Thousands of letters are to be sent to single parents in Britain informing them of changes to their child maintenance arrangements.

The government wants parents to agree their child maintenance agreements "amicably" or face a charge.
It said the changes were necessary as the old set-up was costly for taxpayers.
But a charity said the changes could force some parents into "unstable" arrangements.
Child maintenance is financial support that helps towards a child's living costs when its parents have separated.
If parents split, maintenance should be paid to the person who takes care of the child on a day-to-day basis.
Under the old system many single parents used the Child Support Agency (CSA) to sort out maintenance payments, but ministers announced last year the CSA would be abolished.
A government spokesman said the old CSA was using an IT system that was "totally inadequate and notoriously riddled with defects", and as such it was costing £74 million per annum to run in operating costs alone.
Source: Department for Work and Pensions
The spokesman added that the old maintenance system "took responsibility away from parents, encouraging conflict and hostility at huge expense to the taxpayer".
In an effort to improve the situation the new replacement "Child Maintenance Service" has been gradually rolled out, which the government said is designed to act as a backstop for parents having trouble.
This week more than 50,000 letters are being sent out by the Department for Work and Pensions to parents in England, Scotland and Wales who currently pay and receive child maintenance through the old CSA.
Ministers want to encourage people to come to voluntary arrangements but if that is not possible - and the new statutory service is used - then both parties will be charged.
Under the new rules if an amicable arrangement cannot be reached the paying parent - usually the father - will have a 20% fee added to the maintenance payment, while the receiving parent will pay 4% to get the money.
The charges will be introduced later this year, and all single parents will be charged an upfront fee of £20 for registering with the new service.
However, the chief executive of the single-parent charity Gingerbread, Fiona Weir, said she was "concerned" by the reforms.
She said: "While many parents are able to agree private child maintenance arrangements, for many other parents, this just isn't possible without government help.
"We're very concerned that closing CSA cases and bringing in charges may deter some parents from making new child maintenance agreements or pressure single parents into unstable arrangements, and children will lose out on vital support."
For further help and assistance with child maintenance parents can visit www.cmoptions.org.


The first 1,000 Syrian refugees have now arrived in the UK under the government's scheme to resettle vulnerable people living in refugees camps, David Cameron has said.

Charter flights have arrived in Glasgow, London Stansted and Belfast, and another is expected later.
The prime minister said he had met his pledge to bring the first 1,000 people to the UK by Christmas.
The UK government has promised to accept 20,000 Syrians over five years.
These will be drawn from established refugee camps, initially as part of the Vulnerable Persons Relocation (VPR) scheme.
More than 50 local authorities have taken a share those who have already arrived.
Migrant crisis explained in graphics
From Syria to Bradford: A refugee family's tale
Alongside the VPR scheme, the UK has also granted asylum or other forms of protection to 1,868 Syrians in the year ending September 2015.
An additional 216 Syrian refugees were resettled under the government's VPR scheme between January 2014 and mid-2015.
At Prime Minister's Questions, Mr Cameron told the Commons: "I said that Britain would do its duty and with these thousand we have made a very good start."
He said the government was providing funding so the refugees get access to housing, healthcare and education.
The Refugee Council's head of advocacy Lisa Doyle welcomed the news, and said the refugees would have their lives "transformed, if not saved" by the UK resettlement programme.
However, she called on the government to also help resettle those who had risked the trip from Syria to Europe.
Under EU rules, refugees are meant to claim asylum in the first European state they enter.
"What we now need to see is the same eagerness to welcome refugees shown by communities across the country reflected by Government policies," Ms Doyle said.
"Resettling Syrian refugees is a great first step but Britain also needs to come forward and offer to help refugees arriving in Europe a route to safety too."
David Cameron has argued that accepting people only from camps in Syria, Turkey and Jordan will provide a "direct and safe" route to safety - instead of encouraging them to make the journey across the Mediterranean by boat.
In response to questioning from MPs, Home Secretary Theresa May said all refugees would be subject to rigorous security checks to make sure Islamic State militants were not among them.
There have been criticisms from some high profile figures who believe the UK's response to the refugee crisis has not been enough.
Lord Phillips, former UK Supreme Court head, and Lord Macdonald, ex-director of public prosecutions, were among 300 who signed an open letter on the issue. One retired judge said the UK could cope with taking in 75,000 refugees a year.
20,000
more refugees will be resettled in the UK by 2020
4,980
Syrian asylum seekers have been allowed to stay since 2011
25,771 people applied for asylum in the UK in the year to end June 2015
2,204 were from Syria
87% of Syrian requests for asylum were granted
145 Syrian asylum seekers have been removed from the UK since 2011
Syria has been embroiled in a bloody armed conflict for nearly five years. More than 250,000 Syrians have been killed, and 11 million displaced from their homes - more than four million have already left the country.
Earlier this month, MPs voted in favour of UK military action in Syria, targeting so-called Islamic State, and a British bombing campaign began shortly after.
Updating the Commons on the situation in Syria, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said there had been "no reports of civilian casualties" from RAF air strikes.
However, Russia - which is not part of the US-led coalition against IS, and is an ally of Syrian President Bashar al Assad - continued to target Syrian opposition forces rather than IS targets, he said.


Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa has said he will resign if the National Assembly decriminalises abortion as part of a reform of the  Penal Code.

Mr Correa, whose term ends in 2017, described himself as a "left-wing, humanist, Roman Catholic".
He said members of his own governing alliance have been pushing for the change.
"They can do whatever they want. I will never approve the decriminalisation of abortion," he said.
Mr Correa has accused many members of his governing bloc of betraying him and trying to push their own agenda by stealth.
"It has cost me more, the betrayals of my own supposed friends, than the acts of my enemies."
"If these acts of betrayal and disloyalty go on, I will tender my resignation," said Mr Correa.
Mr Correa, an economist trained in the United States, first came into power in 2007. He was elected to a third term in February.
He is part of a new wave of left-wing leaders that came into power in Latin America in the last 15 years, following the electoral success of the late Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez.
Mr Correa has criticised "American imperialism" in the region and in August 2012 offered political asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is holed up at the Ecuadorean embassy in London.
More recently, Mr Correa has offered asylum to American whistleblower Edward Snowden, former contractor at the US National Security Agency.
The opposition has accused him of attempting to stifle debate and control the media.
A new media law was approved earlier this year by an overwhelming majority at the National Assembly, where Mr Correa's Alianza Pais party has nearly three-quarters of the 137 seats.
The Assembly is now on the second and final stage of debates into changes to the Penal Code.
Among the proposals being examined are tougher prison sentences, of up to 40 years, and specific legislation to deal with crimes against women.
Mr Correa said its members were fully aware of his personal and his party's pro-life stance.
"Where do we say we should decriminalise abortion? On the contrary, our constitution pledges to defend life from the moment of conception," Mr Correa said in an television interview broadcast on Thursday evening.
The death penalty and life sentences are also banned by the South American country's constitution.
Abortion is totally banned or highly restricted in most Latin American countries.


Northern Ireland's Health and Social Care Board budget is to be cut by 15%.

The Public Health Agency (PHA), that advises on health and well-being, is to lose about £2.8m.
The union Nipsa warned that jobs would be affected.
Alison Millar, deputy general secretary, said: "Nipsa has met with the PHA and has been advised that a cut of this magnitude will have a devastating impact on the agency with a projected loss of 45 to 50 jobs."
While the overall health budget is being protected, in order to make savings, cuts are being made to the budgets of the various arms-length bodies, including the health board and the PHA.
Health Regulators, the RQIA,  the Business Services Organisation and the Medical and Dental Training Association will also have to work with less money. It is thought that cuts to those budgets could range from between 3 and 15%.
There are also cuts to the budget of Northern Ireland's Guardian Ad Litem Agency.
A spokesperson for the health board said it would ensure that any impact on staff would be minimised.
"It was outlined in the executive's 2015/16 budget that arms-length bodies within the department of health will have to make savings in the new financial year," she spokesperson said.
"The Health and Social Care Board is now considering a range of proposals to reduce its overall budget,  and will ensure that any impact on staff will be minimised."


The first Church of England vicar to marry a same-sex partner has accused the church of being "institutionally homophobic".

He made the comments after he was told he would not get a new parish when he leaves his existing one in London.
The Reverend Andrew Foreshew-Cain is leaving his congregation in West Hampstead as he is moving to the Peak District with his husband.
He said he felt under constant pressure being a gay man working in the Church.
Speaking to BBC Radio 5 live's Stephen Nolan, he said: "The people of the Church of England, the worshipping congregations up and down the country are amazing people who worship and serve their local communities and do tremendous amounts of good in lots of places and for the most part they are welcoming and accepting of the LGBTI community.
"The problem is with the leadership of the Church which maintains and promotes policies and practices which are discriminatory against LGBTI people."
He added: "There's this constant pressure of being a gay man working for the Church of England, in an institution which is institutionally homophobic and has policies and attitudes towards the LGBT community which are harmful."
Father Foreshew-Cain has been a vicar for 27 years and is the vicar of St Mary with All Souls, Kilburn, and St James in West Hampstead.
He has told his congregation he plans to leave in July as his husband is now working 200 miles away.
He said after he married in 2014, he received a letter from his bishop saying he would not be allowed to work in another job within the Church.
"That's discrimination and in any other part of the world that would be illegal," he said.
A spokesperson for the diocese of London said: "Andrew Foreshew-Cain is currently a member of the clergy in the Diocese of London.
"We understand that he has plans to move to Manchester for personal reasons but the diocese has not received his resignation at this time."


The victims commissioner has said she has "no hesitation at all in condemning all acts of violence" amid controversy over her stance on paramilitaries.

