Russia and China eye role in Afghanistan and Pakistan

Summary: With the United States and Nato set to leave Afghanistan over the next two years, power is the region is shifting. Writer Ahmed Rashid reports on Russia and China's attempts to capitalise on the decline of American influence in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

As United States troops prepare to leave Afghanistan in 2014, a major regional shift is underway. With the prospect of a decline in US influence in the region in sight, Russia and China are reaching out to Pakistan and Afghanistan in a bid to improve economic ties and to secure their southern borders against the spread of Islamic fundamentalism. The presidents of Afghanistan and Pakistan, Hamid Karzai and Asif Ali Zardari, are in Beijing this week for the summit meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which is led by China and Russia. With the US set to leave Afghanistan and bad relations between Islamabad and Washington DC continuing to fester, the SCO has taken on a new lease of life. Economic help China and Afghanistan will sign a strategic agreement at the SCO, elevating their relationship as China shops for raw material and oil exploration contracts in mineral-rich Afghanistan. China has already secured some oil and copper mining concessions. Until now, China has carried out few development projects in Afghanistan and is unlikely to help fund the country's army and police, as the US would like. But all that could change once the Americans leave. Xu Feihong, China's ambassador to Kabul says that ''China is the most reliable friend of Afghanistan". Likewise Russia, both through the SCO and bilaterally, is willing to offer major help to Afghanistan such as improving the Salang Tunnel highway, the critical link road between Kabul and the north which the Soviets built in the 1970s. After years of poor relations, Russia has also taken a major initiative with Pakistan. Moscow sent its special representative and long-time regional expert Zamir Kabulov to Islamabad to suss out what the Pakistanis want and offer economic help, such as refurbishing Pakistan's one and only steel mill, built with Russian help in the 1970s. Mixed messages China is already Pakistan's closest and most reliable ally. In early June, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi visited Islamabad and pledged to stand by Pakistan in its tensions with the Americans. He pleased the government by echoing Pakistan's refrain that the world should recognize Pakistan's ''huge sacrifices'' in the war on terror and help safeguard its sovereignty, rather than question Pakistan's intentions as the US has done recently. Moreover, China is hoping to exploit Afghanistan's mineral resources once the war is over and knows that Pakistan could play a crucial role. It could well hire Pakistani companies as junior partners in its mineral explorations. Until now, Mr Zardari has been looking to China to help bail him out of Pakistan's severe economic mess but China never gives cash, loans, budgetary support, development funds or humanitarian funds to other countries like Western governments do. Instead, it carries out major projects that help the recipient but provide strategic spin offs for China too. Despite his words of support, officials say Mr Yang also warned Pakistan's leaders not to break with the US and to avoid taking hardline positions regarding the US and Nato in Afghanistan. For the past seven months, Pakistan has refused to reopen the main route for Nato supplies that runs from Karachi to the Afghan border. Talks with the US on the issue have so far failed. Fearing fundamentalists Both China and Russia will be happy to see US troops leave Afghanistan, but they are equally worried about the Taliban and other extremist groups penetrating Xinjiang province in southern China and the Central Asian republics, whose national security is very much in the hands of Russia. China is deeply concerned by the long-running crisis in Pakistan, fearing that it may lead to a strengthening of Islamic fundamentalism. Beijing is worried that any threat to Pakistan from internal insurgency or secessionist movements would only bolster its regional rival India. So, for the first time ever China has held high-level discussions with US officials that have focused on the crisis in Pakistan and how both countries could nudge Pakistani leaders to do the right thing. The US is also asking the Chinese help persuade the Pakistani military to be more helpful in Afghanistan and end the sanctuaries the Taliban enjoy. Both the Chinese and Russians are worried about the threat posed by the Taliban and al-Qaeda themselves. In an unprecedented move, over the past six months Chinese officials issued three strong statements rebuking Pakistan for not reining in Uighur extremists who are training with Pakistani extremist groups and fighting with the Taliban in Afghanistan. Uighurs are Chinese Muslims from Xinjiang province and some are involved in an independence struggle against China. 'Tectonic shift' Pakistan's military rushed to try and detain the Uighur militants. According to diplomats at the United Nations, China has been quietly telling the Pakistan military that it must end havens for all militant groups on its soil - a message that has been publicly taken up by Nato. Russia also makes no bones about the fact that it sees Pakistan as harbouring Central Asian militant groups such as the Islamic Movement for Uzbekistan and Islamic Jihad. These groups - which have been based in Pakistan's tribal areas - are now trying to enter Tajikistan and Uzbekistan from their new bases in northern Afghanistan. Diplomats at the UN say they are being aided and abetted by militant Pakistani groups based, including Lashkar e-Toiba. Russia's envoy Zamir Kabulov, who has long experience with the Pakistani military's backing of Islamic fundamentalist groups (he served in the Soviet embassy in Kabul in the 1980s), raised this issue with the Pakistani government. Russia sees itself as the guardian of the Central Asian republics and although it is anxious to see an end to US bases in that region, its resumption of the sole security role in Central Asia will depend on how Pakistan deals with such extremist groups. If Pakistan can take steps against home-grown extremism, it will do much to convince Russia and China that it deserves help to move out of the American orbit. But with the long-running political and economic meltdown in Pakistan, there is little chance that the government can act soon. Nevertheless, a shift in the tectonic plates in the region is taking place. Pakistan and Afghanistan can either take quick advantage of these changes or revert back into chaos.

अगले दो वर्षों में संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका और नाटो के अफगानिस्तान छोड़ने के लिए तैयार होने के साथ, क्षेत्र में शक्ति बदल रही है। लेखक अहमद राशिद ने पाकिस्तान और अफगानिस्तान में अमेरिकी प्रभाव में गिरावट को भुनाने के रूस और चीन के प्रयासों पर रिपोर्ट दी है।


Iceland women politicians go public on harassment

Summary: Iceland has been shocked by allegations of sexual harassment made by a group of more than 600 female politicians, in a country of only 332,500 people that has long prided itself on its reputation for promoting women's rights.

By News from Elsewhere......as found by BBC Monitoring Spurred by last month's general election, which was triggered in part by a scandal over violence against women, Reykjavik city councillor Heida Bjorg Hilmisdottir set up the I Skugga Valdsins (In the Shadow of Power) closed Facebook group to share these allegations. Now the group has made 136 of these accounts public, Morgunbladid newspaper reports. The media statement accompanying the publication was hashtagged #MeToo, in solidarity with the high-profile international campaign against sexual abuse of women by men in positions of power. "We hope that there will be an open discussion by political parties on how we can improve the culture within them," said Ms Heida, who is also vice-president of the Social Democrat Alliance. The published accounts are often graphic, and include one member of parliament accusing male MPs of deliberating leering at their female peers in order to "humiliate and unnerve them", the RUV public broadcasters reports. Many male politicians have been in touch to express their disquiet at the extent of the problem, said Ms Heida, and women outside politics have also contacted the Facebook group with their own stories. The row has prompted public demands for the alleged perpetrators to be unmasked. "This culture of sexual harassment is by no means limited to politics. People now realise this is a larger problem than they realised," Heida Bjorg Hilmisdottir told Morgunbladid. Reporting by Alistair Coleman and Martin Morgan Next story: Siberian pupils go to school as temperatures hit -50C Use #NewsfromElsewhere to stay up-to-date with our reports via Twitter.

आइसलैंड केवल 332,500 लोगों के देश में 600 से अधिक महिला राजनेताओं के एक समूह द्वारा किए गए यौन उत्पीड़न के आरोपों से हैरान है, जिसने लंबे समय से महिलाओं के अधिकारों को बढ़ावा देने के लिए अपनी प्रतिष्ठा पर गर्व किया है।


A brief history of Alex Salmond

Summary: As Scottish first minister and leader of the Scottish National Party, Alex Salmond has been the most high-profile figure in the independence movement.

