The EU will give fresh impetus next month to Turkey's bid to join the 28-nation bloc by opening talks on economic policy, Turkey has announced.

Turkey's new Europe Minister Volkan Bozkir said the EU had agreed to open a new chapter in stalled negotiations.
Turkey's long-running dispute with EU member Cyprus, and the EU's concerns about human rights in Turkey have made progress in the talks extremely slow.
But the EU wants to encourage Turkey to stem the flow of migrants to Europe.
The whole idea of Turkey joining the EU is very controversial. Many European politicians, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, are unenthusiastic.
Such a large, mainly Muslim country with many rural poor could change the whole character of the EU, critics argue.
Turkey's EU negotiations began in 2005, but so far only 13 chapters have been opened and only one - science and research - has been provisionally closed.
Chapter 17 of the EU acquis - the rules that would-be members have to sign up to - covers economic and monetary policy.
Mr Bozkir tweeted that Chapter 17 would be opened at talks on 14-15 December in Brussels.
The European Commission has urged Turkey to strengthen democracy and human rights, underlining the need for deeper judicial reform.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's crackdown on political opponents has drawn much criticism in the EU.
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will visit Brussels on Sunday for a summit with EU leaders, focusing on the migration crisis.
Turkey and the EU have agreed on an action plan, committing the EU to supporting Turkey financially and technically in its efforts to house refugees.
Turkey is sheltering more than two million Syrian refugees, and has spent more than â‚¬7bn (Â£5bn; $7.4bn) on that effort.
The EU will provide Turkey with â‚¬3bn in January to help ease the refugees' plight.
Thousands of Syrians and other migrants - including refugees from Iraq and Afghanistan - are still entering the EU via Greece every day.
The EU is anxious to stop the exploitation of migrants by people traffickers in Turkey, who charge huge sums to pack them on to small, often unseaworthy boats sailing to nearby Greek islands.
More than 650,000 have sailed to the islands from Turkey this year, risking their lives.
Greece says it cannot cope with the influx - it is now getting help from the EU and aid workers, but the unprecedented numbers have caused tensions across the EU.
Turkey argues that it is already shouldering much of the refugee burden, and that its security forces are fully stretched dealing with the crisis on its border with war-torn Syria.
Meanwhile, Turkey is urging the EU to ease the visa rules for Turks travelling to the EU. Visa liberalisation is an important part of the accession process for any country hoping to join the bloc.


A challenge to the UK's right to deny some EU migrants child benefit and child tax credits has been rejected by European judges.

The European Court of Justice said it was lawful for the UK to withhold family benefits to EU migrants who were not working if they did not have the right to reside in the UK.
It said it was justified on the basis of "protecting" a state's finances.
The ruling was welcomed by the government and EU remain campaigners.
But Vote Leave said it was "absurd that the UK had to run every nut and bolt of domestic policy" past a court in Luxembourg and engage in "lengthy and expensive" legal battles.
The UK will decide on 23 June whether it wants to remain in the EU or leave.
Tuesday's court ruling relates to conditions introduced in 2004 on the right of migrants from the EU and European Economic Area who are "economically inactive" and their family members to claim certain benefits, known as the "habitual residence" test.
The European Commission had argued that the British process of checking whether claimants of child benefit and child tax credit were legally resident discriminated against foreign EU workers because British citizens were not checked in the same way.
The court said the condition might amount to "unequal treatment" but did not go beyond what was necessary to attain the "legitimate objective" of protecting a member state's finances.
Analysis by BBC political correspondent Theo Leggett
This was a vital victory for the government, in a case that was potentially explosive during a closely fought referendum campaign.
Although the ruling focused on a complex point of law, the case itself affected a key plank of government policy - the right to restrict benefits for EU migrants who are not considered "economically active".
Although this particular legal battle actually began several years ago, the prime minister recently put further benefit curbs at the heart of his EU renegotiations.
So losing the case would certainly have come as a major embarrassment for Mr Cameron and those campaigning to remain in the EU. In the event, the court sided with the government. Yes, its rules treated people unequally, the judges said, but that was allowed to protect the country's finances.
The Remain campaign may now be breathing a large sigh of relief. However, Vote Leave may not be too unhappy either; they can point to the fact that a major decision about the government's policy has just been taken by judges in Luxembourg.
"The court rejects the Commission's principal argument, that the UK legislation imposes a condition supplementing that of habitual residence contained in the regulation," it ruled.
"There is nothing to prevent the grant of social benefits to EU citizens who are not economically active being made subject to the requirement that those citizens fulfil the conditions for possessing a right to reside lawfully in the host member state."
This issue covers immigration and free movement within Europe.
In response, a government spokesman said: "The UK welcomes the judgment, which supports our view that we are entitled to ensure only EU migrants who have a right to be in the UK can claim our benefits.
"Once again this confirms that member states have the ability to protect their own national welfare systems.
"The government has taken action to ensure we have a fair system which provides support for genuine workers and jobseekers but does not allow people to come to this country and take advantage, and today's judgment supports this."
The ruling was welcomed by those campaigning to keep Britain in the European Union.
"This ruling is a victory for Britain, confirming we have a fair immigration system as well as having full access to the EU single market," said Catherine Bearder, a Liberal Democrat MEP.
"The right to travel and work abroad is a two-way street, around 1.2 million Brits choose to live in the EU."
But former work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith, a Leave campaigner, said the European Commission should never have been able to challenge the UK's actions in the first place.
"As well as the cost to taxpayers of fighting these lengthy drawn-out cases, it's clearly an illegitimate challenge to our sovereignty," he said.
"Although David Cameron didn't want to admit it, this case and others like it are proof positive that the unelected European Court of Justice is now supreme above our elected Parliament."
The left-leaning IPPR thinktank said the judgement was a sign the Court was "becoming more sympathetic" to the UK's interpretation of the EU's free movement rules - which is that they do not give migrants an unconditional right to claim benefits.
But it said that there was "no guarantee" that this would last for ever and "future judgments may go against the UK".
The ruling will have no direct impact on the welfare changes secured by David Cameron as part of his renegotiations of the UK's EU membership - which concluded in February.
The prime minister had wanted a complete ban on migrants sending child benefit abroad but had to compromise after some eastern European states rejected that and also insisted that existing claimants should continue to receive the full payment.
As a result, child benefit for the children of EU migrants living overseas will now be paid at a rate based on the cost of living in their home country - applicable immediately for new arrivals and from 2020 for the 34,000 existing claimants.


Ivory Coast midfielder Yaya Toure looks likely to be offered a new contract by Manchester City.

The 34-year-old's current deal runs out at the end of the season.
Toure looked like he would be leaving the club after being left out of City's Champions League squad and did not play a Premier League game until November.
But he fought his way back into Pep Guardiola's plans and Saturday's win against Leicester was his 29th appearance of the season.
Meanwhile, Guardiola has called Pablo Zabaleta a "real legend" of the club after the Argentina full-back announced on Saturday that he will leave at the end of the season.
Unlike Zabaleta, who leaves City after nine seasons, Toure is keen to stay on, with Guardiola believing the Ivorian is worth an extra season.
City will honour the departing Zabaleta at Tuesday's final home game of the season against West Brom.
"Pablo is a real legend in what he has done in this club," said Guardiola.
"He helped us with his team-mates, with the club, to make a step forward, to try to qualify for the Champions League, to win the Premier League, to be in Europe three or four times in a row when it was never in Europe for 30 years.
"That's why Pablo Zabaleta is so, so important."
Zabaleta, who signed from Espanyol in August 2008, is City's third longest-serving player after Joe Hart and Vincent Kompany.
He has made more than 322 appearances for the club, winning two league titles, the FA Cup and two League Cups.
"When I first came to Manchester I felt like when I was in Barcelona at Espanyol; we were not the main club in the city," said Zabaleta.
"We can't say the same thing now. I remember at that time Sir Alex Ferguson and the 'noisy neighbours'. For me, we couldn't let people say something like that about us.
"I thought if they call us the noisy neighbours then let's make more noise in the city, let's prove that we are a club that is looking to achieve important things, maybe one day be the main club in the city and take this club forward to the next step to make this club better."


The rising cost of private rents will push future generations into poverty and add billions to the housing benefit bill, according to social policy charity the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

The charity's report says that by 2040, people who rent will be more than twice as likely to be living in poverty than homeowners.
Joseph Rowntree expects rental costs to rise 90%, twice as fast as income.
Its chief executive says leaders should build more affordable housing.
In a statement, Julia Unwin said: "These stark findings are a wake-up call for political leaders. After decades of failing to build enough, those in power have a responsibility to act now to build more genuinely affordable homes.
The charity predicts that by 2040, 2.5 million fewer people will be living in social housing.
It says six million private renters - that's half of all private renters- will be living in poverty.
Joseph Rowntree says that a lack of house building is at the heart of the potential worsening situation.
The charity says that if social rents continue to rise towards market rates, the cost of Housing Benefit could rise by 125% - adding Â£20bn to the current bill.
Ms Unwin said: "We need a clear strategy that builds the homes we need in the right places and avoids locking low income households out of affordable homes.
"This is about more than frustrated aspirations of home ownership from Generation Rent: the reality facing many people is a life below the poverty line because of the extortionate cost of keeping a roof over your head.
"Addressing the rising cost of housing is crucial to tackling the high levels of poverty in the UK."
Its research forecasts that the shortage of social housing, and the slow pace of new-build homes means that by 2040 one in five people will live in private rented accommodation - a rise of 3.4 million.
Jeremy Cooke, UK Affairs Correspondent
Life for Charley Dugdale and her four year-old son Archie is not as it seems. Their Hampshire home looks fine from the outside. But step through the door and the smell of damp is overpowering.
There is mould everywhere, and as Archie shows us his bedroom he counts eight large patches of it on the ceiling.
Archie now sleeps in his Mum's bedroom where there is less mould, but where it still feels damp.
Meanwhile, downstairs in the kitchen, as soon as it rains, water is leaking through the window. Mould in the cupboards means all of the family's food can only be stored on the work surfaces.
Charley Dugdale is a single parent. She is a serving police officer. And so, in the damp front room of her home, a simple question. Why not move out?
"Because I can't afford to," she replies. " The cost of living has risen so steeply since I've lived here that the rental prices when I first moved into this home were affordable and realistic on my salaryâ€¦ now looking at the prices in the immediate area where my child is at school, I can't physically afford to move."
The Joseph Rowntree report offers little hope to four year-old Archie, or his mum Charley who says: "I don't know how he's going to afford his own home, I don't know how he's going to get a mortgage, I can't see him being any better off than I am."
Campbell Robb, Shelter's chief executive, says millions of families are being pushed to the brink by an expensive private rental market which for many offers only instability and uncertainty: "The only way to turn the tide on the housing crisis is for politicians to commit to building homes that are genuinely affordable for ordinary families.
"Despite the recent pledges by the three main parties, the danger is that more and more new housing that is termed 'affordable' is still too expensive for those on average incomes, let alone those already struggling to make ends meet."
It is generally agreed that the lack of housing is an issue which much be addressed. But some believe private landlords can help address the issue.
Alan Ward is chair of the residential Landlords Association. He was shocked when we showed him footage of where Young Archie is living down in Hampshire. He said its a landlord's responsibility to provide safe comfortable housing.
He believes small scale private landlords can help by building homes.
"We invest something in the order of Â£50bn a year in the private rented sector. We have created three million new homes in the last 26 years, but we could do better, we could do more."


