Warrington Borough Council is to spend £30m on buying a 33% stake in a new bank which will have its northern headquarters in the Cheshire borough.

The Labour-led authority will partner an unnamed "major city financier" to launch Redwood Bank in August.
The bank will target lending to small northern firms, said the council, which hopes to take a share of the profits.
The Liberal Democrats said they had "concerns" about the level of "risk" in the plan.
"What concerns us slightly is the ratio of the risk council is taking on board (compared to) the benefit to local businesses," said councillor Bob Barr.
But Labour councillor Russ Bowden said the deal would "support the local economy and help business thrive".
"It's an important part of securing a better future for borough," he added.
A council report said Redwood Bank hopes to receive a banking licence later in 2017, with the bank launched in August.
The authority hopes to generate income through interest payments, and insists the bank's business plan would be "monitored closely" to protects its investment.


An anti-homophobia group urging players to wear rainbow boot laces this weekend has been criticised for using messages which rely on "sexualised innuendo and stereotypes about gay men".

Gay rights campaigners Stonewall launched the initiative, Right Behind Gay Footballers, which is backed by a leading chain of bookmakers.
It is incongruous to run a campaign aiming to change football culture whilst using language which reinforces the very stereotypes and caricatures that, in the long term, ensure that homophobia persists
FvH's full statement
But other equality bodies are concerned about language used by the campaign.
Some clubs, such as Manchester United, have chosen not to wear the laces.
But Everton, who are sponsored by the same bookmakers, have said some of their players will wear them.
Toffees manager Roberto Martinez said: "The players are well aware of the meaning of the campaign and we are happy to support it."
Queens Park Rangers midfielder Joey Barton has also backed the campaign, which has received a positive response on social media sites.
Stonewall sent laces to all 92 professional teams in England and 42 professional teams in Scotland on Monday and is also promoting a billboard campaign around the UK.
But Football v Homophobia (FvH), another body aiming to improve education on the subject and who rejected the chance to work on this initiative, said terms such as 'Right Behind Gay Footballers' reinforced "stereotypes that ensure homophobia exists" and "blurred the territory" between homophobic language and football banter.
FvH said a number of people had already written innuendo-laden phrases on bookmaker Paddy Power's Facebook page.
It also said Brighton and Hove Albion Supporters' Club had recently called on authorities to help tackle homophobic abuse at Brighton games which was often dismissed as 'banter'.
Four months ago, in the wake of a report showing overwhelming  homophobic abuse at matches, the Brighton & Hove Albion Supporters' Club (BHASC) called on the football authorities for help tackling abuse aimed at fans, often couched as 'banter'.
"We applaud the sentiments behind the idea central to the 'Rainbow Laces' campaign, namely solidarity with gay players," FvH said in a statement.
"[But] we feel it is incongruous to run a campaign aiming to change football culture whilst using language which reinforces the very stereotypes and caricatures that, in the long term, ensure that homophobia persists."
Stonewall told BBC Sport it teamed up with Paddy Power because it can "talk the language of fans and players" and, while the slogan might be risque, the "overall message was to make sure that homophobic abuse does not have a place in the game".
A spokesman said: "We don't think it's comparable to the worst abuse. Overall, it is encouraging and engaging support for gay players and attempts to kick homophobia out of football."
While several clubs BBC Sport has spoken to regarded the campaign as raising an important issue, the lack of notice given them and the campaign's links to a bookmaker known for publicity stunts have caused a few problems.
In 2012, Paddy Power had a TV advert suspended after it encouraged viewers to guess the gender of women at the Cheltenham horse racing festival.
The underlying message behind this campaign is a good one. However, we were not consulted about this particular campaign.
Paddy Power's involvement has also presented problems for clubs backed by different betting partners, while some clubs have said they will continue to support key issues via groups such as Kick it Out.
A spokesman for the bookmaker said Stonewall was consulted throughout the project and it was careful to try to strike the right balance between a campaign that would make an impact and one that would not cause offence.
He added it was the bookmaker's belief that there was no place for homophobia in football and the response from Stonewall and the Gay Football Supporters Network had been positive so far.
The Premier League said in a statement that it would leave it up to individual clubs and players to decide whether they should support new campaign.
It said: "The underlying message behind this campaign is a good one. Indeed, we and our clubs have worked hard with government and other stakeholders to ensure the whole equalities agenda is something we are fully aware of and engaged in.
"However, we were not consulted about this particular campaign. Had we been involved earlier in the process, we could have worked with Stonewall... and would be happy to talk to them in the future to discuss ways in which we could work together."
The FA has taken a similar view and a spokesman said: "While anti-homophobia messaging is something we are supportive of, our preference is for consultation and involvement from an early stage, especially in consideration of commercial partners and the co-ordination of approaches across the game."


Retailer Next has warned that sales and profits could be lower than previously forecast due to a potential slowdown in consumer spending.

Its new forecasts came as it said total sales in the three months to 2 May were down 0.2% from a year earlier, while full price sales were 0.9% lower.
Next blamed colder weather in March and April which hit demand for clothing.
The retailer said it now expected full-price sales for 2016 to range between a 3.5% fall and a 3.5% rise.
That was wider than its previous range of between a 1% fall and a 4% rise.
"We believe it is unlikely (but possible) that sales will deteriorate further, and we have seen a significant improvement over the last few days as temperatures have risen," the company said.
"However, the poor performance of the last six weeks may be indicative of weaker underlying demand for clothing and a potentially wider slowdown in consumer spending."
It is the third time Next has downgraded its annual sales guidance in five months.
Next also widened and lowered the range of its full-year profit forecast to between £748m and £852m, compared with the previous forecast issued in March of between £784m and £858m.
In March, Next warned 2016 would be a "challenging year" for its business, saying the year ahead "may well be the toughest we have faced since 2008".


A Russian man faces up to 10 years in jail for spreading a computer virus that cost victims more than $500m (£401m).

Mark Vartanyan, 29, developed and distributed the Citadel Trojan, which lets criminals steal bank account details and hold files to ransom.
US prosecutors said it had infected about 11 million computers worldwide.
He pleaded guilty to one count of computer fraud, in a court in Atlanta, after being extradited from Norway.
Launched in 2011, Citadel was marketed on invitation-only, Russian-language internet forums used by cybercriminals.
Its users had targeted the computer networks of major financial and government institutions around the world, prosecutors said.
Vartanyan admitted to the "development, improvement, maintenance and distribution" of Citadel between 2012 and 2014 while living in Ukraine and Norway.
Operating under the alias Kolypto, he uploaded "numerous electronic files" that consisted of Citadel malware, components, updates and patches, as well as customer information.
Earlier in March, David LeValley, special agent at the FBI Atlanta Office, said Vartanyan's arrest removed "a significant player" from the resources available to cybercriminals.
"We must continue to impose real costs on criminals who believe they are protected by geographic boundaries and can prey on the American people," he said.
Vartanyan agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in exchange for a reduced prison term. He will be sentenced in June.
In September 2015, a US court sentenced Russian citizen Dimitry Belorossov to four years and six months in prison after he admitted distributing and installing Citadel on to computers.
The Department of Justice said its investigation into the creator of Citadel continued.


The husband of reality TV star and former singer Kerry Katona has appeared in court accused of beating her up at their home in East Sussex.

George Kay, 35, was charged with assault by beating and unlawful possession of a stun gun disguised as a torch.
Mr Kay did not enter a plea at Brighton Magistrates's Court when he appeared earlier.
He is also charged with possessing a bladed article.
The charge relates to a hunting knife found in a wardrobe.
Mr Kay is next due to appear at Lewes Crown Court on 11 January.
He was arrested at the couple's house in Crowborough on 3 October.


Catholic clerics should face criminal charges if they do not report sexual abuse disclosed to them during confession, an Australian inquiry has recommended.

It is among 85 proposals to emerge from a landmark inquiry into institutional abuse in the nation.
The inquiry had heard harrowing tales of abuse, which were never passed on to the relevant authorities.
The Church has indicated it will oppose altering the rules around confession.
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, which began in 2013, was contacted by thousands of victims from both religious and non-religious organisations.
On Monday, it proposed wide-ranging changes to Australia's criminal justice system. The recommendations will now be put to legislators.
The report recommended that people in institutions who "know, suspect or should have suspected" a child was being abused should face criminal charges.
The issue of mandatory reporting was one of the most discussed aspects of the inquiry.
In some cases, abusers had made admissions during Church confession in the knowledge that they would not be relayed to police.
"We heard evidence that perpetrators who confessed to sexually abusing children went on to reoffend and seek forgiveness again," the report said.
"We have concluded that the importance of protecting children from child sexual abuse means that there should be no exemption from the failure to report offence for clergy in relation to information disclosed in or in connection with a religious confession."
However, Melbourne Archbishop Denis Hart said the existing rules around confession should remain.
"Confession in the Catholic Church is a spiritual encounter with God through the priest," he said in a statement to the Catholic Leader.
"It is a fundamental part of the freedom of religion, and it is recognised in the law of Australia and many other countries.
"Outside of this all offences against children must be reported to the authorities, and we are absolutely committed to doing so."
Other recommendations from the inquiry included:
The commission heard that 7% of the nation's Catholic priests were accused of abusing children between 1950 and 2010.
It also heard that 1,100 abuse complaints were made against the Anglican Church of Australia between 1980 and 2015.


Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has said there is no reason for armed republican groups to exist as the movement is committed to peace.

