Florida school shooting: A survivor's story

Summary: It was 14:30 when David Hogg heard the first shot.

By Owen AmosBBC News, Parkland, Florida The 17-year-old was in environmental science class at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Florida. The teacher had just passed out worksheets. When he heard the bang, his classmates turned to each other. That sounded like a gun, they said. The teacher closed the door. Within seconds, the fire alarm went off. "We instinctively walked outside," says David. "We thought it was a drill." As David's class walked towards the evacuation zone, they saw a "tsunami" of people running towards them. They turned and followed the crowd down the corridor. What they didn't realise was this: they were heading towards the shooter. "A very heroic janitor stopped us," says David. "He said, 'Don't go that way - he [the shooter] is over there'." After they turned round, Ashley Kurth - the teacher in charge of the culinary programme, known in school as Chef Kurth - funnelled the crowd into her own classroom. "Within 30 seconds she easily had 30 or 40 people in there," says David. The lights were switched off. One girl had a panic attack, and was given water. But, says David, most people were "relatively calm". Then news of the shooting filtered through on their phones. David's younger sister is also a student at Stoneman Douglas. "I knew she was alive - at least in the beginning," he says. "I had a text from her, and a call. She was very frantic. I was petrified but I knew she was on the other side of the school [away from the shooter]." David called his dad, a former FBI agent, who told him to stay calm. Other pupils called their parents, saying they loved them. But, says David, there wasn't much crying. "There was a group energy that kept us strong. There was a melancholy calm." David is a student journalist, so started interviewing people, using his phone to record them. "I figured, if I died, at least this [the recording] would be passed on to other people, so these voices would echo on." David tried to stay calm and help others. The classroom had two doors: if the shooter entered one, he thought, they could escape through another. But he knew that might not be enough. "I realised I may not survive," he says. "It was going through everybody's minds at some point." After around an hour, five members of a police Swat team burst into the classroom. They told people to get down, and put their hands up. When they were allowed to stand up, they walked out of the classroom, then started running. Their hands were still in the air. "At this time, they hadn't eradicated the suspect," says David. "We didn't know that, but they didn't have him. We were quite frankly running for our lives." When he reached safety, David says he felt "shock - pure shellshock". He found his dad, and his sister. One of her friends was killed. In the early hours of Thursday, David was still outside the school where 17 people died hours earlier. "I feel a mix of anger, sadness, but mostly passion," he says. "I don't want this to ever happen to anyone else again. The fact is there are 17 families that now have empty rooms… "These are people's kids. They've poured all the love, everything they could ever get, into these kids. And it's all been taken by one piece of metal, and bled out onto the floor."

यह 14:30 था जब डेविड हॉग ने पहला शॉट सुना था।


Skip-sized void repaired under Hopkinstown road

Summary: A busy Rhondda road has fully reopened after a hole the size of a large skip was discovered below the surface.

Rhondda Cynon Taf council said "a major void" measuring six cubic metres was found under the A4058 in Hopkinstown near Pontypridd. Traffic faced major disruption over the weekend due to a partial road closure for essential repair work by Welsh Water. The council said the carriageway was now open.

सतह के नीचे एक बड़े स्किप के आकार का छेद पाए जाने के बाद एक व्यस्त रोंडा सड़क पूरी तरह से फिर से खुल गई है।


Bali bomb survivor: How my life has changed

Summary: A court in Indonesia has jailed for 20 years Umar Patek, the man accused of making the bombs which killed more than 200 people in Bali in 2002. Among those killed were 88 Australians - and among those who survived was Peter Hughes, from Perth.

By Duncan KennedyBBC News, Perth "I was just ordering a drink at the bar, when the first blast went off. I thought it might have been gas explosion," he recalls. He said he found himself dazed by the explosion and staggered outside. "It was a bit like a war zone," he says. "There were people who's hair was smoking and others with their clothing shredded." But the horror wasn't over. "Then there was a second blast, a car bomb, I think and that created more chaos. I knew I was injured, but I didn't feel any pain. I just remember seeing lots off bodies everywhere. You don't forget that," he said. The hours and days ahead would reveal that there would be 202 bodies, nearly all tourists, drawn to Bali on the promise of a few days or weeks in Paradise. "I'll never forget 12 October 2002," says Peter. "We were supposed to have a few drinks with some friends. I still can't believe what happened, it's like living someone else's experience." At his new, white-walled, apartment in central Perth, Peter pulls out a large brown book. It's his Bali photograph album, filled with the images, articles and headlines of the attack and nearly each one featuring Peter, himself, in its aftermath. In one photo he's unrecognisable, his face bloated by the ferocity of the debris hitting his face during the attack. In another, the only bits of his body visible are his finger and toe tips, everything else is covered with bandages as part of the hospital attempts to heal his burns. "I had to be put into a coma for a month," he says. "To reduce the pressure on my brain. It's taken 10 years to get fully well." At that point Peter lifts the trouser on his left leg to reveal a deeply scarred calf. He then lifts his shirt to show me where a shard of glass lacerated his stomach. "I was covered in so many cuts and wounds, these are just the worst ones," he says. "I feel lucky," says Peter, in one unexpected comment. "I don't get many nightmares, or flashbacks and I don't mind asking about it as I feel it's better to be open about what I went through." Peter Hughes hasn't been a bystander to the trial of Umar Patek. At the request of the authorities, he travelled to Indonesia to give a witness impact statement to the judges. "I didn't want to go," he says. "But I felt I owed it to the families of those killed, to give them a connection between those who lived and those who died." It was a painful process. Peter came face to face with Umar Patek in the courtroom, sitting just a few paces apart from each other. "I just said what I wanted to say," says Peter. "I said that the bombings had left me feeling isolated, depressed, lonely, but, above all, very, very angry." His opinion of Patek, himself, is equally stark. "He's nothing, just a coward," he says. You don't have to spend too much time in Peter's company to feel his intensity. He admits that he's gone from being a carefree, 42-year-old man who went to Bali as part of his everyday mission to enjoy himself, to being a more introverted 52-year-old, somewhat reflective and much more serious. "I have changed, but I try to just live my life as best I can," he says. During his extended period of convalescence, Peter has immersed himself not only in his own construction company, but also in setting up a burns foundation to help people caught in fires. "I don't have feelings of guilt, like some people who survive horrific experiences," he says. "But I do feel as though I have to give something back and the Burns Foundation helps me do that." With the end of the trial and the 10th anniversary of the bombing approaching, Peter finds himself in a contemplative frame of mind. "I try not to be bitter, I try to see the best in people, but I also see the worst," he says. "I am, by nature, an aggressive person, but the Bali attacks helped make me a more humane person, a more compassionate one. I think the experience has actually made me a better person."

इंडोनेशिया की एक अदालत ने 2002 में बाली में 200 से अधिक लोगों की जान लेने वाले बम बनाने के आरोपी उमर पाटेक को 20 साल की जेल की सजा सुनाई है। मारे गए लोगों में 88 ऑस्ट्रेलियाई थे-और बचे हुए लोगों में पर्थ के पीटर ह्यूज भी थे।


Rohingya crisis: The Gambian who took Aung San Suu Kyi to the world court

Summary: Gambian Justice Minister Abubacarr Tambadou's actions brought Aung San Suu Kyi to The Hague to deny that her country's military was committing a genocide. As the UN's highest court orders measures to prevent further mass killings, Anna Holligan takes a look at the man taking on the Nobel laureate.

