Mexico's López Obrador pledges 'radical' change

Summary: Left-wing politician Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who has been sworn in as Mexico's new president, has promised to bring radical change to his violence-plagued nation by eradicating corruption and ending drugs wars.

By Marcos MartinezBBC Monitoring, Miami "We're not planning to create a dictatorship, neither open nor disguised," Mr López Obrador said in his victory speech after winning the presidency on his third attempt on 1 July. "The changes will be profound, but these will be carried out with strict respect for the established legal framework." The 65-year-old, who is popularly known as AMLO after the initials of his full name, likes to cast the challenge facing him in historical terms. He sees his task as engineering a "fourth transformation" in Mexico's history, following its 1810 independence, the 1854-1857 liberalising reforms implemented by then-President Benito Juárez, and the wars of the 1910-1920 Revolution that forged the modern Mexican nation. "We will carry out a peaceful transformation, ordered, but profound and even radical," Mr López Obrador has said. On security With the country's soaring murder rate set to reach a new annual record of 29,000 in 2018, much attention has been focused on Mr López Obrador's plans to pacify the violence inflicted by Mexico's feared drug cartels, whose feuds claim daily victims. During his campaign, the leftist politician sharply criticised the military-led strategies practised since 2006 by both of his predecessors, presidents Felipe Calderón and Enrique Peña Nieto, in the so-called "war on drugs". After initial promises to remove soldiers from the streets, Mr López Obrador announced on 14 November that he too would initially rely on the armed forces to fight crime, despite appeals from human rights groups to send the troops back to the barracks and develop professional police forces. "We analysed the problem, we only have 40,000 federal police officers," he said. "On the other hand, we had the option of seeking the support, the backing of the armed forces. We had those two options, and in politics you always have to choose between inconvenient options, and we decided to rely on the armed forces." He also cited high levels of corruption within the civilian federal, state and municipal police forces, which he said lacked proper training. However, he announced the creation of a new military-led law enforcement agency to be called the National Guard. He said his crime-fighting plan would also include social programmes such as offering scholarships for young people. "This is a plan that is based on the criteria that we have maintained for many years ... peace and tranquillity are fruits of justice. Evil needs to be fought with good by addressing the roots that generate violence, this is why our main purpose to guarantee peace and tranquillity will be to improve living and working conditions among our people," he said. The economy Mr López Obrador's economic policy statements have caused some unease among investors and markets. His 29 October announcement cancelling a multi-billion dollar project to build a new Mexico City airport, following the decision of a "people's consultation" referendum, rattled markets and caused a sharp drop in Mexico's stocks, bonds and currency. He went on to announce that his administration would base many decisions on "consulting the people of Mexico". Jitters in the business community increased after Mr López Obrador's ruling National Regeneration Movement Party (Morena) and the allied Labour Party (PT) recently presented legislative initiatives in Congress that would eliminate certain bank fees and commissions and private retirement fund administrators. While insisting that he would check existing oil contracts for "corruption", he has nevertheless also moved to reassure investors, for example saying on 28 November that his government would not carry out "expropriations". "The autonomy of the Central Bank of Mexico (Banxico) will be respected [by the presidency]; we won't spend more than what the government gathers from tax collection and a lot of confidence will be provided for the investors," he said. Migrant crisis Mr López Obrador's administration inherits a crisis caused by a recent surge of migrant caravans of mostly Central American nationals, fleeing poverty and violence in their home nations and flooding into Mexico to try to reach the US. To try to curb these migrant flows, Mr López Obrador has proposed an ambitious co-operation scheme involving Mexico, Canada, and the US that would pump aid and investment into Central America to create jobs and raise living standards. "This would lead us to jointly elaborate, finance and implement an integral development scheme [to deter migration]," he said in a joint news conference with his Guatemalan counterpart, Jimmy Morales, on 28 August. Relations with Trump Despite early predictions of a bruising ideological clash with his right-wing northern neighbour, US President Donald Trump, Mr López Obrador has - since his election - mostly argued that Mr Trump has maintained an attitude of "respect" towards him and Mexicans in general. "I have spoken on two occasions with Trump [since the presidential election] and he has sent a delegation [to Mexico] and there are ongoing negotiations, and I must recognise that he has given us respectful treatment. You will see how we will maintain a good relationship with the US government," he said in a recent press conference. Mr Trump has also said his administration would maintain a "very good relationship" with the López Obrador government. Both leaders have avoided openly discussing controversial topics such as the Trump-proposed construction of a wall at the US-Mexico border, which the US leader had previously said Mexico would pay for in "one way or another".

वामपंथी राजनेता आंद्रेस मैनुअल लोपेज़ ओब्राडोर, जिन्होंने मेक्सिको के नए राष्ट्रपति के रूप में शपथ ली है, ने भ्रष्टाचार को समाप्त करके और नशीली दवाओं के युद्ध को समाप्त करके अपने हिंसा से पीड़ित राष्ट्र में क्रांतिकारी बदलाव लाने का वादा किया है।


Cardiff man charged with attempted murder after assault

Summary: A man has appeared in court accused of attempted murder after a woman was attacked near Cardiff city centre.

Ahmed Ismail Ali, 34, of Butetown, appeared before magistrates who committed his case to the crown court. Police were called to Stafford Road in the Grangetown area of the city at about 14:15 GMT on Sunday. A 26-year-old woman, believed to be known to the accused, was taken to University Hospital of Wales, where she remains in a stable condition.

कार्डिफ शहर के केंद्र के पास एक महिला पर हमले के बाद हत्या के प्रयास के आरोप में एक व्यक्ति अदालत में पेश हुआ है।


Elections 2021: Why a lack of buses is a key issue for voters

Summary: Public transport is a lifeline for people who don't have any other means of getting to work or seeing friends and family, making how much councils spend on supporting bus routes a key issue in Thursday's elections.

By Stephanie MiskinBBC News, West Midlands In the West Midlands, bus journeys have dropped 25% across the region in the past decade. These young voters - and bus users - tell us what they want councils to prioritise. 'I moved house to be better connected' One moment Ruby Ferrier Jones was back-packing around Australia, the next she was back at her parents' home in rural Shropshire after the coronavirus pandemic cut her dream trip short. The move back home was a blow, not least because the county's transport connections made trying to find work very difficult. Across England both local and central government support for buses has fallen by £800m a year over 10 years, Department for Transport (DfT) figures show, meaning many services, particularly rural ones, being axed. "I tried to learn to drive when I came back in August because I thought that would help me get a job, but that all stopped when the second lockdown happened," the 23-year-old said. "Bishop's Castle is very rural, there's very limited public transport and where my parents live is outside of the actual little town. So again it's another layer of being disconnected. "Most of the young people I know who are living back at home or living in very rural areas feel the same. It's mostly loneliness and missing friends and not feeling like you can move forward at all." 'Blows your mind' After several months of working in a shop part-time while unsuccessfully applying for full-time employment, a friend stepped in to offer a temporary solution, a spare room at her home in Shrewsbury 20 miles away. "Almost every job that came up for Shropshire, it was just a 'no' or 'I can't get there'. "Now being in a more urban area, it really has opened so much more, just being able to walk into the centre of Shrewsbury or get a bus or a train. "When you've lived and grown up in a rural community your whole life, you're just kind of used to it.... it just blows your mind when you see all the options people have [in urban areas]." The move to Shrewsbury has paid off, with a full-time job at a hospital. For those growing up in rural areas, Ruby said extra and regular services during the day, as well as early and later buses, would create "more opportunities for employment and experience for younger people" who rely solely on public transport. Late buses 'just an unfortunate reality' Jack Spawton-Rice relies on buses throughout the day every day as part of his job as an adolescent support worker in Coventry. The 27-year-old visits families across the city and sometimes further afield, relying on regular public transport to get him there. "I try and plan it so if I'm seeing families, I think about where they are in the city and try and plan my day, minimizing the travel time where I can." He uses the Citymapper app to simplify his journeys, to ease the stress of timings and getting lost. However, it doesn't account for buses being late or not showing up. "Buses being late happens quite a lot. And for families it can be an experience that sometimes can [cause] anxiety. So I'll ring them apologise and say, 'I'm just running about 10 minutes late with the bus' or I've missed one bus 'sorry I'm going to be 25 minutes late because of my bus'. "I think it's just an unfortunate reality." In his previous job he often cycled to work for 45 minutes, as buses didn't cater for the early hours it demanded. Now living in rural Burton Green in Warwickshire, Jack said if he missed his hourly bus or if it was late, he had to walk for more for 30 minutes to get to Tile Hill, his nearest town. "Burton Green is really out on a limb. I definitely question our choices now we are living here," he joked. Jack said he'd like to see transport leaders consider improving connections on a more long-term basis between rural and city areas, especially ones which don't have many local amenities. "I'd like to see more regular buses into Coventry from Burton Green, [that] would be really great. But also a service between Kenilworth and Burton Green... I don't understand why that does not exist. "Where we are, I suppose it is difficult to argue for more buses because of the cost and use. They will say that it's not a hugely popular route, you know, and it's my fault for choosing to live in the middle of nowhere - so suffer the consequences." He added: "At the minute there's lots of young families, but in a couple of years' time, and [the children] need to go to school and get around, buses are going to be required." 'My bus is next to non-existent' Looking for a full-time job in a pandemic is hard enough, never mind wondering how you'll even get there. That's the reality facing 24-year Kai Evans as he looks for warehouse work which will be mainly out-of-hours and out of town, where public transport is unlikely to run. He lives in Staffordshire where passenger bus journeys decreased by more than a third in the decade between 2009/2010 and 2019/2020. Kai was made redundant from his kitchen job in September 2020. While working there he would often have to wait behind at work for more than an hour for the next bus home, sometimes paying for a taxi or asking colleagues for a lift. "My bus is next to non-existent," he said. "It used to be every 15 minutes and then it changed to every half-an-hour - now we're lucky if it is every hour. "Sunday and late-night services have stopped. I often had to improvise about how I would get home and spend extra. 'Got to scrape by' "We usually closed the kitchen at 9pm and I would... stay behind just so I could get a bus without having to walk around dangerous areas because of an increase in crime in my area," said Kai, of Stoke-on-Trent. He lives at home with his mum, who has MS, and his sister, who is a full-time carer and is "frustratingly" dependent on benefits while looking for work. What Kai would often earn in a week working in full-time catering he is now living off per month. He says "the struggle is real" trying to stay on top of bills. "We've got to try to scrape by because we didn't make that much money to begin with, and then being made redundant, just made us have even less money. So in fact, I'm learning to save and be more responsible with our income. "I would like to see regular buses again, every 15 minutes like they used to be, and services at weekends and evenings. Whenever I have raised my complaints nothing ever happens. And when you ask questions about it, they kind of just shrug it off and basically it just falls on deaf ears." ENGLAND'S ELECTIONS: THE BASICS What's happening? On 6 May, people across England will vote for new councillors, mayors and police and crime commissioners. Register to vote here. Why does it matter? When parties win control of a council, they decide policies for your area which could affect services ranging from social care to rubbish collection. Find out more about what councils do. Who can vote? Anyone who lives in England, is registered to vote and aged 18 or over on 6 May is eligible. Find your local election here. Follow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk Related Internet Links mTicket

