It is a scene the 79-year-old priest says he knows well. For the past 27 years, Fr Taraborelli has performed exorcisms - the Catholic rite of expelling evil spirits. He stumbled into the job when a fellow priest needed help. "I didn't know what it was, I hadn't studied it," the father says. "He told me what to do. I was totally ignorant." He has since become one of Rome's busiest exorcists, and the Catholic Church is struggling to find younger successors. Working three days a week from a windowless room at the back of his church near the Vatican, he often sees up to 30 people every day. "Before doing exorcisms I urge people to see a psychologist or a psychiatrist, and I ask them to bring me their prognosis. I'm in touch with many psychologists who send their patients here." Vatican denies Pope performed exorcism The country where exorcisms are on the rise Arrests after woman dies in 'exorcism ritual' in Germany On one side of the room, a cabinet is filled with hundreds of small statues of angels. In a drawer, he keeps a supply of sweets to hand out to his visitors. On the wall is an official document showing his qualification as an exorcist. Fr Taraborelli's desk is crowded with papers, photos, and prayer books. He sits in a simple chair; those who come to see him sit opposite him. Before doing exorcisms I urge people to see a psychologist or a psychiatrist. I ask them to bring me their prognosis." "First of all, I get the room ready," he says. "Then if the person is not doing well, I try to calm them down reassure them. I invite them to join me in prayer. But many of them when they come here are already disturbed." He looks through his copy of the Catholic Church's exorcism rites. He's had to tape it back together to stop it from falling apart. Amidst the pile of papers on his desk, he finds the cross he uses to expel evil spirits. His most notable case involved a married woman he treated for 13 years. "Another man, who was a Satanist, wanted her," he remembers. "She refused. So this man told her: 'You'll pay for this.' He cast so-called spells to attract her to him, twice a week. "Then they came to me, in this room. I started to pray, and she went into a trance. She would blurt out insults, blasphemies. I quickly understood she was possessed. "As the rite continued, she started feeling worse and worse. So when I told the devil: 'In the name of Jesus, I order you to go away', she started to vomit little metal pins, five at a time. "Aside from pins she would also vomit hair braids, little stones, pieces of wood. It sounds like something from another world right? Instead, it's something from this world." Within the Catholic Church, the concept of possession by demons is an accepted belief. It is sometimes used to explain murderous behaviour, as in the recent murder of 85-year-old French priest Fr Jacques Hamel in his church in the French city of Rouen in July. Survivor tells of priest's murder What we know of Church attack When two Islamist militants acting in the name of jihadist group Islamic State (IS) burst into the church and stabbed Fr Hamel, he tried to fend them off, crying out "Be gone, Satan!" - an apparent attempt at exorcism. In support of the priest's actions, Pope Francis accelerated the process of Fr Hamel's candidacy for sainthood. But outside the Catholic Church, many dispute the entire basis of demonic possession and exorcism. Non-believers argue that so-called possession by evil spirits is simply a medieval superstition or myth. Those who claim to be possessed by evil spirits are people suffering from easily explicable psychological or psychiatric problems, they say. Fr Taraborelli rejects the scepticism. "Well, someone who isn't a believer doesn't believe in the devil either," he says, "But someone who believes knows that the devil exists, you can read it in the gospel. Then you only need to see how the world is nowadays. It has never been this bad. These violence acts are not human. So terrible, like IS." Fr Taraborelli shows no sign of wanting to give up his work and his mobile phone rings constantly. But younger priests are not particularly attracted by the prospect of spending hours in windowless rooms, reading exorcism rites to disturbed believers. "I told the bishop that I can't find anyone willing to do this. Many of them are scared. Even priests can be scared. It's a difficult life."

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One of the company's reservoirs burst earlier this month, flooding dozens of homes in the south-eastern state of Minas Gerais. Eleven people were killed and 12 are missing presumed dead. Emergency work to try to avoid another breach will begin immediately and will last up to 90 days, the company said. The company initially said that two of its dams - Fundao and Germano - had burst on 5 November. But it has now clarified that only the Fundao reservoir collapsed. Germano and another nearby dam, Santarem, are still standing but are at risk, said Samarco's Infrastructure Director Kleber Terra. Samarco is owned by  by mining giants Vale, from Brazil, and Anglo-Australian company BHP Billiton. It agreed on Monday to pay the Brazilian government 1bn reais (Â£170m; $260m) compensation. The money will be used to cover the initial clean-up and to offer some compensation to the victims and their families. But the amount agreed is relatively small, prosecutors said. It will be considered "only as a first instalment" to be paid by the company, state prosecutor Carlos Eduardo Ferreira Pinto told O Estado de Minas newspaper. The Fundao dam breach caused rivers of mud to descend on nearby villages. Bento Rodrigues was totally destroyed. More than 500 people lost their homes there. Last week, Brazilian environmental agency Ibama fined Samarco 250m reais. Ibama described the dam burst as "the worst mining accident in Brazil's history".

Question: Brazilian mining company Samarco says two dams it uses to hold waste @placeholder from iron production are damaged and at risk of collapsing .


Thames Water said the sewer would stop millions of tonnes of sewage leaking into the River Thames every year. But the Thames Tunnel Commission favours a shorter tunnel with "greener" options for preventing rain water entering the sewage system Thames Water said it would study the findings of the commission which was sponsored by five London councils. The inquiry was commissioned amid concerns that water bills would have to rise to finance the project and fears over the loss of green space and regeneration sites. The Thames Tunnel Commission (TTC) examined whether the 20-mile (32km) tunnel from west to east London was the best solution to the problem of raw sewage entering the Thames. Most computers will open PDF documents automatically, but you may need Adobe Reader Download the reader here Lord Selborne, who led the team that scrutinised the plans, said: "Our forensic analysis shows there is a substantial body of evidence pointing to the fact that there is a smarter way to make the River Thames cleaner. "A shorter tunnel, combined with green infrastructure solutions that are built up incrementally in the medium to long term, would be both compliant with EU directives and less costly and disruptive to Londoners. "These alternatives require further study." The report recommended the primary reason for rejecting a short tunnel that costs less than half the current "super sewer" estimate "should be revisited as a matter of urgency". It also found complimentary environmentally friendly solutions that minimise the amount of fresh rain water entering the sewerage system should be considered. A Thames Water spokesman said: "To be a viable proposition, any alternative to the Thames Tunnel would need to provide a more economical way of meeting the environmental objectives set by the Environment Agency for the health of the river, within the time scale required by the government." He said it would be a "valuable contribution" to a second consultation into the scheme which starts on Friday. At the same time as the report was being published, Thames Tunnel Now, a coalition of 15 environmental charities, including the Angling Trust, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, WWF-UK, and the London Wildlife Trust, said it backed the sewer plan. A spokesman for the coalition said: "It is completely unacceptable for people to be faced with raw sewage in one of the most sophisticated cities in the world, and for tens of thousands of fish to die from suffocation every time it rains heavily in the summer."

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Unrest broke out on Sunday over the killing of an unarmed black teenager by a police officer in Ferguson. People looted shops, vandalised cars and stores, and set a building alight as police tried to block off access to several areas of the city. Police say Michael Brown, 18, was shot on Saturday afternoon in the mainly black suburb of St Louis. He was shot several times after a struggle in a police car, they said. On Monday, dozens of residents marched through the streets demanding justice. As residents began the task of cleaning up, some said they believed the violence was not over. DeAndre Smith, 30, of Ferguson told the St Louis Post-Dispatch that the rioting reflected a sense of injustice in the community. "I don't think it's over honestly," he said. "I just think they got a taste of what fighting back means." St Louis County police say the FBI has now taken over the investigation into Mr Brown's death. The rioting erupted late on Sunday after thousands of people attended a candlelight vigil for the slain man. County Police Chief Jon Belmar said the shooting occurred after the officer encountered two men, including Mr Brown, on a street in Ferguson. Mr Belmar said one of the men pushed the officer back into his squad car and a struggle began. At least one shot was fired from the officer's gun inside the police car, Mr Belmar said. But authorities say they are still trying to clarify exactly what happened inside the vehicle. The officer involved has been with the Ferguson police department for six years, and has been placed on paid administrative leave, Mr Belmar said. Mayor James Knowles said he understood that people "want to vent their frustrations. We understand they want to speak out", but he added: "We're going to obviously try to urge calm." Mr Brown's mother, Lesley McSpadden, said her son had graduated from high school and planned to go to a local college. The killing has drawn comparisons by some civil rights leaders with the 2012 killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin by a Florida neighbourhood watch organiser who was acquitted of murder charges. "We're outraged because yet again a young African-American man has been killed by law enforcement," said John Gaskin, of the civil rights group NAACP.

Question: Police in the US state of Missouri say they have arrested 32 people as calm @placeholder after a night of rioting .


