South Korean forces have carried out a drill aimed at repelling foreign landings on disputed islands at the heart of a row with Japan.

The drill took place at an outcrop known in South Korea as Dokdo and in Japan as Takeshima.
The long-running row over the islands has affected ties between the two nations.
Both Japan and South Korea say they have long-standing historical ties to, and claims over, the island grouping.
The drill, which included destroyers and combat jets, took place on what South Korea has designated "Dokdo Day".
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An unidentified military official told Yonhap news agency that it was a regular drill aimed at repelling "non-military forces that approach Dokdo via a sea or air route".
A defence ministry official said that it was important to show the area "would be defended by South Korea, in whatever circumstances".
Tensions over the disputed islands between South Korea and Japan have worsened recently, reports the BBC's Lucy Williamson in Seoul, with both sides taking their conflict online and posting videos supporting their claims on the YouTube website.
The islets have become a lightning rod for unresolved historical issues between the two neighbours - a symbol, say many Koreans, of Japan's lack of remorse for its colonial past, our correspondent adds.
The territories themselves consist of two main islands and about 30 smaller rocks. A South Korean coastguard detachment has been stationed there since 1954.
There was no immediate response from Japan to the drill, which is not the first to be held in the area.


England boss Roy Hodgson has defended Tom Cleverley after an online petition was set up calling for the Manchester United midfielder to be banned from selection for his World Cup squad.

The petition, which accuses Cleverley of "inept" displays, has gained over 12,500 signatures since it was posted.
Hodgson, who has included the 24-year-old in Wednesday's squad to face Denmark, said: "It doesn't impress me.
"He deserves to be in this 30-man group. He's done an awful lot of good."
Cleverley has been part of a Manchester United side which has struggled in manager David Moyes's first season in charge and sit seventh in the Premier League table.
But Hodgson said: "I don't think it's correct people should single out one player for Manchester United's lack of success this season.
"I would like to think that I'm not going to have the England team selected in the future by petitions from various people who are holding it against one person for a team's lack of success.
"You can't expect a football coach to have any sympathy with it."
While Hodgson is adamant Cleverley warrants his place in the party to face Denmark at Wembley, he added he can offer no guarantees the midfielder will be making his final party for this summer's finals in Brazil.
He added: "Whether he'll make the 23 or not will of course depend on a lot of things, not least of all how he does in the next couple of months.
"But that doesn't just apply to Tom Cleverley, that applies to a good many players. I'm disappointed that Tom, as a sensitive young man, has got to bear that burden.
"But I know one thing... he will come through it and when he does come through it and Manchester United start winning again and he's starting to get praise for his performances, he'll be stronger for it."
The petition was started on the online campaigning platform Change.org by Glenn McConnell of Blackpool.
Former England midfielder Darren Anderton told BBC Radio 5 live the petition was "scandalous".
"You're talking about a young lad who wants to play football for his country and what a ridiculous thing that petition is. There's no need for it," he said.
"Maybe it's an anti-Manchester United thing, but there's absolutely no need for it. The manager has lots of good players to pick from and if he wants to pick Cleverley then so be it and hopefully he performs very well."


The mayor of Calais has said a blockade of the port by French lorry drivers, due to start on Monday, could cause "chaos" for British travellers.

Shopkeepers, police unionists and farmers plan to join hauliers in a "human chain" to demand the north of the Jungle migrant camp is demolished.
Natacha Bouchart, on a visit to Kent, said she would join the protest as the situation had become "unbearable".
Ms Bouchart said the action would show something had to be done.
"There might be chaos and disorder on Monday. This is for a good cause. We want things to change," she said.
"There is chaos every day and every night. We want the French government to take its responsibilities and put an end to this particularly difficult time we are facing."
The Calais mayor met Kent business leaders in Ashford at an event designed to foster stronger cross-border relations.
Former SeaFrance managing director Robin Wilkins warned the blockade could cause "very significant chaos".
"The cross-Channel business is the life blood of this country and of northern France.
"And if you put  a cork in the bottle, there is going to be a tremendous amount of disruption," he said.
On Wednesday, the UK and France pledged "close co-operation" and to "step up" moves to improve the migrant situation in Calais.


Tonnes of rock samples taken from boreholes drilled as part of Crossrail's construction have been stored in 150m deep salt mines in Cheshire.

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The Winsford Rock Salt Mine is the size of 700 football pitches and usually supplies salt to treat frozen roads.
The atmosphere is perfect for the preservation of the rock, some of which dates back millions of years and is thought to hold important geological information.
Work on Crossrail started in 2009 and from 2018 trains will run as far west as Reading in Berkshire and as far east as Shenfield in Essex.
BBC News' Naomi Cornwell speaks to John Davis, an engineering geologist at Crossrail.


A 42-year-old woman was arrested after photos on social media appeared to show her urinating against a war memorial.

Photos were shared online of the partly-dressed woman squatting over the cenotaph in Grays High Street, Essex, on Friday, the centenary of the Battle of the Somme.
Essex Police said a woman from the town was arrested on Saturday on suspicion of outraging public decency.
She is awaiting questioning, the force added.


Gold medallist Dan Wallace says Scottish swimmers have proved at Glasgow 2014 that they are now among the very best in the world.

Wallace won Friday's 400m individual medley to add to golds won in the pool by Hannah Miley and Ross Murdoch.
"We work our hardest and nothing's going to hold us back," Wallace said of the current crop of Scottish swimmers.
"Over the last six to 12 months, we've established ourselves as some of the best swimmers in the world."
The host nation have excelled at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre, with Olympic silver medallist Michael Jamieson having claimed a silver medal behind Murdoch in the 200m breaststroke and Corrie Scott taking bronze in the 50m breaststroke.
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Miley has made it into the final of the 200m breaststroke, while Murdoch, along with countryman Craig Benson, has reached the final of the 100m breaststroke.
"We're going to keep going the way we're going and I think there's a great future for the whole of Team Scotland," added Wallace.
With the 200m individual medley up ahead for the 21-year-old on Tuesday, he is targeting more success and says the home crowd will spur him on.
"Once I tasted success last night, there's going to be no stopping me now," he said. "The whole of Team Scotland are building off each other's swims and there's a shot for a couple of medals for all of us.
"I knew I was in good form coming into this meet and my expectations were pretty high. It was a bit of a surprise to win in such a good fashion but I believed in myself, my family believed in me and the whole of Team Scotland did, so we're all happy with the outcome. I knew it was possible.
"I knew before the Games it was going to be loud in there but nothing like what I expected. It really did help me in that last half of the race.
"I could hear the crowd and feel them. They really swam that last 100m for me. It was fantastic."
Wallace yelled "for freedom" after his 400m triumph but, despite media speculation, the Florida-based swimmer revealed the quote from the movie Braveheart had nothing to do with the upcoming Scottish independence referendum.
"It was a spur of the moment thing," added Wallace, who said he does not think he is eligible to vote because he stays in the USA.
"It's not every day you get to win in front of your home crowd at a Commonwealth Games, so I thought I'd go a bit berserk and really soak up the moment. It wasn't just for me, that was the whole of Scotland that won last night.
"It was just me having fun, enjoying the moment. The media are going to see it in different ways. I was just having a ball after winning and there was no political side to it at all."


Manchester's Christie Hospital has been praised by health inspectors for providing "exceptional" care and being a "leader in its field".

The cancer hospital in Withington has been rated as "outstanding" by the Care Quality Commission.
It is the largest single-site cancer centre in Europe and treats more than 44,000 patients per year.
Chief executive Roger Spencer paid tribute to the "dedicated, expert staff" and "outstanding research".
The health watchdog commended the "friendly and open culture" and investment in "the latest technology" following its inspection in May.
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust is "helping to shape the future of cancer care", chief inspector of hospitals Professor Sir Mike Richards said.
"Our inspectors were struck by the commitment to excellence that filters through every area of the trust."
The report said the surgical division "demonstrated a robust approach" offering "bespoke" treatments, which "improved survival rates" and "quality of life".
Mr Spencer said he was "delighted and very proud", adding "it is the culture of The Christie to relentlessly pursue innovations".
The Christie is the third specialist hospital trust in the country to receive the CQC's highest rating alongside The Walton Centre in Liverpool and Liverpool's Heart and Chest Hospital.


Two inmates have pleaded guilty to making a "selfie" rap video using a mobile phone smuggled into a jail.

HMP Birmingham prisoners Demehl Thomas and Moysha Shepherd admitted recording the video, in which they bragged about drug dealing and violent assaults on rival gang members.
Both admitted making a sound recording in jail, believed to be the first prosecution of its kind under the 1952 Prison Act.
They have been jailed for nine months.
Thomas, 25, formerly of Vernolds Croft in Highgate, and Shepherd, also 25, of Hampstead Road, Handsworth were sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court on Tuesday.
The pair made the video between 1 and 16 of August and then uploaded it to the internet.
Geraldine Toal, defending Shepherd, told the court that there was no reference to threats or intimidation in the video which was accepted by the judge.
Sentencing both men to nine-month sentences to begin after their existing jail terms, the judge told the pair what they had done was a "complete breach of prison rules".
The court heard Shepherd is serving a sentence of five years and 11 months for dangerous driving. Thomas is serving a seven-year sentence for aggravated burglary.
The Prison Act was intended to "minimise the potential" for a camera or recording device to be used inside prison, police have said.


A consumer rights group in the US has urged Tesla to disable the automatic steering function on its Autopilot system.

