It's the end of the domestic season and a major tournament is around the corner for England Women.

Normally that would be the cue for a debate about which players have earned a 'seat on the plane'.
Ahead of Euro 2017, though, there will be no such deliberations following the conclusion of the Women's Super League Spring Series, as Lionesses boss Mark Sampson took the unusual step of naming his squad on 3 April, nearly 15 weeks before July's tournament in the Netherlands.
That decision caused eyebrows to be raised at the time, but now the WSL 1 league campaign is over, who among the chosen 23 justified their selection with fine displays for their clubs? And which players can count themselves unlucky to have a free summer?
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Fit-again Fran Kirby finished as the top scorer in the WSL 1 Spring Series, with six goals in five appearances, three of them as a substitute.
After being dubbed 'mini Messi' for her displays at the 2015 World Cup, the Chelsea striker struggled with injury last year, but was nevertheless included in Sampson's 23-player Euro squad.
If her selection was questionable at the time, she proved any doubters wrong with some clinical finishing to help Chelsea win the title race.
"I think a lot of people had completely written me off, if I'm honest," the 23-year-old told BBC Sport. "Everyone had the right to write me off. I hadn't been playing for a year.
"I wasn't fit. I wasn't sharp. So I needed to make sure I pushed myself in training. The Chelsea girls in training were amazing.
"It's been tough mentally, really tough. I think I've proved I'm mentally strong and I'm feeling physically stronger than I ever have done, because I spent the past year just in the gym all day every day."
Sampson added: "It was a big boost for everyone. We were confident she was going to be fit.
"Looking at the injury, it was a tough one for Fran to miss so much football, but to see her come back and playing so well, it's great to see."
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England and Arsenal midfielder Jordan Nobbs was undoubtedly one of the stars of the Spring Series and helped the third-placed Gunners end their campaign unbeaten.
Having picked up a hamstring injury during the World Cup in Canada, this summer's tournament in the Netherlands could see Nobbs shine on the global stage for the first time.
Her swerving, long-range direct free-kick in their win at Manchester City was arguably the strike of the season and was one of four she scored in eight league starts.
A versatile midfielder with pace, vision and an eye for goal, she has the potential to play a talismanic role for Sampson's team, who start their campaign against Scotland on 19 July.
But the 24-year-old's inclusion by Sampson was not controversial - unlike the selection of eight players from Manchester City, whose players are now the core of the Lionesses squad.
However, City enjoyed another successful campaign in all competitions, lifting their first Women's FA Cup and reaching the semi-finals of the Champions League.
England players Lucy Bronze, Izzy Christiansen and Jill Scott all scored for City on the big stage at Wembley in the cup final, while striker Toni Duggan impressed with an 18-minute hat-trick in their win at Bristol City.
Another player who shone for City this term was holding midfielder Keira Walsh, who was named Player of the Match in their Wembley win over Birmingham City.
But the 20-year-old England Under-23 international is yet to win her first senior cap, despite helping City win three major trophies in the past 13 months.
So was Walsh unfortunate to miss out on a spot at Euro 2017?
"Keira Walsh has been a pivotal player for Manchester City for the past two seasons," former England goalkeeper and Women's Football show pundit Rachel Brown-Finnis told BBC Sport.
"But she's very young and has got to bide her time, she hasn't been involved in the seniors yet.
"I wouldn't have expected her to feature this summer, but she will be in contention for the next major championship.
"I think a lot of the big name foreign players have really shone in this Spring Series  - so Mark Sampson is not really missing any England players that were on form.
"But it's going to be difficult for him to pick his 11 from the 23, the strength of squad is a massive bonus and I think it will be similar to the World Cup where he used all of his players in different formations."
Sampson's squad for the Euros has an average age of over 28, and no players under the age of 23 have been included.
Among the youngsters who must wait for her senior bow is 19-year-old winner of the PFA Women's Young Player of the Year award, Jess Carter.
She, along with fellow England Under-23 internationals Aoife Mannion, 21, and left-back Paige Williams, 22, played a key role in helping Birmingham reach the cup final.
Arsenal striker Danielle Carter was arguably one of the most unfortunate absentees from Sampson's squad, having impressed for the Gunners again this term.
The 24-year-old has scored six times in her three senior England appearances - netting two hat-tricks against minnows Estonia - but is not in Sampson's immediate plans.
Back in April, 2016 WSL 1 top scorer Eniola Aluko's omission from the squad generated headlines, and she accused Sampson of sending out a "dangerous message" by not picking players on form.
But the Chelsea forward did not find the net in the Spring Series, from two league starts and one substitute appearance.
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BBC Women's Football reporter Jo Currie:
"Danielle Carter is one player who may have wished the England squad had been named closer to the Euros, having impressed once again during the Spring Series.
"The striker finished joint third in the race for the golden boot and helped guide Arsenal to a third-place finish, just one point behind champions Chelsea.
"Carter has recently been linked with a move away from Arsenal and, after not receiving an England call-up for 15 months, the transfer may be what she needs if she wants to avoid missing out on the World Cup in 2019."
One Euro 2017-bound England player has not played any league football this year, following the liquidation of top-flight club Notts County Ladies.
Lionesses trio Carly Telford, Jade Moore and Jo Potter all quickly found new WSL 1 clubs, but centre-back Laura Bassett opted to remain as a free agent.
The 33-year-old has been training full-time with Birmingham to keep in shape, but is yet to sign a deal with any club.
Sampson added: "It's been nice to see Jo, Jade and Carly in particular playing some games. I think Carly will gain a lot of confidence form playing in a winning Chelsea team.
"With Bass, we had a good conversation. Knowing Laura, she's a model professional. She understands where she needs to be as she's been to so many tournaments in the past.
"She's on the phone every day with our strength & conditioning [team]. She's working harder than she ever has done, and looks in great shape as well."
Fran Kirby and Mark Sampson were speaking to the BBC's Jo Currie.


RBS could abandon the sale of its Williams & Glyn unit, under government plans, after struggling to offload the small-business lender.

The Treasury said RBS would instead provide £750m of initiatives to boost competition in UK business banking.
RBS had been ordered by the European Union to sell the unit by the end of 2017 to address competition concerns.
The bank failed to sell the business to Santander last year and talks with Clydesdale Bank also stalled.
RBS chief executive Ross McEwan said the new plan would deal with the state-owned bank's EU obligations "more quickly and with more certainty than undertaking a difficult and complex sale".
The EU commission still needs to approve the plan, submitted by the UK government.
The Williams & Glyn brand disappeared in 1985 after being replaced by the RBS brand, but the unit continues to be an important lender for small and medium sized businesses.
The resurrected Williams & Glyn business would have had 300 branches and about 1.8 million customers.
By Simon Gompertz, BBC personal finance correspondent
RBS's attempt to sell off Williams & Glyn has run into the ground after years of fruitless toil.
The task would have been daunting at the best of times: create a new full service bank serving businesses and retail customers, then find a willing buyer.
All to atone for the £45bn rescue during the financial crisis which, the European Commission decided, made RBS too powerful.
But in a period when banks were struggling to make profits and cutting back their own operations, the project was doomed from the start.
Williams & Glyn, an old name stuck on to a Frankenstein business, was touted around Santander, Virgin and several others. RBS toyed with the idea of selling it on the stock market.
Nothing seemed to work. Costs escalated. The deadline of the end of this year began to loom. RBS faced mounting pressures in other quarters, from fines and losses.
From the start we were told there was no Plan B. Now, of necessity, there is.
The EU ordered RBS in 2009 to dispose of Williams & Glyn as a result of its £45bn government bailout at the height of the financial crisis.
European regulators had originally demanded that the sale should be completed by 2013 to prevent RBS, the UK's largest lender to small businesses, from having too dominant a position.
Spanish bank Santander abandoned plans to buy the business from RBS in September 2016, with reports saying the two sides could not agree on a price.
The Treasury and RBS said the new plan would be faster and better at providing more choice of banking services for small businesses.
The measures include:
A Treasury spokesman said: "This new plan provides a clear blueprint to increase competition in the UK's business banking market, and would help RBS resolve one of its most significant legacy issues which has held back the sale of the taxpayers' stake."


A man left badly scarred when acid was thrown in his face has said he relives the attack 15 or 20 times every day.

Samir Hussain said covering his face with his hands saved his sight but he was left unable to fully close one eye.
The 28-year-old, who is backing calls for controls on the sale of corrosive substances, said he felt the acid "eating away" at his face.
He now wears a facial mask and said customers at the Kent shopping centre where he works often ask what happened.
"I work in a public-facing role and it is something I talk about on a daily basis," said Mr Hussain, who works in Tunbridge Wells.
He must wear the mask all day and night for at least 18 months as part of his treatment following the attack at Cineworld in Crawley, West Sussex in September.
"When it was thrown, automatic reaction was to raise my hands and cover my face," he said.
"So luckily my eyesight was saved, although my eyelid does not close properly any more.
"When it hit my face it was a cold shock and that's when you feel the acid actually eating away at your flesh."
Mr Hussain, from Redhill, Surrey, is backing calls for controls on the sale of corrosive substances such as sulphuric acid, battery acid, and powerful drain cleaners.
James Berry, Conservative MP for Kingston and Surbiton, wants people buying dangerous substances to have to pay by credit or debit card so their details are recorded.
He says anyone buying the most concentrated substances should need a licence.
It follows an acid attack in Southampton, also in September last year, which left Carla Whitlock scarred and blind in one eye.
The Home Office said sulphuric acid was a reportable explosive precursor, meaning sellers must report suspicious purchases to the police.
"We are working with retailers to identify the best means of restricting sales of products with a high acidic content," said a spokesman.


A hospital trust has become the first in the country to re-enter special measures after inspectors found patient safety and care had worsened.

