Martha, a Neapolitan mastiff, has been named this year's World's Ugliest Dog.

The annual competition, now it its 29th year, was held in Petaluma, California.
Martha, with owner Shirley Zindler, beat 13 other contenders to be presented with a trophy and a $1,500 (Â£1,200) prize.
The big-jowled crowd-pleaser will now be flown to New York for "media appearances", according to the organisers.
The Sonoma-Marin Fair, where the event takes place, says the event typically includes lots of dogs that have been rescued from shelters and puppy mills.
Martha is former rescue dog who went nearly blind from neglect, said Ms Zindler.
After various operations, she can now see again and is pain-free.
The Associated Press news agency said Martha immediately won over the judges by obliviously sprawling across the stage, with no intention of doing any tricks.
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The panel based their decisions on first impressions, unusual attributes, personality and audience reaction, the agency added.
"The contest has done much to raise awareness for adoption of dogs, and that no matter their physical detractions, these animals are loving companions," says the fair's website. "And the dogs certainly seem to enjoy the adoration of the fans."


Leigh Griffiths is relishing the opportunity to prove himself in the Champions League group stage after Celtic overcame Hapoel Beer Sheva.

Though Celtic lost 2-0 in Israel, the Scottish champions won the play-off 5-4 on aggregate.
Griffiths was twice part of Celtic sides that lost at the play-off stage.
"For me, personally, you don't really make it as a footballer unless you've played Champions League football," said Griffiths.
"When I signed for this club, I wanted to play Champions League football and the last two seasons have been very disappointing. I started to think of myself as a jinx but we're there now.
"We had a meeting during pre-season of our targets for the season. This was number one - to get to the group stage of the Champions League, it's where every player wants to be. It's the pinnacle of your club career.
"My next test is trying to prove myself as a main Champions League striker and I can only do that by playing the group stages.
"We're going to draw at least one big name. We're just going to enjoy the draw [on Thursday]."
Griffiths scored twice in last week's 5-2 win over Hapoel at Celtic Park and captain Scott Brown's goal - the fifth - proved to be the eventual winner of the tie.
"It's just great just to chip in," said the skipper. "It's been a long time since I've scored so I couldn't ask for a better goal.
"We had to dig deep [in Israel]. It wasn't the best performance in the world."
Brown, who has played in four group stage campaigns, was asked if he felt Celtic were ready for the next phase and replied: "Definitely."
"The gaffer might bring in one or two more," he added.
Goalkeeper Craig Gordon saved a first-half penalty when the score was 0-0 and, like Griffiths, is savouring his first Champions League group stage.
"I'm 33 now and I'll hopefully get my first taste of it," said the Scotland stopper.
"To reach what is probably the best club competition in the world, it's pretty special considering where I've come from. I want to go and prove I'm capable of playing at that level. It's just really exciting.
"I don't mind who we get, it's just great to be there."


Home to fewer than 2,000 people, the Pacific island of Niue is trying to encourage some of the 20,000 overseas Niueans - many of whom migrated to New Zealand - to return.

The coral atoll operates in free association with New Zealand, its main source of aid and biggest trading partner. All Niueans are New Zealand citizens with Wellington handling Niue's defence and foreign policy.
Cyclone Heta devastated Niue in 2004. Fishing, agriculture and tourism are economic mainstays and the island attracts whale-watchers, divers and yachting enthusiasts.
Niue has embraced the internet, earning money from the sale of its suffix, and in 2003 became the first territory to offer a free wireless internet service to all residents.
Lying between Tonga and the Cook Islands, Niue was settled by Samoans in the first century AD. Britain's Captain James Cook sighted the island in 1774 and British missionaries arrived in the 19th century. Niue was subsequently administered from New Zealand, becoming self-governing in 1974.
Population 1,400
Area 260 sq km (100 sq miles)
Major languages Niuean, English
Major religion Christianity
Life expectancy 67 (men), 76 (women)
Currency New Zealand dollar
Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II
Prime minister: Toke Talagi
Toke Talagi was first elected in June 2008 to serve a three-year term. He gained the backing of parliament for another term in May 2011 and was re-elected in April 2014.
Mr Talagi previously served as deputy premier and finance minister. He is also president of the Niue Rugby Union.
Most of Niue's media is government-owned and funded. Expansion of the internet has led to a growth in online media.
The Broadcasting Corporation of Niue (BCN) runs the island's only television network Television Niue and Radio Sunshine.
The Niue Star is the country's only independent source of print news.


Profits at mining giant BHP Billiton have been hit by the falling price of iron ore, coal, copper and other commodities.

Underlying profit for the half-year to 31 December fell by 31% to $5.35bn (Â£3.46bn), but that was better than industry analysts were expecting.
To compensate for falling prices BHP has made deep cuts in its spending on exploration and other investment.
It spent $6.4bn during the six-month period, down 23% on the previous year.
"We started to prepare for a sustained period of lower prices almost three years ago by increasing our focus on efficiency and lowering our investment," chief executive Andrew Mackenzie said in a statement accompanying the latest results.
"Since then, we have achieved annualised productivity gains approaching $10bn and reduced capital spending by almost 40%," he said.
BHP is planning to move its aluminium, manganese into a separate company, which will also hold nickel and silver mines and some coal mines in Australia and South Africa.
Called South32, BHP hopes to spin-off the new company in the summer following a shareholder vote.
The company has also been hit by falling oil prices.
Last month BHP Billiton announced a 40% reduction in its US shale oil operation.
By the end of June it plans to have reduced the number of shale rigs from 26 to 16.
The firm's Sydney-listed shares were trading higher in early trade on Monday.


Twelve-year-old Northern Ireland fan Matthew Tunney did not think his day could get any better after he watched his team beat Ukraine 2-0 last Thursday.

That was until Manchester United player Paddy McNair spotted him in a sea of fans pleading for his jersey.
The Northern Ireland midfielder pointed to Matthew, took off his number 17 jersey, folded it and threw it to him.
Matthew shouted "I love you Paddy", as he caught the jersey.
Although from Northern Ireland, the family had moved to Manchester when Matthew was a baby and then Athens, before settling in France, where they have been living for the last three years.
As the tournament is hosted there, they took advantage and got their tickets early.
His parents had lifted Matthew from school early on Thursday and headed to the game.
Laura Tunney, Matthew's mother, said he was "absolutely thrilled."
"He was just so excited, he couldn't believe it.
"He wanted to wear it to school the next morning but we thought it would be safer not to.
"Instead, we printed a photo of him in it, so he could take it and show all his friends."
"He is a Manchester United fan as well, so it made it even more special to get Paddy's shirt" added Laura.


Turkey's Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu says he will stand down at an extraordinary congress of his ruling AK Party later this month.

Mr Davutoglu is believed to have fallen from favour because he disapproved of Mr Erdogan's plans to move Turkey to a presidential system of government.
But in a speech, Mr Davutoglu pledged his loyalty to President Erdogan, saying he bore no anger against anyone.
His successor will be chosen when the congress meets on 22 May.
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Earlier on Thursday, presidential aide Cemil Ertem said there would be no snap elections following the appointment of a new leader.
He also told Turkish TV that the country and its economy would stabilise further "when a prime minister more closely aligned with President Erdogan takes office".
When the end came, it was swift and brutal. Ahmet Davutoglu bowed out after crossing the man with the real power: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Mr Davutoglu was expected to be a pliant prime minister but disagreed with some of Mr Erdogan's more controversial policies and crucially wavered in his support to change the constitution to boost the president's powers.
His resignation means Mr Erdogan tightens his control of Turkey and is likely to install a more obedient prime minister. It will worry many Western leaders who find the divisive Mr Erdogan difficult to handle.
And it plunges this crucial country into a political crisis amid security threats and rows over the clampdown on human rights and free speech. The message from President Erdogan to Mr Davutoglu's successor is clear: follow my lead or you'll face the same fate.
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Mr Davutoglu met Mr Erdogan for nearly two hours on Wednesday but differences were clearly not resolved.
Mr Davutoglu said he would continue as a party legislator and would not try to divide the AKP.
"I feel no reproach, anger or resentment against anyone," he said.
"No-one heard, or will ever hear, a single word from my mouth, from my tongue or my mind against our president."
After he was elected president in 2014, Mr Erdogan hand-picked Mr Davutoglu to succeed him as head of the AK Party (Justice and Development Party).
But the prime minister's unease with Mr Erdogan's plans to move to a presidential system, among other policies, has been evident in recent months.
In a sign of his weakening influence, Mr Davutoglu was stripped last week of the authority to appoint provincial AK Party officials.
The development comes at a time of increasing instability for Turkey, which is tackling an escalating conflict with the rebels of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), attacks by the so-called Islamic State, and an influx of migrants and refugees.
Turkey is also in the midst of implementing a key deal with the European Union, brokered by Mr Davutoglu, to limit the number of refugees flowing across its border in return for accelerated EU accession talks and financial aid.
The future of that agreement, which Mr Davutoglu was seen as having agreed with little input from the president, could be plunged into doubt by his departure.
Among those tipped as successors to Mr Davutoglu are Transport Minister Binali Yildirim, who is close to Mr Erdogan, and Energy Minister Berat Albayrak, who is the president's son-in-law.
The leader will be formally elected at the party congress.
Main opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu said Mr Davutoglu had been forced from office through the "will of one person".
"Davutoglu's resignation should not be perceived as an internal party issue, all democracy supporters must resist this palace coup," he said.
The political uncertainty also rattled the financial markets. The Turkish lira suffered its heaviest daily loss on Wednesday, down almost 4% against the US dollar.
It rallied slightly on Thursday but was still well off its previous trading levels.
78.7m
Population
11.1% Unemployment
2.75m Syrian refugees registered with UN
151 out of 180 countries on World Press Freedom Index


The Team Scotland athletes have received their kit including the parade uniform for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony.