Kathryn Stone is facing a call to "consider her position" due to comments she made in a newspaper interview.
Speaking to the Newsletter, she refused to be drawn on whether she believed the IRA and UVF were terrorists.
The TUV leader Jim Allister said her response had "fatally undermined her ability to represent innocent victims".
He told BBC Radio Ulster that the commissioner was "in the wrong job" and said he believed she should stand down.
Mr Allister said her "evasive" answers in response to questions about whether or not paramilitary groups were terrorists had "caused widespread hurt to innocent victims of terrorists".
He has tabled a motion at the Northern Ireland Assembly calling on her to consider her position. The motion asks MLAs to decide if the commissioner is "fit for office".
However, Ms Stone told BBC Radio Ulster that her job, as defined by law, was to represent the views of "all victims".
She said: "I have no hesitation at all in condemning all acts of violence that have caused unimaginable suffering to victims.
"The position of the victims commissioner is not defined by what people say I should say, it's defined by the law."
Ms Stone added: "I'm not a victims commissioner for one part of the community or for followers of one political party.
"I wasn't appointed to represent one group of victims, I was appointed to represent them all, and I have to ensure that all victims' voices are heard."
Ms Stone was appointed to the role of Northern Ireland victims commissioner in September 2012.
She told Radio Ulster: "I've met with thousands of victims in the past year from all backgrounds and it's true to say that some of those victims believe that organisations like the UVF and like the IRA - which let's remind ourselves are proscribed organisations, they are unlawful organisations - were terrorists.
"I've met with many victims who believe that and I absolutely respect their views.
"I've also met with other victims who believe they were not. This is an accurate reflection of the views of victims I've met and it's not my job to tell people what to think or what political opinion to have."
The commissioner said she believed there was an "epidemic of emotional turmoil" in Northern Ireland.
She added: "I really don't think that debates like this which seek to drag victims and the victims commission and me into the political arena do anything to further the cause of victims.
"We need to think about all victims and not just one particular constituency."


China has fined UK pharmaceuticals firm GlaxoSmithKline $490m (£297m) after a court found it guilty of bribery.

The record penalty follows allegations the drug giant paid out bribes to doctors and hospitals in order to have their products promoted.
The court gave GSK's former head of Chinese operations, Mark Reilly, a suspended three-year prison sentence and he is set to be deported.
Other GSK executives have also been given suspended jail sentences.
The guilty verdict was delivered after a one-day trial at a court in Changsha, according to the Xinhua news agency.
Chinese authorities first announced they were investigating GSK in July last year, in what has become the biggest corruption scandal to hit a foreign firm in years. The company was accused of having made an estimated $150m in illegal profits
GSK said it had "published a statement of apology to the Chinese government and its people".
"Reaching a conclusion in the investigation of our Chinese business is important, but this has been a deeply disappointing matter for GSK," said chief executive Sir Andrew Witty in a statement.
"We have and will continue to learn from this. GSK has been in China for close to a hundred years and we remain fully committed to the country and its people," he said.
"We will also continue to invest directly in the country to support the government's health care reform agenda and long-term plans for economic growth."
Mick Cooper, analyst at Edison Investment Research in London, said: "GlaxoSmithKline will hope that this will draw a line under events in China, but it will take time for its Chinese commercial operations to recover."
This is a humiliating outcome for one of Britain's biggest companies: pleading guilty to systematic bribery, facing the biggest fine in Chinese history and making an abject apology to the Chinese government and people.
But after a case lasting more than a year, there was no easy way out for GSK,  and at least now, it can start to rebuild its battered brand in China.
Today GSK said it had learned its lessons, and one of those is clearly that foreign companies need to keep a close eye on China's fast changing political and regulatory weather if they are to prosper, or even survive, in this promising but perilous market.


Ulster Elks retained the Irish Cup when they defeated Ards 6-5 in a penalty shoot-out after a 1-1 draw in Dublin.

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Lisnagarvey were beaten by Monkstown in the men's final, losing by the same score on penalties after a 2-2 draw.
Garvey had already booked a place in the IHL play-offs and should they win the title  they will secure a berth in Europe next year.
Ulster Elks progress to the play-offs as winning the cup opens up an extra berth in the series.
The holders shaded the first half,  winning five penalty corners but failing to convert any of them with Ards restricted to a few half chances.
But it was the Co Down side who took the lead in the 44th minute when Irish international Chloe Brown drilled in her side's first penalty corner of the game.
The Elks missed a great chance to equalise five minutes later when they were awarded a penalty stroke, but Ards goalkeeper Ashley Orr saved Megan Frazer's weak effort.
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Orr proceeded to pull off a string of fine stops, including two from Jessica McMaster in quick succession.
But she was eventually beaten four minutes from full-time when Frazer made amends for her earlier penalty miss by scoring from a corner to force the shoot-out.
It was 4-4 after the first five attempts and 5-5 in sudden-death when Shirley McCay scored and then Brown's effort came off the post as the Elks prevented Ards from winning the trophy for the first time since 1964.
In the men's final, Lisnagarvey took the lead in the third minute when Monkstown failed to clear a long ball out of defence and Daniel Buser scored at the second attempt after his first effort had been saved.
There was an element of controversy surrounding the Monkstown equaliser as David Carson swept in a right wing cross just as the half-time hooter was blown but despite token protests the goal was allowed to stand.
Paul Gleghorne was denied by Monkstown keeper David Fitzgerald from a 47th minute penalty corner and then Michael Watt shot over when well-placed.
But Watt put Garvey ahead in the 56th minute when he fired home after Sean Murray had pulled the ball back from the goal-line.
After some fine saves from John Tormey, Monkstown's late pressure was rewarded when John Bruton beat the Garvey keeper from close-range in the 67th minute.
Both teams scored all five of their penalty strokes in clinical fashion in the first phase of the shoot-out.
But when Steven Arbuthnot's sudden-death attempt was saved, Gareth Watkins converted to give Monkstown their second Irish Cup success in three years.


Stream-ripping is now the fastest-growing form of music piracy in the UK, new research has suggested.

Several sites and apps allow users to turn Spotify songs, YouTube videos and other streaming content into permanent files to store on phones and computers.
Record labels claim that "tens, or even hundreds of millions of tracks are illegally copied and distributed by stream-ripping services each month".
One service alone is thought to have more than 60 million monthly users.
According to research by the Intellectual Property Office and PRS For Music, 15% of adults in the UK regularly use these services, with 33% of them coming from the 16-24 age bracket.
Overall usage of stream-ripping sites increased by 141.3% between 2014 and 2016, overshadowing all other illegal music services.
In September last year, these sites were used 498,681 times to pirate music in the UK. By comparison, file-sharing service BitTorrent was used 23,567 times; and Cyberlocker sites like Dropbox and Rapidshare were accessed 104,898 times.
"As soon as we think we've come up with an innovative solution [to piracy], the pirates seem to come up with an even more innovative infringement tactic," said Pippa Hall, Chief Economist at the IPO.
Reasons given for stream-ripping included:
A quarter of the people who use stream-ripping believed the sites had the necessary rights and permissions to allow them to download and rip content; and one in five said they felt they were not doing anything illegal.
Only 56% per cent of consumers said they felt confident in identifying illegal content online, the IPO said.
Robert Ashcroft, chief executive of PRS for Music, said: "We hope that this research will provide the basis for a renewed and refocused commitment to tackling online copyright infringement.
"The long-term health of the UK's cultural and creative sectors is in everyone's best interests, including those of the digital service providers, and a co-ordinated industry and government approach to tackling stream-ripping is essential."
There was some good news for the music industry in the IPO's research, however.
It found that the average consumer spent Â£75 on music last year, up from Â£68 in 2016.
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A British man has a chance of winning the biggest prize in poker after besting more than 7,200 players to make it to the final table of the game's most prestigious tournament.

John Hesp, 64, will take home over $8m (£6.1m) if he wins the World Series of Poker's (WSOP) main event in Las Vegas.
The grandfather of seven has little experience and usually plays a £10 tournament at his local casino in Hull.
But he is already certain to walk away with at least $1m.
Hesp's story has captivated the world of poker, with many of the game's biggest names rooting for him to win.
The semi-retired businessman, from Bridlington in East Yorkshire, has won admirers for both his colourful dress sense and cheerful demeanour at the table.
Speaking to PokerNews, Hesp, who owns a company that rents caravan homes, said he had "just been having a ball the whole week".
"It's the most amazing experience of my life... it's a completely surreal, unbelievable experience that I never in my wildest dreams would ever imagine."
The father of four, who paid $10,000 to enter the 7,221-player tournament, said competing in the main event was a "bucket list wish" he had had in his mind for a couple of years.
Writing on Facebook, Hesp said: "I would like to thank my wife Mandy and all my family and friends back home for supporting me in this and hope that I've done them, Bridlington and East Yorkshire proud."
British professional poker player Paul Jackson, a WSOP veteran who was in Las Vegas for some of the earlier tournaments, said: "It's so rare and difficult for someone of his limited ability to do so well.
"To get through such a large field... it's a freak occurrence that's unlikely ever to be repeated."
He added: "He seems like a really nice bloke; a good winner and a good loser. It lets people know you don't have to act like a sulky teenager like some of the players do.
"I think it's absolutely fantastic. It's great for poker.
"I hope he goes on to win it."
Another British man, 26 year-old London poker pro Jack Sinclair, has also reached the final table. He lies eighth with 20,200,000 chips, while Hesp has the second biggest stack, with a chip count of 85,700,000.
The winner of the event will earn $8,150,000, with even the first of the remaining nine players to be knocked out ensured a $1m payday.
Play resumes at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino later on Thursday and concludes on Saturday.


Manchester United record goalscorer Wayne Rooney has rejoined Everton for an undisclosed fee, 13 years after leaving the Merseyside club.

