Now a seven-metre wide model of the giant peach that features in one of Dahl's most well-known books, James and the Giant Peach, has hit Cardiff's streets as part of the City of the Unexpected event.
Scenic artist Frankie Locke told BBC Wales that working on the peach is "the most unusual job she's ever had." | It's taken 60 hours to paint - and six hours to inflate. |
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People will be able to order Argos products online, and then collect them in the supermarket locations the same or the following day, Argos said.
Sainsbury's has seen strong demand for non-food products over the past three years.
And in November it found that 6% of shop-floor space was being under-used.
The supermarket giant aims to fill half of that space with clothing lines, and devote half of the space to general merchandise.
"These 10 Argos stores will complement our supermarket offer, giving customers the opportunity to shop for an extended range of non-food items," said Mike Coupe, chief executive of Sainsbury's.
Argos customers can already order products online to be delivered by post, or can opt for so-called 'click-and-collect' - which Argos calls 'check and reserve'.
Check and reserve is important to Argos - it accounts for a third of Argos' total sales.
The digital pilot, which will be in 10 Sainsbury's supermarkets with a floor space of between 30,000 to 100,000 square feet, will be in shops dotted around the UK.
Possible locations of the concessions have been identified, and should be announced within the next few weeks, a Sainsbury's spokeswoman said.
The concessions are likely to be located in areas which are further away from existing Argos shops.
Around 1,000 products will be held in stock in the supermarket, and about 20,000 products will be available to collect the same or following day. Products that are not held in the supermarket will be delivered from one of 140 larger Argos stores.
Argos has ten concessions in Homebase DIY stores - both companies are part of the Home Retail Group.
Sainsbury's already has concessions from around 30 different firms in its shops.
Shoe repair firm Timpson, camera company Jessops, and Virgin Holidays and Thomas Cook travel agents all operate Sainsbury's concessions.
In November, Sainsbury's reined back plans for new shops, saying that like-for-like sales had fallen in the half-year. | Retailer Argos is to open ten pilot digital stores in Sainsbury's that will aim to offer a broad range of general merchandise. |
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South African lock Kruger, 30, has 17 caps for his country and previously played for Northampton and Bulls.
Australian-born but England-qualified Longbottom, 30, has been out with a long-term foot injury.
"He will fit perfectly into our plans and the pack we are building," said director of rugby Steve Diamond.
"I sourced Juandre when I headed up the recruitment at Northampton and he helped Saints to win silverware and also to the Heineken Cup final.
"We have some more signings to announce in the near future. We have been working hard on recruitment and our signings should do well in the Premiership and excite our supporters."
The pair add to Sale's already announced arrivals of hooker Rob Webber and back-row forward Laurence Pearce for next season. | Premiership club Sale Sharks have signed Racing Metro second row Juandre Kruger and Saracens tight-head prop Kieran Longbottom for next season. |
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Experts believe it could be "Scotland's Glastonbury", a reference to the lake village in Somerset.
The excavation was part-financed with £15,000 from Historic Scotland.
Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop described the village discovery at Black Loch of Myrton as "an exciting and unexpected find".
The dig was carried out this summer by AOC Archaeology Group, which hopes to use the pilot excavation as the starting point for a broader programme of archaeological activity.
It is one of 55 archaeology projects to receive more than £1m in funding from Historic Scotland for 2013/14.
The Wigtownshire dig was a small-scale pilot excavation of what was initially thought to be a crannog in the now-infilled Black Loch of Myrton, which was under threat of destruction as a result of drainage operations.
However during the excavation, AOC - which worked on the dig in conjunction with local volunteers - discovered evidence of multiple structures making up a small village.
What initially appeared to be one of a small group of mounds before excavation was revealed to be a massive stone hearth complex at the centre of a roundhouse.
The timber structure of the house has been preserved, with beams radiating out from the hearth forming the foundation, while the outer wall consists of a double-circuit of stakes.
The most surprising discovery was that the house was not built on top of an artificial foundation, but directly over the fen peat which had gradually filled in the loch.
Rather than being a single crannog, as first thought, it appears to be a settlement of at least seven houses built in the wetlands around the small loch.
This type of site is currently unique in Scotland and there are few other comparable sites elsewhere in the British Isles.
Similar lake villages - including Glastonbury and Meare, which is also in Somerset - have been found in England, but this is the first "loch village" to be uncovered in Scotland.
Experts hope that its discovery will help to improve knowledge and understanding of Iron Age Scotland.
Ms Hyslop welcomed the discovery.
"There are some excellent examples of 'lake villages' in England but this is the first time archaeologists have found a 'loch village' in Scotland," she said.
"I am pleased too that experts joined forces with local volunteers on this project and I look forward to discovering what more this important find can teach us about Iron Age Scotland." | Archaeologists have discovered the remains of an Iron Age "loch village" in Wigtownshire, the first of its kind to be found in Scotland. |
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The animals hunt with clicks and buzzes - and pick up the echoes from the animals they hope to eat.
Researchers at Denmark's Aarhus University say they switch from a narrow to a wide beam of sound - "like adjusting a flashlight" - as they home in on a fish.
The researchers believe this could stop the prey of porpoises, whales and dolphins avoiding capture.
They also think that by revealing these acoustic secrets, they could come up with new ways to prevent porpoises, and other toothed whales, from becoming trapped in fishing nets.
Lead researcher Danuta Wisniewska and her colleagues worked with harbour porpoises in a semi-natural enclosure on the coast of Denmark.
In this unique environment, the researchers were able to fit the porpoises with sound-detecting tags, and to place lots of microphones to pick up sound around their enclosure.
"The animals still have access to the seafloor and are only separated from the harbour by a net. Fish are able to come in, so they're still hunting."
The team carried out a series of experiments to work out where the sound energy the porpoises produced was directed
In one experiment, researchers dropped fish into the water to tempt the porpoises to hunt.
Underwater hunters
According to the study, the porpoises were able to broaden their beam by as much as 50% in the final phase of attack.
They were able to switch between a narrow and a wide beam.
This fine-tuning ability is controlled by a fatty structure in their forehead, called the melon, which acts as a sort of "sound lens".
The harbour porpoises involved in this study had been rescued after being caught in fishing nets.
The researchers hope this work will develop ways of using sound to prevent porpoises from accidentally chasing fish into these nets. | Porpoises change the beams of sound they use to hunt fish for food. |
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It will not mean the end of the vendors - homeless people who rely on the income they make from sales.
Instead they will sell a token offering online access to the magazine alongside the hard copies.
The idea is the brainchild of the Big Issue in the North and will be piloted in Manchester from Monday 29 October.
If the pilot is a success, it will be rolled out across north-west England and Yorkshire.
Users opting for the digital version will be sold a £2 card with a unique code which, when typed into a web browser or scanned with a mobile phone, will download the digital edition of the magazine.
In the week before it goes on sale, the public will be able to sample the digital version for free via a barcode found on flyers and posters.
Caroline Price, director of the Big Issue in the North, said: "This is not about replacing our traditional print magazine. It is about moving with the times and giving people a choice in how they read the magazine."
"The Big Issue in the North's primary aim is to provide homeless people with the opportunity to earn an income. In order to continue to do this, we need to ensure we appeal to a broad range of readers, including people who choose to read newspapers and magazines online," she added. | The Big Issue magazine, now a traditional feature of the High Street in many of the UK's major cities, is going digital. |
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England Lions teenager Joe Clarke joined in with an aggressive hundred, in an unbroken stand for the third wicket that is so far worth 209.
England all-rounder Moeen Ali mixed fluent drives and a few sketchy shots in his innings of 55 off 125 balls.
But Glamorgan did not help their cause with several dropped chances.
Coming into this season, D'Oliveira - the grandson of former England all-rounder Basil - had a career-best of 49, but this is already his third first-class century of 2016.
It again improves on the 122 he got in the Parks against Oxford MCCU in early April and the 128 he made last week against Essex.
Moeen is playing in what is expected to be his final County Championship match before England commence the Test series against Sri Lanka at Headingley on 19 May.
But the visitors have already shored up their spin attack by offering an earlier than expected debut to New Zealand spinner Mitchell Santner. The slow left-armer, who will play in the T20 Blast for Worcestershire, was given his first start, while Glamorgan gave a debut to 20-year-old batsman Nick Selman.
Glamorgan captain Jacques Rudolph told BBC Wales Sport:
"It was a very tough day at the office but, to be fair to our bowlers, the first two sessions were the best we've bowled this season in terms of control.
"They batted at 2.5 runs per over which is what I ask for as a captain and, if we'd taken our chances, we could have had them in a spot of bother.
"But, yet again, we missed chances up front. D'Oliveira was dropped three times and, after that, they batted well on a good wicket.
"We've just got to keep trying - there's no other way. I know there might be a bit of rain around but we have to make sure when we get out on the park again that we hit the ground running." | Brett D'Oliveira led the way with a career-best 152 not out, his second successive century, as Worcestershire piled up 343-2 against Glamorgan. |
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Carwyn Jones thinks the lesson is that the party must show it is distinctly Welsh.
Voters aren't interested if they suspect someone in London is pulling the strings, he says.
"We suffered in 1999 because we were seen as a party being controlled by London and we have to accept that. That's not the case any more."
Between now and polling day on May 5 he'll be doing his best to convince you that Labour has learned that lesson over the last 17 years.
Labour wants its campaign to have a distinctly Welsh flavour. That's why its Welsh leader will be front and centre throughout.
He wants another five years in power to complete a "decade of delivery" that started in 2011.
