Viewpoint: 'Spend 4G cash on science'

Summary: In a viewpoint article, Imran Khan, director of the Campaign for Science and Engineering (CaSE) argues that the money from the 4G spectrum auction should be re-invested in science and technology - the sectors which spawned the advances that have led to the windfall.

By Imran KhanDirector, CaSE Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls has called for the forthcoming 4G spectrum auction to be spent on stimulating the economy by building new homes and paying for a stamp duty holiday. The auction could raise up to £4bn. But given that the financial crash was partly caused by a housing bubble in the first place, and that we desperately need to rebalance our economy towards being a high-tech one that's less reliant on debt, is it the best use of the windfall? We'd argue that the government should be looking at re-investing the proceeds in science and technology instead. We need to plan for the long-term, and the best argument for doing so comes from the history of this 4G technology. The spectrum auction is happening so that we can use existing radio frequencies to get even faster speeds for mobile internet. Those radio frequencies were first discovered by the British scientist James Clerk Maxwell, whose career would not have been possible without the UK's university system. Clerk Maxwell's work was then first commercialised here in the UK. The Italian entrepreneur Gugliemo Marconi received backing from the Post Office and then built the world's first radio factory in Chelmsford in 1898. Fast-forward a century, and it was British scientist Sir Tim Berners-Lee who invented the Web in 1990 - which has since driven big increases in smartphone ownership, and a huge part of the reason we need the faster speeds that 4G can offer. Once again, funding for Berners-Lee's work came out of the public purse rather than the private sector. Sustainable growth There are three big lessons that come out of this story. First, you need public investment to get radical advances in science and technology. Second, these advances benefit society - both by improving our quality of life, and by boosting the economy. It's estimated that the UK mobile telephony sector was worth £22bn even way back in 2003. And third, the investment gives you long-term, sustainable growth. Discovering and exploiting radio has created completely new technologies, markets, and jobs. We've benefited from similar technology revolutions in the past, and continue to do so now. For example, "blue skies", curiosity-driven research into lasers over 50 years ago now has applications in everything from DVD players to surgery. And the Human Genome Project led to advances in genetics which have put us at the beginning of a road to personalised healthcare. There are hundreds more examples, in everything from agriculture to transport. So not only would we not have the windfall if it weren't for investments in science and technology, but we'll be robbing ourselves of future windfalls if we don't reinvest the money in research and innovation now. If we want more people to be able to afford houses in the long-run, a two-year tax holiday for home-buyers isn't the way to do it. Instead, we need to create more wealth in the economy at large. And for the UK, that wealth isn't going to come from digging things out of the ground or competing on cheap labour. We need a high-tech, modern economy that can compete with the world's emerging giants. Road ahead So how do we get there? Firstly, we'll need a more scientifically literate workforce, so let's put more cash into hiring science and maths teachers. We'll also need to be producing the kind of top-quality research and scientists that the world's top companies want to work with, so we could pay for the world's best network of scientific facilities and academics to be built here. And we need radically new ways of funding scientific businesses, who are consistently let down by our banking and investment system which values quick wins over long-term growth. We could create new challenge prizes (like the Ansari 'X' Prize) and agencies which deliberately drive innovation (like Darpa in the US). All of this, and much more, could be achieved for the same £4bn that Ed Balls is proposing to use for a two-year boost for housing. Later this month, the Campaign for Science and Engineering (CaSE) and Nesta are releasing a joint report which will show exactly how. So our message to Mr Balls is simple - you're on the right track. But instead of paying for paying for a short-term uptick in the property market, back science and technology and utterly revolutionise the UK economy for decades to come. Imran Khan is the director of the Campaign for Science and Engineering (CaSE), an independent advocate for science and engineering in the UK

एक दृष्टिकोण लेख में, कैम्पेन फॉर साइंस एंड इंजीनियरिंग (सी. ए. एस. ई.) के निदेशक इमरान खान का तर्क है कि 4जी स्पेक्ट्रम नीलामी से प्राप्त धन को विज्ञान और प्रौद्योगिकी में फिर से निवेश किया जाना चाहिए-जिन क्षेत्रों ने प्रगति को जन्म दिया है जिनके कारण अप्रत्याशित गिरावट आई है।


Selling South Korea: No 'sparkling' brand image

Summary: Word association games are easier with some places than others.

By Lucy WilliamsonBBC News, Seoul Japan: sushi, cherry blossom and Mount Fuji. America: hamburgers and Hollywood. Paris: romance, croissants and the Eiffel Tower. Now try with South Korea. If you are struggling to get past economic powerhouse and computer chips, you are not alone. South Korea's government has been trying to change the country's international image - or rather its lack of one - for years. And even those involved - like Peter Kim, brand manager for the Seoul government - admit it has been a tough sell. "We're among the world's 13 largest economies," he said. "But we still don't have our own unique brand." Partly, he said, that is because for the past 50 years, South Korea has been focused on building the country, not marketing it. But now it is starting to think about its national brand, it is facing some unique challenges. 'Two Koreas' "It's hard, because we share the name 'Korea' with North Korea,'' said Cho Hyun-jin, from the president's foreign media team. ''And there are still many people in the world who don't even realise there are two Koreas.'' North Korea - led until last month by Kim Jong-il - is a country associated with food shortages, political repression and an ongoing nuclear weapons programme - issues that help make it a regular feature on global news channels. "Do you know who the most famous Korean is?" one senior marketing official said gloomily over coffee one morning. "It's Kim Jong-il. That's what we're dealing with in branding this country." But some officials, like Mr Cho, believe the country's image has been tarnished by the culture of its allies too. In particular, a popular American television drama set during the Korean War called M*A*S*H*. "Many people think Britain has the best intelligence agency just because of James Bond," Mr Cho explained. "In M*A*S*H* Korea was portrayed as worn-down, third-world: a hopeless country." That image was not helped by decades of violent demonstrations, coups and military dictatorship, as the country made its way to democracy. Public makeover Now, said Mr Cho, things have changed. "There's been a major image shift. Now it's Samsung products, Korean pop bands, and [the Manchester United footballer] Park Ji-sung." And there has been a public makeover to match. Over the past few years, a flurry of marketing campaigns describing South Korea - and its capital city, Seoul - as "sparkling", "dynamic", "infinitely yours" and the "Soul of Asia" have appeared on billboards and TV channels around the world. A new Presidential Council on Nation Branding has been created. And the Seoul city government has ploughed in $100m (£64m) over the past few years to promote the nation's capital abroad. But despite the extensive advertising campaigns, South Korea still seems to have a much weaker national image than many other countries, at least outside Asia. Dr Charlotte Horlyck, a specialist in Korean art history at London's School of Oriental and African Studies, said the marketing is often unsuccessful because there is no clear message. "There are too many conflicting images which keep changing all the time, as governments and policies change," she said. "So there's no consistent image that people conjure up in their minds when they think about Korea." Take the slogan "Korea, Sparkling". "It doesn't make any sense because it's not easy to interpret - what is sparkling? Is it the people? The springs? The brand has to be very easy to understand," she said. Mr Cho agrees that there needs to be more co-ordination between South Korea's different marketing agencies. "We need to be more selective in what we're going to sell out of Korea," he said. "And more strategic in promoting it." 'Let people decide' In fact, branding often works best when consumers themselves decide what's iconic, said a senior marketing official at one of South Korea's most recognised international companies. Fiona Bae, deputy PR manager at Hyundai Capital & Hyundai Card, said people respond when they are offered access to a new culture, not told what to like about it. Hyundai Card recently worked with New York's Museum of Modern Art to put together a collection of new Korean designers. "What we found very interesting was that the products the MoMA people picked weren't necessarily things we would have picked,'' she said. ''That's one key thing we learned about branding Korea: let people outside Korea decide for themselves what they like.'' But according to one insider, the slogans and images for at least one recent government-funded campaign were chosen by a handful of South Korean experts - most of them male, and all of them over 40. Foreign consumers were only asked their opinion after the decision had been made, he said. To be fair, many of South Korea's campaigns to date have been primarily about attracting tourists, for example, rather than the wider issue of national image. And according to Simon Anholt, that is all you can hope for. Mr Anholt works as a policy advisor on these issues to national governments. National branding itself, he said, is doomed to failure from the start. You can advertise your country to tourists, he said, but not actively 'brand' it. ''Branding is something that happens in the consumer's mind." 'Turning point' Mr Anholt publishes a global index of national brands each year. That survey showed that people largely do not change their minds about other countries and if they do, they do so very slowly. ''National image is not created - or much affected by - the media," he said. And yet, South Korea has gradually been creeping up his index from its original place near the bottom of the list. "Korea's image is improving, because Korea is improving," he said. "It's getting richer and more confident." "It's also starting to understand that reputation is something you earn, not something you construct. It's started doing things, rather than saying things," he added. Nothing, perhaps, illustrates that theory better than the G20 summit, held in Seoul in 2010. The Presidential Council on Nation Branding said that the summit increased awareness of South Korea by almost 17%, and "likeability" by around 3.5% - making it one of the country's most successful 'marketing' events. "The G20 was a turning point," said Mr Cho. "Korea moved from being a follower of the international agenda to being an agenda-setter. We're part of it now." Mr Anholt agreed. "My only criticism is that they're still constantly publicizing the fact they want a better image,'' he said. ''The first rule of propaganda is that, if you're going to do a number on people, you shouldn't warn them you're about to do it."

वर्ड एसोसिएशन गेम कुछ स्थानों पर दूसरों की तुलना में आसान होते हैं।


Batman filming goes ahead in Liverpool lockdown

Summary: While Liverpool faces the strictest lockdown in England, it hasn't stopped filming going ahead in the city.

Robert Pattinson and Colin Farrell were spotted outside St George's Hall on Tuesday filming for the new Batman movie. The Batman is due for release in 2022, with spots in the city being used by director Matt Reeves to represent Gotham. Filming originally started in January but was delayed due to the pandemic. Follow Newsbeat on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Listen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 weekdays - or listen back here.

जबकि लिवरपूल को इंग्लैंड में सबसे सख्त लॉकडाउन का सामना करना पड़ता है, इसने शहर में फिल्मांकन करना बंद नहीं किया है।


Magid Magid: 'I don't intend to try to fit in'

Summary: Magid Magid made quite an impression as he arrived for his first day at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Wearing a baseball cap and a T-shirt bearing an anti-fascist slogan, the newly elected MEP said he was asked to leave the building .

