BBA names Anthony Browne as its new chief executive

Summary: The British Bankers' Association (BBA) has announced that Anthony Browne, who currently works for Morgan Stanley, will be its next chief executive.

Mr Browne, who was a former adviser to London mayor Boris Johnson, will replace the current BBA head, Angela Knight, in September. Ms Knight announced in April that she would be standing down after five years in the post. The BBA is the industry body that represents the UK's banks. Mr Browne is currently Morgan Stanley's head of government relations for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He was also previously a journalist, working at the Times, the Observer and the BBC.

ब्रिटिश बैंकर्स एसोसिएशन (बीबीए) ने घोषणा की है कि एंथनी ब्राउन, जो वर्तमान में मॉर्गन स्टेनली के लिए काम करते हैं, इसके अगले मुख्य कार्यकारी होंगे।


Analysis: Whole-life tariffs ruling could spark another huge row

Summary: The decision by the European Court of Human Rights' (ECtHR) Grand Chamber on the whole-life tariffs given to murderer Jeremy Bamber and two other killers is really important - both legally and politically.

Dominic CascianiHome affairs correspondent@BBCDomCon Twitter Let's start with the legals. Judges in England and Wales have the power to impose a whole-life tariff (WLT) on the most serious and dangerous of criminals. There are 49 such prisoners in the UK. They include the Moors Murderer Ian Brady, Rosemary West and the three men who took their cases to Europe - Bamber, Douglas Vinter and Peter Moore. The Strasbourg court has long accepted that if a state wants to lock someone up for life, then that is none of its business. So this judgement was not about the state's right to lock up dangerous killers. The question was whether an WLT inmate should have the chance, during their long years inside, to try to show they are reformed and capable of making good with what little of their life they have left. Back in January 2012, seven judges in the ECtHR's lower chamber ruled by four to three against the men, saying that their life sentence without the possibility of parole did not amount to inhumane treatment. The case went up to the final Grand Chamber of 17 judges, including one from the UK, for a final say. Those judges reversed the lower court's decision by a majority of 16 to one. The Grand Chamber said that a state can keep someone locked up for punishment, deterrence, public protection and rehabilitation. But it said it was wrong that someone locked up in England and Wales does not have the opportunity to argue that they are rehabilitated. England and Wales are in a minority when it comes to this lack of review - even within the UK. There is no provision for a WLT in Scotland. And in Northern Ireland prisoners given a whole-life sentence can already ask for a review. Going abroad, the court says that a large majority of European states either do not impose whole-life sentences or, where they do, they usually have a review after 25 years. So why did the court rule against the system in England and Wales? Well it all comes down to what the judges say is a lack of clarity in the law - and the fact that a review once existed. Until 2003, home secretaries had the power to review a prisoner's WLT after 25 years. But the then government abolished that power as part of an attempt to take sensitive decisions about prisoners out of the hands of politicians. The problem, says the ECtHR, is that if Westminster wanted to take politicians out of WLT reviews, why did it not give the power to a judicial body? During the case, the government argued that ministers have a discretionary power to release WLT inmates on compassionate grounds, such as when someone was terminally ill, and that was sufficient. But the judges said the discretionary power did not offer a prisoner the chance to prove they were reformed because release could only come in an inmate's final days. So where does that leave the system? The court has basically argued that the government should resurrect the old system, so that whole-lifers are told when they are jailed that they can hope - no more than that - to have a review hearing many years down the line. It said that states should offer the review - and no more than that - because the grounds for keeping someone inside can change, and the circumstances may need looking at again. The court added: "If such a prisoner is incarcerated without any prospect of release and without the possibility of having his life sentence reviewed, there is the risk that he can never atone for his offence. "Whatever the prisoner does in prison, however exceptional his progress towards rehabilitation, his punishment remains fixed and unreviewable. "If anything, the punishment becomes greater with time: the longer the prisoner lives, the longer his sentence." The underlying point, the court argued, is that the thrust of modern penal policy has been to focus on trying to rehabilitate people - and that's why the lack of a WLT review is so odd in England and Wales. The effect of the judgement is very similar to a recent judgement from our own Supreme Court. In 2010 the justices ruled that people on the sex offenders register should have the opportunity to prove they are safe to be removed. So what happens now? Well, in legal terms, Parliament could solve the problem relatively easily by creating a power for either ministers, or the Parole Board, to review WLTs. Whichever way, the government has six months to respond to the court. But the politics of this are massive. Prime Minister David Cameron said he "profoundly disagrees with the court's ruling", adding he is a "strong supporter of whole-life tariffs". As the court makes clear, it has no problem with the use of the sentence - but it knows that its relationship with the UK is at an extremely sensitive stage. Whether it likes it or not, the judgement puts the court on yet another head-to-head collision course with ministers - and this time the row is arguably even more serious than Abu Qatada or Votes for Prisoners.

यूरोपीय मानवाधिकार न्यायालय (ईसीटीएचआर) ग्रैंड चैंबर द्वारा हत्यारे जेरेमी बैम्बर और दो अन्य हत्यारों को दिए गए पूरे जीवन के शुल्क पर निर्णय कानूनी और राजनीतिक दोनों रूप से वास्तव में महत्वपूर्ण है।


Will China's Xi Jinping be different?

Summary: As Xi Jinping walked out to be presented as China's new leader, one thing was immediately clear to all of us waiting in the Great Hall of the People. His will be a different style of leadership from that of his predecessor Hu Jintao.

Damian GrammaticasChina correspondent Mr Xi was immediately more relaxed and at ease than the man he had just replaced as general secretary of China's Communist Party. Where Mr Hu often appeared stiff and wooden, Xi Jinping smiled and even apologised for keeping his audience waiting. If he was nervous or awed by the prospect of ruling over one-fifth of humanity, there was no sign of it. At one point, he even seemed to become a little emotional while he was delivering his speech. Perhaps it is Xi Jinping's pedigree as a Communist Party "princeling" - his father was a revolutionary hero alongside Mao Zedong and a powerful figure in the party - that means he seems more comfortable in his own skin. Certainly, Xi Jinping has worked all his life for this moment. Rising through the party, he's been groomed for the top. 'More personality' And when he spoke, Mr Xi seemed to signal a new tone, too. He was more direct, more plain-speaking, more blunt. There was still some of the jargon of old, that the party must "continue to liberate our way of thinking... further unleash and develop the productive forces... and steadfastly take the road of prosperity for all". The content was similar to Hu Jintao's outgoing speech last week. But it still sounded different when Xi Jinping warned "the problems among party members and cadres of corruption, taking bribes, being out of touch with the people, undue emphasis on formalities and bureaucracy must be addressed with great efforts". Mr Xi tried to show he understands the bread-and-butter issues that most people care about. "Our people... yearn for better education, stable jobs, more satisfactory income, greater social security, improved medical and healthcare," he said. Bo Zhiyue of the National University in Singapore says Xi Jinping will be a different type of leader. "He has more personality. He is a regular person. He can work with anyone he meets. He is a very down-to-earth person. He is easy to get along with." Political personality But, of course, substance and results will matter more than style. On that score there was no detail, no policy proposal, no idea how he will bring about the changes he talked of. But if Mr Xi is able to connect with China's people in a way Mr Hu couldn't, that will be important. It may give him more room to carve out a political personality of his own that would give him more authority as leader. What will matter, then, is what sort of vision he has for China: something we simply don't know. There is, of course, a temptation to read too much into tiny things. A change of power in China is rare, it happens only once a decade. Every time there are hopes the new leaders will bring change. A little more than a decade after the trauma of the Tiananmen massacre, when Hu Jintao came to power, he was seen as a possible reformer. Now, though, as his decade has drawn to a close, his time is widely seen as a missed opportunity and attention has turned to the new generation. 'Very smart' Xi Jinping has risen to the top by keeping a low profile, says Minxin Pei of Claremont McKenna College in California. "Very few people know about who China's new leader will be, what he thinks. It's very smart for any incoming leader not to show his cards, and he's very smart." And he says the fact that Mr Xi is the first among equals in a new Standing Committee of seven will also make this leadership inherently conservative. "The new leadership looks in all likelihood to be a carefully balanced coalition, and a carefully balanced coalition is not a structure that is conducive to very decisive policy making," he added. The reduction in the Standing Committee from nine to seven men may make it easier to reach consensus and so take some tougher decisions. The past decade is widely seen as one of paralysis. But on that score, we'll have to see. What we do know from the other six new leaders is that they seem to contain a balance - the product of months of secret negotiations and compromises. Some are from the supposed Jiang Zemin faction, some from the Hu Jintao faction, some may be conservative-minded and unwilling to pursue reforms, others are more reformist economic managers. There are "princelings" and those from more humble backgrounds. The message to take away from this is that compromise and consensus seem to be the order of the day. It is worth noting that the candidates said to be most in favour of reform, like Wang Yang and Li Yuanchao, did not make it into the final seven. Both are young enough that they could still be elevated to the Standing Committee in 2017. But it means the final line-up is being seen as relatively conservative, and less inclined towards change. However the five new members on the Standing Committee are all relatively old. They may all serve only one term and have to retire in five years' time. Xi Jinping and the new number two, Li Keqiang, will be around for 10 years. So the day in five years' time, when Xi Jinping leads out the members of the next Standing Committee from behind that closed door, may be the day when he really cements his authority as China's leader.

जैसे ही शी जिनपिंग चीन के नए नेता के रूप में प्रस्तुत होने के लिए बाहर निकले, ग्रेट हॉल ऑफ द पीपल में इंतजार कर रहे हम सभी के लिए एक बात तुरंत स्पष्ट हो गई। उनकी नेतृत्व शैली उनके पूर्ववर्ती हू जिंताओ से अलग होगी।


Flood-damaged coastal path reopens in Flintshire

Summary: Flood-damaged stretches of the Wales Coastal Path in Flintshire are re-opening after eight months of work.

Flintshire council closed sections of the trail after flood defences were breached in the winter storms. The final stretch at Panton Cop near Bagillt has now been repaired after the embankment was breached. Environment spokesman Councillor Bernie Attridge said: "It's great to see the path finally ready for the public to enjoy over the holiday weekend". The coastal path covers the whole of Wales over a distance of 870 miles and opened in May 2012. The Welsh government split £545,000 between 17 councils to repair damage to the path.