He took the SNP closer to its central aim than it had ever been, but after the "No" vote in September's referendum Mr Salmond decided to stand down. So, how did Mr Salmond go from brash political outsider to international statesman? In the beginning Born on Hogmanay 1954 in the ancient burgh of Linlithgow, Alexander Elliot Anderson Salmond graduated from St Andrews University and began a career in economics, working for the Scottish Office and the Royal Bank of Scotland. He also played an increasingly active role in the Scottish National Party, having come to the conclusion that the economic case for independence was strong. Entry to politics Mr Salmond's rise to prominence came as the SNP fell on hard times, triggered by Margaret Thatcher's 1979 Conservative election win, which saw the number of Nationalist MPs slashed from 11 to two. He played a prominent role in the breakaway '79 Group, which sought to sharpen the SNP's message and appeal to dissident Labour voters - a move which earned him a brief expulsion from the party in 1982. Reflecting on the incident years later, he put it down in part to his being a "brash young man" - although the urge to cause a bit of mischief has never been far from his mind. Despite this episode, Mr Salmond established himself as a rising star of the SNP, winning the Westminster seat of Banff and Buchan in 1987 - and notably getting himself banned from the Commons chamber for a week after interrupting the chancellor's Budget speech in protest at the introduction of the poll tax in Scotland. SNP leadership (part one) When the SNP leadership job came up in 1990, Mr Salmond grabbed the opportunity and, on winning the post, repositioned the party as more socially democratic and pro-European. Scottish devolution was an opportunity for the SNP. The party failed to win the first Holyrood election in 1999, but gained enough seats to become the main opposition. During the campaign, Mr Salmond had sparked controversy when he described Nato action in Kosovo as "an act of dubious legality, but, above all, one of unpardonable folly". After putting in a decade as SNP leader, Mr Salmond decided to quit, standing down as an MSP and returning to Westminster. During his time in London, Mr Salmond had a visible profile, partly from appearances on TV shows such as Question Time, Have I got News for You and Channel 4's Morning Line, where his horse racing expertise saw him offering tips and insights. SNP leadership (the sequel) John Swinney took over the reins as SNP leader from Mr Salmond, but stood down in 2004 following continued criticism from sections of the party and the negative publicity of a leadership challenge. Many turned to Mr Salmond to grasp the thistle and take his old job back. He responded by quoting Union Army General William Sherman, who, on being asked to run for president following the American Civil War, declared: "If nominated I'll decline. If drafted I'll defer. And if elected I'll resign." As the leadership contest continued, with Roseanna Cunningham regarded as a front-runner, Mr Salmond made a surprise entry into the race, explaining: "I changed my mind." Becoming Scotland's boss Following his leadership comeback, on a joint ticket with deputy Nicola Sturgeon, Mr Salmond led the SNP to what was then its greatest hour - victory at the 2007 Scottish election and delivery of a minority SNP government. The newly appointed first minister, who returned to Holyrood by winning the Liberal Democrat-held Gordon seat, soon had his first of many brushes with the UK government. The subject was the future of the convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, who was released by the Scottish government on compassionate grounds on account of his terminal illness, in the face of huge criticism from the US and others. In contrast, the Glasgow Airport terror attack and the foot and mouth crisis showed how willing the first minister was to work with Westminster on issues of UK importance. Scottish government policies such as protecting NHS spending, freezing council tax and scrapping bridge tolls and prescription charges were popular with voters. But critics questioned whether universal benefits were affordable, and accused SNP ministers of giving local authorities a raw deal. As the global economic meltdown took hold, Mr Salmond blamed "spivs and speculators" for the problems which caused the takeover of HBOS, as the crisis of confidence in the financial sector hit Scotland. He later faced criticism from political rivals who said HBOS's real problems were caused by the bank's exposure to the volatile mortgage market. On the day Fred Goodwin was stripped of his knighthood, Mr Salmond also reflected on a letter he previously wrote to the banker when he was running Royal Bank of Scotland, offering the Scottish government's assistance in the takeover of Dutch bank ABN-Amro - the deal which contributed to RBS needing a £45bn bailout. Looking back, Mr Salmond said very few people could have predicted the meltdown, adding: "If we had the benefit of hindsight we'd do things differently and I am sure that is true of lots and lots of people." The first minister has faced opposition accusations of close links with big businessmen, including the Stagecoach boss Brian Soutar, US tycoon Donald Trump - who later turned on Mr Salmond over his government's pro-wind farm policy - and media mogul Rupert Murdoch. Mr Salmond always insisted relations with such figures were about promoting jobs for Scotland. Conservative dawn Mr Salmond's hopes of increasing the number of SNP MPs in a hung UK parliament in 2010 with the purpose of "making Westminster dance to a Scottish jig" didn't quite come off. With a resurgent Tory party on course for victory, Scots voters came out in their droves to back Labour, during a campaign which saw the SNP unsuccessfully take the BBC to court, after it was decided Mr Salmond couldn't debate with Gordon Brown, Nick Clegg and David Cameron on TV. Despite the result, the first minister came to regard a Tory-led Westminster government as a key argument for independence, by invoking memories of Thatcher (and poking fun at the Conservatives' single Scottish MP). Breaking the system It seemed Labour was on course to win the 2011 Scottish election, but Mr Salmond - never to be underestimated - launched into the contest with a positive campaign. When he came up against Labour's negative, attacking style, Scots voters decided there was no contest - and the SNP was returned with a jaw-dropping landslide win. Holyrood's part-proportional representation/part-constituency system was essentially designed to keep any one party (ie the SNP) from winning an overall majority - but the nationalists' victory brought about a generational shift in Scottish politics, which had seen Labour as the dominant force for 50 years. The Salmond Administration V2.0 continued as Scotland's devolved government, pledging to resist Westminster cuts and protect cherished universal benefits, while claiming achievements such as cutting crime to a 30-year low. Opposition parties regularly argued the first minister was becoming so obsessed with his dream of independence that he'd taken his eye off the ball when it came to Scotland's needs. Mr Salmond's critics also claimed falling teacher and nursing numbers, and housing shortages, were examples of a lax attitude. The vote Mr Salmond didn't bring forward his government's promised Referendum Bill in its first term because it lacked the necessary votes in Holyrood - possibly a blessing in disguise, given the polls were indicating a "No" outcome at the time. The 2011 election result made the independence referendum a certainty - and it was time for Mr Salmond to put his money (and North Sea oil reserves) where his mouth was. The first minister, along with his government and the wider independence movement, set out a vision of Scotland's as one of the world's richest small nations - with opponents arguing he was willing to say anything to win a "Yes" vote. But on the night it wasn't to be, as voters rejected independence by 55% to 45% in the 18 September vote. The following day, Mr Salmond announced he was standing down as first minister and SNP leader - but not before delivering a warning to his opponents to make good on their promise to increase the powers of the devolved Scottish Parliament. First defeat His long-term deputy Nicola Sturgeon replaced Mr Salmond at the top of the SNP in November 2014. Soon after that Mr Salmond announced he intended to return to Westminster, standing as the SNP candidate for Gordon in the 2015 May election. He won the seat and was appointed as the SNP's foreign affairs spokesman in the House of Commons. However, his time at Westminster was cut short by the snap election called by Prime Minister Theresa May for June 2017. He was the most high-profile of several SNP MPs to lose their seats, suffering his first defeat as a candidate in any parliamentary election since entering Westminster in 1987. Chat show host During the summer after he lost his Westminster seat, he hosted a sell-out run of his Alex Salmond Unleashed show at the Edinburgh Fringe, in which he chatted with guests such as Elaine C Smith. His fortnight at the Fringe was good practice for the TV show he began in November 2017 on the RT channel. Critics claimed that RT was a Russian propaganda channel but Mr Salmond urged viewers to judge for themselves. Opponents accused the former Scottish first minister of being a "useful idiot for the Kremlin". But Mr Salmond insisted that the state-funded channel was not propaganda and he had never been told what to say. Downtime Despite his public profile, Mr Salmond and wife Moira, closely protect their private lives. He is also known for his fondness for singing, horse racing and (like many Scots) curries.

स्कॉटिश प्रथम मंत्री और स्कॉटिश नेशनल पार्टी के नेता के रूप में, एलेक्स सैल्मंड स्वतंत्रता आंदोलन में सबसे हाई-प्रोफाइल व्यक्ति रहे हैं।


The end of KUWTK: How do fans feel?

Summary: "You're doing amazing, Sweetie."

Sound familiar? It's one of many iconic lines to come from Keeping Up With The Kardashians. But after 14 years of laughs, drama and sibling rivalry, the show is coming to an end and fans are reeling. 'My mouth dropped' Miranda, 24, from Croydon has been a big fan of the show for over a decade. "I think I've watched nearly every single episode, including the spin-offs. "Some people might think I'm crazy, but it's one of those shows that you just invest yourself into," she tells Radio 1 Newsbeat. "As much as their lifestyles are so different to the average person because they're rich and travel all the time, when it comes to family, you could see that they're just human beings." The show features the five Kardashian sisters - Kourtney, Kim, Khloe, Kendall and Kylie, and their brother Rob. Since it began, they've welcomed 10 new additions to the family. Miranda says: "We watched Kourtney's eldest son be born on screen, and now he's 10 - it's going to be so different watching them on social media instead. "Watching them grow, build an empire and build businesses shows young women, men or anybody who is interested in the show, not to give up on their dreams. "As much as everybody has different backgrounds and different lifestyles, I think they are true to themselves and believe in what they do, that's what's inspiring." 'As if 2020 couldn't get any worse' That was Sarah Halligan from Dublin's first reaction when she saw Kim Kardashian's announcement. "My work friends had to text me last night to see if I was OK, I joked with my boss that I was going to take the rest of the week off to come to terms with the loss." She even wrote a funny out of office email when she heard the news. "It sounds dramatic, but I am really sad about it ending. "I've watched it since the beginning and got so invested in their lives. "It became a big part of my life, especially since Kylie started releasing make-up, the girls at work think I'm obsessed." 'I'm hoping for a spin-off!' "I was 14 when Keeping Up with The Kardashians was first introduced to me, it's been with me as I've grown up," 27-year-old Antonia Byrne says. She was gutted when she saw the announcement on Instagram. "They made reality TV, everyone was talking about it and we got to see all sides of the family which made it more real. "There's been so many amazing moments but the one that sticks out for me was when Khloe and Kris pranked Kim, I would've reacted the same way Kim did." Analysis By Sinead Garvan, Radio 1 Newsbeat entertainment reporter Whether you binged it during lockdown or you have been a fan since day one, the news is a bit of a surprise. Even if you aren't a reality TV fan, you can't deny the impact the show and that family have had on pop culture, especially social media. While they are paid for the show, it is nothing compared to how much they have been able to make since its success. KUWTK gave them the platform to create this huge brand and empire selling make-up, clothes, shape wear - a lifestyle. But it all comes at a cost. They also said they wanted to keep the show as real as possible, so that meant showing the fun and laughter but also the sad and deeply personal times. As Khloe said herself in one episode addressing her then boyfriend cheating on her: "I'm not just a reality TV show, this is my life". Kourtney started to show real signs of not wanting to be a part of it anymore when she cut the number of episodes she was in last season, saying it didn't make her happy anymore. Ratings have fallen in recent years but most of the family is very active on social media and that is where they sell their products. So maybe they agreed it was time to say goodbye to the cameras in their homes and just film content when they want to.

"तुम अद्भुत कर रही हो, प्यारी।"


Two bodies found in Sunderland house

Summary: The bodies of a man and a woman have been found by police at a house in Sunderland.

The pair were discovered after police received reports of concern for a woman at an address on Shrewsbury Crescent at about 20:30 BST on Thursday. A Northumbria Police spokesman said they believe the death of the woman is a "suspected homicide". No-one else is being sought in connection to the deaths. Det Insp Ed Small said: "The individuals involved were known to each other, and police are now working to ascertain what has led to the two deaths."

पुलिस को सुंदरलैंड में एक घर में एक पुरुष और एक महिला के शव मिले हैं।


Aamir Siddiqi: 'Kind-hearted and pure', says lifelong friend

Summary: A lifelong friend of murdered Cardiff teenager Aamir Siddiqi has spoken of the "kind-hearted" and "pure" A-level student who was murdered in cold blood when hitmen went to the wrong house.