सार्वजनिक परिवहन उन लोगों के लिए एक जीवन रेखा है जिनके पास काम पर जाने या दोस्तों और परिवार से मिलने का कोई अन्य साधन नहीं है, जिससे गुरुवार के चुनावों में बस मार्गों का समर्थन करने पर परिषदें कितना खर्च करती हैं, यह एक प्रमुख मुद्दा बन जाता है।


World still learning from Ethiopia famine

Summary: Today the world is seeing one humanitarian crisis alongside another - in Syria, Central African Republic, South Sudan and the countries affected by the Ebola virus. Together they place huge, competing demands on humanitarian organisations.

By Mike WooldridgeWorld Affairs correspondent Thirty years ago, at the end of November 1984, there was one disaster above all galvanising the world's attention - the famine in Ethiopia, which was eventually to kill up to a million people. At that time, donors were racing to get relief supplies to the worst-hit northern areas of the country in an aid operation on an unprecedented scale. But, as often happens, it was a desperate effort to catch up with the need. I journeyed up the spine of Ethiopia, northwards from Addis Ababa, while covering the 1984 famine. My overwhelming memory is of parched countryside, bare hills - and weary and weakened men, women and children congregated in places they thought they might find food. I was part of the BBC team that, late in the October, finally managed to get access to the epicentre of the famine. Thousands were dying every week, the impact of drought compounded by the Marxist regime being in denial about the famine's severity and by the region being caught up in civil war. An aid official described it as "Hell on Earth". It didn't seem an exaggeration. Although within weeks planes from Western air forces were dropping pallets of food, with aircraft from Eastern bloc nations involved in the aid operation too, and fleets of laden food trucks were reaching the main relief centres, it still took an agonisingly long time for the death rates to come down in some places. Changes and challenges Today that same northward journey is a barometer of both the changes that have taken place and the challenges that remain. In 1984 mothers in worn embroidered calico dresses, clutching emaciated children, would run out into the road and risk their lives trying to stop vehicles and sell whatever possessions they still had. Now you pass through bustling towns and villages, three-wheeler taxis plying their trade everywhere and people moving animals to and from market. You see a good deal of construction under way, and new universities in the larger towns. There is more irrigation, and this year up in these highlands the food crops look good. As spectacular as the scenery is - with mountain ridges and gorges folding into one another and ever changing light - it is also a reminder of the hard work for many of making a living here. And Ethiopia now has 90 million people - twice as many as at the time of the famine. We reach Korem, where in 1984 we had seen so many succumb to hunger and sickness on the barren plain on the edge of the town. Today there is a small hotel there, a college, houses. But those tragic images come flooding back. On this trip I met a local administrator who had been a rebel fighter in the area in 1984. The famine had been heartbreaking, he said. And lessons had been learnt - now they were trying to protect the natural resources, to introduce more commercial farming and industry. Rapid action needed Another brutally obvious lesson of the 1984 Ethiopian famine was the need for humanitarian operations to be "scaled up" rapidly when the distress of a population became evident. Politics and conflict were a large part of problem in Ethiopia but not the whole story. Much more recently famine struck Somalia in 2011, and there was acknowledgment afterwards that thousands had died before aid geared up - again conflict was a severe constraint. But now with Ebola too, more searching questions are being asked about the capacity and the flexibility of the response to the world's many pressing humanitarian needs. It was Ethiopia's disaster that in many ways helped to shape the global humanitarian system we have today.

आज दुनिया एक के साथ दूसरे मानवीय संकट को देख रही है-सीरिया, मध्य अफ्रीकी गणराज्य, दक्षिण सूडान और इबोला वायरस से प्रभावित देशों में। वे मिलकर मानवीय संगठनों पर भारी, प्रतिस्पर्धी मांगें रखते हैं।


In pictures: Red Arrows soar at Cosford Air Show's RAF centenary

Summary: The Red Arrows have wowed the crowds during an air show to mark the Royal Air Force's centenary year.

The aerobatic team was the centrepiece of the RAF Cosford Air Show, attended by up to 60,000 people in Shropshire. There were also 100 static planes on show, and further displays by the likes of the RAF Falcons Parachute Display Team. Organisers said early arrivals had been "unprecedented" and queues for the event were longer than normal. Photos: John Bray .

रॉयल एयर फोर्स के शताब्दी वर्ष को चिह्नित करने के लिए एक एयर शो के दौरान रेड एरो ने भीड़ को मंत्रमुग्ध कर दिया है।


Theatre in 2016 is all about William and Harry

Summary: A look at some of the highlights of what theatres around the UK have to offer in 2016.

By Tim MastersArts and entertainment correspondent Two names are set to dominate the theatre landscape over the coming months: William Shakespeare and Harry Potter. A wealth of productions marking the 400th anniversary of the Bard's death will be taking place across the UK, including high-profile offerings from Shakespeare's Globe and the RSC. Meanwhile, Jack Thorne's new play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will receive its world premiere in London's Palace Theatre in July, with previews from late May. The two-parter features an adult Harry (played by Jamie Parker), who now works at the Ministry of Magic, and his youngest son Albus Severus Potter. Noma Dumezweni, who recently stepped in at the last minute to replace Kim Cattrall in Linda at the Royal Court, will play Hermione Granger. Paul Thornley plays their old school friend Ron Weasley. The plays look set to spark the kind of Potter-mania that surrounded the release of the books and films about JK Rowling's boy wizard. Among the year's Shakespearean highlights is Kenneth Branagh's Romeo and Juliet - opening at London's Garrick Theatre in May - with Richard Madden and Lily James as the star-crossed lovers, and Derek Jacobi as Mercutio. The Branagh season also sees the return - in January - of Red Velvet, with Adrian Lester reprising his role as pioneering African-American Shakespearean actor Ira Aldridge. Featuring everything from the bloodbath at the end of Hamlet to the poisonous asp in Antony and Cleopatra, Northampton's Royal & Derngate's 2016 season includes a preview of Spymonkey's The Complete Deaths which has its official premiere at the Brighton Festival in May. In April, two-time Olivier nominee Michael Pennington will play King Lear at the Northampton venue ahead of a national tour. Don Warrington will play another King Lear at Manchester's Royal Exchange (1 April - 7 May) and Birmingham Rep (19 to 28 May), directed by Talawa Theatre Company's Michael Buffong. At Shakespeare's Globe in London, the anniversary weekend on 23-24 April will see the return of a two-year world tour of Hamlet, which will have its four final performances back on the Globe's open-air stage after travelling to some 195 countries. The RSC's A Midsummer Night's Dream: A Play for the Nation sees local theatre actors from around the UK play the "rude Mechanicals" alongside a professional cast. In Glasgow, Bottom will be played by an estate agent. In Truro, a rugby coach. The 12-week tour kicks off in Stratford-upon-Avon in February. Elsewhere, Barrie Rutter directs and appears as Falstaff in The Merry Wives.Set in the North of England in the 1920s, this new production opens at the New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme in February. Carrie Cracknell and Lucy Guerin's dance-theatre version of Macbeth, starring John Heffernan and Anna Maxwell Martin, arrives at Birmingham Rep in January following its premiere at London's Young Vic. Star names Among the star names arriving in London's West End in 2016 is Glenn Close, making her West End debut as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard at the English National Opera (ENO) in April. After rave reviews at London's Menier Chocolate Factory, Sheridan Smith stars as comedian and singer Fanny Brice in Funny Girl at the Savoy Theatre in April. She told the BBC earlier this month it was her "dream role". The musical hasn't been seen in the West End since Barbra Streisand starred in the original London production 50 years ago. Pixie Lott stars as Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany's at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London's West End in June following a UK and Ireland tour starting at Leicester's Curve Theatre in March. And Gemma Arterton takes the lead in Nell Gwynn as Jessica Swale's play - which starred Gugu Mbatha-Raw at Shakespeare's Globe - transfers to the Apollo in February. One of the most anticipated West End openings is the transfer of the National Theatre's powerful rehab drama People, Places and Things, starring Denise Gough as addict Emma, to Wyndham's Theatre in March. Expect plenty of political humour in Monster Raving Loony at the Theatre Royal Plymouth in February. James Graham's new comedy taps into the life and exploits of Screaming Lord Sutch to tell the story of British democracy. Nick Payne, the award-winning writer of Constellations, returns to the subject of science in Elegy at London's Donmar Warehouse in April. His latest work is set in the near future where medical science has made it possible to extend life. Roy Williams's drama Soul, a play about the life and death of Motown legend Marvin Gaye, has its world premiere in Northampton's Royal & Derngate in May. Also that month, Sutton Theatres presents the world premiere of the new Edward Bond play Dea. Musical moments Fans of musicals have plenty to choose from, both in London's West End and around the country. Motown the Musical opens at the Shaftesbury Theatre in February while Disney's Aladdin has its West End premiere in June at the Prince Edward Theatre. At the Young Vic in March, Jane Horrocks sings a selection of new wave hits in If You Kiss Me, Kiss Me - a show described as "part dance piece, part gig". Also in March, London's St James Theatre hosts the world premiere of Miss Atomic Bomb, set in Las Vegas in 1952, and inspired by the nuclear tests and beauty pageants of the era. Groundhog Day, based on the 1993 comedy film with Bill Murray, opens up the road at the Old Vic in June before going to Broadway. Coming the other way over the Atlantic is Andrew Lloyd Webber's new Broadway show School of Rock - The Musical which opens at the London Palladium in the autumn. Musicals on tour include the West Yorkshire Playhouse production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang which begins at the Mayflower Theatre, Southampton in February with Jason Manford and Lee Mead sharing the role of Caractacus Potts. Sister Act, directed and choreographed by Craig Revel Horwood, begins its tour at Leicester's Curve in July. Billy Elliot the Musical and Sunny Afternoon are also touring after successful stints in the West End. Around London Among the National Theatre's 2016 highlights is Lorraine Hansberry's Les Blancs, in which Danny Sapani plays a man from England who returns to his African homeland for his father's funeral and finds himself caught up in colonial tensions. Director Yael Farber's production begins at the Olivier theatre in March. Hansberry's final drama was written 11 years after her groundbreaking family drama A Raisin in the Sun (1959), which Eclipse Theatre will tour in 2016, starting in January at The Crucible, Sheffield. The playwright Sarah Kane (1971-99) receives her National Theatre debut with an "unflinching" new production of Cleansed in February on the Dorfman stage. The Royal Court's 60th anniversary programme - dubbed Sixty Years New - kicks off in January with a new Caryl Churchill play, Escaped Alone. with Linda Bassett, Deborah Findlay, Kika Markham and June Watson in the cast. It's followed in March by Alistair McDowall's space drama, X, which tells the story of the crew of a lone research base on the dwarf planet who have lost contact with Earth. At the Almeida theatre in February , Robert Icke follows his reimagining of Oresteia with a new production of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya with Paul Rhys in the title role. Around the UK There will be two vastly different takes on the Cyrano de Bergerac story. First to arrive - in February - is Glyn Maxwell's adaptation of Edmond Rostand's classic at London's Southwark Playhouse. Kathryn Hunter leads an all-female ensemble as Cyrano - the soldier, fighter and lover with an abnormally large nose. In April, Gavin and Stacey star Steffan Rhodri takes on the role with an all-Welsh company at Theatr Clywd. Anthony Burgess's adaptation of the epic love story will be in English and will feature Welsh-language poetry by Twm Morys. Staying in Wales, a UK tour of the musical Tom: A Story of Tom Jones kicks off at the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, in March. The show about the Welsh singing legend originally premiered in his home town of Pontypridd in 2014. The first half of the National Theatre of Scotland's 10th birthday programme includes the world premiere of comic musical I Am Thomas (with lyrics by poet Simon Armitage) which tells the story of Thomas Aikenhead, the last person in Britain to be executed for blasphemy. It opens at Edinburgh's Royal Lyceum Theatre in March. Another new piece of music theatre is 306: Dawn - about the 306 British soldiers who were executed for cowardice and desertion during World War One. Directed by NTS artistic director Laurie Sansom, it will be staged in a barn in the Perthshire countryside in May and June. Call the Midwife and Strictly Come Dancing star Helen George is to star as a sexually-charged aristocrat in a UK tour of the erotic thriller After Miss Julie. Patrick Marber's adaptation of August Strindberg's 1888 work Miss Julie sets the story in 1940s England. The tour opens at Theatre Royal Bath in May ahead of a West End run. Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse's spring season kicks off with The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary! in which Gustave Flaubert's novel is "lovingly derailed" by theatre company Peepolykus. It premieres at the Everyman in February. If you prefer things with the lights out, Max Stafford-Clark's production of All That Fall - Samuel Beckett's one-act radio play - will see its audiences blindfolded as the cast move about them in the auditorium. It starts in March at Bristol Old Vic before moving on to Wilton's Music Hall in London. Sock shock A significant departure in 2016 is the West End production of War Horse - the most successful play in the National Theatre's history - which gallops out of the New London Theatre in March after a seven-year run. A UK tour will begin in autumn 2017. Meanwhile, a puppet of a very different kind to those seen in War Horse arrives in the West End a month earlier. Over from Broadway, Hand to God features a Satanic sock puppet called Tyrone. Described by The New Yorker as "Sesame Street meets The Exorcist" - and with a cast that includes Janie Dee, Neil Pearson, Harry Melling and Jemima Rooper - the five times Tony award-nominated play opens at the Vaudeville Theatre in February.