Designed by textile artist Jilli Blackwood, the uniform includes turquoise, fuchsia and navy tartan.
Hundreds of Team Scotland athletes were in Stirling for the final Team Camp when the outfits were revealed.
The men's uniform comprises a blue shirt while a flowing wrap-around dress has been designed for the women.
A shawl-like wrap and stone-coloured leather bag complete the women's uniform, the latter worn diagonally across the front like one half of the St Andrew's Cross.
The flag-inspired theme continues with a ripple-like pattern through both the shirt and dress.
Ms Blackwood, a graduate of the Glasgow School of Art and a native of the city, said: "My brief from Team Scotland was to come up with a parade uniform that was high on impact and made a real statement, but also had a contemporary feel.
"There will be no mistaking that this is the Scottish team as they proudly step out at the opening ceremony."
The outfits were produced by House of Edgar from Keith in Aberdeenshire.
Cyclist Charline Joiner, who helped model the new uniform, said: "It's refreshing and a definite surprise. I was expecting a kilt, but love the fact the girls are in dresses this time as it's more feminine and it's still got the blue of Scotland in it."
Commonwealth Games Scotland chief executive and Team Scotland chef de mission, Jon Doig, said: "We wanted a parade uniform that had a bold and confident look, but which still retained the iconic Scottish elements of the kilt and unique Games tartan."
Afterwards the athletes were each given a kit bag containing garments to be worn during the games themselves.
The bags contained sports specific clothing, either blue or white, emblazoned with the Team Scotland logo.


Norwich City's chances of avoiding relegation seem increasingly dismal after a home defeat by Champions League-chasing Manchester United.

It was a match low on chances, but the win moves United to within one point of Manchester City, who are fourth.
With the score goalless, Cameron Jerome had Norwich's best chance only for David de Gea to save his header.
A mistake by Sebastien Bassong allowed Wayne Rooney to race clear and find the supporting Juan Mata, who slotted in.
Defeat left Norwich second from bottom, four points behind Sunderland, who beat Chelsea 3-2, and three adrift of a Newcastle side who drew with relegated Aston Villa.
One more victory for Sunderland will secure their Premier League status and seal the fates of both Norwich and Newcastle.
For Manchester United, the prospect of playing in next season's Champions League remains achievable.
Manchester City host Arsenal on Sunday and anything other than victory for Manuel Pellegrini's side would put United's bid for a top-four finish in their own hands.
The visitors controlled the majority of the match, but their attacks lacked zip and imagination, a complaint often made this season by critics of Louis van Gaal's tactics.
United had more than 60% of possession in the first 20 minutes, but failed to muster a shot on target. By half-time, a tame long-distance strike from Jesse Lingard was their only effort on target, while Chris Smalling had headed over from three yards out.
The Red Devils ended the match having had more than 67% of possession but just two shots on target. It is unlikely West Ham's defence will be as generous as Norwich when Van Gaal's men visit on Tuesday.
Of further concern was Wayne Rooney's role. The captain was a peripheral figure for much of the first half - indeed the only visiting player to have fewer touches than him in the opening 45 minutes was Matteo Darmian, who was substituted after 12 minutes because of injury.
The England international did improve after the break, and it was his tenacity that allowed Mata to score a goal that could prove to be crucial to their Champions League hopes.
And it was a victory achieved despite Van Gaal having to make a late change to his line-up, moving Rooney up front and promoting Ander Herrera to midfield, after Anthony Martial was injured during the warm-up.
Cheered on by their vociferous supporters, Norwich began the match with energy. They were organised in defence and effective in pressing their visitors, but as the match progressed their players tired and their style of play became increasingly ineffective.
Scoring has been a problem for the Canaries throughout the season, which is why they are facing a return to the Championship, and so it proved again.
Had Jerome headed either side of De Gea from six yards, the brilliant Spaniard may not have been able to prevent the hosts from taking the lead, but the chance was squandered.
Alex Neil changed tactics in the 60th minute, bringing on joint-top scorer Dieumerci Mbokani to aid Jerome in a two-man attack, and while his side managed to loosen United's stranglehold they continued to be profligate, and were made to pay.
Mbokani mistimed a header from 12 yards and Gary O'Neil should have done better than to wildly swing the ball into the stands when Cameron Borthwick-Jackson headed the ball into his path.
They were missed opportunities made all the more galling when Bassong failed to clear near the edge of his box and Rooney nicked possession. The England captain held the ball up and fed the supporting Mata, who was allowed to run 30 yards unchallenged by the equally culpable Martin Olsson.
Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal: "I said to the boys, we have to win, there is no excuse. We have won and it was more than deserved. We keep the pressure on our competitors and I am a happy manager.
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"They were also fighting and pressing and it makes it difficult. The second half we did much better because we kept the ball and had more than one chance.
"We have seen this team can manage injuries. Away games are difficult for us and we changed the results by winning here. I hope we can see something between Man City and Arsenal that helps us."
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Norwich boss Alex Neil: "The players tried as hard as they could but they make a silly error and it costs us the game.
"We had a chance with Cameron Jerome's header, but there were not many chances in the game. We had good shape but we could not create as much as we would have liked.
"The best teams get the goal when they are on top and ride the pressure. We made an error and it costs us. It is going to be tough, we are relying on other teams but we have got two more games."
Norwich have two games remaining, at home to Watford on 11 May, followed by a trip to Everton's Goodison Park on the final day of the season. Manchester United visit West Ham on 10 May before hosting Bournemouth next Sunday.


Start-up Faraday Future has unveiled a self-driving electric car that it says can accelerate from zero to 60mph (97km/h) in 2.39 seconds.

Faraday says the FF91 accelerates faster than Tesla's Model S or any other electric car in production.
It was shown off at the CES tech show in Las Vegas.
But Faraday Future has faced financial difficulties and one analyst said it had to challenge "scepticism" following last year's CES presentation.
The FF91 was introduced via a live demo, in which it drove itself around a car park and backed into an empty space.
Pre-recorded footage also showed the car accelerating from standstill to 60mph in 2.39 seconds.
Tesla's fastest model did it in 2.5 seconds on the same track.
Late in the presentation, however, there was an awkward moment when Chinese billionaire Jia Yueting tried to demonstrate the car's self-parking function on stage in front of the audience.
This time, the vehicle remained stationary.
Mr Jia is chief executive of LeEco - a Chinese video-on-demand and smartphone-maker - which has invested in Faraday.
"OK, it seems like it's a little bit lazy tonight," said Faraday senior vice president Nick Sampson, as the car refused to respond. It eventually complied later when they made a second attempt.
Faraday plans to release the FF91 in 2018. To pre-order, hopefuls will need to provide a refundable $5,000 (Â£4,080) deposit.
The event came a year after the firm's first press conference, where it showed off a futuristic-looking concept vehicle. Several commentators criticised it at the time for failing to give more detail about what it was actually working on.
Prospective buyers were told they would be able to connect to the forthcoming car via a virtual "FFID" account.
With this, Mr Sampson explained, it would be possible to share data - such as movies or route plans - to the car from personal computers, for example.
Tech launches are famed for their awkward exchanges on stage, but the dynamic between Faraday Future's Nick Sampson and LeEco boss Jia Yueting was on another level.
Sampson is the company's figurehead at events like this, glitzy launches where big promises are made. Mr Jia holds the financial keys to keep the Faraday Future project going - the money from his China-based firm is bankrolling the efforts here (at least, we think it is - neither firm will discuss the nature of the deal).
So when the newly-launched car failed to drive itself a few feet in front of the audience, Sampson was almost apologetic to Mr Jia. For the audience, it suddenly felt like we'd stumbled into a product pitch meeting and were watching Sampson pick up the pieces.
In the unscientific poll I conducted shortly after the presentation, all felt the design of the FF91 fell short of Tesla's vehicles in the style-stakes. As I type this, Elon Musk is yet to offer any reaction to his newest competitor. I don't think he'll be losing any sleep. Experience has shown him that making the car is the easy bit - producing it on en masse is far more difficult.
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Faraday Future has lately been in the news for less celebratory reasons - its troubled finances.
In November, it confirmed that work had stopped on a huge factory in Las Vegas intended to manufacture a car backed by investment from LeEco.
A week earlier, the Bloomberg news agency had revealed that Mr Jia had written to LeEco's employees to say his firm's finances were under pressure.
Ever since it unveiled a futuristic concept car at last year's CES, Faraday Future has been met with much scepticism, said Gartner automotive analyst Mike Ramsay.
"This is a must impress situation," he added.
"Even if everything had been going perfectly, it is very difficult to be a start-up carmaker, particularly when you are coming from a tech background."
Having seen the presentation, Mr Ramsay commented that he was "not convinced" that the firm was yet a clear contender.
"It still seems like it's more in the realm of fantasy than reality," he added.
"For the car to have a 130 kWh battery pack, it would be very heavy, and very expensive - extremely expensive to have a battery that size."
On stage, Faraday executive Peter Savagian explained that the FF19 would be chargeable from various electrical standards.
He added its range would extend to 482 miles (775km) when driven at 55mph.
Many analysts expect interest in electric vehicles to continue to rise in coming years.
"We estimate around one in 10 vehicles will be electric or hybrid by 2020, at around 8 million vehicles," said Simon Bryant at analysts Futuresource.
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But companies like Faraday Future face competition from more established rivals - such as Tesla.
"Tesla is one of those brands - it has become synonymous with attractive electric vehicles, and the brand keeps innovating," Mr Bryant told the BBC.
"Competing with this will be difficult but the wider electric vehicle industry will benefit from more companies competing in this space."