Ben Hope, 38 and Jason Richards, 39, have been convicted of stabbing Aamir to death at his home in Roath, Cardiff in April 2010. Aamir, a promising A-level student who hoped to study law, was the victim of mistaken identity. The target lived in the next street. Saaed Kidwai had known Aamir for as long as he could remember. "My early memories are from Year 3, Year 4, running around, and we're quite good family friends so I've known him since then," he said. "We went to high school together for two or three years, extra-curricular stuff and we had a lot of mutual friends so we grew up together and had a really strong friendship, I think. "[His murder] was just devastation and complete shock because he's the least harmful person you could ever meet. He was kind-hearted and so pure." Mr Kidwai was one of a number of Aamir's friends who organised a football match in honour of the sport-mad teenager in the period after his death. He explained: "Two days before he died we were playing a football match, just a few friends. "It was just a few months before our A-levels and we were in the midst of our revision and it was a really sunny day so we decided to play football, and upon his way home he literally wrote his last Facebook status which was, 'Thanks guys for an awesome day'. "We thought, what better way to remember his name than to play football? It was also to get our mind off it because it was a really difficult time." He described Aamir as someone with "great aspirations and great ambition" who had a fantastic memory. "We used to call him the human encyclopaedia because he knew everything about anything," Mr Kidwai said. "He read the Financial Times and some of our friends would be investment bankers and don't even read it themselves. "He was destined to do great things but it's up to us now to keep his memory." Family friend Sher Ali, president of the Cardiff branch of the UK Islamic Mission, had known Aamir since he was a boy. "He was getting on in his education and his Islamic education. He was very good boy, he never had trouble with anyone and he respected everyone." Aamir's head teacher at his school, the private Cardiff Academy for GCSE and A-level students, remembers a lovely pupil who was very academically gifted. Principal Stephen Wilson said: "He was really loved by all the students because he was a very gentle boy. One of the nicest boys I'd say I taught in many a year. "He was an asset to the college in many ways. He was very interested in football and cricket particularly and is sadly missed by all of us here. "I'm sure he would have made an excellent lawyer. He was all set up really to go off to university, probably to Cardiff. He certainly was predicted the grades to get in." The impact of Aamir's death was devastating for staff and students alike. "It was really quite traumatising for a very small college like we are," Dr Wilson said. "Because he really was the life and soul of this college he left an enormous hole in the place. It was very difficult for many of them to cope. "We were in the middle of examinations as well so all in all it was an extremely difficult time. I think they coped with it extremely well with it under the circumstances." The college carried a tribute page to Aamir on its website in the wake of his death, which remains to this day. Dr Wilson said of photographs used for the site: "He's obviously very happy, not just here but in his life."

हत्या किए गए कार्डिफ किशोर आमिर सिद्दीकी के आजीवन मित्र ने "दयालु" और "शुद्ध" ए-स्तर के छात्र के बारे में बात की है, जिसकी हत्या तब की गई थी जब हमलावर गलत घर में गए थे।


One in five living in poverty in Scotland as income inequality rises

Summary: One in five people in Scotland are living in relative poverty.

Latest government figures covering the last three years show that 1.03 million people are existing below the poverty threshold. The figures reveal that 240,000 children are living in poverty, two thirds of those coming from working households. The data is based on income and shows a continuing trend of rising poverty and income inequality. They show a 1% rise of 30,000 people in the country living in relative poverty in the three-year period up to 2018. Campaigners have called on the UK government to end the benefits freeze and for Holyrood to implement it's "income supplement" much sooner than the proposed date of 2022. But the Scottish government said it was fighting poverty with "one hand tied behind its back" as it tried to mitigate Westminster cuts. Relative poverty is classed as an income which is below 60% of what is recognised as the middle income. John Dickie, director of the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) in Scotland, said that struggling families could not wait years for the introduction of the Scottish government's promised income supplement. He believes a £5 top-up to child benefit would be one simple way of lifting thousands of children out of poverty. 'Children going hungry' Mr Dickie said: "As time slips by, childhoods slip by, childhoods blighted by the simple fact their families just don't have the money they need to give their children a decent start in life. "These aren't just statistics. These are children going hungry, missing out on school trips, unable to enjoy the activities and opportunities their better-off peers take for granted. These are parents going without meals, juggling debt and seeing their own health suffer to protect their children from the poverty they face". Douglas Hamilton, of the Poverty and Inequality Commission, said it was time for "meaningful action". He said: "Poverty has a firm grip on Scotland. Behind these statistics, there is the reality that over one million people are locked in a daily struggle to make ends meet. "If the Scottish government is serious about addressing this, it should be making full use of their powers to reduce housing costs, improve earnings and enhance social security. " Jamie Livingstone, head of Oxfam Scotland, said: "It's deeply troubling that the gap between the richest and poorest people in Scotland is continuing to grow. "If this widening income inequality is left unchecked then it will continue to undermine efforts to tackle rising levels of poverty as these challenges are interconnected. "The Scottish Parliament must do everything in its power to turn its tough talk on tackling inequality into concrete action if it's going to make meaningful progress in creating the fairer, more equal Scotland we all want to live in." 'Devastating impact' Communities Secretary Aileen Campbell said she was disappointed in the figures but added that the Scottish government remained determined to reduce poverty in Scotland. But she said they did so with "one hand tied behind our back" as cuts were set to reduce the UK government social security spend in Scotland by £3.7bn by 2020-21. She said: "A key driver in rising poverty is the devastating impact of the UK government's welfare cuts and benefits freeze - policies we have consistently called for an end to. "We invested over £125m in 2018/19 to mitigate the worst of these cuts, however I would rather we were able to use these funds to pull people out of poverty rather than protect against the impacts of another government's policies. "We remain determined to tackle and reduce poverty in Scotland and have shown this through the bold decisions we have made on income tax, affordable housing provision, early learning and childcare and in ambitious action to end child poverty. "

स्कॉटलैंड में पाँच में से एक व्यक्ति अपेक्षाकृत गरीबी में जी रहा है।


Scottish independence: Could Scotland afford better childcare?

Summary: What are the issues at the heart of the childcare debate in Scotland? What does the Scottish government propose in the event of independence and what do the major political parties have to say on the issue? And could Scotland afford an improved childcare system? The BBC's Marianne Taylor examines these key questions.

How much does childcare cost? Childcare policy is devolved to Holyrood. All three and four-year-olds in Scotland are entitled to 12.5 hours per week of free childcare, increasing to 15 hours in August, and extended to vulnerable two-year-olds. In the rest of the UK, state-funded childcare is between 10 and 15 hours a week. Some parents can claim working tax credits from the UK government to help with the costs. Working parents on low incomes can receive up to 70% of their childcare charges up to a maximum of £175 per week for one child and £300 per week for two or more children. Childcare in Scotland 27% Family income spent on childcare in Scotland 5% Family income spent on childcare in Sweden 50% Families relying on grandparents to help with childcare 79% Councils saying they do not have sufficient childcare £1,032 Annual shortfall, per child, in council-funded places at private nurseries Is there anything wrong with the current system? Parents and childcare experts say the system is expensive, complex and inflexible. Jackie Brock, chief executive of Children in Scotland, said it was based on parents' ability to pay "and the market's ability to provide and run a business". The National Day Nurseries Association, which represents private, independent and voluntary facilities, said it was "financially unsustainable", with 92% of nurseries reporting a loss on the "free" places provided by the government. The association said most nurseries had no choice but to pass the extra costs on to parents. And according to research published by the Family and Childcare Trust in 2013, 40% of local authorities in Scotland do not know if they can provide sufficient childcare for working parents, meaning provision is a postcode lottery that varies from council to council. What's the SNP's plan if Scotland votes 'Yes' to independence? Childcare proposals for an independent Scotland 30 Free hours childcare per week for 3, 4 and some 2-year-olds £4,660 Maximum saving per child per year 212,000 Families better off 35,000 Childcare jobs created £700m Policy cost per year Under the Scottish government's proposals, state-funded provision would be doubled to 1,140 hours - equivalent to primary school hours - for all three, four and vulnerable two-year-olds by the end of the first independent parliament. This would be extended to all children over the age of one by the end of the second parliament. First Minister Alex Salmond says the policy would eventually save an estimated 212,000 families up to £4,600 per year, per child, and create up to 35,000 jobs in the childcare sector. Is there an appetite for more free childcare? A report in 2013 by Save the Children found the high cost of childcare led to 25% of low-paid parents giving up their jobs, while a quarter of non-working mothers with pre-school children mentioned affordability of childcare as their main reason for not getting a job. A recent survey by the website Mumsnet found that two-thirds of mothers said the cost of childcare was an obstacle to them working more hours. Could Scotland afford a better childcare system? First Minister Alex Salmond believes improving childcare would benefit the economy in an independent Scotland by encouraging more women into work. They in turn would pay tax and help increase economic output. The Scottish government's White Paper says the childcare plan would initially be funded by savings made from no longer contributing to the UK nuclear weapon and scrapping the UK government's planned married couples tax allowance. Mr Salmond insisted that his "transformational shift" could only happen under independence. Economist Prof Donald Mackay backed Mr Salmond's stance, saying "no financially responsible Scottish government would dare to implement the childcare proposals under the fixed block grant funding of devolution, unless they were prepared to take an axe to existing programmes". However, economist Jo Armstrong, professor of public policy at Glasgow University's Adam Smith Institute, said more financial scrutiny was needed. We know the SNP plan, but what of the other main parties? Labour: The party's education spokeswoman, Kezia Dugdale, said if Labour was in power at Westminster it would extend free childcare for three and four-year-olds to 25 hours a week for working parents, paid for by a levy on banks. She added; "Labour would also guarantee parents wraparound childcare - access to breakfast clubs or homework clubs - from 08:00 to 18:00 in primary schools. Money would be provided for Scotland, but it would be up to the government there to decide whether to spend it in the same way as England." Scottish Conservatives: Liz Smith, Tory education spokeswoman, said her party would increase nursery provision, "particularly to disadvantaged youngsters", and was committed to improving the "flexibility and quality of care". She added: "In the 2011 manifesto we made a commitment to ensuring that every three and four and vulnerable two-year-olds would receive 12.5 hours of nursery care per week and stated we would look to go beyond this when finances allowed." Also the coalition government at Westminster, which includes the Tories and the Lib Dems, announced in March plans to offer families a new childcare subsidy worth up to £2,000 per child. Scottish Liberal Democrats: The party's education spokesman Liam McArthur said it was important to do more to give "more children in Scotland the best start in life". He added: "The strength of devolution is that countries within the UK can share the best ideas and benefit from different policy approaches at local, national and UK levels. For example, the UK coalition government's major new childcare voucher scheme will help around 210,000 families in Scotland, saving the typical working family with two children up to £2,400."