Who is Mr Magid and what barriers has the 30-year-old Somali refugee from Sheffield overcome to end up as a Green Party MEP? "I know I'm visibly different. I don't have the privilege to hide my identity. I'm BLACK & my name is Magid. I don't intend to try fit in. Get used to it!" This was Mr Magid's response to being asked to leave the European Parliament building by someone he said he believed to be an official. While the European Parliament said no member of staff was involved, Mr Magid - one of six MEPs for Yorkshire and the Humber - said the incident "says a lot about what people think the stereotypical politician is meant to look like". And it's hard to argue he doesn't have a point - of the new European Parliament's 751 members, less than a dozen are black. To the people of Sheffield, where Mr Magid recently finished a year as the city's Lord Mayor, his straight talking will have come as no surprise. From his eye-catching style - Dr Martens and baseball caps coupled with the 18-carat gold chain of office - to his back story - the Somali refugee who came to the UK aged five - he was nothing like the stereotypical image of a Lord Mayor. During his 12 months in office he hit the headlines time and again, most notably for "banning" US President Donald Trump from Sheffield. Born in Burao, in northern Somalia, Mr Magid and his family left the war-torn country in 1994 in search of "a better life". After six months in a refugee camp in Ethiopia, the family - his mother and five older siblings - settled in Burngreave in Sheffield. He went to Sheffield's Fir Vale School, where he said he was "just like your average child", before studying aquatic zoology at the University of Hull. Mr Magid ran a digital marketing business before being elected as a councillor in 2016, and was appointed Lord Mayor last year. The role is a ceremonial one, but Mr Magid was determined he would be remembered as more than just a figurehead shaking hands at church fetes. Asked if he set out to shake things up, he said his very existence in local government was "radical to a lot of people". But Mr Magid said he would sooner face the flak - things were thrown at his official car and he was sent racist hate mail and death threats - than stay silent. "As long as I am making people feel something, connect or engage, even if that is calling me [names], at least I'm evoking some interest in the role and people are caring," he said. His approach to the role polarised public opinion. The Lord Mayor's stance on Mr Trump prompted some to say they were "embarrassed" to admit they were from Sheffield, while others accused him of abusing his position. More acerbic comments were aired in a series of letters to the local newspaper, shortly after his appointment. One reader said he represented "everything that is wrong with our once great city", while another said the role should be "reserved to a person of white, English descent". Mr Magid readily acknowledges he is "not everyone's cup of tea". "People really either love me or they hate me, but either way they've got a passionate opinion," he said. Speaking in May, Mr Magid said he keeps a message on his phone from a Somali refugee living in Austria who said she had been inspired by him to stand in her local elections. His story also reached pupils at Crocker Farm Elementary in Amherst, Massachusetts. Classroom assistant Jean Fay said two youngsters, one from Sri Lanka and the other from Cape Verde, had spent time researching his rise. "The students were excited that someone so young like them, someone who is an immigrant like them, who speaks a different language like them, can be someone who is elected by a large group of people and can make a difference in the world," she said. "Seeing someone like Magid, who they can relate to, makes them believe this is possible." Closer to home, in Burngreave, the deprived part of Sheffield where Magid grew up, he has been hailed a "hero" by Safiya Saeed. She is the founder of community group Big Brother Burngreave, which, among other things, aims to divert teenagers from violent crime. She said young people in her group, originally from places including Somalia, Yemen, Ethiopia and Congo, could relate to the fact Mr Magid had endured racism and prejudice. "For many of them, for many of their parents, politics is not something they engage with, but Magid has made it fashionable," Ms Saeed said. "He's shown you can wear your own gear and trainers - you don't have to be in a suit. "That's real for them. It's shown them [politics] is no longer just a white person's position." In the view of Kate Dommett, a senior lecturer in the public understanding of politics at the University of Sheffield, Mr Magid's actions "completely redefined" the role of Lord Mayor. "There have always been very minimal expectations about what the mayor in Sheffield did, but he came in and just immediately challenged those expectations, behaving in a very, very different way," she said. "It's quite unprecedented for essentially a local councillor who has only ceremonial powers to have that kind of national profile, and he's built that out of nothing." Sheffield youth councillors Joanna Hall, 15, and Jude Smith, 14, said previous Lord Mayors did not stand out and largely failed to listen to young people. "We've had real difficulty getting through to people in power," said Joanna. "There have been a lot of people that are just there for show." Jude, who says he chats with Mr Magid on Instagram, said: "I have mates who were disinterested in politics who have now jumped into it because of him. "I think he's been a massive beacon of hope."

स्ट्रासबर्ग में यूरोपीय संसद में अपने पहले दिन पहुंचने पर मैगिड मैगिड ने काफी प्रभाव डाला। बेसबॉल टोपी और फासीवाद विरोधी नारे वाली टी-शर्ट पहने हुए, नवनिर्वाचित एम. ई. पी. ने कहा कि उन्हें इमारत छोड़ने के लिए कहा गया था।


Daily Post newspaper stops sales outside north Wales

Summary: The Daily Post newspaper will no longer be sold outside north Wales.

Trinity Mirror, which owns the paper, said only about 80 copies were sent to south Wales every day and all were in the Cardiff area. The firm said the move was largely down to a change in the habits of readers, who could still access the paper online or on its mobile app and tablet forms. The Welsh government said it was concerned by the announcement as a sign of declining media presence in Wales. The newspaper group stopped sending papers outside of north Wales on 18 January. A letter to its readers said the Daily Post had successfully moved into new publishing arenas, with the launch of its e-editions and mobile apps. Declining media "These have already proved extremely successful, and the continued and growing development of our content in digital format has enabled the Post to grow its audience across multiple platforms, in line with the requirements of readers who - while they may still enjoy printed newspapers - often find that mobile-compatible formats fit more readily with their busy lives," the letter said. "Therefore, in line with the trend of readership migration to our other platforms, we believe the time is now appropriate to call a halt to the daily deliver of a small number of Daily Post newspapers available on sale in Cardiff." Mike Unger, former editor of the Daily Post, told BBC's Good Morning Wales programme he was disappointed at the news. "I am a bit sad because although it's available on the e-edition and on your mobile phone and things like that, people still prefer the paper," he said. "I'm told it's less than 100 copies, but they are 100 influential copies. They are the people in the councils, the Welsh assembly, the authorities and the elected members for north Wales. "It does matter because they need to know what's really going on in their patch." A Welsh government spokesman told BBC Radio Cymru's Post Cyntaf programme: "Although the Welsh government has no direct responsibility in relation to the newspaper industry in Wales we are concerned with this announcement, which could have an impact on an already declining media presence in Wales." The Daily Post was established 158 years ago and primarily reports on news and events in north Wales. Its sister publication - the Liverpool Daily Post - went weekly in 2011 and closed in December after nearly 160 years publication.

डेली पोस्ट अखबार अब उत्तरी वेल्स के बाहर नहीं बेचा जाएगा।


North Wales Fire and Rescue Service agrees budget cuts

Summary: Fire crews in north Wales are to stop rescuing large animals and reduce the number of times they attend false alarms in a bid to balance the books.

North Wales Fire and Rescue Authority set its 2015-16 budget on Monday. The authority has agreed to cut four management posts, as well as cuts to some services and using reserve cash, to pass its £32.1m budget. There had been fears hundreds of firefighters could go as part of budget cuts over the next five years.

उत्तरी वेल्स में अग्निशमन दल को बड़े जानवरों को बचाना बंद करना है और किताबों को संतुलित करने के लिए झूठे अलार्म में भाग लेने की संख्या को कम करना है।


Middlesbrough ex-teacher sentenced for indecent images

Summary: A former deputy head teacher at a school in Middlesbrough has been handed a suspended prison sentence for possessing indecent images of children.

Richard Swinnerton admitted three charges at a previous hearing at Teesside Crown Court. He had resigned his post at St Clare's Catholic Primary School and none of the charges related to his time there. The 31-year-old, from Coulby Newham, has been sentenced to 10 months, suspended for two years. The court was told Swinnerton had suffered a "tragic fall from grace" and his reputation as a teacher was now in tatters. He was ordered to sign the sex offenders register and made subject to a sexual harm prevention order. The National Crime Agency said Swinnerton, who was arrested at his home in May, used the dark web to access the images and had 87 videos in the most serious category on a laptop computer.

मिडल्सब्रो के एक स्कूल में एक पूर्व उप प्रधान शिक्षक को बच्चों की अश्लील छवियां रखने के लिए निलंबित जेल की सजा सुनाई गई है।


70s Stonehenge - Sighthill stone circle under threat from planners

Summary: The phrase stone circle might well bring to mind somewhere like Stonehenge but it is probably not something you would expect to find in the Sighthill area of Glasgow. Its circle is not an ancient structure, it is just 34 years old, but its future is threatened by plans for development.

