Japan boosts defence spending 'in response to China'

Summary: The proposed 100bn yen (£710m) boost to Japanese defence spending announced on Tuesday - which in the first instance will go on anti-missile defences and the modernisation of a small number of fighter jets - looks to be a sure sign that the country's new more conservative government is set on bolstering its armed forces in response to an ever-more assertive China.

By Jonathan MarcusBBC diplomatic and defence correspondent For the past decade or so Japanese defence spending has actually been gradually falling. But Japan's strategic outlook has nonetheless been changing in fundamental ways ever since 2010, when the then government's defence plans spelt out that the potential threat from China was looming ever larger on Japan's radar. Indeed the centre of gravity of the Japanese defence debate has been shifting for some time - pressing up against the constraints imposed by its post-war constitution. Its armed forces are slowly becoming more expeditionary in nature. Japanese warships have, for example, been involved in anti-piracy operations off the Horn of Africa. And last year, for the first time since World War II, Japanese troops were involved in training other countries' armed forces, with Japanese military engineers being involved in Cambodia and East Timor. North Korea focus But it is Japan's broadening strategic horizons closer to home that are catching Beijing's attention. Japan has perhaps been alarmed at its own relative economic decline and is fearful of China's growing pre-eminence in the region. Its response has been two-fold; firstly to step up its co-operation with the United States. It is closely co-operating with Washington on ballistic missile defences. Last September, the US and Japan agreed to deploy a second advanced anti-missile radar on Japanese soil. Japan is also investing heavily in Aegis-equipped warships capable of shooting down incoming ballistic missiles as well as land-based Patriot interceptor systems. The primary focus of the anti-ballistic missile effort is, in the first instance, North Korea. But China's assertive maritime strategy and the growing tussle over the disputed Senkaku or Diaoyu islands is driving Japan's broader modernisation. Japan is investing in the types of aircraft, warships and surveillance systems - like drones - to better defend its interests in the East China Sea. Recent incidents, including an overflight by a Chinese aircraft that - according to Japan - was the first Chinese intrusion into its airspace since 1958, is only likely to intensify this trend. Heading for war? China is watching what it sees as Japan's flexing of its military muscle with considerable unease. But Japan, perhaps emboldened by Washington's greater interest in the Asia-Pacific - the so-called US pivot - is clearly determined not to let China have things all its own way. Some veteran analysts have even suggested that these tensions might eventually turn into war. What is clear is that the maritime disagreements are only part of the story. They are emblematic of a broader strategic distrust, which if left to fester, may not provoke full-scale war, but could well lead to localised armed clashes.

मंगलवार को घोषित जापानी रक्षा खर्च में प्रस्तावित 100 बिलियन येन (710 मिलियन पाउंड) की वृद्धि-जो पहली बार में मिसाइल-रोधी रक्षा और लड़ाकू विमानों की एक छोटी संख्या के आधुनिकीकरण पर जाएगी-एक निश्चित संकेत प्रतीत होता है कि देश की नई अधिक रूढ़िवादी सरकार हमेशा से अधिक मुखर चीन के जवाब में अपने सशस्त्र बलों को मजबूत करने के लिए तैयार है।


Pedestrian killed on M5 near Bristol

Summary: A man died when he was struck by a vehicle on the M5 near Bristol in the early hours.

Police were called to the southbound junction 20, near Clevedon, at 04:30 BST. Avon and Somerset Police said they had spoken to the driver involved in the collision, and had also informed the next-of-kin of the man who died. The M5 was closed between junctions 19 and 21 until the early afternoon, reopening at about 13:10 BST. Related Internet Links Highways England Avon and Somerset Police

ब्रिस्टल के पास एम5 पर तड़के एक वाहन की चपेट में आने से एक व्यक्ति की मौत हो गई।


Man caught driving with 'practically zero-visibility' in Dundee

Summary: A man has been charged with dangerous driving after being stopped in Dundee with snow covering almost his entire front and rear windscreens.

Police said it was "about the most extreme example of lack of preparation" that they had ever seen. Officers said the man had been driving with "practically zero-visibility" when stopped. The incident took place in the Dunsinane Industrial Estate on Thursday. Insp Greg Burns said it was "miraculous" that no-one had been injured as a result. He said: "Our officers genuinely could not believe what they were seeing when they saw this car today. "This man has put himself and other road users and pedestrians at huge risk by driving the car in this condition." Meanwhile in Edinburgh, another driver was charged with dangerous driving when police spotted their windscreen covered in ice.

डंडी में रोके जाने के बाद एक व्यक्ति पर खतरनाक ड्राइविंग का आरोप लगाया गया है, जिसमें उसके लगभग पूरे सामने और पीछे के विंडस्क्रीन बर्फ से ढके हुए हैं।


Best pictures from the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games

Summary: The Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, which ended on Sunday, yielded 102 gold medals in 16 days.

The closing ceremony was a colourful event, complete with drones depicting the official mascot, a white tiger named Soohorang, with white lights (below). We take a look at some of the best pictures taken by sports photographers during the Games. All photos are copyright.

रविवार को समाप्त हुए प्योंगचांग शीतकालीन ओलंपिक ने 16 दिनों में 102 स्वर्ण पदक जीते।


The stranger and the ring

Summary: When my father died he left me a ring that had once belonged to his father. But before long I was thrown into a panic - I had lost it. Racked with guilt, I turned to a stranger for help.

By Tim ButcherCape Town Gold drew many to South Africa and it was gold that has just reaffirmed my faith in this muddled, mosaic nation. As a Briton living in Cape Town, I recently received the call nobody wants. My father had passed away. After the funeral in England, my mother showed me Dad's will. It mostly went to her with one named item for me - a gold ring, worn for decades by Dad and before him, by his own father. I've never really been into jewellery, yet when I slipped the ring on my left pinky it felt somehow right. Consoled in my grief by Dad's beloved bling, I flew home to South Africa. All was well until a wintry Saturday when I walked on our local beach. As so often in the Cape, it was fierce windy, a blur of sand and spindrift. When I got home and lit the fire, I looked at my left hand. The ring wasn't there. An emotional tsunami washed over me - shock, horror, remorse, anger, powerlessness. And when it pulled back, all that was really left was guilt - a potential life sentence of guilt. Hoping against hope it had not been dropped on the beach, I looked everywhere else. Maybe the car? I stripped it to no avail. Maybe the veranda where I dried off the dog? No luck. Maybe the house? Nothing. It must have been the beach, an area stretching 200m from the car park - the ring, a very small needle in a very large and tidally wet haystack. I was out at first light the next day but with no luck, spirits dimming. My only hope was this - the wind had been so strong the ring could have been buried. It might just still be there, somewhere. I contacted local metal detector users. Two came to help, one even lending me his gear. "Take as long as you need," he said. Days of searching passed forlornly. I found an old mobile phone, circa 2001, a 50 cent coin and a lot of bottle tops. I rang Mum that long week but was not brave enough to confess. If I had to tell her I had lost Dad's ring, I had to be able to say I had done everything humanly possible to find it. With my hopes failing, a third detectionist - for that is how they like to be known - offered to drive from an hour away to help. "I have only one condition," he said. "I don't want payment even if I find something." When things look too good to be true, surely life teaches us that is exactly what they are? Was I being taken for a ride? So late on Sunday, eight days after the ring was lost, Alan arrived. Fluid dynamics of wet sand being what they are, by now the ring could have burrowed anything up to 50cm down. Was this the last throw of the dice? Alan surveyed the search area. He talked about the wind, the tide, the currents and then he got to work. Up and down he ploughed, earphones on, criss-crossing dry sand, wet sand and even the approaching surf. His gear was so good, he was picking up something every three or four paces, ring pulls and other metallic junk, so I rather gave up watching closely every time he started to dig. And then, a miracle. From a hole 40cm down, Alan had heaped wet sand and his eye, tempered by years of peering into briny swill, had seen something. Calling out for me to come over, calmly he said the best of words: "There's your ring, Tim." This could not be happening. My eyes, prickly with tears and blurry with expectation, couldn't see straight to begin with. And then there it was, Dad's ring, his dad's ring, 90 years of accompanying the Butcher boys on life's journey and lost by me on a beach in Africa after a few weeks' custody. Alan grinned, the kids capered, the dog joined in and for a moment all was madness. I hugged this big, bearded stranger. And private though this miracle was, there was a greater miracle at work. My saviour refused all reward. He was firm, he was insistent. No, he would not accept a fee; no, he did not want petrol money; no, he did not want a celebratory drink nor fish and chips to drive home with. He wanted nothing more than to give something back. I went down to that beach that day to find a ring. What I actually found was more valuable still - that there remain some decent souls out there. Now, at last, I can call Mum. How to listen to From Our Own Correspondent: BBC Radio 4: Thursdays at 11:00 and Saturdays at 11:30 Listen online or download the podcast. BBC World Service: At weekends - see World Service programme schedule or listen online. Subscribe to the BBC News Magazine's email newsletter to get articles sent to your inbox.

जब मेरे पिता की मृत्यु हो गई तो उन्होंने मेरे लिए एक अंगूठी छोड़ी जो कभी उनके पिता की थी। लेकिन कुछ ही देर में मैं घबरा गया-मैंने उसे खो दिया था। अपराधबोध से परेशान होकर, मैं मदद के लिए एक अजनबी की ओर मुड़ा।


Conservation areas in Lake District to be extended

Summary: Two conservation areas in the Lake District are to be extended.