Sergio Aguero scored twice as Manchester City came back from a goal down to earn a hard-fought win at Burnley and claim back-to-back Premier League victories for the first time since September.

The home side might have had a penalty before surprisingly taking lead when City defender Nicolas Otamendi could only head a clearance straight to Clarets midfielder Dean Marney, who volleyed in from 25 yards.
City struggled for fluency but Aguero equalised when he poked in a shot at the far post after a corner was deflected into his path.
The visitors controlled the game after the break and took the lead when a Fernandinho cross hit Aguero and went in after some sloppy Burnley defending.
Clarets defender Michael Keane had a late header blocked by Aleksandar Kolarov and an overhead kick from Ashley Barnes was saved by City keeper Claudio Bravo but Burnley failed to prevent a third home loss in the top flight this season.
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This was hardly City at their best but their battling win highlighted their squad strength and battling spirit at what is proving one of the tougher trips in the Premier League this season.
City boss Pep Guardiola was worried about the toll on his players after his side's Champions League exertions at Borussia Moenchengladbach on Wednesday, with his side having lost one and drawn two of their past three games following outings in Europe.
He made five changes to his starting line-up, including leaving out defender John Stones and putting key player Kevin de Bruyne on the bench, as he wanted "fresh legs".
However, City conceded early on - and now have just two clean sheets in their past 16 league games - before they improved and dominated the second half to claim a sixth away win out of seven in the top flight.
"If you want to be a champion you have to play a game like this," said City skipper Fernandinho.
Aguero's goals were not exactly collectors' items but it was his ability to be in the right place at the right time which proved key against Burnley.
The Argentine's movement, desire and ability on the ball kept the Burnley defence occupied and he has now scored more than 10 goals in each of his six seasons in the Premier League.
Aguero has now scored against 29 of the 30 different teams that he's faced in the Premier League, only failing to score against Bolton.
"He played really well and moved really well. He had a really good game," said Guardiola.
"From the beginning he was ready, his body language was very good."
Burnley boss Sean Dyche wanted a reaction from his side after the 4-0 hammering by West Brom on Monday, and he certainly got it as they were back to their tenacious selves against City.
Dyche's side had a strong shout for a penalty after Otamendi shoved Jeff Hendrick before Marney gave them the lead with his first top-flight goal in 2,558 days.
The home side were helped by 37-year-old keeper Paul Robinson, making his Clarets debut and first Premier League appearance since May 2012. He produced three key saves before a "comedy of errors" cost them the winner.
"I can't believe we haven't had a penalty again," said Dyche. "You need those decisions in these games. It's an obvious smash in the back and is a penalty."
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Burnley boss Sean Dyche: "We deliberately made it awkward for City, by pressing them and playing it forward earlier than I usually believe in.
"Generally it worked very well. I was pleased with our understanding and execution of our tactical plan, and we created enough to get something out of the game."
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola: "I have to learn how to control the second balls because in Spain and Germany teams do not play long or with these flat balls and crosses with the same intensity, or so frequently as Burnley did.
"All of our players showed huge character and we are so happy because this week was very important for us.
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"The other thing I have to learn about English football is the referees. Sometimes it is a foul, sometimes it isn't. I am not judging them but it is simple like that - here it is completely different to other countries."
What next?
Manchester City will host title rivals Chelsea on Saturday, 3 December at 12:30 GMT in their next game, while Burnley make a trip to Stoke for a 15:00 kick-off on the same day.
Match ends, Burnley 1, Manchester City 2.
Second Half ends, Burnley 1, Manchester City 2.
Attempt saved. Ashley Barnes (Burnley) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by James Tarkowski with a headed pass.
Attempt blocked. Michael Keane (Burnley) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by James Tarkowski.
Foul by Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City).
Matthew Lowton (Burnley) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Jesús Navas (Manchester City).
Jeff Hendrick (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Manchester City. Jesús Navas replaces Sergio Agüero.
Attempt blocked. Jeff Hendrick (Burnley) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ashley Barnes.
Attempt blocked. George Boyd (Burnley) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Sergio Agüero (Manchester City).
Ben Mee (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Hand ball by Ashley Barnes (Burnley).
Fernando (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ashley Barnes (Burnley).
Substitution, Burnley. Ashley Barnes replaces Steven Defour.
Attempt missed. Leroy Sané (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Bacary Sagna.
Fernandinho (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by James Tarkowski (Burnley).
Substitution, Manchester City. Kevin De Bruyne replaces Nolito.
Offside, Burnley. Michael Keane tries a through ball, but Jeff Hendrick is caught offside.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Bacary Sagna (Manchester City) because of an injury.
Corner,  Burnley. Conceded by Gaël Clichy.
Attempt blocked. Michael Keane (Burnley) header from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by James Tarkowski with a headed pass.
Nolito (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Nolito (Manchester City).
Ben Mee (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Michael Keane (Burnley) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Steven Defour with a cross.
Foul by Yaya Touré (Manchester City).
James Tarkowski (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nicolás Otamendi (Manchester City).
Scott Arfield (Burnley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.
Offside, Manchester City. Yaya Touré tries a through ball, but Sergio Agüero is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Bacary Sagna (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Leroy Sané.
Matthew Lowton (Burnley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Corner,  Manchester City. Conceded by George Boyd.
Offside, Manchester City. Gaël Clichy tries a through ball, but Sergio Agüero is caught offside.


A study has highlighted the risk posed by projected climate change on the world's ability to grow enough food.

A US team of researchers found that forecasted shifts in climate by 2070 would occur too quickly for species of grass to adapt to the new conditions.
The species facing an uncertain future include wheat, corn, rice and sorghum, which provide almost half of the calories consumed by humans.
The findings appear in the Royal Society Biology Letter journal.
Not only does the grass family (Poaceae) of more than 11,000 species form the staple of people's diets across the globe, natural grasslands cover about a quarter of the planet's land area and provide a home to a rich diversity of dependent flora and fauna.
The team from the University of Arizona, US, observed: "Thus, if climate change has strong negative impacts on grasses, there might be significant consequences for both global biodiversity and for humans."
In order to gain an insight into the impact of projected climate change on the world's grasses, they estimated the rates of climate change niche change in a representative sample of 236 grass species and compared these rates with rates of projected climate change by 2070.
"A climatic niche is basically the temperature and precipitation conditions where a species occurs," explained co-author John Wiens from the university's Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.
"What is important about it is that if you are thinking about one species living in one place and it can only survive under a limited set of conditions then, as the climate changes, it either has to shift its climatic niche or it is going to go locally extinct."
He told BBC News: "In other words, it either has to accommodate those new conditions or it will not be able to survive there any more."
The team examined how quickly the grass species' climatic niches were able to change, based on they had changed in the past.
"What we found was that they do not change all that much - a few degrees Celsius over a million years. There are just small changes over long time scales," Dr Wiens observed.
"In some ways, that is the most important part of the story; these climatic niches generally seem to change relatively little and relatively slowly.
"Then we looked at future climate projections for a range of localities, and we asked how much they were going to change."
The team found that the difference between the rates of change in the study's grass species' climate niche and projected changes in a location's climate was often "20,000-fold".
"The findings are similar across all the groups so they could be applied to wild species as well as to the cultivated ones. There is no way that cultivated species are somehow exempt from our findings," Dr Wiens added.
These finding present a bleak outlook; apparently squashing the hope that crop species would be able to cope with a warming world.
The study does not show species going globally extinct, rather it highlights how conditions are projected to change in a way that is beyond the climate niche of species, therefore species are likely to disappear from that location.
But this does have implications for farmers growing food crops.
"For people living in parts of the world that perhaps do not have the [technology], such as in the developing world where crop production is much more dependent on climate, it doesn't matter if the species go extinct because it will grow elsewhere.
"What does matter is that if your crops go extinct or decline."
While the study did not look at the issue of food security, Dr Wiens said there was a lot of promising research underway in the form of identifying opportunities to develop "climate-proof" food crops for future generations.
"What has been shown, though, is that people continue with business-as-usual, there will be serious problems."
"One of the things that would help us alleviate this problem is wild relatives because we know that the species we have domesticated have a reduced genetic variation. That genetic variation, found in the wild relatives, is exactly what you want to allow them to adapt to different conditions."
But Dr Wiens as highlighted: "We can look to our food crops' wild relatives, but the problem is they are going to be highly endangered by climate change as well."
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China may be rolling out the red carpet in Xinjiang for George Osborne and his delegation of British business leaders but it offers much less of a welcome, of course, to British journalists.