It was an unexpected detour that led Abubacarr Tambadou from his home in the tiny West African country of The Gambia to experience an epiphany on the edge of a refugee camp in Cox's Bazar. Listening to survivors' stories he said the "stench of genocide" began drifting across the border into Bangladesh from Myanmar. "I realised how much more serious it was than the flashes we'd seen on television screens," he told the BBC. "Military and civilians would organise systematic attacks against Rohingya, burn down houses, snatch babies from their mothers' arms and throw them alive into burning fires, round up and execute men; girls were gang-raped and put through all types of sexual violence." The Rohingya are a Muslim minority in mainly Buddhist Myanmar. 'Just like Rwanda' These chilling scenes reminded Mr Tambadou of events in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide that claimed the lives of about 800,000 people. "It sounded very much like the kind of acts that were perpetrated against the Tutsi in Rwanda. "It was the same modus operandi - the process of dehumanisation, calling them names - it bore all the hallmarks of genocide. "I concluded in my own mind, it was an attempt by Myanmar authorities to completely destroy the Rohingya ethnic group." Myanmar has denied committing a genocide and this week released an "executive summary" of a government investigation which characterizes the mass killings as a "haphazard" response by the military to attacks by Muslim militants. Released a few days before the ICJ ruling, it appears to be an attempt to clear the authorities of any "intent", which is central to defining the crime of genocide. In court, Aung San Suu Kyi argued that this domestic investigation negates the need for any international intervention. For Mr Tambadou, doing nothing was never an option. "This is about our humanity after all," his voice rose as he spoke. "On a personal level I'm disgusted by what I have heard and seen. Professionally I thought Myanmar should be held responsible for these actions [and] a way to do that was to bring a case to the International Court of Justice." After the ICJ sided with him and ordered measure to prevent the genocide, he told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme that he was "very, very pleased". "I think this represents a triumph of international law and international justice. And it is the international community - as represented by the ICJ - saying in the strongest of terms that genocide will not be accepted under any circumstances by any perpetrators." For this former prosecutor at the UN's Rwanda tribunal to have found himself himself in a displacement camp in Bangladesh pondering what to do was not a coincidence but a matter of "divine destiny". Myanmar stands accused of violating the genocide convention. Any one of the 149 countries which have signed the treaty could have instigated the case but it was The Gambia, under the direction of Mr Tambadou, that took the initiative, backed by the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation, a group of 57 mainly Muslim countries. Find out more about what happened in Myanmar: The Gambia asked the ICJ to make an emergency ruling on its request for provisional measures which are designed to prevent any further acts of violence or destruction and preserve any evidence of genocidal acts against the Rohingya Muslim population. 'Fearless' Simon Adams, head of the humans rights organisation Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, said there was only one man with the courage, skills and humanity to try to hold Myanmar accountable for the alleged atrocities. "Some were afraid of retaliation from the Chinese," he said. "Others said it wasn't a good time, was too politically risky. [But] I was impressed by his fearlessness. He realised what would be coming pressure-wise but he was developing a strategy to deal with it." This agility was developed during Mr Tambadou's early years. Born in 1972, he grew up in The Gambia's capital, Banjul, as one of the middle children among 18 siblings. It was a traditional polygamous Muslim family and his father had three wives. As a young man he excelled in sport, winning caps for his country in football. "I was not a bad player," he modestly conceded. Close friends persecuted The 47-year-old described his childhood as "lucky". His middle-class family could pay for both a private secondary school education at home, as well as a British university degree. Afraid of disappointing his father, he abandoned his sporting aspirations and chose a more academic path. "I'd never intended to study law. But... the first university place I got offered was to do a law degree [at Warwick University] and so I had a career deviation." After graduating, he returned home and initially worked as a public prosecutor. Increasingly conscious of the political situation in The Gambia, he and his friends began to speak out against human rights violations. In April 2000, President Yahya Jammeh's notorious security forces opened fire on crowds of peaceful protesters, killing 14 students, a journalist and Red Cross volunteer. Mr Tambadou watched his close friends prosecuted and persecuted but it was pressure from his family, concerned about the consequences of his opposition to the Jammeh regime that finally convinced him to pursue opportunities outside his homeland. And so began his career in international justice. His self-imposed exile took him to the UN court set up to try the ringleaders of the Rwanda genocide, where he was responsible for the prosecution of former Rwandan army chief of staff Maj-Gen Augustin Bizimungu. He believed what he was doing "was not just prosecuting the Rwandan genocidaires," he said. "This was a way for us Africans to send a message to our leaders... I saw it as more of an African struggle for justice and accountability than a Rwandan one." 'An example for small states' After Jammeh's fall at the beginning of 2017, Mr Tambadou returned to The Gambia to serve in the cabinet of President Adama Barrow - The Gambia's first new leader for 23 years. And it was in his capacity as justice minister that he travelled to New York with the country's foreign minister, Ousainou Darboe. When Mr Darboe was then unable to go on a planned trip to Bangladesh, he asked Mr Tambadou to go on his behalf. He scanned his diary and responded: "Why not?" "You may call it a coincidence" he laughs. But Mr Tambadou's next assignment could be closer to home. Protests erupted in The Gambian capital of Banjul last week, with supporters of former President Jammeh calling for him to return home from exile in Equatorial Guinea. In a leaked recording the exiled former leader could be heard saying he supported the demonstrations. The justice minister believes it is unlikely that he will come back but if he does he says that Jammeh will be arrested. "Nothing would please me more than to see former President Jammeh face up to his crimes he has committed against ordinary Gambians. "I've luckily never had anything to do with him. I opposed and despised his brutal and savage methods since the day he took power." The authorities have now started seriously discussing the most viable place to bring criminal charges against Mr Jammeh. All options are currently on the table - a national trial, regional tribunal or international court case. Mr Tambadou thinks this is the time for The Gambia to reclaim its position on the world stage. In terms of human rights he holds a bold ambition: "We want to lead by example." "The case at ICJ is Gambia showing the world you don't have to have military power or economic power to denounce oppressions. Legal obligation and moral responsibility exist for all states, big or small."

गाम्बिया के न्याय मंत्री अबुबकर ताम्बादोउ की कार्रवाइयों ने आंग सान सू की को इस बात से इनकार करने के लिए हेग लाया कि उनके देश की सेना नरसंहार कर रही थी। जैसे ही संयुक्त राष्ट्र की सर्वोच्च अदालत आगे सामूहिक हत्याओं को रोकने के उपायों का आदेश देती है, एना हॉलिगन नोबेल पुरस्कार विजेता को लेने वाले व्यक्ति पर एक नज़र डालती है।


The economy - pain cancelled or delayed?

Summary: It is the big question swirling around government.

Kamal AhmedEconomics editor@bbckamalon Twitter After another set of economic figures stronger than expected, is this economic pain cancelled, or simply postponed? On that central issue rests the fate of the government's economic policy. If it is pain cancelled that means better real incomes for voters. It means higher tax receipts for the government, lower levels of borrowing and more leeway to spend money on public services. And, of course, confidence tends to beget confidence. If consumers - the most important drivers of the UK economy - feel the world around them is feeling positive, they tend to spend. For businesses, it is not a lot different. Brexit boost Larry Fink, the head of the world's largest asset managers, BlackRock, made an interesting point at the World Economic Forum at Davos last week. Asked why consumer confidence hadn't collapsed following the referendum - or at least had recovered strongly after some initial uncertainty - Mr Fink answered that for lots of people who voted for Brexit or who voted for Donald Trump, the victories were not a negative event. "They won," he said, simply felt good and kept spending. "Car sales went up." For the UK economy, it is worth considering two points. First, the gloomy forecasts before the referendum about the possible effects of a vote to leave the European Union were based on Article 50, the mechanism for leaving the EU, being triggered immediately after the vote as David Cameron promised. That could have led to a chaotic departure from the EU and certainly would have created greater economic dislocation. Second, the Bank of England cut interest rates and increased financial support for businesses and banks, soothing market fears. These two points are not enough to explain all of the resilience in the economy, but they go some of the way. In my interview with the chancellor, he admitted that he was now "more optimistic" about the process of leaving the EU and the single market. He said that European leaders were no longer in chastising mood over Brexit, that had now past. A good deal is on, he said. But, and of course there has to be a but when considering how an economy will perform - a judgement at its most basic on how a million different decisions by human beings will play out. And the buts are these. The rate of inflation is increasing as the value of sterling declines. That will affect people's real incomes. Jobs are being moved out of the UK and on to the continent in sectors such as banking and finance as businesses prepare for Brexit. Investments have been delayed. The UK has, of course, not actually left the EU yet and at the moment is enjoying the stimulus of being in the EU's huge single market with a considerably weaker currency. That goldilocks situation will not last and the chancellor told me of his concerns about business investment. Demands of uncertainty It was the Austrian economist, Joseph Schumpeter, who argued that shocks to an economy can boost growth. "Creative destruction" may be a little strong to describe the Brexit vote, but innovation can flow when the demands of uncertainty rise. After Britain fell out of the Exchange Rate Mechanism, the precursor of the single currency, many predicted that inflation would rise and economic growth would stutter. In fact, the UK economy bounced back, inflation remained in check and the pound rose - after an initial fall. That is not to say that all "dynamic" shocks have such an effect. The financial crisis of 2008-09 has negatively affected economic growth for far longer than most expected as the financial services sector contracted rapidly, liquidity disappeared and businesses and consumers paid down debt. That is why it is still too early to say definitively whether the robust state of the UK economy today means the forecasts for economic pain made before the Brexit vote can now be safely ignored.

यह सरकार के इर्द-गिर्द घूम रहा एक बड़ा सवाल है।


Tata Motors sees profits fall but Jaguar sales rise

Summary: Indian carmaker Tata Motors has reported a 16% fall in quarterly profits as higher costs and foreign exchange losses took their toll.

In the three months to the end of September, Tata made net profits of 18.77bn rupees ($372.9m; £234.5m), as against 22.23bn rupees a year earlier. But its Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) subsidiary in the UK posted a 9% increase in profits for the same period to £287m before tax. JLR said its global sales were up 30%. Last week, it said it would be creating more than 1,000 new jobs at its Land Rover plant in Solihull, where nearly 5,000 people currently work. JLR has benefited from demand for its new Range Rover Evoque model. Tata Motors bought the company from Ford for £1.5bn in June 2008.

भारतीय कार निर्माता टाटा मोटर्स ने तिमाही लाभ में 16 प्रतिशत की गिरावट दर्ज की है क्योंकि उच्च लागत और विदेशी मुद्रा नुकसान ने उनका प्रभाव डाला है।


Several killed in Nagorno-Karabakh clash

Summary: Clashes between the forces of Azerbaijan and Armenian-backed Nagorno-Karabakh have left several soldiers dead, with both sides blaming the other for the violence.

Azerbaijan's defence ministry said three Armenians and two Azeris were killed following an Armenian attack. Armenian reports said one Armenian was wounded repelling Azeri forces, and up to seven Azeris were wounded or killed. Recent attempts to solve the "frozen conflict" have failed to gather steam. There have been a number of skirmishes in recent months across the ceasefire line dating to the 1990s. Fighting broke out in the late 1980s as the Soviet Union headed towards collapse, with ethnic Armenians taking control of Nagorno-Karabakh and a land corridor linking it to Armenia. Negotiations between the two countries, under a fresh peace drive backed by the US and Russia, took place last year but have since stalled.

अज़रबैजान और अर्मेनियाई समर्थित नागोर्नो-काराबाख की सेनाओं के बीच झड़पों में कई सैनिक मारे गए हैं, दोनों पक्षों ने हिंसा के लिए एक-दूसरे को दोषी ठहराया है।


Brexit: Relief for Theresa May but a hard road ahead

Summary: Phew. After the six months she has had, Theresa May might be entitled to breathe a sigh of relief, as the European Council officially declared that the first phase of our long goodbye from the European Union is over.

Laura KuenssbergPolitical editor@bbclaurakon Twitter Stand back from the daily dramas and perhaps it was always bound to happen. Both sides are committed to getting an agreement. The EU and the UK both want a deal to be done, and while there has, inevitably, been grumpiness on both sides, they have, in the main, dealt with each other in good faith. But the fragility of the government, and the complexities of some of the issues, have meant that, on some occasions, it has felt like the prime minister might not get there. Had she not been able to get this far, there genuinely could have been questions about her future. The conventional wisdom is that the next phase will be more complicated, even more fraught. There are some optimists in government who believe it doesn't have to be that way - because the UK and the EU are already partners, it's a question of unpicking an existing relationship, rather than putting one together from scratch. But there are significant contradictions to iron out, contrasting motivations, conflicting views inside the Conservative Party as well as among the EU 27. The experience of the past few months suggests, in fact, that the way ahead will be extremely fraught and the prime minister's goal of a full agreement by March 2019 is hopeful, rather than grounded in reality. But for today, at least, Mrs May's team can be satisfied, if only for a moment or two, that they have managed even to come this far.

