Former UKIP Wales leader Nathan Gill quits party

Summary: Former UKIP Wales leader Nathan Gill has left the party.

The Wales MEP said he can no longer belong to an organisation that has switched its focus from Brexit to a "foolish pursuit against Islam". "UKIP has betrayed its members," Mr Gill said. He served as Wales party leader from 2014 to 2016, and was an AM until he quit at the end of 2017. A UKIP Wales spokesman said Mr Gill had been "irrelevant" after quitting the assembly and had "done nothing" since. It comes after former leader Nigel Farage, who had appointed Mr Gill to the leadership job, left the party. Mr Farage said the party's leader Gerard Batten seemed to be obsessed with Islam and Tommy Robinson. Mr Batten has appointed the former English Defence League leader, also known as Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, as an advisor. In a letter to party chairwoman Kirstan Herriot, Mr Gill said: "I can no longer belong to a party that has switched its primary focus from Brexit, to a foolish pursuit against Islam and the promotion of Tommy Robinson." He said the party was "giving ammunition to the Remainers by insisting on this association with Tommy Robinson". Last weekend Mr Batten survived a vote of no confidence at UKIP's ruling body, the National Executive Committee. But it said it did not endorse Mr Robinson's appointment and he was barred from membership "through his associations". Proposals for a ballot on Mr Robinson's leadership, which were later put off, prompted concern from two UKIP AMs last month, Michelle Brown and David Rowlands. Since then, Ms Brown has called for a ballot on Mr Batten's leadership. A UKIP Wales spokesman said: "Nathan who? I have almost no idea who he is. "He has been completely irrelevant since he gave up his assembly seat, and has since done nothing." The spokesman said UKIP Welsh assembly leader Gareth Bennett would not be quitting the party.

यूकेआईपी वेल्स के पूर्व नेता नाथन गिल ने पार्टी छोड़ दी है।


Two more Scottish universities to offer teacher training

Summary: Two more Scottish universities are to offer teacher training courses.

The move has been announced by Education Secretary John Swinney in a bid to tackle a recruitment crisis in the profession. The Scottish government said it was providing £1.3m to create hundreds more opportunities for people to qualify as teachers. Edinburgh's Queen Margaret and Napier universities will train new recruits from 2019. Mr Swinney said the government was addressing difficulties recruiting classroom staff and he hoped this would "build capacity within teacher education". It comes as the EIS teaching union warned schools are facing a recruitment "crisis" - with this one of the reasons why they are demanding a 10% wage rise for teachers. 'Raising standards' Edinburgh Napier University will initially offer a total of 30 places on a one-year Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) course - which allows those who already have a degree to train as teachers - with a focus on maths and sciences. It is planned to expand that into areas such as English and computing, with up to 150 training places after three years. Queen Margaret University will recruit up to 120 students to an undergraduate primary course but will also have 20 places on a PGDE course for those who wish to be home economics teachers. Mr Swinney said: "Teachers have a key role to play in helping us raise standards and close the attainment gap. That is why we are doing everything we can to attract talented and enthusiastic people to the profession. "We recognise that, in common with many other countries, it is hard to recruit teachers in the numbers we need, particularly in certain specialist subjects. "Adding two additional universities to the institutions that offer initial teacher education, supported by £1.3 million investment from the Scottish Government, means we can not only recruit additional teachers to take up post within the next two years but build capacity within teacher education. "The two new teacher training courses offer more choice and flexibility for anyone considering teaching as a career, especially in the specialist home economic and STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) subjects where we know there are shortages at the moment." 'By teachers, for teachers' Kenneth Muir, chief executive and registrar of the General Teaching Council for Scotland, hailed the move as a "landmark development in the provision of initial teacher education". He added: "We must continue to adapt to ensure we do not miss out to other professions on new, high quality teaching talent. "It is important that high standards are maintained and we will ensure the courses offered by QMU and Napier universities satisfy fully our accreditation criteria." Alistair Sambell, vice principal and deputy vice chancellor of Edinburgh Napier University, said: "Our new teacher education programme will be designed by teachers, for teachers. "As a university we have an applied approach to learning, and student placements in schools will be underpinned by practice-based learning in class, supported by practising teachers." Prof Petra Wend, principal of Queen Margaret University, added: "Teacher education at QMU will offer research-informed, practice-based programmes developed in collaboration with professionals from the sector and inspired by the needs of Scottish children and schools today."

दो और स्कॉटिश विश्वविद्यालय शिक्षक प्रशिक्षण पाठ्यक्रम प्रदान करने वाले हैं।


Karachi building collapse kills nine

Summary: Rescuers have pulled out nine bodies from the debris of a six-storey building that collapsed in the Pakistani city of Karachi.

The incident took place in the Baghdadi Lane area. A dozen people are still feared trapped under the debris. Residents were being evacuated from the nearby buildings some of which had suffered visible damage, police said. Correspondents say there are a number of decrepit buildings in the old city area in the southern parts of Karachi. Media reports on Friday morning said personnel of the army's engineering corps were helping the civic authorities clear the debris and look for survivors. Witnesses said there were three bulldozers working on the site, but progress was slow. They said narrow lanes in the area were preventing effective rescue work.

बचाव दल ने पाकिस्तान के कराची शहर में ढही छह मंजिला इमारत के मलबे से नौ शवों को निकाला है।


Trump: Five political minefields facing president-elect

Summary: It's still more than a month before Donald Trump takes the oath of office, but it's not too early to think about the challenges he will face in the White House.

Anthony ZurcherNorth America reporter@awzurcheron Twitter The new president will have formidable assets at his disposal. The chief executive has broad unilateral powers, and his party controls both chambers of Congress. As long as Republicans stay unified, they will be able to advance a broad range of conservative priorities that have been on the back-burner for more than a decade. The danger, however, is that they could choose a losing battle - or a winning one whose victory comes at too high a price. The history books are littered with presidents whose electoral mandates crumbled in the early days of their presidency. Barack Obama and Democrats saw their large governing majorities in 2009 vanish two years later after a bruising fight to pass healthcare reform. A push for universal healthcare also cost Bill Clinton dearly in 1993. George HW Bush's presidency ran aground, in part, due to tax concessions he made to Democrats in the 1990 budget negotiations. Ronald Reagan's tax reforms early in his presidency sank his approval ratings before an economic recovery changed his fortunes. As Mr Trump looks ahead to his presidency, there are countless opportunities - but the path to success is a veritable minefield, where one false step could lead to ruin. Here's a look at five particularly dangerous potential pitfalls. Medicare privatisation Donald Trump campaigned on repealing Barack Obama's healthcare reform programme, and the Republican Congress seems eager to follow through (timeline to be determined, of course). What Mr Trump didn't campaign on, and yet congressional Republican leadership seems enamoured with, was any kind of modification or privatisation of the government-run healthcare programme for the elderly, Medicare. In fact, Mr Trump was quite clear that he wouldn't touch the social safety net that provides retirement and medical care for the poor, disabled and elderly. "Every Republican wants to do a big number on Social Security, they want to do it on Medicare, they want to do it on Medicaid," candidate Trump said at a Republican forum in 2015. "And it's not fair to the people that have been paying in for years and now all of the sudden they want to be cut." Yet changing Medicare from a government-run, single-payer programme to a state-managed voucher-backed premium support system has long been a goal of House Speaker Paul Ryan. "Medicare has got some serious problems because of Obamacare," Mr Ryan said a few days after Mr Trump was elected. "Those things are part of our plan to replace Obamacare." Mr Ryan is the leader of a segment of conservatives who view Medicare as a means of fostering dependence on government - a fortified expansion of centralised power that presents a growing financial burden on the federal budget. The challenge for Republicans, however, is that, unlike the heavily politicised Obamacare reforms, Medicare is immensely popular. A 2015 poll found 60% of Americans viewed the programme as "working well", and 77% said the programme was "very important". Back in 2004, newly re-elected President George W Bush and a Republican-controlled Congress made a similar run at privatising Social Security, the government-managed retirement programme. Those efforts collapsed without so much as a legislative vote, thanks to withering opposition from Democrats and a sceptical public. It marked the beginning of Mr Bush's sharp decline in popularity that culminated in sweeping Democratic victories in the 2006 mid-term elections and President Obama in 2008. Ann Coulter, a fervent Trump backer, succinctly summed up the shape of the pitfall that now may await her party. "Medicare IS NOT WHAT THE ELECTION WAS FOUGHT OVER," she tweeted. "If Ryan wants to change Medicare, then run for president on that and see how far you get." Mind the mine: Misinterpreting your mandate for change is classic post-election overreach danger. Tax cuts Although he didn't regularly dwell on it at his campaign rallies, candidate Trump had a fairly detailed tax-cut plan. Perhaps the reason for his reticence was that the benefits - according to the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center - would be showered primarily on the wealthy. The average tax cut was pegged at $2,940 per person, amounting to an after-tax income increase of 4.1%. Those earning over $3.7m, however, would receive a tax cut of roughly $1.1m, for an after-tax income boost of 14%. During the first presidential debate, Hillary Clinton called this "trumped up trickle-down economics" - the theory, first embraced by President Ronald Reagan, that the benefits of tax cuts for the rich would eventually filter onto the lower-income brackets through increased spending. The label didn't stick (and was, in fact, mocked as being forced), but the attacks may sting if they accompany hard figures in legislation signed by the man who won the White House as a champion of the working class. There's some sign that the forthcoming Trump administration may already be backing away from this particular political landmine - and heading toward a new one, instead. During a recent interview Treasury Secretary nominee Steve Mnuchin said that any tax reform would be benefit-neutral for the wealthy. "Any reductions we have in upper-income taxes will be offset by less deductions, so that there will be no absolute tax cut for the upper class," he said. While that sounds inoffensive, the two biggest individual tax deductions are also two of the most beloved by the American middle class - for home mortgage interest and charitable donations. Any politicians, Republican or Democrat, touch those at their political peril. Mind the mine: Mr Trump campaigned against a moneyed global elite. If they reap the rewards of Republican tax reforms, he may lose some of his populist lustre. Imperial overreach One of the ways Mr Trump framed himself as a different kind of Republican presidential candidate was by condemning his party's military adventurism. Where just a decade earlier his party had marched in lockstep behind George W Bush in defending the Iraq War, now Mr Trump stood on a Republican primary debate stage, condemned the action as misguided and won. He said Libyan intervention was a mistake and that the US should let Russia shoulder more of the military burden in Syria. While he criticised Chinese trade practices, he said US allies in Asia must shoulder more of the costs of their own defence. Positions like these were largely why the Republican foreign policy establishment abandoned the Trump campaign in droves and why the president-elect has seemed hard-pressed to settle on a nominee for secretary of state. One man already on the Trump White House team, however, is retired General Michael Flynn - and he appears to support the kind of robust, interventionist foreign policy that Mr Trump dismissed. In his recent book, The Field of Fight: How We Can Win the Global War Against Radical Islam and Its Allies, the man who is tabbed to become Mr Trump's national security adviser writes that the US is already fighting a global war. "We face a working coalition that extends from North Korea and China to Russia, Iran, Syria, Cuba, Bolivia, Venezuela and Nicaragua," he writes. "We are under attack, not only from nation-states directly, but also from Al Qaeda, Hezbollah, Isis and countless other terrorist groups." If Mr Flynn is joined on Mr Trump's foreign policy team by someone like John Bolton - an Iraq War architect whose name has been linked to the secretary of state job - President Trump may be considerably more hawkish on foreign policy than Candidate Trump ever was. Mind the mine: The American public will follow a president into battle, but war is also an easy way to destroy a presidency. Just ask George W Bush. Or Lyndon Johnson. Or Harry Truman. Going rogue Mr Trump turned heads this week when he sat down with former Democratic Vice-President Al Gore to discuss climate change and global environmental issues. He shocked many of his conservative backers a few weeks earlier when, after meeting with Mr Obama, he expressed support for some portions of the president's healthcare reform. During the campaign he unveiled a childcare and maternity leave proposal that, in the words of conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer, "out-Democrats the Democrats". In other words, Mr Trump - who was a Democrat as recently as 2009 - has shown a proclivity for entertaining issues and positions that run counter to Republican orthodoxy. There's certainly an upside for being a president who's willing to buck his own party and reach across the aisle for support. It was at the heart of Bill Clinton's "triangulation" strategy during his presidency, when he adopted and moderated popular Republican positions on welfare reform and crime-fighting to boost his own standing. Such a course comes with its own set of risks, however, particularly for someone like Mr Trump. Embracing a liberal position could jeopardise his Republican backing in Congress and among the party's grass-roots supporters. Even with his best efforts, however, he will be hard-pressed to attract much love from the political left. His divisive presidential campaign has made him too much of a villain among Democrats for that to happen. Mind the mine: Only Nixon could go to China, as the saying goes. Mr Trump could decide to break the partisan logjam and advance a popular progressive priority. Then again, when Nixon became mired in scandal, he was left with few Republican allies to protect him. It's not a happy place for a president to be. Doing nothing These possible pitfalls are enough to make even the most self-confident of politicians unsteady, reluctant to make a move lest they find the political ground crumbling beneath their feet. Inaction is not an option for Mr Trump, however. He was elected to get results. His supporters were so frustrated by years of partisan gridlock that they turned to an outsider - a political novice - in hopes of fixing a system they saw as hopelessly broken. More of the same is a losing proposition. Mr Trump will have to find some policy wins if he wants to renew his lease on the White House in four years, and a few token wins - a saved Carrier plant here, a slightly less costly Air Force One contract there - likely won't cut it. Mind the mine: If Trump does too much, he could be ruined. If he does too little, he could be ruined. He already has the lowest recorded popularity of any incoming White House occupant. There's a minefield ahead no matter which way he turns. Presidenting is hard.

