An Australian man has survived spending hours struggling to keep his nose above water after his excavator rolled into a waterhole.

Daniel Miller, 45, had been riding the machine at his remote property 300km (180 miles) north of Sydney.
When the edge of the dam gave way, the farmer was pinned down by a bar on the three-tonne excavator.
Mr Miller said he adopted a yoga pose - arching his back for air - until a neighbour 500m away heard him shouting.
"I was trapped and had to keep my head up above water using my arms, I guess it was the cobra position," he told Sydney's Daily Telegraph.
"I'm not a yogi but I guess you could say yoga saved my life. That and the will to live."
Rescue crews said the ordeal on Tuesday lasted two hours, but Mr Miller's wife, Saimaa, wrote on Facebook it was five hours.
Mr Miller said he spent "the whole time" thinking about returning to his wife and their two young children.
Police chief inspector Neil Stephens said only Mr Miller's nose and forehead were above the water.
"He's been extremely lucky to survive," he told Nine News.
Firefighters drained some mud and water before wading in to free Mr Miller.
"How he kept his back arched with his nose above the waterline was quite incredible for that amount of time," said Fire and Rescue New South Wales deputy captain Steve Howard.
Mr Miller was taken by helicopter to a hospital in the nearby city of Newcastle, where he was treated for hypothermia and minor back injuries.
"Dan is OK!" Ms Miller wrote online.
"He was trapped... with the weight of his excavator on his back, and with the boggy dam ground below him slowly slipping away.
"It was literally sheer mental strength and determination to survive that got him through. As well as being fit, strong and healthy. Nothing to do with luck.
"Legendary effort from a legendary man."


Two men have been jailed for helping a man flee the UK during his trial for raping a woman in West Yorkshire.

Mohammed Raja, of Hudson Crescent, and Raja Sarwar, of Tern Street, both Bradford, were each jailed for four years at Bradford Crown Court for perverting the course of justice.
They helped 21-year-old Wakar Akhtar escape to Italy in November.
West Yorkshire Police said Akhtar could begin a 17-year sentence for rape following an extradition hearing.
Akhtar, of Hudson Avenue, was arrested in northern Italy on 29 November and is due to have the extradition hearing at the High Court in Brescia on Wednesday.
West Yorkshire Police said he was sentenced in his absence for raping a woman at Cousen Road recreation ground in Bradford.
Three other men from Bradford - Tamseel Virk, 43, Azad Raja, 39, and Najim Ul-Saeed - were also given 17-year sentences for their part in the rape conspiracy.


Intel has launched its latest range of processors, codenamed Skylake, targeting everything from high-powered gaming rigs to computers the size of a USB stick and smartphones.

The "sixth generation" Core family promises improved performance, battery life and graphics-power thanks to a new microarchitecture.
The chips have also been optimised to handle 4K videos better.
But the US company may find it hard to convince users they need new devices.
Microsoft is offering its latest operating system - Windows 10 - as a free upgrade to consumers and suggests its software should not be more taxing on processors than Windows 7 or Windows 8.
In the past, many households bought new PCs when they wanted to upgrade the operating systems, but they might not do so this time round.
In addition, a slowdown in China's economy and the continued weakness of many European markets could cause companies and governments to delay upgrading their kit.
Even so, Intel noted that there are more than 500 million computers in use that are four years old or older.
And one analyst agreed that Skylake presents the firm with new opportunities.
"A pretty large number of people who have an older PC and who will upgrade to Windows 10 will do so on a new computer," tech industry analyst Jack Gold explained.
"The biggest thing that's going to be attractive will be the fact that power-requirements have gone down quite substantially.
"That will allow new form-factors - thinner, lighter, smaller devices that don't need a fan. And the less power you draw the more likely you'll get 10 to 12 hours of life without adding a lot of extra weight in batteries."
Intel timed its launch to coincide with Berlin's Ifa tech show.
"Versus the fifth generation core, you're talking about a 60% active-power reduction and at the same time a 60% performance increase," Intel executive Gregory Bryant told the BBC ahead of the event.
This is in part thanks to a technology called Speed Shift, he explained, which allows the processors to "shift gears" faster than before in order to reduce the amount of time they are kept running at their most power-hungry frequencies when not required.
Although this may only shorten each period by tens of milliseconds, the savings add up.
"On top of that we have been on a multi-year march to dramatically improve the graphics performance, and we're saying there's up to an increase of 40% generation-on-generation," Mr Bryant added.
He noted the chips had been optimised to handle the new H.265 video codec - a new compression standard that lets 4K video files be streamed using less data without sacrificing picture quality.
4K videos are four times the resolution of 1080p high definition ones.
H.265's adoption has been held back until now because some processors struggle to handle it.
One company-watcher said Intel's latest chip design reflected current habits.
"We're in an era of consumption - people are increasingly watching video streams, playing [simple] video games and doing other things that involve lots of graphics but don't require lots of compute resources because the content has already been created," commented Sergis Mushell from the tech consultancy Gartner.
Intel has, however, targeted one specific niche of consumers who enjoy pushing their processors to the limit.
For the first time it is supporting the "overclocking" of some of its mobile device chips.
The practice involves pushing processors to perform calculations at a faster rate than they were set to, causing them to give off more heat. In the past, Intel had locked its mobile chips to prevent this.
"Intel claims something like 10% of the PC market is extreme gamers, and that's who it's for," said Jack Gold.
"For those guys and girls who want to cool their laptops with liquid nitrogen [and other substances] and get the maximum they can out of them."
Over the coming months, Intel says it plans to release about 50 different variants of Skylake processors.
However, it has indicated that manufacturers should promote their new computers by talking about add-on facilities rather than relying on the chips' new specs.
Suggestions include:
These innovations can, in fact, be added to computers powered by older chips.
But since they are likely to become more commonplace alongside the rollout of Skylake, one analyst agreed that it made sense to focus on them.
"Consumers are looking for what they can do differently on their systems compared to what they can't do today," said Patrick Moorhead, founder of Moor Insights & Strategy.
"So, the strategy of promoting what you can actually do with the computers as opposed to the chips' speeds and feeds is smart."
Intel's next challenge is to try to ensure that production of the chips goes smoothly.
Problems making its earlier Broadwell chips caused several variants to be released later than planned, and led some shoppers to decide to wait instead for Skylake.
Intel says the first of the new PCs should be on sale late this year.


Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness has hit back at remarks from Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt that the Stormont House Agreement will unravel if "people use the process to renegotiate".

Mr Nesbitt made the comments after emerging from a meeting of Stormont party leaders on implementing the deal.
The five main parties reached broad agreement on 23 December on a number of key issues.
Mr McGuinness said comments about the process unravelling were "silly".
He said he had not seen an attempt by any of the political parties to renegotiate.
Mr Nesbitt said "certain parties have tried to bring forward proposals that they put on the table in November and December, which were not accepted and they are not going to be accepted in 2015".
Northern Ireland Secretary of State Theresa Villiers said on Friday that it was crucial that the Stormont House Agreement was not derailed, but that she believed "the process of implementation is going well".
Peter Robinson has said he doesn't see the Stormont House Agreement "unravelling", as Mike Nesbitt has claimed.
The DUP leader said: "I think everybody's entitled to indicate if there are dangers of various things happening. All I can say is that I don't see them happening and I hope the parties faithfully implement the agreement."
SDLP leader Alasdair McDonnell said they had "scanned the whole spectrum of the discussions before Christmas and the Stormont House Agreement" and had expressed their support, but with reservations.
"The stocktaking was useful and there is a process in place now for ongoing monitoring," he said.
The agreement was reached last month following 12 weeks of discussion between the British and Irish governments.


A foundry in the mountains of Powys' Tanat valley may sound like an unlikely location to create a statue of Cilla Black.

Yet, it is here, in Llanrhaeadr ym Mochnant, that a sculpture of the singer, who died in 2015, is being made for display at Liverpool's Cavern Club.
Black's family approached Castle Fine Arts Foundry after being impressed with statues it produced of The Beatles.
It has also created artworks of The Queen and boxer Muhammad Ali.
The trigger for its latest work was the outpouring of grief following the singer's death, with flowers left at the Cavern's original entrance on Mathew Street after she died, aged 72, last August.
"She worked here in the early 60s and got up with all the bands here," said the club's director Jon Keates.
"People felt the Cavern was the closest they could get to commemorate Cilla."
He described the location as "where it all began for her", performing with artists like the Beatles, Gerry and the Pacemakers and The Merseybeats.
Following this "outpouring of appreciation", sculptor Andrew Edwards said Black's sons wanted to say thank you to everyone who left tributes.
"(It is) where the old entrance used to be and where Cilla used to work in the cloakroom before she went on to sing there," Mr Edwards said.
"It is fitting (as a location for a statue) as it goes back to Cilla's roots on Mathew Street, the Cavern and celebrates that young girl who is the female version of The Beatles."
Castle Fine Arts Foundry and Mr Edwards were selected to create the artwork after they created one of Liverpool's "must see landmarks" of the Fab Four.
In November 2015, gbronze statues of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr were unveiled at Pier Head, in the city, after being commissioned by The Cavern Club.
The band's "female version" is set to join them on the city's streets when the artwork of Black is completed in early 2017.


A tourism initiative offering Scottish mountain ski centre season ticket holders free snowsports in Iceland had "limited take-up" in its first year.

