There is no doubt the enduring image of the Summit of the Americas will be that of US President Barack Obama and Cuban leader Raul Castro shaking hands just before the inauguration ceremony.

So much so, that Josue Garcia, the photographer who took it, has already been asked to give a number of interviews.
Mr Garcia works for the Panamanian president's office, so he will not get rich by selling the image.
But his eyes light up with pride when he is introduced to me as the man who captured "that" photograph.
Quiet and a little bashful, he goes back to editing the other pictures he took at the summit.
Because while all the attention may have been focused on Presidents Castro and Obama, there were 33 other delegations there as well.
"Thirty five human beings working for 900 million citizens of the Americas," is how the summit's host, Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela, puts it.
And there is certainly no shortage of problems in the western hemisphere for them to tackle.
Inequality is rampant in many of the 35 nations, and in his message to the summit, Pope Francis said governments could no longer "hope that the poor collect the crumbs that fall from the table of the rich".
It was a sentiment echoed by Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez, who told the BBC that it was time to move away from trickle-down economics.
"At the same time that we're growing, we have to share those riches and do so in a socially just manner," he said.
"How? We have to follow the best social policy which is generating genuine, decent jobs for our people."
The Pope warned the immense disparity of opportunities between one country and another also led many people to "feel obliged to abandon their homeland and family, becoming easy prey to human traffickers and slave labour".
Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina also touched on the problem of migration in his speech at the summit, reminding his fellow leaders that 77,000 unaccompanied minors had left Central America for the US between 2009 and 2014.
Their reasons for leaving are manifold, but they include some of the region's most difficult challenges such as insecurity, domestic violence, drug trafficking, gangs, poverty and exclusion.
And then there is the western hemisphere's longest running armed conflict between left-wing Farc rebels and the government in Colombia.
The two sides are currently engaged in peace talks in the Cuban capital, Havana.
The fact they should have sat down to negotiate after more than five decades of strife and a number of previous failed attempts was lauded by many leaders at the summit.
Cuba's good offices in hosting the talks are also thought to have contributed significantly to  convincing US State Department officials to recommend the Communist island be removed from the US list of countries sponsoring terrorism.
Colombia's neighbours in particular are cheering the process on.
They hope an eventual settlement will mean less trouble in their border areas, which are used by the Farc as hideouts and as corridors through which they smuggle cocaine.
President Varela of Panama told the BBC drug trafficking remained a major problem in the region, especially because of the crime it bred.
He said: "70% of the homicides in Latin America are related to drug trafficking, and 70% of those homicides are kids between 18 and 30 years old."
Gang-plagued Honduras has the world's highest murder rate, according to a United Nations report.
But Latin America as a whole does not fare much better.
Since the mid-1950s, murder rates have been five to eight times higher than those in Europe or Asia.
But for all the negatives, summit host Mr Varela is optimistic.
For him, the historic handshake that captured all the headlines demonstrated countries can put aside their political and ideological differences to work together for things that really matter to the people such as basic sanitation, water, security, education and health.
"The things that unite us are that we want to work for our people and face the same challenges," he said.
And for Mr Varela, that unity was encapsulated in the moment he, Mr Obama and Mr Castro waved to the cameras after that news-making handshake.


A female fan filmed throwing a banana at an Aboriginal Australian rules player has been banned by her club.

The Port Adelaide Power spectator aimed the banana at Adelaide Crows' Eddie Betts after he celebrated scoring a goal in the game at Adelaide's Oval.
Port Adelaide have banned her "indefinitely" after deciding her actions breached their code of conduct.
"It is clear that the offender's behaviour was racially motivated," said a club statement.
Footage on social media appeared to show the fan pick up the banana and throw it in the direction of Betts, before his team-mate Josh Jenkins intercepted it.
The woman will be invited to take part in Power's Aboriginal cultural awareness programmes, the club said.
The statement added that as part of this programme, "the club's seven Aboriginal players would educate her on cultural issues that continue to have an impact on the Aboriginal community today and the hurt which actions such as hers cause others."
A Crows statement from chief executive Andrew Fagan said: "There is no place in our game or society for such abhorrent behaviour."


The Supreme Court in Pakistan has suspended the execution of a Christian woman convicted of blasphemy.

Asia Bibi, who has been on death row for nearly five years, was given leave to appeal. No hearing date was set.
She denies insulting the Prophet Mohammed, saying her Muslim accusers were acting on a personal grudge.
Blasphemy is a highly sensitive issue in Pakistan - critics argue laws are frequently misused to settle personal scores, often targeting minorities.
The BBC's Shaimaa Khalil in Islamabad says this is the first time in the case that there has been a glimmer of hope for Asia Bibi.
She was the first woman to be sentenced to death under Pakistan's blasphemy laws and her case is one of the most controversial in Pakistan.
Thousands have protested against her and said they would kill her if she were ever released - including the imam in her own village. Her husband and four daughters live in hiding and say they have received many death threats.
Asia Bibi's death sentence had been confirmed by the High Court in Punjab province in October, although no date was set. But on Wednesday, the Supreme Court suspended the sentence until the end of the appeal process.
"The execution of Asia Bibi has been suspended and will remain suspended until the decision of this appeal," her lawyer told reporters outside the court.
He said key witnesses had failed to turn up during hearings by the High Court.
Pakistan has never executed anyone for blasphemy but some people accused of the offence in the past have been lynched by crowds. Lawyers, judges and those seeking to reform the blasphemy laws have also been threatened, attacked or even killed.
Since the 1990s, scores of Christians have been convicted for desecrating the Koran or for blasphemy.
While most of them have been sentenced to death by the lower courts, many sentences have been overturned due to lack of evidence.
Muslims constitute a majority of those prosecuted, followed by minority Ahmadis.


A man has been arrested and charged following the serious sexual assault on a woman in Stirling.

The 21-year-old woman was attacked in the Laurencecroft Road area on Tuesday night.
Police Scotland said a 26-year-old man was arrested and charged in connection with various offences, including the assault.
He is expected to appear at Stirling Sheriff Court on Thursday.


Wales coach Warren Gatland has blocked Taulupe Faletau's proposed move from Newport Gwent Dragons to Bath.

The Dragons had sought to release the 24-year-old forward, whose contract runs out in the summer of 2016.
Under the funding agreement for Welsh domestic rugby, Gatland has to sanction international players moving outside Wales.
A Welsh Rugby Union statement said they were committed to keeping the best players in the country.
The Dragons, meanwhile, said the decision was "disappointing".
WRU chief executive Martyn Phillips said: "Although there are circumstances under which moves out of Wales by experienced players can be sanctioned, Taulupe's status as a player and importance as a role model means we would like him to be playing his rugby here."
The number of players Gatland is allowed to select for the national team from outside Wales is limited by a funding deal with the regions called the Rugby Services Agreement (RSA).
The terms of the agreement stipulate that two 'wildcards' can be selected from outside Wales, with the ruling applying only to players who move or negotiate new contracts after the signing of the RSA in August 2014.
Currently, only Jamie Roberts (Harlequins), Rhys Priestland (Bath) and Adam Jones (Harlequins) fall into that category.
Dragons chief executive Stuart Davies - a former Wales captain - explained it had been a complicated process.
"This has been a difficult and sensitive rugby matter, in which the needs and wishes of a player, a region, the wider game in Wales and the national side have all been part of a rather challenging conundrum," he said.
"At the heart of it of course is Taulupe, who has been loyal to and is very happy at the Dragons.
"Having become aware however of possible interest in him from an English club, he formally requested permission to speak to them, which we granted, with a view to establishing what was best for the player and indeed the region."
Faletau has played all his senior rugby at Rodney Parade, but was expected to move to the Premiership.
A statement from the Dragons suggests that Priestland's transfer to the Recreation Ground and subsequent announcement by Bath coach Mike Ford that the Wales fly-half was taking an 18-month break from international rugby had an impact on the Faletau decision.
"For this particular scenario, release of Taulupe from his contract would have required the national head coach's permission, and the 'wildcard' provision within the WRU senior selection policy was an important factor in this regard," added Davies.
"As such, upon Rhys Priestland's reported break from international rugby, the matter was revisited.
"It was always going to be painful to lose Taulupe, given what we're trying to build here at the Dragons, but our decision to pursue the transfer option was a very measured one, having regard to a number of considerations.
"Whilst we fully respect the aspirations of the RSA, naturally it is disappointing on this occasion that we have not been able to act independently in the best interests of the region, or to receive the required support in achieving our preferred outcome.
"That said, Taulupe will now be part of our preparations for the weekend and we look forward to welcoming one of the world's best number eights back into the fold. I have no doubt that his commitment to the Dragons will be as unfaltering as always."


ScotRail Alliance boss Phil Verster is leaving the firm after 18 months in which the company has rarely been out of the headlines.