But opponents say he's had long enough to deliver. He's been first minister since 2009. Labour has led the Welsh government since 1999.
On a campaigning visit to a day care nursery in Cardiff, he brushes aside that criticism.
"I think we've delivered a huge amount for people," he says.
He cites "ground breaking laws" on organ donation and Aston Martin's recently announced plans to build luxury cars in south Wales.
Were it not for devolution, "we would have a junior doctors' strike".
But the opposition parties see it differently. Were it not for Welsh Labour's devolved government, we'd have shorter waiting times in the NHS, according to the Conservatives.
Labour's record in the health service will be the big battle ground in the election - an election Mr Jones says is "a straight fight" with the Tories.
He says UKIP pose a threat to Labour too, but in our interview - as in his Welsh Labour conference speech last month - he doesn't mention Plaid Cymru at all.
It's a reflection of Labour's strategy to convince voters this is an either/or election: either keep Carwyn Jones as first minister, or hand over the reins to Andrew RT Davies, the Welsh Conservative leader.
But could that strategy be undone by the spectacle of Labour MPs feuding with each other in Westminster since Jeremy Corbyn was elected leader after last year's general election defeat?
"What we've seen in London hasn't helped. Nobody could pretend otherwise," he says.
"It's calmer there now but people don't like parties which are fighting with each other."
He adds: "What we've said to people is as Welsh Labour we're united. We've got a programme going into the election. I'm the leader.
"And the policies that we will develop in Wales, the policies we will put in our manifesto, are all crafted in Wales.
There's no influence over those policies in terms of our colleagues in London. They wouldn't seek to influence our policies anyway."
Mr Jones likes to call his Welsh government a "pro-business government".
I ask him whether that's his coded way of distancing his administration in Cardiff from the left-wing politics of Mr Corbyn and his supporters.
"No. This is my way of differentiating Welsh Labour as a party. I would do this regardless of what the situation was in London," he says.
"We've done it in elections past. People in Wales want to support parties that they feel have a degree of autonomy, enough of a degree of autonomy, that makes them a properly Welsh party with roots in Wales."
He denies that his "decade of delivery" is a hint that, if he wins, he's planning to stand down at 2021 election.
He and wife Lisa have a son Ruairi and daughter Seren, both of whom are at school. Does he ever wonder about life away politics - a life where he could spend more time with them?
"The honest answer is yes, it has been difficult for the family. My children have only know me as a minister and you do make sacrifices in this job.
"When I get spare time I do spend time with the family. It means you've not got much time for anything else."
But he adds: "I love the job. It's for other people to decide whether I stay in it obviously. You couldn't do this job if you didn't like it."
Those other people - the voters - will make their decision on May 5. | What has devolution taught the Labour Party? |
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The lender, part of Lloyds Banking Group, said that property prices were 0.4% higher last month than they were in October.
The price of the average home in the UK was £186,941.
The figures come on the same day that an overhaul of the stamp duty system takes effect.
About three-quarters of all property buyers in England and Wales in the 12 months to the end of September faced a stamp duty bill, the Halifax said.
"The average homeowner will be financially better off under the new structure and the changes should encourage more movement in the housing market as transactional costs will be reduced for many," said Stephen Noakes, of the Halifax.
Matthew Pointon, property economist at Capital Economics, said the change could provide a temporary "second wind" to house prices.
Under the old system, that ended on 3 December, buyers were charged stamp duty in the UK as a percentage of the whole of the property price. Chancellor George Osborne said it was an "outdated, badly designed" system.
Now, the new rates of stamp duty will only apply to the amount of the purchase price that falls within the particular duty band, making it more like income tax.
The system will operate across the UK until April, after which Scotland will break off to use its own system.
Regionally, in England and Wales, there is a large variation in the amount of stamp duty that is paid, according to calculations by the Halifax.
For example, 98% of homebuyers in London paid stamp duty in the year to September, compared with about 50% in the North and North West of England.
The average house price in England and Wales is £255,003, according to the Halifax, which calculates its figures based on its own mortgage lending.
As this is just over a trigger point under the old system, the savings are relatively large under the new stamp duty structure.
At that price, buyers would now pay £2,750 under the new system compared with £7,650 under the old system.
Some people have suggested that this could prompt some sellers at this level to raise their asking price slightly in the coming months.
"The cut in stamp duty will give house prices a boost over the next few months, but with house prices already very high, a sustained boom is not on the cards," said Mr Pointon, at Capital Economics.
Regionally, the biggest savings - in percentage terms - on stamp duty under the new system were in the North West of England, Yorkshire and the Humber, the North of England and Wales, the Halifax said.
Buyers who pay more than £937,500 for a property are mostly worse off in terms of stamp duty payments. | The annual growth in UK house prices slowed to 8.2% in November compared with 8.8% in October, according to the latest figures from the Halifax. |
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He is considering up to 500 additional troops as well as a new training base in Iraq's Anbar province, unnamed US officials were quoted as saying.
President Obama said earlier this week the US lacked a "complete strategy" for helping Iraq regain territory from IS.
IS has recently made gains in Iraq despite US-led coalition air strikes.
In May the militants seized Ramadi, the capital of Anbar, Iraq's largest province, as well as the Syrian town of Tadmur and the neighbouring ancient ruins of Palmyra.
IS fighters took control of Iraq's second city Mosul a year ago.
Inside Mosul: Life under IS control
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The US National Security Council said it was now "considering a range of options to accelerate the training and equipping of Iraqi security forces".
"Those options include sending additional trainers," spokesman Alistair Baskey said.
General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told journalists on a visit to Jerusalem that there would be no fundamental change to Mr Obama's military strategy in Iraq.
But, he added, the service chiefs had "made some recommendations on potential enhancements to the training and equip mission".
Analysis: Jonathan Marcus, BBC diplomatic correspondent
Sending more US trainers may ultimately help to build a new Iraqi military but for many analysts the problem remains: The US strategy is not so much incomplete, as President Obama admits, but failing.
So how might it be done differently?
General David Petraeus, the architect behind the strategy that helped to defeat Islamic State's predecessor, told me in a BBC interview earlier this month that the US needed to furnish much closer support to the Iraqis both at the government level in Baghdad and on the ground.
He did not rule out sending US forward air controllers to the front line, for example.
And he made it clear that in his view Iraqi troops could fight and win, but they needed to know that the US and its allies "had their back", ie, that air power support was just a call away.
The plan follows months of behind-the-scenes debate within the White House on how to retake Mosul and Ramadi, the New York Times reports.
US officials believe a major factor in the fall of Ramadi was a lack of training of Iraqi forces.
There are currently around 3,000 US military personnel, including trainers and advisers, in Iraq.
The United Kingdom said earlier this week it will send an extra 125 troops, taking the number of UK personnel training Iraqi security forces to 275.
Mr Obama said on Monday that the US did not have a complete strategy in Iraq "because it requires commitments on the part of Iraqis as well about how recruitment takes place, how that training takes place".
He said that US staff in Iraq sometimes found themselves with "more training capacity than we've got recruits".
Mr Obama said it was important to draw Sunni Muslims into the fight against IS as they are "willing and prepared to fight... but it has not been happening as fast as it needs to".
Iraq has become increasingly reliant on Iranian-backed Shia militias to take on IS in recent months.
The move has raised fears of worsening sectarian tensions as the militias try to drive the jihadist fighters out of predominantly Sunni areas like Anbar. | US President Barack Obama is reportedly preparing to approve the deployment of more US troops to Iraq to train up local forces fighting Islamic State. |
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They are among 21 web firms, including Yahoo and Orkut, facing a civil suit in Delhi accusing them of hosting material that may cause communal unrest.
A criminal case of similar allegations is due to be heard next month.
Judges have threatened to block sites that fail to crack down on offensive content, but many firms say it is impossible to pre-filter material.
Late last year, Communications Minister Kapil Sibal met officials from Google, Facebook and other websites and said the government would introduce guidelines to ensure "blasphemous material" did not appear on internet.
The Delhi High Court last month asked Facebook and Google India to "develop a mechanism to keep a check and remove offensive and objectionable material from their web pages" or "like China, we will block all such websites".
The civil case being heard in Delhi on Monday was filed by Muslim petitioner Mufti Aizaz Arshad Kazmi, who alleged the companies were hosting material intolerant to religious sentiment.
Google and Facebook told the court they had complied with an earlier order by a Delhi district court judge to take down certain material.
Google said: "This step is in accordance with Google's longstanding policy of responding to court orders."
Facebook India said it had also filed its compliance report.
Facebook, Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and others all argued that no action should be taken against them.
But the judge insisted the 22 firms should provide a written reply within 15 days detailing the removal of the material.
A second, criminal case - brought by Hindu journalist Vinay Rai - is scheduled to be heard next month, with leading company executives summoned to appear.
However, a Delhi High Court judge will rule next week on an appeal by the firms involved for the case to be quashed.
A spokesman for Microsoft said it had "filed an application for rejection of the suit on the grounds that it disclosed no cause of action against Microsoft".
Google India has argued that it is not feasible to pre-monitor material posted by "billions of people across the globe".
Google lawyer, NK Kaul, said in an earlier court hearing that the issue also related "to a constitutional issue of freedom of speech and expression, and suppressing it was not possible as the right to freedom of speech in democratic India separates us from a totalitarian regime like China".
Facebook says policies are in place that enable people to report abusive content.
In December, Mr Sibal said: "My aim is that insulting material never gets uploaded. We will evolve guidelines and mechanisms to deal with the issue. [The companies] will have to give us the data, where these images are being uploaded and who is doing it."