The deal was launched last year and was described as a world first for the snowsports industry.
Ski-Scotland, which promotes winter pursuits, said the recent skis season in both Scotland and Iceland had proved to be problematic.
It also said the scheme would need time to become a success.
The initiative involves Scotland's CairnGorm Mountain, Glencoe Mountain, Glenshee, Nevis Range and The Lecht ski centres.
All nine of Iceland's snowsports centres are involved in the scheme, which was agreed at the North Atlantic Ski Areas' Association's 2016 conference.
A spinoff of the first year of the initiative was the exchanging of ideas and experiences between Scottish and Icelandic professionals.
One of Glenshee's ski patrollers spent the winter season at Iceland's largest ski area, Hlíðarfjall near Akureyri, close to the Arctic Circle.
Glenshee's director Kate Hunter was also invited to visit and she travelled to Iceland both at the end of January to deliver a ski patrol clinic for local patrollers and again at Easter, the busiest time for the Icelandic ski areas.
Ms Hunter found several differences between Scottish and Icelandic skiing.
She said: "One, which was very noticeable, is the relaxed attitude of the Icelanders with only the chairlift and moving carpet actually being manned at quiet times.
"Ski hire is semi-automated and in the early winter, so far north, a lot of the skiing is under floodlights.
"They also have a very keen race-training programme."
The deal offers season ticket holders at all the Scottish and Icelandic ski areas the opportunity to ski or snowboard at any ski area in the other country.
It is also linked to Ski-Scotland's all-area season pass which covers all five Scottish mountain ski areas.
Heather Negus, chairwoman of Ski-Scotland, said: "When this was agreed, we acknowledged that it would probably take a good few winters for interest to build up, based on good conditions in each country.
"Winter 2016-17 was problematic for both Icelandic and Scottish ski areas, with snowfalls frequently followed by mild weather.
"It is therefore no surprise that there was limited take-up of this offer in its first winter."
Customers of Glencoe Mountain and Glenshee inquired about what was available in Iceland, but it was not known how many of these enquiries resulted in skiers travelling, said Ski-Scotland.
Several ski touring enthusiasts did visit Iceland, but Ski-Scotland said that it seemed unlikely that they also skied at the recognised snowsports areas.
Scotland's most recent snowsports season was described as "challenging".
Fluctuating temperatures meant a stop-start season, with periods of heavy snow followed by milder conditions and melting snow.
However, the Scottish industry has enjoyed successful years recently.
In 2012-13 there were 290,996 skier days generating more than £29m for the economy.
The 2014-15 season involved 230,634 skier days, raising £23.2m.
It was also the first in years that all five of Scotland's outdoor ski centres opened for snowsports before Christmas.
A skier day means one person who skis or snowboards on one day. Many of the same people return to the slopes several times during the season.


High-performing, council-run schools in England should be allowed to sponsor struggling schools without becoming academies first, say town hall bosses.

The Local Government Association feels that with lots of council-run schools flourishing, they should be allowed to take over failing academies.
By contrast, too many academy chains are performing poorly, argues the LGA.
The government said high-performing schools could share their expertise after becoming academies.
Bill Watkin, director of the SSAT Schools, Students and Teachers network, identified problems with the LGA plan.
"A school wanting to sponsor an academy would have to set up a trust first - a company limited by guarantee - and that trust would be the sponsor. An academy wanting to do so would already have set up a trust in order to become an academy."
Currently 80% of council-run schools have been rated good or outstanding by schools watchdog Ofsted
Official performance figures for both the 20 largest academy chains and 100 councils with five or more secondary schools, suggest councils are better at adding value to pupil performance, the LGA points out.
The value-added measure uses pupils' performance in the last year of primary school to predict their expected performance at GCSE and compares this with their actual results.
If pupils do better than expected at GCSE, their school is said to have added value.
In 2014, only three of the 20 largest academy chains exceeded expectations when it came to pupils' GCSE results, compared with 44 out of the 100 councils, according to the figures.
This calls into question "the capacity of high-quality sponsors to take on additional schools," says the LGA.
The body is backing an amendment to the Education and Adoption Bill which would allow council-run schools and local authorities to sponsor academies.
Another amendment would require potential sponsors' success in adding value to be taken into account.
"Councils are education improvement partners and not a barrier to change," said Roy Perry, chairman of the LGA's children and young people board, speaking ahead of the bill's House of Lords committee stage next week.
"When putting in place support for a school to improve outcomes for children, the focus should be on the quality and capability of a sponsor, whether that is a sponsor academy, a high-performing maintained school, or a local authority.
"For parents, who are far more concerned with the quality of their child's education in the classroom than the legal status of the school, it is the council that they still frequently and naturally turn to for advice and support. However, councils' current powers to intervene are strictly limited."
The National Union of Teachers urged the government and the House of Lords to accept the proposal.
"Instead of undermining the valuable work and experience of local authorities in education, the government should be building the capacity of local authorities to support schools and to provide much needed services to them," said general secretary Christine Blower.
Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers agreed the plan would help raise standards in struggling schools as "the quality of academy sponsors varies hugely".
Mr Watkin pointed out academy chains would inevitably have poorer results than council-run schools.
"Academy sponsors are taking on the most vulnerable and fragile schools. So of course their attainment is going to be lower compared with maintained schools which are a bigger range of schools."
A Department for Education spokesman said academies were "a vital part" of the government's plan for education.
"All 'good' and 'outstanding' schools have the freedom to convert to academy status either as stand-alone converters or as part of a multi-academy trust to share their expertise with other schools."
For weaker schools "becoming an academy with the support of a strong sponsor helps create the conditions for rapid and sustained improvement", said the spokesman.


A woman has been injured in a crash between a car and lorry in Edinburgh city centre.

The incident happened at about 12:30 on the corner of South Charlotte Street and Princes Street.
Witness Ken Greig, 56, from Edinburgh, said: "The lorry is at a 45 degree angle as it was turning into South Charlotte Street.
"The car is now wedged under the lorry and the car roof is nearly off."
He added: "There is a woman being treated in a chair beside the car.
"There is traffic chaos with cars backed up as far as Haymarket Station and up Lothian Road."
Police Scotland said a female driver of the car was being treated for minor injuries.


A network of nine radio telescopes, dotted around the globe, is set to take the first ever picture of a black hole's event horizon in 2017.

The project, called the Event Horizon Telescope, has completed most of its technical preparations as well as extensive theoretical calculations.
It will focus on Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the Milky Way's centre.
Speaking at an astronomy conference in Florida, EHT team member Feryal Ozel said all the elements were in place.
She told BBC News: "We're almost there. The phasing in of the instruments has been done, the receivers are in place and the theoretical work has been done.
"There are quite a few challenges that need to be overcome to take a picture of a black hole - it's something that's extremely small in the sky. But what we're hoping for is a full array observation in early 2017."
Prof Ozel, from the University of Arizona, gave an update on the project at the 227th meeting of the American Astronomical Society.
Supermassive though it may be, the heart of the Milky Way's black hole is not as big as you might think; the event horizon of Sagittarius A* is just 24 million km across - 17 times bigger than the Sun.
At 25,000 light years away, that makes it a pinprick. From the surface of the Earth, Prof Ozel explained, it takes up about as much of the sky as a CD sitting on the moon.
And surrounding this mysterious, spherical frontier are roiling clouds of gas and dust, which blaze with energy as they are sucked and squeezed furiously towards it.
These clouds are trouble for the EHT astronomers, who want to peer closer than ever before at this fringe of the observable universe.
One of their most important decisions was choosing which wavelength of light they would use. Radio waves were an obvious place to start, because they are scattered much less by this material than visible or infra-red light.
Then it took a lot of theoretical calculations to settle on the specific wavelength of 1.3mm, as Prof Ozel explained.
"We've run upwards of a million simulations, for many different configurations of what that gas might look like. And in all cases, we think that the 1.3mm wavelength is the right choice to see down to the event horizon."
It was an "incredibly lucky coincidence", she added, that any wavelength at all was feasible.
Because as well as penetrating the black hole's dust cloud, Prof Ozel and her colleagues need the hot gas right at the event horizon to shine brightly in this colour - which they believe it does.
Finally, the light has to travel easily through the Earth's own atmosphere into the dishes of the waiting telescopes; 1.3mm fortunately fits that bill in every case.
The nine stations enlisted to stare at Sgr A* include the big dishes in Antarctica, Chile, Hawaii, Spain, Mexico and Arizona.
Altogether this makes what the team calls a "virtual telescope the size of the Earth".
So what will this mammoth eye actually see?
"Hopefully it will look like a crescent - it won't look like a ring," Prof Ozel said.
This is because the glowing gas is spinning around the black hole, and a dramatic Doppler effect should make the stuff moving towards the Earth appear much brighter.
"The rest of the ring will also emit, but what you will brightly pick up is a crescent."
In fact, the picture that emerges from the EHT next year will put general relativity on the line.
Einstein's theory states that a mass - especially one as big as a black hole - bends space-time. And that curvature can be  calculated mathematically.
So the size of the shadow cast by Sgr A* will either match what is predicted by general relativity, or it won't.
"We know exactly what GR predicts for that size," Prof Ozel said - making this observation what scientists call a "null hypothesis test" of the theory.
Astronomers rely on general relativity all the time, making use of the way masses bend the path of light. But it has never been tested on this scale before.
"Imagine how much light-bending our sun can achieve. EArthur Eddington's 1919 experiment measured that level of deflection.
"Now we're taking that, and we're multiplying it literally by millions and millions and millions in terms of the space-time curvature."
Beyond the Milky Way's own Sgr A*, the EHT team already has plans to look further afield at galaxy Messier 87. Its black hole is much bigger and is known for blasting an immense jet of plasma into space.
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A company that plans to drill for oil and gas in County Antrim has said it remains committed to the project, despite a partner firm pulling out.

