The duo both hit their second County Championship tons of the season as they put on 161 runs for the third wicket. Vince took the aggressive role, hitting 19 boundaries to reach his 100 from just 121 balls before Tom Curran (2-71) had him caught behind for 104. George Bailey (61 not out) and Adams put on 129 before Adams was bowled in the last over, leaving Hampshire 361-4. It was a near-perfect innings from left-hander Adams, who hit 19 fours and two sixes, offering no chances until he was dismissed by a full ball - the 262nd he faced - from off-spinner Amar Virdi. Hampshire won the toss but lost Lewis McManus, opening because of Liam Dawson's England Test call-up, for 13 when he was bowled by an inswinging yorker from Sam Curran. Rilee Rossouw, on a terrible run of form, made 28 but edged Tom Curran to second slip, before Vince took centre stage, scoring fluently through the offside, with 76 of his 104 runs coming from fours. Bailey then played a well-judged support role for Adams, getting Hampshire past the new ball before Adams' dismissal with five balls left brought stumps.

Summary: Jimmy Adams and James Vince struck centuries to put Hampshire in control on day one against Surrey at the Oval.


The deal, to hand over the Red Sea islands of Tiran and Sanafir, was agreed during a visit to Egypt by Saudi King Salman in April 2016. It sparked rare protests in Egypt, with the president accused of "selling" the islands in return for Saudi aid. The deal has been subject to challenges in court over the past year. But parliament has insisted the issue lies in its jurisdiction. Final approval is now needed from President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi. Protesters gathered outside the press union in Cairo as news of parliament's approval became known. Several people, including some journalists, were detained. Mr Sisi said the islands had always belonged to Saudi Arabia and that the Saudis had asked Egypt to station troops there in 1950 to protect them. A court ruled in January that the government had failed to provide evidence that the islands were originally Saudi, although this ruling was overturned by another court a few months later. Opponents accuse Mr Sisi of violating the constitution and handing over the islands to please Saudi Arabia which has backed him financially since he led the military's overthrow of his elected Islamist predecessor, Mohamed Morsi, in 2013.

Summary: Egypt's parliament has given its approval to a controversial plan to transfer sovereignty of two largely uninhabited islands to Saudi Arabia.


Hiring an investment banker is being seen by some analysts as a prelude to making a push back into that industry, one which the last holder of the top job, Antony Jenkins, was backing away from. But will an expansion into a sector dominated by a few American names be successful? After all, this won't be Barclays first drive into investment banking. During the deregulation of the City of London in the 1980s, Barclays bought stockbrokers De Zoete & Bevan, and Wedd Durlacher, a firm of stock market wholesalers. The resulting amalgamation was BZW. But its expansion was curtailed by then-chief executive Martin Taylor, who broke it up, selling its equity business, and retaining fixed income as a new company, Barclays Capital. He told investors it wasn't profitable, and the capital it sat on could be better used. The second expansion came under the leadership of a more recent figure at the bank: Bob Diamond. Starting at Barclays in 1996, he expanded its fixed income (bonds) and foreign exchange businesses. Barclays Capital became the lender's most profitable unit. But after the Libor scandal and his subsequent sacking, retail banker Antony Jenkins was promoted to chief executive and began cutting trading desks and the investment bank's salary bill. Mr Staley's posited arrival was not met jubilantly by investors. Barclays stock fell by as much as 3% following the news. A cloud around the way the industry is viewed in the UK may the reason, says Chirantan Barua, banking analyst at Bernstein. "Every time someone goes up on stage and says we are going to be a retail bank, the stock goes up," he says. "Because we hate investment banking. The other thing that happens is, to be profitable in investment banking you need scale and therefore capital. "Where are you going to get that from? That's why the reaction is negative. "Getting Jes in would mean moving the bank more towards an investment bank." For an enlarged investment bank to work, it will have to be big enough to take on competitors across the Atlantic. Big clients like hedge funds are less likely to trade with a bank that won't do complex lending, and picks and chooses business, Mr Barua says. "Having just the juicy part - that's not how it works." He estimates Barclays may need to find Â£4-5bn of extra capital, through raising it from investors or selling something. There are two alternative strategies for the investment bank, however. "They should really just carve out the investment bank and ship it back to the US where they bought most of it," says Cenkos Securities analyst Sandy Chen, referring to Mr Diamond's purchase of Lehman Brothers's north American assets, which be bought after the bank collapsed. US investment banks like Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have a competitive advantage over their European peers in the form of friendlier regulators. What the detached investment bank would lose is the strength the larger group can provide in the form of customer deposits. This wad of cash - liquidity strength - allows the group to

Summary: Barclays is close to appointing former JP Morgan banker James "Jes" Staley as its new chief executive.


McIlroy has opted out of the European Tour's flagship event because he does not want to play four weeks in a row. The world number three is returning from a three-week break to defend the Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte. "I am still working on it but I feel better than I did when I put the clubs away for a couple of weeks," he said. The 27-year-old is the only member of the world's top five not to win a tournament in 2016. Speaking to the Golf Channel, he added: "I'd got into a couple of bad habits leading up to the Masters and it's never really a good time to work on them - you are just trying to play golf and shoot a score. "I took basically a full two weeks off from golf. I went home to Ireland for a week and then had a bit of a break; I was island-hopping for about 10 days, which was nice." After the Wells Fargo at Quail Hollow, McIlroy will go on to compete in the Players' Championship and the Irish Open, where he will be tournament host at the K Club. The four-time major winner will play in the Memorial Tournament in the United States a week after the Wentworth event in preparation for the US Open. "The reason I took three weeks off after Augusta was that I'm not going to have more than a week off [at a time] until after the Ryder Cup in October," said the Northern Irishman. "I'm playing here, next week at the Players, the Irish Open and then it's basically week on, week off from there. "Memorial, week off, US Open, week off, French Open, week off, Open, week off, PGA, week off, Olympics, week off, Fed Ex Cup, Ryder Cup. "There's a little bit of travel in there as well so it's a busy stretch coming up and you can't play every week."

Summary: Rory McIlroy has pulled out of the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth later in May, but says he is close to removing the "bad habits" from his game.


Here is a selection of their comments: "I am disappointed that Martin McGuinness has chosen to take the position he has today. "His actions have meant that, at precisely the time we need our government to be active, we will have no government and no way to resolve the RHI problems. "It is clear that Sinn Féin's actions are not principled, they are political. "Let me make it clear, the DUP will always defend unionism and stand up for what is best for Northern Ireland and it appears from the deputy first minister's resignation letter that is what annoys Sinn Féin the most." "The UK government has a primary role to provide political stability in Northern Ireland and we'll be doing all we can over the coming days to work with the parties to find a solution to the current situation. "The position is very clear. If Sinn Féin does not nominate a replacement to the role of deputy first minister, then I'm obliged to call and election of the assembly within a reasonable period. "I would urge the leaders of the political parties to come together and work together to find a solution to current situation and we'll be doing all that we can with the political parties and the Irish government to that end." "A reasonable resolution could have been achieved which leads me to believe that this crisis goes beyond RHI and points to a more intractable situation. "The DUP and Sinn Féin's inability to work together is a fundamental flaw not envisaged in the Good Friday Agreement and will continue to burden the people of Northern Ireland as long as their best interests come second to entrenched party politics. "Today is a dark day for Northern Ireland. I am truly fearful for our future." "If this was just about RHI, Sinn Féin would hang in, they would hold the DUP and the first minister to account, they'd take steps to introduce cost controls and they'd support a public inquiry into what went wrong. "But this is not about RHI - it's about Sinn Féin. We've now had 10 years characterised by disappointment, debacles and scandals. "They are incapable of governing this country. They cannot see the greater good. The Ulster Unionists fought hard in 1998 to get these institutions up and running. We saw devolution as being for the benefit of the people. "I don't know what Sinn Féin and the DUP have in mind [following the resignation], but it's very clear they'll do what's good for the parties, not what's good for the electorate." "It looks like we're heading towards an election and that's happening because of Arele Foster's arrogance. "But if people want an election, let's have it, because people need to hear that we still have no programme for government and now we have costs spiralling out of control with RHI. "We also now won't have a public inquiry into all of this. We agree with Martin McGuinness when he tells us the DUP have disrespected the nationalist community. But some people wanted to stand

Summary: Politicians, public bodies and the business community have been reacting to the news that Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has resigned in protest at the handling of a botched heating scheme that is likely to cost the taxpayer £490m.


The city is quiet, with no reports of helicopter gunships in the sky or tanks on the streets but shops remained shut. President Salva Kiir and his rival, Vice-President Riek Machar, announced a ceasefire which came into force on Monday at 15:00 GMT. Clashes between troops loyal to the two men had threatened a recent peace deal. South Sudan became independent from Sudan in 2011 but its short history has been marred by civil war. Mr Kiir and Mr Machar are under intense diplomatic pressure to end the violence. The UN said about 42,000 people had fled their homes during the fighting, with 7,000 of them taking refuge at its compounds. The US, Kenya and Uganda said they were preparing to evacuate their citizens from South Sudan. The UN called for an immediate arms embargo, as well as attack helicopters to strengthen its 13,000-strong peacekeeping force. Two Chinese UN peacekeepers and one South Sudanese UN worker were among those killed in the fighting. US National Security Adviser Susan Rice said: "This senseless and inexcusable violence - undertaken by those who yet again are putting self-interest above the well-being of their country and people - puts at risk everything the South Sudanese people have aspired to over the past five years." BBC Sudan analyst James Copnall says the latest clashes have traumatised Juba and shredded a peace deal between Mr Kiir and Mr Machar, agreed last August. He said there were also doubts over how far both men were in command of their forces. The UN refugee agency has urged neighbouring states to keep their borders open for a possible influx of asylum-seekers. Uganda has tightened security along its border with South Sudan, making it difficult for people to cross, it added. At least 16 Kenyan truck drivers and six others from Uganda were killed in crossfire in in Juba, an official of a truck driver's association in Kenya said. Tens of thousands of Ugandans and Kenyans moved to South Sudan after its independence to take advantage of business opportunities, and trade links between the three neighbouring states are strong. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said: "Yet again, the leaders of South Sudan have failed their people. Rarely has a country's conduct squandered so much promise so quickly." Mr Ban said an "immediate" arms embargo should be imposed on South Sudan, political and military leaders blocking the peace deal should face sanctions and the UN mission to the country should be fortified. It seems a disagreement at a checkpoint between rival soldiers led to a shootout on Thursday night in which five soldiers died. This quickly escalated into serious fighting from Friday onwards. Tensions have been high since April, when Mr Machar returned to Juba under a peace deal following a two-year civil war. He took a 1,300-strong protection force with him and they were supposed to start joint patrols with forces loyal to President Kiir. But a lack of trust between the two sides means the patrols have not begun. There are concerns that what we are seeing is a repeat of what

Summary: A ceasefire appears to be holding in South Sudan's capital, Juba, after four days of heavy fighting between rival forces left more than 270 people dead.