And he said individuals involved in the recent murders of ex-IRA men Gerard 'Jock' Davison and Kevin McGuigan Sr "do not represent republicanism".
He added: "They are not the IRA. The IRA has gone away, you know."
Mr Adams was speaking at the National Hunger Strike commemoration in the Republic of Ireland on Sunday.
On Saturday, the Police Service of Northern Ireland's Chief Constable George Hamilton said the Provisional IRA is still in existence and that some members were involved in the murder of Mr McGuigan Sr in Belfast last week.
But Mr Adams said that was not the case.
He told supporters at the event in Dundalk that the IRA was "undefeated" when it "took the momentous step" to end its armed campaign in 2005.
"None of the many alphabet groups that now claim the proud name of the Irish Republican Army have a right to that title," Mr Adams said.
How the IRA announced the end of its campaign
On 28 July 2005, the IRA said it had formally ordered an end to the armed campaign from 4pm that day.
Its statement said: "The leadership of Óglaigh na hÉireann has formally ordered an end to the armed campaign.
"All IRA units have been ordered to dump arms.
"All volunteers have been instructed to assist the development of purely political and democratic programmes through exclusively peaceful means."
Two months later came a verification statement from the independent arms decommissioning body that in its view the IRA had put all of its weapons beyond use.
"As we approach the centenary of 1916 there is no need, rationale, or reason for any armed groups whatsoever.
"It's time they called an end to their sham campaigns."
He also used the event to criticise unionist politicians who he said have "opportunistically and cynically" seized on the killings of Mr Davison and Mr McGuigan Sr to attack his party.
He accused them of engaging in a "sham fight" to slow down the "necessary process of change".
First Minister Peter Robinson had said he would discuss the prospect of excluding Sinn Féin from the executive with other Northern Ireland parties.
Mr Adams said: "Those who threaten to take action against Sinn Féin in the political institutions have no basis whatsoever for this.
"Sinn Féin's mandate and the rights and entitlements of our electorate deserve exactly the same respect and protection as anyone else's.
"And Sinn Féin will defend that assertively and robustly."
He added: "We will not be lectured to by those who have failed to honour their obligations time and again."
Meanwhile, a minister in the Irish government has said it must remain "very cautious" when responding to the PSNI chief constable's comments on the Provisional IRA.
Minister for Defence Simon Coveney said the Irish government did not want to add to a "difficult situation" as the PSNI continued its probe into Mr McGuigan Sr's murder.


When Christopher Dempsey offered to donate half his liver to a complete stranger, he knew it would be a life-changing experience.

What the former marine didn't know was that he would be saving the life of the woman who would become his wife.
But less than two years after Mr Dempsey called Heather Krueger to reveal he was a match, the two were married.
The love story began with a conversation overheard in a workplace break room in Frankfort, a village south of Chicago, Illinois.
Miss Krueger had stage four liver disease, and had been ill for about two years already when doctors told her she only had a 50% chance of surviving another two months without a transplant.
Her family were in a race against time to find her a donor - a hugely difficult task in a country with more than 119,000 people on its transplant waiting lists.
That was where code enforcement officer Mr Dempsey came in.
"I heard a co-worker talking about his cousin who needed a liver transplant," Mr Dempsey told the BBC.
"I just thought to myself, I would want someone to help me or my family in that situation."
The 38-year-old decided to get himself tested and discovered he was a match for the then Miss Krueger, now 27.
The first time they spoke was the moment he called to tell her he would be her donor at the start of February 2015. Later, she would tell him how she and her mother had cried tears of joy after receiving the call.
They first met shortly afterwards when Mr Dempsey took Miss Krueger for lunch - and he paid.
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In the weeks leading up to the transplant, they began to spend increasing amounts of time together as Mr Dempsey and his motorcycle club threw themselves into fundraising.
"We were going out looking for donations for a benefit, and I just started thinking, she's a really nice girl, she is somebody I would like to get to know."
By the time of the surgery at the University Of Illinois Hospital on March 16, they had already been on a couple of dates, but they only made it official afterwards.
"I was really confident everything was going to be okay," said Mr Dempsey. "I was still nervous - there is always the chance [something might go wrong] - but at no point did I rethink the decision.
"It was just really good knowing she was going to be okay."
The proposal came eight months later, after a horse and carriage ride in Chicago. Then, almost 19 months to the day of the transplant, the healthy couple became Mr and Mrs Dempsey.
"I think it was definitely more emotional - maybe more so for her and her parents - knowing what we had both been through," said Mr Dempsey.
"I never would have thought in a million years when I agreed to all this that I would marry her. It is amazing."


Liverpool's Sadio Mane missed the decisive spot kick as Cameroon beat Senegal 5-4 on penalties to reach the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals.

Mane, Africa's most expensive player, was denied by Fabrice Ondoa, Vincent Aboubakar hitting the winning penalty.
Much fancied Senegal had a great chance to win it in normal time but Moussa Sow volleyed wide from close range to leave the game scoreless after 120 minutes.
Cameroon are four-time winners of the tournament.
The result means Mane is likely to make a swift return to his club Liverpool, who suffered a surprising 2-1 home defeat by Wolverhampton Wanderers in the FA Cup fourth round on Saturday.
There were striking similarities to this game and 15 years ago, when Cameroon and Senegal met in the 2002 final in Mali.
On that occasion, Cameroon beat Senegal 3-2 on penalties after a goalless 120 minutes.
Senegal were made to pay for missing a number of chances in both normal time and extra time.
West Ham's Cheikhou Kouyate headed an early chance over the bar while Stoke City's Mame Biram Diouf was close with a lob from inside the area.
Cameroon, who will now face the Democratic Republic of Congo or Ghana on Thursday for a place in the final, failed to register a noteworthy shot in the opening hour.
Their first serious attempt on target came in the 65th minute when Robert Ndip Tambe volleyed straight at Abdoulaye Diallo before the Senegal keeper produced a low one-handed save to keep out Benjamin Moukandjo.
Diallo was responsible for ensuring the tie went to penalties after a fine stop to keep out Jacques Zoua in extra time.
In the shootout, there was nothing to choose between the two teams as the first eight penalties went to plan.
At 4-4, Mane stepped forward but Ondoa saved his kick. That presented Aboubakar with a chance to seal victory and the Besiktas forward made no mistake.
Match ends, Senegal 0(4), Cameroon 0(5).
Penalty Shootout ends, Senegal 0(4), Cameroon 0(5).
Goal!  Senegal 0(4), Cameroon 0(5). Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
Penalty saved! Sadio Mané (Senegal) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity,  right footed shot saved  in the centre of the goal.
Goal!  Senegal 0(4), Cameroon 0(4). Jacques Zoua (Cameroon) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
Goal!  Senegal 0(4), Cameroon 0(3). Henri Saivet (Senegal) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Goal!  Senegal 0(3), Cameroon 0(3). Adolphe Teikeu (Cameroon) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
Goal!  Senegal 0(3), Cameroon 0(2). Moussa Sow (Senegal) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Goal!  Senegal 0(2), Cameroon 0(2). Ambroise Oyongo (Cameroon) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Goal!  Senegal 0(2), Cameroon 0(1). Kara (Senegal) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Goal!  Senegal 0(1), Cameroon 0(1). Benjamin Moukandjo (Cameroon) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Goal!  Senegal 0(1), Cameroon 0. Kalidou Koulibaly (Senegal) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Penalty Shootout begins Senegal 0, Cameroon 0.
Second Half Extra Time ends, Senegal 0, Cameroon 0.
Attempt missed. Moussa Sow (Senegal) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Sadio Mané.
Kara (Senegal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon).
Foul by Saliou Ciss (Senegal).
Jacques Zoua (Cameroon) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Papa Alioune Ndiaye (Senegal) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Papa Alioune Ndiaye (Senegal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jacques Zoua (Cameroon).
Attempt blocked. Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Keita (Senegal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui (Cameroon).
Foul by Papa Alioune Ndiaye (Senegal).
Jacques Zoua (Cameroon) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Keita (Senegal).
Adolphe Teikeu (Cameroon) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Keita (Senegal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Georges Mandjeck (Cameroon).
Sadio Mané (Senegal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Sébastien Siani (Cameroon).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Saliou Ciss (Senegal) because of an injury.
Foul by Saliou Ciss (Senegal).
Christian Bassogog (Cameroon) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Keita (Senegal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Saliou Ciss.
Attempt missed. Papa Alioune Ndiaye (Senegal) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Substitution, Senegal. Papa Alioune Ndiaye replaces Cheikhou Kouyaté.


Tom Cairney has committed his future to Fulham by signing a one-year extension to his contract.

It means the midfielder, 26, is under contract at Craven Cottage until 2021 and the club have an option to further extend the deal by another year.
There had been speculation about Cairney's future for several months.
Meanwhile, Fulham have signed defender Marcelo Djalo from Spanish second division side Club Deportivo Lugo on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee.
The 23-year-old former Real Madrid youth player joined Juventus in 2014 but was loaned out three times and never made a first-team appearance.
He moved to Lugo last season and his Fulham deal includes a 12-month option.
"The truth is, for me it is a proud moment. It's a big club, an emblem of the city," Djalo told the club website.
Cairney's new deal is a major boost for the west London side and comes after he was linked with a move to the Premier League following Fulham's defeat in the play-offs in May.
The Scotland player was signed from Blackburn in 2015 and has been voted Fulham's player of the year twice in a row, and in March was named the EFL Player of the Year at the London Football Awards
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Championship winners Newcastle United have completed the permanent signing of winger Christian Atsu from Chelsea for an undisclosed fee on a four-year deal.

The 25-year-old Ghana international scored five goals in 35 appearances on loan with the Magpies this season.
He moved to Chelsea in 2013 but never made an appearance for the Blues with loan spells at Vitesse Arnhem, Everton, Bournemouth and Malaga.
"We are happy to sign a good player," said boss Rafael Benitez.
"Christian has been a key part of our promotion campaign and he wants to help us to build something for the future."
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Sharmina Parvin could not have imagined that a birthday meal for her 13-year-old daughter in an upmarket Dhaka restaurant would turn into a nightmare that still hasn't ended.