फ्लिंटशायर में वेल्स तटीय पथ के बाढ़ से क्षतिग्रस्त हिस्सों को आठ महीने के काम के बाद फिर से खोला जा रहा है।


Iran plane crash: The victims of Ukraine Flight PS752

Summary: A Ukrainian Boeing 737-800 crashed shortly after take-off in Iran on Wednesday, killing all 176 people on board.

In total, 82 Iranians and 63 Canadians were on board the Kyiv-bound Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) Flight PS752, Ukraine's Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko said. There were also 11 victims - including nine crew members - from Ukraine, four Afghans, four Britons and three Germans. Iran's head of emergency operations said 147 of the victims were Iranian, which suggests many of the foreign nationals held dual nationality. A list of passengers was released by the airline, but the BBC is awaiting confirmation from people known to the victims. Canada 'shocked and saddened' The majority of the passengers on the flight were headed for Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed. Out of the 176 victims, 138 had listed Canada as their final destination. Of them, 57 of them carried a Canadian passport, but many others were foreign students, permanent residents or visitors. Initially, the number of Canadian victims was given as 63. A number of the passengers on board the plane were reportedly students and university staff from Canada returning at the end of the holidays. The tragedy was a national one, touching many communities across the country. British Columbia Ardalan Ebnoddin Hamidi, Niloofar Razzaghi and their teenage son Kamyar, a family of three from Vancouver were returning from Iran where they had taken a short vacation and were confirmed to have been on the flight. The University of British Columbia said it is mourning the loss of Mehran Abtahi, a postdoctoral research fellow, and sibling alumnus Zeynab Asadi Lari and Mohammad Asadi Lari. "She was full of dreams, and now they're gone," Elnaz Morshedi told the BBC of her friend Zeynab Asadi Lari, who was studying health sciences. Her brother Mohammmad was the co-founder of STEM fellowship, a youth-run charity that helps students in maths and sciences. Other victims from the west coast province include Delaram Dadashnejad, an international student studying nutrition at a college in Vancouver, and couple Naser Pourshaban Oshibi and Firouzeh Madani. Alberta The University of Alberta confirmed that 10 members of the institution's community were killed in the tragedy. Pedram Mousavi and Mojgan Daneshmand, a married couple who taught engineering at the University of Alberta, were killed in the crash, along with their two daughters, Daria, 14, and Dorina, 9. Arash Pourzarabi, 26,and Pouneh Gourji, 25, were graduate students in computer science at the university, and had gone to Iran for their wedding. Other students who died included Elnaz Nabiyi, Nasim Rahmanifar, and Amir Saeedinia, as well as alumnus Mohammad Mahdi Elyasi, who studied mechanical engineering and graduated in 2017. Obstetrician Shekoufeh Choupannejad, her daughter Saba Saadat, who was studying medicine at the university, and Sara, who had recently graduated, were also among those on the flight The "community is reeling from this loss," said university president David Turpin on Thursday. Also from the province of Alberta was Kasra Saati, an aircraft mechanic formerly with Viking Air, the CBC confirmed. Manitoba Victims from Winnipeg included Forough Khadem, described "as a promising scientist and a dear friend," by her colleague E Eftekharpour. Graduate student Amirhossein Ghassemi was studying biomedical engineering. "I can't use past tense. I think he's coming back. We play again. We talk again. It's too difficult to use past tense, too difficult. No one can believe it," his friend Amir Shirzadi told CTV News. Amirhossein Bahabadi Ghorbani, 21, was studying science at the University of Manitoba and hoped to become a doctor, his roommate told the CBC. CBC also confirmed that a family of three from that city - Mohammad Mahdi Sadeghi, his wife, Bahareh Hajesfandiari, and their daughter, Anisa Sadeghi, were travelling together on the flight. Farzaneh Naderi, a customer service manager at Walmart, and her 11-year-old son Noojan Sadr were also killed. Ontario Many of the victims were returning to their homes in Toronto and other nearby cities in the province of Ontario. They included Ghanimat Azhdari - a PhD student at the University of Guelph, Ontario. She specialised in promoting the rights of indigenous groups and her research group described her as "cherished and loved". Toronto resident Alina Tarbhai was also among the victims, her employer, the Ontario Secondary School Teacher's Federation (OSSTF), told the BBC. Her mother Afifa Tarbhai was also on board. The University of Windsor, Ontario, confirmed five people from their school had died on the plane. PhD student Hamid Kokab Setareh and his wife Samira Bashiri, who was also a researcher at the school, were among those killed. Omid Arsalani told CBC that his sister Evin Arsalani, 30, had travelled to Iran to attend a wedding with her husband, Hiva Molani, 38, and their one-year-old daughter Kurdia. All three were killed in the crash. The University of Toronto confirmed the loss of students Mojtaba Abbasnezhad, Mohammad Amin Beiruti, and Mohammad Amin Jebelli, and Mohammad Salehe. Seyed Hossein Mortazavi, a childhood friend of Mohammad Salehe, said he was a bit reserved and shy but a brilliant computer programmer whose talent was widely recognised. McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario confirmed the loss of PhD students Iman Aghabali and Mehdi Eshaghian, as well as of former postdoctoral researcher Siavash Maghsoudlou Estarabadi. The CBC confirmed that Mahdieh Ghassemi and her two children Arsan Niazi and Arnica Niazi, were on the flight. Tirgan, an Iranian cultural charity, said "it is with a heavy heart that we bid farewell" to some volunteers with their organisation, including couple Parinaz and Iman Ghaderpanah. The organisation said it was joining in mourning with another volunteer, Hamed Esmaeilion, who lost his wife Parisa Eghbalian, and their daughter Reera Esmaeilion. Western University said it was mourning four international students: Ghazal Nourian, Milad Nahavandi, Hadis Hayatdavoudi, Sajedeh Saraeian. The University of Waterloo shared the news "with heavy hearts" that their community had lost two PhD students Marzieh (Mari) Foroutan and Mansour Esnaashary Esfahani. Quebec Engineer Siavash Ghafouri-Azar was returning home with his new wife, Sara Mamani, when the plane crashed. The couple had just bought their first home near the Canadian city of Montreal. His uncle, Reza Ghafouri-Azar, told the BBC "I cannot come up with words for my kind, dedicated nephew." "He has been a very positive and passionate from childhood until his soul's departure from his body. Rest in peace my dearest side by your beloved wife," he said. Mr Ghafouri-Azar is a professor of engineering in Toronto, and he introduced his nephew to Ali Dolatabadi, an engineering professor at Concordia University who would become Siavash's thesis supervisor. "It is a great loss," Mr Dolatabadi told the BBC. "He was very intelligent, a gentleman. He had a kind and a gentle soul." He said his wife Sarah Mamani was "very kind, very polite". The couple were looking forward to throwing a housewarming party in the New Year. Armin Morattab was worried when his twin Arvin Morattab, called him from the airport in Tehran, amid reports that Iran had fired missiles at US targets in Iraq. "He said he was coming back home soon," Mr Morattab told the Montreal Gazette. Arvin Morattab and his wife Aida Farzaneh were both killed. The Gazette also confirmed that Mohammad Moeini, from Quebec, was also killed. Nova Scotia Global News confirmed that five of the victims have ties to Nova Scotia, a province on Canada's east coast. Dalhousie University student Masoumeh Ghavi, her sister, Mandieh Ghavi, were both killed, as was local dentist Dr. Sharieh Faghihi, and two graduate students at St Mary's University, Maryam Malek and Fatemeh Mahmoodi. Ali Nafarieh, a professor at Dalhousie and president of the Iranian Cultural Association of Nova Scotia, employed Masoumeh Ghavi part-time at his IT company. He says she was one of the university's "top students". "I remember she has always a smile on her face. What she brought in our company in addition to skills and knowledge and experience was her energy. She changed the atmosphere over there. We'll miss her a lot," he told CTV News. Iran victims We have no information on the 82 Iranian nationals who died. Tributes to British victims Four British nationals were among the victims. Three have been named as Mohammed Reza Kadkhoda Zadeh, who owned a dry cleaners in West Sussex, BP engineer Sam Zokaei from Twickenham, and PhD student and engineer Saeed Tahmasebi, who lived in Dartford. Last year, Mr Tahmasebi married his Iranian partner, Niloufar Ebrahim, who was also on the plane. Mr Tahmasebi's colleagues at Imperial College London described him as "a brilliant engineer with a bright future", and said that his contributions to engineering "will benefit society for years to come". His friend and business partner, Nima Shoja, told the BBC that Mr Tahmasebi and his wife were planning to have a baby. "I talked with Saeed every other day," Mr Shoja said. "I also tried to call him the day before his flight. [It] was late in Tehran and I was not successful. "He sent me a message in the morning [saying], 'I will call you tomorrow' - the tomorrow that he did not have." Swedish children feared dead Ten Swedish nationals died in the crash. Many of them are believed to have also had Iranian citizenship. Swedish media report that several children were among the victims. Sweden's foreign ministry confirmed that Swedes were among those killed. It provided no further details. Ukrainian airline crew Nine of the 11 Ukrainian nationals killed were staff at Ukraine International Airlines (UIA). Valeriia Ovcharuk, 28, and Mariia Mykytiuk, 24, were among the flight attendants who died. On their social media accounts, which are now being filled with tributes, they frequently shared photographs from their travels. Valeria posted just two weeks ago from a hotel in Bangkok with the caption: "Work, I love you." Ihor Matkov, was flight PS752's chief attendant. The other three flight attendants were named by the airline as Kateryna Statnik, Yuliia Solohub and Denys Lykhno. Three pilots were on board at the time of the accident: Captain Volodymyr Gaponenko, First Officer Serhii Khomenko and instructor Oleksiy Naumkin. All three had between 7,600 and 12,000 hours experience flying a 737 aircraft, according to the airline. A former UIA pilot said he had flown together with each of the three pilots. Writing on Facebook, Yuri, who wanted to be known only by his first name, described them as "great pilots".

