Gareth Bale's late free-kick saved Wales from embarrassment in Andorra as his two goals made it a winning start to their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign.

Andorra had stunned Chris Coleman's side by taking a sixth-minute lead through Ildefons Lima's penalty, Andorra's first competitive goal since 2010.
Bale headed Wales level 16 minutes later, though that did not spare Coleman the jeers of the furious travelling Welsh fans as the score remained 1-1 at half-time.
Wales searched desperately for a winner, and their reprieve eventually came after 81 minutes when Bale curled in a beautiful free-kick to deny Andorra a first competitive point for nine years.
Although a victory of any sort was welcome, the Welsh performance was distinctly unconvincing as they aim to qualify for the finals stage of a major tournament for the first time since the 1958 World Cup.
There had been optimism leading up to this campaign, with Euro 2016 expanded from 16 to 24 teams for the first time and Wales drawn alongside Bosnia, Belgium, Israel, Cyprus and Andorra in their qualifying group.
Wales could hardly have asked for a kinder opening fixture - a trip to an Andorran side who are ranked 199th in the world, 158 places below them in the standings, and have lost their last 44 competitive games.
But to Wales' horror, the prospect of a first competitive win for Andorra since 2004 seemed soberingly real as the hosts took an unexpected lead.
With Wales unable to clear from a long Andorran throw, Neil Taylor was adjudged to have pulled the shirt of Ivan Lorenzo.
Prompted by Mitja Zganec - the additional assistant referee behind the goal - Slovenian referee Slavko Vincic pointed to the spot and Andorra captain Lima calmly converted by sending Wayne Hennessey the wrong way.
While Wales' travelling contingent of around 1,500 were momentarily silenced, the other half of the 3,300-capacity Estadio Nacional roared in disbelieving rapture.
The lead lasted only 16 minutes, as Bale headed into the bottom corner from a tantalising cross from left-back Ben Davies.
Bale had inevitably been the focus of pre-match attention, with the £85m Real Madrid winger expected to start as centre-forward.
Coleman instead picked the world's most expensive footballer on his favoured right flank, but he showed the goalscoring instinct of a natural striker to nod Wales level.
The visitors enjoyed near total domination of possession, albeit a little unsteadily at times as players familiarised themselves with the erratic bounce of Andorra's controversial 3G pitch.
With the artificial surface's rubber pellets flying up every time the ball hit the ground, Wales made hard work of creating genuine scoring opportunities.
Having been booed off the field at half time, Coleman sought to take the initiative by switching to a 3-5-2 formation at the beginning of the second half.
There was more urgency to the Welsh performance after the restart, and Bale was the catalyst for the change in pace.
He had a free-kick from distance saved by Ferran Pol and a long-range effort which fizzed just wide, while his cross was headed wide by Andy King.
There were times when Wales' desperation to take the lead led to a loss of shape and rhythm, as players struggled to adapt to tactical changes.
Coleman continued to tinker - replacing his only striker Simon Church with midfielder Joe Ledley to leave Bale as the most advanced player in a makeshift attack.
And when the breakthrough eventually came, it was no surprise that Bale was once again the saviour.
After substitute George Williams was fouled 25 yards from goal, Bale whipped the ball brilliantly beyond Pol to spare Coleman and his side a major embarrassment.
In the only other match in Group B on Tuesday, Bosnia lost 2-1 at home to Cyprus.
Match ends, Andorra 1, Wales 2.
Second Half ends, Andorra 1, Wales 2.
Marc Vales González (Andorra) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Gareth Bale (Wales) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Marc Vales González (Andorra).
Substitution, Wales. Emyr Huws replaces Aaron Ramsey because of an injury.
Foul by George Williams (Wales).
David Maneiro (Andorra) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Aaron Ramsey (Wales) because of an injury.
Foul by George Williams (Wales).
Ildefons Lima (Andorra) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Joe Ledley (Wales) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Oscar Sonejee (Andorra).
James Chester (Wales) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Marcio Vieira (Andorra).
Substitution, Andorra. Juli Sanchez Soto replaces Josep Ayala.
Offside, Wales. Aaron Ramsey tries a through ball, but Gareth Bale is caught offside.
Joe Allen (Wales) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Gabi Riera (Andorra).
Substitution, Andorra. Oscar Sonejee replaces Cristian Martinez.
Goal!  Andorra 1, Wales 2. Gareth Bale (Wales) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
Gabi Riera (Andorra) is shown the yellow card.
George Williams (Wales) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ildefons Lima (Andorra).
Substitution, Wales. George Williams replaces Andy King.
Marcio Vieira (Andorra) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Joe Allen (Wales) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Marcio Vieira (Andorra).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Cristian Martinez (Andorra) because of an injury.
Corner,  Wales. Conceded by Josep Ayala.
Attempt blocked. Gareth Bale (Wales) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ben Davies with a headed pass.
Corner,  Wales. Conceded by Ildefons Lima.
Foul by Joe Allen (Wales).
Cristian Martinez (Andorra) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
David Maneiro (Andorra) is shown the yellow card.
Aaron Ramsey (Wales) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Cristian Martinez (Andorra).
Corner,  Wales. Conceded by David Maneiro.


World number two Roger Federer and defending champion Stan Wawrinka both suffered third-round defeats at the Monte Carlo Masters.

World number nine Wawrinka, who beat fellow Swiss Federer in last year's final, lost 6-1 6-2 to Bulgaria's world number 11 Grigor Dimitrov.
Second seed Federer was beaten 6-4 7-6 (7-5) by Frenchman Gael Monfils, the world number 18 and 14th seed.
Eight-times winner Rafael Nadal beat America's John Isner 7-6 (8-6) 4-6 6-3.
The Spaniard, who won every title at the clay court event from 2005-12, saved two set points in the opener but broke big-serving Isner in the fourth game of the decider.
Nadal faces compatriot David Ferrer in the fourth round after he beat France's Gilles Simon 6-2 6-7 (3-7) 6-1
Monfils's victory over 17-time Grand Slam champion Federer was his second successive triumph on clay after his straight sets win during last year's Davis Cup final.
Federer, 33, four times a beaten finalist in this event, was competing for the first time since losing to Novak Djokovic in the Indian Wells final nearly four weeks ago.
He was broken in the ninth game of the first set and then squandered a 5-3 lead in the second set tie-break, losing four successive points.
Wawrinka had won two of the previous three meetings with Dimitrov, including a clay court encounter at the 2013 World Tour Masters in Madrid.
But the 30-year-old Swiss made 41 unforced errors and had just four winners against the ninth seed.
He was guilty of 13 of those unforced errors as Dimitrov raced 4-0 ahead, and failed to convert four break points in the sixth game of the second set.


A 54-year-old man has been arrested in Surrey in connection with the murder of his brother and three other people in the French Alps.

Saad al-Hilli and his wife Iqbal, from Claygate, Surrey, her mother Suhaila al-Allaf and French cyclist Sylvain Mollier were shot on 5 September.
The family were on holiday by Lake Annecy when they were attacked.
Zaid al-Hilli, Saad's brother, was arrested at an address in Chessington.
He had previously denied there was any feud between him and his brother.
Two judges in Annecy are investigating phone calls made to and from the home of Zaid al-Hilli in the three-week period before the family left for a holiday, the BBC's Christian Fraser, in Paris, reports.
He said: "The French investigators have expressed frustrations since last year that they have not been able to interview Zaid as a suspect.
"They did visit him in March but he was interviewed on that occasions only as a witness. Today's pre-arranged arrest is presumably an opportunity to put some of the unanswered questions, under caution.
"French gendarmes have travelled to Britain but will not be involved in the interview. We understand the questions will be put by the Surrey police; though you can assume the French are directing proceedings."
Annecy prosecutor Eric Maillaud told news agency AFP: "We felt there were enough reasons to take him into custody.
"We need to ask him questions about his schedule, his relationship with his brother and the family inheritance."
About 100 British and French police officers are investigating the deaths.
The family's home in Claygate was searched by French investigators after the shootings.
By Christian FraserBBC News, Paris
There have been difficulties in the past 10 months negotiating two very different legal systems.
Under the French criminal justice system investigating magistrates have independent powers to search premises or demand access to bank accounts and phone records.
In Britain search warrants have to be approved by the courts.
Last year a Joint Investigation Team (JIT), was set up under the auspices of the EU's judicial co-operation policy, Eurojust, to overcome these kinds of problems.
The setting up of a JIT suggests a strong belief that the case will be solved in Britain.
Last month, Surrey Police issued an appeal to help trace a vehicle, thought to be a UK-registered right-hand-drive 4x4, which was seen near the crime scene.
The car was being driven on the Combre d'Ire Road in Chevaline, near Annecy, about 20 minutes before the shooting, the force said.
Surrey Police also said at the time that the Surrey and Sussex Major Crime Team had been working closely with the French authorities on "a number of lines of inquiry" in the UK.
Mr and Mrs al-Hilli's daughters survived the shooting.
Four-year-old Zeena was discovered under her mother's body inside the family car, eight hours after the shooting.
Her seven-year-old sister Zainab was found with serious head injuries after being shot and beaten.


A Russian plane that crashed in Egypt killing 224 had passed a safety review carried out by the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) earlier this year.

The Airbus A-321 had just left Sharm el-Sheikh and was bound for the Russian city of St Petersburg when it came down in the Sinai peninsula on Saturday.
It was registered in the Republic of Ireland through a leasing company but was operated by a Russian airline.
The IAA said the plane's certifications "were satisfactory" on its last review.
An IAA spokesman added that oversight of the operation of the aircraft, including daily and monthly checks, was Russia's responsibility under International Civil Aviation Organisation rules.
Two inspectors from the Republic of Ireland's Air Accident Investigation Unit and an expert from the IAA are expected to travel to Egypt on Monday to join the investigation into the cause of the crash.
An inquiry by aviation experts using data from the aircraft's black boxes has yet to give its conclusions.
But the Russian airline Kogalymavia has blamed "external activity" for the crash.
All 217 passengers and seven crew died when the plane crashed.
The bodies of 144 of those killed have been flown back to St Petersburg.