स्कॉटलैंड में बच्चों की देखभाल पर बहस के केंद्र में क्या मुद्दे हैं? स्वतंत्रता की स्थिति में स्कॉटिश सरकार क्या प्रस्ताव करती है और प्रमुख राजनीतिक दलों का इस मुद्दे पर क्या कहना है? और क्या स्कॉटलैंड एक बेहतर बाल देखभाल प्रणाली का खर्च उठा सकता है? बीबीसी की मैरिएन टेलर इन प्रमुख प्रश्नों की जांच करती है।


M25 hard shoulder death driver named

Summary: A man who died after he got out of a car when it stopped on the M25 on 10 April has been named as Nahinmu Okafor Nicholas.

Mr Nicholas, 53, was a Nigerian national who was living in Dartford. Surrey Police said it was thought he got out of a Ford Focus after it had stopped in a live lane with its lights off alongside a section of road works. A lorry then collided with the car and hit Mr Nicholas who was walking on the hard shoulder at about 04:30 BST. He was pronounced dead at the scene. An inquest into his death has been opened and adjourned. The motorway was closed for several hours clockwise between junction six at Godstone and junction seven at Redhill. Another occupant of the Focus, who was still in the vehicle when the crash happened, was treated for minor injuries.

10 अप्रैल को एम25 पर रुकने पर कार से बाहर निकलने के बाद एक व्यक्ति की मृत्यु हो गई, जिसका नाम नाहिंमु ओकाफोर निकोलस है।


Interserve: The next firm worrying investors

Summary: If I described a company that had issued a big profit warning, watched its shares fall by nearly 80% in 18 months, been handed several big public sector contracts, seen work in the Middle East cancelled, witnessed a big rise in its debt pile, recently changed chief executive and finance director and had had its trade credit insurance withdrawn - you might think I am talking about the Carillion of a few months ago.

Simon JackBusiness editor@BBCSimonJackon Twitter I am, in fact, describing a company called Interserve which, despite some important differences, is the company that bears the closest resemblance to the liquidated Carillion. Interserve won contracts last year with the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of Justice, Network Rail and the State of Qatar. Despite a new £102m contract in the Gulf state, its most recent financial report in July last year admits that "political developments in the region remain a clear risk to the business that could impact during the second half of the year and beyond". In its UK construction business, Interserve has been losing money and been exiting contracts where it can. On almost unchanged revenues, its operating profits fell 28% in the six months to July 2017 while the more important cash flow turned negative. Meanwhile, its debt pile rose 41% to £387m as of July 2017 and is thought to be around £500m now. After its profit warning in September, the new management conceded that it was possible it would not be able to honour the promises it had made to its banks, and in October its trade credit insurance was withdrawn - just as happened to Carillion nine months ago. Similar, but different? To be clear, there are some important differences. The company cancelled the dividend nearly a year ago to preserve cash and its lenders recently advanced some short-term financing - a sign perhaps they believe the new management can turn things around. The new chief executive, Debbie White, has already embarked on a turnaround plan that has included cutting both costs and headcount, which could boost profits by £15m this year. Its debt compared to its net worth is high, but not nearly as high as Carillion's, and it has assets like plant and machinery and interests in joint ventures it could sell to raise cash - a luxury Carillion didn't have. Carillion had a number of major projects that went sour whereas Interserve's problems stem primarily from one line of business - its energy-from-waste business - from which it is extricating itself. The UK government says it is monitoring Interserve and in a recent statement declared "it doesn't believe any of its key suppliers are in a similar position to Carillion". Interserve is a much smaller business than Carillion, but if you were looking for a mini-me this looks like a chip off the old block. The predators in the financial markets who bet against companies - as they did so heavily with Carillion - are sniffing around Interserve. A 14% intraday share fall in January didn't last long - the shares that day recovered most of their ground. Since then, however, the shares have gone below the trough hit that day and fell almost 20% on Thursday. Like Capita, it needs to raise more capital by issuing new shares. Unlike Capita, (which announced plans on Wednesday to raise £700m of new equity) it hasn't managed to do it yet. As a major fund manager told the BBC: "There has been radio silence on that for some time which suggests they are not finding it easy. The outsourcing sector is going through a denouement - Interserve has been playing the same game (as Carillion) and that game is over." The company announces full year results at the end of March. It will feel like a long wait for holders of the shares and will feel like a lifetime of work for Ms White, who will have to reassure and convince the banks to stick with the company before she can reassure the markets.

अगर मैंने एक ऐसी कंपनी का वर्णन किया जिसने बड़े मुनाफे की चेतावनी जारी की थी, 18 महीनों में उसके शेयरों में लगभग 80 प्रतिशत की गिरावट देखी थी, कई बड़े सार्वजनिक क्षेत्र के अनुबंध सौंपे गए थे, मध्य पूर्व में काम रद्द होते देखा गया था, उसके ऋण के ढेर में बड़ी वृद्धि देखी गई थी, हाल ही में मुख्य कार्यकारी और वित्त निदेशक को बदल दिया गया था और उसका व्यापार ऋण बीमा वापस ले लिया गया था-तो आप सोच सकते हैं कि मैं कुछ महीने पहले के कैरिलियन के बारे में बात कर रहा हूं।


Baby hit in the eye with golf ball at Birmingham park

Summary: A baby is in hospital with a serious injury after being struck in the eye with a golf ball.

The three-month-old boy was hit at a playground in Sheldon, Birmingham at 20:40 BST on Friday. A 36-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of assault and is also in hospital, West Midlands Police said. The force said the man and the baby were not believed to be related and urged anyone with information to contact them. Officers were called to the scene, in a park outside Radley Court on Sheldon Heath Road, by ambulance crews.

गोल्फ की गेंद से आंख में चोट लगने के बाद एक बच्चा गंभीर चोट के साथ अस्पताल में है।


Rossendale house fire death: Man charged with murder

Summary: A man has been charged with the murder of a woman, who died after being pulled from a house fire in Lancashire.

Leanne Collopy, 25, died in hospital on 3 August, four days after being rescued in Burnley Road, Rawtenstall, along with a man and a child. A post-mortem examination found she died as a result of burns and multiple stab wounds. Saleem Said, 39, from Rawtenstall, faces charges of murder, attempted murder and arson. He is due before Preston magistrates on Wednesday.

एक व्यक्ति पर एक महिला की हत्या का आरोप लगाया गया है, जिसकी लंकाशायर में एक घर में आग लगने से मौत हो गई थी।


Elections 2021: The race to be Cambridgeshire and Peterborough mayor

Summary: May's election will only be the second time voters in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough have gone to the polls to elect their mayor. The BBC has been looking at what the role entails and how it came into being in 2017.

Why does Cambridgeshire and Peterborough have a mayor? Mayors exist at local authorities up and down the country. Some, such as in Bedford, are elected and work as the leaders of councils. Many are ceremonial and have no administrative power, instead acting as a figurehead for the area they represent. The position in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough is somewhat different. In this region, the mayor is a directly elected official who oversees control of a devolved combined authority. He or she works with that authority, which is made up of representatives from local councils. The combined authority was officially formed in March 2017 after being approved by Sajid Javid, the communities secretary at the time. The role was one of six such positions elected for the first time in 2017 to lead new combined authorities in England. The authorities themselves are groups of councils working together to exercise powers, devolved from central government, over matters such as transport, housing, planning, skills and economic development. The other combined authority mayors are based in Greater Manchester, the Liverpool City Region, Tees Valley, the West of England and the West Midlands. You won't have seen Cambridgeshire and Peterborough's mayor waving the union jack while stuck on a zip wire. Nor will you have seen their press conferences carried live on the news channels. There just hasn't been the sort of break-out recognition for our mayor as for those in London or Greater Manchester. That may be to do with personalities, or circumstances, or that our mayor has significantly fewer powers than many of their colleagues. But make no mistake: our metro mayor matters. It's the highest elected office in our region - both the money involved and the ambition are significant. Overall, the mayor and their combined authority are charged with growing the area's economic output from £22bn to £40bn within 25 years. They have multi-million pound budgets for housing, adult education and transport. And there could be evolution in the devolution deal: there's always the possibility of more powers being passed down from Westminster. There are distinct differences in what the candidates are offering. The current mayor points voters to what he sees as his first term's highlights: starting to build homes for sale at £100,000, developing plans for an autonomous metro - including tunnelling under Cambridge - and pushing ahead with Peterborough University. But the Lib Dem candidate says he'll scrap the "gimmick" £100k homes scheme, focus on an alternative "realistic mass transit system" and try to create a "greener and fairer society". Labour's pick has also criticised £100k homes, saying too few are being built (about 20 so far) and more should be done to build affordable homes to rent. As a paediatrician at Hinchingbrooke Hospital, he's also vowed to invite public health leaders into the combined authority to help improve decision-making How does the combined authority work? In November 2016, councillors across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough voted to back a devolution deal to form a new administrative body. In doing so, they agreed their council would become a constituent member of the Combined Authority for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. Those councils on the combined authority are Cambridgeshire County Council, Peterborough City Council, Cambridge City Council, East Cambridgeshire District Council, Fenland District Council, Huntingdonshire District Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council. Each has a representative on the authority, which is led by the elected mayor - who may be of a different political persuasion to the leaders of the councils he works alongside. What powers does the mayor have? As a devolved body, the combined authority has greater powers and finance than traditional councils for major projects in areas such as transport, affordable housing and developing economic growth. As part of the devolution deal, the mayor was given access to a £600m fund - divided into £20m chunks over 30 years - to support economic growth, as well as development of local infrastructure and jobs. In 2017, a sum of £170m was made available for new homes, with £70m earmarked specifically for Cambridge. That money was due to be spent by 2021, but the timeframe has been extended to 2022. A budget of £12.5m for adult education has also now been devolved to the mayor and combined authority. Who is standing to be mayor? The area's first ever mayoral election was won by Conservative James Palmer, a former leader of East Cambridgeshire District Council. This time around the mayoral race will be contested between the incumbent Mr Palmer, Liberal Democrat Aidan Van de Weyer and Labour's Nik Johnson. The vote will take place on Thursday, 6 May with results likely to be announced on Saturday, 8 May. ENGLAND'S ELECTIONS: THE BASICS What's happening? On 6 May, people across England will vote for new councillors, mayors and police and crime commissioners. Register to vote here. Why does it matter? When parties win control of a council, they decide policies for your area which could affect services ranging from social care to rubbish collection. Find out more about what councils do. Who can vote? Anyone who lives in England, is registered to vote and aged 18 or over on 6 May is eligible. Find your local election here. A modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive. More information about these elections Who can I vote for in my area? Enter your postcode, or the name of your English council or Scottish or Welsh constituency to find out. Eg 'W1A 1AA' or 'Westminster' Find BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk Related Internet Links Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority

मे का चुनाव केवल दूसरी बार होगा जब कैम्ब्रिजशायर और पीटरबरो में मतदाता अपने महापौर का चुनाव करने के लिए मतदान करने गए हैं। बीबीसी देख रहा है कि भूमिका क्या है और यह 2017 में कैसे अस्तित्व में आया।


Silvio Berlusconi's surprise political comeback

Summary: "We are the only alternative," declared Silvio Berlusconi.