Mr Sibal was angered by morphed photos of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi, as well as pigs running through Islam's holy city of Mecca. | Facebook and Google say they have complied with an Indian court directive and removed "objectionable" material. |
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The constabulary reorganisation comes at a time of reduced budgets and "challenging financial targets".
The meeting at St Andrew's Church Hall, Douglas, at 19:00 BST will focus on the capital, Onchan and Braddan.
Chief Constable Gary Roberts will attend, along with the Home Affairs Minister, Juan Watterson.
Mr Watterson said: "This is an opportunity for us to explain the police modernisation plans in more detail and to listen to people's views and concerns".
The meetings are being organised by the Police Consultative Forum (PCF), an independent body made up of community representatives.
The next is planned for 14 August in the Castletown Civic Centre and subsequent meetings for the the north and west will take place next month.
The Isle of Man constabulary plans to close two police stations and cut the number of police officers.
The 11% job cut brings the number of Manx officers down from 236 to about 210. | The first of four public meetings will take place in the Isle of Man later to highlight a series of changes being planned for the Manx constabulary. |
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The actress was 19 when she was cast opposite Brando in Bernardo Bertolucci's controversial 1972 film.
It saw her play a young Parisian who embarks on a sexually charged relationship with his middle-aged American businessman.
The film was banned in several countries due to its explicit content.
Born in 1952 in Paris, Schneider was the daughter of French actor Daniel Gelin.
She began her film career in uncredited roles before being given her first break in 1970 film Madly.
Last Tango in Paris provoked such controversy that the actress resolved never to do nude scenes again.
Yet she was briefly seen naked three years later in Jack Nicholson film The Passenger, albeit in long shot.
Schneider battled drug addiction in the 1970s but went on to star in mostly low-budget European films.
She was last seen on the big screen in 2008 French film Cliente, about a married construction worker who leads a double life as a gigolo. | French actress Maria Schneider, best known for playing Marlon Brando's lover in Last Tango in Paris, has died in Paris aged 58 after a long illness. |
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The accident, involving a Route N98 bus, happened at about 02:00 BST at the street's junction with Harewood Place.
Emergency crews tried to help the injured man, aged in his 30s, but he was pronounced dead at the scene at 02:04. His next of kin have yet to be informed.
The bus driver stopped at the scene and is assisting with police inquiries. The driver has not been arrested.
Formal identification and a post-mortem examination is expected to be carried out in due course.
Officers from the Serious Collision Investigation Unit are investigating and anyone with any information about what may have happened leading up to the crash is asked to contact them. | A man has died after being hit by a bus on Oxford Street in central London. |
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It also cut its profit forecast for 2017 by 4.3%.
Eurotunnel assumes the pound will be 7% lower versus the euro, reducing its profits when converted back into euros.
Two thirds of its income is from vehicle shuttle services, and UK customers make up 80% of its car passengers.
Shares in Eurotunnel, which runs train services between Britain and France, fell 30% after the EU referendum vote and are still 16% below pre-Brexit levels.
The firm said the impact of Brexit on the level of cross-Channel transport was uncertain, but that it did not expect any significant impact on its activities in the short term.
Chief Executive Jacques Gounon said: "Despite the financial market uncertainty generated by the United Kingdom voting to leave the European Union, the Group remains confident in the performance of its economic model and in its outlook."
However, other factors have had an impact on its business. Eurostar's passenger traffic fell 3% in the first half of 2016 due to attacks in Brussels in March and rail strikes in Belgium and France.
Meanwhile truck shuttle traffic was up 10% in the same period. Overall profits in the first half of the year rose 4% to €249m, with revenues up 2% at €582m. | The fall in the pound after the UK referendum on EU membership has forced Eurotunnel to lower its 2016 profit forecast by 4.5% to €535m ($700m). |
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As part of its Digital Economy Bill, the government promises more protection for children online.
It also pledged more protection for consumers from spam email and nuisance calls, by ensuring direct consent is obtained for direct marketing.
And it reiterated its plans for driverless cars to be tested in the UK.
The Conservative Party pledged in its manifesto to increase protection for children online.
The forthcoming Digital Economy Bill will propose that all sites containing pornographic material must check that users are over 18.
The details of how this will work are not yet clear, and security expert Dr Gilad Rosner, who is a member of the Cabinet Office Privacy and Consumer Advocacy Group, said the government may struggle to implement the plan on free pornographic sites.
Peter Wanless, chief executive of the NSPCC, said the issue was "a matter of urgency" and that children who had ready access to adult content could develop a "warped" view of sexual relationships.
According to the government, one in five children aged 11-17 had seen pornographic images that had shocked or upset them.
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Last week the government confirmed that the Universal Service Obligation for broadband would be delivered "on request".
O2 chief executive Ronan Dunne said that the bill showed the government's commitment to getting better connectivity for the nation but more needed to be done.
"Whilst it is a step in the right direction for the rural areas not yet benefitting from mobile connectivity, investment in digital infrastructure is not just about reducing these connectivity blackspots."
"Over 23 million people have now signed up to 4G and existing networks but even in major cities these networks will soon be overwhelmed by the demand for data, Solving this issue not only requires a bold, long-term vision, it requires leadership and collective effort by industry, government, local authorities, regulators and the public."
As part of its Modern Transport Bill, the government wants to "ensure the United Kingdom is at the forefront of technology for new forms of transport, including autonomous and electric vehicles".
It will include legislation to make sure drones and autonomous vehicles are safe and to alter the insurance regime to take account of driverless cars.
Trials of automated cars are currently taking place in Bristol, Greenwich, Milton Keynes and Coventry. and there are more than 60,000 electric cars registered in the UK. | The UK government will require pornographic sites to verify users are over 18 as part of a raft of measures announced in the Queen's Speech. |
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The document by the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) says it has found that hundreds of women in Haiti and Liberia have been motivated by hunger and poverty to sell sex.
They are paid with cash, jewellery, mobile phones and other items.
The report says 480 sexual exploitation and abuse claims were made in 2008-13.
One-third of the allegations involved children.
The UN draft report says hundreds of women surveyed in Haiti and Liberia told they had been motivated by hunger, poverty and lifestyle improvement to sell sex to UN peacekeepers, according to Reuters news agency.
"Evidence from two peacekeeping mission countries demonstrates that transactional sex is quite common but underreported in peacekeeping missions," the news agency is quoting the draft report.
Meanwhile, the Associated Press - which has also obtained the document - says that 231 people in Haiti interviewed last year told they had had "transactional sex" with peacekeepers.
"In cases of non-payment, some women withheld the badges of peacekeepers and threatened to reveal their infidelity via social media," AP reports the document as saying.
It adds that 51 such allegations were made against UN peacekeepers in 2014, down from 66 a year before.
The news agencies are also quoting what they say is a response to the draft by the UN Departments of Peacekeeping Operations and Field Support.
The departments do not dispute that underreporting remains a concern.
But they also stress that there has been a significant increase in deployment of peacekeepers over the past 10 years and a large decrease in sexual exploitation and abuse allegations.
The UN currently has about 125,000 peacekeepers deployed in a number of countries around the world. | UN peacekeepers regularly barter goods for sex with people in the countries the world body is meant to be helping, a draft UN report says. |
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Local media say many of the men were shot at close range, some in the face.
Police say they defended themselves from attack by axes, sticks and stones.
Sandalwood smuggling is rampant in southern India, with a tonne selling for tens of thousands of dollars on the international black market.
Most of the casualties were from neighbouring Tamil Nadu state. Eight suspected smugglers were injured.
"At one of the two sites where bodies were found, seven of the nine dead had been shot in the face or the back of the head," the Indian Express reported. It said many had burn injuries.
BBC Tamil's Muralidharan Kasiviswanathan, who visited the area where the men were killed, says the shootings have sent shock waves through Tamil Nadu.
He says the labourers had been attracted to Andhra Pradesh to cut trees by lucrative pay rates of 3,000-5,000 rupees ($48-$80; £32-£53) a day. The loggers are often poor tribespeople or other migrant workers.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam wrote to his Andhra Pradesh counterpart, demanding an inquiry.
"Many of these persons are reportedly from Tiruvannamalai and Vellore districts of Tamil Nadu. While it is possible that these persons may have been engaged in illegal activities, the occurrence of such high casualties in the operation raises concerns whether the Task Force personnel acted with adequate restraint," he said.
The leader of the MDMK party, Vaiko, said: "Big smuggling sharks escape and it is the poor who have been killed."
After news of the deaths broke, protesters attacked seven Andhra Pradesh Transport Corporation buses in the Tamil Nadu capital Chennai (Madras), the Indian Express reports.
India banned the sale of red sandalwood or red sanders in 2000.
The species of tree is endemic to the Western Ghats mountains of southern India.
It is prized for its rich red wood, mainly for making furniture and musical instruments in East Asia, and is distinct from the highly aromatic sandalwood trees that are native to southern India. | Indian human rights groups are demanding an investigation into the deaths of 20 suspected red sandalwood smugglers after they clashed with police in the state of Andhra Pradesh. |
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Prop Rhys Carre crashed over from a first-half maul, 17 year-old wing Ryan Conbeer added an acrobatic second and centre Kieran Williams crossed in the last move.
Ben Jones kicked 12 points in a mature fly-half display.
A spirited home side were limited to Giordano Baldano's opening score.
Part of the pitch down one touchline had been under water in the morning, and despite a huge improvement during the day, further rain made conditions treacherous.