The government is expected to change the way it raises money for public projects such as schools and hospitals to ensure a better deal for taxpayers.

Chancellor George Osborne is set to announce the changes to the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) in Wednesday's Autumn Statement.
Under the plans, the taxpayer will take a share of up to 49% in new projects.
The current PFI regime has been criticised as being too generous to private contractors.
As well as allowing the taxpayer to take a share in profits from public infrastructure projects, the coalition says the new scheme, expected to be called PFI 2, will be quicker and more transparent.
It will allow the public sector to appoint directors to the boards of individual projects, as well as requiring the projects to publish financial performance figures every year.
The government has also renegotiated existing PFI deals to save Â£2.5bn, according to the BBC's business editor Robert Peston.
Rachel Reeves, Labour's shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, said the chancellor must explain "which frontline services, like the police and social care, he will cut further to pay for this latest U-turn".
"In last year's Autumn Statement, ministers boasted that their infrastructure plan would boost the economy, but none of the road schemes they announced have even started construction. The government needs to ensure that this funding urgently gets through on the ground."
The previous government engaged the private sector to provide major funding for large numbers of schools and hospitals, in return for payments from the public sector.
But the Treasury has decided that this financing model is no longer appropriate at a time when government debt levels are so high.
Nick Bliss, a lawyer who has worked on PFI contracts for 20 years, told the BBC the changes should provide more of a partnership between the public and private sectors.
"From the private sector's perspective, what has really irritated them has been for the last year or two, there has been a total lack of consensus about the way forward.
"This at least will provide a way forward and these are the rules of the game, like them or loathe them," Mr Bliss, who works for the Freshfields law firm said.


A police officer has described how he saved an injured colleague's life by pulling her from the path of a speeding car in Glasgow.

PC Robert Fitzsimmons, 32, told a trial he thought fellow constable Deborah Lawson was going to die.
He told the High Court in Edinburgh it was the most scared he had ever felt.
David McLean, 31, and Ryan Gilmour, 25, deny attempting to murder the two officers during the incident in Banner Drive, Drumchapel, last October.
PC Fitzsimmons told a jury that the pair had been called to a report of a man being chased by another man with a knife in the street at about 23:10 on 23 October.
On arrival, they found a dark 4x4 or people carrier vehicle in the middle of the road with its headlights on, which moved at a "crawl" towards them before stopping.
PC Fitzsimmons said he had struggled with the driver after he refused to get out of the car.
He said he discharged his incapacitant spray into the faces of two men in the car, after being concerned the car would be driven, putting the officers "in a life-threatening situation".
He said the car began to reverse and both officers were swept backwards and dragged to the ground.
"It was the most scared I've ever been in my life," he said.
"PC Lawson's screams will live with me for the rest of my life.
"I thought she was going to die and I couldn't prevent it."
He said at that point PC Lawson's head was about 3ft from the driver's side of the vehicle.
"I heard the engine of the car rev really loudly and I knew it was going to go," he said.
He said he had not realised the extent of PC Lawson's injuries until she failed to move.
At that point he grabbed her torso and pulled her out of the path of the vehicle.
He told the court that as it sped off, the car made no effort to avoid his colleague and without his actions it "would have run over the top of her head".
The court heard he had later identified the accused men in photographic and video identity parades as being the driver and passenger in the car.
Mr McLean and Mr Gilmour are alleged to have attempted to murder the two officers by reversing a Nissan car towards them and repeatedly hitting them with the vehicle "to the danger of their lives".
They also deny further charges including wilfully setting fire to the vehicle and attempting to pervert the course of justice.
The trial, before judge Lord Summers, continues.


A man banned from driving for life has appeared in court after he was caught driving his carer's car home from a pub.

Hugh Thomson, 67, from Lumsden, drank half a pint of beer and four whiskies, Aberdeen Sheriff Court heard.
Police found that he was more than four times the legal drink drive limit and in breach of a life-long driving ban.
He has been given a community payback order as a direct alternative to jail and a further 10 year driving ban.
The court heard that Thomson, who says he has a terminal illness, was banned from driving for life when he appeared at Fort William Sheriff Court in 1997.
On 23 May this year he drove from Lumsden to Rhynie, a nearby village, and drank in the Gordon Arms Hotel.
People tried to take the car keys from him when he set off for home. He refused to give the keys up and police were alerted, Aberdeen Sheriff Court heard.
Sheriff Alison Stirling imposed a further 10 year ban on driving and told him to carry out 60 hours of unpaid work in the community in a year.


Police investigating the theft of three antique coins from a museum have revealed they are worth about £20,000.

The coins were stolen from the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh on 2 September.
Police Scotland have now issued photos of the coins and asked anyone who has comes across them to get in touch.
It comes after the force released CCTV images last week of two men officers believe might be able to help with their inquiries.
Det Con Mark Seymour, of Police Scotland, said: "We continue to pursue various lines of inquiry in relation to this theft and remain keen to speak to the two men pictured in the CCTV footage we recently provided.
"We have now issued images of the coins in the hope someone will recognise them and come forward to tell us where they can be found.
"If you have any information relevant to this investigation then please contact police immediately."


Talk to a Nottingham Forest fan and there's a fair chance that, within a couple of minutes, they will have mentioned Brian Clough and back-to-back European Cups.

It's perfectly understandable of course, given such an incredible achievement by such an iconic manager.
And although they are by no means alone in being quick to gloss over troubled times for the opportunity to reminisce, the latest discontent by the Trent means they are even more likely to bury themselves in the past.
The present feels all too raw.
"In many ways removing Billy Davies is not damaging because for many of us it feels better to have lost the baggage surrounding him. The way that the owner has managed it and communicated since is a worry. This feeling that Fawaz sees himself as a director of football with managerial experience could be a real problem.
"I am nervous about what happens next. I want a long-term view, I liked what Sean O'Driscoll was trying to achieve, but it feels at odds with what Fawaz wants. I think he wants to go up with himself central to it whereas I think he needs to step back and let better qualified people implement the strategy, with the key being building up areas like scouting, player development and team building."
Steve Wright
Owner of Forest fans website Mist Rolling in from the Trent
They are managerless, out of form and haemorrhaging money. And with growing concerns about the owners and their competence, those concerns have given way to anger and, lately, even apathy - such is the disillusion.
Perhaps it's fitting that the man who has a key role in bringing back the good times is steeped in Forest history.
John McGovern, who lifted those European Cups in 1979 and 1980, has ended his summarising role with BBC Radio Nottingham to become a club ambassador and has a specific role in advising the owner and chairman.
If Fawaz Al Hasawi needed to build bridges with fans and restore faith, then appointing a former player with a deep love of the club seems a sensible starting point.
McGovern, 64, is well aware of the need to regain some stability following Billy Davies's sacking and will have a big say in appointing his fellow Scot's successor.
"We want to get a new manager as quickly as possible," McGovern told BBC Sport. "Although we have slipped out of the play-offs, we are still in the frame and a couple of wins we could be back up there.
"But good managers who are available are scarce and, just like when it comes to signing players, we cannot panic buy.
"We have to be a little bit careful because we have to get the right manager regardless of the length of the contract. Getting someone in for just eight games may not be answer and that could be tricky anyway.
Gianfranco Zola, Malky Mackay, Glenn Hoddle, Steve Clarke, Martin O'Neill, Neil Warnock, Stuart Pearce, Roy Keane, Roberto Di Matteo, Nigel Clough.
"Some don't want a short-term deal and some are on gardening leave on good money and in no rush to get back in the game.
"We need to make sure we get the right man."
That man won't be Neil Warnock, who has already turned down a short-term deal because he is clearly fearful of interference from above, worried by the structure behind the scenes, and the lack of knowledge of the English game within the club.
And it won't be Reds legend Stuart Pearce, the former England Under-21 boss having rejected a City Ground return for family reasons.
From the outside the club looks a mess. On the pitch Davies was sacked following an eight-game winless run which has left their season in danger of imploding.
Poor form aside, there are big - and mounting - debts because of huge wages and the looming impact of Financial Fair Play.
There are wealthy, trigger-happy owners, who are already seeking their fifth permanent manager in less than two years, and whose grasp of the English game is seemingly at best naive and, at worst, clueless - depending on your viewpoint.
And all this set against a backdrop of an unsettled atmosphere, which has grown as large sections of the media became alienated under the Davies regime.
"It's not that I was completely in support of the manager, more that I am just not a fan of booting managers out. We were only two points outside the play-offs and had we won on Tuesday [against Charlton], we would be in the play-offs. I think he should have been given the time to see the task through until the end of the season, but the off-pitch antics were too much for some.
"It was inevitable Billy would be sacked in the end. He seemed to decide to have a certain mentality and approach with blocking the press and he was asking for trouble. We have had some great results this season but losing 5-0 to Derby was the final straw. He should have come out an addressed the fans after that."
Alan March
Sports broadcaster and Forest fan
Supporters were becoming increasingly angered by the off-field news dominating the playing side. And as results dropped off, the attention to the media ban and lack of information escalated. The tolerance stopped as the team teetered.
Just when the Reds needed a boost, they were battered 5-0 by Derby County - the result that ended Davies's second spell in charge.
They followed that up with a 1-0 home loss against lowly Charlton Athletic and are now looking an outside bet to make the play-offs.
European glories seem a very long way off.
Al Hasawi, whose love for Forest grew from the Clough sides of the late 70s and early 80s, has denied interfering in team matters and apologised for the turmoil.
But the apology has seemingly done little to appease and reassure the fans.
Forest supporters have been lining up to say recent results and the off-pitch problems meant it was time for Davies to go.
Steve Wright, owner of Forest fans website Mist Rolling in from the Trent, said: "In many ways removing Billy Davies is not damaging because, for many of us, it feels better to have lost the baggage surrounding him.
"I was delighted to see Davies go but nervous about what happens next. I want a long-term view."
"Many fans, for a while at least, argued that it didn't matter what was going on off the pitch; it was only results that mattered. In the short term this might have been true but it would only last as long as the unbeaten run. As it is, the structure of the club has been undone and we're now paying the price. The relationship with the press and the club's reputation are hugely important.
"There was a surreal sense of relief when Davies was sacked. Having expected him to be here until 2017, as he kept insisting, and acknowledged that, maybe despite everything, he might get us promoted. We played some great football at the start of the year but the same problems surfaced again. It's difficult to know where we turn - without any strong, experienced senior executives we have no serious drive or direction."
Pat Riddell
Owner of Forest fans blog Seat Pitch
Pat Riddell, owner of Forest fans blog Seat Pitch, agreed that sacking Davies was the right thing - even if the timing is far from ideal.
"Many fans, for a while at least, argued that it didn't matter what was going on off the pitch; it was only results that mattered.
"In the short term, while we were winning, this might have been true but it would only last as long as the unbeaten run.
"The structure of the club has been undone and we're now paying the price."
For some it seems to be a case of "be careful what you wish for". The irascible Scot was a man whom many supporters consistently called to be reinstated during the traumatic 2012-13 season.
Few have questioned Davies's managerial credentials, but there are misgivings about the "baggage" and disruption has grown.
Sports broadcaster and Forest fan Alan March still felt Davies deserved more time.
"I think he should have been given the time to see the task through until the end of the season, but the off-pitch antics were too much for some," March said.
"It was inevitable Billy would be sacked in the end. He seemed to decide to have a certain mentality and approach with blocking the press and he was asking for trouble.
"That upset many fans and when the results started to get worse the rumblings from supporters got louder."
Former England manager Glenn Hoddle, ex-Chelsea and Italy star and Watford boss Gianfranco Zola, and former Cardiff City boss Malky Mackay are just three of the names being considered, but the team remain rudderless for now.
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Whoever takes over will seem to have a big task to get things right off the pitch, as well as on it.
But the obvious doom and gloom aside, there are reasons to be cheerful.
Forest still have serious financial clout from owners who maintain they are unwavering in the dream of bringing Premier League football back to Nottingham for the first time since 1999.
And despite concerns about interference from above, there there will no doubt be an impressive list of candidates clamouring for the job.
Warnock believes Zola - given his previous experience working at Watford - would be a ideal man to work with Al Hasawi.
"I can see someone like Zola coming in," Warnock told BBC Radio Nottingham.
"I really think that Fawaz needs to install trusted high-level advisers to build a strategic level for the club - a CEO or similar who can dictate the future template for the club - the type of manager we want, the type of football we want to play, the type of players we want to recruit and develop.
"We need a long-term plan, and if we lose a manager we should be able to recruit a replacement without a wholesale shift in personnel on the pitch and among the coaching staff. I would much rather us limp home this season and get a structure to support Fawaz's vision of promotion then sustainability in the top flight than make a knee-jerk appointment and be in the same position as now in a year or less."
Alan Fisher
Writer at Forest fans website Lost That Loving Feeling
"At Watford he had a great first season when the owners brought loads of players in and Zola coached them. That might fit the bill that the chairman is looking for. But that isn't how I manage."
Former England, Chelsea and Tottenham manager Hoddle has the pedigree and vast knowledge, while Mackay has had considerable experience of working under a challenging chairman.
But whoever is appointed, he is unlikely to be given the luxury of time.
Al Hasawi talked about his desire to have Davies as his manager in a Sir Alex Ferguson-style, Manchester United-like dynasty. Davies only signed a new, extended contract in October.
That relationship broke down rapidly.
Money appears no object in seeking a new love. But patience could well be more of an issue - both in terms of backing the new manager during the rebuilding phase, and keeping faith with "project Premier League" and all the hassle that involves, while the criticism from a set of frustrated fans increases.
Additional reporting and interviews by Neil Heath.