By James ReynoldsBBC News, Rome Italy's former prime minister made the claim after the candidate he backed won regional elections held in Sicily on Sunday. Mr Berlusconi corralled a coalition of centre-right parties into first place, ahead of the populist Five Star Movement and the governing centre-left Democratic Party. The parties now take their arguments into national elections, set to be held by the spring of 2018. It is surely surprising for Silvio Berlusconi to be at the centre of Italian politics once more. The 81-year-old's more recent incarnations - care home volunteer, open-heart surgery patient, cuddler of lambs, campaigner for a vegetarian Easter - appear now as an interlude between political campaigns. But, as it stands, Mr Berlusconi won't be able to run for a fourth stint as prime minister. A 2013 conviction for tax fraud currently bars him from standing for office. Later this month, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights is expected to begin hearing his appeal against this ban. Italian politics, highly intricate even in the quietest of times, now has an unusual feature: its most dominant personalities are either out of office, or barred from running for office. Silvio Berlusconi can't run. Nor can Beppe Grillo, the founder and loudest voice of the Five Star Movement. Mr Grillo's own movement bans political candidates who have a criminal conviction (he was convicted of manslaughter in 1985 following a car accident). The Democratic Party's most energetic figure, Matteo Renzi, resigned as prime minister in 2016 - and is still working out how to return to national office. Italy is overflowing with kingmakers, who overshadow its potential kings (and queens - this country has yet to elect a female leader). The leaders, and their backseat drivers, will now position themselves ahead of next year's elections. The centre-right will feel that it has momentum, taking advantage of voters' recent rejections of the centre-left government's handling of migration. Silvio Berlusconi will insist on having his say. This is Italy. You are not finished as a politician in this country until you have stopped breathing.

सिल्वियो बर्लुस्कोनी ने घोषणा की, "हम एकमात्र विकल्प हैं।"


Cyclist dies in crash with car in Cambridge

Summary: A cyclist has died in a crash involving a car in the centre of Cambridge.

Emergency services were called to Newmarket Road, close to the Elizabeth Way roundabout, at about 21:15 GMT on Wednesday. The cyclist, a man in his 60s, was treated for his injuries but died at the scene. He has not yet been named. Police say the accident involved a red Ford Focus C-Max and are appealing for witnesses to get in contact with them.

कैम्ब्रिज के केंद्र में एक कार की दुर्घटना में एक साइकिल चालक की मौत हो गई है।


Ben Okafor remembers the Biafran war

Summary: It is 45 years since Biafra in south-eastern Nigeria declared independence, sparking a bloody civil war that lasted two and a half years and left more than a million people dead. Ben Okafor was just 12 years old when it began and told the BBC's Witness programme what happened.

"When the declaration of independence was made, everybody surrounded the radiogram at home, all the streets were emptied. People just went to the nearest radio and stood there listening until the broadcast was over. There was a massive explosion of joyful noises. There were dances in the streets. We were all celebrating, but my father was cautiously happy - that was the kind of person that he was. He wasn't sure that it would not lead to a war. Everybody hoped that that was going to be the end of the oppression, that we were now an independent nation, so to say - no longer part of Nigeria - and that the troubles were over, that the rest of Nigeria would just accept that and move on. But, six days later, the war began. I was in my first year of secondary school and we had compulsory holidays, everything had stopped because the Nigerian air force started bombing indiscriminately. It was unbelievably terrifying with buildings crumbling and limbs everywhere. Cars on fire. Schools, hospitals, being bombed. And shortly after that the Nigerian troops entered my city. My father wasn't at home that day. He was working as an adviser to the new Biafran government. It fell to my older brother to get the family out of the city. He didn't have a driver's licence. He said: 'OK, everybody in the car,' and I said to him: 'Who's going to drive?' And he said: 'I am going to drive'. So we all piled into this car and took off. There were hundreds and thousands of cars on the roads. I was quite small and, to be honest, quite scared to see women throwing away their high-heeled shoes and tearing their pencil skirts just so as to be able to run, and some of them being caught by shrapnel. Cars were ramming into each other. My brother just kept his cool and carried on driving. We went to my father's ancestral village, Ogbunike, north-east of Onitsha. A really significant thing happened to me there. There was an air raid, and I was sitting in the courtyard with my father. He grabbed me by the hand and ran with me. And we ran into the forest, and these jets were strafing the place with bullets. I looked in my father's face and I saw fear. And this was something I had never associated with him, ever, in my life, fear. Basically, this turned everything over, and I thought: 'No, I don't really want to hang around to watch this. So I decided to enlist in the army. With no support from the outside world, the Biafran government was under-resourced, and the army was using children, known as the Boys' Company, as spies behind federal government lines to gather intelligence. I began to train with the Boys' Company, but didn't tell my parents. I told my family only when my platoon was due to go on its first mission the next day. My mother was basically beside herself, so the next morning as I was preparing to leave, my older brother came to me and said: 'Look, you can't leave mum like this,' and that was when I went back and started to console her, and tell that I would be back, and that everything would be OK. Then I looked at the clock and realised that I was getting really really late for my rendezvous. I ran as fast as I could but it was too late, the platoon had gone without me. A few hours later, we heard on the radio that they had been caught. Someone in the government had switched sides and given the Nigerians information about the Boys' Company. The boys had their eyes dug out and were sent back to Biafra. The boys were all about my age - 12 or 13 - and even the captain was only 15. At that time, there was so much pain and fear. The soldiers would arrive in a village and kill everybody - men, women and children, and sometimes their cattle. And everybody had to do something for the war effort. Everyone. The Nigerian government had already imposed a complete blockade. This meant that food, medical supplies, clothing, and everything needed for survival, could not get through to the Biafran people. A few individuals and organizations (mainly from mainland Europe) risked their lives to bring food supplies to Biafran refugees, but it was not enough to prevent widespread starvation. My sister and I were lucky to find work - in a refugee camp. My job was to ride a baker's bike to a nearby town where the Red Cross had their depot, collect food and take it back to my refugee camp. People basically lived off the land. They hunted. You learned to eat all kinds of leaves that you would not normally look at, and hope to survive. Many did not. I saw them every day that I worked in that refugee camp. Every day. Sometimes you'd see them, and know they would be dead by the next day." Ben Okafor spoke to Witness on the BBC World Service.

दक्षिण-पूर्वी नाइजीरिया में बियाफ्रा को स्वतंत्रता की घोषणा के 45 साल हो चुके हैं, जिससे एक खूनी गृहयुद्ध छिड़ गया जो ढाई साल तक चला और दस लाख से अधिक लोग मारे गए। बेन ओकाफोर सिर्फ 12 साल के थे जब यह शुरू हुआ और उन्होंने बीबीसी के गवाह कार्यक्रम को बताया कि क्या हुआ।


Travellers site consultation will not include Camerton

Summary: The village of Camerton, near Radstock, has been dropped from a list of possible locations for travellers sites.

Bath and North East Somerset Council (Banes) is now considering six sites at Whitchurch, Stanton Wick, Radstock, Keynsham, Newbridge and Twerton. An eight-week long public consultation to ask for people's views on the best locations will begin later this month. Banes currently provides no authorised sites for the travelling community. Over the past 10 years, there have been about 20 unauthorised traveller sites across the district. The final proposals will be submitted to the secretary of state in April 2013.

रेडस्टॉक के पास कैमरटन गाँव को यात्री स्थलों के लिए संभावित स्थानों की सूची से हटा दिया गया है।


Trump on Kim: 'He's a funny guy' and other summit quotes

Summary: The handshake has happened, the summit is over, and now Donald Trump is hitting the media circuit - including his first sit-down interview with a major news network other than Fox - to make the case for what he has accomplished.