ScotRail has come under the microscope repeatedly, with political debates centring around service disruptions and the government raising the possibility of the franchise contract being revoked.
However, the firm also delivered a series of infrastructure improvements, and improvements in service performance were announced the week before Mr Verster's departure became public.
Here is a timeline of the ups and downs of Abellio's time in Scotland so far and Mr Verster's time in the role.
14 October 2014: Abellio wins the ScotRail franchise contract, taking over from Aberdeen-based FirstGroup. The firm wins a 10-year contract, but could be stripped of it in half that time if punctuality targets are not met.
1 April 2015: Abellio formally takes over the running of Scotland's railways.
25 March 2015: Phil Verster is announced as the managing director of ScotRail Alliance, which sees Abellio and Network Rail team up to deliver rail services.
He takes up the job in May.
13 June 2015: Work begins on improvements to the main Edinburgh-Glasgow line, with the Winchburgh tunnel in West Lothian closed for six weeks.
6 September 2015: The new Borders Railway is opened at a cost of £249m, bringing train services back to the Scottish borders for the first time in 46 years.
17 September 2015: ScotRail announces plans to hire up to 100 new train drivers.
6 November 2015: ScotRail is fined £265,282 for failing to meet standards for trains and stations.
21 December 2015: ScotRail announces a £475m improvement plan, pledging new trains, thousands of extra seats and better on-board wifi.
Mr Verster describes the plan as the biggest improvement programme in the company's history, saying 75% of trains will be refurbished or replaced.
15 March 2016: ScotRail pledges a "revolution" in travel for passengers in Tayside and Aberdeenshire, with 200 new services and 200,000 additional seats a day.
20 March 2016: The main tunnel serving Glasgow Queen Street station, the third busiest in Scotland, is closed for 20 weeks, causing major disruption to services.
ScotRail says the work is part of a £60m upgrade project to allow faster and longer trains to use the station.
21 June 2016: ScotRail workers walk out on strike in a dispute over plans to operate more trains without guards.
The RMT union leads industrial action, with ScotRail estimating that about 30% of services are unable to run.
Mr Verster hits out at the "needless" strikes, saying they would "affect tens of thousands of passengers and hurt hundreds of rail staff".
3 August 2016: Mr Verster is "very pleased" as further planned strike action is called off.
6 October 2016: With criticism of services mounting, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says she is "absolutely committed" to fixing problems, noting that it is "absolutely incumbent" on Abellio to meet expectations.
28 October 2016: ScotRail is fined £483,000 for failing to meet required standards for trains and stations.
9 November 2016: Rail unions stage protests calling for a publicly-owned service.
17 November 2016: Nicola Sturgeon is forced to apologise to rail passengers after a broken-down train in Edinburgh causes severe disruption.
She notes that "there are options for the contract to be broken early, and we will keep that option under review".
Rail unions subsequently call for the resignation of Transport Minister Humza Yousaf, who refuses to quit.
20 November 2016: Mr Yousaf invites unions and political parties to hold talks on setting up a public sector train operator, noting that Abellio's contract could be cancelled in 2020.
23 November 2016: Mr Yousaf makes an emergency statement at Holyrood about the recent disruption, insisting that "ScotRail has learned lessons".
On the same day, commuters face further disruption after overhead wiring problems affect services in Glasgow.
24 November 2016: Ms Sturgeon says she will consider freezing rail fares in 2017 in response to the ongoing concerns over services. Ultimately fares are not frozen.
29 November 2016: A major improvement plan for ScotRail is published, with Mr Yousaf demanding "immediate improvement" for passengers.
The plan includes measures to improve punctuality and reliability through a series of local and nationwide programmes, from infrastructure developments to "performance workshops" for managers and staff about running services on time.
11 December 2016: ScotRail unveils the first in its fleet of new electric trains, which Mr Verster welcomes as "a visible symbol of our ongoing massive rail investment".
16 December 2016: The Scottish government announces a £3m package of "targeted discounts" for regular rail passengers to compensate for recent disruption.
2 January 2017: Rail fares increase across the UK.
8 January 2017: The Sunday Post newspaper reveals that Mr Verster received taxpayer money to cover his rent for a year as part of a relocation package.
12 January 2017: "Big improvements" in ScotRail's performance are recorded in the aftermath of the improvement plan being published.
18 January 2017: Mr Verster tells MSPs he "can't vouch" for the discount scheme going ahead, with the government apparently demanding ScotRail pay for it.


A Melbourne driver who followed satnav directions onto a set of railway tracks narrowly escaped with his life after his car was hit by a train.

The 25-year-old man turned on to the tracks on Wednesday night and became stuck trying to reverse, police say.
He managed to get out of the car before it was hit by the train which pushed the wreckage 15m along the tracks, causing lengthy commuter delays.
None of the 13 passengers on the train was injured.
A local resident told ABC News that it was not the first time such an incident had happened.
"His GPS has turned him left onto the railway lines," the resident said of the latest mishap. "It looks a lot like a road at night."
Australia has seen a number of GPS errors.
In 2012, police in the town of Mildura were reported to have warned motorists not to rely on satnavs to find the town because several people had instead navigated themselves into a remote national park.
March 2015: A group of Belgian tourists are sent on a detour of close to 1,200km (750 miles) after a GPS navigation error by their bus driver saw them arrive at La Plagne in the Pyrenees rather than  La Plagne in the Tarentaise Valley
June 2013:  A woman follows her GPS right into the path of an oncoming train in Belmont, US
January 2013: A woman leaves her home in Belgium intending to pick up a friend in Brussels, 144km (90 miles) away. After switching on her GPS, she ends up in Zagreb, Croatia.
March 2012: Japanese tourists drive a rental car into the Pacific Ocean as as they follow GPS instructions down a road toward Australia's North Stradbroke Island
May 2008: A group of travellers nearly plunge off a cliff to their deaths because of a GPS error as they were making a scenic drive from Bryce Canyon, in the US state of Utah, to the Grand Canyon in Arizona
October 2006:  A man using his GPS to direct him on a trip from New York to Pennsylvania instead crosses the border into Canada


The weather at Wimbledon can be important for all sorts of reasons.

15 July 2017 Last updated at 08:33 BST
And it's not just about rain and having the centre court roof open or closed.
Here's BBC weather presenter Abbie Dewhurst to tell us who the sun could help and what impact "thin" air could have.
Watch this...


A teenager and two 12-year-old boys have been arrested after a man was stabbed and hit with a baseball bat in a street attack.

The victim, in his 30s, was attacked by a group of five or six youths in Grosvenor Street, Cheltenham, on Friday.
He was known to his attackers, Gloucestershire Police said.
All three boys were arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm (GBH).
The eldest, aged 14, was arrested separately from the younger pair.
Police appealed for witnesses to the attack, which happened at about 17:30 BST.


One of Scotland's most famous paintings - Salvador Dali's Christ of St John of the Cross, which usually hangs in Glasgow's Kelvingrove Art Gallery, is being prepared to go on loan.

The painting is to feature in the Dali/Duchamp exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London.
It has been unframed to allow for inspection before being packed.
Henry Raeburn's Boy and Rabbit will go on show at Kelvingrove as part of a reciprocal loan agreement.
Cllr David McDonald said Christ of St John of the Cross would be one of the main attractions of the Dali/Duchamp exhibition, which opens on 7 October.
"Glasgow is proud of its extensive art collection, considered by many to be amongst the finest in Europe.
"By working with respected institutions such as the Royal Academy of Arts we continue to strengthen our reputation and are able to bring outstanding works of art, such as Raeburn's Boy and Rabbit, to Kelvingrove this autumn."
The Dali/Duchamp exhibition aims to throw light on the relationship between the father of conceptual art, Marcel Duchamp, and Surrealist Salvador Dali.
The exhibition, which will bring together more than 60 works, is to travel to The Dali Museum in St Petersburg, Florida, from February to May 2018.
Christ of St John of the Cross will return to the Kelvingrove in summer 2018 where it is expected to be on display for more than a year, before going on loan again.
It is due to go to Auckland Castle, County Durham, in autumn 2019.
The painting, which was bought by the City of Glasgow for Â£8,200 in 1952, will then return to Kelvingrove in spring 2020.
An image of the painting will remain in the space at Kelvingrove.
Boy and Rabbit will hang in the portrait section of the Looking at Art gallery in Kelvingrove from September until May 2018.
The painting is of the artist's grandchild, Henry Raeburn Inglis, with his pet rabbit.
The boy was deaf and the work is about the senses, particularly the importance of touch in the relationship between the child and his pet.


With council budgets under pressure, can local authorities save on their education budgets?

Education is the single biggest service councils provide.
It accounts for roughly £5bn of the £11bn councils across Scotland spend between them every year.
The education budget overall is not ring-fenced. Councils can decide exactly how much to spend but in many respects their hands are tied.
The two biggest parts of the education budget are staffing costs and the school estate.
With each year of austerity, it becomes harder for councils to identify fresh savings. The easier or less controversial a savings option, the earlier it might be looked at.
Highland Council is looking at saving £64m by 2019 - almost as much as it has already saved over the past five years. Its consultation lists a huge number of options - from grass cutting and recycling to bin collections and the public toilets. The number of staff could fall by 1,000. But ways of saving money on education are also being explored.
But just how practical might this be?
With staff costs, councils' hands are effectively tied: pay and conditions for teachers are set nationally and there is an agreement with the Scottish government to maintain the ratio of staff to pupils. Cutting class sizes in the early years of primary school is also a national priority.
Meanwhile closing schools  - especially in rural areas - is difficult, controversial and takes time. Crucially, schools cannot be closed on financial grounds - councils have to demonstrate that their proposals could actually benefit a child's education.
This means savings in the education budget are harder to find.
Highland Council is currently proposing shortening the school day by 30 minutes for pupils in Primary's 4, 5, 6, and 7.
It believes it can save up to £3.2m a year by doing this. That is because additional teachers have to be engaged if primary-aged children spend more than 22 hours 30 minutes a week in school.
Schools have to be open for 190 days each year but it is up to the council to decide the length and structure of the individual school day.
However, it is also possible to look at saving money by spreading school hours over 4.5 days a week - as happens in some areas including Edinburgh and the Borders - which can help reduce the cost of running buildings.
Another option concerns the number of teachers in secondary schools - cutting their number by 1% (equivalent to 15 staff) could save £600,000 but would mean fewer subjects would be on offer at some schools, especially for youngsters studying for Highers and Advanced Highers.
But, because teachers cannot be made redundant, this would simply mean that some teachers who retired or left naturally would not be replaced.
The council is also consulting on whether more "distance learning" would be appropriate, especially for senior pupils - potentially saving £600,000 a year. The idea might be that where a particular subject is not available at one school, pupils who want to study it can tap into the resources at another.
Reducing the number of schools is still an option - potentially saving £850,000 a year - although no new school closures are currently singled out.
Although it is not specifically mentioned in Highland Council's consultation, one way of keeping the education budget in check is simply to reduce everyday expenditure: for instance the budget for new books and equipment.
The problem with this is that while spending on, for instance, new desks in a particular school could be delayed for a year with little adverse effect, over time the condition of classrooms and materials deteriorates as a backlog builds up.
One option suggested by East Renfrewshire Council - which has some of the most academically successful schools in Scotland - involves using pupils to help run school libraries.
Another question is whether parents or Parent Teacher Associations may end up helping to pay for things which might previously have been paid for out of school funds.
This might include paying for trips, additional sports equipment or new library books.
There would be no question of ever asking a parent to pay directly for important classroom materials. But the Scottish Parent Teacher Council  is currently surveying its members to find out what kind of things parents and PTAs are being asked to help fund.
There is also anecdotal evidence of teachers using their own money to buy materials to help make lessons more interesting - such as posters.