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust was one of 11 trusts put in the improvement regime in 2013 after a government-commissioned review.
It was later taken out when inspectors deemed it had made "real progress".
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has now raised concerns over emergency, outpatient and maternity services.
The inspection, held between October and December last year, included Scunthorpe General Hospital and Diana Princess of Wales Hospital in Grimsby. Goole Hospital was not inspected as it was rated as good in October 2015.
CQC inspectors identified concerns across a number of services, including:
Ellen Armistead, deputy chief inspector of hospitals at the CQC, said previous improvements had not been sustained, and there had been an overall decline in the quality of care and patient safety.
"For this reason, we have recommended that the trust should re-enter special measures," she said.
"In particular, we would like to see significant improvements to the quality and safety of patient care."
Responding to the report, the trust said it was disappointed but fully accepted the the shortfalls identified.
Richard Sunley, its interim chief executive, said: "We are sorry we have let down our patients, their families and carers by not meeting the quality standards they rightly expect."
He vowed the trust would "make changes with pace".
Two weeks ago the trust was one of three placed in financial special measures in an attempt to help them meet their savings targets.


The NHS in Scotland must adopt a "radically different approach" to how it deals with medical mistakes, an expert has warned.

Professor Peter Davey said a culture of fear prevented errors being reported and lessons learned.
He highlighted a pilot project in Tayside in which trainee doctors and medical students are encouraged to record adverse incidents.
It has led to a 17-fold increase in the number of reported mistakes.
The trainees and students are actively supported when they report errors, which are then reflected on and reviewed alongside senior colleagues so that lessons can be learned.
The intention is to provide a non-judgemental means of learning from the incidents so they are less likely to be repeated.
Prof Davey, the lead for clinical quality improvement at the University of Dundee, said this was crucial in allowing future standards of care to be improved.
Data from the National Patient Safety Agency has suggested that only 10-15% of adverse incidents across the UK are currently reported by doctors.
Prof Davey said this was largely because the culture within the NHS discourages doctors from reporting errors for fear of having blame apportioned.
In contrast, the pilot has led to a dramatic increase in the number of adverse incidents reported by foundation year trainees in Tayside, from about five reports in 2005/06 to more than 90 in 2011/12.
Prof Davey said the Tayside approach had much wider potential and should now be rolled out across Scotland.
He added: "Traditionally, clinical advice has been cascaded from senior consultants down to trainee doctors and medical students and the culture within the profession and the NHS has not encouraged the open reporting of mistakes.
"This model turns this on its head and is about the tremendous positive potential for trainee-led, or bottom up, quality improvement."
The professor pointed to the Francis Report into events at Mid Staffordshire, which highlighted the negative culture within the NHS, the need to put patients at the centre of care and the need for a range of quality improvements.
The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh has recently highlighted the potential for these events to be repeated in any hospital in the UK, including Scotland, and called for the NHS to refocus on the quality of patient care.
Prof Davey said: "Trainee-led quality improvements as demonstrated in Tayside offer an innovative and potent method of doing this and it is important that the NHS engages and harnesses the potential of these doctors if we wish to improve standards of care."
The professor is due to speak at a conference on professionalism and excellence in modern medicine in Edinburgh on Thursday.
The conference has been organised to provide a focus for discussing how doctors, including trainee doctors - the next generation of consultants - can influence improvement in all aspects of medical care within the NHS.
Dr Kerri Baker, chairwoman of the Scottish Academy Trainee Doctors' Group, said: "Today's trainee doctors will be the consultants of tomorrow and the future of patient care in Scotland.
"As such, it is essential to instil in them the values, standards and practices that both patients and doctors aspire to for healthcare in Scotland.
"We must also aim to treat patients in a way that we would expect our own families to be treated when receiving care."


Queensland greyhound racing boards will be abolished and the industry's top executive stood aside, in the wake of a damning report on animal cruelty.

Announcing the overhaul, state Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the report's "shocking detail" could not be ignored.
The report found widespread over-breeding, unnecessary euthanasia and cruelty to the dogs.
It also said it was likely that the use of live animals to bait racing dogs was widespread in Australia.
Ms Palaszczuk told parliament on Tuesday that the government would work immediately to "clean up" the state's greyhound racing industry.
"This industry has dismally failed those animals it relies on for considerable profit," she said.
Among the most concerning information in the report by Alan MacSporran, QC, she said, was that between 2003 and 2013 about 30% of the 24,231 pups bred for racing were not named or registered with Racing Queensland, which implied they had been killed.
Racing Queensland Chief Executive Officer Darren Condon has been stood aside on full pay and given five days to explain why he should not be sacked. Neither Racing Queensland nor Mr Condon have yet responded to the government's overhaul.
The MacSporran report also found that many animals were treated cruelly or killed if they lost too many races.
In April, 55 greyhound carcasses were found dumped in a wildflower reserve on the coast of Queensland.
Police and animal authorities investigated the find as part of a joint taskforce established by the state government following an expose by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) in February into the practice of "live baiting" within the racing industry nationwide.
The ABC broadcast contained disturbing footage of greyhounds chasing live pigs, possums and rabbits around tracks.
Three other Australian states - NSW, Victoria and Tasmania - have also launched inquiries into greyhound racing.
Announcing his report on Monday, Mr MacSporran said the industry had failed systematically to assess and manage how animals were treated by trainers and racers.
He said the fact trainers had not hidden the "barbaric" treatment of animals "tells its own story".
The report said members of the public were reluctant to tell authorities about the animal cruelty they had witnessed, "and as such, very few members of the industry are implicated".
The government has accepted the report's recommendation to establish an Integrity Commission that would, among other things, oversee appropriate treatment of the animals.
A separate entity would manage racing's commercial aspects.
Queensland All Codes Racing Industry Board Chairman Kevin Dixon said on Monday Racing Queensland fully supported that recommendation.


Chad Barrett questioned if he would play first-class cricket again before his century on his Championship debut for Northants against Worcestershire.

The 27-year-old came in at number 10 and finished 114 not out at New Road.
The South African's only previous first-class experience came in 2014 for Northants against the Sri Lankans.
"Two years waiting to play a second first-class game is a long time and you think to yourself 'are you going to play another one?'" he said.
"When I got the nod, I thought when I have a bat or a bowl I've just got to show what I can do."
Barrett has played for a number of county Second XIs trying to earn another first-class chance, including Leicestershire, Middlesex and Somerset.
But his opportunity has come at Northants, and his innings was the highest score by a number 10 for the county in first-class cricket.
He told BBC Radio Northampton: "I'm a coach on the side and I've got very supportive parents, especially my mum, who kept on telling me 'keep going, you're good enough to be playing'.
"It's tough to go round and play seconds cricket, but that's the life of a professional sportsman, you've got to go round and prove yourself. To finally get a gig here is a big plus."


Hospitals should let more dogs and other animals on to wards and even into operating theatres to help patients, the Royal College of Nursing says.

The call comes after the RCN collected scores of anecdotes of therapy-animals, and sometimes pets, helping recovery.
Some young patients found having trained dogs accompany them to the anaesthetic room reduced their anxiety before and after surgery.
The RCN is working on national advice to encourage more animal visitors.
In a recent RCN survey of 750 nursing staff, 82% said animals could help patients be more physically active and 60% said they believed animals improved physical recovery.
But many nurses said animals were not allowed where they worked.
The main reasons behind this, according to Amanda Cheesley, who is putting together nationwide guidelines on animals in hospitals, are concerns that furry companions spread infections and other "myths around the dangers" of allowing animals on wards.
But she says she knows of examples where hospitals allowed dogs and other animals on wards safely, making a "remarkable difference."
She mentioned one young cancer patient who was too scared to have a life-saving procedure in theatre.
The patient finally had the treatment she needed after a therapy dog accompanied her to the anaesthetic room and stayed with her afterwards.
Ms Cheesley said: "The dog calmed her down, making it so much less traumatic for her and her parents. Ultimately it allowed the staff to do a life-saving job."
Another example involved a man who had had a brain injury that left him with difficulty walking.
After he was discharged, he found going for a walk with his pet donkey helped with his balance and, over time, he was able to walk more easily.
Ms Cheesley says more trained animals could help with mobility and physiotherapy - for example, by asking patients to walk towards a dog at the end of a walkway and gradually increasing the distance.
Dogs could also help divert a patient's attention - for example, if a child is scared of needles, a therapy dog could act as a distraction.
To collect more evidence on the benefits and challenges of bringing animals on to wards, dog handler Lyndsey Uglow who has worked with therapy-animals in hospitals for five years, has started a research project at Southampton Children's Hospital.
Together with Ms Uglow, the Humanimal Trust, infection control specialists and hospital managers, the RCN aims to put together simple rules that could work across wards, clinics and hospices.
Concerns that pets might pass on infections for example, could be addressed by making sure animals do not wander from room to room or patient to patient, but are instead booked for a specific patient at a specific time.
Owners would also have to ensure the animal's vaccinations were up-to-date.
And handlers could clean paws with hospital-grade wipes.


Turkish MPs are holding a second and final round of voting on constitutional changes to give President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sweeping new powers.

Under the plans, the president will be able to choose ministers and judges and the prime minister post will be axed.
Seven out of 18 articles were passed overnight. If MPs back the rest in the coming days, a referendum will follow.
Mr Erdogan says the package will create more stable government, but critics see it as a dangerous power grab.
He says the proposed changes will establish an executive presidential system like those in France and the United States.
It would be Turkey's first executive presidency in its modern history.
The constitutional amendments will also:
The Islamist-rooted governing AK Party (AKP) gained the three-fifths majority needed to give the package preliminary backing on Sunday, with the support of the right-wing Nationalist Movement Party, the fourth largest party in the legislature.
The Republican People's Party (CHP), the biggest opposition party, opposes the changes, and debates have been heated.
Last week a fight broke out in parliament after the AKP clashed with CHP members, when an MP tried to film a voting session during a debate.
On Wednesday, US-based Human Rights Watch said the proposed changes pose a "huge threat to human rights, the rule of law, and the country's democratic future", describing them as a bid for "one-man rule".
"The government is rushing the bill through parliament during a state of emergency and a crackdown in which the independent media has been silenced and public debate restricted," it added.
Turkey has been in a state of emergency since a failed coup in July. The status was extended after a series of attacks on the country, including a mass shooting in an Istanbul nightclub on New Year's Eve.
Mr Erdogan, 62, came to power in 2002, a year after the AKP's formation.
He spent 11 years as Turkey's prime minister before becoming, in 2014, the country's first directly-elected president - a supposedly ceremonial role.