He became famous for his sweaters and the rocking chair in which he invariably sat to sing the final number of his show. At a time when the 60s pop explosion was stalling the careers of so many crooners, Doonican bucked the trend with eight Top-20 hits. And songs like Delaney's Donkey and Paddy McGinty's Goat allowed record-buyers to indulge themselves in a touch of Irish-flavoured whimsy. Michael Valentine Doonican was born in the Irish city of Waterford on 3 February 1927, the youngest of eight children. His father died of cancer when he was 14 and he was forced to leave school and work in a packaging factory to supplement the family income. He wrote music from a very young age, and formed a singing group with his friends when he was just 10. With his guitar, he later took part in the town's first ever television broadcast and, after his first paid engagement at the Waterford fete, left his factory job to tour the country in a caravan. In 1951, Doonican was invited to join a group called the Four Ramblers. The band toured England where Doonican was introduced to the joys of golf, and also to his future wife, the cabaret star Lynnette Rae. Doonican later moved to London, where he continued his entertainment apprenticeship in radio, television, cabaret and music hall. He recalled that "it took 17 years to become an overnight success", when his appearance on Sunday Night at the Palladium prompted the BBC to offer him his own series in 1964. He was given an initial series of six half-hour programmes which were broadcast live from a BBC studio in an old chapel in Manchester. The Val Doonican Music show saw him become a mainstay of Saturday night television. But he was always grateful that his career gave him the opportunity to meet his idols such as Bing Crosby and Howard Keel. "You can't imagine," he later recalled, "that you're going along in your young life, buying records of people that you think are fantastic and, in my case, I ended up singing duets with them on my show." The comedian Dave Allen also got his big break by appearing on the show. In the 1970s, his fame spread when the programme was transmitted overseas. Two of Doonican's most enduring props were his collection of multi-coloured sweaters - which became known as "Val Doonican jumpers" - and his ever-present rocking chair. In fact, the star swapped his sweaters for jackets back in 1970, so remained bemused when people everywhere continued to ask him where his jumper was. Doonican went on to record more than 50 albums, and he appeared several times on Top of the Pops. At a time when the charts were dominated by pop groups he had a string of hits including Special Years, Walk Tall and What Would I Be? The television shows came to an end after 24 years, but Doonican continued to tour, choosing mostly intimate regional theatres, in the UK and abroad. He eschewed television appearances, preferring to share his time between Buckinghamshire and Spain, and to spend his semi-retirement playing golf. "Golf is like an 18-year-old girl with big boobs," he once said. "You know it's wrong but you can't keep away from her." His other great hobby was painting, and his work was exhibited around the country. A lot of his art was inspired by his Irish homeland, where he remained revered for his modest charm and embrace of original Gaelic values. In 2001, Doonican and his wife returned to Waterford to receive the gift of a rocking chair. The ever humble entertainer exclaimed that it "celebrated all the special things to come my way since leaving the city 47 years ago".

Question: Val Doonican 's gentle @placeholder made him a popular feature on Saturday night television for more than two decades .


The 'Batzilla' community page has already garnered more than 155,000 likes. Denise Wade, a co-ordinator at Queensland's Bat Conservation and Rescue group, set up the page to highlight the plight of Australia's bats and flying foxes. "It functions primarily as an education tool, something I can use to highlight the truth about bats and to dispel misinformation about their species," Ms Wade told the BBC. "I also hope the truth will speak for itself: that bats are incredibly beautiful and intelligent animals." Native bats and flying foxes are protected in Australia, but urban bat populations are a source of controversy. Urban development is encroaching on bat habitats and residents worried about disease, noise and odours have sought to move bat colonies away from their houses. Ms Wade hopes to convert more people into bat lovers. "More bats are moving into urban areas and this could cause conflict with humans," she said. "We need to understand them more and we can only do so by changing the way we do things so we can all live in harmony." She said the name 'Batzilla' did not carry any meaning. "It was just something fun I came up with." Many of the page's fans come for the pictures of baby bats, which are often photographed wrapped in thick blankets. "The problem these little ones face is when they come out of the incubator, they chill off very quickly and it can become dangerous, so we need to keep their bodies warm," Ms Wade said. Ms Wade has expanded her social media footprint with a YouTube account, which features videos of her baby bats and flying foxes. She praised her "wonderful group of followers". "I spend as much time as I can with updates as I think social media can be a very important education tool," she said.

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The Lib Dem site was called "May & Co" - the same name as a Chelsea estate agent established in 1920. The firm's boss, John Yianni, said he started getting abusive and "weird" phone calls when the campaign appeared on Twitter. The Lib Dems said it was "an innocent mistake" and the site had been changed. A party spokesman blamed an "over-enthusiastic volunteer" who had released an early version of the campaign which had not been checked. He said the party had apologised to Mr Yianni. The Lib Dem site is now called "Theresa May and Co" - but Mr Yianni said it was still close to the name of his company and he was concerned it was affecting his business. "The damage has been done and it's probably going to get worse. You don't want to be politically biased in your business. "People were saying: 'What are you doing getting into bed with them?'" He said he had contacted Sir Vince Cable and the Lib Dem headquarters to ask for the campaign to be dropped. "I was a Vince Cable supporter. I told him that," said Mr Yianni, who said he would not now be voting for the former business secretary. He added: "This company has been going since the 20s. They should have just checked before they unleashed it. "They have changed it into something slightly different thinking it's going to be OK but it's still the same." Lib Dem candidate Sir Ed Davey earlier staged a protest against Conservative social care reforms, which the party has dubbed the "dementia tax," with "Theresa May & Co" placards. Plans to make people receiving care at home liable for the full costs if they are worth at least Â£100,000 have proved controversial since they were announced in the Conservative manifesto. Theresa May later said proposed changes to social care funding in England would include an "absolute limit" on the money people will have to pay. She has repeatedly stressed that people will not have to sell their homes while they are alive to fund care. Speaking at the protest, Sir Ed said there are other ways of funding social care than "setting up May & Co estate agents to come after your home".

Question: A London estate agent has complained to the Liberal Democrats after they used the name of his company in a spoof website @placeholder Theresa May .


With the game at 0-0, Rangers striker Conor Washington's header hit the bar and appeared to cross the line but it was not given by the officials. "It is very difficult to take for my lads," Holloway told BBC Radio London. "Unfortunately we are left bemoaning a decision where we scored a goal and it wasn't given." Having lost their Championship fixture thanks to Sam Gallagher's stoppage-time winner, Holloway thinks its time that technology is used to help the officials in the second tier. "We scored today but we lost 1-0. Can you please explain that to me Fifa, Uefa or whoever you are?" he questioned. "I'd like us to stand up for ourselves and actually take over our own game. It would make sense. "The officials can only do the job they are asked. The fourth official doesn't need to be stood in between myself and (Blackburn boss) Owen Coyle as we are never going to have an argument - he should be watching a screen. "You just need to see what the company I used to work for can show the fourth official. He'll have seen clearly it's a goal and could have said it within five seconds, and we'd have been 1-0 up and in a much better situation."

Question: QPR boss Ian Holloway says the English Football League should use video technology after his side had a goal @placeholder out in losing 1 - 0 at Blackburn .


Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg said parts of the track in the Azerbaijani capital were "really not looking good". Button added that some corners "don't have any run-off at all". Rosberg hoped governing body the FIA had stuck to the safety guidelines that govern tracks, but added: "I'm doubting it a little because of those corners." The main areas of concern on the new track, which joins both the new and historic old parts of the city and is expected to be the fastest street circuit in F1 history, are turns three, seven and 15 and the pit-lane entry. Button said: "We trust in the FIA and they do a fantastic job in keeping us safe. They have improved pretty much every circuit we go to, including Monaco. "It's just that on certain corners here, it looks as if there is not a lot of run-off. Hopefully I'm wrong." He added: "It is fine as long as no-one has a failure, we will go away all happy. We just have to hope that doesn't happen." Button said the most critical area was turn 15, which the drivers will approach at estimated speeds of about 180mph after a long flat-out section. He said: "There is run-off but you have to turn right to take it." Rosberg added: "The track is great, the place is great. I have been welcomed very well so I'm sure all in all it will be a great success. "But there is a bit of a concern for sure with those run-offs. That's not great. The corner before going down the hill (15) where you have a wall straight on, turn three, and then the pit entry as well. that is not fantastic." The pit-lane entry is towards the end of a 2.1-kilometre straight, where cars are expected to be travelling in excess of 200mph, and features a tight chicane. The area governed by the pit-lane speed limit does not start until after the chicane. Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo said the pit entry "is going to be quite cool" because, as it is effectively part of the race track, there was "between half-a-second and a second" for a driver to gain in the chicane. But Rosberg countered: "Yeah but there is also a massive accident to be had if you go a little bit more than that." McLaren's two-time champion Fernando Alonso, who is the race's official ambassador, played down the issue. "There are some corners probably we will talk about," he said. "Some others that we need to go on the car first and see how they feel. "In terms of safety, the FIA ran many simulations in terms of how to make the run-off safe enough. Some of them are safe enough, some of them maybe they look small but it's always better than Monaco, for example. It cannot be any worse than that." The FIA has yet to answer BBC Sport's request for a response. Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox.

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Media playback is not supported on this device Pienaar, 31, signed a new contract with the Irish province in 2013 after turning down the chance to join European champions Toulon. "If Ulster thought I was still good enough and wanted to extend my contract I would consider it," said Pienaar. "I would need to feel I was still playing well and adding value." Pienaar said he had enjoyed his five years in Belfast and that he and his family were happy in Northern Ireland. "I do not regret turning down Toulon. Staying with Ulster was a decision I made with my heart," he added. "I didn't want to break something that was special to me. "It might have been nice playing with some of the world's best players at Toulon but Ulster was somewhere I felt I really needed to be at this stage of my career." After last weekend's European Champions Cup defeat by Saracens, Ulster return to Pro12 action away to Leinster on Friday night. "We have to get over the Saracens game and put on a good performance away in Dublin," said Pienaar who will make his 100th Ulster appearance in the match at the RDS. "We are still positive because there is a lot to play for."

Question: South African scrum - half Ruan Pienaar says he would consider staying on at Ulster after his current @placeholder runs out in 2017 .