डोनाल्ड ट्रम्प को पद की शपथ लेने में अभी भी एक महीने से अधिक समय है, लेकिन व्हाइट हाउस में उन्हें जिन चुनौतियों का सामना करना पड़ेगा, उनके बारे में सोचना अभी जल्दबाजी नहीं है।


Plan to display parts of Dounreay at London museum

Summary: Parts of a fast reactor control room at Dounreay in Caithness look set to be dismantled and rebuilt at the Science Museum in London.

The panels and the control desk from the former experimental nuclear power plant near Thurso would be displayed temporarily at the museum. It has been proposed to make it a feature of an exhibition in 2016 on nuclear energy. Work to take apart the control room could start later this year. The control room was used to run the Dounreay Fast Reactor. The museum project is mentioned in the new Dounreay Socio Economic Plan annual report. The Dounreay complex is being demolished and the site cleaned up.

कैथनेस में डौनरे में एक तेज रिएक्टर नियंत्रण कक्ष के कुछ हिस्सों को लंदन के विज्ञान संग्रहालय में ध्वस्त और पुनर्निर्मित किया जाना है।


Fitbit Ionic smartwatch introduces blood oxygen sensor

Summary: Fitbit has put on sale its first fully-featured smartwatch.

The Ionic differs from the firm's existing Blaze watch in that third-party developers will be able to release apps and watchface designs that can be installed on the device. It also introduces a sensor that can detect blood oxygen levels. Fitbit has also announced a forthcoming "special edition" in partnership with sportswear firm Adidas, mirroring the Apple Watch tie-up with Nike. Until recently, Fitbit was ranked the world's bestselling wearable tech brand. However, market research firm IDC reported in June that it had been overtaken by both Xiaomi and Apple in terms of shipments over the first three months of the year. Fitbit recently reported that its second quarter sales were 40% down on 2016's equivalent figure, leading to a $58.2m (£44.9m) net loss for the period. "It's a tough market for Fitbit - not least the dramatic drop in North American sales it has experienced - and the whole wearables category has certainly not lived up to expectations," commented Ben Wood from the CCS Insight tech consultancy. "But the firm is continuing to push forward." The standard version of the Ionic has been priced at £300, making it more expensive than the current cost of Apple's entry-level smartwatch but less costly than the Apple Watch Series 2. Although Fitbit has started accepting pre-orders, it has said shipments will not start until late September. Ionic's release has been much-anticipated since Fitbit bought crowdfunding success story Pebble's smartwatch business in 2016. It cancelled work on Pebble's own devices, but adapted its software to create a new operating system - Fitbit OS - which promises to work with the Android, iOS and Windows platforms. The San-Francisco-based company aims to release a web tool to allow developers to create their own software for the device from next month. This will include access to the device's NFC (near-field communication) chip, which could allow it to be used to open vehicles and building doors fitted with compatible smart locks. By contrast, Apple has locked down access to its own mobile devices' NFC chips on security grounds, although this is expected to be relaxed later this year. The new device also marks the first time Fitbit has included an SpO2 sensor in one of its wearables. The component estimates the amount of oxygenated haemoglobin in blood. The firm suggests this could be used to provide new types of health alerts, including warnings of sleep apnoea - a disorder that causes people to briefly stop breathing or take shallow breaths during rest. The technology is relatively rare outside of medical equipment, although Nokia does include an SpO2 sensor in its Pulse Ox wristband. Fitbit also says the Ionic's heart rate tracker is more accurate than those found in its other products. The new watch's other advertised features include: "The Ionic is very much orientated towards being fitness-first rather than fashion-first, and that will be a challenge," said Mr Wood. "But the firm has a loyal group of users who seem interested in upgrading to a new Fitbit product that is more capable. "The social element of its brand has also been a big success -where you get groups of people competing over the number of steps they have taken among other things - which should help sales."

फिटबिट ने अपनी पहली पूरी तरह से सुसज्जित स्मार्टवॉच को बिक्री के लिए रखा है।


A South African village, a murder and a coal mine

Summary: In the wake of last month's murder of an anti-mining activist in rural South Africa, the BBC's Pumza Fihlani travelled to the once peaceful community in KwaZulu-Natal, now plagued by tensions and death threats.

We drive in a convoy of two vehicles, weaving our way deep inside a forest in northern KwaZulu-Natal, to see two men who have demanded a meeting place away from curious eyes. Fikile Ntshangase, who was fighting a plan to start an opencast mine on the site of her village, was shot dead not far from here and the men tell me they are fearful that they could be next. "We don't sleep at night, we don't know who to trust any more, not even our own families," one says as we sit between tall eucalyptus trees. "We never thought not coming to an agreement as a community could lead, would lead, to someone's death, especially because the mine is still operating," he continues, his face visibly weary. The man, who cannot be identified for his safety, is referring to Tendele's Somkhele mine which has been open since 2006. The company wants to expand its operations by 22,000 hectares and this would mean about 200 families in the villages of Ophondweni and Emalahleni would need to be relocated. Tendele has offered compensation to those who have agreed to move and some 140 families have said they would sell. Its boss Jan du Preez says that accusations that its plans are linked to Ms Ntshangase's death are unfounded. And in a statement sending condolences to her family, the company condemned "any forms of violence and intimidation in the strongest possible terms". We travel to Ophondweni, where livestock graze on the lush, rolling hills and brightly coloured houses dot the countryside. It seems peaceful on the surface but we quickly learn there are divisions and tensions here. Some of those who are willing to sell up see this as a chance for a more modern and perhaps fancier lifestyle. But for others it was a matter of security. 'Death threats' "Our mother lives there alone and we felt she would be safer if we agreed to sell because many people there want this to happen," one man, who asked not to be named, told me. "We didn't want to put her life in danger. What if she gets shot too?" Another man tells me: "We're getting death threats because we don't want to relocate." He is one of the people who are fighting to stay in put. "One of us received a message warning that if we continue with the fight, they will kill the breadwinner in each family because our decision to stay is putting miners' jobs at risk," he adds. Mining is one of South Africa's oldest industries but there are concerns about air pollution and health problems for those living in mining communities, as well as the loss of grazing land. But the authorities here have to weigh that up with the country's urgent need to bolster the economy and provide jobs. As a result businesses can have great sway on the minds of the decision makers. Buried underneath the beautiful rural setting are huge deposits of anthracite, the highest quality of coal, which is mainly used in steel manufacturing. As the country's biggest anthracite producer, the expansion, if it goes ahead, would mean big business for Tendele. Shot six times in her house But that cannot happen until it overcomes the objections of the 21 families who have taken the company to court over the move. The legal battle is being led by a local group called the Mfolozi Community Environmental Justice Organisation (Mcejo). Ms Ntshangase was a senior member of Mcejo and some community members believe it was this ongoing dispute that led to the 65-year-old's killing. Those who knew her describe her as "kind but feisty", never one to back down from what she believed was a fight for justice. Late last month, three armed men entered her home and shot her six times. Her daughter Malungelo Xakaza tells me she is still struggling to come to terms with the loss. "Opencast mining is not good for this area so that's what she was trying to put out there for the people… and unfortunately she started getting threats and then this happened," she says. No-one has been arrested for Ms Ntshangase's death and police told the BBC that the motive for the murder is still unknown. "We live in fear but we try to put on a brave face. We don't want to leave our home because we feel close to her here, this is where she lived and this is where she passed away," the 30-year-old tells me. 'This land is all we have' The anti-mining activist was not the first one in her group to be targeted. A few months ago, another opponent of the expansion, Tholakele Mthembu, was lucky to escape unharmed, after 19 shots were fired into her home. Ancestral land carries deep meaning in rural communities and it is more than just a place to live. Back among the tall eucalyptus trees, one of the men explains, with defiance in his voice, the significance. "This land is all we have… I have raised my children here and it helps me take care of my livestock. "Land is wealth for us in rural communities, there is nothing better, not even money. We're clear that our land is not for sale," the elderly man adds. But Tendele looks at securing a different economic future for the community and says the mine's expansion will bring in needed jobs. "There's a dispute because they do not want to accept our offers but we are continuing to work with these families. Clearly we want a win for everyone in the community," company boss Mr Du Preez tells the BBC in his Johannesburg office. Development front line Those living in fear amid the negotiations say the mining company is not doing enough to bring calm. But Mr Du Preez says these claims are unfounded and says there is no connection to the alleged intimidation. "We have to find a way that we can hear each other and listen to each other otherwise clearly the risk of future violence is horrendous." The need to balance economic benefits with environmental concerns and the ancestral attachment to the land has turned this rural community into the front line of a battle familiar across the developing world. But whatever happens with the mine, life has changed for the people of Ophondweni as peace hangs in the balance for this once united community.

