European elections: Party-by-party guide

Summary: There are 31 parties putting up candidates for the European elections in Britain on 22 May. Some are well known, others less so. Here's a guide to all of them, beginning with those who already have a Member of the European Parliament:

Conservative Prime Minister and Conservative leader David Cameron said he had a track record of delivering on Europe at the launch of his party's campaign. On the party website, the Conservatives are focusing on their pledge to hold a referendum in 2017. Candidates: Fielding candidates in every region of Britain. 2009 result: 27.7% of votes, 25 MEPs elected UK Independence Party UKIP leader Nigel Farage predicted "an earthquake" in politics at his campaign launch. The party, which wants the UK to leave the EU, is focusing on its website on the impact of being in the European Union on control of the UK's borders. Candidates: Fielding a full slate of candidates in every region of Britain. 2009 results: 16.5% of votes, 13 MEPs elected Labour Ed Miliband promised to campaign for change within the European union as he launched his party's election campaign. On its party website, Labour says its MEPs will put "jobs and growth" at the heart of the EU. Candidates: Fielding candidates in every region of Britain. 2009 result: 15.7% of votes, 13 MEPs elected Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg pitted his party's "optimism and openness" against the "fears and falsehoods" of "isolationists" at the launch of the Liberal Democrat campaign for the European elections. On the party website, the Lib Dems say the "fight is on" to keep the UK in the EU. Candidates: Fielding candidates in every region of Britain. 2009 result: 13.7% of votes, 11 MEPs elected Green Party of England and Wales At the launch of the Green Party of England and Wales campaign, leader Natalie Bennett said the party would continue to "make a real difference" on issues like bankers' bonuses and fishing policy. On its party website, the Greens say European policy "does not need to be a shouting match" between extremes. Candidates: Fielding candidates in England and Wales. 2009 results: 8.6% of votes, two MEPs elected. Scottish Green Party The Scottish Green Party is hoping to beat the Liberal Democrats to sixth place in Scotland, claiming the constituency's final available seat in the European Parliament. The party backs a Yes vote in September's independence referendum and is campaigning for more power to be handed to local communities and better public services, according to their website. Candidates: Scotland only. 2009 result: 7.31% of vote, no MEPs elected. British National Party The BNP wants the UK to withdraw from the EU, while maintaining trade-based co-operation with other European countries. On its website, the party says it is the true patriots of British politics. Candidates: Fielding candidates in every region of Britain. 2009 results: 6.2% of vote, two MEPs elected. Scottish National Party The SNP promised to "ensure that Scotland's interests are always defended" in Brussels at its campaign launch. On its party website, it says Scotland needs a "seat at the top table" to make its voice heard. Candidates: Fielding candidates in Scotland only. 2009 result: 29.1% of votes in Scotland, two MEPs elected. Plaid Cymru Skilled migrants from other countries should be targeted to move to Wales, Plaid Cymru said as it launched its manifesto. On its party website, it says it will campaign for Welsh to be given the same status as other languages within the EU. Candidates: Fielding candidates in Wales only. 2009 result: 18.5% of votes in Wales, one MEP elected. Here are the parties hoping to secure their first MEPs, listed in order of the number of candidates they are fielding: English Democrats The English Democrats launched their campaign pledging to "look after English interests" and arguing it was unfair to charge English people for prescription charges and tuition fees when these are free for residents elsewhere in the UK. On its party website, it points out the launch took place on site of the 1381 Peasants' Revolt. Candidates: Fielding candidates in every region of England. An independence from Europe The party is pledging to take the UK out of the European Union without a referendum, to scrap VAT and build stronger links with the Commonwealth. It describes itself as an inclusive, democratic, Euro-realist, party on its website. Candidates: Fielding candidates in every region of England No2EU - Yes to Democracy The party wants to hold a referendum on EU membership as a prelude to leaving the union. On its party website, it says it opposes privatisation and campaigns for workers' rights and decent public services. Candidates: Fielding candidates in the east and north-west of England, London, the West Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber, Wales, and Scotland. Christian Peoples Alliance On its website, the party says the EU must be reformed to reflect the "Christian vision" of its founders and unless this happens, the UK should seek to leave. Candidates: Fielding candidates in the east and south-east of England, and London. Socialist Party of Great Britain On its website, the party says it will be campaigning for common, democratic ownership of public services, the abolition of property rights and an end to inequality. Candidates: Fielding candidates in south-east England and Wales only. Britain First On its website, the party promises to promote a "robust and confrontational" message about the need to leave the European Union, end immigration and put British workers first. Candidates: Fielding candidates in Scotland and Wales only. Peace Party The party supports the UK's continued membership of the the European Union, which it says is a "force for peace", but urges the EU to be more pro-active. On its website, it also calls for a living wage and all foreign troops to be withdrawn from Afghanistan. Candidates: Fielding candidates in south-east England only. Animal Welfare The party is campaigning for EU subsidies to be redirected away from livestock and fisheries farming into plant-based agriculture. On its website, it lists its other objectives including promoting healthy, plant-based lifestyle initiatives through public health and education campaigns. Candidates: Fielding candidates in London only. Communities United On its party website, Communities United says it is campaigning for reform of council tax and business rates and a university education for all. Candidates: Fielding candidates in London only 4 Freedoms The party is vowing to give London a "strong voice" within the EU. On its website, it commits to aligning its MEPs with the European People's Party, the largest grouping in the European Parliament. Candidates: Fielding candidates in London only National Health Action Party The NHS should be exempt from a proposed new free trade treaty between the European Union and the United States and food regulation should be strengthened, the party says on its website. Candidates: Fielding candidates in London only. National Liberal Party If elected, the party says its MEPs will consult constituents through social media and petitions before deciding how to vote on key issues. On its party website, it says its MEPs will also donate part of their salaries to good causes. Candidates: Fielding candidates in London only. Socialist Equality Party The European Union should be replaced by a United Socialist States of Europe, the party says, with "workers' governments" and an end to the "age of austerity". On its party website, it says it is aligned with its sister party in Germany, Partei Für Soziale Gleichheit. Candidates: Fielding candidates in north-west England only We Demand a Referendum Now Party At its launch, the party said it had just one policy, to force a referendum on EU membership. On its party website, it says the debate must be settled "once and for all". Candidates: Fielding candidates in the West Midlands only. Europeans Party On its party website, the Europeans Party says it is committed to promoting the UK's national interest within the EU and fighting "prejudice and discrimination" based upon nationality. Candidates: Fielding candidates in London only. Harmony Party On its party website, the Harmony Party describes itself as "ready and willing to remedy the inequalities of the current system of governance where the UK and Europe are concerned." It is fielding candidates under the slogan "zero immigration, anti-EU, pro-jobs". Candidates: Standing in the East Midlands, West Midlands, London, and south-east England only. Socialist Labour Party The party, led by Arthur Scargill, advocates withdrawal from the EU so the UK can "regain control of its economy, sovereignty and political power". On its party website, Mr Scargill says British farmers are "being paid not to produce food" at a time of worldwide shortages. Candidates: Fielding candidates in Wales only. Liberty GB Party On its website, the party says it is campaigning for withdrawal from the EU, the repeal of existing EU laws, the abolition of the Human Rights Act and legislative guarantees for freedom of speech. Candidates: Fielding candidates in south-east England only. Pirate Party All institutions, including the EU, should be more transparent and accountable, the party believes. It also wants EU data retention and intellectual property rights directives to be repealed. On its party website, it claims there "is more to life than Nick vs Nigel". Candidates: Fielding candidates in north-west England only. Yorkshire First On its party website, Yorkshire First says it is campaigning for a stronger voice for the region in national and European politics and more devolution, including a Parliament for Yorkshire. Candidates: Fielding candidates in Yorkshire and the Humber only. YOURvoice On its website, YOURvoice is pledging to deliver "a better democracy". It states that constituents will be able to vote online to directly influence how its MEPs represent them in the European Parliament. Candidates: Fielding candidates in south-east England only. Roman Party The party, the brainchild of bus driver Jean-Louis Pascual, campaigns for an end to injustice and greater educational opportunities - as well as increasing knowledge of the Romans' contribution to modern Britain. It does not have a website. Candidates: Fielding one candidate in south-east England only. A separate system is in place in Northern Ireland. More details on the candidates. Here is a full list of candidates standing across the UK.

ब्रिटेन में 22 मई को होने वाले यूरोपीय चुनावों के लिए 31 दल उम्मीदवार खड़े कर रहे हैं। कुछ जाने-माने हैं, अन्य कम जाने जाते हैं। यहाँ उन सभी के लिए एक गाइड है, जिनकी शुरुआत उन लोगों से होती है जिनके पास पहले से ही यूरोपीय संसद का सदस्य हैः


Larne: Man charged over £510k cannabis find at harbour

Summary: A man has been charged after police seized cannabis worth £510,000 at Larne Harbour in County Antrim.

The 37-year-old is accused of two class B drug offences as well as possessing an offensive weapon. A lorry was stopped and searched at the harbour at about 19:10 GMT on Tuesday. Police, working with Border Force and HMRC officers, seized the drug. The man is due to appear at Ballymena Magistrates' Court on Thursday.

काउंटी एंट्रिम के लार्ने हार्बर में पुलिस द्वारा 510,000 पाउंड मूल्य का गांजा जब्त करने के बाद एक व्यक्ति पर आरोप लगाया गया है।


What does Buhari victory mean for Africa?

Summary: After the anxiety and drama of the past few days in Nigeria, it is tempting to get carried away by the impact of this ballot - what it represents for both Africa's largest democracy and for those countries on the continent still wrestling with the notion that power can change hands without the world coming to an end.