बुधवार को ईरान में उड़ान भरने के तुरंत बाद एक यूक्रेनी बोइंग 737-800 दुर्घटनाग्रस्त हो गया, जिसमें सवार सभी 176 लोगों की मौत हो गई।


Concerns aired on Aberdeen transport project delays

Summary: North east business leaders have signed an open letter to Scotland's transport minister over fears about delays to projects including the Aberdeen bypass.

The letter states the lack of progress over the planned bypass is a major concern and frustration. Those who have supported the letter to Stewart Stevenson include the chamber of commerce and harbour board. A Transport Scotland spokeswoman said they were fully committed to investing in the north east infrastructure. However she said a number of factors - including a legal challenge to the bypass - have meant significant delays to the timetable. The bypass is aimed at creating a fast link to the north, west and south of Aberdeen.

पूर्वोत्तर के व्यापारिक नेताओं ने एबरडीन बाईपास सहित परियोजनाओं में देरी की आशंका पर स्कॉटलैंड के परिवहन मंत्री को एक खुले पत्र पर हस्ताक्षर किए हैं।


Alderney electricity price falls after payment

Summary: Alderney's electricity prices are to fall after the announcement that £200,000 will be paid towards energy costs by a tidal energy company.

Customers will see a reduction of three pence per unit after the first payment from Alderney Renewable Energy. The company will pay the sum on 1 January 2011, as part of its licence agreement, signed in 2008. The same payment will be made on an annual basis until the project is up and running. When the project is operational revenue will be linked to production. Alderney Renewable Energy CEO, Paul Clark, said grid access had been secured for sending power to the UK and France. He said the next goal was to secure funds from incentive schemes.

एल्डर्नी की बिजली की कीमतें इस घोषणा के बाद गिरेंगी कि एक ज्वारीय ऊर्जा कंपनी द्वारा ऊर्जा लागत के लिए £200,000 का भुगतान किया जाएगा।


Essex PFCC election: The candidates who say they will be standing

Summary: Voters will head to the polls on 6 May to elect Essex's Police, Fire, and Crime Commissioner (PFCC).

PCCs are elected as representatives who work to ensure police forces in England and Wales are running effectively. They replaced police authorities in 2012 and were intended to bring a public voice to policing. Elections were postponed in 2020 due to coronavirus but look set to go ahead this year. These are the candidates (listed alphabetically): Roger Hirst, Conservatives Standing for re-election, and formerly a county councillor and Brentwood district councillor. Chris Vince, Labour A Harlow councillor who has previously stood in the general election for Labour in Chelmsford. Related Internet Links Police and crime commissioners

मतदाता 6 मई को एसेक्स के पुलिस, अग्निशमन और अपराध आयुक्त (पी. एफ. सी. सी.) का चुनाव करने के लिए मतदान करेंगे।


Will RBS sell Coutts?

Summary: Mervyn King's remarks that he wants to see RBS's poisonous and low quality assets hived off into a new so-called bad bank matter - but probably not in the way that seems most obvious.

Robert PestonEconomics editor Because that's not going to happen. My sources at the Treasury tell me that they are happy with RBS's current proposals to mend itself, which involve shrinking its investment bank and floating a share of its US retail bank, Citizens, on the stock market. However within a matter of days, Sir Mervyn and his colleagues on the Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee, or FPC, will determine how much additional capital all Britain's banks have to find, to protect themselves against future losses on loans to business and to personal customers who are only just keeping their heads above water (and see one I prepared earlier). What the governor signalled is his concern that RBS remains too weak to provide the credit needed for economic recovery. So it seems highly plausible that he will instruct RBS to raise more capital than it is currently planning to do. Since George Osborne has set up the FPC with independent authority to minimise the risks in the financial system, he would not find it easy to over-rule or ignore it on the first occasion it makes a big decision. The words "back" and "rod" are probably on Mr Osborne's mind a good deal, in these Sir Mervyn's last weeks in the job. That said, the idea that taxpayers will end up putting more money into RBS is for the birds. Such would be a short cut to political ruin for Mr Osborne, since Tory MPs would not tolerate even an extra penny of our money going into RBS. The far more plausible alternative is that RBS will end up having to sell even more assets than it currently plans, including - perhaps - the Queen's bank, Coutts.

मर्विन किंग की टिप्पणी कि वह आरबीएस की जहरीली और निम्न गुणवत्ता वाली संपत्तियों को एक नए तथाकथित खराब बैंक मामले में देखना चाहते हैं-लेकिन शायद उस तरह से नहीं जो सबसे स्पष्ट लगता है।


Essex lorry deaths: Agony builds for Vietnamese families

Summary: Inside the modest home of Le Van Ha there is wrenching despair, as his family tries to come to terms with the likelihood that he was inside the ill-fated container in Essex where 39 people were found dead.

By Jonathan HeadSouth East Asia correspondent His grandmother stares into space, covering her face with her hands. His wife Ha sits unspeaking, refusing the entreaties to eat something. His father Le Minh Tuan hugs his young grandson in desperation, and just weeps. Le Van Ha's story was, until the disastrous end of his journey, very typical of a young man from this poor and mainly agricultural part of Vietnam. He followed a path trodden by thousands of others, overseas in search of better-paid work, leaving for Europe three months ago, just before the birth of his second son. The family had borrowed to build their house, and the journey west - facilitated by human traffickers - required £20,000 ($25,000) - a huge sum for which Le Minh Tuan had to mortgage his two plots of land. Everything hung on Le Van Ha landing a good job, and saving to pay back the loan. His world has fallen apart. "He's left us with a huge debt," Le Minh Tuan said. "I don't know when we can ever pay it back. I'm an old man now, my health is poor, and I have to help bring up his children." Le Minh Tuan is convinced his son is dead. He received a Facebook message shortly before telling him he was about to leave for England. It is believed most of those who died in the container came from the same district, Yen Thanh, in Nghe An province. Neighbours are coming round to offer support, and they share in prayers before family altars, carrying photographs of the missing. There's a large, smiling picture of 19-year-old Bui Thi Nhung, now above the shrine in her house. Her family are praying that somehow she wasn't in that container. Her sister Bui Thi Loan says she had a quick exchange of messages on Facebook on 21 October, when she mentioned that she was "in storage". "No information has been verified yet," she says. "It's only on the internet and social media, so we still have some hope. "We do know that there were three different lorries going to England that time, so we still hope that there is magic, and she turns out to have been on a different lorry." She says Nhung was the smartest of the four siblings, and had a lot of friends who helped her raise the money for the journey. Her family did not have to mortgage or sell anything. Now they are hoping for good news, or in the worst case, for help to bring her body back to Vietnam. The newly-built houses you see in this district are evidence of the money to be made, and saved, by working overseas. Britain appears to be the preferred destination. Some have spent time in countries like Russia or Romania, where they say it is very difficult to find well-paid jobs. They describe facing constant harassment in France from the police over their illegal status. But in Britain there are strong existing Vietnamese communities and jobs to be had in nail bars, restaurants or agriculture. The brokers they deal with are part of a global network of underworld facilitators who charge huge sums for moving people illegally across borders. The amounts people pay vary, from around £10,000 to well over £30,000. The higher sum is supposed to be for a "VIP service". Many of them go out of Vietnam via China. But when they reach the English Channel the only reliable way across is by being smuggled inside containers, regardless of what fee is paid. In the aftermath of the tragedy in Essex, the Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has ordered an investigation into trafficking networks. But trafficking has long been a serious problem, often involving women and children. This year the country was downgraded in the annual US State Department's Trafficking in Persons report. Whatever measures the government is taking, the huge sums of money made from trafficking make it a lucrative and tenacious business that still thrives in Vietnam. Do you have any information about the incident? Email haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk. Please include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist. You can also contact us in the following ways:

ले वान हा के साधारण घर के अंदर भयावह निराशा है, क्योंकि उसका परिवार इस संभावना को समझने की कोशिश करता है कि वह एसेक्स में दुर्भाग्यपूर्ण कंटेनर के अंदर था जहां 39 लोग मृत पाए गए थे।


Coronavirus: Meet the ‘shielded’ enduring 12 weeks of isolation

Summary: While people in the UK are being told to stay at home to slow the spread of coronavirus, a significant minority must go even further, avoiding any close contact - even with loved ones - for 12 weeks. They are the so-called shielded.