Prosecutors in Frankfurt said the 28-year-old suspect was motivated by a "xenophobic background". A student, 22, said to be a co-conspirator, has also been arrested. The soldier was first detained by Austrian police in February after he tried to retrieve a handgun he had hidden in a toilet at Vienna airport. He was released but police subsequently discovered the suspect had registered as a Syrian refugee at a shelter in central Germany in December 2015 and later officially requested political asylum in Bavaria, prosecutors said. No concerns were raised at the time, despite the man speaking no Arabic. German media report that he even received monthly payments and accommodation. "These findings, and indications of a xenophobic background of the Bundeswehr soldier, suggest that the accused was planning a serious crime endangering state security with the weapon that was earlier deposited at Vienna airport," the prosecutors' statement said, according to AFP news agency. The gun is reported not to have come from the German armed forces. The man is a lieutenant normally stationed on a base near Strasbourg in north-east France, but he was arrested in Hammelburg in Bavaria, southern Germany, on Wednesday. Police searched 16 properties in Germany, France and Austria on the same day. Items banned under weapons and explosives laws were found in the student's home in Offenbach, near Frankfurt. Offenbach is also the soldier's hometown.

Question: A German soldier who @placeholder to be a Syrian refugee and was allegedly planning a gun attack has been arrested in southern Germany .


Beckford threw his shirt into the crowd after scoring a hat-trick as Preston North End beat Swindon 4-0 in the League One final at Wembley on Sunday. Television pictures appeared to show a woman taking it off Ted Dockray. Receiving the replacement shirt, the eight-year-old said: "I'm glad I've got it. I'm going to hang it in my room." He said he might even wear it sometimes. Beckford said: "The look on his face when I gave him the shirt... He seemed happy, so I'm happy." As well as the shirt, the youngster was given a stadium tour of North End's Deepdale stadium.

Question: Preston striker Jermaine Beckford has presented a @placeholder shirt to a boy who had one seemingly snatched away from him after their play - off final victory .


Pepsi apologised and pulled the ad after accusations that it trivialised recent street protests across the US. But it wasn't the only company copping flak for poor creativity this week. German skincare brand Nivea also said sorry over its "white is purity" deodorant advert that was deemed discriminatory and racially insensitive. Meanwhile, in the UK, the Co-op supermarket was accused of "outrageous sexism" in an advert for chocolate Easter eggs that encouraged parents to "treat your daughter for doing the washing up", while Cadbury was criticised after dropping the word "Easter" from its egg hunts. These campaigns have now taken their place in the pantheon of bad advertising. Here are a few more picks from recent memory. Here's another one that left a sour taste. The Snickers TV advert featuring Mr T as BA Baracus from The A-Team was pulled after it was accused of being insulting to gay men. Mr T is shown firing Snickers chocolate bars at a man who's speed walking in tight yellow shorts, while yelling, "You are a disgrace to the man race. It's time to run like a real man." Confectionery giant Mars, which owns Snickers, released a statement saying the advert was intended to be funny but that "humour is highly subjective". In the US and most of the West, this poster would have caused outrage and accusations of racism. But in Thailand, an image of a woman in blackface and bright pink lipstick to promote a new "charcoal donut" wasn't deemed a big deal. The chief executive of the Thai franchise - whose daughter was the model - reportedly said at the time: "I don't get it. What's the big fuss? What if the product was white and I painted someone white, would that be racist?" But a spokesman for Dunkin' Brands apologised. The use of blackface - which historically was used by non-black performers to represent a black person - is still used in some Asian countries. Last year, a company in China used it to promote a laundry detergent. The US carmaker was forced to issue an apology over a poster that featured three gagged and bound women in the boot of a car. It also showed former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in the driver's seat grinning and flashing the peace sign. The advert for Ford's new Fido hatchback was posted online soon after India passed a new law on violence against women following a fatal gang rape. This anti-gambling advert deserves to be ranked in the Hall of Fame (or shame) for the amount of jokes it generated. It was released to coincide with the 2014 World Cup and featured a boy complaining to friends that his dad had bet his life savings on Germany winning. The trouble is... Germany won. Singapore officials updated the ad but not before it got lampooned around the world. It takes quite a lot to shock in France, a country many consider to be one of the most liberal in Europe. But a 2010 anti-smoking advertisement featuring teenagers and oral sex innuendos did just that, with one minister calling it an "outrage to decency". Critics said the highly suggestive pictures trivialised the sexual abuse of minors. Thankfully we've since moved on to pictures of diseased organs to put people off smoking instead. There wasn't any cheering when the US department store Bloomingdale's released its Christmas catalogue two years ago. The photo of an attractive, well-dressed woman being eyeballed by an unsmiling man looked innocent enough... Until you read the creepy caption that said "spike your best friend's eggnog when they're not looking". The online backlash was swift with many interpreting it as supporting date rape. Bloomingdale's admitted the ad was "in poor taste". Benetton's "Unhate" campaign (which still exists) had good intentions when it launched in 2011. But on one of its images the Italian clothing company clearly took its photo-editing skills too far. It received a warning and the threat of legal action from the Vatican for a "totally unacceptable" image of Pope Benedict XVI kissing an Egyptian imam, and subsequently withdrew the ad. The Vatican said in a statement that the ad was "damaging not only to the dignity of the Pope and the Catholic Church but also to the feelings of believers". The White House also disapproved of the images featuring then-President Barack Obama but Benetton kept those. We live in a time where race and gender and sexual orientation remain highly sensitive topics. So what can brands do to generate buzz without offending? David Meikle, who founded marketing consultancy Salt, doubts that Pepsi will suffer from any long-term damage from the Kendall Jenner ad fiasco. "Pepsi seems to have managed the retraction and apology quite well. Most importantly Pepsi was swift and decisive in its response to the feedback," he says. Simon Kemp, a marketing expert with almost two decades of experience, agrees that Pepsi has handled the fallout well but says all eyes will be on its next campaign. "I think Pepsi has built sufficient goodwill over the years that their core customers will forgive them this time, although they may not forget as quickly as the brand would like. The real test will come when the brand launches its next campaign though, and Pepsi will need to tread carefully for that." Share your thoughts and follow Leisha on Twitter.

Question: An advert released by drinks giant Pepsi and @placeholder reality TV star and model Kendall Jenner has left a bad taste around the world .


Mr Kerry said there would be "repercussions" if the Syrian government flouted a cessation of violence agreed in February. A resurgence in fighting, particularly in the northern city of Aleppo, has threatened to derail the partial truce. More than 250 people have been killed in Aleppo in the past 10 days. As diplomatic efforts intensified on Tuesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said a unilateral truce declared by the Syrian military could be extended to Aleppo "in the next few hours". After talks with UN envoy Staffan de Mistura in Moscow, he said Russia was working with the UN and US to include Aleppo in the "regime of calm" that has covered Damascus and Latakia since Saturday. On Tuesday, 19 people were killed by rebel rocket fire in government-controlled areas of Aleppo, monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. State media said a hospital was hit, killing three people and wounding 17. Last Wednesday, an air strike on a hospital in a rebel-held area killed 55 people. The US blamed the attack on government forces. Speaking in Washington, Mr Kerry said he was hopeful the cessation of violence could be restored, and he warned President Assad of consequences if violations continued. "If Assad does not adhere to this, there will clearly be repercussions, and one of them may be the total destruction of the ceasefire and then go back to war. I don't think Russia wants that," he said. Mr Kerry added: "If Assad's strategy is to somehow think he's going to just carve out Aleppo and carve out a section of the country, I've got news for him - this war doesn't end. "It is simply physically impossible for Assad to just carve out an area and pretend that he's somehow going to make it safe, while the underlying issues are unresolved in this war. And as long as Assad is there, the opposition is not going to stop fighting it... one way or the other." He reiterated there was an August deadline for starting a political transition in Syria. Earlier this year, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond warned that Russia might be trying to create a mini-state for President Assad in the north-west of the country, which includes Aleppo. Russia strongly denied the idea. Speaking on Tuesday, Mr Lavrov told reporters that he expected a decision on including Aleppo in the separate regime of calm "in the very near future - maybe in the next few hours". The unilateral truce had been effect in Latakia and the eastern Ghouta region around Damascus since the weekend thanks to the efforts of the Russian and US militaries, he said. The aim of Russian, US and UN negotiators was to extend the regime of calm and "ideally make it indefinite", Mr Lavrov added. But he warned that so-called moderate rebel groups in Aleppo had to leave areas where militants from al-Nusra Front, an al-Qaeda affiliate that is excluded from the cessation of hostilities, were being targeted. The partial halt in fighting has raised hopes that tentative peace talks in Geneva might bring forward a solution to Syria's bloody five-year civil war. But the truce all but collapsed after renewed violence, particularly in Aleppo. Also on Tuesday, the UN Security Council passed a resolution demanding the protection of hospitals, clinics and health workers in war zones. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said there was no justification for attacks on medical facilities. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) warned last week that Aleppo was being "pushed further to the brink of humanitarian disaster".

Question: US Secretary of State John Kerry has warned Syrian President Bashar al - Assad that seeking military @placeholder will not end the civil war .