A BBC radio station aims to get 10,000 people trained in CPR after one of its newsreaders was saved by a passer-by when she suffered a cardiac arrest.

BBC Radio Lincolnshire's Charlotte Wright collapsed while jogging in the uphill area of Lincoln in November.
Steve Race and Josie Vincent, described by Mrs Wright as a "hero and heroine",  did CPR until medics arrived.
The station is working with LIVES and St John Ambulance to provide free training sessions.
Those wanting to get involved can email savealife@bbc.co.uk and will receive an automated response with further information.
Mrs Wright said: "Six months ago, two strangers saw me lying on a pavement and got out of their cars to help.
"When they realised I was having a cardiac arrest, they started CPR and literally brought me back to life."
"Most people who suffer a cardiac arrest don't survive - this is a sobering fact I think about every day," she added.
She has urged everyone to get trained and said "it's so simple and could save someone's life."
Campaign organiser Lucy Parry said: "We were all so shocked about what happened to Charlotte, and just relieved that someone was there to help her.
"Her experience inspired us to start this campaign."
Recent statistics show only one in 10 people survive an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.


A rail replacement bus service will continue "until further notice" as repair work continues on the storm-hit Conwy Valley line.

Aerial views have highlighted the extent of damage on the line between Llandudno and Blaenau Ffestiniog, Network Rail said.
A tree fell on the line and disturbed line-side vegetation on the rock face at Blaenau Ffestiniog when Storm Doris struck on Thursday 23 February.
Clean-up and repairs began on Monday.
The line had to be repaired last winter when flooding caused damage at 100 separate locations.
Chris Howchin, route programme manager for Network Rail Wales, said: "We are working closely with our partners, Arriva Trains Wales, to keep passengers moving during the closure of the line, and a rail replacement bus service will be in operation until it reopens."
A bus timetable has been published online operating Monday to Saturday.


A retired Church of England priest already serving an eight-year jail term for sex attacks on boys has admitted two further offences.

At Lewes Crown Court, Robert Coles, 74, from Eastbourne in East Sussex, admitted two indecent assaults against a boy in Portslade in the 1970s.
For one attack he was given a 16-month jail term to run consecutively to the prison term he is already serving.
No separate penalty was given on the other attack.


A Borders councillor is urging the local authority to take steps to stop the routine deployment of armed police.

Vicky Davidson, who represents Selkirkshire, has tabled a motion to the council on the issue.
She said the Borders was a safe place and that carrying side arms was not appropriate or desirable in the region.
She called for the routine deployment of armed officers to be stopped immediately and only restarted after full consultation in each council area.
Strathclyde Police, Tayside Police and Northern Constabulary allowed specialist officers to carry guns routinely before the creation of the new single force.
Police Scotland adopted the approach across the country following its launch in April last year.
In May this year, independent MSP and former Northern Constabulary officer John Finnie raised concerns about the move.
Highland councillors have also raised concerns about the deployment of officers visibly carrying handguns in routine incidents in a region with low levels of violent crime.


A Labour councillor in Glasgow who had been de-selected by the party has defected to the SNP.

Irfan Rabbani will join the SNP opposition group on the council, which Labour controls with a majority of 15.
The 49-year-old said he would not be standing in the local elections in May although he would be campaigning for other SNP candidates.
Mr Rabbani has represented Glasgow's Pollokshields ward since 2007. He had been a Labour member for 20 years.


A man who admitted a petrol bomb attack on an Edinburgh mosque has been sent to prison.

Thomas Conington, 29, started a fire at the Central Mosque last September, causing minor damage. No one was hurt.
He earlier pleaded guilty to a string of crimes including wilful fire-raising aggravated by religious prejudice.
At the High Court in Glasgow, Lord Burns imposed an Order for Lifelong Restriction. Conington must serve at least three years and nine months.
Conington had already started a fire at the mosque a year earlier.
Lord Burns said he appeared to be someone who "relishes violence".
He said: "As stated, you are a bigot and have a long history of behaviour of that nature.
"The risk assessment gives a chilling insight to your attitude towards ethnic minorities.
"You appear to be someone who relishes violence and may attack strangers randomly and without reason.
"The risk is a high one and the public require protection from you for a very long time."
He also said it was "fortunate" no one was hurt during the incident at the mosque in the capital's Potterow.
However, Lord Burns added the courts will do what they can to "protect" those who attend places of worship.
Shaven-headed Conington raised a middle-finger to those seated in the public gallery as he was led to the cells.
The court earlier heard Conington described as a "racist individual".
Matthew Auchincloss, defending, added: "He was acting alone. He was not trying to further any cause or was part of any wider philosophy.
"He was not acting on instruction. This is a very disturbed young man."
Det Insp Grant Johnston, of Police Scotland, said: "Conington specifically targeted Edinburgh's Islamic community by attacking the mosque.
"Everyone has the right to feel safe in their community. There is no place for prejudice in society and Police Scotland is committed to tackling these offences wherever and whenever they occur."


Nearly 160 people are feared dead after an airliner crashed while landing near the southern Indian city of Mangalore.

Indian officials said there were eight survivors among 160 passengers and six crew on board the Air India Express flight from Dubai.
The Boeing 737 overshot the hilltop runway as it tried to land and burst into flames in a valley beyond.
Indian Aviation Minister Praful Patel said he felt "morally responsible" for the crash, AFP news agency reports.
Survivors said they thought they heard what sounded like a tyre bursting just before the crash.
Speaking to Indian TV from his hospital bed, survivor Umer Farooq said he heard a loud thud as the plane touched down.
"Then the plane veered off toward some trees on the side and then the cabin filled with smoke. I got caught in some cables but managed to scramble out," he said.
Mr Farooq was being treated for burns to his arms, legs, and face.
All the passengers on the flight were Indian nationals, with many returning from jobs in the Gulf to visit their families, says the BBC's Sanjoy Majumder in Delhi. There were up to 20 children on board, our correspondent adds.
Mangalore airport lies on top of a hill with steep drops at the end of each of its two runways. One of the runways was extended in 2006 to accommodate larger planes like the Boeing 737.
By Sanjoy MajumderBBC News, Delhi
Air India Express is a budget airline and a subsidiary of the national carrier Air India.
This is the first crash in its relatively short history. The plane was no more than three years old.
Air India Express mainly caters to the southern Indian states of Kerala and Karnataka, where this plane crashed, with flights to and from the Gulf, where a large number of Indian nationals work.
India has a relatively good air safety record but in the past decade there has been a rapid growth in the aviation industry.
A number of new airlines have been launched, which has led to a shortage of some experienced crew.
The airline said the plane had overshot the runway as it came into land at about 0600 (0030 GMT) and crashed into a wooded valley.
TV pictures showed rescue workers and local villagers scrambling on steep hillsides to search the smoking wreckage.
A Mangalore police official told the BBC that smoke from the crash site had made it difficult for rescue workers to gain access to the plane.
"As far as the information available with us is concerned, eight persons were rescued and shifted to local hospitals in Mangalore for treatment," Air India official Anup Shrivasta told reporters.
Mr Patel said one person was unharmed, four had minor injuries and three were being treated for major injuries.
One passenger, described as a seven-year-old boy, died on the way to hospital.
Officials said 146 bodies had so far been recovered, some burned beyond recognition.
A light, pre-monsoon rain was reported to be falling at the time but the head of the Indian airport authority, VP Agarwal, said visibility was not a problem.
He said the pilot had given no distress call to the control tower.
Local media named the pilot as Serbian Zlatko Glusica. He was said to have 10,000 hours of flying time, including experience of Mangalore's airport.
AFP news agency said Mr Glusica also had British citizenship.
The civil aviation minister said an investigation had been ordered into the crash, and that the flight data and voice "black box" recorders had not been found.
After visiting the scene of the crash, Mr Patel observed that Mangalore airport had a short runway and a limited area after that to accommodate planes that overshot the landing strip.
He said the Air India Express flight had missed its landing threshold by about 2,000 feet (600 metres).
"Because the spill-over area was limited, it went off a cliff," he said.
Mr Patel added that one of the plane's wings had hit a navigational aid near the end of the runway called a localiser and broke off before the rest of the plane plunged into the valley.
There have been cautions before about the position of Mangalore's runways, which analysts say poses challenges for pilots.
A former adviser to the Civil Aviation Ministry said he had given warnings in the past about the airport and said it should not be used by bigger aircraft such as the Boeing 737.
"The problems are there, that if you overshoot, if your brakes fail or if you can't stop the aircraft for any reason, then it will fall and roll over the cliff into the valley with disastrous consequences, and that is what happened today here," said Air Marshal Denzil Keelor.
One of the survivors, KP Manikutty, said the landing had at first appeared to be smooth and then the plane had crashed with no warning.
"Immediately on touching the ground, the aircraft jerked and in a few moments hit something," he said.
"Then it split in the middle and caught fire. I just jumped from the gap," he added.
Air India Express began operations about five years ago as an offshoot of the state-run Air India.
Its Boeing 737-800 jet that crashed was less than three years old.
India's air safety record has been good in the past decade, despite a rapid increase in the number of private airlines and air travel in the country.
The last major crash happened in the city of Patna in July 2000, killing at least 50 people.