By Gillian SharpeBBC Scotland News The autumn equinox, which marks the changing of the seasons, will see a small band of pagans and others gather at Sighthill's stone circle for what could be a final farewell. With its remaining tower blocks still dominating the skyline and the constant background hum of the motorway, the site of a stone circle on top of a hill in Sighthill Park could be seen as a surprising one. It is said to be the first astronomically-aligned stone circle built in Britain for around 3,000 years. "I'd walked from Buchanan bus station. I could hear birds singing, you could see butterflies and bees and I thought, this is a nice place and then the stones appeared over the hill," says David Horton-McGlone, a Glasgow pagan speaking about his first sight of the circle. The stones themselves came from a quarry in Kilsyth and for some they have taken on a very special meaning. "You felt you were going back in time to an ancient period where you might find a priest walking up there, a druidic person of some sort," continues Mr Horton-McGlone. "You felt welcomed, you felt homely, the energy from the sun setting and it was just magical, so the stones just seem to create a vibe. "You feel relaxed when you're within the stones and get away from daily life - the daily struggle." The stones started out life more prosaically as part of a late-1970s job creation scheme. The idea for the circle was adapted and developed from the winning entry to a schools competition and a number of sites around the city were considered before it was decided that the skyline at Sighthill made it the ideal place to build. "We're standing here on the north side of the stone circle, over to the west we have the spire of Glasgow University through the mist," says Duncan Lunan, who led the original project. "In the north, if it was clear, we'd have a beautiful view here of the Campsies." . The 17 standing stones now look very much part of the Glasgow landscape - some daubed in graffiti. When they first arrived here in 1979, some of the stones were brought to the site by Royal Navy helicopter. Local schoolchildren were given the day off to watch and the whole event made news. "Very shortly afterwards," continues Mr Lunan, "we were denounced in the House of Commons as an example of how worthless the jobs creation scheme was and how it would all be done away with because the new Tory government was going to restore full employment." Phase two of the project was never completed and the spare stones still lie unused under a tree. The circle is not just a curiosity, but was designed to be a real contribution to what was a very live debate about what the ancients knew about the stars. Highly personal Every feature in the circle can be found at some ancient site and Duncan Lunan says they wanted to explore the idea that if the Sighthill circle was able to function as an observatory in the modern-day, how were the old sites any different? For others though, the stones are highly personal. At the foot of the centre stone is a small cross and flowers to remember Lily Forbes, a local woman who loved the park. When she died, aged 89, her family scattered her ashes there and her son still visits a few times a week. "She just loved the place," says Jack Forbes of his mother. "Two or three times a week I'm up here. I just get solitude and contentment, this is like a church to me. "I come here and I pray and I talk to my mum. That's why I'm so broken-hearted about this place getting taken away." There are plans for the whole area to change as part of a proposed regeneration scheme. The council says part of that is to create a better quality and slightly bigger park than is there at present. The land that the stones sit on would drop by four metres and that means they may have to move. Duncan Lunan says his understanding is that there is "no scope" for the circle to remain as it is. The council adds that it has made a commitment to look at other options for the stones and a public consultation to look at their future use and location is planned. If the stones themselves can be saved, Duncan Lunan says he would like to use them in a new project. Since a lot of the organised support has come from the druid and pagan communities he would like it to be something they felt at home with. "It will be a great wrench when it goes," he says. "There are lots of people for lots of different reasons to whom this circle means a great deal. If we can at least keep that spirit that will be good."

स्टोन सर्कल वाक्यांश शायद स्टोनहेंज की तरह कहीं दिमाग में लाए लेकिन यह शायद कुछ ऐसा नहीं है जो आपको ग्लासगो के सिथहिल क्षेत्र में मिलने की उम्मीद होगी। इसका वृत्त एक प्राचीन संरचना नहीं है, यह सिर्फ 34 साल पुराना है, लेकिन इसका भविष्य विकास की योजनाओं से खतरे में है।


Unilever buys hair care group Alberto Culver

Summary: Unilever is paying $3.7bn (£2.3bn) for hair care group Alberto Culver, adding the Tresemmé, VO5, and Simple personal products brands to its portfolio.

Anglo-Dutch Unilever already owns the Dove, Vaseline, Pond's and Sunsilk brands, and personal care products will now account for 30% of group turnover. US-based Alberto has operations in nine countries, including the UK, and employs about 2,700 people. Unilever chief Paul Polman said personal care was a key growth sector. "Personal care is a strategic category for Unilever and growing rapidly. Ten years ago it represented 20% of our turnover," Mr Polman said. "Bolt-on acquisitions such as Alberto Culver supplement organic growth and add powerful new brands to our portfolio," he said.

यूनिलीवर हेयर केयर ग्रुप अल्बर्टो कल्वर के लिए $3.7bn (£ 2.3bn) का भुगतान कर रहा है, अपने पोर्टफोलियो में ट्रेसेमे, वीओ5 और सिंपल पर्सनल प्रोडक्ट्स ब्रांड जोड़ रहा है।


Ethical Observer award: Welsh firm Babi Pur shortlisted

Summary: A company from Snowdonia has been shortlisted for retailer of the year in this year's Ethical Observer awards.

Babi Pur, based in Penrhyndeudraeth, is a family-run online retailer selling ethically-sourced products for babies. They include toys, clothes and washable nappies bought to fair trade standards and using only natural materials. Owner Peter Barton said: "We've been put forward by the public - so I guess our customers - and we're really, really pleased about it."

स्नोडोनिया की एक कंपनी को इस साल के एथिकल ऑब्जर्वर अवार्ड्स में रिटेलर ऑफ द ईयर के लिए चुना गया है।


The new Innovative Finance Isa: How risky will it be?

Summary: Until February this year, it all sounded terrific: A new Individual Savings Account (Isa), which instead of offering cash savers as little as 0.5% a year, would instead offer returns of up to 6%, tax-free.

By Brian MilliganPersonal Finance reporter Yippee! But just weeks before launch day in April, Lord Turner, the former boss of the Financial Services Authority, let off an intellectual grenade designed to inflict serious damage on the whole idea of what is known as Peer-to-Peer (P2P) lending. Speaking on Radio 4, he predicted that over the next five to ten years there would be huge losses for P2P lending platforms, which would make the banks look like "lending geniuses". He implied that, far from increasing their savings, hundreds of thousands of investors could end up losing their money instead. So what does the Innovative Finance Isa (IF Isa) involve? And how risky will it be? P2P lending Peer-to-Peer (P2P) lending simply means that, as an investor, you will be lending out your money - rather like being your own bank manager. The borrowers can be individuals - perhaps wanting cash for a new car or a house extension - or businesses. They pay the money back over time, with added interest. It all began ten years ago, when a platform called Zopa began matching up lenders and borrowers, without using a bank as an intermediary. But from 6 April 2016 the Innovative Finance Isa (IF Isa) will enable lenders to earn their interest free of income tax for the first time. "They're a half-way house between a cash Isa, which is safe, but very low return, and a stocks and shares Isa, which is a bit more racy, and where you carry more risk," says Christine Farnish, chair of the P2P Finance Association. Across all their Isas, investors will be able to put in up to £15,240 in the 2016/17 tax year, and £20,000 from April 2017. Those able to commit that amount to an IF Isa for a five year lock-in period could potentially earn up to £914 a year in interest. Return on £15,240 Cash Isa up to £355 a year (2.33%) IF Isa up to £914 a year (6%) How risky will IF Isas be? If all goes well, the people or businesses you lend to will pay you your money back, over time, with added interest. But Lord Turner accused the lending platforms - like Zopa, Funding Circle and Ratesetter - of not doing proper checks on their borrowers: What he called "kick the tyres type credit analysis." If your borrowers cannot repay, you will, in theory, lose your money. And unlike Cash Isas, that money will not be protected by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). So money put into an IF Isa looks more like an investment than savings. Furthermore critics argue that P2P lending has never really been tested, as most of it has grown up since the financial crisis. After 7 years of cheap money, a rise in interest rates or another economic shock could hit many people's ability to repay. Especially if businesses are "sub-prime" to start with. 'Relatively safe' But the lending platforms reject Lord Turner's arguments entirely. Funding Circle, which only lends to businesses, claims its processes are more rigorous than most banks. Ratesetter - a third of whose loans go to business - says its lending criteria are so strict that only one in five borrowers is approved. And as an investor, your loans are typically spread across hundreds of borrowers, minimising the risk. Zopa, which was founded in 2006, did live through the financial crisis. Default rates went up, meaning investors suffered lower interest payments, but no-one lost their original capital. In fact most P2P platforms also have contingency funds to protect investors from loan defaults - allowing them to boast that so far no investors have been left out of pocket. "You obviously are at risk of loan defaults, but so far the history is good," says Christine Farnish. "The platforms' annual default rates are between 2% and 3% - so actually it is relatively safe." Case Study: Hazel Muir Having trained as an astro-physicist, specialising in extra galactic matter, Hazel Muir tends to have an eye for long-distance detail. She calculates that over time an IF Isa will increase her annual returns by a factor of 12. Her own bank is offering just 0.5% interest on Cash Isas, while she expects to get 6% from an IF Isa. "I consider it to be medium risk," says the science writer from Tunbridge Wells. "There could be some contagion if things go wrong. To me it's all about eggs and baskets, and most of my savings are low risk." She is also furious with Lord Turner. "He didn't distinguish between lending to businesses and individuals. That led me to believe he had an agenda." Advice Most experts say it is not an investment suitable for everyone, and those who do decide to try it should start slowly. "Dip your toe into the water for the first time," says Danny Cox, investment expert with Hargreaves Lansdown. "Never over-commit to any one asset class, whether that be equities or fixed interest or anything else. And go with one of the bigger providers." He also advises that an interest rate that looks exceptionally high is likely to carry higher risk, so might be best avoided. Rebecca O'Keeffe, from the Glasgow-based provider Interactive Investor, warns people to understand who they are lending to, how their risk is diversified, and whether there are safety funds to protect them. From later this year, IF Isas will become even more complex, as they are extended to include debt-based crowdfunding - allowing investors to lend money, for example, to alternative energy projects. The government is consulting on whether to go even further, and allow Isa investors to put cash into equity-based crowdfunding too, although the regulator regards such investments as much more risky.

इस साल फरवरी तक, यह सब बहुत अच्छा लग रहा थाः एक नया व्यक्तिगत बचत खाता (ई. एस. ए.), जो प्रति वर्ष 0.5 प्रतिशत के रूप में कम नकद बचतकर्ताओं की पेशकश करने के बजाय, 6 प्रतिशत तक के कर-मुक्त रिटर्न की पेशकश करेगा।


Jersey schools to trial new computer clubs for pupils

Summary: Pupils in Jersey will be able to learn computer skills from technology experts during new after-school clubs.

There are pilot schemes at four secondary schools; Le Rocquier, Haute Vallee, Jersey College for Girls and Hautlieu School. The classes will be taught by staff from Jersey's information technology companies. The teenagers will learn a number of skills useful for a career in IT including programming and development. The education department E-Learning Manager, Jon Tarrant, said: "We are already talking to the British Computer Society in Jersey to find ways of building on this kind of IT learning in the future."

जर्सी में छात्र स्कूल के बाद के नए क्लबों के दौरान प्रौद्योगिकी विशेषज्ञों से कंप्यूटर कौशल सीख सकेंगे।


Council wants meeting over Shoreham ribbon removal

Summary: Ribbons tied to a bridge commemorating the victims of the Shoreham air disaster will remain in place until a meeting with grieving families is held, West Sussex County Council has said.