फू. छह महीने के बाद, थेरेसा मे राहत की सांस लेने की हकदार हो सकती हैं, क्योंकि यूरोपीय परिषद ने आधिकारिक तौर पर घोषणा की है कि यूरोपीय संघ से हमारे लंबे अलविदा का पहला चरण समाप्त हो गया है।


Chatham hit and run: Pedestrian in his 70s killed

Summary: A man in his 70s has been killed in a hit and run as he walked on a road in Kent.

The man was on New Road in Chatham, close to the junction with Otway Terrace, when he was struck by a car at about 22:50 BST on Monday. The driver did not stop at the scene and continued towards Rochester, a Kent Police spokesman said. The man was pronounced dead at the scene and his next of kin have been informed. Police are asking for anyone with dash-cam footage from the area at the time to contact them.

केंट में एक सड़क पर चलते समय एक हिट एंड रन में 70 के दशक के एक व्यक्ति की मौत हो गई है।


What's lurking inside the Bank of England's vaults?

Summary: Curiosities from the Vaults: A Bank Miscellany is at the Bank of England Museum, City of London, until 12 July 2014. Desktop and laptop users - media best viewed on full-screen.

If you wanted to work at the Bank of England at the turn of the last century, you would have to answer some tough maths questions before you would be offered a job. Detailed banking exam papers from 1906 - and manual dexterity tests for staff from the 1980s- feature among a wealth of curiosities now on show at the bank's museum in the City of London. Take a tour with the museum's curator, Jennifer Adam. All images subject to copyright. Images courtesy Bank of England Museum, London. Additional material courtesy Getty Images. Music by KPM Music. Production by Paul Kerley. Publication date 10 April 2014. More like this: The place where Chelsea Pensioners live The 76 best designs of the year The far-flung British islands of the South Atlantic Related: Bank of England

वॉल्ट्स से जिज्ञासाएँः एक बैंक विविध 12 जुलाई 2014 तक बैंक ऑफ इंग्लैंड संग्रहालय, लंदन शहर में है। डेस्कटॉप और लैपटॉप उपयोगकर्ता-मीडिया को पूर्ण स्क्रीन पर सबसे अच्छा देखा जाता है।


Power cut affects Channel Islands

Summary: Electricity supplies across the islands of both Guernsey and Jersey were hit by a major power cut, which lasted only a few seconds, at 1912 BST on Thursday.

Guernsey Electricity said it believed the outage was caused by a voltage fault via the cable link with France which supplied power to both islands. It added the details of the exact cause were still unclear. Guernsey and Jersey Electricity are working with colleagues in France to find out why the fault occurred. Computers, telephones and electronic equipment across the islands went dead during the outage.

गुरुवार को 1912 बीएसटी पर ग्वेर्नसे और जर्सी दोनों द्वीपों में बिजली की आपूर्ति एक बड़ी बिजली कटौती से प्रभावित हुई, जो केवल कुछ सेकंड तक चली।


Southmead man appears in court accused of making explosives

Summary: A man has appeared before magistrates charged with making explosives and possessing weapons, after a search which led to homes being evacuated.

Daniel Magee, 38, of Shetland Road, Southmead, Bristol, was arrested on Saturday after an Army bomb disposal team was called to the scene. He appeared by video link at Bristol Magistrates' Court and confirmed his name and date of birth. Mr Magee was remanded in custody to appear again on 29 January. He is charged with making nitro-glycerine for an unlawful purpose and possessing three Tasers and a sword and importing other weapons. Homes were evacuated on Saturday and Sunday when police set up a 50m cordon around the property, near Southmead Hospital.

विस्फोटक बनाने और हथियार रखने के आरोप में एक व्यक्ति मजिस्ट्रेट के सामने पेश हुआ, जिसकी तलाशी के बाद घरों को खाली कराया गया।


Presbyterian Church urged to 'distance itself' from organisations

Summary: The Presbyterian Church has been urged to distance itself from organisations it has no control over, its financial crisis panel has advised.

The recommendation follows the collapse of the Presbyterian Mutual Society. The panel was set up in the wake of the society going bust. It said the church should review links with groups considered Presbyterian, but which it has no authority over. The church's annual meeting will take place later on Monday. About 1,200 delegates are expected at Church House in Belfast where the new moderator, the Reverend Roy Patton, will be installed.

प्रेस्बिटेरियन चर्च को उन संगठनों से दूरी बनाने का आग्रह किया गया है जिन पर उसका कोई नियंत्रण नहीं है, इसके वित्तीय संकट पैनल ने सलाह दी है।


Facebook tests out new feature

Summary: Facebook has announced it's trying out a new feature.

Called 'subscribe to' it lets users follow their Facebook friends more closely. Only a limited number of people are being allowed to try it out so the full details of how it works are still unclear. But in a statement Facebook said: "[Subscribe to] lets [users] subscribe to friends and pages to receive notifications whenever the person they've subscribed to updates their status or posts new content, such as videos photos or links." As most users know, once a person's got several hundred friends, following them all via the news feed can be difficult and time-consuming. So the idea behind this new feature is that users would be able to 'subscribe to' people they specifically wanted to keep up to date with. Critics have labelled it a new 'stalker' feature for the social networking giant. Others say it's merely an attempt to try to capitalise on the popularity of Twitter. There's no information on when, or even if, the new service will be made available to all of Facebook's 500+ million users.

फेसबुक ने घोषणा की है कि वह एक नए फीचर को आजमा रहा है।


PM's unforced error knocks revamp off course

Summary: It was only on Sunday that the prime minister was hoping to use this week as a reset, relaunch, even rebrand, of his government after the crazy B-movie version of House of Cards that's been playing out in the last few days.

Laura KuenssbergPolitical editor@bbclaurakon Twitter But that night Boris Johnson got caught up in the realities of coronavirus again, being "pinged" after a meeting with a group of half a dozen MPs, one of whom later tested positive, confining him to Downing Street for the next fortnight. But it's his own gaffe on Monday that will knock his planned return to calm off course. On a call with a powerful group of northern Tory MPs, the prime minister was asked about devolution. It has groaned and strained under the stress of the pandemic over the last few months, while relations with the other UK governments, as well as some city-region mayors, have been far from straightforward. But it now seems, as the Sun first reported, that Mr Johnson did not just say that things had been a bit tricky. Downing Street is not denying the suggestion that he said it had been a "disaster north of the border". This comes six months before vital elections right across the UK, important particularly in Scotland. It is just when the SNP has been starting to warm up its campaign, and just when discussions about how the UK government ought to respond are taking place too. You can read more about that here. It is one thing - and, of course, legitimate - for political rivals to criticise each other. But to suggest the way that Scotland has been run for more than a decade is a "disaster" is quite another. And the worry among Scottish Tories is the implication that Mr Johnson's understanding of the political situation is far from complete. The notion of devolution used to be controversial in Scotland, and the Tories used to oppose it. But that's not been the case for a long time. Even the UK government's own website says officially that "devolution has made a real difference to the lives of people in Scotland - and recognises the wishes of the people to have more say over matters that affect them". Within a few minutes, no surprise, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon responded to what had been reported - frankly a political gift for her to amplify her claims that Mr Johnson doesn't understand Scotland. Shortly afterwards, the new-ish Scottish Tory leader, Douglas Ross, tried, sort of, to justify what had been said. His colleagues are less diplomatic in private. One veteran Scottish Tory told me: "This is dire - it's totally out of touch and reflects a Westminster-centric view of 1992, not 2020." Another said: "The anger tonight is palpable and the worst I've ever seen towards a Tory PM." There's a sense that the prime minister doesn't have that long to get a grip of the government after a crazy few days. An unforced error on a vital issue like this is hardly likely to help.

यह केवल रविवार को था जब प्रधान मंत्री पिछले कुछ दिनों से चल रहे हाउस ऑफ कार्ड्स के पागल बी-मूवी संस्करण के बाद अपनी सरकार के रीसेट, रीलॉन्च, यहां तक कि रीब्रांड के रूप में इस सप्ताह का उपयोग करने की उम्मीद कर रहे थे।


Who holds the keys to our mansions?

Summary: A stately home which was once a haunt of the rich and royal has been sold to a French baron. It's the latest in a string of mansions sold to international buyers, raising questions about the safety of England's heritage. But does it matter who holds the keys?