British actor Toby Jones has said he thinks Brexit will affect where UK-made films are shot.

He said of the impact of the UK's EU withdrawal: "The thing that causes everyone upset and anxiety is that no one knows how much and when and how."
The Detectorists actor is starring in the Palme d'Or-nominated Happy End.
Jones said he felt "very proud" to be in a French-language film made by Austrian Michael Haneke, describing it as an "eclectic mix".
Happy End, also starring French star Isabelle Huppert as Jones' partner, is about a bourgeois family living in Calais, and is set against the backdrop of the migrant crisis.
Jones, who starred as Captain Mainwaring in 2016's Dad's Army film, said Brexit "makes it very hard to plan".
Speaking to the BBC, he said: "Financing a film depends on the security of your investment.
"For as long as I've been acting and we've been in Europe, it's given you freedom to film in Europe, especially eastern Europe. I suspect that's jeopardised by Brexit."
But Jones, who studied in France, said: "We're not leaving Europe culturally. It's impossible to do that. But we cannot predict what's going to happen."
He said he was a huge fan of 75-year-old Haneke, for whom this would be a record third Palme d'Or.
Happy End is a sequel of sorts to his last feature to take the title, Amour, with characters sharing the same last name as the protagonists of that film.
Amour told the story of a close elderly couple whose happy, comfortable life starts to crumble following a stroke suffered by the wife Anne.
Jones is enthusiastic when he speaks of leaping at the opportunity to star as Lawrence in Happy End, which sees cracks appear in the extended family, all living under one roof.
"If Michael Haneke asks, 'would you like to be in my film?', it wouldn't matter if I had no lines," Jones said.
"There are a few film directors where you think, 'this is the type of cinema I dreamed of being in'.
"He is a proper European master of cinema and someone who works in a totally different way than British or American cinema, so it's amazing to be a part of that.
"I was so surprised when he got in touch. I thought, 'really?' I went to meet him and he described all of these performances he'd seen of mine."
But as for why there is a British character in this French-language film, Jones is not at all sure - and it may just be that Haneke wanted to work with him.
"I don't think I would have got an answer if I asked why Lawrence is British," mused Jones. "There's something there about isolation."
Jones, who's due to star in a forthcoming Jurassic Park film, finished making another film in France last week.
"I love working in France," he said. "There's not that arthouse divide there is in the UK and the US.
"They have protected cinema - they have protected the notion of ideas in cinema. It's not purely entertainment. I think there's an ongoing issue and has been for as long as I remember about how to protect British films in British cinema."
Happy End, which uses social media graphics on screen with a disconcerting effect, has been largely well received, with the Financial Times calling it a "brilliant cinematic puzzle.
But Screen International said it "feels like an assemblage of Haneke's favourite themes, a spread of nibbles" that doesn't amount to a full film.
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Ross Moriarty's introduction to life with the Lions can be summed up by three things.

Gruelling fitness sessions, learning new songs and the prospect of battling the best of British and Irish rugby for a Test shirt.
The 23-year-old Gloucester and Wales back row was part of an advanced guard of 14 players who met in the Vale of Glamorgan to start preparing for next month's daunting tour of New Zealand, which kicks off on 3 June.
The rest of the 41-man squad are still involved in English Premiership, Pro12 or French play-offs, so coach Warren Gatland and his backroom staff have been putting the players who are available through their paces.
For the 14 that boils down to exercise bikes at breakfast time; hard fitness, skills and organisation either side of lunch and community singing at supper time.
Nobody said life with the Lions would be champagne and roses.
Asked how his introduction to Lions rugby has been, Moriarty laughs: "Is this on the record?"
Then he puts his game face on, or at least the one players wear when facing the media.
"It's been good. The fitness is obviously a big element of this week," he said.
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"We start on the bikes at 7.30, which isn't fun, but hard work pays off in the end and the training sessions have been intense with a lot of running fitness and skills and combined with some more organisational stuff, so it's been a good mixture.
"It's a step up. Everybody steps up a level whatever they are doing. Everyone's going to be pushing harder than in the past.
"The Lions comes around every four years and some people only get one chance and no one is going to be holding anything back, that's for sure.
"It's tough. You get to know new systems and line-outs and that's got to happen pretty quickly.
"We're playing in a couple of weeks' time and we're going to be hitting the ground running when we get to the first game.
"You push yourself to the very edge and then you make rugby easier."
Moriarty was one of the surprise selections when Gatland's squad was announced in April after his emergence for Wales and impressive form for Gloucester.
He described hearing his name called out as overwhelming, but having played in all three Tests for Wales against the All Blacks in June 2016 knows exactly what to expect in New Zealand.
"It's going to be a huge challenge," he added.
"It's 10 games with three Tests in there and we know every single game is going to be as big as the next.
"Leading up to those Tests everybody's going to be laying everything out and putting the best foot forward and everyone's going to be fighting each other for that Test shirt."
The inevitable competition for places has to be contained within a team built from four countries and players used to battling against each other on the international field.
So the fledgling Lions have been learning to sing from the same song sheet - literally.
Moriarty has had a familiar room-mate in the shape of Gloucester and Scotland scrum-half Greig Laidlaw, who has been setting the standard in the vocal stakes.
"I'm not too good at singing, but I'll have a go, as in all things," said Moriarty.
"Greig's enjoying himself singing the Scottish songs, and everyone's getting into it and it's good fun.
"In the evenings we have a get together and we have our song sheets and you'll get to hear it in the next few weeks, but we'll do our best on them as well."
What will they sing? Well, for the moment that's as secret as the line-out calls they have been learning.
"You'll find out when we go away," says Moriarty.


There haven't been many good moments for Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims in the last four years.