The victims' families had been told the ribbons would have to be removed due to "environmental concerns". But the council has now backtracked following complaints. The Shoreham toll bridge has become the focus of commemorations for the 11 people who died in the crash. Soon after a 1950s Hawker Hunter jet crashed on to the A27 on 22 August the toll bridge was covered with flowers from people paying their respects. These were eventually removed. Council leader Louise Goldsmith said: "We are listening to the friends and families about this extremely sensitive issue and would like to meet them to discuss a way forward. "The ribbon display will not come down before that meeting. We would ask members of the community to help pick up any ribbons that come off the bridge over the weekend." The victims:

वेस्ट ससेक्स काउंटी काउंसिल ने कहा है कि शोरहैम हवाई आपदा के पीड़ितों की याद में एक पुल से बंधे रिबन शोक संतप्त परिवारों के साथ एक बैठक होने तक बने रहेंगे।


House of Commons bullying claims: One woman's story

Summary: MPs are set to debate a major report into bullying and sexual harassment in the House of Commons. But one junior member of staff, who says she has experienced just such a culture within Westminster, has little confidence that anything will change.

By Victoria DerbyshirePresenter, BBC News "I think there's a kind of unspoken hierarchy between staff, [and that] whatever an MP says, goes," "Katie" tells the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme. "It's very much seen that Members are the priority, and everyone is there to serve their interests." "Katie", which isn't her real name, has worked in an administrative role alongside some of the lowest-paid House of Commons employees such as Parliamentary receptionists, bar staff and cleaning staff for around two years. She now works elsewhere in the Commons, and says mistreatment of junior staff occurs on a daily basis - and that "dealing with the abuse is just part of the job". MPs and other senior individuals treat her and her colleagues with "complete disdain" because they are not of "the same social ranking", she claims. 'Ran away in tears' Katie describes one occasion when a senior civil servant shouted in her face and called her stupid. "I could almost feel, kind of like the spit landing on my face he was so angry… I'd only been in the job a few months and it was so overwhelming, scary that I just didn't know how to deal with it." She ran to the ladies' toilets in tears. This was not the only time she felt belittled and intimidated. A peer in the House of Lords once asked her if she "even knew what Brexit was", she claims, while an MP said to her, "Don't you know who I am?" when she suggested he wear his Parliamentary security pass. Katie also claims that one MP is well-known for taking "great joy" in intimidating junior female members of staff, by stroking their hair and touching their lower back and shoulders - as though it is a "game". As far as she is aware no-one has complained about him because staff felt "it wasn't their place to say anything". In October, a report was published by Dame Laura Cox into bullying and sexual harassment in the Commons. It criticised a culture of "silence" in response to widespread cases of inappropriate touching, lewd language and intimidating behaviour. Katie says her colleagues have experienced this. "Quite often, members of staff that I know have gone to their managers to ask for advice and are just told to ignore it and carry on going," she says. "It's not worth the hassle. In any kind of dispute like that, an MP would have the upper hand anyway." The Commons Commission has backed setting up an independent body to investigate complaints, including historical ones. Conservative MP Andrea Leadsom, the leader of the House of Commons, told the Victoria Derbyshire programme she was "determined to allow for historic allegations to be both investigated and acted upon [and] for there to be independence in the sanctioning of Members of Parliament". A House of Commons spokeswoman said it was "committed to a robust effort to change the culture which has tolerated such abuses. "The staff of the House of Commons are essential to the functioning of democracy. We deeply regret that their diligence has at times been so poorly repaid." Sceptical of change Katie welcomes Dame Laura's report, although she says she did not give evidence to the inquiry as she did not feel it was "for people like her". A spokesperson for Dame Laura said she regrets that she felt unable to come forward. Katie has no confidence, however, that the report will lead to change. "I don't think any investigations will happen, I don't think any MP will face any consequences," she says, referring to their "air of superiority that they're above the rules". She believes John Bercow, the speaker of the House of Commons - whose job it is to oversee reform of the culture in Parliament - should "do the honourable thing" and resign. He has himself been accused of bullying - allegations which he denies. Mr Bercow has told friends he intends to stand down as Commons Speaker next summer, the BBC understands, but Katie believes he should leave the post now. She says: "How can anyone have confidence in a system that's being developed by people who've been accused of such actions themselves?" She's also critical of those MPs who want him to stay in his role until Brexit is complete, such as Labour's Margaret Beckett, who said negotiating a good Brexit "trumps bad behaviour". Katie says calling it "bad behaviour" undermines the bravery of those who have come forward to give evidence to Dame Laura. "The kind of constant bullying, driving people out of their jobs - it's horrendous, it's not just 'bad behaviour'," she says. "It's creating a workplace that's intolerable and where people are completely susceptible to abuse with no recourse for action." 'Not taken seriously' If this is to change, she says, so too must the culture of the Commons. "I think the idea of hierarchy is ingrained in all members of staff from day one," she says. "You learn that you're there to serve MPs, but that also means to not challenge them as well. "And so when this kind of behaviour is going on, that attitude still applies. "That attitude of not saying anything for fear of getting into trouble yourself or not being taken seriously is just pervasive, I would say." Follow the Victoria Derbyshire programme on Facebook and Twitter - and see more of our stories here.

सांसद हाउस ऑफ कॉमन्स में बदमाशी और यौन उत्पीड़न की एक बड़ी रिपोर्ट पर बहस करने के लिए तैयार हैं। लेकिन कर्मचारियों के एक कनिष्ठ सदस्य, जो कहती हैं कि उन्होंने वेस्टमिंस्टर के भीतर ऐसी संस्कृति का अनुभव किया है, उन्हें बहुत कम विश्वास है कि कुछ भी बदल जाएगा।


Peter Robinson: NI first minister leaves hospital

Summary: Northern Ireland's first minister Peter Robinson has been discharged from hospital four days after suffering a suspected heart attack.

Mr Robinson, 66, underwent a procedure at Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH) after becoming ill on Monday morning. The Democratic Unionist Party leader said on Twitter: "Happy to be discharged and back home. "Thanks to the wonderful RVH cardiac team - everyone a star." He added: "Many thanks to all who sent messages of support and encouragement in the last week. Your thoughts & prayers have been really appreciated."

उत्तरी आयरलैंड के प्रथम मंत्री पीटर रॉबिन्सन को संदिग्ध दिल का दौरा पड़ने के चार दिन बाद अस्पताल से छुट्टी दे दी गई है।


New bird flu: How bad is H10N8?

Summary: A new strain of bird flu has killed a woman in China.

By Michelle RobertsHealth editor, BBC News online Scientists say experts should be on alert in case the virus - H10N8 - could cause a pandemic.

चीन में बर्ड फ्लू के एक नए प्रकार से एक महिला की मौत हो गई है।


'Don't marry a woman who can't cook'

Summary: He's one of Nigeria's most influential and well-respected pastors in a country that is fervently religious , so when Pastor Enoch Adeboye speaks, people listen. Although sometimes a little later than intended.

By BBC TrendingWhat's popular and why In the past few days a YouTube video (which was posted over a year ago) has set digital tongues wagging. It began as a simple sermon from the pastor advising young people on marriage. But one line sparked a social media fire. "Don't marry a woman who can't cook," Pastor Adeboye said to rapturous applause. "A girl who cannot cook will not be a good wife." He went on to issue his decrees for those on the hunt for a husband too. "Don't marry a man who has no job…A man is to provide for the house, not the other way around." It's not clear who first shared the video or why it has resurfaced now. But it has been trending all week with more than 30,000 tweets, with it appears about equal numbers supporting or opposed to the pastor's advice. Many Nigerians have seen this as part of a larger conversation on feminism and as a manipulation of the bible to keep women in traditional gendered roles. But this is a country where religious traditions crosses over into much of every day life, including law. Even some who regarded themselves as the most progressive of tweeters, felt cooking was still very firmly in the woman's realm. But millions of women in Nigeria are now in work (48% of women work, that's not far behind the US or the UK with 56%) and they're caught up in that gap between tradition and a modern way of life. Cooking is seen as unmasculine. Nigerians take their pastors as seriously as they do their food as many people hit out at the critics saying they are in no place to criticise a man of God. Follow BBC Trending on Facebook Join the conversation on this and other stories here. Pastor Adeboye is head of the Redeemed Christian Church of God one of the fastest growing churches in Nigeria. He is also one of the wealthiest pastors in the country. This week he issued a statement reminding people that despite the tough economic times in Nigeria, they shouldn't forget to pay their church dues. For some people the online debate is about the power of Nigeria's churches. But it wasn't just a serious and existential online debate, there were many who saw the funny side. Arguments over who does what at home is something women in many parts of the world are familiar with. In Nigeria, it seems that conversation is just beginning. Blog by Stephanie Hegarty Additional research by Teniola Ayoola Next story: The porn star causing a stir in Iran You can follow BBC Trending on Twitter @BBCtrending, and find us on Facebook. All our stories are at bbc.com/trending.

वह एक ऐसे देश में नाइजीरिया के सबसे प्रभावशाली और सम्मानित पादरियों में से एक है जो उत्साहपूर्वक धार्मिक है, इसलिए जब पादरी एनोच एडबोय बोलते हैं, तो लोग सुनते हैं। हालांकि कभी-कभी इरादे से थोड़ा देर से।


Great white sharks 'live for 70 years'

Summary: Great white sharks live far longer than was previously thought.