It follows at least two crashes, one fatal, in which the system was active.
Consumer Reports accused Tesla of an "aggressive rollout of self-driving technology".
Tesla described it as "well-meaning advice", adding: "We make our decisions on the basis of real-world data."
In a statement, the firm said: "Tesla is constantly introducing enhancements proven over millions of miles of internal testing to ensure that drivers supported by Autopilot remain safer than those operating without assistance.
"We will continue to develop, validate, and release those enhancements as the technology grows."
It likened the Autopilot function to the systems that pilots use "when conditions are clear".
"The driver is still responsible for, and ultimately in control of the car. This is enforced with onboard monitoring and alerts."
The firm has been under intense scrutiny since a fatal crash in Florida in May, which saw a Tesla vehicle driven by 40-year-old Joshua Brown collide with a lorry.
The firm later acknowledged that the car was in autopilot mode at the time of the collision, claiming the system failed to detect the other vehicle because it could not distinguish between the white side of the tractor and the "brightly lit sky".
The National Highway Traffic Administration, which is investigating that and two other Tesla crashes, has written to the firm requesting detailed information about Autopilot.
"In the long run, advanced active safety technologies in vehicles could make our roads safer," said Laura MacCleery, vice-president of consumer policy at Consumer Reports.
"But today, we're deeply concerned that consumers are being sold a pile of promises about unproven technology. Autopilot can't actually drive the car, yet it allows consumers to have their hands off the steering wheel for minutes at a time. Tesla should disable automatic steering in its cars until it updates the program to verify that the driver's hands are on the wheel."
In a report on its website entitled, Tesla Autopilot: Too much autonomy, too soon, it accused Tesla of confusing marketing.
"These two messages - your vehicle can drive itself, but you may need to take over the controls at a moment's notice - create potential for driver confusion," it wrote.
Ms MacCleery said that consumers "should never be guinea pigs for vehicle safety 'beta' programs".
She called on regulators to step up their oversight of cars with such features.


Great Britain will miss the men's Olympic 4x100m relay final after being disqualified in their semi-final.

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The team finished second but the final handover between Daniel Talbot and Adam Gemili, 18, was not completed in time.
Gemili said: "Maybe I went early or too hard. It's disappointing as we could have been in contention in the final."
"It looked like Gemili went a little bit early. There could have been a situation where Adam was just so amped up and excited by this crowd, this moment and this opportunity that he was running a little bit faster than the mark was made for."
Favourites Jamaica rested Usain Bolt but still won heat one, while, in the second, the United States recorded the fastest overall qualification time.
Britain, who won this event at the 2004 Games in Athens, were disqualified in Beijing four years ago and have now made a mess of baton changes in five of the last six major championships.
Talbot said: "I don't know what happened. I just couldn't catch Adam. I'm really gutted and it's devastating."
Christian Malcolm, who ran the first leg for Britain, described the outcome as "unfortunate". He added: "It's one of those things that happens but it's a fantastic performance to run the time we did. Daniel has come in at the last moment. This is a big stadium and it can be overwhelming."


You must have heard by now that Kanye West will headline Saturday night at this year's Glastonbury festival in June.

The rapper's got more than a decade of tunes to pick from, so we thought we'd help him with this ultimate Yeezy playlist.
There will be rants and other tracks in between, but these are the ones we want.
Simply in the vain hope it becomes the starting point of a massive Watch the Throne mash-up, where he brings out the likes of Jay Z, Frank Ocean and Beyonce.
Because Newsbeat wants to see Daft Punk mixing their own sample with a laser light show dazzling the crowd as Kanye spits the lyrics: "Let's get lost tonight, you could be my black Kate Moss tonight." There are rumours Daft Punk will play Glastonbury so this could actually, for real, happen.
Because it's a classic.
The video starts like this: "Last October Grammy award-nominated producer Kanye West was in a nearly fatal car accident. His jaw was fractured in three places. Two weeks later he recorded this song with his mouth still wired shut... so the world could feel his pain."
So as well as introducing Kanye to the world we got the first Kanye rant, without even knowing it.
Because we want him to replicate that video. Or at least have Seth Rogan and James Franco re-enact it it live on stage.
Who doesn't want to see Kanye in a jewel encrusted mask, making statements about things we didn't know were a thing?
Because sing-a-longs may be tricky with Kanye, but the hook on this is simple. Chant along.
Because the video starred Stacey Dash from Clueless.
Beck - Loser / Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are / Taylor Swift - We are Never Ever Ever Getting Back Together
Yes, we want to see some HUGE surprise guests.
We elect Beck, Bruno and Taylor because Kanye's apologised to them for various acceptance speech related things.
The thing is, no-one will believe these apologies are sincere until these duets happen in a muddy field in June. Got that, Kanye?
In the interests of diversity and because of that piano riff from Chris Martin. Plus someone from an indie band on stage might help those who don't want hip hop at Glastonbury come to terms with the situation.
A dedication to his mum. It'll be a sad one (Donda West died in 2007) but he'll want to do it.
Because this is how long Kanye probably thinks he should perform on that Saturday.
Because he'll want to remind us that he is the biggest rock star of them all. Repeatedly.
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State pension age increases that discriminate against women born on or after 6 April 1951 have been labelled "unjust" by Westminster's youngest MP.

The SNP's Mhairi Black said extra help should be directed towards women "shafted and short-changed" by state pension increases - and her stance was overwhelmingly backed by MPs.
Ministers had "made a mistake" by rushing the measure through, she said.
"It's leaving a lot of women out of pocket," she told BBC's Woman's Hour.
Plans to increase the state pension age for women from 60 to 65 between 2010 and 2020 were initially set out in 1995.
'Undue hardship'
But the coalition government decided to speed up the process in 2011, resulting in the state pension age for women increasing to 65 in November 2018 and then to 66 by October 2020.
The SNP and Labour warned the 2011 decision to accelerate the rate at which state pension age is to be equalised with men "directly discriminates" against women born on or after 6 April 1951.
They claim these women have been forced to rethink their retirement plans on relatively short notice, causing "undue hardship".
In a backbench debate led by Ms Black, MPs overwhelmingly backed calls for the government to introduce further transitional arrangements for those women negatively affected by the changes, by 158 votes to 0.
While the motion is non-binding, which means the government is not compelled to do anything, Ms Black - who also called for an independent pensions commission to look into the problem - said the scale of support for the measure showed the strength of feeling among MPs.
"It's about highlighting to the government that they've made a mistake here and they've got to do something about it," she told BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour shortly after the vote.
"And it's about putting pressure on them to make sure that those women don't lose out on something they've paid into all their lives."
Blame game?
Pressed on whether the introduction of transitional arrangements to address the problem would mean young people footing the bill, Ms Black commented: "Everything government does costs billions of pounds.
"If we can find the money to throw billions at nuclear weapons; if we can find the money to send air strikes to Syria, then why can't we find the money that pensioners are quite rightly entitled?"
Ms Black said many pensioners were continuing to work beyond their capability or health, which in turn meant fewer jobs for young people.
But during the Commons debate, Work and Pensions Minister Shailesh Vara argued that the new state pension would benefit many women who lost out under the current two-tier system.
"All those affected by the 2011 changes will reach pension age after the introduction of the new state pension," he said.
"Around 650,000 reaching state pension age in the first 10 years will receive an average of Â£8 a week more under the new state pension than they would have under the previous system."
The minister said it was "regrettable that MPs had sought "to put the blame post-2010 onwards."
He claimed 10 pensions ministers during the Labour administration of 1997-2010 had "totally failed to do anything."


An public inquiry is under way into plans for up to 500 new homes in an area of open land in Kent.

Opponents fear the development on the site in Hermitage Lane, Allington, will destroy ancient woodland and cause traffic gridlock.
Developer Croudace Homes said the number of homes had been reduced from 600 and efforts made to cut the impact on the woodland of building a new road.
The public inquiry in Maidstone is expected to last until 10 June.
Barbara Woodward, from the New Allington Action Group (NAAG), said: "People are very upset. This is our last piece of green land.
"We take our dogs for a walk in the woods, you can let them off their leads. If they build a road across the woods it will no longer be safe."
She added that the inquiry was the "last step" to protect the woodland which she said had been on the site since the 14th Century.
Councillor Fran Wilson, the Lib Dem leader of the borough council, said it would be "inappropriate" for the authority to comment at this stage.
Following the public inquiry a recommendation will be made to the Secretary of State who will make a decision on the planning application.


Scottish 400m record holder Allison Curbishley believes rewriting all athletics world records set before 2005 "opens the door for so many issues".

The proposal from European Athletics follows the sport's doping scandal.
Curbishley's mark of 50.71 seconds, set at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, might not be expunged.
"What does that mean if you've got a national record that's quicker than a world record? It's ridiculous," Curbishley said on BBC Radio 5 live.
It's unclear whether records below world and European level would be affected under the proposal.
"I never managed to get close to a world record," explained Curbishley.
"When I got the Scottish record that had been held by Linsey MacDonald for a long, long time, it meant a lot because you're measuring yourself against the past.
"Lee McConnell got very close to it - I've now held that since 1998. They're not saying they would get rid of that.
"What we're trying to say is how do national federations keep hold of their national records when our European athletics association and our international athletics association are looking to annul all world records pre-2005?
"It opens the door for so many issues."
Like women's marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe, Curbishley believes the proposal sends out a "confusing" message to the public and she hopes "the outcry is enough" to stop it progressing.
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"I know I read this morning in the Sydney Morning Herald that Athletics Australia have absolutely said they will not vote for this when it goes to the IAAF," added Curbishley.
"They will refuse to back it and I just hope more nations will do that because for European Athletics to get this through, it needs to be voted through the International Amateur Athletics Federation.
"And I just hope that they haven't thought it through enough and realised the outcry from a lot of athletes that this is not helping."


Excuses from managers and players after a defeat have been part of football for generations.