2016 में यू. के. के आसपास के सिनेमाघरों की कुछ मुख्य विशेषताओं पर एक नज़र डालें।


Harwich International Port: Man dies after being hit by lorry

Summary: A man has died after being hit by a lorry at Harwich International Port.

The pedestrian, aged in his 50s, died at the scene in the parking area just before 17:10 GMT on Thursday, police said. A 46-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. Essex Police has asked for witnesses to come forward, particularly lorry drivers who were in the area and have dashcam footage.

हारविच अंतर्राष्ट्रीय बंदरगाह पर एक लॉरी की चपेट में आने से एक व्यक्ति की मौत हो गई है।


A Brexit-free guide to the new term at Holyrood

Summary: MSPs are returning from their holidays for a new term at Holyrood. Brexit continues to dominate the political agenda, but what else will politicians have in their in-trays as they settle back in after the summer recess?

By Philip SimBBC Scotland political reporter No, there won't be any getting away from it. You can't move six inches in politics without tripping over Brexit. There's every chance that within the month, the wheels will have fallen off the political clown car and we'll be staring down the barrel of a snap general election or another referendum. But until the next seemingly inevitable crisis, Scotland's politicians have plenty to be getting on with. New ministers are settling into their jobs after June's dramatic reshuffle, and legislative proposals are piling up. Here's a (relatively) Brexit-free guide to what MSPs will be focusing on over the next few months. Money matters It feels like it hasn't been long since Finance Secretary Derek Mackay's last set of budget negotiations, after the major changes to Scotland's income tax system agreed last time out. We're not expecting Mr Mackay to propose big changes again this year - he says we now have a "settled structure in income tax policy" which can "provide certainty for the rest of this parliament". The problem with that plan is that the SNP remains a minority government, and all of the likely partners for a budget deal are hungry for more change. The Greens, who helped Mr Mackay pass his last two budgets, are looking for major reform of how councils are funded. They began hammering away at this even while announcing last year's deal, and are determined not to look like a cheap or easy option. A pact with the Conservatives - a regular occurrence the last time the SNP had a minority administration - now seems an outright impossibility, while Labour will probably price themselves out of any possible deal with their calls for far more "radical" use of tax powers. That leaves the Lib Dems, who tend to ask for extra funding for mental health services and education. Those don't seem out of line with the SNP's current priorities - could this be Willie Rennie's year? Last year's leftovers Nicola Sturgeon will today set out a programme for government for the coming term, but most of these bills won't even be tabled for months to come, while consultations and drafting exercises are carried out. For that same reason though, there's still plenty of work to do on many of the 16 bills the first minister announced this time last year. One of them, the flagship Education Bill, has been shelved, with ministers now saying they hope to push through reforms without the need for legislation. The tricky thing with legislation being, it might not pass. Some other bills command broader support, and should complete their journey to the statute book this term. The organ and tissue donation bill, setting up an "opt-out" system for organ donation in Scotland, appears set to sail through. Wales already has this kind of set-up in place, and England looks set to follow suit. A bill raising the minimum age of criminal responsibility from eight - the lowest in Europe - to 12 has also been broadly welcomed. The government is also set to support a members' bill from Green MSP John Finnie banning the smacking of children, more or less guaranteeing that Scotland will become the first part of the UK to outlaw physical punishment of children. But on other fronts, ministers can expect to see opposition parties attempt to rewrite or even block their legislation. Education As noted above, the Education Bill was shelved at the end of last term, with the government hoping to negotiate a safer route by implementing changes that MSPs don't have to vote on. This doesn't mean Education Secretary John Swinney will be having a quiet year. Opposition parties have taken aim at the national assessments system, which sees children undergoing tests from P1 onwards, and may well launch a bid to have it scrapped. Mr Swinney has defended the system, saying the tests provide data to help close the attainment gap in schools, but set out some changes to address "issues" flagged up by teachers last week. The Scottish Conservatives have thrown their backing behind parts of his agenda, which should provide some breathing room, but have joined other opposition parties in standing against P1 tests - making that topic perhaps the biggest headache in the immediate term. Ms Sturgeon has opted to add another experienced hand to the education team, appointing former rural affairs secretary Richard Lochhead a junior minister for the department, taking on the spot vacated when Gillian Martin was abruptly withdrawn just before recess. Climate change The Scottish government insists it is showing "international leadership" on climate change, but could face a rather more domestic scrap over its plans. Ministers have set a target - to be enshrined in the Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) Bill - of cutting greenhouse gas output by 90% by 2050. However environment groups want ministers to go further and set a "net zero" emissions target, for Scotland to be effectively carbon-neutral by mid-century. Scottish Labour and the Greens are behind the campaign, meaning the government is sure to face attempts to amend its legislation. On the road (and rails) A whole range of moves to shake up Scotland's public transport network are under way, with ministers proposing reforms to bus travel, low-emission zones in cities, a ban on parking on pavements and improvements to smart ticketing schemes. The idea of having a public-sector train operator also persists, although the next point at which there might be a bidding process is 2025. Elsewhere on the rail network, plans to merge the work of the British Transport Police north of the border into Scotland's single police force appear to have hit the buffers, with the government now reviewing "further options" on how to devolve responsibility for railway policing. No wonder the transport portfolio has become a full cabinet secretary brief - one which will keep Michael Matheson very busy. Opposition parties concurred that the draft Transport Bill tabled in June was a "missed opportunity", and will be planning wide-ranging amendments when it arrives in committee. Fracking Fracking? Didn't they decide on that last year? Well, no, it turns out that technically, they didn't. Ministers announced in October 2017 that fracking would have no place in Scotland's energy mix, saying that the long-running moratorium on the controversial oil and gas extraction technique would continue, becoming an "effective ban". But when petrochemical firm Ineos, owner of the Grangemouth refinery and holder of some fracking licences, tested this position in court, they were somewhat surprised to be informed by the Scottish government's lawyers that fracking isn't banned after all. The prohibition announced by ministers was in fact a "preferred position", due to be cemented in the policymaking process this October. To be honest, this should be a formality. MSPs voted overwhelmingly to back the government's position last time round, and will do so again. There will doubtless be a row, though, and potentially not just from the Conservatives, the sole party backing fracking at Holyrood. We may also hear more from the Greens and Labour demanding a stronger block, possibly one grounded in law. Named Persons Another one of Holyrood's long-running legislative sagas - the named person scheme - could get a fresh airing later this year. MSPs approved plans in 2014 to appoint a named person, usually a teacher or health visitor, to be responsible for ensuring the welfare of every child in Scotland. However legal challenges put the brakes on the proposals, and the Supreme Court ruled against it in 2016 due to concerns about information sharing provisions. Ministers insisted they were still behind the policy, and attempted to resurrect it via a new bill to re-draft the parts the judges had taken issue with. However Holyrood's education committee stepped in to block the progress of this, refusing to sign off a report on the new bill until they could see a draft code of practice for named persons. That draft was due to be completed this month - but this has been delayed still further due to the school holidays and ongoing consultations. It is however due to be complete in the "autumn", meaning there could be scope for the dispute over the policy to resume shortly. Indyref2 If we're not talking about Brexit, how about Scotland's other constitutional conundrum? OK - but be warned, the two have become closely linked. Nicola Sturgeon has repeatedly pledged to update MSPs on her plans for a second independence referendum this autumn. She says she'll do this in October - but noted in August that she had no idea what the update might be. The first minister's original position was that she would decide on the timing of a new referendum once it was clearer what the UK's future relationship with the EU would look like. With that clarity still seeming like a distinctly distant prospect, commentators including polling guru Professor Sir John Curtice reckon Ms Sturgeon will kick indyref2 into even longer grass. It certainly seems like there would have been a bit more build-up work going on over the summer, if a referendum campaign were about to be launched. And with the SNP not moving to debate their "growth commission" blueprint for independence at October's party conference - instead saying they will discuss it next spring - anyone hoping for a fresh vote in the short term looks set to be disappointed. But equally, things move very quickly in politics nowadays - and often in unexpected directions. Brexit-related turmoil at Westminster could reach fever pitch in October, around the time Ms Sturgeon will have a conference speech to think about. Might it also be significant that Ruth Davidson, arguably the strongest pro-Union campaigner in Scotland, is heading off on maternity leave shortly? We're also due a ruling from the Supreme Court on whether Holyrood's Brexit bill will be allowed to stand, which could potentially set up yet another face-off between the governments in Edinburgh and Whitehall. In the current atmosphere, don't rule anything out.