Rooney, 31, played 559 times for United, scoring 253 goals.
He won five Premier League titles and each of the Champions League, Europa League and FA Cup once after joining from Everton for £27m in 2004.
Rooney, who has signed a two-year deal, said he was "ecstatic" and his "first game back will be an emotional day".
"It's a great feeling to be back. I cannot wait to meet the lads, get on the training pitch and then get on the pitch to play," he added.
Rooney's return comes as United look set to sign Everton striker Romelu Lukaku, with a £75m deal for the Belgium international agreed between the two clubs.
Everton confirmed Rooney will wear the number 10 shirt previously worn by Lukaku.
"I'm not just coming back because it's the team I support, the team I grew up playing for - I'm coming back because I feel the club can move forward and be successful," said Rooney, who scored 17 goals in 77 games in his first spell at Goodison.
"I want to be part of it. There will be pressure on me to perform, but I'm ready to go. I believe I can help move this club forward and be more successful on the pitch."
Rooney says when he spoke to Everton manager Ronald Koeman, he "saw it in his eyes that he wanted me to be part of his team".
He added: "It was a no-brainer for me and the only place I was going to go."
Rooney said he told his agent Paul Stretford to "go and speak to them, let's make it happen" when he found out Everton were interested in signing him and it "was obvious I was going to be leaving Manchester United this summer".
"There were other options there but once I knew that Everton wanted me to come back then it was the only option for me," he added.
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Koeman began talking about Rooney's potential return as far back as October, stating he would be "pleased" to sign England's all-time leading goalscorer.
On Sunday, he said: "Wayne has shown me that ambition that we need and that winning mentality - he knows how to win titles and I'm really happy he's decided to come home.
"He loves Everton and he was desperate to come back. He is still only 31 and I don't have any doubts about his qualities. It's fantastic he's here.
"We have a lot of young players and sometimes in life you need somebody who you look up to, who you learn from. That was also one of the messages when we spoke about on and off the pitch what his function will be in the team.
"One of the functions for Wayne is to show the rest of the team why he is - and still is - that player."
Rooney, who was often left out of United's starting line-up by manager Jose Mourinho last season, appeared in 25 league games - the fewest he has played in one season. His total of eight goals in all competitions was also the lowest of his career.
He also lost his place in the England squad, but has not retired from international duty and needs six more caps to equal goalkeeper Peter Shilton's all-time record of 125 appearances.
Rooney was an unused substitute as United beat Southampton to win the EFL Cup in February, and made only a brief appearance at the end of the Europa League final victory over Ajax in May.
In his 13 seasons with United, he finished as top scorer five times and shared the honour with Cristiano Ronaldo in another campaign. He was also named fans' player of the year twice.
"It is no secret that I have long been an admirer of Wayne," said Mourinho. "He has been a model professional throughout his time at the club and will remain in the history books for many years to come.
"It is never easy to see a great player playing less football than he would like and I could not stand in his way when he asked to go back to Everton.
"His experience, focus and determination will be missed and I wish him well for the future."
Executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward added: "Who can forget his storybook debut hat-trick against Fenerbahce, the spectacular overhead kick against Manchester City and the countless match-winning performances in his time here?
"But after much discussion, the club has decided to accept his request to rejoin his boyhood team."
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Andy Mitten, editor of fanzine United We Stand: "The move is best for all parties.
"Rooney will be remembered well by United fans when the dust settles, a club legend who scored more goals than anyone and was a leading light in one of United's greatest sides.
"Reaching three European Cup finals in four years shows how good that team was. At his best, between 2004 and 2011, he was the finest British player of his generation.
"Rooney's performances dropped, and being linked with Chelsea and Manchester City did his popularity no favours either, but he's scored some of the greatest goals I've ever seen.
"As a journalist who has interviewed him several times over 12 years, I watched him mature, become more interesting and grow into being a respected Manchester United captain."
Rooney was brought up by parents Jeanette and Wayne in the Croxteth area of Liverpool alongside brothers Graham and John, with all five members of the household avid Everton supporters.
He joined the Toffees at the age of nine and quickly built a reputation as a precocious talent, scoring 114 goals in 29 matches for the under-10 and under-11 sides.
David Moyes gave him his first-team debut in August 2002, and he quickly became a regular starter, scoring his first Premier League goal - a last-minute winner against Arsenal - five days before his 17th birthday.
I've kept it quiet for the last 13 years, but I've actually been wearing Everton pyjamas at home with my kids.
The goal led to Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger describing Rooney as "the biggest English talent I have seen since I arrived in this country". Wenger added: "He has everything you dream of for a front player - intelligent feet, quick reactions."
Rooney became one of world football's highest-paid teenagers with his boyhood club, but handed in a transfer request in August 2004, leading to him being signed by Sir Alex Ferguson for what was the highest fee paid for a player under 20.
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BBC Sport's Simon Stone: Rooney has been slowly eased out of the first team, without there being one single pressure point that signalled a change in Mourinho's thinking.
The Portuguese has consistently backed Rooney in public - saying as recently as May that he would be "very happy" if the striker stayed at Old Trafford.
But Rooney did not take the chances he was afforded by Mourinho last season, and that made his departure inevitable once Everton pursued their interest.
Rooney signed a new four-and-a-half-year contract during the 2013-14 campaign, which included the option of a further season, but the Old Trafford club had no intention of triggering that clause.
United have waived a fee and may also be funding part of Rooney's £13m wages.
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Bill Kenwright was crying. 'They're stealing our boy, they're stealing our boy,' he told his mother.
"He's one of those players that, whenever he gets the ball, something seems to happen." Then England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson, 2003.
"Wayne is only 20 and without question the best young player I've ever seen." Then Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, 2005.
"Wayne Rooney is the golden boy of English football. Don't kill him because you will need him." Eriksson again, 2006.
"We've done nothing but help him since he's been at this club. We cannot quite understand why he would want to leave." Ferguson again, 2010.
"I think crazy things happen around him also. He is an impulsive guy like me. In football no-one is perfect. You learn from your mistakes and I like that with him. He is himself; I think that is very important. That is one English player I like more than anyone." Zlatan Ibrahimovic, 2013.
"I felt he was struggling to get by people and had lost some of his old thrust. As time wore on, I felt he struggled more and more to do it for 90 minutes." Ferguson in his autobiography, 2013.
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"He's been through that generation with the likes of Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard. He really feels like he's the dad figure if you like. He puts his arm around us, brings us together, gets us going." Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere, October 2014.
"I miss playing with Rooney. Maybe we will play together again one day. He was so powerful, I was calling him 'Pitbull'. The power of Wayne Rooney is his mentality and strength and he never stops." Cristiano Ronaldo, 2015.
"For me he is the great English player of the generation. What he is capable of doing on the field is very special, and he is one of the few players that would improve any squad in Europe." Barcelona and Argentina forward Lionel Messi, 2016.
"Cristiano had an absolute desire to be the best individual in the world. Wayne would say: 'I want to be the world's best but I'll do it by being a team player.' That has not allowed him to be the 40-goals-a-season man he could have been." Former Manchester United and England defender Rio Ferdinand, 2017.
United winger Jesse Lingard: "All the best skipper in the next chapter of your amazing career. Been an absolute pleasure and learned so much."
United midfielder Ander Herrera: "One day I will be able to tell my grandkids I played with you. All the best and thank you."
Former United defender Gary Neville: "All the best Wayne Rooney and congratulations on a great United career. The best striker I played with and saw at the club."
Rooney's wife, Coleen: "The time has come to leave Man Utd .... 13 great years at the club! Thank you all for making our family so welcome and treating us so well."
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The leader of Greece's left-wing Syriza party, Alexis Tsipras, has ruled out forming a coalition with his main rival if he wins Sunday's election.

Speaking during a debate with centre-right New Democracy leader Vangelis Meimarakis, Mr Tsipras said such a unity government would be "unnatural".
Polls suggests neither are likely to secure a parliamentary majority.
Mr Tsipras called the snap election after securing a multi-billion euro bailout last month.
In the debate, hosted by state broadcaster ERT, Mr Meimarakis said Greeks wanted the stability that only a grand coalition could bring.
"We can have a national team not only in the governance of the country, but also a national negotiating team [for Greece's bailout]," he said.
But Mr Tsipras replied that the two had "fundamental differences" and so a unity government would not be possible.
Greeks, journalists and pundits found the debate somewhat underwhelming...
"Tsipras wins out but the opponent was dead! In fact, Tsipras did not win, Meimarakis lost!" - @StathisPsillos
"Debate ends. ND supporters feel that Meimarakis won tonight. I think no one really won. Tsipras was somehow defensive though" - @YanniKouts
"Truth to be told, this is not a good performance by #Meimarakis. Tsipras on full-populism mode, but doesn't come off as obnoxious" - @GreekAnalyst
"Tsipras appeared relatively nervous & with weak arguments at second debate between the two top political parties" - @VKarayannis
"Debate ends with no winner. not sure whether they persuaded indecisive voters" - @GiorgosKentas
The debate was billed as a chance to win over crucial undecided voters, with both parties drawing 31.6% in a recent poll for ANT1 TV.
A first debate included five other parties, but this one allowed the two men to ask each other questions and comment on answers.
Mr Tsipras won power earlier this year pledging to end austerity, but was instead forced to accept a rescue package that included more cuts.
He has said he wants to continue to fight against poverty and corruption, while Mr Meimarakis has accused him of wrecking the economy while in power.


They came, they saw, and the 'Ulster Boys' left an indelible mark on the famous Las Vegas Strip.