From dodgy refereeing decisions to too many games in a week, every reason under the sun has been given for why their team lost.
But have you ever heard the one about too much algae on the pitch?
That was the excuse Plymouth boss Derek Adams gave after a late slip by defender Peter Hartley gifted Cambridge United a 2-1 victory at Home Park on Saturday.
"It has an algae on the pitch, it has to be treated and hopefully that will be sorted in the week," said Adams. "That is the reason (for Hartley's slip)."
The problem stems from the wet and unusually warm weather in Plymouth over the past couple of months, according to Argyle chief executive Martyn Starnes.
The club have had soil samples taken and are bringing in experts later this week.
"We've got to get some equipment on there to try to break the algae up and put some winter seed in to try to take over the growth of the grass," Starnes told BBC Sport.
"It really is astonishing how scientific these pitches are nowadays.
"It'll be ready for the next game - whether we'll see a tangible improvement by then is doubtful as it takes some time, but the pitch will be playable by the time Yeovil come on Boxing Day.
"Over the next few weeks we expect a demonstrable improvement in the pitch."
Algae is definitely a strange one, but what other bizarre excuses have been rolled out following below-par performances?
Sir Alex Ferguson was certainly up there with the greatest when it came to making excuses, but one of his best surely had to be in April 1996 when Manchester United were 3-0 down to Southampton at half-time.
Fergie complained his players could not see each other while sporting their grey away kit and made them change the strip at half-time. They still lost the game 3-1 - and were then thumped 6-3 at the Dell a few months later despite wearing different colours.
The grey kit was so unpopular the players wore it just twice.
In 1998, Newcastle United manager Kenny Dalglish saw his Premier League side struggle to a 1-1 draw against then Conference club Stevenage in the FA Cup fourth round.
Despite the Magpies boasting a wealth of international talent including Alan Shearer, Stuart Pearce and John Barnes, Dalglish did not think his players were simply having an off day.
Instead, he blamed it on the balls being too bouncy.
Newcastle went on to win the replay 2-1 at St James' Park thanks to two Shearer goals.
After a 4-0 defeat by Spain at the 2006 World Cup, Ukraine defender Vladyslav Vashchuk said it was down to the players being tired.
Not because of their busy schedule - but because frogs croaking outside their hotel in the east German town of Potsdam had kept them awake all night.
"Because of the frogs' croaking we hardly got a wink of sleep," Vashchuk said at the time.
"We all agreed that we would take some sticks and go and hunt them."
The team must have had a better night's sleep before their next group game - they beat Saudi Arabia 4-0, before losing to eventual champions Italy in the quarter-finals.
Despite holding the joint record for Premier League clean sheets, things were not always rosy for Liverpool goalkeeper David James in the 1990s.
The former England stopper made three glaring errors in Liverpool's classic 4-3 victory over Newcastle in 1997 and blamed it on playing too many computer games.
"I was getting carried away playing Tekken II and Tomb Raider for hours on end," James said.


Three former Scottish MPs and the Scottish founder of lingerie firm Ultimo are to be made life peers.

One-time leader of the Liberal Democrats, Sir Menzies Campbell, will take his seat alongside party colleague Sir Malcolm Bruce.
Former Labour chancellor and head of the pro-Union Better Together campaign, Alistair Darling, will also be entering the House of Lords.
Entrepreneur Michelle Mone has also become one of the 45 new members.
In all, Prime Minister David Cameron handed out peerages to 26 Conservatives, including former foreign secretary William Hague.
Also on the Tory leader's list was Ms Mone whom he recently appointed to carry out a review into how best to encourage start-ups in areas of high unemployment.
Labour nominated two women and six men, including Mr Darling.
Sir Menzies and Sir Malcolm are among the seven Lib Dem MPs who were nominated by their party.
Former Lib Dem ministers Vince Cable and Danny Alexander, who both lost their seats at the general election, are thought to have turned down the chance to enter the Lords.


People convicted of sharing intimate images without consent could face up to five years in prison under new legislation which has come into force.

The Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm Act now makes it easier to prosecute so-called revenge porn.
Women's rights groups said sharing intimate photographs and video caused "devastating harm" to victims.
Justice Secretary Michael Matheson said it would give police and prosecutors "robust powers" to tackle the issue.
The new legislation, which was passed unanimously by MSPs last March, makes it an offence to "disclose, or threaten to disclose, an intimate photograph or film" without consent.
It comes in response to a growing problem as easy access to devices like smart phones means pictures and videos taken with the expectation of privacy can be now far more easily shared publicly online through outlets such as social media.
The new offence:
Research commissioned by Scottish Women's Aid found that more than two thirds (78%) of adults believed it should be illegal for someone to share an intimate image they have been sent.
More than eight in 10 of those asked said it should be illegal for someone to share an image they have taken, without the consent of the person shown in the image.
A new public awareness campaign is being launched to coincide with the legislation coming into force.
It will highlight the consequences of sharing intimate photographs or video of a current or former partner without their permission.
The campaign has been developed in partnership with Scottish Women's Aid, Rape Crisis Scotland, ASSIST, Police Scotland and the Crown Office - all of whom are involved in dealing with the crime and its consequences.
Earlier this year, the Scottish government used hard-hitting posters to raise awareness about the new legislation.
Justice Secretary Michael Matheson said: "Social media is great for people keeping in contact but it is also being used in an abusive way by some individuals, particularly around the disclosure of intimate images, or even threatening to disclose intimate images. The legislation that comes into force as of today will make it an offence to actually do so.
"Our police and prosecutors will investigate the issues very thoroughly and, where there is the evidence to do so, they will seek to secure a prosecution through our courts.
"If someone is convicted of this type of offence they could spend up to five years in jail."
Marsha Scott, chief executive of Scottish Women's Aid, said: "So-called revenge porn is not about revenge, and it's not about porn. It's about power, control and humiliation.
"Sharing, or threatening to share intimate pictures or videos of someone without their consent causes devastating harm to victims and it is absolutely right that the law should reflect this.
"Our research on this showed that most victims of this crime suffered long term anxiety, and some mentioned feelings of self-harm and suicide because their intimate images were shared without their consent.
"The fear and anxiety it creates can creep into every corner of a victim's life and relationships. It's absolutely unacceptable and it is never the victim's fault."


A UKIP office in south Wales is inviting protesters to throw eggs at a picture of leader Nigel Farage to make life easier for its window cleaner.

The high street shop in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, has been targeted by opponents since it opened in November.
The party now invites its "anarchist friends" to aim their eggs at posters of Mr Farage and Cardiff South and Penarth candidate John Rees-Evans.
A UKIP spokesman said no eggs had been thrown since the posters were put up.


Kenyans are "experienced in stealing and perpetuating other crimes", the president has said, during a state visit to Israel.

Uhuru Kenyatta added that Kenya was "20 times more wonderful" than Israel, but "all we ever do is complain".
Kenyans were also abusers, and promoted tribalism, he said, in an address to Kenyans living in Israel.
Mr Kenyatta has been accused of failing to do enough to curb corruption and of stirring up ethnic violence.
His comments were seen as an attempt to encourage Kenyans to develop their country, like Israel, says the BBC's Wanyama Chebusiri in Kenya's capital, Nairobi.
He seemed to question why Kenya was lagging behind, and had to even learn about irrigation from a desert country, our correspondent adds.
However, many Kenyans believe that the president's speech was just rhetoric, and he was not serious about tackling corruption or ethnic divisions in the East African state, our reporter says.
They complain that ethnicity determines whether they get government jobs, and bribery and corruption are endemic in government, he adds.
Mr Kenyatta was accused by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of crimes against humanity for allegedly inciting ethnic violence after elections in 2007, in which more than 1,200 Kenyans were killed.
But the case was dropped in 2014 after the prosecutor's office said it did not have enough evidence against him.
He always denied the charges.


A suspected suicide bomber has killed two policemen and injured seven others in northwest Pakistan, police said.

The attack took place in the Nowshera area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Police said one of the dead policemen, Ajmeer Shah, may have been the target.
Mr Shah had killed a prominent local Taliban commander, Jannat Gul, in a shootout a month ago.
Police said he had received threats from the Taliban and survived several attempts on his life.
Bits of the exploded suicide vest and parts of the limbs of the suspected suicide bomber have been recovered from the scene of the attack, police said.
They said the bomber was probably on foot, and set off the blast by a roadside near Risalpur town just as Mr Shah passed by in his private Land Cruiser jeep.
Mr Shah's driver was also killed in the attack. A police guard in the vehicle was injured.
Nowshera district has been the scene of several suicide attacks in recent months, the BBC's M Ilyas Khan reports from Islamabad.
The district is home to a major army garrison and an air force academy.


A series of riots followed repeated warnings about low staffing levels across prisons, a watchdog has said.

The National Council of Independent Monitoring Boards said Friday's riot at HMP Birmingham was "yet more evidence" to stoke concerns over prison violence.
Its president John Thornhill warned low staffing levels meant prisoners were denied a range of facilities.
There were incidents at Cardiff Prison and Hull Prison on Sunday involving Birmingham prisoners, it has emerged.
At Cardiff about four prisoners, who were transferred from Birmingham after the riot, were believed to have barricaded themselves into a cell in protest at the move, according to BBC home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw.
After two hours the matter was resolved when the prisoners surrendered and were taken to the segregation unit. Nobody was injured.
As well as the incident at Hull Prison, there were minor outbreaks of trouble at several other jails over the weekend.
Friday's riot at Birmingham was the third in English jails in under two months, following trouble at Bedford and Lewes prisons.
In Birmingham, riot squads and specially trained prison officers took back control after more than 12 hours of chaos.
Stairwells were set on fire and paper records destroyed during trouble in four wings of the category B prison, run by private firm G4S.
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The disturbance, which is understood to have involved up to 600 inmates, was described by the Prison Officers' Association as the worst since the Strangeways jail riot 26 years ago.
Mr Thornhill said independent monitoring boards, which operate in every prison in England and Wales, have regularly questioned staffing levels.
He said they were "frustrated" by a lack of response to the issues raised in their annual reports.
Mr Thornhill said "tension and violence" increased when facilities were denied.
"The result, as we have seen in recent weeks, is an increase in riots that damage the system and individuals," he said.
The chairman of the Parole Board has warned that the prison population must be reduced to avoid further rioting.
Justice Secretary Liz Truss is to address MPs over the Birmingham riot later.