Areas in Caldbeck and Hesket Newmarket are to be expanded following a review and consultations by the Lake District National Park Authority. Both extensions involve minor changes and "blend in with the current boundaries" supporting "the existing character of the conservation areas." The new boundaries aim to protect areas of historical significance from development. Andrew Herbert, head of environmental heritage for the Lake District National Park Authority, said both had small areas within the "gateways" to the villages which should be protected. He said that despite the villages being within a national park, the conservation areas were needed to protect their character. Caldbeck and Hesket Newmarket were designated as conservation areas in 1983. Cultural heritage In 2007 the national park commissioned consultants to begin a review of 13 current conservations areas, including those for Caldbeck and Hesket Newmarket. David James, national park conservation and design adviser, said in a report that sustaining and improving the landscape, wildlife and cultural heritage would be achieved by "supporting the development of new approaches to celebrating cultural heritage, design and the built environment". Recent proposals set out by Natural England to extend the Lake District National Park borders, were rejected by Cumbria County Council. It would have seen the park extended to the south and east. Confirmation of any new boundaries are subject to approval by the government and a public inquiry . The 885 sq mile (2,292 sq km) Lake District National Park includes more than 30% of the county of Cumbria from Caldbeck in the north to Lindale in the south and from Ravenglass in the west to Shap in the east. Related Internet Links Natural England Lake District National park Cumbria County Council

झील जिले में दो संरक्षण क्षेत्रों का विस्तार किया जाना है।


The week ahead in Parliament

Summary: It's the first week of the new slimmed down Commons proceedings, after MPs voted to suspend their parallel debating chamber, Westminster Hall, and their Friday sittings to consider Private Members Bills, as an anti-Covid precaution.

Mark D'ArcyParliamentary correspondent There's even a new one-way system operating in the Commons chamber, and intensified precautions are visible across the parliamentary estate. More to the point, the narrowing of discussion leaves the government calling the shots over most parliamentary activity, and ministers will need to be punctilious about giving the opposition parties and backbenchers sufficient opportunities to make their views heard. The Commons authorities hope to find a Covid-secure way of resuming Westminster Hall sittings virtually - probably using one of the committee rooms which are already set up for virtual work - but it may take some weeks to get that working. The problem with Friday sittings is more intractable. A key part of the tactical games around Private Members Bills is the "closure motion" - the requirement for 100 MPs to vote to shut down a debate and make a decision (like moving it on to Second Reading, for example). The trouble with this is that those 100 MPs have to vote in person, so the proxy vote system - which has allowed absent MPs to vote in most Commons divisions for months - does not apply, and the House authorities are nervous that a vote requiring so many members could become a super-spreader event. And while a number of wheezes have been suggested, including the idea of allowing Private Members Bills to be given a formal second reading (a rare, but not unheard of practice), the government isn't keen. The result may be that not enough time is left for the bills to get through - leaving their sponsor MPs with little to show for a lot of work. But enough of what isn't happening and to the highlights of what is: Monday 18 January The Commons opens at 14:30 GMT with Education Questions, probably to be followed by the usual Monday crop of urgent questions and government statements. The main debates are on two Labour Opposition Day motions on politically charged issues. The first motion is on Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit, where Labour says the government should stop the planned cut to the benefit in April. The second is on access to remote education and the quality of school meals, with the motion saying families eligible for free school meals should be guaranteed to receive their full value "for the duration of the school year, including during all holidays". There would normally be debates on public petitions in Westminster Hall, but as noted above, these have been suspended. On the Committee Corridor at 14:30, Public Accounts focuses on the performance on the Covid-19 test, track and trace system, with evidence from the Department of Health and Social Care Permanent Secretary, Sir Chris Wormald, and Baroness Dido Harding, the Executive Chair of NHS Test and Trace. At 15:30, the Treasury Committee winds up its inquiry into tax after coronavirus with evidence from Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Jesse Norman, and senior Treasury officials. And at 16:00, the super-committee on the National Security Strategy hears from the former chief executive of the National Cyber Security Centre Professor, Ciaran Martin. Over in the Lords from 13:00, ministers field questions on the role of the BBC in the government's international soft power strategy, the review the Airports National Policy Statement (that's from Lord Randall of Uxbridge, who used to represent the seat next to Heathrow - now occupied by a certain Boris Johnson) encouraging a "circular economy" and the elimination of waste, and the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh. That's followed by a Private Notice Question (Lords-speak for an urgent question) on the TUC report on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, more commonly known as furlough. There will be a brief Third Reading rubber stamping of the heavily amended Trade Bill, and then peers turn to the second readings of two modest mini-bills - the Non-Domestic Rating (Lists) (No. 2) Bill and the Non-Domestic Rating (Public Lavatories) Bill. Tuesday 19 January The Commons begins at 11:30 with Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Questions. The day's Ten Minute Rule Bill from former Cabinet Minister David Davis is on promoting freedom of speech at university and fining universities that allow it to be curtailed. That is followed by consideration of Lords amendments to the Trade Bill, where the key issue will be a proposal that would force the government to withdraw from any free trade agreement with a country that the High Court had ruled was committing genocide. The government is opposed and will want to strike the amendment down, but all the opposition parties back it, and Conservative rebels - led by the former leader Iain Duncan Smith - are working hard to get the 40 or so votes they need to defeat the government and keep the change. The government lost six votes on different aspects of the bill, mostly around either the status of Northern Ireland or around maintaining UK standards in farming and other areas. Then MPs look at Lords amendments to the High Speed Rail (West Midlands-Crewe) Bill - which will give opponents HS2 another chance to make their criticisms of it. On the Committee Corridor, Health and Social Care will take evidence from 10:00 on the safety of maternity services in England from patient safety incident investigators from the Health and Safety Investigation Branch. They will speak about their role in investigating stillbirths, neonatal deaths and suspected brain injuries, and pregnancy-related maternal deaths. The committee will also hear from maternity care providers, as well as regulators of the nursing, midwifery and obstetrics professions At 10:30, the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee will be questioning Kwasi Kwarteng, the new Secretary of State, and Alok Sharma, his predecessor, who is now President of the COP 26 climate change summit. They will ask about the issues to be addressed at the summit, the Energy White Paper and its contribution to the path to net zero, and issues across the BEIS portfolio, including the impact of Brexit and the support for businesses and workers during the pandemic. In the Lords at 12:00, peers will question the government on the reduction in diesel use if railways connecting ports and quarries to inland distribution centres were to be electrified, support for people with eating disorders, research into brain tumours and the EU offer to the UK for visa-free touring for musicians in EU member states. The main legislative action is consideration of Commons amendments to the Pension Schemes Bill Wednesday 20 January MPs kick off at 11:30 with half an hour of Northern Ireland questions, followed at 12:00 by Prime Minister's Question Time. Then, the chair of the BEIS select committee, Labour MP Darren Jones, presents a Ten Minute Rule Bill on internet access, which calls on the government to exercise powers it already has to make broadband affordable for low income families. He wants them to create a social tariff for broadband and introduce a requirement that every household with a child currently eligible for free school meals would be eligible to access it. Then MPs turn to the National Security and Investment Bill, where there is an important cross-party amendment proposed by Foreign Affairs Committee Chair, Tom Tugendhat, and signed by - amongst others - Labour's Chris Bryant, the SNP's Stewart Malcolm McDonald and Tory backbench foreign policy expert, Bob Seely. The amendment aims to define the national interest as it applies to corporate takeovers by foreign companies - for example, whether such takeovers might impinge on national defence or critical infrastructure, or transfer sensitive data, technology or potentially sensitive intellectual property in strategically important sectors outside of the UK. Given the controversy over Huawei's involvement in the UK digital infrastructure, this will be a significant debate, again led by MPs who want a tougher approach to China. On the Committee Corridor, Treasury hears evidence on the economic impact of coronavirus from 14:30, and Northern Ireland hears from Secretary of State Brandon Lewis. In the Lords at 12:00, minsters will be questioned on the impact of the equalisation of Capital Gains Tax to income tax on entrepreneurs starting new businesses, the wellbeing of children under five and supporting the early years sector affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, and preparations against flooding in England in 2021. The main debate is on the Second Reading of the Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Operations) Bill, which creates a new "triple lock" to give service personnel and veterans greater certainty that the unique pressures placed on them during overseas operations will be taken into account when prosecution decisions are made concerning alleged war crimes or other offences. It provides a presumption against prosecution for alleged offences committed on overseas military operations more than five years ago, which will only be authorised in "exceptional" circumstances, and a requirement for a law officer to agree to a prosecution going ahead. The bill is highly controversial and there's an imposing speakers list, including former Deputy President of the Supreme Court, Lord Hope of Craighead, former Chief of Staff, Lord Craig of Radley, former Northern Ireland Secretary, Lord Hain, former Solicitor General, Lord Garnier, and human rights lawyer, Lady Kennedy of the Shaws. Thursday 21 January The Commons day begins at 09:30 with Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Questions, followed by mini-question times for the MPs who speak for the Church Commissioners, the House of Commons Commission, the Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body, the Public Accounts Commission and the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission. Then comes the weekly Commons Business Statement from the Leader of the House, Jacob Rees-Mogg. The day's main debates are on subjects chosen by the Backbench Business Committee - first on Errors in payments made to victims of the Equitable Life scandal, where the motion from backbenchers Bob Blackman, David Davis, Sir Edward Leigh and Dame Margaret Hodge criticise the handling of the payments. They will call on the Public Accounts Committee and the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee to set up a joint inquiry into the accuracy of the payments. The second debate is on the operation of the child maintenance service during the Covid-19 pandemic. In the Lords at 12:00, ministers will field questions on the G7 Summit, due to be held in the UK in 2021, on ensuring heritage organisations have supplies of locally produced coal, and on the new UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. That is followed by brief Third Reading debates on the Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill and the Medicines and Medical Devices Bill, before peers turn to the detail of the (relatively uncontroversial) Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill.