He is also a firm believer in the Northern Powerhouse and close relations with China. Both have found themselves under scrutiny since Theresa May became Prime Minister. Lord O'Neill was very much a George Osborne hire. The former chancellor was delighted when he agreed to join the Treasury team. His departure sees the dismantling of another part of the Cameron-Osborne legacy. I doubt Lord O'Neill felt all that comfortable in a May led administration, evidenced by his decision to quit the Conservative whip in the Lords and become a cross bencher. And the Prime Minister has been clear - this is a new chapter in Conservative politics and Lord O'Neill, as anyone who has met him will attest, is not a natural Tory. The fit just wasn't comfortable - particularly when it came to non-Treasury issues like the re-introduction of grammar schools, a policy that Lord O'Neill does not back. Turning to the resignation, I am told that Lord O'Neill was particularly perturbed about the handling of the China issue. At Goldman Sachs, he coined the term BRICS (standing for Brazil, Russia, India, China) to focus minds on where he believed the main drivers of growth would come from in the 21st century. His 30 years in banking certainly made him an expert on China which he travelled to regularly. It wasn't that he was necessarily a supporter of the Hinkley C project. He just felt the way it was handled damaged relationships with this most sensitive of countries. There were reports before the summer that Lord O'Neill was considering his position. But it appears that after a meeting with Nick Timothy, Theresa May's chief of staff, he was reassured enough to remain until at least the completion of the Antimicrobial Resistance Review he was initially brought in to complete for the government. With that issue - and Lord O'Neill's reports - now in the hands of the United Nations, this was a more comfortable departure point. And the government, as Lord O'Neill says in his resignation letter, has at least made some commitments to the continuation of the "golden relationship" with China and to the promotion of economic regeneration in the north of England, whatever it might ultimately be called. For Lord O'Neill, there will be plenty of organisations on the phone, looking for a little of his expertise. He might even receive a call from Mr Osborne, who has launched a business-funded think tank to support economic regeneration in the north of England.

Summary: The former Goldman Sachs banker Jim O'Neill is passionate about a lot of things - Man Utd being one of them.


But racist advertising has form, and not just in China. The scene: a young Chinese woman is doing her laundry. In walks a black man, with some paint stains on his face. They look at each other suggestively. She puts a tab of detergent into his mouth.... ...and then shoves him into the washing machine. Hey presto! He emerges a fair-skinned Chinese man. The lady doing laundry is apparently delighted by this development. It has appalled many on Facebook and other forums over the last 24 hours. But the ad itself is about a month old, having appeared on television and been shown at cinemas in China. At that time it didn't cause much of a furore with cinema-goers. But then it was shared by US expat Christopher Powell, a musician with the Guiyang Symphony Orchestra, and by DJ Spencer Tarring. Although the story was not covered widely by Chinese media, there were hundreds of comments on Chinese social media, with some calling the advert "awkward". One user, @YY_CodingBear, said: "My lord. Do Chinese marketing people not have any racial education?" However, another user said they did not see any problem with the advert. "I don't know much about the advertisement," the owner of Qiaobi laundry detergent, who identified himself as Mr Xia, told BBC Chinese's Grace Tsoi. He said he did not realise it was racist until it was pointed out to him: "To be honest, I didn't really pay that much attention to the advertisement." It mirrors an Italian advert for detergent, equally fraught with ethical issues, that does just the opposite - by washing a white man to black to advertise "coloured" laundry powder. The Darlie brand of toothpaste is called "black man toothpaste" in China. Darlie toothpaste used to be known as "Darkie" toothpaste, until it was rebranded. The significance of the name change was lost on many, analysts say. And recently in Hong Kong, an insurance advert showed a man dressed up like a Filipina domestic helper, with a blacked up face. It did not amuse Hong Kong audiences. A few years ago a well-known Chinese beer brand, Harbin, invited basketball star Shaquille O'Neal to endorse the beverage, presumably to expand into the global market. The US NBA competition is massive in China, and stars like Kobe Bryant are hugely popular, so it shouldn't have been a controversial move. But on Tianya, one of China's most popular forums, some netizens weren't happy, with some posting overtly racist and discriminatory comments. Certain posts called for a boycott because it was endorsed by "a black man". Some of the comments touched upon Aids and described Africans as orangutans. However, experts say, that does not mean that Chinese think of themselves as the most superior, with some saying Caucasians enjoy a higher status in certain quarters. There is a history of cultural bias against people of dark skin. Barry Sautman, a political scientist at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, believes it shows the particular problems China has dealing with portrayals of race. "It is not a question

Summary: A Chinese laundry detergent advertisement is causing widespread outrage online and is being dubbed the most racist commercial to be screened.


Terry Bridger, 72, of Harbour Road, Pagham is charged with threatening to kill and possessing a gun with intent to cause fear of violence. He is also charged with common assault and two counts of threatening to damage property. Sussex Police spent two nights at a house in Harbour Road during the stand-off from Sunday to Tuesday. Mr Bridger was remanded in custody by Crawley magistrates to appear at Portsmouth Crown Court on 30 September.

Summary: A 72-year-old man has been charged with a series of offences after a 40-hour stand-off with police in West Sussex.


Ina Lewis, 73, had been initially admitted to Denbighshire's Glan Clwyd Hospital after being found wandering on Colwyn Bay promenade. She was then transferred to The Priory in Bristol, 200 miles away. Health officials said sometimes they had to provide care outside north Wales when care beds were unavailable. But Mrs Lewis's son has criticised the decision, and said his mother had been taken on an "eight-day magical mystery tour" of hospitals. "One of the main things about dementia is to keep everything the same, and familiar for the patients," said Stephen Lewis. "What they've ended up doing is 100% what they're not supposed to do. "It just seems to me there are not enough beds at all, and I don't think we're being given the full picture about just how bad the beds situation is at the three north Wales hospitals." Mrs Lewis was originally admitted to the emergency unit at Glan Clwyd on 8 May. A decision was then taken to transfer her to another hospital three days later. "They said she was going to be transferred to either Bangor or Wrexham hospitals - either one would have been fine. But, lo and behold, she was transferred to Bristol on the Wednesday," said Mr Lewis. "They didn't even tell us which hospital they'd taken her to. We had to ring round to find where she was, and discovered they'd actually taken her to The Priory in Bristol." Three days later she was brought back to north Wales, and finally on Monday was transferred to the Bryn Hesketh Hospital nearer her home in Colwyn Bay. A Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board spokesman said: "Although we cannot comment on this specific case, it is sometimes necessary to arrange for patients needing specialist care to be admitted to units that are outside of the local area if an appropriate bed is not currently available within north Wales."

Summary: The family of a dementia patient say they cannot believe their mother was sent from north Wales to a private clinic four hours away.


Several court rulings have underlined local councils' need to consider all options, such as placing with birth relatives, before seeking adoption. Unreleased figures, cited by the Independent newspaper, show a 50% drop in adoptions between 2013 and 2014. Adoption UK said the fall could mean children remaining in abusive and neglectful families for too long. Its chief executive, Hugh Thornbery, said: "We're very concerned that there has been such a marked drop-off in the number of children being considered for adoption. "That leads us to believe that children aren't being considered for adoption who should be." He added that approved adopter families were also waiting longer to be matched with children because of the reduced flow of children coming through the system. It comes after the previous coalition government attempted to speed up the adoption process, criticising local authorities for dragging their heels on adoptions. In November 2013, Sir James Munby, who is president of the family division of the High Court, ruled the education secretary's six-month target for adoptions should not be allowed to break up families unnecessarily. He said grandparents and other family members should be considered before children were placed for adoption. According to the Independent, the rate of adoptions fell from 1,550 in the summer of 2013 to 780 in the summer of 2014. The Department for Education would not confirm the figures and said it would be publishing statistics for this period in due course. John Simmonds, director of policy, research and development for British Association for Adoption and Fostering, told the BBC research made clear that children needed loving stable families from the start. "Their development is centred on that family for life. If that can't happen for birth parents and birth families, then adoption is a good way to solve that," he said. But Mr Simmonds added that judgements in the Supreme Court and the Appeal Court were reminding lower courts and local authorities that "the forceful termination of a legal relationship between a child and their parents is a very significant act". "For children who are abused or neglected, if you are absolutely clear that there's no other way of dealing with them than adoption, then there has to be very strong evidence that the local authority has explored all other options." He suggested that there may be "a degree of hesitancy" in placing children for adoption because of these rulings. He said the option of "special guardianship" arrangements with a child's grandparents or other relatives was being used more as a way of finding a suitable half-way house that did not sever totally the child's ties with the family or leave the child in an abusive or neglectful situation. A Department for Education spokeswoman said there had been a drop in the number of children with an adoption decision. "We believe this is a result of the way local authorities have interpreted some court judgements. The Adoption Leadership Board has published a 'mythbuster' guide to clarify what these judgments mean and to allow clear and confident adoption decisions to be made. "We are

Summary: There has been a marked drop in the number of children being put up for adoption, leading charities have said.