पिछले महीने ग्रामीण दक्षिण अफ्रीका में एक खनन विरोधी कार्यकर्ता की हत्या के मद्देनजर, बीबीसी के पुम्ज़ा फिहलानी ने क्वाज़ुलु-नताल में एक समय के शांतिपूर्ण समुदाय की यात्रा की, जो अब तनाव और मौत की धमकियों से ग्रस्त है।


The struggles of the world's hairiest family

Summary: Jesus Aceves was born with a rare condition that means he has thick hair all over his face. About 30 members of his family also have hypertrichosis making them almost certainly the hairiest family in human history. They feature in a documentary Chuy, The Wolf Man by film-maker Eva Aridjis which is being released in Mexico this month.

By Sara LentatiBBC World Service As a child, the thick, dark hair that covers his entire face quickly earned Aceves the nickname "The Little Wolf". He grew up in the small town of Loreto in north-west Mexico where, as a result of his appearance, his family was shunned by the local community. By the age of 12 he had started travelling from city to city to work at fairgrounds. One summer he sold tickets for a Ferris wheel, another year he ran a stall where people popped balloons to win prizes. It was there that a circus owner spotted him. Find out more "My life in the circus started when I was 13," Aceves says in Eva Aridjis's film, Chuy, The Wolf Man. The circus owner asked if any other family members had the same condition - and by this time Aceves' two younger cousins, Larry and Danny, had also been born with hypertrichosis. "The man said he'd pay us well and said he wanted all of us. He said he would house us and there'd be money. I said, 'Yes.'" The three boys were signed up by the circus and spent several years travelling around Mexico where they used to greet the audience and have their picture taken. Accompanied by Aceves's mother, they always had somewhere comfortable to stay and plenty of food to eat but there was one thing that he didn't like. "We were always locked up. They were presenting us as attractions so we couldn't be seen on the street. I didn't like that, being locked up so people wouldn't see us." As a young child, Aceves had wanted to hide away. He didn't like going outside and at school he was bullied by other children, who pulled his facial hair and called him names. But his self-esteem grew stronger as he grow older. Now, even at the age of 41, he has conflicting emotions of shame and pride in being who he is. He says doesn't regret having worked in circuses. "It's not a bad place where you make money doing something bad. It's a decent job. As an artist you entertain people and make them laugh," he says. But there was one tough time, touring the US with an American circus, when he became seriously depressed. Lonely, isolated, and unable to speak much English, he almost drank himself to death. "I used to drink a lot of beer. I would never eat and my liver was killing me… I wanted to liberate myself with the drinking. But I was doing the opposite, I was destroying myself," he says. Fortunately he pulled through and went on to perform in circuses all over the world. He learned to walk the high wire as part of an act in Coney Island's Sideshow and how to walk up a ladder of swords while travelling with the Circus of Horrors, which brought him to the UK in 2012. Aceves had hoped to make enough money to set up a small business near the home he shared with his partner, Victoria, and youngest daughter, Araceli, in the state of Mexico. But their 10-year relationship broke down soon after his return from the UK and he's now back in the family home in Loreto, earning money by picking beans on a farm. Aceves and most of his family live in two houses, next door to each other, that were given to them by the mayor when Aceves and his cousins were young, because no-one would rent them a home. One house was for Aceves's mother and the other for Larry and Danny's mother. Today, each holds about 10 family members. Aceves has three daughters, all of whom have been born with hypertrichosis. His eldest, Karla, is now in her early 20s. Her mother left when she was a baby and because her father was always away she was raised by her grandmother. "It's harder for the women because it's less socially acceptable for a woman to be very hairy," says Eva Aridjis. "Most of the women have been abandoned by the non-hairy partners that fathered their children. But for the men, they are actually considered virile and tend to have a lot of girlfriends. "Karla is the only one in the family who has finished high school but she still has a hard time finding work." After giving birth to a baby, she was abandoned by the child's father. "He's now in the US, in Texas, and she's a single mother," says Aridjis. Aceves's great-grandmother was the first of his relatives to be born with excessive hair on her face. Now about half of his family have the genetic mutation. Other cases of hypertrichosis "No-one's really sure what causes hypertrichosis, or how to cure it. What they do know is that there are about 50 documented cases in human history and it was my fate to be one of them," says Aceves. "We are the hairiest family of our species." In Aceves's family, the X chromosome appears to be the location of the mutation. "This means that for the men who have this mutation, all of their daughters will inherit it but none of their sons. And the women who have the gene, half of their children will also have hypertrichosis, regardless of whether they're male or female," says Aridjis. "Scientists have studied Aceves and his family. They were particularly interested in this excess of hair because they wanted to find a cure for alopecia - for baldness. They know it's a gene that has laid dormant for a very long time which suddenly resurfaces, but they don't know how to turn it on or off." Aceves trims the hair on his face and some of the women in his family shave their faces. "The women tend to have beards and hair on their foreheads so it's a little sparser. For the men it's impossible to shave completely because they have hair on their nose and eyelids. They can't afford afford electrolysis or anything hi-tech," says Aridjis. While these other procedures, such as laser hair removal, would help reduce the total amount of hair, they would not permanently remove it. Aceves has not done any circus work for a couple of years and says he has no plans to return to it in the future. He is now determined to ensure all the younger members of his family born with hypertrichosis get an education, and have the confidence to look for jobs beyond circuses, freak shows and "wolf" roles. In the past, some of them have begun circus work before they can even walk. One of Aceves's nephews, Derian, was one year old when a circus owner came to their home to make an offer. Derian's mother, Gladys, had been adamant that her two sons would finish school, but with no partner to support her she made the difficult decision to let people stare and touch her son for a small fee. She spent a few weeks travelling with a circus, presenting her little boy to the crowds as "Derian from the Wolf Boys". Aceves' cousin Danny, with whom he began his life in the circus, also continued with it and was taken on by a well-known clown who taught him acrobatics, how to swing on the trapeze, and his favourite discipline - the trampoline. Another cousin, Eliud, is thinking about enhancing his circus act by growing his hair longer and replacing his incisor teeth with prosthetic fangs. One day he hopes to own his own circus. Other family members, though, have succeeded in forging other careers. Aceves's sister Lilia was, until recently, a police officer in Zacatecas. And his cousin Larry now lives in San Bernadino in California, where he runs his own business renting out bouncy castles and other party equipment. All his life, Aceves has been compared to a wolf. Sometimes wolf howls follow him down the street. In the opening scene of Aridjis's film, he visits a zoo in Mexico City in order to see one of the animals up close. "Both of our faces are covered in hair and we both live trapped - them in the zoo and me in this body," he says. "At least the wolves treat me the same as they treat other humans." Interviews with Jesus Aceves and images courtesy of Eva Aridjis, who made the documentary Chuy, The Wolf Man. Subscribe to the BBC News Magazine's email newsletter to get articles sent to your inbox.

जीसस एसेव्स का जन्म एक दुर्लभ स्थिति के साथ हुआ था जिसका अर्थ है कि उनके पूरे चेहरे पर घने बाल हैं। उनके परिवार के लगभग 30 सदस्यों को हाइपरट्रिकोसिस भी है जो उन्हें लगभग निश्चित रूप से मानव इतिहास में सबसे बालों वाला परिवार बनाता है। वे फिल्म निर्माता ईवा अरिद्जिस की एक वृत्तचित्र चू, द वुल्फ मैन में दिखाई देते हैं जो इस महीने मैक्सिको में रिलीज़ हो रही है।


My friend the North Korean defector

Summary: It was reported on Tuesday that a North Korean diplomat in London, Thae Yong Ho, had defected to a third country. The BBC's Korea correspondent, Steve Evans, has pleasant memories of Mr Thae - who, he says, always seemed unusually at home in the suburbs of West London.