Andrew HardingAfrica correspondent@BBCAndrewHon Twitter The significance of General Muhammadu Buhari's victory should certainly not be underestimated. An electorate that has savoured the rich experience of ousting an incumbent by the mere act of voting cannot easily be persuaded to forget it. And that must surely be a contagious experience on a continent where, it is often said, roughly one in five people are Nigerians. Besides, this was no "people's revolution" - something that the continent's remaining strongmen could loudly dismiss as a dangerous threat to the natural order of things. Instead Nigeria's election was something much more prosaic, and more subtle - a challenge to entrenched autocracy. It was, despite the disruptive efforts of a few, a very ordinary thing: A peaceful, modern, well-monitored, uncontestable transfer of power. Nothing to be feared. A casual precedent that should echo loudly around the region. "It establishes a link between performance and accountability - knowing that if you don't perform you can be thrown out of power by the electorate, not by the military," Adekeye Adebajo, from the Centre for Conflict Resolution in Cape Town, told me by phone. "It's an incredibly powerful incentive for better governance in the future. "It sends a strong signal to the rest of the continent. There will be autocrats in Khartoum, in the DRC, Rwanda and Uganda, who are thinking of staying on in power. They won't welcome this." International clout The election also gives Nigeria more credibility and clout within the West African grouping Ecowas, at the African Union, and internationally, as the continent seeks to shrug off the enduring influence of former colonial powers like France. Nigeria's leaders can no longer be dismissed as hypocrites when they lecture neighbours like Mali, Niger, Guinea and Guinea Bissau, on the need to keep the military out of politics. That can only be a good thing for African democracy. On a more nuts and bolts level, these past few days have been a valuable reminder of quite how difficult it is becoming to rig an election. Social media, fingerprint scanners, and an army of young volunteer observers armed with mobile phones have all played their role - as they have done in other recent African elections - in limiting the possibilities of ballot stuffing and other shenanigans. That's not to say people didn't try to rig this election - and won't in the future. But once the data is out there - posted online - it becomes much harder for the backroom cheats to cook the books. Muhammadu Buhari in focus: Five reasons why Goodluck Jonathan lost Profile: Muhammadu Buhari Then there's President Goodluck Jonathan's abrupt decision to accept defeat - a move made, I'm told, without consulting some key officials and against the wishes of many in his party. It was a bold, selfless move that may well have saved many lives in Nigeria. It will go down as a new milestone for African democracy, and may help redeem Mr Jonathan's presidency, at least partially, in the eyes of his many critics. Does that mean Nigerian democracy is safe? Perhaps not. Challenges ahead A new man may be coming to power. But Gen Buhari is not young, and he presides over an untested coalition. He is inheriting an empty treasury - broken by falling oil prices, the cost of supporting the national currency, and now threatened with more looting by sticky-fingered officials heading for the door. Boko Haram's insurgency in the north-east remains a huge challenge to a corrupt and humiliated army. Perennial frustrations in the oil-rich south of Nigeria could well begin to boil over. The list goes on. And now comes a six-week period of administrative limbo - another new experience for Nigeria - as the old regime prepares to empty its desks, and a new team is formed. Gen Buhari has much to do, and to prove, in a short time. Who will he chose to run the economy? How can he prevent any last-minute looting? Can he get the army to secure, and build on the territorial gains it has made against Boko Haram in the last few weeks? And how will he balance the need for a smooth transition against what must surely be his instinct to make an example of those public officials who have been greedily stealing from Nigeria's oil revenues for years? Nigeria, by all accounts, is not an easy country to run. As we saw on Tuesday night with the state television's reluctance to even broadcast news of an election upset, there are entrenched interests here that will struggle to adapt. After a political earthquake, aftershocks are almost inevitable. But for now it is the optimists both in Nigeria and around the continent who must, surely, have the upper hand. The uncontestable fact of a democratic transfer of power trumps any legitimate, but unrealised concerns about whether a different president, and a different party, will actually make life better for the people of Africa's most important nation.

नाइजीरिया में पिछले कुछ दिनों की चिंता और नाटक के बाद, यह इस मतपत्र के प्रभाव से प्रभावित होने के लिए लुभावना है-जो अफ्रीका के सबसे बड़े लोकतंत्र और महाद्वीप के उन देशों दोनों के लिए प्रतिनिधित्व करता है जो अभी भी इस धारणा के साथ संघर्ष कर रहे हैं कि दुनिया के अंत के बिना सत्ता हाथ बदल सकती है।


Heathrow fog causes cancellation of dozens of flights

Summary: Poor visibility caused by thick fog has led to the cancellation of about 50 flights at Heathrow airport, a spokeswoman said.

Passengers have been warned about foggy conditions across the UK and Europe causing disruption to flights. They are advised to check with their airlines. The airport did not expect any further cancellations or delays. The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for fog. It is expected to become widespread and dense in the London area from Sunday night into Monday morning. Passenger Ed Drewett wrote on Twitter: "Stuck on the ground at Dublin due to fog at Heathrow. Gonna miss my flight to LA." Tim France also tweeted that he was delayed leaving Dublin.

एक प्रवक्ता ने कहा कि घने कोहरे के कारण खराब दृश्यता के कारण हीथ्रो हवाई अड्डे पर लगभग 50 उड़ानें रद्द कर दी गई हैं।


The Stanley Matthews football revolution made in Ghana

Summary: Sir Stanley Matthews remains one of England's most famous footballers and was known as the Wizard of Dribble. But he was also arguably the first global icon, paving the way for superstars such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. And it all began in Ghana, writes Scott Anthony.

Football is the closest thing the planet has to a global popular culture. Wherever you go in the world, you'll find people kicking a ball around, watching matches in cafes, wearing replica shirts, and betting or playing football games on their phones. Yet the idea of a footballer as a global icon is a relatively recent phenomenon. The idea that a footballer could bring nations, classes and races together had to be invented. And it was an idea that was arguably invented in Africa. The story begins 60 years ago in Ghana when veteran English footballer Stanley Matthews strode out to play for Accra's Hearts of Oak against Kumasi Kotoko. 'A god among us' Newly crowned as the first European Player of the Year, Matthews came to Ghana to play a series of exhibition matches to celebrate independence. "Matthews' visit had a tremendous impact," says football writer Fiifi Anaman. "When I spoke with some of the players about it, they said they couldn't believe Matthews came - it felt almost as if a god was walking among them." The media had hyped up the visit, speculating how local hero Baba Yara, "Ghana's King of Wingers", would measure up against the superstar of European soccer. Matthews was mobbed on arrival and more than 80,000 spectators turned up to watch his first three matches against Kotoko, Sekondi Hasaacas and Kumasi Cornerstone. Shortly after his arrival, Matthews was presented with an ivory sword and installed as a "soccerhene" (soccer chief) in front of the press. Using sport to promote pan-Africansism Matthews' tour of the region led people to compare European and African styles of football. Newspapers emphasised that Matthews rarely ran, played corners short and almost never passed the ball off the ground. He avoided heading the ball. His visit prompted calls for Ghanaians to prioritise teamwork and alertness over effort and physicality. Even more importantly, Matthews arrived as Ghana's first President, Kwame Nkrumah, was trying to create an identity for Ghana - a country knitted together from numerous different ethnic groups under colonial rule. Removing the portrait of Elizabeth II from stamps and coins was easy but it was more difficult to create new symbols capable of bringing the new nation together. In particular, President Nkrumah stressed the need for real-life examples. He wanted to emphasise the idea that you live your values rather than passively inherit them. Who was Sir Stanley Matthews? The story of Sir Stanley Matthews The success of Matthews' tour helped convince Mr Nkrumah that sport could also play a significant role in the dissemination of African values. At this defining moment, Matthews was playing alongside the early greats of Ghanaian football such as James Adjaye, Chris Briandt and CK Gyamfi, who would go on to define that greatness. Ultimately, Ghana's president believed that sport was the perfect vehicle for the expression of pan-African idealism. "By meeting together in the field of sport," Mr Nkrumah said, "the youth of Africa will learn what our elders were prevented from learning - that all Africans are brothers with a common destiny." In the years immediately after independence, Ghanaian football would not only serve as a vehicle for the development of what the president termed "the African personality" but be invested with the hope that it could help build a new kind of global solidarity. 'The saint of soccer' The England international, aged 42 when he arrived in Ghana, was a compelling if unusual figure. He had become a celebrity during World War Two when Allied authorities promoted the matches of touring All Star XIs to keep up morale in war zones. Here Matthews was a propagandist's dream. In addition to his amazing dribbling ability, he was never booked and lived an ascetic life. The contrast between Matthews' modesty and the icons of Fascist sport could not be clearer. After Matthews' Blackpool beat Bolton in the 1953 FA Cup final, popularly known as "the Matthews final", his fame was propelled worldwide through newsreels and television. Affection for "Our Stan" grew as his stringent fitness regime allowed him to play professional football until the age of 50. During his visit, Ghanaian newspapers labelled him "the Saint of Soccer" as he visited schools and hospitals. Independent Ghana required its own brand of heroic gentlemen. Approachable but exceptional, the example of the "soccerhene" encouraged Ghana's government to make sport and sports stars central to their project. As independence spread throughout the African continent, Mr Nkrumah's use of sport for nation-building would be widely imitated. Later in the 1960s, it would become fashionable for icons of global sport, from Pele to Muhammad Ali, to make pilgrimages to newly independent African states. Immediately after Matthews' visit, the Englishman George Ainsley was appointed manager of the national team, the "Black Stars". Ghana became the first African nation to tour Eastern Europe and the first sub-Saharan African nation to qualify for the Olympic Games. In 1963 CK Gyamfi would coach Ghana to victory in the African Cup of Nations, a trophy they retained in 1965. Mr Nkrumah also pushed Fifa to guarantee a spot for an African side at the World Cup, which was introduced after African nations boycotted the 1966 World Cup. Matthews himself would become a regular visitor to Africa, playing and coaching in countries such as Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa. In later life he favourably contrasted the collective spirit of African football, especially in Soweto, with the economic bigotry he saw taking over the game in the UK. "Going into the townships at a time when racial discrimination was at its most intense [was] something that had all kinds of ramifications," remembered Archbishop Desmond Tutu. "It made a dent in the apartheid armoury." In Ghana, President Nkrumah's politicisation of football would prove a double-edged sword, as the regime's centralising and authoritarian tendencies eventually brought the league into disrepute and fanned regional factionalism. Internationally, however, African governmental activism broke the European and South American duopoly over football and in the process the idea that football was an uncontainable and universalising global force was born. Scott Anthony is a fellow at the Johannesburg Institute of Advanced Study

सर स्टेनली मैथ्यूज इंग्लैंड के सबसे प्रसिद्ध फुटबॉलरों में से एक हैं और उन्हें विज़ार्ड ऑफ़ ड्रिबल के रूप में जाना जाता था। लेकिन वे यकीनन पहले वैश्विक आइकन भी थे, जिन्होंने क्रिस्टियानो रोनाल्डों और लियोनेल मेस्सी जैसे सुपरस्टार्स के लिए मार्ग प्रशस्त किया। और यह सब घाना में शुरू हुआ, स्कॉट एंथनी लिखते हैं।


Heriberto Lazcano: The fall of a Mexican drug lord

Summary: Heriberto Lazcano, the leader of Los Zetas, one of the Mexico's most feared and brutal drugs gangs, was killed this week in a shoot-out with the Mexican marines. This news was not a major surprise to Mexico-watchers - but then something strange happened.