Infrastrata intends to drill on a site at Woodburn Forest near Carrickfergus.
Following the withdrawal of its partner company, it now needs to find Â£2.8m for the well to be drilled.
Work had been expected to begin shortly.
There has been opposition to the plan because the site is leased from Northern Ireland Water and is within the catchment area of a reservoir that supplies drinking water to Belfast.
Infrastrata said that all the "regulatory approvals and other permits" were in place for work to begin this winter, but the timing depended on getting a drilling slot for the rig and completing the funding.
It said it was "disappointing" to report that Larne Oil and Gas Limited, which had taken up an option in the project last September, had run into "funding difficulties and will no longer be participating in the project".
Infrastrata said that while the terms of Larne's exit from the scheme were being resolved, it was in discussions with a number of parties to secure Â£2.8m "to complete the funding of the well so that it can be drilled this winter".
Friends of the Earth in Northern Ireland said it had "major reservations" about the site, which it described as "highly inappropriate".
Its spokesman, James Orr, said it was 400 metres from a reservoir and a nature reserve.
"I'd like to think that the company has pulled out due to local opposition but I think market forces are having as big an impact as anything else," he said.
A spokesperson for the Stop the Drill Campaign called for the drilling permit to be revoked and for a full environmental impact assessment to be carried out.
Fiona Joyce said 1,800 streets in Greater Belfast and Carrickfergus drew water from Woodburn reservoir.
She also questioned the decision of NI Water to lease the land to the drilling company.
NI Water has said it is satisfied nothing in the plan poses any risk to the public water supply.
Infrastrata's chief executive Andrew Hindle said, while he was disappointed that Larne would no longer be taking part, "significant progress has been made in recent months towards drilling the first exploration well on the PL1/10 licence area in over 40 years.
"The lower costs of onshore operation mean that onshore projects are expected to remain profitable at lower oil prices if they were to persist.
"The company remains fully committed to the Woodburn Forest-1 well and is actively pursuing a number of options to secure alternative funding for it to be drilled as soon as practicable."


New drama Jekyll and Hyde sparked 280 complaints to ITV and 212 to watchdog Ofcom, after viewers called it "too scary" for its pre-watershed timeslot.

Dubbed "Downton with monsters" by its writer Charlie Higson, the ITV drama aired at 18:30 GMT on Sunday and featured scenes of murder and violence.
ITV said it had warned viewers about the scenes, broadcast well before the 21:00 cut-off point for adult content.
But several called it "after the watershed stuff" on Twitter.
A statement from the broadcaster said: "ITV issued a warning before the transmission of Jekyll and Hyde advising parents that it included some violence and scenes that younger children may find scary."
Set in 1930s London, the series is based on the classic Robert Louis Stevenson novel of the same name and follows the story of Jekyll's grandson, Dr Robert Jekyll, who has a monster called Hyde suppressed within him.
The first episode - which was watched by an average of 3.4 million people, peaking at 3.6 million - featured the brutal murder of Jekyll's foster parents as well as a violent bar fight and a half-human, half-dog creature called a Harbinger.
Several viewers voiced their disapproval on Twitter, including Mark Waugh who said it was "not on" to show the episode before the watershed, adding that it "scared my kids".
Julie Mayer said it was "not for the eyes of young children", while another viewer called it "too violent and scary when young children are still up".
However others defended the show, calling it "no scarier or creepier than Doctor Who", or tweeting: "Jekyll and Hyde wasn't scary one bit. Kids watch way scarier films than that [which] are rated PG."
John Amaechi wrote: "Loved it. Should be post-watershed, but amazed by parents outraged that their children saw it. CHANGE. THE. CHANNEL."
An ITV spokesperson confirmed the show would be airing in the later timeslot of 19:00 GMT this coming Sunday, but said that scheduling had been decided last week before the complaints.
Broadcasting watchdog Ofcom said on Monday it would "assess" the 212 complaints it had received, "before deciding whether to investigate or not".


The US Secret Service says it has stepped up security at the White House and launched a "comprehensive review" of procedures there after two attempted breaches in 24 hours.

The more serious incident saw a man wielding a knife enter the building on Friday, prompting a partial evacuation.
President Obama was not present at the time of the incident.
The following day, another man drove up to a security gate. Both men have since been arrested.
President Obama said he still had "full confidence" in the Secret Service, which is tasked with protecting senior American officials and visiting leaders.
The man involved in Friday's incident, Omar Gonzalez, was only stopped after entering the North Portico doors, the Secret Service said.
Video footage showed the intruder running across a White House lawn after scaling a fence. He was later found to be carrying a 9 cm (3.5 inch) folding knife.
"Although last night the officers showed tremendous restraint and discipline in dealing with this subject, the location of Gonzalez's arrest is not acceptable," it said in a statement.
"Every day the Secret Service is challenged to ensure security at the White House complex while still allowing public accessibility to a national historical site," it added.
The president and his daughters had just left the White House by helicopter before Mr Gonzalez entered. The man was later taken to a Washington hospital after complaining of chest pains, officials said.
An apparently unrelated incident on Saturday saw a man drive up to a vehicle gate in the complex and refuse to leave.
Secret Service agents shut down nearby streets and searched the vehicle for explosives.
Officials said Saturday's incident was an "everyday occurrence".
The review of security was initiated by director Julia Pierson, who also ordered "the immediate enhancement of officer patrols and surveillance capabilities" around the White House.
A White House spokesman said the president expected the review to be conducted "with the same professionalism and commitment to duty that we and the American people expect from the US Secret Service".


Alvaro Morata missed a penalty on his Chelsea debut as Arsenal won an uncharacteristically feisty Community Shield in a shootout at Wembley.

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Record signing Morata - a late substitute - dragged a poor effort wide moments after goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois had blazed over in a first use of a new penalty shootout system.
Premier League champions Chelsea had gone ahead through Victor Moses, before Pedro was sent off for an ugly lunge on Mohamed Elneny.
From the resulting free-kick, debutant Sead Kolasinac headed the Gunners level to take the match to penalties.
The shootout - the first in English football to follow the ABBA format - saw Chelsea miss back-to-back penalties to allow Olivier Giroud to win the match from the spot.
Level at 90 minutes, the match went straight to penalties, which were taken in the ABBA format.
Designed to prevent a perceived advantage to the team going first, the system sees team A take the first kick followed by team B - before team B go again. Team A then get two successive penalties, a little like the tie-break in tennis, and so on until there is a winner.
Confused? You are not alone as not even the players seemed to understand.
After Gary Cahill's opener for Chelsea was cancelled out by Theo Walcott, Arsenal defender Nacho Monreal stepped forward, correctly, to take his kick. However he was waved back by several of his Gunners team-mates, who seemed confused by the new format.
Monreal scored, before Courtois and Morata both missed horribly, to the delight of the Arsenal fans behind the goal.
That allowed first Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and then Giroud to score and start the Arsenal celebrations.
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The Community Shield can be a rather tame occasion, more pre-season friendly than kick-start, but referee Bobby Madley was kept busy in a fiercely contested affair.
Chelsea were first to be upset when winger Willian was booked for a dive in the first half as he went down under a challenge from Hector Bellerin in the penalty area. Replays suggested that the Brazilian was tripped by his own feet, but also that Bellerin may have made contact beforehand.
If that was a tricky call for Madley, his decision to send off Pedro with 10 minutes remaining was more straightforward. The forward was late and high on Elneny, raking the Arsenal man's Achilles with his studs.
Antonio Conte was angered by the decision though, and by his team's marking from the free-kick as they let Kolasinac head home from six yards out.
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Until the red card, it looked like being victory for the champions, who shook off a sleepy first 20 minutes to have the better of the game.
They deservedly took the lead in the opening minute of the second half as Granit Xhaka's dreadful clearance from a corner was headed back in by Gary Cahill for Moses to finish with opportunism.
It looked a long way back from there for Arsenal, especially as they were without key duo Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil, left out of the squad altogether by Arsene Wenger.
Sanchez only returned to training on Tuesday after illness, having taken an extended break following his participation in the Confederations Cup with Chile, while Ozil picked up a minor knock in training in the week and was not risked.
In their absence, the focus was on record signing Alexandre Lacazette, the only debutant to start for either side. The £46.5m man faded after having the best moment of the first period, wrapping a shot against the post after a flowing counter-attack, which he started in his own half.
An out-and-out striker who doesn't stray far from the penalty area, he showed enough to suggest that he will add a focal point to the Arsenal attack - particularly when partnered by Ozil and Sanchez.
Morata, on the other hand, had a debut to forget for Chelsea.
The £60m signing from Real Madrid was left on the bench until the 74th minute and, after replacing the underwhelming Michy Batshuayi, wasted his only sight of goal by shooting over.
He then dragged a poor penalty wide in the shootout to hand Arsenal a chance they took.
Morata, and Conte, will take solace from the fact that the last team to win the Premier League title after winning the Community Shield were Manchester United back in 2010.
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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger:
"Well, I don't know if it was a sending off or not but at that moment we were dominating. We had some difficult moments at the start of the second half but after that we dominated. We always looked dangerous.
"It is a dream to make the fans happy, a difficult dream, but we try hard. I would like that they stand behind the team as we might go through some very good periods and some not so good periods.
"We want to be united and together throughout the season."
Chelsea boss Antonio Conte:
"I didn't see the situation with the sending off. For this reason, it is very difficult for me to say something about this decision. This is the second game, after the FA Cup [final], that we finish with 10 men.
"I heard there was clearly a penalty but I did not see. We are working, we are trying to do our best. We had a tough pre-season, between the six days until we start the league it is important to be focused on the next game."
The start of the Premier League season.
Arsenal kick off the new top-flight campaign when they host Leicester City on Friday (19:45 BST).
Defending champions Chelsea meet Burnley at Stamford Bridge on Saturday (15:00).
Match ends, Arsenal 1(4), Chelsea 1(1).
Penalty Shootout ends, Arsenal 1(4), Chelsea 1(1).
Goal!  Arsenal 1(4), Chelsea 1(1). Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
Goal!  Arsenal 1(3), Chelsea 1(1). Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Penalty missed! Still  Arsenal 1(2), Chelsea 1(1). Álvaro Morata (Chelsea) hits the left post with a right footed shot.
Penalty missed! Bad penalty by Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea) left footed shot is too high. Thibaut Courtois should be disappointed.
Goal!  Arsenal 1(2), Chelsea 1(1). Nacho Monreal (Arsenal) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Goal!  Arsenal 1(1), Chelsea 1(1). Theo Walcott (Arsenal) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
Goal!  Arsenal 1, Chelsea 1(1). Gary Cahill (Chelsea) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
Penalty Shootout begins Arsenal 1, Chelsea 1.
Second Half ends, Arsenal 1, Chelsea 1.
Attempt blocked. Theo Walcott (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Granit Xhaka with a through ball.
Offside, Chelsea. Cesc Fàbregas tries a through ball, but Antonio Rüdiger is caught offside.
Foul by Rob Holding (Arsenal).
Álvaro Morata (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Theo Walcott (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Héctor Bellerín.
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Foul by Héctor Bellerín (Arsenal).
César Azpilicueta (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Reiss Nelson (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Antonio Rüdiger (Chelsea).
Substitution, Arsenal. Reiss Nelson replaces Danny Welbeck.
Substitution, Chelsea. Charly Musonda replaces Willian.
Goal!  Arsenal 1, Chelsea 1. Sead Kolasinac (Arsenal) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Granit Xhaka following a set piece situation.
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Pedro (Chelsea) is shown the red card.
Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Pedro (Chelsea).
Substitution, Chelsea. Antonio Rüdiger replaces Marcos Alonso.
Attempt missed. Álvaro Morata (Chelsea) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Willian with a through ball.
Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by David Luiz (Chelsea).
Attempt missed. Rob Holding (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Granit Xhaka with a cross following a corner.
Corner,  Arsenal. Conceded by Thibaut Courtois.
Attempt saved. Granit Xhaka (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Rob Holding.
Substitution, Chelsea. Álvaro Morata replaces Michy Batshuayi.
Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by David Luiz (Chelsea).
Foul by Sead Kolasinac (Arsenal).
Victor Moses (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.