By Lauren PottsBBC News Author Henry James once said: "Of all the great things that the English have invented and made part of the credit of the national character, the most perfect, the most characteristic, the only one they have mastered completely in all its details... is the well-appointed, well-administered, well-filled country house." It was an opinion shared by many when the stately home was the highest symbol of aristocratic wealth. However, in the early 20th Century the English upper classes began to lose their grip on their palaces. Not unlike the scenes in TV's Downton Abbey, the fight to save the country home was a very real concern for the landed gentry in the face of heavy taxation. It was this chink in the armour of England's upper classes that gave some international buyers a first class ticket to tradition and class. "At the beginning of the 20th Century there were a lot of historic houses and people married rich American wives," said Dr Timothy Brittain-Catlin, lecturer in architecture at the University of Kent. "In the 1920s and 1930s there was a lot more money in America and if it wasn't for them, the houses would have been demolished. "Everyone [here] was broke and houses weren't protected and many of them were bought up by people like [American] William Randolph Hearst. "Some were remodelled and rebuilt and in England it led to a serious conservation lobby, so in a way it was a good thing because it made people aware." It is estimated that between 1880 and 1980, about 2,000 country homes across England, Wales and Scotland were demolished. But the grass of the English countryside has always appeared greener to international buyers. "A lot of people regard England as a safe haven of heritage," said Jasper Feilding, of property consultants Carter Jonas which dealt with the sale in November of Minley Manor in Hampshire. "You can buy a schloss in Germany or a chateau in France which may be equally as important from a historical point of view. "But they're not making any more country houses and if you're looking for a trophy property there's more kudos in buying something in England which has that historical importance." There have been a number of high profile sales of country homes to overseas buyers in recent months. A bidding war in January 2014 saw the sale of Hadspen House in Somerset to an international buyer - rumoured to be Hollywood star, Johnny Depp - for a reported £12m, while Dunstall Hall in Staffordshire was sold to a Middle Eastern businessman for £4m in July. In January of this year, Apethorpe Hall in Northamptonshire was sold to French academic, Baron von Pfetten. "There's definitely been some kind of movement towards foreign buyers purchasing country houses and in recent months there has been something of a trend," said Mike Fox, from Save Britain's Heritage. "Providing the houses don't suffer as a result of them being bought by international buyers, we've got no problem. "But the concern is if they're just bought up as trophy properties and then left. There are a number of houses where that has happened." Apethorpe, which was once a favourite haunt of King James I, is a prime example of a property left to rot. The Jacobean country house was bought by a Libyan businessman in 1983, who neither lived in it or maintained it and left it to crumble for almost two decades. It was eventually bought by the government in 2001 and handed to English Heritage in 2005, who sold it following £8m worth of restoration work. Its new owner has agreed to open the doors to the public for 50 days a year to help it "regain the place in British history it deserves". "The house was bought by a foreign owner who let it fall to pieces and now has another foreign owner," said Dr Brittain-Catlin. "Conservationists will tell you that they have lost a manor, but on the other hand, an important house has now been saved by someone who is living in it and appreciates it. "The [nationality] of the buyer isn't the important thing, it's that the buyer looks after it," he added. Despite attempts to preserve these quintessentially British properties, the Historic Houses Association says times are still tough for owners, with about 60% of members opening their homes to the public and offering them as film sets for TV programmes like Wolf Hall and Downton Abbey. "These are very uncertain times for historic houses and gardens," said Richard Compton, president of the HHA. "Competition to attract visitors with disposable incomes has increased; at the same time, costs have also risen. "Many historic house businesses face threats to their very survival." A question mark currently hangs over the future of one of Europe's biggest private stately homes. Wentworth Woodhouse, in South Yorkshire, has been open to the public for more than 25 years but its owners are planning to put the Grade I listed property on the market. It means anyone who can afford the reputed £7m price tag plus the £40m needed for repairs could snap up a piece of England's heritage. But Mr Fox hopes the house can be purchased by a preservation trust which has so far raised £3.5m in pledges. "The family need to consider their options and that includes putting it on the market," he said, "But we remain confident we can do some kind of deal."

एक शानदार घर जो कभी अमीरों और शाही लोगों का अड्डा था, उसे एक फ्रांसीसी बैरन को बेच दिया गया है। यह अंतरराष्ट्रीय खरीदारों को बेचे गए महलों की एक श्रृंखला में नवीनतम है, जो इंग्लैंड की विरासत की सुरक्षा के बारे में सवाल उठाता है। लेकिन क्या यह मायने रखता है कि चाबी किसके पास है?


JD Sports profits dented by Blacks purchase

Summary: Sports fashion retailer JD Sports has said its recently bought Blacks Leisure made an operating loss of £2.2m in the first three weeks of its ownership.

It said the loss from Blacks was due to a lack of stock, an "excessively large and over-rented" store portfolio and "disproportionate" costs. It also set aside £3.5m for restructuring costs, after buying the outdoor retailer for £20m on 9 January. Pre-tax profits at JD fell 14% to £67.4m for the year to 28 January 2012. Revenues rose almost 20% to £1.06bn. JD said that trading since the end of the financial year had been "satisfactory", though profit margins were still under pressure as consumers sought out special offers. Sales at stores open for more than a year in the UK and Ireland were up 1.2%.

स्पोर्ट्स फैशन रिटेलर जे. डी. स्पोर्ट्स ने कहा है कि उसके हाल ही में खरीदे गए ब्लैक्स लीजर ने अपने स्वामित्व के पहले तीन हफ्तों में 2.2 करोड़ पाउंड का परिचालन घाटा कमाया है।


What now for indyref2 after the general election result?

Summary: The official line from the SNP is that it won this election. It has the largest number of seats in Scotland - more than all the other parties added together. That, they say, has always been the definition of victory.

Sarah SmithScotland editor But it knows that it lost a lot last night. Some of its best known and most effective MPs. And most of their political momentum. It's almost impossible for the party to now argue that the people of Scotland want another Scottish referendum when 60% of the electorate voted for parties which have vowed to block another vote on independence. A very sombre-looking Nicola Sturgeon said last night she and the party would now need to reflect on what this result means for indyref2. But you don't have to think very long or very hard to realise it now looks very unlikely to happen. Inside the SNP members will also now have to consider whether their call for another referendum back in March was a tactical blunder. Even though they did not know at the time that there would be a general election. Deputy First Minster John Swinney has said this morning: "We will take time and care to reflect on the outcome of this result. But we have to acknowledge that the question of a second independence referendum was a significant motivator of votes against the SNP in this election, and we have to be attentive to that point." Scottish Tories are much more buoyant than their Conservative colleagues down south. Ruth Davidson looked delighted as she watched her party unseat the SNP's former leader Alex Salmond and their Westminster leader Angus Robertson. Ms Davidson immediately declared that the idea of an independence referendum was "dead". Sorry, your browser cannot display this content. Find your constituency and candidates Enter a postcode or seat name The 12 seats the Scottish Tories won make a big difference to the overall UK result. Without them Theresa May would not be considering staying on as PM. And the Scottish party's resurgence means people are already talking about Ruth Davidson as a future UK PM herself. One of the big surprises of the night in Scotland was the comeback of the Scottish Labour Party. Not only did it win seven seats - up from the one single seat they won in 2015 - it also made significant dents in SNP majorities all over the country as the Corbyn surge swept across the border. Ironic given how opposed the leadership of the Scottish Labour Party is towards Mr Corbyn. The Lib Dems are also very happy to take four seats, including ousting John Nicolson who was one of the SNP's strongest media performers. This result could have been even worse for the SNP. Where it did cling on it was often by a single fingernail. It won North East Fife by just two votes, Perth and North Perthshire by 21 and Glasgow South West by 60. In the heat of the night some SNP sources started briefing against Nicola Sturgeon and her husband who is chief executive of the SNP and mastermind of its campaign. Her position as SNP leader is safe for now. But her party and her reputation have been damaged. What remains to be seen is how much influence the SNP's 35 MPs can wield in Westminster. A hung parliament means the third largest parliamentary group may be diminished but could still be very important.

एस. एन. पी. की आधिकारिक राय यह है कि उसने यह चुनाव जीता है। स्कॉटलैंड में इसकी सबसे अधिक सीटें हैं-अन्य सभी दलों की तुलना में अधिक। वे कहते हैं, यह हमेशा जीत की परिभाषा रही है।


'Accelerate' - the word the Tories need

Summary: Accelerate, accelerate, accelerate, accelerate.

Laura KuenssbergPolitical editor@bbclaurakon Twitter OK, in theory, if I am driving a car at four miles per hour and I speed up to eight miles per hour, technically I am accelerating. I may still be basically crawling along. I still may be late - very, very late - for my eventual destination. But, by the very action of pressing the pedal and going faster, I am actually speeding up. If anyone accuses me of going nowhere, or slowing down - well, look at my speedometer. I am going faster and I have evidence that you are wrong! That is why, in the next few days, don't be surprised if every Tory politician you see, hear, or read about is using that word (at least those loyal to the government) to claim that there is progress in the Brexit talks, just days after the chief negotiator on the EU side declared a deadlock. Commitment wanted As we've talked about before, Michel Barnier's choice of language last week didn't mean that nothing had happened or that there's been no movement at all. But it made headlines, and all political negotiations of this ilk are in a sense a fight over words, too. So tonight, the government, beset by its own rows about preparing for a deal, preparing for no deal, preparing to look like they know what they are doing, have a word - one word - that they can use as evidence that they are getting somewhere. Look, even the arch Eurocrat Jean-Claude Juncker agreed to "accelerate" the talks, you can almost hear them say. Give the news cycle another 12 hours and I'd bet a fiver that will have happened. But what Number 10 is really hoping for is an agreement on Friday at the summit that points to the way ahead - not just a speeding up, but a commitment to the next junction - to allow the talks to start moving onto the transition. 'Going nowhere fast?' Despite the promise of acceleration, there is no sign yet tonight that either side is willing to budge far enough to inject some real vigour into the process. There's no sign the UK is willing to put more cash on the table, yet. There's no sign that a majority of the other side are willing to expand the talks without that promise of more cash, yet. The talks can accelerate all they like, but without one of the two sides being willing to budge to reach an accommodation, they could be going nowhere fast. PS: There is precious little detail so far of what actually was discussed at the dinner, and no sign yet of the huge leak of info from the last dinner between this group.

गति बढ़ाएँ, गति बढ़ाएँ, गति बढ़ाएँ, गति बढ़ाएँ।


Homes in Barlby and Osgodby without gas supply

Summary: About 1,400 homes have been left without gas in North Yorkshire.

Northern Gas Networks said properties in Barlby and Osgodby, near Selby, were affected. Food vouchers, heaters and hotplates were offered to residents, and an incident room set up at Osgodby Village Institute for information and advice. Engineers said almost 900 of the properties without gas since Wednesday evening had been reconnected at the meter by 06:00 GMT. Prioritising those who were vulnerable, the engineers had reconnected 450 properties by 21:30 on Thursday. Hot showers are being made available for residents at Selby Leisure Centre. Steve Pigott, of Northern Gas Networks, said: "We are working hard to restore gas supplies to customers as quickly and as safely as possible and are investigating the cause of the incident. "In order to do this, we will need to be able to access every property to safely turn off the gas supply at the meter. "While we're working to restore gas supplies, we're temporarily providing some residents with electric heating and cooking appliances to support them while they are without gas. "The use of these appliances will increase demand on the local electricity network." Follow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.