On 1 July Ms Parvin and her husband Hasnat Karim dined out at the Holey Artisan Cafe with their daughter and eight-year-old son.
What followed was a 12-hour hostage drama as Islamist militants stormed the cafe, killing 20 people.
Ms Parvin's husband ended up in custody after security forces ended the siege and has not been released.
Answering questions submitted by the BBC in writing, Ms Parvin recounted the night's events and appealed to the Bangladeshi authorities to release Mr Karim, saying "he has not done anything wrong".
She described how gunmen ordered the family to put their heads down on the table. They remained in that position most of the time.
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During the night, not far from where the family was sitting, the militants killed nine Italians, seven Japanese, one US-Bangladeshi citizen, an Indian and two Bangladeshis.
Ms Parvin says the gunmen did not harm them because they - along with a few other diners - were Muslims and could recite from the Koran.
Almost 11 hours later the family's ordeal ended. The gunmen released the hostages before the army launched an assault, killing all five militants.
As the hostages emerged from the compound, police took them away for debriefing.
Ms Parvin's husband Hasnat Karim and another man Tahmid Khan, a Canadian-Bangladeshi, were the only ones taken into custody later for further interrogation. Neither of them have returned home.
"I really do not understand why the police are still holding him. He was a hostage along with family members," Ms Parvin told the BBC by email.
"He is a victim in all of this and has not been charged with any offence.
"My husband survived a horrifying ordeal in which several persons were murdered by armed terrorists. He has not done anything wrong."
The 47-year-old Mr Karim has dual British-Bangladeshi citizenship. He lived in the UK for 21 years before going to the United States to study for an MBA.
He then worked as a lecturer in Dhaka's North South University, later joining his father's construction firm.
The Bangladeshi authorities have given conflicting accounts of Mr Karim's detention.
Initially they told local media that they had kept him in custody but that he was released later on.
Later, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan told reporters that Mr Karim was under investigation and still being held by the authorities.
It is not clear where Mr Karim is being held.
When the BBC contacted various branches of the security forces, all of them said they had no information on his whereabouts.
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia told the BBC earlier this month that Mr Karim and Mr Khan were "suspects because of their behaviour on that day."
When asked whether the two were still being held by the security forces Mr Mia said: "I don't know the exact thingâ€¦ But after the incident yes we interrogated them. But (whether) they are still in police custody or not, I cannot make any specific comment.  I have to know the exact situation from the investigating officer."
According to media reports, Mr Karim was seen moving inside the cafe along with the militants during the night of the hostage taking, raising suspicion that he might be linked to them.
But Ms Pavin calls this "complete nonsense".
"I cannot even begin to understand the basis of these allegations. Hasnat is a good person," Ms Parvin says. On the night of the cafe siege, the gunmen used her husband as a "human shield" and took him to the terrace, she says, arguing that he simply followed their instructions.
Human rights groups have also expressed concern.
"If the authorities do have Hasnat Karim in custody, then they must release him immediately or produce him in a court of law for any charges to be filed against him", Amnesty International said in a statement issued earlier this month.
Mr Karim's family have also sought help from the British High Commission in Dhaka.
"Our staff in Dhaka are in contact with Bangladeshi authorities following the detention of a Bangladeshi-British citizen and have requested consular access," a spokesman for the British Foreign Office said in an e-mailed response.
Ms Parvin says the last time the family were able to meet Mr Karim was on 13 July. Since then, they have not received any update on his whereabouts.
"The last time I saw my husband he was very weak and exhausted both physically and mentally," Ms Parvin says. "I am afraid for his health especially as he has a heart condition. It makes the situation all the more serious and we are all desperately worried."


Syrian planes and helicopters have dropped barrel bombs on Islamic State-held areas in the north-east, killing some 40 people, activists say.

The barrel-bombs, crudely made drums of explosives, were dropped during Thursday and overnight, targeting al-Bab and Qabaseen near Aleppo.
Activists say the government has stepped up air raids in recent days.
Some 200,000 people have been killed since the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad erupted in 2011.
Another 3.2 million people have fled Syria and 7.6 million have been displaced inside the country.
Al-Bab, a city of about 100,000 people, has witnessed heavy government air strikes since September, when a US-led coalition started targeting IS in Iraq and Syria.
One Qabaseen resident, Yousef al-Saadi, told Reuters via Skype: "People were going about scraping a living and there were no armed groups in the market, only poor people. Why is Assad killing us? May God bring vengeance on him."
The UN and rights groups have repeatedly accused Syria of targeting civilian areas.
On Friday, the Combined Joint Task Force said that the US-led coalition had carried out another 31 air strikes on Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria.
Sixteen of Friday's strikes were in Syria, with 13 of those targeting areas around Kobane on the Turkey border.
The 15 air strikes in Iraq were in seven different areas.
Barrel bombs are large cylindrical metal containers filled with explosive and shrapnel that are typically rolled out of the door of a helicopter.
The BBC's Defence Correspondent Jonathan Beale says that the bombs were initially dropped from a low altitude, which afforded a reasonable degree of accuracy.
However Syrian government helicopters have been forced to drop them from greater heights because rebel fighters have managed to acquire surface-to-air missiles. This makes the air raids less accurate.
Despite being rudimentary weapons, their destructive power is considerable.
They are only one part of the arsenal that Syria has employed against civilian areas and their use could well constitute a war crime, our correspondent adds.


Parents in many parts of England are finding it harder to get their child into a secondary school they want, analysis of government data suggests.

Most of the country's towns and counties saw a fall last year in the proportion of pupils getting a place at their first-choice school.
The figures come on National Offer Day - the day families in England find out where they have been allocated a place.
The government said it was creating 600,000 new school places.
Analysis of Department for Education (DfE) data by the Press Association suggests that last year, 80 out of 151 local councils (53%) saw a drop in the proportion of children given their first choice of secondary school compared with the year before.
Meanwhile, 68 authorities (45%) saw a fall in the proportion offered one of their overall preferences in 2016.
Most authorities - 85 in total (57%) - witnessed a drop in the proportion of 11-year-olds offered their first secondary school preference over the past five years.
And about two-thirds, 98 councils (65%), have seen a drop in the proportion offered one of their overall preferences during this time.
Liverpool saw the biggest drop for first choices, down seven percentage points on 2015. While Hammersmith and Fulham in west London had the biggest drop for overall preferences, down 4.2 points.
The biggest fall in first-preference offers between 2011 and 2016 was in Blackpool, down 19.6 percentage points. It also had the largest drop for overall preferences, down eight percentage points.
The application process sees families list a number of choices, in order of preference.
There have been continuing concerns about a squeeze on school places, caused in part by a rise in the birth rate.
A DfE spokesman said: "Last year almost all parents got an offer at one of their top three preferred schools.
"Nearly 600,000 additional pupil places were created between May 2010 and May 2015, and the government is now pushing ahead with the creation of a further 600,000 new school places as part of its wider Â£23bn investment in the school estate up to 2021."
Richard Watts, chair of the Local Government Association's  Children and Young People Board, said: "Creating an extra 300,000 primary places over recent years is a demonstrable record that councils are doing everything they can to rise to the challenge of ensuring no child goes without a place.
"However, as children move on to secondary schools, the majority of which are now academies, councils are working with one hand behind their backs to help as many as possible receive a place at their first-choice school.
"If they are to meet the demand for secondary school places, then existing academy schools should be made to expand where required, or councils should be given back the powers to open new maintained schools."
Russell Hobby, general secretary of school leaders' union NAHT, said: "The massive increase in pupil numbers over the next few years, particularly at secondary age, will only make it harder.
"The government's own figures show that an extra 750,000 school places will be needed in England by 2025, to meet a 10% rise in pupil population.
"There is a desperate need for long-term planning that spans all sectors.
"Schools are facing a Â£3bn shortfall in funding by 2019, with 98% set to be worse off at a time when costs are rising and pupil numbers are growing."


A man has been taken to hospital with "serious" injuries after a crash on the A55 near Abergele.

It took place on the A55 between St Asaph and St George on Saturday morning with the westbound carriageway shut from Junction 27 and diversions put in place.
Both lanes have since reopened.
North Wales Ambulance said it was called at 11:50 GMT and the man was taken to Glan Clwyd Hospital.
Bangor and Conwy football clubs delayed their kick-offs due to the delays.
The collision occurred between Junction 24A and Junction 24.
The air ambulance was also called to the scene, but the man was taken to hospital by road.
In a separate incident on the westbound carriageway of the A55 between Holywell and St Asaph, emergency services were called to a vehicle fire at 16.46 GMT.
One person was taken to hospital and treated for cuts and shock.


Manager Steve McClaren believes bad decisions from the officials cost Derby County as their seven-match winning streak ended with a 2-2 draw at Fulham.

Derby are now seventh in the Championship table, only a point outside the play-off places.
McClaren told BBC Radio Derby: "I thought we were fantastic first half, controlled the game, the gameplan was excellent and we executed it well.
"But I think, in the end, some bad decisions have really cost us."
The former England boss felt particularly aggrieved by the Rams not being allowed an advantage by referee Andy Woolmer late in the game.
"I thought that was the worst decision I have seen in a long, long time," continued McClaren.
"He accepted that and he said he blew up too soon. It could've been a two-on-one situation and we could've come away with the points.
"But, I think it was such a good game that I think a draw was a fair result.
"I am pleased for the fans. We have 3,000 here and it is a long journey. They really got behind the boys."


A campaign is being launched to teach parents to look out for the warning signs of brain tumours - the leading cause of cancer deaths in children.