Peculiar Nob, Titwobble Lane, Windy Saddle, Pensioners Bush and Intercourse Island are among the actual place names featured on a new map of Australia.

The country's rudest and funniest place names have been highlighted by British company Strumpshaw, Tincleton & Giggleswick.
The Australian map follows similar renderings of Britain and the US.
Company founder Humphrey Butler says that Tasmania has a particularly high concentration of colourful names.
"One of the things that I think make the Aussie map is that there are quite a few places that sound really, really Australian," he told the BBC.
"There's a place called Dinkum, there's a place called Mate, there's a place called Bruce as well."
The idea came to Mr Butler after he escaped a corporate job in London and took a road trip around Britain in a "knackered old car".
"When you're travelling like that, you look at map and road signs and notice all these funny sounding place names," he said.
The thought kicked in: how many of these places are there?
Mr Butler lists his personal favourites as Lovely Bottom in Tasmania, Humpty Doo in the Northern Territory and Windy Saddle in Victoria.
"There are a lot of Knobs in Australia," he said.
"There are hundreds and hundreds of Knobs all over Australia but there is one called Prominent Nob in South Australia and that does make us laugh."
Reporting by the BBC's Greg Dunlop.


Damage caused by prisoners who were involved in a riot at Bedford Prison will cost at least £1m to fix, the BBC has been told.

Specially-trained officers were called to the Category B jail at 17:00 GMT on Sunday.
Three men were arrested in connection with the unrest and up to 60 inmates were removed from the prison.
Michael Rolfe from the Prison Officers Association said: "It's been trashed. It's an absolute mess in there."
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He added: "They've destroyed furniture, there's damaged cells, there's damaged offices, there's damaged CCTV.
"When the prisoners were being told they would be let out they said we will not be going back behind our doors.
"Staff warned about that, management overruled them; they unlocked and look what's happened. We've now got two wings out of action and 220 prisoners are having to be moved out of Bedford Prison."
Prisoners on wings A, B and C - gallery-style Victorian landings - were involved in the disturbance.
They also accessed the centre of the prison which usually contains prison equipment, staff files and other items such as phones.
It took six hours to bring the riot under control.
Two inmates were taken to hospital for treatment and have since returned to prison.
The three arrested men, aged 39, 37 and 26, are being questioned on suspicion of committing offences under the Prison Security Act 1992.
An internal investigation is also taking place into what happened.


Wolves duo Jordan Graham and Kortney Hause have signed new long-term contracts at Molineux.

Winger Graham and versatile defender Hause, both 20, have signed new deals with the Championship club until 2018 and 2019 respectively.
Both players are currently recovering from long-term injuries.
"They are outstanding young players who have made good inroads into the first team over the last year or so," said Wolves head coach Kenny Jackett.
Wolves also have the option to trigger a two-year extension on Graham's contract which, if activated, could run until 2020.
Ex-Aston Villa youngster Graham suffered a cruciate knee ligament injury against Cardiff in January and is expected to be out for more than nine months.
Hause has made 15 appearances for Wolves this term but has not played since October because of a hamstring problem.


A fire has broken out in a hangar by an airport runway.

Eyewitnesses have reported seeing "thick black smoke" billowing from the hangar understood to be at the far end of the runway at Southend Airport.
Six fire crews tackled the blaze after it was reported at about 10:40 BST on Wednesday.
It is understood aircraft have continued to land and take off despite the fire, though the airport itself is yet to comment.
Eyewitness Jade Hodges said: "The fire is still ongoing and there is still smoking coming from there."
She said contrary to some reports, she had not heard an explosion.
An investigation into the cause is under way, though it is thought it was started accidentally, the fire service said.
No planes were inside the hangar at the time, it added.
An Essex Fire Service spokesman said: "When firefighters arrived at the scene they reported the large hangar, which is used to livery aeroplanes, was on fire.
"Firefighters are using a aerial ladder platform to pour water on the large building from above.
"The officer in charge at the incident reports crews are making good progress."


A week after Ecuador's devastating earthquake, President Rafael Correa has said the number of fatalities has risen to 646.

President Correa said that another 130 people were still missing.
He announced eight days of national mourning for the victims of the worst tragedy to hit the South American nation in decades.
The 7.8 magnitude quake struck off the Ecuadorean coast on 16 April, injuring thousands and destroying many towns.
"These have been sad days for the homeland. The country is in crisis," Mr Correa said on his weekly Saturday television broadcast.
Mr Correa praised the 27 countries who sent rescue teams over the past week and said that 113 people had been rescued alive from the rubble.
"This is an amazing figure, which made all this effort worthwhile," he added.
Mr Correa also announced that "in the next few hours" he would sign a decree declaring eight days of national mourning.
"It has been a national tragedy, but we will recover," said Mr Correa.
More than 12,000 people were treated over the past week across the country for injuries caused by the earthquake, said Mr Correa.
Foreign nationals from the UK, Ireland, Canada, Colombia, Cuba and the Dominican Republic have been confirmed among the dead.
Major international and aid organisations, including the World Food Programme, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR), Oxfam and Save the Children have sent help.
The cost of rebuilding could be up to $3bn (Â£2.1bn), President Rafael Correa said during a visit to the worst-affected region.
The World Bank has agreed to lend $150m (Â£105m) to help Ecuador cope with the financial costs of the quake.
The tragedy comes at a time when the oil-producing country is already reeling from the slump in global crude prices.
The US Geological Survey said the earthquake had struck at a fairly shallow depth of 19.2km (12 miles), about 27km (17 miles) from Muisne in a sparsely populated area.


Maidstone United have signed former Eastleigh and Braintree midfielder Jai Reason and midfielder Harley Willard.

Former Ipswich Town trainee Reason, 27, joins from Boreham Wood, who signed him last February.
He failed to score in 15 appearances there but netted 16 times in 108 games for Eastleigh.
Meanwhile, former Southampton trainee Willard joins the club on a one-year deal following a successful trial with the Stones.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.


A man has been found guilty of murdering his former step-grandfather who he beat so badly police thought he had been hit by a car.

Sukhraj Atwal, 30, of Derby, had denied killing 74-year-old Satnam Singh in July 2015 outside a Sikh temple.
Nottingham Crown Court heard that the victim was "brutally assaulted" over a long-running family dispute.
He was found with 41 fractures to his ribs, a fractured skull and severe brain damage.
The trial at Nottingham Crown Court heard Mr Atwal repeatedly stamped and jumped on Mr Singh in the early hours of 23 July.
The attack on Coronation Street in Derby was not captured on CCTV, but Mr Atwal's car was seen entering and leaving the area shortly before Mr Singh was found.
Mr Atwal, who chose not to give evidence in court, will be sentenced later.


Leicester City lifted the Premier League trophy in front of jubilant fans after a 3-1 win against Everton at their King Power Stadium home.