By Joseph LeeBBC News Texts and letters arrived this week telling more than a million people in the UK to endure an extreme form of isolation for at least 12 weeks to “shield” them from the worst of the coronavirus outbreak. These “extremely vulnerable groups” include organ transplant recipients, some cancer patients, people with severe lung conditions, people with weakened immune systems and pregnant women with heart conditions. Told to stay at home at all times and aim to remain two metres (6ft) away from anyone they live with, how are they managing? ‘Everything is a risk’ “I would die if I got it, I’ve got no immune system,” says Angela Steatham. Four years ago, she was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, which affects the white blood cells that fight infection. The 56-year-old didn’t let it stop her work as a psychologist and leadership coach, travelling around the world to work with major companies. But coronavirus changed all that, leaving her just a couple of rooms in her cottage in the village of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, Powys, where she can feel safe. “Now literally the whole word is dangerous to me. And I can’t control that. That’s what has been psychologically really scary. I know that apart from me staying in one or two rooms of my home everything is a risk,” she says. Her 23-year-old son, Charlie, has moved out to allow her to follow the stringent restrictions. Whenever her partner, Simon Corden, has contact with the outside world, he has chosen to then quarantine himself as a precaution within the house – but away from her – for two weeks before they can spend time in the same room. They communicate on walkie-talkies due to the weaker mobile phone signal and patchy wi-fi service in their rural location, letting each other know when they need to use the kitchen or bathroom and checking they have cleaned it afterwards. An extrovert with a busy online life and a shield emoji posted on her Twitter profile, Angela says she’s had lots of supportive messages. And she stays connected with older relatives on the phone, but is unable to see their faces as they do not have videophone facilities. “My auntie and uncle, we were crying on the phone at the weekend, because we realised that, actually, we might never see each other again,” she says. “If something happens to her or my uncle or me over this next three months, that’s it.” ‘I never want my family to see me on a ventilator again’ Severe asthma came on suddenly for Rachael Paget one morning in 2017. By the afternoon she was on a ventilator in a medically induced coma, where she spent the next nine days. The memory of how it affected her family is in her thoughts as the 35-year-old teacher stays shielded from the virus outbreak alone in her terraced house in Warrington. “They’ve seen me on a ventilator once before, and it was horrific for them. It was scary for me once I woke up and people told me what had happened, but for most of it I wasn’t conscious. They had to see it and I would never want them to have to go through that again,” she says. She’s continuing to work from home, giving lessons online to the teenagers in her classes (“they’re really compassionate”), and keeping in touch with fellow teachers on social media. A big network of family members is helping to bring her supplies, but some, like her dad, have to be persuaded not to try to stay for a chat. But she says the rules on some of the practicalities of life while being shielded can be confusing and hard to manage. “I live alone so ridiculous things like putting the bin out – I have to do that. But am I allowed to? Am I putting myself at risk?” ‘How can I show my son affection from 6ft away?' With a four-year-old son, shielding alone wasn’t an option for Michael Winehouse, a charity fundraiser who has cystic fibrosis. So young Oscar and Michael's wife Amy are joining him in isolation at their home in Epping, east London - none of them leaving the house at all, including for their usual walks together in the forest. “We have to do it this way. Our house isn’t big enough and a four-year-old needs attention from mum and dad, especially when we’ve both got to work,” says the 33-year-old. “I can’t be that far away from him all the time. How can I educate him, how can I show him affection from that distance? He wouldn’t understand why daddy won’t come near him.” Michael says his genetic condition - which means thick mucus clogs up the lungs and creates a risk of dangerous infections - has prepared him for the prospect of isolation at home or in hospital when he’s unwell. But asking his family to do the same was “the toughest part”. Life in a coronavirus outbreak resembles having cystic fibrosis in some ways, he says, with the fear of infections from people with colds and coughs, cancelled plans and protective masks. “This does give the rest of society a bit of insight into the daily lives of people with CF. There is a lot of fear,” Michael says. ‘I’m marking off the calendar’ The text message warning her to stay inside for 12 weeks was unexpected for Hilary Leigh. The 75-year-old hadn’t anticipated that her cancer treatment more than a year ago would have put her in the extremely vulnerable group. She says some of the guidelines are “almost impossible” to keep in practice, staying two metres apart from her husband, Richard, at their home in Harrow, London, and never letting her guard down. That morning her husband had answered the phone and handed it to her – technically it should have been sanitised in between, she says. Food shopping has been a challenge, with the first online delivery slot she was able to book being 15 April. Family members are helping, but some others have had to isolate themselves because someone in their home has symptoms. She is keeping in touch with loved ones through FaceTime and swapping photos of the flowers growing in their gardens with a friend. “When it came through and it said 12 weeks I actually marked them off on the calendar. I’m going to tear off each week as it goes,” Hilary says. “Things do pass. Perhaps because we’re older we know this.”

जबकि ब्रिटेन में लोगों को कोरोनावायरस के प्रसार को धीमा करने के लिए घर पर रहने के लिए कहा जा रहा है, एक महत्वपूर्ण अल्पसंख्यक को और भी आगे जाना चाहिए, किसी भी करीबी संपर्क से बचना चाहिए-यहां तक कि प्रियजनों के साथ भी-12 सप्ताह के लिए। वे तथाकथित परिरक्षित हैं।


Child sexual exploitation: How big is the scale of online abuse?

Summary: The full scale of online child sexual exploitation is difficult to know.

By Reality Check teamBBC News Sites are often disguised to make them appear legal, or are hidden on the dark web, which enables people to act anonymously and untraceably online. The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) found 78,589 individual web addresses worldwide showing images of child abuse in 2017. Of these, 274 were hosted in the UK. Each of these URLs could contain thousands of images or videos. The IWF employs a team of analysts who proactively search for this material. They are responsible for finding about half of these sites, with the other half being drawn to its attention by members of the public. Five countries were responsible for hosting 87% of this material: Worldwide, Europe hosted the most sites (65%), overtaking the US, which used to have the highest concentration of sites containing images of child sexual abuse hosted on its servers. There were almost 8.5 million reports of material showing child sex abuse from 45 countries around the world in 2016, according to the membership body of internet hotlines, Inhope. This includes reports made to the IWF, and doesn't represent 8.5 million individual sites. But it does not tell you anything about where this material was being produced or viewed. Offenders could be viewing material from the UK, hosted on a server in the Netherlands, showing images of children in South East Asia, for example. While fewer than 1% of these sites were actually run in the UK, a major concern is the number of people here accessing material, which is hosted overseas. The Home Office reports that there are 80,000 individuals in the UK known to law enforcement who may pose a threat to children online. That includes people who have been arrested, charged or convicted for offences involving indecent images of children. But it does not include anyone known to police who has not yet had action taken against them. Inhope says that the hosting of sites containing these images is only one part of the picture when it comes to the "creation, distribution, and consumption" of child sexual abuse material. "While hosting reports can tell us where the highest concentration of servers containing child sexual abuse material are located, this should not be conflated with the production and consumption...which can happen anywhere. "The absence of hosting information in a particular geographic region does not mean that abuse is not taking place, that digital abuse content is not being created, or that there are no victims in need." What do you want BBC Reality Check to investigate? Get in touch Read more from Reality Check Follow us on Twitter

ऑनलाइन बाल यौन शोषण के पूर्ण पैमाने को जानना मुश्किल है।


HMP Altcourse: Prison officer's neck 'slashed by inmate'

Summary: A prison officer has had his neck slashed by an inmate at a prison on Merseyside, the BBC understands.

The officer was taken to hospital where his condition was described as "stable", a Merseyside Police spokesman said. He said the force was investigating an "assault of a member of staff at HMP Altcourse on Wednesday". The BBC understands the attack took place in a transfer area and the inmate was on remand facing serious charges. Director for HMP Altcourse Steve Williams said: "We continue to support the officer and his family."

बीबीसी समझता है कि मर्सीसाइड की एक जेल में एक कैदी ने एक जेल अधिकारी की गर्दन काट दी है।


Snow and ice warning for Powys and north Wales

Summary: A Met Office weather warning for snow and ice has been issued for large parts of north and mid Wales.

Icy patches, with snow mainly on higher routes, may "cause tricky travel" it said. The yellow weather warning covers Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Powys and Wrexham. Snow is most likely above 200 metres, the Met Office said. The warning is in place between 21:00 GMT on Saturday and 11:00 on Sunday.

उत्तरी और मध्य वेल्स के बड़े हिस्सों में बर्फबारी और बर्फबारी के लिए मौसम विभाग की चेतावनी जारी की गई है।


Tax and tech

Summary: Here are two indisputable truths. Governments love to cosy up to technology companies. And technology companies - much like any other business - hate paying tax. So the relationship between the two can be summed up as a Facebook status - it's complicated.

Rory Cellan-JonesTechnology correspondent@BBCRoryCJon Twitter This morning we have learned the extraordinary lengths governments can go to in order to persuade a giant American company to do business in its territory. The European Commission has published a letter setting out the reasons for its investigation into a tax deal between Ireland and Apple. We hear how an arrangement was reached in 1990 which saw Apple channelling much of its international revenue through Ireland. The way in which Ireland's government then calculated Apple's Irish profits looks to anyone who isn't an accountant like a case of holding your finger up in the air. In a document submitted by the Irish government, a representative of Apple admits to the revenue that there is "no scientific basis" for one of the figures used in the calculations. "However," the document continues, "the figure was of such magnitude that he hoped it would be seen to be a bona-fide proposal." Ireland did sign up to that deal, and another in 2007, and the result has been that the technology firm appears to have paid minimal tax as its profits soared following the introduction of the iPhone. The Commission's letter suggests that in 2012, when Apple's international revenues amounted to $64bn (£39.5bn), the company paid under 10m euros (£7.7m) in tax in Ireland. The European Commission suspects that the tax deal amounts to state aid, which was not available to other companies and could, therefore, be illegal. The Irish government and Apple have strongly denied that there was any special arrangement. The investigation has quite some way to go but if the Commission finds against Ireland, Apple could have to pay back some tax. Mind you, one Irish economist says the story has been vastly overblown and the most Apple could have to pay is $30m - small change to a company with a cash pile of around $165bn. It is, however, worth questioning just how good a deal Ireland has got over the years from Apple. Yes, there are 5,000 jobs, but in more than 30 years in the country the company has never brought any research and development work there, and very little manufacturing - indeed all of its R&D is done in the United States. Other countries may be cheering on this investigation. There is growing resentment at the way technology firms are benefiting from a race to the bottom in corporate tax rates, diverting their huge revenues to places like Ireland or Luxembourg. Note the change in tone from the UK government, once so keen to hobnob with the likes of Google. On Monday, Chancellor George Osborne announced what is already being dubbed a Google tax - a plan to force technology companies to reveal what profits they make in Britain and pay tax on them here. Just how that will work, we will have to wait until the Autumn statement to find out. Apple, for instance, paid just £11.4m ($18.5m) in corporation tax in 2013 after declaring UK revenues of just £100m. Given the company has 37 UK stores, and the average Apple store took over £30m last year, you can see how much of that revenue is being diverted through Ireland. So, prepare for some testing times in the relationship between the Treasury and the tech giants. Meanwhile, though, the government still wants to roll out the welcome mat for fast-growing sectors. Another less noticed announcement out of the Conservative conference was a new inquiry into the so-called "sharing economy"- companies like AirBnB which enable people to share under-used resources like spare rooms and make money. The inquiry will look at the economic potential of this sector and "investigate the main regulatory and policy issues" - which will presumably include how these companies are taxed. So which independent figure is to chair this review? The chief executive of a sharing economy business. Like politicians everywhere, the UK government is torn between enthusing over new technology - and demanding a fair share of its profits.