It was no surprise in the circumstances that both first-half tries came from driving mauls, Baldini powering over from a 10-man Italian effort after 13 minutes while Carre crossed from a similar move seven minutes later.
Ben Jones's conversion and penalty gave Wales a precarious 10-5 lead at the interval as they defended well, but Italy had shown plenty of powerful runs from their forwards and some surprising enterprise from the backs given the heavy surface.
A string of infringements by the home side cost them a yellow card on 48 minutes, prop Daniele Rimpelli the unlucky man after a marginal scrum decision.
Jones knocked over a penalty to put Wales two scores clear at 13-5, then converted from a mud-heap on the touchline after wing Conbeer brilliantly squeezed in at the corner in a rare Welsh backline move, two days before his 18th birthday.
A feisty encounter saw Welsh lock Alex Dombrandt follow Rimpelli to the sin-bin, but a three-score lead was always going to see Wales home, if not dry.
Williams' 30-metre dash after an Italian defensive muddle in the last minute and a further Jones conversion rewarded Welsh persistence.
Wales captain Will Jones was named man-of-the-match after his side's eighth consecutive win in the Six Nations.
Italy Under-20: Massimo Cioffi; Andrea Bronzini, Ludovico Vaccari, Marco Zanon, Giovanni D'Onofrio; Antonia Rizzi, Charly Trussardi; Daniele Rimpelli, Massimo Ceciliani, Marco Riccioni (capt), Giordano Baldino, Edoardo Iachizzi, Jacopo Bianchi, Lorenzo Masselli, Giovanni Licata.
Replacements: Alberto Rollero, Danilo Fischetti, Giosue Zilocchi, Gabriele Venditti, Nardo Casolari, Emilio Fusco, Michelangelo Biondelli, Roberto Dal Zilio.
Wales Under-20: Will Talbot-Davies (Newport Gwent Dragons); Jared Rosser (Dragons), Ioan Nicholas (Scarlets), Kieran Williams (Ospreys), Ryan Conbeer (Scarlets); Ben Jones (Cardiff Blues), Dane Blacker (Blues); Rhys Carre (Blues), Ellis Shipp (Dragons), Keiron Assiratti (Blues), Alex Dombrandt (Blues), Max Williams (Dragons), Morgan Sieniawski (Blues), Will Jones (Ospreys, capt), Morgan Morris (Gloucester).
Replacements: Corrie Tarrant (Blues), Steff Thomas (Scarlets), Chris Coleman (Dragons), Jack Pope (Ospreys), Aled Ward (Blues), Declan Smith (Scarlets), Phil Jones (Ospreys), Cameron Lewis (Blues).
Referee: Sean Gallagher (IRFU)
Assistant referees: Joy Neville and Paul Haycock (IRFU)
TMO: Brian McNiece (IRFU) | Wales opened the defence of their Under-20 Six Nations title with a hard-fought 27-5 win over Italy in mudbath conditions. |
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The analysis of 4,144 obese people in Yorkshire showed they fitted into six distinct categories, each of which may need a different weight-loss strategy.
One example is heavy-drinking young men, according to the report published in the Journal of Public Health.
Prof Susan Jebb, from the University of Oxford, said the study did not show if the traits explained people's weight.
Around 67% of men and 57% of women are either overweight or obese according to their Body Mass Index.
"It is just a measure of height and weight and I think it generalises everyone into this one group and that's not the case really," said lead researcher Dr Mark Green at the University of Sheffield.
The team there used the Yorkshire Health Study to analyse the health and behavioural characteristics of obese people.
They said obese people, broadly, came into one of six groups:
Dr Green told the BBC News website: "I think we need to go from a one-size-fits-all approach to acknowledging there are different groups.
"We need people to think about how to tailor messages to target these different groups, the role of alcohol on body weight needs to be aimed at young males but may not be appropriate for younger females."
Prof Susan Jebb, from the University of Oxford, said: "I am the first person to say that there is huge inter-individual variation among people who are obese.
"The big limitation is that it is a cross-sectional analysis - it does not tell us if these characteristics explain why people have become overweight and it does not tell us that a particular kind of intervention would work better to treat their obesity." | Doctors need to move beyond a "one-size-fits-all" approach to tackling obesity, say scientists in Sheffield. |
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The National Student Survey (NSS) found 84% of the 304,000 final-year students at 530 institutions who took part were content with their degree courses.
The poll is published by the Higher Education Funding Council for England.
But the results follow a similar survey which found levels of satisfaction with "value for money" at university have been falling over the past five years.
The Student Academic Experience Survey, published by the Higher Education Policy Institute and the Higher Education Academy in June, found just 35% of students across the UK thought university was "good" or "very good" value, compared with 53% five years ago.
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However, the NSS found student satisfaction with teaching was high, with 85% of UK students agreed that teaching staff were good at explaining things and made their subjects interesting and that they were intellectually stimulated and challenged.
It also found 84% of students agreed that they were provided with learning opportunities such as exploring ideas in depth and applying what they had learnt.
Some 77% agreed that they felt part of a learning community and had the right opportunities to work with other students.
While assessment and feedback were considered to be good by 73% of final-year students.
A boycott of the survey coordinated by the National Union of Students over tuition fees appeared to have some impact on the response rate - 8,000 fewer took part this year than last year.
The NSS survey comes as Universities Minister Jo Johnson has highlighted growing concerns about students not getting value for money.
Mr Johnson has said the newly established Office for Students will see students given formal contracts with universities, so they can challenge them about too few teaching hours or if facilities are inadequate.
Commenting on the NSS, he said: "While overall student satisfaction remains high, we know there is significant variation in teaching quality and outcomes both within and between providers.
"There is more to do to ensure that students and taxpayers investing heavily in our higher education system secure value for money from it."
Prof Madeleine Atkins, chief executive of Hefce, said the survey had been enhanced this year by new questions on student engagement and approaches to teaching and learning.
"The NSS continues to be the largest and most authoritative survey of its kind in the UK," she said.
"The 2017 results show that students provide particularly positive feedback on the quality of teaching and on learning opportunities.
"Institutions will also, however, be considering carefully how they can continue to improve assessment and feedback, and their broader engagement with students."
Nick Hillman, director of Hepi, said the NSS needed to be set alongside other findings from much broader surveys, which show students complaining of declining value for money.
"I am particularly struck by the lower figures in the NSS for assessment and feedback, which continue to be a challenge but are essential to full student engagement.
"Moreover, given the recent problems in the student movement, it is clear that student unions need to improve and do more to articulate the student voice for all students." | The majority of this year's UK students were satisfied with the quality of their courses, a survey suggests. |
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Robert Thomson's letter had urged the European Commission to take a tougher approach to Google's market dominance.
But in a detailed response on its website, the search company said it "has done more than almost any other company to help tackle online piracy".
Google also defended itself against accusations that it uses its market position to stifle competition.
The Commission is currently in the process of deciding how far to curtail Google's market dominance in Europe.
Google's blog, posted by Rachel Whetstone, senior vice-president for Global Communications, argued that the internet offered more choice than ever.
"Because the competition is just one click away online, barriers to switching are very, very low," it said.
"Google is of course very popular in Europe, but we are not the gatekeeper to the web, as some claim."
News Corp had warned that some newspapers were in danger of going out of business, partly because of Google.
But Google said it "worked hard to help publishers succeed online" by generating new audiences and increasing advertising.
Countering accusations of piracy, Google said last year it removed 222 million web pages from Google Search because of copyright infringement and said that websites that regularly violated copyright were ranked lower in search results.
The riposte also points to the growing competition from mobile apps, which increasingly drive internet traffic, often bypassing Google.
The post made a cheeky final swipe at Mr Thomson's suggestion that Google's dominance was leading to "a less informed, more vexatious level of dialogue in our society".
It linked to a picture of a notorious front page of the Sun newspaper, owned by News Corp.
It was an edition of the paper from 1990 with the image of a two-fingered gesture and the headline "Up Yours Delors", referring to the then president of the European Commission, as the Sun called for a robust British approach to Europe. | Google has responded to an attack by the chief executive of News Corp, who called it a "platform for piracy". |
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A rambling route from Bath through the Cotswolds to Chipping Campden has been captured on Google Street View.
A walker was sent to chart the 102-mile (164 km) path with a backpack containing a 360-degree camera on the top.
The Cotswold Way passes a significant number of historic sites, such as the Neolithic burial chamber at Belas Knap and Hailes Abbey.
This summer also marks 10 years since it became an official National Trail. | You can find out more about the Cotswold Way here. |
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The blaze started on the sixth floor of the National Museum of Natural History early on Tuesday and rapidly spread to all seven floors, reports said.
More than 30 fire engines tackled the blaze. Six firemen were injured.
It is not yet clear what caused the fire at the 38-year-old museum in the heart of the city.
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said officials had yet to determine the full extent of the damage but old collections had been destroyed.
"This is a real loss. This loss cannot be counted in rupees. Some very old species of flora and fauna were there," Mr Javadekar was quoted by the AFP news agency as saying.
A fire officer told the NDTV news channel that the building's "fire safety mechanisms were not working".
"That is why it took us so long to douse the fire. The cooling off process is still on," he said.
The museum housed galleries with "herpetological specimens, preserved butterflies, and mounted specimens" of animals, according to its website.
The museum contained preserved specimens of butterflies, frogs, snakes, lizards as well as mounted specimens of tigers and leopards.
It was also popular with school children and screened films on wildlife and ecology.