This country's dramatic political changes have passed them by. Greater democracy has not brought greater respect for the stateless Rohingya's human rights.
But the formation of an Advisory Commission on Rakhine State represents a rare glimmer of hope.
For the first time, the Burmese government is seeking international expertise to try and solve one of the country's most complex problems.
It's a significant shift. For years, the official Burmese mantra has been that "no foreigner can possibly understand Rakhine's problems".
Now Kofi Annan, the former UN secretary general, has been tasked with taking a fresh look at the issues as head of nine-member commission. His report could just add to the mountain of papers written about Rakhine and the Rohingya, or it just might be a game-changer.
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So what's Aung San Suu Kyi up to?
Well, first a cynical take. Next week the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is due in the Burmese capital Nay Pyi Taw and in September Ms Suu Kyi will head to the United States for the UN General Assembly and talks with President Obama.
The Nobel laureate was no doubt bracing herself for awkward questions about why she wasn't doing more to help Myanmar's Muslim minority and in particular the 800,000 or so Rohingya. Those questions can now be easily deflected with reference to this new commission.
But there's more at play than that. By setting up the commission, Ms Suu Kyi is signalling that she is open to new ideas, and doesn't have all the answers.
Kofi Annan may be 78 but, as you'd expect from a former UN secretary general, he's his own man.
The final report, due to be delivered by the end of August 2017, is likely to contain suggestions that many Burmese consider unpalatable.
Almost certainly it will insist that the Rohingya's basic human rights are respected, perhaps recommending that Myanmar offer them a better route to citizenship.
In Myanmar's current political climate it's hard for Ms Suu Kyi to bring those ideas to the table. She'd be attacked not just by hardline Buddhists but many within her own party.
So Kofi Annan and his report could be the "Trojan Horse" that brings this sort of proposal into the national debate.
There are of course plenty of caveats.
Problems as deeply entrenched as those between the Buddhist and Muslim communities in Rakhine State will not be solved overnight. The animosity between them has built up over decades with many in the Buddhist majority seeing the Rohingya as illegal immigrants from across the border in Bangladesh.
After the violence of 2012, more than 100,000 Rohingya were forced from their homes into camps. In the years that have followed there's been no real effort to help them return.
Rakhine has become increasingly segregated, with some comparing it to South Africa's apartheid. Things have become quieter but there's been little reconciliation.
Whatever the commission ends up concluding, any move to give the Rohingya greater rights will be hugely controversial not just in Rakhine State but across the country.
Vocal parts of the Buddhist community are openly hostile towards international aid agencies and the UN. They're unlikely to welcome Kofi Annan's team, no doubt anticipating the sort of recommendations he might make.
Implementing any "solution" will be even harder.
But the formation of this advisory commission is something new. However small, it's the first bit of positive news that the Rohingya have had for a long time.


The man identified as the killer of three US police officers in Baton Rouge had posted videos complaining at police treatment of African Americans and urging them to "fight back".

One of Gavin Long's videos stresses he is not linked to any group but is "affiliated with justice".
The ex-Marine, 29, was killed by police during the attack on Sunday morning.
Authorities said on Monday that two rifles and a handgun were recovered from the scene.
Tension has been high since police shot dead a black man in Baton Rouge two weeks ago.
That death - and a second police shooting in Minnesota - sparked protests across the US and triggered a revenge attack by a black army veteran who shot dead five officers in the city of Dallas.
Responding to the latest killings, President Barack Obama called upon all Americans to unite and refrain from divisive language.
Louisiana State Police said on Monday that they had now positively identified Long as the gunman via fingerprints and said he had been "certainly seeking out police".
Col Mike Edmonson said: "His movements, his direction, his attention was on police officers."
More details have emerged about Long, who was from Kansas City, Missouri, including his service history.
Baton Rouge is in pain once more. But in a city now so full of hurt, the rift between police and the black community seems as wide as ever. Mayor Kip Holden has said the shooting may be a defining moment in community relations. But will it fuel the distrust and anger between the two sides or is it a moment for that to be set aside and solutions found?
I met protesters and black leaders in the city horrified at the violence. Cleve Dunn Jr, who has been helping organise some of the peaceful protests in Baton Rouge, told me that if you feel hurt in your heart for the death of Alton Sterling, then you feel hurt in your heart for the fallen officers. But he said there was still an issue to be addressed and they were meeting to discuss what future demands they would have of a police force they felt was too quick to judge a black man as dangerous.
The police are focussed on the investigation and the very real fear this gunman was enacting some kind of revenge. The force was already on edge during the days of demonstrations. How do they now tell friend from foe if there are further protests?
One of the key messages has come from the brother of Montrell Jackson, the black officer killed on Sunday. It is time to end this madness, he told a national radio station. The problem is - no one seems to know how.
A Marine from August 2005 until August 2010, he rose to the rank of sergeant and served in Iraq from June 2008 until January 2009, earning a number of medals and commendations. He received an honourable discharge.
His video and online postings used the pseudonym Cosmo Setepenra. He railed against what he saw as injustices against black people, at one point saying "you gotta fight back".
In one video, posted on YouTube, Long said that should "anything happen" to him, he was "not affiliated" with any group.
One website called "convoswithcosmo" says he travelled to Dallas in the wake of the killing of the police officers there.
In a 10 July video apparently posted from Dallas, he said only violence and financial pressure would bring about change.
Sunday's attack reportedly took place on Long's birthday.
Police responded to reports of a man dressed in black holding a rifle behind a store. They are investigating whether an emergency call lured the officers there.
The exchange of fire lasted about eight minutes. Mayor Kip Holden said it was an "ambush-style" attack.
Col Edmonson said the gunman was believed to have acted alone.
The dead officers were named as Montrell Jackson, 32, and Matthew Gerald, 41, of the Baton Rouge police department, and Sheriff's Deputy Brad Garafola, 45. All three men had families.
Three other officers were wounded, one of whom was in a critical condition on Monday.
It has emerged that just days before the attack Montrell Jackson posted an emotional message on Facebook about how hard it was to be a black police officer in Baton Rouge.
President Obama called for everyone to "focus on words and actions that can unite this country rather than divide it further".
Mayor Holden told local media the "rhetoric from some people" after the death of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge could be connected.
"Everything's been anti-police," he said, but added that the "overwhelming number of people" were "not buying into their rhetoric".
US Attorney General Loretta Lynch said federal law enforcement agencies were "determined to do everything we can to bridge divides, to heal rifts, to restore trust, and to ensure that every American feels respected, supported, and safe".


US astronaut Gene Cernan - the last man to walk on the Moon - has died aged 82.

America's space agency Nasa said it was "saddened by the loss" of the retired spaceman.
Captain Cernan was one of only three people to go to the Moon twice and the last man to leave a footprint on the lunar surface in 1972.
The final words he spoke there were: "We leave as we came and, God willing, as we shall return with peace and hope for all mankind."
He was the commander of the Apollo 17 mission at the time.
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In a statement, Cernan's family said he passed away on Monday following ongoing health issues. They did not give any further details.
"It is with very deep sadness that we share the loss of our beloved husband and father," the statement said.
"Our family is heartbroken.
"Even at the age of 82, Gene was passionate about sharing his desire to see the continued human exploration of space and encouraged our nation's leaders and young people to not let him remain the last man to walk on the Moon."
Before the Apollo 17 mission, Cernan had travelled into space twice - in 1966 and 1969.
A qualified naval aviator, he was selected into the third group of Nasa astronauts in 1963.
He retired in 1976, going into private business and contributing to US television channels on a variety of issues.
Cernan also produced a documentary film about his life, which he discussed at length in this BBC interview in 2014.
Born on 14 March 1934 in Chicago, his full name was Eugene Andrew Cernan.
He is survived by his wife Jan Nanna Cernan, his daughter and two step-daughters and also nine grandchildren.
His family said details regarding his funeral would be announced in the coming days.
Gene Cernan's death comes just weeks after that of another Nasa astronaut, John Glenn.


A tiny new tracker designed to monitor bee behaviour is being tested by experts in London.

It is made from left over pieces of tech and is based on tracking equipment used in warehouses.
Making up the tracker is a specially designed computer chip and aerial - which has been created to be thinner and lighter than those used to track bigger insects.
Around 50 have been made so far and the idea is to use them to track the bees as they move around in the wild.
Experts are hoping that this new technology will allow scientists to have a better understanding on why the number of bees are declining.


An election to decide the new Bishop of Llandaff has ended with no result.

An electoral college of 47 people, including all the bishops in Wales, had met over three days to vote on a confidential candidates list.
The election follows the retirement of Dr Barry Morgan at the end of January.
The Church in Wales said none of the candidates received the number of votes required for election - a two-thirds majority.
Under the terms of the Church's constitution, the responsibility of filling the vacancy now falls to the Bench of Bishops.
The Bishop of Swansea and Brecon, John Davies, who is president of the electoral college, said the process leading up to an eventual appointment would include a wide-ranging consultation of both the laity and the clergy.
It is only the second time in the Church of Wales' history that it has not been able to reach a decision on a bishop's appointment.
The first was in 2004, when the electoral college could not reach agreement on a new Bishop of Bangor.


Port Vale striker AJ Leitch-Smith has rejected the offer of a new contract with the League One club.

The club's 12-goal scorer, who signed on a one-year deal from Yeovil in July 2015, has already been linked with a move to join newly-departed ex-Vale boss Rob Page at promoted Northampton.
"His agent sent an email today to say that they were rejecting the offer," said Vale chairman Norman Smurthwaite.
"They want to terminate his contract and for him to be paid up."
Smurthwaite told BBC Radio Stoke: "That is what were going to do.
"We gave the boy a chance then, all of a sudden, his requirements have gone up six-fold and we're not in that market.
"Rob was hoping we could keep him but he's got interest from other clubs now.
"I suppose we could have tied him down to a two-year deal when he came, but he wanted to make himself known again, reinvent his career, and we've benefited from that. That's football."
Former Crewe Alexandra Academy product Leitch-Smith, who spent a year at Yeovil prior to his move back to the Potteries, did not make an instant impact at Vale Park.
Having failed to score in his first 16 games, he then hit 12 in 26 matches over the second half of the season to help transform Vale from relegation candidates to potential play-off challengers.
Leitch-Smith follows the lead of defender Richard Duffy and striker Louis Dodds, who are to make summer moves after rejecting new deals, while midfielder Michael O'Connor is looking to move to cut down on his travelling.