UCAS announced earlier this year that there had been a notable decrease in students from England applying to do at least one nursing course, saying it had fallen 23% to 33,810 in 2017. Chancellor Philip Hammond spoke last week about the "very high numbers of foreign workers keeping our NHS going". Looking at the figures from NHS Digital, overall, 82% of NHS staff are UK nationals, with 5% from the European Economic Area (EEA, that's the EU plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) and 6% from the rest of the world. The remaining 7% are of unknown nationalities. The unknowns are relatively high because they come from electronic staff records, not HR information, and it is not compulsory for staff to declare their nationalities for those records. For doctors, it's 70% UK, 9% EEA, 16% from the rest of the world and 5% unknown. And for nurses and health visitors it is 78% UK, 7% EEA, 8% from the rest of the world and 6% unknown. To put that into context, according to the latest labour market figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), 7.3% of workers in the UK are EU nationals while 3.9% are from the rest of the world. Clearly, the unknowns throw comparisons out a bit, but the proportion of NHS staff from the EEA appears to be a bit below the workforce as a whole while there are considerably more from the rest of the world than the workforce average. For doctors, there are proportionally more foreign nationals than in the workforce as a whole, especially for those from the rest of the world. If you look at the figures for where doctors earned their qualifications, the rest of the world comes even higher with 27%, compared with 64% from the UK and 9% from the EEA. Nurses from the EEA work in the NHS in the same proportion as the rest of the workforce while nurses from the rest of the world are overrepresented. Read more from Reality Check Follow us on Twitter

Question: From Tuesday 1 August , most new students of areas such as nursing , midwifery and physiotherapy will no longer be able to apply for grants , and will have access instead to the student loans @placeholder .


Dr Anthony Madu, 45, of London, received a two year sentence, suspended for two years, at Newport Crown Court. The "dishonest and irresponsible" specialist registrar was convicted in October of six counts of fraud. He was also given 150 hours' community service. The trial heard Nigerian-born Madu cost four hospitals £240,000. He was given the specialist registrar obstetrics gynaecology post at the University Hospital of Wales in August 2009. But he was suspended and put on extended leave two months later over allegations about his conduct towards other staff and claims he had falsified his training record. From January 2010, he submitted sick notes on three different occasions, saying he could not work because of stress. But Madu, who earned close to £100,000 a year, went on to do lucrative locum work worth around £69,000 with three NHS trusts in England while still earning more than £29,000 from his employers in Wales. Covering his absence cost the Welsh NHS around £49,000, the court heard. Christian Jowett, prosecuting, said: "This was a very costly business for the NHS and very lucrative for Dr Madu - that's why he did it. "Madu had been irresponsible as well as dishonest." After the hearing, Cheryl Hill, from the NHS Counter Fraud Service in Wales, said: "Anthony Madu deceived his employers and was paid thousands of pounds that he should not have been. "Being a gynaecologist, he abused a position of particular trust and responsibility. "We always press for the prosecution of offenders and seek the strongest possible sanctions, so public money is not diverted from patient care." Madu will be subjected to a three month night-time electronic tag curfew, following an investigation by the NHS Counter Fraud Service (Wales).

Question: A gynaecologist who defrauded the NHS out of tens of thousands of pounds working as a locum while off work sick from a Cardiff hospital has @placeholder prison .


The American, appointed on Monday following Francesco Guidolin's sacking, was in attendance alongside Huw Jenkins and coach Alan Curtis. Swansea's Botti Babi struck in the first half and Alex Samuel doubled the lead after the break. Jennison Myrie-Williams volleyed a late reply for managerless Newport.

Question: New Swansea City boss Bob Bradley watched their Under - 23 team beat Newport County in the EFL Trophy @placeholder match at Rodney Parade .


It would be operated by the Isle of Man-based regional carrier Citywing and start in October. Flybe has also applied to run weekday return flights between Derry and Birmingham from 2016. The routes are among 19 bids from smaller UK airports for funding from the Regional Air Connectivity Fund. A total of Â£56m will be available to cover three years of support. Other potential new routes to Northern Ireland would be to the north of England. Stobart Air wants to run a service between Belfast and Carlisle. Links Air has bid for a connection to Durham. The 19 routes have passed an initial application stage and will now be subjected to "strategic and economic appraisal" before final decisions are made by July.

Question: City of Derry airport could have a new , week - round route to Dublin , with the new service @placeholder for help from the government .


The former world champion, 81, unveiled a new fleet of karts at Buckmore Park in Chatham with the help of TV presenter Paul Hollywood. Surtees won seven world motorbike championships before becoming F1 World Champion with Ferrari in 1964. He now aims to "firmly place Buckmore on the map". Surtees said: "I would like Buckmore to become a feeder for youngsters into racing careers, and hope to work with various colleges with their educational programmes." Speaking at the launch, Buckmore Park Karting Ltd Managing Director Chris Pullman said: "We start young. We do the training for the future. "We start the serious training at six. It's all about progression - a  ladder of success." He spoke of his excitement of working with John Surtees and added: "John is the only person that has won world championships on two and four wheels and I don't think that will ever get beaten."

Question: Racing legend John Surtees has relaunched the karting track where Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button @placeholder as youngsters .


Beach Buddies said it is doubling its efforts with two sessions over the weekend after severe storms washed up "mountains of litter" onto the beaches. Clean-ups will take place at Derbyhaven on Saturday and Sartfield on Sunday. Beach Buddies, established in 2012, has recently applied for charity status and is challenging its volunteers to make Manx beaches the cleanest in Europe. More than 1,600 people took part in 220 sessions held across the island last year - a 75% increase on the organisation's first year.

Question: Volunteers have been asked to help in a post - storm beach clean in the @placeholder of the Isle of Man .


The assumption had been that the national unity government formed by Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah would finish in September. Mr Kerry brokered the deal after disputed election results. As he flew out of the country, several explosions rang out in the city's diplomatic area. The toll of terror in Afghanistan and Pakistan After the deal, there were expectations that a Loya Jirga, a special assembly of elders, would be convened within two years to amend the constitution and create the post of an executive prime minister. During his visit, Mr Kerry held meetings with Mr Ghani and the country's Chief Executive Mr Abdullah. Mr Ghani said they all hoped the Taliban would engage in peace talks and craft "a legitimate process that brings an end to violence." At least two explosions as well gunshots were heard in Kabul's diplomatic area as Mr Kerry's plane was preparing to take off. The Taliban have previously attacked prominent official and foreign targets in the Afghan capital. Mr Kerry's visit came at a time when Nato forces are increasingly being deployed in battle zones to support Afghan forces fighting the Taliban. Last year, the number of people killed and wounded in conflict in Afghanistan rose to the highest level yet recorded, the UN said.

Question: There is no @placeholder date for an end to the power - sharing deal between rival Afghan leaders , said US Secretary of State John Kerry on a visit to Kabul .


The briefings highlight an almost impossible dilemma, one still faced today by every director of National Intelligence: what should, and should not, be included? Former US director of National Intelligence John Negroponte delivered the PDB to President George W Bush. He spoke to the BBC World Service Inquiry programme about what the president needs to know: "The President's Daily Brief represents the best effort of the intelligence community to present the best possible analysis of current events that are of policy interest to the White House and the United States government. A typical brief will have six or seven articles, usually not exceeding one page, sometimes just a paragraph. And then one or two longer 'deep dive' pieces. There's a presidential daily briefing staff that works around the clock. The bulk of articles are prepared by CIA analysts. The analysts draft some briefs the previous evening, then spend until about two or three in the morning polishing the articles, and then complete the PDB sometime around four or five o'clock in the morning. I had a small classified fax machine in the basement of my house with a guard standing over it, and I would usually read the first draft before bed. I would wake about five, listen to the radio, read the newspapers and then go into the office. I would meet the analyst who was going to brief the president at 6:30, and we'd go over the product. Very rarely we might decide to omit a particular article, not because we're holding something back, but because we felt the product could improve, might not be ready for prime time. And then a few minutes before 8:00 we would go to the outer office of the president until he was ready. He took that briefing every day of the week, Monday through Friday, and Saturdays as well. He was very disciplined about it, and he was what the intelligence community would call 'an excellent customer'. He was interested and anything but passive. He'd interrupt and say 'I don't really believe that, let's talk about this' or 'would you please look into this part more?' or 'could you also answer this question?' He had a dialectic style where he liked to come to a better understanding of what was being presented to him through discussion and debate. "These meetings usually went for 30 minutes, unless he got terribly interested in something and we might spill over. With him he had the vice president, the National Security Advisor, and his chief of staff. Our mission was to present him with the best possible assessments of the various situations of concern, whether it was the situation in Iraq, or the leadership competition in Iran: difficult subjects that were very germane to the policies that he was either carrying out or developing, based on clandestinely obtained information that might not be otherwise be available. How do you decide what goes in? What do you decide to put in the BBC headlines? How does the editor of the New York Times decide what stories to give priority to? It's a sifting process, and if you're the president, you have to let people below you prioritise what they think is important. And equally important is what then do you choose to really analyse?  Because it's one thing to have the headline, but then to make sense out of what's going on you've got to go beyond that and try to understand the underlying factors and the root causes. I would present the annual intelligence assessment in its unclassified version to the Congress, and some congressman would pipe up and say 'I could have read this in the New York Times.' But that's our best assessment of what is really happening. You might have been able to read it in a newspaper but it carries the weight, the imprimatur of the intelligence community, and a lot of sophisticated and intense analytic work. Every week the Director of National Intelligence would bring together the major agencies - the CIA, the Defence Intelligence Agency, the National Geospatial Agency, the National Reconnaissance Office, and the FBI - to go over issues of common concern, talk about different analytic and collection issues. But rarely is intelligence a panacea. It is information based on the best possible sources that helps you narrow the range of uncertainty, that improves the confidence with which leaders can make decisions. Sometimes you get one of those silver bullets, like we got the phone number of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi [the head of al-Qaeda in Iraq], and if you have that then, of course, you can work with the National Security Agency, or GCHQ, to track his movements, I remember when we intercepted an absolutely fascinating letter that Ayman al-Zawahiri (now head of al-Qaeda, then Bin Laden's number two) had sent to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. We actually intercepted it before Zarqawi read it. It was a long discourse on Zarqawi's tactics, asking him to tone them down. Rather amusingly at the end Zawahiri said 'By the way, could you please send us â‚¬100,000?'. So the branch office, al-Qaeda in Iraq, was richer than headquarters, and headquarters was asking him for money. Afterwards we had quite a debate in the White House about whether we should release that letter publicly. The president favoured releasing it. I was a little bit reluctant but we eventually did, and it makes for very good reading. But intelligence failures are real. Hindsight is 20/20 vision and you can always connect the dots after the fact. You look back and you can identify the bits of information that you missed, and that you failed to connect to some event that subsequently occurred. But let's be honest, there's a lot of noise. Like Pearl Harbor; we knew something was going to happen, we didn't know exactly where and what. You have to sort the signals from the noise, you have to find which are the signals that really matter. And that's a matter of skill on the one hand; it's a matter of luck on the other. The key point about 9/11 was surprise. The same thing with the Cuban missile crisis, when we discovered the Soviets were going to send intercontinental missiles to Cuba. Believe it or not, two months before, the intelligence community had published an analysis saying the Soviets would never even dream of sending intercontinental ballistic missiles to Cuba. I looked at the PDBs that were released from the end of the Johnson Administration, and here's the problem I see. The redaction and vetting process is so rigid, and so careful, that if these articles had any real meat to them they get excised from the unclassified versions. There was one article, it was article number three on a particular day, and the subject was 'Canada', and then the rest was just a blank page. What are you going to do with that? Unless some guy like Mr Snowden gets hold of them and leaks them, in terms of deliberate declassification, I think that the intelligence community, especially the CIA, is going to always err on the side of caution when it comes to declassification. So you're not going to learn a lot from them." The Inquiry is broadcast on the BBC World Service on Tuesdays from 12:05 GMT/13:05 BST. Listen online or download the podcast.