The museum had been criticised for "being badly designed and poorly maintained", and there were plans to move it to a new building at another location. | A fire has destroyed a museum in the Indian capital, Delhi, ruining rare specimens of flora and fauna, India's environment minister has said. |
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O'Ware headed the only goal of the game after 17 minutes, maintaining Morton's unbeaten home league record.
Queens goalkeeper Lee Robinson made a good save early in the second half to deny Ross Forbes.
At the other end, Andy McNeil kept out an effort from Jamie Hamill before thwarting Ross Fergusson late on.
Match ends, Morton 1, Queen of the South 0.
Second Half ends, Morton 1, Queen of the South 0.
Corner, Morton. Conceded by Andy Dowie.
Corner, Morton. Conceded by Jordan Marshall.
Foul by Jordan Marshall (Queen of the South).
Ross Forbes (Morton) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Jamie Hamill (Queen of the South).
Gary Oliver (Morton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Morton. Michael Tidser replaces Aidan Nesbitt.
Attempt saved. Ross Fergusson (Queen of the South) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Stephen Dobbie (Queen of the South) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Michael Doyle (Morton).
Foul by Owen Bell (Queen of the South).
Mark Russell (Morton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt blocked. Stephen Dobbie (Queen of the South) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner, Queen of the South. Conceded by Andy Murdoch.
Corner, Queen of the South. Conceded by Michael Doyle.
Substitution, Queen of the South. Ross Fergusson replaces Mark Millar.
Substitution, Morton. Ricki Lamie replaces Jamie McDonagh.
Jordan Marshall (Queen of the South) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Gary Oliver (Morton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jordan Marshall (Queen of the South).
Attempt missed. Daniel Carmichael (Queen of the South) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
Attempt missed. Stephen Dobbie (Queen of the South) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner from a direct free kick.
Foul by Ross Forbes (Morton).
Jordan Marshall (Queen of the South) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jamie McDonagh (Morton).
Jamie Hamill (Queen of the South) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt blocked. Thomas O'Ware (Morton) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner, Morton. Conceded by Darren Brownlie.
Foul by Michael Doyle (Morton).
Daniel Carmichael (Queen of the South) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Queen of the South. Owen Bell replaces Grant Anderson.
Substitution, Queen of the South. Daniel Carmichael replaces Chris Higgins.
Jamie Hamill (Queen of the South) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Attempt saved. Jamie Hamill (Queen of the South) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Foul by Gary Oliver (Morton).
Andy Dowie (Queen of the South) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt blocked. Andy Murdoch (Morton) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Ross Forbes (Morton) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. | Thomas O'Ware's ninth goal of the season ensured Morton moved third in the Scottish Championship with victory over Queen of the South. |
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He will use the G7 summit in Germany to call for an international effort to clean up governments and business.
And he will condemn the international "taboo" on pointing the finger at corrupt institutions.
Fourteen people have been charged by the US over alleged corruption at world football's governing body.
The US justice department alleges that the 14 accepted bribes and kickbacks estimated at more than $150m (£97m) over a 24-year period.
British officials said David Cameron would speak of a "cancer of corruption that poisons and stifles" the progress the G7 hopes to make on development and growth, and that the kind of scrutiny being applied to Fifa should not be restricted to the footballing body.
He is not, however, expected to name organisations and businesses that he would like to see put under the spotlight.
Speaking ahead of the summit, Mr Cameron said the issues surrounding Fifa were an "opportunity to learn a broader lesson about tackling corruption".
He added: "Just as with Fifa, we know the problem is there but there is something of an international taboo over pointing the finger and stirring up concerns.
"At international summits, leaders meet to talk about aid, economic growth and how to keep our people safe.
"But we just don't talk enough about corruption. This has got to change. We have to show some of the same courage that exposed Fifa and break the taboo on talking about corruption."
In an article for the Huffington Post website, the prime minister said corruption threatens "security and prosperity across the world."
He added: "World leaders simply cannot dodge this issue any longer."
The UK prime minister will join US President Barack Obama, French President Francois Hollande, Italian PM Matteo Renzi, Canadian PM Stephen Harper and Japanese PM Shinzo Abe for the two-day G7 summit, hosted at Schloss Elmau in the Bavarian Alps by Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Mrs Merkel has put climate change and sustainable development at the top of the agenda for the annual summit of the world's leading industrialised economies, which gets under way on Sunday.
The talks will also focus on growth, security and the threat from terrorism and disease epidemics.
But Mr Cameron will argue that the issue of corruption has a bearing on all these areas and must be discussed openly as part of the talks.
He will cite World Bank estimates that corruption adds 10% to business costs worldwide, with the equivalent of one trillion US dollars (£650bn) paid in bribes every year.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) believes corruption costs about 5% of global GDP annually, while in developing countries it can add 25% to the cost of procurement, Mr Cameron will say.
Seven of the 10 countries considered to be the most corrupt in sub-Saharan Africa are also in the bottom 10 on the human development index and infant mortality is twice as high in countries with the most corruption as in those with the least.
Mr Cameron will say that there is an onus on world leaders to do what they can to tackle the issue.
He will call for action in the coming months to focus the efforts of the various international organisations tasked with combating corruption to ensure that they are working effectively with one another.
Anti-corruption measures should be at the heart of the new United Nations development goals for the coming 15 years, due to be agreed in September, he will say.
Mr Cameron has spoken about the theme of corruption before, writing an article on it ahead of last year's G7.
"Because of the events of Fifa, which have sent shockwaves around the world, that could perhaps make a difference and get this moving forward," BBC political correspondent Alan Soady said.
Diane Sheard is UK director of the One Campaign, which campaigns for an end to poverty and preventable disease.
She said corruption within Fifa should be a wake-up call for G7 leaders.
"Transparency is the only reliable vaccine against the disease of illicit finance, money-laundering and secret payments," she said. | Prime Minister David Cameron is urging a global crackdown on the "cancer" of corruption in the wake of Fifa bribery allegations. |
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One of its stars, Liverpudlian actor David Morrissey, believes "it's a film that will provoke a lot of discomfort. It's not full of shock horror things where people are jumping out of cupboards; it's not that type of horror film.
"It's more subtle than that, and psychologically disturbing, and that's what I like about it. It's a character-based film about people who are slightly on the edge, going to the dark side."
Also featuring the star of the TV series Birdsong, Clemence Poesy, Finnish actress Laura Birn and Stephen Campbell Moore, it's the feature film debut of David Farr, the Guildford-born stage director, who also wrote the current BBC TV adaptation of John Le Carre's The Night Manager.
"Many of us live in big cities and think we have a great social life, but when it comes to something as frightening and primal as giving birth for the first time, it can be quite an isolating experience," Farr comments.
"There's much less chance in our lives now, certainly if we live in the western world. We don't enjoy chance and we like to control things - and anxiety often surfaces within that gap, as there's a lot of chance involved in pregnancy and birth.
"The film explores the anxiety that eats and destroys and makes you susceptible to terrifying forces - it can be deeply insidious. All our energy that might once have gone into survival or into religion, often now finds focus in something very simple - in this case childbirth."
For that reason, Farr adds, he sets the film amongst the successful middle classes, "as only they have the luxury to be worrying about having children".
"If you have nothing and you have a large family, the chances are you won't have time for anxiety about your mental state. It's a complete critique of the modern middle class, of which I am a member."
Poesy and Campbell Moore play Kate and Justin, a successful 30-something couple who are expecting their first child, when new neighbours move in downstairs.
This couple, Jon and Teresa, played by Morrissey and Birn, are also expecting a baby, after trying for seven years. While having dinner in the upstairs flat, a terrible accident leads to Teresa losing her child.
"Both couples are completely traumatised by it," explains Morrissey.
"Our couple blame the people upstairs for what happened, and we leave the country to deal with the loss. In the meantime Kate and Justin have their baby, and they have to deal with their apprehensive feelings about starting a family, and we come back into their lives. But is it for good or bad? That's for the audience to decide."
Morrissey, who starred recently in the zombie horror TV series The Walking Dead, describes himself as "totally unnerved" by the atmosphere of The Ones Below.
"It explores the desire for children, the need for children and the idea that you're complete only when you have children.
"And then there's that other emotion where people don't know if they really want children, and they worry, and that's another truthful place."
Morrissey, the father of three grown-up children, adds that the film brought back memories for him of being "totally unprepared" for the arrival of his first child.
"My favourite moment on set was with the two little babies, who are just weeks old, who play Billy, the child of the couple upstairs.
"It's been wonderful to be with them myself and to hold them, it's just full of memories for me as well as nostalgia, as my kids are now either leaving or have left home.
"But it also reminded me of what my character doesn't have - he's desperate for a child, to have that connection and to be that person who can pass on everything he knows, to be a guide - to have basically the best bits of being a parent."
Roman Polanski's 1968 classic horror movie Rosemary's Baby, starring Mia Farrow, remains a benchmark for exploring paranoia around the birth of a child.
Farr says: "I wasn't thinking about it at all when I wrote it - I had the idea from a conversation with someone, but I knew that eventually it would be an ancestor I had to confront.
"I think Rosemary's Baby is more concerned with horror and the occult than The Ones Below, which is psychological suspense - but we certainly paid homage to the film in the soundtrack, and little touches, such as one of the nurseries - we felt we had to acknowledge it."
Morrissey calls The Ones Below "the kind of film the UK used to make and then gave it over to the US and Europe to do".
"We used to do these tense psychological thrillers very well and I feel it's a welcome return to that.
"It's an incredibly disturbing film. From my point of view, these themes of fatherhood, the desire to become a parent, are very powerful things. It's something you feel is your right, and when it doesn't happen, this film explores how it can tip you psychologically into a very dark place. Really, it's about desire and loss."