यह नए कम किए गए कॉमन्स की कार्यवाही का पहला सप्ताह है, जब सांसदों ने अपने समानांतर बहस कक्ष, वेस्टमिंस्टर हॉल और उनकी शुक्रवार की बैठकों को निजी सदस्यों के बिलों पर विचार करने के लिए निलंबित करने के लिए मतदान किया, एक कोविड-विरोधी एहतियात के रूप में।


Facebook: Behind the likes and pokes

Summary: Facebook is poised to sell shares in itself, by far the largest social network to do so.

By Kabir ChibberBusiness reporter, BBC News As a soon-to-be public company, it has had to reveal many of the facts behind all the pokes, likes and friends for the first time. What have we learned from the paperwork Facebook has filed with the US authorities in advance of its big stock market flotation? THE BIG PICTURE MONEY MEN AND WOMEN RISKS

फेसबुक अपने आप में शेयर बेचने के लिए तैयार है, जो ऐसा करने वाला अब तक का सबसे बड़ा सोशल नेटवर्क है।


The great Facebook giveaway - how will it work?

Summary: So Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg is funding what should turn out to be one of the world's most well-endowed charitable organisations, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative , with the aim of "advancing human potential and promoting equality for all children in the next generation".

By Rebecca MarstonBusiness reporter, BBC News He's very rich indeed and he's promised to give away almost all of his shareholding in the Facebook business he created. How much is he giving? Facebook told US company regulators the total sum promised is $45bn (£30bn). Initially he's pledged $1bn a year for the next three years. After that the time frame is vague. There's no doubt it's generous though as the total promised is 99% of his Facebook stake. By way of context, the UK as a whole donates £10bn a year to charity. What's it for? Big, big things: They say: "It's a world where our generation can advance human potential and promote equality - by curing disease, personalising learning, harnessing clean energy, connecting people, building strong communities, reducing poverty, providing equal rights and spreading understanding across nations. "We are committed to doing our small part to help create this world for all children. We will give 99% of our Facebook shares - currently about $45bn - during our lives to join many others in improving this world." There are no details as yet, and the pace at which the money will be given out indicates they plan to take their time. Why manage it through a limited liability company (LLC) and not a charity? This is an unusual way of doing it. It appears to be about control. Through an LLC, Mark Zuckerberg can keep hold of the voting and allocation of the shares he's put into it. And an LLC can spend its money on whatever it wants - including private, profit-generating investment, unlike a charity or a charitable trust. Does giving his shares away mean he loses control of the company? Dear me, no. The company states quite clearly that the move is "not expected to impact Mark's status as the controlling stockholder of Facebook for the foreseeable future". And the company's own Q&A states: "Will Mark's role at Facebook change? "No, Mark is committed to Facebook and its mission. He will continue his role as Chairman and CEO for many, many years. Mark and Priscilla are early in their careers and will continue to lead active lives." What about his previous charitable donations? "Mark and Priscilla have already committed $1.6bn to their philanthropy," states Facebook. But Mr Zuckerberg's internet.org project, which is designed to bring internet connectivity to a billion unconnected internet users attracted accusations he was only helping people to get connected in order to bring in more users for Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. Part of the $1.6bn was given to state schools. But that also attracted a backlash when some parents, community activists and unions said most of it was going to consultants, rather than to help children learn to read. Mr Zuckerberg and Dr Chan have also given to health care causes, including a $75m gift to San Francisco General Hospital, which was renamed in their honour. Could he use it if he wants to seek political office? Commentators, as the BBC's Silicon Valley correspondent, Dave Lee, points out, see this move as revealing his ambition to be a significant figure on the global political stage. On the face of it, charitable works play very well with voters. But high profile donations from high profile people can also attract critics - as in the previous answer in this Q&A.

इसलिए फेसबुक के संस्थापक, मार्क जुकरबर्ग "मानव क्षमता को आगे बढ़ाने और अगली पीढ़ी में सभी बच्चों के लिए समानता को बढ़ावा देने" के उद्देश्य से दुनिया के सबसे अच्छी तरह से संपन्न धर्मार्थ संगठनों में से एक, चैन जुकरबर्ग इनिशिएटिव को वित्त पोषित कर रहे हैं।


Thousands overcharged for London cycle hire scheme

Summary: Thousands of users of London's cycle hire scheme have been overcharged, Transport for London (TfL) has admitted.

The initiative was launched in central London on 23 July. TfL said a "couple of thousand" of the 40,000 cyclists registered for the scheme had been affected. Between £1 and £10 has been wrongly billed. Those affected have been contacted and any incorrect charges are to be refunded, TfL said. A TfL spokeswoman said: "Steps have been taken to ensure this error does not happen again and we apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused." About 5,000 cycles are available across 330 locations in central London. Cyclists have to pay an access fee from £1 a day plus usage time, with the first 30 minutes of cycling free.

ट्रांसपोर्ट फॉर लंदन (टी. एफ. एल.) ने स्वीकार किया है कि लंदन की साइकिल किराया योजना के हजारों उपयोगकर्ताओं से अधिक शुल्क लिया गया है।


Woman arrested over 'scam' Kendal fire family appeal

Summary: A woman has been arrested in connection with a "scam" Facebook appeal asking for donations to help a family who lost their possessions in a house fire.

Cumbria Police said a post on the site had been reported requesting money and gifts for the family in Kendal. "There is no evidence of any such fire to have taken place and we advise the public to not make any donations to this request," a force spokesman said. A 33-year-old woman, from Kendal, is being held on suspicion of fraud. She has been released under investigation while inquiries continue. The force said anyone who had donated items and believed they had been a victim of the "reported scam" should contact officers. Follow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to northeastandcumbria@bbc.co.uk. Related Internet Links Cumbria Police

घर में लगी आग में अपनी संपत्ति खोने वाले परिवार की मदद के लिए दान मांगने की "घोटाले" वाली फेसबुक अपील के सिलसिले में एक महिला को गिरफ्तार किया गया है।


Wallet stolen in Mexborough fishing magnet mugging

Summary: A mugger pushed a man into a canal before pulling the victim's wallet out of the water with a fishing magnet.

South Yorkshire Police said the man, 31, was walking along the canal bank near Doncaster Road, Mexborough, on 13 July when he was attacked and robbed. The victim was able to pull himself out of the water uninjured as his assailant fled in the direction of Denaby. Police have released an e-fit of a man they want to speak to in connection with the robbery. More stories from across Yorkshire Related Internet Links South Yorkshire Police

एक मगर ने पीड़ित के बटुए को मछली पकड़ने के चुंबक से पानी से बाहर निकालने से पहले एक आदमी को नहर में धकेल दिया।


Bloody Sunday: Soldier F will not appear at court hearing

Summary: The former soldier charged with two murders on Bloody Sunday will not be in court next week when the case comes before a magistrate in Londonderry.

By Julian O'NeillBBC News NI Home Affairs Correspondent The veteran, known as Soldier F, is accused of killing James Wray and William McKinney in 1972, as well as four counts of attempted murder. The case is due in court for the first time on Wednesday following a decision made in March to bring charges. It is understood the former paratrooper will be represented by his legal team. The relatives of the Bloody Sunday families have been informed. Soldier F, now in his sixties, is not compelled to attend a first committal hearing if his lawyers are to mount a challenge to proceedings.

ब्लडी संडे पर दो हत्याओं का आरोपी पूर्व सैनिक अगले सप्ताह अदालत में नहीं होगा जब मामला लंदनडेरी में एक मजिस्ट्रेट के सामने आएगा।


Why don't I want to have sex with the man I love?

Summary: It is thought that between 1-3% of the population is asexual, meaning they do not feel any sexual attraction to other people. For years Stacey was puzzled about why she never wanted to sleep with anyone, even her husband. As she explains here, it was her doctor that told her the truth.