Question: The CIA has released 2,500 top secret briefings from the 1960s given to Presidents John F Kennedy and Lyndon B Johnson . The President 's Daily Brief - or " PDB " - is the US intelligence agencies ' best assessment of global @placeholder , delivered in person every morning .


Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell says the party does not want to return to an era of widespread state ownership. Instead, Labour would look to expand co-operatives and explore giving workers the "right to own". David Cameron has accused Labour of wanting to turn back the clock to the days of state ownership and strikes. But Mr McDonnell tackled this claim head-on in a speech in Manchester, saying Labour had to move on from its traditional belief that state ownership was always the answer. "Whatever the achievements of the past, we cannot simply turn the clock back - whether to 1997, 1964, or 1945," he said. At the last election, "the Tories talked relentlessly, overwhelmingly about the future. Labour, strikingly, did not". "We cannot allow that to happen again. We cannot be small 'c' conservatives." He added: "A future Labour government will end the current programme of spending cuts. We will protect what has already been won. "But we must look beyond this point. We should be seizing the opportunity to create a fairer, more democratic society." Labour has already announced its intention to return the railways to public ownership. But when it comes to the wider economy, Mr McDonnell said Labour should "look elsewhere" for solutions, and draw on its tradition of supporting workers' co-operatives. He signalled support for giving employees in companies which are about to be sold off  - or floated on the stock exchange - the first option to purchase the company. "The Tories have offered a Right to Buy, Labour would seek to better this. We'd be creating a new Right to Own," he said in a speech in Manchester. He said the "biggest hurdle" facing co-ops and other small businesses was getting initial funding from high street banks. "No other major developed economy has just five banks providing 80% of loans. We'd look to break up these monopolies, introducing real competition and choice. "Regional and local banks, prudently run and with a public service mandate, have to be part of the solution here." Mr McDonnell is also considering adopting the Italian government's policy of offering funding to help employee-owned enterprises to get off the ground. "With consortium co-operatives providing an effective means for new businesses to share and reduce costs, we'd look to support these at a local level, working with local authorities, businesses and trade unions," he said. He said the policy would be developed "over the next few years", adding:  "In an uncertain world where a laissez faire market approach continues to fail, co-operation is an idea whose time has come again. "This is the start of developing a new, positive economic alternative for Labour." He also urged Labour to embrace opportunities offered by the internet and new technology. "Technology is proving disruptive. It can have terrible downsides - de-skilling and an accelerated concentration of wealth. "But it also opens up new possibilities - the explosion of sharing that the Internet can provide. "There is an entrepreneurial spirit at work here: not the theatrical meanness and one-upmanship of Gordon Gekko, but a desire to create something better for us all." Chief Secretary to the Treasury Greg Hands said Labour represented "a threat to our economic security". He added: "Now we know the truth: Labour is planning another debt-fuelled spending spree and a huge tax bombshell on the businesses that have helped to drive Britain's recovery from the economic mess they left behind."

Question: A Labour government could give employees the right to take over their companies if they are sold , @placeholder or floated on the stock market .


Amid claims of a dwindling amount of legislative business before the general election, Baroness Boothroyd said Parliament was being "diminished in the eyes of the electorate". Monday's Commons proceedings were completed in just over three hours. No 10 said important legislation was still being considered by MPs. The prime minister's spokesman pointed to counter-terror, infrastructure and criminal justice legislation going through Parliament, saying: "If you look at the Parliamentary schedule I would describe it as one that enables it to get this legislation through." Baroness Boothroyd, who was Commons Speaker between 1992 and 2000, said the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act was "an act of irresponsibility" that had led to MPs sitting around waiting for the election. Under the act, passed in 2011, there has to be five years between general elections, unless there is a vote of two thirds of MPs or a motion of no confidence is passed in the government. Former ministers including Labour's Jack Straw and Conservative Ken Clarke have supported a bid by Conservative MP Sir Alan Duncan to get it repealed. Research shows that MPs sat for just 44% of weekdays over the past year, and only 11 new bills have been introduced in this Parliamentary session - the second lowest in recent history, BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith said. This has led to criticism of a "zombie" Parliament. Speaking after Monday's business finished almost five hours early, Monday, Labour MP John Spellar said the government was "trying to fill time". He added: "You can see this by how empty Parliament is and by the government whips letting people off on some Mondays and Wednesdays."

Question: Former Commons Speaker Baroness Boothroyd says the hours being @placeholder by MPs in the Commons are " an insult to the Parliamentary system " .


Each member of a household will have to register to vote individually to help cut fraud. At the moment, the "head of the household" supplies details of other people living at the address. The Electoral Commission welcomed the announcement by minister Greg Clark, saying it would "lead to a more secure electoral register". But Labour called for the new system to be put on hold over concerns some voters will be left out. In a written ministerial statement, constitution and cities minister Greg Clark said the new system would replace the "outdated" current system with "a secure, modern way to register to vote". "People will be individually registered, with their identity being confirmed either automatically, through a check against existing government databases, or by submitting their date of birth and national insurance number, or if this is not available, other approved evidence. "Initial testing has established that over three quarters of voters will automatically be included in the electoral register without any requirement to fill in a form. "It will be possible, for the first time, to make an online application to be on the electoral register." People who are on the electoral register but who have not registered to vote under the new system will still be able to cast a ballot in elections, including the 2015 general election under transitional arrangements. Shadow minister for constitutional reform Stephen Twigg said: "The importance of the issue of voter registration cannot be underestimated. "The implementation of the Individual Electoral Register is the biggest change to the way we enable people to vote since the introduction of the universal franchise. It's also how we organise jury service, a key civic function that must be representative of our whole population. "The government are rushing ahead with implementation when there remain serious concerns that some groups will be left out. "Currently, 8.7 million of the electorate are on course to fall off the register. We have called on the government to delay these changes and to set up a cross-party group to monitor progress during the transition."

Question: Individual voter registration for British elections will come into force as @placeholder in June 2014 , ministers say .


The unit at Glenfield Hospital was threatened with closure in 2012 with the nearest service in Birmingham. A series of changes have now been proposed by NHS England following a national review into children's heart services across the country. University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust said the changes would see the unit move to Leicester Royal Infirmary. On Thursday, NHS England unanimously agreed the proposals and indicated it expected the new system to be up and running in hospitals by April 2016. Presenting the review, Ian Dodge at NHS England, said it had been "conclusive, open and transparent and rigorous". He said: "Our analysis shows these proposals are affordable and deliverable, bearing in mind existing workforce constraints. "These are national standards and we expect national standards to continue to apply." Rob Sissons, health correspondent, BBC East Midlands Today At one time this unit was going to shut and it would have been the end of services in Leicester. Now there is talk of it surviving but it will need collaboration between Glenfield and other units up and down the country. The recommendations passed this morning mean they will have to go from two surgeons to four and they will have to build up their case load. It won't be a walk in the park but the hospital says they think the service can survive. Kate Shields from University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust said the review would push them to provide excellent services for children and their families. "We have worked for a really long time to show that we can sustain heart services in Leicester and we are now at the point where we feel that we have been listened to," she said. She added the trust was already working on the proposals submitted by NHS England. The hospital wants to move all children's heart unit onto one site at the LRI in the next three years and increase the number of procedures it carries out within the next five years.

Question: Children 's heart services in Leicester have been secured after a new vision was @placeholder by a national board .


The tie-up would have been the latest expansionary move by Steinhoff, which bought the UK's Poundland discount chain last year. But the merger talks foundered after Shoprite shareholders complained they were getting a bad deal. Steinhoff shares rose 7% in Johannesburg, while Shoprite jumped 6%. Paul Chakaduka, a trader at Global Trader, said the collapse of the deal would please many Steinhoff shareholders. "For Shoprite there has been this major overhang around this acquisition for a very long time and I think it will free up any uncertainties," he said. Steinhoff's brands include Hardware Warehouse and clothing store Pep. As well as its South African operations, Shoprite also has stores in Angola and Nigeria. Steinhoff owns 40 retail brands in 30 countries, including Bensons for Beds and Harveys in the UK. One of the main backers of the deal was Christo Weise, the South African retail billionaire ranked by Forbes as the second-richest man in Africa. Mr Weise owns 23% of Steinhoff and 16% of Shoprite.

