Two baby teeth and a jaw fragment unearthed in Italy and the UK have something revealing to say about how modern humans conquered the globe.

The finds in the Grotta del Cavallo, Apulia, and Kents Cavern, Devon, have been confirmed as the earliest known remains of Homo sapiens in Europe.
Careful dating suggests they are more than 41,000 years old, and perhaps as much as 45,000 years old in the case of the Italian "baby teeth".
The details are in the journal Nature.
The results fit with stone tool discoveries that had suggested modern people were in Europe more than 40,000 years ago. Now, scientists have the direct physical remains of Homo sapiens to prove it.
It confirms also that modern people overlapped in Europe with their evolutionary cousins, the Neanderthals, for an extended period.
These humans went extinct shortly afterwards, and the latest discoveries will raise once again the questions over Homo sapiens' possible role in their relatives' demise.
"What's significant about this work is that it increases the overlap and contemporaneity with Neanderthals," explained Dr Tom Higham, from Oxford University, who led the study on the British specimen found at Kents Cavern, Torquay.
"We estimate that probably three to five thousand years of time is the amount of the overlap between moderns and Neanderthals in this part of the world," he told the BBC Science in Action programme.
The new results indicate, too, that modern humans swept across Europe via a number of different routes, as they populated the world after leaving Africa some 60,000 years ago.
Both the teeth and the jaw fragment have been known about for decades.
In the case of the jaw from Kents Cavern, this was first identified in 1927.
The two Italian baby teeth were found in the Grotta del Cavallo in southern Italy in 1964.
Scientists have long pondered the specimens' age and origin. Many thought they were more likely to be Neanderthal remains.
It is only with the application of the very latest analytical techniques that the specimens' true status can be established.
Because of their concerns about modern contamination in the jaw, Higham and colleagues went back to animal fossils found above and below the object in the Torquay cave and re-dated those with greater precision.
This produced a likely age for the human remains of between 41,500 and 44,200 years ago.
The team also re-examined the shape of the jaw's three teeth, including their internal structure, to remove doubts that the jaw could be Neanderthal.
"We've done a new reconstruction, and we've actually found that one of the teeth was in the wrong place. That's for starters," said co-author Prof Chris Stringer, from London's Natural History Museum.
"But we've also done a really detailed comparison, right down to the shape of the roots and internal pulp cavities.  We've gone to microscopic details to show this really is a modern human. You would never find a Neanderthal fossil that had this many modern human features."
Likewise for the Italian baby teeth, Dr Stefano Benazzi and colleagues performed a morphological analysis, comparing the features of their specimens with a wide database of Homo sapiens and Neanderthal remains.  Again, this approach indicated the Grotta del Cavallo specimens were from a modern person.
The Benazzi team also resorted to advanced radio-carbon dating technology to reassess the age.  This was applied to ornamental shell beads found in the same layer as the teeth.
"The new dating shows that the teeth must be between 43,000 and 45,000 years ago," said Dr Benazzi from the University of Vienna, Austria.
"That makes them the oldest European modern-human currently known," he told BBC News.
The re-assessments have further importance because palaeoanthropologists can now put modern humans in the caves at the same time as the stone and bone tool technologies discovered there.
There has been some doubt over who created the so-called Aurignacian artefacts at Kents Cavern and the slightly older Uluzzian technologies at Grotta del Cavallo.  It could have been Neanderthals, but there is now an obvious association in time with Homo sapiens.
No-one really knows why Neanderthals went extinct or what part - if any - modern humans played in their disappearance. Scientists say it is not necessarily the case that there was conflict between the two groups; it could just have been that Homo sapiens was better equipped to deal with the harsh challenges of the time.
"I think it's still very much an open question because climate is also a part of the story," commented Prof Stringer.
"The fact is that while these populations were overlapping, the climate of Europe was very unstable.  Populations were expanding and shrinking and being pushed around by very rapid changes in environment.
"I think it's going to be a combination of factors, with both Neanderthals and modern humans being stressed but the moderns being perhaps a bit better adapted to the changes and being able to get through them. The Neanderthals on the other hand weren't, and they went extinct."
Jonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk


Hacker has been finding out what it takes to become a Member of Parliament - including how to convince people to vote for you.

6 June 2017 Last updated at 17:10 BST
Can he get people to support the Meat Paste Party?
In the run-up to a general election, MP candidates go out to meet members of the public and speak to them about their ideas. By doing this, they hope to persuade them to vote for them.
Hacker went out knocking on doors with Edwina Currie, who used to be an MP, to learn more about how to win votes. He also put his ideas to a group of children to see what they thought.
Watch the video to find out how he got on and click here to learn more about what it takes to become an MP.


Scotland head coach Vern Cotter says his team are ready to "roll their sleeves up and have a go" at Ireland on Saturday at Murrayfield.

The Kiwi described the Irish as one of the best teams in world rugby.
And he feels a nervous energy among his squad ahead of the Six Nations opener in the Scottish capital.
"It's an exciting start," said Cotter of the visitors, who have won 14 of the 17 meetings between the sides since the beginning of the Six Nations in 2000.
"Ireland have just beaten the All Blacks, they've beaten Australia and South Africa. These are not one-off results. Consistently, they're a good team. So, we get the chance to measure ourselves against them.
"I can feel a nervousness within the group. They know it's a big game. They're ready to roll their sleeves up and have a go. I think being a little bit nervous means you're sharper and more on edge. You need that. You need to be wary of the opposition - especially against these guys."
Cotter sprang a bit of a surprise when replacing John Barclay with Josh Strauss in his back row. Barclay had started nine of the last 10 Tests under Cotter including all five in last season's Six Nations.
Strauss has only one Six Nations start to his name - the win over France in Edinburgh last year - but his form for Glasgow was the deciding factor. Strauss has been a big ball-carrying presence for the Warriors, particularly in some pressure games in Europe.
"It's great to see players pushing hard for selection," said Cotter. "Josh, since November, has really kicked on. It's great to have those choices, because we'll need everybody for this competition.
"The guys have a vision for the Six Nations, there's no doubt about that. Whatever vision you have determines your behaviour. These guys are working hard to get better. That's the only way you can approach it. There are no guarantees in sport, we know that. But that desire we've seen for the last two seasons is still there.
"We need to be sharp. We need to be able to adapt. They'll have plays we haven't seen and we need to adapt to them. We've worked through the head and heart stuff that builds performances. You can't just have the heart and no head. You can't have it the other way around, either. It's about a fine balance, being smart, preparing well."
Scotland are without their first-choice props, Alasdair Dickinson and WP Nel, and go with the inexperienced but highly promising Allan Dell and Zander Fagerson. They have only once won their opening match of the Six Nations - against France in 2006 - and to break that cycle of failure they are going to have to overcome a side that have just come through one of the most successful years in their history.
Ireland's depth is impressive. They have lost Johnny Sexton but replaced him with Paddy Jackson, who played fly-half when Ireland beat the Wallabies in the autumn.
"He's obviously a proven 10 at international level, but may not be thinking so fondly of the last international game he played at Murrayfield," said Cotter.
That was a reference to the 2013 loss to the Scots when Jackson was picked at fly-half and had a game to forget. Cotter said that Jackson has done a lot of growing up since then.
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Ireland have lost Jared Payne, a hugely important part of their midfield but their centres on Saturday - Robbie Henshaw and Garry Ringrose - are the most exciting midfield partnership since Brian O'Driscoll and Gordon D'Arcy.
Donnacha Ryan, a colossus against the All Blacks, has been left out of the 23. Jordi Murphy played openside that night - and scored - and Josh van der Flier played in the position when Ireland beat Australia a few weeks later. Sean O'Brien, a series-winning Lion and scorer of two tries the last time he played against Scotland at Murrayfield, takes over on Saturday. They have options that most teams do not have.
"Ireland move you around," added Cotter. "They play a great game of chess. Strong up front, a good kicking game, they turn you around in channels, try to make you exit poorly and then attack from line-out. The idea is not to give them what they want. It's up to us. There is a bit of stress out there. We have to function and play under that stress.
"The trap is that every year that Scotland get talked up. We're realistic. We know which teams are ranked ahead of us, we know what the rugby hierarchy is at the moment. It's up to us to change that."


Fifteen Scottish firms have been "named and shamed" by the UK government as national minimum and living wage offenders.

The employers on the largest list ever compiled by the Department of Business must now give 124 members of staff a total of £29,033 in back pay.
They include St Mirren Football Club, as well as firms in the care sector and fast food industry.
Across the UK, 15,500 workers were identified as being underpaid.
The biggest offender in Scotland was Crossroads Caring Scotland, which failed to pay £17,685.38 to 40 workers in Clackmannan. The charity provides support for carers and their families.
Peacock Stores Limited, in Langholm in Dumfries and Galloway, failed to pay £2,256.58 to 42 workers.
Scottish Championship side St Mirren FC was found to have underpaid one worker £1,277.10.
Among the 360 UK offenders, employers in the hairdressing, hospitality and retail sectors were the most prolific.
As well as recovering arrears of £995,233 for some of the UK's lowest-paid workers, HMRC issued penalties worth about £800,000.
For the first time, the naming list included employers who failed to pay eligible workers at least the new National Living Wage rate, which is currently £7.20 for workers aged 25 and over.
Business Minister Margot James said: "Every worker in the UK is entitled to at least the national minimum or living wage and this government will ensure they get it.
"That is why we have named and shamed more than 350 employers who failed to pay the legal minimum, sending the clear message to employers that minimum wage abuses will not go unpunished."
Excuses for underpaying workers included using tips to top-up pay, docking workers' wages to pay for their Christmas party and making staff pay for their own uniforms out of their salary.
A statement issued on behalf of Crossroads Caring Scotland's Clackmannanshire service said the incident occurred more than 16 months ago and was the result of "an oversight relating to travel time". Forty staff members out of a total of more than 650 staff were affected.
The statement added: "As soon as the breach was identified, we worked closely with HMRC to ensure that our workers received the full back pay that they were entitled to and also to ensure our compliance with this complex legislation in the future.
"As a result, we have put in place processes to ensure that such a breach cannot occur again.  All of our support workers are now paid the Scottish Living Wage of £8.25, which will increase to £8.45 in April."