उत्तरी यॉर्कशायर में लगभग 1,400 घर बिना गैस के रह गए हैं।


Stornoway High Church congregation votes to leave Kirk

Summary: Members of one of the Church of Scotland's biggest congregations on the Western Isles have voted unanimously to leave the Kirk.

At a meeting in the High Church in Stornoway on Tuesday night, 200 people backed the split. The congregation has been unhappy at the way the Church of Scotland has handled the issue of the ordination of gay ministers. Kinloch and Tarbert congregations have also been considering their position.

पश्चिमी द्वीपों पर चर्च ऑफ स्कॉटलैंड की सबसे बड़ी मंडलियों में से एक के सदस्यों ने किर्क को छोड़ने के लिए सर्वसम्मति से मतदान किया है।


Ship to be detained in Aberdeen for 'two more weeks'

Summary: An offshore supply ship may be detained in Aberdeen for another two weeks on the grounds of non-payment of crew wages.

The Malaviya Seven will have to stay at port until workers are paid. Provisions are also said to be running low. It was detained under merchant shipping regulations. Liam Wilson, an inspector for the International Transport Workers' Federation, said the crew had not been paid for several months. Howard Drysdale, of the Aberdeen Seafarers Centre, told BBC Scotland the crew "are a good bunch of guys and do not deserve this". A vessel in Great Yarmouth has been detained for similar reasons.

एक अपतटीय आपूर्ति जहाज को चालक दल के वेतन का भुगतान न करने के आधार पर एबरडीन में और दो सप्ताह के लिए हिरासत में लिया जा सकता है।


Guernsey staff could give less notice for not working Sundays

Summary: Employees in Guernsey who do not want to work on a Sunday could be given less time to warn bosses.

Currently workers must hand employers three months notice that they do not wish to work on a Sunday. Deputy Mike Hadley wants to amend the 2001 employment protection law to shorten the opt-out period from three months to one month. He said the amendment would allow employees enough time to state they would not work on a Sunday. The proposal is part of a motion which could allow shops across Guernsey to open on a Sunday.

ग्वेर्नसे में जो कर्मचारी रविवार को काम नहीं करना चाहते हैं, उन्हें मालिकों को चेतावनी देने के लिए कम समय दिया जा सकता है।


NHS Highland still needs to save £2m

Summary: NHS Highland still needs to save £2m before April in order to balance its books, the health board's finance chiefs have said.

It was facing a potential overspend of £15.6m at the start of the financial year. Raigmore Hospital in Inverness accounted for £10.5m of that figure. Health board chiefs said at the time that they expected to break even. They said further savings and "successful management of service pressures" will now be required.

स्वास्थ्य बोर्ड के वित्त प्रमुखों ने कहा है कि एनएचएस हाईलैंड को अभी भी अपनी पुस्तकों को संतुलित करने के लिए अप्रैल से पहले 2 मिलियन पाउंड बचाने की आवश्यकता है।


Hay Festival announces first of 2017 line-up

Summary: The Hay Festival has announced the first of its line-up for this year's 30th anniversary event.

The renowned arts and literature festival will feature chess master Garry Kasparov discussing artificial intelligence with Stephen Fry. Artist Tracey Emin will appear in conversation with GQ editor Dylan Jones. And comedian Ken Dodd will host a "fun-filled variety show for all the family". Pop singer Will Young and his band will also perform a series of jazz covers. The festival, held every year in the Powys town of Hay-on Wye, takes place from 25 May to 4 June.

हे फेस्टिवल ने इस साल की 30वीं वर्षगांठ कार्यक्रम के लिए अपनी पहली पंक्ति की घोषणा की है।


March For Our Lives: Images from the US and worldwide

Summary: Hundreds of thousands of people are joining rallies across the US and beyond to call for stricter US gun laws in the wake of a school shooting that left 17 people dead.

Student survivors from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida have revitalised the nation's gun control debate after an attack on their school on 14 February. They are spearheading the March for Our Lives campaign, which is holding events in some 800 cities in the US and around the world. Washington DC New York City Houston, Texas Paris, France London, UK Berlin, Germany Sao Paulo, Brazil Photos are copyright.

एक स्कूल में गोलीबारी, जिसमें 17 लोग मारे गए थे, के मद्देनजर अमेरिका में बंदूक संबंधी सख्त कानूनों की मांग करने के लिए लाखों लोग अमेरिका और उसके बाहर रैलियों में शामिल हो रहे हैं।


How to avoid getting misled by polls

Summary: People like using polls to make a point about big issues.

Politicians use them in debates, newspapers put them on front pages and people quote them on social media. It's one reason why some people were shocked when the Conservatives won the general election. Up until the very last minute David Cameron's Conservatives and Ed Miliband's Labour were predicted neck-and-neck. Why were they wrong? In a nutshell, because Labour voters were easier to get hold of than Conservative voters on the telephone and over the internet. Older Conservative voters were harder to contact and one polling company said they didn't have enough younger voters disengaged with politics on their books. More on that here. General elections aside, when you see big numbers talked about on television, or online, these are the kinds of questions you might want to ask. All polls are not created equal Think about those hair advertisements you see where a celebrity spins around while a voiceover tells you that 87% of women agree that a certain shampoo makes your hair softer. Sounds like a pretty big proportion of people, right? Dr Rogers, an ambassador for the Royal Statistical Society, says it's important to look at the number of people who were surveyed. "If I take different samples of people I'm never going to get the same answer every single time," she says. "The bigger my sample size, the more reliable my result is. If I've only got a small number of people in my sample then it's not as reliable an answer and it will be subject to a lot of uncertainty." If you look at the small print at the bottom of the advertisement, you will probably see the number of people they surveyed. If something like only 97 people were asked then that's a relatively small sample. Dr Rogers also points out that if those people signed up to do the survey, they may have a greater than average interest in beauty and give answers that do not represent the nation as a whole. What's in a question? "If you see 70% of women agree, that always says to me, what question have they asked them?" says Dr Rogers. "They said to these women, 'Do you agree with this statement?' "I think more people would probably just tick, yeah I agree with that. They might answer differently if they were given a question such as, 'How does this make your hair feel?'" Leading questions, asking whether you agree with a statement, for example, can really shape the types of answer that are given and therefore the data is produced. An either/or choice also doesn't offer the spectrum of emotion or opinion that people can hold. One in five, 20% and a fifth - they're all the same thing "Number jargon," when something is described as being increased by 17% for example, is "really unhelpful" according to Mr Moy. "It's very easy just to put people off completely," he says. Full Fact actually encourages the media to avoid using statistics in their reports unless it is strictly necessary. News websites should also be visualising statistics more, Dr Rogers suggests, as people can understand one coloured-in figure and four blanks ones representing one in five people, much better than the phrase "20% of people" even though they are the same thing. Where do the numbers come from? "You don't need to be a mathematician to understand statistics," says Will Moy, from Full Fact, an independent fact checking charity. So even if you didn't ace your maths GCSE, it's still possible for you to understand - and even question - the numbers you see reported in the media. Advertisers may generate statistics to help make a product more appealing. Governments survey the population to inform policies for the future. Charities will promote statistics to make people aware of an issue. "Statistics are numbers but they are little bits of information," says Dr Jennifer Rogers from the University of Oxford. While they might help experts to "get an indication of what's going on", they also allow people to "present" and "interpret" the data in different ways. Who can you trust? "We're relatively lucky in this country, having official statistics that are pretty robust and independent systems for making sure they are trustworthy," says Mr Moy. People in other parts of the world "can't take it for granted" that governments and organisations are releasing reliable data. One of the most powerful influences on people is their social networks, Mr Moy says, so when you repeat or quote statistics online, you can be shaping the way the people you know see the world. "The people you trust most are your friends, that's where you get your opinions from," he says. "You don't have to repeat these numbers unless you've seen they've got enough evidence to base them on." For more stories like this one you can now download the BBC Newsbeat app straight to your device. For iOS go here. For Android go here.

लोग बड़े मुद्दों के बारे में एक बिंदु बनाने के लिए चुनावों का उपयोग करना पसंद करते हैं।


Four in hospital after Abingdon chemical incident

Summary: Four people have been taken to hospital after a chemical incident at a business park in Abingdon.

A number of buildings were evacuated and a cordon was put in place in Stratton Way at about 12:00 BST. Two cleaning workers and two members of the public tested positive for carbon monoxide inhalation and were taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. South Central Ambulance Service said they were not seriously injured. There are no further concerns for the public, Thames Valley Police said.

एबिंगडन के एक व्यापारिक पार्क में एक रासायनिक घटना के बाद चार लोगों को अस्पताल ले जाया गया है।


Jen Reid statue removal to 'cost Bristol council thousands'

Summary: The cost of removing a sculpture of a Black Lives Matter activist from the plinth where a statue of slave trader Edward Colston once stood will "run into thousands", the city council said.

Contractors removed the statue of Jen Reid on Thursday, a day after it was illegally erected in central Bristol. Mayor Marvin Rees has asked artist Marc Quinn to contribute, saying the money came from front-line funds. It is not clear whether the artist will contribute or if this can be enforced. The BBC has attempted to contact London-based Quinn. A spokesman for the council said: "We are waiting on a final quote from the contractors and police, but it is likely to run into the thousands. "We should get the bill next week." The black resin statue of Ms Reid, called A Surge of Power, was created by Quinn who said it was designed to be a temporary installation to continue the conversation about racism. He said he was inspired to create it after seeing an image of Ms Reid standing on the plinth with her fist raised during the Black Lives Matter protest on 7 June, moments after the statue of Colston had been torn down and dragged into the harbour. The statue of Ms Reid was taken down on Thursday - 24 hours after it was erected - because the council said it did not have planning permission. A history commission has been set up which will help authorities decide on city memorials and the future of the plinth. Mayor Marvin Rees said: "The artist has said that he wants to sell it and give the money to local charities. "I will say too - and this is the point I've made and it's not a flippant point - but actually we're facing a major funding crisis through Covid at the moment as well. "We've lost revenue and we've had increased costs. "It cost us money to take this down. The money we spent taking the statue down actually comes from accounts that we spend on adult social care and children's services. "We'd really welcome a contribution from the artist."