In 2000, it did not recommend the appointment of Christopher Allsopp as an external member of the MPC after what they suggested was a poor performance in front of the committee, but the then Chancellor, Gordon Brown, stood by him. So, the committee's action against Charlotte Hogg is certainly significant. And its significance goes well beyond the future of Ms Hogg. Mark Carney, the governor, backed her until one minute to midnight. Which, after the evidence laid out by the committee today, is likely to be questioned by MPs when Mr Carney next appears before them. Mr Carney believed that a verbal warning was sufficient and rejected Ms Hogg's offer to resign last week. His judgement was that it was an oversight which had been rectified, and that Ms Hogg's contribution to the Bank - where she has worked since 2013 - far outweighed this controversy. Andrew Tyrie's committee did not agree. That is for four distinct reasons. Firstly, that the "oversight" concerning Ms Hogg's brother's senior job at Barclays - regulated by the Bank of England - lasted for four years without any of the Bank's internal processes picking up the issue. Second, that Ms Hogg was the person who drafted the Bank's own internal rule book which she subsequently breached. She didn't, the Treasury Select Committee said, "lead by example". Third, the committee said that Ms Hogg, and by extension, Mr Carney, failed to appreciate the "seriousness" of that breach. And then suggested that future conflicts "would not arise". Which, as the committee points out, depends - on what happens both at the Bank and at Barclays. The governor has now reluctantly acted, saying that the Bank will put in place new procedures; the most significant of which is moving oversight of the Bank's code of conduct under Sam Woods, the deputy governor for prudential regulation. That now means that the person who drew up the rules, the chief operating officer (until this morning Ms Hogg), is no longer responsible for their enforcement or the way they are reported to the Bank's own Audit and Risk Committee. Many will say the handling of the controversy over Ms Hogg has been misstep by the governor, who always needs to ensure that the Bank's adherence to its own rules is punctilious. Ms Hogg had been widely praised as a reforming influence at the Bank, introducing new levels of transparency and driving through a reform programme that has cleared away some of the Bank's dustier attitudes. She certainly had firm support from the Court of the Bank, its governing body. But, in the hyper-sensitive world of bank regulation, the Treasury Select Committee has made it clear that any breach is a red card issue. There are no cautions beforehand.

Summary: It is vanishingly rare for the Treasury Select Committee to not, even if sometimes reluctantly, back an appointment by the Bank of England of a deputy governor and a new member of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC).


He also won four Mobo awards, co-wrote an album with Mary J Blige and scooped an astonishing six Grammy nominations. The 22-year-old, from Cambridgeshire, is the son of a London banker who was fired for spending too much time trying to jumpstart her offspring's pop career. He got his break singing on other people's songs - Latch, by dance act Disclosure, and La La La by soul producer Naughty Boy - before scoring his own record deal. Much has been made of his soaring, multi-octave vocals but his technical abilities never mask his emotions. In the Lonely Hour was love letter to a man who never returned Smith's affections, and its honesty spoke to record-buyers in their millions. Ahead of the announcement of the Sound Of 2015 next week, the singer reflects on the highs and lows of his first year in the spotlight. I had hopes of number ones, but I never thought it would actually happen. When you come from being a featured artist there's a sudden fear: "Oh God, was it me that people liked - or was it Disclosure and Naughty Boy?" So when Money On My Mind came out, it was a reassurance - a boost of confidence for me. Just letting me know "things are good, people like your songwriting". That will never happen again - going to the Brit Awards knowing you already have a Brit Award. It was the first time I'd ever been, and I was number one that week. That was very, very surreal for me. I really celebrated hard that night. SNL was the scariest moment of my life, ever. It was the first time I played Stay With Me or Lay Me Down on television. I don't think I'll ever be that scared again... Four million people watching and no-one knew who the hell I was. Four days previous to the SNL performance, I remember reading tweets from people saying "who the f is Sam Smith?" [laughs] But it changed my life. You could feel it the morning after. I walked out of my hotel and people recognised me. Stay With Me went to number two on iTunes. It was mental. Sam's album shifted 166,000 copies in its first week on sale in America, the most ever for a debut by a British male artist. It was only kept off the top by Lana Del Rey's Ultraviolence. Every UK artist prays for US success but, genuinely, it was 50/50 for me. It was either going to work or it wasn't. What I didn't expect was for it to work hand-in-hand with the UK. I didn't think I'd be going to America untilâ€¦ well, about now, actually. Was I cursing Lana Del Rey? I wasn't, actually, because it gave me something to work towards. If I'm going to get number ones all the time, it leaves nothing for me to achieve in the future. Also, what I've realised now is that it isn't about chart positions. I was number two for the first week, and I was number two for the

Summary: Sam Smith topped the BBC's Sound Of 2014 list last January, and went on to sell a million copies of his debut album, In the Lonely Hour, on both sides of the Atlantic.


The suspect, who was shot dead by police, has not been identified. Officials say he was a disgruntled lawyer who fired randomly at drivers. Numerous weapons were found in what is believed to be the suspect's car, Houston's acting police chief said, adding there were no indications of anyone else being involved. Police say they are also investigating the gunman's apartment and his social media accounts to try and establish a motive. "The motivation appears to be a lawyer whose relationship with his law firm went bad,", Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner told reporters. Six victims were taken to hospital, and three were treated at the scene after being shot at while inside their cars, the city's acting Police Chief Martha Montalvo said. One of the victims is in a critical condition. The shooting comes three days after a shooting at a shopping mall in Washington state, in which five people were killed. The gunman in that attack, Arcan Cetin, 20, was born in Turkey and is a legal US permanent resident, officials say. The FBI have said there was no evidence that the shooting there was linked to terrorism. Nine days ago, a 20-year-old man stabbed 10 people at a Minnesota shopping centre before being shot dead by an off-duty police officer.

Summary: Nine people have been injured in a shooting outside a shopping centre in Houston in the US state of Texas, one of them critically.


The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) says the UK still has "more than enough capacity" to withstand future fuel shortages. It said 92% of all UK postcode areas have more than two petrol stations less than 10 minutes away. But the AA warned that the fuel network is still susceptible to "panic buying". The number of petrol forecourts has fallen from 37,500 in 1970 to 9,000 in 2011, while the UK's diesel and petrol reserves have dropped to six-to-eight days, down by two days compared with 10 years ago. The AA's Luke Bosdet told the BBC: "The vast majority of motorists have access to fuel; the big problem is how much they are being charged for it. "But the network is still susceptible to breakdown when there is panic buying." The Petrol Retailers' Association (PRA), which represents the UK's independent forecourt retailers, said: "The report indisputably confirms that the majority of fuel forecourts are running with dangerously low levels of stock and that the continued closure of forecourts is reducing onsite storage capacity across the country." Supermarkets now own 15% of all forecourts but account for 39% of total fuel volumes, the report said, leading to the demise of many independent petrol retailers. Tesco recently overtook oil giant BP as the UK's largest fuel retailer by volume. The Office of Fair Trading is currently gathering evidence about the fuel supply market, estimated to be worth Â£47bn a year, and will report its findings in January. The watchdog is considering whether falling costs of crude oil are reflected in prices paid by motorists. Fears are growing that fewer petrol stations, lower reserves and a rise in the number of cars on the road from 27 million to 35 million over the last 15 years, is putting too much pressure on the fuel supply network. The AA says that the industry's "just in time" delivery business model is leaving it exposed to supply shortages in the future. Earlier this year, Cabinet Minister Francis Maude advised drivers to fill up their tanks and store extra fuel in a jerrycan to prepare for a possible strike by fuel tanker drivers. Demand shot up, leading to queues and shortages at some petrol stations. "The experience from March 2012 showed us that many stations don't fill their tanks because it is too expensive to do so," said Mr Bosdet. But the DECC report, compiled by consultants Deloitte, concluded that UK retail sector had "more than enough capacity to meet fuel supply shocks until contingency measures can be put in place". Energy Minister John Hayes said: "This report was commissioned by my department to get an accurate picture of the retail fuel market and to consider any possible implications for our security of supply. "Although it is very clear there has been a market shift from independent to supermarket forecourts in the past 40 years this has not had an impact on the vast majority of motorists."

Summary: The number of petrol stations has plummeted since 1970, says a government study, while fuel reserves have dropped by a fifth over the last 10 years.