The FBI investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server while secretary of state has concluded with a recommendation that she not face criminal charges.

While the fevered dreams of some on the right (and left) that Mrs Clinton would be frog-marched from campaign stage to jail cell have been dashed, the presumptive Democratic nominee's political pain is far from over.
But how bad is it, exactly? Here are some reasons why it could be a grievous wound - or nothing but a scratch.
Explanations dismantled. Mrs Clinton had a carefully constructed series of justifications and defences for her email decisions while secretary of state. James Comey's unusual press conference exploded like a torpedo beneath the water line, sinking those efforts.
Mrs Clinton said she hadn't sent classified information. The FBI found more than 100 of her 30,000 emails (0.3%) contained details that were classified "at the time" they were transmitted and "a very small number" had markings "indicating the presence of classified information".
She also said she had turned over all her work-related messages, but in fact her lawyers relied on keyword searches to sort through the email files and consequently missed several thousand relevant documents.
Major media fact-checkers were quick to survey the scope of the damage.
Politifact said the FBI "clearly undercuts Clinton's defence". The Washington Post upgraded its verdict on the veracity of Mrs Clinton's classified information claims from two to four "Pinocchios". The Associated Press wrote that the FBI "left much of her account in tatters and may have aggravated questions of trust swirling around her Democratic presidential candidacy".
Polls show that many voters give Mrs Clinton low marks for veracity and openness - and these latest revelations will do nothing to help change this view.
It's a lead weight holding her overall approval ratings down when she needs to be generating enthusiasm and energy for her general election campaign.
Strength undermined. The Clinton team has framed much of its campaign as a contrast with Donald Trump, whom they are painting as a reckless and dangerous commander-in-chief.
The former secretary of state, they counter, is tested and competent - a steady hand on the wheel in troubled times.
But are steady hands labelled "extremely careless" with classified information by the FBI? Do they leave their personal communications open to possible "hostile actors", including sending emails on an unclassified system while "in the territory of sophisticated adversaries"?
On Tuesday afternoon the Trump campaign sent a press release leading with the charge that Mrs Clinton "compromised the safety of the American people".
"Our adversaries almost certainly have a blackmail file on Hillary Clinton," he wrote, "and that fact alone disqualifies her from service".
While there's no tangible support for that particular piece of Trump bluster, if the public doesn't buy Mrs Clinton's argument that she's the "safe" choice, much of the advantage she has on her sometimes intemperate opponent will disappear.
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The establishment indicted. It has been a common theme in the presidential campaigns of Mr Trump on the right and Bernie Sanders on the left that establishment insiders live under their own set of rules.
While average Americans are left to their fate, big bankers get bailouts, big businesses get handouts, and the elite are insulated from the consequences of their actions.
For those with this outlook, the failure to indict Hillary Clinton - or even hold her accountable in a non-criminal manner - is yet another example of the benefits that come along with high positions of power.
While Comey insisted that there was little precedent for a prosecution given that Mrs Clinton did not intentionally mishandle classified information or do so in a "grossly negligent" way, such explanations may not fly with the swath of voters currently alienated from the political process.
In 1997 then-Vice-President Al Gore gave a press conference in which he said there was "no controlling legal authority" capable of ruling on whether his fund-raising activities violated federal law.
Although Mr Gore never stood accused of a crime, Republican George W Bush used his legalistic word-play to paint him as above the law again and again when the two squared off for the presidency in 2000.
Mr Gore was the Democratic heir apparent running to succeed a still-popular two-term president. He lost.
A trusted face. FBI Director Comey's just-the-facts delivery on Tuesday made the findings he presented all the more damaging to the Clinton campaign.
The charge that the former secretary of state was "extremely careless" would not have nearly the same impact if it came from a Republican politician. In fact, many conservatives have tried tagging Mrs Clinton with much, much worse.
Instead the man delivering the very public rebuke is a career law enforcement official with a sterling reputation for rectitude and probity.
Videos of Comey's statement have already found their way into a Republican attack advert - with many more sure to come.
And on Thursday Republicans in Congress will have the opportunity to elicit more potentially damaging sound bites from the FBI director when they call him to testify on his findings and the decision not to recommend criminal charges.
Most Americans may not have known who James Comey was before Tuesday, but chances are they're going to be seeing a lot of his face as the general election campaign heats up.
She wasn't indicted. If the news for Mrs Clinton on Tuesday was bad, it could have been much, much worse. When Comey approached the lectern, the Democratic candidate's staff had no idea what he would say. Would Mrs Clinton or some of her staff face charges?
While she wouldn't have been the first candidate even in this election cycle to run for president while under indictment, it still would have been a devastating blow to her campaign.
Democrats would clamour for another candidate - possibly Mr Sanders or even Vice-President Joe Biden - to be nominated at their convention in three weeks.
Instead the fallout from the FBI investigation will be political, not criminal. Political damage control is something the Clintons know how to do. It's something they've been doing in the national spotlight for more than 25 years.
Shortly after Comey delivered his stern rebuke, the Clinton campaign was already trying to turn the page.
"We are pleased that the career officials handling this case have determined that no further action by the department is appropriate," spokesman Brian Fallon said.
With indictment off the table, one of the possible "wild cards" that could have thrown the race into chaos has been removed from the deck.
While the former secretary of state's reputation has been further damaged, the electoral advantages she - and the Democrats - have heading in to the general election are still intact.
Trump will overplay his hand. Often when Mrs Clinton seems to be in trouble, Donald Trump sweeps in with some news-cycle grabbing statement or action that spares her from the full force of the blow. His post-Orlando-shooting speech that criticised Muslims in the US was widely panned, and his boasts about how the UK Brexit vote would help his campaign while on Scottish soil sparked anger on both sides of the Atlantic.
Such missteps have been so pronounced at times that it's given rise to conspiracy theories that Mr Trump is actually a secret Democratic operative intent on electing Mrs Clinton and destroying the Republican Party from within.
Such paranoid fantasies were dusted off once again on Tuesday evening as Mr Trump made remarks during an off-the-cuff speech that put him squarely back in the spotlight.
While he started by re-enforcing the themes he had laid out in his press releases earlier in the day - that Mrs Clinton's email actions showed a dangerous lack of regard for US security - he soon lost focus.
He accused Attorney General Loretta Lynch of accepting a bribe in exchange for refusing to charge Mrs Clinton - an explosive accusation for a party standard-bearer to make, particularly given that Comey said he had not consulted with Lynch prior to issuing his report.
Then he offered praise for former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, who he said was a "bad man" - but one who was effective at killing terrorists.
While it was a line that Mr Trump had used in the past, it came when the media and fellow Republicans believed he should have been hammering Mrs Clinton on emails and nothing but emails.
Instead, the Clinton camp was able to fire off a release condemning Mr Trump's Hussein comments. Republican leaders like House Speaker Paul Ryan were forced to defend - or renounce - their presumptive nominee's remarks.
What should have been a poisonous news cycle for Mrs Clinton became a little less so thanks to Mr Trump.
Republicans will move on. While there was plenty of grousing among Republican politicians following Comey's announcement of no charges on Tuesday, the response was far from full-throated outrage.
Several congressional Republicans have called for an independent counsel within the Justice Department to investigate the matter further, but so far the move doesn't seem to be gaining much traction.
A free-ranging independent investigation could pose a significant risk to the Clinton campaign, heralding a new string of testimonies and subpoenas that would keep the matter in the news and leave open the possibility of perjury or obstruction of justice.
Instead, it seems, the House of Representatives will hold hearings looking into the decision not to indict, giving Republicans plenty of opportunity to grandstand - or come across as showboats.
There could be a move to formally censure Mrs Clinton - although Congress has few working days to act before its members head to the conventions and hit the campaign trail in earnest. House Speaker Ryan has also suggested cutting off Mrs Clinton's access to the security briefings given to presidential candidates. Such a development would be embarrassing, but it's unclear how Congress could force the executive-branch national security agencies that deliver the briefings to take such a step.
It's still early. If the Clinton camp could pick the best time for the FBI director to deliver a stern rebuke of Mrs Clinton, they probably would opt for right now, in the early July space between the end of the presidential primary season and the Democratic convention.
Voters won't weigh in on Mrs Clinton for another four months, giving the campaign plenty of time to recover.
In just over three weeks Mrs Clinton will take the stage in Philadelphia to accept her party's nomination, culminating days of positive press as major party stars - from President Barack Obama to Vice-President Joe Biden to Senator Elizabeth Warren to Bill Clinton - sing her praises.
On Tuesday night, just hours after the FBI announcement, Mr Obama was on stage with Mrs Clinton, showing just how enthusiastic he's going to be on the campaign trail for her.
Even by next week political wags and pundits will be back to speculating about vice-presidential picks and the possible craziness in store at the Trump-led Republican convention.
Mrs Clinton's email imbroglio will cast its shadow on the campaign, but barring any new, explosive revelations - it's likely a wound that time can heal.


There have been sharp increases in the number of new homes being started and finished in England compared with a year ago, according to new figures.

The Department for Communities and Local Government said about 37,080 new homes were started in the last quarter of 2015, up 23% on the previous year.
Completions were up by 22% to 37,230.
Ministers said they had "got the country building again" but housing charity Shelter said the increase was "not good enough".
In the year up to December, 143,560 new homes were started, which was up by 6% on 2014 - 22% below 2007's peak but 91% up on the slump recorded in 2009.
Homes built by private developers were up by 8% but those built by housing associations down by 1%.
The report said the highest completion rates were found in a band starting to the north of the London green belt, running through Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire and Leicestershire, with strong completion levels also around Devon and Gloucestershire in the South West.
Areas with the lowest completion rates include Kingston upon Thames, Southend-on-Sea and Gravesham, it said.
Housing Minister Brandon Lewis said the amount of new homes completed had hit a "seven-year high", adding: "However we're not complacent.
"That's why we've set out the most ambitious housing vision for more than a generation, doubling the housing budget so we can meet our ambition of delivering a million new homes."
But Labour's housing spokesman John Healey said the total was "still falling far short of what the country needs".
"Ministers have talked up the economic recovery, but these figures show that there were more than 20% fewer new homes started last year than before the global financial crisis," he said.
Shelter's chief executive Campbell Robb said only half the number of homes needed were being built.