For a really long time I thought I was broken mentally or physically in some way, I thought it wasn't normal to not want to have sex with people. Friends of mine would be talking about boyfriends they'd had or celebrities they'd like to bed, and I just didn't think about anybody in that very specific, sexual sense. When I was in my early twenties I really started noticing it, but I didn't talk to anybody about it because I just thought, "They're going to think I'm well strange," so I just kept quiet. Asexuality has quite a spectrum so although I might not be sexually attracted to people I do get very romantically attracted to people. I'd met my boyfriend - who is now my husband - when I was 19, and I didn't know what asexuality was then, so I just thought I was bonkers or really behind the curve or something. I was thinking, "I absolutely love this man, and if he proposes to me I will 100% say yes because I know I want to spend the rest of my life with him, so why don't I want to sleep with him? That's crazy." Find out more Stacey spoke to BBC Radio 4's iPM, the programme which starts with its listeners. If you want to contact the programme, please send an email. You can listen to Stacey's interview or hear Jordan describing the problems he faced at university on the iPM podcast We sort of went on a bit of journey of discovery together, me and the hubby. He was very much, "I am in love with you. I will wait as long as it takes, if it ever happens." He was really supportive and never tried to make me do anything I wasn't comfortable with. Societal norms suggest that sex and children are the way forward in a relationship and all my friends were going off and getting married and having babies. I thought, "Oh God, there's this expectation that I should be sleeping with my husband and having children." I started having a recurring nightmare that my husband was going to leave me for somebody who looked exactly like me but who would actually sleep with him, and I got to a point where my own anxieties were making me almost unbearable. I thought, "Do you know what? I've got to sort this out, I've got to find out what's going on." By this point I was probably 27 or 28. I made the massive mistake of searching the internet for medical reasons that might cause low sex drive. That was a mistake, an absolute mistake. There were lots of little things that were easily fixable like dodgy hormone levels, but the one that caught my eye was brain tumours. I was like, "Oh no, I'm dying of a brain tumour." I went to my doctor and I said, "Look, is it serious? Am I going to die?" She was like, "Calm down, you're probably just asexual." I was like, "What's that? What?" So she pointed me towards some websites - and it was like I'd found my people, it was so exciting. I'd never heard the term "asexual" before. I did some more research and I started feeling a lot more comfortable in myself, so I spoke to my husband about it and I said, "This label does kind of take things off the table permanently." And he pretty much just said, "Well, I'd kind of assumed that anyway, so it's fine." He's been absolutely great, he's been so understanding. I like to think it's because of my shining personality that he thinks, "I've got to hold on to that one." I've never felt what most people would describe as horny and if I ever do feel any slight inkling of that it's very, very small, like an itch that I need to scratch. It's a very biological process for me rather than an arousal kind of thing, if that makes sense, and I don't want to involve other people, not even my husband. It's like, "Yeuch, here's this feeling, I'll go deal with that." I almost disassociate from it. iPM listeners on asexuality "I'm 60 years old and have never knowingly met another person who is asexual. I had never even heard it publicly acknowledged." - Lucy "When I first discovered that I was asexual, I tried to come out to a few people, and while some were very open to it, I've had some very negative reactions. A group of team mates from my university sports team decided to arrange a night out for me to 'help' me get laid, when they discovered that I hadn't had sex, not caring that it was due to my asexuality." - Scott "I have been met with scorn, disbelief and disgusted looks when I have shared my asexuality with other people. People have told me that 'it's not a real thing' and that 'I'm making it up for attention.' I have only now begun to think of myself as a whole human being, with no 'missing pieces'." - Anonymous, 14 years old "I don't have a problem with physical contact. It's just I don't see any others as sexual prey… Even though I have never discussed this with my wonderful mum, she is not blind to the fact that I live happily alone, child-free and have no interest in dating. She has even been on the brink of tears, concerned that - and I quote - 'It might be something I did that made you... not normal.'" - Dani Listen again Asexuality is a spectrum and there are a lot of asexual people who, once they've built up a relationship with a person, feel comfortable having sex with them. But for me, any time I've ever got close, my whole body's been like, "No, no thank you, stop that now, not having it." It's just the kids thing - people that I tell almost always immediately say, "Oh my god, but how are you going to have kids, though?" Well, there are a lot of ways that I could have kids if I wanted them, it's not completely out of the realms of possibility. I've only been aware about asexuality for about three or four years. I like the label ACE [short for "asexual"]. I find it almost comforting, and it has really helped me understand who I am, how I behave and how my mind works. I do celebrate being ACE, I'm quite proud of it, and I do like to talk about it because I would like more people to understand it and not judge people for not wanting to have sex. I think if I'd known what asexuality was back when I was 18 or 19 my mental health could have been a whole lot better for most of my twenties. Funnily enough, before I discovered asexuality my husband used to call me Stace Ace. For more information on sex and relationships you can visit BBC Advice. You can listen to iPM on Radio 4 at 05:45 on Saturday 7 October, or catch up later on the BBC iPlayer Join the conversation - find us on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter.

ऐसा माना जाता है कि 1-3% आबादी के बीच अलैंगिक है, जिसका अर्थ है कि वे अन्य लोगों के प्रति कोई यौन आकर्षण महसूस नहीं करते हैं। वर्षों से स्टेसी इस बात को लेकर उलझन में थी कि वह कभी किसी के साथ क्यों नहीं सोना चाहती, यहां तक कि अपने पति के साथ भी। जैसा कि वह यहाँ बताती है, यह उसका डॉक्टर था जिसने उसे सच बताया।


Sheffield murder arrest after man dies from head injury

Summary: A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the death of a 26-year-old who suffered a head injury.

The victim was found unconscious at the junction of Union Street and Charles Street in Sheffield on Tuesday at about 03:30 GMT. Paramedics attempted resuscitation but he died at the scene, South Yorkshire Police said. A 25-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder remains in police custody, the force said.

सिर में चोट लगने से 26 वर्षीय युवक की मौत के बाद हत्या के संदेह में एक व्यक्ति को गिरफ्तार किया गया है।


Can going green solve some of India's problems?

Summary: At his factory in the outskirts of Mumbai, Nitin Bondal is staring proudly at a large machine. The 4m (13ft) orange structure has a futuristic air, as it stands, pride of place, in the corner of a dusty, decades-old workshop, filled with the stench of factory fumes.

By Rajini VaidyanathanBBC News, Mumbai Two men climb up to the top, and start pouring bags of broken plastic down a chute. When Mr Bondal presses a button, the machine whirrs to life, and in about an hour, a form of petrol starts to drip into a bottle at the other end. "This is our prototype machine, it turns all types of waste into crude oil," he says proudly. "We put all kinds of things in here, everything from plastic to electronic waste to old tyres." Mr Bondal says this technology has the capability to convert 150 tonnes of waste into 150,000 litres of crude oil, every day, once fully operational. "It works on what we call the polycrack system," says Mr Bondal. "We are cooking the material and converting it into gas. When you heat any matter there is hydrogen and carbon available," he adds. As Mr Bondal explains, this gas is then passed through a "special catalyst", which breaks the molecules down to form hydrocarbon gas and petroleum gas, which when cooled becomes liquid petroleum fuel. Waste management Mr Bondal and his business partner, Raghuvendra Rao - who both have a background in the oil industry and spent five years developing their company, Sustainable Technologies & Environmental Projects (Steps) - hope to start selling the oil later this year. The company has already attracted $12m (£7.7m) of investment. Green technology is proving lucrative in India, clean energy investments here were worth $10.3bn, a growth of 52% on 2011, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. This means that India had the highest rate of growth in green technologies of any other major world economy, with wind and solar areas being where most money is being pumped into. India uses energy inefficiently, and many green tech entrepreneurs see innovation as a way of bridging this gap, and making money. Innovative stoves Take Neha Juneja - a 27-year-old entrepreneur from Mumbai who, together with a friend, spotted a green business opportunity in rural India. In a village in Maharahstra, she demonstrates the device she hopes will make her money - the Greenway Grameen Infra, an eco-friendly cook stove. Hundreds of millions of Indians still prepare food on centuries old mud stoves, but the smoke from these emit harmful greenhouse gases. Research from The Indian National Initiative for Advanced Biomass Cookstoves estimated that more than 4% of the country's greenhouse gas emissions come from such cookers. Ms Juneja's Greenway stove is said to save 1,600kgs of wood, and mitigates over two tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions per stove per year. "The stove is a very simple device," says Ms Juneja. "We didn't design it in a lab, we started with an abstract prototype and travelled across India for nine months to understand what people in villagers want, without changing their culinary habits." The cooker is designed with a component that automatically sucks in oxygen from the outside, and supplies it to the fuel to ensure that the combustion is proper and clean, explains Ms Juneja. This effectively means all the fuels burns completely, she says. The product was devised after Ms Juneja and her business partner Ankit Mathur, who both quit well-paid jobs to start the business, spent months travelling to villages to see how people cook and ensure that anything they created didn't change culinary habits. "It is better because it uses less wood," says Saku Bhala, who lives in the village and has started to use one of the new stoves. "It doesn't create burning in my eyes or on my body." More than 6,000 of the stoves have been sold since they went on sale at the start of this year. They are particularly popular in the southern state of Karnataka, where they are even being given as wedding gifts. Green potential "I would say there's a lot of money to be made in green energy in India because the solutions [people] are coming up [with] solve basic infrastructure problems, which would be hard to solve otherwise," says Ms Juneja. The scope for clean energy in India is huge, agrees Jonathan Winer, the managing partner of Nereus Capital, a firm that finances alternative energy power plants in India. "India is a unique market for alternative energy, given the country's large power deficit, high electricity costs, and challenges in traditional thermal power," he says. "The innovation driving market adoption is not necessarily new technologies, but rather applying proven technologies in smaller, more decentralised applications that can provide excess return." It is a view shared by long-time green technology investor, Sanjeev Krishnan, who says that while the technologies are not groundbreaking, the ways they are being deployed in India is what is changing the market. Mr Krishnan cites examples such as solar power schemes, which are providing off-grid electricity to power telecoms towers, as ways where established clean technologies are being used differently. "Waste is being turned into a commodity, instead of purely landfilled or renewable based micro-grids, [and] this has the potential to address many of India's energy issues at a time of economic slowdown," he says.

मुंबई के बाहरी इलाके में अपने कारखाने में, नितिन बोंडल गर्व से एक बड़ी मशीन को देख रहे हैं। 4 मीटर (13 फीट) नारंगी रंग की संरचना में एक भविष्य की हवा है, जैसा कि यह खड़ी है, एक धूल भरी, दशकों पुरानी कार्यशाला के कोने में, जो कारखाने के धुएं की बदबू से भरी हुई है।


GOSL calls LTTE for joint operation

Summary: The government has invited the LTTE to take part in the national programme of providing relief to those affected by the tidal wave Tsunami.