The team wrapped up the title on Monday after closest rivals Tottenham Hotspur slipped to a 2-2 draw at Chelsea.
But the party got into full swing as Claudio Ranieri's players lifted the trophy following their final home game of the season.
Opera star Andrea Bocelli sang before the game on a day of celebrations.
Bocelli set the tone with pre-match renditions of Nessun Dorma and Time to Say Goodbye, honouring a recent promise to his countryman Ranieri.
The party baton was then handed over to the players, who brushed Everton aside with a goal from Andy King and two from Jamie Vardy before the visitors struck a late consolation.
Lifelong Foxes' fan Steve Worthy, 39, of Wigston, had the honour of handing the trophy to captain Wes Morgan at the end of the game.
He won a competition organised by league sponsors Barclays and said he would dedicate the experience to his 97-year-old grandmother, Gladys Knight, who had to forfeit her season ticket this season due to ill health.
"When I hand the Premier League trophy to Wes Morgan I'll be thinking of my grandmother," Mr Worthy said before the game.
The 25kg trophy, topped by a golden crown, was decorated with blue ribbons for Leicester, and yellow ones to represent the royal house of Thailand, which is the country of club owners King Power.
It was engraved on Friday, in preparation for Saturday's presentation.
Demand for tickets to the final home game of the season was high, with reports of tickets appearing on websites for up to Â£5,000.
But thousands - inside and outside the stadium - were just happy to be part of what has been termed a "fairytale" by pundits all over the world.
Back in December, former England footballer and Leicester-born Gary Lineker joked he would present the Match of the Day "in just my undies" if Leicester City won the Premier League.
On Wednesday Leicester East MP Keith Vaz asked David Cameron if the pundit should keep his promise after the club's triumph.
The prime minister replied he "absolutely" agreed he should.
It has been announced an open top bus parade will take place on Monday 16 May, ending up in Leicester's Victoria Park for further celebrations.
As one fan said: "It's something I didn't think I'd ever, ever see. Ever. Not in my lifetime and it's fantastic."


Union leaders at the Trawsfynydd nuclear power station in Gwynedd have welcomed suggestions a new smaller reactor should be located there.

Two separate reports have suggested it could be an ideal site for a new small module reactor (SMR).
About 300 workers are decommissioning the plant which began in 1995, two years after it ceased operating.
It is due to enter a care and maintenance period in 2016. Ninety redundancies were announced in April.
Darryl Williams from the Unite union said: "We would welcome anything that would keep local skills in the area."
A report by the House of Commons Energy and Climate Change Committee has called on the UK government to drive forward the development of SMRs.
Another report by the Institute of Mechanical Engineers also suggested Trawsfynydd as a location for a demonstrator reactor.
If the idea was given the go-ahead, it is thought the reactor could be up and running in 10-15 years.
A Welsh government spokesperson said it was a matter for the UK government, but that it would monitor the situation.
The Department of Environment and Climate Change (DECC) said: "We are undertaking a programme of work looking at the potential of SMRs."


Belarus does not need a Russian air base, President Alexander Lukashenko has said, despite growing pressure from Moscow to establish such a facility.

He said the issue was never discussed with Russia, although last month President Vladimir Putin ordered his government to fine-tune a deal.
On Sunday, hundreds of Belarusian activists held a protest rally in the capital Minsk against the Russian plan.
Belarus is Russia's key ally, and is a member of a Moscow-led economic union.
"We don't need a base today," Mr Lukashenko was quoted as saying by Belarusian media on Tuesday.
"I hear shrieks from the opposition about the deployment of a Russian air base. I don't know anything about it.
"We need planes - not bases. We have our excellent pilots... Why should I allow in planes and pilots from other countries?"
Russia has so far made no public comments in response to Mr Lukashenko's statements.
Moscow already has a radar station in Belarus, which borders with three Nato countries and also Ukraine, where the government has been fighting with pro-Russian separatists.
Despite publicly declaring his loyalty to Russia, Mr Lukashenko has largely remained neutral over the conflict in Ukraine.
Mr Lukashenko - once described as "Europe's last dictator" - has also been signalling to the EU that he is interested in improving relations with the bloc.
His comments came ahead of Sunday's presidential elections, which he looks certain to win.
He has been in power since 1994, rejecting accusations by the opposition and the West that he has turned Belarus into an authoritarian state.


US President Barack Obama has urged China to abide by its obligations under an international treaty in its activities in the South China Sea.

He made the comments during a "candid exchange" with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, in Hangzhou before the G20 summit, the White House said.
In July, an international tribunal ruled against Chinese claims to rights in the South China Sea.
China dismissed the ruling and said it would not be bound by it.
The ruling was made by an arbitration tribunal under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which both China and the country that brought the case - the Philippines - have signed.
The White House said Mr Obama emphasised "the importance for China, as a signatory to UNCLOS, to abide by its obligations under that treaty, which the United States views as critical to maintaining the rules-based international order".
Chinese media reports on the meeting between Mr Obama and Mr Xi made no mention of any discussion about the South China Sea.
China claims almost all of the South China Sea, including reefs and islands also claimed by other nations, and has caused dismay in the region by building artificial islands and restricting access.
Earlier on Saturday, the US and China - together responsible for 40% of the world's carbon emissions - both formally joined the Paris global climate agreement.
"History will judge today's effort as pivotal," Mr Obama said.
Last December, countries agreed to cut emissions in an attempt to keep the global average rise in temperatures below 2C.


A funeral will be held on Monday for the Tunisia beach attack victim, Trudy Jones.

The mother-of-four was among 38 people killed when a gunman opened fire at Sousse on 26 June.
The funeral for Ms Jones, who was 51 and from Blackwood, Caerphilly, will be held at St David's Church in the town at 12:00 BST on 13 July.
An inquest into her death at West London Coroner's Court was told she died from a single shot.
In a statement, her family said: "Our mother of all people didn't deserve this, such a caring person who put everyone else before herself."


The family of a mother-of-four whose disappearance sparked a murder inquiry have made a plea for her to come home.

Samantha Henderson, 25, from Corfe Castle, Dorset was reported missing just before 08:45 GMT on Thursday.
A 27-year-old man from the village, who is known to Ms Henderson, has been arrested on suspicion of her murder.
A statement released by her family said her disappearance was "completely out of character" and appealed for information.
"She is hard-working, always presentable. She would never walk out and leave her children," it said.
"If anyone knows where she is or what has happened, please contact the police."
They also made a direct appeal to Ms Henderson, saying: "No one is upset or thinks anything badly of you Sam.
"We just want you to come home as everyone wants to help and support you."
Ms Henderson had last been seen leaving her home at 16:30 on Wednesday.
Extensive police investigations are continuing, including a forensic examination of her house and the surrounding area.
The police helicopter has also been used in the search.
Det Insp Neil Devoto said police had "grave concerns" for her and appealed for information from anyone who may have seen her or had contact with her on social media.
"While we are hoping for the best, sadly we believe she may have come to some harm," he said.
"She has never gone missing before and, from what we understand, it is almost unfathomable that she would have left her four young children."
Friends of Ms Henderson have been distributing posters appealing for information about the missing woman.
She is described as white, 1.60 metres (5ft 3 inches), of a very slim build and with blonde hair.
She was seen wearing a grey jumper, blue jeans and slippers.


In our series of letters from African journalists, broadcaster and media trainer Joseph Warungu spotted an ordinary farmer hoping to become Tanzania's next president.

Tanzania has been invaded by "presidents". They are everywhere and they are all speaking in tongues.
They are on the farms, in hospitals, by the roadside and at market places selling their policies.
In short, they are in your face.
If you drive too quickly, you might run into one of them.
They are speaking so fast to cover lots of ground that it's becoming dizzying for the helpless citizen, who has to listen to it all - day in day out.
Their speeches are beginning to sound like foreign tongues.
That is because they are mentioning things many people have forgotten about - like reliable electricity, clean running water and obedient prices of goods and services, that agree to sit still instead of constantly running away with people's hard-earned money.
The election season has truly kicked off in Tanzania.
After spending a bit of time in the country in recent weeks, I'm fascinated by this once-in-five-years phenomenon.
The ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party is in the process of searching for its presidential candidate ahead of October's election.
Almost 30 CCM members have picked up the registration forms to vie for the party nomination.
The list of potential candidates contains big names, including two former prime ministers, several cabinet ministers and other senior government officials.
They have all parted with a non-refundable fee, which is equivalent to $600 (Â£380).
But one man has caught the nation's attention.
Eldoforce Bilohe is a 43-year-old farmer with a primary class seven level of education, who wants to be the next president of Tanzania.
Supporters of the CCM will argue that the fact that an ordinary party member of humble means is able to vie for the party presidential nomination is evidence of true and inclusive democracy within the party.
But critics will see it simply as a staged event to prove the party is still in touch with the humble roots of its founding leader and former President Mwalimu Julius Nyerere.
Mr Bilohe has gathered a lot of support in the media but whether the force will be with him till the very end is highly in doubt.
A modern-day Tanzanian presidential campaign requires a big name, very deep pockets and a laser-guided vision towards state house.
By mid-July we will know who the CCM flag-bearer will be.
Where's the opposition in all this?
Like lions in a hunt, they're hiding behind a bush, waiting anxiously to pounce on the CCM candidate.
The opposition wants to see the identity of the ruling party nominee, and identify a juicy area of the flesh, to bite hard.
They are trying a new strategy to interrupt the CCM's 50-year rule of Tanzania.
The main opposition parties decided to come together under an umbrella organisation known as Ukawa.
It's a Swahili acronym for Alliance for a People's Constitution.
It was formed as a movement to vote down the proposed new constitution for Tanzania.
They've perhaps learnt a lesson or two from neighbouring Kenya, where former Prime Minister Raila Odinga mobilised political forces to defeat the government-backed constitutional review, in the 2005 referendum.
After that victory, he turned his anti-constitution campaign into the Orange Democratic Movement, which is now the largest opposition group in Kenya.
The Tanzanian opposition had a similar mission.
But with the postponement of the Tanzania constitutional referendum, which was initially planned for April, the opposition parties in Ukawa are now expected to nominate one joint presidential candidate.
It's not clear whether they will actually agree on one candidate, and who that person might be.
With President Jakaya Kikwete leaving office after two five-year terms, Tanzania continues to be a shining example in Africa, of a country where leadership actually changes hands and former presidents find new hobbies.
CCM too has maintained its record as one of the few remaining independence-era parties still in power in Africa, others being Swapo in Namibia and the ANC in South Africa.
However, it's also not clear what the fall-out might be from the CCM presidential nomination process - or whether the party will stay intact.
All this makes for a very exciting political season in Tanzania.
You cannot afford to take your eyes off the field.
For now, though we have to endure the inconvenience of the walking and talking presidents.
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Swiss teenager Belinda Bencic upset world number one Serena Williams to reach the Rogers Cup final in Toronto.