A woman has died after the car she was driving crashed into a block of flats in the early hours of Monday morning.

The crash happened at the junction of Meteor St and Moira St in Adamsdown, Cardiff, just after 00:30 BST.
The 22-year-old woman was driving a black BMW. A 21-year-old male passenger is in hospital with serious injuries.
Four people have been arrested in connection with the crash and Meteor Street is closed in both directions while investigations are carried out.


Chris Nash's 21st first-class century helped Sussex secure a nervy draw against Leicestershire at Hove.

Resuming the final day on 113-0, Ed Joyce and Matt Machan fell early on before Nash and Ross Taylor shared a 93-run third-wicket stand.
Ben Raine had Nash, who hit 21 fours in his innings, caught behind for 144 leaving Sussex 342-5 - a lead of 32.
But bowlers Ollie Robinson (25 no) and Ajmal Shahzad batted for 14.5 overs as Sussex closed on 377-6.
Sussex opener Chris Nash told BBC Sussex:
"I worked hard during the winter with Gary Kirsten (former India and South Africa head coach) and it has paid off.
"Gary stays in touch and he texted me at tea and I know he's delighted with how I have started the season, but the coaching staff here have made sure I keep doing the things that we worked on.
"My job here was just to bat as long as I could but because I'm more relaxed I get less tired, it was disappointing to get out when I did because I still felt good.
"Our performance on the first two days was unacceptable but I thought we fought back well. There's no doubt it's going to be a graft this summer to get promoted because every team in the second division is showing a lot of fight."
Leicestershire bowler Clint McKay told BBC Radio Leicester:
"It was a tough day for us on what was still an excellent wicket and fair play to Chris Nash, he batted brilliantly to save the game for them.
"You couldn't ask for more in terms of how we played. The bowling unit kept running in hard and at no stage did we let the game drift.
"We can come away with what I guess is a winning draw and lots of positives to take into our next game against Northamptonshire.
"We have had a good start to the season and it's important that we keep the momentum we have going."


Britain's Peter Kennaugh retained the leader's yellow jersey in the penultimate stage of the Herald Sun Tour in Australia.

His Team Sky team-mate and fellow Brit Chris Froome is second, 13 seconds behind, heading into the final stage.
American sprinter John Murphy won the 146.2km stage three from Traralgon to Inverloch in a photo-finish.
Sunday's final stage ends with a climb to the summit of the 314m Arthurs Seat on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria.
And Froome believes his compatriot can hold onto the lead. He said: "I'm pretty sure he'll be all right. He's in good nick and he's feeling good.
"It would be massive. It would be a great win for him, a great win for the team so that's the plan."
Kennaugh, though, said he was well aware of the threat posed by the riders just behind him - not least, Froome.
"If Froome's feeling super-good he'll be up for anything," said the 26-year-old.
"He can have an attack, he can do what he wants but I'm sure we'll have a strategy by tomorrow and take it from there."
Stage three result:
1. John Murphy (US/United Healthcare) 3hrs 20mins 52secs
2. Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita/Trek) same time
3. Steele von Hoff (Aus/ONE)
4. Jesse Kerrison (Aus/State of Matter)
5. Anthony Giacoppo (Aus/Avanti IsoWhey)
6. Caleb Ewan (Aus/Orica-GreenEdge)
7. Neil van der Ploeg (Aus/Avanti IsoWhey)
8. Daniele Colli (Ita/Nippo)
9. Alistair Donohoe (Aus/Australia)
10. Luke Rowe (GB/Team Sky)
Overall classification after stage three:
1. Peter Kennaugh (GB/Team Sky) 9hrs 54mins 13secs
2. Chris Froome (GB/Team Sky) +13secs
3. Jack Bobridge (Aus/Trek) +31secs
4. Jack Haig (Aus/Orica-GreenEdge) +48secs
5. Dion Smith (NZ/ONE) +52secs
6. Damien Howson (Aus/Orica-GreenEdge) +53secs
7. Anthony Giacoppo (Aus/Avanti IsoWhey) +54secs
8. Robbie Hucker (Aus/Avanti IsoWhey) same time
9. Patrick Shaw (Aus/Avanti IsoWhey) +55secs
10. Joseph Cooper (NZ/Avanti IsoWhey) same time.


Togo goalkeeper Kossi Agassa can miss their must-win Africa Cup of Nations match against DR Congo on Wednesday after the goalkeeper's house was vandalised, said coach Claude LeRoy.

Agassa's home in Togo's capital was placed under police protection after it was attacked on Friday by fans blaming Agassi for the 3-1 loss to Morocco.
"He was really affected when he heard the news," said LeRoy.
"Whether he wants to play or not, I will respect his decision."
Togo are bottom of Group C going into the final round of matches and have to defeat DR Congo to make it into the quarter-finals of the tournament in Gabon.
I think it (the attack) has scarred Agassa too much psychologically
The 38-year-old Agassa, who has played for Togo for 19 years, had a tough time against Morocco, conceding two goals from set-pieces and then allowing a long-range shot to skip past him for the third.
But he also helped Togo hold defending champions Ivory Coast to a 0-0 draw in their opening match.
"Agassa does not deserve such treatment,'' LeRoy said. "We are all supporting him because, after all, football is a game.
"He is very upset and it has had an impact on the morale of the whole team, I think it has scarred him too much psychologically. His mum has so far found it difficult to talk about it, it was so stressful and a cause of panic for her.
"I really doubt he will be able to play a third match."
Le Roy added: "The solidarity of the team is such that we will find calmer waters and not let ourselves be affected by a small minority in what is a country of peace."
Togo has history when it comes to fans taking out their frustrations on players' houses.
In 1998, Togo striker Salou Bachirou's house was damaged by people angry at what they considered his poor performances at the Nations Cup in Burkina Faso.


Justin Welby has apologised for "hurt and pain" caused by the Anglican Church to the LGBT community.

The Archbishop of Canterbury made the comments as he defended the decision to restrict a liberal US branch of the Church for allowing same-sex marriage.
He said it was not for Anglican leaders to "divide the Church" and that union would be "painful as well as joyful".
But he added it was a "constant source of deep sadness that people are persecuted for their sexuality".
His comments followed an agreement between Anglican leaders on measures to curb the US Episcopal Church, including barring it from decision-making for three years.
The agreement - made at a four-day meeting of 39 Anglican primates in Canterbury - also upheld a "traditional doctrine" of marriage as being between a man and a woman.
Episcopal leaders and campaigners have criticised the decision, with people gathering to protest at Canterbury Cathedral.
The head of the Episcopal Church, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, told BBC Radio 4's The World Tonight, the experience of the gay and lesbian community was similar to that of African-Americans, adding: "Even after emancipation there were those who were excluded and segregated."
Anglicans have been divided on the issue of homosexuality and same-sex marriage since the US Episcopal Church ordained an openly gay bishop in 2003.
Leaders said that stance was a "fundamental departure" from the faith of the majority in what is the world's third largest Christian denomination.
Speaking at the Primates 2016 conference, Archbishop Welby said facing protesters, particularly those from Africa, was a reminder of the "pain and suffering of many LGBTI (Lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex) people around the world".
He said: "For me it's a constant source of deep sadness, the number of people who are persecuted for their sexuality.
"I don't have the right to speak for everyone. I wanted to take this opportunity to say how sorry I am for the hurt and pain, in the past and present, the Church has caused."
But defending the decision to curb the US Episcopal Church, he said the "unity shown by the primates" was "going to be painful as well as joyful and remarkable".
"It is not for us to divide the body of Christ, it is not for us to divide the Church," he said.
The rift over the US Episcopal Church's stance on same-sex marriage and homosexuality dates back to the ordination of openly gay Canon Gene Robinson.
He was made a bishop of the Episcopal Church's New Hampshire diocese in 2003.
More than 100 senior Anglicans had used an open letter less than a week ago to urge the Church of England to repent for "discriminating" against lesbian and gay Christians.
However, the Anglican leaders in Canterbury said the Episcopal Church's approval of gay marriage was "a fundamental departure from the faith and teaching" of the majority of Anglicans.
The Anglican leader denied suggestions the US Church was being sanctioned but said it was facing "consequences" and said the decision was supported by the "overwhelming majority" of Anglican primates.
Asked if the Church's position made it look outdated, he admitted it would in some parts of the world but not others.
He said: "It makes us look out of line in the US and UK, yes, but not in many other parts of the world, no.
"We are a global Church and that means that there are different views in different places."
He also said the mistreatment of gay people in some countries, especially those where homosexuality is criminalised, remained a "major concern".
BBC religious affairs correspondent Caroline Wyatt
There was an atmosphere of significant mistrust at this meeting, perhaps hardly surprising given the animosity of the past years between the most traditionalist of the provinces and the most liberal.
The disagreement over Anglican doctrine regarding same sex marriage is probably a more fundamental one than the divisions that raged over female priests.
But the subtext of the meeting has been the power struggle just beneath the surface over who should lead the Anglican communion in the future - the countries of the global south, where congregations are growing, represented in part by Global Anglican Future (GAFCON) or Canterbury, its traditional leadership based in an increasingly secular global north where congregations have been in decline for many years.
Through diplomacy and negotiation - and a tight media blackout which succeeded until almost the last day - the Anglican Communion has pulled through as one, for now.
The careful wording of the resolution agreed by the majority of primates ensured there was no mention of the words "sanction" or "punishment", although the strength of feeling about the Episcopal Church's unilateral action was abundantly clear.
Nonetheless, even as GAFCON welcomed the deal, its leadership added that: "This action must not be seen as an end, but as a beginning."
So even though the Anglican Communion has not "moved into separate bedrooms", as some had expected, it is continuing to live in a deeply divided household.
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The Global Anglican Future Conference (Gafcon), which represents conservative Anglican leaders worldwide, said it was pleased by the outcome but said "this action must not be seen as an end, but as a beginning".
But Presiding Bishop Michael Curry told BBC Radio 4's World Tonight that the decision would bring "great pain" to gay and lesbian members of the Anglican Communion.
He said: "Those who are baptised followers of Jesus - whether they are straight gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered - if they're committed to following the way of Jesus, they should have equal access to all of the services and sacraments in the life of the Church."
He also defended the decision of the Episcopal Church to change the canon to allow for same-sex couples to be married in church.
"Obviously it's a serious disagreement. We believe the decision we've taken is the right one and they've expressed their displeasure and disagreement and we respect that."
Other gay Christians and supporters of equal marriage were critical of the decision.
Labour MP and former Anglican minister Chris Bryant, who is gay, said: "I've finally given up on Anglican church today after its love-empty decision on sexuality.
"One day it will seem wrong as supporting slavery."
Archbishop Welby is to appoint a task group to rebuild trust in the Anglican Communion.
Anglicans, whose roots are in the missionary work of the Church of England, are the third-largest grouping of Christians in the world, behind Roman Catholics and the Orthodox.