By Will GrantBBC News The life of a drug lord is generally pretty short. The world's most notorious was probably "El Patron" - the Colombian cocaine baron, Pablo Escobar, who died aged 44, barefoot, bloated and riddled with bullets on a rooftop in Medellin. Most do not rise that high in the drugs trade, though, nor live that long to tell the tale. We receive constant reports from the Mexican attorney general's office of supposed lieutenants and middle-ranking soldiers from gangs like the Sinaloa Cartel, the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas who have been murdered by their enemies or killed in shoot-outs with the authorities. They are more often boys than men. Twenty or 22 years old, their hands tied behind their backs, a bullet to the head, dumped on the roadside. A final adios to an all-too-brief life which brought them fleeting riches, cars and women. By his industry's standards, then, Heriberto Lazcano was a veteran. He was my age, born in 1975, and over this past year, covering the twists and turns of his murderous and violent organisation, I have often thought of that fact - and wondered what took a supposedly loyal Mexican soldier and turned him into the watchword for drug-related terror in his homeland. The only photo we ever saw of Lazcano alive shows a young man, in his military days, wearing a beige shirt, dark jacket and tie, staring impassively at the camera, revealing nothing of the murderer - "The Executioner", as he would later be nicknamed - that lay within. The photo we saw this week of El Lazca showed him lying dead on a slab. Naked, with his eyes closed, his hairline had receded a little over the years and his mouth looked puffy and damaged. But it seemed to be him sure enough. Mind you, the Mexican authorities were slow in officially confirming the death. When the first reports started to come in late one night that, perhaps, the head of Los Zetas had been killed, it did not come as any huge surprise. The organisation has been tearing itself apart for months now, as one faction appears to be telling the authorities where to find their former comrades. The marines said they were waiting for DNA evidence on Lazcano, conscious, perhaps, of the last time they made a song and dance about a big name, which quickly turned into a PR disaster. Earlier this year, the authorities said they had detained the son of the world's most wanted man, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. They brought out a stocky young man dressed in a bullet-proof vest, paraded him in front of the world's media and said for sure he was El Chapo's son. Then his mother spoke up, and said not only was he not the son of the biggest drug lord in Mexico, he was in fact a used-car salesman from Guadalajara. That one took some speedy back-pedalling. Still, by the folllowing morning, it should have been clear whether this was El Lazca's body or not. Instead, the story got even more surreal. The reason for the delay soon became clear. The government no longer had the body. After El Lazca had been shot outside a baseball game on a dusty patch of land in the northern state of Coahuila, the marines took his fingerprints - without even realising who they had killed - and passed his body on to a local funeral home. Later that night, on learning that their leader had fallen, the foot-soldiers of Los Zetas - imbued as they are with a sense of military fraternity - stormed the funeral home in balaclavas and with automatic rifles, and took back Lazcano's body. Perhaps to give him their own send off, perhaps to stop word getting out that he was dead and they were weakened. Who knows? But the lack of a body does two things. It denies the government the trophy it so craves after six years of fighting the gang, leaving the hastily-snapped images in the funeral home as the only evidence that the man so often seen as a monster in Mexico has gone. Secondly, it introduces an element of doubt. In a country which thrives on rumour and counter-rumour, that is an important weapon for the conspiracy theorists who plague the internet message boards and narco-blogs (which document the events of the drug war in Mexico). More than once the comparison has been made to the infamous "Senor de los Cielos", Amado Carrillo Fuentes, leader of the once all-powerful Juarez Cartel. The official version of events said he died under the plastic surgeon's scalpel while trying to change his identity. The surgeons later turned up dead and rumours still abound that he faked his death. In the case of Heriberto Lazcano, responsible for some of the most gruesome crimes in Mexican history, it seems pretty clear that he died face-down in the mud in the city of Progreso, meaning Progress. One can only hope that that is what his death will bring. How to listen to From Our Own Correspondent: BBC Radio 4: Saturdays at 11.30am and some Thursdays at 11am. Listen online or download the podcast BBC World Service: Short editions Monday-Friday - see World Service programme schedule.

मेक्सिको के सबसे डरावने और क्रूर नशीली दवाओं के गिरोहों में से एक लॉस जेटास के नेता हेरिबर्टो लाजकानो को इस सप्ताह मैक्सिकन नौसैनिकों के साथ गोलीबारी में मार दिया गया था। यह खबर मेक्सिको के दर्शकों के लिए कोई बड़ी आश्चर्य की बात नहीं थी-लेकिन फिर कुछ अजीब हुआ।


Anglesey firefighters extinguish Llangefni house blaze

Summary: Firefighters have extinguished a house fire on Anglesey which they say had spread to a neighbouring property.

North Wales Fire and Rescue Service was called to Capel Coch, near Llangefni, at 05:50 BST on Wednesday. Crews from Benllech, Llangefni, Menai Bridge and Rhosneigr, and an incident command unit from Rhyl were called to the blaze at the terraced properties. A spokesperson said the fire, caused by an electrical fault, affected the house's kitchen, storeroom and roof. The blaze also damaged the roof space of the neighbouring property. There were no injuries, said the spokesperson.

दमकलकर्मियों ने एंग्लेसी में एक घर में लगी आग को बुझा दिया है, जिसके बारे में उनका कहना है कि यह पड़ोसी संपत्ति में फैल गई थी।


The drug that makes people jump off buildings

Summary: It has led people to jump off buildings, bite others and run into people's homes. Now police say it is only a matter of time before someone dies as the result of "monkey dust" - a synthetic drug rising in popularity in the West Midlands.

"At night time I won't go out, because that's when the people on drugs tend to come out," Molly Lawton, a 19-year-old chef from Stoke, tells the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme. "You see someone who's on monkey dust swinging their arms around, shouting and screaming. [At night] that would frighten me to death." Monkey dust is a class B drug that has been in circulation for several years. But now emergency services within Stoke are worried it is becoming an epidemic. The drug can stop users feeling pain, and causes them to experience hallucinations - making them highly unpredictable. What sets it apart, however, is that its effects can last for days. Police have been called to cases where individuals have run into traffic and jumped off buildings. No-one so far has died. But there is concern it is just a matter of time. Selling for £2 a bag, monkey dust is said to be used among many within the city's homeless community. One man, who gave his name as Smithy, has been using it over the last year. Aged 31, he has been sleeping rough for 10 years, and says it is one of the most potent drugs he has ever tried. "I hate the fact that I like it. I hate it every time I have it, but I still have it," he says, wishing he was not addicted. "It's everywhere. There's that many people on it." 'The worst we've seen' Chief Supt Jeff Moore from Staffordshire Police says the force has dealt with 950 calls related to the drug in the past three months. "Frequently we see the paranoia - instances of people jumping into traffic, jumping onto bridges and high buildings, running into people's houses," he says. "From a drug perspective this is the worst we've seen. It's a consequence of not just taking the drug, but people risking others' safety too." He said it was difficult for officers to deal with, as those on the drug are so unpredictable, and called for a wider look into the social and public health issues that contribute to its use. "It's not just about a group of people who are homeless and in town," he added, saying people of different backgrounds and ages were using it too." 'People hiding weapons' Darren Murinas, a reformed drug-dealer working with the group Expert Citizens, says he previously lived with three people using the drug. "These guys had been using crack and heroin, but no longer did because of the price," he says. On one occasion, he explains, one housemate "thought there was someone under the floorboards after him, and wouldn't sleep for days. "I've seen it induce a psychosis - people hiding weapons because they were scared," he adds. Mr Murinas says he knows one person who is "constantly in hospital" having been addicted to the drug, and another with serious brain trauma. "We need to start recording this issue so we can get the data," he says. "And we need to look at it with a mental health lens, not just with police." The Home Office said its drug strategy "sets out a balanced approach which brings together police, health, community and global partners to tackle the illicit drug trade, protect the most vulnerable and help those with a drug dependency to recover and turn their lives around". Among those in Stoke city centre, many have seen the visible effects of the drug. One security guard, Ari, says it is causing problems for businesses in the area. Charlie, an 18-year-old student who has tried the drug a few times and whose surname we are not using, says he would never take it again. "I felt weird," he says, remembering its effects. "I felt like when I first took it I was walking like a zombie. It's not clever." He says there have been efforts to educate students about the dangers of the drug at his college, as the city becomes more aware of its effects. For Molly, the worry is that the situation will become worse before it can get better. "There's a lot of it, because the drug dealers are selling it for just £2 a bag," she says. "With it being so cheap, there's going to be a lot more [taking it] around Stoke too." Watch the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme on weekdays between 09:00 and 11:00 BST on BBC Two and the BBC News Channel in the UK and on iPlayer afterwards.

इसने लोगों को इमारतों से कूदने, दूसरों को काटने और लोगों के घरों में भागने के लिए प्रेरित किया है। अब पुलिस का कहना है कि "बंदर की धूल"-वेस्ट मिडलैंड्स में लोकप्रियता में बढ़ती एक सिंथेटिक दवा के परिणामस्वरूप किसी की मौत होने में कुछ ही समय लगता है।


Boys, 14, arrested after man stabbed in Southampton

Summary: Two 14-year-old boys have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a man was stabbed.