Question: South African retail group Steinhoff and supermarket chain Shoprite have abandoned a $ 14 bn deal to create Africa 's biggest shop @placeholder .


Media playback is not supported on this device Captain Morgan and Hales made themselves unavailable for October's trip because of security concerns. No international side has toured Bangladesh since 20 people were killed in a siege at a cafe in Dhaka in July. "We're a tight-knit bunch of guys and we will remain that way," wicketkeeper Buttler, 26, told BBC Sport. "It is a side where a lot of guys have grown up together. There are a lot of close friendships." Buttler said he had spoken to Morgan, 30, and insisted the Middlesex player was "very much still the captain of the England ODI side". "I completely respect the decision that has been made," he added. "There are things that happen in the world that are much bigger than cricket." Buttler will lead England in Morgan's absence in the three-match one-day series starting on 7 October, which will be followed by two Tests. Former England captain Michael Vaughan described Morgan's decision as a "huge mistake", while Nasser Hussain, another ex-skipper, felt Morgan "should be with his team". England all-rounder Ben Stokes tweeted his support for Morgan and Hales, 27, while former spinner Graeme Swann said he would not travel to Bangladesh if he was still playing. Buttler, who led England in a Twenty20 against Pakistan last year, added: "I am sure Eoin was expecting a lot of people to disagree with his decision. "He's a very strong-minded person. That's why he is such a fantastic leader." Bangladesh's new bowling coach Courtney Walsh told BBC World Service's Stumped programme he was "surprised" by Morgan and Hales' decision, and that fans and players from both teams would be disappointed. Walsh was in Dhaka last week and said he felt safe and comfortable and that security was at the highest level. "If I'm going on tour with a team, West Indies or whatever, and not everyone is touring you're going to feel a little bit disappointed. But at the end of the day, individuals have to weigh up options and do what they think is right," he added. The England one-day and Test squads will be announced on 16 September.

Question: Eoin Morgan and Alex Hales remain " very much part of the @placeholder " despite not touring Bangladesh , says stand - in England one - day captain Jos Buttler .


Too often firms just react to what software flags on their network instead of actively hunting out intruders, says the security firm Mandiant. It says hackers get control of about 40 machines in the average breach. But, it adds, often only a handful of servers are typically cleaned up. The result, it says, is that attackers can linger on internal networks for months, giving them the opportunity to steal more information. "Most companies have a very old-fashioned way of investigating a breach," said Bill Hau, an executive at Mandiant. He delivered his warning on the first day of Infosecurity Europe, an industry exhibition and conference in London. It is a booming time for the sector. Spending on cybersecurity totalled $77bn (Â£53bn) last year, and is forecast to grow to $170bn by 2020. Mandiant and other incident response firms often get called in when techniques based around traditional security tools have failed to find and remove all the loopholes through which hackers have slipped. "That old-style technology makes them think they have remediated a breach but they might never have kicked the bad guys out in the first place," Mr Hau told the BBC. Often, he said, attackers can "dwell" in networks for months during which time they seek to get high level administration access so they can erase evidence of their presence and thwart investigations. "Companies do not understand that they have to move to a different methodology to get these guys out," he said. "They need to go and look for trouble and they will find it," he said. "They have to hunt them out in their own networks." Patrick Grillo, a senior director at security firm Fortinet, agreed that many firms spent too much time securing the edges of their networks at the expense of looking more closely at what happens internally. "The traditional network has been built with a very strong perimeter," he said. "but if the malware gets beyond that its wide open. The network is soft and chewy on the inside. "What the bad guys want to do is get in undetected and then be able to move laterally through the network until they reach their goal." Most intruders seek out saleable data such as credit card numbers or personal information about customers, he said. He urged firms to run their own drills and exercises to help their own security experts familiarise themselves with a company's network and to root out any intruders.

Question: Many companies have the wrong strategy in place to tackle data breaches , according to research released to coincide with Europe 's largest cybersecurity @placeholder .


John Jamieson, 36, said he thought Peter Shickle had a Stanley knife in his hand when he swung the TV at him, hitting him twice. Mr Shickle was found lying in a pool of blood at his flat in Silam Road, Stevenage, on 6 November 2016. Mr Jamieson, 36, from Wigram Way, Stevenage, and Graham King, 36, from Harrow Court, Stevenage, deny murder. On Friday, Dr Nat Cary, a consultant forensic pathologist, told the court Mr Shickle had suffered 75 injuries to his face and body. He said Mr Shickle also suffered a traumatic brain injury, 16 fractured ribs, damage to his voice box, fractures to his jaw and nasal bone, and a split liver. Prosecutor Martin Mulgrew said the catalyst to the attack took place on 28 October. He said Mr Shickle had been out drinking with Mr Jamieson's mother, Christine, at the Old Post Office pub in Stevenage. During the evening they got into an argument and a physical altercation took place, he said. Mr Mulgrew said: "John Jamieson had settled on plan for brutal retribution on Peter Shickle." Mr Jamieson said he was "fuming" after hearing Mr Shickle had argued with his mother, grabbed her by the throat and hit her head on a wall. "I knocked on the door. Pete answered and said 'come in'," Mr Jamieson said. "Graham was ahead and the next thing, Pete turned round with a Stanley knife. I quickly ran up and punched him twice with my left hand and once with my right." Mr Jamieson said Mr Shickle came at him so he swung the TV from the wall, hitting him twice. The case continues.

Question: A man accused of using a flat screen TV as a murder weapon told a jury he hit the victim with it to @placeholder himself .


Refugees will now take part in a "safe return review" five years after their refugee status is granted. The review will decide if refugees are able to stay in the UK or will return to their home country. The Home Office said it could not comment because of "purdah" rules. These limit government activity during the pre-election period. The department issued updated guidance on the process by which refugees already living in the UK apply to stay here permanently. Under the policy, all those who apply for settlement will be subject to a so-called "safe return review" to check the current situation in their home country. Campaigners claim the measures would "put an end to hope of stability" and end any possibility of refugees being able to integrate into society. Organisations that have signed the letter include Black Lives Matter UK, the Northern Ireland Community of Refugees and Asylum Seekers, the Scottish Refugee Council, Migrant Voice, Space4U Cardiff, Manchester Migrant Solidarity and Calais Action. Makhosi Sigabade, a refugee from Zimbabwe living in Belfast, was awarded refugee status in December. He told the BBC he was now facing an uncertain five years. "After being given a false sense of hope and stability, I am being made to relive the nightmares of my past," he said. "I am now confronted with a possibility of going back to face the same persecution from which I fled. "I've been taking a Tefl [teaching English as a foreign language] course and trying to get work but with these changes I don't know if I'll be allowed to stay." Colin Harvey, professor of human rights at Queen's University Belfast, is one of the signatories to the letter. "These are troubling times," he said. "The very idea of human rights is under threat. "In times such as these we must stand together in support of the global regime of refugee protection and we must ensure that the rights of refugees are not undermined." Luke Butterly, from the Belfast-based Participation and the Practice of Rights organisation which also signed the letter, said the new policy was "inhuman". "We're asking Amber Rudd to listen to the voices put forward in this letter and recognise that this policy will have a devastating impact on people's lives and will cost the Home Office an awful lot of money and serves no interest in the public good," he said. Home Office guidance states that "all those who apply for settlement protection after completing the appropriate probationary period of limited leave will be subject to a safe return review with reference to the country situation at the date the application is considered". "Those who still need protection at that point will normally qualify for settlement," it adds. They added that safe return reviews were introduced in February 2016. On Tuesday, the all-parliamentary group on refugees published a report saying thousands of refugees face homelessness and destitution because of a "two-tier" UK system.

Question: Fifty organisations from across the UK who work with refugees have written to Home Secretary Amber Rudd calling on her to reverse a policy that they say is " beyond basic @placeholder " .


The US is thought to have dropped the 89cm-long (3ft) device during WW2. It was found by workers building a car park at the site where a four-decade-long decommissioning process is under way. Tens of thousands of residents had to evacuate the area after a reactor meltdown in 2011 following an earthquake and tsunami. The incident at the Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) site was the world's most serious nuclear accident since Chernobyl in 1986. No-one died directly in the meltdown but three former Tepco executives are facing trial on charges of negligence because of deaths related to the area's evacuation. Tepco said construction work was immediately suspended after the object was found and a temporary exclusion zone put in place while bomb disposal experts were deployed. It is not uncommon for unexploded WW2 devices to be found in Japan over 70 years on from the end of the war. The Fukushima area was previously home to a Japanese military base.

Question: A @placeholder unexploded bomb has been found at the site of the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan .


The pop legend lost his cool during his performance at Gloucester's Kingsholm Stadium on Sunday. The steward incurred John's wrath for trying to stop people with cheaper tickets blocking the view of concert-goers at the front who had paid more. But sorry turned out not to be the hardest word, with John later getting her on stage and apologising. Stewards at the stadium, which is the home of Gloucester Rugby, were faced with the problem of some people moving to the front and blocking the view of others at the gig, which was supposed to be seated. The lack of crowd control has been criticised by fans, but promoter Marshall Arts, which was responsible for the stewarding, refused to comment about it. During the concert, the legendary singer-songwriter told the stewards to "lighten up". He told them: "These people have come here to hear music so if they want to put their hands in the air, let them." In an expletive-laden rant, John went to say it was "not China" and he picked out a female steward, telling her: "You put a uniform on and you think you're Hitler - well you're not." Moments later the woman could be seen on the big screen walking away from the stage area, while people cheered the Rocket Man writer's outburst. Steven Ward, from Tewkesbury, who attended the event, said: "This [concert] was seated, there were disabled people who were sat on our aisle who couldn't see, obviously they couldn't stand up to see the stage. "There were people fighting to get a view of what they were trying to look at and, for some reason, the stewards brought out barriers to try and stop people, but that made them worse because they congregated by the barrier." Gloucester Rugby's commercial manager, Mike Turner, said: "The Elton John concert is a stadium hire so Elton brings on his own stewards. "Our stewards man the corporate areas and everything else is manned by the production company Elton uses. "The stewards did their best to bring the concert back to how it should be." A spokesman for Marshall Arts said the concert had been a great success but she would not comment on any aspect of the stewarding, which she said was subcontracted to another company.

Question: Sir Elton John @placeholder a steward to Hitler as she tried to stop crowds from surging forward during a gig .


The World Cup qualifier will come less than five months after their Euro 2016 Group C meeting in Paris. Northern Ireland will face the Germans in the return World Cup qualifier in Belfast on 5 October, 2017. The Northern Irish start their World Cup campaign in the Czech Republic on 4 September before hosting San Marino three days before the Hannover game. Germany were scheduled to face the Netherlands in Hannover two months ago but the game was called off shortly before the kick-off because of a security threat in the wake of the Paris attacks four days earlier. The last meeting between Northern Ireland and Germany saw the Germans earning a 4-1 win in a Belfast friendly in 2005. In addition to Germany and the Czech Republic, Azerbaijan and Norway are also in Northern Ireland's World Cup qualifying group.

Question: Northern Ireland 's World Cup qualifier against holders Germany on 11 October will be @placeholder in Hannover .


The Olympic champion's team Ben Ainslie Racing (BAR) hopes to be the first British challenger to win the trophy. A four-day event in the city will open with a sailing parade later, with racing taking place at the weekend. Six teams will battle it out at regattas around the world ahead of the final races in 2017. Events have also been scheduled in Gothenberg, Sweden, in August, and Bermuda in October. Four to six regattas are expected in 2016, including a second event in Portsmouth in July. Defenders Oracle Team USA - which Ainslie helped to win the cup in 2013 - will take part, as well as crews from Sweden, France, New Zealand and Japan. Their overall placement will affect the seeding and starting score they take into the America's Cup qualifier events in 2017. Following the opening ceremony in Portsmouth later, practice racing will follow on Friday when teams will familiarise themselves with the race course. Competition takes place on Saturday and Sunday, culminating in the "Super Sunday racing showdown". The event is expected to attract up to 500,000 spectators. A race village has been set up in Southsea Common and will provide a free viewing platform and large screens during the event. Organisers said the course is "amazingly close to shore". There will also be an on-water spectator area for small boats. •First staged in 1851 off the Isle of Wight in England and won by US yacht America •No British team has won it in its 164-year history •Racing is boat-on-boat, called match-racing •Takes place roughly every three to five years

Question: Sir Ben Ainslie will begin Britain 's bid to win the 35th America 's Cup as the opening leg of the @placeholder gets under way in Portsmouth .


Two of them did not march to police lines at the junction of Woodvale Road and Woodvale Parade on 12 July, the point at which the Parades Commission said the parade must stop. In the previous three years, the Orange Order arrived in force, with hundreds of members, supporters and bandsmen. But, on Tuesday, fewer than 20 members of Ballysillan lodge, and a small number of supporters, arrived at a police barrier erected across the road. They clearly expected the other lodges to join them, and waited for an hour and a quarter for them to do so. The assembled media were told repeatedly by Orange, loyalist and police sources that Ligoniel True Blues and the Earl of Erne lodges were on their way. But they never came. At 20:30 BST, looking visibly frustrated, members of Ballysillan LOL 1891 walked away from police lines and dispersed. The lodge and the Orange Order have since rejected any suggestion it was deliberately left out on a limb for opposing a deal with a nationalist residents' group in Ardoyne to end the parade dispute. The proposed deal collapsed earlier this month after Ballysillan made it clear it would not back it, while the others said they would. Gerald Solinas, a spokesman for Ballysillan, said it was simply because the other lodges would not have made it to the police barrier before the 20:30 BST cut-off point imposed by the parades commission. The Orange Order has backed this claim and insisted what happened was not the result of a deliberate decision to isolate Ballysillan. But the BBC has established that a deliberate decision was taken to keep the three lodges apart. There are more than 100 lodges within Belfast County Grand Lodge Each of them is a member of one of nine districts. Traditionally all lodges within each district walk together. However, that has not happened in north Belfast since this disputed parade was prevented from completing its return leg past the Ardoyne shop fronts in July 2013. Since then, the three lodges involved in the dispute have marched together in solidarity, despite being members of different districts. Ballysillan LOL 1891 is member of District Number Three, Ligoniel True Blues LOL 1932 part of Number One, and the Earl of Erne LOL 647 is a member of District Number Four. In the three previous years the lodges were given special allowances by their governing body, Belfast County Grand Lodge, to walk together close to the head of the Twelfth parade. That changed this year. Instead, the lodges decided they would parade as part of their own districts, and not together. Each year one of the districts leads the parade. This year it was the turn of District Number Three, so Ballysillan helped lead the way. The other districts then followed in numerical order, with the Earl of Erne, District Number Four, directly behind them. Districts five, six, seven, eight and nine then followed, before going back to District Number One, which meant Ligoneil was towards the back of the parade. The Orange Order claim that the Earl of Erne and Ligoneil decided to disperse early because they ran out of time and could not make the police barriers before the 20:30 BST deadline imposed by the Parades Commission. That might stand up to scrutiny if both of the other lodges were together at the back of the parade. But they weren't. So how could it be that Ballysillan, which is part of District Number Three, reached the barrier on the Woodvale Road at 19:15 BST, while a lodge in the district immediately behind them could not make it an hour and a quarter later? An Orange Order source says members of the Earl of Erne lodge decided to wait for Ligoniel True Blues before walking to the police lines. That means they took a conscious decision not to join Ballysillan. Whatever the Order might say, that decision, and the decision by Belfast County Grand Lodge not to have three north Belfast lodges march together this year, resulted in Ballysillan appearing to be isolated, with little support.

Question: Tuesday marked the first time since a stand - off over a disputed Orange Order parade in Belfast started in July 2013 , that the three lodges involved have not spoken with one @placeholder .


Now, following the leak of the Mossack Fonseca files, the arc lights of publicity are being shone harshly on those, including Britain's prime minister, who appear to have benefited from funds being invested in offshore, low-tax jurisdictions. It may be legal, but the court of public opinion is indignant and moralistic in its judgement. Those Panamanian files are not the start. Corporate tax avoidance - or "planning" - has also been put under a much brighter spotlight in recent years. Some of the giants that dominate the digital marketplace have felt the heat from public opinion, including their customers, who don't like what they're learning. It's put some people right off their Starbucks coffee. While tax revenue is scarce, and public services squeezed, the British public understandably want to see the corporate elite, as well as the wealthy, picking up more of the cost of supporting the society from which they benefit. But there's another way of looking at it. Viewed from much of the developing world, Britain is a tax haven. In addition, it does very nicely out of providing financial advice and services to minimise tax bills around the world. Hundreds of billions of pounds-worth of tax revenue that could be going into the public services of developing nations moves into Britain, Ireland, Luxembourg and other relatively low-tax jurisdictions. This has become one of the main campaigning planks for poverty campaign groups such as Christian Aid and Oxfam. It is also enthusiastically pursued by the "rich country club" of the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development). They cite figures from the United Nations conference on trade and development (UNCTAD), published last year. It estimates multi-national corporations pay around $220bn in tax on corporate profits, but use offshore tax loopholes to avoid paying another $100bn. So it's nearly a third gets disappeared. That's in addition to the plunder of assets by individuals, who send their money out of country. The UK is seen as a significant part of that problem. Some economists reckon that a shakedown of the system would not only hit the British Virgin Islands, but Britain itself, as a net loser if there were a transition to a genuinely fair taxation regime around the world. For developing countries, the tax base tends to be weak, in that few individuals have significant income and wealth. Business taxation is therefore more important to them. The UNCTAD study showed that the average developed country relies on corporate taxation for 5% of tax. For developing countries, even without the tax lost to multi-nationals placing their taxable income offshore, the share is double that. In Africa, it is 14%. So when corporate tax is lost, through multi-national companies transferring profit to lower-tax countries, that loads more weight on to the remaining tax payers. It is unfair on smaller companies that do not trade across borders (also true of smaller companies in Britain). And there is a risk that it erodes confidence in the system. The respect for law and HMRC authority in Britain is not shared everywhere. Where taxes are dodged by some, and enforcement is weak, payment of tax quickly comes to be seen as optional. Anti-poverty groups are working together in campaigns to change corporate behaviour on tax - to encourage companies to see tax payment as a responsibility, but also in their own interests. They argue that the good corporate citizen, as with the good individual one, sees tax payment as the price for supporting a stable, law-abiding, prosperous society from which all that income and wealth is derived. It might even be seen as an investment in society. Since the financial crash brought the wheels off last decade's money-making juggernaut, there has been more questioning of whether the legal construct of a company is suited to society's needs. Its mission, defined by statute, legal judgement and convention, is to maximise shareholder value, which can have a destructive effect on societies, workers, justice, human rights and the environment. So there is growing interest in re-defining companies, and directing them to a more nuanced set of priorities.  Using legislation passed in most of the states of the USA over the past six years, the "Benefit Corporation" or B-Corp, is one which legally registers as having more on its mind than maximising shareholder value. It has to demonstrate how well it's achieving those other objectives. Italy and Australia are following. Worldwide, 1,600 companies have been certified as B-Corps. Since autumn, a British campaign office has been seeking recruits, with 79 already signed up, ranging across 12 sectors. It may not add much to what's already in place. You might argue that the social enterprise movement in Britain is already well down that road, or that the Community Interest Company, an entity created by a 2005 Westminster law, is ahead of America's B-Corp. It is probably easier to define a company's social or environmental mission from start-up. But converting an existing, conventional company to a Benefit Corporation is a tough sell to boardrooms and to investors. Institutional funds are mostly required to maximise shareholder value as well. And the B-Corp's credit rating is more complex to calculate. This is a big challenge to a factor that runs deep and across societies - the desire first to be financially secure, and then to maximise wealth. The latter is sometimes also known as greed.