The Ones Below is released in the UK on 11 March. | The anxiety first-time parenthood can create is transformed into suspense and horror in British psychological drama The Ones Below, as two couples living in the same London building have very different feelings towards having a baby. |
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The man was arrested at an address in the town at about 08:45 BST on Saturday and taken into custody.
Bedfordshire Police said he later became unresponsive in his cell and died, although they said there was nothing to suggest the death was caused by police action.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) was informed and has started an investigation.
In a statement, Bedfordshire Police said the man had been arrested on suspicion of domestic violence in Purley Centre.
Deputy Chief Constable Jon Boutcher said: "Our thoughts are with the family at this sad time and we will do all we can to co-operate with the investigation and help provide the family, the coroner and the IPCC with accurate information about how and why he tragically died.
"Without prejudice to the ongoing investigation, from what we know at this time there is nothing to suggest this tragic death was caused by any police action, but we are keeping an open mind and we are determined that a full and transparent investigation is conducted so that the causes of this sad loss can be established for the family."
IPCC Associate Commissioner Guido Liguori, who is overseeing the investigation, said: "I would like to offer my sincere condolences to the man's family following his death.
"We are in the process of making contact with them to explain our role." | A 25-year-old man has died in police custody in Luton. |
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Former Red Rose all-rounder Glen Chapple replaced Ashley Giles as head coach at Old Trafford last week.
However, the club are exploring adding options in the shortest format.
"Glen is the head coach but we may find ourselves in a position where we want to look at the possibility of an iconic player or coach for T20 cricket," Allott told BBC Radio Lancashire.
Australia all-rounder James Faulkner and South Africa all-rounder Ryan McLaren have already agreed deals with the club to play in this summer's T20 competition, so any major signing would have to be a coach or non-overseas player.
Former England fast bowler Allott, 60, said they may also add more experience to their squad before the County Championship campaign gets under way on 7 April.
The Division One side will be without South African batsman Alviro Petersen, who is banned for attempting to cover up match fixing, and New Zealand paceman Neil Wagner who has joined Essex.
Opener Haseeb Hameed, wicketkeeper Jos Buttler and seamer James Anderson also look set to spend time with England in the summer.
"It's pretty obvious when you look at our squad we have lost players," Allott added.
"It stands to reason we need some senior experience. It may well be we sign a senior player or two very shortly."
Allott also added they could appoint a director of cricket to work alongside Chapple in the future. | Lancashire board member and ex-bowler Paul Allott says the county may look to sign a big name for the 2017 T20 Blast. |
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The pictures were taken three weeks after the rebellion against British rule was quashed by troops.
They are the work of the Limerick-born scholar, Thomas Johnson Westropp.
He climbed onto the 121ft high Dublin landmark, Nelson's Pillar, and onto the roofs of surviving buildings to capture aerial images of the bomb damage.
Much of the Irish capital's inner city was reduced to rubble during Easter week 1916, as British troops bombed key buildings from where rebels had launched attacks.
Westropp went to great lengths and even greater heights to document the destruction of the city centre, and to ensure his record was preserved for future reference.
He took the photographs on 17 and 18 May 1916 and quickly archived 40 images in an album called 'Ruined buildings in Dublin after the Sinn Féin rebellion'.
The following month, he presented copies of the album to the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) and Trinity College, Dublin.
His 99-year-old photographs have now been published online by the Digital Repository of Ireland , an internet project led by the RIA.
RIA librarian Siobhan Fitzpatrick paid tribute to Westropp's "archival commitment".
"The fact that he had the images developed, printed and mounted in an album within a week conveys a certain sense of urgency and the fact that he deposited the album with the academy for safe keeping shows his strong archival sense and the importance he placed on preserving the record," she said.
Westropp, who was in his mid 50s at the time, had studied civil engineering at Trinity College before taking a job as a surveyor.
Dr Sharon Webb from the Digital Repository of Ireland said Westropp's approach to documenting the destruction is "representative of his training and of the accuracy and care with which he approached his work".
"When we look beyond the buildings, the rubble, the dust, we get a sense of what it might have been like to stand amongst the chaotic aftermath: photos in the collection depict the clean-up operation, the onlookers, the workers, the British soldiers standing guard, and life getting back to 'normal' as people walk past the ruins," Dr Webb wrote in her blog.
The repository is an online resource dedicated to preserving and disseminating data relating to the island's social and cultural heritage. | Photographs showing a bird's eye view of the destruction caused to Dublin city centre during the 1916 Easter Rising have been published online. |
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The Black Hawk crashed in Marib Province, east of the capital Sanaa.
The Yemen defence ministry's news website said the helicopter had "misread" the air defence system, which "resulted in the destruction of the aircraft before it landed".
But Saudi Arabia says it is too early to tell what caused the crash and it is still investigating.
The Saudi-led coalition has been fighting in support of the government against Houthi rebels for two years.
The crash victims included several officers, reports said.
It is one of the deadliest incidents involving forces from the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen. In 2015, a rebel missile strike on a coalition base in Marib killed 67 coalition soldiers, most of them from the UAE.
Last month, the Houthis claimed that they shot down a Saudi Apache helicopter over the Red Sea port of Hudaydah, which they control.
More than 7,600 people have been killed and 42,000 injured since the conflict began, the majority in air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition backing President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, who was ousted from Sanaa in February 2015.
The conflict and a blockade imposed by the coalition have also triggered a humanitarian disaster, leaving 70% of the population in need of aid. | A military helicopter crash in Yemen that killed 12 Saudi soldiers was reportedly caused by friendly fire. |
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Ali Zeidan said that orders had been issued to arrest the tanker's crew.
Earlier separatist militants said they had started loading oil on to the tanker at Sidra port, east of Tripoli.
The rebels have seized three major ports since August, to demand more autonomy, hampering the government's ability to revive oil exports.
The Morning Glory docked at Sidra port earlier on Saturday, after a failed attempt to dock on Tuesday.
A local TV station showed footage of the rebels holding a ceremony to celebrate.
"We started exporting oil. This is our first shipment," a rebel spokesman said.
Libyan officials said the rebel move was an "act of piracy".
Analysts have said it is unlikely the ship is owned or controlled by Pyongyang.
Lawrence Dermody, a researcher in illicit trafficking for the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, told the BBC: "It's much more likely that it's a flag of convenience," adding that "it's really not a common flag - even in the Middle East."
Libya's state-owned National Oil Corp (NOC) had warned tankers against approaching the port, and two others in Libya's volatile east that are also controlled by armed groups.
It is not the first attempt to ship oil from the rebel-controlled port.
On Monday the Libyan navy ship Ibn Auf fired warning shots at a Maltese-flagged oil tanker to prevent it from docking and loading oil.
The owners of the ship complained it was fired on in international waters.
Libya's government has tried to end a wave of protests at oil fields and ports, which have slashed vital oil revenues, but there has been little progress in indirect talks between the government and former militia leader Ibrahim Jathran, who is now leading the protests.
Libya is struggling with armed groups and tribesmen who helped topple Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 but who have kept their weapons.
The BBC's Rana Jawad in Libya says Mr Jathran's demands include an independent commission representing the three regions of Libya. He wants the commission to supervise the sale of oil and ensure the east gets a fair share of the revenue.
Libya's oil output has slowed to a trickle since the protests started in July last year, depriving the OPEC producer of its main budget source. | Libya's prime minister has threatened to bomb a North Korean-flagged tanker if it tries to export oil from a rebel-controlled port. |
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They have been charged with "conspiracy to conduct an act in preparation for a terrorist act", Federal Police said.
The arrests are linked to a plot outlined in material seized last year as part of Operation Appleby.
That operation, in September 2014, was sparked by intelligence reports that Islamist extremists were planning random killings in Australia.
Then-Prime Minister Tony Abbott said at the time a senior Australian Islamic State militant had called for "demonstration killings", reportedly including a public beheading.
Another three people, aged between 21 and 22, were also charged for the same offence on Thursday afternoon.
All face potential life sentences if convicted.
While its FA-18 fighters bomb so-called Islamic State targets many thousands of kilometres away, and its soldiers train Iraqi forces, Australia continues to confront the enemy within.
More counter-terrorism raids in Sydney have yielded further arrests, and will make an uneasy nation even more anxious on the eve of the first anniversary of the deadly Sydney siege.
Last month, a poll found that more than half of Australians thought a large-scale attack was likely, and one-quarter was convinced it was inevitable.
The prime minister has promised a "calm, clinical and effective" response to the menace of home-grown extremism.
"We cannot eliminate entirely the risk of terrorism any more than we can eliminate the risk of any serious crime," said Malcolm Turnbull in his first national security address. "But we can mitigate it. We will continue to thwart and frustrate many attacks before they occur."
At least 800 heavily armed officers arrested 16 people as part of Operation Appleby in September 2014, in what was Australia's biggest ever anti-terror operation.
Police said the arrests on Thursday were not linked to a new plot, but to documents seized during those raids that talked about a plan to target government and police buildings.
"As a result of putting all of that information together, working through those documents, putting physical and electronic surveillance together, we were able to build a case of conspiracy for five people involved in the preparation of these documents," said Deputy Commissioner of National Security Michael Phelan.
Those arrested on Thursday are also known to those involved in the terror-linked shooting of Sydney police worker Curtis Cheng, police said.
Mr Cheng, 58, was shot dead outside his police headquarters office as he left work last October.
Police shot dead his attacker, 15-year-old Farhad Jabar, at the scene.