A US ship has picked up Iranians in trouble at sea, in the second such rescue in less than a week, the Pentagon has said.

US Coast Guard cutter Monomoy rescued six Iranian mariners after their vessel broke down in the Gulf.
One of the six had suffered burns and is receiving treatment, Pentagon spokesman George Little told reporters.
The US Navy rescued 13 Iranian fishermen last Thursday after they were captured by Somali pirates.
Both incidents come at a time of heightened tensions between Washington and Tehran.
In the latest incident, the six Iranians were some 50 miles (90km) south-east of the Iraqi port of Umm Qasr when they got into trouble early on Tuesday, Mr Little said.
The crew used flares and flashlights to hail the passing Monomoy. The vessel's master indicated "that the engine room was flooding and [the ship was] not seaworthy", Mr Little added.
The Pentagon said the Iranian mariners would be repatriated, although it has not yet been determined how.
Last Thursday, forces assigned to the John C Stennis aircraft carrier group - on its way from the Gulf to Afghanistan - received a distress call from the Al Molai fishing vessel.
The ship had been boarded by pirates in the Arabian Sea more than a month ago, and its crew had been kept in "harsh conditions", the Pentagon said at the time.
A US Navy spokesman said the force went out of its way to "treat the fishing crew with kindness and respect" and provided them with fuel and food for their return journey home.
Washington says its forces routinely rescue sailors in distress - regardless of nationality - but wanted to highlight the two recent incidents in light of the current tensions between the two countries.
Tehran has not commented on Tuesday's incident, but described last Thursday's rescue as a "humanitarian gesture".
However, days earlier Tehran had warned the carrier not to return to the region once it left for Afghanistan.
Faced with the prospect of fresh sanctions over its nuclear programme, Iran has threatened to block the transport of oil through the Strait of Hormuz.
Washington has rejected Iran's warning to keep its forces out of Gulf waters, and has warned it will resist any attempt by Tehran to close the Strait.


If at first you don't succeed try, try again.

Sinn Féin, of all parties, do not normally get bound up in selection dilemmas.
Looks like someone forgot to tell its members in Fermanagh and South Tyrone.
First they met in December and ditched the sitting MLA Phil Flanagan in favour of former MP and Stormont minister Michelle Gildernew, MLA Sean Lynch and Fermanagh councillor John Feely.
So far, so unsurprising.
However, after concerns were reportedly raised over "procedural errors" the party decided to re-run the whole selection process.
This time the sitting MLA, Bronwyn McGahan, put her name forward as well after announcing that she was stepping down and not standing in the original contest
It made no difference - she was not selected anyway.
But the real story, this time, neither was Michelle Gildernew selected, something which seemed to come as much a shock to the party hierarchy as herself - never mind those of us who watch and pretend to understand these things.
Back in, however, was Phil Flanagan along with Sean Lynch and councillor Feely.
So not only was there not a woman on the ticket - which goes against Sinn Féin policy, but all three candidates came from Fermanagh which seemed to show a somewhat reckless disregard for the South Tyrone part of the constituency.
Even before the meeting there had been a strong rumour the party wanted to move the former MP to neighbouring Mid-Ulster to replace the departing Martin McGuinness.
She quickly scotched that rumour in a tweet telling those who had been speculating "Mid-Ulster has excellent candidates to replace @M_McGuinness_SF and my heart's in #FST."
She also said she had been "blown away" by all the messages of support adding "don't be worrying about me, could be a blessing in disguise".
What she was not doing was hiding her disappointment and metaphorically drawing the curtains over an episode which was rapidly becoming a major embarrassment for Sinn Féin.
Senior figures hastily made it clear the matter was not over which brings us neatly to 19 February when a third selection convention will be held.
And messily four candidates will now be selected which should help create a space for the party's best-known figure in the constituency.
At least that is the obvious conclusion, but it is probably unwise to count too many chickens just yet.
Either way the damage has probably already been done.
Sinn Féin divisions in Fermanagh and South Tyrone have already been exposed and one of the party's most recognisable names has been undermined.
It is not the Sinn Féin way and many will continue to ask why.


Young people must be "inspired not ignored" in the EU referendum debate, campaigners said as they began a drive to boost turnout among 18-24 year olds.

Bite The Ballot and Hope not Hate aim to sign up 500,000 young people to vote by the 7 June registration deadline.
They say interest in the 23 June poll is high although the campaign is perceived as being dominated by "old men shouting at each other".
Young people are twice as likely not to be signed up as the public at large.
In five weeks' time, the UK will decide whether it should remain a member of the European Union or not, with British citizens aged 18 and over and specified others entitled to vote. It will be the first public vote on the country's future in Europe for more than 50 years.
Amid concerns about levels of youth turnout, efforts are being stepped up to encourage young people to sign up to vote in time to take part. Those who registered ahead of the local and national elections on 5 May do not need to re-register.
The #TurnUp campaign, which launches on 31 May, is focused on getting young voters to encourage their friends and colleagues to sign up at events in universities, youth clubs, workplaces and cafes.
A survey of 1,300 18-30 year olds carried out by YouGov suggests 51% are closely following the referendum, 39% are not while 10% are avoiding coverage of it altogether.
While the majority - 52% - of those polled said the economy was the most important issue in determining how to vote, the research found low levels of trust in those representing either side in the referendum debate.
Only 10% of those canvassed trusted politicians to make the case for either a Remain or Leave vote, while the figures for the media (13%) and business leaders (16%) were only slightly higher. In contrast, teachers and academics scored much higher levels of trust (72%) as did other young people (50%).
Bite the Ballot's director Mike Sani said it was vital the campaign was not merely the preserve of politicians and business people.
"We need to act now to ensure those unregistered are empowered and inspired to take a role in the decision-making process," he said.
"Young people will be living longest with the outcome and the risk of not engaging them in the issue is too big to ignore."
And Hope not Hate said there would be serious consequences if young people were shut out of the debate.
"It is vital they get registered but also vital for both Remain and Leave campaigners to address the concerns of the young far more directly," said its chief executive Nick Lowles.
"We know that if they don't, and the voices of the young are not heard, disaffection can breed alienation. That in turn can act as a potent lure for extremists and others who would divide society."
The groups say 30% of all 18-24 year olds are not registered to vote at the moment and, of those who signed up to vote in last year's general election, only 54% ended up voting - much lower than other age groups.


The Rosetta probe has started turning on its instruments.

After coming out of a near three-year, deep-space hibernation in January, the satellite now has sufficient power to check out its science payload.
The spacecraft is currently about 675 million km from Earth, and continues to close in on its comet quarry.
Rosetta should arrive at the icy body in early August, when it will then start mapping the object to find a safe spot to put down its little lander.
This craft, known as Philae, is piggy-backing the main probe, and was set to receive its wake-up commands on Friday. It will be another week, however, before they are actioned.
Dr Matt Taylor, the European Space Agency's Rosetta project scientist, told BBC News: "The mission as a whole had this big emotional moment in January when the spacecraft was woken up.
"Now, individual teams must experience something similar again as each one of Rosetta's 11 instruments is turned on for testing."
The first item to be brought back online was the camera system: Osiris.
This is the equipment that will most engage the public as it acquires the pictures of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
The second instrument listed for switch-on was Alice, a spectrometer that will be used to study the gases streaming away from the 4km-wide ball of ice and dust.
It will take the rest of March and all of April for controllers at Esa's operations centre in Darmstadt, Germany, to work through the entire instrument package.
Although the tight constraints on power consumption have eased somewhat since the January wake-up, Rosetta is still roughly 640 million km from the Sun. This means the careful approach to energy management continues.
"The fantastic news after hibernation is that the solar arrays haven't degraded, so we are in an optimal state for power," explained Sylvain Lodiot, Rosetta's deputy spacecraft operations manager. "But the situation is still marginal and we cannot yet run the instruments in parallel."
Most of the instruments will be switched off again immediately after their check-out.
The key exception is Osiris. It will stay on because it is needed to help plot the precise position of 67P on the sky. This leads to the next big event in the mission - the major manoeuvre that will start to refine Rosetta's trajectory to the comet.
This will be initiated on 21 May with a seven-hour, 21-minute burn on the spacecraft's thrusters.
A further eight burns are then planned over the summer, with Rosetta set to go into orbit around 67P in the first week of August.
Dr Taylor has been preparing himself this week for the rendezvous with a visit to a tattoo studio.
He now has Rosetta, Philae and 67P pictured on his thigh.
"When I arrived on the project, I promised I'd do it. I'd had one done for Esa's Cluster mission, and when Rosetta came out of hibernation, I said, 'right, let's get it done now'.
"The place where I go is run by an old friend from school. He's done all my tattoos."
Rosetta is being billed as the big space event of 2014.  The plan is for the probe to escort 67P as it moves closer towards the Sun, monitoring the changes that take place on the body. The Philae lander will report changes that occur at the surface.
Comets - giant "dirty snowballs", as some have called them - are believed to contain materials that have remained largely unchanged since the formation of the Solar System.
Rosetta's data should give researchers some fresh insights, therefore, on how our local space environment has changed during the past 4.6bn years.
Jonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos


The conflict in Vietnam ended 40 years ago, with chaotic scenes in Saigon, now Ho Chi Minh City, as the North Vietnamese Army closed in on the heart of power, its tanks ploughing through the gates of the South Vietnamese presidential palace on 30 April 1975.