A man, 39, and two teenagers, aged 14 and 16 have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after shots were fired at a bar in Manchester.

Five shots were fired at The Living Room from a motorbike at about 22:15 BST on Wednesday, Greater Manchester Police said.
One man suffered a "minor" injury, but it was not as a result of the shooting at the bar in Deansgate.
The trio are being questioned in police custody.
A charity fundraiser for the Christie cancer hospital was being held at the venue at the time, though it is not thought to be linked to the shooting.
Boxer Ricky Hatton was among those attending the event at the bar, his spokesperson confirmed.
Det Insp Geoff Machent said he believed the "shocking incident" was a "targeted attack that does not pose a direct threat to the wider community".
Anyone with information is asked to contact police.


Britain's world number one Gordon Reid begins his Australian Open wheelchair singles title defence against Belgium's Joachim Gerard on Wednesday.

It is a repeat of the 2016 final, which Scotland's Reid, 25, won 7-6 (9-7) 6-4.
Three other Britons are in action, including Alfie Hewett, who makes his Australian Open debut against Stephane Houdet of France, the world number two.
Lucy Shuker faces Marjolein Buis of the Netherlands, while Andy Lapthorne plays against David Wagner.
Reid has reached the semi-finals and final, respectively, of his first two singles events of 2017 - the Sydney Open Super Series and the ITF 2 Melbourne Open.
"I arrive at Melbourne Park in a good place ready to defend my title," said Reid.


Thousands of Yemenis have taken to the streets in the capital Sanaa to protest against Shia Houthi rebels who have tightened their grip on the city.

Friday saw marches for and against the rebels, in the wake of the resignation of the Western-backed president and PM.
President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi had said he could not continue after the Houthis failed to honour a peace deal.
Protests against the rebels were also reported in a number of other cities on Saturday.
Parliament is due to meet on Sunday to discuss whether to accept President Hadi's resignation.
Security sources have told the BBC that Yemen's intelligence chief, Ali Hassan al-Ahmedi, has also stepped down.
BBC regional analyst Alan Johnston says that in the aftermath of President Hadi's resignation there's a sense that Yemen is leaderless and drifting through a dangerously uncertain political moment.
Demonstrators chanted "No to Houthis" as they headed towards President Hadi's home.
They demanded that he stay in power and impose the authority of the state despite the pressure from the rebels.
Houthi militiamen did not attempt to stop them.
Some reports said up to 10,000 people were taking part.
On Wednesday the president's home was shelled, shattering a ceasefire that had been agreed only hours earlier.
The ceasefire deal had met a series of rebel demands, including the expansion of Houthi representation in parliament and key state institutions.
In return, the rebels said they would pull back from their positions and free the president's chief-of-staff, who they have held for a week. But so far they have not done so.
Houthi gunmen also fired on Prime Minister Khaled Bahah's convoy earlier in the week and then laid siege to the palace where he was staying.
The Houthis, who follow a branch of Shia Islam known as Zaidism, have staged periodic uprisings since 2004 in an effort to win greater autonomy for their northern heartland of Saada province.
Since July the rebels have inflicted defeats on tribal and militia groups backed by the leading Sunni Islamist party, Islah, and battled al-Qaeda as they have pushed into central and western provinces.


An RnB band has mistakenly been given someone else's award at this year's UK Mobo Awards.

The Londoners WSTRN were announced as winners of best song and gave a speech before organisers revealed the prize should have gone to MC Abra Cadabra.
However, it is not the first time the wrong winner - or loser - has been announced at an awards ceremony or live on TV.
It was possibly the shortest reign in history.
One minute Miss Colombia, Ariadna Gutierrez, was being hailed as the winner of Miss Universe, the next she was watching "her" crown being placed on the head of Miss Philippines, Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach.
In a mistake of truly universal proportions, 2015 contest host Steve Harvey announced the wrong winner and the winner's sash and crown were put on the wrong woman. Harvey then had to tell the world a terrible mistake had been made. Awkward.
Miss Colombia mistakenly crowned as winner
The organisers may have got this one right, but one high-profile member of the audience certainly disagreed.
Singer Taylor Swift had just won best female video for her song You Belong With Me at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. However, Kanye West didn't agree with it.
Before Swift managed to utter a single thank you, the rapper snatched the microphone from her and proceeded to tell the audience - and everyone watching on TV - that Beyonce should have won.  Cue opened-mouthed shock from Miss Swift.
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"I'm feeling sick about this," Australia's Next Top Model presenter Sarah Murdoch uttered to the astonishment of viewers.
Kelsey Martinovich had already been crowned as 2010 champion by public vote and was halfway through her acceptance speech.
Murdoch - wife of Lachlan Murdoch, the eldest son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch - then announced the actual winner of the TV contest was 18-year-old Amanda Ware.
"This is what happens when you have live TV, folks," Murdoch added.
Australia's Next Top Model show crowns wrong winner
Not so much announcing the wrong winner, as announcing the correct loser at the wrong time.
X Factor host Olly Murs had to apologise to 2015 contestant Monica Michael after he announced to the nation that she was leaving the talent show.
In fact, he had miscounted the votes from the four judges, thinking that three judges were sending Monica home. It was actually tied two-two and it went down to the public vote.
She lost the vote anyway - but everyone then thought it was a fix.
Olly Murs apologises to X Factor Monica Michael
The UK public had been voting to decide who would represent the UK at the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest, with bubblegum pop group Scooch and solo singer Cyndi both among the hopeful finalists.
So there was understandable confusion when hosts Sir Terry Wogan and Fearne Cotton simultaneously announced different winners live on air.
Moments later Cotton announced that Scooch had indeed won the public vote. A BBC statement later apologised for the gaffe but confirmed Scooch had won and would be making the trip to Helsinki. Meanwhile, Cyndi's hopes of Euro glory were well and truly Finnish-ed.
Scooch later finished joint 22nd out of the 24 Eurovision finalists.
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Somewhat bizarrely Michael Jackson actually accepted a non-existent award at the 2002 MTV video music awards.
The show happened to be held on the "King of Pop's" birthday, and after calling him on stage to receive a birthday cake, singer Britney Spears told the audience she considered him to be the "artist of the millennium".
Jackson then began a full acceptance speech.
"When I was a little boy growing up in Indiana if someone told me that one day as a musician I'd be getting the artist of the millennium award, I wouldn't have believed it," he said.
He thanked God, his mother, Diana Ross and magician David Blaine, among others.
Singer Katy Perry accepted the award for best international song during France's 2009 NRJ Music Awards, held in Cannes.
However, the gong wasn't actually meant for her. It should have been awarded to Rihanna.
Perry's embarrassment was eased slightly by the fact she did legitimately win best international album for her One of the Boys album at the same awards ceremony.
SacrÃ© bleu.
DJ Brandon Block stumbled on stage at the 2000 Brit Awards believing he had won something.
In fact, Rolling Stones' guitarist Ronnie Wood and American Beauty actress Thora Birch were in the middle of presenting the best soundtrack award to the film Notting Hill.
Block later recalled that - having been enjoying the corporate hospitality to the full - he had been duped into thinking he had won an award by his mates, and had obligingly trooped up to collect it.
It ended with Block being manhandled by security and Wood throwing his drink over him.


A 21-year-old woman has died following a crash involving two cars in south Belfast.

Police said Kinga Pelc from the east Belfast area died in hospital on Saturday.
A man in his 20s remains in a critical condition in hospital following the incident.
It happened on the Annadale Embankment at about 15:00 BST on Friday.
Two other people were taken to hospital for treatment to their injuries after the crash.
Their injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.


A winding up order issued against Championship strugglers London Welsh has been dismissed by a judge.

Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs had applied for the Exiles to be wound up because of an unpaid tax bill of more than £90,000.
But registrar Nicholas Briggs dismissed the case on Monday after learning that Welsh entered voluntary liquidation last month.
The club are 11th in the table, having been deducted 20 points.
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Exeter Chiefs moved back into the top four of the Premiership after beating leaders Northampton Saints for the second time this season.