The last time I saw Thae Yong Ho was in an Indian restaurant in Acton, in West London. He was eating a curry, but without rice - we had been discussing pre-diabetes, a condition which middle-aged men who enjoy food come to think about a lot, usually at the suggestion of their doctors. His GP had told him that he should think of diabetes as a monster running towards him. He could slow it down or he could speed it up, but towards him it was coming. Rice and other carbohydrates would bring the monster closer faster. Now the curries will have to be elsewhere - in Seoul, with a bit of luck. He is here with his family after disappearing from London. His stint as a diplomat for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, as he called North Korea, came to an end earlier in the summer and he told me he was returning with his family to Pyongyang. But he wasn't. He is a dark horse - but of course he had to be. He worked for a regime which has a history of abducting people and the least hint of defection would have landed him in deep trouble. Thinking about it though, the signs were there. I recall he asked me about life in Seoul. I told him it was a mega-bustling city, a world away from Pyongyang . But he seemed so British. He seemed so at home. He seemed so middle-class, so conservative, so dapper. He would have fitted in nicely in suburbia. In fact, he did fit in nicely in suburbia. He told me how he had been passing the local tennis club in Ealing and had seen a sign asking for new members. In he went and joined, and became a stalwart of the tennis club. He took to tennis when his wife complained about his obsession with golf. There must be a million conversations like it in the shires - his wife told him it was either golf or her. If he didn't put down the putter, she was off to Pyongyang. For North Koreans, as for everyone else, love (often) conquers all. So he put down the golf bag and took up the tennis racket which - the tennis club being closer - left him more time for home. We often talked of family - and health. The children of North Korean diplomats in Britain go to local state schools. They sometimes note how their children's first words of English are "Stop doing that!" or "Enough!" - echoing the teachers of Acton. Mr Thae's son had a degree in the economics of public health from a British university. His son had concluded from his studies that what Pyongyang really needed to make it a world-class city was more disabled parking spaces. I'm no expert in these things but I am sceptical. Of all the things Pyongyang needs, more parking space for the disabled is not top of the list. More cars, maybe. More freedom, certainly. Disabled parking can come later. That is my opinion. Mr Thae had done his duty, going round Britain promoting the country's ideology. He gave a talk to the Revolutionary Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist-Leninist) where he bemoaned British house prices. He would tell his friends how much he paid to rent a house in Acton and they assumed it must be a mansion with a swimming pool rather than a small semi. Despite that, he has chosen not to have the free accommodation he cited as one of the benefits of life in Pyongyang. I am pleased at his decision. Who knows how much agony there must have been wrestling with the choice. When I met him, it was always with another diplomat present - that's the way Pyongyang keeps control - one diplomat watches the other for disloyalty. He had never given any hint of disloyalty to the regime, not a flicker of doubt. But when you talk to North Korean officials you know where the red lines are. In Pyongyang there are the hardliners from the security agency - hatchet-faced men with bulges under their identical suits - but there are also the minders from the foreign ministry, with whom human engagement is possible. They can be helpful, though never disloyal to the regime. It is more than their jobs are worth - more than their lives are worth. And so it was with Mr Thae - helpful within the constraints of his job. I should say that while there is no doubt fear in the minds of public officials there is also, I think, genuine patriotism and even pride in the country. Mr Thae must have done a lot of dirty work, despite showing such a charming face to me in the curry house in Acton. Was he one of the two men who turned up at the barber's shop in London to complain about the picture of Kim Jong-un with the caption, "Bad hair day?" Did he follow North Korean defectors in the Korean enclave in New Malden in South London? I don't know, but it was part of the job as a representative of Pyongyang's despotism. He was one of the minders escorting Kim Jong-un's brother to an Eric Clapton concert in the Albert Hall - he is the balding man seen in the first few seconds of this video: According to the South Korean media, the diplomat has defected because of pressure from Pyongyang to counter bad publicity. In this regard the BBC - to its great credit - may be to blame. On our last trip to North Korea, BBC reports upset the regime greatly. My colleague, Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, was banned from the country for life and was lucky not to get hard labour. I can imagine the phone calls: "How could you let this happen?" "Why did you trust the capitalist lackeys?" They had already said the opening of the BBC's new Korean Service would be viewed as an act of war. If you were Mr Thae, what would you do? Get on the plane to Pyongyang to get more abuse and perhaps even severe punishment, or seek asylum with your family in the UK, or perhaps the US? I do not know - but there's got to be a spy novel or a movie in it. Despite the skulduggery which Mr Thae may have been involved in, I like him. It should be a movie with a happy ending, perhaps with Mr Thae playing tennis in his later years, perhaps on the hard courts of South Korea. Better still on the gentle grass of Britain. Follow @BBCNewsMagazine on Twitter and on Facebook

मंगलवार को यह बताया गया कि लंदन में एक उत्तर कोरियाई राजनयिक, थाई योंग हो, एक तीसरे देश में चले गए थे। बीबीसी के कोरिया संवाददाता, स्टीव इवांस के पास श्री थाई की सुखद यादें हैं-जो, वे कहते हैं, हमेशा पश्चिम लंदन के उपनगरों में असामान्य रूप से घर पर दिखाई देते थे।


Nine in court over Harehills Bonfire Night disorder

Summary: Six adults and three youths have appeared in court charged in connection with a spate of violent disturbances in Leeds on Bonfire Night last year.

Several police officers were hurt as groups threw fireworks and set bins alight in the Harehills area. Roads were also barricaded and police vehicles, buses and cars were damaged. A total of 13 people have been charged with violent disorder, but only nine turned up for the hearing at Leeds Magistrates' Court. Nine of the accused Read more stories from across Yorkshire They were all released on bail and are due to appear at Leeds Crown Court on 12 November. Follow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.

पिछले साल बोनफायर नाइट पर लीड्स में हिंसक गड़बड़ी के सिलसिले में छह वयस्क और तीन युवा अदालत में पेश हुए हैं।


Roseanne revival: What have the cast been doing for the last 20 years?

Summary: They were one of America's favourite families in the late 1980s and '90s - with their affectionate bickering, everyday crises, growing pains and belly laughs beamed into more than 20 million homes in the US.

By Ian YoungsEntertainment reporter Now the Conners are coming back, more than 20 years after the last episode of Roseanne was aired. All the original cast are returning - after getting up to some successful and surprising stuff in the intervening two decades. Roseanne Barr In another reality, instead of President Trump, we might now be talking about President Barr. In 2012, the real Roseanne ran for president. She didn't get very near the White House, though - she failed to gain the presidential nomination for the Green Party and ended up running for the Peace and Freedom Party, gaining 67,000 votes. As well as that, she's had her own talk show, done stand-up comedy, judged Last Comic Standing, hosted Momsters: When Moms Go Bad and starred in the reality show Roseanne's Nuts, about her macadamia nut farm in Hawaii. And in 2015, she revealed she has macular degeneration and glaucoma, saying at the time her vision was "closing in now". John Goodman Goodman was brilliant as Roseanne's husband Dan and he's remained one of America's best-loved actors, plying his trade in films like The Big Lebowski, The Flintstones, 10 Cloverfield Lane and Kong: Skull Island. On TV, he's starred in political comedy Alpha House and middle-age coming-out sitcom Normal, Ohio - and reunited with Barr for a pilot of a sitcom called Downwardly Mobile in 2012. But it was never made into a series. That same year he spoke about a 30-year battle with alcoholism, telling the Guardian: "It was becoming more and more debilitating. It was life or death. It was time to stop." Laurie Metcalf Metcalf found fame as Roseanne's little sister Jackie, but has certainly stepped out of her on-screen big sister's shadow. She's had Emmy nominations for guest spots in 3rd Rock from the Sun, Monk and Desperate Housewives - and in 2016 got a hat-trick of Emmy nominations in a single year, for Getting On, Big Bang Theory and Horace and Pete. On stage, she's had four Tony Award nominations for her appearances on Broadway - including for Misery in 2016 and A Doll's House, Part 2 this year. Sara Gilbert Gilbert, who played sardonic younger daughter Darlene, is now a co-host and executive producer of CBS talk show The Talk. She hosts with Sharon Osbourne, Aisha Tyler (both pictured), Sheryl Underwood and Julie Chen - who shared the Daytime Emmy Award for outstanding entertainment talk show host last month. She's also had parts in The Big Bang Theory, Twins, The Class and ER and has published a book called The Imperfect Environmentalist, A Practical Guide to Clearing Your Body, Detoxing Your Home, and Saving the Earth (Without Losing Your Mind). She's married to hit songwriter and one quarter of Four Non Blondes Linda Perry, and recently got together with John Goodman to give us a taste of what a Roseanne reunion might look like. Michael Fishman DJ - Roseanne and Dan's son - is all grown up. Fishman, who started out in Roseanne at the age of six, went back to high school to study performing arts and technical theatre craft. He continued to have small roles in TV shows and films, and became a co-host on Barr's talk show. His Facebook biog says: "In recent years Michael has continued his pursuit of acting while gaining technical acclaim with an eye toward producing and directing." Lecy Goranson Lecy Goranson played older daughter Becky for five seasons until she went to college, after which Sarah Chalke took over the role. However, Goranson returned, on and off, towards the end of the show's life. Goranson will play Becky in the reboot. However, in a nice touch, ABC says Chalke will also appear, but in "another role". Since Roseanne, the actress has had small parts in films like Hilary Swank's Oscar winner Boys Don't Cry and guest starred in TV shows including Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Sex and the City. Johnny Galecki Not many people have had major parts in two of the biggest sitcoms in American TV history. But Galecki, who appeared as Darlene's boyfriend-then-husband David Healy in Roseanne, went on to (and still does) play Leonard in The Big Bang Theory. In between, he played Mark Corrigan in the (terrible looking) pilot for an American version of British comedy Peep Show. Reports say he's expected to return to Roseanne in some way - although this hasn't been confirmed by ABC. Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.

वे 1980 और 90 के दशक के अंत में अमेरिका के पसंदीदा परिवारों में से एक थे-उनके स्नेही झगड़े, रोजमर्रा के संकट, बढ़ते दर्द और पेट की हंसी के साथ अमेरिका में 2 करोड़ से अधिक घरों में फैल गए।


Typo in road sign in honour of Dame Shirley Bassey

Summary: A new road sign in honour of Dame Shirley Bassey outside the Children's Hospital for Wales has a typo in it.