यहाँ दो निर्विवाद सत्य हैं। सरकारें प्रौद्योगिकी कंपनियों के साथ सहज रहना पसंद करती हैं। और प्रौद्योगिकी कंपनियां-किसी भी अन्य व्यवसाय की तरह-कर का भुगतान करने से नफरत करती हैं। इसलिए दोनों के बीच संबंधों को फेसबुक स्टेटस के रूप में संक्षेपित किया जा सकता है-यह जटिल है।


Doncaster: Man arrested after woman, 44, dies in Cantley

Summary: A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 44-year-old woman died at a house in South Yorkshire.

Police were called to a home on Bardolf Road in Cantley, Doncaster at 16:20 GMT on Saturday. A 55-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder was later released under investigation, South Yorkshire Police said. A post-mortem examination carried out on Sunday proved inconclusive, with further tests due to take place. The woman was formally identified on Sunday and her family are being supported by specially trained officers, police added. Read more Yorkshire stories Follow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk or send video here. Related Internet Links South Yorkshire Police

दक्षिण यॉर्कशायर में एक घर में 44 वर्षीय महिला की मौत के बाद हत्या के संदेह में एक व्यक्ति को गिरफ्तार किया गया है।


Clarencefield crash leaves man in critical condition

Summary: A 37-year-old man is in a critical condition in hospital after a crash in Dumfries and Galloway.

His silver Ford Fiesta came off the road on the B724 west of Clarencefield at about 16:40 on Tuesday. Police said he had been taken to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow for treatment to serious injuries. Sgt Jonathan Edgar said inquiries were at an early stage and urged any witnesses to come forward.

डमफ्रीज और गैलोवे में एक दुर्घटना के बाद अस्पताल में एक 37 वर्षीय व्यक्ति की हालत गंभीर है।


Five things we have learned from the IPCC report

Summary: BBC environment correspondent Matt McGrath outlines five key takeaways from one of the most important reports on rising temperatures issued by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change . Their study, on the impacts and possible methods of keeping temperatures from warming by more than 1.5C, has just been launched in South Korea.

By Matt McGrathEnvironment correspondent, Incheon, South Korea It is 'seriously alarming' but surprisingly hopeful There's no doubt that this dense, science-heavy, 33-page summary is the most significant warning about the impact of climate change in 20 years. "It is seriously alarming," Amjad Abdulla, a lead author on one of the chapters from the Maldives, told BBC News. "The small islands will be the first, but nobody can escape; it is quite clear." But while the warnings about the dangers of letting temperatures go beyond 1.5C are dire, the report says, surprisingly perhaps, that the world can keep below the limit. "We face a really large challenge but it is not impossible to limit warming to 1.5 degrees," said Dr Natalie Mahowald, an IPCC author "I wouldn't want to be too optimistic as it will require huge changes, but if we don't do it, that will also require huge changes." Every little helps The report goes to great lengths to point out the differences between allowing temperatures to rise towards 2 degrees C above pre-industrial times, or keeping them nearer to 1.5. A half a degree doesn't sound like much but whether it is coral reefs, crops, floods or the survival of species, everyone and everything is far better off in a world that keeps below 1.5C. "Every bit of extra warming makes a difference," said Dr Hans-Otto Pörtner of the IPCC. "By 2100, global mean sea level rise will be around 10cm lower for warming of 1.5 degrees compared with 2C. This could mean up to 10 million fewer people exposed to the risks of rising seas." Similarly, when it comes to heat waves, in a world that's warmed by up to 1.5C, about 14% of the population are exposed to a heat wave every five years. That increases to 37% of the population at 2C. It's not option A, B or C; it's option A+B+C The headlines about cutting emissions by 45% by 2030 and getting almost all of our electricity from renewables by the middle of the century, are all very well but a key point of this report is that successfully limiting climate change to 1.5C is not just down to cutting emissions or making lifestyle changes or planting trees - it is all of that and then some, acting in concert at the same time. "All options need to be exercised in order to achieve 1.5C," said Prof Jim Skea, an IPCC co-chair. "We can make choices about which options and trade off a bit between them, but the idea you can leave anything out is not possible." We don't need to re-invent the wheel to limit warming There is a lot of faith put in technology that it can solve many of our environmental problems, especially climate change. This report says that the world doesn't have to come up with some magic machines to curb climate change - we've already got all the tech we need. The report says that carbon will have to be sucked out of the air by machines and stored underground, and that these devices exist already. Billions of trees will have to be planted - and people may have to make hard choices between using land for food or using it for energy crops. But really wacky ideas, such as blocking out the Sun, or adding iron to the oceans have been dismissed by this IPCC report. It's (partly) down to you! Where this new study from the IPCC differs from previous approaches is that it clearly links lifestyle choices with warming. The report's authors say that rapid changes must take place in four key parts of society: Many people might think that they have little personal involvement with any of these - but the IPCC authors say that's not the case. "It's not about remote science; it's about where we live and work," said Dr Debra Roberts. "The energy we buy, we must be putting pressure on policymakers to make options available so that I can use renewable energy in my everyday life." Cutting energy demand by using less of it is a highly effective step. Similarly being aware of what you eat, where it comes from, thinking about how you travel, having a greater interest in all these things can impact energy use. This greater awareness, and the changes it might inspire, could even be good for you. "Frankly, the more we are prepared to make changes to behavioural patterns that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the less we would need to rely later on more difficult options that we don't yet fully understand like carbon dioxide removal," said Prof Jim Skea. "There are lots of reasons other than climate change for shifting diets. If we changed to fulfil health recommendations, we'd all live longer and bounce around much more and have nicer lives and we'd also reduce greenhouse gas emissions."

बीबीसी पर्यावरण संवाददाता मैट मैकग्राथ ने जलवायु परिवर्तन पर अंतर-सरकारी पैनल द्वारा जारी बढ़ते तापमान पर सबसे महत्वपूर्ण रिपोर्टों में से एक से पांच प्रमुख निष्कर्षों को रेखांकित किया। तापमान को 1.5 डिग्री सेल्सियस से अधिक गर्म होने से बचाने के प्रभावों और संभावित तरीकों पर उनका अध्ययन अभी-अभी दक्षिण कोरिया में शुरू किया गया है।


Meet the 'money mules' of India's cash crisis

Summary: The Indian government's surprise decision to ban 500 and 1,000 rupee notes in a crackdown on corruption took 86% of money out of circulation in the largely cash economy. But some enterprising Indians are seeing opportunity amid the cash crisis , reports the BBC's Vikas Pandey.

"Are you looking to make your money legal?" a young man says, approaching me as I walk to a bank in Noida, a suburban area of Delhi. "It's very easy and we can finish our transaction right here, now are you interested?" Mukesh Kumar, 28, is not standing in the long queue outside the doors to the bank. He is one among many of India's "money mules" who have found ways to benefit from the cash crunch. How will India destroy 20 billion banknotes? India rupee ban: Currency move is 'bad economics' Why India wiped out 86% of its cash India's 'desperate housewives' scramble to change secret savings How India's currency ban is hurting the poor India's cash crisis explained Prime Minister Narendra Modi's surprise announcement has left many people stuck with hoards of now illegal cash, known in India as "black money". Many are afraid to deposit all their money into the banks, because the government has said that unaccounted for money will attract a 200% tax penalty and an investigation into the source of income. But people like Mr Kumar are ready to help them. "The government has said no questions will be asked if my account balance is less than 250,000 rupees (£2,947; $3,664). I can deposit your 'black money' into my account. I will charge 10% and give you back the remaining amount after a few weeks," he tells me earnestly. Mr Kumar, a construction worker, says he doesn't mind people calling him "a money mule". "You can call me whatever you want as long as I can make some cash." 'Hire a queue man' Long queues have become a familiar sight in front of ATMs and banks as people struggle to withdraw money. Indians have been allowed to exchange a small sum of banned notes into legal tender until 24 November as long as they produce an ID. This amount was reduced from a total of 4,500 rupees to 2,000 rupees on 17 November. Anything above this needs to be credited to a bank account. I meet more workers in Noida, which has hundreds of construction sites. And they are all looking to cash in on the situation. Sandeep Sahu tells me he is happy to stand in queues to change banned notes for a commission of 200-300 rupees . "It's tiring to stand in queues for six to eight hours for somebody else, but then its better than doing backbreaking construction work," he says. Mr Sahu says "rich people don't have the patience to stand in lines" and that is why "they are happy to give us a commission". "My wife and my son are doing the same job, and together we have made a good amount," he says. 'Rent an account' At another bank, I meet Pinku Yadav, who says that he has found a "customer to rent his bank account". "I am going to deposit 200,000 rupees into my account for somebody else for a commission of 20%," he says. Pointing at his bag, Mr Yadav says that he had never seen such a large amount of money in his entire life. "I support Prime Minister [Narendra] Modi's decision. It's satisfying to see the troubled faces of rich people." Mr Sahu's statement is quickly met with loud cheers from others standing in the queue. I ask him if he knows that what he is doing is illegal. "Yes, I know and I don't care," he says. "The government is not going to go after poor people like me. I am just making a small amount, rich people are the ones who are crying because their money has become illegal." It's 12:30 [local time] in the afternoon and queues have only become longer. Some people are eating lunch from boxes they brought with them in the morning. Praveen Singh works as a production manager in a garment factory, and he is also waiting to deposit 250,000 rupees in his bank account. "Yes, it's not my money. I am doing this for my boss. He has always been nice to me, and has helped me financially on many occasions," he says. "I don't see this as a fight between rich and poor people. Given a choice, everybody wants to avoid paying taxes. That's what the government needs to change and encourage people to pay taxes." *All names have been changed

भारत सरकार के 500 और 1,000 रुपये के नोटों पर प्रतिबंध लगाने के आश्चर्यजनक निर्णय ने बड़े पैमाने पर नकदी अर्थव्यवस्था में 86 प्रतिशत धन को प्रचलन से बाहर कर दिया। लेकिन कुछ उद्यमी भारतीय नकदी संकट के बीच अवसर देख रहे हैं, बीबीसी के विकास पांडे की रिपोर्ट।


G4S staff hit out over Olympics security 'shambles'

Summary: Security company G4S has been under fire since it emerged last week that it could not deliver enough guards for the London Olympics. Some of those who had signed up to work for the firm during the Games contacted the BBC in response to the criticism.