नगर परिषद ने कहा कि प्लिंथ से एक ब्लैक लाइव्स मैटर कार्यकर्ता की मूर्ति को हटाने की लागत "हजारों में जाएगी" जहां एक बार दास व्यापारी एडवर्ड कोलस्टन की मूर्ति खड़ी थी।


Ram-raiders strike at Witham St Hughs Co-op store

Summary: Thieves used stolen plant machinery to rip out a cash machine from a Co-op store.

The raid happened at the store on Muntjac Way, Witham St Hughs, near Lincoln, in the early hours of Friday. Lincolnshire Police said the cash machine was ripped out of the wall and then taken away in another vehicle. A cordon remains in place around the store and the force is asking for anyone with information to get in touch. Officers said they have not made any arrests in connection with the raid. Related Internet Links Lincolnshire Police

चोरों ने एक सहकारी दुकान से नकदी मशीन को चीरने के लिए चोरी की संयंत्र मशीनरी का इस्तेमाल किया।


Your pictures on the theme of 'my summer'

Summary: We asked our readers to send in their pictures on the theme of "my summer". Here are some of the pictures sent to us from around the world.

The next theme is "night vision" and the deadline for entries is 15 September 2020. Send pictures to yourpics@bbc.co.uk or follow the link below to "Upload your pictures here". Further details and terms can be found by following the link to "We set the theme, you take the picture", at the bottom of the page. All photographs subject to copyright.

हमने अपने पाठकों से "मेरी गर्मी" विषय पर अपनी तस्वीरें भेजने के लिए कहा। यहाँ दुनिया भर से हमें भेजी गई कुछ तस्वीरें हैं।


Kayla the Eagle: Who is Crystal Palace's mascot?

Summary: A man has been convicted of trying to attack Crystal Palace's bald eagle mascot Kayla. But the 2015 incident involving Charlton Athletic supporter Daniel Boylett is just one of several in the bird of prey's colourful life.

By Josephine McDermottBBC News Stolen from a nest in Canada as a chick she has been the Crystal Palace club mascot since 2010 - and has even been credited with saving the Kent bird sanctuary where she lives. As well as flying around Palace's Selhurst Park ground before matches, she once appeared on the cover of a Kings of Leon album. "It's amazing how far she's come, for a bird that shouldn't be here," says Nicky Hopkins, from Eagle Heights Wildlife Foundation, in Eynsford, Kent. Kayla and her sister were stolen from the wild as chicks and reared poorly before being released back into the wild. Nineteen years ago, the sanctuary's founder Alan Ames received a phone call asking him to rehome the birds. "They said they had two psychotic bald eagles," he said. "They would pester humans to be fed because, having been hand-reared, they had no inherent fear. "I was told they would be put to sleep if I didn't take them. The paperwork took so long the sister got put to sleep. I went ballistic.. "Kayla had 30 days in quarantine and then we started training her up." Eagle Heights has about 100 birds of prey. It is open to the public, breeds birds and provides school visits, but Mr Ames is also often contacted by people in the entertainment world for help with projects. Kayla was photographed for the UK cover of the 2008 Kings of Leon album 'Only by the Night'. "We took her to a studio. We showed the band how to hold her. It was just another day in the office," says Mr Ames. Kayla has also been used as a standby on film sets including Clash of the Titans. Then in 2009, Mr Ames was approached by a Crystal Palace FC employee who lived close to his sanctuary. Kayla was invited to appear at a few home matches, later becoming the official mascot of the team - who are nicknamed The Eagles. A club spokeswoman said she was an "instant success" and is "extremely popular with fans". On home match days, she spends an hour outside the ground before being brought inside where she flies from one end of the stadium to the other before the match and at half-time. "She will fly into the stands. She flies right in between the players and cheerleaders. They love her," adds Mr Ames. "As far as the Palace fans are concerned, that's their eagle. It's something that Millwall haven't got," he adds, referring to the long-standing rivalry between the clubs. Although rival fans often sing derisory chants comparing Kayla to a pigeon, she has been known to stand up for herself. "She did nick a pork pie off a Millwall fan once," Mr Ames adds. Arguably Kayla's most significant achievement has been helping save the sanctuary that had rescued her 19 years ago. "We were in dire straits in 2015," says Ms Hopkins. "There was a chance we were going to have to close. "The Palace fans kept us open. It was down to them and their love for Kayla." Fans donated £15,000 to the centre, which helped keep it afloat. Mr Ames said she had "met many hundreds of thousands of fans" over the years before September 2015 when she was attacked. "If he'd hit her in the skull he could have killed her," he said. "She could have opened him right up if he'd got her in the face. [Her claws] can squeeze five times harder than a hand. She's designed to pierce thick fish skin." He said the incident had not caused her any ill effects, though, and she had continued to attend matches. "We're more aware now there can be people as stupid as this," Mr Ames said. "We realise we have to keep our eyes open." What does the future hold for Kayla? "She could live for 60 years," he says. "She'll probably outlive me."

क्रिस्टल पैलेस के गंजे चील शुभंकर कायला पर हमला करने की कोशिश करने के लिए एक व्यक्ति को दोषी ठहराया गया है। लेकिन 2015 की घटना जिसमें चार्लटन एथलेटिक समर्थक डैनियल बॉयलेट शामिल थे, शिकार के रंगीन जीवन में कई घटनाओं में से एक है।


Five take-aways from Donald Trump's financial disclosure

Summary: Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump is very wealthy. And now, thanks to his recently released Federal Election Commission (FEC) financial disclosure forms covering the past 18 months, we have some new information about the man and the breadth of his financial domain.

Anthony ZurcherNorth America reporter@awzurcheron Twitter Here are five interesting claims and revelations gleaned from the 92-page document. 1. He's in love with his name Mr Trump's financial disclosure lists involvement in 515 organisations and entities - and 264 of them start with the word "Trump" while another 54 include his initials. There's Trump Drinks Israel (a kosher energy drink firm), Trump Ice (a bottled water company), Trump Carousel (a New York merry-go-round that made him $588,518 last year), Trump Classic Cars, Trump National Golf Club, Trump Vineyard Estates and something called Trump Follies - which does not appear to be connected in any way to his presidential campaign. 2. He's worth at least $1.35bn The exact value of the Trump empire has long been a topic of speculation. When it submitted its paperwork last week, the Trump campaign boldly asserted in a news release that "as of this date, Mr Trump's net worth is in excess of TEN BILLION DOLLARS". Bloomberg News suggests the number is around $2.4bn, while Forbes magazine puts it closer to $4bn - still enough to buy plenty of gold escalators. According to the FEC report, the total for all Mr Trump's assets minus his liabilities is $1.35bn (£870m). This is a bit misleading, however, as the FEC asks only for a dollar range to the assets listed, and the top category is "over $50,000,000". Twenty-three of Mr Trump's interests, such as the Trump Tower in New York City and golf courses in Florida, Virginia, California and New Jersey, are listed at this level. "This report was not designed for a man of Mr Trump's massive wealth," Mr Trump's press release scoffs. 3. His signature is nearly unintelligible Mr Trump's signature, appearing on the first page of the report, is a series of jagged lines drawn with what appears to be a Sharpie. It dominates the other signatures on the page, written in an ink that is obviously much richer and more luxurious than that his counterparts. And what's that over the "p"? A hat? The tip of a Trump rocket? The imagined spire of some new Trump skyscraper? 4. He owns a lot of stocks and has a lot of debt In last week's news release, Mr Trump boasted that he's not only a savvy businessman, he's also good at picking stocks. "Even though stock market purchases are not something that Mr Trump has focused on in the past, and while only a small part of his net worth, 40 of the 45 stocks purchased went up in a relatively short period of time, creating a gain of $27,021,471." His portfolio totals at least $70m, and includes a laundry list of blue-chip companies - including at least $500,000 each in Apple, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Caterpillar, AT&T, JPMorgan Chase and ConocoPhillips. He made more than $5m in capital gains from the sale of Bank of America stock during the 18-month reporting period and also made millions from the sale of Boeing and Facebook. On the other side of the ledger, Mr Trump has at least $265m in debt, including mortgages on Trump Tower, 40 Wall Street and Trump National Doral golf course that fall into the "over $50 million" category. He pays fixed interest ranging from 4% to 7.125%, while other loans are pegged to market rates (which are currently lower). 5. Donald makes money being Donald Although most of Mr Trump's income derives from his real estate and golf ventures, Mr Trump also makes plenty of money just being himself. He earned $1.75m in speaking fees since May 2014, including three $450,000 speeches for ACN, a marketing company specialising in "home-based business". That compares favourably with $75,000 rate for Republican Jeb Bush and the up to $325,000 a speech Democrat Hillary Clinton has pulled in. Mr Trump has written 14 books, but most of them aren't doing much for his bottom line. But his biggest best-seller, The Art of the Deal, still earned him at least $15,000, and Time to Get Tough - a 2011 political manifesto - made Mr Trump between $50,001 and $100,000. Mr Trump also brought in $14,222 in salary from starring in the NBC television programme The Apprentice, and his operation of the Miss Universe beauty pageant made him about $3.4m. NBC has since cut ties with Mr Trump on both projects. All in all, Mr Trump's income over the last 18 months from all sources amounts to at least $431m. Perhaps Russ Choma of Mother Jones put it best when he pointed out that Mr Trump made more money selling Serta mattresses - a deal since terminated - than twice the total net worth of fellow Republican presidential hopeful Senator Marco Rubio of Florida.