Bencic, 18, fought back to beat the 21-time Grand Slam champion 3-6 7-5 6-4 - only the second defeat for Williams in 45 matches this year.
The American, 33, has won the first three Grand Slams of 2015 and will go for the calendar Grand Slam at the US Open, which begins on 31 August.
"I played like an amateur to be honest," said Williams.
"I felt pretty much in control until I lost the match."
Bencic, the youngest player to beat Williams in a completed match since Maria Sharapova in 2004, said victory was "an incredible feeling".
"I was very overwhelmed from the situation on the court, but I'm just so happy the forehand landed in [on match point]," she said.
Bencic will play Romanian second seed Simona Halep in the Toronto final.
Halep, who is playing her first event since losing in the first round at Wimbledon, beat  Italy's Sara Errani 6-4 6-4.
"I'm completely dead now, it was a very tough match," said Halep. "She played amazing, she was running everywhere for all the balls.
"I did everything I could to finish in two sets because in the third one I don't know what would happen."


Gregor Townsend was full of praise for his Glasgow Warriors side despite their 13-10 defeat by Ulster in Belfast.

A late Taqele Naiyaravoro try rescued a losing bonus point for the visitors.
"An eight-point defeat is the worst you can get, knowing that you came close and were competitive but didn't get anything out the game," head coach Townsend told his club website.
"We were down to 14 men and had used our entire bench but still managed to grind it out."
Ulster's victory in what Townsend thought was Warriors' toughest game of the season took the Northern Irish side to the top of the Pro12.
Reigning champions Glasgow are now 15 points adrift in eighth place, although they do have two games in hand.
"I was proud of the squad overall, whether it was the young guys or the older, more experienced heads," said Townsend.
"They really took the game to Ulster and that's what we have to continue to do in our upcoming games.
"It was the ultimate test for us, but we fronted up very well and our scrum was probably the best it's been this season.
"To score more tries than the opposition demonstrates the effort the players put in."
Townsend praised 24-year-old fly-half Gregor Hunter, who made his first start for Glasgow since switching from Edinburgh in 2014.
"Gregor has been out of action from pro level for two seasons through injury," said the coach.
"He's played a lot for Glasgow Hawks this year and to get his first start away to Ulster when he's up against internationalists was a big test.
"I thought he was very focused during the week and he was accurate during the match."
Townsend was also pleased that Scotland back Peter Horne had made his return from injury as a second-half replacement.


Haiti's parliament has chosen an interim president a week after Michel Martelly stepped down, leaving the country without a head of state.

The new leader, Jocelerme Privert, was elected at a marathon session of the national assembly that continued into the early hours of Sunday morning.
Mr Privert is the current head of the assembly.
He will serve as president for up to four months while Haiti holds a new presidential poll.
A run-off vote in January was cancelled because of violence and instability and earlier this month a man believed to be a former soldier was beaten to death by a mob during continuing anti-government protests.
Haiti, the poorest country in the Americas, is still struggling to recover from a huge earthquake in 2010.
In a speech before he was elected, Mr Privert vowed to "foster confidence" across society, ensure stability and hold the much-delayed run-off vote "as soon as possible".
The election will now be held on 24 April, with a new president due to be sworn in on 14 May.
The last-minute deal aims to prevent the country from plunging into an immediate power vacuum.
Speaking before he stepped down, Mr Martelly said his biggest regret was that January's presidential election had been postponed.
Mr Martelly is constitutionally barred from seeking re-election but has thrown his weight behind Jovenel Moise, a banana exporter who won the first round of the presidential election in November.
But the result was contested by the opposition challenger, Jude Celestin.
He accused the electoral authorities of favouring Mr Moise and threatened to pull out of the run-off vote.


The head of the Coptic Christian Church has led a Good Friday service in the cathedral in Cairo in the aftermath of last Sunday's deadly bomb attacks.

Pope Tawadros II had been in one of the two churches targeted on Palm Sunday when 45 people were killed in attacks claimed by so-called Islamic State.
Security has been tightened at churches across Egypt and Easter celebrations have been scaled back.
Both suicide bombers were Egyptians, the government said.
A three-month state of emergency was imposed following the bombings in Alexandria and the Nile Delta city of Tanta.
The attacks on Christians, who make up about 10% of Egypt's population, raised security fears ahead of a visit to Cairo by Pope Francis, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, scheduled for 28 and 29 April.
In a visit to Pope Tawadros, President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi vowed to hunt down those who had organised the bombings.
Good Friday is the day Christians commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
"With these incidents we are now living with Christ in his pain," Coptic Bishop Kirillos told AFP news agency.
"Given the current circumstances and our solidarity with the families of the dead, we are going to limit our celebrations to Easter Mass," the Church said in a statement.
There would be no decorations in churches and rooms normally reserved for the reception of worshippers wishing to exchange season's greetings would remain closed, an official at the Coptic patriarchate told AFP.
Another Coptic bishop, Macarius, told Reuters news agency earlier that the Church wanted greater guarantees of security.
"We can consider ourselves in a wave of persecution but the Church has gone through a lot in 20 centuries," he said.
"There are waves of persecution. It reaches to the highest point like a pyramid and then it goes down again. We are at a very high point."
Victims of the attacks will be mourned at Masses on Saturday night.
The bombers were both identified as coming from the southern province of Qena.
One used to work for a petroleum company and was linked to a cell that carried out the attack on a Cairo church last December, in which 25 people were killed.
He blew himself up after being stopped by police at the gates of St Mark's Cathedral in Alexandria, where Pope Tawadros was leading a Palm Sunday service.
The other bomber was identified as a member of a "terrorist" cell.
Meanwhile, in the province of Minya, Muslims fought with Christians who had tried praying in an abandoned home in a village on Thursday, AFP reports.
The Muslims then set fire to four nearby homes, police officials were quoted as saying.


Non-league side Sutton United are facing Premier League giants Arsenal in the FA Cup fifth round on Monday evening.

19 February 2017 Last updated at 15:37 GMT
This is the first ever time that Sutton have ever made it this far in the competition, and it'll be the first competitive game ever played between the sides.
Sutton may be the underdogs, but they're playing at home on an artificial pitch and haven't lost there in five months. It could be an interesting tie!
Have a watch to find out more from some of Sutton's younger players.


A drunk student died from hypothermia after walking home from a night out in Cheltenham in shirtsleeves in winter, an inquest has heard.

Ali Bunney, 20, was found unconscious at the edge of Gloucestershire Airport last February. He died later.
He was an economics and accounting undergraduate at Cardiff University.
Gloucestershire coroner Katy Skerrett said Mr Bunney's was "a tragic death and a short-form conclusion will be an alcohol-related death."
But speaking after the inquest, Mr Bunney's parents, Nigel and Marissa, questioned the coroner's findings.
"There [are] a lot of unanswered questions," Mr Bunney said.
His wife added: "I don't believe he walked all that way. It's a mother's instinct. I don't believe he walked four miles in an hour - someone has dumped him there.
"I always pray for him and pray for justice for Ali."
Ms Skerrett concluded the various medical teams did all they could to save Mr Bunney and there was "no unnecessary delay at any stage" in treating him.
"This was a young man who had been out drinking with friends and had a very good, fun evening," she added.
"For whatever reason, he chose to depart from the plans of going back to a friend's house and it seems more likely than not that he was trying to make his way home.
"Due to the amount of alcohol he had consumed and this was a very cold and wet night - both those two factors got the better of this young man, which led to him being found."
The inquest at Gloucestershire Coroners Court was told Mr Bunney could have been more than four times the drink-drive limit when he left a town centre nightclub to walk the nine miles to his home wearing just a short-sleeved shirt and trousers in temperatures as low as 4C (39F).
He had been out in Cheltenham on the night of 8 February last year with a group of people celebrating his friend's 21st birthday. He was days away from celebrating his own 21st birthday.
The inquest was told the student had eaten a meal and friends described seeing him drinking pints of lager, glasses of cocktails and shots of spirits during the night out, which ended at a nightclub.
Friends described him as "staggering" and "swaying from side to side" and when he vanished from the Subtone club they tried to ring him but could not get hold of him.
The inquest heard dog walker Keith Wilson found Mr Bunney lying on his back.
Mr Wilson alerted a fire crew at the airport, who quickly arrived at the scene, and called for assistance from the ambulance service.
Mr Bunney was taken to Gloucestershire Royal Hospital where he was later confirmed dead.


Australian police are investigating a mistreatment claim made by a teenager detained in an anti-terror operation.