The singer is a patron of the Noah's Ark Appeal, a charity set up to fund the building, and it named the walkway outside the Cardiff hospital Dame Shirley Bassey Way. However, the Welsh version on the sign says Ffordd Y Fonsig Shirley Bassey. The Welsh word for dame is Fonesig. A Noah's Ark spokeswoman said action will be taken to rectify the mistake. "It is a shame that this has detracted attention from the occasion," she added. Related Internet Links Home - Noah's Ark Children's Hospital Charity

वेल्स के बच्चों के अस्पताल के बाहर डेम शर्ली बैसी के सम्मान में एक नए सड़क संकेत में एक टाइपो है।


How one woman's 'bathroom bill' campaign went viral

Summary: Meet Kristi Merritt, from Washington in the US.

By BBC TrendingWhat's popular and why She's posed for a string of photographs that compare dressing up as a Mexican, or a pirate, to being transgender. More than 70,000 people have shared the images that Merritt posted to Facebook, and more than thirty thousand have hit the like button. But many are unhappy about the comparison, and it's triggered a slew of negative articles online as well. The caption accompanying the pictures reads: "A man in women's clothes does not make him a woman. Men should not get to be in our bathrooms or lockers!" which explains Merritt's bone of contention. It's the battle over what have been dubbed "bathroom bills". Some argue that allowing transgender women to use facilities designated for women will protect their dignity and safety. But others - Merritt included - make the point that it could offer a loophole to male sexual predators who want to gain access to female only spaces. Across the US there is a complex patchwork of laws governing which public toilets transgender people can use. In some places they can choose whichever they feel they identify with - men's or women's. In others, they are forced to use the one that matches their biological sex. Federal laws clash with state laws, which may themselves overrule local government decisions. The matter is far from settled - in North Carolina an ordinance was recently rolled back, so transgender people who had been able to choose must now use the bathroom that corresponds with their biology. Messages on the post were limited to Merritt's friends and were mostly sympathetic. "This is not hate speech, this is basic common sense," and "seems to me she has a point," wrote two users. Not all of her friends agreed, however. "These posts are PURE ignorance. Please keep your hate to yourself. It's just a bathroom!" wrote another. Some Facebook users started sending abusive messages to Merritt, which she reposted under the photographs. "Your kind are at an end. Fear me... I am coming," read one of the messages. Others reported the posts to Facebook for containing nudity, in an apparent attempt to have them removed from the site, although they still appear at the time of writing. Follow BBC Trending on Facebook Join the conversation on this and other stories here. Pro-transgender rights campaigners have seen social media posts about the issue go viral on numerous occasions. Last year Michael C. Hughes, a transgender man, posted this image to Twitter, which was shared more than 4,000 times. Hughes told BBC Trending he thought Merritt was "coming from a place of ignorance". In addition to his view that transgender people had a basic right to use the bathroom they identified with, he says efforts to legislate against that could actually prove dangerous. "Not for myself, I'm 6 feet tall so it's the women who would be afraid of me. The real safety issue comes for transgender women being forced into men's facilities." We have asked Merritt for comment but not yet heard back. Next story Is Hollywood 'whitewashing'? The casting of Scarlett Johansson in an Asian role leads to accusations of 'whitewashing'.READ MORE You can follow BBC Trending on Twitter @BBCtrending, and find us on Facebook. All our stories are at bbc.com/trending.

मिलिए अमेरिका में वाशिंगटन की क्रिस्टी मेरिट से।


9/11 hearing proceeds in bite-sized chunks

Summary: The first Guantanamo hearing for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others accused over the 9/11 attacks turned into a series of disputes between defendants, lawyers and the court, writes the BBC's Steve Kingstone.

As courtroom dramas go, this one veered wildly between suspense, tragedy, farce and black comedy. Early in the hearing, one of the accused, Ramzi Binalshibh, got up from his chair and began to pray. "When detainees stand up, the guards get excited," observed the judge, Col James Pohl, with studied understatement. Proceedings were interrupted for several minutes as the defendant continued his prayer, kneeling on the courtroom floor. Another alleged terrorist, Waleed bin Attash, had begun the day restrained in his chair. "Can I assume he was not coming here voluntarily today?" asked Judge Pohl drily. With the defendant apparently in discomfort and unable to reach his headphones, his defence lawyer offered a guarantee. "He has assured me he will not misbehave if the restraints are removed," explained Captain Michael Schwartz. The judge concurred. Testing the limits Before long, however, it was clear that none of the accused was wearing the court-supplied headphones providing simultaneous Arabic translation. After a recess, the judge accepted the prosecution's offer to bring an interpreter physically into the court, to relay proceedings aloud in Arabic. "We'll have to do this in bite-sized chunks," Judge Pohl advised. Therein followed several hours of painfully slow legal back-and-forth. First, over whether the defendants recognised their court-appointed defence lawyers. Next, whether civilian lawyers were suitably prepared to assist to the defence, in a military case that could carry the death penalty. And finally, over whether Judge Pohl was sufficiently removed from the events of 9/11 to oversee the biggest terror trial of our times. He was asked by defence lawyers to confirm that none of his family had been killed or injured in the attacks. At one point during the morning, the video feed to watching reporters was briefly cut, as the hearing took a turn towards matters considered sensitive or classified. Such interruptions have been strongly challenged by the defence and human rights groups, who call them censorship. When the feed resumed, we were given clues as to what had transpired. "The warning light went off because the word 'torture' was used," observed David Nevin, the civilian lawyer for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. "I'm trying to work out where the line is," observed Captain Schwartz, the lawyer for Waleed bin Attash. He added wryly that it appeared as if the line was drawn at "embarrassing for the government". Tiny acts of resistance All of which presents the defendants with a problem. If, as appears to be the case, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed wants to argue that this entire process lacks legitimacy because he was water-boarded before being brought to Guantanamo, he will want the world to know about it. But unless the rules are changed, the details may never become public. The alleged mastermind of 11 September spent much of the day hunched over a desk, looking older than his 47 years. His silent defiance was a far cry from past theatrics here. In previous appearances he had boasted of having plotted 9/11 "from A to Z," proclaimed that he wished to die a martyr, and even ordered a court sketch artist to redraw his nose. This time, acts of resistance were small and presented through lawyers. David Nevin, representing Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, complained that his client had not been allowed to wear the clothes he had brought for him. Instead, the Guantanamo authorities had stripped-searched the defendants, then supplied them with white Pakistani-style dress. Virtually all the defence lawyers chipped in with criticism, collectively implying that the enforced dress code was a control tactic. Long after night fell, the session ended with a formal reading of the charge sheet, which details the steps these men allegedly took to plan mass murder. It also lists the 2,976 people killed on 11 September 2001, some of whom had relatives watching in court. Several had told me they were here to bear witness to justice. But even if this court is to offer closure, on this day's evidence it will be a long time coming.

बीबीसी के स्टीव किंगस्टोन लिखते हैं कि खालिद शेख मोहम्मद और चार अन्य अभियुक्तों के लिए पहली ग्वांतानामो सुनवाई प्रतिवादियों, वकीलों और अदालत के बीच विवादों की एक श्रृंखला में बदल गई।


A tangled tale of hair robbers

Summary: Venezuelan papers are rife with reports that robbers are picking different kinds of locks these days - locks of hair stolen from women to sell in the country's lucrative beauty business. The president says its a rumour designed to make young people paranoid. Even if it is, what does it say about the things Venezuelans value most?

By Irene CaselliBBC News, Venezuela It's the latest trend in Venezuela's crime industry - stealing women's hair. The longer, the better. It's been happening in Maracaibo, the country's second largest city. For a couple of weeks, newspapers have been dedicating daily headlines to the crime. Victims have said they were approached by a group of two or three. While one person held them down and threatened them, the other would demand that they put their hair up in a ponytail - and then cut it off with gardening shears. Online publications have been giving tips on how to avoid having one's hair stolen by covering it with a cap or scarf. One website posted a four-minute video tutorial on how to put one's hair up in a bun by using a sock. I found myself watching it, although my own haircut is so short that thieves wouldn't even approach me. Hair theft is not a particularly original crime. In South Africa, men have been robbed of their dreadlocks. Cases have also been reported in Burma - and closer to home for me - next door in Colombia and Brazil. The usual explanation for such theft is that hair is simply sold on to make wigs and extensions. But in Venezuela, many other theories have sprung up to explain the phenomenon. It seems that for commentators, stealing hair is a reflection of the country's many ills. For example, an editorial in the newspaper El Nacional blamed its "beauty culture" for the thefts. Venezuela does take beauty seriously. It has racked up more Miss Universes and Miss Worlds than anywhere else, and other women feel the pressure on a daily basis. Breast implants are a common present for 15-year-olds. Make-up is a must at all times - even in the gym. Manes of trailing hair extensions are part of this, although I never understood the hype. I used to have long hair myself. When I got tired of it, I cut it off. If I want it long again, I guess I'll just wait until it grows. But Daniel, my hairdresser, tells me Venezuelan women are impatient with their hair and don't take enough care of it. They dye it, they straighten it, they do whatever it takes for it to look good all the time. That's why extensions are so popular, he says. They are quick and yet they look real. With these considerations in mind, the newspaper's editorial may even make sense. If women here are willing to go as far as having aesthetic or plastic surgery - which can be dangerous and sometimes even leads to death - then it makes sense that violence infiltrates the realm of beauty. But does the newspaper maybe suggest that women themselves are the ones to blame? Las Piranas - as the hair thieves are known - are mostly female. But violence is a much deeper issue in this country. According to the UN, Venezuela now has the fifth highest murder rate in the world. Kidnappings are so common that many well-to-do families share a fund with friends, so they always have easy-to-access cash if one of their loved ones is snatched. With such high levels of crime and impunity, it is understandable that thieves try to take advantage of what has become a lucrative market. Hair extensions don't come cheap. A full head can cost as much as 10,000 bolivares - nearly $1,500 at the official exchange rate. This means a thief can earn up to $500 for a good chunk of hair. The hair theft phenomenon isn't as simple as it seems. So far, no formal complaints have been filed. The news stories are based on testimonies of a few victims in local media. But here in Venezuela, paranoia is rampant. In Caracas, the capital, there have been no reports of the crime. But people are already worrying. The other night, a woman told me that she wasn't sure whether it was worse for thieves to go for her hair or for her wallet. And some women are even choosing to cut their hair before someone else snatches it. Daniel, my hairdresser, says my short, basic cut may even become fashionable soon. You can follow the Magazine on Twitter and on Facebook How to listen to From Our Own Correspondent: BBC Radio 4: Saturdays at 11:30 and some Thursdays at 11:00 Listen online or download the podcast. BBC World Service: Short editions Monday-Friday - see World Service programme schedule. You can follow the Magazine on Twitter and on Facebook

वेनेज़ुएला के समाचार पत्रों में ऐसी खबरें हैं कि लुटेरे इन दिनों अलग-अलग प्रकार के ताले उठा रहे हैं-महिलाओं से चोरी किए गए बालों के ताले देश के आकर्षक सौंदर्य व्यवसाय में बेचने के लिए। राष्ट्रपति कहते हैं कि यह एक ऐसी अफवाह है जो युवाओं को पागल बनाने के लिए बनाई गई है। भले ही ऐसा हो, लेकिन वेनेज़ुएला के लोग उन चीजों के बारे में क्या कहते हैं जिन्हें वे सबसे अधिक महत्व देते हैं?