Will Young grew up surrounded by music, listening to cassettes in the family car and smuggling a walkman into his strict boarding school.

His musical education has paid dividends since winning the inaugural series of Pop Idol in 2002, prompting him to pick interesting and unexpected collaborators over his six studio albums.
It's given him one of the most successful careers of any talent show winner: Young has sold eight million records, won an Ivor Novello Award, and scored four number one albums, including his most recent release 85% Proof.
"I like frailty and vulnerability," he says. "People who let me into their music and songs that evoke an atmosphere."
As he releases his new single, Thank You, the musician sat down to discuss his five favourite (and one least favourite) records.
"If we did this tomorrow it would be five different albums," he laughs.
Recorded at Abbey Road studios between April and June 1966, Revolver is the Beatles' first psychedelic masterpiece. Featuring tracks like Taxman, Eleanor Rigby and Good Day Sunshine, it ends with John Lennon's Tomorrow Never Knows - an attempt to condense the experience of an LSD trip into three minutes. It pointed the way forward not just for the Beatles, but popular music as a whole.
It was a record that was always played in my house from about the age of 10. It was probably when CDs first came in - my folks got Revolver and Abbey Road and we went away on holiday to South Africa and played it in the house we were staying in.
Every song was so different.  I'd never heard anything like it before - and never since, actually.
Paul McCartney is one of my favourite singers. He's got this brilliant vibrato - but he doesn't rest on it. A Jazz singer would use the vibrato a lot, but his projection is quite straight. He passes through it.
I can do quite a good Paul McCartney impression, actually.
The follow-up to Thriller, Bad was released to fevered anticipation in 1987. Spawning nine hit singles, from the title track to Smooth Criminal, it marked the point where Jackson transformed from nimble-footed musical genius to paranoid, self-promoting King Of Pop.  The key track is Man In The Mirror, a gospel-powered ballad that's equal parts self-reflection and self-flagellation.
Bad came out when I was at prep school, aged about nine, and it just took over the school. Everyone had it... on cassette, actually.
It was a really strict school. We were only allowed to listen to music on Wednesday, Saturday or Sunday and we weren't allowed to play music out loud. So it really was contained to my own world, on my Walkman.
Sonically, it was incredible. He'd moved to a lot harder sound. It became insane, epic. Dirty Diana is incredible - because it's so loud, then suddenly drops out to that fantastic bassline.
Michael was a global pop star with Thriller, but this moved him to a completely different sound. The videos and his look - suddenly he had the glove and the leather jacket.
The thing was, he wasn't Bad. But I guess as a young kid he did seem quite rebellious. There were all these posh kids running around doing a flick of their leg and saying, "who's Bad?"
Terence Trent D'Arby's fourth album was a scattershot selection of funk, rock, R&B and heartfelt ballads. A showcase in eclecticism, it was nonetheless short on memorable melodies. The exception was Holding On To You, a low-key love song that became a minor hit in the UK. After the album stalled, the singer was dropped by his record label and changed his name to Sanada Maitreya.
I was at public school by this stage, and Vibrator felt like it was my little secret. It's just incredible. Quite avant garde. Very weird. He was posing in a pair of feathered wings on the cover. People probably thought he was a madman.
I used to go to athletics meetings - I was quite a keen athlete - and I'd listen to Surrender before I ran the 400 metres. There was something a bit sad about it - but for some reason that's always got me hyped up. A bit like Radiohead. I've always found their music is really powerful and gets me psyched up if I'm doing exercise. When I used to do marathons, I used to listen to Radiohead.
The hit from that album was Holding On To You - I don't know where it charted but I remember him on Top of the Pops with his bleached blonde hair, cut really short. He was such a beautiful man. A very feminine-looking man. Still, to this day, no-one has rivalled him vocally.
After the Fugees disbanded in 1997, Lauryn Hill branched out and released her solo debut. Updating 70s soul with a hip-hop aesthetic, it sold more than 12 million copies and won five Grammy awards. An intensely personal record, Hill sings about putting her son before her career (To Zion) and her painful break-up with Wyclef Jean (Ex-Factor).
"I was in this tiny village in France and this flower shop was playing The Fugees' cover of Killing My Softly and I thought 'this is the singer I've been waiting for'. Her voice is so crystal, and all her vocal licks are so clear. You hear every note. It's not lazy. It's true great gospel singing in a pop voice.
I got this in in my first month at Uni in Exeter. I splashed out and bought it on Minidisc rather than copy it from someone else. It was very lavish.
"At the same time, I fell in love with someone and it was unrequited. It's that song, Tell Him. I used to listen to it over and over and over again.
"Did I tell him? Oh yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We got that out of the way. We're still great friends. He's a great actor. He lives in LA now with his wife. They're lovely.
"I learned how to write songs on my first album," said Emiliana Torrini of her debut, released in 1999. A collection of hushed, cherubic electro-pop, it produced a minor UK hit in the shape of To Be Free. The Icelandic singer took six years to follow it up with the vulnerable, confessional Fisherman's Woman and 2008's Me and Armini, whose rambunctious single Jungle Drum became a number one around Europe.
When I go into record shops I always ask for three recommendations. So I discovered this when I was in [defunct chain store] MVC buying Lauryn Hill. I heard this song and asked the staff, who's that playing?
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It's a really interesting record. It's not an amazing record, actually. I don't come back to it. But I'd mention that as my lead-in to Me and Armini. That should have won awards.
That's where she starts getting a bit punchy. There's a song - Gun - I listened to that and I wanted to do a whole dance piece to it. The same with another of the tracks, Big Jumps.
I love the softness of her voice, and I love the crack in her voice. Those are the artists I find interesting - that have every emotion and aren't afraid to show it. The frailty and the vulnerability.
That's what I've liked about singing and writing - it's like a musical version of the 12 Step programme,  except you don't know who else is in the room.
I was at Glastonbury and I refused to see him. He's awful. What does he stand for? His arrogance completely over-runs him as a musician. He's so audacious and opulent.
It shows the worst of people who have loads of money. Massive weddings, opulent engagements. Who is this man? And why do we laud these people?
I'm not interested in arrogance. It's just a cover. Get rid of the arrogance and show me the frailty. I won't listen to his music.
Will Young's album, 85% Proof, and single, Thank You, are out now.


British Gas is keeping its current gas and electricity prices on hold until August.

The company said it was able to hold tariffs in the face of higher wholesale prices by cutting its costs.
However, Scottish Power has said it is raising its dual fuel prices by an average of 7.8% from 31 March. It blamed smart meters and low carbon energy costs for the rise.
Energy regulator Ofgem urged customers to shop around for a better deal.
Scottish Power's move makes it the third of the UK's big six energy suppliers to announce price rises.
This decision will be a relief to five million British Gas customers - but that may only be temporary.
With rumours swirling of a British Gas price rise, the company has now effectively said no increase will occur for four spring and summer months.
Yet with other suppliers changing their tariffs, there will be a chorus among government, the regulator and others urging householders to switch.
Is the message getting through after years of repetition? A recent report by the competition authorities found that a third of the 7,000 people it asked did not realise that switching was an option.
Announcing the price increases, Colin McNeill, UK retail director for Scottish Power said: "This price change follows months of cost increases that have already led to significant rises in fixed price products that now unfortunately have to be reflected in standard prices."
However, British Gas owner Centrica said its price freeze had been made possible "despite increases in external costs".
"We are engaging all of our customers on our standard tariff with a range of new offers. It is important to us to ensure that customers continue to make an active, informed choice over their energy."
In a statement, energy regulator Ofgem said: "We would urge consumers to take advantage of the deals available from the many different suppliers and to shop around for a better deal if their supplier puts up their prices.
"This will put pressure on all suppliers to ensure they run their businesses efficiently to keep any impact on bills as low as possible."
When Npower announced its price rises, energy regulator Ofgem told it to "justify" to its customers why it was introducing one of the largest increases for years.
Energy price rises are likely to fuel inflation concerns.
Rising air fares and food prices helped to push up UK inflation to 1.6% in December, its highest rate since July 2014.


A former social worker and Catholic priest has been jailed for 12 years after admitting historical child sex abuse charges dating back to the 1970s.

Philip Temple, 66, admitted abusing 12 boys and one girl while working in south London care homes and a north London church.
He also admitted lying on oath in the 1990s when he was cleared of child sex abuse charges against a teenage boy.
Judge Christopher Hehir apologised to the victim at Woolwich Crown Court.
He said: "I am sorry justice was not done when you came to court in 1998 and 1999."
The victim, who cannot be named, told the court he self-harmed, became a recluse and even tried to kill himself after the previous trials.
He said: "I can only imagine the damage he has caused to other victims. We can never escape what he did and we can never be free of it."
In a statement read out in court, one victim said: "I feel like I have been robbed of my childhood and sometimes when I see other children in the street I wish I could go back in time and be a child again."
During sentencing, the judge told Temple: "You of course exploited the opportunities your deceit as to your character had afforded you, not only by sexually abusing children but, as a priest, by lying on oath to deny the truthful accusations brought against you by one of your victims.
"Your actions as a priest demonstrated that in truth you were a wolf in shepherd's clothing."
On Tuesday, Temple admitted seven charges committed in the 1970s. He had already admitted 20 similar charges and two of perjury at Croydon Crown Court in April.
Temple abused boys and a girl while working as a social worker in Lambeth and Wandsworth councils between 1971 and 1977.
He became a priest in 1988 and served at Christ the King Monastery in Cockfosters, where he abused two children, including an altar boy.
He abused youngsters in children's homes in south London, including the Shirley Oaks complex near Croydon, the court heard.
Raymond Stephenson of the Shirley Oaks Survivors Association said: "If Temple had been caught at Shirley Oaks he would not have been able to abuse anyone else."
A Lambeth Council spokesman said it was cooperating fully with the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) and added: "We hope the outcome provides some solace to the victims of these dreadful crimes."
A spokesperson for the Catholic Church in England and Wales said when concerns were raised it was limited in the measures it could take because as a monk he was answerable to the head of his order in Italy rather than the archdiocese here.


Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has agreed to meet a nurse whose daughter has tried to kill herself after failing to get the right treatment for depression.

Nurse Sarah Hardy said the 18-year-old's treatment had been "dreadful" and she had not had a mental health assessment over six months, Coventry North West MP Geoffrey Robinson stated.
Mr Hunt said it was "not good enough" and he was "more than happy to meet".
The trust said it had contacted the family to try and resolve the issue.
Labour MP Mr Robinson read out a letter from Mrs Hardy, a nurse with 26 years' experience, in the Commons.
"I'm somebody who works in the NHS so I understand the strains the service is under," it said.
"But I also expect as a family who gave so much to society and still do, when it is our time of need, we can expect a service that meets our needs."
Mr Hunt responded he would like "to try and look at the particular issue as to why she's having to wait so long".
He told the Commons: "I mean, we owe a huge debt to people like that and what she is describing in terms of her own... daughter's treatment is just not satisfactory. It's not good enough."
Mrs Hardy said later: "This is a staffing issue, this is a funding issue, this is an availability issue rather than an attack on the mental health teams.
"By speaking out I want this to improve services for other people and I just want my daughter to get better."
Simon Gilby, Chief Executive of Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust, said staff worked hard to "respond promptly and appropriately" to referrals.
The trust is trying to resolve "any wait for care" felt by the family, he said.


Politicians, business leaders and residents have reacted strongly to the government's announcement to delay a final decision on Hinkley Point.

French firm EDF, which is financing most of the £18bn project, approved the funding at a board meeting on Thursday.
But the government has said it wants to review the project and will make a decision by the autumn.
The delay has been met with a mixture of support and frustration in Somerset.
Ian Liddell-Grainger, the Conservative MP whose constituency includes Hinkley Point, said he understood the government's position.
"Those of us who have been pushing for Hinkley have been closely involved in the project for nine and a half years and understand it inside out.
"Theresa May has had just three weeks to get her head round it, so it's hardly surprising she has called for a pause."
He said he is "100% confident" it will still go ahead.
Valerie Boxall, who lives in the village of Stogursey, near Hinkley Point, said she agreed with Mrs May's decision to delay the go-ahead.
"She's newly in power and she's got a new cabinet," she said. "I think it's right that they should look at it. What's another couple of months."
But Steve Willcox, from Clutton, believes postponing the final decision on the plant will make people "lose confidence" in the new prime minister.
"There are thousands of jobs and people all dependent on it. She could have used yesterday to show we're open to trade all over the world."
Jan 2006 - Government proposes nuclear as part of future energy mix
Mar 2013 - Construction of Hinkley Point approved
Oct 2013 - UK government agrees £92.50 per megawatt-hour will be paid for electricity produced at the Somerset site - around double the current market rate at the time
Oct 2015 - EDF signs investment agreement with China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN)
July 2016 - EDF board approves final investment decision, but the UK Government postpones a final decision on the project until autumn.
Conservative MP for Bath Ben Howlett said he was "disappointed" by the delay and feared it gave "a bad impression" in the wake of the EU referendum.
"We need to be doing all we can to show that the UK is open for business," he said.
Irene Dickson from Wells added: "Why delay further the inevitable? Let's get on with it now, especially after the events of Brexit."
John Spratley from Radstock said he was appalled the government has put things on hold.
"I felt that at last we might have a government of courage and conviction. It is obvious that our politicians lack the guts to take difficult decisions."
Dale Edwards of Somerset Chamber of Commerce remains positive the project will go ahead, but said it will "be very frustrating for the many businesses that have been awaiting the green light from EDF".
David Hall, deputy leader of Somerset County Council confirmed he will work with the government to "accelerate" the decision to go ahead, as it will be "hugely important to our economy."


Thirty-six members of the Yazidi religious minority are free after nearly three years in the hands of so-called Islamic State (IS), the UN says.

They have been taken to UN centres in Dohuk in Kurdish northern Iraq.
It is unclear whether they escaped in Iraq or were freed, as the UN declined to give more information to avoid jeopardising future releases.
IS killed and enslaved thousands of Yazidis after seizing the northern town of Sinjar in 2014.
Kurdish Peshmerga forces regained control in 2015 but many Yazidis were held captive by IS elsewhere as the group took over large swathes of northern Iraq.
The 36 survivors include men, women and children who were enslaved, the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs said.
They reached Dohuk two nights ago where they are being housed in centres established by the UN Population Fund.
There, they are being reunited with family members and offered care including clothing and medical and psychological aid, the UN said.
The women and children are being cared for at dedicated service points and will be referred for more specialised treatment.
The UN's humanitarian co-ordinator for Iraq, Lise Grande, said the UN was going to do "everything possible" for the rescued Yazidi.
"What these women and girls have endured is unimaginable," she said.
Who, What, Why: Who are the Yazidis?
The UN - which has accused IS of committing genocide against the Yazidi - estimates that 1,500 women and girls are still being held and could be suffering protracted sexual abuse.
A UN report released last year said the extremists had subjected captured Yazidis to the "most horrific of atrocities", killing or enslaving thousands, warning IS aimed to completely erase their way of life.
In March. lawyer Amal Clooney urged the UN to back a UK-led investigation into the crimes committed by IS.
IS has been under increasing pressure in Iraq, losing much of the territory it seized in 2014.
Iraqi forces have recaptured most the city of Mosul from IS, but they are still trying to push the group out of the Old City district in the west.


Supermarket workers paid the national minimum wage are forced to claim state benefits totalling £11bn a year, according to a charity.

Citizens UK said the employers of five million workers in the UK were being "subsidised" by the taxpayer.
The minimum wage is £6.50 an hour for people over 21, while the living wage calculated by the Living Wage Foundation is £7.85 (£9.15 in London).
The British Retail Consortium said most supermarkets paid above minimum wage.
When all extra earnings were considered, hourly pay was around £8.40, it added.
According to Citizens UK, which organises community campaigns, most of those earning less than the living wage are employed in the retail sector.
The charity said this meant most supermarket staff needed in-work benefits - which it argued meant taxpayers were "subsidising private companies by almost £11bn per annum".


British Cycling has been told to conduct an urgent investigation into allegations official kit - including a high-performance bike - is being sold online for profit.

UK Sport ordered the investigation to "protect our investment in all sports on the world class programme".
It is another blow for British Cycling after Australian Shane Sutton quit as technical director on Wednesday.
He stood down amid accusations of sexism and discrimination.
British Cycling is conducting an internal investigation into the kit allegations - and Sutton was asked to attend a meeting on Tuesday to discuss it.
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UK Sport helps fund Britain's Olympians and Paralympians and is investing £30.5m in British Cycling between 2013 and 2017.
It issued a statement, explaining that it would not be "appropriate to speculate or comment further until the investigation is completed".
Sutton, a GB coach since 2002, had already been suspended by British Cycling before deciding to step down.
The 58-year-old is alleged to have used derogatory words like "wobblies" and "gimps" to describe Para-cyclists.
An independent review will also look into claims by cyclist Jess Varnish that Sutton made sexist comments towards her.
She alleges Sutton told her to "go and have a baby" after she failed to qualify in the team sprint for this summer's Olympics.
Sutton "rejects the specific claims" but said the allegations had "become a distraction" and he had stepped down "in the best interests of British Cycling".
He was part of the team that won seven track gold medals at both the 2008 and 2012 Olympics, with British Cycling also claiming 25 gold medals across the past two Paralympics.
There are just 99 days until the start of the Rio Olympics, but British Cycling chief executive Ian Drake has said his organisation is not in crisis.
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Programmes director Andy Harrison will take over Sutton's responsibilities as British cyclists look to continue their success in the velodrome and on the road.
Despite leaving his post at British Cycling, Sutton is still employed by Team Sky in a paid "occasional advisory role".
However, after Drake told BBC Sport on Tuesday that Sutton was not paid by Sky as well as British Cycling, the organisation clarified on Wednesday that they were not aware of his Sky retainer and that Sutton had not declared this when he became British Cycling technical director in 2014.
A Team Sky statement said: "Since he stepped down as head coach of Team Sky in January 2013, his occasional involvement as an advisor to Team Sky has been completely separate from his role with British Cycling.
"Any reimbursement for his work with Team Sky has been funded by the team."


Turkish authorities in Ankara have used tear gas to disperse pro-Kurdish activists marking a suicide bomb attack a year ago in which 103 people died.

Police allowed only victims' relatives to visit the scene of the attack.
The bombing, blamed on jihadist group Islamic State (IS), targeted a peace rally involving large numbers of Kurdish activists.
Violence between Kurdish militants and Turkish forces has escalated dramatically in the past year.
A ceasefire broke down in July 2015 after an IS bomber killed dozens of young activists in the predominantly Kurdish south-east.
Although Turkey's main cities have seen Kurdish militant attacks in the past, the scale of the double bombing near Ankara station on 10 October 2015 was unprecedented.
No-one has so far been put on trial for planning the attack, in which almost 400 people were wounded. There have since been several attacks in Ankara and Istanbul, blamed on IS as well as Kurdish militant groups.
As dozens of activists headed to the scene of the double bombing, close to Ankara's main station, they were barred by police who used tear gas to hold them back.
A small crowd of relatives threw red carnations over photos of those who died. However, clashes between activists and police continued, and water cannon were used to disperse the protesters.
Officials said bottles and stones were thrown at police and Turkey's Anadolu news agency said 60 people were detained.
There were fears at the weekend that militants were planning an attack in the capital. Two bombers blew themselves up outside Ankara when approached by police.
Tensions are also high in Kurdish-dominated areas of Turkey.
A bomb attack at a checkpoint in the far south-eastern town of Durak on Sunday claimed the lives of 10 soldiers and eight civilians.
Turkey says more than 600 security forces have died since the ceasefire collapsed. The military said on Monday that 417 Kurdish militants had been killed and dozens more captured in the past six weeks alone.