By Gerry HoltBBC News Last Wednesday, it emerged that the armed forces were on standby to provide an extra 3,500 troops to help with security at the London Games, amid fears that private contractor G4S would not be able to provide enough trained staff in time. Since then, government ministers have made emergency statements on the issue and the company's chief executive has appeared before MPs to say he regrets the firm taking on the Olympic security contract - an appearance during which he agreed the company's performance had been a "humiliating shambles". G4S has said some staff failed to turn up for work but prospective employees have accused the company of not providing them with enough information to do so. Some told the BBC they had completed training but had yet to be told where or when they would be needed to work. Others said a lack of communication on accommodation and transport meant they could not make their shifts. 'No uniform or passes' Geoff Munn, from Orpington, said he had yet to find out whether he would be working at the Olympics. "I've been given the run around. I have contacted G4S on many occasions, only to be passed from one person to the next. No one had any idea what was going on and couldn't even tell me if I was still on the books," he said. "I'm reticent now to work for G4S even if they do sort themselves out. I'm going to be looking into my rights and investigating whether they are in breach of contract for not honouring my employment." Jennie Kesall, from Manchester, was due to start working for G4S next week but said she was still waiting for her uniform and paperwork. "On 15 June I was offered a job in Glasgow to work in one of the venues there if I was interested, and I replied saying that I was," she said. "Since then I have not heard anything. Also, if I have got the job am I supposed to be going to Glasgow next Monday to start? I have no uniform, passes, contract or confirmation. I have tried contacting them asking for information but I have heard nothing." Benjamin West, from Colchester, said he received a call at midday on Monday asking why he had not turned up for a shift as a guard. He said a lack of communication on accommodation and transport meant there had been no way he could get to work for 06:30 BST. "Whenever I tried to contact G4S I could only get through to a call centre - there was no-one from the scheduling department, or accommodation apartment - and no direct contact with G4S themselves. It was very frustrating," he said. 'No idea what is going on' John McGann, from Newcastle, cancelled other work and a summer holiday so that he could work for G4S only to be told recently that there was not enough time to train him. He initially applied and was interviewed in January. "I made sure I was available at the drop of a hat but clearly I will be spending the summer doing nothing," he said. Marc Walton, from Huddersfield, said he was appalled at how G4S had treated him after he applied for a job with the firm. He said that he had two rounds of training and a uniform fitting but had heard nothing since. "In 2010 I worked at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. The training was good, they held venue familiarisation training and constantly updated me on what stage I was at. The experience with G4S could not have been more different." Jamie, from Devon, applied for a position with G4S to earn some extra money during his summer break from university, but has not been given any indication of when he can start. He even travelled 80 miles to Weymouth at the company's request to be fitted for a uniform. "Throughout the process, there has been a lot of waiting around for information," he said. 'Frankly unacceptable' Staff have also taken to the company's page on Facebook, posting comments about their experiences in the build up to the Games. And more than 100 people have joined a group named Open letter of complaint to G4S over Olympic security. In a letter posted on the page, which the group's creators said they planned to send to G4S, the treatment of staff was described as "unprofessional and frankly unacceptable". It said G4S should apologise to staff and offer compensation in some cases. A spokesman for G4S said it could not comment on individual cases. "The large increase in numbers of staff requested by Locog - up from an original 2,000 in December 2010 to more than five times this number, six months ago - has been extremely challenging, and we have encountered some delays in progressing applicants through the final stages," the spokesman said. "We have been devoting more resources and working flat out to process these as swiftly as possible, and we are now in the position where we have over 4,000 people deployed now at 100 venues, and more than 9,000 going through the final stages of training, vetting and accreditation. "We are working around the clock to put matters straight and considerable progress has been made in the past few days." He said the company was providing food and uniforms, and covering transport costs, for Olympics employees. For those further away, accommodation and transport were being provided, he said.

सुरक्षा कंपनी जी4एस पिछले सप्ताह सामने आने के बाद से आलोचनाओं का सामना कर रही है कि वह लंदन ओलंपिक के लिए पर्याप्त गार्ड नहीं दे सकी। खेलों के दौरान फर्म के लिए काम करने के लिए साइन अप करने वालों में से कुछ ने आलोचना के जवाब में बीबीसी से संपर्क किया।


Cheltenham fatal glider crash pilot was aged in his 90s

Summary: A glider pilot who died in a crash on a school playing field was aged in his 90s, police said.

He was pronounced dead at the scene after the aircraft "lost control and crashed" at St Edward's school in Cheltenham, on Wednesday at 13:20 BST. The other pilot in the two-seat glider suffered minor injuries and was treated at Bristol's Southmead Hospital. Gloucestershire Police said the Air Accidents Investigation Branch was investigating the crash. Cotswold Gliding Club said "our thoughts are with the pilots' families".

पुलिस ने कहा कि एक ग्लाइडर पायलट जिसकी स्कूल के खेल के मैदान में दुर्घटना में मृत्यु हो गई थी, उसकी उम्र 90 के दशक में थी।


Why the UK doesn't eat dog meat, but people in China do

Summary: A lamb and a puppy - both cute, right?

By Anna CollinsonNewsbeat reporter But why do some of us crave a slow-roasted lamb shank for Sunday lunch, and yet feel sick at the thought of any circumstance where we would have to eat dog? Compare that feeling to China, where it's thought around 10,000 dogs will be slaughtered as part of an annual dog meat festival in Yulin. You can legally eat dog meat in the UK and it's claimed to be a good source of protein, so why don't we? Put simply, experts have told Newsbeat that in the West there is some sort of "emotional, psychological barrier" which stops us. Here are some of the theories: Dogs are our pets To feel connected to other social beings is very important to humans, and in the West that role is often filled by cats and dogs. Chimps are our closest genetic relatives, but there are all sorts of things that chimps can't do that dogs can. Lecturer in Developmental Psychology at the Open University, Dr Thalia Gjersoe, says dogs are particularly good as pets because they have a lot of psychological skills which other animals don't. For example, dogs can read and react to human body language. As a result, humans keep dogs in their homes and form "strong social bonds" with them. However, in China, fewer people have dogs as pets, and instead use them as work animals. We think dogs are like humans Research suggests that the more we like a person or an animal, the more complicated we think their minds are. Humans can even become emotionally attached to certain objects, like a teddy bear, and as a result treat it as though it has thoughts and feelings. "We think of dogs as having very complex minds," Dr Gjerseo explains. "That's why the thought of eating them is disgusting, in the same way we would think eating one of our friends is disgusting." Westerners' disgust Our love of dogs isn't the only thing stopping us from eating them; it is claimed the feeling of "disgust" and fear of being judged by others influences our eating habits too. In an article for The Guardian, science writer Dr Kathleen Taylor says: "To most Westerners, eating your dog is an abomination, end of story. That's the rule our culture happens to follow. "Disgust is contagious. We catch it easily from others, and it tells us what's acceptable and what isn't. "Eating Fido violates the rule and risks your being made a social pariah for having broken the moral code. It makes you untrustworthy, likely to break other, more important rules. "Disgust, by contrast, keeps you clean and pure, up on the moral high ground. It protects you from being punished by your community, or worse, being seen as disgusting yourself." However, what Westerners deem "disgusting" can also vary; most British people are against eating horsemeat, however it's estimated that around 18,000 tonnes of it is eaten in France every year. Carnivores There is a very short list of animals that most Westerners will eat; they tend to be mainly herbivores, the occasional omnivore, but no carnivores. Dr Gjersoe says: "Westerners seem to be particularly sensitive when it comes to things that they eat. Eating carnivores is considered disgusting in a way that it isn't in China." Dogs in China The Chinese tradition of eating dog meat dates back around five hundred years and is believed to ward off the heat of summer. Adam Parascandola is from the Humane Society International and visited the festival in Yulin, which started in 2010. Speaking via Skype, he tells Newsbeat he saw dogs tied up, in cages and being killed. "We went to a slaughter house and a truck had just arrived with hundreds of dogs on. I witnessed a man just hitting and hitting dogs," he says. Nearly four million people have signed a petition calling for the festival to be banned, including many within China where attitudes appear to be changing, particularly among younger generations. National animal rights groups within the country are trying to stop the dog meat trade while authorities banned restaurants from selling dog meat during the Beijing Olympics. Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter, BBCNewsbeat on Instagram, Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube and you can now follow BBC_Newsbeat on Snapchat

एक भेड़ का बच्चा और एक पिल्ला-दोनों प्यारे, है ना?


The man who sold his back to an art dealer

Summary: Tim Steiner has an elaborate tattoo on his back that was designed by a famous artist and sold to a German art collector. When Steiner dies his skin will be framed - until then he spends his life sitting in galleries with his shirt off.