Anthony ZurcherNorth America reporter@awzurcheron Twitter Because it's Mr Trump, some of what he has to say is head-scratching, other parts will have his supporters smirking or swooning, while many of his critics will be outraged. Here are a few of his key lines - and what they could mean. The 'smart' line "He's got a great personality. He's a funny guy. He's very smart. He's a great negotiator. He loves his people, not that I'm surprised by that." This was Mr Trump's response when Voice of America's Greta Van Susteren asked what he found surprising about the North Korean leader. He would also tell ABC's George Stephanopoulos that the North Korean people love him back and that they have "great fervour" for their leader. That the US president says he was not surprised that Mr Kim, who oversees a totalitarian regime that imprisons an estimated 120,000 of its people for political reasons, "loves his people" or that they love him will certainly come as a shock to many human rights advocates. In fact, the pageantry of the summit, Mr Trump's solicitous manner and his kind words for Mr Kim have already drawn the ire of some of the president's critics - and others who have, in the past, largely held their tongue. "I think the North Korean flag is a piece of vile filth that stands for the dynastic rule of a racist cult that subjugates, tortures and enslaves its own people," writes National Review senior editor Jonah Goldberg, regarding the display of US and North Korean flags at the summit site. "Ideally it would spontaneously combust when it even touches our flag." The National Rifle Association's Dana Loesch said she was "not a fan" of having the US and North Korean flags together, "as any sort of equals". Several reporters pressed Mr Trump on North Korea's record of human rights violations - and whether the president, who described Mr Kim as "talented", should have been more cautious with his language. "Anybody that takes over a situation like he did, at 26 years of age, and is able to run it, and run it tough - I don't say he was nice or I don't say anything about it - he ran it," Mr Trump said in reply to a question about his praise of Mr Kim. "Very few people, at that age - you can take one out of 10,000, probably, could do it." That "talented" line provoked a response from Florida Senator Marco Rubio, who ran against Mr Trump for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016. Politician of the future "This isn't the past. This isn't another administration that never got it started and therefore never got it done." Donald Trump, in his press conference, announced that Mr Kim had "reaffirmed his unwavering commitment to complete denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula". He had also agreed to "vigorous" negotiations to implement the agreement. Agreements and negotiations have happened in fits and starts for nearly three decades, of course. Mr Trump sees a different outcome because he sees himself differently. He's the consummate dealmaker. "My whole life has been deals," he told reporters. "I know when somebody wants to deal, and I know when somebody doesn't. A lot of politicians don't." Mr Trump has repeatedly criticised his predecessors, saying that they didn't get the job done - but he campaigned on the promise that he would be a different kind of president and would get a different, better result. It's a view he's not backing away from. Trust but verify "I think he trusts me, and I trust him." During the US-Soviet arms disarmament negotiations of the 1980s, President Ronald Reagan coined the phrase "trust but verify". On multiple occasions on Tuesday, Mr Trump said he trusts Mr Kim - and Stephanopoulos brought the Reagan line up during his interview with the president. Mr Trump responded that the US and North Korea would be working together and developing "great relationships at different levels". As for the details? The "trust" has been professed, but the "verify" is yet to be spelled out. The honour is mine "If I can save millions of lives by coming here, sitting down, and establishing a relationship with someone who's a very powerful man, who's got firm control of a country, and that country has very powerful nuclear weapons, it's my honour to do it." One of the prime lines of criticisms directed at Mr Trump for participating in the summit is that he is encouraging other rogue regimes to develop their own nuclear weapons so that they can stand on equal footing with a US president. Mr Trump has shredded an agreement with Iran that was designed to prevent them from acquiring a nuclear arsenal. It is an "honour", on the other hand, for the president to deal with Mr Kim, a "very powerful man" who has "powerful nuclear weapons". Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton, a Republican who has largely supported the Trump administration, makes the distinction clear. "Countries like Iran and Cuba and other two-bit rogue regimes don't have nuclear weapons yet," he told radio host Hugh Hewitt. "They can't threaten the United States in that way. Once North Korea had nuclear weapons, once they have missiles that can deliver them to use, I would liken it to past presidents sitting down with Soviet dictators." Nuclear weapons got North Korea to the table. The big question now is what it will take for the US to convince Mr Kim to give them up. Little Rocket Man "I think the initial rhetoric was very important. Frankly, as much as I hated to do it, and as much as some people thought I was doing the wrong thing, I think without that we wouldn't be here." It was just under one year ago that Mr Trump warned North Korea that its threats against the US would be met by "fire and fury the likes of which the world has never seen". He'd go on, over the course of the following months, to deride Mr Kim as "little Rocket Man" and disparage the size of his "nuclear button". Lines like those had pundits, politicians and analysts expressing shock and concern that the US was on a path to war - and inside reports from the White House of military deliberations and planning did nothing to ease minds. Now Mr Trump is saying that it was all part of his strategy - a modern-day incarnation of Richard Nixon's "madman" gambit with the North Vietnamese - which he says may have made him look "foolish" but has proven to be effective. Military exercises "We will be stopping the war games, which will save us a tremendous amount of money, unless and until we see the future negotiation is not going along like it should." This nugget was nestled at the beginning of the question-and-answer portion of Mr Trump's post-summit press conference - and it represents a significant concession on the part of the US side. Even using the term "war games" itself comes across as a nod to the North Koreans. Annual US-South Korea joint military training exercises had been a constant source of irritation for the North, which viewed the operations as preparation for war. Mr Trump is ending them - at least for the moment - and perhaps most noteworthy is that he couched the revelation as a cost-saving step. That may play well with Mr Trump's base, who rallied around Mr Trump's campaign pledge to spend US resources at home, not abroad - although it does mark a change of tack from the president's boasts of record level of military spending in the latest US budget for a depleted US armed forces. 'Maybe I'm wrong' "Honestly, I think he's going to do these things. I may be wrong. I mean, I may stand before you in six months and say, 'Hey, I was wrong.' I don't know that I'll ever admit that, but I'll find some kind of an excuse." This line - a president admitting that he may not admit to mistakes - raised more than a few eyebrows, but it's part of what makes Mr Trump so irresistible to his supporters. They thoroughly believe that all politicians lie, that they all will never admit mistakes, that they all say whatever they think voters want to hear. Mr Trump, at least in their estimation, is being open about it. He is, in effect, letting them in on the joke. Maybe this is a mistake. Maybe the negotiations will fall apart. Maybe Mr Trump will find some sort of excuse. But, if that happens, he'll do it with a wink and a nod to those who have stood by him through it all.

हाथ मिलाया गया है, शिखर सम्मेलन समाप्त हो गया है, और अब डोनाल्ड ट्रम्प मीडिया सर्किट को हिट कर रहे हैं-जिसमें फॉक्स के अलावा एक प्रमुख समाचार नेटवर्क के साथ उनका पहला सिट-डाउन साक्षात्कार भी शामिल है-ताकि उन्होंने जो हासिल किया है उसके लिए मामला बनाया जा सके।


Welsh Water: £230m European loan to aid investment bill

Summary: Welsh Water has secured a £230m European loan to help meet a £1.5bn bill to invest in its network of pipes and sewerage sites across Wales.

The not-for-profit water company says the money will be used as part of a five-year investment plan. The loan facility has been agreed by the European Investment Bank, which has provided Dwr Cymru Welsh Water with £500m since 2001. The firm says the loan means services can improve without increasing bills. Projects in the pipeline for Welsh Water include £120m to upgrade or rebuild 12 water treatment plants, and a £15m scheme that is being rolled out in Carmarthenshire and Swansea to manage surface water, called RainScape. Welsh Water's chief executive Chris Jones said he was delighted to have secured the loan offer "as it helps us deliver higher investment and lower bills for our customers".

वेल्श वाटर ने पूरे वेल्स में पाइप और सीवरेज साइटों के अपने नेटवर्क में निवेश करने के लिए £ 1.5bn बिल को पूरा करने में मदद करने के लिए £230 मिलियन का यूरोपीय ऋण प्राप्त किया है।


Oxford church tower reopens after revamp

Summary: The first part of a £5m refurbishment of one of Oxford's biggest churches has been completed with its tower reopening to the public.

University Church of St Mary the Virgin is being given a revamp as part of a conservation project. After six months of work, its tower can be climbed once more by the public. The five-year scheme, which started last year, will help repair the church's facade, including the stonework and spire. The Grade I listed building, which dates back to 1320, sits within Oxford's Conservation Area, St Mary's, and attracts more than 300,000 visitors to the city each year. During the 13th Century, it was used for meetings of the university's ruling body and housed its first library, the predecessor to the world-famous Bodleian Library.

ऑक्सफोर्ड के सबसे बड़े चर्चों में से एक के 5 मिलियन पाउंड के नवीनीकरण का पहला भाग पूरा हो गया है और इसके टावर को जनता के लिए फिर से खोल दिया गया है।


What does David Cameron want?

Summary: It'll be less of a fanfare and more a quick bugle blast but today, at a scheduled summit of EU leaders in Brussels, UK Prime Minister David Cameron will - for the first time - officially present the outlines of his reform proposals for the EU.

Katya AdlerEurope editor@BBCkatyaadleron Twitter In fact, it's a mere formality. Ahead of the summit, Mr Cameron has spoken to other EU leaders individually about his reform agenda. He will need them on board if, as promised, he'll settle for nothing less than fundamental changes in the EU ahead of Britain holding an in/out referendum by the end of 2017. So what is David Cameron asking for? In broad brush strokes he wants: Don't expect much more detail than that out of this summit. The prime minister is careful not to give too much away in public. After all, this is a process of negotiation in Europe and of persuasion at home to convince eurosceptics that any deal he eventually gets was hard won and significant. And what kind of reception can he expect from other EU leaders? In Britain, discussion about Europe can frequently smack of "us and them" sentiment but watch and listen to David Cameron following his election victory last month. He literally oozes relaxed confidence. In general. EU reform is no exception. And he is not wrong, for now. Mainland Europeans, accustomed to laborious consensus politics (such as in Germany) or political theatre that's high in drama and all too often thin on results (like Italy) speak admiringly or even in awe about the UK and its combative parliament and no-nonsense way of getting things said and done. And David Cameron has just provided another stark example of this. Complaining about the EU is commonplace across its member countries these days. But the prime minister has simply declared "we want a different relationship with a reformed EU, otherwise we'll take a vote on whether to leave". As we've travelled across Europe over the past few weeks and months, we've met a number of politicians - in Spain for example - who've expressed some exasperation at Mr Cameron calling an EU referendum. But my sneaking suspicion is that it's because those same politicians know their electorate want a better deal from the EU too. There's a fear that if every country pushes for themselves, that could, potentially, lead to the unravelling of the European Union. Germany calls it Pandora's Box. The Spanish expression is Opening the Melon. French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron blames Margaret Thatcher and her special EU deal, the rebate, for - as he put it - destroying the EU budget. "I've seen it myself at these meetings," he said. "Now everyone wants their own cheque." He used a very determined tone when he insisted that Britain could not be allowed to "cherry pick". I've mentioned this here on the blog before, but I'll repeat it because it is so memorable, that the Germans call this stance "Extrawurst" or extra sausage. Using a fabulous British expression now - David Cameron really has put the cat amongst the pigeons. But rather than alienating or isolating the UK, many EU leaders are - and let me emphasise that this is before negotiations begin and potentially get dirty - lining up to say how much they want Britain to stay in the EU. Now if I were cynical, I could say a lot of that has to do with the fear of losing one of the largest net contributors to the EU budget, one of only two decent sized and active military forces in the EU, with a permanent seat on the UN National Security Council, a pretty good relationship with the United States and a determination to stand up to Russia. There is also genuine and widespread support amongst leaders for the prime minister's drive to make the EU more competitive, with a stronger single market and less bureaucracy. But European smiles disappear when it comes to David Cameron's push to curb internal EU migration. He wants to put other EU members off coming to live and work in Britain by cutting their benefits. Poland is furious. Hundreds of thousands of its countrymen and women live in Britain. Jacek Rostowski, Poland's former finance minister and chief adviser to the Polish prime minister until the recent political upheaval there, told me: "You can't discriminate between EU citizens in competition for jobs, just as you can't discriminate between EU citizens on EU territory in access to health services. "Imagine if British people who retire in France or Spain had differential access to French and Spanish health services. That gives you some idea of what would happen if the boot was on the other foot." Germany objects too. MP Michael Fuchs told me Mr Cameron's proposal tramples on the Freedom of Movement - one of the EU's core principles. Spain's EU Minister, Inigo Mendez de Vigo, simply shook his head, insisting: "There are certain values, certain principles we all share - well, we cannot touch them, we shouldn't touch them - and we're not going to do it." So where do we go from here? His proposals formally submitted this evening during the summit, David Cameron hopes substantial negotiations and technical discussions can start in earnest. The European Commission will be charged with working out whether his ideas, if accepted by fellow EU leaders, would need treaty change or not. The prime minister admits the road ahead is a long one. Yet his chosen timetable - to be done and dusted with the deal and the referendum by the end of 2017, many predict even sooner - is very short indeed. In Brussels' terms, at least.