Since the Carl Frampton-Leo Santa Cruz rematch was announced, thousands of Frampton fans have been busy making their plans, saving their money, and buying their T-shirts for the trip of a lifetime to come to the mecca of boxing to support their local hero.
Not since the halcyon days of Ricky Hatton has a fighter from the United Kingdom brought such a following to Vegas. While it will take some doing for any boxer to match the estimated 33,000 supporters Hatton brought over in December 2007 for his highly anticipated bout with Floyd Mayweather, Frampton has a large and loyal fan base that continues to grow.
It all led to an incredible atmosphere on the Strip with a sea of green and chants of 'mon the Jackal' emanating from many a hotel casino in the days leading up to the fight.
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The sense of anticipation continued to build in the MGM Grand Hotel on Friday at the weigh-in and on Saturday ahead of the fight. The MGM's Grand Garden Arena has hosted many iconic fights down the years, and given the quality of their first world featherweight title contest, the rematch was widely expected to be another classic.
Vegas is notorious for the chancers and spivs who weave their way round the Strip. The way Frampton and Santa Cruz conducted themselves in the build-up to, during and after their fights has been in stark contrast to that, with honesty, sportsmanship and mutual respect emanating from all their actions.
The bonhomie between the fighters extended to both sets of supporters on fight night with the Irish and Mexicans mixing well before and after the fight. This led to some unexpected sights including a group of Santa Cruz supporters singing "everywhere we go - it's the Ulster boys making all the noise" and Frampton fans trying to explain to a rather bemused group of Mexicans who Gareth McAuley and Stevie Davis are, and why they were being continually celebrated in song.
While 'Sweet Caroline' was sung with the usual gusto and the fans gave feverish support to Frampton as he made his way to the ring, his supporters were acutely aware that the two fighters are evenly matched and that the fight was likely to be another tight affair. So the tension was palpable in the arena at times during the fight.
The bout was another demonstration of boxing at the highest level and the majority decision in favour of Santa Cruz reflected the closeness of the contest.
But Frampton was heroic until the end. His gracious comments in his post fight interview did him immense credit, proving he is as class an act in defeat as he has always been in the ring.
He did not attempt to make any excuses for the loss - but simply conceded his opponent was the better man on the night. The way he has conducted himself since the result has left an indelible mark in Vegas, with a number of Mexican and American fight fans commenting on how they were struck by the dignity and humility Frampton demonstrated in defeat.
One of the reasons Frampton generates such devotion from his fans is that he has remained genuinely unaffected by the great success he has achieved and the fame that has come with it. It is very evident he appreciates the huge level of support and loyalty he generates in his fans, and he is keenly aware of the financial sacrifices his fans have made to support him on his quest to conquer America, which is why he is adamant his next fight will be in Belfast.
The loyalty is reciprocal as it is clear the support means a great deal to Frampton, and in the immediate aftermath of his first career defeat he spoke of feeling he had let his fans down. But none of his supporters felt let down at all, they were all aware that Frampton had lost narrowly to an excellent fighter, and they wanted to show the Tigers Bay man that they would be backing him now more than ever.
This was evident in the feverish cries of "there's only one Carl Frampton" as soon as the result was announced in the ring and in the raucous welcome Frampton received the following day when he attended a post-fight party in a local Irish bar.
At that gathering in the Irish bar, the overwhelming feeling from the fans was that while they were of course disappointed the Ulsterman had lost, they felt it was a very close fight and they just wanted to be there to demonstrate to Frampton that they would support him in the tough times as well as the good.
As many of the Jackal's fans began their long journey home on Monday, they were in upbeat mood, in spite of the result, as Jonathan from Antrim explained.
"While the result was obviously not what we wanted, Frampton fought well, and certainly did not disgrace himself in the ring. The way he has accepted defeat has also reflected well on him," said Jonathan.
"The whole trip has been amazing. Seeing so many people from Northern Ireland descend on the Vegas Strip to support one of our own has been fantastic. Northern Ireland is on a real sporting high at the minute with the success of our golfers, our football team and of course Carl's achievements. Long may it continue."
Throughout fight weekend in Vegas, as the song goes, the Ulster Boys really were making all the noise with casino bosses eager for another Frampton fight on the Strip before too long.
For many Frampton fans, recovering physically, emotionally and financially from this "trip of a lifetime" may take some time!


Footage of a new beaver kit in the Knapdale Forest in Argyll has been released by the Scottish Beaver Trial (SBT).

It is the first young beaver to be spotted at the trial site this year.
SBT said it suspects further breeding has occurred but is yet to be captured on camera.
The trial is the first licensed reintroduction of a mammal to the UK and has brought the beaver back to Scotland after a 400-year absence.
Roisin Campbell-Palmer of SBT said: "This footage shows a recently emerged kit, in good body condition, investigating the top of the lodge where it lives.
"It is fantastic news that evidence of continued breeding at the trial site is occurring.
"Though the monitoring period has officially ended, our education ranger is still in place carrying out guided walks, delivering the education programme and keeping an eye on beaver activity."
She added: "During the spring and summer, beavers are more active while it is still light so there is a greater chance for people to see them in the wild. Our guided walks are still running, where you can learn all about these fascinating animals."
The five-year trial, which was led by the Scottish Wildlife Trust and the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, started in May 2009, when the beavers first arrived in Knapdale from Norway.
It ended in the spring of this year, with a report setting out options for the future of beavers in Scotland currently being considered by the environment minister, who is expected to make a decision later in the year.


An east Belfast man who robbed an off-licence at knifepoint while he had a branch sticking out of his mouth, has been jailed.

William McGreevy, 39, from Strandburn Park, faced four charges dating back to 14 June last year.
The incidents included the robbery of the off-licence on the Belmont Road and threatening a delivery driver with a bottle of Buckfast.
McGreevy will serve two years in custody and two on supervised licence.
Belfast Crown Court was told that McGreevy was intoxicated and under the influence of prescription drugs at the time of the offences.
A prosecutor said on the evening of 14 June, the defendant was walking along the Belmont Road, drunk, with a branch in his mouth.
McGreevy entered a Tesco store, and as he was standing in the queue brought a knife out of his pocket, then replaced it and repeated this action around six times.
The prosecutor told the court the member of staff working the till was "large", and that it was the Crown's case that despite the presence of the knife, McGreevy "wasn't going to take his chance" and left the store.
As McGreevy was walking along the Belmont Road, he stopped a man he vaguely knew who was a delivery driver for a Chinese restaurant and asked for lift, but was told by the delivery man that he was busy.
McGreevy then walked into an off-licence 100 yards from the Tesco store. Still with the branch in his mouth, the defendant then brought out the large black-handled knife and pointed it at a female member of staff.
After threatening the employee, the defendant went behind the counter and demanded money, before ransacking the display counter.
He then issued more threats to the employee and a male colleague, warning them he would stab them if they did not open the safe.
The male worker took McGreevy into the back of the shop to show him the safe and explained they could not open it.
He left the off licence with around Â£260 in cash and Â£818 worth of cigarettes and alcohol in plastic bags.
The prosecutor said that following the robbery, McGreevy again approached the delivery man, and got into the passenger seat of his car.
He was told to get out by the driver, who was then threatened by McGreevy who was brandished a half bottle of Buckfast.
When McGreevy threatened to hit the driver, he "realised it was not a joke" and feeling under intimidation, he drove McGreevy a short distance home.
Officers viewed the CCTV footage from Tesco and McGreevy was recognised and arrested.
During interview, he said he had been drinking on the afternoon of June 14, consuming around 10 pints.
He said that he could not remember being in Tesco or the off-licence.
He pleaded guilty to four charges - two counts of possessing an offensive weapon in a public place, robbery and hijacking.
A defence barrister said her client had a long issue with alcohol, especially during times of stress, which had brought him before the court in the past.


Police are hunting two suspects after a 15-year-old boy was seriously assaulted in West Lothian.

The incident happened in Livingston at about 17:00 on Friday near to the A71 underpass between Muireston and Dedridge.
The boy was approached by two men, believed to be in their late teens, one of whom knocked him to the ground.
The victim, who suffered a facial injury, then made his way home with the help of an unidentified man.
He was later treated at St John's Hospital.
Both suspects are described as a white males in their late teens. They both have medium builds and are about 5ft 10ins tall.
The suspect who carried out the assault is believed to have been wearing a light blue hooded top.
Det Const Craig Waddell of Livingston CID said: "This was a frightening and upsetting attack on a young man and we are eager to trace to two males responsible as soon as possible.
"We would also call on the man who came to the aid of the 15-year-old to come forward to help us progress our inquiries.
"Anyone who was in the area at the time, or who recognises the description of the suspects, is asked to come forward immediately."


After eight years Barack Obama has given his last speech as President of the United States of America.

It was a passionate speech that touched on a number of different issues and the hopes that Mr Obama had for the American people.
Here are three of the main issues that President Obama mentioned in his speech:
According to Barack Obama, America is a better place than it was when he first started his Presidency in 2008.
He said that more jobs have been created, America has built better relationships with other countries and gay people have been given the right to get married.
This section of his speech was controversial, as not everyone in America agrees that the things Mr Obama has done as President have made America better. Many people think he's made the country worse.
The people of the United States are very divided and President Obama said several times that he wants all citizens to be treated equally.
He said the American people should stick together.
"For all our outward differences, we are all in this together.... we rise or fall as one."
However he admitted that more needs to be done to help make relationships between different groups of people in America stronger - as the country still suffers from racial prejudice.
That's where people are treated differently because of the colour of their skin or the community they come from.
"Going forward, we must uphold laws against discrimination - in hiring, in housing, in education and the criminal justice system. "
Mr Obama left America with one clear message - to pull together and believe in themselves.
"I am asking you to believe.  Not in my ability to bring about change - but in yours."
He asked Americans to take a more active role in how the country is run.
"If you're tired of arguing with strangers on the Internet, try to talk with one in real life. If something needs fixing, lace up your shoes and do some organizing... Show up. Dive in. Persevere."
President Obama ended his speech the same way he started his campaign more than eight years ago:
"Yes We Can. Yes We Did."