By Jonathan AmosScience correspondent, BBC News Using a new technique to age the tissues of these impressive creatures, scientists have identified a male great white that lived into its 70s. The researchers say the finding has important implications for the animals' protection. Knowing the longevity of a species, how fast it grows and when it reaches sexual maturity is vital information for designing conservation programmes. "These creatures are amazing and it's fascinating to study them," said Li Ling Hamady, who is part of a joint programme between MIT and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the US. "Everyone thinks they know these animals so well, and the public perception is that they're either loved or hated. But in terms of the science, we're only just now beginning to understand what they eat, where they go and how long they live," she told BBC News. Scientists have tried to age the spectacular predators by counting annual growth rings in their tissues, such as in their vertebrae. But the sharks' cartilage skeleton makes the division between these rings hard to discern even under the microscope. Now, Ms Hamady and colleagues tell the journal Plos One that they made these rings easier to read by looking for a known radioactive marker. This is a type, or isotope, of carbon atom that was produced in the fallout from the atmospheric nuclear bomb tests in the 1950s and 1960s. It would have gone into the ocean and been incorporated into the tissues of marine animals living through that period. The scientists used the easy-to-detect radioactive carbon as a kind of date stamp to help them count and calibrate the growth layers better and thus determine the age of their test samples. "I always think the vertebrae are remarkably small for such a big animal," explained Ms Hamady. "Also, as they get older and larger, the sharks either stop laying down material or the layers become so thin they're really difficult to see. It's very fine work. I'm using a microscope and a razor and even then it's hard to get annual resolution." Previous studies on Indian and Pacific Ocean animals - not using the A-bomb marker approach - had suggested great whites were certainly capable of living into their twenties. With the bomb markers, age estimates for the MIT-WHOI animals were up to 73 years old for the largest male in the study, and 40 years old for the largest female. All these animals came from the Atlantic, but the researchers do not think there are any significant differences between the lifespans of the sharks living in the three big ocean basins. Assuming they do live into the 70s in a normal lifetime, white sharks may now be considered among the longest-lived of all cartilaginous fish. These icons of the sea have suffered some bad press down the years, very often unfairly, and like many of the world's sharks have come under increased hunting pressure. According to the IUCN list of threatened species, great whites are considered "vulnerable". But if, as now seems likely, they are slower growing and later to mature than was previously recognised, it means also that great whites would find it harder to recover their numbers if populations are depressed because of fishing, environmental and other pressures. Ian Fergusson, a founding patron of the Shark Trust, commented: "White sharks have a fairly low fecundity in terms of litter size. Typically, females might have a handful of pups per litter, and we're not sure how often they even get pregnant in a lifetime. "It puts a spotlight on the need for the conservation of white sharks to be considered on a par with the conservation we have - and take for granted - for marine mammals, which also have low fecundity, long lifespans and late maturity. The conservation of sharks is not like the conservation of trout in a river, and that's something people in the fisheries business don't always understand," he told BBC News. Jonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos

महान सफेद शार्क पहले की तुलना में बहुत अधिक समय तक जीवित रहती हैं।


Nine people rescued from fire in Glasgow tenement

Summary: Nine people have been rescued from properties at a tenement building in Glasgow after a fire broke out.

Three have been taken to hospital after being rescued by firefighters. Five Scottish Fire and Rescue Service appliances have been sent to tackle the blaze in West Whitby Street, Parkhead. Shortly before 16:00, the fire service said firefighters were still at the scene.

ग्लासगो में आग लगने के बाद एक किराये की इमारत में संपत्तियों से नौ लोगों को बचाया गया है।


Tobacco stolen in Suffolk Hollesley Bay prison break-in

Summary: Tobacco worth an estimated £3,000 was stolen during a break-in at a prison.

Police said 300 packets, due to be sold to inmates, were taken in a raid on the main store room at Hollesley Bay Open Prison near Woodbridge, Suffolk. The theft, revealed by the Ipswich Star newspaper, happened between 16 and 17 June. A Suffolk police spokeswoman said no arrests had yet been made in the category D prison burglary and officers were investigating. Related Internet Links HM Prison Service Suffolk Police

एक जेल में तोड़-फोड़ के दौरान अनुमानित £3,000 मूल्य का तंबाकू चोरी हो गया था।


Pakistan battles growing alcohol addiction

Summary: Alcoholism is a growing problem in Pakistan despite it being illegal for the Muslim majority to drink. The BBC's Charles Haviland finds lives ruined and clinics and therapy groups trying to overcome a taboo subject.

Late one night, the beat of dance music drifts down from an upper storey of an apartment block on the edge of a Pakistani city. Inside the flat, the music is pulsating around a dance floor. There is a bar where a range of liquor is being served and cocktails shaken. Under flashing stroboscopic lights, dozens of people laugh, dance and enjoy the drink. This is one of the parties that are now commonplace in the cities but are highly discreet. The liquor is bought illicitly from bootleggers - or from the regular alcohol shops that are supposed to sell only to minorities holding permits but also sell illegally to large numbers of Muslims. Pakistan even has its own breweries which officially produce only for non-Muslims - or for export. 'Increasing trend' The subculture of liquor enjoyment belies Pakistan's status as officially "dry". That is, the 96% of Pakistanis who, according to official figures are Muslim, are not supposed to drink. The penalty if they do so is 80 lashes but it is not strictly enforced. Although there are many harmless social gatherings, there is also a growing problem of addiction to the bottle. Officials have told the BBC - while not wanting to be quoted - that alcohol-related diseases have risen by at least 10% in the past five years. Tahir Ahmed, a former alcoholic who now runs a rehabilitation organisation, Therapy Works, detects "a visibly increasing trend". Six years ago, when he started this work, most drinkers were in at least their 20s; now, some are as young as 14, he says. Sometimes alcohol is taken in conjunction with narcotics. He says alcohol has a much firmer presence in the home - especially for the affluent - and at social occasions like weddings. And he says that if a Pakistani drinks, it is usually in large quantities because it is, he believes, a response to the massive social pressures here, including the threat of political violence and high unemployment. "Unfortunately drinking in Pakistan is not recreational," he said. "It's much more escapist and much more relief-seeking. That means drink till the bottle is emptied." Now 65, this is the way he himself used to be. He watched two of his friends die of cirrhosis of the liver and nearly died himself. He decided to stop drinking but went into clinical depression for a year. Only then did he receive therapy, later setting up his organisation, which is registered with Britain's Counselling and Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body. 'Taboo for women' Drinking among the affluent is especially noticeable. Some senior politicians are rumoured to drink, and alcohol is served at some high-society events, though never on camera. But it affects everybody. Last month, at least 12 people in Karachi died after drinking toxic home-made liquor. Some Pakistani alcoholics are women. For them, the stigma is all the greater. In Pakistan's second city, Lahore, Sara - whose name we have changed - recounts her story. Five years ago, aged 33 and with two teenage children, she got divorced. Then alcoholism just sucked her in. She would go binge-drinking for days at a time and suffer blackouts. "I would wake up and I would not remember the last two or three days of my life because I was so intoxicated. And that really frightened me." As word got around and she became an embarrassment to her children, Sara wanted to go to a rehabilitation clinic. But being a woman made this very difficult in Pakistan. "Some men will turn around and say, 'Okay, I have a problem.' But it's a taboo for women. A woman will never stand up and say I have a problem and I need help. That's not acceptable." Nine months ago, she finally sought assistance and was able to get medicine and therapy-based help at home, from Therapy Works. Now she is recovering. In an unregulated medical market, there are other clinics whose approach to treatment is much more strict. The BBC visited one in Karachi, called Willing Ways, where a group of current and former residents were in a session with the doctor who founded the establishment. Clients are admitted with their families' consent, but they do not always realise they will be confined for three months. While living there, they are deprived of all addictive substances including tobacco, and of all external communications. One former patient contacted the BBC and said he felt the set-up was excessively draconian. But a satisfied former client, businessman Yousuf Umer, says the austere regimen worked for him. "It has changed my life and I am a very successful man now." 'I'm listening' While clinics and therapy-based groups tackle alcoholism, the media is now doing so too. On Karachi's Radio 1 91 FM a psychiatrist-broadcaster, Dr Faisal Mamsa, takes calls every Thursday and Friday night on all sorts of social taboos - including this one. "Go ahead. I'm listening," he tells callers in soft tones. Sporting a mop of unruly hair and a beard, he wears shorts in the studio. There follows a conversation in a mix of English and Urdu. Calls or texts from affected family members are encouraged. A woman says her husband has been drinking for 13 years but she cannot persuade him to seek help. The doctor suggests they contact Alcoholics Anonymous. The next caller is an addict who admits he is violent. Dr Mamsa says the anonymity of radio makes it ideal for this subject. "I'm not concerned about the name," he said. "If they're talking about a problem, it's not just them who's benefiting out of it but whosoever is listening to the radio is listening about it. What matters is that the problem is being discussed." There is no chance of Pakistan's legally "dry" status changing in the near future. Yet there is an alcoholism problem, which officials and doctors say is growing. At least more alcoholics are now coming forward to talk about it - and some are finding a way out of their misery.

मुस्लिम बहुसंख्यक लोगों के लिए शराब पीना अवैध होने के बावजूद पाकिस्तान में शराब एक बढ़ती हुई समस्या है। बीबीसी के चार्ल्स हैविलैंड ने पाया कि जीवन बर्बाद हो गया है और क्लीनिक और चिकित्सा समूह एक वर्जित विषय को दूर करने की कोशिश कर रहे हैं।


Lingering fall-out from China-Japan territory row

Summary: Japan has decided to return the captain of a Chinese fishing boat whose detention in disputed waters earlier this month caused the biggest row between the two countries for several years. BBC defence and security correspondent Nick Childs looks at the effect of the row, which centres on a chain of uninhabited islands which Japan controls but which are also claimed by China and Taiwan.

The decision to release the Chinese fishing boat captain may take the immediate sting out of relations. But the diplomatic fallout from the row is likely to linger, as people assess who has won and who has lost out on this. Beyond that, the hardline behaviour of both sides in the dispute up to now has underlined that the diplomatic atmosphere is changing in the region, as China's neighbours adjust to what is evidently a greater regional and international assertiveness by Beijing - even though China insists there is nothing to fear. Beyond the China-Japan frictions, there has been renewed focus on the territorial disputes in the South China Sea. That has attracted Washington's attention, much to Beijing's annoyance. And then there are the seemingly increasing uncertainties on the Korean peninsula. There may be lessons for all concerned. These developments are confronting China's leadership with a difficult set of domestic and international pressures. For its neighbours, and the United States, recent events have sharpened questions about who in Beijing is really running things in terms of foreign policy. And it is not all about Chinese assertiveness. Whatever is behind the sudden change of tune in Tokyo, where does Japan see itself in this fluid mix? From Washington, there seems to have been a deliberate decision to re-engage in and refocus on the region. So far events seem to be pushing many of Beijing's neighbours to shore up their ties with Washington - something that will be underlined when President Barack Obama meets South East Asian leaders in New York shortly.

जापान ने एक चीनी मछली पकड़ने वाली नाव के कप्तान को वापस करने का फैसला किया है, जिसे इस महीने की शुरुआत में विवादित जल में रोके जाने के कारण दोनों देशों के बीच कई वर्षों तक सबसे बड़ा विवाद हुआ था। बीबीसी के रक्षा और सुरक्षा संवाददाता निक चाइल्ड्स इस विवाद के प्रभाव को देखते हैं, जो निर्जन द्वीपों की एक श्रृंखला पर केंद्रित है, जिन पर जापान का नियंत्रण है, लेकिन जिन पर चीन और ताइवान भी दावा करते हैं।


'No legal action' for chemical spill at Guernsey Airport

Summary: Lagan Construction will not face legal action over a small chemical spill at one of its site compounds for the £81m Guernsey Airport project.