Northern Ireland's five biggest parties have clashed over welfare reform and gay marriage in the final TV election debate before voters go to the polls.

The NI Leaders' Debate took place at the BBC but only one of the parties was represented by their leader.
UUP leader Mike Nesbitt accused Sinn Féin of costing Northern  Ireland "£2m a day by reneging on your commitments" in the recent Stormont House Agreement.
Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness said the UUP had "signed up" for welfare cuts.
"You were a member of a party that signed up, through UCUNF [Ulster Conservatives and Unionists, New Force]... which resulted in the withdrawal of £1.5bn from our budget," Mr McGuinness said.
Sinn Féin withdrew their support for the Stormont House Agreement in March, three months after the five-party deal had been struck on a wide range of issues, including welfare reform.
On the issue of same-sex marriage, the UUP leader and the DUP's Nigel Dodds said they believed marriage should be between a man and woman.
Mr McGuiness, the SDLP's Mark Durkan, and Naomi Long from Alliance supported equal marriage rights.
Both Mr Durkan and Mrs Long expressed regret that several MLAs from their parties were either absent or had abstained from a recent Northern Ireland Assembly vote on sex-same marriage.
Mr Durkan said the SDLP was the first party to propose the decriminalisation of homosexuality, the equalisation of the age of consent and civil partnerships.
He said the SDLP's "party policy is clear" on the issue of same-sex marriage and called for legislation to be passed.
Mrs Long said: "I share the disappointment that not all of my colleagues have voted in favour of this legislation."
She said that her party was "working our colleagues to address their concerns around the issue" and added that "no-one has equality when it is denied to anyone".
The recent controversy involving Health Minister Jim Wells, who resigned after linking same-sex parents to child abuse, was raised in the debate.
Mr Dodds said Mr McGuiness was a "hypocrite" for demanding an apology from Mr Wells but not offering an apology for IRA murders during the Troubles.
The DUP deputy leader said: "The fact is that we do not believe in the redefinition of marriage, but that does not make you anti-gay."
Mr Nesbitt said he had a "zero tolerance for homophobia" but had voted against same-sex marriage because he "was brought up in a church that believes that marriage is between a man and a woman".
Mr McGuinness repeated his party's call for a referendum on same-sex marriage, to allow the people of Northern Ireland to decide.
The parties also clashed over how to deal with the legacy of the Troubles and Sinn Féin's policy of refusing to take their seats at Westminster.
All five party leaders were invited to the debate but only the UUP leader accepted, with the other four sending very senior party members.
BBC presenter Noel Thompson said: "Until this morning, we had been expecting the SDLP leader but Alasdair McDonnell pulled out, with the party saying that was 'in line with the DUP and Alliance'."
The debate was broadcast on BBC One Northern Ireland from 20:00 BST.
UK-wide audiences will be able to watch the debate on   BBC Two at 23.35 BST. (regional variations may apply).
It will also be repeated on BBC Two Northern Ireland at the same time.
The hashtag for the debate is #NIDebate


League Two promotion chasers Plymouth Argyle have signed Chelsea midfielder Jordan Houghton on loan until 31 May.

The 20-year-old, who has yet to appear for the Blues' first team, spent time on loan at League One side Gillingham this term, playing 15 matches.
While with the Gills, the England Under-20 international played at Plymouth's Home Park in the League Cup.
He joins a side currently third in League Two, six points above fourth-placed Portsmouth.
Before the signing, Pilgrims manager Derek Adams said he was working hard to bolster his squad with loan players.
The Pilgrims have lost striker Ryan Brunt for the rest of the season after a cruciate knee ligament injury, while Jordon Forster is still recovering from the head injury he sustained at Barnet.
"We're working away, we're trying to get some loan players in," Adams told BBC Radio Devon.
"I'm sure we'll have them in before the end of the transfer window."
Football League clubs have until 24 March to add loan players to their squads - the final time they will be able to do so before rules change in the summer to prevent emergency loans.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.


The late broadcaster and MP Sir Clement Freud has been accused of abusing two girls between the late 1940s and 1970s.

Sylvia Woosley, who first met Freud when she was 10 and later went to live with him, told the ITV Exposure programme that he abused her for years.
A second woman, who wants to remain anonymous, claimed he abused her as a child and raped her when she was 18.
His widow Jill Freud, 89, said she was "deeply saddened and profoundly sorry for what has happened to these women".
In the documentary, Exposure: Abused and Betrayed - A Life Sentence, due to be broadcast on Wednesday, Ms Woosley, now in her late 70s, said: "I just want to clear things up before I die...I want to die clean.
"Having been so hard on myself, trying to destroy myself so many times, you can't bury the truth forever, it needs to be heard.
"I don't want to take this to my tomb.
"I would like to just return to the child I was before I was molested physically, before I was introduced to that side of life too early."
She told the programme she first met Freud, known as Clay, when he was aged 24 and worked at a hotel in Cannes in the late 1940s. She was 10 and her family was living in the south of France.
Ms Woosley claims that he kissed her on the mouth during a bus trip.
She said: "I was disgusted and helpless. I just didn't react in any way because I couldn't. I didn't know what to do."
She said he frequently molested her during the five years she lived with Freud and his wife in London, where she had been sent to live at 14 years old following the breakdown of her mother's marriage.
Later, aged in her early 40s, Ms Woosley said she confronted Freud at the House of Commons and asked why he had abused her.
She says he replied: "Because I loved you. You were a very sensual little girl."
The second woman said that she first met the Liberal politician in 1971 at her family home as a "lonely, neglected and socially isolated" 11-year-old.
Two years later, after he was elected as an MP, he would take her on trips to Parliament and his home, and would kiss her on the mouth and hug her.
She said: "I felt sick but grateful at the same time. Frightened and unable to move or react in any way."
When she was 14, she claims Freud asked her and another friend of the same age: "Would you like to get naked and have some fun?"
Four years later in June 1978 when she was 18, the woman alleges that Freud came over to her parents' flat and "brutally and perfunctorily" raped her.
She told the programme: "I live in constant terror that I'll be found out, exposed.
"I've already suffered across nearly 40 years. It's not simply to be labelled as depression or mental illness, this is disempowerment, self-destructiveness and grief.
"This is what real suffering looks like."
ITV said two of Freud's children had viewed the documentary before broadcast on their mother's behalf.
In a statement, Mrs Freud said: "This is a very sad day for me.
"I was married to Clement for 58 years and loved him dearly.
"I am shocked, deeply saddened and profoundly sorry for what has happened to these women. I sincerely hope they will now have some peace."
Born in Vienna in April 1924, Clement Freud was a grandson of Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis. Another grandson was Clement's elder brother, the artist Lucian Freud.
His idiosyncratic pet food commercials with Henry the dog launched him on a long career as a television and radio personality.
He contributed to BBC Radio 4's Just A Minute for more than 30 years and featured on shows including Have I Got News For You.
A Liberal MP from 1973 to 1987, he was knighted in 1987.
He had five children, including the television personality, Emma, and the PR guru, Matthew.
Freud died at his desk aged 84 in 2009.
A statement from the Liberal Democrats called the allegations "horrific".
It said: "We are desperately sorry to learn that lives have been ruined by a man whose public face was so greatly at odds to his true character.
"Clement Freud was a senior figure in the Liberals, our party's predecessor, and we are deeply shocked and horrified by this news.
"Our party was never aware of what happened, and our hearts go out to the women who were affected."


China, the EU and India, which along with the US make up the four biggest emitters of carbon dioxide, have restated their commitment to the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change.

Top EU official Donald Tusk said at a summit with China that Brussels and Beijing would step up co-operation.
Mr Trump announced the US was leaving for economic reasons, saying the deal would cost American jobs.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the US would still curb emissions.
Amid widespread international condemnation of the US decision, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he would "not judge" Mr Trump.
The Paris agreement commits the US and 194 other countries to keeping rising global temperatures "well below" 2C above pre-industrial levels and "endeavour to limit" them even more, to 1.5C.
The UN World Meteorological Organisation said on Friday that, in the worst scenario, the US pullout could add 0.3C to global temperatures by the end of the century.
European Council President Donald Tusk said after meeting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang that the two powers took their responsibilities seriously.
"Today, China and Europe have demonstrated solidarity with future generations and responsibility for the whole planet," he told reporters at a joint news conference.
"The fight against climate change and all the research, innovation and technological progress it will bring will continue with or without the United States," he added.
Mr Tusk was echoing similar pledges by EU politicians such as German Chancellor Angela Merkel who said the path set out by Paris was "irreversible".
A spokeswoman for the Chinese foreign ministry, Hua Chunying, said China was ready to take a leading role in the fight against climate change.
"In the future, China will continue to tackle climate change in all ways, will proactively participate in the multilateral process of tackling climate change and resolutely uphold the global climate management process," she said.
Indian Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan said: "As far as the Paris accord is concerned... our government is committed, irrespective of the stand of anyone, anywhere in the world."
The group of the world's 48 least developed countries accused Mr Trump of showing disregard for millions of lives.
Scientists have warned the poorest countries across the globe will be the hardest hit by climate change as they lack capacity to cope with extreme weather events.
Mr Trump characterised the Paris agreement as a deal that aimed to hobble, disadvantage and impoverish the US.
He said it would cost the US $3tn (Â£2.3tn) in lost GDP and 6.5 million jobs - while rival economies like China and India were treated more favourably.
Mr Trump said he was fulfilling his "solemn duty to protect America and its citizens".
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the US had a "terrific record on reducing our own greenhouse gas emissions".
The head of the US Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt, said exiting the Paris Agreement did not mean disengagement.
"The president said yesterday that Paris represents a bad deal for this country," he told reporters at the White House.
"It doesn't mean that we're not going to continue the discussion to export our innovation, to export our technology to the rest of the world, to demonstrate how we do it better here."
The Russian president said he thought the US did not need not to abandon the Paris Agreement because it was a "framework".
Under the terms of the agreement, the US cannot complete its withdrawal until just weeks after the US presidential election in 2020.
US payments to the UN Green Climate Fund, which helps developing countries cope with the effects of climate change, will stop. The US has reportedly so far paid $1bn (Â£780m) of a $3bn pledge.
Mr Trump indicated he was open to another climate deal "on terms that are fair to the United States" but the leaders of France, Germany and Italy quickly issued a joint statement rejecting any renegotiation.
The Democratic governors of New York, California and Washington states all quickly vowed to respect the terms of the Paris deal.
Disney's chief executive Robert Iger and the entrepreneur Elon Musk both resigned from White House advisory councils in opposition to the decision.
However, Republican congressional leaders and the US coal industry backed the move, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell supporting Mr Trump "for dealing yet another significant blow to the Obama administration's assault on domestic energy production and jobs".
Peabody Energy, America's biggest coal mining firm, said the agreement would have badly affected the US economy.
Climate change, or global warming, refers to the damaging effect of gases, or emissions, released from industry, transportation, agriculture and other areas into the atmosphere.
The Paris accord is meant to limit the global rise in temperature attributed to emissions. Only Syria and Nicaragua did not sign up.
Countries agreed to:
Nasa's Goddard Institute for Space Studies says the world's average temperature has risen by about 0.8C since 1880, two-thirds of that since 1975.
US think tank Climate Interactive predicts that if all nations fully achieve their Paris pledges, the average global surface temperature rise by 2100 will be 3.3C, or 3.6C without the US.
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Great Britain topped the medal table at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in London.