As German and Italian troops occupied Greece, tens of thousands of people fled by sea to refugee camps in the Middle East. At the end of the war, they began heading home. Most made it back safely, but for some the journey ended in tragedy. "An event like this is hard to forget," says Eleni Karavelatzi. "It leaves you seared with scars and makes you bitter forever." Eleni Karavelatzi was 12 months old when in 1942 her family fled the Nazi occupation of Kastelorizo, a Greek island 2km (1.5 miles) from the Turkish coast. They sailed first to Cyprus and then to a refugee camp in Gaza known as El Nuseirat. They stayed there until the end of the war. In September 1945, a British vessel, the SS Empire Patrol, left the Egyptian city of Port Said carrying Eleni's family and 500 other Greek refugees. Within hours, fire broke out onboard. Thirty-three passengers died, including 14 children. From her garden on Kastelorizo, Eleni can now see the EU border agency ship searching for new migrants and reminisces about what happened in 1945. "My parents told me that I was tied with a rope and lowered on to a raft. But as they were letting me down, my father saw that it was full and ordered me back. As soon as I was brought up, a woman jumped on the dinghy. It capsized and all the children drowned." Among the victims were Eleni's three cousins, whose names are carved on a monument a short distance from where she lives. To the east of the monument lives Kastelorizo's only other survivor, Maria Chroni, who lives with her granddaughter. Maria Chroni, who was born in 1937, clung for life on a piece of wreckage. "I found myself at sea holding on to a wooden plank." "How it happened, I can't remember. I only know I that I stayed in this position for 10 hours. Then my father rescued me and lifted me into the charred boat." From Aleppo to Egypt and beyond Other Greek refugees had fled the Nazi occupation to Syria. They were mainly from the island of Chios, a few kilometres off the Turkey coast. "The Germans were here and we were hungry. I was three back then," remembers Marianthi Andreadi. "So we left for Turkey illegally and from there we took the train to Al Nayrab camp in Aleppo (Syria)." Marianthi remembers some of the faces that stood out on her journey. "I was surrounded by older women. And there was this moment that stays with me when we were on the Turkish border and the guard yells 'Gel Burda! Gel Burda!' (come here)." "We ran away quickly. I fell down. And eventually he let us go. But I never forgot this." Greek archives reveal Al Nayrab camp was less a permanent settlement than a meeting point, says Iakovos Michailidis, professor of history at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. "People were brought here for short periods of time before being sent to various parts of the Middle East, or even Africa." Ioannis Stekas

Summary: The influx of more than a million refugees and migrants to the Greek islands in the past year has stirred up difficult memories for a dwindling group who followed the same route during World War Two, but in reverse.


Efforts to find the family began in August after India accepted the woman, named Geeta, was one of its citizens. Geeta, who has speech and hearing impairments, was about 11 when she is believed to have strayed into Pakistan. Her plight emerged following a Bollywood film Bajrangi Bhaijaan, which told the story of a Pakistani girl who cannot speak and is trapped in India. For most of her time in Pakistan, Geeta has lived at an Edhi shelter home in Karachi, reports the BBC's Shahzeb Jillani. Staff at the charity gave her her name - she is now thought to be about 22. "The Indian high commissioner has lately sent a family photo to us and Geeta has recognised the family," Anwer Kazmi, a senior official at the foundation, told AFP news agency. "We have showed the picture to Geeta and she says they are her family... We hope she will confirm the family identification during the Skype chat through sign language." Geeta was unable to provide a name, address or any documentation to the Pakistani border guards who found her over a decade ago. Nor could she explain how she ended up across the border. Once her travel documents are sorted, she could leave for India as early as 26 October, Faisal Edhi, the son of Pakistan's leading charity worker Abdul Sattar Edhi, said on Thursday. The Edhi Foundation was trying to arrange a Skype call between Geeta and her family, who live in the Indian state of Bihar, he added. It was not clear when the Skype chat would be held. Although it was long thought that Geeta was Indian, it was only in August that the authorities in Delhi accepted her as a citizen - and said she would be brought back home soon. Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said then that she would be handed over to her family after a DNA test.

Summary: An Indian woman stranded in Pakistan for a decade has identified her family in photos sent from across the border.


Not just any old building, mind you, but one with a gleaming metallic facade and sharp angles, the first residential property in Europe by architect Daniel Libeskind. "We haven't set a price yet," says silver-haired softly spoken developer Nikolaus Ziegert. Sapphire is still a construction site - but on a whistle-stop tour, it's easy to see its appeal to foreign wealthy buyers. In many ways, this $43m (Â£29m) development symbolises the gentrification of the city. It's certainly set tongues wagging, dividing opinion in the historical district of Mitte. The luxury property market is red hot in this neighbourhood. Almost everywhere you look from the roof of Sapphire, there are cranes at work, constructing a new Berlin. Just over a decade ago, Berlin's mayor declared the city "poor but sexy", a reputation that helped attract innovative and creative businesses. But now, with its fortunes rapidly changing and the gentrification this brings, is Berlin in danger of becoming a victim of its own success? Its population has been growing fast, and in the past five years so have rents, pricing some local residents out. For Mr Ziegert, business is booming. He set up his property company 30 years ago in West Berlin, when the city was still divided, with just three employees. Now, he has a turnover of some $300m, and 180 staff. Mr Ziegert enjoys being chauffer driven in a vintage Maserati. But he doesn't fit the stereotype of a brash property developer. He is aware of the tensions development can create. "Gentrification has to be seen from two angles," he says. "Of course, the first is that of the tenant. "In Berlin, when the prices rise, people feel insecure. "On the other hand, gentrification also means change and progress. "And even if it's unpleasant for some, it remains very important for the city that investment comes in." In many ways, Berlin is still a city of two halves. On the one hand, there is an incredibly fast-growing community of hi-tech start-ups. On the other, the city's unemployment rate is more than 10%, compared with just 6% for the rest of Germany. Michael Plaumann lives in a homeless shelter in Neukoelln, an area earmarked by developers as the next property hotspot. To supplement his unemployment benefit, he sells a homeless newspaper on the trains of Berlin. "It's very difficult for me to find my own apartment for myself," he says. "That's why I've been living in a shelter for a while already, because the apartments have become very expensive, and for as someone who receives benefits, it is just too expensive." The $900 (Â£600) cost of his shelter accommodation is covered by his benefits. Should he find an apartment of this own, he'd be unable to claim the full rent because of a cap, which could price him out of his neighbourhood. "I want to live in my neighbourhood. That's Neukoelln. I've been there for 15 years," he says. "What bothers me is that in Berlin, more and more neighbourhoods are becoming ghettos. Berlin is not changing for the better." Lisa Jaspers earns

Summary: How many millions would you pay for a penthouse apartment in a futuristic new development with a panoramic view of Berlin?


15 June 2017 Last updated at 16:01 BST Carlos is famous for his free kicks. And now you can see what it's like for a footballer to take one in front of a huge crowd. See his point of view as he runs out onto the pitch, watches an incredible Luis Figo goal and hears the crowd roar. Video courtesy of Real Madrid TV

Summary: Former Real Madrid footballer Roberto Carlos wore a body camera at the legends match against Roma on Sunday 11 June.


The 18-hour spiritual fasts are not easy and for some the month can be a difficult challenge, especially for people with eating disorders. Amina Clayton, who is 19 and lives in Birmingham, is recovering from an eating disorder after having symptoms of both anorexia and bulimia. She was diagnosed at the age of 16 when she was "hardly eating anything and became very obsessed with exercise". Now Ramadan can bring back painful memories. "The hardest thing about Ramadan is that it's all centred around food," she says. "For me, the fast in the day is easier. "It's at night that it's more difficult when families gather after 18 hours of fasting to break the fast," she adds. Amina explains that the problem lay in the fact that she was eating at night and then very early the next morning. "In a space of five or six hours, that's all your intake until your next fast begins so it feels like a binge," she says. "Of course it's not a binge as your body needs that energy to fast the next day." She says it is important that people with the condition realise that Muslims do not have to fast if they are unwell. "Last year I didn't fast at all, and that was a difficult decision to come to because my faith is important to me," she recalls. "To realise fasting might be detrimental to my recovery was the right decision though." This year she has decided to fast on some days. Amina says there had been one particularly difficult evening with her family, when they had all started eating after breaking their fast. "I was having a good time and hadn't really been paying any attention to what I'd been eating," she explains. "And then when I realised, I felt a lot of the feelings I've felt surrounding food, and the guilt and shame of not being in control. "I had to fight quite hard the urge to make myself sick," she points out. Amina says confiding in her mum, as well as speaking to Muslim doctors about fasting during Ramadan, has helped her. Usman Mahmood, an imam from Birmingham Central Mosque, outlines that advice. "Any sort of worship where health becomes an issue, that worship has to stop," he says. "Instead of fasting, people can pay Fidyah where they pay over the month for a poor person to eat." Source: Beat The eating disorder charity Beat says people have reported difficulties to them during Ramadan and other religious occasions. "Food is central to a lot of religious festivals. So Christmas is another time where someone with an eating disorder may experience difficulty," says Lorna Garner from Beat. "People with eating disorders fall into the category of people that are unwell so are exempt from fasting, [so] it sometimes helps people to seek religious guidance. "Family members too could encourage a sufferer to look for other ways of observing Ramadan, perhaps giving to charity," Lorna adds. Maha Khan, who was diagnosed with anorexia, has started the Islam and Eating Disorders blog

Summary: It is coming to the end of Ramadan, when Muslims fast between dawn and sunset for a month.