Businesses in Bicester say trade has been affected by the closure of a level crossing.

Part of London Road - the main route into the town - has been shut since 10 August for barrier works.
Some firms claim there has been a drop in trade with residents now opting to shop elsewhere.
Network Rail (NR) said the crossing would open by 11 October and there were no plans to permanently close the crossing.
However, local taxi driver Jaffa Hassan said signs in the town stated work would continue until 22 October.
He said the work was costing him fares, as people were not willing to pay the extra fare to divert around the closure, and described peak times as "gridlocked".
Ben Jackson, president of Bicester Chamber of Commerce, said traders had noticed a "drop-off" in the number of people shopping in Bicester.
He also said some residents were now shopping in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, claiming it was "quicker and easier".
NR said the crossing was being upgraded in preparation for a new service that starts later this month from Oxford Parkway through Bicester to London Marylebone.


(Close): The FTSE 100 closed higher with shares in Dixons Carphone boosted by news of its tie-up with US mobile firm Sprint.

Dixons Carphone rose 1.2% after it signed a deal with Sprint that could result in it opening up to 500 stores in the US.
By midday, the FTSE 100 index was up 22.86 points at 6,631.45.
Europe saw modest gains earlier before shedding those as investors awaited the latest developments in Greece.
In London, shares in housebuilder Persimmon dipped 0.2% initially but closed up 0.4% after it said revenues in the first half of the year had risen by 12% to Â£1.34bn.
The firm said demand for homes was being supported by an "increasingly competitive mortgage market".
Shares in outsourcing company Serco continued to rise following its comments on Wednesday that it was still on track to meet full-year profit and sales targets. After rising 6.5% in the previous session they were up a further 11%.
On the currency markets, the pound fell 0.3% against the euro to â‚¬1.4079 and was flat against the dollar at $1.5611.


France has urged citizens travelling to Britain to be "extremely vigilant" amid raised fears of a terror attack there.

The French government said it was now "highly likely" public transport and tourist sites in the UK would be hit.
The warning followed revelations that a UK terror suspect killed in Pakistan was being groomed to lead a new group in raids on the UK, France and Germany.
On Sunday Britain raised its terror alert level from general to high for travellers to Germany and France.
But it left the UK threat level unchanged at "severe".
The fresh advice on France's defence ministry website says: "The British authorities consider that the terror threat level is very high in the United Kingdom and that the risk of an attack is highly likely.
"It is recommended to show extreme vigilance on public transport and at the most-visited tourist sites."
Splinter group
The new warnings came after British terror suspect Abdul Jabbar was killed in a drone attack in north-western Pakistan on 8 September.
The BBC's Newsnight said he was put forward as the head of an al-Qaeda splinter group tasked with carrying out Mumbai-style commando attacks in Britain, France and Germany.
Newsnight spoke to a "trusted, senior security source" overseas who said Jabbar intended to lead a group called the Islamic Army of Great Britain. Whitehall officials have declined to comment.
The programme said the security source confirmed Jabbar was a British citizen with a British wife, and was living in the Jhelum area of Punjab in Pakistan.
According to Newsnight, intelligence agencies monitored a meeting of 300 militants three months ago in the Ambarshaga area of North Waziristan, attended by Jabbar and militants from the Taliban and al-Qaeda.
Details of the plot first emerged in the US media, and the suspicions were confirmed by security sources to the BBC last month.
Newsnight's source said the intelligence led to the drone attacks on 8 September, in which Jabbar and three other militants were killed.
Western intelligence sources have said the plan in Europe was for small teams of militants to seize and kill hostages
They were to model their mission on the bloody attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai on 26 November 2008, which left 166 people dead.
The US, Sweden and Japan have also updated advice to citizens travelling to Europe.


A Roman fort has been restored to its former glory thanks to CGI technology.

A film showing show how Caernarfon's Segontium Roman fort looked around 70 AD has been created by historic monuments body Cadw.
The 'restored' fort has also been superimposed on an image of the town today to give it a sense of scale.
In another project, Caerphilly Castle was restored thanks to CGI in July as part of Cadw's Time Traveller campaign.
Viewers also get to see how the inside of the fort used to look.
CGI designers worked with Cadw experts and used detailed floor plans, aerial footage, artist impressions and detail from the Land Registry Office to create the film.
Cadw heritage officer Tristian Jones says using the video to show visitors how the site looked in its prime rather than just outlines on the ground will help them to tell the story of the fort.
"It's brilliant," he said.
"It takes you inside what the fort would have been like in its heyday and gives you a sense of scale and grandeur."
As well as being uploaded to YouTube, the video will be on show at the fort itself.
The Segontium fort is believed to have once held a regiment of up to 1,000 auxiliary soldiers.
It was modified through to the late 4th Century.


The most original live performance of 2015 goes to Cameroonian magician Blick Bassy at the Africa Utopia Festival in London.

23 December 2015 Last updated at 20:14 GMT
On the haunting Delta blues-inspired track Ake, Bassy plays the harmonica and wistfully sings in his mother tongue Bassa.


Managers across England must "raise their game" to create happy, healthy workplaces, England's chief health advisers have warned.

Guidelines from the health watchdog, NICE, urge employers to make sure their staff work reasonable hours and take regular breaks.
NICE says healthier workplaces will not only benefit staff, but also increase the productivity of businesses.
Figures indicate work-related illnesses cost society about Â£13bn a year.
The estimates, for England, Scotland and Wales, suggest about 27 million working days were lost to illnesses, including stress and back pain, in 2012-13.
The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence's (NICE) guidelines, designed to address this, are intended for employers, managers and employees.
The document suggests bosses must take responsibility to ensure staff are appreciated for the work they do.
And employers should allow their workers opportunities to be more creative and explore new possibilities.
Managers are also urged to add flexibility to rotas where possible, so staff can have more control over their own time.
Prof Gillian Leng, NICE's deputy chief executive, said: "Employers and managers need to recognise the value and benefits of a healthy workplace and what a difference it can make, not only to their employees, but to the productivity of their business.
"Each year more than a million working people in the UK experience a work-related illness.
"It is not only the physical hazards of work - long, irregular hours, lack of activity or repetitive injuries - that damage people's health.
"Other factors such as a lack of control over work, conflicts, and discriminatory practices can also have an effect."
Responding to the guidelines, Simon Stevens, NHS England chief executive, said: "Health-promoting workplaces are obviously good for millions of employees and ultimately for taxpayers too, so the time is right for all employers - including the NHS - to raise our game."
The Department of Health said it should not be hard for workplaces to put the new guidelines in place.
Meanwhile the Confederation of British Industry acknowledged the importance of employee wellbeing and said most businesses recognise this.
Neil Carberry, director for employment and skills at the confederation, suggested offices designed to deliver different working environments, or encourage flexible practices could help retain staff and enhance productivity.
But the potential for flexible rotas and other measures would vary from company to company and decisions would need to be taken by individual companies, he said.


Olympic hurdles champion Aries Merritt claims his preparation for the 2016 Rio Games is "months" behind his rivals as a result of a second kidney surgery.

The American, 30, underwent a kidney transplant in September receiving the donated organ from his sister.
But a "complication" saw him operated on again and the world record holder feels he is now playing catch-up.
"It is a struggle, but it's not because over time it will get better and better," said Merritt.
"I actually had a second surgery that many people don't know about. I was having difficulty with haematoma that had developed that was actually crushing the kidney."
Merritt returned to outdoor track competition earlier in the month and was placed sixth at a Diamond League meeting in Doha.
He is set to compete at the weekend's Diamond League meeting in Shanghai and is confident of returning to his best form for the Rio Games which begin in August.
"I'm really strong right now but I'm just not fast," added Merritt, who won bronze at last year's World Championships.
"Now, I'm full of energy and I'm ready to try to get back to where I was before."


US computer game company Activision Blizzard, which produces World of Warcraft and Call of Duty, is buying King Digital Entertainment, the creator of Candy Crush Saga.