एम. एस. पी. होलीरूड में एक नए कार्यकाल के लिए अपनी छुट्टियों से लौट रहे हैं। ब्रेक्सिट राजनीतिक एजेंडे पर हावी है, लेकिन गर्मियों के अवकाश के बाद जब वे वापस बसेंगे तो राजनेताओं के पास और क्या होगा?


Winners and losers from the Manafort plea deal

Summary: Two years after being forced from his position as chair of Donald Trump's presidential campaign, 10 months removed from his indictment on multiple counts of unregistered foreign lobbying and financial fraud, and just days before his second trial was set to begin, Paul Manafort has thrown in the towel.

Anthony ZurcherNorth America reporter@awzurcheron Twitter The long-time Washington power player's fight against the special counsel investigation is over not with a bang, but with a plea deal. In exchange for prosecutors dropping five of the seven remaining charges against him and agreement not to retry portions of his previous case, Manafort agreed to "co-operate fully and truthfully" with their future efforts. According to the presiding judge, such co-operation includes sitting for interviews and briefings with Robert Mueller's team, handing over any relevant documents, and testifying before any future grand juries or, if necessary, criminal trials. Even though the Manafort case was tangential to the central thrust of Mr Mueller's inquiry - relating to his work as a lobbyist, and not possible ties between the Russian government and the Trump campaign - this still marks a significant development in the special counsel's investigation. Here's how it all shakes out. A good day for Robert Mueller Another case, another win for the special counsel team. Mr Mueller has filed a total of 187 criminal charges and succeeded in obtaining plea deals from Manafort, National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, Manafort deputy Rick Gates and former campaign adviser George Papadopolous, as well as two others without direct ties to Donald Trump. He's also indicted former Manafort business associate Konstantin Kilimnik, currently believed to be in Russia, for obstruction of justice and 25 Russian nationals and three Russian companies for interfering in the US 2016 presidential election. Mr Mueller's office is notoriously tight lipped, speaking only through its court actions - but those actions have said plenty recently. There was some concern about the risk Mr Mueller's investigation faced going into the Manafort trials. It was the first time his lawyers had to present evidence in a courtroom and convince a jury of their case. A defeat would be more than an embarrassment, it would open the door for the president and his supporters to call into question the value of the entire inquiry. Instead, Mr Mueller came out with a conviction on eight of 18 counts in Virginia last month, then sealed the deal with the plea agreement on Friday. Now the special counsel's office can refocus on the central portion of its investigation - whether there was any co-ordination between the Russian government and the Trump team in 2016. To that end, his plea deal with Manafort could potentially lead to valuable insight into the inner workings of the Trump campaign. A bad day for Donald Trump Just over three weeks ago, the president was praising his former campaign chief as a "brave man" who, in contrast to his personal lawyer Michael Cohen, "refused to break and make up stories in order to get a deal. Mr Trump went so far as to suggest in a television interview that plea deals with prosecutors "should almost be illegal". Now Manafort is taking exactly such a deal. For a while it looked like Manafort was going to play the good soldier. Despite word that his lawyers were negotiating with the special counsel's office, there was no indication that any kind of co-operative agreement was on the table. Even though Manafort and the Trump legal team were operating under a joint defence agreement, in which they would share relevant information, it appears the details of the deal caught Mr Trump's side flat-footed. Rudy Giuliani, Mr Trump's personal lawyer, originally issued a statement that read: "Once again, an investigation has concluded with a plea having nothing to do with President Trump or the Trump campaign." "The reason: the president did nothing wrong and Paul Manafort will tell the truth." In a later version of the statement, the last line about Manafort telling the truth was removed - perhaps an acknowledgement that at some point Mr Trump's side may have to call into question the former top campaign aide's veracity. The scope of co-operative plea deals is usually vague, and this one is no different. At the moment, there's no indication of what information Manafort might share with the special counsel's office. It could be directly related to the Trump campaign or merely tangential. There are, however, obvious questions that come to mind - and they point to the heart of the Trump operation. For instance, Manafort was in the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting with Donald Trump Jr, Jared Kushner and Russian nationals that was originally presented to Mr Trump's elder son as a chance to obtain damaging information from Russia on Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. Manafort took cryptic notes about that meeting, including worlds like "Illici" and phrases like "Offshore - Cyprus" and "Active sponsors of RNC". A fully co-operative Manafort can end the mystery. A necessary day for Paul Manafort Manafort was going to prison one way or another. His conviction last month in Virginia guaranteed that. Now, by agreeing to the plea, he no longer faces the expense of another trial and the possibility of more prison time. At age 69, anything longer than the 10-year term he negotiated starts looking like a de facto life sentence. Manafort is still taking a financial hit, forfeiting $45m of criminal assets. The ostrich jacket is gone, as are four of his homes. The once high-flying international political player has been brought crashing down to earth. The ledger is now settled, though, and his loved ones can begin to move on. "He's accepted responsibility," said Manafort defence lawyer Kevin Downing after Thursday's court appearance. "He wanted to make sure that his family was able to remain safe and live a good life." There's been plenty of speculation that Manafort could be rescued by a presidential pardon. Mr Trump has certainly hinted that it's a possibility, calling his former campaign aide's treatment "sad" and the prosecution politically motivated. This plea agreement doesn't preclude that eventuality, although if Manafort incriminates others in Mr Trump's circle - or the president himself - a pardon seems unlikely in the extreme. A pardon, however, has always been an insecure lifeline for Manafort. While the president could free his former aide from federal convictions, the power does not extend to state crimes. Places like Virginia and New York, both of which have Democratic attorneys general, could prosecute Manafort on state tax violations, for instance. From the inside of a prison, state and federal convictions all look the same. A plea deal was light at the end of the tunnel for Manafort - and on Friday that was the direction he chose to travel.

डोनाल्ड ट्रम्प के राष्ट्रपति अभियान के अध्यक्ष के रूप में अपने पद से मजबूर होने के दो साल बाद, अपंजीकृत विदेशी लॉबिंग और वित्तीय धोखाधड़ी के कई मामलों में उनके अभियोग से 10 महीने हटा दिए गए, और उनका दूसरा मुकदमा शुरू होने से कुछ दिन पहले, पॉल मैनफोर्ट ने तौलिया फेंक दिया।


Looe lifeboat crew finds 'overturned yacht' was dead whale

Summary: A lifeboat crew responding to reports of an overturned yacht arrived on scene to find it was a whale carcass.

The Looe RNLI team was called out at about 12:30 GMT on Friday following reports of a "white upturned hull" drifting half a mile off shore. On approach they realised it was the remains of an 8m (26.2ft) whale. Looe RNLI said on Facebook "whilst the crew was relieved that there were no persons in difficulty, they were saddened to find a dead whale". The team was stood down after reporting the position of the whale to the coastguard. Related Internet Links Looe RNLI

एक लाइफबोट चालक दल एक पलटी हुई नौका की रिपोर्ट का जवाब देते हुए घटनास्थल पर पहुंचा और पाया कि यह एक व्हेल का शव था।


Leicester lockdown: City deserted as Leicestershire reopens

Summary: As coronavirus restrictions were eased, the streets of Leicester remained deserted due to the local lockdown. But police said they faced a "huge challenge" as pubs outside the lockdown zone opened, with officers called to a number of incidents.