Harry Redknapp has backed Brendan Rodgers and Joey Barton to be successful after moves to Glasgow this month.

Rodgers, 43, has taken over as Celtic manager while midfielder Barton, 33, has joined newly-promoted Rangers.
"It's a great move for Brendan," said former Tottenham boss Redknapp, 69. "Joey Barton is a leader on the pitch and in the dressing room.
"It's a big pull next year with the Old Firm games again."
"Two of the biggest clubs in the world in my opinion, still," Redknapp added. "Even though they're not in the biggest league, they've still got incredible pull around the world.
"I'm looking forward to those games. They're going to be fantastic. I certainly would love to come up there at some stage and watch a game. It'd be a great atmosphere."
Former Liverpool boss Rodgers faces the task of extending Celtic's current run of five successive Scottish top-flight titles and returning the side to the group stages of the Champions League for the first time in three years.
"He'll be as good as the players he's got at his disposal," said Redknapp.
"He'll try to play the way he had his teams playing at Swansea. They'll pass the ball and get lots of movement.
"If he's got people who can play I'm sure he'll encourage them to try to play from the back. It'll be risky football but with the right people, if they're comfortable on the ball, I'm sure it'll be a success."
Former Manchester City and Newcastle player Barton, meanwhile, has joined Championship winners Rangers on a two-year deal after helping Burnley seal promotion to the Premier League.
"I recommended him," said Redknapp, who had Barton at Queens Park Rangers. "Burnley rang me about him. [Manager] Sean Dyche called and asked me about Joey and I said I would take him.
"He'll have his mood swings and if things don't go his way, there can be aggro. But, he wants to win.
"He's a real student of the game. He'll watch a million games. He'll be all over the place watching other teams play. He's interested in football. He'll watch every game on TV.
"He doesn't hold back. He's got strong opinions on the game. He gets people going. He'll be a big voice in that dressing room.
"He's got a real good understanding of football and his role in the game. You give him a job to do and he'll do the job.
"He was as good as anybody defending corners. The amount of balls he headed out the box when I had him, he did his job in the right position that you put him in.
"He'll be a good player for Rangers, I'm sure he will. I'm sure [manager] Mark Warburton will get the best out of him."


Two competitors were killed during the opening day of the Isle of Man TT Races on Saturday.

Sidecar driver Dwight Beare, 27, crashed near the Rhencullen section of the Mountain Course at about 14:10 BST.
His passenger, Benjamin Binns, was airlifted to the island's Noble's Hospital, with a fractured ankle. His condition was described as "stable".
Later, Paul Shoesmith, 50, died in a crash on Sulby Straight during solo practice. The session was abandoned.
Shoesmith, from Poynton in Cheshire, made his TT races debut in 2005 and had a highest placed finish of 15th on the TT Mountain Course in both the Superbike and Senior Races in 2011.
He achieved his fastest ever lap around the TT Mountain Course in Saturday's Superbike Race, lapping at 125.896mph and finishing 29th.
Beare was originally from Melbourne, in Australia, but lived in Onchan, on the Isle of Man
The sidecar race was immediately red-flagged following the accident but was later re-run.
Beare made his debut at the annual road-racing event in 2014 and finished 12th in the second race of the week, with his father Noel as his passenger.
He returned last year and secured a 17th-place result.


A patrol car was damaged during a protest sparked by the fatal shooting of a man during a police operation on the M62 motorway.

4 January 2017 Last updated at 16:51 GMT
Yassar Yaqub, 28, from Huddersfield, was shot when police stopped a car near junction 24 of the M62 motorway on Monday evening.
On Tuesday, protesters carrying banners with slogans including "stop the killings" brought traffic to a halt on Leeds Road in Bradford.
Police said the protest was largely peaceful but damage was caused to some vehicles, including a police car.


Last year, a 32-year-old Indian security guard in Australia accused of stalking two women was let off by a court after he argued that Bollywood films had led him to believe that it was "quite normal behaviour" for Indian men to obsessively target women.

He was being perversely honest. In Bollywood movies, the hero will often pursue the heroine with a vengeance. He will stare at her, wolf-whistle and stalk her relentlessly. Spurned lovers will chase and harass women. A critic once wrote that the Bollywood stalker had evolved from a "nominal villain to an outright hero".
Now a new Bollywood film, Pink, challenges many of the industry's cringe-worthy, misogynistic tropes including stalking and rape threats as romantic moves.
The film, directed by Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, revolves around three young women who are flatmates in the capital, Delhi, which is also one of India's most unsafe cities for women.
While Minal (played by Taapsee Pannu) is from Delhi, her mates are Falak, a Muslim from Lucknow, and Andrea, who is from to Meghalaya in the north-east of India.
The three attend a rock concert in the outskirts of the capital and hang out with a male friend, who brings along his friends. An offer to drinks and dinner turns sour when Minal is molested.
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The women flee the scene and try to put the unpleasantness behind them and get on with their lives.
However the three men, who have political connections in the capital, begin to stalk and terrorise the girls. One of the men says, "It will be fun to teach her a lesson".
The film is then played out as a courtroom drama that shows how Indian women often keep away from reaching out to police or the courts for help, fearing the shame they could be further subjected to.
The three women are shown breaking down repeatedly in court when subjected to the prosecutor's sexist line of questioning.
Pink ends on a note of pyrrhic victory for the girls, but the patriarchal menace that threatens Indian women from leading their independent lives lingers to its end.
Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan plays the defence attorney who seeks justice for the wronged girls. He's the elder patriarch who rebukes the moral hypocrisy and ineptitude in India regarding women.
"A woman's no means no, be it a sex worker, a casual acquaintance or even a wife," Bachchan tells the court. This dialogue has been repeated on social media threads, with many women endorsing it.
The three female leads in Pink don't dance, sing or play coy around the heroes like the characters in most Bollywood movies.
They are threatened with the terror of assault. They are bullied for the crime of not consenting and being unapologetic about saying no to sexual advances, a situation that is all too familiar for many women in Indian cities.
The women are angry and indignant at the hurt caused by a ruthless patriarchal system.
They stand up and fight a cult of masculinity that keeps women repressed and wants to "teach a lesson" to women who dare to stand up for themselves.
Pink has won rave reviews from Indian critics and is having a successful run at the box office.
The Times of India said "Pink is a powerful statement on the existing feudal mindset of a majority of India". And The Guardian called it "a naturalistic drama that forms a serious attempt to grapple with India's rape culture".
Script writer Ritesh Shah says Pink "has become much more than a film".
The film has opened a much-needed debate about female consent, patriarchy and respect for women in India.
"My film is a response to all the atrocities and moral policing that we read about in India almost daily," director Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury told the BBC.
"Pink is a protest call to not judge women. A woman who drinks, parties and has male friends over to her house is branded as a 'woman of low character'. A democratic society must be intolerant to a culture that brands women like this."


The government has been asked to intervene in the withdrawal of NHS funding of IVF treatment in the south London borough of Croydon.

The local clinical commissioning group (CCG), which commissions healthcare for the borough, said it made the decision to withdraw free IVF to save money.
A borough council committee has written to Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt asking him to look at the decision.
The Department of Health said it would respond to the letter in due course.
A spokesperson said: "Fertility problems can have a serious and lasting impact on those affected, which is why we expect all CCGs to implement NICE (National Institute for Clinical Excellence) guidelines."
Croydon's CCG said IVF was still available to those with "exceptional clinical circumstances".
NHS oversight group NICE recommends women under 40 can be offered up to three free IVF cycles on the NHS, but the final decision lies with CCGs.
In the letter, Croydon Council's health and social care scrutiny sub-committee said the withdrawal of funding had resulted in a postcode lottery as residents of other London boroughs continued to have access to free IVF treatment.
It said Croydon CCG had been left a large deficit by the previous primary care trust and due to historical underfunding and had to find savings of Â£36m this year.
Sub-committee chairwoman Carole Bonner said: "Not only are we asking for the decision to be reversed, but we are also asking for funding from the government to address the balance."
Leader of Croydon Council Tony Newman said: "It's true to say that the decision to withdraw funding will be reviewed in a year, but even if the funding is restored at that point there would be residents who have passed the age limit and missed the chance of conceiving."
Croydon CCG, which was placed in financial special measures in 2016 for NHS overspending, said the decision could help save Â£836,000 per year.
Dr Agnelo Fernandes, from Croydon CCG, said: "We took this difficult decision only after careful consideration and discussion in the context of the increasingly challenging financial position we face.
"We have a statutory requirement to prioritise frontline services for the people of Croydon and live within the financial resources available to us."


An attempt to introduce a sugar tax in Guernsey was thrown out by the States.

Deputy Mike Hadley called for the introduction of the tax and for Â£250,000 to be ring-fenced for the strategy.
But the plans were heavily defeated as politicians approved a Healthy Weight Strategy for 2016-2023.
The States intends to cut down on the number of overweight and obese islanders through promoting healthy eating and exercise.
More than half of adults are classed as overweight or obese, according to government figures.
A third of nine and ten year olds also fall into that category.


Lawyers acting for senior republican Freddie Scappaticci have failed in an attempt to prevent the BBC from running part of a Spotlight film on Tuesday.