Or any journalists, for that matter.
A few days before the British chancellor was due to begin his five-day tour of China - including the controversial stop in Xinjiang's capital city, Urumqi - our BBC team set off for Kashgar, the ancient Silk Route city that has long been the beating cultural heart of this remote western region.
We picked up a rental car at the airport and drove south and then east out of the city.
Hired drivers in Xinjiang make easy police informants so we decided to drive ourselves.
In a few hours we'd made it to the county of Yarkand, slipping unnoticed on the back roads past the checkpoints.
Yarkand is a part of Xinjiang that has seen some of the worst violence. In one incident last year, state media says, 59 "terrorists" were shot dead here.
But according to some foreign media reports it was in fact a local uprising in response to police brutality, then heavily put down with live ammunition.
We hoped we could speak to eyewitnesses and form our own view of where the truth really lay.
Down a quiet lane, at the edge of a tiny hamlet, we stopped at one house and struck up a conversation with the occupants, all ethnic Uighurs.
One young man, a construction worker, agreed to be interviewed as long as we disguised his identity.
We began recording at once, keen not to linger too long to avoid being discovered by local officials or the police.
If they had have shown up they would have been delighted though. The man was a propaganda department's dream.
Did he feel, as some allege, that most of the good jobs in Xinjiang go to China's majority Han Chinese - incomers over recent years - at the expense of Uighurs?
No, he replied, things were pretty fair.
Did he feel any grievance about rule from Beijing, more than 2,000 miles (3,200km) away?
No, he supported the Communist Party, he replied.
And he went on to echo the Chinese authorities' constant refrain: that the violence of recent years, in which many innocent lives have been lost, is caused by isolated terrorists, fuelled by extremist ideology, without real roots in the community.
He just wanted a quiet life, he said, although he did have one grumble - corruption.
The system wasn't the problem, it seemed, but the people who ran it sometimes were.
It could be a message written by Chinese President Xi Jinping himself.
It's impossible to know how deeply his opinions were held as, of course, to express any other views in Xinjiang would be dangerous.
But it felt, in large part at least, that he was being frank and the exchange is an illustration of how complex and nuanced the picture is.
There are indeed many Uighurs loyal to the party and the state - both within and without the security services - who may well be enthusiastic supporters of the kind of trade deals the British chancellor is hoping to foster.
But then there are clearly plenty of others who are not so keen on the status quo - why else the need for such tight security, surveillance and control?
As feared and just minutes after our interview was over, as we were driving away, our car was pulled over by village officials and we were handed over to the local government who kept us for hours in their office before escorting us all the way back to our hotel in Kashgar.
For the rest of our time in Xinjiang we entered a now familiar pattern for anyone who has tried to report here.
First the futile attempts to gather testimony from local people, each time encountering something between reluctance and outright fear of offering an opinion, even off camera.
And then at some point during the day, the inevitable encounter with the police and local officials, insistent always that we were to be prevented from doing any journalism without their constant presence.
That China faces a serious and growing threat in Xinjiang is undisputed.
In the rising tide of violence in recent years, in markets, train stations and tourist spots, militant Uighurs have hit hard at home as well as taking their attacks to other Chinese cities, including Beijing.
China's response though has been ruthless: ratcheting up surveillance and security, mass arrests and the rapid processing of suspects through the Communist Party's notoriously rigged courts.
One prison, on the outskirts of Xinjiang's capital, Urumqi - not too far from where George Osborne is staying - holds Ilham Tohti, a respected Uighur academic and moderate critic of Chinese policy whose life sentence sparked an international outcry.
There's an uncomfortable piece of timing in his incarceration - Mr Osborne and his trade delegation are here exactly one year to the day that Ilham Tohti was convicted.
His daughter, Jewher Ilham, is studying in the US, from where she told me she wants George Osborne to raise her father's case.
"I want the British politicians to tell the authorities that Ilham Tohti is not a terrorist," she tells me.
"He has been shackled and beaten and denied food andâ€¦ he has suffered a lot."
On our final day in Kashgar, finding ourselves once again in the custody of the Chinese police, we submitted to their enforced guided tour.
They took us to the old city, until recently a 2,000-year-old architectural treasure and home to many thousands of Uighur residents.
In the past five years it has been all but flattened and rebuilt, modernised and remoulded, to make it "earthquake proof," China says, complete with Chinese style pagodas and cheap camel statues for tourists to pose on.
The police agreed that we could film at the city's old Id Kah mosque - under their guidance of course.
I was keen to ask worshippers what they thought of the heavy restrictions placed on their faith in response to the perceived threat of growing Islamic radicalisation.
Young men are banned from growing long beards, women from wearing the full veil and government officials, even ethnic Uighur ones, are prevented from attending the mosque at all.
But as prayers finished our minders told us that the permission to speak to ordinary people had been withdrawn.
I replied that we were going to interview people regardless, and we headed off into the square where we were able to record a few comments from a curious, but nervous group of Uighur men.
"We're just ordinary people," one man told me in answer to my question about whether the restrictions were fair.
"We have no rights."
Suddenly, one of our police escorts heaved into view, arms flailing and pushing the small crowd that had gathered out of the way.
As our camera turned to film him, he lunged in fury, violently grabbing it and trying to rip it from its shoulder strap, breaking off the microphone as he did so.
After the crowd dispersed and his anger subsided he spent the next hour or so searching our video files, forcing us to delete the footage of the incident.
Even by China's standards Xinjiang is an extremely difficult place to operate as a journalist. But nothing has changed there.
The big question is whether this is now the right time for what is thought to be the first government delegation from a major Western power?
Amnesty International's East Asia director, Nicholas Bequelin, thinks not.
"For the Chinese this is a major political coup," he says.
"At the highest level of the UK government, there is certainly a sense that not only you have to ignore human rights in China to do business, but you have even to make a song and dance about how much you're ignoring it, which is a very naive approach and very destructive in the long term."
The British government says it does raise human rights concerns, in private.
In public, though, the talk is of an ever-closer partnership, including here, in one of China's most troubled regions.


A Bolivian farmer has died during protests against a silver-mining project owned by a Canadian company.

Local officers said the man had died in clashes with the police, who were sent to the Malku Khota project after protests turned violent.
Five employees were taken hostage, but three have now been released.
Bolivian Government Minister Carlos Romero has denied that any clashes took place on Friday, and said the farmer died in an dynamite accident.
"Police sent to the area were not carrying firearms," said Mr Romero.
"According to local medical reports the local farmer who died had dynamite batons attached to his waist. He was drunk and one of them went off, killing him," he added.
The Malku Khota project, near the southern city of Potosi, is owned by a subsidiary of Canada's South American Silver Corporation.
It has huge reserves of silver and indium, a metal used in flat-screen televisions.
The company says it has invested more than $50m (Â£32m) in the project since it took over in 2007.
Local indigenous groups are demanding that left-wing President Evo Morales cancel the mining concessions - due to end in three years - citing environmental concerns.
The demonstrations turned violent on Thursday.
Three Bolivian employees were detained by people from the local Quechua community, bringing to five the number of hostages in the mining camp.
The government said the three were released later on Friday, but there is no information on whereabouts of the other two, who are engineers and were captured more than a week ago.
Minister Carlos Romero said three police officers were still missing following the confrontations. At least four farmers were injured in Thursday's clashes.
Indigenous groups have also taken their protests against the mining project to Bolivia's main city, La Paz.


England and Leicester centre Manu Tuilagi will miss the Six Nations and the rest of the Premiership season with anterior cruciate ligament damage.

The 25-year-old is out for at least six months after he was injured in Sunday's Premiership defeat by Saracens.
He has made just 23 appearances for Tigers since the start of the 2013-14 season because of a string of injuries.
Only one of his 26 England caps has been under Eddie Jones, who was named head coach in November 2015.
The Samoa-born player was forced to pull out of a two-day training camp with the national team after suffering his latest setback.
As well as missing the Six Nations, which starts on 4 February, he will not be available for the British and Irish Lions tour of New Zealand in the summer.
"It's devastating for him," Tigers head coach Aaron Mauger said.
"He's got himself into such a good position, I think he's really matured as a person over the last 12 months and that's probably helped him get back to the space that he's been in.
"He'll have everything he needs to come back a better player and a stronger person and I'm sure he will."
Tuilagi last started an England game in June 2014, before sustaining a groin injury in September of that year which kept him sidelined for 15 months.
He had previously missed two games of the 2012 Six Nations campaign with a hamstring problem, and all but one game of the 2014 tournament after tearing a pectoral muscle.
A further recurrence of his groin injury in Tigers' opening game of the current Premiership season on 2 September then forced him to miss almost three months of action, making his return in a win over Bristol on 25 November.


A man accused of punching a groom when two wedding parties clashed at a hotel has denied hitting anyone but admitted "grappling" on the floor.

Glen Evans was left with a broken nose and his bride Georgina was punched at Fanhams Hall Hotel in Hertfordshire, St Albans Crown Court heard.
Lee Doyle, 37, of Houghton Regis denied punching the groom. He and Gary Hutson, 46, of Luton, both charged with affray, were guests at another wedding.
Both deny affray on 10 August 2014.
The court heard an argument broke out when Mr Doyle and Mr Hutson asked Mr and Mrs Evans and their friends to move away from a fireplace.
The newly married couple and their group were having drinks at the hotel following their own reception at another hotel.
Mr Evans said the two men and the other groom confronted him, saying the area was reserved, although his party had been put there by bar staff.
He said the two men hit him, and he was kicked and punched by others who joined in the attack. Mrs Evans was then also punched, leaving her with bruising to the head.
However, Mr Doyle told the court he was trying to defuse the situation, which he described as "volatile".
He admitted pushing Mr Evans and "grappling" with him as he thought he was going to attack Mr Hutson.
Mr Doyle described Mr Evans as "irate and aggressive" but denied hitting him.
Earlier this week Mr Evans denied allegations that he had thrown the first punch and had been "aggressive".
The trial continues.