Leicestershire Police Chief Constable Simon Cole said there was "huge compliance" within the lockdown boundary as people adhered to guidance by staying at home on Saturday. "Sadly, there were however a number of incidents last night too," he said. Mr Cole said it had been challenging policing two different sets of rules. Pubs in the county opened for the first time since March while officers patrolled the city to enforce the local lockdown. More officers were on duty than a typical New Year's Eve. A dispersal order was put in place in Market Harborough on Saturday night after reports of anti-social behaviour. A pub in Narborough was forced to close early after a 35-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of affray. Police said the victim sustained injuries to his neck and was taken to hospital with injuries not believed to be serious. Officers in Blaby, who dispersed a house party in locked-down South Wigston, described the night as a "challenging shift for all officers". Pubs outside of the lockdown zone asked customers for identification to check they had not travelled from within the restricted area. Matt Naylor, 29, who was a customer at the Coach and Horses in Anstey, said: "Everyone is drinking together for the first time, but everyone is respecting the pub's one-way system. "Some people have been idiots. The pub's ID'ing everyone, so they're doing the right checks and making sure nobody is coming in from the lockdown area." Mr Cole said: "This time has been a huge challenge for all of us. "We are effectively policing a force area where different government guidelines apply to different areas. "But the way that my officers and staff have responded to this has simply been outstanding." He added he was "proud of the dedication and commitment" from everyone involved and thanked the vast majority for adhering to the guidelines. Leicester and some suburbs became subject to the UK's first local lockdown on Monday. The Leicestershire areas included are Braunstone Town, Glenfield, Glen Parva, Leicester Forest East (east of the M1), Thorpe Astley, Birstall, Thurmaston, Oadby and Wigston. A postcode checker has been set up by Leicestershire County Council that allows people to see if their area falls inside or outside the lockdown boundary. Follow BBC East Midlands on Facebook, on Twitter, or on Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@bbc.co.uk.

जैसे ही कोरोनावायरस प्रतिबंधों में ढील दी गई, स्थानीय लॉकडाउन के कारण लीसेस्टर की सड़कें सुनसान रहीं। लेकिन पुलिस ने कहा कि उन्हें एक "बड़ी चुनौती" का सामना करना पड़ा क्योंकि लॉकडाउन क्षेत्र के बाहर पब खोले गए, जिसमें अधिकारियों को कई घटनाओं के लिए बुलाया गया।


Wylfa Newydd: Archaeological dig ahead of nuclear station build

Summary: Evidence of a Roman settlement and a Bronze Age round house have been found at the site of a planned new nuclear power station.

Archaeologists are working to identify any areas of historical interest before construction of the proposed £10bn Wylfa Newydd on Anglesey. Developer Horizon has been running community digs and so far around 250 people have taken part. They include school pupils who are learning how archaeological digs work. The old Wylfa plant stopped generating electricity after 50 years at the end of 2015.

एक नियोजित नए परमाणु ऊर्जा केंद्र के स्थल पर एक रोमन बस्ती और एक कांस्य युग के गोल घर के प्रमाण मिले हैं।


Crossing Divides: The 'youngsters' gaining respect at work

Summary: A demand for social media skills is bringing younger people into the workplace, often straight from school. When managed badly it can create resentment amongst older colleagues - but when the age divide is bridged successfully, it can also lead to a win-win situation.

By Dougal ShawBusiness reporter, BBC News "It was quite scary knowing that I had so little experience," admits Kirsty Sheppard, "telling people older than me what they should be doing." Kirsty is 18, fresh from her A-Levels and the newest recruit to Burstimo in Royston, Hertfordshire. It's a small digital agency that promotes musicians on platforms like Spotify and TikTok. Within the first week Kirsty had proven her worth, says Alex Jobling, 30, the boss who hired her. She wrote some copy for an advert on Facebook, he remembers. It surprised everyone because she wrote the whole thing in lower case. "I thought I'd hired someone who didn't understand grammar," confesses Alex. But then Alex saw the results. "It was so engaging, it was the best performing advert we'd done," he says. It was just the way she and her friends would have written it, it seemed so obvious, says Kirsty. This is exactly why the company needs such a young recruit, explains Alex, because only they can provide an authentic voice on social media. Kirsty is a trusted voice in the team and she plays her full part in meetings, as well as dealing with clients. Her case is by no means unique. Businesses that are keen to harness the opportunities of social media and reach young people, are either giving new roles to their existing young employees, or hiring new young talent. "Many businesses are starting to utilise the services of digital natives," says David Taylor, a digital consultant with DNAsix, who has worked with businesses around the UK. He's seen a commercial property firm hand the keys of their social media accounts over to a young secretary, realising she had the right skills to handle their online presence in her downtime. He's also visited a motorbike insurance company where a young call-handler was turned into a resident YouTuber, with a custom studio built in the corner for him. Theo Meddelton was hired by a public relations company based in Bournemouth last year, when he was 19. He had just completed A-levels and a digital apprenticeship, His mission was to bring digital skills to the team, which included people in their 50s and 60s, explains Darren Northeast, who hired him. One of those people was Charlie Rose, who is in her late fifties. She admits she needed his help. "My notepad and pen is like my comfort blanket, I take it everywhere I go", she says. Theo brought Charlie and the team up to speed with skills like finding social media influencers, using Google analytics and social media tools like Hootsuite. He was so successful he was swiftly promoted to operations manager. However, young digital natives also need to be taught some skills too. It has to be a "two-way street", says David Taylor. "It's like there's a generation growing up wired entirely differently. "Despite being obsessed with their phones, they are very uncomfortable actually talking on them, they prefer to message. They are not good at making eye contact. They are also not particularly good at presenting, is the feedback I'm getting." Alex Jobling of Burstimo admits he has had to step in occasionally when the soft skills are lacking. He intervened when Kirsty began composing an email to a new client, beginning with an informal "hiya". Another issue that can rear its head is resentment from older colleagues. Some can be uncomfortable following advice - or indeed taking orders - from people much younger than them. Age, after all, usually equals seniority in the workplace. Charlie Rose in Bournemouth admits it was difficult to accept Theo would be in a management position over her, after he was promoted. "That took some real adjusting on my behalf," she says. "He's younger than my younger son, I was working before he was born." Managing age differences at work The pair agree that the key to building a successful relationship is in acknowledging the age gap and using it as a chance to learn from each other. Charlie has vast experience in the charity sector and I've learned a lot from her about that, says Theo. Charlie says Theo has taught her to write in a more snappy way for social media - though she won't get rid of her notepad and pen. In modern British society, young and old are increasingly segregated, several reports have shown. Research has found that people are in fact more likely to cross the age divide in their workplace than their own neighbourhoods, according to Andrew Dixon, who helped to write the Social Mixing report for The Challenge organisation last year on this subject. "Outside your own family, the workplace is perhaps the best place to meet people of a different generation to you. It can also be a place where people of different ages make meaningful bonds." It's a sentiment that Charlie agrees with: "There's prejudice from both ends of the spectrum in society," she says. "You can be ageist because someone's too young, or because they are too old. I think we all get too hung up on age." Follow Dougal on Twitter:@dougalshawbbc BBC Crossing Divides A season of stories about bringing people together in a fragmented world.

सोशल मीडिया कौशल की मांग युवाओं को कार्यस्थल में ला रही है, अक्सर सीधे स्कूल से। जब इसे बुरी तरह से प्रबंधित किया जाता है तो यह पुराने सहयोगियों के बीच नाराजगी पैदा कर सकता है-लेकिन जब उम्र के अंतर को सफलतापूर्वक कम किया जाता है, तो यह एक जीत की स्थिति भी पैदा कर सकता है।


Lucky escape for deer which trashed a transit van

Summary: A deer had a lucky getaway after colliding with a van, causing serious damage to the vehicle.

The van hit the animal on the A1307 at Horseheath in Cambridgeshire on Thursday evening. The vehicle's windscreen was shattered in several places and the bonnet and driver-side panels were completely buckled in the impact. There were no reported injuries to either the driver or the deer, which "managed to run off", police said. More news from Cambridgeshire The accident happened at about 17:50 BST. The van had to be towed away because of the extent of the damage caused by the deer.

एक वैन से टकराने के बाद एक हिरण भाग्यशाली रहा, जिससे वाहन को गंभीर नुकसान हुआ।


EU deal: A hard-headed calculation to avoid Brexit

Summary: Reino Unido, Grossbritannien, Storbritannien, Grande-Bretagne - whichever corner of this overcrowded, shouty press centre you stumbled through the last couple of days at this European summit you heard "Great Britain" being reported on - loudly and with lots of gesticulating hand movements in a multitude of European languages.

Katya AdlerEurope editor@BBCkatyaadleron Twitter Britain has done it again. It paraded itself on the EU stage as being more equal than the other equals in a union of 28. In the past, the UK has managed to negotiate a rebate from the EU budget, exempted itself from joining the euro and has arranged quite a number of opt-outs on EU legislation. A "special status agreement" is how the summit host, European Council President Donald Tusk, described the UK-EU reform package negotiated late on Friday by David Cameron. He got special treatment too. Tradition dictates that the first post-summit press conference is held by Mr Tusk and Jean-Claude Juncker, the President of the European Commission. It is usually followed by a mass cacophony of EU leaders' pressers all taking place more or less at the same time. On Friday though, Mr Cameron was allowed to preside over the podium alone for a full 20 minutes, elaborating on and crowing over his deal, speaking of the EU largely as an enrichment tool for Britons. A body the UK could benefit from or ignore depending on its usefulness. "The best of both worlds," he said. Follow reaction to the Brussels deal 'I do not love Brussels' His European peers - who have spent weeks and months on these negotiations for Britain - must have been biting their tongue - hard - when they heard his tone. I saw a number of colleagues in this most European of press rooms bristle. Gone was the shuttle diplomacy of David Cameron, who invested so many air miles charming, listening to and selling his reform plan to other EU leaders. In his place was a British conservative prime minister gearing up for a divisive referendum at home on EU membership. "I do not love Brussels. I love Britain," avowed David Cameron. "When it comes to Europe, mine is a hard-headed assessment of what is in our national interest." Hard-headed decision But then the other EU leaders acted in their national interest too. Their hard-headed decision was that it's better for them if the UK stays in the EU. "If GB goes, the rest of us have nothing," Estonian Prime Minister Taavi Roivas told me. In the meantime, he and the others put on semi-theatrics for their voters around protecting their rights against David Cameron's reforms. Central and Eastern Europeans pushed back against cutting EU migrant benefits. France bared its teeth over safeguards for the City of London from eurozone legislation. But in the end, they pretty much gave David Cameron what he wanted. A decent deal on narrow but key issues. Not the fundamental change in EU-UK relations he had initially promised but enough, he hopes, to encourage the majority of his party and the British public to vote "Yes" to staying in the EU come referendum time. Dalia Grybauskaite , Lithuania's outspoken president, became the media darling at this summit, winning hack hearts and minds when she predicted from the first moment that: "Everyone will have their own drama. And then we will agree." And so it was. And now the leaders of the EU institutions - the Commission, European Parliament and Council who clearly enjoyed being the focus of and lead-story trigger for the hungry-for-any-details British press during the negotiations - will have to endure returning to relative UK obscurity once again. As the UK media now turns its sights to Westminster and the referendum itself. Read more:

रीनो यूनिडो, ग्रॉसब्रिटेनियन, स्टोर्ब्रिटेनियन, ग्रांडे-ब्रेटेन-इस भीड़भाड़ वाले, कर्कश प्रेस केंद्र के जिस भी कोने में आप पिछले कुछ दिनों से इस यूरोपीय शिखर सम्मेलन में लड़खड़ाते रहे, आपने सुना कि "ग्रेट ब्रिटेन" की सूचना दी जा रही है-जोर से और कई यूरोपीय भाषाओं में हाथ हिलाते हुए।


Guernsey Water set to supply land for light industry

Summary: There could soon be more land available in Guernsey for light industry.