On board one of the tanks was Pham Xuan Do, who is seen in the picture above proudly wearing his uniform from the time.
The picture was taken during a project led by Raul Roman, co-founder of UBELONG, and Lonnie Schlein, a former New York Times photojournalist who took a party of 14 people to Vietnam in May, with the aim of capturing the stories of those who fought for the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) or Viet Cong.
Do served in the NVA as a lieutenant captain from 1965 to 1975. He said he misses some of the excitement of war, but now that time has passed feels "forgiveness".
The projects aim is to see the war from the perspective of North Vietnamese veterans, and to mark 20 years since the then US President Bill Clinton normalised diplomatic relations between the two countries, on 11 July 1995.
"It's really important work because the world needs to be reminded that the dark shadow of the Vietnam War still looms large in this country," says Mr Roman.
"This work is really special also because it's an international civic initiative by ordinary citizens, a sort of peace mission designed to bring people together."
The group conducted more than two dozen in-depth interviews with veterans, travelling to Hanoi and rural locations bombed during the war.
Many of these areas were subjected to use of the toxic chemical Agent Orange, a defoliant sprayed over jungle areas to destroy enemy cover.
Vietnam says several million people have been affected by Agent Orange, including 150,000 children with severe birth defects.
Here are a selection of the stories they uncovered.
Le Ba Bon, 63, was from a family of rice farmers and withdrew from school in 1972 to join the North Vietnamese Army. He said: "Starting life after the war was terrifying to me. With my injuries, I could not continue my education or find a job. But I have let go of my hurt and pain. It's time to look into the future and begin cooperating." (Photograph by Joey Rosa)
Pham An Thic (left) served in an artillery unit from 1965 to 1977 and was the only son in his family who survived the war. His mother, Dau (right), now almost blind, remembers receiving the letters from the government announcing that her other four sons had been killed.
"I didn't know how they had died," she said.
"I didn't know what they were doing when they died. I just knew that they were gone. Losing a child is the greatest sadness."
Thic's wife (centre) waited for him for 12 years. "I did not know if he was dead or if he was alive," she said.
"All I could do was to take care of my children and work hard so I could feed them.
"I wasn't special. I was one of thousands of Vietnamese wives and mothers who had to survive without their husbands during the war."
She recalls the day her husband returned. She was working in the rice fields when one of their neighbours gave her the news. "I ran all the way home," she said.
"I was so happy to see him after so long." (Photograph by Raul Roman)
Tran Thi Thon served in the North Vietnamese army from 1965 to 1975, delivering supplies from the North to the South.
"The day I remember most vividly was the day we found a downed American pilot.," she said.
"I saw that he had lost his shoe, so I took my shoe off and strapped it on his foot.
"Then, I took my handkerchief out and wiped the blood off his face.
"I felt very sympathetic because he was just another human and he didn't want to be in this war just like I didn't.
"The pilot then told my crew to hide, as a rescue helicopter was on its way and they would shoot us.
"But the helicopter never came and the pilot was captured by our soldiers."
While making her deliveries, she saw a yellow liquid covering the jungle.
It felt cool to the touch, so she and her teammates picked leaves and rubbed the substance on their skin to refresh themselves. It was Agent Orange.
Now, the skin on her arms, legs, and stomach is covered in scars.
She underwent several operations to repair the damage.
But the worst consequence of the exposure were the birth defects of her son, who died of lung cancer at the age of 35, and her daughter, who is physically and mentally disabled. (Photograph by Lonnie Schlein)
Luong Ngoc Lam was photographed at Friendship Village, a shelter for veterans and children affected by Agent Orange. He served as a field soldier for the NVA from 1966 to 1975.
His proudest moment was participating in the taking of Saigon.
"When the war ended, I had not seen my wife in 10 years," he said. "I returned home to learn that she had held 10 funerals during that period, including one for my younger brother.
"Coming home to learn that he had been killed was devastating." (Photograph by Joey Rosa)
Luong Duc Pho was a driver, transporting soldiers in his jeep as well as rebuilding and clearing roads to facilitate the transportation of weapons and food.
Pho waited 15 years to recover the body of his brother killed in the war.
"The young generation doesn't know anything about the hardships of war," he said.
"They have never been through this. They don't know what being hungry means.
"It is important that they learn more to understand what we endured and why we did it." (Photograph by Raul Roman)
Tran Van Van and his wife, Pham Thi Sang, are pictured at their home in Binh Giang.
Van served in the North Vietnamese Army from 1965 to 1972 and was stationed on the border of Cambodia on the Ho Chi Minh trail, tasked with protecting the road from bombers.
"We were bombed so often, and so many people died on the battlefield," he said.
"The badly injured were taken to the aid station, but I buried my dead friends on the battlefield. I miss them greatly."
He was eventually discharged after being injured in a bombing.  He often relives that event in his nightmares.
While Van was fighting, his wife worked as a rice farmer in order for the family to survive.
"We were very poor and always hungry because there wasn't enough rice for me and my babies," she said.
"One of the hardest moments of my life was when I had to go into the fields after my baby was born, but I had no choice.
"I didn't want to tell Van so I wrote him letters of encouragement to stay and fight in the war. Our country was more important."
During the seven years in the army, Van only saw his family once, for a 10-day span in 1968.
During that time he and his wife conceived a child, Tran Van Tin, now 46, who was born with severe health problems which is believed to be due to Van's exposure to Agent Orange. (Photograph by John DeSanto)
Vu Thanh Lan fought with the Viet Cong in Quang Nam and Quang Ngai for more than a decade.
"I don't allow my grandchildren to ask about the war because I don't want to poison their views of the United States and the world," he said. (Photograph by John DeSanto)
Nguyen Van Vuong  started as a soldier in the North Vietnamese Army in 1966 and ended his service in 1971 after contracting malaria.
In the battle of Quang Tri, during the Tet Offensive in 1968, his unit of 100 men was devastated. He was one of 20 who survived.
Later, he lost most of his hearing during a bombing raid.  Returning home after the war was not easy.
"My village was destroyed and government assistance couldn't support me," he said.
"My dream was to start a family, but it was not to be."  (Photograph by Lonnie Schlein)
Tran Van Thinh joined up aged 19 and ended his service with a high rank and multiple medals of honour.
In the battle of Quang Tri in 1968 he was hit by a bomb that blew off part of his left arm and shattered his right leg.
Married for 30 years with one son and two grandchildren, he lost two brothers in the war.
"I was very young. All I knew at that time was that I had to fight the Americans to reunify my country," he said.
"My most disturbing memory was killing two American soldiers." (Photograph by Joey Rosa)
All photographs © UBELONG.
Other pieces that might be of interest include:
How photographs told the story of the Vietnam War
Searching for the truth about my mother
Photographs by US Rifleman Charlie Haughey who served in Vietnam from March 1968 to May the following year
Guide to the Vietnam War
Mai Nam, a photographer with the North Vietnamese Army
For those in the UK Storyville: Last Days of Vietnam can be seen on BBC 4 at 22:00 on Monday 13 July 2015.


Hazel Stewart, who murdered her husband and her ex-lover's wife, has failed in a final legal bid to overturn one of her two murder convictions.

The former Sunday School teacher from Coleraine, County Londonderry, was jailed in 2011 for the double murder she helped to commit 20 years earlier.
The Criminal Cases Review Commission, which investigates miscarriage of justice claims, has refused to refer her case to the Court of Appeal.
It exhausts options to reopen the case.
Stewart was at the centre of a high-profile murder trial after Colin Howell - the dentist with whom she once had an extra-martial affair -  confessed to police that they had conspired to kill both of their spouses.
The victims were Stewart's 32-year-old husband, Trevor Buchanan, who was a police officer, and Howell's 31-year-old wife, Leslie.
Their bodies were found together in a fume-filled garage in Castlerock, County Londonderry, in May 1991.
For almost two decades, police believed they died in a suicide pact after discovering their spouses were having an affair.
However, the case became a murder investigation in 2009 when Howell contacted police and confessed to both murders.
He pleaded guilty the following year and was jailed for at least 21 years.
Howell told police Stewart took part in the murder plot and gave evidence against her during her trial.
In March 2011 Stewart was convicted of both murders and was later ordered to serve a minimum of 18 years in prison.
She has since mounted a series of attempts to overturn the verdicts.
In January 2013, her appeal against her conviction for murdering Mrs Howell was dismissed and she abandoned her challenge to being found guilty of killing her first husband.
However, her lawyers applied to the CCRC in an attempt to have the conviction for murdering Mrs Howell referred back to the Court of Appeal.
But after studying her case, the body refused and made a final determination that Stewart's application should be closed.
She can only make a fresh request if new evidence emerges.
Stewart's solicitor, Kevin Winters, confirmed the case was not being referred back at this stage, but did not rule out future legal action.
"We are considering the CCRC's ruling and we are currently engaging with the PSNI on matters of a sensitive nature which require further investigation and may result in a further application to the Court of Appeal," he said.