A 56-year-old man was stabbed in the neck and stomach during an altercation in Barnfield Road, Southampton, at about 12:40 GMT on Tuesday. He was taken to Southampton General Hospital where his injuries are described as serious but not life-threatening. The boys, both from Southampton, remain in custody. Police are appealing for anyone with information to contact them. Related Internet Links Hampshire Constabulary

एक व्यक्ति को चाकू मारने के बाद हत्या के प्रयास के संदेह में दो 14 वर्षीय लड़कों को गिरफ्तार किया गया है।


BAE Systems in Glasgow starts work on Royal Navy offshore patrol vessels

Summary: Work has started on a £348m contract for three Royal Navy warships at BAE Systems' yards at Scotstoun and Govan on the River Clyde in Glasgow.

The offshore patrol vessels will be known as HMS Forth, HMS Medway and HMS Trent. The first will be ready by 2017. They will be used to support counter-terrorism, counter-piracy and anti-smuggling operations in UK waters. The vessels will be capable of global deployment, able to carry the latest Merlin helicopters and special troops.

ग्लासगो में क्लाइड नदी पर स्कॉटस्टाउन और गोवन में बी. ए. ई. सिस्टम के यार्ड में तीन रॉयल नेवी युद्धपोतों के लिए £348 मिलियन के अनुबंध पर काम शुरू हो गया है।


Fog limits growth at Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd

Summary: Unseasonable weather has been blamed for limiting growth in passenger numbers at regional airports.

Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd (Hial), which runs 11 sites, said numbers rose by 0.7% last month compared with June 2011. Heavy fog caused disruption at Kirkwall on Orkney and also at Inverness and Wick airports. Hial had previously reported strong growth in the number of passengers using its sites. In May, passenger numbers rose by 7.8% from the same to 114,366.

क्षेत्रीय हवाई अड्डों पर यात्रियों की संख्या में वृद्धि को सीमित करने के लिए बेमौसम मौसम को जिम्मेदार ठहराया गया है।


Five people compared to Adrian Mole

Summary: Sue Townsend, the creator of fictional diarist Adrian Mole, has died. The character who started life at 13 3/4 has permeated culture and led to unlikely comparisons to real life figures. Here are five. The prime minister

Magazine MonitorA collection of cultural artefacts John Major was compared so closely to Adrian Mole that a spoof column appeared in Private Eye called The Secret Diary of John Major (aged 47 3/4). Townsend, herself, once said of Adrian in an interview: "I couldn't imagine what he looked like until I saw John Major on the television and Margaret Thatcher was introducing her Cabinet... There was this geeky looking man at the back of the group. I said to my children, 'My God that's Adrian Mole'." After John Major's affair with Edwina Curry was made public, Private Eye editor Ian Hislop said in the Sunday Telegraph in 2002 that the details of the affair were in keeping with Mole. "The extract in Edwina's diary that refers longingly to this man 'in his blue underpants' does not turn Major from an typically English joke figure into a suave and sophisticated French-style politician; it just makes him more ludicrous." The aristocrat One grew up in suburban Leicester, the other in the stately home Longleat in Wiltshire. But The Daily Mail's June Southworth found many similarities between a 19-year-old Viscount Weymouth, Ceawlin Thynn, and Adrian Mole. In 1993 she was struck by his "eyes shining with idealism behind his granny glasses". "A skinny, pale youth, he sports jeans, T-shirt and a short-back-and-sides, and has the slightly prim and earnest air of a social worker trying to bring some order to the chaos of a problem family." The diarist Unrequited lust was a running theme in Adrian's life. Something David Mellor noted in 1998 in the Mail on Sunday was also present in Alan Clark's diaries. "Alan reveals himself here to be not so much a mole at the Ministry, as Adrian Mole at the Ministry. Lots of breathless stuff about big-breasted Folkestone shop assistants and sad passages such as: 'At lunchtime I was on the news both going into and emerging from Number Ten. I do hope Jane sees it.'" The king He was alive more than 400 years before Adrian Mole was old enough to fret about pimples, but that didn't stop historian David Starkey comparing Edward VI to the diarist. The prince, like Mole, recorded his painful time growing up Starkey points out in his documentary Edward and Mary. "Remarkably Edward has left us his own account of the turbulent years of his childhood, written as if he were a character in his own drama". The generation The New Statesman's Martin Bright noticed back in 2005 that the rising stars of Labour, the Lib Dems and the Conservatives were roughly the same age as Adrian. Adrian Mole was born 2 April 1967, meaning both David Cameron and Nick Clegg would have been in the same school year, with Ed Miliband three school years below. On age alone, he rightly predicted "whatever happens in the next few years. One way or another we will have Adrian Mole as Prime Minister." He says the context they grew up in was bound to have an influence. "The Moles, like Adrian himself, had their politics forged in the sectarian politics of the 1980s. Their university years - Oxbridge of course - were bracketed by the miners' strike and the fall of the Berlin Wall. The economic recession that followed made them cautious and socially conventional." Follow @BBCNewsMagazine on Twitter and on Facebook

काल्पनिक डायरी लेखक एड्रियन मोल के निर्माता सू टाउनसेंड का निधन हो गया है। 13/3/4 की उम्र में जीवन शुरू करने वाले चरित्र ने संस्कृति में प्रवेश किया है और वास्तविक जीवन के आंकड़ों से तुलना करने की संभावना नहीं है। यहाँ पाँच हैं। प्रधान मंत्री


What happens when pop reunions turn toxic?

Summary: Producers, promoters and publishers turned down Melanie Blake's story The Thunder Girls for two decades because it's about four women in their 50s, the writer says. Now the tale of a former girl group is a book and sold-out play.

By Ian YoungsEntertainment & arts reporter Pop reunions are big business, but one thing fans are even more fascinated to see than their idols back on stage is how they really get on behind the scenes (or not). The response to the hilariously revealing Bros documentary proved that. Melanie Blake saw the truth about pop stars' personal relationships while working on Top of the Pops in the 1990s, as a journalist and then as an agent. She used to manage Bros's Luke Goss, as well as Steps' Claire Richards and Spandau Ballet's Martin Kemp. While she was a freelance journalist, a magazine assigned her to write about life on a 1980s reunion tour. "I went on the tour bus. It was absolutely hell," she says. "Everybody hated each other. People wouldn't talk to each other, and then they'd be like, 'Hello Wembley!' and they'd sing their songs, and then they'd all come back and immediately get in different parts of the bus and wouldn't speak to each other." The Thunder Girls is her deliciously bitchy story of an '80s girl group who get back together to discuss a reunion 30 years after a toxic break-up. "Every band from Fleetwood Mac to Steps and the Rolling Stones have got missing members and have all had these meetings," she says. All five Spice Girls met up last year, she points out - but only four ended up going on the reunion trail. "Every band that reforms has to have a reunion dinner to see if old wounds can be healed enough so that the blood stops seeping whilst they're on the stage. That's what nobody ever sees." The Thunder Girls are meant to have been prototype Spice Girls, and certainly have girl power. But their wounds run deep. Resentment and jealousy about romantic betrayals, financial skulduggery and career-ending bad behaviour have built up over decades. Blake, from Stockport, wrote the first version in 1999. She eventually published the Thunder Girls novel in July and used the book advance to finance a stage version starring Coronation Street's Beverley Callard, Nolan sister Coleen, Emmerdale's Sandra Marvin and ex-EastEnders star Carol Harrison. The characters have to decide whether a big pay cheque can overcome the fact that they hate each other's guts. There are some fabulously catty lines. "Did you have a lift on both of your faces?" asks the hard-up Roxie, played by Callard, of Harrison's Chrissie, who has overshadowed her former bandmates as a TV talent show judge and tabloid favourite. Nolan plays Anita, who dropped off the radar after a disastrous Eurovision appearance. As one of the Nolans, one of the biggest groups of the late '70s and early '80s, she also brings some insight. "Oh my God, I've known bands over the years that genuinely, apart from when they're on stage, can't stand each other," she says. "They all have separate dressing rooms and separate cars. But when they're on stage, it works." Despite the fact that Blake managed the Nolans' lucrative 2009 tour, they insist that was one reunion that did not inspire The Thunder Girls. "We were sisters, so there was no toxic fallout," says Nolan. The Thunder Girls stage show, directed by Joyce Branagh (sister of Sir Ken), is on at The Lowry arts centre in Salford for just five nights and broke the record for the fastest ticket sales for a new play in the venue's Quays theatre. It has gone down particularly well with women of the same age as the characters, who can relate to the themes of ageing and long-term friendships. Blake is already talking about taking it to London's West End, and the initial response is vindication after two decades of being told that a story about four middle-aged women would never work. "First it was picked up as a book. And then publishers said 'Well, we'll do it, but we think it should be based on younger women.' And I said no." Then the rights were optioned by a TV company, she says. "They came back and said 'We like it, but we think they should be 35.' I said, 'No, they have to be in their 50s because they have to be women. They have to have lived, loved and lost.' "And then last year, when we started looking at the stage show and we started looking at investors and promoters, they were all like 'What, four women? Over 50? Singing? And they actually still think they're it, do they?'" Callard, best known for playing Liz McDonald in Coronation Street, says ageism and sexism are still rife in the entertainment world. "More often than not you look at a film script, or you look at plays or films or television things that have been made, and you would get 10 male actors in it and maybe two women if you're lucky," she says. "More often than not, you would see a husband who's maybe 50 with a 30-year-old wife. It happens all the time. "Our business is so sexist and so anti-women. When Melanie told me about this play, and when I read it, I just said 'I've got to do this'. Because it's about real women." 'No expiration dates' Speaking during a break in rehearsals, Blake says a male-dominated force in the entertainment industry ("Let's call it 'the man'") has tried to dictate what people want to see. "It shouldn't be the case that there's only one woman in every show, or that there's only one older woman. I've just watched four women over 50 smash it. "It's electric because they've lived lives. Too many people like to write women off with expiration dates. Women don't have expiration dates. Life only makes them more interesting." The Thunder Girls is at The Lowry in Salford until 28 September. Melanie Blake's novel is published by Pan Macmillan. Follow us on Facebook, or on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.