The government is working shoulder to shoulder with the LTTE in delivering relief to the north and east, says Presidential spokesman Harim Pieris. Speaking to BBC Sandesaya from Jaffna, Pieris who is also the Director General of Rehabilitation and Reconstruction for North & East said that the Government has written to the political leadership of the LTTE SP Thamilselvan. Peiris said the president’s office has invited the LTTE to participate in the government’s relief process in the national as well as regional level. Rejecting accusations that the government’s delivery mechanism being ineffective in the north & east he said these claims are merely political.

सरकार ने लिट्टे को ज्वारीय लहर सुनामी से प्रभावित लोगों को राहत प्रदान करने के राष्ट्रीय कार्यक्रम में भाग लेने के लिए आमंत्रित किया है।


Covid: Llanelli in local lockdown after coronavirus spike

Summary: Wales' first town-only lockdown has come into force.

Llanelli in Carmarthenshire had restrictions imposed from 18:00 BST on Saturday, making it the first town hit with restrictions which do not apply to the rest of the surrounding county. Wales' two biggest cities - Cardiff and Swansea - will follow suit on Sunday evening following Covid-19 spikes. Llanelli MP Nia Griffith said lockdown would be "a tricky time... but it's better to do it sooner than later". "What we don't want is to leave things too late and then wish we'd done more," she said. "It will impact on different people in different ways but the general feeling is we that need to get on top of this." Wales' Health Minister Vaughan Gething told BBC Breakfast on Saturday the situation was "very serious" and comparable with cases in February. "We ended large parts of NHS activity about two weeks later. We had a full lockdown three-and-a-bit weeks later," he said. People in 13 ward areas in Llanelli cannot now leave town, or mix indoors with anyone outside their own household. The town has seen 85 coronavirus cases over the past week - compared to 24 across the rest of Carmarthenshire. Carmarthenshire council leader Emlyn Dole said it was "worrying to see how sharply the number of positive cases has risen in the Llanelli area". "Action has had to be taken to help stop the spread and break the chain of infections concentrated in this area to prevent a whole county lockdown," he said. Mr Dole told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast he thought the spike in cases was down to pubs and bars not "paying as much heed to the restrictions as the rest of us" in terms of social distancing. The rate of infection across Llanelli has leapt to 152 cases per 100,000 of the population - it is just 18 per 100,000 for the rest of Carmarthenshire. It places the town in the top three weekly infections rates across Wales, alongside Blaenau Gwent on 202 per 100,000 and Merthyr Tydfil at 169 per 100,000. Maria Battle, who chairs the Hywel Dda University Health Board serving south west Wales, said: "Our local community has given us such tremendous support during the past few months. "To protect the health of our people, including the most vulnerable, and to ensure our NHS resources are available to provide people with the care they need, we need the help of our Llanelli population and wider community now more than ever before." Extra testing capacity is being introduced, with appointments at Parc y Scarlets, Ty'r Nant at Trostre, and the Carmarthen showground. Health officials said there should be "no reason for Llanelli residents to travel excessive distances for a test". Cardiff and Swansea go into lockdown from 18:00 BST on Sunday. Swansea hit a seven-day rate of 56 new cases of coronavirus per 100,000 on Friday, while Cardiff reached 38 cases per 100,000. First Minister Mark Drakeford urged people to behave as if the new restrictions were already in place, but told LBC that arrest by the police was a last resort. "If there are people who clearly deliberately flout the law you have to enforce," he said. "Yes, with fines if necessary. But for us that's the last resort, not the first resort. "In Caerphilly [the first area in Wales to face local lockdown] we have had very, very good levels of co-operation. "My experience is people are wanting to do the right thing." Cardiff Central Labour MP Jo Stevens also warned residents: "Don't take this weekend to go on a massive bender. "It's not going to be helpful," she told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast. "If people do that this weekend, it does risk further infection rates and that means we'll be in local lockdown for longer." Thomas Beynon, manager at Three Cliffs Bay Holiday Park, Gower, said he was expecting to cancel about 380 bookings before the season ends in November due to the new lockdown in Swansea. He said it was "hugely deflating" and meant "strange times again" after the business was hit by the national lockdown earlier this year. Mr Beynon said customers had been "very supportive" by transferring bookings to next year rather than cancelling and seeking a refund. "We are extremely humbled," he said.

वेल्स का पहला शहर-मात्र लॉकडाउन लागू हो गया है।


Iran nuclear deal: Back in business for now

Summary: The lifting of Iran's sanctions marks an important moment.

By Bridget KendallDiplomatic correspondent After 15 years, it is tempting to think that the West's stand-off with the Islamic Republic is finally over, and what an extraordinary transformation. Only a few years ago Iran was seen by Western powers as a dangerous pariah state, led by a president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who regularly indulged in inflammatory rhetoric against countries like Israel. Iran's critics would describe its network of political and military support for Shia Muslim allies across the Middle East as a worrying "arc of Shia instability". They believed Iran was intent on developing a nuclear capacity which would cement its status as a major power in the region. Analysts were beginning to suggest that Iran might be only months away from having the material to produce nuclear weapons despite its denials. What changed was new leadership. In the United States a new American president - Barack Obama - reached out to Tehran early on in his presidency to try to reinvigorate diplomacy. And in Iran President Ahmadinejad was replaced by a much more moderate government under President Hassan Rouhani, who made no secret of his desire to seek a deal to end sanctions and save Iran's crippled economy from total disaster. Iran nuclear deal: Key details Iran nuclear crisis: Six key points Will Iran now get a McDonald's? At the same time there was also a growing recognition that the balance of security risks in the region was changing. Another disturbing enemy was gaining in strength, causing havoc in parts of the Middle East and beyond: the jihadist movement known as Islamic State. Common cause Analysts noted that Iran too saw it as a danger. One retired European intelligence chief mused at a private dinner in 2010 or 2011 that it made no sense for Western powers to be at loggerheads with Iran, when it would surely be a useful and effective partner in countering al-Qaeda and its jihadist offshoots. At the time, the remark seemed almost heretical. Before long, it was mainstream thinking in London's corridors of power. Yet many remained sceptical about whether Tehran could be trusted. Even just two years ago, Iran was excluded from talks on the first attempt to convene an international Syria peace conference. Roll forward to the end of 2015 and a new attempt to open a Syrian diplomatic track, and no-one was denying that Iran - like Russia - was a central player. As Implementation Day approached, Western diplomats warned that lifting sanctions might not make much difference in the short term, as foreign companies could take time to regain confidence in trading with Iran, for fear of falling foul of US legislation on remaining restrictions. But in fact all the signs are that businesses the world over are jostling to win a piece of the Iran market. It seems that at this time of global economic downturn, the prospect of re-forging ties with Iran to help rebuild its infrastructure, refurbish its transport links and service 80 million Iranian consumers hungry for outside goods, is an extremely attractive prospect. But if, from the Western perspective, this weekend's lifting of sanctions is a signal that Iran is on its way back in from the cold, that is not the end of this story. Asian hopes Western diplomats point out there are still plenty of issues where Iran's behaviour is questionable, from its human rights record, to its many executions, to its role in fuelling regional conflicts. And in global terms, lifting sanctions and re-engaging with Iran may bring benefits for some, but it means problems and uncertainties for others. Inside Iran, it is thought that endemic corruption and mismanagement of the economy are as much to blame for the country's economic woes as the punitive effect of sanctions. It is by no means clear whether President Rouhani can use the scrapping of sanctions to end high inflation and high unemployment. And though Iran can now sell its oil to the world again, the gain will be less than it hoped, given current low prices. The risk for President Rouhani (and by extension those in the West who are hoping that he represents a long term pro-Western re-orientation in Tehran) is that if the economic boost is only modest, it could give rise to popular frustration and disappointment, which will inevitably be exploited by his hardline opponents. For other oil producers, the prospect of new Iranian crude flooding back on to the market is also worrying. From Saudi Arabia to Venezuela, Brazil and Russia, countries are already feeling the pinch from reduced oil revenues. Conversely, for net importers of hydrocarbons, more Iranian oil is good news. Already it is thought that Asian governments from China to Japan, South Korea and India, are lining up deals to move in swiftly. China, the world's biggest importer of Middle Eastern oil, has particular reason to take an interest. President Xi Jinping is on the point of making a rare visit to the region, taking in Iran, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. But it is also clear that the Chinese government is worried about heightened tensions in the Middle East from those who fear a newly empowered Iran will increasingly threaten their stability and security. New dangers Iran's old adversary, Israel, remains deeply worried about Tehran's intentions. But probably most suspicious of all is Saudi Arabia, which recently broke off diplomatic relations after an Iranian mob attacked and set fire to its Tehran embassy in protest at the Saudi government's execution of a Shia cleric. It is not yet clear how far this row will go. Western diplomats engaged in trying to mediate between the two sides say they hope neither Tehran nor Riyadh will let their quarrel scupper the fledgling efforts to launch another Syrian peace process. But there is little doubt that, though the Iran nuclear threat may be off the table for now, stability in the Middle East is still elusive, and the deepening rift between Shia Iran and its Sunni Gulf neighbours holds many new dangers.

ईरान के प्रतिबंधों को हटाना एक महत्वपूर्ण क्षण है।


The joker who wanted to be a bomber

Summary: Three men have been found guilty of preparing acts of terrorism including what could have been a massive bombing campaign against targets in the UK. Irfan Naseer, Irfan Khalid and Ashik Ali, all from Birmingham, face life sentences for their plan to become suicide bombers. This is the story of how a school joker became one of the most dangerous men in Britain.