Reform Scotland said its research suggested more than half of delays to trains in Scotland were due to Network Rail faults rather than ScotRail. It said devolving the organisation would allow a "clear line of accountability" when things go wrong. Network Rail is funded by Transport Scotland but is ultimately accountable to Westminster, not Holyrood. A spokesman for Network Rail said: "We work closely with the Scottish and UK governments to continually enhance and improve our railways. Any discussions over further devolution of Network Rail in Scotland would be a matter for those governments". The full devolution of Network Rail - which is responsible for maintaining rail infrastructure - has been a long-standing ambition of the Scottish government. Transport Minister Humza Yousaf said last month that the move would help to reverse "the current unacceptable industry performance" in Scotland. It comes amid ongoing concern over delays and cancellations to ScotRail trains since Dutch firm Abellio took over the contract last year, which has led to Mr Yousaf suggesting that the rail franchise could be taken over by the public sector in the future. Mr Yousaf is to attend a conference on Tuesday alongside Abellio and Network Rail officials aimed at exploring the future of Scotland's railways. In its Track to the Future report, Reform Scotland said 54% of trains which were delayed by more than three minutes had been attributed to Network Rail faults. The report was written by Reform Scotland's research director Alison Payne and Tom Harris, the former Labour MP and UK transport minister. Mr Harris said: "The current debate over whether or not to nationalise ScotRail misses the point. 54% of delays are the fault of Network Rail. Nationalising ScotRail won't make the trains run on time and it is self-defeating for any politician to imply otherwise. "Instead, we need fundamental change to the governance of Network Rail. The Scottish government is responsible for the strategic direction and funding of the Scottish rail network, but this responsibility cannot be properly exercised while Network Rail remains answerable to the UK government. "Reform Scotland believes that Network Rail in Scotland should be fully accountable to the Scottish government, and that means it must be devolved." The report, which examines the modernisation of Scottish railways, also found that journey times in Scotland compared unfavourably with those of a similar distance in England. For example, Edinburgh to Aberdeen and London to Birmingham are roughly the same distance, but the former takes well over two hours and the latter less than 90 minutes. Birmingham and Manchester are 25% further apart than Glasgow and Dundee, but the train takes 15 minutes less to arrive. While it welcomed recent investment in the railways, the report said upgrading lines while trying to use them could cause additional problems and added that investments such as the Borders Railway had been "short-sighted". The new line from Edinburgh to Tweedbank is not electrified and is single-track. The report said the Scottish government should future-proof all new rail investment by ensuring that it is double-track and electrified where possible. And it

Summary: Calls for the Scottish Parliament to be given full responsibility over Network Rail have been backed by a think tank.


The initiative at The Meadows, along the Melville Drive side, comes ahead of a wildlife meadow being planted. At least 10 large tree logs have been installed by the City of Edinburgh Council after Friends of the Meadows and Bruntsfield requested them. The logs have been donated by the forestry service. Lesley Hinds, City of Edinburgh Council's environment convener, said: "We have been working closely with Friends of the Meadows and Bruntsfield Links over recent months to install these logs, which will not only deter drivers from parking along the edge of the Meadows, but will help our efforts to encourage and diversify wildlife in the area, along with a new wildflower meadow."

Summary: Logs have been embedded into the grass at a huge city park in Edinburgh in a bid to encourage insects and other wildlife to the area.


The FA has also spoken to ex-Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard and former Chelsea skipper Frank Lampard about getting involved in the pilot scheme. Individuals are assessed and then the FA puts together a learning programme. Three of the 92 Premier and Football League managers played for England. Find out how to get into football with our special guide. Keith Curle, Mike Phelan and Nigel Clough have 18 caps between them. "St George's Park is very much open to ex-England players," said FA technical director Dan Ashworth. "We are keen to get more English coaches either working with our national teams or back into the Premier League or Football League as coaches and managers. I have been in regular contact with several current and ex-England internationals about a pilot programme." In the case of Scholes, the assessment would determine whether he has the right skills to coach other players how to pass the ball, based on his playing career which shows he has all the practical ability required to demonstrate that skill. The length of time it takes to complete the courses depends on the individual, as they still have to complete the modules required to get their badges. Scholes, 42, is currently doing his badges at Blackburn. Take part in our new Premier League Predictor game, which allows you to create leagues with friends.

Summary: Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes is taking part in a pilot Football Association programme aimed at preventing former England internationals heading out of the game.


The Public Accounts Committee at Stormont has published a damning report on the affair, after taxpayers were left to clear its Â£1.6m debts. "The level of scandal is completely shocking," said the committee's chairperson, Michaela Boyle. The PSNI is investigating what went on and, separately, NIEC board members are facing disqualification proceedings. This follows a five-year inquiry costing Â£1.2m. "This debacle makes uncomfortable reading - the scale of the mismanagement was massive," Ms Boyle said. The NI Events Company (NIEC) was formed in 1997 to support major sports and music events. It was answerable to the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (DCAL), whose oversight prior to its downfall in 2007 is described as being close to non-existent. The department's then permanent secretary, Paul Sweeney, has already apologised and accepted responsibility for what happened. The PAC report notes that no DCAL official has ever been disciplined. The report said the NIEC board's performance "in key areas was extraordinarily weak" and questioned whether all its members were fully motivated. The NIEC was the subject of an Audit Office report last September, with the conduct of its former chief executive Janice McAleese branded the worst it had seen from a public official.

Summary: The collapse of the NI Events Company quango has been described as one of the worst scandals since devolution.


Analysts said June's hot weather had helped to lift sales at the company, which also includes Argos. The UK's second biggest supermarket said like-for-like sales - which strip out the impact of new stores - grew by 2.3%, excluding petrol. Chief executive Mike Coupe said he was "pleased" with the results - its best growth in four years. Laith Khalaf, an analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, said: "The recent heatwave helped to boost sales at Sainsbury's group, as customers turned to the Argos website to buy electric fans and paddling pools to keep cool in the hot weather." Demand for deals on British strawberries and its summer eating range added to Sainsbury's grocery sales, which were up 3%. Food price inflation also contributed to a rise in sales at the supermarket's checkouts. This is the best quarterly performance by Sainsbury's in years, with sales up across the board. Like the other main supermarkets, inflation is driving some of this sales growth. The boss said the company had managed to "keep a control over prices" and that the rise in own label goods had been a big success. Was this a sign of shoppers trading down, for instance eating in instead of eating out? Chief executive Mike Coupe said there wasn't any evidence of a massive change in consumer behaviour although there might be a trend starting to come through. Most striking though is the rise in clothing sales - up by more than 7%, a very strong performance, in stark contrast to its competitors on the high street. A sign, perhaps, that consumers are watching their wallets. Mr Coupe said "inflation was coming through", but that Sainsbury's was trying to keep prices down by striking deals with suppliers. He pointed to chicken, milk and broccoli, which he said were cheaper than three years ago. The company's latest sales figures marked an acceleration from the previous quarter when sales grew by just 0.3%. The growth was also slightly stronger than expected, with analysts having forecast like-for-like sales to grow 2%. David Alexander of GlobalData, said: "Even accounting for a later Easter and Mother's Day, and the inclusion of a buoyant Argos in the figures, the numbers still present a positive picture." Widespread media reports have suggested Sainsbury's is lining up Nisa, a convenience store chain and wholesaler, for its next acquisition. George MacDonald, editor of Retail Week, told the BBC that Sainsbury's was "possibly grabbing on the coat-tails of Tesco which wants to buy another wholesaler called Booker". However, Mr Coupe declined to comment on any possible Nisa deal, saying it regularly looked at potential tie-ups. "We are not holding onto anyone's coat-tails - that's just the nature of a large corporation. Most of these conversations come to nothing," the Sainsbury's boss told reporters.

Summary: Sainsbury's has said sales of clothes, summer food and paddling pools helped speed up growth in the past few months.


The central bank's past efforts to spur growth have disappointed investors and there is expectation of more monetary easing from the meeting on Thursday. Japan's Nikkei 225 index fell 0.5% to close at 17,353.28. Embattled Mitsubishi Motors again saw its shares tumble, losing 9.6% over the day. The Japanese car maker is engulfed in a scandal over falsifying fuel efficiency. In China, the mainland benchmark Shanghai Composite closed 0.6% higher at 2,964.70 while in Hong Kong the Hang Seng ended up 0.5% at 21,407.27. In South Korea, the Kospi index finished the day up 0.3% at 2,019.63, despite the country reporting its slowest quarter of economic growth in nine months. In the January to March period the economy grew by 0.4% compared with the previous quarter, which was in line with expectations. On an annual basis, the economy expanded 2.7%. In Australia, traders were equally cautious, and the ASX/200 index fell 0.3% to 5,220.64.

Summary: Japanese shares fell for a second day as investors remained cautious ahead of a key Bank of Japan meeting later this week.


UN chief Ban Ki-moon told reporters that he had requested his resignation. It comes a day after Amnesty International alleged that a 12-year-old girl was raped by a UN peacekeeper. The 10,000-strong UN force, deployed last year to help restore order in CAR, has also faced allegations of sexually abusing street children. In June, Mr Ban set up an independent review panel to examine the UN's handling of allegations of sexual exploitation. Earlier, the UN had denied allegations it covered up child abuse by French troops also serving in CAR. BBC Africa Live: News updates "I cannot put into words how anguished and angered and ashamed I am by recurrent reports over the years of reports of sex abuse and exploitation by UN forces," Mr Ban said when he announced the resignation of the Senegalese army general. "I will not tolerate any action that causes people to replace trust with fear." The BBC's UN correspondent Nick Bryant says the UN chief also noted that the problem went beyond one conflict and one person. He is convening a special session of the UN Security Council on Thursday to discuss what he called "the scourge of sexual exploitation". Mr Ban will also hold a video-conference call bringing together the force commanders of all the peacekeeping operations around the world to underscore their responsibility to uphold the values of the UN, our correspondent says. The UN mission in CAR is known as Minusca, from its French acronym, and has been headed by Gen Gaye since it took over from a smaller African Union force in September 2014. Unprecedented violence escalated in March 2013 when mainly Muslim rebels seized power and the country descended into ethnic and religious violence, with tens of thousands of people fleeing their homes. This week, Amnesty International also accused UN soldiers of killing a 16-year-old boy and his father during an operation in the capital, Bangui.

Summary: The UN envoy to Central African Republic (CAR), Babacar Gaye, has been sacked amid multiple allegations of sexual abuse by peacekeepers.