रिपब्लिकन राष्ट्रपति पद के उम्मीदवार डोनाल्ड ट्रम्प बहुत अमीर हैं। और अब, पिछले 18 महीनों में उनके हाल ही में जारी किए गए संघीय चुनाव आयोग (एफ. ई. सी.) के वित्तीय प्रकटीकरण प्रपत्रों की बदौलत, हमारे पास उस व्यक्ति और उनके वित्तीय क्षेत्र के बारे में कुछ नई जानकारी है।


The beauty contest winner making Japan look at itself

Summary: At first sight even I am a little confused by Ariana Miyamoto. She is tall and strikingly beautiful. But the first thing that pops in to my head when I meet the newly crowned Miss Universe Japan is that she doesn't look very Japanese.

By Rupert Wingfield-HayesBBC News, Tokyo In just two years here I have clearly absorbed a lot of the local prejudices about what it means to be "Japanese". My confusion lasts only until Ariana opens her mouth. Suddenly everything about her shouts out that she is Japanese, from the soft lilting tone of her voice, to her delicate hand gestures and demure expression. Well of course she is. Ariana was born in Japan and has lived here all her life. She knows little of her father's home back in Arkansas in the United States. But to many Japanese, and I really do mean many, Ariana Miyamoto is not Japanese. Not fully anyway. Ariana is what is known in Japan as a "hafu", taken from the English word "half". To me the word sounds derogatory. But when I ask her Ariana surprises me by defending the term, even embracing it. "If it was not for the word hafu, it would be very hard to describe who I am, what kind of person I am in Japan," she says. "If I say I am 'Japanese' the reply would be: 'No, you can't be'. People will not believe that. But if I say I am 'hafu', people agree. There is no word like hafu outside Japan, but I think we need it here. In order for us mixed kids to live in Japan, it is indispensible and I value it." In Japan the reaction to Ariana's victory has been oddly muted. While the international media are trooping to her door every day, the Japanese media has largely ignored her. "I feel that I have more attention from outside of Japan," she says. "I have more interviews with non-Japanese media compared to Japanese media. When I am walking down the street, no Japanese will come up to me, but I get lots of congratulations from non-Japanese tourists." On social media the reaction has been mixed, with many Japanese expressing support and joy. But others have been much less pleasant, even hostile. "Is it ok to select a hafu as Miss Japan," one person wrote on twitter. "It makes me uncomfortable to think she is representing Japan," wrote another. In much of the rest of the world identity is no longer defined by the way you look. There are white, black, Asian and Chinese Britons, just as there are any number of different sorts of Americans. But Japan still clings to a very narrow definition of what it means to be "Japanese". In part that is because this is still such an extraordinarily homogenous society. Immigrants make up just one per cent of Japan's population, and most of those are from Korea and China. Centuries of isolation have also imbued Japan with a sense of separateness. Many people here genuinely believe Japanese are unique, even genetically separate from the rest of us. When my (Japanese) wife got pregnant, one of her friends congratulated her with the words: "It's not easy for us Japanese to get pregnant with a foreigner". I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Of course this myth is complete nonsense. Japanese are an ethnic hotch-potch, the result of different migrations over thousands of years, from the Korean peninsula, China and South East Asia. But the myth is strong, and that makes being different here hard. Growing up in a small city in western Japan, Ariana experienced it at first hand. Her best friend at school killed himself in part because he couldn't face being treated as an outsider all the time. "We used to talk a lot about how hard it was to be hafu," she says. "He wanted to talk about why we are excluded from others three days before he died. "He used to say it was very difficult for him to live. He could not speak any English. People used to wonder why he did not speak any English despite his looks - he looked very foreign to them." Ariana's victory is, perhaps, a sign that Japan is finally, slowly starting to change. That is certainly what she hopes, and that her newfound fame may help other hafu children. "I think the Japanese like to stereotype. But I think we need to change that," she says. "There will be more and more international marriages and there will be more mixed kids in the future. So I believe we need to change the way of thinking for those kids, for their future." She is certainly right about that. Ariana Miyamoto is part of growing trend in Japan. One in 50 new babies born here are now biracial, 20,000 babies a year. Japan is changing. Now how will it react if Ariana Miyamoto lifts the Miss Universe crown?

पहली नजर में मैं भी एरियाना मियामोतो से थोड़ा उलझन में हूँ। वह लंबी और आश्चर्यजनक रूप से सुंदर है। लेकिन जब मैं नव ताज पहनाई गई मिस यूनिवर्स जापान से मिलती हूँ तो सबसे पहली बात जो मेरे दिमाग में आती है वह यह है कि वह बहुत जापानी नहीं दिखती है।


Guernsey online tax returns to be default

Summary: Guernsey States has agreed a move to make online, rather than paper, tax returns the standard for individuals in the island.

It means online returns will be the default option, although paper returns will be available on request. Treasury and Resources Minister Gavin St Pier said about 40,000 paper tax returns were sent out annually. He said online filing would save money, was more environmentally friendly and more efficient. The States also agreed companies would be expected to file tax returns online, with exceptions allowed to submit paper forms at the discretion of the Income Tax director.

ग्वेर्नसे स्टेट्स द्वीप में व्यक्तियों के लिए कागज के बजाय ऑनलाइन कर रिटर्न को मानक बनाने के लिए सहमत हो गया है।


Profile: Abu Bakar Ba'asyir

Summary: For the past four decades, radical Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir has been in and out of jail, repeatedly accused of supporting terrorism. But the 72-year-old has insisted he is just a simple preacher.

According to many people, both in Indonesia and abroad, Ba'asyir is or was the spiritual leader of Jemaah Islamiah (JI), a shadowy group with links to al-Qaeda. He has voiced support for al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, though he denied having personal links with him or with any terrorist group. In March 2005, he was jailed for conspiracy over the 2002 Bali bombings, in which 202 people died - but his conviction was eventually quashed on appeal. In June this year judges jailed him for 15 years for supporting a militant training camp. It is the longest sentence he has yet received, but analysts are already questioning what effect it will have, because he can still preach his message from his jail cell. School founder Born in 1938, in East Java, Ba'asyir has spent decades teaching religion, and became influential among radical Muslims in South East Asia during the 1970s. The consistent theme of his teachings has been that Islamic communities are the necessary pre-condition for setting up an Islamic state. In 1972, he co-founded the Al-Mukmin Islamic boarding school in Ngruki, Central Java, with Abdullah Sangkar. Many graduates of the school have been implicated in Islamist militant attacks, and the International Crisis Group describes the school as the "Ivy League" for recruits to Jemaah Islamiah. In the late 1970s, he was jailed for subversion by authoritarian leader Suharto after he was accused of promoting an Islamic state. He later fled to Malaysia and lived in exile to avoid additional jail time, only returning to Indonesia following the fall of Suharto in 1998. Almost immediately he renewed his campaign for Indonesia to become a strict Sharia state. 'Evil conspiracy' Following the Bali bombings in 2002, Ba'asyir was arrested and accused in connection with a number of bomb attacks, including the attack on the Marriott Hotel in Jakarta in 2003, which killed 14 people. He was even accused of planning the assassination of Megawati Sukarnoputri, Indonesia's former president. But prosecutors struggled to make any of the charges stick. In October 2004, he was charged with involvement in the Bali and Marriott Hotel attacks. After a trial, judges ruled that he had not been directly involved in the attacks, but he had given his approval. He was sentenced to 30 months in jail for being part of an "evil conspiracy". Charges related to the Marriott attack were dismissed. He was released in June 2006, and had his conviction overturned by the Supreme Court six months later. The cleric has repeatedly denied all the charges against him, as well as any link with JI, and condemned the Bali bombing as a "brutal act". In May 2010, Ba'asyir returned to the spotlight when officers raided the headquarters of the Jemaah Ansharut Tauhid (JAT) - a group he had established in 2008. Three JAT members were arrested and accused of having links to a militant training camp in Aceh. The Aceh group - which included members of most of Indonesia's high-profile militant groups - was accused of plotting to form a militia capable of attacking high-level government targets, as a prelude to forming an Islamic state. On 9 August 2010, Ba'asyir was arrested in West Java by anti-terror police and accused of having links to the Aceh camp. He was convicted of providing funding to the camp and playing an active part in setting it up. He has always insisted he has no links with the training camp, and JAT has denied any connection to extremism, insisting it is a legitimate Islamic organisation.

पिछले चार दशकों से कट्टरपंथी मुस्लिम मौलवी अबू बकर बसीर जेल के अंदर और बाहर रहे हैं, जिन पर बार-बार आतंकवाद का समर्थन करने का आरोप लगाया गया है। लेकिन 72 वर्षीय ने जोर देकर कहा है कि वह सिर्फ एक साधारण उपदेशक हैं।


'Shield Girl': The face of Hong Kong's anti-extradition movement

Summary: She has been the face of large Hong Kong protests against a controversial extradition bill. But the young woman, who came to be known as "Shield Girl", tells the BBC that she will fight on despite the bill's indefinite suspension.