Dominic CascianiHome affairs correspondent@BBCDomCon Twitter Irfan Naseer wanted to be the next big thing. For most of his adult life, he had struggled to find his place in the world, but by 2010, he had stopped struggling. He didn't seem to care that his mates called him Big Irfan, Chubbs or Chubby. Because in his own world, he had become a different kind of big man. He was going to be a bomber. And he was going to show the world a thing or two, even if pressing the trigger on a homemade detonator would be the last thing he would ever do. He and Irfan Khalid, described in court as his right-hand man, left their Birmingham homes twice to join training camps linked to al-Qaeda deep within the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan - the second trip ending in the summer of 2011. Their plan was simple. The men joined the camps to receive broad training in bomb-making, weapons and poisons from al-Qaeda contacts. Armed with this knowledge, they would then bring it back to the UK and spread it to other recruits. It was up to the men themselves to decide what to do with the skills, rather than wait for commands from the other side of the world. On their return, they began seeking recruits for a bombing campaign. They already had Ashik Ali in the team. Naseer organised a Pakistan training camp trip for four other men from Birmingham - and identified others he wanted to be part of his plan. None of the men realised they were already being monitored by MI5 and the police. In fact, they were being watched so closely that investigators knew that the four recruits had been sent overseas. And so during the summer of 2011, the security services sat quietly listening and assessing Naseer's plans. Over the course of three months at Woolwich Crown Court, the jury were told that "Big Irfan" and the others were full of big talk - and bigger plans. Raising cash In one bugged conversation, the men criticised the 2005 London bombers, saying they had forgotten to add nails to their devices to make them more lethal. Naseer talked about martyrdom and the merits of various forms of attack, from using rifles on the streets to time bombs. Khalid joked about them being "suicide bombers driving around ready to take on England". Another conversation revolved around whether they could fit blades to a car and cut people down in the street. None of this yet amounted to a specific attack plan and so investigators sat tight and continued to listen. What was clear was that Naseer and the others were considering plans and timetables. They had begun raising cash and were looking for somewhere safe to operate away from prying eyes. Naseer talked about opening an Islamic shop to provide a cover story for recruitment and plotting in its back rooms. Khalid agreed, saying in one monitored conversation that it would provide "beautiful cover". But in the end, they settled on a small flat provided by Ashik Ali. As for the cash, Naseer and his recruits went onto the streets of Birmingham during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, rattling collection buckets and wearing high-visibility tabards. They sought donations for a local madrassah project and a legitimate international development British charity, Muslim Aid. But the real plan was to con ordinary people. They collected some £13,000 from Muslims who regard it as a religious and moral duty to give to charity during Ramadan. Rahin Ahmed, another member of the cell, said he could make more money by investing it in online currency trading - he lost £9,000. Ahmed has separately pleaded guilty to fund-raising for terrorism. Undeterred with the disastrous bungling of his associate, Naseer maintained his resolve. He warned the others to be on their guard for Satan, who could enter their dreams and make them doubt the righteousness of their path. He said that if they allowed doubts to enter their mind, then "you're not gonna do it, bro, you're not going to press the button". 'The real deal' Investigators were increasingly concerned by this kind of talk and their suspicions were reinforced when Naseer and Khalid revealed they had recorded martyrdom videos while being trained in Pakistan. "We realised they were the real deal, committed and passionate in what they were doing," said Det Insp Adam Gough, who led the West Midlands Police inquiry. "It was very chilling to listen to some of it in terms of 9/11 and 7/7. They revered those sorts of things and wanted to create another incident that people would remember and celebrate in the years to come." Inside Ashik Ali's safe house in September 2011, Naseer began explaining to Ali how to make homemade bombs. His knowledge, the jury heard, came from a combination of the training camps he had attended and his university degree in pharmacy. The jury at the trial were taken through long recordings in which Naseer went to great lengths to explain the finer technical details of explosives. Ashik Ali doubted whether the men could carry 20kg rucksacks and Naseer said that it would be easier to carry bombs of half that size. He suggested that if they used timers, they could build more devices. "Seven or eight of them in different places," said Naseer. "With timers on… probably to go boom, boom, boom everywhere." Investigators had already heard the men talking about being dead by the middle of 2012. Now that the conversations had turned to how to construct devices and how to use them, they moved in to stop the plot progressing. Time had run out for Irfan Naseer. He, Khalid and Ali were arrested along with nine others. Six men have already pleaded guilty to terrorism offences. The men had never got to the point of fixing on a target. But in his police interview, Ashik Ali told detectives that Naseer had proposed making suicide bomb vests, acquiring guns and targeting British soldiers. During the trial, Irfan Naseer denied that he was a terrorist, but he wove a tale of internal Pakistani-community politics in Birmingham with him as the victim of malicious rumours. His barrister told the jury that Naseer was a fantasist who would have made a "rubbish terrorist". Joker to threat Anas Zein Al-Abdeen was at school with Irfan Naseer. He told the BBC's Inside Out West Midlands programme that his former friend became increasingly extreme as he entered adulthood, holding views a world away from the man he had known as "Chubby", the school joker. "I'm sad that this guy could have been serving the community by being a pharmacist, by maybe doing charity work that will really make a difference, instead he's harmed the community," Mr Al-Abdeen said. "The guys [at school] stuck around with him because he was funny, lively, always had a lot to say, quite outspoken. "[But] he couldn't adapt to working life. This, I think, is the start of his downfall. He started looking at achieving something else apart from his career or his profession." Naseer was angry about international politics, expressing frustrations about injustices in the Muslim world. Mr Al-Abdeen and others in Birmingham have told the BBC that the local Muslim community was increasingly worried about what he was up to. During the trial, the jury heard that one influential local man had confronted Naseer, as rumours spread that he had sent four recruits to a training camp. He added: "The way he used to dress up, a lot of people found him intimidating. I know for a fact when he used to go to the mosques that a lot of people used to look at him with disdain. "He does have extreme views. I mean there's no doubt about this. You'd be excused if you thought the film Four Lions was based on this guy Chubby because his friends never really took what he said seriously." "I believe him when he said he wanted to be the big man," he told the BBC. "He just couldn't comprehend everybody moving on and he was struggling to move on from school days. He wanted to prove something." Inside Out West Midlands will be investigating the men at the heart of the terror trial on Monday 25 February on BBC1 at 19.30 GMT. If you don't live in the BBC West Midlands transmission area it will be available here on the BBC iPlayer.

तीन लोगों को आतंकवाद के कृत्यों की तैयारी करने का दोषी पाया गया है, जिसमें ब्रिटेन में लक्ष्यों के खिलाफ एक बड़े पैमाने पर बमबारी अभियान भी शामिल है। बर्मिंघम के इरफान नसीर, इरफान खालिद और आशिक अली, सभी को आत्मघाती हमलावर बनने की अपनी योजना के लिए आजीवन कारावास की सजा का सामना करना पड़ता है। यह कहानी है कि कैसे एक स्कूल जोकर ब्रिटेन में सबसे खतरनाक लोगों में से एक बन गया।


The man swimming around the coast of Ireland

Summary: Anrí Ó Domhnaill is no ordinary swimmer.

By Kevin SharkeyBBC News NI The Irish endurance athlete is attempting to finswim around the coast of Ireland. Finswimming involves swimming on the water's surface using fins and a snorkel. Known as Finman, a nod to his Carrickfin heritage and his mode of swimming, Mr Ó Domhnaill wants to become the first finswimmer to circumnavigate a country. The 56-year-old former Irish army ranger is currently swimming along the coast of County Down. 'Overwhelmed in County Down' It is now a month since he began his expedition on the north-west coast of Ireland, at Carrickfin Beach in his native County Donegal. "I hope to complete this gruelling expedition within a year," Anrí told BBC News NI. "One month in, I am only too aware of the many arduous challenges ahead." But he is being inspired along the way by the encouragement of local coastal and maritime communities. During his stopover in County Down, he said he was "overwhelmed by the support and encouragement" he received when back on dry land in Donaghadee and Bangor and most recently in Ardglass. Mr Ó Domhnaill, who served with the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon during the 1980s, has already completed numerous endurance expeditions around the world. He completed a sub-sea to summit expedition in South America in 2014. "This pioneering project, over four to five weeks, involved reaching the highest to lowest points in the western and southern hemispheres, crossing a segment of the Patagonian Desert, traversing the Perito Moreno Glacier, diving and swimming in the sub-Antarctic Beagle Channel and climbing the Martial Glacier," he said. The previous year he completed a Trans-Russian Expedition achieving the lowest to highest points of Russia - the highest being the summit of Mount Elbrus, the highest mountain in Europe and one of the coveted Seven Summits. The Irish endurance swimmer believes his experience on these and other expeditions, on land and sea, will help him as he attempts to circumnavigate his native country within the next year. "It is a major challenge for myself and my expedition support team on land and at sea," he said. "We also realise that some of the biggest challenges lie ahead with the worsening weather of the winter and the realisation that the last leg will be completed in the turbulent seas of the Atlantic Ocean, along the Wild Atlantic Way." After a few days rest on land, Mr Ó Domhnaill, is resuming his expedition from the North Channel, between Northern Ireland and Scotland, to make his way down the Irish sea and across international lines, from British to Irish territorial waters. That will eventually bring him towards the coastline of the Irish capital city, Dublin.