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The haul included five golds out of a total of nine medals at the Lee Valley VeloPark.
The competition got under way on Wednesday with the men's and women's team sprints, plus the women's individual pursuit and men's scratch races.
Laura Trott won GB's first gold of the event on Thursday with victory in the scratch race, while Sir Bradley Wiggins and the British men's pursuit team picked up silver and Becky James sealed bronze in the keirin.
Friday saw Jon Dibben win gold in the men's points race, while bronze medals went to the women's team pursuit squad as well as Andy Tennant in the men's individual pursuit.
On Saturday there was a further gold medal for Great Britain as Jason Kenny won the men's sprint.
Trott topped the first day of the women's omnium with the completion of the event on Sunday, while Mark Cavendish finished sixth in the men's omnium.
The final day - Sunday - saw two further golds for Great Britain.
Trott continued to top the women's omnium to take GB's fourth gold medal and the combined team of Wiggins and Cavendish took the final gold in the men's madison.
Full event schedule
Day five - report and video highlights
Women's omnium: 1. Laura Trott (GB) 214 points, 2. Laurie Berthon (Fra) 183 points, 3. Sarah Hammer (US) 182 points, 4. Allison Beveridge (Can) 159 points.
Men's keirin: 1. Joachim Eilers (Ger), 2. Edward Dawkins (NZ) +0.002, 3. Azizulhasni Awang (Mas) +0.068, 4. Maximilian Levy (Ger) +0.266.
Women's sprint: 1. Tianshi Zhong (Chn), 2. Lin Junhong (Chn), 3. Kristina Vogel (Ger), 4. Anna Meares (Aus).
Men's madison: 1. Great Britain 21 points, 2. France 14 points, 3. Spain 12 points, 4. Switzerland 11 points.
Day four - report and video highlights
Women's points race: 1. Katarzyna Pawlowska (Pol) 15 points, 2. Jasmin Glaesser (Can) 14 points, 3. Arlenis Sierra Canadilla (Cub) 14 points, 4. Georgia Baker (Aus) 13 points
Men's omnium: 1. Fernando Gaviria Rendon (Col) 191 points, 2. Roger Kluge (Ger) 191 points, 3. Glenn O'Shea (Aus) 191 points, 4. Elia Viviani (Ita) 189 points.
Men's sprint: 1. Jason Kenny (GB), 2. Matthew Glaetzer (Aus), 3. Denis Dmitriev (Rus), 4. Damian Zielinski (Pol)
Day three - report and video highlights
Men's individual pursuit: 1. Filippo Ganna (Ita) 4min 16.141sec, 2. Domenic Weinstein (Ger) 4:18.275, 3. Andy Tennant (GB) 4:18.301, 4. Owain Doull (GB) 4:18.476
Men's 40km Points Race:  1. Jon Dibben (GB) 48 pts, 2. Andreas Graf (Aut) 48, 3. Kenny De Ketele (Bel) 43
Women's team pursuit: 1. USA 4:16.802, 2. CAN 4:19.525, 3. GB 4:16.540
500m time-trial: 1. Anastasiia Voinova (Rus) 32.959sec, 2. Wai Sze Lee (HK) 33.736, 3. Elis Ligtlee (Ned) 33.760
Day two - report and video highlights
Men's kilo time trial final: 1. Joachim Eilers (Ger) 1min 00.042secs, 2. Theo Bos (Ned) 1:00.461, 3. Quentin Lafargue (Fra) 1:01.581
Men's team pursuit final: 1. Australia 3mins 52.727secs, 2. Great Britain 3:53.856, 3. Denmark 3:55.936, 4. Italy 3:58.262
Women's keirin final: 1. Kristina Vogel (Ger) 11.276secs, 2. Anna Meares (Aus) at 0.078, 3. Rebecca James (GB) at 0.106
Women's scratch race final: 1. Laura Trott (GB), 2. Kirsten Wild (Ned), 3. Stephanie Roorda (Can)
Day one - report and video highlights
Men's team sprint: 1. New Zealand 43.257sec 2. Netherlands 43.469 3. Germany 43.536 4. France 43.577
Men's 15km scratch: 1. Sebastian Mora Vedri (Spn) 16:36, 2. Ignacio Prado (Mex), 3. Claudio Imhof (Swi)
Women's team sprint: 1. Russia 33.871sec 2. China DQ 3. Germany 33.740 4. Australia 33.871
Women's individual sprint: 1. Rebecca Wiasak (Aus) 3min 34.099sec 2. Malgorzata Wojtyra 3:41.904 (Pol) 3. Annie Foreman-Mackey (Can) 3:36.055 4. Ruth Winder (US) 3:39.902
Full medal table
Women's sprint: Becky James, Katy Marchant, Jess Varnish.
Men's sprint: Matt Crampton, Phil Hindes, Jason Kenny, Callum Skinner.
Women's endurance: Elinor Barker, Ciara Horne, Emily Nelson, Joanna Rowsell Shand, Laura Trott.
Men's endurance: Steven Burke, Mark Cavendish, Ed Clancy, Jon Dibben, Owain Doull, Chris Latham, Andy Tennant, Sir Bradley Wiggins.
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Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone will be tried on bribery charges, a court in the German city of Munich has ruled.

Mr Ecclestone is accused of giving a $45m (£27.5m; 33m euros) bribe to a German banker who is serving a jail sentence for receiving the payment.
The veteran F1 chief has stepped down from the board of the company which runs the sport, Delta Topco, until the case concludes.
He will continue to run the sport on a day-to-day basis.
In a statement, Delta Topco said:
"The Board believes that it is in the best interests of both the F1 business and the sport that Mr Ecclestone should continue to run the business... but subject to increased monitoring and control by the Board.
"Mr Ecclestone has agreed to these arrangements."
Bavarian prosecutors allege that the payment to Gerhard Gribkowsky was to ensure that F1 was sold to a private equity group of Mr Ecclestone's choice.
He admits paying Gribkowsky, but denies bribery, saying he was effectively the victim of blackmail.
Mr Ecclestone has been defending himself in a separate £90m ($147m) civil claim in London's High Court.
That case was brought by a German media company, Constantin Medien, which claims it lost out financially when the share of F1 belonging to German bank Bayern Landesbank was sold in 2006 to private equity group CVC.
Full name: Bernard Charles Ecclestone
Born: 28 October 1930, St Peters, Suffolk, Great Britain
Net worth: US$3.8bn (£2.5bn)
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Mr Ecclestone and Gribkowsky, who was on the board of Bayern Landesbank, were accused in court of conspiring to deliberately undervalue F1 when it was sold, in order that Mr Ecclestone would retain control of the sport.
The 83-year-old F1 boss has said that he made the payment because the banker had been threatening to reveal false details of his tax affairs.
A statement from Bavaria's district court said that a date for the criminal trial had not yet been set, but that proceedings were likely to begin in late April.
Mr Ecclestone is charged with bribery and incitement to breach of trust and will be obliged to appear at his trial.
The court statement says that the payments made to Gribkowsky were dressed up as consultancy contracts, and that both their source and their destination were obscured using corporate structures.
The payments were made between July 2006 and December 2007, it says.
Mr Ecclestone's German lawyer said on Thursday that the alleged bribery never took place.
The chief executive of F1 has ruled the sport for almost four decades. He is the long-time commercial rights holder of F1, but sold off a majority of the ownership in the 1990s.
In an interview with German financial newspaper Handelsblatt (in German), published on Thursday before the confirmation of his upcoming trial, Mr Ecclestone said he wanted to clear his name, which is why he had not reached an out-of-court settlement with either Constantin Medien or Bayern Landesbank.
He said it would have been better not to have made the payment to Gribkowsky, even if the banker had then triggered an investigation by the British tax authorities.
Asked if he would step down if the High Court judgement in the Constantin civil case went against him, he said there was absolutely no need for that.


Wales should start both Sam Warburton and Justin Tipuric as flankers against England in Saturday's World Cup game, says ex-Wales player Martyn Williams.