The hearing, at the high court in Belfast, centred around filming at a news conference given by the alleged British agent at his solicitor's office on 14 May 2003.
The programme will be broadcast on Tuesday on BBC One at 22:40 BST.
A BBC spokesman said the programme "is of major public interest".
He added: "Tonight's Spotlight is an important investigation by Darragh MacIntyre of allegations that Freddie Scappaticci was involved in the murder of alleged British informants while himself an agent of the state, codenamed Stakeknife, at the heart of the IRA."


England all-rounder Chris Jordan has signed a new one-year contract extension with Sussex.

The 27-year-old arrived from Surrey in 2013 and will remain with Sussex until the end of the 2017 season.
Jordan, who is part of England's World Twenty20 squad, played just six County Championship matches in an injury-hit season last year as Sussex were relegated to Division Two.
"I'm thrilled to be extending my contract," he told the club website.
"I'm looking forward to putting in my best performances on the pitch, helping Sussex back into Division One and back to winning trophies."
Sussex head coach Mark Davis described Jordan as a "vital" player, who will continue to "balance" the team in all formats of the game.
"His all-round ability as a fast bowler, destructive batsman and brilliant catcher makes him a key member of our team at Sussex," Davis added.


Two teenagers who attacked a man causing him a serious head injury are being sought by police in West Lothian.

The incident happened in Leven Walk in Livingston at about 18:15 on Thursday.
The 19-year-old was treated in hospital after he was hit with a weapon by the pair.
Both attackers are thought to be in their mid-teens. The first was about 5ft 2in with black hair. He was wearing a light blue jacket and denim jeans.
The second attacker was about 5ft 7in with brown hair and was wearing a dark blue jacket and denim jeans.
Det Sgt David McMillan, of Police Scotland, said: "This was a violent, unprovoked attack that left a young man needing hospital treatment.
"I'm particularly keen to trace any witnesses who saw the incident or the suspects in the area around the time of the assault."


Star Wars and Harry Potter star Warwick Davis, who played an ewok in Return of the Jedi, has taken to Twitter to help recover his stolen caravan.

The Swift Archway Cranford 545 caravan was stolen from a site in Yaxley, Cambridgeshire, on Thursday night.
Davis tweeted "My touring caravan was stolen.. even though it was locked up with hitch & wheel lock! I want to swear... #rotters".
He added the thieves could have "headed north or south on A1, or west on A14".
Cambridgeshire Police said: "We have had a report of a caravan being stolen in the Yaxley area between 5pm on Thursday and 12.45pm on Friday. We are investigating."
Davis, who played the role of Wicket in the third of the original Star War movies, is also appearing in the forthcoming Star Wars: Episode VII.
Davis's credits include Professor Flitwick in the Harry Potter films and Nikabrik in The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.
Anyone with information about the caravan is asked to call Cambridgeshire Police.


A 16th Century stately home has been severely damaged by an overnight fire.

Fire crews were sent to Grade II listed Parnham House in Beaminster, Dorset, following reports of the blaze.
Photographs shared on social media showed the Elizabethan building well alight.
A spokesman for Dorset Police said the cause was unknown, but it was being treated as suspicious. He added it was believed no injuries had been sustained.
The spokesman said emergency services were alerted to an "extensive fire" at 04:10 BST.
Parnham House was described as "architecturally brilliant" in a 2009 Dorset Life article.
It was home to the Strode family, prominent aristocrats in the 16th Century, for 200 years.
It was later used as a country club and nursing home. In 2001 it was refurbished by a private owner.
Much of the current design was created in 1810 by John Nash, an architect who worked on the 19th Century enlargement of Buckingham Palace.
Evidence of his work includes distinctive winding staircases and stone mullioned windows.
The house is set away from the road and sits in grounds that include stone statues and topiary that has remained unchanged for centuries.


It's a diplomatic relationship that is deeply in crisis, but one that remains of crucial importance to both countries.

Rarely have relations between the US and one of its key Nato allies been so poor as those between Washington and Ankara.
"Damage limitation" may be an understatement to describe one of the main aims behind the visit the of the Turkish President, Recep Tayip Erdogan to the US this week.
It has become increasingly clear what both these presidents think of each other.
In his recent study of Barack Obama's foreign policy - the product of multiple interviews with the president - Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic summed up Mr Obama's view of his Turkish counterpart in terms of disappointed expectations.
Goldberg notes that "early on", Obama saw Erdogan "as the sort of moderate Muslim leader who would bridge the divide between East and West - but Obama now considers him a failure and an authoritarian, one who refuses to use his enormous army to bring stability to Syria."
Whatever Mr Obama may think about his Turkish counterpart in private, Mr Erdogan has been much more outspoken in public.
Just one example - earlier this month he condemned the Obama Administration's support for Kurdish fighters in Syria, insisting that Washington's inability to grasp their true nature had turned the region into "a sea of blood".
The differences between Washington and Ankara are various, not least reflecting US disappointment at the current drift in Turkish domestic affairs.
But it is the Syrian crisis, and in particular the role of Kurdish militias in the fight against so-called Islamic State (IS) that has crystallised US-Turkish tensions.
US and Turkish disagreements over Syria reflect fundamental differences on both strategy and goals.
From the outset Turkey backed rebel groups in Syria opposed to the Assad regime.
Indeed his removal became a strategic necessity for the Turkish government; the only way they believed stability could be restored.
Turkey has been directly hit by the crisis - not just by the spill-over of terrorism across its own borders. It has also been forced to contend with a huge wave of Syrian refugees.
That is one of the reasons why the Turks have backed the idea of establishing "safe zones" inside Syria; areas that could be protected by US and allied air power as well as forces on the ground.
That idea has been consistently opposed by the Obama administration.
The US was no friend of President Assad but its focus was elsewhere - the struggle against IS in both Syria and Iraq.
Given the absence of any clear alternative governing arrangements in Syria, Iraq appeared to be Washington's priority, while it helped arm rebel groups in Syria its efforts initially had little impact.
Turkey, with its long land border with both Syria and Iraq was clearly of huge strategic importance in Washington's anti-IS campaign.
The US pressed to use Turkish air bases though for a long period the Turks were reluctant.
When they did finally approve their use it appeared to represent to many observers something of a quid pro quo for the US turning a blind eye to Turkish strikes against the Kurds.
For it is Kurdish dynamics, rather more than IS, that has dominated thinking in Ankara. Kurdish fighters have been among the most successful ground forces battling IS.
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In the process they have received considerable material support from Washington.
This has been like a red-rag to a bull for the Turks who, already battling a Kurdish insurgency within Turkey, fear any Kurdish successes that might encourage Kurdish national aspirations.
So Ankara and Washington are allies, but at the same time pretty much at loggerheads over Syria.
Russia's military intervention on the side of President Assad only added a new complication.
Turkey's shooting down of a Russian jet that briefly intruded into its air space prompted an ambivalent reaction from its NATO allies. In public there was strong support for Turkey.
But in private many of them were alarmed at what they saw as a strand of recklessness in Ankara's behaviour.
US fighters were briefly deployed to patrol Turkish air space but were almost as quickly withdrawn.
US-Turkish strategic differences over Syria are one thing. But both governments need to find sufficient common ground to move forward with the campaign.
The growing IS terrorist threat to Turkey may encourage some flexibility in Ankara.
Turkey would dearly love to roll back Kurdish gains in Syria but it wants other things too.
Turkey's position is not necessarily as strong as it appears. It now has few friends or allies in the region.
Gone are the days when Mr Davotoglu, as the then foreign minister, proposed a new Turkish foreign policy of "zero problems" with all its neighbours.
Now it has problems on all its frontiers. Ankara's "new Ottomanism" , its bid to secure a role as a major player in the Middle East, may have run its course.
The Syria crisis has exacerbated Turkish fears of Kurdish autonomy; it has renewed its campaign against Kurdish militants inside Turkey; it is now under threat from IS terrorism; it faces chaos across its borders with both Iraq and Syria.
Turkey also has an uneasy relationship with Washington; terrible relations with Moscow; and it has fallen out with other key regional players like Israel with whom it once was close.
Turkey badly needs a reset in its foreign policy. Washington could help with that.
But on Syria their differences remain so fundamental, it is hard to see how any compromise can be achieved.


Four people have been arrested after a head-on crash in East Sussex left a driver with serious injuries.

Two vehicles collided just after 22:30 BST on Saturday near the Lamb Pub on the A259 at Hooe, police said.
A driver was trapped for two hours before he was cut free and taken to hospital with serious injuries.
The occupants of the other car fled, leading to a police dog and helicopter search of open land nearby.
The road was closed for several hours while forensic evidence was recovered from the scene, Sussex Police added.


Australia's federal court has ordered internet service providers (ISPs) to block dozens of popular pirate sites.

The crackdown prevents users from accessing 59 illegal torrent and streaming sites including Demonoid, EZTV, YTS, RARBG, 1337x and Putlocker.
A total of 160 domains have been blocked in two orders, including alternative routes to the Pirate Bay.
The blockades were requested by film studio Village Roadshow and Australian broadcaster Foxtel.
Many pirate websites are already banned in Australia, with the two new court cases bringing the total number of domains blocked in the country to 340.
The country has wrestled with curbing citizens' illegal downloading habits for some time.
In 2014, Attorney General George Brandis told reporters that Australia was the "worst nation for piracy on the planet".
Individuals caught offering pirated material can face fines of up to A$117,000 (Â£72,000) - up to five times more for corporations - and may also receive a prison sentence, according to the Australian government website.
In 2016, the Hollywood studio behind the US film Dallas Buyers Club announced that it would not pursue a piracy case it launched against Australians accused of illegally downloading the film.
The studio said at the time that it had identified 4,726 unique IP addresses from which the film had been shared online using BitTorrent, a peer-to-peer file-sharing network.


A contract has been signed to transport the oil rig that ran aground on Lewis.