निर्माताओं, प्रवर्तकों और प्रकाशकों ने मेलानी ब्लेक की कहानी द थंडर गर्ल्स को दो दशकों तक अस्वीकार कर दिया क्योंकि यह 50 के दशक में चार महिलाओं के बारे में है, लेखक का कहना है। अब एक पूर्व लड़की समूह की कहानी एक किताब और बिक-आउट नाटक है।


Stansted Airport terror police arrest man, 37

Summary: A man has been arrested at Stansted Airport in Essex by counter-terror police who suspected he was planning to travel to Syria.

The 37-year-old was due to board a flight for Turkey on Tuesday evening when he was held on suspicion of preparing for acts of terrorism. His arrest is not connected to Monday night's suicide bomb attack at Manchester Arena, Scotland Yard said. Two residential addresses in north London are being searched. The UK's terror threat level has been raised in the wake of the arena attack, which killed 22 people and injured 59. It stands at its highest level of "critical", indicating further attacks may be imminent. Related Internet Links Home - The Met

एसेक्स के स्टैनस्टेड हवाई अड्डे पर एक व्यक्ति को आतंकवाद-रोधी पुलिस ने गिरफ्तार किया है, जिसे संदेह था कि वह सीरिया की यात्रा करने की योजना बना रहा था।


University students: Tips and tricks to help you cope in a pandemic

Summary: Starting university is a massive step at the best of times - let alone during a pandemic.

By Alice Evans & Mary O'ConnorBBC News Coronavirus restrictions may mean you can't pop home for the weekend to get away from that annoying housemate (you know, the one who always leaves the fridge door open in your student kitchen). And your plans to make loads of friends during a fun-filled freshers' week may have fallen a bit flat, as many events are online only. Meanwhile, with many of your lectures and seminars being done remotely, getting your work done requires heaps of self-motivation and energy. Bearing all of this in mind, we've asked some experts for their tips on how students can look after their mental wellbeing this year. 1. Embrace that awkward Zoom pub quiz Many of us are fairly weary of Zoom quizzes as a locked-down format of socialising, but it's worth gritting your teeth and showing up, says Lily Margaroli, a co-ordinator of Exeter University's student helpline, Nightline. Lily, a 21-year-old Politics, Philosophy and Economics student, points out that while meeting people on group video calls can feel "cringe and awkward", it's a starting point for you to meet people who you can then strike up friendships with in a more personable setting. If you feel you might have clicked with even one person on the Zoom session, why not message them for a socially-distanced walk or coffee, she suggests. "It's about having those connections that maybe can lead to something in person further down the line." 2. Hate your flatmates? Don't write them off Students, like everyone else in the UK, cannot meet up in large groups due to coronavirus restrictions. In Scotland, students have specifically been told they cannot socialise outside of their household. It's therefore higher stakes than ever that you get on with the (often randomly-generated) group of people with whom you're bunged in a flat. If you don't immediately connect with one or two people who are sharing your living space, it can become all too easy to cut yourself off from everyone, says clinical psychologist Dr Anna Colton. But rather than retreating to your room, Dr Anna says it's about being "open-minded enough" to put yourself in situations that don't always feel comfortable, and to persevere with them, given that it's now harder to go out and find friends elsewhere. "If you take yourself out of the equation, you don't get the opportunity to reassess that relationship at a later date. Just double-check you're sure you really don't like someone before you write them off." Dr Fran Longstaff, Head of Psychology at Fika, a student mental fitness platform, says it can be useful to "take some time to think about what you want from friendships", and consider the "characteristics you value in others". She adds: "Ask yourself - what is it you need from your friends to help you be the best version of yourself?" Dr Fran says not to worry if it takes trial and error to find friends who share your values: "Research shows it takes 50 hours to move from acquaintance to even casual friend - so be patient with yourself." 3. Turn on your webcam (yes, even in your dressing gown) Many universities across the UK have relied on making lectures and seminars available online, instead of asking their students to gather on campus. Zainab Ali, 19, who is studying psychology at Queen Mary University of London, has noticed many of her course-mates are reluctant to show their faces on video calls - and it's hampering her chances to get to know people. "It would be so different if it was face-to-face, but online everyone is really shy and anxious," she says. "I think they're just uncomfortable because they don't know how other people are - they might judge." The webcam reluctance adds to the difficulty Zainab is having forming friendships with any of the 187 other people on her course. As Zainab is living with her grandparents in east London, instead of on campus, the only contact she's had with course-mates outside of a learning environment is on a Whatsapp group. Back down in Exeter, Lily, who is in her third year, says she is "happy to sit in my dressing gown and go to a [video] seminar" - but she accepts that many freshers will still be finding that level of self-confidence. "As a fresher it's a really different situation but if you can just put that camera on, knowing everyone else is in the same situation and feeling a bit self-conscious, you'll feel slightly more connected." 4. Forget FOMO Whether you're doing all your socialising online, like Zainab, or able to enjoy small face-to-face gatherings (at a social distance), it's important to take time for yourself and not worry about FOMO - the fear of missing out - says Dr Anna. She suggests activities - such as exercising, reading a book, or even just painting your nails - can be helpful ways to "decompress", especially "when life is as emotional and turbulent as it is now". Try not to think about FOMO during that time, she says. "I know young people might worry that if they're not there with people, that bonds will be formed and they'll be left out. But it's not going to be a disaster, you can't be there 24/7." 5. Share the (information over)load Lily points out that while the government's simple "stay at home" mandate earlier in the pandemic was easy enough to understand, there are now various localised regulations across the UK - as well as universities setting out their own individual rules. This could make students feel bombarded. "You might have a ton of emails and only one or two of them are really important, but they're mixed in with everything else. It's really difficult to say don't check social media or your emails, but at the same time you don't want to get too obsessed with checking them." Lily and her housemates have found a way to avoid the information overload. They take it in turns to read emails from university officials that they've all received, and then relay the important bits to each other. If one person feels more anxious about the coronavirus situation on any given day, they can rest assured they can switch off their phone without missing any really important updates. 6. Plan things to look forward to Mark Mon-Williams, a professor of psychology at the University of Leeds and the Bradford Institute of Health Research, makes the point that it's unrealistic to expect young people not to socialise, and that this is a time when it's important for their personal development to meet new people. "I think we really should think seriously about how we can support young people to have those social interactions, while maintaining the overall safety of the population," he says. Lily adds that having something social in your diary at least once every couple of days - be it a socially-distanced walk, coffee, or film - is a great way to maintain a positive outlook. 7. Show your vulnerability "It is normal to feel worried, stressed, anxious and discombobulated" as we are all living through the "most extraordinary times", says Dr Anna. She explains: "There's no-one unaffected by Covid-19. We're all in the same storm but we're in very different boats. Some of us dealing with this storm are in luxury super-yachts, and some of us are in tin boats with holes in the bottom." It is important to remember that your experience is valid, Dr Anna says, adding that - if you're feeling low - "talk about it early" rather than waiting for it to build up, because "mental health difficulties become mental health problems when they're sat on and they grow". Lily says that while she knows it takes a lot of courage to send a text to let a housemate know you're struggling, chances are they'll be relieved and will tell you they're finding things hard too. Meanwhile, Mark Fudge, chairman of the Universities and Colleges division of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy, encourages students to access the university student services, many of which are offering remote and online support. He adds: "Universities have been planning and planning throughout the summer to make sure that this is as good as an experience as it possibly can be." If you feel overwhelmed or anxious, help is available. Student Minds has set up Student Space to offer support, online and over the phone. 8. Map out your money, and speak up As a student, managing money can be stressful at the best of times, let alone during a pandemic, when part-time jobs can be harder to find. Mark Fudge says: "Students are the gig-economy workforce - they are often the waiters, the bar staff, the baristas, in most cities. Many have lost jobs or are struggling to get employment because the hospitality and retail jobs just aren't there." His message to students in this situation? "It's not a rejection of your skills, your abilities, or your personality, it is a financial situation that is very difficult at the moment. Just know that this is temporary and it will hopefully get better." He also encourages anyone struggling financially to contact their university. Most have money and welfare teams, he explains, who "can help with hardship loans if things get really desperate, or with budgeting advice and tips". Dr Fran says problem-solving is a great way of managing and reducing stress, like financial worries. She suggests mapping out your monthly budget, whilst factoring in some added "leeway" for the "best and worst-case scenarios" can help you stay on top of financial worries. She says things like meal-planning, sticking to a planned weekly shop and keeping track of how many nights you go out in the week can also help. 9. Remember, you deserve to be here Whilst A-levels - your ticket into university - looked very different this year due to exam cancellations and then the U-turn over predicted grades, you still deserve your place, says Dr Anna. "There's been quite a lot of invalidation of results", she says. "Students earned their grades through a two-year period of hard work. Yes, they didn't have the normal way of having that assessed, and that's a bummer, but that doesn't mean that they didn't work hard. They earned their places." She says it's important students know and believe that. If you or someone you know are feeling emotionally distressed, these organisations offer advice and support. In addition, you can call the Samaritans free on 116 123 (UK and Ireland). Mind also has a confidential telephone helpline on 0300 123 3393 (Monday-Friday, 0900-1800). StudentSpace has lots of useful resources on mental health at university, and you can find out if your university has a Nightline here.

विश्वविद्यालय शुरू करना सबसे अच्छे समय में एक बड़ा कदम है-महामारी के दौरान तो जाने दीजिए।


Emmys 2012: The winners

Summary: Homeland, Game of Thrones and Modern Family took top honours at this year's Emmys with four awards each, while ITV1's Downton Abbey won just one out of its 16 nominations.

Mad Men missed out on its fifth best drama prize, with the honour going to Homeland. Here is a list of winners and nominees from the key nominations for this year's awards, which were held in Los Angeles. Outstanding Comedy Series Outstanding Drama Series Outstanding Miniseries or Movie Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie

होमलैंड, गेम ऑफ थ्रोन्स और मॉडर्न फैमिली ने इस साल के एम्मी में चार-चार पुरस्कारों के साथ शीर्ष सम्मान प्राप्त किया, जबकि आई. टी. वी. 1 के डाउनटन एबी ने अपने 16 नामांकनों में से सिर्फ एक जीता।


M48: Old Severn Bridge closed after lorry overturns in high winds

Summary: A lorry has blown over following "a sudden spike" in winds on the M48 old Severn Bridge.