Phil Dollman's try gave the home side early impetus, but James Wilson crashed over in the corner in reply.
A penalty try was awarded as the Chiefs pack drove towards the line soon after the break, converted by Henry Slade.
He also kicked three penalties and Jamie Elliott's late try for Saints was no more than a consolation.
The victory lifted the Chiefs back into the top four at Leicester's expense, with Northampton remaining six points clear at the top despite what was only their fourth league defeat of the campaign.
Exeter, who won 24-18 at Franklin's Gardens in November, had England's Jack Nowell back in their side at centre, with Dollman returning at full-back.
And after Slade had kicked an early 25-metre penalty, Dollman left the Northampton defence flat-footed with two dummies in a superb run to score the game's first touchdown.
Chiefs lock Dean Mumm was then sin-binned for collapsing a scrum, but Northampton failed to make their numerical advantage count while he was off the pitch, with wing Ken Pisi spilling a pass into touch as he headed for the line.
Dollman sprinted 70 yards to touch down for the second time, but the try was ruled out for a knock-on and it was the visitors who wrapped up the first-half scoring as Wilson got the ball down before being forced into touch by Matt Jess and Slade.
Trailing only 8-5 at the interval, Saints lost Stephen Myler temporarily - the second of three of their players sin-binned during the match - for a deliberate knock-on, which Slade punished with a penalty.
He then kicked a conversion after Exeter were awarded their penalty try.
Carl Rimmer came on as a Chiefs replacement for his 50th Premiership appearance before Slade extended their lead to 16 points with another kick.
They defended superbly as Saints rallied and by the time Elliott found a way through to the corner, it was too late for the visitors, with Myler missing the conversion attempt.
Exeter head coach Rob Baxter:
"It was all about collecting some important league points because everyone has been saying that we have had the toughest run-in for the last five or six games - which is probably true - but that makes for some great games.
"If you look at the first half, it was cat and mouse, but we probably didn't make the most of the conditions; mainly because we didn't force that scrum pressure into being a try.
"But I think that we grew as the game went on and we did do well in the forward exchanges - there is no getting away from that - and ultimately that pressure counts for a lot.
"The league positions don't lie. Look at Northampton and that shows that they have been the consistent achievers and performers over the season. We are back in fourth place and that is probably about right."
Northampton director of rugby Jim Mallinder:
"There were parts of the performance that were pretty good, but we just lacked patience when we got into those really good attacking areas.
"A lot of credit to Exeter because they defended well and they took the opportunity to score that try in the first half really well.
"They put our set-piece - particularly our scrum - under some pressure. We'd talked about the quality of Exeter's scrum before the game. You can't under-estimate that because they are a big heavy pack.
"We know exactly where we are - three games to go and six points clear - so its still in our hands and we are looking forward to the challenge."
Exeter: Dollman; Whitten, Nowell, Hill, Jess; Slade, Chudley; Moon, Yeandle, Francis, Mumm (capt), Lees, Ewers, White, Waldrom.
Replacements: Rimmer for Moon (58), Taione for Yeandle (68), Brown for Francis (56), Lewis for Lees (76), Horstmann for White (25).
Not Used: Skinner, Steenson.
Sin Bin: Mumm (21).
Northampton: Wilson; Ken Pisi, George Pisi, Burrell, Elliott; Myler, Fotuali'i; Corbisiero, Hartley (capt), Denman, Manoa, Day, Wood, Clark, Dickinson.
Replacements: Tuala for Wilson (62), Stephenson for G Pisi (66), L Dickson for Fotuali'i (56), A Waller for Corbisiero (47), Haywood for Hartley (62), Mercey for Denman (47), Dowson for Manoa (72), Fisher for S  Dickinson (55).
Sin Bin: Clark (35), Myler (42), A. Waller (51).
Referee: Wayne Barnes
Attendance: 12,139


Former chancellor Lord Lamont was on Radio 4 on Monday morning championing the case for continued pay restraint.

The claim: Average public sector pay is higher than private sector, even adjusted for qualifications
Reality Check verdict: It is a difficult comparison to make, but IFS calculations suggest that Lord Lamont is probably right. However, in recent years private sector pay has been growing faster than public sector pay and the gap between public and private pay is expected to continue to narrow in the coming years if current government policies are implemented.
He pointed out that public sector pay in Great Britain is above private sector even taking into account qualifications.
The point about qualifications is important, because jobs in the public sector tend to require higher qualifications. Also, there has been a tendency for public sector bodies to outsource lower-paid functions such as cleaning and catering to contractors, which moves them from the public to the private sector. Doing so on a large scale would increase average earnings in the public sector.
There tends to be a wider range of pay in the private sector - there are more low earners and more high earners.
If you look at seasonally adjusted average weekly earnings for regular pay in the public sector, it was £506 a week in April, compared with £464 in the private sector.
But Lord Lamont was talking about earnings adjusted for qualifications. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) made this comparison in May, when it found that average public sector pay was about 3% above the private sector, although it warned that it could only adjust for whether somebody had a degree, for example, and not what the degree was in, or how good a degree it was.
Another thing that makes this comparison tricky is that staff in the public sector tend to have better pension provision, with earnings-related schemes still common in the public sector but unusual in the private. This is not reflected in the average earnings figures.
Bonus payments are more common in the private sector and they are also not included in these average earnings figures.
The gap between public and private sector earnings has been narrowing as a result of two years of frozen public sector pay starting in 2011 followed by 1% caps.
In recent years private sector pay has been growing faster than public sector pay.
Part of this effect has been to catch up with the period around 2009, when, as a result of the financial crisis, private sector average earnings fell substantially, while public sector earnings were much more resilient. During that period the gap between public and private sector earnings grew.
But inflation has been growing faster than both public and private sector pay, meaning that workers have seen their pay fall in real terms.
The IFS has warned that if the government's current plans are implemented, the gap between public and private sector pay will return to levels last seen in the 2000s, when there were considerable difficulties in recruiting and retaining staff.
Public-sector pay growing more slowly than inflation is reflected in a report commissioned by the Office of Manpower Economics published on Monday.
It looked at what had happened to real (adjusted for inflation) median wages for 10 occupations covered by pay review bodies, between 2005 and 2015.
The median wage is the one earned by the person compared with whom half of workers are paid more, and half paid less.
Average hourly pay for doctors has fallen from £38 an hour in 2005 to £30 in 2015, while the average pay of nurses is unchanged at £16 an hour.
Police officers have seen their pay fall from £20 an hour to £18, and teachers' pay is down from £25 to £22.
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Crowds across the world have welcomed the arrival of 2016.

New York saw a million people converge on Times Square to watch the famous ball descend.
While on Rio's famous Copacabana beach, spectators gathered to watch a spectacular firework display.
After enjoying fireworks and parties, attention often turns to New Year resolutions. Here are some of the resolutions you have made for 2016.
John Fox on Twitter has four things he wants to achieve in 2016...
Thomas White's resolution didn't last very long. He tweeted: "I resolved not to sleep for a full year, lasted 27 minutes."
Jane Hancock has a cynical take on New Year's resolutions:
Evgueni Krylov tells us his very common resolution: "Just to give up smoking. Hope I'll succeed this year."
Brandon Griffin has an alternative resolution:
Paul tweets: "Meeting more friends and successfully pass my first exams at university!" We wish him luck.
Terri Brown is looking to the future and tells us:
Is tolu tweets: "Want to have a better paid job, a house of my own and a side business that would be very lucrative."
While Half Blood Prince plans to be more spiritual:
Halfway Creations sets goals for the year ahead:
While Karim's resolution is more realistic: "Eat less #chocolate But who am I kidding?"
Norma Murray hopes to get running:
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Edinson Cavani came off the bench to give Paris St-Germain the advantage after the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie against Chelsea.

The hosts went ahead through Zlatan Ibrahimovic's deflected free-kick.
But John Mikel Obi scored a precious away goal, capitalising on some terrible defending to sweep home a deserved leveller from six yards.
Chelsea's stoic defending had them on course for a draw, before Cavani steered home Angel di Maria's pass.
The 29-year-old Uruguay striker, who has been used primarily as back-up to Ibrahimovic this season, scored moments after substitute Oscar spurned a chance for the visitors.
But with the second leg to come at Stamford Bridge on 9 March, the Blues are still very much in contention thanks to Mikel's goal - and Thibaut Courtois' late save from Ibrahimovic.
Some have called this a make-or-break week for Chelsea, with this match followed by an FA Cup tie against Manchester City on Sunday.
With their Premier League title defence already over, Guus Hiddink's men will know by the end of the weekend whether they can salvage anything from a disappointing domestic season.
But whatever happens against City, they will be hopeful of progressing in this competition after a promising performance in the French capital.
This is the third successive season these teams have been drawn against each other, and both previous ties were decided on away goals. Chelsea progressed in 2014 despite losing the first leg 3-1 in Parc des Princes - though admittedly they were a more formidable outfit than this vintage - but were beaten last season.
This was Chelsea's first defeat since Hiddink took charge after Jose Mourinho's sacking in November, leading his team to a 12-match unbeaten run.
The Blues thumped Newcastle 5-1 at the weekend, but Laurent Blanc's men were a step up in class.
The Ligue 1 leaders are unbeaten in 44 league games and lead second-placed Monaco by 24 points, though before the match Hiddink questioned the quality of the French top flight.
There is no doubting the quality of players at PSG's disposal, however, with Blanc able to recall the likes of of Ibrahimovic, Marco Verratti and Lucas Moura after resting them at the weekend.
The hosts were by far the superior side in the opening 17 minutes, enjoying 74% of possession, but all they had to show for it was a long-range Lucas strike.
As the visitors dragged themselves back into the match, Ibrahimovic scored against the run of play. Indeed, were it not for Kevin Trapp's fingertips diverting Diego Costa's header onto the crossbar, the Blues would have been ahead before the Swede scored his first goal against them.
Ibrahimovic's free-kick struck Mikel en route to beating Courtois, but the Nigeria midfielder quickly made amends by capitalising on poor PSG defending from a corner.
With John Terry and Kurt Zouma injured, Chelsea were without their first-choice centre-backs.
But the makeshift partnership of Gary Cahill - who blocked bravely from Blaise Matuidi - and Branislav Ivanovic withstood wave after wave of second-half PSG attacks until they were eventually breached in the closing stages.
They were ably supported by Courtois, who made a series of saves, though he was culpable for allowing Cavani to thread the ball between his legs and in at the near post.
Terry's hamstring injury resulted in a promotion for Ghana defender Baba Rahman, and the left-back played his part in the Blues' rearguard display.
Chelsea boss Guus Hiddink said: "Scoring away is always good. I'm never happy with a loss but it's not a dramatic loss."
Paris St-Germain counterpart Laurent Blanc said: "The return game will probably be open and, hopefully, with some goals."
Chelsea host Manchester City in the FA Cup fifth round on Sunday before travelling to Southampton in the Premier League on 27 February.
Match ends, Paris Saint Germain 2, Chelsea 1.
Second Half ends, Paris Saint Germain 2, Chelsea 1.
Attempt missed. Pedro (Chelsea) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Willian.
Attempt saved. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Javier Pastore with a cross.
Foul by Thiago Silva (Paris Saint Germain).
Diego Costa (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Thiago Motta (Paris Saint Germain).
Willian (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Thiago Silva (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
Corner,  Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Gary Cahill.
Attempt blocked. Marquinhos (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Gary Cahill (Chelsea).
Offside, Paris Saint Germain. Javier Pastore tries a through ball, but Zlatan Ibrahimovic is caught offside.
Javier Pastore (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Baba Rahman (Chelsea).
Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Javier Pastore replaces Blaise Matuidi.
Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Adrien Rabiot replaces Marco Verratti.
Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Willian (Chelsea).
Goal!  Paris Saint Germain 2, Chelsea 1. Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ángel Di María with a through ball.
Attempt saved. Oscar (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cesc Fàbregas with a through ball.
Foul by Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain).
Pedro (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Pedro (Chelsea).
Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Edinson Cavani replaces Lucas Moura.
Lucas Moura (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Oscar (Chelsea).
Blaise Matuidi (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Diego Costa (Chelsea).
Offside, Chelsea. Willian tries a through ball, but Branislav Ivanovic is caught offside.
Substitution, Chelsea. Oscar replaces Eden Hazard.
David Luiz (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card.
Lucas Moura (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Lucas Moura (Paris Saint Germain).
Baba Rahman (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing.
David Luiz (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Cesc Fàbregas (Chelsea).
Corner,  Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Thibaut Courtois.