एनरी ओ डोमनिल कोई साधारण तैराक नहीं हैं।


Bahrain country profile

Summary: Bahrain - which name means "two seas" - was one of the first states in the Gulf to discover oil and to build a refinery. It never reached the levels of production enjoyed by Kuwait or Saudi Arabia, and so has had to diversify its economy.

The Muslim country is ruled by a Sunni king, whose family holds the main political and military posts. The divide between the Shia majority and the Sunni rulers has led to long-running tension in the kingdom, which has sporadically boiled over into civil disobedience. The government called in the Saudi military to crush protests by demonstrators demanding a greater say in government in early 2011. Shia leaders have long alleged systematic discrimination in jobs and services. Read more country profiles - Profiles by BBC Monitoring FACTS Kingdom of Bahrain Capital: Manama Population 1.4 million Area 717 sq km (277 sq miles) Major language Arabic Major religion Islam Life expectancy 75 years (men), 76 years (women) Currency Bahraini dinar LEADER King: Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifah Sheikh Hamad, who has led the country since 1999, changed his title from emir to king when Bahrain became a kingdom in February 2002. Born in 1950, he was educated at a public school in Cambridge, England, and went on to study at Mons Officer Cadet School in Aldershot, England, and at the US Army Command and Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Under his leadership, the country has faced protests and civil unrest from the Shia majority, with demonstrators saying the ruling Sunni minority shuts them out of housing, healthcare and government jobs. The Khalifa family has ruled since 1783. Bahrain is now a constitutional monarchy with an elected legislative assembly. MEDIA The media are under tight official control. The main TV and radio networks are state-run and newspapers follow a pro-government editorial line. Media watchdog Freedom House says legislation is used to detain or jail critical journalists and online activists. Bahrain has one of the highest rates of internet penetration in the Arab world. TIMELINE Some key dates in Bahrain's history: 1602-1783 - Persian rule. 1783 - Rule by sheikhs of the Khalifah family. 1861 - Britain assumes responsibility for the Bahrain's defence and foreign relations. 1913 - Britain and the Ottoman government sign a treaty recognising the independence of Bahrain but the country remains under British administration. 1931 - The Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco), a subsidiary of the Standard Oil Company of California (Socal), discovers oil at Jabal al-Dukhan and production begins the following year. 1970 - Iran under the shah renounces claims to Bahrain, but the successor Islamic Republic of Iran does not recognise this renunciation. 1971 - Bahrain declares independence and signs a new treaty of friendship with Britain. Sheikh Isa becomes the first Emir and the Council of State becomes a cabinet. 2001 - February - Referendum on political reform; Bahrainis overwhelmingly back proposals under which Bahrain would become constitutional monarchy with elected lower chamber of parliament and independent judiciary. 2011 - Protesters gather in Manama, inspired by popular revolts that toppled rulers in Tunisia and Egypt. Saudi troops take part in a crackdown.

बहरीन-जिसका अर्थ है "दो समुद्र"-खाड़ी के पहले राज्यों में से एक था जिसने तेल की खोज की और एक रिफाइनरी का निर्माण किया। यह कभी भी कुवैत या सऊदी अरब द्वारा आनंदित उत्पादन के स्तर तक नहीं पहुंचा, और इसलिए इसे अपनी अर्थव्यवस्था में विविधता लानी पड़ी।


Why George Orwell is returning to the BBC

Summary: The BBC headquarters in London has got a new resident: he's tall, bronze and likes a smoke. A statue of novelist George Orwell now adorns the exterior of New Broadcasting House, a few minutes from where Orwell worked as a radio producer during World War Two. But what was the author of Nineteen Eighty-Four doing in the BBC? And did he like it?

By Vincent DowdArts reporter, BBC News For decades, its staff have delighted in the suggestion Orwell took his notion of absolute hell from two years spent at the BBC. Near the end of Nineteen Eighty-Four, Winston Smith finds himself trapped in the Ministry of Love's Room 101, "many metres underground". He must face the worst thing in the world (which turns out to be a rat). Since the book came out in 1949, some have suggested it was Orwell's comment on a similarly-numbered room at Broadcasting House, where he had to tolerate endless dull meetings. War work The idea appeals to writers trying to make sense of what seems an unlikely part of Orwell's career - his time on the BBC staff from August 1941 to November 1943. But Orwell didn't even work at Broadcasting House. When, aged 38, he became a talks assistant in the Overseas Empire Department and was based in premises, the BBC had moved into 55 Portland Place. After a year, he became a talks producer at the Overseas Eastern Service, working in a basement the wartime BBC had acquired from the gents clothing department at the store Peter Robinson. (Today he would be on Oxford Street, smack in the middle of Urban Outfitters or possibly Schuh.) Orwell was already a well-known journalist and novelist. But he wasn't world-famous, as he later became with Animal Farm (in 1945) and with Nineteen Eighty-Four. His biographer DJ Taylor believes Orwell was genuinely keen to join the corporation. "His health was already shot to pieces and it became clear he would never be called up to fight in the war. I think he saw the BBC as a form of war work." Propaganda without lies Initially a lot of Orwell's time was spent writing a weekly news commentary aimed primarily at India, to be read on air by Indian members of the department. The typescripts were rediscovered and published in the 1980s. They're summaries of how the war was going and there was no pretence of being great literature. His news commentary 75 years ago this week, for instance, focused on events around El Alamein: "The Battle of Egypt has developed into a great victory for the United Nations. The Axis forces are not yet destroyed, but they are in great danger..." Taylor thinks Orwell was an energetic propagandist. "It may seem strange because now we think of Orwell as the most truthful of writers. But he knew the war needed winning and that good propaganda would be a part of that. When later he grew disillusioned, which clearly he did, it was because he feared the propaganda simply wasn't effective. "He had no problem with the concept of propaganda for a cause which was morally right, so long as you didn't tell lies. But there is an irony that he was a propagandist for a regime at war with another regime - and in that surely we see the roots of Nineteen Eighty-Four." After about a year, those in charge seem to have decided that because Orwell was a known supporter of Indian independence it would go down well in India if his name became more associated with the broadcasts. Orwell's presence on air made the propaganda seem less like propaganda. He invited the likes of TS Eliot and EM Forster to broadcast to Asia and was permitted to go on air himself - although in January 1943 BBC mandarin JB Clark wrote a tart memo highly critical of Orwell's "unattractive" voice. A long line of documentary-makers have been aghast to find that somehow none of the programmes in which Orwell took part ever made it to the BBC archive. Simon Rooks, who runs that archive, says it's a disappointment but no surprise. "In Orwell's time very few things were recorded: radio was essentially a live medium. But in the war the BBC started to broadcast far more to other parts of the world. "And if you're broadcasting to India, which Orwell often was, some parts of the output have to be transmitted in the middle of the night. There would have been recordings to facilitate that. 'Cabbage-patch hair' "But those functional recordings were on acetate discs: they only had a thin lacquer coating and could play a handful of times before wearing out. Recordings were sometimes transferred to more robust archive discs for permanent use. But very few overseas programmes were ever kept - and sadly nothing with George Orwell." Orwell died in 1950, aged 46, so the voice is one reference point which hasn't been available to Martin Jennings, who was commissioned to make the new sculpture. His John Betjeman and Philip Larkin were both much praised. "I've been an admirer of Orwell for years so I suppose it's my knowledge of the writings which is the basis of the piece. I was delighted to be approached by Ben Whitaker who was behind the whole idea." (Whitaker, a human rights lawyer and former Labour MP, died in 2014.) "The BBC is donating a wonderful home, though the funding has all been from private donors. But when I knew where it was going, that had implications. It's standing against a particularly tall Portland stone wall and will be elevated on a plinth. "But it seemed to me that Orwell was the last person to be on a plinth. So I have made him stoop rather to the viewer - so perhaps it's more that he's on a soapbox, engaging an audience." The location where Orwell is placed has been an unofficial smokers' corner ever since Broadcasting House was extended in 2013. So it's appropriate that Jennings' Orwell has a roll-up in one hand. He's also given the tall, gangling, slightly cadaverous writer ill-fitting clothes and cabbage-patch hair which he thinks were characteristic. "But the placing also seemed to demand words on the wall behind Orwell: it would have seemed incomplete otherwise. In the end Ben Whitaker came up with the right choice." The quotation is from a proposed preface to Animal Farm, which was never used: "If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." Jennings says they're "an interesting and quite a challenging selection of words for a public service broadcaster". He says: "It's both Orwell talking to the political journalists of the BBC, and it's the BBC expressing what it stands for to the general public." Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.

लंदन में बीबीसी मुख्यालय को एक नया निवासी मिला हैः वह लंबा, कांस्य है और उसे धुआं पसंद है। उपन्यासकार जॉर्ज ऑरवेल की एक मूर्ति अब न्यू ब्रॉडकास्टिंग हाउस के बाहरी हिस्से को सजाती है, जहां से कुछ ही मिनटों में ऑरवेल ने द्वितीय विश्व युद्ध के दौरान एक रेडियो निर्माता के रूप में काम किया था। लेकिन नाइंटीन एइटी-फोर के लेखक बीबीसी में क्या कर रहे थे? और क्या उन्हें यह पसंद आया?


Cheddar Gorge flood-damaged road repairs start

Summary: Work to repair the main road through Cheddar Gorge which was damaged by flooding in November is to start later.