Brain tumours also leave two-thirds of survivors with significant disability.
A quarter of all child cancers occur in the brain. About 500 children and young people a year develop brain tumours.
Warning signs include fits, persistent or recurring vomiting and headaches, blurred or double vision, abnormal eye movements and deteriorating eyesight.
The child may also struggle with coordination and balance and experience tiredness or other behavioural changes.
The HeadSmart campaign is a joint venture by the Children's Brain Tumour Research Centre at the University of Nottingham, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and the Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust.
Professor David Walker from the Children's Brain Tumour Research Centre said: "Brain tumours are fortunately rare, but they do happen, and it can be difficult for doctors to diagnose because the symptoms can often mimic less serious illnesses.
"Parents have no need to worry if their child occasionally experiences headaches, for example, but if symptoms come back frequently or are present for more two weeks or more, see your family doctor.
"The most important thing is that parents and family doctors know the symptoms of child brain tumours and make sure that possible cases are diagnosed as quickly as possible."
Mum Louise Pennell, from Wales, had to take her four-year-old son, Tom, to the doctors several times before he was diagnosed with a brain tumour.
Tom's symptoms began with prolonged periods of high temperatures, followed by nausea, headaches and increasing urges to lie down, which indicate pressure on the brain.
After being told by the GP that her concerns were unfounded, Louise and her husband took Tom with them on their honeymoon to Disneyland.
But they soon knew something was very wrong and on returning from the US, Louise went directly to the GP, and then to a family optician who told them to "go to A&E immediately" after noticing some worrying changes in Tom.
After an overnight stay and examinations by consultants, Louise demanded to see an ophthalmologist, who eventually saw the pressure behind Tom's eyes and ordered the scan which led to his diagnosis.
Tom had two sessions of brain surgery and two years of chemotherapy at University Hospital Cardiff.
The tumour is still there but it has not grown. He now has check-ups every six months.
Louise says: "By themselves, the signs he had might not have indicated a brain tumour, it was the pattern of symptoms which was important.
"Parents and carers should not panic, but they do know their children better than anyone else. If you're concerned then get them seen by a doctor, and take them back if necessary.
"At best, it will turn out to be nothing, in which case you gain peace of mind - if it is a brain tumour then early diagnosis may save your child's life."


Singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow has been diagnosed with a benign brain tumour.

The 50-year-old
          told the Las Vegas Review Journal
 the growth had been discovered last November after she had an MRI scan.
She said: "I worried about my memory so much that I went and got an MRI. And I found out I have a brain tumour. And I was, like, 'See? I knew there was something wrong'.
"It's benign, so I don't have to worry about it. But it gives me a fit."
The singer has since posted on her official Facebook page, telling fans not to worry.
She wrote: "Hey everyone - please don't worry about my 'brain tumour', it's a non-cancerous growth. I know some folks can have problems with this kind of thing, but I want to assure everyone I'm ok.
"Really appreciate everyone's love and concern, I feel so blessed to have the support of all my fans, but I'm good - really!"
Crow's spokeswoman Christine Wolff added the revelation  "was not meant to alarm anyone".
She added: "The tumour is a meningioma. It's typically benign and develops from the protective linings of the brain and spinal cord. She is doing great and is healthy and happy."
Crow said she doesn't need surgery but will continue to have scans to monitor the growth.
The singer has previously had breast cancer, and received the all-clear in 2006 after undergoing radiation therapy.
Her biggest chart hits include All I Wanna Do, Everyday Is A Winding Road, A Change Would Do You Good and the Bond theme Tomorrow Never Dies.


It is the ultimate Lego dream: two of Singapore's Paralympic medal winners have been immortalised as toy figurines.

Swimmers Yip Pin Xiu, a double gold medal-holder, and Theresa Goh, who won her first medal in Rio this week after attending four Paralympics, come complete with their own swimsuits and medals.
In a post on its official page that drew more than 3,000 reactions, Lego praised the women's achievements in Rio.
"Congratulations to Yip Pin Xiu and Theresa Goh for bringing pride to Singapore!" the company said. "Your accomplishments have inspired us all."
Many Singaporeans, including Goh herself, have also shared the post and expressed delight at the "adorable" figurines.
"Thank you for giving them their well-deserved recognition," wrote Sylvia Heng on Facebook.
"Hope there will be more companies following your lead," said Alderline Wong, referring to recent public pressure on Singaporean brands and firms to offer its Paralympians the same treatment that swimmer Joseph Schooling received.
In August, the city-state went into celebratory overdrive when Joseph Schooling beat his childhood hero Michael Phelps to bring home Singapore's first ever Olympic gold medal. Celebrations for Yip and Goh have so far paled in comparison.
Others suggested Lego sell the figurines to raise money and drum up support for other disabled athletes.
However, the company told the BBC there were no plans to make the figurines available for sale.
Lego has previously created mini-figurines of Paralympians to "celebrate sporting achievement and overcome adversity".
The company also launched a five-piece set to "teach children about the Paralympics and help increase support for such an under supported area of sport".
Those sentiments were expressed in a personal Instagram post by Yip earlier this week, celebrating her and Goh's achievements and highlighting the struggles they had faced to get there.
"Nobody knows our journey like us," Yip wrote.
Reporting by the BBC's Heather Chen in Singapore.


Alex Jones' late goal helped Port Vale come from behind to beat Fleetwood Town in a match which saw both sides reduced to 10 men.

Chris Long put the visitors ahead before late strikes from substitute Rigino Cicilia and Jones - his ninth of the season - turned the match on its head.
With just one minute of normal time remaining, Fleetwood goalscorer Long and Vale's Anthony Grant received their marching orders following a scuffle involving several players.
Having had the majority of the play, the Trawlermen will feel aggrieved not to have come away with at least a point after they took a deserved lead on 52 minutes when Long nodded in Devante Cole's back-post header.
But 15 minutes from time, a cross from the left fell kindly at the feet of Cicilia, who made no mistake firing past former Vale keeper Chris Neal.
Jones completed the turnaround in the 86th minute when he bundled the ball past Neal following good work by winger Jerome Thomas.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Port Vale 2, Fleetwood Town 1.
Second Half ends, Port Vale 2, Fleetwood Town 1.
Attempt missed. Bobby Grant (Fleetwood Town) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
Foul by Kiko (Port Vale).
Ashley Hunter (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Kyle Dempsey (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Chris Long (Fleetwood Town) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
Second yellow card to Anthony Grant (Port Vale).
Foul by Remie Streete (Port Vale).
Chris Long (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal!  Port Vale 2, Fleetwood Town 1. Alex Jones (Port Vale) with an attempt from very close range to the bottom left corner.
Attempt missed. Quentin Pereira (Port Vale) right footed shot from the left side of the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt missed. Cian Bolger (Fleetwood Town) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high following a corner.
Corner,  Fleetwood Town. Conceded by Ryan Taylor.
Substitution, Port Vale. Quentin Pereira replaces Sam Kelly.
Alex Jones (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Cian Bolger (Fleetwood Town).
Corner,  Fleetwood Town. Conceded by Jak Alnwick.
Attempt saved. Amari'i Bell (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
Corner,  Fleetwood Town. Conceded by Remie Streete.
Attempt blocked. David Ball (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Substitution, Fleetwood Town. David Ball replaces Devante Cole.
Corner,  Fleetwood Town. Conceded by Sam Kelly.
Attempt missed. Kiko (Port Vale) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Anthony Grant (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Bobby Grant (Fleetwood Town).
Goal!  Port Vale 1, Fleetwood Town 1. Rigino Cicilia (Port Vale) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ryan Taylor.
Kiko (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Victor Nirennold (Fleetwood Town).
Sam Kelly (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Devante Cole (Fleetwood Town).
Corner,  Port Vale. Conceded by Amari'i Bell.
Corner,  Port Vale. Conceded by Nathan Pond.
Substitution, Port Vale. Kiko replaces Sam Hart because of an injury.
Attempt saved. Chris Long (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt missed. Bobby Grant (Fleetwood Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Substitution, Port Vale. Rigino Cicilia replaces Martin Paterson.
Foul by Victor Nirennold (Fleetwood Town).
Jerome Thomas (Port Vale) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Nathan Pond (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left following a corner.


Ofgem has launched an investigation into SSE's pre-payment meter processes.

The energy regulator said it was responding to concerns about the Perth-based company's approach to switching customers to pre-payment tariffs.
The probe will focus on the impact of the process on those in potentially vulnerable situations.
Ofgem will consider whether SSE breached its Standards of Conduct, which aim to ensure suppliers treat customers fairly.
It will examine whether the company breached licence conditions, which require it to provide appropriate information, and ensure a consumers' ability to pay, when suggesting alternative payment methods.
SSE described the basis for the investigation as a "historic issue".
A spokesman for the energy provider said: "We are committed to treating all our customers fairly and will be cooperating fully with Ofgem's investigation into this historic issue."


The US government has said it will appeal against a ruling by a judge in Maryland that has blocked President Donald Trump's latest travel ban.

Department of Justice officials have filed legal notices announcing their intention to challenge the block.
The 6 March order placed a 90-day ban on people from six mainly Muslim nations and a longer ban on refugees.
But judges in Maryland and Hawaii questioned the legality of the ban, which critics say is discriminatory.
Their blocking rulings earlier this week were warmly welcomed by civil liberties groups and rights campaigners.
They argued that the temporary ban on people from six predominantly Muslim countries - Iran, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen - was a violation of the First Amendment, which guarantees religious freedom.
President Trump insists the move is to stop terrorists from entering the US and has complained of "unprecedented judicial overreach".
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said the government would "vigorously defend" the president's latest executive order.


Vice-President-elect Mike Pence has replaced New Jersey Governor Chris Christie in leading President-elect Donald Trump's transition effort.