Guernsey Water has applied for permission to build 11 new industrial units at St Andrew's Reservoir. Andrew Redhead, the director of water services, said: "We obviously need to make sure the community can make good use of these units. There is a need." Owners of some small firms have joined with politicians to campaign for suitable spaces in the island since Leale's Yard closed in 2009. The company has erected a new depot at the St Andrew site and intends to move its main business operation there in May. However, Mr Redhead said there remained a large area of "surplus" land which it wanted to release to a developer for the industrial units. "They're being built to the standard and with the agreement of both the Commerce and Employment and Environment departments. "We've had a number of people who have made approaches to us directly and obviously we'll forward these on to the future developer." Mr Redhead also said the supply of water to the island was secure, both in the short and long term, despite very dry weather during April. This, he said, was partly thanks to the storage of water at the St Andrew's site, which became operational in 2004. He said the company's campaign to put more of its customers on water meters had helped to ensure a steadier demand, while there had been improvements in leakage repairs and water catchment. "We should be faced with no water restrictions. We've got ample water supplies," he said.

गुएर्नसे में जल्द ही हल्के उद्योग के लिए और अधिक भूमि उपलब्ध हो सकती है।


West Mercia Police officer charged with stalking

Summary: A police officer has been charged with stalking.

Stephen Green, who has been based at Shrewsbury Police Station, is due at Redditch Magistrates' Court next month. The 60-year-old is accused of one count of stalking involving serious alarm or distress, following allegations dating between November and January, the Crown Prosecution Service said. West Mercia Police said it would be inappropriate to comment in light of the court case. Follow BBC West Midlands on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Send your story ideas to: newsonline.westmidlands@bbc.co.uk Related Internet Links HM Courts & Tribunals Service

एक पुलिस अधिकारी पर पीछा करने का आरोप लगाया गया है।


A child's journey from Club Penguin to Facebook

Summary: Staying safe online can be complicated enough for adults - hands up those who have clicked on a spam link or inadvertently downloaded a virus to their PC? - so imagine what a minefield it can be for a child.

By Jane WakefieldTechnology reporter My eight-year-old son recently got his first email address and while Microsoft claims to have radically cut Hotmail spam I am still monitoring his inbox daily for inappropriate mails, mindful that he will pretty much click on anything in his excitement at having received a message. He is also keen to join Facebook, causing minor panic earlier this month by claiming he had set up a fake account. He hadn't but plenty of children do. Ofcom estimates that 30% of eight to 11-year-olds have Facebook profiles, despite the joining age of 13. As part of theBBC's School Report project, newly joined Facebookers from Harris City Academy in south London quizzed the social network's director of policy Richard Allan on how it keeps children safe and a range of other issues. They asked him what Facebook was doing to keep out under-age users. "There is a place where they can be reported. Those reports come to our staff and if it looks like they are nine or 10 they can just close the account," he said. But with so many young children keen to join, will Facebook consider dropping its current age limit? It is, said Mr Allan, a conversation that needs to be had. But he quashed rumours that Facebook is working on a junior version of the site. "That has not been our focus. We've built this service and it is actually difficult to make it available to 800 million people. We are really focused on building that," he said. Penguin power Children too young for Facebook now have plenty of options, although most are aimed at the under-10s. Club Penguin is one of the most successful. The social network, which has attracted over 150 million children since it launched in October 2005, offers children the chance to become a penguin, "waddle around" and decorate an igloo. Lane Merrifeld set it up because he felt that the internet at that time offered little chance for his own children to be social and safe. "The net was divided into two segments, areas that were singular isolated experiences and the rest. Children wanted to be sociable so they were going on to AOL chatrooms or on World of Warcraft but they were not at all safe," he said. Club Penguin takes the idea of safety and turns it on its head. Adults are not banned and, in theory, a paedophile could enter the site but their actions would be muted by filters limiting what can be discussed. "Words such as address, school and phone number are not allowed. It is a truly anonymised environment. There is simply no opportunity for personally identifiable information," said Mr Merrifield. Over 200 moderators look out for inappropriate language and identify "pester" penguins who may not be saying anything particularly rude but are simply following others around. Of course even very young children want to venture out from the safe confines of the Club Penguins of this world and they can be easy prey online as cybercriminals increasingly target sites aimed at children. Graham Cluley, a senior consultant for security firm Sophos, thinks that children should sit an internet proficiency test in the same way as many do currently before riding a bike on the road. "We need the same kind of thing to teach children how to be safe online," he said. Malicious gossip Often it is not the nameless cybercriminals who pose the real dangers to children online. Sometimes the threat can be much closer to home. Increasing numbers of children are becoming victims of cyberbullying, whether it be via text, email or social networks and that can be far more upsetting than downloading spam. Ted Nash knows all about the topic. The 20-year old digital entrepreneur made his name as the founder of controversial social website Little Gossip. The site, which allowed users to nominate a person that others could gossip about, was shut down in December 2010 following outrage from groups such as Mumsnet, furious at the blatant cyberbullying. With hindsight Mr Nash admits the site was a mistake. "I started the site with good intentions and it quickly exploded. I had 66,000 pieces of gossip in the first couple of days and it was impossible to police," he said. The site has since been reopened by Russia-based owners. But Mr Nash is still concerned by what he says is the wider problem of ISPs not taking as much responsibility as they could for cyberbullying. He thinks they should target individual perpetrators in much the same way as schools confront offline bullies. 'Olden days' Whatever the dangers lurking on the net, children are going to carry on living their lives online. A recent survey conducted by consumer research firm Intersperience suggested that 60% of children aged between 12 and 16 would be "sad" without a web connection, while 48% said they would be lonely. BBC School Reporters at Chislehurst and Sidcup Grammar School agreed that they could not imagine life without the internet. "We've had it all our lives and we have just become so used to having iPods, iPads, laptops at our fingertips. It seems strange that in the olden days people had to go to libraries to find out information," said Isabella, a Year 8 pupil at the school. As part of European Safer Internet Day theyhave written their own guide to staying safe online.They have the basics off pat: do not give out personal information online, make sure your PC has anti-virus software, make sure your passwords cannot be easily guessed. Savvy kids "We've learnt through a mixture between parents telling us and common sense," said fellow pupil Josie. Seasoned gamer Jared knows all the tricks of the trade but has been caught out when downloading gaming modifications from the net. "You have to be careful with the things you download from the internet and put in your game. You need to know exactly what you are doing," he said. Their awareness illustrates that children are often more savvy about the dangers of being online than they are given credit for. A poll conducted for Safer Internet Day by BBC Radio 1's Newsbeat found that only 6% of 13-19-year-olds were likely to accept a friends request from someone they did not know, while 69% said that they understood how to change their Facebook privacy settings. Often it is parents that really need educating. "The parents are a lot more savvy now than when we set up Club Penguin because they have become users," said Mr Merrifield. As they become more confident about using technology, walking their children through the dangers of the online world should be as second nature as the other milestones parents prepare them for, he thinks. "We teach our children to look both ways before they cross the road and to avoid strangers so we should also teach them how to set up privacy controls on Facebook," he said.

ऑनलाइन सुरक्षित रहना वयस्कों के लिए काफी जटिल हो सकता है-उन लोगों को हाथ दें जिन्होंने स्पैम लिंक पर क्लिक किया है या अनजाने में अपने पीसी पर वायरस डाउनलोड कर लिया है?-तो कल्पना करें कि यह एक बच्चे के लिए कितना कठिन हो सकता है।


EU summit: High stakes and missed meals

Summary: Marathon talks have concluded in Brussels between UK Prime Minister David Cameron and 27 other European Union leaders nailing down a renegotiated UK-EU relationship. Mr Cameron will now use the deal to campaign in the UK's forthcoming referendum on whether to stay in the union.