Artists bring personal touch to Gallipoli exhibition

Summary: Anzac Day - 25 April - is probably Australia's most important national occasion. It marks the anniversary of the first campaign that led to major casualties for Australian and New Zealand forces during World War One and commemorates all the conflicts that followed. This year marks the centenary of that first bloody battle on the shores of Gallipoli.

By Clarissa Sebag-MontefioreSydney In September 1915, as fighting raged in the trenches of Gallipoli on Turkey's northwest coast, an impromptu ceasefire saw a remarkable act of friendship between enemies. "We threw some tinned beef and jam over to [the Turks], they soon raked them in to their trenches, and in return they threw tobacco and cigarette papers," wrote Australian soldier Idris Charles Pike in a letter to his sweetheart Violet. Words, as well as gifts, were exchanged. The Turks wrote a note in French thanking the Australians for the goods. They signed off: "Your soldier Friends Turks." A century later, Pike's letters to the woman who would become his wife inspired a group of Australian and New Zealand artists to visit Gallipoli - making a pilgrimage that in recent years has become almost a rite of passage for many of their countrymen. Gallipoli, a major allied failure in the First World War, looms large in Australia and New Zealand's collective memory. It is seen by many as a key event in the emergence of national identities for both countries. The result of two trips in 2013 and 2014, where the 16 artists painted on site, is a major exhibition opening this month in Sydney before it travels the country. Your Friend The Enemy marks 100 years since the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (Anzac) landed at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. "It was a bit of a shock," recalls Idris Murphy, one of the artists and the grandson of Pike, of his time on the rocky peninsula that juts into the Aegean Sea. "How beautiful it was, how sad it was. You are standing on your forebear's bones." Hidden love letters Murphy's connection to Gallipoli first developed when he saw a book of photographs of Australian soldiers who had fought in WWI. Among the hundreds of anonymous faces in the book, the artist recognised his grandfather. The photo had been taken in the village of Vignacourt, two hours north of Paris. Pike's identity was later confirmed by the Australian War Memorial. After the death of his mother in 2012, squirreled away among the family papers Murphy found 160 letters his grandfather had written to his sweetheart Violet. "They are love letters. Hidden for the best part of 90 odd years, packed away in a box," says Murphy. "No one ever talked about the war. When my grandfather came back all they wanted to do was forget. He didn't even open his medals." Pike, who was born in London and emigrated to Australia as a teen, met Violet at Sunday school. At age 19, he enlisted in a war that would change them both. From Gallipoli he wrote to her: "I simply hunger for your letters. I am not the fun and easy Charlie you used to know." The young soldier described being caked in mud, noted the "great respect" the enemy showed the men from the antipodes, and wondered if "I will ever be able to dance with you again" or stroll down Bondi Beach on a Sunday afternoon. The Australian landscape has played a large part in both the history of the country's art and the upcoming exhibition, says Mr Murphy. "The exhibition is about the land, how it changes us, how we respond to it, how we are buried in it." Leo Robba, another artist on the Your Friend the Enemy project, remembers a guide telling him on the Gallipoli trip: "The blood and the bones of the fallen had changed the landscape forever." "That really resonated with me," he says. Just a little boy For the exhibition, Robba has painted 100 WWI-era tobacco and matchbox tins with miniature landscapes and soldier portraits. Among them is a portrait of Private James Martin, the youngest soldier to have fought in Gallipoli. He died just short of his 15th birthday. The artist, whose son is the same age, recalls finding an old photo of Martin wearing a jacket that was too big for him. "He was just a little boy," he says. Robba's paintings are like miniature tombs, he says, "a memory box of someone's travels". The metaphor remains significant in Gallipoli, where human remains from the war are still found to this day. "There was never any closure. Nobody ever got to bury their dead," says Amanda Penrose Hart, another artist whose work will be shown in the exhibition. Her grandfather's brother died at Gallipoli. Gallipoli, she says, has become "part of our psyche". Murphy hopes the exhibition has avoided any suggestion of jingoism. "After all, the title is Your Friend The Enemy," he says. "It's about human relationships and tragedy. And what it means to be a human being trying to deal with life and death." Your Friend The Enemy opens at Sydney's S. H. Ervin Gallery from 17 April to 24 May, and at the ANU Drill Hall Gallery in Canberra from 11 April to 17 May, before touring parts of the country.

एन्जैक दिवस-25 अप्रैल-शायद ऑस्ट्रेलिया का सबसे महत्वपूर्ण राष्ट्रीय अवसर है। यह पहले अभियान की वर्षगांठ का प्रतीक है जिसके कारण प्रथम विश्व युद्ध के दौरान ऑस्ट्रेलियाई और न्यूजीलैंड की सेनाओं को बड़ी क्षति हुई और उसके बाद के सभी संघर्षों को याद किया जाता है। यह वर्ष गैलीपोली के तट पर उस पहली खूनी लड़ाई की शताब्दी का प्रतीक है।


Hospital's A&E in Leicester makes non-emergency plea

Summary: The Accident and Emergency department at Leicester Royal Infirmary is asking the public not to visit, unless there is a real emergency.

It follows a huge rush after the slight thaw in the weather temperatures. Staff there are redirecting people to use NHS walk-in centres, urgent care centres or NHS Direct instead. A hospital spokesman said that, because urgent cases were treated first in A&E, non-emergency patients might face a four-hour wait.

लीसेस्टर रॉयल इन्फर्मरी में दुर्घटना और आपातकालीन विभाग जनता से तब तक न जाने के लिए कह रहा है, जब तक कि कोई वास्तविक आपातकालीन स्थिति न हो।


South Africa targets rainbow tourists

Summary: There is arguably no worse place in the world to be gay than Africa. Today more than two-thirds of African countries have laws criminalising homosexual acts and across the continent the imprisonment, murder and abuse of gays has become part of the fabric of society.

By Navdip DhariwalSouth Africa So to many Africans the Rainbow Flag, which has emerged as one of the most powerful and recognisable 21st Century symbols of gay rights, is an unknown quantity. Now tourism chiefs in South Africa want to transform the "Rainbow Nation" into a tourist safe-haven for gay and lesbian travellers. Cape Town is hoping to usurp Rio, Toronto and Tel Aviv to become the world's favourite gay destination and win a big slice of the "pink tourism" market which is worth an estimated $80bn ($50bn) worldwide. 'Most wanted' South Africa has the continent's only opened gay only hotel. The eight double rooms in Cape Town's Amsterdam House, founded in 1998, are usually fully booked. The hotel's manager, Lourens Botha, says other businesses are benefiting from the regular influx of gay visitors. "Other hotels have experienced a downturn," said Mr Botha. "But we are experiencing consistent business and a high rate of returning gay travellers. "In South Africa we have had our own challenges. Under apartheid you couldn't admit to being homosexual. You would be persecuted and imprisoned. "This is now happening in other parts of Africa but our liberty allows us to help our fellow African gays. "Today I run a hotel where openly gay men from all over Africa come and feel comfortable. They are astonished at how relaxed things are here. "In their home countries they face persecution, violence and even death but here, if only on holiday, they can be free". Last year, in a survey carried out by the publication Out There, North American travellers ranked South Africa as the third "most wanted" travel destination. Cape Town, where 10% of all tourists who visit the city are said to be gay, also won status as a worldwide favourite by Out and About magazine. And according to the International Global Gay and Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA) South Africa, and Cape Town in particular, may soon realise its ambition to become the number one destination in the gay market. Last year alone an estimated 200,000 gay tourists holidayed in Cape Town. 'Walk on the beaches' South Africa's laws and constitution have helped to make all this possible. It was the first country in Africa to legalise same-sex marriage, and only the fifth in the world to do so. And today the Rainbow Nation remains the only country on the African continent that accepts same-sex relationships, after gay rights were enshrined in the post-apartheid constitution, drawn up 19 years ago. Eugene Brockman of IGLTA South Africa believes the country is becoming a safe haven for gays across the continent. "The popularity of the Rainbow Nation amongst gay travellers is thanks to liberal laws and the fact that this is the only place in Africa where you can be openly gay. "You can walk on the beaches, go on safari and eat in restaurants as gay partners. "We are also attracting gays from all over Africa itself and for those forced to stay in the closet in their home countries, South Africa is liberating." Businesses across the country are also becoming more aware of the value of the pink rand. This year the United Nations World Tourism Organization singled out South Africa in its Global Report on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) tourism. It said progressive attitudes in South Africa as well as Argentina, India, Spain and Mexico had attracted the gay market in droves. It cited events such as Gay Pride, the Pink Loerie Mardi Gras, the Out in Africa Film Festival, Mother City Queer Projects and Mr Gay South Africa as some of the reasons for its popularity. Prejudice remains But not everyone is comfortable with this progressive attitude. There are reports that the National House of Traditional Leaders, which advises the government on traditional customs of ethnic groups, has called for parliament to restrict gay and lesbian rights. But the City Press newspaper says the ruling ANC is committed to equality and the right to freedom of sexual expression. Fanney Tismong, an acclaimed Johannesburg based film-maker who specialises in gay issues and township life, says huge strides have been achieved in South Africa but he agrees deep prejudices still remain in many parts of the country. He explains that lesbian women in South Africa are still targeted for so-called "corrective rape" and many gays in the townships live in fear of sexual assault and murder. More than 30 women have been killed in South Africa in the past two years because of their sexuality. "We have an established gay film festival, Out in Africa, which allows us to platform same-sex couples issues and these matters are now being openly discussed in the media and by mainstream society. "As a consequence, gay couples are increasingly receiving a lot of support in South Africa. "But there are still issues, particularly for the lesbian community in the country who have experienced shocking discrimination. "We are making progress and we stand out alone in this regard in Africa, but we are not quite at the end of the rainbow yet".