The Bank of England has held UK interest rates at the record low of 0.5%.

The Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted by 8 to 1 to keep rates unchanged.
One committee member, Ian McCafferty, disagreed with the majority outlook and voted for a quarter-point rate rise for a third month in a row.
UK interest rates have now remained unchanged for more than six years.
The central bank said cost pressures in the UK's labour market were rising too slowly for inflation to return to the Bank's 2% target, and that inflation would stay below 1% until spring 2016.
Inflation has been hovering around 0% for the past few months, but the Bank had indicated that robust domestic growth and the fading effect of last year's big oil price falls would cause it to bounce back towards 2% next year.
Although UK consumer spending had remained resilient, bolstered by wage growth, attempts to reduce the UK budget deficit had restrained activity and global growth had been below average.
Policymakers appeared fairly relaxed about problems in emerging markets, saying there was little evidence so far that the slowdown in these markets was having much impact on advanced economies.
Nonetheless, a risk remained that "emerging market prospects might deteriorate further", the policymakers said.
Many economists still think a UK rate rise will happen early next year, though some are starting to forecast a slightly later move as doubts mount about whether the US Federal Reserve will tighten policy before the end of 2015.
Alan Wilson, an analyst at Aberdeen Asset Management, said the MPC decision "marks a return to a more cautious tone" and that "the prospect of a rate rise is some way off".
But Howard Archer of IHS Global Insight said "an interest rate hike from 0.5% to 0.75% sometime in the first half of 2016 still looks much more likely than not".
"This is based on our belief that the UK will see some improvement in growth from its third-quarter soft patch and that consumer price inflation will start rising gradually from late 2015," he added.


Convicted paedophiles would be denied passports in Australia under a "world-first" plan proposed by the government.

The proposal, to be introduced to parliament, would prohibit registered sex offenders from travelling overseas.
Justice Minister Michael Keenan said it would affect about 20,000 offenders who had completed punishments but remained under monitoring by authorities.
Sex offenders would be able to apply for passports if they were no longer on the register, the government said.
"No country has ever taken such decisive and strong action to stop its citizens from going overseas, often to vulnerable countries, to abuse kids," Mr Keenan said.
About 800 registered sex offenders travelled overseas from Australia in 2016, according to the government.
The government said about 3,200 sex offenders would never be eligible for passports because they were being monitored for life.
Mr Keenan described child sex tourism as an "absolutely abhorrent crime".
The proposal was reached with independent Senator Derryn Hinch, long time campaigner for tougher laws to deal with sex offenders.
Mr Hinch said the proposal would protect children.
"You go to Bali, you go to Phnom Penh, you go to Siem Reap, and you see these middle-aged Australian men there, Caucasian men, with a young local kid - they are not there to get a suntan," he told reporters on Tuesday.
Last year, Australian man Robert Andrew Fiddes Ellis was convicted of sexually abusing 11 girls in Indonesia and jailed for 15 years.


Around 100 people attended the funeral of a Second World War veteran who died without any known family.

Robert Neale, who was 88 and from Belchford in Lincolnshire, died in hospital in March.
His neighbour, Sam Curtis, appealed for people to attend and said it was an 'amazing' turnout.
The appeal was supported by the Horncastle and District branch of the Royal British Legion.
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Ms Curtis said: "I am amazed, it was standing room only. He would have been chuffed to bits."
During the service people heard Mr Neale, who was born in Brighton, tried to sign up for the Army at 14 and again at 15, lying about his age.
He eventually enlisted at 18 and served in North Africa.
The service at Alford Crematorium was led by Canon John Thorold, the county chaplain for the Royal British Legion.
"I think it was absolutely wonderful response," he said.
"I am most grateful to those people for coming."
The branch also provided a guard of honour and a bugler for the service.
Julian Millington, chairman of the Horncastle and District branch of the Royal British Legion, said he had not known Mr Neale personally but found it unacceptable there would be no-one to mourn his passing.
"I know he was injured in Tripoli and that he carried the scars of those injuries for the rest of his life.
"In my mind that makes him a hero and someone who should be rewarded with a memorable funeral."


The controversial 50-50 recruitment process for the PSNI ends on Monday after 10 years.

The process was introduced as part of the Patten policing reforms and was aimed at increasing the number of Catholic officers.
When it was first introduced, Catholics made up about 8% of the police.
Secretary of State Owen Paterson said that with almost 30% of officers now from a Catholic background, the practice could no longer be justified.
Nationalist politicians have viewed it  as a success, but unionist politicians claimed it unfairly discriminated against Protestants.
DUP MP Jeffrey Donaldson said he was glad to see the end of "institutionalised state-sponsored discrimination in the 21st century".
He said it was "wrong" to prevent someone who has the qualifications for a job from "doing it simply because of their religious affiliation".
"I have met many young Protestants who applied to join the police, who went through all the exams and assessments and got into the merit pool and then were told 'I'm sorry you can't be a police officer because you are Presbyterian, Church of Ireland, Baptist, Methodist'," he added.
"I have had young people in my office in tears because their future was being determined on a base sectarian decision."
SDLP Assembly member Alex Attwood said he understood the issue had been difficult for unionists, but that there was "every justification for continuing the policy".
He said the Patten Commission had recommended that "50-50 recruitment remain in place for 10 years at least".
"This is not sectarianism, this is a positive discrimination measure approved by the European authorities in terms of a critical public service after years of conflict," he added.
"People recognise that getting policing right was crucial for moving Northern Ireland forward and getting the number of Catholics in the police right was crucial as part of that strategy."
Sinn Fein's policing spokesman Alex Maskey said he "rejects totally" the move.
"Clearly progress has been made in relation to policing, but that has been slow and painstaking; collectively we still have some way to travel yet," he said.
"I welcome that more people across the community have been willing to give the PSNI a chance in recent times.
"However, the onus remains on the police to engage with communities, build confidence within communities and the composition of the police is an essential element of this process."
Ulster Unionist Leader Tom Elliott has welcomed the secretary of state's announcement.
He said it would "end the deliberate bias in the selection system against anyone who is not from the Roman Catholic community".
"Police officers in Northern Ireland should be recruited on the basis of being the best person for the job," he said.
"Nowhere else in the democratic world would have tolerated such discrimination for so long and I'm glad that the provisions have finally ended and the principle of merit restored."


Plans for a new £110m theatre and arts venue at the site of the former Granada TV studios in Manchester have been approved by the city council.

Chancellor George Osborne pledged £78m for The Factory Manchester in last year's Autumn Statement as part of the Northern Powerhouse project.
The 5,000-capacity venue is scheduled to open by summer 2019 but needed to secure a £32m contribution.
Council leader Sir Richard Leese said the project was "very exciting indeed".
It is hoped the economic benefits of The Factory will not be limited to increased visitor numbers.
The council said Manchester's creative economy was also increasingly important and a new, large-scale arts centre is seen as the next critical piece of infrastructure to support the area's "creative eco-system".
It said it has been tasked with finding £32m from "a variety of sources", with "as little public money as feasible" used.
The Factory is designed to be in a different league to Manchester's other arts venues. It is intended to be a major global venue that happens to be in Manchester instead of London, New York or Berlin.
It is also hoped it will boost the local economy, create jobs, bolster the so-called Northern Powerhouse and provide training.
But the required council contribution is a huge amount in any financial climate, and it will need £10m a year of public money to run. Where will that come from?
Will there be the audience to fill a 5,000-capacity building night in, night out? And will it appeal beyond the culture vultures to the majority of Manchester?
These things will determine whether it becomes a cultural powerhouse or a white elephant.
It will be located in a new area, St John's, which includes the former Granada Studios site in Manchester city centre.
The former Coronation Street set, which has been hosting visitor tours since April 2014, will be removed in early 2016 before the site is returned to developer Allied London.


A Ugandan tabloid has named the country's "200 top homosexuals", a day after President Yoweri Museveni signed into law a bill toughening penalties for gay people.

Red Pepper's list appeared under the headline: "Exposed", raising concerns of a witch-hunt against gay people.
Western governments have condemned Mr Museveni's decision to approve the bill.
Uganda is a deeply conservative society where most people oppose homosexuality.
Homosexual acts were already illegal in Uganda, but the new law bans the promotion of homosexuality and covers lesbians for the first time.
In 2011, Ugandan gay activist David Kato was killed in what rights activists said was a homophobic attack.
His name had appeared on a list published by the now-defunct Ugandan Rolling Stone magazine, calling for the execution of gay people.
The BBC's Ali Mutasa reports from the capital, Kampala, that many of the people named on Red Pepper's list are known to be homosexuals, and some of them live abroad.
The list also includes some Ugandans who previously had not identified themselves as gay, the Associated Press news agency reports.
"The media witch-hunt is back," tweeted Jacqueline Kasha, a prominent Ugandan lesbian activist who appears on Red Pepper's list.
Well-known gay rights activist Pepe Julian Onziema is also on the list, along with a popular hip-hop star and a Catholic priest, AP reports.
On Monday, US Secretary of State John Kerry said Mr Museveni's decision to sign the bill was a "tragic day for Uganda and for all who care about the cause of human rights".
"Now that this law has been enacted, we are beginning an internal review of our relationship with the Government of Uganda to ensure that all dimensions of our engagement, including assistance programmes, uphold our anti-discrimination policies and principles and reflect our values,'' he said in a statement.
Uganda receives a reported $400m (Â£240m) in annual aid from the US.
Sweden's Development Assistance Minister Hillevi Engstrom called Mr Museveni's decision "terrible" and said that direct aid to Uganda, worth about $10.8m, could be withdrawn.
As a result of the new law, the Netherlands has stopped a $9.6m subsidy to Uganda's judicial system.
Norway and Denmark said they would transfer direct aid - together totalling about $17m - to non-governmental organisations.
Mr Museveni signed a watered-down version of the bill on Monday, which includes life sentences for gay sex and same-sex marriage
However, a clause criminalising those who do not report gay people was removed as well as a proposed sentence of up to 14 years for first-time offenders.
Earlier, government spokesman Ofwono Opondo told Reuters news agency Mr Museveni wanted "to demonstrate Uganda's independence in the face of Western pressure and provocation".
The sponsor of the bill, MP David Bahati, insisted homosexuality was a "behaviour that can be learned and can be unlearned".