The crossing has been closed in both directions after the incident at about 11:45 GMT on the eastbound carriageway, Highways England said. Police said the lorry driver was still in the cab and was receiving treatment for minor head injuries. Highways England said road users were being diverted via the M4 on the Prince of Wales Bridge. It added the bridge would remain closed in both directions "for some time" because it would not be possible to recover the lorry until "wind speeds reduce".

एम48 पुराने सेवर्न ब्रिज पर हवाओं में "अचानक उछाल" के बाद एक लॉरी उड़ गई है।


Fishermen rescued from stricken vessel off Manx coast

Summary: Five fishermen have been rescued after their fishing vessel broke down eight miles off the Isle of Man coast.

Ramsey's lifeboat crew was called to the aid of the Jersey registered fishing vessel on Monday after it got into difficulty near the Point of Ayre. The Mersey class RNLI lifeboat towed the vessel, which was unable to make any headway, to Ramsey Harbour. An RNLI spokesman said the rescue took about four hours to complete and confirmed that no-one had been injured.

आइल ऑफ मैन तट से आठ मील दूर मछली पकड़ने वाला उनका जहाज टूट जाने के बाद पांच मछुआरों को बचा लिया गया है।


Washington elite speculate about a Trump presidency

Summary: Donald Trump says that if he's elected, he'll fix Washington and run the nation like a business. People here are wondering whether he'd make good on his promise. Would President Trump fix Washington - or would Washington fix him?

By Tara McKelveyWhite House reporter Trump scares the Washington Establishment, an amorphous group of lawmakers, lobbyists, journalists, lawyers and others. If he were elected, he could up-end Washington - and break things. "He's saying he could completely overturn Washington," James Madison University's Marty Cohen said, describing Trump. "Whether he could do it or not, it's still a threat." Not surprisingly, the nation's capital has been reeling. "I can't think of a president who represents such a change," said Michael Kazin, the author of The Populist Persuasion: An American History. He said the closest analogy to Trump is President Andrew Jackson, who served from 1829 to 1837. Jackson's supporters were seen as "unruly masses", "back woodsmen who drank too much", said Kazin. After the election, they threw a party and "broke crockery". People in Washington are worried that Trump would unleash that kind of energy - or worse. As University of Maryland's David Karol, co-editor of a book called Nominating the President, put it: "They're horrified." Things got tense when Trump rose in the polls. In August he came within three points of his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, according to Ipsos/Reuters. She's now way ahead in polls. But the FBI has reopened its investigation into her use of a private email server. This has again raised fears among the Washington elite about a Trump victory. At a rally in Florida earlier this month, he gave them a warning. "For those who control the levers of power in Washington, and for the global special interests," he said. He told the audience that the days of the Washington establishment were numbered. "Our campaign represents a true existential threat like they haven't seen before," he said. How might Trump 'drain the swamp'? What would a Donald Trump presidency look like? Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump compared to world leaders For those at the rally - and many others outside of Washington - the possibility of a Trump presidency has been invigorating. Stephen Moore, a senior economic adviser for Trump, said he'd start a new chapter. "He's a businessman," said Moore, saying Trump would be the "CEO of America and of the federal government". "He knows how to cut expenses and make a profit," said Moore. "The US government is a $4 trillion enterprise, and someone who knows how to run something would be a real asset." Trump is unconventional in many ways. Still, he falls into a tradition of the outsider-candidate. Everyone from Jimmy Carter, a Democrat who was elected in 1976, to Ross Perot, a business executive who ran an unsuccessful campaign as an independent in 1992, has done it. Even Barack Obama, a US senator (and consequently a Washington insider), used this approach. "In Europe it's a different kind of system," said University of Nebraska's Elizabeth Theiss-Morse, co-author of Stealth Democracy: Americans' Beliefs About How Government Should Work. "They don't have the same type of dysfunction. So you don't see the real frustration that Americans feel." Surveys show people in the US have little faith in political institutions, and outsider campaigns tap into the resentment Americans feel towards Washington. They see the city as a cesspool of the federal government, a symbol of bureaucracy, laziness and ineptitude. The outsiders demand change - and often have huge popular support. "He's revealing all this stuff that people in Washington have to deal with," said Theiss-Morse. "The perception is that government can't be trusted." No wonder people who are in the establishment are concerned. They're worried about an array of things. First Lady Michelle Obama is concerned about her garden. Earlier this month, she told visitors: "I take great pride in knowing that this little garden will live on." Trump doesn't seem to like vegetables. People are worried the garden will lay untended (or get cemented over). The fate of Guantanamo could shift. One-third of the 60 men at the prison have been cleared to leave. But Trump said he wants to fill the prison up again with "some bad dudes". The commander of the prison camp, Navy Rear Adm Peter Clarke, said earlier this year he wondered about the fallout from a Trump victory - and what the prisoners would do. Once in office, Trump would learn about nuclear launch codes. Given his expansive attitude about nuclear weapons (he's said South Korea might want to consider them), some find the possibilities unsettling. While campaigning, he's expressed admiration for President Vladimir Putin. "There's the danger of foreign policy disasters, military disasters," said Peter Wehner, a former senior advisor to President George W Bush. Gordon Gray, the director of fiscal policy at the American Action Forum, a centre-right think tank, has looked at the budget poses: "Not good - not good at all. He would risk a recession." During this time, according to environmentalists, the planet will heat up - and Trump will renounce the Paris agreement. He could tear up the nuclear deal with Iran. "You know," Karol said, and sighed. "Change to what end? The Taliban shook things up." Who is ahead in the polls? As scholars explain, however, true revolutionaries like Trump have a hard time. Under President Bush, Vice-President Dick Cheney and Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, both of whom had already spent many years in government, knew how to pull levers. But when you've campaigned against your own party, Kazin said, your options are limited: "Who do you appoint - Sarah Palin as secretary of the interior?" He added: "The established power structures have a way of disciplining the person." Cohen said: "A lot of people go to Washington, and they end up changing, and Washington ends up staying the same." He and others said that real change is done through institutional reform such as campaign finance and term limits. They agreed that these changes are unlikely to be carried out by the people who are here. "Reform a system that serves them well?" Cohen said. "The people that are going to decide these things are the people who are benefiting from them." They say that regardless of who's elected in November, the Washington elite will remain - the Washington elite. Follow @Tara_Mckelvey on Twitter. Predict the president Who will win? Play our game to make your call

डोनाल्ड ट्रम्प का कहना है कि अगर वह चुने जाते हैं, तो वह वाशिंगटन को ठीक कर देंगे और देश को एक व्यवसाय की तरह चलाएंगे। यहाँ के लोग सोच रहे हैं कि क्या वह अपने वादे को पूरा करेंगे। क्या राष्ट्रपति ट्रम्प वाशिंगटन को ठीक करेंगे-या वाशिंगटन उन्हें ठीक करेगा?


Wanchalearm Satsaksit: The Thai satirist abducted in broad daylight

Summary: Sitanan Satsaksit was on the phone to her brother early in the evening on 4 June when he told her to hold the line. Wanchalearm, also known as Tar, was handing over a few dollars for meatballs at a stall opposite his home in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh.