Dujardin, 30, and Valegro won individual and team dressage gold for Britain at London 2012 and have since won World and European titles. But, she says, the Olympics in Brazil next summer will be the horse's last. "This will be Valegro's retirement after Rio so I want to go out there and want to enjoy every last minute," Dujardin told BBC Points West. Media playback is not supported on this device Dujardin partnered Valegro to victory in London as the two performed to movie themes including The Great Escape and Live And Let Die. And the Gloucestershire rider says she is hugely excited at the prospect of defending her title, while admitting the Games in Brazil represents a huge logistical challenge. "He's got to stay fit and healthy and get ready for the flight," she said. "It's a 16-hour flight and he needs to acclimatise. "I'm really, really excited heading towards Rio. We get to go out in February and have a look around and fingers crossed it all goes well. "Hopefully it won't be too hot, it's their winter time so high 20s." Dujardin also says she will not let the pressure of being Olympic champion affect her. "I just take it all on board," she said. "I try not to let that all bother me. Riding Valegro always makes you smile so I enjoy it."

Summary: Double Olympic champion Charlotte Dujardin says her horse Valegro will retire after the Rio Games in 2016.


Jordan Abdull keeps his place after being a late call-up to the squad for the win at Widnes, with Mark Sneyd also included having recovered from injury. Injuries force Catalans to make three changes to the squad which suffered defeat at St Helens. Todd Carney, Jodie Broughton and Justin Horo are replaced by Romain Navarette, Jordan Sigismeau and Antoni Maria. Hull FC (from): Shaul, Fonua, Tuimavave, Talanoa, Sneyd, Taylor, Houghton, Watts, Minichiello, Abdull, Green, Thompson, Hadley, Michaels, Manu, Bowden, Pritchard, Yeaman, Washbrook. Catalans (from): Gigot, Duport, Anderson, Aiton, Casty, Stewart, Baitieri, Taylor, Bousquet, Pelissier, Mounis, Elima, Yaha, Escare, Maria, Sigismeau, Albert, Navarette, Garcia. Referee: Phil Bentham.

Summary: Super League leaders Hull FC rest captain Gareth Ellis for the visit of Catalans Dragons.


Pastor James McConnell, 78, denies two charges relating to a sermon he gave in a church last year. A prosecution lawyer said his words were not "a slip of the tongue", while a defence lawyer said he should not be convicted. Judgement was reserved, and the verdict will be given on 5 January. Summing up the prosecution's case, a barrister said Pastor McConnell, of Shore Road, Newtownabbey, was "not on trial for his beliefs", but for what he said and using words that were allegedly grossly offensive. "He intended to use those words, it wasn't a slip of the tongue," he told Belfast Magistrates Court. However, a defence barrister called on the court to find Pastor McConnell not guilty. He said he was a man with an unblemished record who should be recognised for his good works in society, not convicted in court. Earlier, Pastor McConnell told the court that he still believed in what he had preached, and did not go into church to "provoke anyone". He said he only realised he may have offended anyone when he got a call from BBC Radio Ulster's Nolan Show. "I was attacking the theology of Islam. I was not attacking any individual Muslim," he told the court. "I didn't realise that good Muslim people would be hurt. "I didn't go into the church to provoke anyone. I went into church to present the truth." Asked why he refused an informal warning that would have prevented a criminal trial he said: "If I took it, that would be an insult to the one I love ... that was me gagged for the rest of my life." DUP MP Sammy Wilson and Catholic priest Fr Patrick McCafferty appeared as character witnesses for Pastor McConnell. Fr McCafferty said that in spite of their theological differences, the pastor and he shared a Christian love. "He has no hatred," he said. Pastor McConnell is charged with improper use of a public electronic communications network and causing a grossly offensive message to be sent by means of a public electronic communications network. On Tuesday, an application by the evangelical preacher's defence to stop his trial was rejected by the judge.

Summary: A judge in the trial of an evangelical preacher accused of making "grossly offensive" remarks about Islam will deliver his verdict next month.


The message from Celtic Park, in the wake of the announcement of Ronny Deila's exit at the end of the season, was one of calm and an insistence that they know what's gone wrong and they know what needs to happen in order to fix it. As chief executive, Peter Lawwell has been caught in the fallout of Sunday's loss to Rangers in the Scottish Cup semi-final. There have been calls for his head as well as Deila's, but Lawwell is probably less likely to leave now than he has been at any point in recent times. Lawwell - and all people in his position - think about legacy. They all want to leave on a high, serenaded out on the back of a big feel-good moment. Lawwell is not likely to have Deila as the full-stop on his years at Parkhead, even though Deila was his appointment. That's where the pressure comes, though. His next decision is a monumental one - and he'd better get it right. If he doesn't then you wouldn't bank on him leaving on his own terms. If he does, and a winning manager is the result, then everything else fades away - all the supporter disaffection, all the issues about stockpiling players, all of it. There were huge doubts swirling around Celtic Park in the dog-days of Tony Mowbray's reign but Neil Lennon took over and took things forward. Rangers could scarcely have been at a lower ebb than a 6-1 aggregate loss to a poor Motherwell side at the end of last season but Mark Warburton, in rapid time, turned it around. Good managers are like that. They have a touch of magic about them - they make other problems disappear. The names of possible successors are coming thick and fast - David Moyes is, by the looks of it, fluttering his eyelashes at Aston Villa and Celtic. Lennon has made it clear that he would be happy to talk about a return. Malky Mackay has already let it be known that he would love the job. Alan Stubbs was considered a contender in the media a few months ago, then was written off when Hibs hit the wall, and might yet be a contender again if Hibs win the Scottish Cup and get promotion to the Premiership. Media playback is not supported on this device Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill has been mentioned. Roy Keane was offered the job before Deila and he's on the betting short-list again now. Before this is done, there will be other names - many, many others. Keane's recollection of the summer of 2014 is interesting. It comes from his book, The Second Half. "I got a call: would I go and have a chat with Dermot Desmond," Keane wrote about the time he was approached to succeed Lennon. "At the end of the chat, [Desmond] said: "The job is yours.' It was all pretty straightforward. There'd be one or two restrictions, about staff. They'd already picked the man who'd be my assistant, and they were insisting on him.

Summary: Football history is littered with examples of seemingly lost causes rescued by a great redeemer, situations that appear hopeless being turned around by somebody who knows exactly what they're doing.


To give some idea of the amount of the currency that represents - there were more than 90 billion banknotes in circulation in India last March. Most central banks destroy soiled and mutilated banknotes on a regular basis and replace them with new, crisp ones. The Reserve Bank of India, similarly, shreds such notes and makes briquettes of them. But they are not your usual briquettes. Briquettes - usually made of farm waste in India - are used for cooking, lighting and heating. They are cheaper than coal, have lower ash content, are less polluting, and easier to store and pack. They are mostly used as fuel in factory boilers. But briquettes made out of shredded cash are brittle and serve no such purpose, a senior central bank official told me. So the bank's 27 shredding and briquetting machines in 19 offices across India will now snip the expired banknotes into the smallest of pieces and the resulting briquettes will be then dumped in India's vast landfills. Sometimes the shredded currency is also recycled to make files, calendars and paper weights and ballpoint pen shells, tea coasters, cups and small trays as souvenirs for guests. The practice is similar in the US: counterfeit banknotes are sent to the Secret Service, while unfit notes are shredded and sent to landfills or given away as souvenirs to the public touring the Federal Reserve Bank. Central bank officials believe shredding 20 billion banknotes will not be a huge challenge. In 2015-16 the Reserve Bank of India destroyed more than 16 billion soiled notes. More than 14 billion were removed in 2012-2013 after nearly 500,000 fake notes were found in the system. "Destroying so much cash is not a challenge because we have enough shredding and briquetting machines with very high capacities. These are automatic machines which shred the cash into the finest of pieces," says an official. So, India's mountain of expired currency will soon become rubbish, literally.

Summary: India's central bank will have to destroy, by one estimate, some 20 billion "expired" banknotes after it scrapped two high-value denominations - the 500 ($7.60) and 1,000 rupee notes - this month to crack down on "black money" or illegal cash holdings.


But for many people on the continent, America's role appears to be a distant, nebulous one, increasingly overshadowed by that of another emerging global super-power. Here in Lesotho, the Chinese are in almost every village - from the cornfields of the western lowlands right up to the snow-dusted peaks of the mountainous east. In Nazareth, halfway up a steep hillside an hour's drive out of the capital Maseru, a cluster of people were gathered at the door of the local store. A young woman from southern China was helping a farmer to load supplies into a pickup truck. "It's good here. The air is much cleaner than back home," she said, politely declining to give her name. Inside, her Chinese colleague was manning the cash register with China's CCTV News playing on a television nearby. The only American brand visible came in the form of a handful of Coca Cola bottles in a fridge. "I've been here two years. My relatives were already here. Business is okay. I feel the Basotho people respect us, to a certain point, because we do help out and they think we're okay as people," said the shopkeeper. Some locals grumble about the influx of "Ba-China" - the Chinese - saying they are taking away jobs, and undercutting local businesses. But many quietly acknowledge the entrepreneurial spirit and resourcefulness of the mainland Chinese and Taiwanese business people whose presence is strikingly obvious in this small nation of some two million people. "American investors don't come to Africa.... I don't think they know much about this region, and we need to try and show them what we are, what we do. The Chinese are everywhere. I think they are great explorers," said Motebang Mokoaleli, from Lesotho's National Development Corporation. But if American business people are thin on the ground in Lesotho - and the only one we could find was running the local grain mill - it does not necessarily follow that American influence is small here. The biggest employer in the country is the garment manufacturing industry, housed in warehouses on the edge of Maseru. Some 40,000 locals are currently working here, many for wages of little more than $3 (Â£2) a day. None of the workers I spoke to had any idea that the tracksuits they were stitching together were all heading for the United States. Their work is a direct result of America's African Growth and Opportunities Act (Agoa), which offers tax breaks to support manufacturing in a select group of African countries and is single-handedly responsible for the garment industry's success in Lesotho. But, unsurprisingly, it is business people from the Far East, and in particular from Taiwan, who are taking advantage of Agoa to build and run the sector in Lesotho. "This is my second home now," said Jennifer Chang, owner of the Shinning Century factory. "We're not the enemy. We want to get the benefit, but we also benefit our team, our employees. This past 10 to 15 years we see a big change here - people are able to have education,"

Summary: As US President Barack Obama visits East Africa this weekend there is an understandable focus on issues like security and counter-terrorism, as well as entrepreneurship.