Facebook has apologised for "incorrectly" rejecting a Hong Kong activist's profile picture frame referencing the Tiananmen massacre.

Fung Ka Keung had designed a layer of text, known as a frame, for his profile picture to commemorate the incident.
But it was rejected on the grounds it "belittles, threatens or attacks a particular person, legal entity, nationality or group".
Facebook was accused of having political motivations for the move.
The network has been blocked in China since 2009, and is thought to be keen to re-enter the market.
The Tiananmen Square massacre, which saw hundreds of activists killed on 4 June 1989, is highly sensitive in China.
China bans all activists' commemorations and highly regulates online discussion of the incident, including censoring criticism. But it is marked annually by activists elsewhere in the world, particularly in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Since December, Facebook has allowed users to design text and graphics as frames to overlay on their profile pictures. This feature is often used by activists to champion causes or in the wake of attacks of natural disasters.
All frames must be submitted for Facebook's approval before they can be used and shared with other users.
Mr Fung said on his Facebook page that he submitted his Tiananmen-themed frame for approval on Friday.
The frame states in a mixture of Chinese and English: "June 4 28th Anniversary", "Vindicate June 4th" and "End Dictatorial Rule".
On Saturday, he was told the frame was rejected because it "belittles, threatens or attacks a particular person, legal entity, nationality or group".
But Facebook this week reversed its position and approved the frame, following reports in Hong Kong media outlets, some of whom questioned whether it was an act of censorship. A second similar frame created by Mr Fung was also approved.
A spokesperson told the BBC: "The frame was disapproved incorrectly. We apologise for this mistake and have let the user know we approved his submission."
Mr Fung told the BBC that about 2,600 users were currently using the frames, and that he felt Facebook had made some "pretty strange decisions".
"I wouldn't be surprised if political motivations were behind the decisions," he said.  "I doubt they would have been approved if what happened wasn't publicised."
Facebook declined to comment further on this or on the process behind the original rejection.
The Tiananmen massacre happened when the Communist Party sought to end weeks of pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
It sent in the army to crush the protests, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of activists, many of whom were young students.


A rare long-necked plesiosaur could soon go on display in Oxford after the city's Museum of Natural History successfully bid for a grant.

"Eve" was discovered at Must Farm quarry at Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, and donated to the museum last year.
The museum was awarded Â£90,000 from the DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund to display the specimen alongside another plesiosaur.
Director Prof Paul Smith said it would "reinvigorate" the museum.
Eve will be displayed with a short-necked plesiosaur discovered near Oxford in the 1990s in new cases, and with new artwork and digital content.
"The exhibit will present a picture of central England 165 million years ago: submerged 50 metres underwater in a warm, shallow sea, teeming with animals that are now long-extinct," a spokesman said.
Mr Smith said it would "conserve and exhibit two internationally-significant fossil marine reptiles".
The museum is currently looking for matched funding to complete the project.


The story of punk rock has become a decidedly British affair, through its many retellings, with the Sex Pistols providing its Anarchy in the UK strapline as well as its chief emblem - the Queen with a safety-pinned face.

Sure, the Americans got in first musically with their scene at venerated New York punk club CBGB - where bands like Blondie, Television and The Ramones were on stage from as early as 1974 - but the social impact of British punk was more profound and its ramifications more lasting.
There is, though, another essential part of the story that has been forgotten by all but the staunchest connoisseur, and that is the contribution of the French.
The French? Mais oui.
"Punk rock would have happened in the UK without France," said Andrew Hussey, head of French and Comparative Studies at the University of London Institute in Paris.
"But without the French, without their big ideas and their politics and fanaticism, punk rock in the UK would've been nothing more than growly old rockers with shorter hair."
He believes the confrontational attitude and much of the thinking behind punk came from across the Channel rather than the Atlantic.
"The real influence of French punk rock lies in the ideas, the style and the ruthless elegance - they never produced a (British bands) Clash or a Sex Pistols, but what they did was introduce the real politics in punk."
The roots of those politics, Hussey said, were to be found in a movement of intellectuals and rebels who became known as the Situationists.
These characters, led by rebel extraordinaire Guy Debord, were dead set on cultural subversion, changing the world through art and ideas.
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They enjoyed their most notorious moment by providing the philosophical muscle to the Paris riots of May '68, when students and workers took to the streets to attack the state.
This was disorder versus authority, youthful zeal versus a sclerotic status quo, and it was a direct inspiration of punk.
Now deified as arguably punk's most important individual, Malcolm McLaren, who went on to become the Sex Pistols' manager and helped cement punk style, was then an impressionable young rebel looking for direction.
The Francophile dashed across to France in the aftermath of the riots and was seduced by Situationist posters and slogans like, "Be realistic, demand the impossible" and others that would later feed straight into Sex Pistols lyrics, "Cheap holidays in other people's misery" and "No future".
Situationist thinking, McLaren said, "was bleeding from Paris into England", and others soon caught on.
The man behind the Manchester punk scene, Tony Wilson, went on to name his club the Hacienda after a Situationist text, while arguably punk's most important artist Jamie Reid became a master of detournement, flipping images directly against themselves and subverting them so they became cultural weapons.
Perhaps the most famous example was his cover for the Sex Pistols' famously banned single, God Save the Queen.
One of the natural products and great evils of Western life was boredom, according to the Situationists, and punks felt very much the same.
Eric Debris from Parisian band Metal Urbain said: "Everything was black and white - the TV was in black and white, the streets were in black and white.
"Everyday life was extremely boring, you felt people needed a push so they'd feel alive - the idea was to stir the pot and see what happened and of course people in England were doing the same."
In New York, the US proto-punks looked further back for Gallic inspiration.
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US punk "godmother" Patti Smith obsessed over French writer Jean Genet and the poet Arthur Rimbaud, while guitarist Thomas Miller became Tom Verlaine (in honour of the poet Paul Verlaine, Rimbaud's lover) and set up the band Television with Richard Hell, whose cropped hair and torn clothes became an influential look and similarly nodded towards fin-de-siecle poets.
But it was not just a story of influence, either. France's very own punk scene was taking shape if anything slightly earlier than the UK's.
French bands like Metal Urbain and Stinky Toys began performing in 1975 and the likes of Marie et les Garcons, Asphalt Jungle and Gazoline soon followed.
Europe's first punk festival took place at Mont-de-Marsan, Aquitaine in 1976, and was organised by Marc Zermati.
Zermati said the French felt close to the US scene: "The real punk movement started in New York and Paris came before the UK because we were really connected to New York... it was exciting because we thought we were conspiring against the establishment."
He said it was in his record shop in Les Halles, Paris that he persuaded McLaren to call the movement punk rather than New Wave, which McLaren preferred for its overtones of the French "Nouvelle Vague" movement of the early 60s.
The French bands were not quite the equal of the best of their foreign counterparts, which is perhaps why their contribution has been largely forgotten.
But they marked a major step forward for popular music domestically.
The US and the UK had been leaders of the musical pack since the birth of rock and roll, while France lagged far behind, providing dismal rehashes of a succession of musical movements long after those scenes had become passe on their home soil.
With punk, for the first time, French groups were in the thick of things from the get-go, undeferential and deeply committed to the cause.
Stinky Toys' singer, Elli Medeiros, said it was a tight-knit, hard-drinking scene.
"Everything had so much energy, like you were screaming all the time," she said.
"It was a bit like sometimes you think it must have been in the 30s or 50s - not in music but those moments when there's really a movement where everyone knows each other and you're always together, and it was just like that in 75 and 76.
"It was like a whole world - you had Paris and then you had 'our' Paris - the music and the fashion, our own world inside the city."
Now rebel extraordinaire Guy Debord has been proclaimed a "tresor national" (national treasure) by the French state, and, hip-hop aside, music is now rarely the vehicle for rebellion that it most certainly was then.
Remi Pepin, whose book Rebelles examines French punk, said: "The idea was to create things out of chaos. We were definitely into revolution. We were against - that was the point."


Two men have been arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences as they attempted to leave the UK via Dover.

Kent Police detained the two suspects, aged 22 and 20, at Dover Eastern Docks in the early hours of Sunday.
They are being held under Section 5 of the Terrorism Act 2006, on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts.
A spokesman for the South East Counter Terrorism Unit said the arrests were not linked to Friday's attacks in Paris, which left 129 people dead.


Yoweri Museveni has been in office for more than a quarter of a century, having seized power at the head of a rebel army.
He won fresh terms in office in presidential elections in February 2011 and 2016, having amended the constitution in 2006 to remove the previous limit on the number of terms a president could serve.
The opposition, along with Commonwealth, US and European Union observers, complained about the fairness and transparency of these elections.
Mr Museveni has been credited with restoring relative stability and economic growth to Uganda following years of civil war and repression under Milton Obote and Idi Amin before him.
Mr Museveni co-founded one of the rebel groups which, with the help of Tanzanian troops, ousted Idi Amin in 1979. He then formed a new rebel army which eventually seized power in 1986.
His National Resistance Movement (NRM) ran Uganda as a one-party state until a referendum brought back multi-party politics in 2005. He won presidential elections in 1996, and again in 2001, 2006 and 2011.
He has faced UN criticism his role in the conflict in DR Congo between 1998 and 2003. More recently Uganda has been accused of aiding rebels there.
The government has also faced growing criticism for failing to take action against senior officials implicated in corruption scandals.
There is speculation that Mr Museveni is grooming his son Muhoozi Kainerugaba to succeed him.
Born in western Uganda in 1944, Yoweri Museveni studied political science in Tanzania and fought with the Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (Frelimo), where he picked up the techniques of guerrilla warfare.