यह कम धूमधाम और अधिक त्वरित बिगुल विस्फोट होगा लेकिन आज, ब्रुसेल्स में यूरोपीय संघ के नेताओं के एक निर्धारित शिखर सम्मेलन में, ब्रिटेन के प्रधान मंत्री डेविड कैमरन-पहली बार-आधिकारिक तौर पर यूरोपीय संघ के लिए अपने सुधार प्रस्तावों की रूपरेखा प्रस्तुत करेंगे।


Missing Leicestershire boy, 12, found by police

Summary: Police have tracked down a 12-year-old boy who has been missing for four days.

Dre Wilson had been seen running along Harby Lane, in Vale of Belvoir, at about 21:00 BST on Friday before vanishing. Leicestershire Police said a member of the public got in touch with officers after spotting him in the Melton Mowbray area. A spokesman for the force thanked people for sharing information as part of the missing person appeal.

पुलिस ने एक 12 साल के लड़के का पता लगाया है जो चार दिनों से लापता है।


Spider season: How to tackle an influx of arachnids

Summary: Arachnophobes beware - "spider season" is back.

But why does the phenomenon occur and how can anyone who is afraid of creepy-crawlies tackle an arachnid accumulation? Prof Adam Hart, an entomologist at the University of Gloucestershire, has researched the seasonal spider cycle. He explains why people are seeing more of the eight-legged creatures, what we can do to tackle increased numbers and how long spider season will last. Why now? Quite simply, it is mating season, according to Prof Hart. At this time of year "about 80% of the spiders people see are males", he said. They are on the hunt for mates and females "stay put" indoors, so there is an inevitable influx of home-invading arachnids. "The females can be seen on webs in garages and windowsills, while the males wander around looking for chances to mate," Prof Hart added. "And of course our houses are nice places for them to come and do that." What can you do? Well, other than this... Various remedies have been suggested, including putting conkers or ostrich eggs in the corners of rooms. Conkers supposedly contain a noxious chemical which deters spiders, but there has been no scientific proof. Ditto for ostrich eggs. Some social media commenters have reported success with "peppermint oil in a spray bottle [used] everywhere around the house". Prof Hart has urged people to ignore "old wives' tales" and stick with a simpler regime - keeping homes clean and doors and windows closed. "If there are places that haven't been tidied or piles of clothes on the floor then they are great places for spiders to stay," he said. "Keeping homes clean and tidy will help. But you need to accept you can't totally spider-proof a house, as spiders will always find a way in." Should you be worried? Clearly, for all those who are scared of spiders it is not the best time of year. However, the chances of being bitten by a spider are "infinitesimally small", according to Prof Hart. He added: "Worrying about that in this country is like worrying about ghosts. It's not going to happen." Dr Tim Cockerill from the University of South Wales concurs, saying all of the 650 species of spider in the UK "are only dangerous if you happen to be a fly or a small insect". How long will it last? Fortunately for arachnopobes, spider season is fairly short lived. It normally begins in the first or second week of September and ends by the first week of October. After that the number of spider sightings "drops off quite sharply", as the eight-legged critters "tend to bed down for winter," Prof Hart said. Phew. You may also like:

अराकनोफोब्स सावधान रहें-"मकड़ी का मौसम" वापस आ गया है।


Call the Midwife: The real-life nurses who inspired a Scottish adventure

Summary: The 2019 Call the Midwife Christmas Day special ventured from its East London base to Scotland's Outer Hebrides where stories about child birth, illness and remoteness found inspiration from the real life tales of the Queen's Nurses. They were a group of women who took on the roles of nurse, midwife and even doctor in remote communities with limited access to modern medicine or transport.

By Katie McEvinneyBBC Scotland news From travelling on motorcycles and boats, to concocting homemade "medicines" made out of rabbit and tripe, the work for these women never ended. Heidi Thomas, Call the Midwife's executive producer and writer, said she was "captivated" by their resourcefulness. And she hinted that it could even lead to a spin-off programme about Scottish nurses in the future. Who were the Queen's Nurses? These women were part of the government-funded Highlands and Islands Medical Service (HIMS), a unique trial of free medical care introduced 35 years before the creation of the NHS. The work of the Hebridean Queen's Nurses included everything from looking after the terminally ill, to dressing wounds and caring for new mothers and their babies. After receiving pioneering training in Glasgow or Edinburgh, they worked alone supporting entire rural communities, according to author Catherine Morrison. A retired nurse herself, Ms Morrison documented the stories of these women in her book Hebridean Heroines which was published in 2017. The nurses had to make do and provide care in any way they could, without any of the drugs or facilities we know today, she explained. Ms Morrison said this could involve walking for miles round the islands to get to appointments, often faced with extreme snow and rain. Transport was one of the biggest issues they faced - the islands were not well-connected to the mainland and some were only accessible by boat. Treating a premature baby with cod liver oil One Queen's Nurse looked after an undernourished, premature baby. With no hospital nearby, the nurse decided to douse the baby's skin in cod liver oil with cotton wool in a bid to save its life with nutrients. The doctor returned to the island two weeks later and was equally "surprised by how much the baby had improved in the nurse's care and confused by the strong, fishy smell coming from the infant," Ms Morrison said. Although there is no proof that it was the nurse's decision which saved the newborn, she said it showed "how the nurses did what they could" to care for their patients despite the scarce resources. She said one nurse even had to save a little girl who had fallen into a pot of soup and was burned, given fires at the time were located in the centre of the room. Inspired by their stories Ms Morrison started working as a nurse on the Hebridean island of Bernera in 1978, before becoming a district nurse in Stornoway. It was there she looked after many former Queen's Nurses as her own patients, and heard tales of their working lives. "Their stories inspired me to write about their experiences. They certainly were confident and capable women," Ms Morrison explained. "They did everything. It really was non-stop but everybody enjoyed their work and no-one complained," she said. In 1974, the structure of how nurses operated in the NHS changed and nurses serving communities on their own became a thing of the past. Call the Midwife's Heidi Thomas described the women who inspired her work as "incredible". "They often had to diagnose patients and fulfil the role of a doctor," she said. "The resourcefulness of a nurse is 100 times as much in a rural area". After researching medical records and statistics from the time, she said she came away with "incredible respect" for the Queen's Nurses. "It was such a lovely experience to investigate their stories - I was captivated by it," she added. What is life like for midwifes in the Hebrides today? A midwife for more than 20 years, Margaret Aksu, 47, has spent the last five in Stornoway working for NHS Western Isles Maternity Service. She said the most rewarding part of being a midwife in a remote area was being with women at each stage of the pregnancy. "We get to know the women and their babies, it's very family-orientated," Ms Aksu explained. However, some challenges facing the district nurses in the past still exist for midwives today. "If a woman goes into pre-term labour, we don't have a neo-natal unit here," she said. "If the weather is bad, air ambulances can't land for up to 10 hours in some cases. But we are all trained as midwives to deal with these situations. She added: "I think the show portrays being a midwife very well and it'll be interesting to see what it was like back then on the islands compared to now." Call the Midwife's Christmas 2019 special is on BBC iPlayer

2019 कॉल द मिडवाइफ क्रिसमस डे स्पेशल अपने पूर्वी लंदन बेस से स्कॉटलैंड के आउटर हेब्राइड्स तक गया, जहां बच्चे के जन्म, बीमारी और दूरस्थता के बारे में कहानियों को रानी की नर्सों की वास्तविक जीवन की कहानियों से प्रेरणा मिली। वे महिलाओं का एक समूह था जिन्होंने आधुनिक चिकित्सा या परिवहन तक सीमित पहुंच वाले दूरदराज के समुदायों में नर्स, मिडवाइफ और यहां तक कि डॉक्टर की भूमिका निभाई।


Argentina election: Voters go to the polls amid deep economic crisis

Summary: In front of Congress a long line of people are queuing up for a portion of mince, beans, potatoes and cheese. There are perhaps 200 men and women waiting in line and each week it gets longer and longer.