Former News International chief Rebekah Brooks texted David Cameron to reveal she had "cried twice" during his 2009 party conference speech.

Two messages, passed on to the Leveson Inquiry into the media, have been published by the Mail on Sunday.
In the other, the prime minister describes a horse he has been riding.
Downing Street confirmed the text messages were authentic and said Mr Cameron had co-operated with the Leveson Inquiry into the media.
Much of Lord Justice Leveson's inquiry was taken up with questions about links between politicians and Rupert Murdoch's News International media company.
After David Cameron's Conservative Party conference speech in 2009, Mrs Brooks texted him to say: "Brilliant speech. I cried twice. Will love 'working together'."
In the same year, Mr Cameron sent Mrs Brooks a text referring to her racehorse trainer husband Charlie, writing: "The horse CB put me on. Fast, unpredictable and hard to control but fun. DC."
Conservative business minister David Willetts explained Mrs Brooks's emotional reaction to Mr Cameron's conference speech, telling BBC One's Sunday Politics: "I find, when someone sets out the case for what we are doing, I do think it's not just an appeal to the head, but the heart as well."
Meanwhile, Labour MP Chris Bryant said he had written to Lord Leveson asking for all the emails and texts between Mr Cameron and Mrs Brooks to be published.
Lord Leveson has said that only those relating to the one-time proposed takeover of the broadcaster BSkyB by News International's parent company, News Corp, must be passed on to the inquiry.
But Mr Bryant told the BBC News Channel it was important to investigate the "whole of the relationship" between the press, police and politicians.
He added: "Most ordinary members of the public would think it's material whether the prime minister was texting Rebekah Brooks every day or just once every two years.
"So I think it's time we saw all the material, and then we can judge for ourselves."
However, he conceded that the prime minister was entitled to "a degree of privacy".
Downing Street said all the documents requested by the Leveson Inquiry had been handed over and that the position had not changed regarding publication.
Lord Leveson is thought to be poring over a large amount of correspondence between Mr Cameron, Mrs Brooks, and former Downing Street communications chief Andy Coulson, also a former editor of the News of the World.
But the inquiry's lead counsel Robert Jay QC has said only "relevant" documents will be published.
Mr Cameron and Mrs Brooks live near each other in Oxfordshire and Mr Brooks went to Eton with the prime minister.
Mrs Brooks caused amusement at the Leveson Inquiry earlier this year when she revealed that Mr Cameron signed some of his texts LOL, thinking it meant Lots Of Love, rather than Laugh Out Loud.
The two messages published by the Mail on Sunday were sent in October 2009, shortly after Mrs Brooks became chief executive of News International. They were among a number of texts and emails handed over to the Leveson Inquiry by Downing Street and Mrs Brooks.
In her evidence to Lord Justice Leveson, Mrs Brooks said Mr Cameron had sent her a text when she resigned in July 2011, telling her to "keep your head up".
She quit after the phone-hacking scandal led to the News of the World's closure, a paper she was editing when voicemails of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler's mobile phone were intercepted.
It also emerged that Mr Cameron rode a police horse, Raisa, which had been lent to Mrs Brooks by the Metropolitan Police.
Mrs Brooks and Mr Coulson are awaiting trial accused of conspiracy to access voicemails. Mrs Brooks and her husband are also charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
The Leveson Inquiry is due to publish a report later this month.


Newport County are confident Saturday's FA Cup third round match at home to Blackburn Rovers will go ahead.

The League Two club and Newport RFC had games postponed last weekend due to a waterlogged pitch at Rodney Parade.
Further heavy rain is expected in south east Wales on Wednesday night but a dry period is then expected from Thursday morning until noon on Saturday.
"I think we'll be fine, at this moment we aren't concerned," said Rodney Parade head of operations Mark Jones.
"We haven't even discussed the possibility of the game being off and don't anticipate having that conversation.
"We also expect the Newport RFC v Carmarthen Quins game on Sunday to go ahead as planned."
Saturday's match will be Newport's first in the third round of the FA Cup in 30 years and the first competitive match between the two clubs.
Championship side Blackburn are expected to select Wales international Tom Lawrence to face John Sheridan's men. Lawrence's loan from Leicester City has been extended until 5 February.


A man accused of trying to murder a Flintshire shopkeeper in December will go on trial in May.

Matthew Liam Whelan, 29, from Mancot, appeared via a video link at Mold Crown Court charged with attempted murder after the alleged attack at a Costcutter store in Queensferry.
Shopkeeper Imtiaz Ul Haq, 58, suffered serious knife injuries to his throat in the incident.
Co-defendant Leslie Baines, 47, from Connah's Quay is accused of robbery.
It is alleged a till drawer containing an unknown amount of cash was taken in the incident on 8 December.
Judge Rhys Rowlands agreed that the defence should have the opportunity to view the CCTV footage from the shop before formal pleas were entered.
The hearing was adjourned and a trial will take place on 22 May, and is expected to last five days.
Both accused men remain in custody.


Amazon is to create 1,200 jobs at a new warehouse in Cheshire.

The online retailer said it would begin recruiting later this year for a range of permanent roles at the Omega site in Warrington, near junction 8 of the M62.
A spokesman for Warrington Borough Council said Amazon had signed a 15-year lease in a Â£30m deal.
Warrington is one of four new so-called "fulfilment centres" that Amazon will open this year, creating 5,000 new jobs in the United Kingdom.
A site in Daventry, Northamptonshire opened in February, while Doncaster, Tilbury in Essex, and Warrington are set to begin operations in the autumn.
The retailer said the posts will include operations managers, engineers, HR and IT specialists.
The Omega business park is owned by Miller Developments, the Homes and Communities Agency and Warrington Borough Council.
Warrington South MP David Mowat said: "Warrington was recently ranked as the number two town in the country in which to do business, so it's no surprise that a major international organisation is keen to do business here and employ local people.
"Our unemployment rate has more than halved since 2010 and this looks set to continue."
Last year Amazon defended its employment practices after a BBC investigation.


Two men who were arrested after the discovery of a woman's body in Ceredigion have been released after her death was found to be non-suspicious.

Dyfed-Powys Police said the men have been released with no further action following a post-mortem examination on 57-year-old Janice Marjorie Holt.
Ms Holt was found at her home in the Pentop area of Cardigan on Sunday.
Police said her family have been informed and a file will be submitted to the coroner.


Southend boss Phil Brown has said he will not be taking his "eye off the ball" despite speculation linking him with his former club Bolton.

Wanderers parted company with Neil Lennon after former player Dean Holdsworth's company completed a takeover of the Championship side.
Brown made more than 250 appearances for Bolton before serving as assistant manager for over six years.
"I have had no approach from Dean Holdsworth," he told BBC Essex.
"I have sat the players down this morning. We have spoken about the speculation and newspaper headlines, which inevitably you have to print.
"Speculation can take our players and my eye of the ball and that's the last thing that you need at this stage of the season."
The Shrimpers, who were promoted via the play-offs last season, are four points off the League One play-off places with 10 matches remaining.
"We are involved in winning football games and on Saturday we need 100% focus from myself, the management team, the players and the supporters," Brown added.
"If the supporters think there is a manager standing on the sidelines that will not be there in a week or two, you won't get the same level of support.
"We need it at this moment in time. It is so important that we get back-to-back promotions and get the status of a Championship side."


Chancellor George Osborne has been asked to clarify whether banks are offsetting the cost of fines they pay against tax to cut their tax bill.

Treasury Select Committee MPs raised concerns that banks fined millions for wrongdoing may be exploiting loopholes and "unclear" rules to pay less tax.
It is important taxpayers do not "bear the burden", committee chairman Andrew Tyrie told the chancellor in a letter.
The Treasury said it would respond to the letter in due course.
Under UK law, banks are not allowed to log fines they are forced to pay for mis-selling and other misconduct as a cost in order to reduce their profits and, in turn, the amount of tax they pay.
There are also tight restrictions about off setting compensation payments to customers against tax.
However, Mr Tyrie said it appeared in some circumstances banks were able to claim fines they paid to the regulator were tax deductable.
He called on Mr Osborne to confirm this was not allowed, as there appeared to be "some doubt" about the rules.
By Joe Lynam, business correspondent
In the early 1990s some firms had been deducting from their tax bill - i.e. treating as a legitimate expense - protection money paid to the Provisional IRA. The then Prime Minister John Major intervened and banned the practice.  But there still remains no clarity on the issues of what can and cannot be deducted.
HMRC has issued guidance on the matter but, as you can see, the section under fines imposed by regulators still says (words to the effect of) on the one hand you can but on the other you cannot.
Even for tax experts, the question of whether mis-selling or fines imposed by the government or independent watchdogs can be considered a legitimate cost of business is unclear.
The Chartered Institute of Taxation has called for clarity from the government, which is exactly what the Treasury Select Committee also hopes to get in its letter to the chancellor today.
Mr Tyrie said it was "not just appropriate, but essential" that fines were not tax deductable.
"It is important that taxpayers are not required to to bear any part of the burden of any payment import by the FCA or overseas regulators. The bill should be picked up by the bank's shoulders."
If banks were "not happy about it", they had a number of possible remedies, including controlling employees salaries and bonuses, he said.
He also raised concerns that settlements reached with foreign governments were sometimes structured in a way that allowed payment to be offset against British tax.
He did not know whether this suggestion was well-founded, but if it was true it would be "alarming", he said.
In recent years, banks including HSBC, Royal Bank of Scotland, Barclays and Clydesdale Bank have been fined by the FCA over misconduct.


Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has called on Russia to control its border to stop "terrorists" from crossing into his territory.

Mr Yatsenyuk said Kiev could solve the crisis quickly if Moscow stopped meddling in the situation.
But Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned that Kiev's policies were pushing Ukraine into "fratricidal war".
Earlier this week rebels and government forces were embroiled in some of the worst fighting of the crisis so far.
The separatists say they lost up to 100 fighters as they tried to seize Donetsk airport from pro-Kiev forces on Monday.
Ukraine's interior ministry says the military is now in full control of the airport.
On Wednesday, gunfire was reported in Donetsk city and rebels attacked a military base in the city of Luhansk causing casualties on both sides.
Speaking on a visit to Germany, Mr Yatsenyuk said the situation in the east was deteriorating and Russia's involvement was causing huge difficulties.
"A number of trucks full of live ammunition, full of Russian-trained guerrillas crossed the Russian border into Ukraine," he said.
"We ask Russia and Putin to block the border to Ukraine. If Russia is out of this game we can handle this situation in a week."
Meanwhile, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) said it had re-established contact with a monitoring team it reported lost in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, but it continued to refer to the group as "detained" and their fate is unclear.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called newly elected President Petro Poroshenko to congratulate him on receiving a "strong mandate" to govern after a landslide election victory on Sunday.
Mr Poroshenko said he would hold direct talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin as soon as possible to defuse the crisis.
His office also said he would seek to sign a trade deal with the EU as soon as possible - a move likely to anger Moscow.
The election had been criticised because many in the east were unable to vote as a result of the unrest.
But analysts say the wide margin of Mr Poroshenko's victory has bolstered the confidence of Ukrainian officials in their dealings with Moscow.
On Tuesday, Mr Yatsenyuk denied Moscow's long-standing claim that Ukraine owed billions of dollars in unpaid gas revenues.
The prime minister said that in fact Russia's state-owed Gazprom owed Ukraine $1bn (Â£600m) in compensation for natural gas seized in the annexation of Crimea.
Gazprom's chief executive Alexei Miller said on Wednesday that Ukraine had used $1.7bn worth of gas in May alone, and would owe $5.2bn by 7 June.
He demanded pre-payment for June's gas supply, and threatened to restrict exports if money was not transferred by 3 June.


German carmaker Volkswagen has set a 30 November deadline for staff with knowledge about its diesel emissions test cheating to come forward.

Workers who get in touch with internal investigators by then will be exempt from dismissal, according to a letter from VW brand chief Herbert Diess.
US regulators found VW put in software that turned on emissions controls when the car was being tested.
Some 11 million vehicles worldwide are affected by the scandal.
Mr Diess said the offer was being made in the interests of "full and swift clarification".
VW said it would not sack workers for what they might reveal, but they might be transferred to other duties.
"Employees covered by collective bargaining agreements who get in touch promptly, but no later than November 30, 2015... and... may rest assured that the company will waive consequences under labour law such as the termination of employment, and will not make any claim for damages," the letter said.
Last week, Europe's biggest carmaker also admitted to cheating on carbon dioxide emissions certifications.
VW has put aside â‚¬6.7bn (Â£4.7bn) to meet the cost of recalling the diesel vehicles worldwide that were fitted with so called "defeat devices" that circumvented tests for emissions of nitrogen oxides.
This offer shows the difficulty Volkswagen is facing.
It has appointed the American law firm Jones Day to carry out a thorough internal investigation into the emissions scandal. That is expected to take several months - yet the company needs to draw a line under the affair as quickly as possible, in order to focus on mending its battered reputation.
At the same time, the dirty laundry keeps on piling up. Last week's revelation of 'irregularities' in the measurement of CO2 emissions was a case in point.
Hence the amnesty for whistleblowers. Any concerted effort to deceive regulators would have needed input from engineers and technicians. They may have valuable knowledge to share, which could speed up the process dramatically.
The offer does not apply to managers. So if it turns out that deception was authorised at a high level, those responsible can still expect to be punished.


Greece's government has days to secure a deal with the country's international creditors to unlock urgent bailout funds needed to stop it defaulting on its debts.

Leaked details of the latest proposal from Athens shows it aims to raise €7.9bn (£5.6bn; $8.86bn) in the next two years through tax hikes and spending cuts - much higher than previously offered.
Here is a breakdown of some of the main points in the government's plan being discussed in Brussels.
The current proposal, put forward by Greek PM Alexis Tsipras, is believed to accept the creditors' targets for the primary budget surplus - the amount by which tax revenues exceed public spending excluding interest payments.
This is important because it determines how quickly and drastically changes must be introduced.
The lenders call for a surplus of 1% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) this year, which analysts say would require a lot of austerity measures. They then want to see a surplus of 2% in 2016 and 3% in 2017 to reach 3.5% of GDP in 2018.
Greece had previously called for the yearly increase in primary budget surplus to be more gradual.
But after months of wrangling, the government on Monday agreed to the creditors' targets, which mean it will need to make cuts and raise taxes equal to 1.5% of GDP this year, and almost 2.9% in 2016.
How did Greece get in this mess?
After winning January's election on an anti-austerity platform, Greece's left-wing Syriza leaders described pension reforms as a "red line" they would not cross.
However commentators say this area is where the government has moved the most in the past week.
The latest proposal includes a stronger plan to curb early retirement. European Commission figures show Greeks retire earlier on average than many others in the EU, ramping up the country's pension spending.
Meanwhile, the government is also suggesting increasing contributions to the main pension plan, as well as pensioners' contributions to health care.
So although Greece has avoided direct cuts to pensions paid, older people would still feel the effects of the reforms.
Are stereotypes of lazy Greeks true?
Despite the controversy surrounding pension reforms, the current budget proposal from Athens relies far more on raising taxes than cutting spending.
Greek taxpayers face "a daunting raft of obligations", according to Prokopis Hatzinikolaou in Greek newspaper Kathimerini.
The government has previously focused on cracking down on widespread tax evasion, but more recent proposals suggest targeting levies at the rich and wealthy companies.
The latest document follows in the same vein, featuring increased corporate and luxury taxes and increasing a one-time profits tax to 12% on all profits above €500m.
Lenders have been calling for a simpler VAT system - with a standard rate of 23%, and a reduced rate of 11% for essential items such as food and medicines. They also want exemptions for various products and regions, including Greek islands, to be eliminated.
However, the Greek government is proposing keeping its three-tier system with tax rates at 23%, 13% and 6%.
Fewer products would be exempt from the top rate, although the government has insisted that tax on electricity and the restaurant industry be kept at 13%.
Although privatisation is a no-go for many of Syriza's grass-roots supporters, the party's leaders have made some concessions.
Plans to sell off the ports of Piraeus and Thessaloniki have already caused protests.
In its latest offer, the government reportedly promises to accelerate the process, although the projects included are unclear.
Greece will not privatise its power grid operator or main power utility as requested, according to Reuters.
But it is proposing to raise funds elsewhere, including a €200m cut in defence spending in 2016.
Crucially there does not appear to be any explicit reference to debt relief in the proposals, which may prove difficult for Mr Tsipras when seeking parliamentary approval on any deal.
End of an act, not the whole play


Marcell Coetzee's knee injury is not as serious as initially feared although a cartilage tear will sideline the Ulster back row for four months.

It was feared Coetzee had ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament for a second time but he will now be fit and available for the start of next season.
The South African was injured in the win over Zebre earlier this month.
"It really is fantastic news - I think most people were fearing the worst," said Ulster director of rugby Les Kiss.
The 25-year-old, who has been capped 28 times for the Springboks, made his Ulster debut against Edinburgh in February after missing the start of the campaign with an anterior cruciate ligament rupture.
He had an immediate impact, registering an incredible 26 carries in a 59-minute appearance against the Scots.
Coetzee also featured prominently in the subsequent wins over Glasgow and Treviso, before picking up the injury in the record ten-try Pro12 victory over Zebre.
"He has had a tremendous impact since he joined the club, not only on the pitch, but also on the training paddock with his huge work ethic and infectious positive attitude," added Kiss.
"It's a great boost for the club, the supporters and most importantly Marcell himself, that we will see him back in an Ulster jersey at the start of next season.
"I have spoken to Marcell and he's really pleased with the prognosis. I know from the way he faced the challenge of his previous rehab that he will be back even better than before."


The Syria Civil Defence, a volunteer rescue service also known as the White Helmets, has won this year's Right Livelihood Award.