Federal investigators are blaming pilot error for causing a Delta Air Lines flight carrying 129 people to land at the wrong airport in South Dakota.

The flight from Minneapolis landed at the Ellsworth Air Force Base, about six miles (10km) from Rapid City.
The US National Transportation Safety Board blamed Delta's two pilots for not using all the instruments at their disposal to determine their location.
The plane was held for more than two hours before it could take off again.
The incident happened last July but the NTSB report into it was released on Tuesday.
According to officials, the two airports have runways that face the same direction - from northwest to southeast - which likely contributed to the error.
The two Delta pilots had been suspended pending the inquiry.
Delta "offered a gesture of apology for the inconvenience" to the passengers involved.
A similar incident occurred in 2004 when another passenger plane landed at Ellsworth Air Force Base.


China's delegates here have said they are willing in principle to take part in a future, legally binding deal provided key conditions are met.
But several critical details of its position remain unclear.
UK Climate Secretary Chris Huhne said there was "all to play for", and other delegates also appeared optimistic that remaining divisions could be overcome.
However, difficult negotiations lie ahead on both technical issues and points of principle.
There is also concern among nations vulnerable to climate change that the pace of decarbonisation will not be fast enough to protect them against impacts such as droughts and rising sea levels.
"We are beginning to see cards coming down on the table, on the first arrival of ministers," said South Africa's International Relations Minister, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, the meeting's president.
"Now countries can begin dealing with difficult political decisions."
The Chinese position is critical to achieving an outcome here that everyone can live with.
The EU and many of the smaller and poorer developing nations want talks to begin soon on a new global deal that should be legally binding and include all countries.
In return, it is prepared to put its next round of emission cuts - 20% from 1990 levels by 2020 - under the umbrella of the Kyoto Protocol, as developing countries demand.
Some other rich nations such as Norway, Switzerland and Australia would be likely to follow the EU's lead, though others - notably Japan, Russia and Canada - will not.
China is willing to agree to talks on a new legally-binding deal provided five key conditions are satisfied - among them, that the EU and others remain within the Kyoto Protocol.
But what is meant by "others" has not been spelled out. If it includes Canada, Russia and Japan, a deal appears extremely unlikely.
Xie Zhenhua, vice chair of the national development and reform commission and effectively the minister in charge of climate policy, told reporters that "after 2020, what we need to negotiate should be a legally binding one, or some document to that effect".
But it also not clear how much negotiation China would be prepared to entertain.
"China has always been in favour of a legally binding deal," said EU Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard.
"The question is whether China will be bound."
Several delegates have said that the flexibility China is propounding in public is not reflected in behind-the-scenes negotiations.
"I'm prepared to believe they're being flexible, but I'm also prepared to believe it's a smokescreen so they don't get blamed for wrecking the talks," said one delegate who did not wish to be named.
If the EU and China can find a way forward, some observers here believe a package can be constructed that will satisfy the majority of participants.
The question would then be whether India and the US, which have reportedly taken the hardest line in negotiations, will want to be portrayed as standing out against a deal that everyone else wants.
However, even if a deal can be constructed, it appears unlikely to contain measures that could tighten the pledges countries have already made on curbing emissions in 2020.
Many academic studies conclude that if emission are still increasing in 2020, it will become difficult to keep the rise in the global average temperature since pre-industrial times below 2C.
Accepting such a deal would be contentious for a summit in Africa, the continent perhaps most at risk from climate impacts.
"This meeting is a unique opportunity to keep one billion Africans safe," said Tosi Mpanu Mpanu, lead negotiator for the African Group of countries.
"So it's essential that on leaving here, we have as ambitious an outcome as possible.
"I really hope that on African soil, people will try to go above and beyond to keep Africans safe."
China is emerging as the key deal-maker or deal-breaker as the UN climate talks head into ministerial discussions.
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Graham Taylor and I sat next to one another in commentary boxes here, there and everywhere.

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BBC Radio 5 live football correspondent John Murray worked with Graham Taylor for many years. Here he fondly recalls what life was like on the road with the former England manager.
The first time we were squeezed together in one was for a not-terribly-high-profile match on a Friday night at Brentford. I can still see him bounding up the steps at Griffin Park, wearing a black and white checked jacket, cheerily acknowledging people as he came.
And I remember thinking afterwards that Graham Taylor was everything I hoped he would be. He was good fun, charming, engaging, and he had lots to say about the players, the match and all matters surrounding it. And, off air, he wanted to know all about me.
When I got to know him better, he would always be great company post-match, often late into the evening. I have never actually met his wife, Rita, his children, or his grandchildren, but I feel as though I have because Graham would tell you exactly what was going on in their lives.
He loved all sports, particularly athletics and cricket - Graham actually followed England on tour to South Africa. And, believe it or not, he enjoyed the music of both Vera Lynn and Adele, whose albums he bought.
As a match summariser, I knew that if the game wasn't very good and nothing was happening, Graham was someone you could go off at tangents with, because he had such a wide field of interests. During one such commentary, I remember us discussing how he used to take an annual holiday in Caister-on-Sea, and the merits of that Norfolk seaside town.
But don't go thinking he was a pushover. There was a steely core to Graham Taylor that all winners have, and he always struck me as one of life's natural leaders - I'm convinced that was one of the secrets behind the many successes he had.
Once, when we had lost our ticket in an underground car park in Innsbruck, he very nearly persuaded me to tailgate a car through the barrier. He was extremely disappointed that I pulled up short of causing untold damage!
When I turned up at the airport to fly to Euro 2008, Graham appeared with one foot in a plastic boot. He'd injured it somehow, but rather than withdraw from our broadcast team so close to the finals - which he had been advised to do - he travelled all around Austria and Switzerland in some discomfort but without a word of complaint.
Being under scrutiny as a football manager for most of his life, he could click a switch and go into serious mode at a moment's notice, and what he said carried a real authority.
We were both part of the commentary team in Montenegro for a European Championship qualifier when Wayne Rooney was sent off for kicking out at an opponent.
The next morning we were reporting on it into the Breakfast programme, and though Graham was bleary eyed when he arrived in the room, he sat down, clicked into action, and made perfect sense. I recall thinking that had he still been England manager, he would have answered the questions in exactly the same way.
The way things ended for him with England, and the criticism that came with that, clearly stayed with him. He would often reference it himself and was, sometimes I felt, almost too willing to talk about it.
We would always try to guide Graham away from large gatherings of England fans because of the greater possibility of someone saying something out of turn in those circumstances. On the occasions that did happen, Graham would go and talk to them, and they would inevitably be left feeling rather foolish. Later, though, there would often be a quiet word to you which revealed the hurt was still there.
But it says a great deal about the man that it is for his warm, generous, human qualities that I will remember him best.
Yes, Graham Taylor was everything I hoped he would be.


Scientists have identified the scribes who wrote two of the four original 1215 copies of the Magna Carta.

They found the copies held in Lincoln and Salisbury were written by scribes based at those cathedrals, rather than by someone working for King John.
The discovery was made ahead of the 800th anniversary of the historic charter on Monday.
Lead investigator Professor Nicholas Vincent, said to identify the authors was a "significant achievement".
He said after 800 years it was "certainly equivalent to finding needles in a very large haystack".
The new discovery sheds further light on the Church's role in the creation and distribution of Magna Carta - which sought to restrain the powers of the king.
Professor Vincent said: "It has become apparent, not least as a result of work undertaken for the Magna Carta Project, that the bishops of England were crucial to both the publication and the preservation of Magna Carta.
"King John had no real intention that the charter be either publicised or enforced. It was the bishops instead who insisted that it be distributed to the country at large and thereafter who preserved it in their cathedral archives."
The project, involving academics from the University of East Anglia and King's College London, found the Lincoln Magna Carta was written by a scribe who produced several other documents for the Bishop of Lincoln and Salisbury's was "probably" made by someone working for the cathedral's dean and chapter.
Project team member David Carpenter, a professor of medieval history at King's College, said: "We now know that three of the four surviving originals of the charter went to cathedrals: Lincoln, Salisbury and Canterbury. Probably cathedrals were the destination for the great majority of the other original charters issued in 1215.
"This overturns the old view that the charters were sent to the sheriffs in charge of the counties. That would have been fatal since the sheriffs were the very people under attack in the charter.
"They would have quickly consigned Magna Carta to their castle furnaces."
A replica of the Great Charter began its journey down the Thames on Saturday as part of events to mark its 800th anniversary.
The Royal Barge Gloriana is leading 200 boats from Hurley in Berkshire to Runnymede in Surrey, where the document was signed, over two days.


Drones have been used by the US and British military for many years, but are now fast becoming the focus for anti-war campaigners in both countries.