New South Wales Police said the 15-year-old boy arrested on Thursday was charged based on activity when he was 14.
They added that he had clearly been radicalised, although they did not yet know how it had happened.
"It is disturbing that we continue to deal with teenaged children in this environment," said Deputy Commissioner Catherine Burn.
"To be putting a 15-year-old before the courts on very serious charges that carry a maximum penalty of life imprisonment demonstrates the difficulties law enforcement face."
Police said a total of 11 people had now been charged under Operation Appleby. | Police in Sydney have arrested a 15-year-old and a 20-year-old in a counter-terror operation. |
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The advice was issued after a number of schools banned photography on their premises to protect pupils who were adopted or in foster care.
Earlier this week a father complained he was threatened with arrest at a school in Leicestershire.
Information Commissioner Christopher Graham said such photos did not breach the Data Protection Act.
BBC technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones says it is a common experience at this time of year for proud parents trying to take pictures of their children performing in nativity plays to be be told by teachers that photography is banned.
The Information Commissioner's Office has released guidance for schools after receiving numerous queries from parents.
The regulator said photos for personal use were not covered by the Data Protection Act.
Fear of breaching the law should not be used to to stop people taking pictures or videos, he added.
Mr Graham said: "Having a child perform at a school play or a festive concert is a very proud moment for parents and is understandably a memory that many want to capture on camera.
"It is disappointing to hear that the myth that such photos are forbidden by the Data Protection Act still prevails in some schools."
He added: "A common sense approach is needed. Clearly, photographs simply taken for a family album are exempt from data protection laws.
"Armed with our guidance, parents should feel free to snap away this Christmas and stand ready to challenge any schools or councils that say 'bah, humbug' to a bit of festive fun." | Parents should be free to photograph their children in nativity plays, the Information Commissioner has said. |
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Last year, doctors at the hospital treated 60 new cases of a particularly nasty infection called acanthamoeba keratitis - around two to three times more cases than in recent years.
Bacteria, fungi and micro-organisms can stick to contact lenses and cause pain, irritation and serious harm.
One woman whose eye became infected from her contact lens has described being kept awake for a week while doctors tried to treat the problem.
Jessica Greaney, 18, a student at Nottingham University, was told the probable cause of the infection was a drop of water which had splashed on to one of her lenses while she was washing them.
"[The parasite] was eating through the cornea of my eye," she told Radio 5 live.
So here are some of the risks, and the dos and don'ts:
Unless your optician has said you can, it is a bad idea to leave your contacts in when you go to bed.
Most contact lenses are not designed for this and extended wear can aggravate the cornea - the transparent outer covering of the eye - leaving it more vulnerable to infection.
Water can carry and spread a rare but dangerous infection called acanthamoeba keratitis. People who wear contacts are particularly susceptible to the infection, which attacks the cornea. Water-borne bacteria and other bugs, such as acanthamoeba, can attach to contact lenses during swimming and cause infection. This is particularly a problem in public pools where there can often be traces of urine and faecal matter.
If you want to swim with your contacts in, use a pair of tight-fitting swimming goggles to help protect your eyes.
It's essential that you disinfect them as this prevents harmful organisms building up on the lens.
Wash, rinse and dry your hands thoroughly before handling your lenses to prevent spreading nasty germs
It may be tempting to cut corners, especially if you are away from home and have forgotten to bring your lens-cleaning kit. But don't. Tap water, although safe to drink, can still carry bacteria that is harmful to the eyes.
Saliva is not a hygienic way to clean or wet your lenses.
Take care not to catch the lens or the eye with your fingernails
Don't mix your right and left lenses up - get into the habit of inserting and removing the same lens first
Before you put lenses in, check they are not damaged or inside-out. The lens should be shaped like a cup. If it is inside-out it will be shaped like a saucer, with the edges facing out
Give the lens a rinse with saline or conditioning solution (depending on the type of lens) and place it on to the tip of the index finger of your dominant hand
Pull the lower eyelid down with the middle finger of the dominant hand and lift the upper eyelid with your other hand and gently place the lens on the eye without blinking
When the lens is on the eye, close the eye slowly and blink gently a few times until the lens begins to feel comfortable
To remove soft lenses, keep your chin down and look upwards
Separate you eyelids in the same way as before and slide your contact lens down on to the white of your eye. Then gently pinch the lens with your thumb and index finger. Never use your nails
To remove hard lenses, place your middle and ring finger at the outer corner of your eye and pull your eyelids tight over towards your ear. Blink - the lens should come out
Dispose of or store the lenses appropriately.
Never ignore problems or discomfort. Remove the contact lens and seek medical advice. | Specialists at Moorfields Eye hospital have noticed a rise in eye infections among contact-lens wearers and are warning users to take extra care. |
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BBC Wales picture editor Johanna Powell, 37, died in Laos on 11 April.
She was on holiday with friends when the cruise boat they were on capsized on the Mekong River near Pak Beng.
On Tuesday at Aberdare Coroner's Court, Coroner Andrew Barkley said he had not received a final report from overseas so was not in a position to proceed.
He asked Ms Powell's family if they would prefer to wait for the conclusion of investigations abroad, which he warned could take years, or go ahead with an inquest based on statements to be obtained from the European witnesses involved.
Ms Powell's parents Teresa and Donald indicated that they would prefer the latter. | An inquest into the death of a Cardiff woman on holiday in south-east Asia should be completed within three months, a pre-inquest review has heard. |
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The Aberdeen midfielder, 24, started in Prague and was withdrawn just before the hour mark as Gordon Strachan's side won their first match of 2016.
"When you get a taste, you always want more," McLean told BBC Scotland.
"I've enjoyed the few days. It's what everybody wants and I hope I can just stay here."
Ikechi Anya's early goal proved to be enough for Scotland in Prague.
"The boys dug in and we got the win, which was great," McLean said.
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"First half was a bit tricky but second half, we were a lot better. We controlled the game in parts.
"It was obviously great to make my debut from the start.
"I felt good for the time I was on the pitch. I didn't feel out of place at all and it's where I want to be."
Strachan selected two squads for the matches against Czech Republic and Denmark, with the latter visiting Hampden on Tuesday.
Hibernian midfielder John McGinn - a former St Mirren team-mate of McLean's - is in the squad to face the Danes and could make his senior international debut in Glasgow.
"Hopefully he can do well enough and stay in," McLean said of 21-year-old McGinn. "You just need to enjoy moments like this - ones you need to cherish."
Alan Hutton, 31, won his 50th Scotland cap in Prague and the Aston Villa full-back described it as "a great honour".
"I never once really thought I'd get this many," he explained. "To get to 50 is a dream come true, really."
Ross McCormack, a late call-up to the squad, set up Anya's goal.
"To get a 1-0 win, we've got to be happy," the 29-year-old Fulham forward said.
"I just had to be strong with the two centre-halves and try and get them out the way.
"To be honest, I didn't see Ikechi, I just heard his shout so I thought if I can get it in that space, with his pace, if it's a foot race he's always going to win. When he got there, he thankfully tucked it in.
"Thankfully, the manager gave me a chance and I enjoyed it." | Kenny McLean is eager to follow up his Scotland debut with more caps after playing in the 1-0 win over Czech Republic. |
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Zdenko Turtak from Velka Ida, Kosice, pleaded guilty to those offences but denied attempted murder during a video link appearance at Leeds Crown Court.
He was charged in connection with an attack on a woman at a bus stop in Beeston Road on 6 March.
Prosecutors will decide within weeks whether to accept Turtak's pleas. | A 21-year-old man extradited from Slovakia has admitted the rape and grievous bodily harm of an 18-year-old woman in Leeds. |
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The bank is the fourth biggest by assets in the world and has been found guilty of violating US economic sanctions against Sudan, Iran and Cuba.
It had repeatedly protested that it did not violate any European law, but US prosecutors say that is beside the point.
BNP Paribas operates in the US through Bank of the West and First Hawaiian Bank, and is therefore bound by US law.
It is not the first to fall foul of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) that prohibits trading with sanctioned governments.
HSBC, Standard Chartered, ING, Barclays, Credit Suisse and Lloyds have all been hit with fines for violations since 2009.
It's not gone unnoticed that they are all European banks.
And the penalties are getting bigger.
Now other European banks fear this latest fine shows American prosecutors are targeting them with increasing aggression.
Commerzbank of Germany, Credit Agricole and Societe Generale of France and Unicredit of Italy are all under investigation over suspected sanctions violations or money laundering.
Deutsche Bank faces investigations into the rigging of interest rates and foreign exchange manipulation.
Although it says it does not believe it has violated US laws, it is raising $11.6bn in extra capital, partly as a cushion against any future legal costs.
John Raymond, senior analyst of European banks at CreditSights Research, says: "The European banks are worried.
"You have to remember they are undergoing stress tests and the possibility that they might receive heavy fines means the tests may demand they have extra capital to meet those fines."
However, the truth is the US authorities are still fining American banks far more than European ones.
A Financial Times study in March of 200 fines and restitutions since 2007, showed that of a total of $99.5bn in penalties, only $15.5bn came from foreign banks.
In fact there is a pattern to the prosecutions.
The European banks have hit the headlines with their sanction-breaking activities and tax evasion for which they have received fines.
The Americans have been have been forced to pay fines and compensation for issues over mortgage-backed securities and home loan fraud where victims have had to be compensated.
But both European and American banks have fallen victim to a change in mood among the US authorities.
Over the past few years many believed the Department of Justice (DoJ) had gone soft on big banks.