यकीनन दुनिया में समलैंगिक होने के लिए अफ्रीका से बदतर कोई जगह नहीं है। आज दो-तिहाई से अधिक अफ्रीकी देशों में समलैंगिक कृत्यों को अपराध घोषित करने वाले कानून हैं और पूरे महाद्वीप में समलैंगिकों की कैद, हत्या और दुर्व्यवहार समाज के ताने-बाने का हिस्सा बन गए हैं।


Boris Johnson safe for now despite latest diplomatic fumble

Summary: On the day George Orwell's statue was unveiled outside the BBC's Broadcasting House, it seems fitting that the government finds itself fending off accusations it has distorted and misrepresented the English language for political expediency in a way that would make the writer fume.

By Ben WrightPolitical correspondent, BBC News Boris Johnson is in hot water, again, over what he said to a meeting of the Commons foreign affairs committee last week. Speaking about the case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who remains in prison in Iran, Mr Johnson said, "when we look at what Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was doing, she was simply teaching people journalism, as I understand it, at the very limit". But Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe's family and the British government have always insisted she was in Iran visiting family when she was arrested in 2016. And now in an effort to hose the situation down and minimise any damage to Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe's case, the foreign secretary has told his Iranian counterpart that while he accepted his remarks at the committee "could have been clearer" he was seeking to condemn "the Iranian view that training journalists was a crime". But that is not what he said to the Commons committee last week and Labour MPs are certainly furious at this latest diplomatic fumble by the foreign secretary. It will not, however, result in his dismissal from the cabinet. The foreign secretary said his comments had no impact on the case in Iran, a view echoed by his Iranian counterpart. That certainly helps Mr Johnson weather this latest storm. But more fundamentally, Theresa May does not have the political strength to dismiss one of the cabinet's big Brexit-supporting beasts. If she had a Commons majority and a united cabinet she might feel British diplomacy could be more effectively carried out by someone else. But her government is fragile. After Michael Fallon left his post as defence secretary last week another cabinet departure would look like a government unravelling. It is the same reason Priti Patel is still in her job.

जिस दिन बी. बी. सी. के ब्रॉडकास्टिंग हाउस के बाहर जॉर्ज ऑरवेल की प्रतिमा का अनावरण किया गया था, यह उचित लगता है कि सरकार इन आरोपों से खुद को बचाती है कि उसने राजनीतिक लाभ के लिए अंग्रेजी भाषा को इस तरह से विकृत और गलत तरीके से प्रस्तुत किया है जिससे लेखक को गुस्सा आता है।


Amber Rudd's resignation letter and Theresa May's response

Summary: Amber Rudd has resigned as home secretary after a period of political pressure stemming from her handling of the Windrush scandal. Here is the resignation letter she sent to Prime Minister Theresa May. Mrs May's response is also published in full below.

Dear Prime Minister, It is with great regret that I am resigning as home secretary. I feel it is necessary to do so because I inadvertently misled the Home Affairs Select Committee over targets for removal of illegal immigrants during their questions on Windrush. Since appearing before the select committee, I have reviewed the advice I was given on this issue and become aware of information provided to my office which makes mention of targets. I should have been aware of this, and I take full responsibility for the fact that I was not. The Windrush scandal has rightly shone a light on an important issue for our country. As so often, the instincts of the British people are right. They want people who have a right to live here to be treated fairly and humanely, which has sometimes not been the case. But they also want the government to remove those who don't have the right to be here. I had hoped in coming months to devise a policy that would allow the government to meet both these vital objectives - including bringing forward urgent legislation to ensure the rights of the Windrush generation are protected. The task force is working well, the residence cards are being issued well within the two weeks promised, and the design of the compensation scheme is making good progress. The Home Office is one of the great offices of state and its job is to keep people safe. It comes with the responsibility to fight terrorism, support and challenge the police and protect people against the abuse, as well as manage migration. It has been a great privilege to serve as your home secretary. I have seen first-hand the second to none commitment and bravery of our police, fire and intelligence services, they truly are the best in the world and we should rightly be extremely proud of them. I have been particularly pleased that we were able to set up the first Global Internet Forum for Counter Terrorism which has led the way with encouraging social media sites to go further and faster in taking down radicalising and terrorist material, which plays such a dangerous part in increasing extremism. Setting out new laws to tackle the scourge of knife crime and acid attacks and helping to steer our young people away from a life of crime and violence by providing them with credible alternatives have been particularly important to me. Opportunities to work on issues that safeguard the vulnerable, champions women and make a lasting impact on people's lives particularly stand out for me. New policies to fight domestic violence and abuse against women are out to consultation, and will lead this country to taking a new approach. Helping to bring thousands of refugees, including child refugees from both Calais and the Middle East region, and meeting some of the families who fled the terrible situation in Syria and have now been given a chance to rebuild their lives here in the UK in safety and security is something we can be proud of. It has been an honour to work on a new security treaty with the EU as part of our new partnership going forward and to participate in your Brexit sub-committee helping to ensure that we have the best possible EU deal for our economy, businesses, jobs and people across the UK. The new Economic Crime Centre that i launched with the first use of unexplained wealth orders will be important to the confidence of London as a financial centre. I will continue to support the Home Office ministerial team whenever possible on all these important subjects, supporting the government from the back benches and continuing to work hard for my constituents of Hastings and Rye. Best wishes, Amber Rudd Here is the prime minister's response: Dear Amber, Thank you for your letter of this evening tendering your resignation as home secretary. I was very sorry to receive it, but understand your reasons for doing so. When you addressed the House of Commons and the Home Affairs Select Committee last week on the issue of illegal immigration, you answered the questions put to you in good faith. People who have entered the United Kingdom illegally or overstayed here should expect to face the full force of the law and know that they will be removed if they will not leave this country voluntarily. Just as importantly, people who have come here legally and enriched the life of our country should not expect the state unreasonably to challenge their presence here; rather, it should help them prove their right to continue living here and contributing to the life of our nation. Under your tenure, the Home Office has been working to enforce a firm but fair immigration policy - working to increase the number of illegal migrants we remove, while ensuring that we continue to recognise the huge contribution of everyone who has come to the UK legally, and remain open to the brightest and best from across the globe. When you spoke in the House of Commons, you said that you had not agreed specific removal targets, but that the Home Office's Immigration Enforcement command had been using local targets for internal performance management. You also said that you were not aware that those operational targets had been set. I understand why, now that you have had chance to review the advice that you have received on this issue, you have made the decision you have made and taken responsibility for inadvertently misleading the Home Affairs Select Committee. I am very sorry to see you leaving the Home Office, but you should take great pride in what you have achieved there - working with internet service providers to set up the first Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism and take extremist and terrorist content offline; countering the cyber threat to British families and businesses; standing up for the victims of crime, abuse and domestic violence; offering shelter to refugees from Syria and elsewhere; and advancing the cause of equality as minister for women and equalities. This comes on top of the considerable contribution you have made to Government since 2012 - first as a whip, then as minister and subsequently secretary of state at the department for energy and climate change - as well as the devoted service you have always given, and will continue to give, to your constituents in Hastings and Rye. As a former home secretary myself, I appreciate the particular demands of that great office of state. You should take great pride in the way you have led the Home Office and its dedicated public servants through a number of serious challenges, including five terrorist incidents and other complex national events. You have done so with great integrity, compassion, and selflessness - notwithstanding the personal and political challenges you have faced during this period. I know that you have a great contribution still to make to national life, and look forward to seeing you do so. Yours, Theresa

विंडरश घोटाले से निपटने के लिए राजनीतिक दबाव के कारण एम्बर रुड ने गृह सचिव के पद से इस्तीफा दे दिया है। यह वह त्याग पत्र है जो उन्होंने प्रधानमंत्री थेरेसा मे को भेजा था। श्रीमती मे की प्रतिक्रिया भी नीचे पूरी तरह से प्रकाशित की गई है।


National newspaper agreement could change

Summary: The way people in Jersey get their national newspaper could change.

The agreement between Jersey and the National Publishers Association is due to end later this year. The National Publishers Association said negotiations will begin soon, and one of the possibilities is that newspapers could come to the island later each day. Jersey Airport is paid about £350,000 a year to open early for the arrival of the mail and newspaper plane. The National Publishers Association in the UK contributes towards the bill for opening the runway early. Senator Paul Routier, who has political responsibility for the airport, said the £350,000 a year is used to cover the cost of opening early. He said the cost covers bringing in air traffic controllers and the fire service early, and the runway needs to be checked for debris. "A whole host of things need to be checked before the plane can come in," Senator Routier said. Earlier this week the Financial Times raised its Channel Islands price by 30p to £2.30 blaming the rising cost of sending newspapers to the islands. Negotiations will start soon between the States and the National Publishers Association to draw up a new agreement.

जर्सी में लोगों को अपना राष्ट्रीय समाचार पत्र प्राप्त करने का तरीका बदल सकता है।


Burglars stop to feed llama during farm park raid

Summary: Two burglars armed with bolt cutters stopped to feed a pet llama at a farm park - before carrying on with their raid.

The pair of thieves were caught on camera giving carrots to family favourite Larry the llama, at the Raglan attraction in Monmouthshire. Raglan Farm Park owner Gareth Williams said the men later made off with power tools. Police have appealed for information. Officers were called out to the farm after the break-in during the early hours of Friday morning. "They caused a lot of damage where they broke in and were here for 40 minutes - so they had a good look around," said Mr Williams. "Security has been tightened to avoid repeat visits."

बोल्ट कटर से लैस दो चोर अपनी छापेमारी जारी रखने से पहले एक फार्म पार्क में एक पालतू लामा को खाना खिलाने के लिए रुक गए।


Roadsides 'can be rich habitats' for wildlife

Summary: Managing road verges like a hay meadow can create habitats rich in wildlife, according to a new report commissioned by Scottish Natural Heritage.