The deal is worth $5.9bn (£3.8bn).
Activision said the acquisition would make it a global leader in interactive entertainment across mobile, console and PC platforms.
It added the combined firm would have more than half a billion monthly active users in 196 countries.
The Call of Duty series is one of the world's best selling console games, while Candy Crush Saga is among the most popular games on mobile devices.
Video game publishers are switching from the physical sale of games to digital growth as consumers move from consoles to playing on smartphones and tablets.
In a statement, Activision Blizzard chief executive Bobby Kotick said: "With a combined global network of more than half a billion monthly active users, our potential to reach audiences around the world on the device of their choosing enables us to deliver great games to even bigger audiences than ever before."
Mr Kotick told the Reuters news agency that the company wanted to broaden its reach and appeal to a larger demographic.
He said that 60% of King Digital Entertainment's players were female, and that no games console or hardware, besides a smartphone, was needed to access its games.
King Digital Entertainment  has focused on a business model that allows users to play a game for free, but pay extra for additional features.
Candy Crush describes itself as the "sweetest game around" - but even so there's no guarantee that the $5.9bn (£3.8bn) takeover of King.com won't leave both investors and players with a bitter taste.
The big-budget, action-centric PC and console titles that Californian buyer Activision Blizzard is best known for are quite different to the more simple puzzle and role-playing mobile and web-based games its Stockholm and London-headquartered acquisition is skilled at making.
Furthermore, the size of the acquisition dwarfs other mega-deals in an industry already prone to consolidation.
For comparison's sake, other recent mergers include:
Microsoft's $2.5bn purchase of Minecraft's developer Mojang
Facebook's $2bn takeover of virtual reality headset-maker Oculus
Amazon's $970m acquisition of the games community Twitch
Electronic Art's $750m payment for Plants v Zombies developer PopCap
Read Leo's analysis in  full here.
The international success of Candy Crush Saga has given it exposure to high growth markets in Asia, such as China, Japan and South Korea.
Activision's games are played on more expensive video game consoles or computers, with games costing between £20-£40.
King Digital Entertainment, which has its main offices in London and Stockholm, will continue to operate as an independent unit led by chief executive Riccardo Zacconi.
Mr Zacconi said: "Since 2003, we have built one of the largest player networks on mobile and Facebook, with 474 million monthly active users in the third quarter 2015."
We believe that the acquisition will position us very well for the next phase of our company's evolution."
Activision Blizzard is offering $18 (£11.66) in cash for each King share, and the deal is expected to boost Activision's earnings by about 30%.
King Digital Entertainment floated on the New York Stock Exchange in March last year with the original share price being offered at $22.50 (£14.60).
In early trade in New York its share price went up 14% to  $17.72.
Candy Crush Saga, which was first launched on Facebook and smartphones in 2012, caught the public imagination and still makes up about a third of the company's revenue.
Even though the company has produced more than 200 games, including the popular Bubble Witch and Farm Heroes, it has yet to repeat the success it found with Candy Crush Saga.
"Candy Crush Saga was such a massive global hit, it's a very difficult challenge to replicate that even if they release sequels or expansions to the original theme or release new titles," said Piers Harding-Rolls, Head of Games at IHS Technology. "The share price reflects that."
"It's a big move by Activision who have gained access to an audience that does not overlap with its existing market, particularly in Asia," Mr Harding-Rolls added.
King Digital Entertainment helped boost its number of daily active users with the launch of Candy Crush Soda Saga in late 2014, but there has been a decline in player spending on their number one game.
Analyst, Eric Opara at Edison Investment Research said the deal made sense for both companies.
"For Activision, it will provide a step-change in its penetration of the mobile gaming channel, which is the fastest growing segment of the video games market."
"For King, it offers the potential to leverage its mobile and social gaming expertise across Activision's large games portfolio and reduces its reliance on its own blockbuster games like Candy Crush," he said.
The deal is expected to be completed by the second quarter of 2016, assuming approval from shareholders and regulators.


When Claudio Ranieri - surrounded by his triumphant Leicester City squad - lifted the Premier League trophy at the King Power Stadium on 7 May last year, it concluded arguably the greatest story in British sport.

The Italian's first season in charge, following an appointment greeted with a wave of indifference, ended with a success that defied history, logic, the odds and the game's natural financial order, as he turned a Leicester team that narrowly avoided relegation into champions.
The day Ranieri, in a stadium cloaked dramatically in storm clouds but fuelled by undiluted emotion, led blind tenor Andrea Bocelli to the centre circle to start the title celebrations seemed an age away as Leicester brutally sacked the man who gave the club its greatest moment.
So how has football's greatest fairytale descended into a nightmare in just nine months?
It is almost the thought that dare not speak its name amid the wave of shock, outrage and disgust at Leicester's decision to ruthlessly dismiss the hugely popular 65-year-old, who won the hearts of all supporters with his good humour, class and dignity as he led the Foxes to the title.
Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker, a former Leicester and England striker, tweeted: "After all that Claudio Ranieri has done for Leicester City, to sack him now is inexplicable, unforgivable and gut-wrenchingly sad."
Lineker echoed the thoughts of the majority who aired their views publicly - but is there actually method in what many see at the madness of the club's Thai owners?
Leicester's fall has been more dramatic than anything they could have foreseen in their worst nightmares. A win for any of Sunderland, Crystal Palace and Hull City this weekend would put the Foxes in the relegation places. Wins for all three and they would be bottom by the time they face Liverpool on what will now be a highly charged occasion at the King Power on Monday.
After 26 games last year they were top on 53 points, two ahead of Spurs. This season they are 17th after 25 games, with only 21 points. Last season they had lost only three games compared with 14 in this campaign, and conceded only 29 goals compared with 43 this term. Indeed, they only conceded 36 in the entire 2015-16 season.
The difference is stark and, very clearly in the opinion of Leicester's owners, dangerous.
The clear and present danger was the threat of relegation, as stated by vice-chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha when he said: "It was never our expectation that the extraordinary feats of last season should be replicated this season. Survival in the Premier League was our first and only target at the start of the campaign."
Would Leicester fans have thanked the board for being sentimental all the way into the Championship? Cut away the romance, sentimentality and the memories of last season and they will feel this decision has been taken to stave off the most dramatic fall of any Premier League champions.
It will still, however, be a very hard sell given Ranieri's history-making effort last season.
No manager can ever be unsackable - but Ranieri's reserve of credit was as close to limitless as it gets after performing a sporting miracle to win the title last season.
It is the second season in succession a Premier League-winning manager has failed to survive the following campaign. Jose Mourinho was sacked by Chelsea after he was a champion in 2015.
Mourinho, however, was at a club with a high turnover of managers that had enjoyed huge successes - he had not pulled perennial strugglers from near the bottom to top of the table in the blink of an eye.
Plenty will regard Leicester's treatment of Ranieri as a cut-throat act from an ownership who should wake up and give him thanks every day for giving them a success and a story they would have regarded as fantasy when they appointed him.
Ranieri took Leicester from 14th to first with a style built on solid defence, fierce organisation and a thrilling counter-attacking style based around Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez. He was the master man-manager, taking all the pressure and letting his players fly.
There is no doubt there is some real unease among Leicester's fans about Ranieri's sacking, and how it reflects on the image of the club supported so fervently by neutrals - and just about any club that could not win the title - last season. Leicester were having relegation wished on them on social media on Thursday by those whose hearts they won last year.
The manner in which Ranieri has been shown off the premises has prompted questions about basic loyalty and decency in football, and how a manager who made Leicester a worldwide feelgood sports story can be treated in such a way.
And surely his success last season proved he could still keep Leicester in the Premier League?
Ranieri is experienced, up for the fight and had a reservoir of goodwill last season to call on.
Sadly for this most amiable and classy of men, the reservoir ran dry on Thursday.
The vote of confidence is always regarded as 'dreaded' - but Leicester's for Ranieri may come to be known as notorious.
It was on 7 February, 16 days before the axe fell, and after a 3-0 home defeat by Manchester United, that they announced "unwavering support" for the Italian, stressing boardroom loyalty further by adding "the unprecedented success achieved in recent seasons has been based firmly on stability, togetherness and determination to overcome even the greatest of challenges".
So what has happened since to effect such a change?
Leicester beat Derby in an FA Cup fourth-round replay the following day but then turned in a dreadful display to lose 2-0 at relegation rivals Swansea before going out of the FA Cup with an under-strength team at League One Millwall.
A Champions League last-16 loss at La Liga powerhouses Sevilla was a relatively acceptable result but the performance was poor - were Leicester's owners simply seeing no signs of improvement?
Grim reality, not to mention fear, may also have descended on the boardroom at the sight of Hull City showing progress under Marco Silva as the club felt the cold hand of relegation on its shoulder.
What is clear is something has changed dramatically, and it is the ominous prospect of going from champions to Championship in 12 months.
Leicester's players would have done well to avoid social media after news emerged of Ranieri's sacking. There was widespread sympathy for the manager and scathing criticism for the players whose standards have fallen through the floor.
Something has been amiss from day one this season after a summer of big new contracts for the title winners and one very crucial departure.
Jamie Vardy, top scorer with 24 goals last season, rejected a £22m summer move to Arsenal to sign a lucrative new four-year deal. The Gunners may regard this as a bullet dodged as he has scored only five league goals this season, including a hat-trick in the 4-2 win against Manchester City.
PFA Player of the Year Riyad Mahrez, coveted across Europe, signed a four-year contract, while goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel, wanted by Everton, signed a five-year deal along with midfielder Danny Drinkwater.
Mahrez scored 17 league goals last season but has contributed only three this term, while Drinkwater has failed to reproduce the form that earned him an England call-up.
Leicester's players appear to have lost the hunger, as well as the element of surprise, that enabled them to climb the mountain last season.
And in some cases, such as captain Wes Morgan and Robert Huth, they have simply reverted to the workaday Premier League central defenders they were before they were carried along with an unstoppable momentum last season.
There has also been sniping behind the scenes that has not helped Ranieri, with whispers emanating from inside the camp that he had become distant from his backroom staff amid growing unrest from his management team and players.
The same stories came out about Ranieri's tactical approach - giving the impression the players were happy to take the acclaim last season but were only too willing to point the finger of blame at their manager after it went wrong.
He was also subjected to a public attack from striker Leonardo Ulloa, who accused Ranieri of betrayal as a move to Sunderland was falling through.
If these players have been using Ranieri as a shield for their own shortcomings, then this has been removed. They now have no excuses or scapegoat.
And yet the biggest factor of all may be a player who is no longer at Leicester.
N'Golo Kante, Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year last season, took his relentless tackling, work-rate and guile to Chelsea in the summer in a £32m deal. The Foxes have never been the same - whereas he is on course for another title at Stamford Bridge.
Once the shockwaves have subsided, Ranieri will be remembered as the manager who gave Leicester, the city and the football club, its greatest sporting moment. He made Leicester a worldwide good news story.
He will be remembered as a man of manners and dignity but with a steel behind the smile that enabled him to lead the Foxes to perhaps the most unlikely triumph in British sport.
Ranieri will also be remembered by many as someone who was treated shabbily and without gratitude at the end - an example of how sentiment will never exist in football.
In the final analysis, though, he will remembered at Leicester as a good man who performed a great feat. And will be remembered forever.
It must be assumed Leicester's owners have a new man in mind to make such a seismic move as sacking Ranieri.
Combustible former manager Nigel Pearson was even linked with a return, but one live contender appears to be Ranieri's compatriot Roberto Mancini.
He is available, had a short spell as a Leicester player in 2001 and has Premier League experience as a manager. Mancini led Manchester City from December 2009 to May 2013, winning the FA Cup in 2011 and their first title in 44 years 12 months later.
Whoever is next, the first priority is safety rather than emulating Ranieri's title-winning feats.