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The 100-cap former open-side flanker expects Gatland to pick the "tried and trusted" trio of Dan Lydiate, Taulupe Faletau and captain Warburton.
But Williams said on Scrum V: "Could we go to Twickenham with two sevens? I'd go for it, I really would.
"It's so difficult to leave Tipuric out, he brings something extra to us."
Williams says creative Ospreys open-side Tipuric, 26, was "man of the match" in the two World Cup warm-up games against Ireland and their opening Pool A win against Uruguay on Sunday.
And he pointed to Australia's recent trend of also picking two specialist open-sides in David Pocock and Michael Hooper as an example of how such a partnership can succeed.
But he admits Gatland has a major decision to make in the debate that revolves around Tipuric's creative ability and fellow Osprey Lydiate's defensive prowess.
Williams continued: "The Aussies do it with Hooper and Pocock, but the Aussies play a more expansive game than us so I think they can do that.
"Don't underestimate what Dan Lydiate does. He makes a lot of players look good around him.
"It's a massive call for Gatland. He singled out Tipuric and said how good a game he's had (against Uruguay)."
Worcester Warriors coach and former England number eight Dean Ryan says the choice facing Gatland will be made based on the tactics he hopes to employ.
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Ryan said that it could be argued that Lydiate and Tipuric are not up against each other for a place in the starting XV because "in straight performance Tipuric is an extra man in the wide channel and he's had the highest number of turnovers".
Ryan asked: "What else do you want from your seven?
"I suppose the key debate for Warren is tactics. Does he want to take England on around the corner? With Lydiate you've got an extra ball carrier with Alun Wyn Jones going around the corner.
"But you're going straight into what is a traditional English strong point.
"And if you look to when England were beaten convincingly [30-3 in the 2013 Six Nations] at the Millennium Stadium, the two flankers were Tipuric and Warburton."
Gatland must assess injury concerns at centre, prop and full-back before naming his team on Thursday.


Jon Stewart, the host of Comedy Central's The Daily Show, will step down later this year.

The comedian said it had "been an absolute privilege" to have been at the helm of the satirical show since 1999.
He will leave later this year. "This show doesn't deserve an even slightly restless host and neither do you," Stewart told his audience on Tuesday.
Comedy Central president Michele Ganeless paid tribute, saying: "His comedic brilliance is second to none."
Stewart's show has often been cited as a leading news source for young people, with an average audience of one million viewers.
His targets - and his guests - have been politicians and public figures, addressed in tones that are often indignant, or teasing.
The Daily Show has also been a launch pad for several well-known comic performers, including Steve Carell and John Oliver, as well as Stephen Colbert.
"I don't think I'm going to miss being on television every day," Stewart said. "I'm going to miss coming here every day. I love the people here. They're creative and collaborative and kind.
"It's been the honour of my professional life, and I thank you for watching it, for hate-watching it, whatever reason you are tuning in for."
The host said he was not sure exactly when he would leave, or what he would do next.
In 2013, he took time out to direct a film, Rosewater, about an Iranian-born journalist who was imprisoned and accused of spying.
"I don't have any specific plans," he said. "Got a lot of ideas, got a lot of things in my head. I'm going to have dinner on a school night with my family, who I have heard from multiple sources are lovely people."
A late-night satirist who fused pop culture and politics, Jon Stewart has come to enjoy much the same status among younger viewers that anchors like Walter Cronkite achieved in the eyes of their grandparents.
Like the evening news shows of yore, The Daily Show has become appointment viewing, though many people catch it afterwards online, where Stewart's riffs often become viral sensations and also enjoy a long afterlife.
Part of his appeal has come from launching stinging critiques about the sensationalist tendencies of modern-day American TV news, with the cable networks Fox News and CNN among his favourite targets.
A much-quoted online poll once showed that 44% of respondents looked upon him as the best source for trustworthy news.
Comedy Central has not said who will replace Stewart. Time Magazine urged the network: "After so many years of men hosting late-night shows, a woman at the helm is long overdue."
Stewart's departure comes after the network lost Colbert, another major comedy figure, who left to take over David Letterman's late night show on CBS.
In a statement, Ms Ganeless said: "Through his unique voice and vision, The Daily Show has become a cultural touchstone for millions of fans and an unparalleled platform for political comedy that will endure for years to come.
"Jon will remain at the helm of The Daily Show until later this year. He is a comic genius, generous with his time and talent, and will always be a part of the Comedy Central family."
Asked about the show by The Hollywood Reporter last year, Stewart said: "Like anything else, you do it long enough, you will take it for granted, or there will be aspects of it that are grinding.
"I can't say that following the news cycle as closely as we do and trying to convert that into something either joyful or important to us doesn't have its fraught moments."
In an interview with US broadcaster NPR in November, he admitted he had considered leaving The Daily Show.
"You can't just stay in the same place because it feels like you've built a nice house there, and that's really the thing I struggle with," he said.
"It is unclear to me. The minute I say I am not going to do it any more, I will miss it like crazy."


While Russia's dramatic involvement in the war in Syria has reverberated in capitals around the world, in government-controlled Damascus life goes on much the same as before.

Residents are still concerned by power cuts, water shortages and watching out for falling mortars.
The sound of regime warplanes attacking rural Damascus has become part of daily life and the new development just adds another layer.
"Who cares who is hitting where, almost all the world is involved in slaughtering Syria," said Samar (not her real name), who lives in the capital, in a telephone call.
Five years on since the protests calling for freedom and democracy began in Syria, people in areas under government control are still afraid of voicing dissent, fearing detention by security forces.
For Samar, Russia's intervention is tantamount to an occupation of Syria, but others see it as a natural development of ties which stretch back decades.
Relations between Damascus and Moscow deepened after Bashar al-Assad's father, Hafez, developed a strategic and military alliance with what was then the Soviet Union.
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"Since Soviet times the Russians have been increasing their presence and ties in Syria gradually," said one Damascus resident, a musician who was taught by Russian tutors.
"Regional developments over decades drove Syria closer to the Russians, and they [the Russians] were more present and influential in the country than the West," he said.
The co-operation with Russia took different forms, most importantly on the military level, but also many Russian companies were given lucrative contracts in oil and gas fields and other industrial sectors.
Russia's imprint is clear even in the architecture of Damascus. On the highway leading to Homs, a residential block for Russian experts and their families was built, whose design was copied in many parts of the city.
The Russian Cultural Centre in Damascus was a place were Syrians used to go to learn about Russian culture, take classes in ballroom dancing and drink good quality vodka.
Educational support and scholarships were offered to Syrians to go and study there. Most of them had close links to the regime and the ruling Baath party.
Many came back with fake certificates to take up high positions in government and education.
"The military and cultural fields were the strong ones but in other areas, there was a lot of room of corruption," the musician said.
"We would never go to a doctor who had studied in Russia because we never trusted that they had qualified."
But Dr Salwa Abed Allah, who herself studied in Russia, sees things differently.
"There were cases of students who were sent to study by their syndicates or parties and came back empty handed, but most of the students who were sent by government came back qualified."
For Dr Abed Allah, the recent Russian involvement is welcomed, and she is even hopeful of an end to the war in Syria.
"We don't like to see any foreign troops on our ground, but if it's a choice between between Islamic State [IS] or the Russians, we definitely welcome the Russians.
"We consider them our friends and allies. They are here to rescue us."
But the musician sees Russia's involvement as much a violation of sovereignty as any other foreign presence in Syria.
"Our country is gone and will never be back the same again. We are helplessly watching our country being torn apart," he said.
"There is no sovereignty in Syria. When regional powers are playing in your back yard and you have no say, you can't claim this is a sovereign country".
On one level, Russia is acting to change the dynamics on the ground and protect Bashar al-Assad.
For the Russians it is also an attempt to limit Iran's influence in Syria and send a message to the world that they are still a player in the region.
Officially, Russia says it was invited in by Damascus to fight "terrorists", but like the regime, it makes no distinction between IS and other rebel groups.
Western sources say so far Russia's air strikes have hit mainly non-IS rebels.
A high-ranking Russian official has said the talk in Moscow is that the operation could last three-to-four months, but there is the risk that for Russia Syria could become the new Afghanistan, with many years of bloodshed to come.


Manager Derek McInnes hopes Aberdeen's big match experience will give his side the edge in Saturday's League Cup semi-final against Morton.

This is the Dons' third League Cup semi-final in four seasons, with McInnes lifting the trophy in 2014.
They have also finished second behind Premiership champions Celtic for two years in a row.
"In trying to sustain a challenge over the past couple of seasons, a lot of games were must win," said McInnes.
"We've handled the majority of them pretty well.
"Hopefully the maturity and experience of my team, and the demands we've had on us over the last few seasons, helps.
"It doesn't give us any guarantee, but I always feel in a semi-final you've got to handle the expectation."
Aberdeen defeated St Johnstone at this stage in 2014 before going on to beat Inverness CT on penalties in the final.
However, since then they have lost to St Johnstone in the Scottish Cup semi-final before a late defeat to Dundee United at Hampden last year.
In contrast, it is Morton's first semi-final in 35 years, but McInnes says his side will not be complacent.
"To reach four semi-finals is a huge improvement on what was being served up here previously," said McInnes. "Most Aberdeen teams going into a semi-final would be classed as favourites unless you're against the Old Firm.
"But whether we're underdogs or favourites we feel we're good enough to go and get another trophy.
"They (Morton) have beaten some good teams. They've beat Dundee United, Kilmarnock, to win 5-0 at the team at the top of the league away from home [Queen of the South] - it suggests there's work to be done to get through, this isn't a formality.
"A lot of our supporters won't be aware of all their players but we certainly are. We know every one of them, we know their strengths, their capabilities, they've got match winners in their team."
Aberdeen have criticised the kick-off time and choice of venue, with the Dons support facing an early start and lengthy journey to make it to Hampden for a lunchtime start.
McInnes sympathises with the fans who have chosen not to go, with the 52,000 capacity national stadium set to be less than half full.
"Our supporters have every reason not to go to this semi-final," he said. "I applaud and thank the 11,000 or so that's going to be there.
"The players will be so grateful when they see so many have made the effort down when there was so many reasons not to buy a ticket.
"This isn't any bigger for Morton. It's not their big day, it's our big day as well."