Four-in-10 patients with a deadly skin cancer were still alive after three years when given a drug to boost their immune system, a study suggests.

The trial gave 655 patients with melanoma the drug pembrolizumab, which stops cancers evading the immune system's assault.
The data, released ahead of the world's biggest cancer conference, also showed 15% of patients had no sign of cancer.
Experts said the findings were exciting and "really a step forward".
The immune system is a powerful defence against infection. However, there are many "brakes" built in to stop it attacking our own tissues.
Cancer - which is a corrupted version of healthy tissue - can take advantage of those brakes to evade assault.
Pembrolizumab, one of a new class of immunotherapies, cuts the brake known as PD-1.
Promising early data on the drug means it is already being used by doctors around the world.
But the latest findings, to be presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology's annual conference, suggest there is a long-term benefit.
Dr Caroline Robert, a researcher at the Gustave Roussy Institute in France, said: "Before 2011 advanced melanoma had a median overall survival of less than one year and things have changed a lot.
"What is really exciting is to see at three years the estimated survival rate is 40% and this is regardless of previous treatment."
Even patients that had tried other immunotherapies appeared to benefit in the trial.
However, patients did develop side effects including fatigue and a rash.
Dr Daniel Hayes, the president-elect of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, told the BBC News website: "This is frankly a pretty exciting abstract.
"This has been a bad disease, it's hard to treat, it's a sneaky disease and the mortality rates have been enormous so to see 40% of patients alive at three years is really a step forward.
"We're even wondering if we could use the word cure here, but it's going to take longer follow up."
Prof Peter Johnson, the chief clinician at Cancer Research UK, said: "It's fantastic news that the benefits of this drug can last for years rather than months for patients with melanoma who until recently have had limited treatment options.
"Pembrolizumab, one of several new drugs that works by unveiling cancer cells to the immune system, has already been approved for use on the NHS for patients with melanoma."
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A registered sex offender has pleaded guilty to abducting a six-year-old girl who was taken in a car from the street.

Imran Khan, 34, of Pendle Street in Accrington, Lancashire, admitted taking the girl from Nairne Street in Burnley on 26 March.
He also admitted intending to commit a sexual offence and breaching a sexual offences' prevention order.
Following the hearing at Preston Crown Court, Khan was remanded in custody and is due to be sentenced on 23 October.
Police said the girl was bundled into the boot of Khan's car before being driven to Scarth Lane in Hapton where he exposed himself and tried to force her to commit a sexual act.
Khan then dumped her in a wheelie bin before she later freed herself and was found wandering alone in distress by other children, the court heard.
Det Insp Jim Elston of Lancashire Police said it was a "horrendous" and "terrifying offence".
Khan was convicted in 2008 of a sexual offence involving a 12-year-old girl, police said.
Mr Elston said: "While we have rigorous systems in place to manage sex offenders who have served a sentence and been released into the community, this cannot happen 24 hours a day and unfortunately on occasion an offender may go on to commit a further offence as happened in this case.
"There is currently a review ongoing into this particular case and we will clearly look carefully at the results of that to see if there are any lessons we can learn."


Atletico Madrid's Spain midfielder Saul Niguez has signed a new contract that will tie him to the club for almost a further decade.

The 22-year-old joined the club's academy in 2007 and was already under a long-term deal.
He has now signed a five-year extension that runs until 2026.
Saul was the leading scorer, with five goals, at the recent European Under-21 Championship in Poland, in which Spain reached the final, losing to Germany.


A man from Nigeria has said he is afraid to move  into his new Belfast home after he arrived to find five people with banners on the doorstep.

Michael Abiona, 34, was greeted with posters reading "Local Houses 4 Local People" at Glenluce Drive, east Belfast, on Tuesday.
Mr Abiona who has been living in Northern Ireland since 2010 said four women and a man were outside the house.
They asked how he had managed to get the house and whether he was disabled.
Now, he said, he will not move into the Housing Executive property at Garnerville because the mother of his son is frightened and will not allow their child to visit the house.
Mr Abiona said he had reported what happened to the police.
Mr Abiona is active in race relations in Northern Ireland and  serves in key roles in the Northern Ireland Council for Ethnic Minorities and  the Nigerian Association.
Anti-racist rallies have been held across Northern Ireland in recent weeks following a spate of racist attacks.
It also follows a public apology by First Minister Peter Robinson after he said he would not trust Muslims involved in violence or devotees of Sharia law, but would trust Muslims "to go to the shops" for him.
He claimed he was misinterpreted, and apologised to Islamic leaders in Belfast.
He had been speaking in support of Belfast pastor James McConnell who described Islam as "heathen" and "satanic". He also apologised for his comments.


A £4.5m government-funded performing arts academy remains unused five years after it opened.

The Northern Lights Academy, in Hartlepool, Teesside, has a TV and sound studio, a computer suite, two dance studios and a 200-seat theatre.
However, the Headland Development Trust which ran it collapsed in 2012.
Hartlepool Borough Council said it is trying to find groups to take on the facility and has spent about £50,000 mothballing the building.
Mark Patton, the local authority's assistant director for education, learning and skills, said it would be "a crying shame" if the building was not used.
"At the time there was clearly a view from central government that things were in place to make it happen," Mr Patton said.
"There is a clear potential here now and we have to work collectively to do something about that."
The facility was funded by the Department for Education, which said "all necessary checks were taken by the Big Lottery Fund" which administrated the £4.5m on behalf of the government.
The scheme was intended to provide space for young people and help tackle anti-social behaviour by enabling them to re-engage them with their communities.
Children's services committee chairman Alan Clark said the facility "will have to be self-sustainable because the council doesn't have the resources to fund this building".
St Hild's Church of England School, on whose site the academy was constructed, looked after the building on a short-term basis before the council took over, but the school does not have any liability for the scheme.
Headland's former directors could not be reached for comment.


A worldwide nuclear ban is simply not "realistic", the US ambassador to the UN has said, as nearly 40 countries stayed away from talks on the subject.

The US, Britain and France were among the countries that skipped a UN meeting to discuss a new treaty.
More than 120 others endorsed a plan for a legally binding nuclear ban.
But US envoy Nikki Haley said national security required nuclear arms because of "bad actors" who could not be trusted.
"There is nothing I want more for my family than a world with no nuclear weapons. But we have to be realistic," she told reporters.
"Is there anyone that believes that North Korea would agree to a ban on nuclear weapons?"
North Korea has recently been testing nuclear and missile technology, despite warnings from the international community - including China.
The UN conference to negotiate a legally binding nuclear ban treaty was announced in October.
Britain, France, Israel, Russia and the United States voted "no" to the nuclear ban treaty back then, while China, India and Pakistan abstained.
Japan - the only country to have suffered atomic attacks, in 1945 - also voted against the talks.
Nobushige Takamizawa, Japan's ambassador to the UN, said working on a treaty "without the involvement of nuclear weapon states [would] only deepen the schism and division" in the international community.
On Monday, Ms Haley said: "In this day and time we can't honestly say that we can protect our people by allowing the bad actors to have them and those of us that are good trying to keep peace and safety, not to have them."
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Countries not attending, like the US and the UK, remain committed to the Non-Proliferation Treaty, which entered into force in 1970 and is aimed at preventing the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology.
But Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom, whose country his leading the calls for a total ban "leading towards [nuclear weapons] total elimination", along with Austria, Ireland, Mexico, Brazil and South Africa, said she expected this would "take a long time".
"Let's not be naive," she said at the UN last week. "But it's very important in these days, when you see more of this rhetoric, and also sort of power demonstrations, including threatening to use nuclear weapons."


European leaders are to triple funding for search-and-rescue operations aimed at migrant boats in the Mediterranean following crisis talks in Brussels.