Championship side Birmingham City have appointed Paul Groves as first-team coach on a 12-month rolling contract.

Former Bournemouth manager Groves joined Birmingham as part of manager Harry Redknapp's coaching team for the final three games of the season.
The 51-year-old had previously worked alongside Redknapp at Portsmouth between 2006 and 2008.
On 12 May, Redknapp signed a one-year deal to stay on as Birmingham boss after helping them avoid relegation.


Swansea City defender Kyle Naughton has signed a new contract that will keep him at the club until 2020.

The right-back had 12 months left on his previous deal, but has agreed a new two-year extension.
Naughton, 28, has made 71 appearances for the Swans since joining from Tottenham Hotspur in January 2015.
His sole goal was scored in the 2-0 win at Sunderland in May 2017 as Paul Clement's side retained their Premier League statuus
Naughton rejoined his team-mates on Monday as the Swansea squad returned for pre-season training.


Eight people have died in a chemical accident in the basement of a Bangkok bank, officials have confirmed.

The contractors were working on a fire safety system at the headquarters of the Siam Commercial bank on Sunday night, the bank said in a statement.
They apparently suffocated after a gas mixture which depletes oxygen was released.
Another seven were injured in the incident, which may have been caused by contractors' "negligence", it added.
A bank spokesman told the BBC the incident took place in a vault storing documents in the head office in Bangkok.
The bank said at around 21:30 local time on Sunday (14:30 GMT), an aerosol system called pyrogen was "inadvertently activated and exhausted all the oxygen in the area" as contractors were working on it.
Pyrogen involves a mixture of gases including potassium carbonates, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxide and ammonia.
The system works by removing all oxygen from the air to stifle a fire.
The Bangkok Post reported that firemen encountered delays as they tried to reach the victims due to tightly locked doors.
The bank, one of Thailand's largest financial institutions, added that it would provide assistance to those in the accident and operations would continue normally.
Correspondents say that fatal industrial accidents remain rare in Thailand.
A toy factory fire in 1993 which killed nearly 200 people and injured another 500 is considered the worst the country has seen.


The idea that dependent older people represent a great demographic challenge of our age has been turned on its head.

Academics from the University of Edinburgh argue numbers have actually been falling in Britain and the ratio of working adults to dependent pensioners is improving.
The research questions an assumption behind arguments for health, social care and immigration policies.
The findings were published in the British Medical Journal.
"The extent, speed and effect of population ageing have all been exaggerated and we should not assume that it will strain health and social care systems," Professor John MacInnes and senior research fellow Jeroen Spijker write in the article 'Population Ageing: The timebomb that isn't?'
The mistake people have been making, the paper suggests, is to assume that all pensioners are dependent and all working-age adults are workers.
They point out that, while it is true there are now more people over 65 in the UK than children under 15, rising life expectancy means older people are effectively "younger", healthier and fitter than previous generations.
Instead of simply looking at how old someone is, the research focuses on how long they might be expected to live.
"Many behaviours and attitudes (including those related to health) are more strongly linked to remaining life expectancy than to age," it says.
In 1841, life expectancy at birth was 40 years for males and 42 years for females.
By 1900 it was 52  and 57 and today it is 79 and 83. So the point at which we enter 'old age' has also been changing.
Equally, using age to define the adult working populations makes little sense, the authors suggest, because "there are more dependents of working age (9.5 million) than there are older people who do not work".
So they calculated an alternative measure, what they call "the real elderly dependency ratio", based on the sum of men and women with a remaining life expectancy of up to 15 years divided by the number of people in employment, irrespective of age.
Using this measure, the paper calculates that old-age dependency in the UK fell by one third over the past four decades - and is likely to stabilise close to its current level.
The measure suggests similar falls in many other countries.
"Our calculations show that - over the past four decades - the population far from ageing, has in fact been getting younger, with increasing numbers of people in work for every older person or child," the authors say.
"The different story of population ageing told by our real elderly dependency ratio has several important implications for health policy and clinical practice."
In policy terms, this analysis to one of the central challenges of an ageing population might be something of a game changer. Rather than seeing longevity itself as an expensive problem, focus could shift towards managing morbidity and remaining life expectancy.
The paper demands society rethink some of its assumptions about elderly dependency - drawing a distinction between the 'young old' and the 'old old', if you like.
The census in 2011 showed that 1.4 million people of state pension age in the UK were in employment - almost double what it was just two decades earlier.  Of those aged between 65 and 74, 16% were economically active at the last count.
Just over half of all pensioners describe themselves as being in good health and, while demand for elderly care services is rising, the BMJ article suggests the key drivers in deciding the impact on care budgets will be medical knowledge and technology.


Ospreys were the "architects of their own downfall" in their European Champions Cup defeat at Bordeaux-Begles, says captain Alun Wyn Jones.

The Welsh side were beaten 33-27 but claimed two losing bonus points, as they did in November's defeat by Clermont Auvergne.
Ospreys remain top of Pool 2, but Wales second row Jones was frustrated with the result.
"It [two points] is still probably not enough if we're honest," said Jones.
"We were the architects of our own downfall in the first half and in the grand scheme of the game really.
"After we went behind we had to chase and that cost us at the end of the first half but then probably rewarded us in the early stages of the second half."
Jones, 30, scored Ospreys' third try as they fought back from 30-15 down to cut Bordeaux's lead to 30-27.
The visitors played an attacking and loose style of rugby throughout, which proved productive and costly in equal measure.
Although they scored four tries to secure a bonus point, wayward Ospreys passes also led to two of Bordeaux's four scores.
"You're damned if you do, damned if you don't," said Jones.
"It's finding a happy medium. At times we were over-exuberant in the first half and a bit naive in the second.
"We're not going to blame the powers that be but we feel a little bit hard done by, particularly with the number of times we visited their 22.
"But then again we were the architects of our own downfall when we did do that."
Ospreys are two points clear at the top of Pool 2, with second-placed Exeter away at Clermont Auvergne on Sunday.
On his side's chances of reaching the quarter-finals, Jones added: "It's wide open really, so it should be good."


Allegations that Conservative chief whip Andrew Mitchell called some police officers plebs during a row in Downing Street cost him his government job.