Question: The Panama Papers are offering up much evidence of what was long @placeholder . Those with accountants and without scruples can stash their wealth away - where the sun shines , but the taxman 's searchlight does n't .


The visitors took a 26th minute lead when winger Ademola Lookman let fly with his left foot from just outside the penalty area and saw his effort take a deflection before nestling in the top corner. Charlton doubled their advantage on 43 minutes as striker Josh Magennis netted his second goal in four days, from close range, after Adam Chicksen had turned a far post cross from Lookman back across goal. Five minutes after the interval, Patrick Bauer's downward header from a Lookman corner eluded Rovers goalkeeper Kelle Roos. Chicksen made it 4-0 on 77 minutes with a right-footed shot from the edge of the area that took a slight deflection and Nicky Ajose completed the rout with a 30-yard strike five minutes from time. An injury-time penalty from Matt Taylor, after Rory Gaffney was brought down, was little consolation for the hosts, who had centre-back Jake Clarke-Salter, on loan from Chelsea, stretchered off on 65 minutes with all three substitutes already used. Karl Robinson, who has emerged as one of the favourites to take the vacant manager's job at Charlton, was in the crowd watching on as Nugent continued his winning start. Report supplied by Press Association. Corner,  Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Tom Lockyer. Foul by Chris Lines (Bristol Rovers). Josh Magennis (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Corner,  Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Kelle Roos. Attempt saved. Adam Chicksen (Charlton Athletic) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the top left corner. Attempt missed. Ellis Harrison (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Substitution, Bristol Rovers. Ellis Harrison replaces Stuart Sinclair. Goal!  Bristol Rovers 0, Charlton Athletic 3. Patrick Bauer (Charlton Athletic) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ademola Lookman with a cross following a corner. Corner,  Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Peter Hartley. Attempt blocked. Fredrik Ulvestad (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Corner,  Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Morgan Fox. Second Half begins Bristol Rovers 0, Charlton Athletic 2. Substitution, Bristol Rovers. Peter Hartley replaces Byron Moore. Substitution, Bristol Rovers. Charlie Colkett replaces Cristian Montaño. First Half ends, Bristol Rovers 0, Charlton Athletic 2. Attempt missed. Matty Taylor (Bristol Rovers) header from the right side of the six yard box misses to the right. Goal!  Bristol Rovers 0, Charlton Athletic 2. Josh Magennis (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Adam Chicksen. Corner,  Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Patrick Bauer. Attempt blocked. Matty Taylor (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Attempt saved. Matty Taylor (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Corner,  Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Dillon Phillips. Attempt saved. Jake Clarke-Salter (Bristol Rovers) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Corner,  Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Andrew Crofts. Attempt blocked. Jake Clarke-Salter (Bristol Rovers) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Corner,  Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Adam Chicksen. Attempt blocked. Byron Moore (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Cristian Montaño (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Patrick Bauer (Charlton Athletic). Matty Taylor (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Patrick Bauer (Charlton Athletic). Corner,  Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Tom Lockyer. Attempt blocked. Josh Magennis (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked. Foul by Matty Taylor (Bristol Rovers). Jason Pearce (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Attempt missed. Josh Magennis (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Foul by Chris Lines (Bristol Rovers). Andrew Crofts (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Goal!  Bristol Rovers 0, Charlton Athletic 1. Ademola Lookman (Charlton Athletic) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Josh Magennis. Jake Clarke-Salter (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Nicky Ajose (Charlton Athletic).

Question: Kevin Nugent made it maximum @placeholder and seven goals from two League One games in caretaker - charge of Charlton , after the departure of manager Russell Slade , as his side thrashed Bristol Rovers at the Memorial Stadium .


Ashe follows Stuart Hogg, Henry Pyrgos and Greg Peterson in extending his stay with the Warriors. He turned professional with Glasgow in 2011 and played for his allocated club Ayr on Saturday as he continued his recovery from hip surgery. "It's a brilliant feeling to extend my contract," he told Warriors' website. "Glasgow Warriors is a fantastic environment and I'm surrounded by great players, great coaches and great fans so it was an easy decision for me to make. "As a club it is really taking off, we've just had two good wins in Europe [away and home against Racing 92] and it's exciting to be a part of something that is moving in the right direction." Head coach Gregor Townsend added: "Adam has become an important member of our squad, after coming through our academy system. "He has a really good attitude and has worked hard to come back from his injuries fitter than ever and we're all excited about seeing him back on the pitch in a Glasgow shirt soon."

Question: Scotland back - row forward Adam Ashe is the latest Glasgow Warriors player to commit his @placeholder to the Pro12 side until May 2019 .


"Ms Foster should follow the precedent set by her predecessor and resign to restore confidence in the office of first minister while these questions hang over her". "She has lost all credibility and anything less will further erode faith in our institutions. If the first minister will not stand aside, then the assembly must act to remove her from office and fully scrutinise this scandal." "There are 108 MLAs. Our priority must be to come together and protect the reputation of the institutions." "A matter of serious public concern, and it is actually damaging the institutions and will continue to do that unless there is full disclosure." "Massive issues for Arlene Foster to explain not just as a former minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment, but as the current first minister and leader of the DUP." "To date, responses and explanations have been utterly inadequate." (That the DUP believe) "they can simply bat all this away and that the public can be treated in this manner is adding to the rising temperature of fury about this".

Question: Senior figures from across Northern Ireland 's political spectrum have been @placeholder to the revelations regarding DUP ministers and a botched heat scheme that could cost taxpayers £ 400 m .


UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos said Nepal had a duty to provide faster customs clearance for relief supplies. Many people are yet to receive the aid, which is piling up at Kathmandu airport, a week after the 7.8-magnitude earthquake on 25 April. More than 7,000 have died. Authorities have ruled out finding more survivors. On Saturday, Baroness Amos said she had reminded Prime Minister Sushil Koirala that Nepal had signed an agreement with the UN in 2007 for simpler and faster customs clearance for relief aid in a disaster. "He has undertaken to ensure that happens, so I hope that from now we will see an improvement in those administrative issues," she told AFP news agency. The UN representative in the country, Jamie McGoldrick, said the Nepalese government "should not be using peacetime customs methodology". Nepal lifted import taxes on tarpaulins and tents on Friday but home ministry spokesman Laxmi Prasad Dhakal said all goods arriving from abroad had to be inspected. "This is something we need to do," he said. Rameshwor Dangal, of Nepal's National Disaster Management Division, said many people were waiting to receive emergency supplies or be airlifted to safety. "In many areas people are not getting relief and it is natural that they are unhappy about it," he told AFP. At least 7,040 people are now known to have been killed in the quake which struck near Kathmandu, Nepalese officials say. More than 14,021 people were injured. Landslides and poor weather have hampered efforts to deliver aid to isolated districts, and there are only about 20 helicopters available for the rescue and relief operations. In the Sindhupalchok district, which lies north of Kathmandu, north of the capital, 95% of the houses were destroyed, chief district officer Himnath Dawadi told the BBC Nepali. Nepal has criticised both the speed of foreign aid deliveries the type of products countries are sending. Finance Minister Ram Sharan Mahat said: "We have received things like tuna fish and mayonnaise. What good are those things for us? We need grains, salt and sugar." Krishna Devi Sreshta is carefully picking her way through the rubble of what was her home. It's one of about 25 houses in Sankhu, just an hour's drive from Kathmandu, that was completely destroyed by the earthquake. She's here to see if she can salvage anything. "We were in the field when the earthquake hit," she says. "That's why we were saved." Not everyone was so lucky. About 50 members of this community died. She points to the clothes that she's wearing. "This is what I was wearing last Saturday. It's all I have left." Through a narrow doorway I can see the inside of her house, but it's too dangerous to go in. Everything has been removed from the house. "That was my fridge," Krishna says, pointing at some twisted remains outside. "And over there my television." A group of volunteers arrive with shovels and spades and walk past. They are here to help. No-one else is. Justin Rowlatt: Mountain to climb for relief work The fate of thousands of people in remote areas remains unknown. The death toll could go up, as search and rescue efforts continuing in several hill districts including Dhading, Rasuwa and Sindhupalchok, the government has said. While the vast majority of casualties were in Nepal, about 100 people are reported to have died in neighbouring India, China and Bangladesh. The EU envoy to Nepal, Rensje Teerink, said on Friday that the whereabouts of 1,000 EU citizens was still unknown. $415 million needed for humanitarian relief 3 million people in need of food aid 130,000 houses destroyed 24,000 people living in makeshift camps 20 teams working to reunite lost children with their families How long can people survive under rubble? Medical priorities Satellite reveals quake movement Nepal quake special report

Question: The United Nations has urged Nepal to relax customs controls which it says are @placeholder up deliveries of aid to survivors of last week 's earthquake .