The Migration Watch report said a "cautious estimate" for annual net migration by 2035 was 265,000, with 60% of migrants coming from the EU. It said there was complacency about the impact of rapid population growth which it said "could change the UK forever". Remain said leaving the EU and damaging the economy was not the answer. Immigration has been a key battleground in the referendum campaign ahead of the vote on EU membership on 23 June. Net migration to the UK rose to 333,000 in 2015, according to Office for National Statistics estimates released in May - the second highest figure on record - figures which the Leave campaign argue illustrates the inability of the UK to control migration while being in the EU. Migration Watch, which campaigns for reduced migration, has now looked over a 20-year period at the impact on net migration in the event the UK votes to remain in the EU on 23 June. This issue covers immigration and free movement within Europe. Net migration is the difference between the number of people coming to the UK for at least a year and those leaving. It said the figure of 265,000 excluded the possibility of Turkey joining the EU altogether and took the average of the high and low migration scenarios. Under its low migration scenario, net migration from the EU would fall to 135,000 by the end of the period and only a small number of refugees who have already arrived in other parts of the EU would relocate to Britain. In this scenario the government would successfully reduce non-EU net migration to 100,000 a year and British emigration would remain at 50,000 a year, leading to total net migration of 205,000. For the high scenario, net migration from the EU would rise to 220,000 by 2031. In this scenario, non-EU migration would remain at 150,000 per year and British emigration would remain at 50,000 net per year, leading to net migration to the UK to 320,000 in 20 years' time, it said. Lord Green of Deddington, chairman of Migration Watch UK said: "This report is a final wake-up call. Even leaving aside the prospect of Turkey joining the EU, it shows that net migration could still be running at 265,000 a year in 20 years' time. "This would bring our population to 80 million within 30 years. If we remain in the EU there will be nothing to stop a continuing rapid increase in our population. This would change our country for ever against the express wishes of a very large majority of our fellow citizens." Vote Leave said the report confirmed its estimates of future migration levels from the EU and demonstrated that the "only way to take back control of our borders" was to leave the EU. But the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants said the report failed to take account of the "essential contribution" that migrants make to UK industry and the public services, pointing out that they pay more in taxes than they take out. In response to the

Summary: A group that wants lower immigration has forecast if Britain votes to remain in the EU, net migration will exceed 250,000 a year for at least 20 years.


Union flags and and Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) flags are flying in Global Crescent and Cantrell Close. The housing developments are part of the Together Building United Communities programme. DUP MP Emma Little Pengelly said she had visited about 100 homes and found mixed views among residents. But a DUP spokesman said earlier flags or any other emblems supporting paramilitaries had no place in communities and should all be all removed. "Paramilitaries are a plague on society," the spokesman told the BBC's Nolan Show. "The DUP condemns all those who cling to criminality and violence." The Police Service of Northern Ireland said removing flags was not its responsibility, and police would only act to remove flags where there were "substantial risks to public safety". "We will work with local communities and respond to any issues where there is a concern for public safety or where it is believed a criminal offence has occurred," said the PSNI in a statement. Mrs Little Pengelly spent a number of hours going door-to-door to meet local residents on Monday evening, and afterwards spoke to the BBC. "There were some people who were very supportive of the flags, people who felt very much it was part of the tradition of the local area and the wider area," she said. "The majority of people said to me: 'We understand that the flags have gone up, but we also understand that they will come back down again'. "Really they didn't want a public fuss around this matter," she added. "And there were some who had concerns around this, who would prefer for the flags not to be there. "The way I would put this is that it was a much more complex picture than I was imagining. "There were some concerns raised, I reassured those individuals that I would be here to support them as well, I would represent their views to the housing association." The housing developments are near the Ravenhill and Cregagh roads, which border the South Belfast and East Belfast constituencies. Mrs Little Pengelly became the new MP for South Belfast earlier this month. Alliance MLA Paula Bradshaw said it was "almost beyond belief" that Mrs Little Pengelly believes there was no widespread demand for removal of flags from a mixed housing development in the area. "A shared community should be welcoming to all and intimidating to none," she said.

Summary: A DUP MP has said she has found no widespread demands for the removal of flags from a mixed housing development in her South Belfast constituency.


The 34-year-old captain needed just 54 balls to reach his 12th century in a majestic display against Australia on the first day of the second Test. It beat the mark of 56 balls set by West Indies great Sir Viv Richards against England in 1986, and equalled by Pakistan's Misbah-ul-Haq in 2014. "I was trying to hit every ball for four or six," said McCullum. "Viv was my idol growing up, he was an incredible cricketer. I'm almost a little bit of embarrassed to go past him, to be honest." New Zealand, who lost the opening game of the two-Test series, were 32-3 at one point on day one in Christchurch, but recovered to 370 all out before Australia closed on 57-1. McCullum had a big piece of luck on 39, when he sliced James Pattinson to Mitchell Marsh. But umpire Richard Kettleborough requested a replay which showed Pattinson had bowled a no-ball. McCullum had reached 82 from 48 balls when Josh Hazlewood came on to bowl and, after failing to score from the first two balls of the over, the skipper turned on the power, hitting a six, followed by three fours, to give him the record. He finally fell for 145 off 79 balls when he was caught by Nathan Lyon off Pattinson. Have you added the new Top Story alerts in the BBC Sport app? Simply head to the menu in the app - and don't forget you can also add alerts for the Six Nations, cricket scores, your football team and more.

Summary: Brendon McCullum scored the fastest Test century in his 101st and final match for New Zealand before retiring.


But his term in office has been dogged by the deep schism between his own Fatah movement in the West Bank and the militant Hamas movement, which controls the Gaza Strip. Mr Abbas, opposed to armed struggle and committed to pursuing an independent Palestinian state through negotiations, has enjoyed strong support from the international community. Under his leadership, US and European money has flowed into the West Bank to build up security forces which he has used to crack down on militant activity and Hamas's political infrastructure. But in the face of scant progress from years of negotiations, and the tough stance of the right-wing government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu elected in early 2009, his strategy has looked increasingly bankrupt to many Palestinians. A year after Mr Abbas won presidential elections, he suffered a major blow as Hamas gained a sweeping victory in legislative polls. A short-lived unity government was formed after months of wrangling, but fell apart in June 2007 as factional street battles broke out in Gaza and Hamas drove Fatah's security forces from the Strip. From then on, Mr Abbas ruled the West Bank only, essentially by presidential decree. And when his four-year term ended in January 2009, Hamas declared him illegitimate - although he argued that the Palestinian basic law called for presidential and legislative elections to be held at the same time, so he could legally stay in post for a further year until legislative polls due in January 2010. In November 2008, he also was elected "president of a future Palestinian state" by the Palestine Liberation Organisation. He had been chairman of the umbrella body - which represents Palestinian political factions (although not Hamas) and conducts negotiations with Israel - since the death of its previous leader, Yasser Arafat, in 2004. But the move was seen as a way of shoring up his authority. Mr Abbas has walked a delicate line between appeasing Israeli and US demands that he improve security and participate in peace negotiations, and popular Palestinian pressure for genuine political and economic progress. And he has, in the past year, undermined his already fragile poll ratings with misjudged comments and actions. Even Fatah supporters were angered when Mr Abbas was slow to condemn the punishing military assault that Israel launched on Gaza in December 2008, and criticised the Hamas rocket fire Israel said it was trying to end. And Mr Abbas's credibility suffered further when the PA initially agreed, under Israeli and US pressure, to allow the postponement of a UN vote on the Goldstone report which was heavily critical of Israel's conduct during the operation. But, under him and his appointed Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, the West Bank economy has shown signs of improvement while Gaza has suffered under a crippling Israeli-Egyptian blockade aimed at weakening Hamas. Born in Safed in British Mandate Palestine in 1935, he is one of the few surviving founder members of Fatah - the main political grouping within the PLO. In exile in Qatar during the late 1950s, he helped recruit a group of Palestinians

Summary: Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen, has led the Palestinian Authority since he was elected as its president in January 2005.


The A Word focuses on the Hughes family - at first glance, they seem to be living an idyllic life in the Lake District. But Paul and Alison Hughes are beginning to realise that there may be more to their five-year-old son Joe's quirky behaviour than just eccentricity. A diagnosis of autism plunges the family into a disorientating world of medical jargon and new expectations. What is it really like for families to be told by the experts that their child has autism? For Nikki, the dust is still settling. Her eldest son Sam (not his real name) was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome in January at the age of six, after a four-year battle to convince people he was not simply badly behaved. "In some ways it was a massive relief, to know it wasn't just us being incompetent parents," she says. "But in the same moment it's being confirmed that your son has a hidden disability and he isn't going to grow out of his problems. It's bittersweet." She describes Sam as an "angry baby" who would have tantrums lasting two hours, sometimes culminating in him holding his breath and passing out. He was kicked out of nursery and rejected by childminders. "It got to the point his behaviour at home was so difficult we were generally worried we couldn't keep our younger son safe - he was hitting and punching, out of control because he was so stressed. At that point I paid to get a diagnosis privately." Sam was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, with sensory issues and short-term memory problems. Nikki says: "Certain noises are unpleasant to him like electric hand dryers which he finds unbearable, but in other areas he's under-sensitive - he jumps on furniture and fidgets because he's not getting enough sensory input to make him feel grounded." But there are also challenges which are not medical. "Sam went the whole of last year without being invited to a party," Nikki says. "If he just had one friend who understood and tolerated him it would make him feel he was part of something." This sense of isolation is played out in the programme with Joe always appearing to be on the outside of social interactions. Source: The National Autistic Society The character is played by newcomer Max Vento, a - non-autistic six-year-old who is described as "simply perceptive" by the producers. The A Word's screenwriter, Peter Bowker, took great pains in making sure the depiction of autism and the familial trials around it were accurate. He worked with the National Autistic Society (NAS) which tries to help producers and writers make sure that autism is portrayed as accurately as possible. In the first episode the family take Joe to a specialist who observes his interaction through a series of play-tests before giving his diagnosis. Tom Purser from NAS advised the writers: "We had quite specific points around the diagnostic process to ensure it was accurate and matched the clinical process, but on the other side it was a question of whether it will resonate with other

Summary: New TV drama The A Word tells the story of a family discovering that their quirky five-year-old son is in fact autistic.