Farming leaders and ministers say they have held "productive" talks on the future of dairy farming in the UK following protests over milk prices.

Ministers met farming representatives in London, in the wake of dozens of protests in recent weeks.
Environment Secretary Liz Truss said she wanted better labelling of British produce in supermarkets.
The National Farmers' Union said the government was sending the "right messages" but protests would continue.
It said farmers were still "desperate".
NFU president Meurig Raymond said he was hopeful minsters would be "talking to everyone in the supply chain" to promote British produce in the supermarkets, and to "come up with fairer contracts".
Ms Truss described the meeting as "helpful and productive".
"It was an encouraging meeting and I believe we can help build stronger foundations that give the industry the long-term stability and commercial opportunities it needs to manage global volatility," she said.
Ms Truss said the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs would be putting together a working group "to talk to supermarkets and other providers about how we can get a better branding and better labelling of those [British] products".
Farmers say a reduction in global demand for milk has led to an oversupply in the UK, which has in turn seen prices plummet.
Scottish Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead said this was a "global issue" and there must be "urgent action at a Scottish, UK and EU level".
But he also called on the food industry to "step up to the plate and support farmers in their hour of need".
Monday's talks follow demonstrations which have seen farmers bringing cattle into supermarkets and buying up stocks of milk from store shelves before giving it away for free.
Why is the milk row happening?
Aldi, Lidl and Asda have since said they would pay a minimum price of 28p per litre. Morrisons will pay 26p per litre from later this month, and it has also launched a brand of milk and cheese which it says will directly support producers.
Waitrose, Marks & Spencer, Tesco, the Co-op and Sainsbury's say they already pay more than the cost of production for milk.
The industry estimates the average cost of production is 30-32p per litre.
By BBC environment correspondent Claire Marshall
This is the dairy farmers' version of the ice bucket challenge.
They say that milk is so cheap, they might as well just let it wash away.
The Farming Community Network has organised the milk bucket challenge in order to raise funds and awareness of the crisis in the milk industry, which has suffered months of price drops.
Caroline Trude, chairwoman of the Devon Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs, has helped to organise the challenges.
She told the BBC they poured about 800 litres (176 gallons) of milk over their heads during one challenge. This cost at least Â£240 to produce. However, at the current rate, farmers were only being paid about Â£184 on average for that amount from a processor.
Ms Trude said it raised the profile of the issue without disrupting the public.
Matthew Weaver took two cows into a branch of Asda in Staffordshire earlier this month.
He said he felt the support from customers had been "the driver for the success we've had so far".
John Allen, a dairy industry expert from Kite Consulting, said low prices meant farmers would go out of business but the market would then "self-correct".
"Probably next year we'll see a significant turnaround and consumers will have to be paying significantly more for their dairy product," he said.
The issue of milk prices in the UK will again be raised at a European Commission meeting next month.


A picture showing how the M8 in the centre of Glasgow might look if covered by a rooftop garden has been released.

Plans for a "cap" over the road near the Mitchell Library have yet to be approved.
Glasgow City Council said feasibility work could take about 12 months, with the actual design work due after this.
The proposal is part of the Sauchiehall Garnethill Regeneration framework that aims to link the city centre with the West End by removing the M8 barrier.
A council spokesman said it planned to start procurement for the feasibility work in late spring 2017, with investigations and modelling expected to begin in autumn.
Feasibility work will include traffic modelling to investigate how to manage heavily congested roads while making the area safer for pedestrians.
It will also include engineering work, site investigations and economic analysis.
The council is undertaking comparative research with other cities, including the team behind the Klyde Warren Park in central Dallas.
The park, described by on its website as green space made "out of thin air", was opened in 2012 and covers the Rogers Woodall Freeway.
A final decision on the M8 proposal is expected to be made in the summer of 2018.
Glasgow City Council leader Frank McAveety, said: "This is a truly inspiring project, but also one that is complex as it is ambitious.
"We must get the groundwork right and take time to create something that benefits the city while delivering a new public space that attracts and connects people and places.
"Coupled with the other projects coming forward as part of the Sauchiehall  and Garnethill regeneration project will ensure that we make this a prominent place in the city's life."
Design company Keppie produced the picture to show how the public space over the M8 could look.
A council spokesman said the image was just indicative, and the planned location of the park was closer to the top of Bath Street in front of Tay House.


US soccer promoter Charlie Stillitano has been called many things in the past 18 months or so - with "power broker" and "mogul" among the more flattering descriptions of the ebullient New Yorker.

On the downside, for his apparent suggestion that a European super league might be an idea worth talking about, he has been called "a poster boy for greed" and even "a corporate goblin".
Stillitano is the executive chairman of Relevant Sports, which organises the International Champions Cup, an annual summer tournament held mainly across the US - although other countries also host matches - featuring the world's top football clubs.
But it was for organising a meeting of executives from Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea - where they discussed the possibility of restructuring the Uefa Champions League - that he found himself in the firing line.
"It was not our [Relevant's] intention to be a stalking horse for the creation of a European Super League, that was never the intention," he tells me.
"I would never advocate a closed-shop Champions League or any closed European league. I know it sounds cliched but I was misquoted, or rather I was asked a question about whether closed leagues can ever work.
"And in some circumstances they can - look at NFL American football, one of the most successful leagues in the world. But I know that closed leagues are anathema in Europe."
The 57-year-old says discussions about the format of European football first emerged because clubs came to him and asked if the Champions Cup could become more than just a pre-season event, and be put on a more official footing.
"So things were coming about more as a reaction to teams approaching us," he says. "We caused a stir unintentionally. And clubs are still coming up to us.
"Anyway, the big European clubs ended up cutting new commercial and sporting deals, including the changes at Uefa with the Champions League," he adds, referring to the deal where bigger nations such as England are guaranteed more places.
Stillitano's partner in the International Champions Cup is US billionaire and Miami Dolphins American football team owner, Stephen Ross.
Indeed, he says it is Ross's lack of a traditional soccer background that has enabled him to put together some of the bigger Champions Cup matches.
"We brokered the biggest game, the Real Madrid v Barcelona Clasico, in Miami this summer," he says. "Steve Ross has the advantage of not being a massive soccer follower, so he just said 'let's get it' without even considering it might not be possible.
"From the beginning Mr Ross and his business partner Matt Higgins could see there was something out there, a huge untapped soccer market.
"The Champions Cup sits in a nice pre-season niche. It gives us the opportunity to own the month of pre-season, and build a viable business.
"We get to show the best players in the world, and they are able to perform in a relaxed atmosphere without the the pressure of a regular season game.  It allows the teams to build for their seasons."
The tournament has just completed its fifth year, with Ross investing roughly $100m over the period since 2013.
"We are making money out of it, we have turned the financial corner, I think the investment has paid off," says Stillitano.
"I know it is not a Champions League or regular season games. But the fans love it and lots of cities and clubs would live to have Champions Cup games to host.
"We are helping to cultivate the new US soccer fan. The biggest crowd ever for a Manchester United v Real Madrid game was in America this summer. Clearly we have something that has caught the imagination of the US sporting public."
Son of Italian parents from Calabria
Grew up watching Italian and German football on cable TV
AC Milan fan, favourite player was 1970s star Gianni Rivera
First English game: Leicester City v Aston Villa in March 1976
Director of Giants Stadium at the 1994 World Cup
In 1996 became general manager of MLS team New York/New Jersey MetroStars (later Red Bulls)
Set up Champions World series of games in the US featuring major European teams in the 2000s
Friends with Sir Alex Ferguson and Jose Mourinho
Stillitano says the next step is to make the event more of an entertainment property.
"We saw it for the first time in Miami with the Clasico," he says.  "We had legends games, concerts, activities for kids. That is something we want to expand, make it a fun day out, not just the match. The NFL Super Bowl is currently the only event that gets that mix right.
"The next part is also to attract more cities to take part - Singapore is a good example of a city that has come on board with us."
Games have also been held in England, Italy, Spain, Canada, Mexico and China; Mr Stillitano says there is interest in Argentina, Brazil, the Middle East, and South Africa.
"It is good for the economies of host cities," he says. "Three quarters of the people who came to the Miami Clasico were from out of state. And there were 70,000 at the game, and 40,000 at the training sessions."
So, does this growth signal that the Champions Cup is indeed ripe for becoming a part of the official football calendar?
"Different people own different football spaces... but things change," he says. "Look at how Fifa decided they wanted to take over the old Intercontinental Cup, and moved in on it.
"However, are we going to morph into something more official? I don't think so."
Two-tier system
And on the subject of competitions morphing into something else, Stillitano has a final riposte for those who accused him of trying to set up a closed-shop European league.
"I think we are already in danger of creating a closed league, through financial fair play," he says, referring to Uefa rules which generally mean clubs can only spend what they make, and break even.
"It means there are five, six, clubs that are wealthy enough to dominate the Champions League over the next 20 years - the likes of Paris Saint Germain, Manchester City, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich.
"A Celtic or Ajax will never win the cup again, while the likes of AC Milan, Atletico Madrid, Juventus, and other historic big names are condemned to almost second tier status."
He laughs: "But I am the one who got all the trouble and criticism!"


Independent energy companies want consumers to be able to see all available tariffs when using price comparison websites.