Malaysia has rejected allegations from Switzerland that billions of dollars may have been stolen from the South East Asian country's state fund.

Switzerland has been investigating Malaysia's scandal-hit 1MDB fund since last year.
Last week, its Attorney-General Michael Lauber said $4bn (Â£2.8bn) may be missing from Malaysian state firms.
A Malaysian minister said this was not possible due to extensive audits, and called the statements "premature".
The indebted 1MDB state fund, set up by Prime Minister Najib Razak to pay for socioeconomic projects, has been at the centre of a political scandal in Malaysia.
Mr Najib was himself cleared of any wrongdoing by Malaysian prosecutors last week.
The full background to the 1MDB scandal
Malaysia PM in the clear?
Swiss authorities opened their investigation after 1MDB amassed more than $11bn (Â£7bn) of debt.
Mr Lauber's office said on Friday there were "serious indications that funds have been misappropriated from Malaysian state companies".
Some of the money, he said, had been transferred to Swiss accounts held by Malaysian former public officials and current and former public officials from the United Arab Emirates.
He said the Malaysian companies concerned had made no comment on the losses believed to have been incurred.
In a strongly-worded statement on Tuesday, Malaysia's communications minister Salleh Said Keruak said 1MDB had undergone extensive audits, some by international firms, and that billions of dollars "simply could not have been misappropriated under such conditions".
The fund had also issued explanations and financial breakdowns about alleged losses, he said, and other state-linked firms had made public filings that showed they did not sustain losses caused by misappropriation of funds.
He said Mr Lauber's comments were "very unusual and against normal protocol", and criticised him for speaking to the media, rather than to Malaysian authorities who he said had been waiting to hear from Switzerland.
"These premature statements appear to have been made without a full and comprehensive appreciation of all the facts," said Mr Salleh.
Mr Lauber's office told the BBC it would not comment on political statements.
But it said it "took note with satisfaction of the reaction of its Malaysian counterpart and of its commitment to fully support Switzerland's request for mutual assistance".
Singapore, the US and Hong Kong authorities are also probing the fund.
On Monday, Singapore said it had seized a large number of bank accounts as part of an investigation into possible money-laundering linked to 1MDB. The city-state had already frozen two accounts last year.
Officials said they were working with counterparts in Switzerland, the US and Malaysia in their investigation.


Armed thieves are on the run in France after stealing 70kg (154lbs) of gold in a motorway heist on Monday.

The gang of four swooped on a security van in two cars, using one to block the road's exit, near the city of Lyon.
The robbers then put the powdered gold, worth €1.5m ($1.6m; £1.3m), into their getaway car, locking two security guards in the back of the van and setting fire to their other vehicle.
The two guards were rescued by police after a tip-off from a witness.
The thieves fled immediately, leaving the fire to spread and gut nearby vehicles before it was put out by firefighters.
The robbery took place on the A6 motorway, which connects Lyon to Paris.
Police said they are hunting for the perpetrators.


India has unveiled its first home-built aircraft carrier from a shipyard in southern Kerala state.

The 37,500 tonne INS Vikrant is expected to go for extensive trials in 2016 before being inducted into the navy by 2018, reports say.
With this, India joins a select group of countries capable of building such a vessel.
Other countries capable of building a similar ship are the US, the UK, Russia and France.
Monday's launch of INS Vikrant marks the end of the first phase of its construction.
The ship will be then re-docked for outfitting and further construction.
The ship, which will have a length of 260m (850ft) and a breadth of 60m, has been built at the shipyard in Cochin.
It was designed and manufactured locally, using high grade steel made by a state-owned steel company.
Vice-Admiral RK Dhowan of India's navy has described the launch as the "crowning glory" of the navy's programme to produce vessels on home soil.


An investigation into the deaths of six dogs in Edinburgh has found no evidence so far of a link with a local park, according to the city's council.

Each of the dogs had to be put down after being walked in Forthquarter Park in Granton.
Two of the animals suffered internal bleeding.
The City of Edinburgh Council's environmental health team said there were no plans to close the park to the public.
A spokesman for the council said: "We have found no evidence so far to link the deaths of any dogs with Forthquarter Park.
"Preliminary investigations are still continuing, but the park will not be closing."
Concerns about the dogs' deaths were initially raised by the Friends of West Pilton group.
After learning of the deaths of six dogs with links to the park, they alerted the council and local politicians.
The park is owned by the National Grid and sits beside a former gasworks.
Extensive ground decontamination work was carried out before the park opened 10 years ago.


A man who died after being ambushed outside a hotel was shot through the tongue before being chased and shot in the chest, an inquest heard.

Paul Simmons-Turner, 38, was targeted outside the Mariott Hotel in Waltham Abbey, Essex, last December.
The inquest heard he was shot through the lip and tongue before getting in a passing car and asking for help.
No arrests have been made in connection with his death, which is being treated as murder.
Mr Simmons-Turner, from east London,  was pronounced dead in the car park of The Volunteer pub, about a mile from the hotel where he had spent the previous night with his girlfriend.
Police said he was driven to the pub car park by a father and his disabled daughter after jumping into their car and asking to be taken to a hospital, but the suspect's car cut in front of them and Mr Simmons-Turner was shot a second time in the chest.
A post-mortem examination found he died from gunshot wounds.
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Essex Coroner Caroline Beasley-Murray recorded a verdict of unlawful killing.
Det Sgt Michelle Stoten said police had a "number of working hypotheses" and the investigation was "current and active".


A woman who used bleach to poison colleagues at a West Midlands care home is to be admitted to a high-security psychiatric unit.

Melissa Swift, 24, admitted three counts of attempted murder after an investigation into her conduct at the Goldfield Court home in West Bromwich.
She was made the subject of an interim hospital order after a judge heard she may have a mental disorder.
Swift is expected to be moved to Rampton Hospital within 28 days.
The former special constable with West Midlands Police, from West Bromwich, admitted three charges of attempted murder and two counts of making threats to kill in February.
Everyone at the home had access to the drinks containing bleach, 25 residents and seven staff were taken to hospital.
She also sent anonymous letters to two other members of staff threatening to kill them, including one to her older sister.
Birmingham Crown Court heard Swift is due to be sentenced later this year.
Judge Philip Parker QC granted an interim hospital order lasting up to three months.
Rampton Hospital is a high security psychiatric facility near Retford, Nottinghamshire.


Chelsea are not in a relegation fight despite lying only a point above the Premier League's bottom three, says Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger.

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The Blues lie 16th in the table and sacked manager Jose Mourinho on Thursday.
"If you ask me objectively: 'Will Chelsea go down?' I say, 'no, no chance'," said Wenger, who was speaking before Mourinho lost his job.
"They are in a difficult spell, but they are not in a relegation battle."
Asked if he thought Chelsea's best chance of turning their form around was to keep Mourinho, Wenger added: "I do not want to assess any other things over Chelsea because it's not my problem."
Wenger was called a "specialist in failure" by Mourinho in February 2014, with the Frenchman describing the remark as both "disrespectful" and "embarrassing".
The Arsenal boss also pushed Mourinho during Chelsea's 2-0 victory over the Gunners later that year.
The duo had also clashed in 2005, during Mourinho's his first spell as Chelsea boss, with the Portuguese calling his rival a "voyeur".
Arsenal, who are second in the Premier League, welcome third-placed Manchester City to Emirates Stadium on Monday.
The Gunners hold a one-point lead over Manuel Pellegrini's side.
Wenger could have forward Alexis Sanchez back after he injured a hamstring in the draw at Norwich on 1 December.
"There is a very slight chance for Sanchez to be in the game," said Wenger. "He is running but not participating in full training.
"It is still December. We are not fighting for the Premier League on Monday but we will look to nullify individual quality they have."
Leicester are the surprise leaders of the Premier League with 35 points from 16 games.
The average amount of points earned by the champions since the top flight was reduced to 20 teams is 85.7, but Wenger says the winners may take the title with a lower mark this term.
"It looks to be very tight," he said. "The Premier League could be decided at around 80 points.
"If you look at the results, consistency will be the main priority because every week you are surprised by results.
"We have established a good run and it is important we continue that."
Wenger was speaking for the first time since his side were drawn to play Barcelona in the last 16 of the Champions League.
Arsenal were beaten by the Spanish side in the 2006 final, while Barca also knocked them out in 2010 and 2011.
"We are more mature," said the Gunners boss.
"It was always very tight and we were sometimes unlucky as well. We do not forget that and it is deep in my body.
"We have a chance to put things right and we will focus on that."


Berlin Mayor Michael Mueller has urged US President Donald Trump "not to go down the road of isolation" with his planned border wall with Mexico.