By George Wright & Issariya PraithongyaemBBC News Then Sitanan heard noise coming from the other end of the line. "I heard a loud bang. At first I thought he had a car accident as he shouted 'I can't breathe, I can't breathe,'" she tells the BBC. Sitanan could hear the screams of her brother as men shouted in Khmer, a language she doesn't understand. But her brother had not been hit by a car - he was being kidnapped. Witnesses at the scene say they saw a group of armed men bundling Wanchalearm into a black SUV. As he shouted for help in Khmer, some people started moving towards him, but the armed abductors warned them to back off, before speeding away. Confused and terrified, Sitanan could hear the muffled voice of her brother for another 30 minutes. Then the line went dead. A friend of Wanchalearm made some inquiries for her. "Twenty minutes later, this person called me back to say: 'Keep calm sister, Tar was abducted,'" she recalls. Wanchalearm Satsaksit, 37, a prominent Thai pro-democracy activist who had lived in exile in Cambodia since 2014, has not been seen since. He is the ninth exiled critic of Thailand's military and monarchy to become a victim of enforced disappearance in recent years. A popular and colourful character, Wanchalearm's activism started more than a decade ago, primarily focusing on gender and LGBT rights in Thailand. Over time, his interest started to shift to broader calls for democracy in the country, says Sunai Phasuk, a senior researcher for Human Rights Watch Asia and friend of Wanchalearm. By the time of the 2014 military coup led by General Prayuth Chan-ocha, Wanchalearm was affiliated with the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), also known as the Red Shirts. The group was first formed in 2006 to oppose an earlier military coup which overthrew then prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra. Wanchalearm was angered by what he saw as yet another affront to democracy by the military in 2014. The new junta wasted little time in rooting out its critics. Soon after the coup, Wanchalearm's face appeared on TV and he was called to attend a meeting at a military camp, Sunai says. He didn't turn up. Wanchalearm knew this meant he needed to flee his homeland and start a new life in Cambodia. Once in Phnom Penh, Wanchalearm settled into his new surroundings. But while he had swapped the dangers of Thailand for relative safety in the leafy outskirts of the Cambodian capital, he was still building up an online following in his homeland through his witty takedowns of the Thai government. "He sees himself as a satirist, almost like a political comedian," Sunai says. "He made fun continuously of the military junta. He made fun of Gen Prayuth, who at that time was leader of the coup group, he made fun of other generals. "He exposed what he considered to be stupid blunders of the junta using the dialect of north-easterners," he adds. "Most of them are poor and he is from that region. He did it to show that a commoner can make fun of those in power. That seemed to be the way of getting even with the oppressors." But his playful poking did not go unnoticed. In June 2018, Thai authorities issued an arrest warrant for Wanchalearm based on allegations he violated the Computer-Related Crime Act - which criminalises writing that incites unrest - through his Facebook page. The police vowed to bring him back to Thailand. Wanchalearm was just one of many Thai exiles speaking out from the perceived safety of a neighbouring country. But in reality, doing so is becoming increasingly perilous. At least eight other pro-democracy activists have disappeared since the 2014 coup. The bodies of exiled critics Chatcharn Buppawan and Kraidej Luelert were found disembowelled and stuffed with concrete along the Mekong River border with Laos last year. The Thai army says it had no knowledge of what had happened. Jakrapob Penkair, who served as government spokesman under Thaksin Shinawatra, has been living in exile since 2009 after he says he received a tip-off that he was to be killed. He has known Wanchalearm for many years. Speaking to the BBC from an undisclosed location, Jakrapob says he was shocked by his friend's disappearance due to the light-hearted nature of his activism. He sees almost no chance that Wanchalearm is still alive. "I think the message is: 'Let's kill these folks. These are outsiders, these are people who are different from us and they should be killed in order to bring Thailand back to normalcy,'" he says. "But nothing could be more wrong in that interpretation. I believe their decision to kidnap and murder Tar, and others before him, has been subconsciously radicalising the people. "Like it or not, I think Tar's disappearance and his murder could be a turning point." Wanchalearm's disappearance sparked protests in Bangkok, with demonstrators accusing the Thai government of involvement, while demanding the Cambodian government investigate the case fully. Posters of Wanchalearm and other disappeared activists have been cropping up around the city. #SaveWanchalearm was trending on Thai Twitter in the days following his abduction. The hashtag "#abolish112" was also written or retweeted more than 450,000 times. This is a reference to Article 112 of Thailand's criminal code, which states: "Whoever defames, insults or threatens the King, Queen, Heir-Apparent or Regent shall be punished with imprisonment of three to 15 years". Some of the disappeared dissidents were accused of violating the article. Any public questioning of the monarchy in Thailand was until recently almost unheard of. Many activists believe this abduction is linked to the palace, but the strict laws against any negative comment on the monarchy make this a dangerous link to explore or investigate. Despite widespread outrage over the kidnapping of Wanchalearm, few are holding out much hope for his return. "The abduction is not for money, it's not a private matter. There is no need to keep him alive," says Somyot Pruksakasemsuk, a prominent activist who served seven years in jail on charges of lese majeste - or "insulting the monarchy" - and defamation. "The objective of kidnapping is to kill him and to create the atmosphere of fear in Thailand and other countries where [Thai] people are active in criticising the monarchy," adds Somyot, whose daughter was once in a long-term relationship with Wanchalearm. Somyot was in little doubt as to who was behind the disappearance. "The government knows very well about this kidnap and disappearance. I can insist that the government are the ones behind this violation," he says. Thai government spokeswoman Narumon Pinyosinwat told the BBC: "We have no idea what happened to him. "We don't do anything in that category of invading into other countries. They have their own law and control," she said. "The person who can answer that question best should be the government of Cambodia because they know what happened in that country to this person." In response to questions raised by opposition politicians in parliament, Thai Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai said that Wanchalearm did not have political refugee status, so Thailand had to wait for Cambodia to finish its investigation. The spokesman of the Cambodian interior ministry did not respond to requests for comment. A justice ministry spokesman told Voice of Democracy last week that investigations are under way to ascertain "whether the news is true or not". Brad Adams, Asia director of Human Rights Watch, said: "Cambodia and Laos have obviously decided to look the other way as now nine prominent Thai exiles have been abducted, and likely killed, by unknown men." The Thai government is pursuing a "quid pro quo" with its two neighbours, he said, accusing Bangkok of making Thailand "off limits" to Cambodian opposition figures. "You can be sure there will be more refugees on the chopping block unless governments around the world start publicly demanding answers and accountability from leaders of these three rights abusing governments," he said. Sunai Phasuk says Cambodia must investigate fully what has happened to Wanchalearm if it expects to be seen as a country that has "improved from a lawless society into a country with due process". "A crime like this cannot happen in broad daylight. This is a test case for Cambodia," he says. But Sitanan has little hope of ever seeing Wanchalearm alive again and is just trying to make sense of why someone would want to kill her younger brother. "I want to know if someone has his own opinion, does he need to be so severely punished?" she asks. "He didn't rob anyone, he didn't rape anyone. He just thinks differently. Do you really need to kill him?" You may also be interested in:

सीतानन सत्साक्षित 4 जून की शाम को अपने भाई से फोन पर बात कर रहा था जब उसने उसे लाइन पकड़ने के लिए कहा। वंचेलर्म, जिसे तार के नाम से भी जाना जाता है, कंबोडिया की राजधानी नोम पेन्ह में अपने घर के सामने एक दुकान पर मीटबॉल के लिए कुछ डॉलर सौंप रहा था।


Under-25s hit worst by recession

Summary: More 18 to 24-year-olds than any other age group in the UK know someone who's lost their job in the recession. That's one of the findings of the BBC's Taking the Pulse survey and another indication the younger generation is feeling the brunt of the economic downturn. Newsbeat's Tamasin Ford reports from Hull.

By Tamasin FordNewsbeat reporter in Hull As the class of 2009 graduates from schools, colleges and universities across the country, there are fears that the problem of youth unemployment is only going to get worse. It is a national problem but in some cities, like Hull, it's a stark reality. Famous for its docks and the Humber bridge, it's now known for having the highest percentage of under-25s claiming Jobseekers Allowance (JSA) than any other city in the UK. Twenty-two-year-old Simon Muller is one of them. He said: "I've been out of work for a year-and-a-half now. I'm still looking for any kind of work, whether it's factory or retail." Have Your Say: How has the recession affected you? 'Frustrated and angry' Simon's one of 12 young unemployed people taking part in a week-long scheme at the KC stadium, home of the city's football and rugby league sides. Backed by the Prince's Trust and funded by the Premier League, the Football Federation and the Professional Footballers Association, it's about inspiring young people to get them back into the world of work. "It's just really hard as there isn't anything out there. I'm just really frustrated and angry," he said. Simon's not alone. A thousand young people are losing their jobs every day, according to the latest unemployment figures. 2.3 million people are now out of work in the UK. Saeed Ali, who's on the course too, hasn't had a job for eight months. His only source of income is also Jobseekers Allowance. He said: "I'm just wasting my life. It's so hard because a) you don't have any money and b) you feel useless really. "You can't do anything, there's nothing to look forward to and you basically just give up on life." And as people like Saeed and Simon prepare for another evening of scouring through the scant jobs pages, it's graduation day at Hull University for 21-year-old Charlotte Parker from the Wirral. "There just aren't any jobs around," she said. "It does worry me because I think, 'Am I going to come back and just get a job I'm not interested in just so I can afford to live?'" 'Scary thought' Charlotte's putting off getting a job for a couple of years to go travelling. "I've worked so hard to get my degree and I'm going to work even harder to get my masters and then to have to settle for a job I don't really want to do, it's a bit of a scary thought. "It's not something I'm looking forward too," she said. Hull is not alone in its battle against youth unemployment. Sunderland, Barnsley, Doncaster and Hastings all have high numbers of young people without work and on benefits too. Other cities like Swindon, Milton Keynes and Northampton have seen a huge jump in the number of under-25s claiming JSA in the last year. Dee Kundra, from the Prince's Trust, said: "Too many young people at the moment are facing a bleak future. "The number of young people out of employment is costing the economy millions every week." Under-25s now make up one in five of Britain's working population, but also make up two in five of the unemployed. Dee added: "The Prince's Trust in the past 12 months has seen a 50% increase in the number of calls we're getting for help. "So we can really tell the young people we help are being affected by this recession." The number of young people out of work is at its highest level for 15 years. Job creation The government is investing £1bn in the Future Jobs Fund to create 150,000 new jobs for long-term unemployed young people between 2009-2011. Jim Knight, the employment minister, said: "We're willing to put our money where our mouth is and make sure there is a real intervention from the government now rather than going back to the old days where unemployment was a price worth paying." However, with long term youth unemployment expected to almost treble between now and 2011 there's a worry this new proposal may just act as a sticking plaster for the potential 350,000 young people out of work in just over two years time. "Of course I'm worried about youth unemployment but the notion that there aren't any new jobs around is false," he added. "There are quite a few jobs coming through, we've just got to make sure the young people are well placed to get them." And for some people, like 17-year-old Lewis Valentine from Bridlington, it's all about perseverance. He works as a glass collector in a club in Hull. He said: "It's not hard to get a job at all. There's loads of jobs out there, you just need to know where to look. "If you just go for a part-time job and then go back to college, you're going in the right direction aren't you? If you really want to do it, you'll do it."

ब्रिटेन में किसी भी अन्य आयु वर्ग की तुलना में 18 से 24 वर्ष के अधिक लोग किसी ऐसे व्यक्ति को जानते हैं जिसने मंदी में अपनी नौकरी खो दी है। यह बीबीसी के टेकिंग द पल्स सर्वेक्षण के निष्कर्षों में से एक है और एक अन्य संकेत है कि युवा पीढ़ी आर्थिक मंदी का खामियाजा भुगत रही है। न्यूजबीट के तामासिन फोर्ड ने हल से रिपोर्ट की।


Body-in-suitcases-accused no longer facing criminal charges

Summary: A man who was accused of helping a woman following the discovery of human remains in two suitcases is no longer facing criminal charges.

Mahesh Sorathiya, 39, of Wolverhampton, was charged with assisting an offender after the suitcases were found near a quarry in the Forest of Dean on 12 May. They contained the body of Phoenix Netts, 28, from Birmingham. The Crown Prosecution Service said the case against Mr Sorathiya had now been dismissed. Gareeca Conita Gordon, 27, from Birmingham is charged with murder and is next due to appear at Bristol Crown Court next month. Follow BBC West on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: bristol@bbc.co.uk

एक आदमी जिस पर दो सूटकेस में मानव अवशेष मिलने के बाद एक महिला की मदद करने का आरोप लगाया गया था, अब आपराधिक आरोपों का सामना नहीं कर रहा है।


Sussex Partnership NHS probe after burning car death

Summary: A health trust has begun an investigation into events leading up to the death of a student whose body was found in the boot of a burning car.