Guernsey Environmental Health said following an investigation, it would not be pursuing legal action. Lagan Construction said in November that 10 litres of chemical bitumen had split at its southern compound. A spokesman for the firm said it had taken steps to ensure it would not happen again. A spokesman for the Office of Environmental Health and Pollution Regulation said: "Whilst this was an unfortunate, and avoidable, incident, no detriment to the environment or human health has been demonstrated to exist. "This was a relatively minor incident, remedial action was taken by the company and controls have subsequently been put in place to prevent any similar recurrence."

लैगन कंस्ट्रक्शन को 81 मिलियन पाउंड की ग्वेर्नसे हवाई अड्डा परियोजना के लिए अपने एक स्थल परिसर में एक छोटे से रासायनिक रिसाव पर कानूनी कार्रवाई का सामना नहीं करना पड़ेगा।


Easy ways to avoid expensive train tickets

Summary: Train tickets are about to get more expensive. Again.

Prices are going up twice as fast as wages, according to the TUC union. The government claims that's no longer the case. And the rail industry says it's spending £50bn on improving the rail network to make it more reliable and more comfortable. There are ways to pay much less for the same seat on the same journey. Here are some tips for hacking the cost of train travel, without getting into trouble. Split ticketing Splitting your journey into multiple tickets can lower the overall cost. Your tickets must, of course, cover the whole journey. And wherever you split your ticket, the train has to actually stop at that station. Mark Smith, who writes the train blog Seat61, says this works best on "obscure cross-country journeys" rather than trains in and out of big cities. You can do it yourself on National Rail, or there are websites which can work it out for you. Search for "split ticketing". Watch this video from BBC Three's Watchdog Wednesday... Book early Sounds basic, but it often works. "The earlier you do it, the better. York to London can be £11," says Mark Smith. Train companies release their timetables at least 12 weeks ahead and some even earlier. National Rail keeps a list of the earliest you can book for different train companies. Get a railcard You can get a 16-25 railcard if you're under 26 or a full-time student of any age. It costs £30 for a year and for most journeys you can get a third off the price. Shop around "You can always save a few quid by booking with a rail operator, not a third party website," says Mark Smith. Ticket prices are the same across all websites, but some add a booking fee on top. If you go directly to the train company, you can avoid it. Refunds If your train is delayed by more that an hour you are entitled to a minimum 50% refund. Lots of train companies will give a refund if it's half an hour late - check with the firm you're travelling with. Find us on Instagram at BBCNewsbeat and follow us on Snapchat, search for bbc_newsbeat

ट्रेन टिकट और भी महंगे होने वाले हैं।


Tour de France Grand Depart diary

Summary: With the 101st Tour de France starting in Leeds on 5 July, BBC Yorkshire's Matt Slater rounds up the best of the gossip, opinion and stories, on and off the bike, and also tries to explain some of cycling's unique lingo. TOP STORIES

Spare Change The Grand Depart's organisers are planning to take a contingency fund of £500,000 into the last two weeks before the race for any last-minute emergencies. TdFHUB2014, the company set up to oversee the £27m budget for the three English stages of Le Tour, started with £2m of rainy-day cash but has been drawing down that money to cover rising crowd-control costs. Its latest spending update reveals a further £350,000 has been allocated for barriers, communications kit and traffic management, with a particular focus on the area around Holme Moss on 6 July's second stage. Savings have been made elsewhere, though, so TdfHUB2014 is sure it will deliver a "safe and enjoyable event for all" within budget. Full story: UK Sport website Spa change? Campaigners in Harrogate are asking local businesses to fund a £15,000 feasibility study into turning the Yorkshire spa town into a Dutch-style cycling-friendly centre, but presumably without the more liberal social experiments. With congestion a growing problem, some are hoping the coming of Le Tour could encourage people to swap four wheels for two, and they are calling for detailed research into how this can be delivered. But other senior figures in the town are worried this would divert money from projects already targeted at promoting cycling. Full story: The Yorkshire Post Cheerleaders required Want to spend the next couple of months talking about cycling, writing about cycling and watching cycling? Well, the people behind the five official Tour de France "Fan Parks" in Harrogate and London are looking for seven "ambassadors" to spread the word about the free sites and get people up for Le Tour. The Fan Parks team want 21 ambassadors in total: seven celebrity cyclists, seven elite cyclists and seven cycling fans from the general public. You can apply via the Fan Parks' Facebook page, and those picked will get VIP treatment at the Fan Park of their choice, some fancy sunglasses, a health "MOT" and the chance to blog and tweet about cycling all summer. I do not get any of that so I am quite tempted to apply myself. Full story: road.cc Bottoms up! As every cyclist knows, one of the great things about riding a bike is that it burns calories, making beer and cake less of a sin, and more of a vital part of your refuelling plan. With this in mind, Naylor's Brewery in Cross Hills has cooked up a premium blonde ale to celebrate the Grand Depart. Called "Saddle Sore" and made using French hops, it has been available in West Yorkshire in bottles for a few weeks now, and should be on draught from mid-June. Full story: Keighley News CYCLING ROUND-UP Although he will dispute he ever went away, Sir Bradley Wiggins is emphatically back now after a dominant display at the Tour of California on Monday. The 2012 Tour de France and Olympic champion endured a dismal campaign for most of last season but finished the year well. His season so far has been more steady than anything else, but that changed on the road to Folsom State Prison. The Team Sky star blitzed the field in a 20.3km time trial to take a huge 44-second lead in the race with six days to go. Those days will not be easy - Tuesday's stage is the first of two mountain-top finishes - but Wiggins has made success this week one of his big goals for the season, and with a strong team to support him he is in a strong position for his first stage-race win since last year's Tour of Britain, and probably his best result since London 2012. Victory would revive every scribe's favourite Game of Thrones-style narrative: who leads Sky at Le Tour, Wiggins or Chris Froome? TWEET OF THE DAY "Jesus! People should know where's the limit with those selfies…" Spanish cyclist journalist Laura Meseguer reacts to a professional photographer's snap of a young fan taking a snap of himself with an exhausted Marcel Kittel sitting on the floor after his Giro d'Italia stage win in Dublin. A TO Z OF LE TOUR F is for… Feed zone - Pretty self-explanatory this one: this is where riders pick up their packed lunches. And once upon a time that was what it was like: half a baguette, a lump of cheese and a banana stuffed into the pockets of their jersey. These days it is all a bit more scientific, with rice cakes, gels and carbohydrate drinks all measured out in the correct hourly amounts. Of course, they do not actually stop for food. They grab it in bags called "musettes", or go back to the team car for seconds. There is still a bit of etiquette around feeding, though, in that it is poor form to attack at a feeding zone, and there is also a rule about how late in the stage you can collect more munchies. Chris Froome took the tactical decision to break this rule on a mountain stage last year, figuring that it was better to take a small time-penalty than "bonk" on the last climb. Smart move. Flamme rouge - This is the small red kite that hangs over the road to show there is one kilometre to the finish line. It is a sign that the suffering on a mountain stage is almost over, but also a symbolic starter's pistol for a bunch sprint on a flat stage. Fringale - A more poetic term, but less amusing, term for bonking. This is that horrible feeling all endurance athletes have experienced at one time or another when their blood sugar crashes because they simply have not eaten or drank enough. Tours have been won and lost because of this and it feels terrible. Today's Tour Trivia French legend Laurent Fignon is most remembered now for two things: the two back-to-back Tours he won with such panache in 1983 and 1984, and the one he lost to Greg LeMond in 1989. Taking a 50-second lead into the final stage, a 24.5km time on the Champs Elysees, it seemed a third Tour victory was as good as his. America's LeMond had other ideas, putting in the ride of his life to beat Fignon by 58 seconds. That eight-second difference is the closest winning margin in Tour history, and it is also the last time the yellow jersey changed hands on the final stage. It has been suggested the Frenchman would have won without the aerodynamic drag from his trademark ponytail. Whenever asked if he was the guy who "lost the Tour by eight seconds", he would always answer, "No monsieur, I am the man who won it twice." He died from cancer aged just 50 in 2010.

5 जुलाई को लीड्स में शुरू होने वाले 101वें टूर डी फ्रांस के साथ, बीबीसी यॉर्कशायर के मैट स्लेटर बाइक के अंदर और बाहर गपशप, राय और कहानियों का सबसे अच्छा दौर पेश करते हैं, और साइकिल चलाने की कुछ अनूठी भाषा को समझाने की भी कोशिश करते हैं।


Irish police seize cannabis 'worth more than €1.1m'

Summary: Two people have been arrested after cannabis with an estimated street value of more than €1.1m (£996,296) was seized in the Republic of Ireland.

A man, 29, and a woman, 26, are being held at Castleblaney Garda Station on suspicion of drug trafficking. It follows a Garda (Irish police) search operation into organised crime in counties Monaghan and Louth on Saturday. Police say a firearm, ammunition and €100,000 (£88,955) were also seized. Garda Assistant Commissioner John O'Driscoll said: "Organised crime groups continue to operate despite the existence of the Covid-19 pandemic. "However, the Garda Síochána is pursuing them with rigour and determination."

आयरलैंड गणराज्य में €1.1 मिलियन (£996,296) से अधिक के अनुमानित सड़क मूल्य के साथ भांग जब्त किए जाने के बाद दो लोगों को गिरफ्तार किया गया है।


Missing Skelmersdale snake found in owner's house

Summary: An 8ft (2.4m) snake, believed to be a boa constrictor, has been found after going missing in a Lancashire town.

The snake was reported missing by its owners in Skelmersdale at 09:30 BST on Tuesday, but was found "safe and well" in their home. Experts warned the reptile, which doesn't like noise, may have gone to find somewhere to sleep. The species, commonly found in tropical forests in South America, can grow up to three metres (9.8ft) long.

एक 8 फीट (2.4 मीटर) का सांप, जिसे बोआ कन्स्ट्रिक्टर माना जाता है, लंकाशायर शहर में लापता होने के बाद पाया गया है।


China in space: Running fast to catch up

Summary: The smiles said it all. Jing Haipeng, commander of the Shenzhou-9 crew, was the first to emerge from the return capsule, followed by his flight engineers, Liu Wang and the country's first woman astronaut, Liu Yang. Job well done. But their grin is shared across the whole Chinese nation today.