Mr Mueller warned such divides cause "slavery and pain" and would "destroy the lives of millions".
The German city was divided by the Berlin Wall from 1961 to 1989.
Mr Mueller's statement came as Mr Trump and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto agreed to "work out their differences" over the issue.
The planned wall was one of Mr Trump's key election campaign pledges, but it has cast a shadow over the US's relationship with its neighbour.
Mr Pena Nieto has repeatedly stated that Mexico will not pay for the wall and has condemned a US suggestion that it may impose a 20% tax on his country's imports to finance the structure.
"We Berliners know best how much suffering was caused by the division of an entire continent," Mr Mueller said in a statement, referring to Europe's "Iron Curtain".
He said the city could not "silently look on as a country sets about building a new wall".
"We cannot let our historical experience get trashed by the very people to whom we owe much of our freedom: the Americans.
"I call on the president not to go down the road of isolation," the statement reads (in German). "Mr President, don't build this wall."
At a joint news conference on Friday at the White House with the British Prime Minister, Theresa May, Mr Trump said he had had a "very good call" with Mr Pena Nieto.
The White House later released a statement describing the telephone conversation as "productive and constructive", adding that both presidents recognised the "differences of positions" on the issue of the proposed wall.
"Both presidents have instructed their teams to continue the dialogue to strengthen this important strategic and economic relationship," the statement said.
He did not reveal the subject of the conversation with Mr Nieto when questioned at the White House, but said the US was "no longer going to be the country that doesn't know what it's doing".
Welcome to a brave new world of international diplomacy, Donald Trump style.
The new president seems determined to run foreign policy the way he handled his business empire and public interactions - vying for dominance and exploiting weakness.
Recalcitrant clients were either denied payment or sued. Personal adversaries were mocked. Political foes were demeaned.
On the international stage, we see these attitudes playing out in Mr Trump's goading, belligerent remarks directed at Mexico and its president. With a gross domestic product that's a fraction of the US's, Mexico is the Rosie O'Donnell or "Little Marco" Rubio on Mr Trump's world stage.
Contrast that with the president's deferential treatment of Russia's Vladimir Putin or British PM Theresa May during her recent White House visit.
1,900 miles
Length of the border (3,100 km)
650 miles
Distance the current barrier covers
$10bn-$12bn Amount Donald Trump estimates the new wall will cost
$25bn Amount Washington Post study estimates the new wall will cost
When it comes to foreign relations, Mr Trump respects strength and tradition. His admiration for Winston Churchill is not so different from past praise of General George Patton or actor John Wayne - strong men from a different era.
Mr Trump was elected because voters - particularly blue-collar workers - believed he would fight for them and economic benefits would follow. His critics warned his temperament would disrupt global order.
We'll eventually find out who was right.
Mexico's increasing nervousness over its northern neighbour appears to have prompted Mexico's richest man to step in.
In a rare news conference, Carlos Slim said Mr Trump - who he spoke out against during the campaign, but has since had dinner with - is a good negotiator, but "he is not Terminator".
Mr Slim, who has offered to help his government negotiate with Mr Trump, added that he believed "the circumstances in the United States are very favourable for Mexico", and policies aimed at boosting the US economy would also help Mexico.
He also said he expected Trump's "hyperactivity" to cool down with time.


The Conservatives have extended their control of Buckinghamshire County Council with five more councillors.

All 49 seats were contested, of which the Tories took 41, compared to the 36 they won in 2013.
They gained Buckingham West from Labour group leader Robin Stuchbury and Ivinghoe from Lib Dem group Leader Avril Davies.
UKIP lost all four seats they were contesting - two to the Tories and two to the Lib Dems.
The Liberal Democrats are the second largest party on the council with four seats, down from five in 2013. There are three independent councillors.
Labour has a single seat on the council - gaining Booker/Cressex & Castlfield from the Conservatives.
The Conservative share of vote this year is 53.1% compared to 41% in 2013.
The Lib Dem percentage of the vote has risen from 14.9% to 18.6%.
Turnout in the Buckinghamshire election was 34.8%.
In the 2013 election, UKIP and Aylesbury was one of the big stories as they gained five seats in the town to become the official opposition party in Buckinghamshire.
Four years later, the remaining UKIP councillors have lost their seats.
Leader Andy Huxley and Chris and Brian Adams have been defeated, along with Phil Gomm who went independent in 2015 but stood again for UKIP this time.
Paul Irwin, who also crossed the floor from UKIP in 2015, has retained his seat in Stone and Waddesdon for the Conservatives.


Kia's design boss Peter Schreyer has been named as the new chief designer for the wider Hyundai Motor Group.

Mr Schreyer, who previously worked for Audi and Volkswagen,  will streamline the design operation and seek synergy between the two Korean brands.
Three weeks ago the German was named Kia's first foreign president.
Hyundai's Woong-Chul Yang said the move was "imperative to secure long-term competitiveness" and to help "enhance our brand value".
Kia was bought by Hyundai Motor in 1998 during the Asian financial crisis, and has been expanding sales at a faster pace than Hyundai in the US and Europe.
Mr Schreyer spent a decade with VW Group as head of Audi and head of Volkswagen design.
"Mr. Schreyer brings a wealth of experience in design from the global auto industry and has a deep understanding of the Hyundai Motor Group." said Mr Yang.
"These valuable qualities will help build the foundation needed to make Hyundai and Kia leading global top automakers," added Mr Yang.
Hyundai-Kia sold a total of 7.12 million vehicles around the globe last year,, up 8% on 2011.


(Close): The London market has ended the week on an upbeat note, with financial stocks leading the way.

After dropping 1.8% on Thursday, the FTSE 100 rose 103.09 points or 1.71% on Friday to 6,139.79.
For the second day in a row, insurance firm Aviva was the top riser on the index, climbing 6.35%, after posting strong results.
Bank stocks also did well as investors digested the implications of the latest stimulus moves from the ECB.
Plans by the European Central Bank to provide ultra-cheap loans to banks lifted the sector. Barclays rose 3.8% and Standard Chartered added 4.3%.
Mining shares had risen in early trade on gains in commodity prices, but the sector then lost ground and shares in Anglo American were down 0.5%.
Shares in financial services group Old Mutual rose 3% at first after the company announced plans to split itself into four units, but then dropped back to stand 1.78% lower.
High Street retailer Marks and Spencer was the biggest faller on Friday with shares down 2% after Bank of America Merrill Lynch cut its rating to "underperform" from "neutral".
On the currency markets, the pound edged up 1% against the dollar to $1.4427, and also rose 1% against the euro to â‚¬1.2902.


England's exams regulator is clamping down on the "unfair advantage" gained by some schools which seek high numbers of GCSE and A-level re-marks.

Ofqual is changing its system this summer, so that new marks can only be issued if a "marking error" is found.
Their research shows independent schools seek twice as many GCSE reviews as comprehensive schools request.
But Chris King, chairman of the independent schools body the HMC, said the system would be less fair.
And heads from the ASCL union said there were often concerns over the initial quality of the marking.
Most reviews led to slightly higher marks, Ofqual said, penalising pupils from schools which did not ask for re-marks.
It said the change would mean a "level playing field".
Independent schools sought reviews for one in eight A-level grades, more than twice the proportion of state-funded colleges, it added.
Exam boards charge fees of between Â£20 and Â£72 per paper to be re-marked, but refund the fee if the grade changes. These costs are generally borne by the school, but some state schools ask parents to pay.
Overall more than 90,000 A-level and GCSE results were changed on appeal in 2015 - an increase of 17% in one year and the highest on record.
Julie Swan, Ofqual's executive director for general qualifications, said it was clear from its analysis that the current system could be fairer.
"It is not fair to allow some students to have a second bite of the cherry by giving them a higher mark on review, when the first mark was appropriate," she said.
"This undermines the hard work and professionalism of markers, most of whom are teachers themselves.
"These changes will mean a level playing field for all students and help to improve public confidence in the marking system.
"We want schools to be able to ask for a review if an error has been made. Nothing we are doing will make it any more difficult for a marking error to be corrected."
Ofqual highlighted that re-marks resulted in changes upwards by just a few marks and this was down to the subjective nature of marking.
There was a common misconception that there was a single "right mark" for more extended questions, it said.
The changes, which will take effect from this summer, have followed a consultation with schools, teachers, subject associations and students.
Other changes include:
The Association of School and College Leaders said the changes would be hugely contentious because many people believe that the initial quality of marking is not always up to scratch in the first place.
"There remains an underlying problem in that the system is still something of a cottage industry in which teachers mark huge numbers of scripts in their spare time for little pay. It needs to be better resourced and better structured.
"The most important thing is to have a system that gets marks right first time."
HMC chairman Chris King said the changes would make the proper review when marks and grades are challenged by schools and colleges less clear, less consistent and less fair.
"We are especially concerned that the proposals do not commit the regulator to ensuring that each candidate passing through the exam system has their papers marked and graded with the necessary high levels of consistency and precision," he said.
"Without this, all claims about fairness ring very hollow."
Russell Hobby, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers, said: "The new test to be applied to exam marks and to grades that are challenged - that they are merely 'reasonable' - makes things more vague than they already are."


The Austrian football team beat Spain in a penalty shoot-out at the Women's Euro 2017 quarter-finals.

31 July 2017 Last updated at 12:36 BST
They couldn't contain their excitement as they came off the pitch.
Check out their celebrations after they won the penalty shootout 5-3.
The team is definitely VERY happy about getting to the semi-finals!


A man who denies killing six of his children in a house fire has told a court he has suspicions about who started the blaze.