We look at how the talks unfolded. Thursday afternoon - 'Battling for Britain' Arriving at the summit, Mr Cameron tells reporters: "I'll be battling for Britain. If we can get a good deal, I'll take that deal - but I will not take a deal that doesn't meet what we need. I think it's much more important to get this right than to do anything in a rush." He is reported to have packed three shirts for the conference and to have told his wife and the children that he might not be back for the weekend. But European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker is upbeat, describing himself as "quite confident" of a deal. The mood in Brussels is that this is a "now or never" summit - "The mood around town is that people think that if we don't get it solved now, we're never going to solve it," a senior EU diplomat tells reporters. EU Council President Donald Tusk, chair of the summit, meets Mr Cameron before the official start, warning "this is a make or break summit". Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite predicts there will be a squall but no fatal storm. "I think everybody will have their own drama and then we'll agree," she tells reporters. Mr Tusk schedules wrap-up talks over an "English breakfast" for Friday morning and the meeting begins at 17:00 local time (16:00 GMT). Thursday evening - Despondency The breakfast triumph looks unlikely after officials confess little or no progress has been made in the first round of talks, which lasted two and a half hours. "Sometimes, some issues and details that come up at sherpa [preparation] meetings, then disappear. This was not the case: everybody asked about everything," the BBC's Simon Wilson reports. Downing Street officials say there remain five key areas of difference, including whether child benefit cuts can be applied retroactively and how long any restrictions on in work benefits can last. Britain and France also push for any deal to include an assurance that this would be a final offer and could not be revisited. One official says there's no "sense that gaps in key issues have narrowed... there's a lot of hard work to do overnight". Up all night A series of bilateral talks begins just before 03:00. Mr Cameron and Mr Tusk continue the talks until 05:30 local time (04:30 GMT). Proceedings take a surreal turn when one EU official tries to explain the linguistic vagaries of one particular sticking point - the issue of "ever closer union", an EU principle which Mr Cameron questions. "Every lawyer in Europe agrees 'ever closer union' doesn't mean anything. It's just a nice phrase. "Only two places share an opposite interpretation - Britain and Belgium. But politically they look at it in opposite ways." Reuters reports that a senior EU negotiator explains the dilemma is like Renee Magritte's surreal painting Ceci n'est pas une pipe. "We need to find a common understanding... which reflects on the one hand the legal dimension of it - Ceci n'est past une pipe, you cannot really smoke it... - but it's true, when you look at it, you see a pipe." Mr Tusk says talks have made "some progress, but a lot remains to be done". Friday morning - talks resume The triumphant breakfast announcement is shelved, with talks resuming at 11:00 local time. For Mr Cameron, this means only three hours' sleep. Several countries are taking issue with his demand that an emergency brake on in-work benefits for migrants should be in place for 13 years. The emergency brake is to be used when migration reaches "exceptional" levels. "Eastern European countries, southern European countries, if they come home as prime ministers and tell their parliament that their citizens in Britain are for a long time citizens second class [sic], then they will have difficulties to explain that," says German MEP Elmar Brok. Friday tea-time - hotels booked Summit meals are scheduled and rescheduled as time ticks on with no final agreement. "The situation is critical," one official says. "The session scheduled for 4pm [15:00 GMT] has just been cancelled and the meeting of leaders has been postponed to dinner at the earliest, and they have been asked to book hotels for tomorrow." Greece throws a last-minute spanner in the works, saying it wants a curb on migrants over its border with Macedonia or it will not sign any deal. Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel is spotted nipping out for chips. Friday dinner - deal clinched The EU leaders sit down to a 19:00 meal and a draft deal, which finally gets pushed through. "Agreement #UKinEU done. Drama over," the Lithuanian president tweets moments after the dinner begins. The curtain has come down on the drama she predicted at the start. Mr Cameron is free to return home, where the next stage begins.

ब्रिटेन के प्रधानमंत्री डेविड कैमरन और यूरोपीय संघ के 27 अन्य नेताओं के बीच ब्रसेल्स में मैराथन वार्ता संपन्न हो गई है, जिसमें ब्रिटेन-यूरोपीय संघ के संबंधों पर फिर से बातचीत की गई है। श्री कैमरन अब इस समझौते का उपयोग ब्रिटेन के आगामी जनमत संग्रह में इस बात पर प्रचार करने के लिए करेंगे कि संघ में बने रहना है या नहीं।


Petition supports nine councillors suspended by Labour

Summary: A petition in support of nine Aberdeen councillors suspended by the Labour party has been launched ahead of a decision on their future.

The group were suspended for disobeying former leader Kezia Dugdale's instructions not to form a coalition with Conservatives. The Scottish executive committee has referred the group to the national constitutional committee. They were suspended in May last year after the local government elections.

लेबर पार्टी द्वारा निलंबित नौ एबरडीन पार्षदों के समर्थन में एक याचिका उनके भविष्य पर निर्णय से पहले शुरू की गई है।


Dog rescued after six days on Snowdonia mountain ledge

Summary: A dog which was trapped on a mountain ledge in Snowdonia for six days has been rescued.

Corris, an 18-month-old foxhound, had become stuck on steep ground on the flanks of Trwyn Y Graig. Corris had been working the area with her owners a week last Sunday and got herself stuck but attempts to recover her were unsuccessful. A member of Aberglaslyn Mountain Rescue Team abseiled down to the crag and with the help of biscuits, rescued the dog.

स्नोडोनिया में छह दिनों से पहाड़ी के किनारे पर फंसे एक कुत्ते को बचा लिया गया है।


Cuttlefish hatch in Newquay from lobster pot eggs

Summary: More than 100 cuttlefish have been born at an aquarium from eggs donated by a fisherman who found them attached to his lobster pot.

Cameron Henry, who is based in Mylor, Cornwall, donated the eggs to Blue Reef Aquarium in Newquay. The aquarium said that from hatching the cuttlefish can display at least 13 different types of body pattern. Scientists believe cuttlefish change shape and colour to communicate to each other and confuse their prey. Blue Reef's Matt Slater said: "Although they're each only a few centimetres long you can already see them changing their shapes and colours. "Despite their size they're natural born predators and are able to kill and eat a shrimp twice their own length on the very day they hatch."

एक मछुआरे द्वारा दान किए गए अंडों से एक मछलीघर में 100 से अधिक कटलफिश का जन्म हुआ है, जिन्होंने उन्हें अपने लॉबस्टर पॉट से जुड़ा हुआ पाया।


Dale Farm evictions: Five years on

Summary: Dale Farm in Essex was Europe's largest traveller site. The eviction of 80 families from their illegally-built homes left 15 police officers injured and saw 45 arrests. Five years on, some of those involved assess the lasting impact of the evictions.

By Laurence CawleyBBC News The roots of the Dale Farm story stretch back to the 1970s when 40 English Romany families were allowed to live beside an illegal scrap yard in Essex. Settled residents who lived nearby remember this period as one of relative harmony and acceptance. Then, in 1996 Dale Farm was sold to an Irish travelling family for £122,000 and things, the residents living nearby say, changed. By the time of the evictions in 2011, there were twice as many illegal plots at Dale Farm as the 40 authorised ones. About 400 people were thought to be living there illegally. While travellers and their supporters demanded permission to remain, claiming they had nowhere to go, Basildon Council and residents fought for the upholding of planning law in the face of a massive breach. The row, which escalated all the way to the House of Lords, was ended with bailiffs and riot police clearing the illegal plots. To date, Basildon Council has not recouped any of its £4.3m eviction bill (the separate policing cost was £2.3m). The Travellers "To be honest, I do miss my neighbours who used to live here," says one man. He - like all of the travellers who speak briefly to the BBC - does not want to be identified. "But things here are looking up. Everything is fine and it is looking good. "We have had a problem with fly-tippers but the council (Basildon Council) says they will be coming to sort it out." But he returns to the subject of his neighbours. "There are not the people around here any more. The people down the road have gone. "Has it been five years? Well it doesn't feel like five years." Dale Farm early on a Tuesday is a scene of smartly-dressed children heading off to school, men heading out in vans and adults smoking cigarettes behind open caravan doors. Most of the travellers approached by the BBC politely declined to share their memories of five years ago, or say what had happened to their former neighbours. Some claimed they had only recently arrived and did not know of the site's history. Another resident, a man in his 30s, believes the evictions caused more problems for the authorities than they solved. "They (the evicted residents) are now all over the place, it was a terrible experience for the children," he says. "They are all over, on supermarket car parks and the like. "It must be costing them (councils) all this money, but it has created a problem for themselves which they didn't need to create. "There wasn't a problem when people were living here." The council leader "It was a personal tragedy for the people involved," says Malcolm Buckley. "Let's make no bones about it, Gypsies and travellers do not get a fair deal from society." As former leader of Basildon Council, Mr Buckley was one of the architects of the eviction process. "Nevertheless, they should comply with the law of the land. This was not the case in this instance (Dale Farm)." Still working in local government, Mr Buckley recounts how the issue of Dale Farm escalated over a seven-year period. "It started off with a fairly simple retrospective planning application after they had developed the site. Then it went through the normal process, was rejected and then appealed and then there was a challenge through the High Court. "Eventually there were other factors such as human rights brought into play and it ended up at one point where we were in the House of Lords for a determination. "Ultimately, it was determined that the law of the land should prevail. "I think that's right and proper." "It could happen again," he adds. "But because we've already trail-blazed through the legal process, that process should now be a lot simpler in the event of a recurrence here in Essex or anywhere else in the country." He says one of the lasting effects of Dale Farm was the engendering of a fear of "Dale Farm II". "Everybody is frightened it is going to happen in the same way," he says. "Nobody minds a site for a dozen of 15 pitches but people are worried if that gets permission it would become a Dale Farm Mark Two." Dale Farm History The lawyer "Dale Farm happens on a smaller scale every single day of the week in Essex and across the home counties," says solicitor David Enright, who represented some of the Dale Farm travellers. "Travellers and Gypsies are still being forcibly moved on and we are blaming them for something over which they have no control. "There was a change in the law last year which means that in order for a traveller to be allowed to live on a permanent traveller halting site, a traveller must prove that they travel regularly. "In effect, the new government policy forces Travellers out onto the road where they may come in conflict with settled people who object to their presence. "The difficulty here is that people do not want travellers living near them and local authorities do not provide authorised sites to travellers so they effectively have nowhere legal to go. "They are forced, through a lack of provision of suitable sites, to live in unauthorised sites which brings them into conflict with settled people. "If settled people are angry that travellers are living on unauthorised sites, they must direct that anger at local and national government who refuse to provide suitable authorised sites and who now literally force travellers to travel through new planning policy." "Travellers don't want to be in conflict with anyone - they want to live ordinary, normal and safe lives that are not in conflict with anyone," he adds. "The law of the land forces them into conflict with settled people. "The answer is simple, provide sufficient authorised halting sites for Gypsies and travellers. "My firms represents scores of travellers and gypsies who are denied service in hotels, bars, bowling alleys, holiday parks and many other types of services simply because they are Gypsies and travellers. "I must emphasise, not because they have caused any trouble of any kind, but simply because they are travellers." The BBC's request for an interview with a senior Essex Police officer involved in the evictions was refused.

एसेक्स में डेल फार्म यूरोप का सबसे बड़ा यात्री स्थल था। अवैध रूप से बनाए गए घरों से 80 परिवारों की बेदखली में 15 पुलिस अधिकारी घायल हो गए और 45 गिरफ्तारियां हुईं। पांच साल बाद, इसमें शामिल कुछ लोगों ने बेदखली के स्थायी प्रभाव का आकलन किया।


Donald Trump's bungled black-vote pitch

Summary: Donald Trump has boasted of his "great relationship with the blacks", but the past week's events reveal that the novice presidential campaigner has a lot of work to do if he wants to win over a demographic group that usually votes overwhelmingly for Democrats.