Five teenage suspects were arrested over an alleged plot to carry out an attack at a World War One centenary event.
The families of two of the men have also alleged that officers used excessive force in Saturday's raids.
Police said the men were planning to target officers during an Anzac memorial event in Melbourne.
An 18-year-old, Sevdet Besim, has been charged with conspiring to commit a terrorist act.
Two men remain in custody. The other three have been released but police have said that one man is expected to be charged on weapons offences.
One of the suspects has been detained under a preventative detention order that allows him to be held for 14 days if necessary.
Local media report that it is the first time the order has been used in the state of Victoria.
Nearly 200 officers took part in the counter-terrorism operation.
A family member of one of the detained men told ABC News on Sunday that his family had been traumatised by the experience.
Acting Assistant Commissioner Tim Cartwright said police would investigate the complaints, but he added that the risks were carried out "in high-risk situations".
"We believe at least some of these people will be armed and will have a strong motivation to hurt police," ABC News quoted him as saying.
"I'm not surprised there are some minor injuries as a result."
Police said that the men were "associates" of Abdul Numan Haider, a teenager shot dead in September after he stabbed two officers.
Anzac Day is an annual day of remembrance for servicemen and women from Australia and New Zealand. A series of events are planned for next week to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the landings at Gallipoli, Turkey.
Australia raised its threat level to high last September and has since carried out a series of counter-terrorism raids.


Bombay House in the historic Fort area of Mumbai is an iconic building.

That is in part because of its heritage architecture, but more so because of what is inside - the headquarters of the Tata group, one of India's oldest and biggest conglomerates with more than 100 companies that have interests ranging from tea and telecoms, to salt and steel.
In the past decade, it has become one of the UK's biggest employers too.
So it is inside Bombay House that the fate of a steel plant, thousands of miles away in Wales, will be decided by the board of the company.
When Tata took over Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus in 2007, it was seen as a bold move for an Indian firm, and here in India there was a strong sense of pride over the first signs of a shift of economic power between developing and developed countries.
The excitement did not last long though. Falling steel demand post-global financial crisis has meant that Tata's steel operations in Europe, and particularly in the UK, have been suffering heavy losses.
It is perhaps been among the biggest challenges facing the group's chairman Cyrus Mistry ever since he took charge in December 2012.
Attempts to turn around Tata Steel Europe have included deals to sell some factories and several rounds of restructuring which in this age has come to mean job cuts.
While it has had to make those tough decisions, Tata is a company that is very conscious of its public image.
In nearly 150 years of operation, it has achieved a position of respect that few other Indian companies have accomplished.
It is easily one of the country's most admired companies, one that is seen to care for the welfare of its employees.
So even if economics forces its hand, Tata will be wary of the impact on its reputation if it decides to shut down its Port Talbot plant.


The average cost of a cremation at a public crematorium has risen since 2010, according to a BBC Freedom of Information request.

Here is a list of all the local authorities that run crematoriums in the UK - showing their prices for a daytime adult cremation from 2010-11, 2015-16 and the percentage change.
Different councils provide different services for the basic fee listed below.
Where 2015-16 figures were unavailable the 2014-15 figures have been used (marked with *).
Angus Council is listed but now no longer carries out cremations.
Lewisham, North Lincolnshire, Salford City and Wakefield run crematoriums but have not responded to the BBC's Freedom Of Information request.
Find your local authority below:


More than 100 people and their pets, including dogs and a tortoise, have attended a Christmas service for pets.

The Reverend Chris Colledge said the Bournemouth carol service was being held in the style of a ceremony in the hit BBC sitcom The Vicar of Dibley.
Mr Colledge, whose dog Maisie died eight weeks ago from cancer, said it was also a service of remembrance.
Dorset's Police and Crime Commissioner attended Westbourne's St Ambrose Church with his tortoise and two dogs.
Martyn Underhill described the atmosphere at the service as "noisy" but said: "All the animals went quiet when we read Rainbow Bridge."
He said Storm, his 10-year-old female tortoise, had "refused to hibernate" this winter so made the service along with his Shih Tsu dogs Kipling and Poppy.
However, this was not the first time the animals had visited church as they all attended Mr Underhill's wedding to wife Debbie in September, where Kipling and Poppy took to the aisle as ring bearers.
"I think the service is a great way to celebrate the role animals have in keeping people feeling loved and safe," he said.
Mr Colledge said the service was a time for him to remember his golden retriever Maisie, who had regularly visited local people with dementia, as part of the voluntary organisation Caring Canines.
Other members of the congregation were invited to remember their deceased pets by lighting a candle during the service.
Connor Burns, Conservative MP for Bournemouth West, and leader of Bournemouth Borough Council, John Beesley, also attended the service.
Mr Colledge said "a bountiful supply" of Christmas treats was available for the animals and their "invited human guests".


The British and Irish Lions should not worry about their "difficult schedule", head coach Warren Gatland says.

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The 41-man squad arrived in Auckland on Wednesday, and were greeted at the airport by a traditional Maori welcoming ceremony.
Gatland's side begin their 10-match in New Zealand tour on Saturday against a Provincial Union XV in Whangerei.
"You can't dwell on it," Gatland said. "We know what a daunting challenge we face. Everyone is really up for it."
New Zealand coach Steve Hansen has been the latest to comment on the Lions' brutal itinerary, which includes five matches against Super Rugby sides and three Tests against the world champions.
Former All Blacks boss Graham Henry has described the schedule as "suicidal".
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"I've mentioned how difficult the schedule was for 12 months," Gatland said. "So it's a bit ironic people are talking about it now.
"You can't change it, so if you let those sorts of things worry you it is going to influence the team.
"But those tough games will give us nice preparation in terms of getting us ready for the Test series."
The Lions will spend Wednesday and Thursday recovering from their journey, then hold a final training session on Friday before the tour opener.
Hooker Ken Owens will not feature this weekend as he continues to recover from an ankle injury, but says he will be in contention for the matches next week against the Blues and Crusaders.
The Welshman led the Lions in a rendition of Calon Lan on arrival at Auckland airport.
"We have four choirmasters - one from each nation - and we decided it was the Welsh turn to sing today," Owens said.
"The boys weren't too bad - a work in progress, but a good effort so far.
"It's always a great welcome when we come to New Zealand. It's great to experience some of their culture and give some of ours back."


World number two Rory McIlroy will focus on ensuring he produces his best golf in the majors next season.

The 27-year-old admits his 2016 major efforts were a disappointment in what he feels was otherwise a good season.
McIlroy has also targeted Colin Montgomerie's money list record after watching Henrik Stenson succeed him as European number one on Sunday in Dubai.
"Next season I just need to make sure the majors match up to what I am doing outside of them," said McIlroy.
McIlroy, who has four majors to his name, failed to genuinely threaten to add to that tally in the year's four biggest events.
He recorded two top-10 finishes and two missed cuts in this year's majors and described his putting as "pathetic" after making an early exit from the US PGA for the first time in his career.
"My major championship performances haven't been what I wanted, but if you take the majors away I feel like I have played pretty well and had a good season," added the Tour Championship and overall FedEx Cup title winner.
He relinquished his European number one status to Open champion Stenson at the season-ending DP World Tour event at Jumeirah Estates over the weekend.
And the three-time European money list winner revealed he has the record eight titles of Scotsman Montgomerie in his sights.
"When you see someone do something you have done before and have not quite achieved this year, of course you want to do it again," said the Northern Irishman.
"I want to win the Race again, I have got a few more years and it would be nice to pass Monty.
"That will be a nice little target to aim for and hopefully I can get my fourth next year.
"I know if I win tournaments and play well in the big events that these things sort of happen in the process."


The family of a man who was killed when his car left the road and smashed into a bus stop have paid tribute.

Zaid Salei, 22 and of Hale, Greater Manchester, died after losing control of his BMW in Kingsway, Parrs Wood, in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
He was taken to hospital where he later died from his injuries, said Greater Manchester Police, who have appealed for any witnesses to contact them.
"Heaven now has the most precious angel," his family said in a statement.
"To our beautiful loving son and brother, you will be forever with us. Love you always, mummy, daddy, Muna, Chloe and Julie xxxxx."
Sgt Paul Higgins said: "We are providing support to Zaid's family at this heartbreaking time for them and are trying to establish exactly what took place."


An 83-year-old man spotted driving his mobility scooter on a busy city ring road has been "offered advice" by police.

Motorists saw the vehicle "tootling along" the A601 in Derby on 2 March, with one capturing the scene on a dashcam.
Officers said they had traced the owner to the Chaddesden area.
The man, who had a stroke some years ago, also offered his apologies to other road users, police said.
PC Mark Atterbury from the Chaddesden Safer Neighbourhood Team said: "Unfortunately he had been given some incorrect information about where and when he could use it that caused him to be on a road that was very unsafe for a vehicle of that type.
"Thankfully with the information we received I have been able to pay him a visit and give him the correct advice that means he will now be able to use his scooter in a safer fashion.
"He wanted me to apologise to any of the other road users who had been concerned about his actions but is now pleased to have had the correct information."
Source: Derbyshire Police


A Met Police officer has been convicted of assaulting a student whose tooth was knocked out during a protest.

PC Andrew Ott struck William Horner with his riot shield at a tuition fees protest in London in 2010.
He and two officers were also accused of concocting a reason to falsely arrest the student.
Ott, 36, was found guilty of causing actual bodily harm at Southwark Crown Court. All three were cleared of perverting the course of justice.
Mr Horner, then aged 20, was trying to break free from a kettled area during the protest in Parliament Square, Westminster on 9 December when he was struck.
The Royal Holloway student was then arrested on suspicion of threatening to commit criminal damage.
Ott, from Rochester in Kent, PC Calvin Lindsay, 31, from east London, and PC Thomas Barnes, 31, from Kent, were accused of making up a reason to arrest Mr Horner after he was injured.
The protests saw riot police pelted with missiles including rocks and concrete blocks, and the statues in Parliament Square being daubed with graffiti, the court heard.
No further action was taken against Mr Horner.
PC Lindsay, from Leytonstone, and PC Barnes, from Greenhithe, and Ott have been on restricted duties during court proceedings.
Ott will be sentenced on Wednesday.


Spanish champions Barcelona have signed France full-back Lucas Digne from Paris St-Germain for £13.9m (16.5m euros).