By Grace TsoiBBC News, Hong Kong Darkness had fallen. Crowds were thinning. A lone girl, in a meditative pose, defiantly sat in front of a row of riot police. It has become an iconic image from the Hong Kong demonstrations. "Bravery in the face of brutality. Beautiful," wrote an observer on Twitter. "The innocence of youth and the riot shields of the authority," wrote Hong Kong-based Irish journalist Aaron Mc Nicholas. Dubbed "Shield Girl", she even inspired this artwork from one of China's leading dissident artists Badiucao. Her name is Lam Ka Lo. The 26-year-old came to the Admiralty district by herself, where the government headquarters are located, on Tuesday night, hours ahead of a rally organised by Civil Human Rights Front. There were hundreds of protesters with her at that spot, but more and more police officers in full riot gear arrived. "No one really dared to stand so close to the line of police officers," she said, adding that she did not fear police but worried that other protesters might be injured. She started meditating and chanting the Om mantra when tension was running high. "I just wanted to send my positive vibes," she said. "But protesters also hurled insults at the police. At that moment, I just wanted fellow protesters to sit next to me and not to chide them." But the young woman doesn't want to be the face of the protests. "I don't want attention," Lam said. "But if people think that it was moving to see me sit down in front of the police, I hope more people would be encouraged to be braver, to express themselves." Meditating and anger Lam's calmness is largely owed to her practice of meditation. An avid traveller, Lam has visited more than a dozen countries in Asia, Latin America, North America and Europe. She dabbled in meditation during her trip to Nepal four years ago - when the country was rattled by a deadly earthquake. The young woman says she's a naturally emotional person, but meditation has helped her be more mindful of her feelings and achieve inner peace. But Lam, who spent every single day in the streets during the 79-day Umbrella Movement in 2014, was not emotionally prepared by the dramatic showdown between police officers and protesters on Wednesday afternoon. "I do feel a bit of hatred because some students were injured by police," she said, adding that she was not at the protest site when the violence unfolded on Wednesday. "We are only human to have feelings." The young woman says, however, the protest movement should not alienate police officers and still believes non-violence is the way to achieve the goal of the protesters. "Violence doesn't solve anything." Fight on On Saturday, the protesters scored what is being seen as a major concession. Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said the extradition bill would be shelved, and no timetable for its re-introduction given. But Lam Ka Lo remains defiant. "I don't see it as a success." She wants to see the bill withdrawn, the Wednesday clashes not categorised as riot, and the release of arrested protesters. She urges her fellow protesters to continue their fight and join the march on Sunday. "Come with your friends and family. Come in groups. Express yourselves in your own ways. I used meditation, but it doesn't mean it's the only way. Everyone can protest creatively and meaningfully."

वह एक विवादास्पद प्रत्यर्पण विधेयक के खिलाफ हांगकांग के बड़े विरोध प्रदर्शनों का चेहरा रही हैं। लेकिन युवा महिला, जिसे "शील्ड गर्ल" के नाम से जाना जाने लगा, बीबीसी को बताती है कि वह विधेयक के अनिश्चितकालीन निलंबन के बावजूद लड़ती रहेगी।


Distrust of Chinese milk persists despite Fonterra case

Summary: China's state media appear to be trying to capitalise on the health scare involving the New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra to boost consumer confidence in domestic brands. But judging from online reaction, few Chinese parents have been convinced.

By Qiang ZhangBBC Monitoring Fonterra's admission that, due to a production fault, some batches of its products contain bacteria that can cause botulism has attracted immense attention from users of China's vibrant social media platforms, particularly the Twitter-like weibo microblogs. There has been a lot of anger and disillusionment from those parents who have spent a fortune on foreign milk formula to minimise health risks for their babies. Weibo user "Yaya Niur" wrote: "I have always been careful with milk powder and have never bought domestic products. Upon realizing that I've still fallen victim, I'm speechless with anger! Sorry baby, mummy has failed to protect you." "Miaoxiaojin" said: "Now that even imported milk formulas are problematic, I wonder whose products we can trust." State media appears to see Fonterra's plight as an opportunity for Chinese milk producers to win back public confidence, most of which was lost after melamine-laced milk powders killed at least six babies in China in 2008. The People's Daily, the Communist Party's most authoritative mouthpiece, printed the Fonterra story as its top headline on the front page of its overseas edition, setting out the authorities' efforts to prevent the tainted products from entering the Chinese market, and warning consumers not to "blindly trust" foreign brands. 'Negligence' But the media's criticism of foreign milk brands triggered a backlash from Chinese netizens. "Miss Feng Mum" said: "Chinese propaganda is belittling foreign milk powder in order to boost domestic brands. But who will trust those deceptive domestic producers?" "Chauvet_Zhao" wrote: "Foreign producers carry out preventive recalls, but domestic companies get exposed only when their milk powder kills people." "Model Brother II" said: "Foreign milk products get contaminated due to negligence, which is equivalent to 'manslaughter'. Domestic producers intentionally add melamine to milk powder, which is 'intentional murder'." Some netizens even suggested that Fonterra's revelations showed the company's conscience and sense of responsibility. "Liuchen Xingyu" said: "It is better than concealing the problem. It is most terrible when the government helps cover up scandals." "Taoziyuan" wrote: "There are no companies in China that are so conscientious as to reveal their own shortcomings. Such is the difference between China and New Zealand." Pastures new Some Chinese media outlets have also acknowledged the fact that Chinese dairy producers may not be in the best position to take advantage of the Fonterra milk scare. Song Liang, a dairy industry expert, told Shanghai's Diyi Caijing Ribao newspaper: "It will be a lengthy process for domestic dairy products to gain consumers' trust." "This case may be good for the domestic dairy industry, but the biggest beneficiary will probably be dairy exporters from countries other than New Zealand," he said. On weibo, unofficial Chinese dairy traders based in Europe and North America are already reporting an upsurge in inquiries from mothers in China anxious to find alternative milk sources. A UK-based Chinese trader wrote on his microblog: "We only sell Aptamil and Cow & Gate from Britain. Europe, especially the UK, conducts the strictest food safety tests." "Ye Xiaorao", a parent in Anhui Province, exclaimed on weibo: "Last night, we urgently switched to a European milk powder for our baby daughter. God, it's been such torment for us parents!" BBC Monitoring reports and analyses news from TV, radio, web and print media around the world. For more reports from BBC Monitoring, click here. You can follow BBC Monitoring on Twitter and Facebook.

ऐसा प्रतीत होता है कि चीन का राज्य मीडिया घरेलू ब्रांडों में उपभोक्ता विश्वास बढ़ाने के लिए न्यूजीलैंड के डेयरी दिग्गज फोंटेरा से जुड़े स्वास्थ्य के डर को भुनाने की कोशिश कर रहा है। लेकिन ऑनलाइन प्रतिक्रिया को देखते हुए, कुछ चीनी माता-पिता आश्वस्त हुए हैं।


Iraq protests: What's behind the anger?

Summary: While in the past few years protests in Iraq have become common, the latest wave of unrest which has reportedly left over 100 people dead and thousands more injured could mark a dangerous turning point.

By Renad MansourResearch Fellow, Chatham House Iraqis are not simply calling for the downfall of a leader or political party. Instead, they are calling for the end of a political system which has existed since the US-led invasion toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003 - a system which, they argue, has failed them. They specifically point to the way government appointments are made on the basis of sectarian or ethnic quotas (a system known as muhassasa), rather than on merit. Aggrieved Iraqis say this has allowed Shia, Kurdish, Sunni and other leaders to abuse public funds, enrich themselves and their followers and effectively pillage the country of its wealth with very little benefit to most citizens. Coming to power last year, Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi's government of technocrats promised a solution to the corruption and the gap between the elite and ordinary citizens. Almost one year in, he has proven unable and unwilling to truly push back against the political class. Instead, he has continued to cut deals with the same elite. After all, these leaders put him in power. And without a political party, this prime minister - a compromise candidate put in place by the two biggest competing Shia-led blocs - is at the behest of the political class more than any of his predecessors. Transformative moment These protests have led to a particularly dangerous environment. Some political figures who view themselves as the protectors of this system consider these protests to be existential threats. Unlike ever before in Baghdad, these leaders have turned to violence - using snipers and assassins - to target protesters and defend their system. Last year, during protests in Basra, security forces similarly fired on demonstrators leading to a swift end as protesters retreated, fearing for their lives. This year, in Baghdad and elsewhere, the protectors of the system are applying the lessons of Basra 2018. In the past, protests have usually erupted during the summer, when scorching heat and the government's inability to provide basic services - such as electricity or water - reaches a boiling point and Iraqis hit the streets. Ironically, this year, services have slightly improved, owed partly to heavy rainfall and a less intense summer. But reforms to the system remain a distant reality. Last weekend's demotion of Staff Lieutenant General Abdul-Wahab al-Saadi, who has become a legendary figure who led the fight against the Islamic State (IS) group, angered many Iraqis. They believed the national hero lost his job because of his efforts to fight corruption and the political class within his counter-terrorism service (CTS). And to them, if the hero who fought IS can't fight corruption and the political class, then who can? Sixteen years since regime change, Iraqis - and particularly the youth in the protests - are fed up with the façade of reform and with leaders who have learned to use the right words but are unwilling or unable to reform the system. Yet, these protests are largely leaderless and lack any organisational structure. They are unlikely to lead to systemic change or revolution. Instead, the protectors of the system will double down by using violence, suppression, and coercion, to limit freedoms of association and speech. This weekend's attacks on media outlets in Baghdad and the cutting of the internet are glimpses into this new environment. Therefore, while the protests and bloody response suggest a transformative moment, it may be towards an Iraq that is even more authoritarian. Renad Mansour is a Research Fellow at the Middle East and North Africa Programme and Director of the Iraq Initiative at Chatham House. He is also a Research Fellow at the American University of Iraq - Sulaimani (AUIS) and lectures at the University of Cambridge.

जबकि पिछले कुछ वर्षों में इराक में विरोध प्रदर्शन आम हो गए हैं, अशांति की नवीनतम लहर जिसमें कथित तौर पर 100 से अधिक लोग मारे गए हैं और हजारों घायल हुए हैं, एक खतरनाक मोड़ को चिह्नित कर सकती है।


Torrey Canyon oil in Guernsey quarry 'nearly' removed

Summary: The Guernsey quarry used to house the fallout from the Torrey Canyon oil disaster could be clean by the end of the year, Public Services has said.

Rob Roussel, senior project manager, said the bioremediation process was successfully breaking down the oil into carbon dioxide and water. He said the process was at the mercy of the weather, but would hopefully be complete by the end of next month. The oil was dumped in the quarry in the Vale after the tanker spill in 1967. The 974ft (297m) Torrey Canyon was carrying 100,000 tons of crude oil when it hit the UK's south-west coast. The shipwreck coated miles of Cornish beach in brown sludge with the pollution stretching from Hartland Point in North Devon to the Channel Islands and even the coast of Normandy.

सार्वजनिक सेवाओं ने कहा है कि टोरे कैन्यन तेल आपदा से होने वाले नुकसान के लिए इस्तेमाल की जाने वाली ग्वेर्नसे खदान साल के अंत तक साफ हो सकती है।