Mick Philpott, 56, denies any involvement in starting the fire at his Derby home last May.
He said he and his children had received death threats after the family appeared on ITV's Jeremy Kyle Show.
Mr Philpott and two others deny six counts of manslaughter.
His wife Mairead Philpott, 31, and Paul Mosley 46, are accused of starting the fire in a bid to frame Mr Philpott's former mistress Lisa Willis, 29, who was involved in a custody battle over the four children she shared with him.
On the first day of the defence case Mick Philpott told the court that Amanda Cousins, the sister of Ms Willis, had threatened to kill his wife and their children after the Philpotts had turned up at her home.
He said he and his wife had also received silent calls from a withheld number in the weeks leading up to the fire.
Talking about his regret at appearing on TV, he told Nottingham Crown Court he needed a bigger house as the family was growing, but people were disgusted at him having two lovers and 11 children.
Until February 2012, Mr Philpott lived in a four-bedroom house with his wife Mairead and their six children as well as Ms Willis with her five children.
"The children and myself got death threats. We were called rats; the scum of the earth," he told the court.
Jurors heard that a "large number of people" had keys to the house and the door was usually left unlocked.
He told the court that benefits paid to his wife and Ms Willis were paid into his account but he left his bank cards out for both women to use.
"They never had to ask for money," he said.
Mr Philpott said he had no idea that Ms Willis was going to leave him.
Asked about their relationship, he said: "At that particular time I thought that me and Lisa had this bond that was inseparable."
He said he had discussed it with his wife because she was "concerned" about it.
Mr Philpott told the court that he was spending a lot of time with his wife and slept in the evenings with Ms Willis.
He said he had asked his wife for a divorce "three to four times" so he could marry Ms Willis.
He said: "It was a well known fact by everybody that Lisa wanted me to herself. But Mairead wouldn't leave me, she wasn't going anywhere."
Jurors heard that he and his wife regularly discussed with Ms Willis what would happen should there be a split.
"We always said that if we ever split up we would never stop each other from seeing the children," he said.
Asked how Mr and Mrs Philpott's children felt when Ms Willis Left, Mr Philpott said they were "distraught".
"They were so upset, so distraught. It was horrible," he said.
He told the court that he had taken some tablets with brandy after Ms Willis left.
"Was this a suicide attempt?" Mr Orchard asked him.
"No, it was self-pity," Mr Philpott replied.
Mr Philpott also denied prosecution witness claims that he ever mentioned fire, burning or petrol in the weeks before the fatal blaze.
Jade Philpott, 10, John, nine, Jack, eight, Jesse, six, and Jayden, five, perished in the fire at their house in Victory Road, in Allenton.
Their brother Duwayne, 13, died two days later at Birmingham Children's Hospital.
The trial continues.


US pop star Mariah Carey and Australian billionaire James Packer are engaged to be married, the BBC has learned.

The couple went public with their relationship last June after they were seen on holiday together in Italy.
Mr Packer, 47, is Australia's fourth-richest person, according to Forbes, with a  fortune estimated to exceed A$4.7bn ($3.1bn Â£2.3bn).
Mariah Carey, 45, released her first album in 1990 and is one of the biggest selling artists of all time.
Mr Packer, who inherited an Australian media empire from his father Kerry Packer, and now operates casinos, split from his second wife model and singer Erica Baxter in 2013.
Ms Carey announced her break-up from "America's Got Talent" host Nick Cannon in 2014.


Even with an Ashes whitewash fresh in the mind, the fourth evening of the second Test against Sri Lanka was about as low as we have been with the England team for quite a long time.

What we wanted to see on the fifth day, when defeat seemed inevitable, was some fight and character.
We got that and then some.
For England to take it to the penultimate ball of the match, so nearly pulling off the greatest rearguard in Test history, was absolutely extraordinary.
Everyone involved played with real passion and determination and, after everything that has happened in the past six months or so, it was important for England to put up such a fantastic show of resistance.
"The criticism of Cook is out of order - it's a few people with an agenda against him. But he is under pressure. He needs to find form with the bat and everything will flow from there.
"I don't think captaincy is a burden. Alastair is a strong character. It does all seem to be getting a little but too much at the minute. Perhaps that's why people need to support him rather than swinging axes."
At the end of it all, to see James Anderson, a man who has seen and done so much in a long career, in tears, was a very powerful image.
That England got so close to saving the game was down to Moeen Ali's outstanding maiden Test hundred.
Not only fighting to save the match, but also for his place in the side, Moeen, a natural flair player, produced an innings of discipline and determination. He could have done no more.
Looked at from an entirely neutral point of view, it was a wonderful Test, made all the more so by the fact it is the second in as many weeks to have such a dramatic finish.
Just like at Lord's, England should have won at Headingley. It is a skill to take the opportunities that present themselves in Test cricket, a skill that, at the moment, England do not possess.
However, despite the defeat, there are positives for England to take, not least Moeen, but also the runs scored by Joe Root, Gary Ballance and Sam Robson, and the hostile pace bowling of Liam Plunkett.
What they need now is for the captain to score some runs.
Which brings us to Alastair Cook, who is under pressure not only for the run of six defeats in seven Tests, but also because of a year-long run of poor form with the bat.
I had dinner with Cook on the second evening of this match and he was his usual, steely self. The manner in which he talked of the future gave no indication that he was considering surrendering the captaincy, and he confirmed as much in some bullish post-match interviews.
But he knows he is under the cosh and the criticism he is receiving is clearly affecting him.
There is an agenda out there, which can be seen by anyone on social media. Cook is not on Twitter but he has been made aware. These personal, vitriolic attacks by some high-profile individuals are out of order and have stepped over the mark.
However, Cook is such a steely individual that they might even make him dig his heels in even more. If that is the case, certain issues need addressing.
The first, most obviously, is his batting. An average of 25 over the past 12 months is well below the standard we expect from the man who has scored 25 Test centuries, more than any other England player.
England need Cook the batsman more than they need Cook the captain, and the man himself will know that his primary job is to score runs.
Although he would not want to give up the captaincy, he knows that, if necessary, someone else could do that job if it meant he could get back to his best at the top of the order.
Secondly, the rest of the England team must take responsibility for their own game because the captain is only as good as those around him.
"Cook is a really, really nice boy. He's honest and he's straight but his form is suffering. He needs to start scoring runs because it's a results-orientated business.
"He has to have some imagination with his captaincy, one plan can't fit into every situation."
Listen to Geoffrey Boycott & Jonathan Agnew review England's defeat in the TMS podcast
There are more reasons for Cook to continue than the obstinate streak that has made him such a successful batsman.
The England and Wales Cricket Board has invested heavily in him, making Cook the man around which the team will be rebuilt following the Ashes debacle. If Cook quits, the ECB will be very disappointed.
Also - and this is not damning him with faint praise - there seems to be no other viable alternative.
Stuart Broad is not physically fit enough to do the job - he has a long-standing knee injury that will require surgery - Matt Prior is working his way back in to the side and the feeling is Ian Bell is not a natural leader and would be better off left to concentrate on his batting.
A lack of leaders in the England side is one we have talked about for some time. These players hardly ever appear in county cricket, so have little experience of captaincy. For that reason, Cook has been learning on the job.
It has been suggested that he should give up the one-day job, but that is not relevant at the moment - England do not play another one-day international until the end of the India Test series. That is a discussion for another time.
Instead, with Cook still at the helm, England must concentrate on getting the captain and the rest of the team in the right frame of mind for the first Test against India starting on 9 July.
Jonathan Agnew was talking to BBC Sport's Stephan Shemilt.


A man has given up driving taxis around Cambridge to live in a kennel with 150 dogs in Morocco.

Karl Scarr, 52, set up a sanctuary in Tangier in 2012 after visiting the country and realising "cruelty and abuse [were] considered normal".
He built the large kennel he currently shares with all the dogs while his own home is being built.
The former zoologist is working with other charities and schools to improve animal welfare in Morocco.
Despite having no electricity or running water, Mr Scarr, originally from Cherry Hinton, has managed to nurse more than 1,000 animals, rehoming many of them.
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Le Sanctuaire de la Faune de Tangier (The Wild Animal Sanctuary of Tangier, or SFT) prides itself on never turning a stray away.
But this means space is tight and Mr Scarr currently shares his bed with Khan, a bullmastiff which is "second in command", but he considers himself the "leader of the pack".
However, being the leader does not mean Mr Scarr has an easy life.
In order to care for the dogs and 300 other stray or maltreated animals, he gets up in the early hours and each day begins with shovelling 30kg (66lb) of excrement.
Mr Scarr is campaigning to change welfare legislation in Morocco and his work promoting sterilisation, vaccination and adoption is now being shared with other animal charities in the country.
"The sanctuary has become the focal point for a major campaign for change to animal protection laws in the country, which is hugely exciting," he said.
He has also helped develop a new "animal spotter" app which he hopes will encourage people to contact the charity when they see maltreated or stray animals.
Meanwhile, Mr Scarr said he plans to contact Guinness World Records as he is sure no-one else has ever lived in the same room as 150 dogs.


Monaco are in talks with 18-year-old France striker Kylian Mbappe over a contract extension, says vice-president Vadim Vasilyev.

Mbappe, who is under contract until June 2019, has been strongly linked with a move to Real Madrid.
Manchester City have also been linked, but BBC Sport understands they are reluctant to pay the reported 180m euro (£160m) asking price.
Vasilyev said the Ligue 1 club Monaco have had several "serious" enquiries.
But he added: "We are in discussions over a contract extension with Kylian and we hope to reach an agreement."
Mbappe, who has won four caps for France, scored 26 goals in all competitions for Monaco last season.
Earlier in July, Monaco said "important European clubs" had made contact with the player without their permission.
Monaco may ask world governing body Fifa and the French league to consider disciplinary action, but Fifa said it has not received a complaint.
BBC Sport understands Manchester City are the only English club accused.
"We haven't reached an agreement with any club for Mbappe," Vasilyev said.
"We are negotiating to extend his contract but you mustn't push the player too hard. We must allow him to take his time, not rush things.
"There is too much media pressure. I remind you he's only 18."
Vasilyev also described Thomas Lemar, a key target for Arsenal, and Fabinho, who has been linked with Manchester United, as "essential" players who are "staying with us".


London Underground will run weekend services 24 hours under plans that also involve ticket office closures and up to 750 job cuts.