Six smaller providers fear that only gas and electricity deals from the "Big Six" will show up in searches under proposed new Competition and Markets Authority rules.
They fear that such a move would discourage competition.
The CMA proposals follow the watchdog's energy market review earlier this year.
Consumers can provide basic details to price comparison websites, which then provide what they believe to be the best options.
Sometimes these websites allow consumers to switch immediately, but it was often not clear that they only showed options for firms that have paid the site a commission or fee.
Following the CMA's investigation into the energy market, the watchdog published its initial recommendations for ways to encourage consumers to switch energy suppliers more often.
It concluded that price comparison websites such as Uswitch, Energyhelpline or Go Compare should no longer have to show all available energy offers.
However, it did find that such sites should make it clear whether they received a commission from the energy firms whose offers were being recommended.
The CMA believed the ability to switch energy suppliers online without delay might lead to a rise in instant switching, helping to drive down prices.
Smaller independent suppliers have rejected this analysis, which is out for consultation.
"We are deeply worried about the lack of transparency in the proposed system," according to a letter to the Energy Secretary, Amber Rudd, signed by the chief executives of GB Energy Supply, COOP Energy, Go Effortless Energy, Bulb, So Energy & Zog Energy.
"Millions of people go to price comparison websites believing them to be transparent shop windows for the cheapest prices rather than 'brokers' in an increasingly skewed market."
The independent suppliers said that removing the obligation to show all tariffs would mean price comparison sites would end up only showing offers from the Big Six suppliers who had paid a fee.
The six smaller suppliers called on the Government to think again about the "serious ramifications".
However, the UK's third-largest price comparison website, uSwitch, disagreed.
"Price comparison websites offer a cost-effective way for energy suppliers to advertise their products and acquire customers," a spokesperson said. The site claimed to have saved consumers Â£112m on their energy bills in 2014.
"The CMA's package of proposals will incentivise sites to compete for exclusive deals with suppliers, boost competition and lower energy prices for consumers."
The CMA is set to publish its final recommendations on remedies for the energy sector before the end of June.
The Government said that before it came to power in 2010, there were just 13 energy suppliers, with independents accounting for only 1% of the market.
The Department for Energy said there were now more than 40 providers, with smaller firms making up 15% of the dual fuel market.
A spokesperson said the government wanted a "competitive and effective energy market" that worked for consumers: "We are taking action to ensure bill payers get a fair deal, by making switching quicker and easier, ensuring the swift roll-out of smart meters and increasing competition in the energy market."


A taxi driver caught with more than 1.5 tonnes of illegal tobacco has been handed a suspended jail term.

Alan Clater, from Grantham in Lincolnshire, was found with hand-rolling and raw tobacco when he was stopped on the M4 near Swindon.
HM Revenue and Customs estimated it would have lost Â£260,000 in tax.
Clater was given two 18-month jail terms, suspended for two years, to run concurrently after he was found guilty of tax evasion last month.
The 62-year-old was also given a nine month supervision order, made to do 100 hours of unpaid work, pay Â£1,000 costs and the Â£100 victim surcharge at Swindon Crown Court.
Clater, of Hornsby Road in Grantham, was stopped on the motorway in a routine operation by Wiltshire police and HMRC.
Officers searched his hire van discovering boxes and bin liners filled with the illegal tobacco.
They found 404kg (890lbs) of hand-rolling tobacco and 1.2 tonnes of raw tobacco.
Insp Steve Cox, from Wiltshire police, said: "We cannot underestimate the impact of this sort of crime on the public purse and it is only right that this man was not able to get away with it."
The court ordered the destruction of the tobacco.


Gloucestershire batsman Chris Dent has signed a new deal which keeps him with the County Championship Division Two club until the end of the 2018 season.

Dent has scored over 6,000 runs in 162 appearances for the county in all forms of the game.
The 25-year-old hit a career-best 268 as Gloucestershire drew with Glamorgan in their final game of the 2015 season.
"Having been here quite a while I need to step up and be one of the main players," he told the club website.
"I am a senior player now and I need to take on that sort of role.
"Last year I didn't have a stand-out season in white ball cricket so hopefully I can improve on that and keep going well in the red ball stuff."


Two children who died in a crash while on holiday in north Devon were twins, police have said.

The 12-year-olds and their mother, 43, died after their car collided with an oncoming lorry on the A361 near Barnstaple at 08:25 BST on Monday.
The woman's husband was travelling in a separate vehicle with her 14-year-old son and saw the crash behind them.
The family was from the Milton Keynes area, Devon and Cornwall Police also confirmed.
More on the crash and other news
The woman was pronounced dead at the scene.
Her daughter was pronounced dead on arrival at North Devon District Hospital in Barnstaple, and her son, taken to hospital via air ambulance, died shortly after.
An investigation is under way and police have asked for witnesses to come forward.
A woman and two children were taken to hospital after a crash on the same stretch of the North Devon Link Road on Sunday.


Donald Trump has said he would send home all Syrian refugees the US accepts, if he becomes president.

The billionaire, who is the current frontrunner in the Republican race for the White House, told a New Hampshire rally: "If I win, they're going back."
It marks a reversal in policy - earlier this month he told Fox News the US should take in more refugees.
A migrant crisis has gripped parts of Europe and the US has pledged to take 10,000 refugees from Syria next year.
Rival Republican candidate Jeb Bush called Trump's pledge "a horrible thing".
"The idea that you would send back refugees - when in American history has that ever happened?" the former Florida governor told NBC News. "We have to stand for certain values."
Half a million people have crossed the Mediterranean into Europe in 2015, with the largest number from Syria, where 250,000 people have been killed in a civil war.
On Wednesday night, Mr Trump told an audience at Keene High School: "I hear we want to take in 200,000 Syrians. And they could be - listen, they could be Isis [Islamic State]."
Describing them as a "200,000-man army", he later added: "I'm putting the people on notice that are coming here from Syria as part of this mass migration, that if I win, if I win, they're going back."
Mr Trump has made immigration a central plank of his election campaign, pledging to build a wall on the southern border.
He was harshly criticised after saying undocumented Mexican immigrants were "bringing drugs, they're bringing crime, they're rapists".
His latest comments about sending Syrians home are more in line with his hardline immigration policy, although at odds with what he said earlier this month.
Asked whether he thought some of the migrants travelling into Europe should be allowed in the US, the business mogul said: "I hate the concept of it, but on a humanitarian basis, with what's happening, you have to."
He blamed President Barack Obama for the crisis and added: "It's living in hell in Syria. They are living in hell."
The US has allowed 1,500 Syrians to re-settle since the start of the conflict four years ago.
A number of Democrats, including Hillary Clinton, have urged the US to increase the number of Syrians from 10,000 to 65,000.
US Secretary of State John Kerry has pledged to take more refugees worldwide, raising the yearly cap from 70,000 to 85,000 next year and to 100,000 in 2017.


Gloucestershire kept up their amazing winning record in finals at Lord's as they pulled off a thrilling six-run One-Day Cup win over Surrey.

Jade Dernbach's superb 6-35, finished with a hat-trick, saw Gloucestershire all out for 220 in the 48th over.
Kumar Sangakkara (60) and Rory Burns (56) then shared a stand of 101 to put Surrey in control on 143-2.
But eight wickets went down for 71 runs as they were all out for 214 with three balls remaining in the final over.
Media playback is not supported on this device
It was Gloucestershire's ninth win in 10 Lord's one-day finals - and the perfect way for Geraint Jones, who had earlier hit a half-century himself, to bow out in his final game before retirement.
For dejected opposite number Gareth Batty - caught by man-of-the-match Jack Taylor in the final over to spark wild scenes of Gloucestershire jubilation - it was the former Worcestershire and England spinner's third Lord's final defeat, all of them by Gloucestershire.
They did not appear to have put enough runs on the board despite a Jones-inspired recovery from 108-5 to 220-7, in which Taylor contributed 35 off 26 balls.
And 15 deliveries were left unused after Dernbach finished off the innings by claiming the wickets of Jones (50), and then Craig Miles and David Payne for successive first-ball ducks.
Surrey lost openers Jason Roy and Steven Davies early during a superb new-ball spell by James Fuller (2-34), but Sangakkara and Burns gradually got on top.
However, just when Surrey looked to have the game in their grasp, both were out in the space of 13 balls and the tail buckled under mounting pressure as they suffered their sixth defeat in 11 Lord's finals.
It briefly looked as if 17-year-old Sam Curran (37) might steer Surrey home against the county for whom his late father Kevin used to play.
But he holed out on the long-on boundary off the first ball of the final over, and skipper Batty followed two balls later, picking out Taylor at deep mid-wicket.
Since the very first limited-overs cup final in 1963, there had been 52 end-of season showdowns at the home of cricket prior to this contest.
Of those, four - from 2010 to 2013 - were 40-over finals starting at lunchtime.
But, of the remaining 48, which started in the invariably advantageous atmospheric conditions of a September morning, the side batting second won 32.
It was therefore hardly a surprise that Surrey, having won the toss, should choose to put Gloucestershire in, but their opponents proved that a greater team spirit is even more important, by simply never giving up and confounding the odds.
Dernbach's figures were the third-best in a Lord's one-day final, bettered only by Glen Chapple's 6-18 for Lancashire against Essex in 1996 and Joel Garner's 6-29 for Somerset against Northants in 1979.
His hat-trick was the third in a domestic showpiece, matching Ken Higgs for Leicestershire against Surrey in 1974, and James Averis for Gloucestershire against Worcestershire in 2004 - when the middle victim was Batty.
But the manner in which Dernbach finished the innings to earn his best-ever limited over bowling figures was highly contentious.
TV replays showed the ball going down leg side, a poor decision by umpire Rob Bailey, but it was also a 'full bunger' to last man David Payne.
Following the injury that ruled out Zafar Ansari, Surrey called 40-year-old former Pakistan all-rounder Azhar Mahmood into their side, two days after his appearance at The Oval in a Cricket for Heroes match, in which he dismissed Brian Lara and Brendon McCullum.
This time his 10 economical overs brought him 2-28, but his departure, stumped for five, was one of a series of rushes of blood which cost Surrey the chance of silverware.
Team-mate Sangakkara's innings may have been his last at Lord's now he has retired from international cricket.
It did not match the stunning 166 he scored in the semi-final win over Nottinghamshire, but he played faultlessly, getting the majority of his runs in ones and twos and hitting just three boundaries, until uncharacteristically gifting his wicket to spinner Jack Taylor.
Skipper Batty was one of only four Surrey players who played in their last Lord's winning team in 2011, but this time ended up on the losing side despite winning the toss and seeing his decision to bowl first apparently pay off.
If they were disappointed, ex-England wicketkeeper Jones was elated by Gloucestershire's victory, having played a sensible last innings to get them back in the game.
After reaching his 50 with a pull for four off Dernbach, he was bowled with the very next ball, but he had done enough to warrant a warm reception on his way back to the pavilion.