Sussex Partnership runs Mill View Hospital, Hove, from where Janet Muller was reported missing on 12 March. The University of Brighton student was found in the car in Ifield, near Crawley, a day later. The NHS trust said it was working closely with the police and had also launched its own investigation. Christopher Jeffrey-Shaw, 26, from Beckenham, south London, has been charged with Ms Muller's murder. A second man has been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender. The cause of Ms Muller's death was smoke inhalation.

एक स्वास्थ्य न्यास ने एक छात्र की मौत की घटनाओं की जांच शुरू कर दी है, जिसका शव एक जलती हुई कार के बूट में पाया गया था।


Colombia Hidroituango dam: 'The river took my house'

Summary: "I was in Puerto Valdivia when the first alarm sounded. It was very chaotic. No-one knew whether to run for the hills or along the road, whether to grab the children or grab the elderly. Everyone was going crazy," says Teresa Jaramillo recalling the moment on 12 May when flash flooding hit her small riverside community.

By Nicolas Bedoya & Pablo CuellarItuango, Colombia Puerto Valdivia is just one of the communities affected by a series of emergencies which have hit Colombia's largest hydroelectric dam project, Hidroituango. Tens of thousands of people living downstream from the dam have been evacuated and the emergencies just keep coming. Rising water The Hidroituango dam over the river Cauca, about 175km (110 miles) north of the city of Medellín, was just months from completion when on 28 April a landslide near the site blocked a tunnel built to divert the river's flow while construction was going on. As the project was almost finished, two other tunnels built for the same purpose had already been sealed by the company building the dam, Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM). This meant that the tunnel blocked by the landslide was the only remaining outlet. Further landslides followed and with water levels rising and all outlets now blocked, EPM decided to flood the dam's turbine rooms on 10 May to release the river's increasing pressure on the structure. While the move caused irreparable damage to transformers and other systems which had already been installed in the turbine room, it did reduce water levels. But only two days later, one of the sealed tunnels naturally unblocked, causing water to gush through it and creating flash floods further downstream. Cut off Puerto Valdivia lay in the path of the flash foods. Fifty-nine homes, a school and a health centre were destroyed and more than 600 people were displaced. León Taborda is one of them. "The Cauca river took my house. What do I do?" he asks. "My wife doesn't want to return to Puerto Valdivia anymore, even if we could. The peace of mind I had there, I won't ever be able to regain it, not living there or anywhere else." And Hidroituango's troubles seem far from over. Experts have warned that there is a renewed risk of landslides from nearby mountainsides which could block the water-intake tunnels for the turbine room, as well as the spillway, potentially compromising the integrity of the entire hydroelectric project. Almost 24,000 people living downstream of the dam have already been evacuated due to this risk. Another 380 people living upstream have been displaced by the premature filling of the dam's reservoir. And the residents of Ituango, the town nearest the dam, have been left cut off after the only bridge connecting it to the rest of the country was submerged by the rising waters on 4 May. Lack of food Community leader Teresa Jaramillo says the situation is particularly critical in rural communities which have been isolated for three weeks now. Even the areas not directly at risk of landslides or flooding have begun to feel the effects of the mass evacuation of the riverside communities and the lack of trade. "We only produce plantain and yucca. Everything else is beginning to run out, all other goods," rural leaders say. Many have so far ignored calls for them to evacuate their land but they say the lack of food is becoming an issue. "If we have to go to the camps, well, we will have to, but Valdivia is also collapsing with so many people," one man said. Continuing risk At a recent news conference, EPM's CEO Jorge Londoño said that communities near the dam would continue to be at risk until the company had figured out a permanent solution. He suggested that in order to fix the problem, EPM would have to construct a new tunnel to reduce the levels of the flooded river in a controlled fashion, a process likely to take several months. Environmental activists, who have long opposed the hydroelectric project because of what they say are the inherent dangers in damming Colombia's second-largest river, complain about a lack of oversight. "How can it be that the same company that is causing so much damage is the one pretending to provide the solutions?" asks Isabel Zuleta, leader of local environmental organisation Ríos Vivos. "What does that tell us? That in Colombia there is no one that controls the big corporations," she says. With the entire workforce evacuated from the site again on Tuesday because of new warnings of landslides, many people living both up- and downstream from the megaproject are in a state of fear. Ms Zuleta says trust has been eroded. "They said there was no problem, that there was no danger, that everything was under control." She says that people do not want quick fixes but a river which is allowed to flow freely. But with the project far advanced - it was due to be completed by the end of the year - and its backers maintaining that it will account for about 17% of Colombia's power capacity, that is unlikely to happen. All photos by Nicolas Bedoya and Pablo Cuellar from Colombia-based Vela Colectivo.

टेरेसा जरामिलो ने 12 मई के उस पल को याद करते हुए कहा, "मैं प्यूर्टो वाल्डिविया में थी जब पहला अलार्म बज रहा था। यह बहुत अराजक था। किसी को नहीं पता था कि पहाड़ों की ओर भागना है या सड़क के किनारे, बच्चों को पकड़ना है या बुजुर्गों को पकड़ना है। हर कोई पागल हो रहा था", टेरेसा जरामिलो 12 मई के उस पल को याद करते हुए कहती हैं जब अचानक बाढ़ ने उनके छोटे नदी तटीय समुदाय को प्रभावित किया था।


The NHS, devolution, and the election

Summary: A couple of weeks ago I noted that the devolution of funding and decision-making for health and social care to Greater Manchester went some way to fulfil a long-running Treasury ambition for the NHS to be - in effect - broken up.

Robert PestonEconomics editor What is striking is that this devolution may have been decades in the making, but it is moving ahead swiftly - from rough concept in November's outline plans for transferring more powers to the regions, to announcement last month. And an official memorandum published in February says that the integration of the £6bn health and social care budgets for the region will take place in "shadow" form as soon as next month, with full devolution scheduled for April 2016. Which you might think is an encouraging sign that the government is still governing, is pressing ahead with important reforms, and is not being completely distracted by the looming general election. Just perhaps, you might see it as slightly undignified and worrying haste. Or, if you are Lord Owen - the former Labour foreign secretary and a medical doctor - you will see it as a constitutional outrage. 'Collaborative working' Now as it happens, Lord Owen is in favour of the regional control of health spending. But he has written to the cabinet secretary, Sir Jeremy Heywood, arguing that the authorisation of central government civil servants and health managers "to embark on a major new process for collaborative working in shadow form from 1 April ...is a serious abuse of past conventions, let alone in the new circumstances of a fixed Parliament when the date of an election has been known, in effect, for five years". He believes that work to create the integrated health and social care service for Manchester in the coming weeks breaches a prohibition on rushing through policies that could secure political advantage for the ruling party (or parties) during the run up to a general election. So he has urged Sir Jeremy to "immediately rule that this MOU [memorandum of understanding] is unacceptable in its starting date". And he says that the shadow operation of the new health and social care authority should not begin until authorised by whoever is health secretary after the 7 May poll. Lord Owen is awaiting a response. But I am told that the thrust of Sir Jeremy's response will be that the work of the Manchester shadow health organisation will primarily be to develop a proper business plan for the real thing. And it will only be on the basis of this business plan that any new government would give formal approval for any transfer of health powers to happen in a formal sense, in October this year. So he will argue that the new government - of whatever colour - will have the right and duty to say "yes" or "no" to whether this devolution happens. Constitutional niceties The chances of this satisfying Lord Owen are slim. And I suspect this argument will rumble on - partly because Owen and Heywood have a history of argy-bargy on these constitutional niceties. Lord Owen wrote to the cabinet secretary just under a year ago, because he was uneasy that the Prime Minister had written to 1.7 million company and charity directors extolling the virtues of the Budget. He had two concerns. First, that the letter had come from David Cameron, rather than the Treasury. Second, that it was sent quite close to the elections for the European parliament. In his response, Sir Jeremy acknowledged that "this is the first time a prime minister has decided to communicate directly with taxpayers in this way". But he did not see this as a constitutional calamity because he saw the letter as part of a campaign to raise awareness of an "Employment Allowance" that would reduce employers' National Insurance contributions. And Sir Jeremy was clear that the timing of the letter was not "in advance of the sensitive period for communications with the public in advance of the elections". That said, it is odd that the letter came from David Cameron, not from the Chancellor. Also, I have been told that Sir Nick Macpherson, the Treasury Permanent Secretary, was a bit concerned that the letter was a bit too close to being a PR stunt for the Tories. So I put this to the Prime Minister's official spokesman, who said that try as he might he can find no record of Sir Nick being anxious that public money and resources had been used for party-political gain.

कुछ हफ्ते पहले मैंने नोट किया कि ग्रेटर मैनचेस्टर को स्वास्थ्य और सामाजिक देखभाल के लिए धन और निर्णय लेने का हस्तांतरण एनएचएस के लिए लंबे समय से चल रही ट्रेजरी महत्वाकांक्षा को पूरा करने के लिए कुछ हद तक चला गया-प्रभावी रूप से-टूट गया।


Princess Anne marks SS Mendi tragedy in Southampton

Summary: Princess Anne has attended a memorial ceremony for more than 600 men who died in the sinking of the SS Mendi in the English Channel 100 years ago.

The vessel was hit by cargo steamship SS Darro in thick fog, off the Isle of Wight, on 21 February 1917. The South African Native Labour Corps troops onboard were travelling to France to assist the allies during World War One. A ceremony was held earlier at Hollybrook Cemetery in Southampton. The Princess Royal's husband, Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Lawrence, accompanied her to the service. During his speech, on behalf of the War Graves Commission, he paid tribute to the "dignity and bravery" of those who died. Bodies were washed up along the Sussex coast and buried in graveyards near Brighton, in Littlehampton, East Dean and Hastings.

राजकुमारी ऐनी ने 100 साल पहले इंग्लिश चैनल में एसएस मेंडी के डूबने में मारे गए 600 से अधिक लोगों के लिए एक स्मारक समारोह में भाग लिया है।