In March last year, US Attorney General Eric Holder seemed to confirm this to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
He said: "I am concerned that the size of some of these institutions becomes so large that it does become difficult for us to prosecute them when we are hit with indications... it will have a negative impact on the national economy, perhaps even the world economy."
French politicians were swift to exploit this, with the finance minister and the governor of the bank of France publicly stating that a massive fine would cripple BNP Paribas' lending ability and slow down lending worldwide.
But Mr Holder has been back on the offensive. Last month on the Department of Justice's website he insisted: "There is no such thing as too big to jail. To be clear: no individual or company, no matter how large or how profitable, is above the law."
And then there is Benjamin Lawsky.
He is the 44-year-old superintendent of New York State's Department of Financial Services (DFS).
The DFS cannot criminally charge a bank or individuals, but Mr Lawsky has been loud and influential in his demand for accountability from the banks.
It is thought the DFS's own investigation into Credit Suisse in March pressurised it into pleading guilty to aiding tax evasion and paying penalties of $2.6bn just two months later.
Back in 2012, he forced Standard Chartered to a settlement by the radical measure of threatening to withdraw its banking licence.
Known by Le Temps newspaper in France as "Le Bete-Noire des Grandes Banques" he has been urging the resignation of senior executives at BNP Paribas.
In the face of this new assertiveness, the French bank has been caught on the back foot.
As the US authorities opened early negotiations, reportedly threatening a $16bn fine, the bank offered to pay a mere $1bn.
That may just be bargaining chutzpah, but the bank put aside just $1.1bn to cover legal costs. In April it admitted: "There is the possibility that the amount of the fines could be far in excess of the amount of the provision."
It had utterly failed to grasp the seriousness of the situation.
And the situation was serious, particularly the accusations of "stripping" - the deliberate removal of key details, to keep sanctioned transfers of money away from the prying eyes of regulators.
Investigators eventually found that even as late as 2011 while the bank was insisting that it was co-operating with the authorities, it was continuing to break rules on sanctions.
Again the bank appeared not to have taken the litigation threat seriously. It is now paying the price.
In sharp contrast JP Morgan Chase, facing some $20bn in penalties in the past year, has been steadily building up a war chest of more than $28bn to meet the legal pay-outs.
The New York Times recently described how chief executive Jamie Dimon personally negotiated with the Attorney General hours before the DoJ was due to announce civil charges. "A move," it reported, "that averted a lawsuit and ultimately resulted in the brokered deal."
And the American banks are still as much in the firing line as the Europeans.
The DoJ is demanding $10bn from Citigroup to settle investigations into its sale of worthless mortgage-backed securities. It is also negotiating a $13bn settlement with Bank of America.
There is much more to come, for instance the probes into interest rate and foreign exchange market manipulation. European and US authorities are both investigating a raft of banks, blind, it seems, to which side of the Atlantic they come from. | Even BNP Paribas cannot shrug off a $9bn (£5.1bn) fine. |
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The Australian Republican Movement says 81 of 150 MPs and 40 of 76 senators favour the move, citing public statements from the politicians.
Monarchists have disputed the figures, insisting more support the status quo.
The numbers were revealed before an upcoming speech by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to mark the republican movement's 25th anniversary.
Mr Turnbull, who led a failed republic bid in 1999 before entering politics, will speak at Sydney University on Saturday.
The chairman of the Australian Republican Movement said the speech was an opportunity to reset the debate.
"The majority of the public want it. Every premier and chief minister wants it. Now it turns out that our federal representatives agree as well," Peter FitzSimons told Fairfax Media on Friday.
"It's not a matter of being from the left or right but believing that in the 21st century, Australia can run its own show."
Australian Monarchist League chairman Philip Benwell said Mr Turnbull was swimming in "dangerous water".
"The figures that Peter FitzSimons has given are not accurate. There are many more politicians within the federal parliament who are supportive of the status quo," he told the BBC.
"The younger generation don't want a republic. Most of our members are in their 20s and early 30s. Younger people have a mistrust of politicians and that's what's being promoted again - a politicians' republic."
Mr Benwell criticised Mr Turnbull's plans to attend Saturday's event, saying it was more a "campaign fundraising dinner" than an anniversary celebration.
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten wrote to Mr Turnbull on Thursday indicating his party would support a republic.
"Aside from an occasional spurt of discussion, the idea of an Australian Republic has been absent from our national life for too long," he wrote.
"This new generation deserves the chance to decide if Australia's head of state should be an Australian."
Outspoken conservative MP George Christensen said he would also support dumping the monarchy if Australia had a directly elected head of state.
"We can reform government to make it more representative and responsive to the needs and desires of the Australian people," he said on Friday.
In the landmark 1999 referendum, Australia voted against replacing the Queen with a president by 54.87% to 45.13%.
Under the proposal, the president would have been chosen by members of both houses of parliament, not by a direct election.
Voter uncertainty about politicians picking the head of state was attributed to increasing the "no" vote. | A majority of Australian MPs want to break ties with the British monarchy, the nation's republican lobby claims. |
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The site, called Playpen, was located on the Tor network used to anonymise web-browsing activity.
Fluckiger was "heavily involved" in the running of the members-only site, said the US Department of Justice (DoJ).
The investigation into the site has led to the rescue of 49 American children who had been subject to abuse.
Fluckiger of Portland, Indiana, was "co-administrator" of the site, said the DoJ, and helped Playpen members see and read "tens of thousands" of messages relating to the sexual abuse of children.
He managed membership lists, enforced site rules and deleted any content that was not related to indecent images of children.
Two other men who helped run the site, David Lynn Browning of Kentucky and Steven W. Chase of Florida, have pleaded guilty and are due to be sentenced soon.
Across the US, 48 active child abusers have been prosecuted as a result of the investigation, said the DoJ. It added that, in total, 200 prosecutions had resulted from the long-running investigation.
Playpen was located on a server on the well-known Tor network which hides the identity and location of browsers by encrypting data and bouncing it between different computers.
Law enforcement agencies caught the site administrators, and many members of Playpen, by using techniques that stripped them of the anonymity Tor can provide. Legal challenges against this investigative technique have been filed by some alleged Playpen members.
Once the site's administrators had been arrested, the FBI kept the site going for 13 days to gather information about members. | American Michael Fluckiger has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for running a site that trafficked images of child sex abuse. |
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Joseph Willis, 49, from the city, was found guilty of attempting to murder Helen Pearson, 34, near St Bartholomew's Cemetery.
The attack followed a five-year stalking campaign of Ms Pearson.
The sentencing at Exeter Crown Court came amid accusations Devon and Cornwall Police failed to properly investigate the case.
Judge Paul Darlow directed that Willis serves at least 13 years in prison before he can be considered for parole.
The court heard Ms Pearson's flat and car were targeted and abusive messages were daubed on the streets around her house.
Threatening letters were sent to her and a dead cat was left on her doorstep.
About 125 reports of stalking were logged by Devon and Cornwall Police over the course of five years before the attempted murder.
Ms Pearson said before the sentencing: "I was terribly failed. The attacks were getting worse and worse and the police failed to realise that and act."
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is investigating whether police missed opportunities.
The force has confirmed it is helping the IPCC with its investigation.
The force's professional standards department is also carrying out its own review of the case. | A stalker who repeatedly stabbed a woman with scissors in Exeter has been jailed for life. |
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The slump was large enough for trading in stocks of the Japanese industrial giant to be automatically halted.
Shares had already fallen 12% on Tuesday after reports of the likely write-down began circulating.
Toshiba said the possible heavy one-off loss was linked to a deal done by a US subsidiary, Westinghouse Electric.
Westinghouse bought the nuclear construction and services business from Chicago Bridge & Iron in 2015. There is now a dispute over the costs of the deal and the value of the assets it took on.
Toshiba president Satoshi Tsunakawa apologised for "causing concern".
Rating agencies Moody's and R&I both downgraded Toshiba's credit rating, which will make it more expensive for the company to borrow.
R&I warned that it could issue further downgrades, while Moody's cautioned that further impairments could lead to Toshiba breaching agreements with its banks.
The warning was a blow for the firm's corporate reputation, which is still struggling to recover after it emerged in 2015 that profits had been overstated for years, prompting the chief executive to resign.
Since then, Toshiba has been trying to slim down the business, including selling its medical devices operations to Canon.
While the share price slump is a blow for investors, 2016 had still been a pretty good year given that the stock had risen more than 77% before this week's falls. | Toshiba shares fell 20% on Wednesday after the firm warned that its US nuclear business may be worth less than previously thought. |
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The 39-year-old was rescued and taken to hospital after viewing the house in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, on Saturday.
Estate agent Strakers said the well was "hidden" within shrubbery and "not clearly visible or identifiable" when it had assessed the garden.
The house had been offered for sale following the owner's death.
Antony Bulley, Strakers managing director, said: "We were clearly shocked when this incident occurred.
"Our immediate concern on learning of the incident was for the wellbeing of the lady concerned, and we are grateful for the prompt actions of the emergency services in dealing with this awful incident.
"We are cooperating with authorities and will also carry out our own investigation into what happened, and will look to see what procedures can be put in place to identify hidden and unannounced hazards and to ensure this cannot happen again."
The rescue was heard by Kitty Wiles, a neighbour of the house in The Triangle, who said the woman's "predicament was really dreadful".
"Thank goodness the people in control were very calm and very capable, working together as a team and seeming to know exactly what to do," she added. | An estate agent for a home where a prospective buyer fell 30ft (9m) into a garden well has said it was "shocked" by the incident. |