The Asian hornet has been slowly moving closer to the UK for a while now.

Already a problem in France it likes nothing more than eating European honey bees. It's arrival here would be a problem for struggling bee populations.
Like many invasive species the hornet has seen plenty of alarming and frankly slightly over the top coverage in the media.
But they do pose a really serious threat to our honeybees. The hornets feed by hovering in front of bee hives. They intercept returning bees, bite their heads off and then eat the rest, a behaviour called "hawking".
Exact figures are hard to come by but there are estimates are a single hornet can eat fifty bees in a day.
They don't appear to empty entire hives of bees and are unlikely to wipe out honeybees on their own. But it's an unwelcome new problem for bees that are already facing problems with disease, other pests and wider environmental issues.
Now researchers at the University of Warwick have sat down to try and work out how quickly the Asian hornet could take over the country. They took the single sighting of a hornet nest high in a tree in south Gloucestershire and extrapolated from that. As you can see from these maps taken directly from their research it takes just two decades for the hornet to pretty much take over the whole of the country.
It's unfortunate that the behaviour of the hornet makes it perfectly suited to both invading and also surviving here when it arrives. The queens hibernate through winter in Asia and the rest of the colony dies off. Those hibernating queens can easily end up in this country stowed away in imported crates of Chinese pottery for example.  Once here the queens can easily sleep through our winters before emerging.
But there is good news. If we stay vigilant we can control and hopefully repel this invasion. Beekeepers can stay alert for hornets attacking hives and can build simple traps that will stop them in their tracks.
And the rest of us can try and spot hornets in the wild and report them here or by using an app on our smartphones. You can learn more about what to look for here. As well as the hornets themselves their nests are very obvious. They are huge, the size of a large pumpkin, and found high up in trees. If you spot one report it.
It's also worth saying Asian Hornets pose no greater risk to human health than British bees or wasps (not to say there isn't a risk, some people do react very badly to bee, hornet and wasp stings and go into anaphylactic shock of course)
So, thanks to this work we know what the future could hold for our honeybees but the good news is we can all do our bit to help them and keep the invaders at bay.


US singer Madonna has appealed for the release of three members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot during a concert in Moscow.

The singer told a crowd at the Olympic Stadium on Tuesday night that she was praying for the women's freedom.
She briefly wore a balaclava - in a nod to Pussy Riot's trademark outfits - and had the group's name on her back.
Prosecutors have called for the women, who are accused of inciting religious hatred, to be jailed for three years.
The judge is expected to start delivering her verdict on 17 August. Announcing the verdict could take days, correspondents say.
Maria Alyokhina, 24, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22, and Yekaterina Samutsevich, 29, played a song attacking Russian leader Vladimir Putin in front of the altar of Moscow's main cathedral on 21 February.
They said it was a reaction to the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, publicly backing Mr Putin in elections.
Addressing cheering fans at the stadium, Madonna said: "I know there are many sides to every story, and I mean no disrespect to the church or the government, but I think that these three girls - Masha, Katya, Nadya - I think that they have done something courageous."
By Daniel SandfordBBC News, Moscow
This was true courtroom drama.
The three women were supposed to be making their final pleas to the judge, but instead they made intensely political speeches from their glass cage, reading from handwritten notes.
Beside the cage there were six prison guards, and a large rottweiler dog.
The women compared their fate to that of the famous dissidents of the Soviet era.
In response, spontaneous applause broke out on the benches where the public and press were sitting, prompting the judge to warn: "This is not a theatre."
This may seem a trivial case, but it has exposed the faultlines in Russia.
It has highlighted the links between Vladimir Putin's government, the security services, and the church.
It has renewed the deep resentment that other parts of society feel about that new political order.
And it has further undermined a legal system which seems to be bent to the will of those with power and money.
"I know that everyone in this auditorium, if you are here as my fan, feels they have the right to be free," she said.
Other international musicians including Sting and the Red Hot Chili Peppers have also appealed for leniency.
Artist Yoko Ono has spoken out in support of the band.
In a Twitter post, John Lennon's widow said: "Mr Putin you are a wise man & dont need to fight with musicians & their friends."
In a closing statement to the court on Wednesday, Pussy Riot's lead singer, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, said the court was carrying out a Stalin-era "political order for repression".
She said that the authorities had refused to listen to the group, and that it was "not a trial over Pussy Riot but of the entire Russian political system".
The three women have been sitting inside a glass cage at the courtroom.
Last week, Mr Putin, who was re-elected president in March, called for leniency towards the women during a visit to London for the Olympic Games.
There are fears among Russian opposition activists that the trial is part of a crackdown on dissent since Mr Putin's return to the Kremlin, following the biggest anti-government protests in recent Russian history.
Pussy Riot's performance inside Christ the Saviour Cathedral was captured on video.
The women danced and sang a song which parodies a Christian prayer, imploring the Virgin Mary to rid Russia of Mr Putin.
Defence lawyer Mark Feygin argued on Tuesday that the case against the women did not stand up because they had been charged with hooliganism under Article 213 of the Russian penal code yet no violence or damage had occurred or been threatened.


Singer-songwriter Nao has taken third place on the BBC Sound of 2016 list, which highlights the most exciting new music for the coming year.

Part of a large family from Hackney, she studied jazz at the Guildhall School of Music before dreaming up her own style, which she calls "wonky funk".
"It's just a fusion of everything," she says. "I can't tell you what, really. It just is."
The 26-year-old has attracted attention for her two EPs - February 15 and So Good - and recently appeared on Disclosure's number one album Caracal, singing the track Superego.
Speaking to the BBC, the singer discussed her influences, her musical education and why she does not want to reveal her surname.
Were you surrounded by music growing up?
There were five children in my mum's house and we all shared rooms - so it was very tight circumstances, but we all loved music and we were all playing it every day, from morning 'til night.
Everyone was into different things. My brother was really big into US hip-hop, my other brother loved UK grime, pirate radio stations, jungle. So all of this was going on in the house and now, with hindsight, I can see all of it was a really big influence on me.
Did you have to fight for control of the stereo?
No - we all had our own devices. Walkmen, portable CD players. I had a karaoke machine so I could play tapes on that! And we had a piano as well, which I spent a lot of time on jamming and improvising.
Did you take lessons?
I had lessons in classical piano but I quickly realised that wasn't what I wanted to play, so I started teaching myself chords and harmony. I really loved gospel, so I ended up playing that.
What was the first time you thought, I don't have to play other people's songs - I can write something of my own?
I suppose I've always known that I could write - but I needed the confidence to actually step out of the shadows.
Before that, I'd always sung other people's music - from doing Aretha Franklin at functions and parties, to singing music my friends had written.
You studied jazz at Guildhall. What did that teach you?
It taught me loads but, funnily enough, I don't know if it taught me to be more creative. Jazz is an amazing language and musical form, but you need to study that, and only that, to get your head around it so I didn't spend much time writing my own music.
But it taught me discipline. I needed to wake up at 5am each morning to practice theory, harmony, singing... everything.
Was there a lot of competition between the students?
I think so. You feel guilty taking a break - because in every room around you, you can hear someone practising and aiming to get better. But I think it's a good thing.  I became a better musician.
What happened after you graduated?
I was making my way as a professional singer - and that involved doing sessions or adverts or singing for other people.
I really loved it. I never thought I could make money just being a singer without being, like, a pop star.
How did you become a solo artist?
I happened to be singing for someone in a nightclub and my now-manager was there. He hit me up the next day and was like: "Have you ever thought about doing your own music?" So the stars aligned and I was able to put everything down and start writing.
The first song that got you attention was So Good - how long was it between that nightclub performance and writing that?
About four months.
Did you know it would take off the way it did?
No! I call that sort of music "wonky funk" and I didn't know if people were really going to get it. I remember I put it up online and went into a rehearsal and turned off my internet and my phone's 3G. When I turned my phone back on eight hours later, it literally exploded. I'd never seen so many messages.
Is wonky funk the dark side of Uptown Funk?
Haha! I've never thought about it that way - but I like that because Uptown Funk is so energetic and happy whereas Wonky Funk is a little bit left field, a little bit darker, even a little bit cooler... even if I do say so myself.
How well do you know your funk? Are you into George Clinton and Bootsy Collins and Donald Byrd?
Yeah, I am! I saw George Clinton this year in concert. It was absolutely crazy - about 100 people on stage. And I love Prince, I love Earth Wind and Fire, Sly and the Family Stone. All these bands.
You have a clear sense of your sound - but what sort of artist do you want to be?
I'm not sure if I'm the type of act who'll dress up and wear loads of make-up. I've only just sorted out how to be myself, so I'm going to stick with that.
That seems to be a theme with the artists on the Sound of 2016 list... I wonder why?
We're in an age where people have millions of followers on Instagram and they spend all their time taking selfies so they get that one perfect shot. But I think it's nice that we see normal people, just doing stuff that's good and cool without it being about the image.
And yet you maintain a certain sense of mystique. You don't tell anyone your second name, for instance.
Yeah! I've been a singer for a long time, so I just wanted to have a clean slate. I wouldn't say it's mysterious, it's just a way of keeping a clear line.
So there's early, embarrassing stuff online that you don't want people to find?
No! Everything I've done is fineâ€¦ But there's a lot of it! I'm singing other people's music and fans could misconstrue that as my own stuff. So for me it was about starting again. And because I've got such a distinctive name, it's not hard for people to find me.
Except if you Google your name, you end up with a pages of results for the National Audit Office.
I know! People tweet me about the National Audit Office every day!
Your debut album is due in the summer. How close is it to being finished?
I wonder if an album is ever finished? If it was up to me, I'd keep writing.
You have a lyric on Golden: "Perfect is over-rated." Is that how you feel about writing?
I think so. There is no perfect sound because, hopefully, you'll keep growing and changing and learning. That's why I said perfect is over-rated and that's why I think an album can never really be finished. All you can do is capture the moment.
And presumably the music develops when you play it live.
Exactly. That's so true. The songs on my EPs are totally different when I play them live because the bass player is changing his line and the drummer is doing some extra kicks and snares. So it's always changing, it's really cool.
Every date on your UK tour sold out last month - how did that feel?
I could understand it in London because that's where I'm from and I could drag people along - but across the UK I didn't know people would know the songs and come to the show. It's really lovely.
The Sound of 2016 shortlist so far:
More on the Sound of 2016:


Chelsea Ladies kept alive their Women's Super League title hopes with a devastating display that put an end to Birmingham City's 12-game unbeaten run.

Eni Aluko's shot and Karen Carney's header made it 2-0 by the sixth minute, with strikes from Gemma Davison and Ji So-Yun earning a 4-0 half-time lead.
Carney hit the bar after the break but Chelsea could not add to their tally.
The win took the Londoners back to within 10 points of leaders Manchester City, with two games in hand.
Unbeaten City beat Reading Women 2-0 earlier on Sunday to briefly stretch their WSL lead to 13 points.
City have three league matches left, including one against Chelsea. Even if they lose that match, City need only two wins to be certain of clinching the league title.
Birmingham captain Emily Westwood:
"Those first 30 minutes were the worst we've played all season and I'd like to apologise to our fans.
"We gave the ball away inside our own half for every one of their four goals.
"We were really poor, but credit to Chelsea they were really on it today.
"In the first half they were turning us, getting in behind us, exposing our weaknesses, and we were never in it."
Chelsea forward Karen Carney:
"That was the first time we've really clicked as a team this season and it was a fantastic performance.
"All the forwards scored and I was pleased to get a goal, but I refused to celebrate out of respect for Birmingham.
"Everybody's saying the title's theirs (Manchester City) because they're 10 points clear, but we've got two games in hand and we've still got to go to their place.
"So there's no way we're giving up - we're the reigning champions and we're not going to give that up without a fight."
Match ends, Birmingham City Ladies 0, Chelsea Ladies 4.
Second Half ends, Birmingham City Ladies 0, Chelsea Ladies 4.
Karen Carney (Chelsea Ladies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Aoife Mannion (Birmingham City Ladies).
Foul by Hannah Blundell (Chelsea Ladies).
Melissa Lawley (Birmingham City Ladies) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Gemma Davison (Chelsea Ladies) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Ana Borges (Chelsea Ladies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jessica Carter (Birmingham City Ladies).
Attempt saved. Jade Bailey (Chelsea Ladies) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Chelsea Ladies. Bethany England replaces Eniola Aluko.
Karen Carney (Chelsea Ladies) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box.
Substitution, Chelsea Ladies. Ana Borges replaces Claire Rafferty.
Attempt missed. Eniola Aluko (Chelsea Ladies) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Substitution, Chelsea Ladies. Jade Bailey replaces Ji So-Yun.
Kerys Harrop (Birmingham City Ladies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Karen Carney (Chelsea Ladies).
Jessica Carter (Birmingham City Ladies) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Claire Rafferty (Chelsea Ladies).
Substitution, Birmingham City Ladies. Alex Windell replaces Marisa Ewers because of an injury.
Foul by Jessica Carter (Birmingham City Ladies).
Claire Rafferty (Chelsea Ladies) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Delay in match Marisa Ewers (Birmingham City Ladies) because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Claire Rafferty (Chelsea Ladies) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt missed. Emily Westwood (Birmingham City Ladies) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Jessica Carter (Birmingham City Ladies) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Millie Bright (Chelsea Ladies).
Foul by Kerys Harrop (Birmingham City Ladies).
Niamh Fahey (Chelsea Ladies) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Jessica Carter (Birmingham City Ladies) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Claire Rafferty (Chelsea Ladies).
Second Half begins Birmingham City Ladies 0, Chelsea Ladies 4.
Substitution, Birmingham City Ladies. Chloe Peplow replaces Andrine Hegerberg.
Substitution, Birmingham City Ladies. Kirsty Linnett replaces Abbey-Leigh Stringer.
First Half ends, Birmingham City Ladies 0, Chelsea Ladies 4.
Attempt missed. Melissa Lawley (Birmingham City Ladies) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Foul by Katie Chapman (Chelsea Ladies).
(Birmingham City Ladies) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner,  Birmingham City Ladies. Conceded by Katie Chapman.
Eniola Aluko (Chelsea Ladies) wins a free kick on the right wing.


The Irish national flag is flying at half-mast over Dublin's Government Buildings as a mark of respect to victims of a drowning tragedy on the country's north-west coast.

Five members of a family died on Sunday when their car left Buncrana pier in County Donegal, entering Lough Swilly.
A baby girl was saved by a passer-by moments before the car sank.
The funerals of those who died will take place in Londonderry on Thursday.
The victims were Ruth Daniels, 57, her daughter Jodie Lee Daniels, 14, Sean McGrotty, 49, and his sons Mark, 12, and Evan, eight.
They were the mother, sister, husband and two sons of Louise McGrotty, from Londonderry.
Only four-month-old Rionaghac-Ann survived.
The victims' family has praised Davitt Walsh, the County Donegal man who swam to the car and rescued her.
Flags on public buildings in the Republic of Ireland are also at half-mast for those killed in blasts in the Belgian capital Brussels on Tuesday.
More than 30 people died and 250 were injured in explosions at the city's airport and a metro station, with the so-called Islamic State group claiming it was behind the attacks.


Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho is considering leaving Zlatan Ibrahimovic behind when they go on their two-game pre-season trip to China on Tuesday.

United's England contingent Wayne Rooney, Chris Smalling and Marcus Rashford will be on the tour.
However, Mourinho has said the trio will not play against Borussia Dortmund in Shanghai on 22 July and Manchester City in Beijing on 25 July.
And new signing Ibrahimovic, 34, may not be involved at all.
If he does not go to Asia, it is not known precisely when Ibrahimovic will make his first United appearance.
The striker, who arrived at United on a free transfer after his contract with Paris St-Germain expired, last played in Sweden's final match at Euro 2016, a 1-0 defeat by Belgium on 22 June.
When it was confirmed on Monday a United XI would play Salford City at Moor Lane on 26 July, the National League North club's co-owner Gary Neville said on Twitter: "Zlatan first game!!"
United's first team play Galatasaray in Gothenburg in Ibrahimovic's native country on 30 July.
They play Everton in Wayne Rooney's testimonial at Old Trafford on 3 August and Premier League champions Leicester City in the Community Shield on 7 August.
Subscribe to the BBC Sport newsletter to get our pick of news, features and video sent to your inbox.


Scotland flanker John Hardie has signed a new one-year deal with Edinburgh.

The New Zealand-born open-side joined the Pro12 club from Super Rugby's Highlanders after Scotland's 2015 Rugby World Cup campaign.
Hardie, 28, has made 19 Edinburgh appearances, with injury and Test commitments restricting him to just eight outings this season.
"I've loved every minute playing alongside the boys," he told Edinburgh's website.
"It's been a disappointing season for us all, but we've got a good squad and the potential to really kick on next season. There's a good mix of youth and experience and we should really benefit from that going forward."
Ahead of their final league fixture of the season away to Glasgow Warriors on Saturday, Edinburgh currently lie in ninth place in the Pro12, having won just five of 21 matches.
The club have finished no higher than eighth in their past five campaigns and arrested a record run of eight successive league defeats with Friday's win over Dragons.
Hardie, who has 15 international caps, made his return from a two-month injury lay-off in that victory, having damaged a knee ligament in Scotland's Six Nations triumph over Wales.
Fellow Scotland back-rowers Hamish Watson and Magnus Bradbury have also penned new deals with Edinburgh, but New Zealander Nasi Manu will depart for Treviso.
Acting head coach Duncan Hodge, who will be replaced by Richard Cockerill next season, added: "It's great news for the club and Scottish rugby that John has committed to Edinburgh for another year.
"He's an outstanding open-side and gives everything for the shirt every time he takes to the field.
"It's a real boost to the squad to add further depth to a highly competitive back row ahead of next season, and we're looking forward to seeing the players thrive in that environment next year."


Former US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle have agreed a book deal with Penguin Random House.

"The company has acquired world publication rights for two books, to be written by President and Mrs Obama respectively," the publisher said.
Titles and other details have not been disclosed but the deal is believed to be worth over $60m (£48m).
Mr Obama is the author of the bestsellers Dreams from My Father and The Audacity of Hope.
Mrs Obama has written American Grown - a book about food and gardening.
"With their words and their leadership, they changed the world, and every day, with the books we publish at Penguin Random House, we strive to do the same," Penguin Random House CEO Markus Dohle said.
"Now, we are very much looking forward to working together with President and Mrs Obama to make each of their books global publishing events of unprecedented scope and significance."