The 17,000-tonne Transocean Winner hit rocks at Dalmore Bay in early August but has now been towed to Broad Bay.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said the Norwegian company Offshore Heavy Transport (OHT) would transport it to Turkey.
The firm is expected to float the rig onto the semi-submersible heavy lift vessel OHT Hawk. which is scheduled to arrive in Broad Bay in late September.
Transocean Winner was being towed from Norway to Malta when it broke free in stormy seas on 8 August.
From Malta it was due to be taken to Turkey to be scrapped.
Since the grounding, local politicians have called for the rig to be dismantled in Scotland but it was confirmed earlier this week that it would continue its journey to Turkey.
Hugh Shaw, the Secretary of State's representative for maritime salvage and intervention, said: "There will be many technical challenges surrounding the operations, however I am satisfied that this is the safest option and it fully meets the requirements to minimise any future risk to safety or damage to the environment."
The rig's grounding sparked pollution fears owing to the 280 tonnes of diesel on board.
Investigations found two of its four fuel tanks were damaged in the incident which resulted in the loss of 53,000 litres of fuel, most of which is thought to have evaporated.
The remaining fuel has been safely removed.
Dozens of pieces of debris have also been found at the grounding site at Dalmore, with divers recovering about 40 pieces so far.
MCA said a temporary exclusion zone of 1000m in Broad Bay would remain in place to minimise any risk to safety for other boats as well as divers and vessels helping with the salvage operation.
A temporary exclusion zone of 750m also remains at Dalmore Bay while the salvage of debris continues.


All-time greats Shane Warne and Sachin Tendulkar have called for Twenty20 cricket to become an Olympic sport.

Cricket has not featured since 1900 but the sport's governing body is meeting the International Olympic Committee next month to discuss a possible bid.
"I'd love to see it as an Olympic sport and, who knows, down the track it might be," Warne told BBC Stumped.
"I think it's a great idea and I reckon T20 is the best format for it," added Tendulkar on the World Service show.
Former Australia leg-spinner Warne and ex-Indian batsman Tendulkar are captaining rival teams in a series of three Twenty20 All Star matches in the USA in November as they seek to use their fame to help globalise the game.
Their backing for an Olympic bid will increase the pressure on the International Cricket Council (ICC) to reverse its resistance to the concept on the grounds that it might dilute the sport's existing competitions, such as the World Cup and World Twenty20.
In July, the MCC's World Cricket Committee called for Twenty20 to be included in the 2024 summer Games.
Following its board meeting in October, the ICC announced that its chief executive David Richardson and director Giles Clarke would hold talks with the IOC in November.
Tendulkar, a guest on the launch show of the second series of Stumped, believes Twenty20 is the ideal format for making the sport accessible at the Olympics.
"It's the most acceptable format for people who don't have any knowledge about cricket or the ones who need an introduction to cricket," said Test cricket's all-time leading run-scorer.
"The game is over in three hours and it's like any sport - you go to a stadium and after three hours you get back to your work."
Warne also favours Twenty20 but is not opposed to indoor cricket being the chosen format - another idea that is reportedly on the table.
"If it advertises the game of cricket and the skill and athleticism that are involved in a game of cricket then great," said Warne, 46, whose tally of 708 Test wickets is second only to Sri Lanka icon Muttiah Muralitharan.
"I haven't seen a game of indoor cricket for a long time so I don't know how good indoor cricket is at the moment. But the last time I saw it, it was fantastic - so hopefully they have grown a different skill for it.
"Ideally, I'd stick to Twenty20 because it's over in three hours, it's easy to organise and you play two or three games a day. I'd include the associate nations because it's helping spread the word of cricket."
Cricket's Olympic push has gathered momentum in recent weeks after new England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Colin Graves came out in favour.
The ECB had long opposed the idea because of the potential financial implications of an Olympic competition taking place at the height of the English summer.
Hear the full interviews with Shane Warne and Sachin Tendulkar on Stumped on BBC World Service on Saturday 31 October at 00:30 GMT or download the podcast via the Stumped website.


Eight churches in Herefordshire and Shropshire have been awarded £500,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund to help pay for urgent repairs.

The largest amount, of more than £100,000, was awarded to the Grade I-listed St Michael's Church in Munslow, to fund work to its roof and stonework.
All of the churches are part of the Diocese of Hereford.
The diocese said about £200,000 still needed to be raised to complete repairs at the churches.
It said grants were vital with the cost of expensive heritage restoration projects often falling on small congregations.
Anson Crouch, who helped put a bid together for St Michael's Church in Munslow, said the church still needed to find £30,000 to complete its repairs.
"It is quite a challenge for a little parish like this. The population is less than 400," he said.
"Initially we want to make the church weatherproof and then we'll start to look on the inside."
The five Shropshire and three Herefordshire churches are all listed buildings, with many dating back to the 12th Century.
St Tysilio, in Sellack, will receive £75,000 towards structural work on its spire and tower, as well as repairs to stonework and some windows.
A £93,000 grant to St George's church in Milson is expected to help fund stabilisation work to walls, as well as re-roofing the chancel.
Other grants have been given to St Mary's in Cleobury Mortimer, St Michael's in Stanton Long, St Milburga in Stoke St Milborough, St Peter's in Pipe cum Lyde and St Mary the Virgin in Middleton on the Hill.
The work is due to be carried out over the next three years.


Families in Northern Ireland spent almost £7 a week in 2016 on cigarettes - more than twice the figure for England and Wales.

The data comes from recently released government figures on weekly spending.
Households in Northern Ireland spent just over £500 a week, according to the Office for National Statistics, below the UK average of £527.
Along with tobacco, Northern Ireland also spends the most on foods like bread and potatoes.
Northern Ireland also spends more on buying clothes, shoes and going to the hairdresser.
Some expenses like electricity and petrol are higher.
But others are cheaper. For example Northern Ireland spends less on housing as house prices here are relatively low compared to the rest of the UK.


Golfers at Dundee's public courses have been banned from bringing their dogs with them after complaints from fellow players and staff.

It follows reports of dog fouling and damage at the Camperdown and Caird Park courses.
Dogs can still be walked across the courses but not if owners are playing a round of the game at the time.
A spokesman for Leisure and Culture Dundee said the rules were changed on 20 April.
He said: "This change reflects the concerns of many players and staff about dog fouling and damage being caused to the courses, particularly greens and bunkers.
"The new management rules, which do not affect the Right to Roam legislation, are clearly signed at the courses and on the Leisure and Culture Dundee website.
"Most golf courses in Scotland do not allow players to bring dogs with them."


Nine-time Moto GP world champion Valentino Rossi says he will finish his career at Yamaha.

The Italian, 36, was pipped to the 2015 title by team-mate Jorge Lorenzo and insisted he could compete for honours in 2016 and beyond.
"I would like to race also after 2016. In any case, I will end my career with Yamaha," he said.
"I want to try to be at the level I've had for the past two years. Then we'll see whether I can fight for the title."
He also called for "respect" from Lorenzo, with whom he has had a fractious relationship at Yamaha.
"I've always respected Jorge Lorenzo - he's respected me a little less," said Rossi, at the launch of Yamaha's new M1 bike on Monday. "Let's hope the respect will be mutual this season."
Lorenzo secured the 2015 Moto GP crown by just five points after Rossi was forced to start from the back of the grid in the final race of the season in Valencia, Spain.
It was a punishment for his collision with Spaniard Marc Marquez in the previous race in Malaysia.
Rossi needed to finish second in Valencia to take his first title since 2009 but could only manage fourth.
Lorenzo played down any bad feeling between the team-mates.
"I hope next season finishes like last season, in the sense that our rivals will be behind us," said the Spaniard, 28. "I hope to win again or, if not, Valentino. I don't have problems with anyone, neither with Rossi, Marquez or [Dani] Pedrosa."
The 2016 Moto GP season begins on 20 March with a night race at Qatar's Losail International Circuit.


Welsh screenwriter Andrew Davies has said subscription streaming services cannot compete with the BBC for drama.

He spoke at a preview screening of the final episode of his adaptation of War and Peace, which was produced by BBC Cymru Wales.
The Cardiff-born writer, 79, said "almost everybody agrees" the BBC should do drama.
Online providers, such as Amazon Prime and Netflix, do not attract similar audiences, he added.
He said: "They (online streaming services) have huge budgets but until now they still have tiny audiences.
"People say 'everybody's watching Mad Men, everybody's watching the American version of House of Cards'. They're not, it's just people in the business are watching it. Most people are watching Call the Midwife and War and Peace."
Addressing the ongoing discussions over the renewal of the BBC's Royal Charter, Davies said drama was an intrinsic part of the corporation's output.
Davies, who was made a Bafta fellow in 2002, has written numerous adaptations for the screen, including Little Dorrit, Sense and Sensibility and Bleak House, as well as several novels.
Last year, he was honoured at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards.
"I think that serious drama, or drama that makes an impact, is something that almost everybody agrees is one of the things that the BBC should be doing," he added.
"A lot of the arguments (about the BBC's future) tend to come over expensive entertainment shows, and bought-in shows and that kind of thing.
"But I think something like War and Peace is a great thing to get everybody on the BBC's side. It couldn't have been done without the BBC; who else would have done it?"
Davies's adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's epic novel has attracted favourable reviews and he said he had been "thrilled" by the reaction.
In a question-and-answer session after Monday's screening, Davies revealed that his next projects involved a planned adaptation of Les Miserables "with no music and no singing", and a drama based on Aneurin Bevan and the creation of the NHS.
He also praised the increased levels of drama production in Wales since Doctor Who began filming in Cardiff in 2005.
He said: "BBC Wales drama 20 or 30 years ago was pathetic. They couldn't do anything, and other people's productions would use BBC Wales' money because BBC Wales couldn't think of anything," he added.
"It's been an incredible last 10 years, starting off with Doctor Who. It's thrilling for me, coming from Wales, as I've been working for the BBC for ages but was rarely able to work with BBC Wales because over the years they were just so dozy.
"Now it's a powerhouse, it's extraordinary, and we should be terribly proud of it. But make sure to keep it going."
The final episode of War and Peace will be broadcast on BBC One Wales on Sunday 7 February at 21:00 GMT.


Churchill, the 6-4 favourite, won the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket to give trainer Aidan O'Brien a record-breaking eighth win in the Classic.