Mr Christie will serve as one of the transition team's vice-chairmen, according to a Trump team statement.
The New Jersey governor has been marred by scandal after two of his aides were convicted in a political revenge plot.
Mr Pence will help to "prepare a transformative government ready to lead from day one", the statement said.
Governor Christie will join Dr Ben Carson, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, retired Lt Gen Michael Flynn, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and US Senator Jeff Sessions as the vice chairs of the transition effort.
Other notable appointments, marked in the Trump statement as his "staff leadership team", include:
"This team of experienced leaders will form the building blocks of our Presidential Transition Team staff leadership roster, and will work with elected officials and tireless volunteers to prepare our government for the transfer of power on January 20th," Mr Pence said in a statement.
Mr Trump has also named three of his children and his son-in-law to the transition team's executive committee, raising questions about a potential conflict of interest with his business, the Trump Organization.
The president-elect's lawyer said his holdings would be placed in a blind trust under his daughter, Ivanka, and sons, Eric and Donald Trump Jr - all of whom were appointed to the presidential committee.
But a blind trust would mean placing Mr Trump's finances under the management of an independent party, preventing him from knowing what is in the trust or how it is managed.
Mr Christie has been mired in controversy since his two former aides, Bridget Kelly and Bill Baroni, were found guilty on nine counts of conspiracy and fraud earlier this month.
The two were convicted in connection to a 2013 plot to close parts of the George Washington Bridge to punish Mark Sokolich, the mayor of Fort Lee, for not endorsing Mr Christie's re-election bid.
Mr Christie has repeatedly denied any knowledge of the plot, but both Ms Kelly and Mr Baroni testified in court that the governor had known about the lane closures.


Swansea boss Paul Clement admits the "business side to football" means the club may have to sell Gylfi Sigurdsson.

The Swans have set an asking price of £50m for the midfielder after rejecting a £40m bid from Leicester.
Sigurdsson has three years left on his contract but, having sold Jack Cork to Burnley, Clement says he cannot guarantee the Icelandic playmaker will remain at the Liberty Stadium.
"I've made it very clear I want him to stay here," said Clement.
"The fans want that, the owners would like that but, ultimately, there's a business side to football as well.
"We had that situation with Jack Cork. In the summer there was no thought of moving Jack on but it got to a point when another club came in with a really good offer.
"That might end up being the case with Gylfi. We don't know yet."
Sigurdsson captained Swansea in the second half of their 1-0 friendly defeat at Barnet on Wednesday.
Goalkeeper Erwin Mulder and midfielder Roque Mesa made their Swans debuts as their League Two opponents won thanks to a first-half goal from John Akinde.
But all eyes were on Sigurdsson, whose future Clement wants to be resolved as soon as possible.
"You don't want to be in a situation where it's dragging on through July and all through August, when the season's started, with the situation not being resolved. The sooner the better," the former Bayern Munich assitant manager added.
"I don't know how people are going to behave in the future. I know the kind of character I worked with last year - someone who's very professional.
"He's come back, he's got his head down and he's doing his work, so I hope that continues.
"He's one of our most valuable players. He showed that last season with his goals and his assists, and he was instrumental in us maintaining our Premier League status."


UK interest rates have been kept on hold at 0.25%, but in a surprise move three of the Bank of England's rate-setting committee backed a rate rise.

The 5-3 vote by the Bank's policymakers was the closest for a rate rise since 2007, and comes with inflation close to a four-year high of 2.9%.
Inflation is now well above the Bank's target rate of 2%.
News of the vote pushed the pound up by more than a cent against the dollar, although it fell back later.
Ian McCafferty, Michael Saunders and Kristin Forbes were the three members of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) who voted for an increase. Ms Forbes had been the sole vote in favour of a rise at the MPC's previous two meetings.
However, the decision of Mr Saunders and Mr McCafferty to back an increase as well surprised economists.
"The more hawkish tone of the MPC appears to reflect some concern about inflation - which has accelerated faster than it expected over recent months and is now forecast to exceed 3% this year - as well as the strength of employment that is continuing to erode slack in the labour market," Capital Economics said.
Hargreaves Lansdown senior economist Ben Brettell said it appeared that the "willingness of the MPC to 'look through' higher inflation and leave rates on hold is wearing thin, and if inflation continues to surprise we could see higher rates by the end of the summer".
Sterling, which had been trading below $1.27 before the minutes were released, surged to almost $1.28 in response, while the FTSE 100 share index was down more than 1%.
In the minutes of its meeting, the MPC said the "driving force" behind the recent pickup in inflation had remained the depreciation of sterling that followed the Brexit vote in June last year.
However, it added that a "number of indicators of domestically generated inflationary pressure" had also increased in recent months.
The committee said inflation could exceed 3% by the autumn and was expected to remain above the 2% target for an "extended period" as the weaker pound pushed up prices while pay growth remained "subdued".
The three MPC members who voted to raise rates were swayed by the inflation fears, and also took into account growth in "business investment and net trade" which appear "on track" to compensate for weaker consumption. They also thought that interest rates would still leave monetary policy "very supportive".
However, the five committee members who voted to leave rates unchanged took into account the recent slowdown in consumer spending and economic growth as a whole. They said "it was too early to judge with confidence how large and persistent", that would be.
"It is as yet unclear to what degree weaker consumption would be offset by other components of demand". the minutes said.
While different members of the MPC placed different weights on these arguments, the minutes said that "all committee members agreed that any increases in Bank Rate would be expected to be at a gradual pace and to a limited extent".
Kallum Pickering, senior UK economist at Berenberg, said: "This gradual shift in stance represents the MPC's efforts to foretell and communicate a forthcoming hike. Don't ignore it."
However, other economists said it could still be some time before the Bank votes to rise rates.
"It is far from certain that interest rates will rise in the near term," said Howard Archer, chief economic adviser to the EY Item Club.
"There is the potential for the balance of views to alter, with the imminent changes in the MPC's membership. Kristin Forbes who has been a strong advocate of raising interest rates is now leaving the MPC, while another member is due to appointed as the committee is currently one short."


Watching a tear jerking film helps in social bonding, say researchers.

The finding could explain our attraction to dramatic works of fiction - even if they make us cry.
Experiments by an Oxford University team suggest tragic films and other dramatic works trigger a rush of feel-good chemicals known as endorphins.
This acts as a natural painkiller and helps us bond with the people around us, they report in the Royal Society journal Open Science.
The human fascination with story telling was forged in ancient times when we began to live in hunter gatherer communities, said Prof Robin Dunbar, who led the research.
Enjoying fiction is a hallmark of human society, but until now scientists have not investigated its evolutionary basis.
"Fiction is widely studied by humanities academics as it is an important feature of human society, common to all cultures," said Robin Dunbar, professor of evolutionary psychology at Oxford University.
"Yet the reasons why fiction can be so engrossing and the functions for this have not been widely studied by psychologists or behavioural biologists.
"There are good social reasons: folklore enables us to pass on wisdom or ingrain community values, bringing us together. While that is important, it does not fully explain why we are willing to return again and again to be entertained."
An Oxford team of scientists, psychologists and classicists decided to test whether drama triggers the release of endorphins - chemicals that act in the brain to dull pain.
They showed volunteers the film Stuart: A Life Backwards, the dramatised story of a homeless man with a troubled childhood.
A second group watched documentaries about neutral subjects.
The team tested changes in pain threshold before and after viewing the films as a measure for endorphin release using the wall-sit test.
This is where someone rests their back against the wall as if they were sitting on a chair and holds it for as long as possible.
"Those who had the greatest emotional response also had the greatest increase in pain threshold and the greater their sense of being bonded with their group," said Prof Dunbar.
He thinks our affinity for emotive fiction may have evolved in the context of cohesion of social groups, as the endorphin effect has also been seen in comedy, singing and dancing.
"This is not to say that this one chemical effect alone is the only reason for dramatic fiction - there are other aspects of human psychology at work - but we believe that it is an important reason for our enjoyment of fiction," he added.
The research was an unusual collaboration of researchers from the fields of arts and science.
Dr Sophie Duncan, a Shakespeare scholar, said they wanted to understand how and why fiction works and the meaning of ''getting lost in a book''.
The study shows ''you can give yourself an endorphin high through fiction'', she said.
''Watching tragic drama is good for you - it's good for our health,'' she told BBC News.
''It boosts endorphins which are our body's natural painkiller.''


People living in one of Rio the Janeiro's shanty towns are fighting to save their neighbourhood.

27 February 2016 Last updated at 07:45 GMT
Favelas are poorer areas of housing in Brazil built on the edge of big cities.
The Vila Autodromo favela used to be home to almost 600 families, and is just metres away from the Olympics site.
But officials plan to tear down the neighbourhood in preparation for the summer Olympics, so residents were told to leave.
The city says residents who have to be moved will be given money to make up for having to leave, but some say that still want to stay in their homes.


Fourteen years after they first began discussing their differences with China over the South China Sea, the 10 members of Asean - the Association of Southeast Asian Nations - have once again bowed to pressure and produced a watered-down joint statement at their summit, in Laos.

No mention of China, which has been creating "facts" in the sea by building islands on disputed reefs.
No mention of the recent ruling at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague that China had no historic rights over the area.
Once again, it was the smaller Asean members under China's thumb - Cambodia, and host-nation Laos - that were the weak link in the bloc's efforts to stand up to its giant neighbour.
Asean avoids criticising China over sea
And so, once again, the question pops up: what is the point of an Asean so crippled by its consensus-based decision-making that it rarely makes any decisions at all?
Many years ago I put this question to Singapore's then-trade minister George Yeo. He suggested I look not so much at what Asean had achieved, as what it had prevented. An impoverished, war-torn region caught up in the hottest of Cold War conflicts was, he said, turned into a zone of peace and prosperity.
By diffusing disputes through the "Asean Way" of meetings, seeking consensus and forswearing any interference in one another's internal affairs, the economies of South East Asia were able to tap into the global supply chain and start their impressive growth.
Asean's proudest achievements are its role in ending the Cambodian civil war and bringing the three Indochinese countries into its fold in the 1990s, and its patience, in the face of Western criticism, with Myanmar's military leaders as they shuffled in the direction of democratic reform.
But the association's weaknesses have been cruelly exposed by China. There is no mechanism to ensure solidarity in Asean, just a seemingly endless series of meetings - more than 1,000 every year - in which backroom diplomacy can undo a hard-won consensus decision in minutes.
The Asean secretariat, with just over 300 staff, is hopelessly under-resourced just to manage the logistics of these constant get-togethers.
There are no Asean institutions to rival the EU's Commission. Council of Ministers and Court of Justice. The so-called Asean Economic Community, launched with great fanfare in Malaysia last year, is little more than a set of distant aspirations.
Asean also lacks leaders of the stature of its founding fathers to drive the bloc forward.
Indonesia, traditionally the weightiest power in the bloc, no longer wields the kind of clout its long-standing former foreign minister Ali Alatas did in the 1980s and 1990s.
There is no-one now to match the charisma of Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew and Malaysia's Mahathir Mohamad.
Its supporters often cite Asean's usefulness as a forum that brings regional powers together, like the East Asia Summit, and the Asean Regional Forum which are attended by leaders and foreign ministers of countries as diverse as the US, Russia, India, China, Japan, Australia and North Korea.
It is true there is nothing else quite like these gatherings and, although they invariably produce bland and non-committal joint statements, they do offer unique opportunities for otherwise impossible bilateral meetings.
I recall the excitement in Brunei in 2002 when, in the aftermath of President George W Bush's "Axis of Evil" speech, we heard that Secretary of State Colin Powell had met his North Korean counterpart over a cup of coffee. It turned out, though, that with the complications of translation, they never went much beyond some innocuous pleasantries.
But the truth of these big meetings is they end up eclipsing Asean itself. It's a bit like holding a party, inviting a group of super-celebrities, and then finding that the stars only talk among themselves.
In a region confronted by growing tension among the powers on its borders, and challenges like climate change, it is no longer enough for Asean to be the mere talking shop it has been content to be for so long.