Reaper aircraft were first brought in by the RAF for surveillance and reconnaissance missions over Afghanistan, but were later armed so they could also fire missiles and drop bombs.
The Ministry of Defence insists that they do so only rarely, and that the vast majority of missions - believed to be about 95% - remain surveillance for UK and coalition troops.
It also stresses that the UK's Reapers are used solely over Afghanistan as part of the war there - unlike US drones, which are also used under the controversial doctrine of "pre-emptive self-defence", for targeted killings over countries such as Pakistan and Yemen.
The RAF is not keen on the term "drone". It prefers the use of Remotely Piloted Air Systems to make clear that these are not autonomous systems: they still need a human being to fly and command the mission - and crucially, decide whether or not to use weapons, and whether a strike can take place under the UK's rules of engagement.
But drones are playing an increasingly important role in air warfare, with many saying the Joint Strike Fighter is likely to be the last manned fighter aircraft bought by the UK.
Armed drones operating from Britain
After that, there will be no more "magnificent men in their flying machines", as the song had it.
"If you want precision and discrimination, these surveillance machines offer it," says aerospace analyst and former RAF pilot Andrew Brookes of the Air League.
"They can stay in the air for 16 hours at a time, and allow you to watch for hour after hour to make sure you are getting the right guy. And the UK is very strict about its rules of engagement."
However, he worries that drones such as Reaper will have more limited uses for the RAF after British combat forces leave Afghanistan by 2015, as they require air superiority to operate without being shot down.
"This could mean that we're buying 'fashion items' that will end up in the remainder bin after Afghanistan," he says.
But it is the idea of being able to use a machine to kill other human beings from the comfort of a chair thousands of miles away, using a screen reminiscent of a video game, that has galvanised campaigners in the US and Britain against drones.
Many feel that they have been introduced with little public debate.
They worry about the international legal framework and what will happen when their use becomes even more widespread.
Others fear future warfare in which much more autonomous machines could be used, with far less human decision-making at the point of taking a life.
The debate over which laws govern the use of drones and the taking of lives far away from a recognised international conflict has raged ever since the CIA used an armed Predator drone in Yemen in 2002 to kill al-Qaeda members, who were not fighting on any recognised traditional battlefield.
Although it was not made clear to the public at the time, the US had indeed designated Yemen as a conflict zone over which it was able to conduct CIA drone missions to defend America.
President Obama's administration has used legal opinion to allow it to continue the use of drones against those it deems suspected threats to the US in places ranging from Pakistan and Yemen to Somalia.
The UN is due to report back later this year on the US use of drones but has already made clear its belief that US strikes in the tribal areas of Pakistan violate international law.
The UK has used its military drones and pilots only in areas acknowledged as conflict zones such as Iraq, Libya and Afghanistan, while RAF drones do not take part in the CIA programme.
However, there are questions over whether British intelligence agencies helped offer targeting information to the US agency.
The laws of armed conflict have developed over centuries but the clear-cut distinctions of international state on state warfare, in which uniformed combatants are bound by the Geneva Conventions and face each other on battlefields, are not as easy to draw in an age in which the enemy may not wear uniform, be on any defined battlefield and can switch rapidly from civilian to fighter and back again.


A South Korean tourist who went missing in London has been found "safe and well", police have said.

Hoyeon Jang, 75, was separated from her husband and son when she boarded a Northern Line train without them at Embankment station on Thursday.
They signalled to her to get off at Charing Cross, the next station, but could not find her there or at Archway station, where they were going.
The Met Police said Mrs Jang was found on Saturday afternoon.
Officers previously said Mrs Jang was last seen at Embankment station at about 17:00 BST on Thursday and was reported missing to the force about three hours later.
The family had been visiting relatives in London.


Carlisle United have signed left-back Conor Townsend from Premier League side Hull City on a one-month loan.

Townsend, 20, who will remain at the club until Sunday, 29 September, is a product of the Tigers youth set-up and has made one first-team appearance.
He has also spent time on loan at Grimsby and Chesterfield.
""He's keen to come here and make his mark at League One level and we think he's one who will do that," Cumbrians boss Greg Abbott told the club website.
"He's already shown at Grimsby and Chesterfield that he's hungry and his attitude earned him long spells with those clubs."


The widow of a Falklands war veteran is going to the High Court in a bid to prevent frozen embryos they created from being destroyed.

Samantha Jefferies, aged 42, from East Sussex, says the embryos represent her "last chance" of having her dead husband's child.
The couple were undergoing fertility treatment, but Clive, aged 51, died suddenly of a brain haemorrhage in 2014 and his written consent for the storage of their remaining embryos has since expired.
Samantha Jefferies, an occupational therapist, told me:  "These are my embryos and I believe I should be allowed to decide what happens to them.
"If they are destroyed I will go through the whole grieving process for a second time."
Clive Jefferies served in the Royal Army Medical Corps and was on board the transport ship Sir Galahad when it was bombed in the Falklands in 1982, killing 48 men.
After leaving the army he worked as a nurse.  The couple married in 2007.
Embryos, like sperm and eggs can be stored for a maximum of 10 years before couples must renew their written consent.
Mr and Mrs Jefferies had NHS funding for three cycles of IVF which covered the costs of storing embryos for two years.
They'd ticked the box to consent to 10 years embryo storage but were asked by their clinic, Sussex Downs Fertility Centre,  to change it to two years because that was the limit of their NHS funding.
The couple signed the forms in July 2013 and had two unsuccessful cycles of IVF.
Three embryos remain in storage.   In April 2014 Mr Jefferies died suddenly.  The couple had been about to have their last cycle of IVF treatment.
In early 2015 she received a letter from the clinic saying that consent for the embryo storage would expire that August.
The law states that embryos cannot legally be stored once consent has expired.
Mrs Jefferies said she did not want to be denied the last chance to have her late husband's child by a "piece of bureaucracy".
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) wrote to all IVF clinics in 2012 urging them not to restrict embryo storage to two or three years.
It told them that this policy risked "causing significant distress" in the event of a patient dying and urged them to allow couples to store embryos for 10 years, even if their funding ran out sooner.
This guidance was issued more than a year before Mr and Mrs Jefferies signed their two-year consent form.
The Sussex Downs Fertility Centre has since changed its policy to match that recommended by the HFEA allowing couples to store embryos for 10 years.
The IVF clinic said its previous policy had not been driven purely by financial concerns but also because of the desire to maintain regular contact with couples. It is supporting the case brought by Mrs Jefferies and paying her legal costs.
Solicitor James Lawford Davies, who represents both Mrs Jefferies and Sussex Downs Fertility Centre told the BBC it was "common sense that Samantha should be allowed to use the embryos".
He pointed out that Mr Jefferies had consented to the posthumous use of the embryos, so there was "no question that he wanted them to be available after his death".
He said the IVF sector was still "very focused on form filling and box ticking" and he hoped this case would help change that.
In 2014 a woman won a legal battle to stop her dead husband's frozen sperm being destroyed. Beth Warren had been told that once her husband's written consent expired, his sperm could no longer be stored.
But the court over-ruled the regulations and looked at what had been the intentions of the couple. It agreed to allow his sperm to remain in storage until at least 2023 - many years after written consent had expired.
Mrs Jefferies says she hopes the High Court will be equally sympathetic to her situation.
She told me the remaining embryos were half her genetic material and she should be allowed to decide what happened to them, adding that Clive "would have wanted me to have his child".
An HFEA spokesperson said:  "We have made it clear to all clinics that they must not align the storage period a patient consents to, with their payment arrangements.
"While we do not comment on legal cases, we hope that it may be possible to reach a positive resolution to this matter in the near future."


Guiseley salvaged a 1-1 draw against Chester to boost their National League survival hopes at Nethermoor Park.

James Alabi broke the deadlock in spectacular fashion for Chester with an overhead kick in the 29th minute, smashing home from Blaine Hudson's flick-on.
Simon Walton equalised for the hosts from the penalty spot after 52 minutes, sending Alex Lynch the wrong way after Johnny Hunt brought down Connor Brown in the box.
The draw extends Chester's unbeaten run to six matches and they are up to seventh in the table, while Guiseley remain 22nd.
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Match ends, Guiseley 1, Chester FC 1.
Second Half ends, Guiseley 1, Chester FC 1.
Danny Lowe (Guiseley) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Chester FC. Jordan Chapell replaces Craig Mahon.
Substitution, Chester FC. Wade Joyce replaces Kane Richards.
Goal!  Guiseley 1, Chester FC 1. Simon Walton (Guiseley) converts the penalty with a.
Second Half begins Guiseley 0, Chester FC 1.
First Half ends, Guiseley 0, Chester FC 1.
Goal!  Guiseley 0, Chester FC 1. James Alabi (Chester FC).
Substitution, Guiseley. Marcus Williams replaces Robert Atkinson.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.


Relegated League One side Crewe Alexandra have signed veteran Bury striker Ryan Lowe for a third time.

Lowe, who turns 38 in September, was first at Gresty Road from 2006 to 2008.
He then returned on loan last November while briefly out of favour at Bury, but won back his first-team place during the latter half of the season.
Bury offered him a new deal, but the offer of regular first-team football with the Alex convinced him to return to the club.
Lowe's signing is the first of the summer for the Alex, as they bid to bounce straight back from League Two, boss Steve Davis having already let 11 players go.
After starting at non-league Burscough, boyhood Liverpool fan Ryan Lowe did not make his Football League debut until he was almost 22.
He made his name with Shrewsbury Town as a winger before the first of two spells with Chester City, during which he went out on loan to Stockport, followed by moves to Crewe, Bury, Sheffield Wednesday, MK Dons, Tranmere Rovers and then back to Bury.
Lowe scored 17 goals in 74 games after first joining Crewe a decade ago. He then scored two more in six appearances - which included two of Crewe's six wins this season - when he returned on a six-week loan in November.
Crewe were keen to sign him on a permanent basis in January, but Bury wanted to keep him at Gigg Lane. And he was used a lot more by the Shakers after Christmas, adding six more goals to a career tally that has now reached 202 from 496 starts, plus 163 appearances as a substitute.
Crewe boss Steve Davis hopes to keep joint top scorer Brad Inman next season, but admits that there is a strong chance that the Australian midfielder could go elsewhere.
"He has been linked with a number of clubs," said Davis. "If there is any substance in that, only Brad and his agent know.
"But if there are bigger clubs interested, it's going to be difficult for us to convince him to stay, Going down to League Two has not helped our cause.
"We want to keep him. All we can do is talk to him and his agent to see if there's a chance, but there's bound to be interest.
"He has talent, pace and can take a goal. He has had a good season and rediscovered the form that made us want to sign him from Newcastle United in the first place."
Inman, who represented Scotland at Under-21 level, has since been granted permission to represent the country of his birth and is now in line to make his debut for Australia against England at the Stadium of Light on Friday.