But the scandal has since embroiled the police in accusations that they have not been sufficiently robust in disciplining officers accused of trying to discredit the MP as part of a campaign to "toxify" his party.
BBC News looks back at how the row unfolded.
Conservative MP Andrew Mitchell, then the government's chief whip, has a row with police officers who would not let him cycle through Downing Street's main gate.
The story is revealed in the Sun newspaper, which reports that he swore at the officers and called them "plebs" who should learn their place.
Mr Mitchell denies using the word "plebs" but apologises for being disrespectful.
Mr Mitchell says he wants to "draw a line" under the incident, telling reporters:  "I did not use the words that have been attributed to me."
But speculation about the exact words he did use continues. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg urges him to explain "fully and in detail his version of events".
A police log of the incident, appearing to confirm previous reports and contradict Mr Mitchell's position, is leaked to the Daily Telegraph.
Mr Mitchell remains in his job, but members of the Police Federation wear "PC Pleb" T-shirts at demonstrations against police funding cuts at the Conservative Party conference.
Three local representatives of the Police Federation meet Mr Mitchell at his Sutton Coldfield constituency office for 45 minutes, telling reporters afterwards that he had still not disclosed the precise words he used in the incident.
They criticise him for implying that the Downing Street officers' accounts are not accurate. The chief whip has "no option but to resign", one representative concludes.
David Cameron tells Parliament that what Mr Mitchell "did and said" was wrong, but since he had apologised and the officer involved had accepted his apology, he should be allowed to get on with his job.
But opposition leader Ed Miliband says that, despite the apology, Mr Mitchell is "toast".
Mr Mitchell resigns, claiming the "damaging publicity" means he can no longer do his job.
In his resignation letter to the PM, he writes:  "The offending comment and the reason for my apology to the police was my parting remark 'I thought you guys were supposed to f***ing help us.'
"It was obviously wrong of me to use such bad language and I am very sorry about it and grateful to the police officer for accepting my apology."
A police constable with the diplomatic protection group is arrested on suspicion of misconduct in a public office, and suspended from his duties in connection with accounts of the Downing Street incident.
CCTV footage, broadcast on Channel 4 news, casts doubt on the police officers' version of events.
The police log said Mr Mitchell's use of a number of expletives had left members of the public looking on "visibly shocked". But the footage suggests that no-one other than the officers involved were within earshot.
Mr Mitchell says he has fallen victim to a "stitch-up".
Scotland Yard says it is opening an investigation into claims that an officer gave false evidence.
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe says: "The allegations in relation to this case are extremely serious. For the avoidance of doubt, I am determined there will be a ruthless search for the truth - no matter where the truth takes us."
In the ensuing months, eight people are arrested and bailed under the investigation, codenamed Operation Alice, including five police officers.
Mr Mitchell launches libel action against the Sun over its reporting of the "plebgate" incident.
A year after the original incident, former home secretary Jack Straw criticises the "inordinate and unjustified" length of time the investigation has taken.
Independent Police Complaints Commission deputy chair Deborah Glass says the IPCC disagrees with police chiefs' decision not to hold misconduct hearings on the three Federation officers involved in the October 2012 meeting with Mr Mitchell.
The IPCC releases a transcript of the meeting - from a recording made by Mr Mitchell - which shows that, while he admitted swearing, Mr Mitchell denied using the word "pleb" or insulting the police.
However, after the meeting the three officers said he had refused to elaborate on what had happened and should resign.
Home Secretary Theresa May says it would be "quite wrong" to take no action against those officers. The chief constables of their forces say they will welcome the opportunity to appear before the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee to explain why no action was taken against them.
David Cameron says Mr Mitchell is "owed an apology" by police over the row.
It also emerges that an internal report which ultimately found no misconduct case to answer by the three officers who met Mr Mitchell at his constituency office had initially proposed disciplinary action.
The three officers, Ken MacKaill, Stuart Hinton and Chris Jones, apologise for their "poor judgement" in talking to the media following their meeting with Mr Mitchell. They say they did not "plan or intend to mislead anyone about what occurred".
But friends of Mr Mitchell tell the BBC the statement is "a regrettable non-apology".
The three Federation officers insist to the Home Affairs Select Committee that they do not owe Mr Mitchell an apology. They say they stand by their "accurate" account of the meeting and Mr Jones says he is "not convinced we have done anything wrong".
But the head of West Mercia Police tells the committee the handling of the affair was "clumsy" and the internal report and its recommendations should be independently reviewed.
Sir Hugh Orde, head of the Association of Chief Police Officers, says the conduct of the three officers fell "below that required" and they should apologise.
Three civilians and five police officers on bail over the plebgate affair are re-bailed to a date in late November.
The IPCC says it is conducting its own investigation into the conduct of the three Federation officers - Ken MacKaill, Stuart Hinton, and Chris Jones - saying there were "procedural irregularities" in the earlier internal police probe.
It also emerges that the trio will be called back before the Home Affairs Select Committee. Its chairman, Labour's Keith Vaz, says MPs were "appalled" by the officers' original evidence and that if they did not "correct the record" they would be in contempt of Parliament.
Stuart Hinton apologises to the the home affairs committee for an "inadvertent error" in his earlier evidence. He also says he regrets the "distress" felt by Mr Mitchell and his family during the whole saga. Chris Jones, also appearing before the committee, insists he did not mislead MPs over his disciplinary record.
PC Keith Wallis is charged with misconduct in a public office, accused of falsely claiming to have witnessed the incident in an email to his MP. But prosecutors say there is insufficient evidence to show an officer in Downing Street lied in his account of what happened.
Separately, the Independent Police Complaints Commission says five members of the Metropolitan Police's Diplomatic Protection Group will face gross misconduct proceedings linked to the subsequent row, meaning they could lose their jobs. The BBC understands that the officer at the Downing Street gates on the night of the incident is not one of the five.
PC Toby Rowland, the police officer who was on duty at Downing Street, says he is going to sue Mr Mitchell for libel over comments he made to the media following the incident.
PC Keith Wallis appears at Westminster Magistrates' Court charged with misconduct in a public office, accused of falsely claiming to have witnessed the incident. He did not enter a plea.
PC Keith Wallis admits misconduct.
Metropolitan Police chief Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe meets Mr Mitchell to apologise for PC Keith Wallis's role in the affair.
PC Keith Wallis is sentenced to 12 months in prison. Passing sentence, Mr Justice Sweeney said Wallis had been guilty of "sustained, and in significant measure, devious misconduct which fell far below the standards expected of a police officer".
PCs Keith Wallis and James Glanville are sacked for gross misconduct. The Met said Mr Glanville was dismissed for passing information about the incident to the Sun newspaper.
It emerges that PC Toby Rowland is seeking up to Â£200,000 in damages from Mr Mitchell for suggesting he was not telling the truth about the September 2012 altercation by the Downing Street gates.
In documents submitted to the High Court, lawyers for PC Rowland justify the claim on the grounds that his reputation has been damaged by Mr Mitchell's remarks and he suffered "great distress, humiliation and upset".
PC Gillian Weatherley is dismissed for gross misconduct by the Metropolitan Police over leaks to the press about the "plebgate" affair.
PC Susan Johnson, a Metropolitan Police officer serving with the diplomatic protection group, is sacked for gross misconduct over the press leaks.
A High Court ruling finds there was no proper final report prepared for the investigation into the three Police Federation officers who met Mr Mitchell. That probe was conducted by West Mercia Police but supervised by the IPCC.
The High Court also quashed the IPCC's decision to investigate the case itself. An IPCC spokesman said it "welcomed" the ruling that the decisions of the three police forces had been "invalid" and said it would make a "fresh assessment" of the case.
The IPCC again says it is to investigate three Police Federation officers over the "plebgate" affair, having re-assessed the case.
The libel trial involving Mr Mitchell and former PC Toby Rowland gets under way in the High Court in London. Lawyers for Mr Mitchell tell the court that the police spun a "web of lies" that led to a "vitriolic" campaign against their client.
Musician and aid campaigner Sir Bob Geldof is cited as a character witness for Mr Mitchell, a former international development secretary. In a written statement submitted to the court, Sir Bob describes Mr Mitchell as a "good man" and "an advocate for the less fortunate", adding that he had never heard him "use the ridiculous and archaic expression 'pleb'".
A former police officer who was on duty during the "plebgate" incident denies wishing to harm Mr Mitchell or the government. Gillian Weatherley, who was sacked over leaks of alleged details of the row, tells the court that text messages she sent suggesting she could "topple the Tory government" were meant to be sarcastic.
A police officer who accompanied Mr Mitchell on two foreign trips says the former cabinet minister was "unpleasant until he got what he wanted". Insp Duncan Johnston, who travelled with the then international development secretary in 2011, tells the court Mr Mitchell would "erupt" but later be charming. Separately, two former Conservative whips state in written evidence that Mr Mitchell had been unable to recall the exact words he had used in the days and weeks after the event.
Former government chief whip Andrew Mitchell loses his High Court libel action. Mr Mitchell had sued News Group Newspapers over the story in the Sun in 2012 which claimed he called PC Toby Rowland a "pleb". Mr Mitchell acknowledged that he had used bad language but maintained he had not used that word. Delivering his ruling, Mr Justice Mitting said he was satisfied that the MP did say the word "pleb"


A new documentary explores the internment of Scots sailors in a camp in neutral Holland shortly after the outbreak of World War One.

The men included 102 from Lewis, while others came from the Northern Isles, Wick, Avoch, Glasgow, Fife and Barra.
They were among 1,500 members of the Royal Naval Division held in a camp dubbed HMS Timbertown.
BBC Alba's documentary of the same name draws on Admiralty records to tell the stories of its Scots' inmates.
The Royal Naval Division was set up by Winston Churchill when he was lord of the Admiralty.
In October 1914, the division was caught up in the fall of Antwerp following a month-long siege by German troops.
Following Germany's invasion of Belgium in August 1914, Antwerp had sheltered the Belgian's King Albert I, along with his government, civilians and thousands of soldiers, including elements of the British Expeditionary Force.
After the city and its fortifications fell, the men of the Royal Naval Division crossed into Holland to evade capture.
They reached the town of Groningen where the authorities had a camp of wooden huts built to hold them until the end of the war.
In the documentary, BBC Alba's Angela MacLean retraces the sailors' journey and recounts the experiences of the Lewis men in the camp.
Interred with them were men from all over Scotland and the rest of the UK and included fishermen, an actor, a burglar and the Duchess of Cambridge's great grandfather, Frederick Glassborow.
There were escape attempts and deaths from illnesses in the camp.
Football matches and cabaret shows organised by the men were watched by local people, who were allowed, on occasions, to visit.
Some of the sailors were allowed to return to the UK on leave for family funerals and even to help with take in harvests on farms and crofts, on condition they came back to the camp.
HMS Timbertown will be shown on BBC Alba on Thursday from 21:00.


Indonesia's opposition Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) leads parliamentary polls but its star candidate may face a tougher path to the presidency, early election results indicate.

The party secured about 19% of the vote, unofficial tallies show.
But it is not clear if it will meet the 25% voting threshold to enter Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo in the 9 July presidential election by itself.
The official election results will be announced in May.
Some 19,000 seats were contested across Indonesia in Wednesday's polls, including the 560 seats in the national parliament.
A poll by Jakarta think tank, the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), put the opposition Golkar party in second place with 14% of the vote, followed by the Great Indonesia Movement Party with 12%.
Islamic parties also appeared to have performed better than expected, together grabbing about a third of the national vote.
Support for the ruling Democratic Party of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono - who cannot serve a third term as president - fell by half. His party came in fourth with 10% of the vote.
Mr Yudhoyono told reporters that he respected the early results.
"Let's honour the result of this election and be ready to accept new national leadership that will lead the nation to be better," the Associated Press news agency quoted him as saying.
CSIS political analyst Philips Vermonte told Reuters news agency: "Parliament is likely to be very fragmented because many parties have gotten a relatively big share of votes."
The parliamentary polls are key to deciding which parties can field presidential candidates. Parties must either secure 25% of the total vote or 20% of the seats in parliament.
Candidates whose parties fail to meet these thresholds must form or enter a coalition before they can run for president.
Indonesian stocks fell over 3% on Thursday, after expectations PDI-P would secure enough votes to put Mr Widodo, the Jakarta governor, straight through to presidential polls were dashed.
"We see the possible formation of a weak government with limited ability to push through necessary reforms and policies ahead," Bahana Securities research head Harry Su told Reuters news agency.
Mr Widodo is seen by many as Indonesia's next president. He told reporters on Wednesday that his party was "widely open" to a coalition.
"It is not possible for PDI-P to work alone. We have to co-operate with those having the same platform," he said.


The SNP's new intake of 56 MPs have arrived at Westminster for the first time since the party's huge success in the general election.