By Harry LowBBC World Service "The work of art is on my back, I'm just the guy carrying it around," says the 40-year-old former tattoo parlour manager from Zurich. A decade ago, his then girlfriend met a Belgian artist called Wim Delvoye, who'd become well known for his controversial work tattooing pigs. Delvoye told her he was looking for someone to agree to be a human canvas for a new work and asked if she knew anyone who might be interested. "She called me on the phone, and I said spontaneously, 'I'd like to do that,'" Steiner says. Two years later, after 40 hours of tattooing, the image spread across his entire back - a Madonna crowned by a Mexican-style skull, with yellow rays emanating from her halo. There are swooping swallows, red and blue roses, and at the base of Steiner's back two Chinese-style koi fish, ridden by children, can be seen swimming past lotus flowers. The artist has signed the work on the right hand side. "It's the ultimate art form in my eyes," Steiner says. "Tattooers are incredible artists who've never really been accepted in the contemporary art world. Painting on canvas is one thing, painting on skin with needles is a whole other story." The work, entitled TIM, sold for 150,000 euros (£130,000) to German art collector Rik Reinking in 2008, with Steiner receiving one third of the sum. "My skin belongs to Rik Reinking now," he says. "My back is the canvas, I am the temporary frame." As part of the deal, when Steiner dies his back is to be skinned, and the skin framed permanently, taking up a place in Reinking's personal art collection. "Gruesome is relative," Steiner says to those who find the idea macabre. "It's an old concept - in Japanese tattoo history it's been done many, many times. If it's framed nicely and looks good, I think it's not such a bad idea." But this aspect of the work often sparks intense debate. "It becomes a huge discussion matter every time, and those confrontations with people have been very exciting and interesting," Steiner says. "People are either very into the idea, or say it's going too far - they're outraged or say it's against human rights. They come with ideas of slavery or prostitution." Find out more As part of his contract, Steiner must exhibit the tattoo by sitting topless in a gallery at least three times a year. His first exhibition took place in Zurich in June 2006 - when the tattoo was still a work-in-progress. When the 10th anniversary fell last year, he was in the middle of his longest-ever exhibition, a whole year at the Museum of Old and New Art (Mona) in Hobart, Tasmania, working five hours a day, six days a week. That came to an end on Tuesday. "Sit on your desk, with your legs dangling off, straight backed and holding on to your knees for 15 minutes - it's tough," he says. "I did this for 1,500 hours. It was by far the most outrageously intense experience of my life. "All that changed throughout the days was my state of mind - sometimes heaven, sometimes hell, always totally alert." The only thing separating Steiner from visitors to the gallery is a line on the floor - a line that that in the past some have crossed. "I've been touched, blown on, screamed at, pushed and spat on, it's often been quite a circus," he says. "But I wasn't touched a single time on this trip, it's a miracle." When people try to speak to him he doesn't move or reply. He just sits still. "Many people think I'm a sculpture, and have quite a shock once they find out I'm actually alive," he says. But he rejects the idea that this is performance art. "If the name Wim Delvoye was not attached to this tattoo, it would have no artistic relevance," he insists. It is part of Delvoye's intention, though, to show the difference between a picture on the wall and a "living canvas" that changes over time. "I can get fat, scarred, burned, anything," Steiner says. "It's the process of living. I've had two lower back operations." One of the joys of working at Mona has been having the gallery to himself before opening time. "To be in there by myself, with my headphones in, roaming around and doing my stretches surrounded by stunning art in this mystical building was surreal," he says. And he will be back there in November, for a six-month stint, after appearances in Denmark and Switzerland. "This whole experience has convinced me that this is what I am here to do. Sit on boxes," he says. "And one day TIM will just hang there. Beautiful." Places Tim has been exhibited 2006: de Pury & Luxembourg gallery, Zurich 2008: Art Farm, Beijing; SH Contemporary Art Fair, Shanghai 2008-9: ZKM, Karlsruhe 2009: Rathaus and Leuphana University, Luneburg 2010-11: Hochschule der Kunste, Berne 2011: Kunsthalle, Osnabruck; Robilant & Voena, London 2011-12: Mona, Hobart 2012: Zone Contemporaine, Berne; Louvre, Paris 2013: Gewerbemuseum, Winterthur; Sammlung Reinking, Hamburg 2014: Weserburg Museum, Bremen; Haus fur Kunst Uri, Altdorf 2015: Strada Fossaccio, Viterbo; Gewerbemuseum, Hamburg; Civita di Bagnoregio, Rome 2016: Mona, Hobart Join the conversation - find us on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter. Follow Harry Low on Twitter: @HarryLow49

टिम स्टेनर की पीठ पर एक विस्तृत टैटू है जिसे एक प्रसिद्ध कलाकार द्वारा डिजाइन किया गया था और एक जर्मन कला संग्राहक को बेच दिया गया था। स्टेनर के मरने पर उसकी त्वचा को फ्रेम किया जाएगा-तब तक वह अपनी शर्ट उतारकर दीर्घाओं में बैठकर अपना जीवन बिताता है।


The people who changed careers and never looked back

Summary: There was once a time when you left school and got a job for life. These days, many of us move around from post to post in the same industry, while others change careers completely. Five people who took the plunge and tried something new share their stories.

By Julia BrysonBBC News 'I was at a crossroads' SJ Watson was an audiology specialist before penning the international bestseller Before I Go To Sleep, which was turned into a Hollywood film. While working with hearing-impaired children at St Thomas's Hospital in London, he tried to write fiction in the evenings but as his workload increased, his time got increasingly tight. Things peaked in 2008 when his head of department announced his intention to retire. "The next logical career step for me would have been to go for his job," said Mr Watson. "But I remember feeling very strongly that I just didn't want to do that. It would have meant the end of any writing ambitions. "I had a really clear sense that I was at a crossroads and I remembered that as a child my ambition had been to have a book published, not to be head of an NHS department." The 46-year-old left his job and managed to find a part-time post in a nearby hospital. "As soon as I got that job I I knew it was the right choice, as straight away all my excuses not to write disappeared. "I treated it as two jobs, I'd work in the NHS three days a week and then on my novel the other four... and in the evenings on my NHS days, too." The author felt leaving his steady job was a giant leap into the unknown, but one he knew he had to take. "I realised I couldn't live with myself if I got to the end of my life and realised I'd never really, seriously, tried to write a book," he said. "I knew I'd have to make sacrifices, but that seemed worth it. And as soon as I started, well before the book was even finished - let alone a success - I knew I'd made the right choice, because I was doing something for me." From courtroom to kitchen Nisha Katona is the brains behind the "twisted Indian" eatery Mowgli Street Food, which has four branches. The 47-year-old spent 20 years as a family and child protection barrister before opening her first restaurant on Bold Street, Liverpool, in 2014. She had spent years building her passion for food before quitting her day job. "I was working as a barrister and all the while I was teaching other lawyers and judges about cooking at my home and our local farm shop kitchen. "I started a YouTube channel as I am evangelical about how simple and healthy Indian food is and how different eating at home is to what we see in the curry houses." Mrs Katona said it became clear people were flocking to her cookery classes because they wanted to taste her food. She said the ultimate test was to open her own premises and "every brick" of Mowgli was designed by her. "I'd finish court and go and stand in the corner of restaurant kitchens in a suit and see what you needed... and what it is to have a commercial kitchen," she said. While researching the Liverpool branch, she said she used to park outside the premises and study how many people were going into neighbouring restaurants and what their demographic was. Fortunately for her, the hard work paid off. "This is my new life [and it] is full of excitement and joy," she added. A better work-life balance Former Army officer Paul Rawlinson, 33, spent five years in the forces before setting up a Scandinavian cafe in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. The idea came after he decided his career would not fit in with the family life he and his wife wanted to create. "In the first five years I had lived in six different places, and I knew there would be at least three moves in the next three years if I stayed. "It was more of a personal decision with what we were planning to do together. We wanted to start a family, and the idea of hopping around from posting to posting did not fit with that." Baltzersen's, which uses locally-sourced ingredients to create Nordic-style food, has won rave reviews since it opened in 2012. It was inspired by the food Mr Rawlinson's Norwegian grandmother Liv Esther Baltzersen used to cook him when he was a child, such as traditional serinakaker biscuits and waffles. In 2014, the venue started offering an evening menu under the name Norse, and its success has seen it move to a new venue in its own right. Mr Rawlinson said: "I wouldn't say I have any regrets, I'd do some things differently but then who wouldn't - especially entering an industry with limited experience." 'I just thought, this is crazy' Karen Beddow felt she was sacrificing time with her young family while working 12-hour days as a property litigation lawyer. She now runs a family travel blog from her home in Wirral, Merseyside. "As well as being a lawyer I sat on two boards - one as a non-executive director of a housing company and as chairman of the trustee board at a care home," she said. "There was one particular day where I went to the office at 7.30am, spent my lunch hour on an hour-long phone call, and ran out the office at 7pm to get to a board meeting. "I got home at 9pm and was still making dinner at 9.30pm. I then sat down and wrote three blog posts, just because that's what I loved doing and how I switched off, odd as that sounds." At the time, she had three daughters under five, and Mrs Beddow, 39, felt changing her career would be the best thing for her home life. "I just thought, this is crazy, the kids aren't seeing us. Our eldest daughter had just started school and was wanting more from me. "She wanted to talk to me about her friendships and what she liked and didn't like at school. I wanted to be there." In September 2015, Mrs Beddow's blog, Mini Travellers, won several awards and she started wondering whether she could turn it into a career. Two years in, she said she has no regrets. "It is working out perfectly for us as a family. Our childcare costs have gone, I am not paying for a nanny or the after-school activities that we did before. "It was absolutely the right decision, no hesitation." Pinpointing a change Sarah Smith spent 10 years working in the NHS as a radiotherapist. Although she loved her job, she knew it was time for a change and decided to retrain in acupuncture, aged 30. "I reached a point where I wanted new challenges," she said. "I always enjoyed my job and knew I wanted to work with the public, but I felt unfulfilled at work. "They wanted me to stay and go up a level [but] I knew that wouldn't suit me. I thought, do I want to be doing this when I'm 60? And the answer was no." Ms Smith, from Ilkley in West Yorkshire, said the seed was sown when she overheard a midwife asking a patient if they had tried acupuncture for morning sickness. After doing some research, she enrolled on a three-year training course which ran at the weekends. She was able to continue working for the first year before going part-time for the final two. Now fully qualified and with her own clinic, Ms Smith is self-employed and said it allowed her to manage her childcare more easily. "I would say acupuncture enables me to take all the best bits of my NHS job to the clinic," she said. "I have time with people, I am trying to help them and make them feel better. That is very rewarding, and was worth the risk."

एक समय था जब आप स्कूल छोड़ देते थे और जीवन भर के लिए नौकरी पाते थे। इन दिनों, हम में से कई लोग एक ही उद्योग में एक पद से दूसरे पद पर जाते हैं, जबकि अन्य पूरी तरह से अपना करियर बदलते हैं। पांच लोग जिन्होंने कुछ नया करने की कोशिश की, वे अपनी कहानियाँ साझा करते हैं।


North Wales children's homes abuse: First Operation Pallial arrest

Summary: A man has been arrested as part of the investigation into historical child abuse in north Wales children's homes.