The 22-year-old, who played 33 times for Roma last season during a loan spell, joins on a five-year deal with a buy-out clause of £51m (60m euros).
He made 44 appearances for French champions PSG following his 2013 switch from Lille.
Digne, who has won 13 caps, was part of the France squad to reach the Euro 2016 final, but he never made an appearance.
He is the second Les Bleus international to join Barcelona this summer after the arrival of fellow defender Samuel Umtiti from Lyon.


Mike Phelan has been appointed assistant to Hull manager Steve Bruce.

The 52-year-old ex-defender played with Bruce at Manchester United, where he later became assistant to former manager Sir Alex Ferguson.
"I'm extremely pleased to be at this football club," Phelan told the Hull website.
"I'm looking forward to working with Steve and hopefully I can bring with me some of the things I have learnt over the years to help us improve."
Phelan was recently assistant at Norwich City, and replaces Steve Agnew who left Hull to join Middlesbrough in December.
Hull are 18th in the Premier League table, one point from safety. Their next match is at Manchester City on Saturday.


Bushmills whiskey has been acquired by the world's biggest tequila producer.

Jose Cuervo has taken control of the brand as part of a deal with Diageo.
Diageo's Colin O'Brien said while the sale represented a "change", they were "confident" that Jose Cuervo would "nurture" Bushmills in the future.
Jose Cuervo is owned by the Mexico-based Beckmann family. Their distribution firm, Proximo, controls a number of premium whiskey and rum brands.
The chief executive of Jose Cuervo, Juan Domingo Beckmann, described the acquisition as the "most important purchase made by Cuervo in its entire history".
"Like Bushmills Irish Whiskey, Jose Cuervo is built on a very strong tradition of quality and craftsmanship that dates back over 250 years, so we understand the importance of nurturing and protecting the heritage and quality of a brand and are strongly committed to doing exactly that with Bushmills," he said.
"Bushmills Irish Whiskey will be in very safe hands."
Mr Beckmann added that no jobs would be lost at Bushmills as a result of the acquisition.
Mr O'Brien said Bushmills Irish Whiskey was a brand built on "great history, heritage and passionate people" and had been a "cherished part of the Diageo family" for more than nine years.
"During this time we have invested over Â£80m to build capacity, infrastructure and maturing inventory at the distillery, which has supported the continued growth of the brand," he said.
Irish whiskey has been a growth category in the United States in recent years.
Growth was initially sparked by a big investment made by Pernod Ricard in the marketing of its Jameson brand.
In 2011, the US-based maker of Jim Beam whiskey bought the Cooley distillery in County Louth for $95m (Â£59.45m).
Bushmills Distillery claims to be the oldest licensed distillery in the world.
Distillation has taken place there since at least the 17th century.
It has not been locally-owned for many years.
Prior to being bought by Diageo in 2005 it was owned by Pernod Ricard.


The mother of a woman fatally run over by a car at a far-right rally in Virginia says she has "no interest" in speaking with President Donald Trump.

Susan Bro said she refuses to speak to Mr Trump after hearing him equate counter-demonstrators, like her daughter, with white supremacists.
Her daughter, Heather Heyer, was killed on Saturday after a car ploughed through a crowd in Charlottesville.
She said she did not "want to be used for political agendas".
Mrs Bro told ABC New's Good Morning America television programme she missed a call from the White House, which appeared to have been made during her daughter's public memorial on Wednesday.
She added that she received three more "frantic messages" from Mr Trump's press team later in the day but was too exhausted from the funeral to talk.
It was when she saw a news clip of Mr Trump again blaming both sides for the violence that she changed her mind about speaking to the president.
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"It's not that I saw somebody else's tweets about him, I saw an actual clip of him at a press conference equating the protesters... with the [Ku Klux Klan] and the white supremacists," she said on Friday.
"You can't wash this one away by shaking my hand and saying, 'I'm sorry.' I'm not forgiving that."
A day earlier Mrs Bro told MSNBC she had received death threats after speaking out about her daughter's death and the president's comments.
Also on Friday, the mayor of Charlottesville, Mike Signer, called for Confederate statues to be removed from the city in order "to repudiate the pure evil that visited us here".
He called upon the state General Assembly to pass laws restricting openly carrying firearms during events, and upon the city to create a memorial to Ms Heyer.
Mr Trump drew outrage this week after reversing his condemnation of Saturday's far-right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, which was supported by white supremacists and neo-Nazis protesting against the removal of a statue of Robert E Lee, a general who had fought for the pro-slavery Confederacy during the US Civil War.
Violent clashes between the rally's supporters and counter-protesters escalated when a car rammed into a crowd of anti-racist demonstrators, killing Ms Heyer and injuring nearly 20 others.
Mr Trump bowed to pressure on Monday to denounce far-right elements at the rally, but appeared to defend its organisers on Tuesday.
He condemned the suspect in the car-ramming incident, but said those who marched in defence of the statue had included "many fine people".
Mrs Bro said her daughter, a paralegal and Charlottesville resident, did not belong to any organised faction of demonstrators, but was "part of a group of human beings who cared to protest".
The president appeared to further his support for the organisers on Thursday when he weighed into a national debate about the removal of controversial statues, including some to leaders of the pro-slavery rebellion defeated in the US Civil War.
Critics say monuments to the Confederacy are racially offensive, but supporters say they are important symbols preserving Southern heritage.
In a series of tweets, Mr Trump said the "history and culture of our great country" was being "ripped apart with the removal of our beautiful statues and monuments".
Cities across the country have accelerated planned removals of controversial statues in the wake of the violent protests in Charlottesville.
A statue of Roger B Taney, the US Supreme Court justice who wrote the 1857 Dred Scott decision that upheld slavery and denied citizenship to African Americans, was quietly removed from the grounds of the Maryland State House early on Friday.


A lorry driver chased a bus through County Londonderry after an app showed him his stolen phone was on it.

Justin McCabe, 43, of Antrim Road, Belfast, but currently a serving prisoner, stole the phone when the bus he was on broke down in Castledawson.
When McCabe tried to use the phone on the replacement bus it made quacking and mooing noises.
The lorry driver used the app to track the phone and gave chase until he was able to pull over in front of the bus.
He retrieved the phone but was ordered off the bus by its driver.
The lorry driver then followed the bus to Londonderry, where McCabe was arrested.
McCabe, who has 163 criminal convictions, was jailed to two months for theft and resisting police.


On this side of the Atlantic the widespread consensus among many political commentators is that the Tea Party movement in the US is bonkers.

It may be the fact that the name invites the prefix of Mad Hatters, or it may be the sometimes extreme nature of the views expressed, or even the unorthodox personal history of some of its best-known members.
Whatever the reason, it seems many over here can't quite believe such individuals and policies would win widespread support.
As a movement, rather than a political party, the Tea Party does lack some coherence.
But if there's one central theme that seems to bind them together, it is the belief that government should be small and the individual supreme.
This is a concept that runs very deep in the American psyche.
In Northern Ireland, we complain when our politicians take long holidays.
"Why aren't they at work on our behalf, solving the problems of the world?" is the implied chant. Yet in the States it is the precise opposite.
It's not that they want them to take long holidays. They just don't want them to be "interfering" by coming to work. Many state legislatures in the US sit full-time for only a fraction of the year.
Take Virginia, which boasts the "oldest continuous law-making body in the New World".
Its state legislature, which would equate to our Stormont Assembly as a regional parliament, has a House of Delegates and a Senate.
Delegates, essentially their MLAs, are elected for two years only. The senators (a maximum of 40) are elected for four years.
They sit for 60 days on even-numbered years and 30 on odd-numbered years with the provision that they can extend an annual session by a maximum of 30 days.
Delegates are paid an annual salary of $17,640, a figure considerably less than even Sinn Fein MLAs receive on their "living wage" dictated by the party.
In fact, Virginian delegates aren't expected to live on their Â£10,000. Again, in complete contrast to Stormont, they are expected to have earnings from outside interests.
The taxpayer does not want to fund a full-time political class.
These arrangements are not a fantasy of the Tea Party - they are the norm. The Tea Party would go further and apply the same part-time principles to national government as well.
Stormont will be debating its own running costs on Monday.
We know Peter Robinson has already suggested cutting the number of MLAs and departments.
Sinn Fein, for now, has rejected his argument, while the other parties vary from cold to lukewarm on the idea.
It's popular, in the current climate, for politicians to beat themselves up.
Sinn Fein has shown an almost masochistic streak by arguing that MLAs pay should be cut by 15% but rejecting the proposal that civil service pay should be frozen.
But cutting their own pay and numbers is more for the optics than the effect.
Fewer politicians will not significantly reduce the cost of Northern Ireland's big government.
But as the cost of our big government is currently borne by English taxpayers and the benefits of it are currently enjoyed by citizens in Northern Ireland, there is no incentive for local politicians to cut there.
That is another key difference with the US where individual states must balance their own books on an annual basis with precious little help from the federal government.
For that reason it's hard to see a Tea Party movement gaining ground here for, unlike the United States, the majority is strongly in favour of big local government so long as central government continues to foot the bill.
On Sunday's Politics Show we'll be reporting from the SDLP annual conference and we'll be joined by leader Margaret Ritchie.
Jim
PS - The Mad Hatter had tea with a dormouse. But it was another rodent - the ginger variety - that hit the headlines recently whenever Harriet Harman fired a misjudged missile at Danny Alexander.  The resulting favourable publicity for the maligned Chief Secretary to the Treasury has, I'm told, prompted the DUP's Simon Hamilton - a proud redhead - to quietly beg political opponents to hurl similar insults at him in the Stormont chamber.  None has yet taken up the offer.
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