The award is worth â‚¬315,000 (Â£271,184) split between four recipients.
The White Helmets were recognised for "outstanding bravery, compassion and humanitarian engagement in rescuing civilians".
The group has almost 3,000 volunteers, and claims to have saved 60,000 lives in the Syrian conflict.
The three other recipients sharing the prize, dubbed the "alternative Nobel Prize", are Mozn Hassan, an Egyptian feminist; Svetlana Gannushkina, a Russian human rights activist; and Cumhuriyet, a Turkish newspaper.
The White Helmets are internationally recognised for their rescue efforts, and have been nominated for the "real" Nobel Peace Prize, which will be announced in October.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, however, downplayed the importance of the organisation's work.
In an interview with the APTN news agency, Mr Assad asked: "What did they achieve in Syria?
"How unpoliticised is the Nobel Prize? That's the other question," he said.
"I would only give a prize to whoever worked for the peace in Syria first of all by stopping the terrorists from blowing war on Syria, only."
In a statement announcing the laureates, the award's organisers said the Syria Civil Defence's "deep commitment to humanitarian action" had "drawn international attention to the plight of Syria's citizens and the devastation caused by barrel bombs".
Speaking about all four recipients, executive director of the prize, Ole von Uexkull, said: "We do not only celebrate their courage, compassion and commitment; we also celebrate the success of their work, against all odds, and the real difference they are making in the world today."
In response to the award, the group tweeted that it was "humbled" and "proud".
The White Helmets are also the subject of a documentary film released on streaming service Netflix earlier this month.
Previous winners of the Right Livelihood Award include US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, Alan Rusbridger, editor of UK newspaper The Guardian, and Gino Strada, an Italian war surgeon.


Two rare baby spider monkeys have been born at Chester Zoo in the past month.

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4 April 2015 Last updated at 13:21 BST
The Colombian black-headed spider monkeys, which are usually found in parts of South America, arrived within three weeks of each other.
Zookeepers say these primates are a critically endangered species in the wild, due to deforestation and hunting, so these births are really important.
"Both of our new black-headed spider monkey mums are taking great care of their little ones, spending lots of time cradling them. They'll continue to care for them in this way until the youngsters are at the age of 20 months" said Claire Parry, the zoo's assistant team manager of primates.


A policeman in France has been stabbed during an operation to arrest three women in connection with a car found with gas canisters near Paris' famous Notre Dame cathedral last Sunday.

Police opened fire after the stabbing in Boussy-Saint-Antoine, south-east of Paris, wounding one of the women.
Officials said the suspects were "radicalised" and appeared to have been preparing an immediate attack.
In November, 130 people died in Paris in attacks by so-called Islamic State.
A state of emergency has been in place in France since then.
The Peugeot 607 was found early on Sunday on the Quai de Montebello, just metres from the cathedral which attracts millions of tourists every year.
The car had its hazard warning lights flashing and no number plates, police said.
Documents with writing in Arabic were also found in the car, police said.
One of the canisters, on the front passenger seat, was empty, and there were no detonating devices inside.
A man on the terrorism watch list was arrested on Wednesday as well as an associate of the car's owner.
French Interior Minister Bernard  Cazeneuve said the three women arrested on Thursday - aged 39, 23 and 19 - "had been radicalised, were fanatics and were in all likelihood preparing an imminent, violent act".
Investigators, Mr Cazeneuve said, had been in a "race against time".
One of those arrested is reportedly the daughter of the car owner who had already been questioned.
According to French media, the car owner was on an intelligence watch-list.


Britain's women remain without a win after two matches of the Hockey Champions Trophy after losing 2-0 to the Netherlands.

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After a draw with Argentina, GB started brightly against the 2012 Olympic champions, with Lily Owsley striking the bar in the first quarter.
But the momentum shifted with Lidewij Welten and Maartje Paumen scoring to give the Netherlands' all three points.
"We were outclassed today," head coach Danny Kerry told BBC Sport.
"We lost possession too often and found ourselves chasing a lot of the time which is really energy sapping."
The women's Champions Trophy features six of the world's top seven nations and is the final major international competition ahead of the Rio Olympics.
The top nations after the pool stage is completed next Saturday will face-off for the gold medal, whilst third and fourth will battle for bronze.
The Dutch won their opening fixture 6-2, but delivered a more disciplined display to deny GB few real goal scoring opportunities.
Crista Cullen came perhaps closest with penalty corner routines in each of the final two quarters, whilst keeper Maddie Hinch was in top form.
"It was a tough game but we know we can do much better and that's what's so disappointing because we weren't at the races for a while," Hinch told BBC Sport.
"We're still very much in this tournament because teams will take points off one another and we'll get our heads together and come back stronger on Tuesday."
GB can take encouragement from having now faced the tournaments two highest ranked teams and will have a rest day on Monday before taking on New Zealand.
"We believe that we can and are determined to beat all of these sides," captain Kate Richardson-Walsh told BBC Sport.
"It's good to be disappointed with today and now we'll move on to thinking about the next one."
The Team GB hockey squad for the 2016 Rio Olympics will be revealed on 28 June.


Coventry City have signed Watford striker Michael Folivi on loan until the end of the season.

The 18-year-old made his Hornets debut in their 2-0 defeat at Stoke City in January.
He could feature for the Sky Blues, who are bottom of League One, in Saturday's home game against Millwall.
Boss Russell Slade told the club website: "He is pacey and direct with the ball, and will give us a different option going forward."
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England spinner Moeen Ali expects his second summer of Test cricket to prove more difficult than his first.

Moeen, 27, took 19 wickets in five Tests against India in 2014 but was less impressive in last week's win over West Indies, despite figures of 4-98.
"India didn't show me enough respect in the way they batted against me," he said. "It's going to be tougher playing New Zealand and Australia."
England start five Tests against the Kiwis in May and Australia in July.
In less than a year since making his Test debut against Sri Lanka, Worcestershire's Moeen has become key to England's attack and was flown out to Grenada for the victory over West Indies in the second Test after recovering from a side strain.
The off-spinner says that decision by the selectors gave him confidence and, despite a slow start with first innings figures of 1-47 then took three tail-end wickets as England bowled the hosts out for 307 in their second innings.
"Even when I wasn't bowling so well in the first innings it gave me confidence the management backed me, liked the way I bowl and think I'm a threat to the batsmen," added Moeen, who averages 27.53 with the ball in his eight Tests.
After a century in his second Test outing, Moeen has not contributed more than 40 in any knock since and is seen as an option to bat at six, with Jos Butler and Ben Stokes also possibilities.
"Whatever the captain and coach want me to bat I'm more than happy," he said. "We see it as a strong batting line up. Hopefully when we all play games and click we can be dangerous."
England begin their final Test of their tour of West Indies on 1 May, leading 1-0 in the series.


Tributes have been paid to a newly-wed County Down couple who drowned while on honeymoon in South Africa.

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Post-mortem examinations are due to be carried out on the bodies of Lynette and John Rodgers.
Their families hope their bodies will be returned to Northern Ireland later this week.
Rosemary Ferguson, a friend of the couple, said it was "very distressing" to hear the news about a "couple just setting out on life together".


Scottish Borders Council's administration has outlined its spending plans ahead of a budget-setting meeting later this month.

Key areas include investment in roads, bridges, schools, flood protection and economic development.
However, up to 123 posts could be lost as part of the plans.
The council said that the final figure was "likely to be far less" and was from a workforce of approximately 4,500.
Plans were already unveiled last year to increase council tax by 3% in the financial year ahead.
The latest budget plans - to be agreed on 9 February - include a five-year revenue plan of £1.3bn and a 10-year capital plan of £321m.
Among the key capital investments are:
Council leader David Parker said: "The budget we are putting forward on 9 February reflects our ongoing commitment to protect frontline services, and deliver significant investment for the Scottish Borders.
"This includes maintaining teacher numbers in our schools for the next year, continuing our ambitious plans to attract people and businesses to locate here, modernising the way we work, and a capital programme which will benefit the whole of the region.
"Like other local authorities, we are facing financial pressures as a result of decreasing public funding and increased demand on our services.
"However, thanks to our sound transformational and financial plans over many years, we are in a much better position than we might have been given the economic climate."
The council said it had delivered savings of £26.7m since 2013 and aimed to deliver a further £9.5m in 2017/18.
It said it would continue with its corporate transformation programme to deliver a "modernised and more efficient" council.
It said an impact on staffing levels was "inevitable" however that would be achieved by managing vacancies, natural turnover and offering redeployment as well as early retirement and voluntary severance.
Depute leader John Mitchell said: "Everyone is well aware that these are particularly difficult financial times.
"As a result, we continue to strive to become more streamlined, efficient and do things differently to allow quality services to be delivered to the public.
"Once again, we are putting forward budget proposals which set out significant investment aligned to our priorities, in addition to areas where we can work more efficiently and make significant savings through continuing to modernise the organisation and our services."


After years of controversy, Austria's parliament has passed a law allowing it to seize the house where Adolf Hitler was born in 1889.

Owner Gerlinde Pommer had repeatedly refused to sell the building in Braunau am Inn or allow renovations.
Mrs Pommer will now be given compensation. But it is still not clear what the government will do with the former guesthouse.
The authorities are keen to stop it becoming a draw for neo-Nazis.
The parliament's decision puts an end to a long-running row between the government and Mrs Pommer, who is now retired.
For many years, the government paid Mrs Pommer a generous rent in an attempt to prevent the three-storey building being used as a site for neo-Nazi tourism.
In the past it was used by a local charity as a day centre and workshop for people with special needs.
But the charity was forced to move out several years ago when Mrs Pommer blocked renovations.
The building's future has been widely debated, with opinion torn between razing it or changing its use.
Some people, including Interior Minister Wolfgang Sobotka, have said they want it to be knocked down.
A panel of historians, who have been asked to advise on the matter, say that would be tantamount to denying Austria's Nazi past.
A number of cultural organisations have stressed that the building is part of the historic city centre and therefore under heritage protection.
Hitler was born in a rented room on the top floor of the building, near the Austro-German border, on 20 April 1889.
During Nazi rule, the house was transformed into a shrine to Hitler as the town drew in a wave of tourists.
But as the Nazis began to lose control in 1944, it was shut up.
Locals say it still attracts neo-Nazi sympathisers to Braunau am Inn, despite the efforts of local authorities to prevent this.