Nicola Sturgeon greeted them outside the House of Commons, where the SNP leader said they would make Scotland's voice heard like never before.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister David Cameron has confirmed David Mundell as the new secretary of state for Scotland.
Mr Mundell is the only Conservative MP in Scotland.
He had previously served in the Scotland Office as a junior minister.
The SNP won all but three of Scotland's 59 seats in last Thursday's election, with Labour and the Liberal Democrats also only holding on to one seat each.
Labour confirmed its sole remaining Scottish MP - Ian Murray in Edinburgh South - will be the party's shadow Scottish secretary as the party's MSPs held a near three-hour long meeting held to discuss Scottish Labour's election performance.
The party's leader Jim Murphy has refused to resign but there have been calls for him to go to allow the party to have a fresh start.
Speaking outside the party's HQ after the meeting, finance spokeswoman Jackie Baillie said the "overwhelming majority" of MSPs wanted Mr Murphy and his deputy Kezia Dugdale to "lead us forward into the future".
The SNP is due to formally appoint its Westminster group leader following a meeting of its MPs on Tuesday, with Moray MP Angus Robertson expected to continue in the post he held during the previous parliament.
The role will take on a new prominence with an appearance at Prime Minister's Questions every week after the SNP was officially given third party status in the House of Commons.
As the third largest party in Parliament, the SNP is also expected to take up a front bench on the opposition side of the Commons, which had been occupied by the Liberal Democrats before 2010.
Among the SNP ranks at the Westminster event were former leader and first minister Alex Salmond, and 20-year-old Mhairi Black, the UK's youngest MP in about 350 years.
The group was met by a huge press pack and onlookers wielding a giant Saltire flag.
Speaking to reporters, Ms Sturgeon said the SNP would be the "principled opposition in this place to the Conservative government."
She added: "The SNP has worked long and hard in this election to make Scotland's voice heard. To have people in Scotland in such overwhelming numbers put their trust in us is fantastic, but also is a big responsibility.
"We are determined to make Scotland's voice heard here in Westminster, but we are also determined to be that voice for progressive politics that we promised to be during the election; to stand up to policies from a Conservative government that will damage Scotland; and to make common cause with others of like mind from across the UK."
Ms Sturgeon, who had a brief telephone conversation with the prime minister last Friday, said she hoped to have "more detailed conversations" with Mr Cameron in the near future.
She said: "His starting point seemed to be to implement the Smith Commission proposals. I don't think that goes far enough and I think that has to be looked at again.
"David Cameron cannot simply operate as if nothing has changed in Scotland - everything has changed."
Mr Salmond, who arrived at the event at the St Stephens' entrance to parliament separately from other SNP MPs, said: "When I was last here we had to run around to look like a crowd - now we are a crowd.
"Obviously we are seeing a major change and shift in Scottish politics. Behind the number of MPs we are seeing a seismic shift - clearly Scotland is on a journey, there's no doubt about that whatsoever.
"But Nicola Sturgeon was quite right - the election result was not a mandate for independence or for a referendum on independence."
Asked how he would adjust from being first minister to a Commons back bencher, Mr Salmond added: "I loved being first minister but everything has its time and I think things are turning out not too badly."
Ms Sturgeon has already issued calls for more powers for Holyrood in the wake of the SNP's election success.
She wants business taxation and control over welfare to be devolved as "priorities", and will meet the prime minister in the coming weeks to discuss the issue.
Some Tory politicians have urged Mr Cameron to offer the SNP full fiscal autonomy.
The policy, which the Institute for Fiscal Studies has said would leave a multibillion-pound shortfall in Scotland's finances, was contained in the SNP's election manifesto.
Lord Forsyth of Drumlean, who served as Scottish secretary in John Major's Conservative government, said a White Paper on full fiscal autonomy was needed.
He told the BBC's Today programme: "They got 50% of the vote and 95% of the seats and the reality is you have to respond to that and I think what the government needs to do is produce a White Paper which sets out how fiscal autonomy, devo-max, call it what you will, would work in practice so people are aware of the advantages and the disadvantages.
"The big advantage being Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP would not be able to produce fantasy manifestos that promise the earth without having the responsibility of raising the money to pay for it."
Former Labour chancellor Alistair Darling, who led last year's campaign against independence, told the same programme that he believed the cross-party Smith Commission agreement on more powers for Scotland which was agreed after the referendum had been "completely overtaken by events".
He added: "It won't do the business for Scotland, it's lopsided, therefore it is unfair on England - and if you compound that, as David Cameron has suggested, by saying that essentially English MPs will decide tax and spending, you are well on the way to breaking up the Union."
Mr Darling said the UK instead needed to move towards a federal solution by offering substantially more powers and responsibilities to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
He added: "Critically they have got to be more responsible for raising the money to pay for things, but at the same time you remove this anomaly where, when I was an MP, I could vote for English education, but I couldn't vote for Scottish education.
"That's got to be dealt with, there's no question about that. But I think if we're intelligent about this we've got a chance for building a constitution for the 21st Century."
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The number of paramedics leaving the profession in London has almost trebled in the last three years, according to a new report.

Figures from the London Health Board showed that 238 people left the London Ambulance Service (LAS) in 2013-14, compared to 80 from 2011-2012.
Thirty paramedics left in May 2014 alone, the board said.
LAS said there are currently 250 paramedic vacancies and it is continuing to recruit staff.
The report, entitled Making the Case for London, stated that if current trends continued there could be 600 frontline vacancies across the LAS by the end of 2014.
"The most acute group is that of paramedics, in May we lost 30 and if that trend continues, even accounting for those paramedics graduating in September and joining us (which is by no means certain) this will still leave us with a shortfall," the report said.
The paper added that even with 100 graduates joining the service in September, the service could potentially lose 180 by then.
The report said that affordable housing and transport costs were some of the issues which could affect whether staff choose to stay in the role.
Source: London Health Board
The LAS are calling on more to be done to tackle the cost of living for healthcare staff in cities.
LAS director of operations Jason Killens said: "The real issue for us here is the high cost of living and working in London. Not only for us but all public sector workers.
"The evidence we have submitted to the London Health Board and indeed to the national pay review body is asking them to seriously consider what more can be done to support all public sector workers with the true cost of living in our capital cities."
About 3,300 operation staff work for the LAS, including 1,784 paramedics.
Earlier this year, the LAS said it had been granted permission to recruit overseas, with the UK Border Agency approving their application to sponsor work visas for non-European paramedics.


There was "no plan to attack" a group of men in an alleged incident that led to a fatal stabbing, Mold Crown Court heard.

Mark Mason, 48, from Rhyl, died in the car park of the town's Home Bargains store on 27 October 2016.
Mark Ennis, 30, from Liverpool, denies murder and malicious wounding with intent, as does Anthony Baines, 31 and James Davies, 21.
A fourth Liverpool man Jake Melia, 21, has admitted all charges.
Prosecutors say father-of-two Mr Mason died in a drugs turf war, suffering 21 stab wounds as he sat in the passenger seat of a white van.
Mr Ennis was working for Mr Baines - described as a "self-confessed drugs supply gang boss" - and he said Mr Mason was a customer they never had a problem with.
He told the court ten months before Mr Mason's death he was chased by two men with knives while dealing at an area of Rhyl known as The Cob.
Then on the day of the incident, Mr Ennis travelled to the town with Mr Baines to pick up Mr Davies and Mr Melia who had been dealing drugs.
Mr Ennis told the court the pair had been chased at The Cob, so they followed the vehicle Mr Mason was in as "we wanted to know why this had happened earlier in the day".
He told the jury "there was no plan to attack the people in the white van".
The trial continues.


Southampton could be set for a legal battle with Atletico Madrid over a permanent deal for Belgium defender Toby Alderweireld.

The 26-year-old was on loan at St Mary's last season with an option to make the deal permanent for £6.8m.
Atletico could have paid £1.5m to buy back that clause and instead sell Alderweireld to the highest bidder.
But Southampton believe that the timeframe for Atletico to take that option has now elapsed.
Alderweireld, who made 26 Premier League appearances for Southampton, is reported to interest Tottenham and Manchester City.
In May, the 43-cap international expressed his desire to stay in the Premier League next season.
Southampton manager Ronald Koeman has also spoken positively about completing a permanent deal for the defender.


Derby County have sacked manager Nigel Clough following the 1-0 defeat by rivals Nottingham Forest.

Clough, 47, had been in charge of the Rams since January 2009 but the loss to Forest left Derby in 14th place in the Championship.
"The decision by the club will come as a surprise to some, but supporters have become increasingly frustrated by poor performances at home - despite some encouraging displays away.
"Nigel Clough steered Derby through some difficult times after one woeful season in the Premier League, but the board have clearly decided he cannot take them any further."
"After much consideration, the board feel it is time to move Derby County forward to the next level," read a club statement.
Saturday's defeat at the City Ground was Derby's third in eight days.
"The search is well under way to identifying and appointing a successor, and further announcements will be made in due course," the statement continued.
"The ownership group remain steadfastly committed to the club and maintain their desire to compete at the top end of the Championship this season."
Clough, who followed in his late father Brian's footsteps when he took over at Derby, is the fourth manager to lose his job this season.
Kevin MacDonald was dismissed by Swindon before the campaign began and Greg Abbott at Carlisle and Sunderland's Paolo Di Canio were sacked this month.
13 July: Kevin MacDonald (Swindon)
9 September: Greg Abbott (Carlisle)
22 September: Paolo Di Canio (Sunderland)
28 September: Nigel Clough (Derby)
Clough was the fourth longest-serving manager in English football, behind Arsenal's Arsene Wenger, Exeter City's Paul Tisdale and Oxford United's Chris Wilder, and the longest serving in the Championship.
Clough began in management at Burton in 1998 after a successful playing career which included spells at Nottingham Forest, Liverpool and Manchester City.
He also won 14 caps for England and ended his playing career at Burton.
Derby's owners, General Sports and Entertainment, led by chairman Andy Appleby, took charge of the club in January 2008.
At that stage Derby were in the Premier League, although they were relegated that season.


Leicestershire's slim hopes of making the One-Day Cup quarter-finals ended with defeat by Yorkshire at Headingley.