But experts said the schemes were doomed to fail. The campaigners are protesting against a congress vote to repeal a key internet privacy law earlier this week. They said the SJR34 resolution, which would let companies continue to sell user data without their consent, would infringe people's privacy. President Donald Trump is expected to sign the order soon. One campaign, run by Adam McElhaney, has raised $146,732 (Â£117,698) in four days on the crowd-funding platform GoFundMe - 9,648 people have made donations. Mr McElhaney said he planned to "turn the tables" on all of those who had voted to ditch the law. "I plan on purchasing the internet histories of all legislators, congressmen, executives, and their families and making them easily searchable at [my website] searchinternethistory.com," he said "Anything they have looked at, searched for, or visited on the internet will now be available for everyone to comb through," he added. Mr McElhaney's site is also inviting votes on which politician's data should be purchased first, with Speaker of the House and Republican Paul Ryan topping the list. Another campaign, run by actor Misha Collins, has raised $62,000 towards a $500m target. He said: "Since congress has made our privacy a commodity, let's band together to buy their privacy," "This GoFundMe [campaign] will pay to purchase the data of Donald Trump and every congressperson who voted for SJR34, and to make it publicly available." But several reports suggested the plans were technically illegal. The US Telecommunications Act prohibits the sharing of "individually identifiable" customer information except under specific circumstances. Marketers may access user browsing data, but only in aggregate, for the purposes of targeted advertising. And internet service providers (ISPs) would suffer huge brand damage if they sold off identifiable personal data. Mike Masnick, founder of the Techdirt blog, said: "Here's the real problem: you can't buy congress's internet data. "You can't buy my internet data. You can't buy your internet data. That's not how this works." On Tuesday, the House of Representatives voted to repeal the Obama-era law, which required ISPs to obtain permission before sharing personal information - including location data. The law was set to take effect at the end of this year. Supporters of the move to repeal the law said it would increase competition, but critics said it would have a "chilling effect" on online privacy.

Summary: The organisers of two privacy campaigns say they plan to buy, then sell, the internet browsing histories of some of America's best-known politicians.


Seven of the group at Pembroke Comprehensive School fell unwell at about 14:00 BST. Police believe they experienced a poor reaction to the substance they had taken. Some were treated at the scene while others were taken to Withybush hospital in Haverfordwest as a precaution. None are believed to be in a life-threatening condition. A Pembrokeshire council spokesman said parents have been informed. A Dyfed-Powys Police spokesperson said: "At approximately 14:07 this afternoon, the ambulance service informed Dyfed-Powys Police of an incident they were dealing with at Pembroke Comprehensive School, where a group of pupils had become unwell. "Officers attended the scene and established that a number of pupils were affected - some were treated at the scene and released, but others were conveyed to A&E in Withybush as a precaution." The spokesperson said air ambulance also attended the school as a precaution and none of the pupils are believed to be in a life-threatening condition. "Enquiries have commenced into the circumstances, but early indications are that the group may have reacted to a type of legal high." Ambulance staff confirmed that they had sent four emergency ambulances to the school and an ambulance officer. "Though the cause is yet to be confirmed, it is believed the pupils may have reacted to an unknown substance," added a spokesperson for the Welsh Ambulance Service.

Summary: A group of pupils have been treated at a Pembrokeshire school after experimenting with a 'legal high'.


The army, navy and air force accused the men of committing acts of sedition and rebellion, and attacking the honour of the armed forces. The soldiers say the armed forces discriminate against indigenous Bolivians, a claim the military denies. Protesters are calling for a meeting with President Evo Morales. The protest began on Tuesday with 500 soldiers, but grew to about 1,000 on Thursday. Non-commissioned officers and sergeants dressed in camouflage uniforms - some with their wives - marched through Bolivia's main city, La Paz, along with Aymara indigenous leaders who support their demands. "Today we are victims of persecution, intimidation, and threats that target our families," a protest leader, Johnny Gil, told Reuters news agency. The protesters are demanding reforms so that non-commissioned officers can be promoted beyond the rank of sergeant and get access to equal training opportunities to become career officers. They also want the end of what they see as discrimination in the areas of salaries, housing and health care. President Morales, himself an Aymara, called for "discipline" within the forces. "We are talking about armed forces that are ready to defend our homeland. If there is no discipline, there are no armed forces in Bolivia," he told a news conference in La Paz. But another protest leader, Marcela Shiriqui, accused him of "only listening to military leaders". "All we have done is to ask for equal treatment within the forces and an end to discrimination. We will continue with our protest," she told Bolivia's Erbol radio station. The military rejected what it called an "excuse". "Discrimination is not an excuse for sedition and to orchestrate a coup d'etat," Chief of Armed Forces Victor Baldivieso told Bolivia's state-owned Abi news agency. On Wednesday, Defence Minister Ruben Saavedra said the country's armed forces were changing and that in 2015 enlisted soldiers and sergeants would be able to receive scholarships to study to become officers. Bolivia's 38,000 strong armed forces have about 10,000 non-commissioned officers, according to the AFP news agency.

Summary: Bolivia's military chiefs have ordered the dismissal of 702 servicemen who have been protesting to demand better working conditions.


The money will go to International Medical Corps, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, and Save the Children. Facebook is also paying for 100 satellite communication terminals to help improve internet and phone services in west Africa. The disease has killed nearly 5,000 people across Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announced the Ebola donation button with a video on his own profile page, saying "I want to make sure Facebook does its part to help fight Ebola." Last month he donated almost $25m (Â£16m) to the fight against the virus. And he's been forced to point this out again, with critics accusing him of adding the button purely as a marketing move. "Facebook is giving everyone the ability to donate, but how much is Facebook donating? ... this seems just marketing to me one more time," said Pepe Pepe Pepe. Zuckerberg responded in person, writing: "I personally donated $25m and Facebook is spending millions more on providing internet connectivity in the affected regions." Facebook says it chose charities that work directly on the ground and are able to accept money globally. Ebola aid donations have so far lagged behind the money given by the public after natural disasters like last year's Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, or the earthquake in Haiti four years ago. It's well known Facebook is trialling a payment system and it's likely the Ebola button will help the firm measure how its servers handle secure money transfers. In October hacked screenshots appeared to show a hidden payment option inside the site's Messenger app, which is used by around 200 million people. All the evidence adds up that Facebook wants to move into the money transactions market. In June, the company brought in PayPal president and payments expert David Marcus as boss of its messaging service. It's thought he's looking beyond adverts for how chat apps can begin to make real profit. Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter and Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube

Summary: Facebook has added an Ebola button to users' profile pages to help people donate to charities fighting the disease.


Others are sheltering from the hot midday sunshine, sitting under the thatched roof of a mud hut near the lake. This quiet fishing village has been here for longer than any of its inhabitants have been alive. Nobody seems to know when it was first established. Its future, though, is much more uncertain, because oil has been discovered under Lake Albert, the large body of water that straddles the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Exploration work has already taken place, and full scale drilling is due to start within months. "Things don't look so good for us, the fishing community," says Gideon Kaiza, one of the fishermen. "There's a man who came here and told us they'll be relocating us to another place because of the oil business." "They want only a few people to stay," he says. The men do not know exactly who told them to leave, but insist they and their families do not want to go. Initially they did not think they would have to, as one oil firm, Heritage Oil & Gas, built a brand new school at the far end of the village. "We knew that whoever had a house here would be given money if the government chose to relocate them, so that they start a new, better life with their families," says Mr Kaiza. "In Buliisa, when the exploration started, everyone got paid," he adds. "But here, there's been nothing, and yet we fear we're going to be evicted." As he speaks, cows and goats lie around under the shade of a huge tree in the centre of the village. Children, dressed mainly in old clothes full of holes, sit by the water's edge. An hour and a half's walk away, up a steep hill and then along an uneven dirt road, is the nearest small town, Weragaza. The sound from a film being shown in the local video hall can be heard on the main street. Some boys are playing pool on a table, under a rickety looking canopy made of palm leaves. In the town's bar, the elected chairman of the district, Omuhereza Rwemera Mazirane, says no-one will be forced from their homes. "The land belongs to the people," he says. "Anything which will be done, will be done amicably; we shall be sitting around the table." "They cannot be moved without compensation." Weragaza is surrounded by forest, which is home to monkeys and baboons. Some of the nearby land is used to grow crops. Mr Mazirane says the townspeople should be making more use of that to increase their incomes once the oil drilling starts. "We are always encouraging our people to plant more crops, to produce more animals for future consumption by the people who are going to work in the oil industry." He seems less convinced there will be lots of jobs available in the oil companies themselves, although he says a handful of people he knows already have jobs guarding oil sites. A three-hour drive away in Hoima, there is a much greater sense

Summary: As the water of Lake Albert laps at the shore of Bugoma village, some fishermen are fixing their nets.