A £40m community hospital for people in north Denbighshire could be open by 2020, according to a report.

Health officials are being asked to approve plans first mooted in 2013 for additional facilities at Rhyl's Royal Alexandra Hospital so they can get the final sign off by the Welsh Government.
The aim is to offer a full range of care "closer to home" and 28 beds, according to a report.
The local AM said he was pleased progress was "finally" being made.
The plan is to refurbish the existing hospital and build a community hospital on the site.
The report to Betsi Cadwaladr health board said the additional services at Rhyl could reduce impact on nearby Glan Clwyd Hospital and alleviate strain on inpatient beds at community hospitals.
"Providing medical, nursing and therapist assessments and treatments, the unit will be designed to offer patients a faster and more convenient alternative to admission to inpatient beds," said the report.
The current Grade II-listed building was originally built as a children's hospital and convalescent home in the 1890s.
The plan is to refurbish the existing facility and build a community hospital on the site with costings revised from the £22m figure estimated in 2013.
The health board has been looking to improve patient care in north Denbighshire since the closure of care beds at Prestatyn Community Hospital in 2013.
Clwyd West AM Darren Millar said: "I am extremely pleased that progress is finally being made on this development - it's been a long time coming."
Vale of Clwyd MP Dr James Davies said: "When beds were lost at the hospital back in 2009 it only added to the pressure on services at Glan Clwyd as we pointed out to the Welsh Government repeatedly. I urge Cardiff to back this project so we can finally move forward."
The health board, which meets on Thursday, is being asked to rubber stamp the outline business case so it can be passed to the Welsh Government for final approval.
Work could begin in 2018 should the plans get planning consent and final approval.


The airport on the Indonesian island of Bali has been forced to shut again due to ash from a volcanic eruption, authorities say.

The transport ministry said Denpasar airport would remain closed until at least 16:00 (08:00 GMT).
Mount Raung in East Java has been spewing ash into the air for nearly a week, raising concerns it could interfere with aircraft safety.
Bali is a top destination for tourists and many have been stranded.
The airport had been reopened on Saturday as the ash lifted but the wind has now brought it back.
"We will continue to monitor developments and decide if the closure will be extended later," transport ministry spokesman JA Barata told Agence France-Presse.
Mount Raung is about 120km (75 miles) from Denpasar airport.
East Java's Blimbingsari and Notohadinegoro airports were also earlier affected.
Lombok's international airport, and a smaller one on the island, were reopened earlier on Friday.
Hundreds of flights have been postponed indefinitely or cancelled by airlines.
Analysis: Chris Davies, Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre in Darwin, Australia
This volcano has been erupting for about a week and it's been streaming ash constantly.
It's not an explosive eruption, just a constant stream and because the summit is so high it doesn't take much ash to interfere with flights.
The most dangerous aspect for aviation is that modern jet engines pull in so much air and the ash concentrates in engines and turns into a kind of molten glass.
The ash melts, coats inside of the engine and affects fuel flow, so in the worst case scenario it can cause engines to shut off, like we say with the BA 009.
Travellers left stranded in Bali
Ash cloud delays: What are your rights?
The BBC's Alice Budisatrijo in Jakarta says the airport closures could not have come at a worse time, as the islands are popular with foreign and domestic tourists in the middle of the school holiday season.
Indonesians are also starting to travel home for the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, so the disruption of flights to the smaller airports are being felt by many families, says our correspondent.


Tyson Fury says he will move to the United States after his rematch with Wladimir Klitschko, because he believes he is not accepted in Britain.

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Heavyweight world champion Fury fights Klitschko again on 9 July, having beaten the Ukrainian in November.
"I'm not accepted in Britain because I'm a Gypsy and that will never change," said Fury, 27.
The WBA and WBO title-holder added: "The Klitschko fight will be my last in Britain. Get past him and I'm away."
Manchester fighter Fury has previously spoken about the online abuse he receives for being part of the Traveller community.
"This country has been waiting for me for 120 years but when I finally arrived, people called me a bum," he said. "So I'm moving to America, where champions are appreciated.
"I made the decision last week to move to Los Angeles, where they admire success and big talking. I was made for America.
"I'm going to where millionaires are welcome - and I'm a millionaire now.
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"Every Brit that wants to make it in life has to go to America. If I can make it there, I can make it anywhere."
Fury, who is undefeated in 25 professional fights, stunned the boxing world by outpointing Klitschko, who had not been beaten for 11 years, in Dusseldorf.
But his comments on homosexuality, paedophilia and women saw more than 100,000 people sign an online petition in an attempt to get him removed from the BBC's 2015 Sports Personality of the Year shortlist.
Fury apologised at the award ceremony last December.


Bank of Ireland has reported an underlying pre-tax profit of 1.2bn euro (£0.94bn) for 2015.

The figure represents an increase of 30% on the previous year's total of 921m euro (£720m).
The bank, which operates across Ireland and the UK, is one of Northern Ireland's 'big four' banks.
The Northern Ireland business is contained within the bank's retail UK division.
That division showed an underlying pre-tax profit of £140m, up 37% on the £103m recorded in 2014.
The retail UK division also includes the bank's joint ventures with the Post Office and the AA.
The division increased its new mortgage lending to £3.3bn in 2015 compared to £1.8bn in 2014.
The bank said its overall improving performance means it aims to restart paying dividends to shareholders in the first half of 2017.


Lincoln cut Forest Green's lead at the top of the National League to six points after coming from two goals down to snatch a 3-2 victory in a thriller at The New Lawn.

Rovers had been unbeaten in the league since 10 September, but were left stunned by two late goals in the space of three minutes.
The hosts took the lead in the 25th minute when play was switched to the left and Dan Wishart had plenty of time to pick out Christian Doidge with a cross and he headed in for his seventh goal of the season.
Rovers doubled their advantage 20 minutes into the second half as Elliott Frear laid the ball back to Keanu Marsh-Brown just outside the area and he fired low into the bottom left corner of the net.
Lincoln quickly responded and pulled one back four minutes later through Alex Woodyard after Nathan Arnold was denied, before captain Luke Waterfall volleyed in an 89th-minute equaliser.
There was still time for more drama in the first minute of injury time as Sam Habergham's corner was headed in by Sean Raggett to spark jubilant scenes in the away end.
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Match ends, Forest Green Rovers 2, Lincoln City 3.
Second Half ends, Forest Green Rovers 2, Lincoln City 3.
Luke Waterfall (Lincoln City) is shown the yellow card.
Goal!  Forest Green Rovers 2, Lincoln City 3. Sean Raggett (Lincoln City).
Goal!  Forest Green Rovers 2, Lincoln City 2. Luke Waterfall (Lincoln City).
Substitution, Forest Green Rovers. Dale Bennett replaces Elliott Frear.
Substitution, Lincoln City. Elliot Whitehouse replaces Alan Power.
Substitution, Forest Green Rovers. Drissa Traoré replaces Liam Noble.
Sean Raggett (Lincoln City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Goal!  Forest Green Rovers 2, Lincoln City 1. Alex Woodyard (Lincoln City).
Bradley Wood (Lincoln City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Goal!  Forest Green Rovers 2, Lincoln City 0. Keanu Marsh-Brown (Forest Green Rovers).
Alan Power (Lincoln City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Substitution, Lincoln City. Adam Marriott replaces Theo Robinson.
Substitution, Lincoln City. Terry Hawkridge replaces Harry Anderson.
Second Half begins Forest Green Rovers 1, Lincoln City 0.
First Half ends, Forest Green Rovers 1, Lincoln City 0.
Goal!  Forest Green Rovers 1, Lincoln City 0. Christian Doidge (Forest Green Rovers).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.