Jonathan AmosScience correspondent@BBCAmoson Twitter The cost of human spaceflight is so high that you really only go in for this type of ostentatious expenditure if you think you can carry it off, and the Chinese have done that with aplomb these past few days. The Shenzhou-9 mission posted a series of firsts. Liu Yang's presence in orbit obviously caught the headlines, but I was thinking more about the engineering milestones: the first manned automatic and manual dockings; the first long-duration spaceflight; and the first crew to live aboard a permanently orbiting module, Tiangong-1. Don't forget also that Jing Haipeng became the first astronaut veteran - this was his second trip into space. Yes, China is merely repeating the achievements of American and Soviet astronauts made way back in the 1960s and 1970s, but that heritage and the sophistication of modern technology means the Asian nation is on an accelerated development track. Beijing has long talked about its three-step strategy. The first step was the development of the Shenzhou capsule system itself - the means to get its astronauts into space. Eight nationals have now taken that journey since 2003. The second step - which is where we are today - involves the technologies needed for spacewalking and docking. All that leads to the third step - China's own space station. At about 60 tonnes in mass, this future platform would be a sixth of the mass of the international station operated by the US, Russia, Europe, Canada and Japan, but its mere presence in the sky would be a remarkable achievement. China still has much to do before it can get itself into that position, however. It needs a bigger rocket for one thing. The Long March 2F which launches the Shenzhou and Tiangong vessels does not have the capacity to loft the type of modules China would want to incorporate into its station. The Long March 5 now in development and due to debut in 2014 will significantly boost lifting capacity to low-Earth orbit. It is designed to carry up to 25 tonnes just a few hundred km above the Earth, more than adequate to loft the 20-22-tonne core module envisioned for the prospective space station. And then there is the steep learning curve associated with understanding just how you live and work in space for long periods. I am talking here about the unglamorous stuff - managing and recycling resources like water and air, and staying fit and healthy in what is a very testing environment. The ISS partners now have a deep knowledge base on these topics. There has been a lot of talk about China becoming involved in the ISS project itself, and the fact that it has adopted many Russian engineering standards would certainly make it technically possible for Shenzhou vehicles to visit the orbiting complex. Europe, too, has argued that additional partners could help spread the cost of running what is an extremely expensive endeavour. But political differences between China and the US would appear to make such involvement unlikely in the near-term. China also has something to prove to itself and the rest of the world, so it is in no hurry to join that particular club. But do expect closer ties to develop. Do expect Chinese astronauts to turn up at European astronaut training facilities, and vice-versa. And do expect China to fly more and more European experiments on Shenzhou and Tiangong missions. The German space agency (DLR), one of the "big two" in European space, is already pushing forward on a programme of scientific co-operation. The aspect of all this that still makes me sit up slightly is the increasing openness now shown by the Chinese. For example, I watched extended live coverage of the Shenzhou-9 mission in my living room in the UK via the English-speaking version of CCTV, the state broadcaster. On launch day, the live studio programme went on for about five hours, with studio guests and reporters on the scene at the Jiuquan spaceport on the edge of the Gobi desert. It was just as if I was watching the rolling news output of the BBC or CNN. Remember that just a few years ago, China would only announce something it had done in space after the event. It is one more sign of extreme confidence, of course. But a word of caution. Spaceflight, to quote the old cliche, is hard, and at some point the Chinese programme will encounter problems. The history of spaceflight tells us unfortunately that some adversity is inevitable. It will be interesting then to see how the Beijing authorities react.

मुस्कुराहट ने यह सब कह दिया। शेनझोउ-9 के चालक दल के कमांडर जिंग हैपेंग सबसे पहले वापसी कैप्सूल से बाहर निकले, उनके बाद उनके उड़ान इंजीनियर, लियू वांग और देश की पहली महिला अंतरिक्ष यात्री, लियू यांग। अच्छा काम किया। लेकिन उनकी मुस्कान आज पूरे चीनी देश में साझा की जाती है।


What will Pluto mission discover?

Summary: On 14 July, the New Horizons spacecraft will fly by Pluto. The distant object was downgraded from a planet to a dwarf planet in 2006, but that hasn't taken the shine off a mission which marks the beginning of a new frontier in exploration.

By Pallab GhoshScience correspondent, BBC News Why go to Pluto? Pluto is the last of the nine "classical" planets to be visited by a space mission. Orbiting at an average of 5.9 billion km from the Sun, this tiny world appears banished, like the Roman god of the underworld whose name it bears. But this enigmatic denizen of the icy outer reaches of the Sun's domain may have much to tell us. While the erstwhile planet and its remarkable moons hold many surprises, it may also give us a more complete appreciation of a completely unexplored region of our Solar System and yield new chapters in the story of how it unfolded. Pluto was the last world to join the club of planets in our Solar System. In 1930, it appeared as a slow-moving speck in a series of telescope photographs. Over time, instruments have grown in power and scientists have learned more. But even when viewed through the Hubble Space Telescope, which has resolved distant galaxies, details of this icy outcast have been scant. The best way to find out what a planet is like is to visit, which is exactly what New Horizons will do. What does New Horizons hope to discover? Until now, scientists have had few details about Pluto's surface. The New Horizons spacecraft will be less than 8,000 miles from it at closest approach. The photographs it takes will be the first to reveal whether there are rising peaks and deep troughs or a more undulating topography. New Horizons has already seen signs of a polar cap. Pluto is so cold that the nitrogen we breathe on Earth exists as ice, but a tenuous nitrogen atmosphere may surround the dwarf planet. If it's there, the spacecraft will sample it and measure how much is escaping into space as it hurtles past. And the flyby could reveal the presence of other chemical constituents: although neon is a gas on Earth, it could persist as a liquid on Pluto, perhaps even flowing in rivers across the surface. The nitrogen in the atmosphere could fall out as snow. Another question is why Pluto's brightness changes so much - more than any other world as watched from afar. A close-up look might reveal previously unseen planetary processes. By comparing it with the composition of Pluto's biggest moon, Charon, named after the boatman who ferried the dead to Roman underworld, the team hopes to learn more about the relationship between these two worlds. New Horizons also hopes to find out more about Pluto's four other smaller moons: Styx; named after the river that separates the world of the living form the dead; Nix, the water spirit; Kerberos, the three-headed hell hound, and Hydra, a many-headed serpent-like creature. Whether heavenly or hellish, Pluto and its moons are thought to originate in an outer region of the Solar System known as the Kuiper Belt that is home to hundreds of thousands of icy objects. Speaking in April at a Nasa briefing, Prof Hal Weaver, a mission scientist from Johns Hopkins University told reporters that the mission would enable scientists to probe a mysterious new realm. "This is our first step into this new land. This is truly a once in a lifetime opportunity. When you go somewhere new you are going to learn something you couldn't even imagine and that is going to be part of the excitement of this mission," he said. The probe will send back amazing high definition images, but we will all have to be patient for the data. With just a few watts of power in its transmitter - and billions of kilometres of space to traverse, the signal can only carry one kilobit of information per second. It will take 16 months for all of it to be sent. Pluto: Demoted but undiminished What will New Horizons do? The New Horizons mission is a flypast. The probe won't land on Pluto's surface, nor will it orbit. So scientists will have to make the most of the few hours they have to gather data. The spacecraft is so far away that the sunlight falling upon it is a thousandth what it would be on Earth. Consequently, it does not have solar panels; the spacecraft carries a plutonium generator to power all its instruments, as well as sturdy thermal blankets to keep the spacecraft warm. Because of the four-and-a-half-hour delay in getting a signal to Pluto, the probe's instructions have been pre-programmed. Once in range of its target, the spacecraft will begin an automated sequence of measurements that have been carefully choreographed. According to Nasa's director of planetary science Jim Green, the spacecraft will only have one opportunity to gather the data so nothing has been left to chance. "The spacecraft is the size of a baby grand piano but is carrying a beautiful symphony of instruments with it that will play together throughout this encounter," he said. "But we are flying into the unknown and it is because of that we have to anticipate not only what we think we will observe, but also what we cannot see right now but what will be illuminated to us as we get closer and closer. "That means exciting new things will come about but we have to make sure that those exciting new things won't present hazards." What could go wrong? New Horizons could encounter clouds of particles generated by impacts on Pluto's moons. These could damage the spacecraft, which is why it will send back data as it approaches Pluto so there is something to study if the probe is later destroyed. Such an outcome is highly unlikely, say the mission team who have modelled these possibilities. But just in case, they have designed New Horizons to have a high level of autonomy. If it encounters problems, the probe has the ability to try to recover itself and keep the mission on track. So could Pluto become a planet again? Pluto's status as a planet was revoked by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in September 2006. The Kuiper Belt is though to be littered with small worlds like Pluto, so the IAU was faced with the choice of introducing many more planets to the Solar System - or removing Pluto. It was a highly controversial decision that sparked public as well as academic debate. According to Prof Andrew Coates of University College London's Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL), nothing that will be discovered by New Horizons is likely to change the IAU position. "Although a bit sad for Pluto, this shows that textbooks must be rewritten as science moves on," he explained. "But the New Horizons data from Pluto, Charon and the other moons will re-write them again as we watch. The new information will tell us more about a much larger number of objects, the building blocks of the outer Solar System." Follow Pallab on Twitter.

14 जुलाई को, न्यू होराइजन्स अंतरिक्ष यान प्लूटो द्वारा उड़ान भरेगा। दूर की वस्तु को 2006 में एक ग्रह से एक बौने ग्रह में डाउनग्रेड किया गया था, लेकिन इसने एक मिशन से चमक नहीं ली है जो अन्वेषण में एक नई सीमा की शुरुआत का प्रतीक है।


Growth better - warning lights flashing on interest rates

Summary: When Mark Carney channelled his inner Gwyneth Paltrow and wondered aloud when the UK might "consciously recouple" with the global economy, he was sending a delicate signal wrapped in some Hollywood glamour.