The EU will also look at ways to capture and destroy smugglers' boats and deploy immigration officers to non-EU countries, officials said.
Several EU member states have promised more ships and other resources.
The summit comes after more than 750 people died on a boat crossing from Libya on Sunday.
Earlier, funerals for 24 of the victims were held in Malta.
The number of people fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East and Africa has risen sharply in recent months.
More than 35,000 are thought to have crossed from Africa to Europe this year and some 1,750 have died while attempting the journey. The estimated toll from Sunday's capsizing was the worst on record.
The boost in funding to some â‚¬120m (Â£86m) brings spending back up to about the level of Mare Nostrum, an Italian-run search-and-rescue operation that was cancelled last year.
Several member states pledged additional naval resources on Thursday.
The UK - in the past a leading advocate of reducing naval patrols - said it would contribute helicopter carrier HMS Bulwark, two patrol boats and three helicopters. Germany, France and Belgium also offered ships.
Human rights groups are already criticising the summit for failing to expand the operational area of EU-led naval patrols, which could have taken them closer to the Libyan coast. Unless the ships are in the right place, they argue, migrants will continue to drown.
And even if naval operations manage to rescue the vast majority, there are bitter disputes about how to deal with the tens of thousands who make it to safety. Britain for example has said it will provide significant naval support, but it won't accept more asylum seekers.
Some people in southern Europe say that's not enough. The burden has to be more equitably shared. But there is no common asylum and immigration policy within the EU. Different countries have very different priorities.
It will take years to get the balance right. This summit is only the start.
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European Council President Donald Tusk said leaders had asked EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini "to propose actions in order to capture and destroy the smugglers' vessels before they can be used".
French President Francois Hollande said such a move could only be done through a UN Security Council resolution, and that France would pursue this.
Mr Tusk added that the EU would also "step up co-operation against smuggling networks by working through Europol and by deploying immigration officers to third countries" and would "co-ordinate the resettlement of more people to Europe on a voluntary basis and with an option for emergency relocation".
Last year, some EU members had said Mare Nostrum was too expensive and expressed concerns that it was encouraging more migrants.
But its replacement by the more limited Triton operation was widely criticised by activists. Human rights group Amnesty International said the decision had "contributed to a dramatic increase in migrant and refugee deaths".
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The UN had also criticised an EU 10-point action plan from earlier this week as "minimalist". And after Thursday's summit, former Italian foreign minister Emma Bonino said she was "really disappointed".
"It's a wasted opportunity with a lot of fanfare, but no concrete result," she told the BBC.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said money should be no object: "If it turns out that the funds are not sufficient we will have to talk about it again."
"Right now it's a question of fixing yesterday's errors," said Mr Hollande.
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Mijain Lopez Nunez won his third Olympic gold medal as he beat Turkey's Riza Kayaalp to win the 130kg Greco-Roman wrestling title.

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Lopez Nunez, 33, who won the 120kg category in both 2008 and 2012, won 6-0 to give Cuba their second gold of the Rio Games.
Russia's Sergey Semenov and Azerbaijan's Sabah Shariati won bronze.
Semenov beat Germany's Eduard Popp 3-0, while Shariati defeated Heiki Nabi of Estonia 6-0.
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Bristol's Old Vic Theatre is set to receive £220,500 of lottery funding.

The grant has been awarded to fund development work ahead of the theatre's 250th anniversary next May.
The money will be used to catalogue historic theatrical memorabilia and survey a "thunder run" -  a tunnel high above the ceiling used to roll metal balls down to replicate thunder.
Director Emma Stenning said she hoped the theatre would become an attraction on a par with Bath's Royal Crescent.
"We'll be stripping back bits of plaster to check what's behind and investing in the conservation of the theatre's extraordinary archive of theatrical memorabilia, dating back to the early 18th Century," she said.
"I'm hoping we'll really be uncovering the hidden treasure that is Bristol Old Vic so people can come to us as a heritage destination as they might go to the SS Great Britain or the Royal Crescent."
Once initial work is complete, the theatre is hoping to secure a further £2.5m from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to help pay for a £12m refurbishment.
Nerys Watts, head of HLF South West, said the redevelopment project would ensure the theatre was in "great shape" to mark its 250th anniversary.
"We're hugely supportive of these plans to protect an 18th Century Bristol landmark and to open it up for many more people's enjoyment," she said.


A tourist has captured a beachside photo bearing a striking resemblance to the outline of Australia.

Kelly Matthews took the sunset image looking between branches and leaves on Darwin Esplanade in the Northern Territory.
The emergency services phone operator travelled to Darwin from Western Australia for a wedding.
"I put it on Facebook and straight away all my friends said 'that looks like a map of Australia'," she told the BBC.
The photo was praised on social media, although some noticed a conspicuous omission.
"Tasmania absent as usual," William Lehmann said.
Elle Chicoli replied: "Mate, just go there and cut a hole in the bush."


The father of former Hearts footballer Ryan McGowan has been jailed for life for the murder of his former brother-in-law.

James McGowan, 57, was sentenced to a minimum of 18 years for stabbing Owen Brannigan to death in Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire in 1999.
He had denied the attack, which took place after McGowan returned from Australia for his mother's funeral.
The jury was told how in 2012 he told a helpline he had killed a man.
Mr Brannigan had been married to McGowan's sister Carol, but they divorced in 1984
McGowan emigrated to Australia with his wife in 1980.
A trial at the High Court in Edinburgh was told there had remained bad feeling between McGowan's family and the 47-year-old victim.
Judge Lady Scott said he was guilty of a "brutal and cowardly" attack.
She said: "You took it upon yourself on a brief return for your mother's funeral to seek out Mr Brannigan and murder him in a pre-meditated act of revenge."
After the stabbing, McGowan then returned to Australia earlier than planned.
In 2012, McGowan called a helpline and said something was "slowly eating away" at him.
He said: "Once you've crossed the line and you jump back... you know you can always go across the line.
"Some people can't go across it and I know I went and done it and it's a frightening thing - a frightening thing to deal with.
"You go 'Jesus, I can't kill people. But I did.'"
He was later extradited from Australia to face trial.
The case was one of the first to be investigated by the Crown Office in Scotland's cold case unit.
McGowan's son Ryan was in court to watch his father be sentenced.
The pair exchanged brief smiles as McGowan was led handcuffed to the cells.
Ryan played for Hearts from 2008 to 2013.
The Australia international also had spells with Dundee United, Ayr United and Partick Thistle, and last played for Chinese club Henan Jianye.


A police officer who punched a suspected shoplifter in the head before pinning her to the ground has been sentenced to a community order.

PC James Kiddie, 45, was called to the Uniqlo clothing store in Regent Street, after Sarah Reed, 30, was held by security guards in November 2012.
Kiddie said "snarling" Ms Reed bit his finger and said she had the Aids virus.
Westminster Magistrates' Court heard Ms Reed was later convicted of shoplifting.
Kiddie, attached to Westminster borough, was found guilty of common assault by Judge Elizabeth Roscoe on 19 February after a three-day trial.
CCTV footage played to the court showed him pushing Ms Reed into a chair, grabbing her by the hair and hitting her on the head as she lay on the floor, before leaning on her neck until back-up arrived.
Judge Roscoe, sentencing Kiddie to a 150-hour community order, said she accepted his actions had been "an instinctive and immediate retaliation in anger".
She added evidence on CCTV and of witnesses was that Ms Reed - described in court as a drug addict who was later convicted of shoplifting - was a "difficult" and "aggressive" woman who had become more aggressive when the police officer arrived.
He was also ordered to pay £500 in prosecution costs, and a £60 victim surcharge.
Kiddie had told the court his strikes against Ms Reed were "half-power" and he had not wanted to hit her.
The Met said in a statement the officer - who has served for 12 years - was the subject of two substantiated complaints - in 2008 for lack of courtesy and respect and in 2011 for discriminatory comments.
He was also due to face a misconduct meeting this month with regard to the discharge of CS gas at a demonstration in January 2011, the Met added.
The process behind the previous complaints is to be reviewed.
Scotland Yard said fellow officers who had viewed the Uniqlo CCTV footage had been concerned by the level of force used by Kiddie during the arrest and reported the incident to the Met's Directorate of Professional Standards.
Kiddie's defence counsel, Ben Brandon, told the court the officer would be dismissed from the Metropolitan Police as a result of the court's findings.


A spate of accidents has been reported throughout Dumfries and Galloway as icy conditions affect the region's roads.

Police urged the public to take extra care, particularly on the A709 Dumfries to Lockerbie road and in the Newton Stewart area.
Accidents have been reported on the A714, A713 and the B7020 near Dalton since 07:00.
Police Scotland said there were no reports of any injuries as a result of the crashes.


Newcastle goalkeeper Tim Krul has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a severe knee injury.

Krul ruptured an anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during the Netherlands' 2-1 Euro 2016 qualifying win in Kazakhstan on Saturday.
The 27-year-old will return to Tyneside for further treatment, his club said.
He posted on Twitter: "I'm devastated the scan has confirmed my biggest fear . . . My recovery and hard work starts now to fully recover."
Krul has played all eight Premier League games this season for Newcastle, who are bottom of the table and without a win.
Back-up goalkeeper Freddie Woodman has been recalled from a loan spell at League Two club Crawley Town.


A 38-year-old man has been charged with firearms offences following a police operation in Edinburgh.

Two controlled explosions were carried out on Wednesday night and a further one on Thursday morning.
Officers searched a property in Jamaica Mews in The New Town area and recovered a number of items.
Residents were evacuated as a precaution while the search was taking place.
Police said there was never any danger to the public.


This six-week-old giant panda cub has taken her first peek at the outside world.

24 July 2017 Last updated at 11:10 BST
Tokyo Ueno Zoo's giant panda baby has just turned 40 days old. She weighs 1.5 kg and is 34cm long.
The baby, born June 12 2017, opened her eyes a little and is expected to have them wide open within a couple of days, according to the zoo experts.
She'll be expected to start walking when she's about three months old.
She hasn't got a name yet, as the zoo is planning to ask the public for suggestions.
Take a panda peek at the video!
Pictures from Tokyo Zoological Park Society


Richemont, the owners of Cartier, saw sales fall 4% during the crucial gift-giving October to December months.