Just in case you missed Jeremy Corbyn's speech to Labour conference, here is a brief synopsis:

"I can wear a tie. I can tell a joke. The nasty media have been nasty to me. Thank you everyone for electing me. I won't lead but I will listen. I want a different, kinder politics. But don't forget I have a huge mandate. Labour will oppose austerity. I am not a risk to families' security. It is the Tories who have left families insecure. I will borrow money to invest in infrastructure like housing and broadband. I want local authorities to retake control over schools (big cheer).
Britain needs a strong army but only for peacekeeping. I oppose renewing Trident. Tony Blair took Britain to war in Iraq on a false prospectus. I oppose British airstrikes over Syria.
British politics is changing. My election was a political earthquake. I am popular and authentic. The mainstream media don't get it. Social media is the future. Labour Party members will now have the final say over policy - NB my Cabinet in the Shadows. Grown-up politics allows for disagreement. I won't be rude to people. So, my fellow Corbynistas, don't you be rude either, particularly online.
I will oppose Tory plans to update the electoral register so Labour doesn't lose student votes. I will oppose cuts to tax credits. I am a patriot. I share the same values as the British people. I love my country. I like the NHS and the BBC. I don't like profit.
Self-employed workers should have statutory maternity and paternity pay. The railways should be nationalised. I want to build more council houses and spend more on mental health. You don't have to accept your place in a world shaped by globalisation and competitive markets. Labour is the voice saying you don't have to take what you are given. You don't have to set any limits to your ambition. I am very well read and can quote Maya Angelou and Ben Okri without blushing. Like Chinese communists, I am quite comfortable engaging in mutual applause. And the shadow cabinet should not feel under any pressure to keep clapping until I stop."
Here are a few immediate thoughts:
1. This was a speech directed at the Labour Party itself. Mr Corbyn spoke to the hall rather than the nation. The mood inside was one of communion between leader and membership. I haven't seen that kind of spontaneous applause and standing ovations from Labour's rank and file for their leader since the days of Neil Kinnock. The homespun tone appealed to a party tired of polished soundbites and messaging. His issues are their issues and they liked what they heard. The only time Mr Corbyn challenged his own supporters was when he urged them not to engage in online abuse against their opponents in the parliamentary party.
2. There was not much of a message for the outside world. Mr Corbyn spoke of his love of his country to counter the damage caused by his refusal to sing the national anthem. He promised voters a new, kinder politics. But he did not mention the budget deficit once. Nor did he mention immigration. Or crime. Or Labour's general election defeat. At some point, these are issues that he will need to address. On the basis of this speech, I have no greater idea of how Labour might win in 2020.
3. There was, buried deep in the speech, the germ of an interesting idea. Mr Corbyn said that Labour wanted to ensure that people did not have to accept their lot in life. On one level, this was a familiar leftist moan about the inequities of globalisation and competitive markets. But it also opened the way for Mr Corbyn to talk about aspiration. He said this: "You don't have to set limits on your talent and your ambition", a phrase which any Tory would be happy to repeat. If Mr Corbyn can unite his offer of a new politics with an attractive riff on aspiration, he might surprise us.


Bangladesh has executed the Islamist leader Abdul Kader Mullah, who was convicted of atrocities committed during the 1971 war of independence with Pakistan.

He is the first person convicted by Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) to be executed.
The ICT was set up in 2010 to investigate abuses committed during the 1971 conflict.
Mullah was a senior leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami party.
At his trial earlier this year, he was described by prosecutors as the "Butcher of Mirpur", a suburb of Dhaka where he is alleged to have carried out his crimes. These included the massacre of unarmed civilians and the killing of intellectuals who supported independence from Pakistan.
By Anbarasan Ethirajan BBC News
There was a lot of drama in Dhaka before the execution of Abdul Kader Mullah.
His family members met him for a final time late on Thursday. It appeared the government rushed through the execution after days of legal wrangling.
The execution is likely to trigger further tensions in Bangladesh. Mr Mullah's party said the death sentence was politically motivated and there would be dire consequences if it went ahead.
Bangladesh's major Western partners will view the execution with concern. Supporters of the trial would say this is a historic moment as it came just days before Bangladesh's victory day on 16 December.
But many are concerned that this could polarise the country further.
Mullah always denied the charges.
Four other leading figures in Jamaat-e-Islami have also been convicted by the ICT and face the death penalty.
The execution of Abdul Kader Mullah took place at Dhaka Central Jail at 22:01 local time (16:01 GMT) on Thursday evening, officials announced.
His family were allowed a final meeting with the 65-year-old and found him "calm".
"He told us that he is proud to be a martyr for the cause of the Islamic movement in the country," his son, Hasan Jamil, told the AFP after the meeting.
Hundreds of people gathered in central Dhaka to celebrate the news of his death.
But Jamaat-e-Islami - which has warned it will avenge his death - called for a general strike on Sunday.
Security has been tightened in Dhaka and around the country amid fears the execution is likely to inflame tensions.
At least three people are reported to have died on Thursday in sporadic clashes between Jamaat-e-Islami supporters and security forces.
Hanging risks derailing elections
Bangladesh broke away from Pakistan 42 years ago after a war which saw killings on a mass scale, the exodus of more than 10 million refugees and military intervention by neighbouring India.
The government set up the special court to deal with those accused of collaborating with Pakistani forces who attempted to stop East Pakistan, as Bangladesh was then, from becoming an independent country. The two wings of Pakistan were held together mostly by a shared religion.
While many Bangladeshis have welcomed the work of the ICT, Jamaat supporters say it is a politically-motivated attempt to eradicate its leaders.
Human rights groups have also expressed concern that the special court falls short of international standards.
UN human rights commissioner Navi Pillay had written to the Bangladeshi authorities urging them to stay the execution of Abdul Kader Mullah, saying the trial had not met the international standards required for the death penalty.
Mullah had been scheduled to be hanged on Tuesday, before gaining a reprieve pending a last-minute appeal against his death sentence.
His appeal was dismissed earlier on Thursday by the Bangladeshi Supreme Court.
Jamaat is barred from contesting elections scheduled for 5 January but plays a key role in the opposition movement led by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).


The wife of Thailand's Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn, Srirasmi, has resigned her royal position, the palace has announced.

A statement said King Bhumibol Adulyadej had accepted Princess Srirasmi's written request.
Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn had asked the government to strip his wife's family of their royally bestowed name.
Seven of her relatives had been arrested in a purge of officials allegedly involved in corruption.
The palace statement, which appeared in the Royal Gazette, read: "Princess Srirasmi, wife of Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn... has written to respectfully resign from her status in the royal family and permission has been granted by His Majesty the King."
Srirasmi is the crown prince's third wife, and the pair married in 2001. They have a son.
He was already known to be estranged from the princess, although they continued to attend official functions together.
There has been no official announcement of a divorce, but their separation is being seen as inevitable.
The princess's uncle, a police general, was arrested over accusations of amassing vast wealth through smuggling and gambling rackets.
Four of her siblings and two other relatives have also been held.
Srirasmi would have been expected to become queen when the crown prince succeeded his father.
This is not the first time a wife of the crown prince has been brought down in this very public way; his second wife was also discredited, then forced into exile 18 years ago.
The world's longest-reigning monarch, King Bhumibol, a widely revered and unifying figure, has been on the throne in Thailand since 1946.
The pivotal position of the monarchy in Thailand's political order makes the succession an extremely sensitive issue.
Many aspects still cannot be reported from inside the country.
The strict lese majeste law criminalises any critical comment about the monarchy.


A senior Gulf Arab official has given British journalists the most detailed explanation yet as to why the Saudi-led coalition has gone to war against the Houthi rebels in Yemen.

With the conflict there now in its second month the UN estimates more than 1,200 people have been killed and thousands more displaced, amid a growing humanitarian crisis.
But according to the official, who asked not to be named, Gulf Arab governments decided they had to intervene to stop the Houthi takeover of Yemen after new intelligence emerged in January this year.
He said the US government had confirmed that satellite surveillance revealed some of Yemen's estimated 300 Scud missiles, under rebel control, had been moved close to the Saudi border.
With a range well in excess of 300km (186 miles), that would have placed several Saudi cities within striking range of the missiles, he said.
Saudi Arabia and its Gulf Arab allies were not going to tolerate what they call "an Iranian-backed militia taking over a country in their backyard", he said, adding that "the Gulf Arab states want an end to Iranian interference in Arab affairs".
They are determined to confront what they see as Tehran's expansionist ambitions across the Middle East.
When asked what proof he had of any material backing by Iran for Yemen's Houthi rebels, the official declined to give a specific answer, nor did he provide any photographic evidence of the alleged Scud bases on the Saudi border.
Iran denies giving any military support to the rebels.
But the Gulf official told invited journalists from several leading media organisations that Tehran had given extensive political support to the Houthis, who share Iran's Shia branch of Islam.
He said the assessment of the Arab Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) was that before the Saudi-led coalition began its air campaign to dislodge the rebels on 26 March, there had been up to 5,000 Iranian and Iraqi trainers in Yemen, helping the rebels.
At least three trainers from Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) had been caught in Aden, he said, and handed over to Oman. It is the only Gulf Arab state to have maintained a neutral stance in the Yemen war.
Among the hundreds of Gulf Arab military pilots and crews deployed at Saudi airbases for the air war over Yemen, a growing number now have significant combat experience, said the official.
This has been acquired in flying missions over Syria, Iraq, Libya and Kosovo as well as Yemen.
The Saudis are flying the most sorties, followed by the Emirati pilots. Gulf Arab states are among the most prolific buyers of western military equipment in the world, spending large amounts of oil revenues on sophisticated hi-tech aircraft and munitions.
Yemen, by contrast, has an ageing arsenal of mostly Soviet-era weapons with a huge number of AK47 machine-guns in private hands.
Saudi Arabia announced an end to the initial air campaign over Yemen on 21 April after coming under US pressure to halt the bombing.
Washington was fearful of derailing its proposed deal with Iran to place curbs on its nuclear programme.
But the official said the very next day Houthi rebels took six of their MiG fighter planes out from cover and began a renewed onslaught on government defenders in Taiz and Aden.
This, said the official, was why coalition air strikes had resumed.
The Saudi-led coalition now has control of Yemen's air space and most of its ports, putting in place an arms embargo on the whole country.
Because of the worsening humanitarian situation in Yemen, the Saudis were allowing in aid flights but insisted planes from Iran needed to stop off first at a Saudi base in Bisha to be searched for arms.
The official said that an Iranian plane was detected flying direct to the Yemeni capital Sanaa on 28 April and that its pilots had ignored calls from Saudi and Omani air traffic control.
Suspecting it of carrying weapons, the coalition then responded by bombing the runway at Sanaa to prevent it landing, while the Yemeni government-in-exile complained to the UN Security Council that Iran was trying to break the arms embargo.
The Gulf official admitted that early attempts to broker a peace deal with Yemen's deposed former president Ali Abdullah Saleh through his son had failed.
Saleh, who the official dubbed "Yemen's Machiavelli" for his constant behind-the-scenes scheming, ruled the country for more than 20 years before he was driven out by the Arab Spring protests in 2012.
But the officials said that within the military, 36 brigades had been run by his son and a further 17 by his son-in-law.
Yemen's officer corps was largely drawn from the same Zaidi Shia sect that the Houthi rebels come from. The Zaidis make up around 30% of Yemen's population.
Much of the army is still loyal to Saleh, who is still "manoeuvring" but, he said, the Gulf Arabs are hopeful they can eventually break the current alliance between ex-President Saleh and the Houthi rebels, which had "opened the door to Iran in Yemen".
Gulf Arab leaders have a number of expectations from the upcoming summit with US President Barack Obama at Camp David on 14 May, the official said.
Above all, they want US reassurance that their own security concerns about Iran are not going to be ignored in the White House's push for a nuclear deal with Tehran.
If the summit ends with little more than a photo-op and a statement then it would be a disappointment, he said.
Instead, the GCC are hopeful of a clear agreement, perhaps a formal memorandum, that settles on measures to "contain Iranian influence".
He added that the US administration still needs to "sell" the proposed Iran agreement to its Gulf Arab allies.
Iran, he maintained, is very adept at building client militias in the region and has ambitions in six countries, naming them as Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Bahrain, Yemen and eastern Saudi Arabia.
The Saudi-led coalition has come in for considerable criticism, notably from human rights groups, for its extended bombing campaign which has seen mounting civilian casualties.
But the Gulf official said there is a multi-pronged strategy, which comprises maintaining control of the air and sea, enabling humanitarian aid, planning reconstruction and development and buying the allegiance of tribal leaders.
"This has already begun, but it will take time," he said.
Yemen needs a political solution - that, at least, everyone is agreed on.
But the Gulf Arabs want a return to the political road map, sanctioned by the UN Security Council, while Saleh and the Houthis want to renegotiate on their terms.
The Gulf Arab official concluded his briefing by telling journalists that Arab governments in the Saudi-led coalition will do "everything that is required to win in Yemen".
He said the days of maintaining a policy of what he called "benign negligence" in that country are over.