Experts said when and how often roadsides were cut were key to their suitability to plants and animals. Cutting verges too early can prevent wild flowers from growing, and cutting them too short can stop small animals from moving in. But allowing them to become overgrown can drown out rare plants like orchids. The report's authors said hay meadow-style management meant some sites could now be regarded as relics of a habitat that had been in decline. They said the wildlife drawn to roadsides included skylarks. The report pointed out that passing traffic was an obvious hazard to birds and animals moving into verge habitats.

स्कॉटिश नेचुरल हेरिटेज द्वारा कमीशन की गई एक नई रिपोर्ट के अनुसार, घास के मैदान जैसे सड़क के किनारों का प्रबंधन वन्यजीवों से समृद्ध आवास बना सकता है।


Stowaway gecko brought to Swansea from Spain in suitcase

Summary: A second gecko in two weeks has accidentally been brought back to Swansea from a holiday.

The small lizard was found in a suitcase after a trip to Spain and taken to Llys Nini Animal Centre. The RSPCA said it was most likely a Moorish gecko, also known as a common wall gecko, which can grow up to 15cm (6in). Last month a couple from Swansea found a tiny gecko in their luggage after returning from the Caribbean.

दो सप्ताह में दूसरा गेको गलती से छुट्टी से स्वानसी वापस लाया गया है।


Facebook's 10th anniversary: Three things you'd change

Summary: Facebook says its number of teenage users is stable.

Interview by Jonathan Blake, words by Jimmy BlakeNewsbeat reporters The social network is marking its 10th birthday and some research claims it is now less popular among teens. Facebook hasn't released age-related figures but says it has 33 million UK users. "We know young people are always interested in trying different things but Facebook, we feel, will always be the core," said Facebook's Iain Mackenzie. "It's the place where they have their real identity - where their friends and their family are and it's somewhere that people always come back to." To mark the occasion, Newsbeat asked listeners if there were any changes they would like to see on the site. Thumbs down Facbook claims there are more than six billion likes per day on the site, but Douglas said: "10 years and we are still looking for the thumbs down icon." Mackenzie said: "We're much more about the positive at Facebook so if you like something you can give it a thumbs up, if you're not so keen then maybe express your opinion by expressing a comment." Twenty-four hour response Facebook says that keeping its users safe has been "a learning process". The social network, which claims to have 1.23 billion active users worldwide, has recently offered those who report abuse or inappropriate content more information about how their complaint is dealt with. Joe asked: "Why is the content not better policed? How are live beheadings, animal cruelty, bullying, etc. acceptable yet show nudity and the picture is removed?" Mackenzie said: "We have a huge team of policy people who make the rules to keep Facebook safe for the millions of people who use it. "Then we have a team of user operations specialists who are based around the world. "They work 24 hours a day to respond to the reports that we receive from users when they're unhappy or want to complain about something and they review those against the rules." Amazing, magic algorithm Amy asked: "Why do you decide whose posts I see on my newsfeed? I just want to see all my friends' posts." Mackenzie said: "The big, amazing, magic algorithm. We have this system which calculates what's most likely to be of interest to you. "Now the algorithm doesn't get it right all the time but most of the time it gets it about right. "It works out the kind of people that you engage with and talk to the most and the sort of people whose pages you click on." Ten more years? When asked if Facebook will still be here in another 10 years Mackenzie said: "I think and I hope that Facebook is going to be around in 10 years' time. "Who knows how it will look? We will always take the lead from the people who use the service and we'll build things that we hope they will find useful, fun and interesting." Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter

फेसबुक का कहना है कि उसके किशोर उपयोगकर्ताओं की संख्या स्थिर है।


Trending: Batman bin Suparman jailed in Singapore

Summary: A man with the eye-catching name Batman bin Suparman has been jailed on theft and drugs charges. Well before this case, his double-barrelled superhero name had given him something of cult following on social media.

By BBC TrendingWhat's popular and why The jokes on social media are aplenty following the news that a 23-year-old man, Batman bin Suparman, has been given a prison sentence of 33 months by a court in Singapore. Batman was arrested after being caught stealing money from a shop, as well as using his brother's cash card to withdraw money. Far-fetched as it seems, this unusual name does appear to be entirely genuine - and it's not gone unnoticed. Back in May 2008, a Singaporean ID card belonging to one Batman bin Suparman began being widely shared on social media. It was picked up by the blog Gizmodo and ran from there. Since then, the picture has been re-posted over 300 times, there have been more 15,000 tweets using his name, and a Facebook fan page has been set up in his honour. It has more than 11,000 followers. Batman bin Suparman's family appear to be originally from the Indonesia island of Java - where the name Suparman is very common, explains Ben Zimmer, a language columnist for the Wall Street Journal, who has worked in Indonesia and who has written about Suparman. "Su" has Sanskrit origins and is a common prefix in Indonesia, featuring in a whole rung of Indonesian presidents' names - including the current one Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. "Bin" means "son of" in Arabic, making it very likely that Batman's father was also called Suparman. The Batman part is a bit harder to explain, however says Zimmer, as it's not a traditional name in the region. The most likely explanation is that his parents chose it as a joke - Batman the superhero is popular there, and Indonesians are often playful in the names they choose, says Zimmer. "I see the name as this interesting juxtaposition of local naming with Western pop culture." Zimmer, for one, says he was sad to hear the news of Batman's arrest and sentencing. He believes one of the reasons he became such a star on social media was because of how how young and innocent he looked. Reporting by Cordelia Hebblethwaite Have you got a very unusual name? Tweet us using #BBCtrending

बैटमैन बिन सुपरमैन नाम के एक आकर्षक व्यक्ति को चोरी और नशीली दवाओं के आरोप में जेल में डाल दिया गया है। इस मामले से पहले, उनके दोहरे बैरल वाले सुपरहीरो नाम ने उन्हें सोशल मीडिया पर कुछ लोकप्रिय बना दिया था।


Diver, 50, dies at Dorothea Quarry, Nantlle Valley

Summary: A 50-year-old diver has died after suffering a cardiac arrest at Dorothea Quarry in Gwynedd.

Emergency services including an RAF search and rescue helicopter were called to the water-filled quarry at about 12:50 BST on Saturday. North Wales Police said the man later died. A spokesman said the man's family has been informed and the coroner has been notified. The flooded quarry in the Nantlle valley has become a popular site with divers since it ended operations in the 1970s. There have been about 20 deaths there since 1990.

ग्वेनेड के डोरोथिया क्वारी में दिल का दौरा पड़ने से एक 50 वर्षीय गोताखोर की मौत हो गई है।


Aberdeen urban hydro scheme set to launch

Summary: A community hydro power scheme has been given the go ahead in Aberdeen, harnessing energy from the River Don.

The Donside Hydro project is aimed at powering about 130 homes on the site of the former Donside paper mill, as well as selling energy to the National Grid. Aberdeen Community Energy (ACE) is now hoping to attract investment. ACE founding director Sinclair Laing said: "We have been working towards launching the scheme for the past three years." Construction is planned for late May. Related Internet Links ACE

डॉन नदी से ऊर्जा का उपयोग करते हुए एबरडीन में एक सामुदायिक पनबिजली योजना को मंजूरी दी गई है।


Jack Mitchell death: Man faces murder charge

Summary: A man is to be charged with murdering a teenage boy who died from injuries he suffered 15 years earlier as a baby.

Jack Mitchell, 15, from Harwich in Essex, died on 13 March 2016. A post-mortem examination found his cause of death to be a pulmonary infection and pneumonia as a result of injuries he suffered as a baby. John Doak, 36, of Delgate Avenue in Spalding, Lincolnshire, has been summonsed to appear at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court on Wednesday.

एक व्यक्ति पर एक किशोर लड़के की हत्या का आरोप लगाया जाना है, जिसकी मृत्यु 15 साल पहले एक बच्चे के रूप में लगी चोटों से हुई थी।


South Shields murder inquiry: Arrest after man found 'stabbed'

Summary: Police have launched a murder inquiry after a man was found dead with what are thought to be stab wounds.

Emergency services were called to a property on Victoria Road, South Shields at 03:52 BST, where they found the body of 24-year-old Brandon Lee, of Wansbeck Road, Jarrow. A 23-year-old man was arrested at the property on suspicion of murder. Northumbria Police said it was being treated as an isolated incident, and appealed for information. Related Internet Links Northumbria Police

चाकू के घावों के साथ एक व्यक्ति के मृत पाए जाने के बाद पुलिस ने हत्या की जांच शुरू कर दी है।


Norfolk seal named after Sir Tom Moore to be returned to sea

Summary: A seal named in honour of NHS fundraiser Captain Sir Tom Moore is due to be released back into the sea after nearly dying after becoming separated from its mother.

The pup was found alone on the sand at Holkham beach in Norfolk in May. Rescuers said the seal, which weighed 9kg (20lb), would not have survived on its own. It was taken to Sea Life Hunstanton's seal rescue centre for rehabilitation and is to return to the sea next week. Staff at the centre named the pup Sir Tom Moore after the 100-year-old, who raised more than £30m for the health service, and fed him a diet of fish soup. Find BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. If you have a story suggestion email eastofenglandnews@bbc.co.uk

एनएचएस फंडरेजर कैप्टन सर टॉम मूर के सम्मान में नामित एक मुहर को अपनी मां से अलग होने के बाद लगभग मरने के बाद समुद्र में वापस छोड़ दिया जाना है।


Two arrested after Newquay beach body find

Summary: Two men have been arrested after the body of a 20-year-old man was found on a beach in Newquay, Cornwall.

The body of Luke Griffin, from Stroud, Gloucestershire, was found on Great Western Beach on Saturday morning. He was visiting as part of an end-of-season football tour with his club, Leonard Stanley AFC, with 19 others. Devon and Cornwall Police said two 41-year-old men from Bedford were arrested in connection with the death. They were released on bail until September.

न्यूक्वे, कॉर्नवाल के समुद्र तट पर एक 20 वर्षीय व्यक्ति का शव मिलने के बाद दो लोगों को गिरफ्तार किया गया है।