Kamal AhmedEconomics editor@bbckamalon Twitter Today, that delicate signal - first given in a BBC interview the Governor of the Bank of England gave last month - became a lot stronger. Global growth is continuing at a rate not seen since 2011. All the vital economic engines - America, China, continental Europe and Japan - are, if not exactly purring, exuding a level of confidence which has put the Bank in a more positive mood. The European Commission's Economic Sentiment Indicator is close to a 17 year high. Growth in China was faster in 2017 compared with 2016. The US is seeing a jobs boom. Risks We are an exporting nation - more than 25% of everything we make we sell abroad. If "abroad" is doing well, we do well. The Bank has upgraded growth for the UK for this year and next. Employment rates are at record levels and wage growth is slowly returning. Business investment is up. Now, this benign environment does contain risks. As demand increases globally, inflationary pressures rise. Oil prices are up. Commodity prices for things like metals are up. Rising wages in the UK increases the risk of domestic inflation taking hold. Warning The Bank is wary. Inflation is still 1% above the 2% target set by the Government. It was willing to "look through" that issue whilst the economy still needed the support of hyper-low interest rates. That willingness has waned. Today the Bank warned that interest rates are likely to increase earlier this year than expected and then more often after that than previously anticipated. The chances of the next interest rate rise happening in May have risen considerably. The chances of another rate rise in 2019 and 2020 have also increased. Let's not forget - the present very low rates are unconventional and allowing inflation to float above target is also against the norm. Hand brake Today the Bank signalled that the old conventions of increasing interest rates when inflation is above target would return. The cost of mortgages is likely to rise. And savers at last will see returns improve. The economy is stronger, the Bank has made clear today. But not everything in the garden is rosy. It points out that the UK economic engine still "remains restrained by Brexit-related uncertainty" which is "the most significant influence on the economic outlook". We are driving along with the hand brake half on. Growth is modest by historic standards and the UK has gone from the fastest growing economy among the G7 largest global economies to the slowest. Consumer confidence is also soft, affected by the incomes squeeze which has seen earnings not rising as fast as inflation. There are two big points from today's Inflation Report, the Bank's three monthly health check on the UK economy. Growth is better. And the risk of interest rate rises has risen.

जब मार्क कार्नी ने अपने भीतर के ग्वेनेथ पाल्ट्रो को प्रसारित किया और जोर से सोचा कि ब्रिटेन कब वैश्विक अर्थव्यवस्था के साथ "सचेत रूप से फिर से जुड़ सकता है", तो वह कुछ हॉलीवुड ग्लैमर में लिपटे एक नाजुक संकेत भेज रहा था।


Trump's UK state visit: US media's verdict on first day

Summary: The pomp and pageantry of the first day of Donald Trump's state visit to the UK stole the headlines in US media, but as many outlets highlighted, it wasn't quite enough to hide the tension around the president's arrival.

Many contrasted the bluster of his Twitter outburst against London mayor Sadiq Khan, as he touched down at Stansted Airport, with his "seamless interactions" with the Queen and other senior royals at Buckingham Palace later in the day. "President Trump mixed high-level diplomacy with schoolyard taunts," Fox News reported, in its write up of the first day. For the New York Times, it was a reminder of the far-from-the-norm nature of Trump's presidency when it came to global diplomacy. "The juxtaposition of high pageantry and low name-calling, on the first day of Mr Trump's state visit to Britain, captured yet again the odd swath that this president cuts on the world stage: impulsive and erratic, delighted by a lavish welcome but preoccupied by petty feuds or events back home," the paper reported. According to the Washington Post, President Trump's "handling of the visit so far fits a pattern". "He gives candid commentary before he travels abroad on a nation's political scene and stokes controversy that leaves officials bracing for chaos. But after he lands, he rarely uses the international stage to advance a discernible agenda or to wield his influence to shape world events." More on Trump's state visit: 'Hint of tension' at the palace CNN observed that the Queen "earned a rarely seen deference and respect from the often raucous American commander in chief", but noted this is "all but certain to be a temporary interlude" until politics take centre stage on Tuesday. But the toasts at Monday evening's state dinner at the palace "carried an unmistakable hint of tension in the gilded Banquet Hall", the Los Angeles Times reported. The paper highlighted the differences between the Queen and President Trump's speeches, with the former stressing the importance of post-war alliances "that many here and elsewhere in the Europe - and in the US - say Trump has seemed intent on weakening". Meghan Markle controversy CBS News highlighted the controversy in the days leading up the visit, when President Trump told the Sun newspaper that the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, was "nasty". He later denied making the comment, which was recorded on audio tape. "The royals are masters of pomp but the circumstances this time around are rather unique. President Trump insulted his royal host just days before he arrived," CBS reported. The Duchess of Sussex, an American and a former actress, publicly criticised Mr Trump before she was engaged to Prince Harry. The International Business Times and Fox News both picked up reports in the Sun newspaper that Meghan's husband, Prince Harry, appeared to keep his distance from the American president. UK 'not at ease' Fox News noted that President Trump's arrival comes "at a precarious moment" for him and his host nation, amid calls for impeachment in the US and political turmoil in the UK over Brexit. In an opinion piece for Politico, writer Alex Massie made the point that despite "the predictably sniffy anti-Trump response to the visit", President Trump has arrived "in a country very much not at ease with itself". "The reality is that the United Kingdom today is in no position to scoff at other countries' political misadventures. Both nations are still reeling from a political storm that hit in 2016. But as the United States processes the unorthodox and disruptive presidency of Donald Trump, Britain has become increasingly paralysed - even broken - by the drama triggered by its vote to leave the European Union." Trump misses Fox News The Vox news website picked up on one of the president's tweets, in which he complained about the lack of access to his favoured US news outlet - the conservative cable channel Fox News. He repeated his regular criticisms of CNN, which is widely available in the UK. Vox speculated that the president's complaint seemed to be "immediate and personal: He just wants to watch Fox News. It'd make him feel better". "That's quite the insight into the president: Ahead of big diplomatic engagements - in this case with the Queen and UK Prime Minister Theresa May, among others - Trump let the world know that all it takes to throw him off his game is to put CNN on TV and keep Fox News out of view."

डोनाल्ड ट्रम्प की ब्रिटेन की राजकीय यात्रा के पहले दिन की धूमधाम और प्रदर्शन ने अमेरिकी मीडिया में सुर्खियां बटोरी, लेकिन जैसा कि कई आउटलेट्स ने उजागर किया, यह राष्ट्रपति के आगमन के आसपास के तनाव को छिपाने के लिए पर्याप्त नहीं था।


Phone in the right hand? You're a hacker!

Summary: Hackers are finding it too easy to circumvent traditional cyber defences, forcing businesses to rethink their security strategies. Many firms are now harnessing big data and adopting cutting edge verification checks. In fact, some can even identify you by how quickly you type your computer keys, or how you hold your mobile phone.

By Mark WardTechnology correspondent, BBC News In these days of regular space travel, nanotechnology and quantum computers it is easy to believe we live in an age plucked from the pages of a science-fiction novel. But there are some aspects of this shiny, computer-powered era that look more feudal than futuristic. Consider the way many organisations protect themselves and their staff from cyber-attacks. Many approach cyber-security like a medieval king would have tackled domestic security - by building a castle to protect themselves, says Dr Robert Blumofe, a senior manager at cloud services firm Akamai. The high walls, moat and drawbridge are the security tools, anti-virus and firewalls they use to repel the barbarians at the gates trying to breach their cyber defences. "But now," Dr Blumofe says, "that castle metaphor is really starting to break down." Outer defences The first issue is mobility. Digital fortifications worked well when all staff sat at desks, used desktop computers and were concentrated in a few buildings. But now many work from home, airports or coffee shops and use their laptops, tablets and phones on the go, to work at all times of day. The second problem, Dr Blumofe says, is that many firms wrongly assume that those in inside their castle walls can be trusted and are "safe". This leaves many firms dangerously exposed, agrees John Maynard, European head of cyber-security for Cisco. "Typically once attackers have penetrated a trusted network they find it is easy to move laterally and easy to get to the crown jewels. "That's because all the defences point outward. Once on the inside there is usually little to stop attackers going where they want to." Tumbling walls In a bid to get beyond this outdated thinking many organisations have torn down the old castle walls in favour of a model known as the "Beyond Corp" approach. It was pioneered by Google in response to a series of cyber-attacks in 2009 called Aurora orchestrated by China-backed hackers. The attackers went after Google as well as Adobe, Yahoo, Morgan Stanley, Dow Chemical and many other large firms. According to Mr Maynard, Beyond Corp assumes every device or person trying to connect to a network is hostile until they are proven otherwise. And it obtains this proof by analysing external devices, how they are being used and what information they are submitting. This encompasses obvious stuff such as login names and passwords, as well as where someone logs in from; but it also relies on far more subtle indicators, says Joe Pindar, a security strategist at Gemalto, "It can be how quickly do you type the keys, are you holding the device in your right or left hand. How an individual uses a device acts as a second layer of identity and a different kind of fingerprint." Gathering, storing and analysing all that data on those individual quirks of usage was the type of big data problem only a tech-savvy company such as Google could tackle at the time of the Aurora attacks, says Mr Pindar. However, as familiarity with big data sets has spread, many more big firms are adopting the Beyond Corp approach when organising their digital defences, he says. One big advantage is that Beyond Corp turns a firm's network into an active element of defence, says Mr Maynard from Cisco. More Technology of Business "In the castle and moat approach the network was passive... But beyond Corp involves continuous monitoring where you are constantly using the network as a sensor or a way to get telemetry about what's going on." The analysis done when users join a network makes it much easier to spot when attackers are trying to get access. That's because the authentication step will flag any anomalies meaning security staff will find out quickly that something suspicious is going on. Anything other than normal login behaviour will stand out. Faster detection It can also mean a "significant reduction" in time to detect threats, says Mr Maynard. "The industry average is about 100 days to spot threats. With Beyond Corp you should be down to hours not days." In addition, Beyond Corp can "limit the blast radius" if a breach does happen, says Stephen Schmidt, chief security officer at Amazon's AWS cloud service. This is because it usually involves dividing up a company's internal network so users only get access to applications they are approved to use. The mass of data gathered on users, their devices and the way they act once they have connected may appear bewildering to many companies. However, advances in automation are increasingly helping them keep a handle on the millions of events that now occur on their systems. "If you are expecting to secure your estate by having humans watch TV screens you are probably going to be too late to spot it," says Mr Schmidt. "Human reactions are always going to be much slower than automation."

हैकर्स को पारंपरिक साइबर सुरक्षा को दरकिनार करना बहुत आसान लग रहा है, जिससे व्यवसायों को अपनी सुरक्षा रणनीतियों पर पुनर्विचार करने के लिए मजबूर होना पड़ रहा है। कई कंपनियां अब बड़े डेटा का उपयोग कर रही हैं और अत्याधुनिक सत्यापन जांच को अपना रही हैं। वास्तव में, कुछ लोग आपको इस बात से भी पहचान सकते हैं कि आप अपनी कंप्यूटर कुंजी कितनी जल्दी टाइप करते हैं, या आप अपने मोबाइल फोन को कैसे पकड़ते हैं।