Manchester United's teenage goalscorer Marcus Rashford is the name on most football fans' lips today.

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But perhaps it should be Ray Westbrook.
The Great Britain and Portsmouth Amputee FC player scored a contender for goal of the season in the FA People's Cup at the weekend, helping his side reach the finals.
You can see more about Pompey Amputees and others in the FA People's Cup semi-finals in a highlights show on the iPlayer.
However, the 34-year-old roofer played down his big moment, claiming it was not a "super goal" and that many other amputee players have hit better strikes.
With no name on his shirt and only a solitary BBC camera in place, Westbrook's strike went viral only as 'Pompey Amputees'.
"The video has had over 500,000 hits online so you can imagine how much my phone has been ringing," Westbrook told BBC Sport after his side's 4-2 win over Wandgas in the regional final.
"It's been going off every couple of minutes. And the hits are still going up.
"I've scored better goals than that, though. It wasn't a super goal for me.
"I've watched it back a few times. I was just in the moment. A lot of players can score goals better than that but it's not filmed a lot. The game has a lot more skill than people would think."
Westbrook was 14 when a tackle on his ankle triggered a cancerous growth and he was forced to have his left leg amputated below the knee.
He continued to play mainstream football until the age of 25, before discovering the amputee game and setting up a club in Portsmouth.
Westbrook says he is happy with the exposure the goal has received.
"It feels good," he said. "I've done quite a lot to promote the Portsmouth Amputees.
"Every time we play a tournament the lads are really buzzing for it. We want to get as many amputees playing as possible, to build our squad and other teams around the country."
The semi-finals of the FA People's Cup saw more than 400 teams take part across nine categories, at eight venues, with the top sides progressing to finals day on Sunday, 20 March in Sheffield.


Cab hire firm Uber will withdraw from Denmark in April because of new taxi laws that require drivers to have fare meters and seat sensors.

Local taxi driver unions and politicians have complained that Uber poses unfair competition by not meeting legal standards required for established taxi firms.
According to Uber, 300,000 riders use its app in Denmark and it has around 2,000 drivers.
The service will shut down on 18 April.
In a statement the firm said: "For us to operate in Denmark again the proposed regulations need to change. We will continue to work with the government in the hope that they will update their proposed regulations and enable Danes to enjoy the benefits of modern technologies like Uber."
Uber has been operating in Denmark for less than three years.
The firm said it would "allocate resources" to help Uber drivers during the shutdown process. It will maintain its software division in Aarhus in northern Denmark where it employs 40 people.
The firm has faced opposition from traditional taxi drivers in cities around the world. In the UK, a 2015 High Court challenge arguing that Uber should be regulated in the same way as other London taxi businesses was dismissed by a judge.
But in 2016, Uber drivers won the right to be classed as workers rather than as self-employed.
Earlier this month, it suspended its self-driving cars after an accident in Arizona when one of the autonomous vehicles - a Volvo SUV - ended up on its side.
It has also faced negative stories about its workplace practices and a number of executives have quit, including the president Jeff Jones.


Alesha Dixon is to become the latest celebrity to try her hand at writing books for children.

The Britain's Got Talent judge has signed a deal with Scholastic to write two books about Aurora Beam, a young girl who happens to be a superhero.
The ex-Strictly champ said she wanted to "create a strong female character who young girls and boys can hopefully be inspired by and look up to".
The singer and presenter confirmed the news on Instagram.
Dixon said she was "delighted to be working" with Scholastic on the books, the first of which will be out next spring.
The deal sees the former Mis-teeq member join a growing number of celebs who have written books for kids, including:
Nine stars who became unlikely children's authors
Earlier this month politician George Galloway revealed he had signed a deal to write a series of children's books about an "ethical pirate" called Red Molucca.
DJ Greg James, meanwhile, has teamed up with Radio 1 colleague Chris Smith to write a series of books about an ordinary boy - "Kid Normal" - who attends a school for children with super powers.
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The number of people finding treasure in Wales is increasing as metal detecting becomes a more popular pastime, archaeologists have said.

National Museum Wales experts said they had seen a year-on-year rise in precious items reported, such as Bronze Age and mediaeval artefacts.
South east Wales, Wrexham and southern Pembrokeshire are hotspots for ancient discoveries.
About 90% of artefacts are found by metal detectorists.
Dr Rhianydd Biebrach said: "We have certainly noticed over the last few years that the amount of treasure finds reported in Wales has increased.
"I guess it's partly the popularity of metal detecting which is growing. It's had a lot of publicity from things like [Channel 4's] Time Team and the BBC series Detectorists."
But she also said the introduction of the Treasure Act 1996 had helped as it gave a clear definition to what was deemed to be treasure.
It also made it a legal obligation for potential treasure to be declared to the coroner, with any money generated from the sale of the item given back to the finder and the land owner.
"I think people are becoming more aware of the treasure reporting process and that they are perhaps willing to trust that when they report finds that they're going to be dealt with in a proper way and museums aren't going to be stealing things off them," she added.
What is treasure?
The museum is actively working with metal detectorists with the Saving Treasures; Telling Stories project, with help given from the Heritage Lottery Fund to ensure that local museums can buy treasure found in their areas.
Dr Biebrach, project officer for Saving Treasures, said the majority of Welsh treasure was found in the Vale of Glamorgan, Monmouthshire, Wrexham and southern Pembrokeshire.
"I think that reflects where historic population centres have been," she said.
"The things found range from the Bronze Age period... axes, weaponry, those kinds of things.
"And we also get a lot of medieval items like jewellery, rings, brooches, various things like that."
Dr Adam Gwilt, principal curator of prehistory at the National Museum Wales, said "year-on-year" the number of treasure items reported had been increasing since the introduction of the Treasure Act.
Some 40 items found in 2016 were currently going through the process to be declared treasure, he added, and he hoped reports of finds would continue to rise.
"Hopefully, people will feel that the archaeological heritage of Wales is as important as perhaps our ancient monuments and that we're caring for them for the future so that people in the future can enjoy them as well," he added.


President Ernest Bai Koroma has given Sierra Leone's football guardians until March 2017 to resolve their differences.

President Koroma waded into the country's football feud by lashing out against "unproductive squabbles in football".
His dramatic intervention comes just over a month after Fifa secretary general Fatma Samoura visited Freetown and announced a roadmap designed to bring peace between Sierra Leone's warring football factions.
Sierra Leone FA (SLFA) president Isha Johansen is locked in a bitter fight with various club administrators, particularly over two issues - her organisational reforms and conveying of the SLFA congress.
The SLFA has also not been able to organise a league this year and a breakaway league organised by nine out of 14 Premier League clubs is ongoing.
President Koroma's comments came during a popular annual football competition carrying his name in his birth place of Makeni at the weekend.
"I've been trying to solve the issues for some time... there are no big issues other than, egos and selfish interests," the Head of State said.
"This should not stop us from looking at the bigger picture which is to promote our talented young men and women.
"I hope the impasse will come to an end very soon."
President Koroma, who has attempted several times to deal with the malaise infecting his country's national game, did not say what he would do if nothing has changed by March 2017.
Crucially, though, he warned that no one will be protected by Fifa - a clear reference to Fifa's stance that government should not interfere in football matters.
The world governing body has made no secret of its backing for Johansen, the only female football president in Africa.
President Koroma said: "Let nobody feel that he or she will continue to enjoy the protection of Fifa because when the Fifa secretary general Fatma Samoura came to Freetown recently, she made it very clear that it's time the stakeholders of football in the country sat down and sorted out the issues.
"It will be in the interest of the country to do so immediately because we have young talent to develop."