The Night Tube will provide services on the Piccadilly, Victoria, Central, Jubilee and Northern lines.
But Transport for London (TfL) said every ticket office would close by 2015, resulting in the job cuts.
The RMT union said it had "not ruled out" strike action in the run-up to Christmas over the "lethal" cuts.
For action to take place the RMT (Rail, Maritime and Transport Union) would have to hold a two-week ballot and give TfL seven days notice.
In a tweet, the BBC's transport correspondent Richard Westcott said: "RMT just told me they haven't ruled out calling for strikes b4 Christmas on the #londonunderground"
The transport authority is facing a budget reduction of about £78m in the financial years of 2013 and 2014 and said the plans would help it save more than £40m a year.
TfL says six major central London stations will have special customer points to help tourists and that every station will be staffed while the tube is running, with workers moved out of ticket offices into station booking areas.
It is also promising:
By Tom EdwardsTransport correspondent, London
Closing all ticket offices is one of the most radical changes to the Tube in its history - it's up there with electrification and the Oyster card.
And it will be a huge sell for London Underground and the Mayor.
We knew cuts were looming but what they have done is bundle 24hr weekend running of the Tube into the same plan.
Cynics would say London Underground are trying to undermine the unions position by sweetening the pill for the travelling public. A later running tube will be very popular. They've also said there will be no compulsory redundancies.
The unions have already said they'll use everything at their disposal to head this off. They would not want their members at stations in outer London on their own at 3am with just an iPad for company.
They will not want job losses even if the promise is all stations will be staffed. It's difficult to not see the first tube-wide strikes in four years.
Ultimately, you suspect this will be decided in the court of public opinion of the Tube's passengers.
The initial plans for the 24-hour Night Tube include overnight trains on Friday and Saturday, with plans for it to expand over subsequent years.
Mayor of London Boris Johnson, said: "This is just the first stage in an opening up of the tube network to become 24 hours.
"For 150 years the Tube has been the beating heart of London, its tunnels and tracks providing the arteries that have transported millions of people and helped to drive the development and economic growth of our great city."
London Underground will now go into a 90-day consultation on its proposals but says there will be no compulsory redundancies and has promised that every member of staff who wants a job and who is "ready to be flexible" will have one.
The managing director of London Underground Mike Brown, said: "All Tube stations will continue to be staffed and controlled in future, with more staff visible and available to customers."
But the RMT, which represents most of the station staff who would be affected, has said it would "fight these plans with every tool at our disposal and that includes political, public and industrial campaigning on an unprecedented scale".
RMT General Secretary Bob Crow said the "proposed cuts will decimate staffing levels and hit the most vulnerable users" of Tube services.
He said: "The mayor must believe he is some sort of magician if he thinks he can slash a thousand jobs and still run safe services when everyone knows that staffing has already been cut to the bone while passenger demand continues to rise.
"Throwing in the plan for night time operation at the weekends is just a smokescreen to try and camouflage the real issue which is a savage cuts to jobs, access and safety."
Manuel Cortes, leader of the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association rail union, accused the mayor of being the "hypocrite of the decade".
Source: TfL
He said: "It beggars belief that the mayor, who was elected in 2008 on a pledge to keep open every ticket office, is now planning to close every single one, with all that means for safety and jobs.
"We shall be launching a joint campaign with Labour to reverse this decision."
Customers have expressed concern over the ticket office closures but broadly welcomed the 24-hour service.
Garvie Gay, 36, from Bedford said he regularly needed help from counter staff.
He said: "It's not good because I don't know where I'm going half the time. I've not really got a clue but for regulars I suppose it wouldn't be a problem."
In March, BBC London reported TfL is facing a 1% cut in its government grant this year, and 2% the following year.
In cash terms, it means a loss of £33m for 2013-14, and £45m for 2014-15.
In January, passengers saw a 4.2% increase on average in fares across the Tube, buses and trams.


Developers behind a £100m hydro power plant on the edge of Snowdonia National Park have applied to lay underground cables to connect the scheme.

Snowdonia Pumped Hydro (SPH) has applied to Gwynedd council for its Glyn Rhonwy pumped hydro storage project.
One concern opponents of the scheme had was the possibility of pylons or overhead wires spoiling the landscape.
SPH said there would be neither between the plant and the grid connection at Pentir, 4.9 miles (8km) away.
The company said the trench would be built primarily on the verges of roads and would take about 12 months to dig and lay the cable.
SPH managing director Dave Holmes said he believed "economic rejuvenation and high value jobs can co-exist alongside a commitment to conserve the natural beauty of the Llanberis area".
The project sparked controversy earlier this year when opponents disputed claims the site may have been contaminated by chemicals used in World War Two bombs which were stored nearby.
Developers have said, when operational, the plant would support up to 30 full-time jobs and operate for at least 125 years.


As the battle for Aleppo heads towards a conclusion, people trapped in a small area of east Aleppo still held by the rebels have been sending harrowing messages with their final goodbyes.

As the bombing by Syrian government forces intensified, the calls for help from those trapped in rebel-territory have grown more desperate.
On Tuesday, BBC News published "final goodbyes" from some of those in rebel-held east Aleppo, who used social media to get their messages out.
Since then some of them have been able to provide further updates, despite their worst fears, even as the situation for those in the besieged territory remains unclear.
Lina, an activist tweeting from the city, made this desperate plea: "Humans all over the world, don't sleep! You can do something, protest now! Stop the genocide".
She posted this powerful farewell video message on Monday:
Update 14 December: Lina Shamy tweeted on Tuesday and Wednesday after the ceasefire was broken. She wrote of "intense shelling" and "the genocide still ongoing".
Others appear to have given up hope, posting messages as bombs fall around them.
One man says it is the last video he will post. "We are tired of talking, we are tired of speeches. No one listens, no one responds. Here comes the barrel bomb. This is the video's ending."
As he signs off, a bomb explodes nearby.
And waking up on Tuesday morning, still alive, Monther Etaky writes: "I still here [sic], facing the genocide with my special friends without any comments from the world."
But the threat of imminent death is still here. "I hope I could broadcast our live death to you," he says bitterly.
Update 14 December: Monther Etaky appeared on BBC Television on Tuesday. During the broadcast, bombs could be heard nearby.
Bana Alabed, the seven-year-old girl who has been tweeting from an account managed by her mother, wrote a heart-breaking message on Tuesday morning.
"I am talking to the world now live from East #Aleppo. This is my last moment to either live or die."
Earlier, she tweeted "Final message. People are dying since last night. I am very surprised I am tweeting right now and still alive."
And a few hours later: "My dad is injured now. I am crying."
Update 14 December: Bana's mother, Fatemah, tweeted again on Wednesday, asking why the world was silent during intense bombing.
It appeared from many messages that Aleppo was under its worst bombardment yet.
"It's hell", says a tweet by the White Helmets - a Syrian volunteer group which has been working in East Aleppo - in a harrowing message from late on Monday.
"All streets & destroyed buildings are full with dead bodies".
Descriptions of the situation in Aleppo all paint Armageddon-like scenes. Abdul Kafi Alhamdo, an English teacher inside one of the remaining rebel-held areas of Aleppo said it felt like "Doomsday" as government forces advanced.
"Bombs are everywhere. People are running, they don't know where, just running. People are injured in the streets. No-one can go to help them," he told BBC News.
"Some people are under the rubble, no-one can help them. They just leave them under the rubble until they die - these houses as their graves," he said.
Update 14 December: Mr Alhamdo was active on social media on Wednesday, saying foreign powers had manipulated events in Aleppo.
Some were only able to send the BBC text messages. One father in the city wrote: "Guess it's goodbye. Thanks all who stand for us and pay for us. But it's almost over and they are just hours away of killing us."
And another father, whom the BBC has regularly spoken to over the past year, said: "The last message. Thanks for everything. We shared many moments. These are last tweets from an emotional father. Farewell, Aleppo."


Police say burglars who stole a safe from a church may have been exposed to asbestos in its lining and should seek medical help.

The thieves stole the safe containing silver plates, chalices and other silverware from Pip and Jim's Church in St James Place, Ilfracombe, Devon on Saturday night.
The safe was found ripped open nearby.
Churchgoers held their Sunday morning service in a nearby pub while police investigations at the church continued.
Vicar's wife Alison Rogers, who discovered the burglary, said: "I was going to church to lead an act of worship and the back door was all in slivers where it had been damaged.
"I called the police and 10 minutes later they said they had found the safe. The burglars had put it on a trolley and taken it about 300 yards to Capstone Hill."
The service was held at Wetherspoon's pub in the town.
"It's just outside the church gates," said Mrs Rogers.
"It was a fabulous service. They have always been very kind to us."
No value has been put on the stolen silverware but Mrs Rogers said: "At least no-one was hurt."
Insp Ian Dawson of Devon and Cornwall Police said: "We would stress that the risk to the public is very low, as the safe was in an open area but it is clear the offenders may well have exposed themselves to any asbestos the safe contained when they forced it open,.
"As such they should take steps to ensure their own safety and the safety of family members or associates they have visited after the crime."


Iran has arrested eight people working for online modelling agencies deemed to be "un-Islamic", the prosecutor of Tehran's cybercrimes court has said.

The arrests are part of an operation that has seen women targeted for posting photos showing them not wearing headscarves on Instagram and elsewhere.
Women in Iran have been required to cover their hair in public since 1979.
The eight unnamed people were among 170 identified by investigators as being involved in modelling online.
They included 59 photographers and make-up artists, 58 models and 51 fashion salon managers and designers, according to a statement from the court.
The arrests were announced by the court's prosecutor Javad Babaei during a state television programme broadcast late on Sunday that focused on the "threats to morality and the foundation of family" posed by social media.
Mr Babaei claimed modelling agencies accounted for about 20% of posts on Instagram from Iran and that they had been "making and spreading immoral and un-Islamic culture and promiscuity".
Of the 170 people found to be involved in online modelling, 29 were warned that they were subject to criminal investigation, the prosecutor added.
"The persons who reformed their behaviour after receiving a notice did not face any judicial action, and eight out of the 29 have been arrested," he said.
A spokesman of the Iranian Centre for Surveying and Combating Organised Cyber Crimes, Mostafa Alizadeh, said: "Sterilising popular cyberspaces is on our agenda.
"We carried out this plan in 2013 with Facebook, and now Instagram is the focus," he added, saying fresh operations would begin in the coming days.
There was no immediate comment from the photo-sharing site Instagram, which is owned by Facebook.