In a game reduced to 45 overs per side, Yorkshire recovered from 98-4 to post 258-7 thanks to 71 from Gary Ballance and 52 not out from Azeem Rafiq.
Leicestershire were given a flying start by Cameron Delport (67), only to slip from 107-1 to 189-8.
Clint McKay (35) and Dieter Klein (26) gave the Foxes hope, but they were all out for 238 with 14 balls to spare.
Worcestershire's win against Derbyshire means Yorkshire miss out on a direct passage to the semi-finals.
They finish second in the North Group and must wait to see who ends third in the South Group before they discover their quarter-final opponents.
After play was delayed for an hour by morning rain in Leeds, the home side exploited a slow surface, first by battling to a total in excess of 250, then by using their spinners to squeeze Leicestershire.
Still, despite Adam Lyth's 52, the Yorkshire top order wobbled and it needed a stand of 73 between Ballance and Tim Bresnan (34) in order to rebuild the innings.
Bresnan was dropped twice, but neither of those were as costly as the error by Klein, who grassed a loopy, diving chance off his own bowling to reprieve Rafiq, then having scored just one run.
Rafiq then belted three sixes in a 30-ball stay at the end of the Yorkshire innings, but his hitting was nothing compared to the leg-side power of Delport, the left-hander in control of the chase in a 13-over stand of 107 with Ned Eckersley (46).
But Delport holed out to long off from the off-spin of Rafiq, who bowled Mark Cosgrove two balls later.
At the other end, left-arm spinner Karl Carver stifled Leicestershire, chipping through the middle order for figures of 3-24.
When number 10 Klein joined McKay, 70 were needed from nine overs, a desperate situation that McKay set about changing with successive sixes off Ben Coad.
But when McKay went for a repeat and was caught on the leg side off Matthew Fisher, there was too much for Klein and last man Gavin Griffiths left to do.


Hilary Mantel has been shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award for a second time.

The Booker Prize-winning author of Wolf Hall is joined on the all-female list by Lavinia Greenlaw and KJ Orr, who have also been shortlisted once before.
Tahmima Anam and Claire-Louise Bennett are also in the running for the Â£15,000 prize, it was announced on BBC Radio 4's Front Row.
The winner will be revealed in a ceremony next month.
Award judge Ted Hodgkinson said the shortlisted stories were full of "insights" and "revelations".
The shortlist - selected from 478 entries - is:
Hodgkinson, senior programmer for literature and the spoken word at the Southbank Centre, said: "These short stories catapult you through distinct lives, sensibilities and in just a few thousand words, expand the possibilities of the form.
"From illuminating the telling details in the everyday, to pitching us into hidden underworlds that exist in parallel to our own, these stories are full of insights, humour and revelations."
The prize is run in conjunction with the Book Trust charity, with the runner-up receiving Â£3,000 and the three remaining authors receiving Â£500 each.
Mantel's story was inspired by an Alan Bennett piece in the London Review of Books in which he recounted a visit to a hospital's accident and emergency department.
Mantel, who was once a hospital worker, has written a story of visitors to casualty during the course of one night.
Claire-Louise Bennett's story is about a failed academic and told in the space of a single day, while Aman tells a story of female friendship in Bangladesh, inspired by the collapse of the Rana Plaza in Dhaka in 2013.
Greenlaw, who is also a poet, described her story as a "sort of fairy tale" about a teenager who lives in a village known as the "darkest place in England".
She said of being shortlisted: "It's absolutely thrilling as, for me, short stories arrive very rarely, so they are strange and precious beasts.
"They take a long time to evolve. So to have two of them recognised in this way is incredibly encouraging."
Asked about the popularity of the short story form, Greenlaw said: "I think it's like poetry in that it's never going to be the most dominant form, but it persists, and every now and then people get excited about it.
"These are interesting times in the literary world - there's a lot of experimentation and breaking down of form, and it's a climate in which the short story can flourish."
Orr was inspired to write her story after seeing a man sitting alone in a Buenos Aires cafe, and is about a retired plastic surgeon attempting to forge a new identity.
She said it felt "wonderful" to have been made a finalist.
"The novel is obviously a great tradition in Britain and has a devoted readership," she said. "But I do think prizes like this are really instrumental in giving [the short story] a profile and keeping that profile alive, as well as introducing it to some people who will have not read the form before."
Previous winners of the award include Jonathan Buckley, Julian Gough, James Lasdun, Lionel Shriver and Clare Wigfall.
BBC Radio 4's Front Row will broadcast the ceremony live on 4 October. An anthology of the shortlisted works is published on 17 September.
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Rescue efforts are being stepped up to help those affected by the magnitude-7.5 earthquake which hit remote areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan on Monday.

More than 360 people are known to have died, most of them in Pakistan, and at least 2,000 were injured.
Rescue teams have been sent to remote mountainous areas where the impact of the quake is still unclear.
The Taliban, which controls some areas affected, called on aid agencies "not to hold back" relief supplies.
A spokesman said Taliban fighters had been ordered to help the victims.
In another development, Pakistani officials said several glaciers in the Karakoram mountain range had cracked, in one case causing a flood, but so far without loss of life.
Many people across the region, afraid of a new quake, spent the night sleeping outside in temperatures close to freezing.
"We have insufficient food and other aid," said Abdul Habib Sayed Khil, police chief in Afghanistan's Kunar province.
"It has been raining for four days and the weather is very cold."
On Tuesday, the Afghan presidential palace tweeted that the death toll had risen to 115, with 538 people injured. It said that 7,630 homes, 12 schools and 17 mosques were among the buildings destroyed or damaged.
In a televised address, President Ashraf Ghani urged those living in affected areas to help the rescue effort.
The governor of Badakhshan province, Shah Waliullah Adeeb, said survey teams were heading into more remote areas on Tuesday but landslides had blocked roads and helicopters were needed.
Afghan victims included 12 schoolgirls killed in a crush as they tried to leave their classes in Taluqan, Takhar province.
Mohammad Jan raises his calloused hands to pray for his two grandchildren, who died under the rubble of his house. He says he was saying his afternoon prayers when the earthquake struck.
"We wanted to call for a doctor," he tells me. "But there is no doctor here for miles. It was too late."
His house is up a precarious and rocky path, 45 minutes from the main city. Here, an extended family all live in a group of colourful painted stone and mud houses that are now either completely or partially damaged.
One of them is Amir Rehman, father of four. Although his home is still standing, it is scarred with deep gashes and cracks.
"I worked for three years in Oman to build this house," he tells me. "I can't afford another house like this." While the earthquake caused less widespread damage than expected, the poorest people with the most to lose have been the most affected.
In Pakistan, at least 248 people were killed and 1,665 injured, the national disaster agency said.
In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province alone, authorities said at least 202 people had died, and more than 1,480 were injured. At least another 30 died in the north-western tribal areas.
Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has admitted that it still has not been able to reach some of the remotest areas affected.
NDMA member Ahmed Kamal told the BBC some of those areas had become inaccessible because roads had been blocked in several places by landslides.
Mr Kamal could not say how big the unreachable area was.
The track record of the disaster management authorities in Pakistan "is not sterling", Pakistan's Daily Times says bluntly, adding that lessons from the 2005 earthquake have not been learned.
The disaster authorities' "presence in most vulnerable small towns is minimal while even in major urban areas their efforts are lacking in efficacy and credibility".
"Let this episode jolt us into the awareness that it is high time we woke up and took disaster preparedness and response more seriously," Pakistan's Dawn says.
"The alarm bell has rung," Afghanistan's Mandegar agrees, with the Daily Afghanistan accusing the authorities of failing to confront natural disasters.
Hasht-e Sobh claims that most buildings in Kabul in the past decade are structurally unsound.
"Such irregularities are the result of administrative and financial corruption in government bodies," it says, claiming that most school buildings funded by international organisations in the provinces are not earthquake-proof either.
Compiled by BBC Monitoring
On Tuesday, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif visited the district of Shangla, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where at least 49 people were killed.
In a statement he said Pakistan was "capable enough to rescue and rehabilitate those affected".
After the quake, Facebook launched its "safety check" feature allowing people in affected areas to tell their families they were safe. Google also launched its "person finder" service.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) reported that the earthquake was centred in the mountainous Hindu Kush region, 76km (45 miles) south of Faizabad, in Badakhshan province.
It was deep - more than 200km below the surface - which meant the shaking at ground level was less than for a shallow earthquake.
The USGS said a series of aftershocks - all measuring 4.0 or higher - had struck west of the original quake.
Afghan quake: The corner of a continental collision
Residents of Kabul and the Indian capital Delhi were shaken by the earthquake and buildings in the Tajik capital Dushanbe were also damaged.
The region has a history of powerful earthquakes caused by the northward collision of India with Eurasia. The two plates are moving towards each other at a rate of 4-5cm per year.
In 2005, a magnitude-7.6 quake in Pakistan-administered Kashmir left more than 75,000 people dead.
In April this year, Nepal suffered its worst earthquake on record, with 9,000 people killed and about 900,000 homes damaged or destroyed.


Mark Ronson's collaboration with Bruno Mars has reclaimed the number one spot in the singles chart, pushing X Factor winner Ben Haenow down to number two.

British producer Ronson got his first number one with Uptown Funk on 14 December, and the single has now claimed the final top spot of 2014.
It was released five weeks early after it was performed by Fleur East on The X Factor, later topping the iTunes chart.
Haenow had topped the Christmas chart with OneRepublic's Something I Need.
Uptown Funk had dropped one place to make way for the former van driver's track over Christmas.
Fellow Briton Ed Sheeran, who scores a 12th week at the top of the album charts, held on to number three in the singles chart, with Thinking Out Loud.
American singer Taylor Swift moved up three places to fourth with Blank Space, while former X Factor star Olly Murs dropped one to fifth with Up, his collaboration with Demi Lovato.
The only new entry went to Alesso featuring Tove Lo with Heroes (We Could Be).
Sheeran's album logged sales of 211,000, his second biggest one-week sales tally since the LP's release back in June.
The top five was completed by Sam Smith, Murs, George Ezra and Take That, who all held their positions.