The world's second-biggest luxury goods group has been hit by the economic slowdown in Asia and in Europe.
The company said trade had been severely affected by the Paris terror attacks on 13 November in which 130 people died. France accounts for 8% of global sales.
Richemont said that the market in Asia remained "challenging".
Sales were down 9% in Asia and 3% in Europe. Overall, they fell 4% to â‚¬2.9bn (Â£2.2bn; $3.2bn).
Richemont, which owns global brands such as Montblanc, Van Cleef & Arpels and Piaget, has also been hit by currency fluctuations.
The Geneva-listed company, owned by South African businessman Johann Rupert, said sales were below expectations. The company said it expected the "challenging trading environment" to continue to the end of the financial year, which ends on 31 March.
Asia has in recent years been the driver for many in the luxury goods market.
Richemont said Japan bucked the trend with a 9% rise in sales, but Hong Kong and Macao saw a marked slowdown.
Hong Kong is the top market for Swiss watches, but exports to the territory were down 28% in November.
The company said conditions in mainland China were improving, but tough anti-bribery rules had affected expensive gift-giving among the business community.  Sales of luxury watches, in particular, had been hit.
Terror attacks across Europe had kept shoppers and tourists away. Sales in the region took a sudden downturn, falling 3% in the last quarter compared with a year ago. Paris was particularly affected following the attacks in November.
Richemont's share price, which last year slumped 19% over concerns of a slowdown in the Chinese economy, has fallen a further 9% since the start of this year.


Uganda coach Milutin 'Micho' Sredojevic admitted his side's exit from the Africa Cup of Nations is tough to take.

"This level of competition demands total focus of concentration on details that decide games," said Micho after Sunday's decisive 1-0 loss to Egypt, who scored in the 89th minute.
"We have come after 39 years and paid for the lesson in a hard way.
"If you lose in a convincing way you accept it, but in this way it is very hard to accept."
The result left Uganda bottom of the group without a point or a goal after a previous 1-0 loss to Ghana, and their first appearance at the tournament since 1978 ends in disappointment.
Uganda played well against Egypt but they were undone by Abdallah El Said's late strike, which was set up by Mohamed Salah.
"We couldn't keep that concentration up to the last moment - when we were supposed to close the game out we allowed a counter-attack and the experience and quality of Egypt's Mohamed Salah made the difference," Micho said.
"We came here to play three Cup finals - the first we lost on a penalty to Ghana and the second we lost in the last minute on the counter-attack."
Uganda will now only have pride to play for in their last game, against Mali on Wednesday.
"Now we need to pick up the pieces and look forward in order to see who will play the last game - it is hard to say who will play in the last game, we have certain injuries like (goalkeeper Denis) Onyango," said Micho.
"We will see how we play the last match but the ambition remains that we want to go home with pride and with a win."
Egypt coach Hector Cuper was relieved his side pulled off the win in testing conditions.
"We tried to play good football but things perhaps did not turn out the way we wanted them to," admitted Egypt coach Hector Cuper.
"It was difficult on that pitch and in this climate but we won and that is the important thing."
Egypt will take on already-qualified Ghana in their final match on Wednesday, knowing a point will guarantee their place in the quarter-finals.


Scientists from Swansea University are part of a team attempting to understand the tactics of "raiding" baboons in South Africa.

The animals have become a daily challenge in Cape Town by entering properties in search of food.
While measures are in place to keep them away from urban areas, some male baboons are still getting in and the team want to know how.
They have developed bespoke GPS collars allowing them to track their movements.
Prof Justin O'Riain from the University of Cape Town has been studying baboons in the region for over 10 years.
"The baboons enter properties to raid in gardens and bins, but also enter homes and sometimes take food directly from people," he said.
Swansea University researcher Gaelle Fehlmann carried out the fieldwork in South Africa.
She said raiding events are "so fast and intense" that they were unable to keep up with the baboons in urban areas due to high walls and security fences.
"We had to find another method to document the very special techniques baboons were adopting when raiding," she said.
The team from Swansea designed and built bespoke collars for the baboons that would allow them to precisely track their movements. Ten collars were deployed and they showed exactly what the baboons were doing over 252 days.
The team is now able to recognise more than 90% of baboon behaviours without even seeing the baboons.
The next step is to use the technology to uncover the secrets of the baboons' raiding tactics.


A 65-year-old driver has died 11 days after being involved in a two-car crash in Edinburgh.

The man was at the wheel of his black Mazda MX5 when it collided with a black Hyundai at traffic lights on Newcraighall Road on 17 September.
He was found to be unwell and was taken to hospital. He died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Glasgow on Wednesday.
Police appealed for witnesses to the crash which happened at about 11:10.
Sgt Brian Smith, of Edinburgh's Road Policing Unit, said:  "This collision sadly resulted in the death of a man and we are eager to gather as much information as possible.
"Anyone who was on Newcraighall Road on Saturday, September 17, at around 11am and saw either vehicle is asked to get in touch with us immediately."


Former Southampton, Hereford United and Republic of Ireland defender Tony Byrne has died at the age of 70.

Byrne began his career at Millwall before joining Saints in August 1964.
He scored three goals in 93 appearances over 10 years at The Dell and helped the club gain promotion to the old First Division in 1966.
Byrne won 14 caps for the Republic during his time with Saints before moving to Hereford in 1974, winning the Third Division title two years later.
He finished his career at Newport County before returning to Herefordshire during his retirement.


The National Liberation Army (ELN), Colombia's second-largest rebel group, has entered into formal peace talks with Colombian government negotiators.

The talks are aimed at ending more than five decades of armed conflict. Here, we take a closer look at the discussions ahead.
Yes, the ELN and the government first announced their intention to start formal peace talks at a news conference on 30 March 2016.
They had originally been expected to start in May 2016, but did not go ahead.
Later, the two sides said the negotiations would start in the Ecuadorean capital, Quito, on 27 October, but that date also came and went.
A new date was set for 7 February 2017.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said that a precondition for the talks was the release of hostages the ELN was holding.
The ELN has long used kidnapping for ransom as a means of financing itself. It also considers the kidnapping of soldiers and police officers a legitimate tactic.
The rebels eventually agreed to free a soldier they had recently seized and former Congressman Odin Sanchez in exchange for a pardon for two of its jailed members.
The move finally paved the way for formal talks to start.
However, future delays cannot be ruled out as the ELN has been reluctant to hurry the negotiations along.
In an answer to an open letter by Colombian intellectuals asking the rebels to negotiate speedily, ELN leader Nicolas Rodriguez said that "for the ELN, setting a deadline for peace means obstructing it".
President Santos has set his aims high. He says he wants to "achieve complete peace".
The ELN says it also wants peace but Mr Rodriguez, better known as Gabino, says he does not want the negotiations just to be between the government and the ELN but for civil society to be involved, too.
The six points on the agenda are currently rather vague. They are:
The group was founded in 1964 and follows a Marxist-Leninist ideology.
It was inspired by the Cuban revolution of 1959 with an aim to fighting Colombia's unequal distribution of land and riches.
It feels particularly strongly that the country's oil and mineral riches should be shared among its people rather than exploited by foreign multinationals.
Over the decades, the guerrilla group has attacked large landholders and multinational companies. It has repeatedly blown up oil pipelines.
In the talks, its representatives are likely to call for social change to achieve more equality and for the inclusion in politics of Colombians whose voices they say have gone unheard for too long.
The ELN is believed to have fewer than 1,500 active fighters, according to intelligence reports seen by Colombian media.
They are backed up by a larger number of "militants" or sympathisers who provide logistical support and back-up.
Its strongholds are in rural areas in the north and on the border with Venezuela, and also in the provinces of Casanare, Norte de Santander and Cauca.
The ELN is made up of regional commandos which have a certain degree of autonomy, which could make implementation of any deal hard to achieve.
Both sides say they are completely committed to the negotiations succeeding.
The government would like to see a deal signed before the presidential election in May 2018 but the ELN has said it will not be rushed.
Observers of the peace process think the ELN may prove harder to negotiate with than Colombia's largest rebel group, the Farc, with whom the government signed a peace deal in November.
That is because the ELN is less hierarchical in its structure and its members are believed to be more wedded to their Marxist ideology than the Farc.
The ELN also has not yet sworn off kidnappings for good, something the government says it will demand.
Previous peace talks with the ELN failed. But analysts say the current talks will benefit from the experiences gained from the successful negotiations between the government and the Farc.
After a ceremony marking the beginning of the formal peace talks on 7 February, the two sides are due to get down to the business of negotiating on 8 February.
The opening and closing rounds are scheduled to take place in Ecuador, but the current plan is for the other rounds to take place in the other countries acting as guarantors: Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Norway and Venezuela.
However, the head of the government delegation has lobbied against this plan, arguing it will cause too much disruption and delay the process unnecessarily.


The Isle of Man men's and women's football teams have both reached their respective finals at the Island Games.

The men's team beat Guernsey 4-3 after a dramatic injury-time winner in Fardhem while the women's side beat the Isle of Wight 4-2 at Stenkyrka.
The men will now play Greenland who knocked out Menorca on penalties while the women's side will play hosts Gotland after they defeated Jersey 2-1.
The Isle of Man topped the medal table after four days of competition.


The Scotsman newspaper is marking exactly 200 years since the publication of its first edition.

A souvenir edition has been published which includes the original front page and a letter of congratulations from The Queen.
The issue also marks the start of year-long multi-platform project called 200 voices.
It will feature columns from 200 "remarkable people who have played a major role in the nation".
Award-winning poet William Letford has also produced a special work to mark the 200th anniversary.
The first edition of the paper was published on 25 January 1817.
It was founded by lawyer William Ritchie and customs official Charles MacLaren.
The paper's original premises were at 257 High Street on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh. It now has its headquarters on Queensferry Road in the capital.
In a letter to the Scotsman, The Queen writes: "Please convey my congratulations to all those on the newspaper's staff and my good wishes to your readers in Scotland, and elsewhere, as you mark this significant anniversary."
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has also sent her congratulations, writing: "The Scotsman occupies a special place in Scottish journalism, and I commend its staff, past and present, for all the work they have done in ensuring its success over so many years."
The newspaper's owners, Johnston Press, said the special edition marked the start of a year-long calendar of celebrations "showcasing both the paper's rich heritage and looking ahead to the publication's future, shining a light on the digital innovations across the brand's platforms".
Ian Stewart, editor at The Scotsman, said: "For two centuries The Scotsman has been at the heart of Scotland as a nation, covering the breaking news stories that have shaped our past and influenced our future; and we're incredibly proud to be part of that story.
"The celebrations that have kicked off today are just the beginning, with various events and editorial initiatives still to come throughout 2017.
"We very much look forward to taking our readers on this journey with us, as we take our step together into the third century of The Scotsman as Scotland's national newspaper."