The B3135 was reopened in February after being shut to traffic for several months as continuing bad weather made it difficult to start the repairs. The county council said resurfacing the road would be restricted to evenings and should be completed by 3 May. The road will be closed at 18:30 BST and reopened at 23:30 BST. The repairs will not take place at weekends. Somerset County Council is funding the repairs and the roads to be resurfaced include the B3135 Union Street, Cliff Street and The Cliffs.

नवंबर में बाढ़ से क्षतिग्रस्त हुई चेद्दार गॉर्ज के माध्यम से मुख्य सड़क की मरम्मत का काम बाद में शुरू होना है।


Edinburgh transformed ahead of filming The Avengers

Summary: Edinburgh city centre is being transformed ahead of filming for The Avengers next movie.

A large area containing a green screen behind platform two in Waverley station has been cordoned off and Cockburn Street has been shut until 28 March. Shop signs are being removed and painted in Cockburn Street and a huge crane is being used as a platform for cameras to shoot from the air. There are cables running down Fishmarket Close to Waverley station.

द एवेंजर्स की अगली फिल्म के फिल्मांकन से पहले एडिनबर्ग शहर के केंद्र को बदला जा रहा है।


Ellesmere Port murder charge over death of man found in house

Summary: A man has been charged with the murder of a 47-year-old found fatally injured in a house in Cheshire.

Attempts were made to revive the victim when he was found in Blakemere Court, Ellesmere Port, at 03:15 BST on Saturday, but he died at the scene. A post-mortem examination revealed the man sustained "multiple injuries", police said. Arkadiusz Kaczmarek, 22, of Blakemere Court, is due to appear before Warrington magistrates on Tuesday. Related Internet Links HM Courts Service

चेशायर में एक घर में गंभीर रूप से घायल एक 47 वर्षीय व्यक्ति की हत्या का आरोप एक व्यक्ति पर लगाया गया है।


Legacy of Iran-Iraq war lives on

Summary: All wars end eventually, and all wars live on.

Lyse DoucetChief international correspondent@bbclysedouceton Twitter Thirty-five years ago, the longest war of the last century erupted. But what unfolded as a brutal eight-year confrontation between Iran and Iraq still resonates today. "On many sides, that war is still being fought, in a way, again and again," reflects Iraqi poet and writer Sinan Antoon, who grew up in Baghdad. "I think the Iran-Iraq war has had a profound impact on the way in which the Islamic Republic developed," notes Prof Ali Ansari, of the University of St Andrews in Scotland. "The more hardline Revolutionary Guard have used it as a foundational myth." And the human cost is everlasting. "Our neighbour lost both of his legs during that war," recalls Antoon, now an associate professor at the Gallatin School at New York University. "In 1990, when Saddam Hussein gave up on everything he supposedly fought the war for, my neighbour said, 'Why did I lose my legs then? It was all for nothing.'" An estimated million lives were lost. An entire generation was scarred on both sides of a bitter divide. And yet lessons learned were also lost in a region now engulfed by devastating fires fuelled by proxy wars among regional and world powers. Syria, Iraq and Yemen are all being torn apart along deepening fault lines: Shia against Sunni, Persian versus Arab, alliances of a "new Cold War" forged by Moscow and Washington. The Iran-Iraq war was, in some ways, a markedly different time. Iraq was under the authoritarian rule of Saddam Hussein who was later toppled, put on trial, and executed after the US-led invasion of 2003. Neighbouring Iran was led by Ayatollah Khomeini who had just returned from exile to lead the 1979 Iranian revolution which ousted the Shah. A confrontation with his arch-rival Saddam galvanised his nation as he struggled to consolidate his revolution against enemies at home. The Iran-Iraq war, 1980-88 Hostilities erupted in September 1980 after months of mounting tension across the border. Iraqi troops advanced several hundred miles into Iranian territory and its warplanes struck Tehran's airport. "Even though Saddam was responsible in a legal perspective for an illegal invasion, Khomeini provoked through subversion and massive propaganda," asserts Prof Mansour Farhang who, until a year before the war, had been Iran's ambassador to the United Nations and worked with international mediators in the first years of the war to try to stop it. As the war dragged on, both sides drew on support and supplies from foreign allies, with the United States emerging as a significant provider of economic and military aid to Iraq. Iran's fighting force was also powered by the astonishing zeal of its fighters who flooded to the front. But, as the years went by, it came to be known as the "forgotten war", even as Iran and Iraq kept paying an increasingly steep price. But the world woke up to the scale of the carnage when Saddam unleashed the horror of chemical weapons against Iranian foes and his own Iraqi Kurds backing them. And Iran's mind was concentrated on the urgent need to find a way out when Iran Air Flight 655 was shot down in July 1988 by the American cruiser USS Vincennes, killing 290 people on board. The US government expressed "deep regret" but it heightened Iran's suspicion that Washington was about to become directly engaged in this conflagration. Ayatollah Khomeini described his reluctant decision to accept a UN resolution to end hostilities as "drinking poison". Three decades on, many invoke this description to explain his successor Ayatollah Khamenei's difficult decision to accept this year's agreement with world powers, including the United States, to significantly curb its nuclear programme. But Iran is now a powerful player in the region, with significant sway over Iraq's powerful Shia-dominated leadership and some of its well-armed militias. And Iraq, since 1988, has lurched from one war to the next and now finds itself battling the terrifying rise of the so-called Islamic State, a virulently anti-Shia movement. Ayatollah Khomeini tried and failed to rally Iraq's majority Shia to his side in the eight-year war. But sectarian tensions course through much of the violence now tearing at Iraq's very survival as a unified state. And neighbouring Syria is a battleground between President Assad's forces backed by Iran and Russia, and armed opposition forces bolstered by an array of Arab and Western states. Most tragic of all, the mounting despair of millions now displaced from their homes is manifested in the mass displacement of desperate asylum seekers making their way to Europe. The lament of Iraqi Ahmed al-Mushatat, conscripted into the 1980s war after his medical studies, is now a constant refrain across the region: "We thought this war will never finish. We were losing our friends, our cousins, our brothers, every day." Wars do eventually end. But wars of our time threaten to drag on even longer than long wars of the last century. Analysis: The Iran-Iraq War's Legacy is on BBC Radio 4 at 20:30 BST on Monday 5 October and can be listened to later via podcast.

सभी युद्ध अंततः समाप्त हो जाते हैं और सभी युद्ध जीवित रहते हैं।


Facebook.gg: New video game streaming service to rival Twitch

Summary: Facebook has launched its own video game streaming hub.

By Alysia JudgeNewsbeat reporter Facebook.gg, which launched on Thursday, will compete directly with popular platforms like Twitch and Mixer. It's part of the social media site's continued efforts to become a destination for video content. The new service suggests streams based on who individual users follow, and highlights content chosen by Facebook. At the time of writing 3,400 play Player Unknown: Battlegrounds (PubG ) on Facebook.gg, while 2,900 people are streaming Fortnite. In contrast, according to metrics from Twitch analytics site SullyGnome, Fortnite consistently dominates on Twitch as the most streamed game. It points to a slightly different audience for Facebook.gg and the well established Twitch. Younger gamers are more likely to play Fortnite than PubG, so the fact PubG currently dominates on Facebook.gg is an early indicator that the platform's audience is older. Facebook will be wanting to target a younger demographic, according to Twitch-partnered streamer, Spamfish. "There's so much money in streaming right now," he says. "Video games streamers have extremely engaged communities because they watch 30 to 40 minutes an hour average. "That's a lot of time to keep someone sat in a chair, and that's a great opportunity to advertise to them." Young audiences are most valuable to advertisers, and gaming audiences could carve a sizeable slice of that market. "Facebook wants 15 to 30-year-old men, because they spend money on all kinds of stuff," Spamfish says. "So that's what Twitch provides. It's a very skewed male demographic. I'm 37 and I'm seen as an old man as a streamer. It's a young person's game." This push into video game content is not a new venture for Facebook. Back in January it launched the Gaming Creator Pilot Program, which is its own version of Twitch's Partner Program. The Twitch Partner Program gives it exclusive rights to the world's most popular streamers and, in return, pays them a portion of the service's advertising revenue. Facebook's pilot program has attempted to lure streamers away from Twitch and YouTube by offering in-stream monetisation options like viewer tip jars. The new hub is the next step, offering more discoverability options for streamers who may be finding it hard to make their voices heard on Twitch's crowded platform. It gives video game streamers on Facebook their own landing page, which makes it much easier for audiences to discover new content away from the chaos of the news feed. Facebook's quest for gaming content goes back even further though. Back in 2016 it cut a deal with Blizzard to stream Overwatch on Facebook Live, before bolstering its mobile Instant Games platform with live streaming at the turn of this year. It also partnered with ESL to broadcast Dota 2 and Counter-Strike Go eSports. "I definitely think there's an audience for Facebook to carve out in video game streaming," says Spamfish. "It's such a big thing, and once you've experienced watching someone entertaining who you can interact with immediately, it's so compelling as a viewer. It's like talking to Ant and Dec while they're presenting takeaway." However, Spamfish is happy to be sticking with Twitch for the time being. "If I'm into watching games streams, I don't want to be doing it on Facebook. "I've got to log in with my real name, the chat interface isn't great, while Twitch has been refined over six, seven, eight years now to become a really good video game livestream website. I can definitely see why Facebook has done it though. This is where entertainment is going." Follow Newsbeat on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. Listen to Newsbeat live at 12:45 and 17:45 every weekday on BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra - if you miss us you can listen back here.

फेसबुक ने अपना वीडियो गेम स्ट्रीमिंग हब शुरू किया है।