By Katy WatsonBBC South America correspondent, Buenos Aires Waiting for her plastic container of food and a cup of water is 27-year-old Antonella. She's come with her young son, who has just finished school. This has become routine for the two of them, their chance to get one decent meal a day. "Before, I had a cleaning job but they let me go," she says. "This is my last resort. For me and lots of people." Further ahead in the queue is Ariel. He moved from Córdoba to Buenos Aires five years ago to find a job as a kitchen hand, but work is hard to come by. He can just about pay for rent but struggles to find the funds for food. "What can I say? President Macri has created a country for rich people," he says. "I am going to vote for Cristina. At least she changed things a bit." Argentina's election in short A vote for Cristina Ariel is referring to Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, president of Argentina from 2007 to 2015, who is making a political comeback in these elections. There's one hitch, though. Ariel can't vote for her because she's not a candidate - she's the running mate to Alberto Fernández (no relation). Not that many voters care. Much of Mr Fernández's success is down to Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. The populist former president is seen as the driving force in the partnership. She's fondly remembered by her supporters as a modern-day Eva Perón, who championed the poor with welfare programmes. But she is a divisive figure, also accused of being corrupt and economically irresponsible. But with Ms Fernández de Kirchner on the ticket, Mr Fernández is looking the most likely winner on Sunday. "If this Sunday, 'The Fernández' win the election, which Fernández will be in power?" asks economist Fernando Marengo, reflecting a wider concern that Mr Fernández will be a mere puppet in power. Politics of economy Argentina's elections are all about the economy. With nearly one in three people now living in poverty here, Argentines are backing the candidate they think is best-placed to lead the country out of the crisis. President Macri was a business-friendly face who promised - yet failed - to solve Argentina's economic problems. Those problems many blame on Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and her populist policies of social spending. Little is known of Alberto Fernández's policies but he says he will play safe with finances. If he wins the elections, he will start having to negotiate with its creditors including the IMF but not everyone believes he will call the shots if populist Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is his second-in-line. And that, say experts, could spell disaster. "Populism is an easier sell but Argentina is broke," says Benjamin Gedan, the director of the Argentina Project at the Wilson Centre in Washington. "Opposition voters who expect a return to the easy spending of the Kirchner era will be quickly disillusioned." Business-friendly Macri Just north of Buenos Aires is the affluent town of San Isidro. There, I meet Facundo Moro at his shop, Chilly Design. Sipping mate from a traditional cup with a silver straw, he shows me his products - trendy beach chairs and mate carriers. He started the business with friends from university who studied industrial design together. With rising inflation, it's hard to earn a profit, he says. "I worry about what will happen on Sunday," he says. "We like a lot of the Macri politics because it's transparent. With Cristina before, everything was more stable but it was fake," he adds, referring to the subsidies that her government handed out generously. "Politics is difficult in Argentina. You don't know who's telling the truth or lying. We stand by Macri now." While many Argentines are divided over politics, others just want this all to be over. "The most important thing is stability," says 61-year-old computer engineer Federico Perez Arrieu. "I've been through all the cycles, dictatorship, everything. What I hope is that at some point we will leave this cycle of stagnation and poverty and that we have the model of country we all want, regardless of party." Sunday's vote could change the direction of Argentina - and for many, they hope their fate will change too.

कांग्रेस के सामने लोगों की एक लंबी कतार लगी हुई है, जो दलहन, सेम, आलू और पनीर के एक हिस्से के लिए कतार में लगी हुई है। शायद 200 पुरुष और महिलाएँ कतार में प्रतीक्षा कर रहे हैं और हर सप्ताह यह लंबा और लंबा होता जा रहा है।


Entertainment news round-up: 16 - 22 April

Summary: It's been another busy week in the world of entertainment.

Harry Styles achieved a double success with his first solo single; action-packed movie Fate of the Furious smashed global box office records; a mascara advert featuring Cara Delevingne was banned; fans of crime drama Broadchurch were impressed but bereft as the third and final series concluded - and much more... Here's a round-up of some things you might have missed: Lauren Hutton, 73, models underwear for Calvin Klein Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.

मनोरंजन की दुनिया में यह एक और व्यस्त सप्ताह रहा है।


Jersey minimum wage rises by £6 a week

Summary: The minimum wage in Jersey has increased by 2.5%.

Workers on the lowest paid wages will get an extra 16p an hour to £6.48 an hour, which is about £6 a week extra for full-time workers. Minimum wages for trainees will rise by 2.5% from £4.74 to £4.86 an hour, in line with rises in Guernsey and the UK. The increase follows recommendations by the Employment Forum which was formed in August 1999 and was modelled on the Low Pay Commission in the UK.

जर्सी में न्यूनतम मजदूरी में ढाई प्रतिशत की वृद्धि हुई है।


Ancaster paintball centre attack man pleads guilty

Summary: A man has pleaded guilty to an attack at a paintball centre in Lincolnshire that left a victim with head injuries.

A 30-year-old man was injured at Ancaster Karting and Paintball, near Sleaford, on 6 February. Nathan Joseph, 22, of no fixed address, admitted grievous bodily harm, but denied the more serious offence of attempted murder. The plea was accepted by the prosecution at Lincoln Crown Court. Joseph is due to be sentenced on 18th April.

एक व्यक्ति ने लिंकनशायर में एक पेंटबॉल केंद्र पर हमले के लिए दोषी ठहराया है, जिसमें एक पीड़ित के सिर पर चोटें आई थीं।


Astronaut Suni Williams: You need to make peace before leaving Earth

Summary: US astronaut Sunita Williams spent a total of 322 days in space on two missions to the International Space Station. As part of BBC News' How to put a human on Mars coverage she explains how she coped and considers whether a crew could endure a voyage to the Red Planet.

"When you are thinking about going away for a long duration mission, it has to be part of your mindset that you're leaving your family, but it's for the right reasons, for good reasons, and hopefully helping humanity. So you settle yourself on that but you also have to prepare yourself. I call it tying up the ends of your life before you go because you never know what's going to happen. You want to make sure that when you leave, you feel at peace with everything. My first mission was six-and-a-half months. We weren't exactly sure how long it was going to be because I went up and back on the space shuttle which was dependent on weather for launch and landing. So you might have to say goodbye a couple of times and you might get excited to come home and then have to wait. It was an emotional rollercoaster, particularly because it was my first space flight. Keepsakes In space you need to stay as "usual" as possible. On the space station I would brush my hair every day. I'm not sure it made my hair look any better but it was one of those things that you do that you usually do on Earth so it keeps you normal. We take things to remind us of home. I think my favourite is a stuffed dog that was homemade from a picture of my little Jack Russell terrier. Food is really important and I was sent marshmallow crème to make my childhood favourite "Fluffernutter" sandwiches on a tortilla with peanut butter. Other favourite food reminded me of home - dried cranberries and even canned lobster, Slovenian sausages on my mother's side of my family, and Indian samosas on my father's side. We try to keep to a regular day because there have been studies which found that even a half-hour change to the normal 24-hour cycle starts to mess people up a little bit. We have sleep stations where you just close the door and it's dark and quieter. You can hear alarms in case something bad happens but it's generally pretty quiet. We turn the lights off except for a couple of "night lights" over the toilet so that folks will know where they're going. Most people have a little bit less sleep, there is always a feeling of nervousness, just because you're in a different environment and subconsciously you're always on edge a little bit. Spacewalks From the technical side you need to know that you can live in a small space with people. There are a lot of training tools on Earth that help you do that, including the Aquarius unit [off the Florida Keys] where I was underwater for nine or 10 days. That is a good test to see how you like living in a "can". But you also work on your own awareness of yourself in terms of leadership and followership and how you get along with people; particularly if you have difference of culture or difference of ideas. On my second mission, I was part of a crew of three and I trained with them for about a year-and-a-half, getting to know each other. That knowledge is important. When we were up on the space station, Aki Hoshide and I were out doing a spacewalk and we had a little difficulty with one of the electrical boxes. Yuri Malenchenko, who we trained with for our Soyuz crew, and Joe Acaba, who we overlapped with on a different crew, were right there to help us out. They knew when we were getting tired, when we weren't getting tired, when to say something encouraging, when to make a joke, when to be serious. The team comes together and if you saw the latest spacewalk [in which liquid leaked into Luca Parmitano's helmet] you will have seen the same thing: you do training together and then, when things get a little bit rough, everybody wants to help each other out. That's a natural progression of getting to know each other and knowing that you're going to rely on the other guy to save your life. Homesickness When you're flying in space some of the things down on Earth seem trivial. Things like politics leave your mind. I didn't feel like I was a person from the United States, I felt like I was lucky enough to be a person from Earth. For me, [most] news wasn't important but people are important, so when you hear about natural disasters like hurricanes and fires, that makes you miss home and wonder how everybody's coping. But I would also look back at the planet and think "gosh it's a pretty little place, everybody's going for a walk on the beach or something like that, they must be enjoying life down there". If you are having a bad day, you can go to the cupola window and see a part of the Earth. It makes you smile. Likewise, when you have communication ability, you can call home and just say "hi" and hear another friendly voice. Mission to Mars I can imagine the vehicle going to Mars is going to be a little bit smaller, they probably won't be doing as many science experiments on the way. The programme is going to have to find things to occupy the crew's time as the Earth is getting smaller and smaller outside the window and the communications delay is getting longer and longer. Mentally, it will be more challenging but I think the reward is huge. So if folks keep the goal in mind then I think it will be do-able. But I don't doubt it will also be psychologically difficult. Radiation threat There are a lot of medical issues that we need to solve before we put somebody on a trip to Mars, far away from low-Earth orbit, far away from the protection of even the little bit of atmosphere that's near the planet, that's protecting us from radiation. We want people to go there and be successful. Robots going there is great but putting somebody's two eyes on the problem where they can make a decision and really understand what is out there is the next step. We will eventually figure out and solve all the engineering problems, I have no doubt in my mind. Even though people think the space programme has been running a long time, it's only really been 50-60 years. It's an incredible step from when we were first just trying to launch rockets to now living and working in space and doing spacewalks on a regular basis. If there was a definitive goal that specified: "We are going to Mars and how do we do that?" I think that you would see a lot of people sign up. I would go for sure. Interview by Christine Jeavans

अमेरिकी अंतरिक्ष यात्री सुनीता विलियम्स ने अंतर्राष्ट्रीय अंतरिक्ष स्टेशन के लिए दो मिशनों पर कुल 322 दिन अंतरिक्ष में बिताए। बीबीसी न्यूज 'हाउ टू पुट ए ह्यूमन ऑन मार्स' कवरेज के हिस्से के रूप में वह बताती हैं कि उन्होंने कैसे सामना किया और विचार किया कि क्या एक चालक दल लाल ग्रह की यात्रा को सहन कर सकता है।