Midfielder Aaron Ramsey has not yet replicated his Arsenal form for Wales, according to his former international team-mate Danny Gabbidon.

Ramsey, 25, could return for Arsenal against West Ham on Saturday after a month out with a thigh injury.
Former defender Gabbidon hopes Ramsey will shine for Wales at Euro 2016.
"I'm expecting a big tournament from him because I think there's a lot to come from him in a Welsh shirt," Gabbidon told BBC Wales Sport.
"The last couple of seasons at Arsenal he's done really well but I think he hasn't quite transformed that form into a Wales shirt.
"So I think there are a few points to prove from his point of view."
Ramsey has scored six goals in 34 appearances for Arsenal this season, while in the previous two campaigns he scored 10 and 16 goals.
He struck in his last outing for Wales, a 2-0 win against Andorra in their final qualifying match for Euro 2016.
That took his tally to 10 goals in 38 appearances for his country.
Injuries mean the former Cardiff City player has missed subsequent friendlies against the Netherlands, Northern Ireland and Ukraine.
He is set to return to action this weekend for Arsenal, who are 11 points behind Premier League leaders Leicester with a game in hand.


The UK Ministry of Defence is going to acquire some high-altitude "eternal planes".

The unmanned, solar-powered aircraft, known as Zephyrs, fly above the jet streams and will stay aloft for months on end.
Designed and built in Britain, the vehicles will carry small payloads that might consist of reconnaissance cameras or communications equipment.
The MoD is likely to buy two Zephyrs in the first instance.
Michael Fallon, the secretary of state for defence, signalled the intention to purchase the vehicles during a speech to the ADS Group, an umbrella organisation representing the aerospace, defence, security and space sectors.
Originally developed by QinetiQ of Farnborough, the plane technology is now owned and marketed by the Airbus Group.
The Zephyrs hold the absolute endurance record for un-refuelled aeroplanes.
In 2010, a Zephyr-7 flew uninterrupted for 14 days in an MoD demonstration in the US.
Very efficient solar cells combined with energy-dense lithium-sulphur batteries kept its propellers continually turning, maintaining an altitude well above any disruptive weather.
The British plane only came back down because the development team had to pack up and return to the UK.
The latest model, Zephyr-8, represents a substantial improvement in the overall design.
It has a 25m wingspan versus the Zephyr-7's 22.5m, yet the structure is considerably lighter.
This allows it to carry more batteries (40% of the Zephyr-8's roughly 60kg mass is dedicated to energy storage) and more payload - up to 5kg.
Five kilograms might not sound like a lot, but it is more than sufficient to operate a powerful camera system.
In test flights above 65,000ft, high-definition video with a ground resolution of 50cm has been downlinked in real-time.
Airbus refers to planes like the Zephyr as a High Altitude Pseudo Satellite (Haps).
Their unique selling point is persistence.
Unlike low-orbiting spacecraft that typically come overhead only once every 90 minutes, a Haps can maintain a constant vigil above a particular spot for months at a time.
Defence applications would certainly include remote sensing, but the craft could also be used for mobile communications.
Zephyr demonstrations have shown that up to about 40 degrees North and South, they can operate at any time of the year. Deep winter operation gets more difficult at higher latitudes, but in principle a Zephyr could work above the poles mid-summer.
Airbus is hoping the vote of confidence from the British MoD will lead to more sales, not just in the military sector but in the civil sphere as well - in environmental monitoring, for example.
The likes of Google and Facebook have also recognised the potential of high-altitude, solar-powered planes, to deliver broadband to locations that lack fixed-line connections. This would probably require even bigger aircraft because high-bandwidth systems are power-hungry and more massive as a consequence.
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Photos showing the life and times of Newport in the 1980s are being shown to mark 100 years of photography at the city's university.

The annual Newport Survey was one of the most significant results of a documentary photography course launched by David Hurn in 1973.
Senior lecturer Dr Paul Cabuts said the course enjoyed a worldwide reputation.
"People come to study photography at Newport because they see it as a centre of excellence," he said.
In pictures: Newport life in 1980s
Photography was first taught at the then School of Art, part of the Newport Technical Institute, in 1912.
School head William Bush was a keen amateur photographer who had judged the discipline at three National Eisteddfodau.
But Dr Cabuts said the thrust of the course was very different in those days.
"Despite being at an art school, the class was very much more technical, with engineering and industry driving it," he said.
"It enters the field of the arts more in the 1960s, when people like the painter David Hockney would visit."
The Swinging Sixties saw the emergence of the photographer as personality, with the likes of David Bailey, Terence Donovan and Brian Duffy becoming as famous as the stars they portrayed.
But Dr Cabuts says it was another figure who was particularly significant where Newport was concerned.
"It really took off when Magnum photographer David Hurn decided to return to Wales and set up a documentary photography course in what was the Gwent College of Higher Education in 1973," he said.
"He was interested in teaching photography in a humanist sense, to make the world a better place, encouraging students to say something about the world."
Hurn's presence at the college was a draw for visits by major photographers such as Henri Cartier-Bresson and Don Cullen, while others including Ron McCormick and John Charity joined the college staff.
Students of photography at Newport have included the war and landscape photographer Simon Norfolk, and Paul Rees, a current member of staff whose work represented Britain at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Recent students to have made an impact include Anastasia Taylor-Lind, who won a Guardian newspaper award in 2006 for her photos of Kurdish warrior women in northern Iraq, and Matt Dunham, who captured images of the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall's car caught up in the London riots of 2011.
The centenary is being marked by a series of events throughout the year, including the current exhibition based on the Newport Survey, which documented the changing face of local life during the 1980s.
A special event on Thursday will be attended by staff, students, and some of the people who appeared in the original photos.
Dr Cabuts said Newport had grown in reputation since being one of only a handful of UK colleges teaching documentary photography in the 1970s.
He said it now taught around 600 students from foundation level to PhD, and was globally renowned.
"We accept students from the USA, Japan, China, all over the world," he said.
"People come to study photography at Newport because they see it as a centre of excellence."


The UK's largest shooting organisation has welcomed a public statement from a Caledonian Sleeper boss on the transporting of licensed firearms.

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) spoke out last week against a ScotRail ban on all firearms on its train.
ScotRail said it introduced the ban for safety reasons.
Rupert Soames tweeted at the weekend that lawful guns could be taken on the Serco-run sleeper service.
Mr Soames is Serco's CEO.
The company has confirmed the rules on firearms on the Caledonian Sleeper, which travels between London and destinations in Scotland including Aberdeen and Inverness.
A spokesman said passengers were allowed to travel with licensed firearms if they had contacted the sleeper's guest service centre and a letter of authority had been issued.
He added: "They are allowed to carry them in their cabins and must remain in their cabins with the firearms at all times."
BASC has argued that a ban on the transporting of unloaded, lawful firearms on trains would affect Scotland's fieldsports tourism industry, and harm the Glorious Twelfth.
Chairman Peter Glenser said: "The operators of the Caledonian Sleeper clearly recognise the benefits to their brand and Scotland of welcoming responsible, safety-conscious shooters on their trains.
"This service takes passengers direct into the heart of rural Scotland and into the areas that rely on fieldsports tourism.
"It is estimated that Â£155m per year is injected into Scotland's economy by country sports tourism."
ScotRail said the decision to introduce the ban was made for safety reasons after a licensed firearm was left unattended on one of its trains earlier this year.


Two more people have been arrested after a man was shot and critically injured in Hampshire.

The 34-year-old suffered a serious head injury in the shooting on Athena Avenue, Crookhorn, on 13 February.
Two Surrey men, aged 30 and 21, were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and conspiracy to supply Class A drugs, but have since been released without charge.
Police said they would face no further action "at this stage".
Police said the shooting "may be related to the drugs trade" and finding the weapon "remains a priority for the investigation".
Three people previously held over the shooting have been bailed.
A man and woman, aged 37 and 38, were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, while a 31-year-old woman was questioned on suspicion of conspiring to murder.
The victim remains in hospital.


Stanislav Cherchesov has been named Russia's new head coach and given a target of leading the hosts to the 2018 World Cup semi-finals.

The ex-Soviet Union and Russia keeper, 52, coached Legia Warsaw to the Polish league and cup double last term before leaving by mutual consent.
Leonid Slutsky resigned as Russia coach in June after two defeats at Euro 2016 saw them go out at the group stage.
Russia were named as 2018 World Cup hosts by Fifa in 2010.


A council is to reconsider its commitment to a controversial waste incinerator plan in County Antrim.

Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council has said its lawyers have advised that now is the time to review its position.
The council is one of six signed up to a waste incinerator that had its planning permission refused last year.
The plant, near Glengormley on the outskirts of Belfast, was to have dealt with black bin waste from all six council areas.
It was turned down by the then environment minister Mark H Durkan, on the grounds that it could discourage recycling and might pose a risk to health.
The consortium behind the plan has appealed the decision to the Planning Appeals Commission.
The five other councils have voted to support the appeal.
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council met on Thursday night to vote on its position.
The proposed recycling and incinerator plant is in its area.
It decided to defer its decision.
In a statement issued after the meeting, the council said it wanted new information about the duration of the contract and the tonnages of waste involved.
"This will allow the council to make a final decision as to whether the business case is in the best interests of our ratepayers," it said.
The council said that because much of the detail of the waste agreement had predated the formation of the new super councils, "the council's legal advice is that it is an appropriate time to determine the council's commitment to the project".
It concluded by saying that it believed the appeal could not proceed without the agreement of Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council.