Police said a man had been arrested in Ipswich, Suffolk, on suspicion of serious sexual offences against a number of individuals. This is the first arrest under Operation Pallial, the independent investigation set up in November last year to examine the abuse allegations. The arrested man has been taken to a police station in north Wales.

उत्तरी वेल्स के बाल गृहों में ऐतिहासिक बाल शोषण की जांच के हिस्से के रूप में एक व्यक्ति को गिरफ्तार किया गया है।


£43,000 to promote peat bog sites in Carmarthenshire

Summary: Bronze Age finds in a bog are to be used to showcase historical habitats in Carmarthenshire.

The county council has helped to secure £43,000 to promote peatland sites near Brechfa and Llanfynydd. The Heritage Lottery Fund grant will allow Dyfed Archaeological Trust to work with schools exploring prehistoric round barrows on Mynydd Bach common. The public will be able to support further investigations on the sites. Other partners include Swansea University and the National Botanic Gardens of Wales.

एक दलदल में कांस्य युग की खोजों का उपयोग कार्मार्थेनशायर में ऐतिहासिक आवासों को प्रदर्शित करने के लिए किया जाना है।


Two in court over £1m of ecstasy in Aberdeen

Summary: Two men have appeared in court after ecstasy with an estimated street value of at least £1m was seized in Aberdeen.

Police said more than 45kg of MDMA was seized in the operation in the Rosemount area last week. Connor Holmes, 22, and Scott Roddie, 26, both of Aberdeen, appeared at the city's sheriff court to face Customs and Excise Management Act and Misuse of Drugs Act charges. Both men made no plea and were remanded in custody.

एबरडीन में कम से कम 1 मिलियन पाउंड के अनुमानित सड़क मूल्य के साथ परमानंद के बाद दो लोग अदालत में पेश हुए हैं।


Call for Aurigny to prove itself in Alderney

Summary: Aurigny needs to prove to islanders that it can offer a competitive and reliable air link, an Alderney States member has said.

It follows Blue Islands' announcement that it will pull out of the island in May, leaving Aurigny the only carrier. Paul Arditti said: "Aurigny have always said that Blue Islands were in the way of better services and most importantly lower fares. "Well now the spotlight is on Aurigny to bring those fares down." He said his main concern was for the Blue Islands ground staff in Alderney, who were losing their jobs.

एल्डर्नी स्टेट्स के एक सदस्य ने कहा है कि ऑरिग्नी को द्वीपवासियों को यह साबित करने की आवश्यकता है कि वह एक प्रतिस्पर्धी और विश्वसनीय हवाई संपर्क प्रदान कर सकता है।


Analysis: Saudi Arabia faces complex regional challenges

Summary: Saudi Arabia - for years the world's biggest oil exporter, home of a long-ruling dynasty and key Western ally - is facing multiple challenges on its doorstep and is having to adapt, writes Gulf analyst Neil Partrick.

Since signing up to the US-led coalition against Islamic State (IS) in September, Saudi Arabia has been combating the extremist Sunni insurgent group in Syria with an uncharacteristically assertive military stance and PR campaign. Meanwhile, on its southern border - and much closer to home - its allies' control of Yemen has weakened in the face of forces friendly to Shia Iran, the kingdom's regional rival. Saudi fighter pilots are bombing IS while the normally cautious Saudi state machine is trumpeting it. However, this is not without risk. Some Saudis have used social media to declare war on those who kill Muslims, and one particular image of Saudi bomber pilots that has attracted abuse includes a son of the crown prince. Most Saudis welcome their country's pro-active role, even if alongside the non-Islamic US. However, the self-styled coalition's Western components are also actively bombing in Iraq where the casualties are not just blood-thirsty expansionist IS fighters, but ordinary Sunni Muslim civilians. Many Saudis, including some close to the government, do not think that bombing Sunni Arab areas in either Iraq or Syria advances the interests of a Sunni Arab kingdom. After all, they know that local Sunni Arab discontent allowed IS to incubate in Iraq. Some Saudis see their country (and the UAE, Jordan and Bahrain) as Iran's proxy air force, bombing opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Saudi Arabia and its Gulf Arab allies argue that their struggle is against President Assad and his inner circle. However, neither the Saudis nor their regional and Western allies are actually targeting the Syrian regime. Brewing tensions? Mr Assad is trumpeting his struggle against IS too, and what he considers their effective allies: the Gulf-backed Syrian rebels, the most able of which are Sunni Islamist, whether self-styled "Islamist-lite" or unapologetically hardline militants. The coalition's aerial targeting in Syria has included the local al-Qaeda affiliate, al-Nusra Front, which in 2013 rejected a merger with IS. Al-Nusra has allegedly received support from both Qatar and Turkey, and has fought battles against IS and on occasion collaborated with the Western- and Gulf-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA). Gulf-aided Syrian Islamist rebels opposed to IS are against the air strikes. So, in joining the bombing raids, Saudi Arabia might be cutting off its nose to spite its face. Then there is the accusation that, as the supposed ultra-conservative "Wahhabi Central", Saudi Arabia is the ideological source of the IS demon seed. Those close to the Saudi government refute this, talking up the tradition of Saudi religious scholars deferring to a perceptibly legitimate "imam", the King. Rebellion, they assert, is more in the Shia tradition, as evidenced by the Iranian revolution and the violent past of Dawa, the Iraqi Shia Islamist party to which Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and his predecessor Nouri Maliki belong. In truth, quietism - or "rendering unto Caesar what is Caesar's" - is well-established in both the Sunni and Shia tradition, and, with some notable exceptions, has held firm in Saudi Arabia. US President Barack Obama has criticised allies who profess to be fully on board but from whose country the extremists find succour. He also argues that individual rights - and the rule of law - are the best way to drain the ideological swamp. It is unlikely that he is holding his breath any more than the Saudis believe that the US and its European allies will remove Syria's president. The Saudis argue that Mr Assad has been soft on both IS and al-Nusra for instrumental reasons: they kill his FSA and Islamist enemies. Islamic State's continued existence and ideological objection to his "secular" state enables him to argue that he too is part of the coalition of the willing. Iraq is off-limits for Saudi air force bombers. In fact, Saudi Arabia hopes to encourage Iraq to return to the "Arab fold". However, Iranian-backed Shia militants in Iraq and in Syria are killing Sunni Arabs, whether IS supporters or not. As a former top Iraqi official argues, these militants will be the ones to destroy IS on the ground. Multiple issues Saudi Arabia is in a messy situation. By bombing US-approved Islamic State targets, it is probably acting in its national interest. The kingdom was created by erasing existing intra-Arabian boundaries, but soon became a status-quo power. An Iraq whose leadership it doesn't trust, and a Syria whose leadership it wants replaced, are though likely to reap the benefits of the coalition campaign, assuming that the alliance that dares not speak its name - Iran, the Western powers and Saudi Arabia - prevents IS from marching on Baghdad and/or Damascus. In Yemen, the Saudi-backed government is trying to strike a deal with Houthi rebels, whose branch of Shia Islam is distinct from that adhered to by Iranians and Iraqis but who are viewed through the prism of a sectarian regional contest. Saudi Arabia blames Iran for the Houthis' rise, but, as in Iraq and Syria, Riyadh's inability to focus on several issues at once is also at fault. Key positions in the Saudi kingdom are beholden to intense succession calculations and the related health of incumbents. Another debilitating factor is their outright rejection of the Sunni Islamist Muslim Brotherhood. Saudi Arabia's allies in Yemen are weakening an already feeble central government and the willingness of Sunni tribal allies to fight for it, while al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula remains a threat. However, the kingdom has cut a key ally more or less adrift - Islah, the Yemeni branch of the Muslim Brotherhood. This has further weakened the position of Islah among allied Sunni tribal fighters. Reaching accommodation Troubles abound for the Kingdom, but its strategic alliance with the US, however contradictory, has been affirmed by Islamic State's expansion, even as Saudi Arabia's regional rival Iran is seen by the US as equally indispensable. In its Yemeni backyard, a Saudi accommodation with the Houthis may be inevitable. Deals with IS are off the agenda, but a Saudi accommodation in Iraq with what the US and Iranian-backed Iraqi government can countenance is unavoidable. In Syria, matters will be determined by what more powerful state actors than Saudi Arabia are prepared to concede to each other. Neil Partrick is an Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (Rusi) and is currently completing a book for IB Tauris on contemporary Saudi foreign relations. Follow on Twitter @neilpartrick

खाड़ी विश्लेषक नील पार्ट्रिक लिखते हैं कि सऊदी अरब-वर्षों से दुनिया का सबसे बड़ा तेल निर्यातक, लंबे समय से शासन करने वाले राजवंश और प्रमुख पश्चिमी सहयोगी का घर-अपने दरवाजे पर कई चुनौतियों का सामना कर रहा है और उसे अनुकूलन करना पड़ रहा है।


Restorative justice to be rolled out in Gloucestershire

Summary: The use of restorative justice for minor offences is to be rolled out across Gloucestershire after a successful trial.

The scheme enables victims of crime to meet offenders as part of their rehabilitation process. Hundreds of police officers will now be trained in the process, which has already been used in Cheltenham and the Cotswolds. A conference organised by Restorative Gloucestershire will take place later. The group is a partnership between Gloucestershire police, Victim Support and local councils. Insp Eric Shield said: "We've reviewed what we've done. We like what we see. "It works, it's a success. It works for victims."

छोटे अपराधों के लिए पुनर्स्थापनात्मक न्याय का उपयोग एक सफल मुकदमे के बाद ग्लूस्टरशायर में शुरू किया जाना है।


Man charged over fatal Leicester bus stop crash

Summary: A man has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving after a woman was hit by a car at a bus stop.

Annette Booth was stood in Woodgate, Leicester, when the car hit her at 23:10 BST on 29 September 2018. The 57-year-old was pronounced dead in hospital in Nottingham. Edgar Grisulis, 27, of Saxby Street, Leicester, who has also been charged with dangerous driving, is due to appear before magistrates in the city on 1 November, police said. Follow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.

बस स्टॉप पर एक महिला को कार से टक्कर मारने के बाद एक व्यक्ति पर खतरनाक तरीके से गाड़ी चलाकर मौत का आरोप लगाया गया है।