China has showcased its long-awaited J-20 stealth fighter in public for the first time.

Two of the radar-evading jets performed a 60-second flypast at the Zhuhai air show in Guangdong province - the country's biggest meeting of plane makers and buyers.
Previously the jets had only been seen by bloggers.
The fighters are being seen as symbol of Beijing's desire to modernise and upgrade its military capabilities.
President Xi Jinping wants to toughen China's armed forces as it takes a more assertive stance in the region, especially in the South China and East China seas.
The J-20 has been developed and made by the Chengdu Aircraft Industries Group, a subsidiary of Aviation Industry Corporation of China.
Some have likened the new fighter to Lockheed Martin's F-22 Raptor jet, with industry analyst Bradley Perret of Aviation Week saying the jet was "clearly a big step forward in Chinese combat capability,"
1990s China reveals plans to develop its own stealth jets
2011 first secret test flights of the J-20
2016 two J-20 jets are showcased at the Zhuhai air show
2018 the J-20 is expected to be operational
by Stephen McDonell, BBC correspondent, Beijing
It's technological displays like this which will lead plenty of people to imagine a time soon when China catches up with the United States militarily.
These two J-20 stealth fighters made a dramatic entrance at the Zhuhai Air Show.
The radar-evading jets came in low showing off their manoeuvrability and setting off alarms in the nearby car park.
It's the first time this country's top-of-the-line fighter jets have been seen in public and it's being viewed as a real statement of intent that China wants to close the technology gap with all other rivals.
Although the J-20 jets passed by several times people won't be allowed to get too close to them at this show. Their design is still top secret so they won't be on display in the way that other aircraft are.
Naturally China will be presenting plenty of other military hardware this week from attack helicopters to seaplanes.
The message here is that this ever-emerging power is not to be trifled with. But China also wants to sell equipment to other nations and in this field, too, surpass the United States.
China's International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition - also called Airshow China - has become one of the world's biggest events of its kind.
And with China set to become the world's biggest aviation market in the next decade, the show is an opportunity for Beijing to demonstrate its ambitions in civil aviation as well as defence.
Although firms from around the world are exhibiting at the meeting, it is the latest Chinese aircraft and weapons that are getting the most attention on day one of the event.
The Y-20, China's first heavy transporter jet has already been unveiled.
Also hotly anticipated is the AG-600 seaplane, the largest of its kind in the world and likely to be used for search and rescue missions as well as patrolling China's seas.
A Xian H-6K bomber and the new Changhe Z-10K attack helicopter are also expected to make their first appearances.


Sayeeda Warsi has been a permanent feature at the top of the Conservative Party since David Cameron became leader almost a decade ago.

At the top, but not in the inner circle.
As the first Muslim woman to sit in the cabinet she was a crucial symbol of David Cameron's efforts to modernise the Tories.
But now she has left the government - and in a way designed to inflict damage.
The prime minister was only told shortly about her decision to quit before she announced it on her Twitter feed.
She'd also done an interview, explaining her decision, which was published on the Huffington Post website within the hour.
David Cameron's response to her resignation contained a jibe - he had "much regret" she hadn't talked to him about her concerns before she quit.
But there was also a warm tribute.
"I would like you to know how much I have personally appreciated your support and friendship over the years' he wrote.
There is no evidence though that Mr Cameron is changing his mind or re-assessing the government's stance on Israel's conduct during this war.
The prime minister has faced criticism from some in his own party for not condemning Israel for what they believe is its disproportionate use of force against Hamas and civilians in Gaza.
He described an attack on Monday as a "slaughter" and he said the situation was "intolerable".
Other senior ministers have called it a "catastrophe".
But neither Mr Cameron nor any Conservative minister has said that Israel has gone beyond what is proportionate.
The response on Tuesday afternoon from the new foreign secretary, Philip Hammond, was telling.
What Lady Warsi has labelled a "morally indefensible" position he has dismissed as a call for "megaphone diplomacy". He emphasised that he felt he had to be "balanced".
That reveals how deep the divide was between two people who were supposed to be working together.


At least 11 people have been killed in clashes between rival vigilante groups in Michoacan state, western Mexico.

The two groups confronted each other in the town of La Ruana.
The vigilante groups were created almost two years ago by locals who said the security forces had not done enough to protect them from drug cartels.
Earlier this year, the government tried to gain control of the vigilantes by integrating them into a rural police force and registering their weapons.
Michoacan Security Commissioner Alfredo Castillo said the clashes were triggered by a "historic rivalry" between their leaders.
During Tuesday's two-hour shoot-out, five members of a group led by Hipolito Mora and six followers of his rival, Luis Antonio Torres, were killed.
Mr Mora's son Manuel was among those shot dead, officials said.
The "self-defence groups" were set up in February 2013 to fight a drugs cartel calling itself the Knights Templar.
Earlier this year, they took control of a number of towns in the western state and drove out the Knights Templar, who had been extorting money from local businessmen and farmers.
But tensions soon emerged between the different groups, which accused each other of having been infiltrated by the very same drugs gang they were set up to fight.
There were also disputes as the groups seized ranches and land previously held by the Knights Templar.
In March, Mr Mora was arrested on suspicion of killing two vigilantes from another group.
He was freed two months later, after prosecutors determined there was no evidence linking him to the crime.
On Tuesday night, the government said it had sent federal police officers to La Ruana to get the vigilantes under control.
The shoot-out comes at a time when tens of thousands of Mexicans have been taking part in demonstrations demanding the government do more to tackle the links between drug cartels and local law enforcement.
The high levels of collusion between the two were highlighted by the case of 43 students who are believed to have been killed by a drugs gang in neighbouring Guerrero state.
The 43 disappeared from the town of Iguala after having been handed over by the municipal police force to members of a local drugs gang.
Members of the gang say they killed them and burned their bodies, but so far only the remains of one of the 43 students have been identified.


Chris Eubank Sr has claimed his son is the most talented boxer since Sugar Ray Leonard.

Brighton's Eubank Jr, 25, challenges for Billy Joe Saunders' British, European and Commonwealth middleweight titles at London's Excel arena on Saturday.
Hatfield's Saunders, a former Olympian, is the favourite for the fight, which has had an ill-tempered build-up.
"The last person who had this ability was Sugar Ray Leonard," said Eubank Sr.
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"My son is the most dangerous young man I've ever come across in boxing, the most dangerous fighter on the planet.
"I was the benchmark, I was the beacon, I was the one everyone was measured against. And I can't even measure him against me.
"I have never seen anything like him. The great British public has a great journey in front of them over the next 10 years."
American Leonard, regarded by many as the greatest of the modern era, landed Olympic gold in 1976 before winning world titles in five weight divisions as a professional.
Blessed with dazzling skills, knockout punching power, a granite chin and enormous courage, not to mention good looks and charisma, Leonard fought and beat fellow greats Wilfred Benitez, Roberto Duran, Thomas Hearns and Marvin Hagler in a career spanning 20 years.
But Eubank Sr has no qualms about comparing his son, undefeated in 18 contests since turning pro in 2011, to Leonard.
"Am I putting too much pressure on him by saying he's as talented as Sugar Ray Leonard?" Eubank Sr told BBC Sport.
"If I don't say it to him, he'll never see it. I have to make him aware that this is what I see. Can he do what I see? I am absolutely certain of that. It's ridiculous the things he can do."
Eubank Sr won world titles in two weight divisions in the 1990s and is remembered as one of the most courageous boxers of all time.
But Eubank Jr says he is relaxed about comparisons with his father, who engaged in some of the most brutal contests in British boxing history, including his victory over Michael Watson in 1991, which left Watson fighting for his life.
"I have the same resolve as my father," said Eubank Jr. "I'm willing to lay down my life to defend my undefeated record.
"I know that I have something inside of me that many of the fighters of my generation don't. I'm made of pure British steel.
"I'm looking forward to the night when someone gives me the pleasure of providing me with a war, so I can show the public exactly what I'm made of.
"This is why I'm going to pull off a great performance on 29 November, in front of 20,000 people, with three belts on the line. It's going to be cool, calm, calculated mayhem."
Saunders, also 25, represented Great Britain at Beijing 2008 and has won all 20 of his fights since turning professional the following year. He believes he is in top form going into the bout.
"I'm feeling great, the best I've ever been in my career," he said. "My weight is perfect. I'm just where I want to be.
"Everything has been done in training camp and I've left no stone unturned. I couldn't have done any more and now it's all on the line on Saturday night - there's going to be fireworks.
"The boxing world seems to be split down the middle deciding who is going to win between us. I can't see why because for me it's a clear cut victory for me - but everyone will see the reason why this Saturday."


A dog has been rescued from the roof of a house by firefighters.

Nala, a seven-year-old husky, became stranded atop the property in Boldmere, Birmingham on Friday afternoon.
It is believed Nala might have got out of the skylight window and on to the roof after climbing on furniture in the loft of the house.
A firefighter "calmed her down with a few slices of ham", before a lead was attached and she was guided back inside the house with help from her owner.
A West Midlands Fire Service spokesman said: "She got a little bit of fuss after."
He said the rescue on Halton Road took about 10 minutes because "obviously she was quite nervous".
The fire service did not come out of the skylight because she might have jumped off the roof, the spokesman added.
Perry Barr Fire tweeted: "It's not just cats in trees we save. We also save dogs on roofs."