It was jockey Ryan Moore's second win in the race, having ridden O'Brien's previous winner Gleneagles, in 2015.
Barney Roy (7-2) was second ahead of third-favourite Al Wukair (11-2) in the first Classic of the 2017 Flat season.
Frankel's offspring Dream Castle and Colts Eminent were fifth and sixth respectively over the mile distance.
The 1,000 Guineas, for fillies, takes place at Newmarket on Sunday at 15:35 BST.
Churchill, last season's champion two-year-old, was sitting third at the halfway stage and managed to get the first run on his main rivals as he won by a length from Barney Roy.
Moore said Churchill, who was making his three-year-old debut at Newmarket, had "everything you want in a racehorse".
"He has a magnificent mind, he travels, has speed and loads of class," Moore told ITV Racing. "He was always racing comfortably - he was there a little bit early.
"He always feels like there's more when you ask him."
O'Brien added: "I was very worried about it being his first run. He's a big horse and we knew he would come on for the run. Ryan gave him a lovely ride.
"Everyone at home was very happy with the horse which is why we took the chance to come first time, so I'm delighted."
BBC racing correspondent Cornelius Lysaght
Am I the only one to feel a slight sense of anti-climax?
Obviously, Aidan O'Brien's latest record-breaking feat is a testament to the prolific skills and brilliance of himself, the rest of the Coolmore team, and, of course, of champion stallion Galileo, Churchill's father.
But as a race, I'm not sure. It was hardly the potentially epic showdown billed; the time wasn't great, and the first seven finished within about three lengths.
Churchill was good rather than sparkling, though it was his first run of the season. A word for Barney Roy who stumbled at a crucial moment late on.


Firefighters have led four people to safety after they were trapped by fire in a close of flats in Saltcoats.

Crews were called to the three-storey building in the North Ayrshire town's Canal Street at about 00:40.
They kept in touch by phone with people in the upper floors before firefighters were able to bring them out safely.
The two men and two women were given precautionary check-ups from paramedics who decided that none of them needed to go to hospital.


Chris Amon was one of F1's most talented drivers never to win a race.

If it is true that nice guys always come second, the New Zealander - who died on 3 August aged 73 - won the respect and admiration of the sport many times over...


The BBC Trust has approved proposals to move BBC Three online, on the condition that the channel's long-form programmes will be shown on BBC One and Two.

"The decision to close a TV channel is a difficult one, and one we have not taken lightly," said BBC Trustee Suzanna Taverne.
But added: "The evidence is very clear that younger audiences are watching more online and less linear TV."
The channel will effectively go online-only from February.
The decision follows a full public consultation over the proposed closure of BBC Three as an on-air channel.
BBC director general Tony Hall announced in March 2014 that the youth-oriented channel would be moved to iPlayer, with its budget slashed from £85m to £25m, as part of "financially necessary" cost-cutting moves at the corporation.
BBC Three - the original home to shows such as Gavin And Stacey, Little Britain and Torchwood - has been widely praised for its creativity and fostering of new talent. It is particularly popular with viewers under-25.
On average, the channel is watched by 11.2 million people every week and reaches 25% of 16-24 year olds. However it is also currently the only BBC channel watched by 925,000 people in that age group - 80% of whom will "simply be lost" when the channel moves online, according to a public value assessment (PVA).
So, from January 2016,  the BBC Three TV channel will begin telling its audience to go somewhere else.   It's not yet clear exactly how long the "migration" to online will take but the BBC Three TV channel will almost certainly have "gone dark" by April.
What happens if you want to see the programmes but can't or won't go looking for them on the iPlayer? We are promised that all "long-form" BBC Three content will be shown on BBC One and Two and that some of it will be shown in peak time.
What that means in practice is around two hours a week.  It also means that some of that content may appear in the daytime schedules or more likely after 10pm.
Finally, what happens if the number of young people watching BBC Three content plummets?  The BBC Trust says it might then have to set quotas for how many BBC Three programmes are shown on traditional TV.
On Thursday, the Trust report outlined a number of conditions that the BBC must fulfil to ensure those younger audiences are not left out. Among them, the Trust stated that the corporation must offer distinctive new programmes aimed at younger audiences, and continue commissioning risk-taking shows that experiment with new talent and ideas.
The Trust said it would monitor the progress of an online-only BBC Three across the next 18 months, as well as checking to see whether the BBC was adhering to the terms set out in today's report.
'Bitterly disappointing'
In February, a petition campaigning against the closure of BBC Three, signed by more than 270,000 people, was delivered to the BBC Trust. Stars such as Matt Lucas, Daniel Radcliffe, Olivia Colman and DJ Greg James have all spoken out against the on-air closure.
Earlier this year, BBC bosses ruled out selling the station to a group of independent TV producers who stepped forward to try to keep it on TV and increase the budget, saying the channel "was not for sale".
Jono Read, from the #SaveBBC3 campaign, called Thursday's decision "bitterly disappointing and...a very sad day for the future of the BBC".
"With The Voice now lost by the BBC, it will save about the same amount they needed from closing BBC Three. But the BBC failed to make that connection."
"It appears this is an example of young people being hit the hardest by cuts."
Lord Hall has said the £30m saved by the closure of BBC Three will be invested in BBC One drama.
He said the BBC was responding to "a very tough financial situation" adding: "Most importantly, it's a great opportunity to develop new formats, new forms of content and re-imagine what we can do for young audiences who are, as we know, increasingly online and on the go."
BBC Three controller, Damian Kavanagh, echoed Lord Hall: "Today is just the beginning for BBC Three and our plans to transform our offer for young people," he said, outlining the channel's "reinvention" online and the thinking behind the transformation in a BBC blog.
"We have lots of new content coming in 2016 and exciting new ways of delivering it in development," said Kavanagh.
As part of Thursday's decision, the Trust also approved plans to extend the hours of CBBC to 21:00 GMT (two hours later than the current finish time of 19:00) and to develop iPlayer beyond a catch-up service, to include online-first and third party content.
However, as mooted in June, the Trust formally rejected proposals for a new BBC One+1 channel, which it said would be at the expense of commercial rivals.
It also gave the BBC three months to outline what it intends to do with the spectrum freed up by the closure of BBC Three next year.


Long, long ago in those distant days when I was an undergraduate student of politics, I read a seminal account of Britain's relationship with post-war Europe by the British economist Andrew Shonfield.

"Europe: Journey to An Unknown Destination" was first published in 1972, just one year before the UK joined what was then the Common Market. Shonfield set out why "The Six", as they were known, the founder nations, had embarked on what was to become known as "the European project", and attempted to explore the uncertainties of the journey that lay ahead.
My tutor put it quite straightforwardly: "It's one thing for six people to decide to get on a bus. Another altogether for them the agree how many more should get on, how fast it should travel, to what  destination and when, if ever, any of them should get off".
I have often thought back to that conversation, but never more so than at this "pivotal moment" when Theresa May triggers Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty to set Britain on course to leave what is now the European Union of 28 nations in two years' time.
"A momentous journey," is how she describes it. Naturally, I am reminded of that earlier journey, albeit in the exact opposite direction. But now, as then, the ultimate destination is spectacularly "Unknown".
By a neat accident of timing, I spent the day before Article 50 was triggered in the company of business, academic and local authority leaders at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham, the venue for the biggest-ever business forum staged jointly by the governments of Britain and Qatar.
It was a measure of how much store Mrs May set by the promise of up to Â£5bn of Qatari investment in Midlands transport infrastructure, education, healthcare, sport, and cyber security projects that she found time even as she prepared to sign that letter to Donald Tusk, to come to the ICC to deliver the keynote speech.
Whether these two separate, but by no means unrelated, events really were a matter of sheer coincidence, there was no disguising the positive gloss being put on things by another of the VIP speakers, Dr Liam Fox, the International Trade Secretary; famously, one of the three Brexiteers whom Mrs May brought into the Cabinet to help deal with the new reality for which they had so energetically campaigned.
He told me the promised investment was "a vote of confidence that the Midlands Engine is firing up for business".  He presented post-Brexit Britain as a land of opportunity and commended "Birmingham, our Second City" as "the right and proper beneficiary" of this major investment.
But do those business leaders themselves share Dr Fox's determinedly optimistic outlook? According to the old adage "business hates uncertainty" and Brexit delivers that in spades.
My own random sample of opinions ranged between those who had morphed from Remainers to Brexiteers in the nine months since the vote, as the predicted economic catastrophe had conspicuously failed to materialise; to those who, more stoically, "were fearing the worst but hoping for the best".
Whenever Mrs May sets out her vision of a global Britain, she is apt to point out that ours is the only region running a trade surplus with China.
This is thanks very largely to the worldwide success story of Jaguar Land Rover. They design their cars in Coventry, make the engines in Wolverhampton and build them in Birmingham and Solihull and offer a growing range of opportunities for smaller local firms in the supply chain. Surprise surprise, our region's car industry is enjoying a new golden age.
But, (and it is a Big But), JLR's German boss, Dr Ralf Speth, has told the BBC how worried he is about the prospect of losing "open access" to what are still his firm's biggest markets in Europe. "Access" is the key word here. Now that Mrs May has ruled out our continued membership of the EU Single Market, much of the forthcoming negotiation will focus on exactly what form our "access" to it might take.
And if the fears of Dr Speth weigh heavily on the Prime Minister's mind, so too will the complications of deal-making on several fronts at the same time.
She has to contend not only with her counterparts in Europe, but also with the various sections of her party at home. Our part of the country is home to a concentration of Tory backbenchers who campaigned for a Leave vote: Bill Cash and Owen Paterson are unlikely to be backward in coming forward. But neither are the so-called "Tory Remoaners" who are already threatening to go nuclear and vote against the Great Repeal Bill if they are not convinced the government is negotiating what they see as a good deal.
All of which sets the stage wonderfully for what I predict will be a defining edition of Sunday Politics Midlands this weekend.
We will be hearing from two of the heaviest-hitters on the business scene in our part of the country: former Trade Minister, Digby Lord Jones of Birmingham, who campaigned for a Leave vote in typically outspoken style. And Sir Peter Rigby, whose business empire includes technology, aviation, property and financial services. He sees Brexit  as a disaster for Britain and is convinced that two years will be nowhere near enough time for an exit strategy to be negotiated.
Also joining me in the studio will be the Conservative MP for Aldridge-Brownhills, Wendy Morton and the Labour MP for Birmingham Erdington, Jack Dromey.
And I hope you will join us too, in our usual 11.00 slot on BBC One Midlands this Sunday 2 April 2017.