Anthony ZurcherNorth America reporter@awzurcheron Twitter As any veteran campaign strategists will attest, you don't announce an impending endorsement unless you're sure that support is iron-clad. And, it would follow, you certainly don't announce 100 of them. It's a political truth that Donald Trump's campaign appears to have learned the hard way. Last Wednesday Team Donald sent out a press release boasting that 100 black religious leaders would endorse the real-estate billionaire on Monday following a private meeting in his New York City skyscraper. It turns out, however, that many of the black minsters listed were not ready to pledge their support for the candidate - and some had not even planned on attending the event. "The meeting was presented not as a meeting to endorse but as a meeting to engage in dialogue," wrote Bishop Clarence E. McClendon, one of the non-attendees, on his Facebook page. By Friday the campaign was under fire from the larger black religious community. More than 100 leaders and scholars posted an open letter on the Ebony Magazine website asking those participating in the Trump event to reconsider their decision. "Mr Trump routinely uses overtly divisive and racist language on the campaign trail," they wrote. They cited, in particular, a recent incident where Mr Trump appeared to encourage supporters to forcibly remove a Black Lives Matter protestor from an Alabama campaign event and the candidate's repeated references to questionable statistics on black crime. "By siding with a presidential candidate whose rhetoric pathologises black people," they concluded, "what message are you sending to the world about the black lives in and outside of your congregations?" On Sunday the Trump campaign called off the endorsement press event, and the following morning the candidate told MSNBC that he suspected Black Lives Matters activists were responsible for pressuring the scheduled participants to withdraw. Despite the botched roll-out, what the campaign billed as a "private, informational meet-and-greet" did take place on Monday, with "dozens" black religious leaders. In true Trump fashion, the candidate decided to hold an impromptu press conference after the event anyway. "This meeting was amazing," he said. "The meeting went so much longer, and it went longer only because of the love." He added that the event participants were not concerned with the rhetoric that had drawn the ire of his critics. "The beautiful thing about the meeting is that they didn't really ask me to change the tone," he said. Other meeting participants gave a different story, saying that the conversation with Mr Trump was tense at times. "We spent a lot of time just discussing the overall tone of the campaign," Bishop Victor Couzens of Ohio told ThinkProgress. "I personally said to him he needs to apologise. He needs to repent." Darrell Scott, the Ohio pastor who says he organised the get-together, accompanied the candidate to the post-meeting press gaggle and said that a "lot of progress" was made on black issues. He offered his public endorsement that day, and Mr Trump said he received endorsements from "many, many" others in private. "Mr Trump is a real leader, and I have great respect for his honesty and candour," Scott said. "He is going to make our country great again." As the Atlantic's David Graham points out, there's not much evidence that Mr Trump has significant support from the black community at this point. Nine percent had a favourable view of the candidate in a mid-November poll. Just 10 percent found him trustworthy in another. "The problem for Republicans who want to win the black vote is that African Americans just don't agree with them on that much," Graham writes. "As true as that is for the mainstream GOP, it's even more acute for Trump." While black voters have expressed some dissatisfaction with the Democratic Party as it prepares to enter the post-Obama years, issues like undocumented immigration and a Mexican border - the backbone of Mr Trump's campaign - generally take a back seat to economic and criminal justice concerns. And while evangelical black voters may have views on social issues closer to those of the Republican Party, religion isn't exactly Mr Trump's strong suit. "We should seek first the candidate who represents the kingdom of God and his righteousness," writes conservative black minister EW Jackson in a press release. "Is that Donald Trump? I think not. When asked his favourite scripture, he refused, saying, 'It's very private'." Of course at this point Mr Trump - along with his fellow candidates - are less concerned about a general election campaign than with winning their party's presidential nomination. With the prospects of a drawn-out primary battle thanks to the large, well-funded presidential field, and the fact that a large bloc of Southern states could play a pivotal role when they vote together in early March, even an incremental increase in the relatively small black Republican vote could prove quite helpful. Following Monday's non-endorsement meeting, both Mr Trump and Scott said that this was the first in what will be a series of meetings between the candidate and black religious leaders. If the candidate wants to turn promised endorsements into real ones, he still has much work to do. Republican candidates in - and out - of the 2016 presidential race

डोनाल्ड ट्रम्प ने "अश्वेतों के साथ अपने महान संबंधों" का दावा किया है, लेकिन पिछले सप्ताह की घटनाओं से पता चलता है कि नौसिखिया राष्ट्रपति प्रचारक को बहुत काम करना है यदि वह एक जनसांख्यिकीय समूह को जीतना चाहते हैं जो आमतौर पर डेमोक्रेट के लिए भारी मतदान करता है।


Muhammad Ali gloves worn at Frazier clash sold for $400,000

Summary: The boxing gloves worn by Muhammad Ali during his 1971 fight with Joe Frazier have been sold at auction for $388,375.

An anonymous bidder bought the gloves at an auction in Cleveland, US. The bout, dubbed the "Fight of the Century", saw Frazier beat Ali by a unanimous decision to become the undisputed World Heavyweight Champion. Ali later beat Frazier in 1974 and 1975, cementing his reputation as the greatest boxer of all time. The fight was laden with political as well as sporting significance, as Ali had been stripped of his title for refusing to enlist in the US Army during the Vietnam War. A previous pair of gloves worn by Ali in his first World Championship fight were sold for $836,500 by the same auction house.

1971 में जो फ्रेज़ियर के साथ लड़ाई के दौरान मुहम्मद अली द्वारा पहने गए मुक्केबाजी दस्ताने नीलामी में 388,375 डॉलर में बेचे गए हैं।


Bedford fatal crash pedestrian named as William Corrigan

Summary: A 38-year-old man who was fatally struck by a car was "a gifted banjo player", his family has said.

William Joseph Corrigan, from Bedford, was on Charnwood Avenue in the town, when the collision happened at about 14:10 GMT on Wednesday. The "loving husband, dad, son and brother" died at the scene. A man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and he remains in police custody. Police are appealing for witnesses.

उनके परिवार ने कहा है कि एक 38 वर्षीय व्यक्ति, जिसे एक कार ने बुरी तरह से टक्कर मार दी थी, "एक प्रतिभाशाली बैंजो खिलाड़ी" था।


Deja vu for the ECB

Summary: Berlusconi tries to topple Italy's government (again). Greece may need another loan and is experiencing political turmoil with the problematic Golden Dawn party. And ongoing funding challenges for banks in peripheral eurozone countries mean the European Central Bank (ECB) may offer another round of cheap cash.

Linda YuehChief business correspondent It feels like we've been here before. Certainly a bit of deja vu. No doubt these lingering issues in the eurozone crisis will affect the ECB as it meets today. As we've heard many times from central bankers, there is a limit to what the monetary policy can do about political stability or the decisions over Greece's debt. But the fragility of eurozone banks and the pressures from the US point to why the ECB may offer another set of cheap loans to banks. It would be the third year running for the central bank to offer the so-called LTRO, or long-term refinancing operation, to eurozone banks. In 2011 and 2012, the ECB lent about 1 trillion euros that helped to prop up eurozone banks during some of the worst times in the crisis. About half has been paid back, but it looks like eurozone banks may need more help to cope with the ongoing stresses. Plus, the situation in the US isn't helping. First, despite the ECB's new policy of "forward guidance", where the bank has said that it will hold rates at a low level (currently at a record low 0.5%), commercial lending rates have risen. It's not because prices are rising. Inflation has fallen to the lowest level in more than three years. At just 1.1%, it is substantially below the ECB's target of keeping inflation below, but close to, 2%. So, there aren't many indicators pointing to an imminent rate rise. Yet, commercial rates for lending are rising. This happened during the crisis when liquidity, or cash, was less available to eurozone banks and thus their cost of borrowing rose. By offering cheap loans, the ECB helped to lower the cost of borrowing for banks. But a key measure of funding costs for eurozone banks, the three-month Euribor, which gives the rate at which they can borrow money for three months, has nearly doubled to 0.225% since last year. By comparison, despite the US woes, three-month money costs one-tenth of that at just 0.02% for the sovereign and around 0.09% for commercial lending. It's not a huge amount when compared with the stressed period at the height of the crisis, but the trend is worrying for indebted companies in countries such as Italy. In fact, it was worrying enough for ECB president Mario Draghi to say that he would offer another LTRO if needed. According to the International Monetary Fund, the leverage ratio of Italian companies, which is the amount of debt as a proportion of debt plus equity, is the third highest in the eurozone after Portugal and Spain. It is as high as 60% for small firms, which is why it's not surprising that 30% are categorised as distressed. Worryingly, they account for half of all of the corporate debt in the country. So a rise in funding costs could affect the ability of such firms to stay afloat. It's not entirely clear that the money lent to banks finds its way to small companies. That's why if LTRO3 is announced, it could be for longer duration loans or even be tied to lending to small firms. The latter would be similar to the Bank of England's Funding for Lending scheme. Also, the US government shutdown and the prospect of the Fed tapering its cash injections are playing a role. The first shutdown in 17 years of parts of the US government sent the euro higher to more than $1.35. The Fed not tapering its cash injections last month also boosted the euro. A stronger euro makes exports more expensive and hampers the recovery. Weaker exports and more expensive credit don't make for the best combination of economic factors. It adds to the case that the ECB has to "loosen" monetary conditions further to support the eurozone, which has just emerged from the longest recession on record. Chances are that Mr Draghi may hold off on another injection of cheap cash to allow forward guidance a bit more time to work. But circumstances in Europe and US could begin to dictate the timeline for the ECB.

बर्लुस्कोनी इटली की सरकार को गिराने की कोशिश करता है (फिर से)। ग्रीस को एक और ऋण की आवश्यकता हो सकती है और समस्याग्रस्त गोल्डन डॉन पार्टी के साथ राजनीतिक उथल-पुथल का सामना कर रहा है। और परिधीय यूरोज़ोन देशों में बैंकों के लिए चल रही वित्तपोषण चुनौतियों का मतलब है कि यूरोपीय केंद्रीय बैंक (ई. सी. बी.) सस्ती नकदी का एक और दौर पेश कर सकता है।