Red rose tributes to Scotland's national bard have been installed in the shadow of the Burns Monument in Alloway in South Ayrshire.

The metal plaques have been put in place to mark the 220th anniversary of Robert Burns death, on 21 July 1796.
They are engraved with names and messages of supporters from around the world.
The installation is part of a campaign to raise funds for the restoration of the Victorian monument.
After being exposed to the elements for 200 years, it needs repairs to its masonry and its original decorative finish restored.
More than £80,000 has been raised by members of the public and organisations and the National Trust for Scotland USA Foundation has donated almost £100,000.
But the National Trust for Scotland, which owns the monument, said a further £15,000 is needed before work can begin.
David Hopes, director of Robert Burns Birthplace Museum in Alloway, said: "The interest and support for Burns Monument has been amazing - and perhaps no different to public feelings 200 years ago when the monument was first commissioned.
"We still need support though so that we can start work conserving the Burns Monument and, in the spirit of its creation, making it a fitting celebration of the lasting legacy Robert Burns and his place in our heritage."


Labour needs a break with the past and an honest assessment of why so many Welsh voters chose the Conservatives over them, one of its MPs has said.

It comes as the party's UK executive met to set the timetable to choose Ed Miliband's successor.
Cardiff South and Penarth MP Stephen Doughty said voters in Wales and England had a "lot more in common" than "perhaps many would care to admit".
He said the new party leader should be chosen from MPs first elected in 2010.
That would include shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna and shadow care minister Liz Kendall, who have already said they will stand, but rule out potential leadership contenders Yvette Cooper, the shadow home secretary, and Andy Burnham, who speaks for Labour on health.
Further high-profile party figures are expected to join the contest.
Mr Doughty told BBC Wales: "I think we need a fresh set of faces, not just in the leadership and deputy leadership, but also in the leadership team in the shadow cabinet and at the top of the party."
He said the idea of what he called "Welsh exceptionalism" within his party was wrong and "has to be put to bed once and for all".
"Many people in Wales wouldn't like it, but there is a lot more in common with voters in Wales and England than perhaps many would care to admit, and I think we need to be honest about that," Mr Doughty added.
Labour lost Gower and the Vale of Clwyd to the Conservatives in the general election, and failed to take target seats including Cardiff North and the Vale of Glamorgan.
Labour won 25 out of 40 seats in Wales, but had expected to improve on the 26 seats it won in 2010, while the Conservatives won 11, their best performance in 32 years.


A £2.1m hydroelectric power plant has started generating electricity using the waters of the River Don.

The river is powering two turbines at Thrybergh Weir, near Kilnhurst, Rotherham, to generate electricity.
It should work constantly for up to 11 months of the year and last 100 years, said the developers Barn Energy and Yorkshire Hydropower.
The plant also includes a passage to help eel, salmon and trout swim upstream towards Sheffield.
It is hoped that salmon could return to Sheffield to spawn.
They have not been seen for more than 100 years given the past pollution and the weirs on the river.
Stuart Mills, of the Canal & River Trust, said: "The Thrybergh scheme shows how renewable power generation can be harnessed with virtually no environmental impact on rivers."


The British Museum has said 1,000 cinemas across the world will screen a recording of Pompeii Live, a tour of its exhibition of Roman life before a devastating volcanic eruption.

The museum said 70% of tickets have been sold for the live screening in the UK and Ireland on 18 June.
The event will be replayed in cinemas in 51 countries later in the year.
It features objects recovered from the ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum, both wiped out by Mount Vesuvius in 79AD.
The exhibition,  Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum, closes on 29 September.
It received five-star reviews from critics in March - with the Daily Telegraph noting "the quality of much of what has come to London beggars belief".
The BBC's arts editor Will Gompertz said the exhibition offered "a snapshot of daily life 2,000 years ago".
The exhibition has proved a hit with patrons, with more than 260,500 tickets sold and the museum's opening hours extended to cope with demand.
Pompeii Live will be introduced by the British Museum's director, Neil MacGregor, and will be presented by Peter Snow and Bettany Hughes.
Countries that have signed up to the later showings include China, Colombia, India, Israel, Malta and Norway.
"This kind of innovative broadcasting - unthinkable even five years ago - has opened up new ways of sharing knowledge and accessing objects for adult and young audiences alike," said MacGregor.


Xbox One owners are complaining that a new TV advert is switching their consoles on without their permission.

The ad - featuring Breaking Bad's Aaron Paul - has the actor say "Xbox On" near its start.
The instruction appears to trigger the machine's Kinect voice/motion sensor, activating the console.
A spokesman for the firm said it had no comment at this time, but noted that previous ads had also featured voice commands.
Many people have posted comments about the problem on social media sites.
"Aaron Paul just turned my Xbox One via the Xbox advert. (Which triggered the IR [infrared] blaster to switch my TV off..)" tweeted Qassim Farid, a UK-based tech blogger.
Chesterfield-based Tom Neal wrote: "@Xbox your new TV advert is annoying the hell outta me. Aaron Paul keeps turning my console on… #stooooop"
The effect has also been noted on news discussion site Reddit's Xbox section, with one commentator writing: "Damn commercial keeps turning on my xbox! Lol"
The post reflects the attitude of many console owners who have posted about the matter who appear more bemused than angered by the glitch.
This is not the first time such an effect has been reported.
In November Xbox One owner Tim Kimberl posted a video to YouTube showing that an internet ad that featured the command "Xbox go to Dead Rising 3" launched the game on his system.
Users affected by the issue do have the ability to turn off the Kinect sensor, which prevents the console responding to voice commands.
The issue has parallels with an effect played for laughs in the TV series 30 Rock where a voice-controlled television went haywire when on-screen characters mentioned its trigger words.
The problem has arisen in the same week that Microsoft began selling a cheaper version of the Xbox One without the Kinect.
It said it made the move - timed to coincide with the E3 video games expo - following feedback from gamers who did not want to pay extra for the accessory.
The decision allows the machine to retail at the same price as Sony's PlayStation 4.
Microsoft's press event at the Los Angeles show was notable for hardly featuring the Kinect.
Only a dancing game, a Disney motion-controlled music rhythm title, and an indie game called Fru - which allows players to control a character by making body shapes - appeared to take advantage of the feature.
However, Microsoft did announce outside the show that a software update would soon allow developers access to more graphics power when the Kinect was not in use. This may help address complaints that several cross-platform games offer higher resolutions and frame rates on the PS4 than their Xbox equivalents.
However, the new ad signals that the US firm intends to keep promoting the Kinect as a feature that distinguishes its machine from its Japanese rival's, even if the price quoted at its end is for the standalone machine.


A female police community support officer was "violently assaulted" while on duty in the middle of the day.

The officer was attacked in Havelock Square in Swindon town centre at 13:15 GMT on Friday, Wiltshire Police said.
A man, 45, was arrested at the scene on suspicion of assault. Whilst trying to restrain the man, another PC and a security officer were also assaulted.
The force is appealing for witnesses and said it is possible the attack may have been recorded on a mobile phone.
Police said the officer was taken to hospital as a precaution and has since returned to work.
Supt Gavin Williams said: "This was a nasty, unprovoked attack on a PCSO who was carrying out her normal duties in Swindon town centre.
"Fortunately, she only suffered minor injuries, however any attack on a member of police staff is totally unacceptable and the person responsible will be dealt with accordingly."


Plans to tackle internet trolling could have a "chilling effect" on online freedom of expression, a committee of MPs and peers has said.

The Joint Committee on Human Rights warned that libel law reforms might cause website operators to delete statements that had not broken the law.
"There should be a higher threshold put in place before material has to be removed," chairman Hywel Francis said.
The government has accused the committee of over-complicating matters.
Proposals in the Defamation Bill aim to protect website operators such as Facebook or Twitter from claims against them when defamatory statements are published by their users, while making it easier to identify the people accused of making such statements.
To be entitled to this protection, the websites must either facilitate contact between the complainant and the author or remove the offending material when they cannot establish contact.
Announcing the plans in June, then Justice Secretary Ken Clarke said the measures would mean an end to "scurrilous rumour and allegation" being posted online without fear of adequate punishment.
Mr Francis, a Labour MP, commented: "We are also glad to see steps taken to protect website operators who are merely hosting content, but, as drafted, the bill could have a chilling effect on those publishing material online."
Under the bill, a statement is regarded as defamatory if it "has caused or is likely to cause serious harm to the reputation" of a person or a company, but any claim for damages will fail if it can be shown, for example, that the defamatory statement is "substantially true".
However, complainants would not have to declare whether any such defence applied in their case.
The committee's report explained: "We think there is a real risk that website operators will be forced to arbitrate on whether something is defamatory or lawful, and will too readily make decisions on commercial grounds to remove allegedly defamatory material rather than engage with the process."
The bill therefore "risks removing material from the internet, which, although it may be defamatory, may be lawful if a relevant defence applies", the report added.
Mr Francis said: "If we are to protect against that threat, there should be a higher threshold put in place before material has to be removed."
The committee also called on the government to abandon its "inflexible" approach to another part of the bill, which aims to strengthen legal protections for defamatory statements "on a matter of public interest" that are published "responsibly".
The MPs and peers criticised the government for including a checklist to help the courts determine whether the defence applies, designed to supersede the so-called Reynolds defence.
The committee backed a proposal from Lib Dem peer Lord Lester of Herne Hill, a long-time campaigner for libel law reform, to scrap the checklist and re-write the defence to protect those who "acted honestly and reasonably believed at the time of publication that the making of the statement was in the public interest".
The bill is due to begin detailed scrutiny in the House of Lords on 17 December.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Justice said the government would "give careful consideration" to the committee's recommendations.
"We have already taken steps in areas where the committee has concerns, for example by tabling amendments on the public interest defence in clause 4 of the bill for debate at committee stage in the House of Lords next week," the spokesman added.