Migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe should be returned to where they came from, UKIP leader Nigel Farage has said.

He told the BBC that boats should be turned back to deter migrants from attempting to make the journey.
And the UK should only accept "a few thousand" Christian refugees fleeing across the Mediterranean, he said.
His comments come after 800 migrants are thought to have died when boats sank off Libya at the weekend.
The UNHCR has described the tragedy as "the deadliest incident in the Mediterranean we have ever recorded".
Experts have warned that up to 30,000 migrants, including 2,500 children, could be killed in 2015 unless the crisis is tackled.
An emergency EU leaders' summit on the migrant issue will be held on Thursday.
Speaking to BBC Breakfast, Mr Farage said that unless action was taken by southern European countries "millions" of migrants would arrive on European soil over the next couple of years.
"The big message has to come from Italy, the big message has to come from Greece," he said, adding: "Unless you send a message that you're not going to unconditionally accept unlimited numbers of people, they will keep coming."
"That's not our decision but that is a decision that's got to be taken by those southern Mediterranean countries," he said.
The UKIP leader said migrants trying to reach Europe by boat "should be put on vessels that are seaworthy and taken back to where they came from".
He said there may be cases where people "genuinely need refugee status", adding, "if Britain has to give a helping hand and give, for example, some Christians refugee status, given that with Iraq and Libya there is almost nowhere for them to go, then fine".
"But," he continued, "Europe can't send a message that everybody that comes will be accepted. If it does then the numbers we're talking here could literally be millions".
Asked how many refugees he would be willing for the UK to accept, Mr Farage replied: "I would suggest a few thousand, because we as a country can't take unlimited numbers of people."
He said Prime Minister David Cameron would be under "intense pressure" at Thursday's EU summit on the Mediterranean crisis to take "very big numbers, and I am afraid we simply can't do that".
Mr Cameron has said the UK will contribute to search-and-rescue efforts in the Mediterranean, to help stop migrants becoming a "cargo of death".
London Mayor and Conservative parliamentary candidate Boris Johnson has suggested British special forces could be sent to Libya as part of European efforts to tackle human trafficking.
He told LBC radio action was required to "choke off the problem at source" to stop migrants being sent "to their deaths" on "unseaworthy vessels" travelling across the Mediterranean Sea.
The EU withdrew funding for Italy's "Mare Nostrum" search-and-rescue operation last year, replacing it with the smaller Operation Triton - a move which has drawn criticism, including from the United Nations.
Labour leader Ed Miliband has called for the rescue patrol operations to be restarted, and Lib Dem Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has said it was a mistake to abandon Mare Nostrum.


Activision Blizzard is trying to sue hackers who have created cheats for its Starcraft II video game.

The publisher says the software undermines online multiplayer battles and could cause players to lose interest in the title.
It has filed papers with a California court calling for the unidentified programmers to be made to compensate it for copyright infringement.
One industry watcher described the move as "aggressive".
"The only reason that cheats like this exist is because there is demand for them," said Ed Barton, a video games analyst at the consultancy Ovum.
"But the competitive scene for Starcraft is very important, especially in Korea, and Blizzard needs to preserve the fantasy of the core experience."
News of the legal action was first reported by the Torrentfreak news site, which noted that the ValiantChaos MapHack cheats at the centre of the case remained available online if gamers paid a "donation" of $62.50 (Â£37).
The creators have promoted the hack on Blizzard's own forums as well as other sites.
The science fiction real-time strategy game Starcraft II was released on 27 July 2010, and has subsequently been followed up with expansion packs,
Blizzard's last annual report noted that the Heart of the Swarm add-on was 2013's best-selling PC game at US stores, and the company is still working on a final extension called Legacy of the Void.
Its court filing talks of wanting "to protect the sanctity of the Starcraft II gaming experience" and notes that its terms and conditions explicitly prohibit the use of "hacks, mods or any other unauthorised third-party software" designed to allow a player to boost their ranking and access new weapons and abilities.
"The competitive aspect of Starcraft II's multiplayer environment is one of the driving forces behind sales of the game," it states.
"In fact, the Starcraft game are played as a competitive sport around the world, with professional or semi-professional players competing for national and international titles.
"Additionally, the ability to play the game against skilled human opponents keeps the player experience fresh and interesting, thus ensuring that players return to the game frequently."
The firm adds that it wishes the court to shut down the hacks and make their creators hand over the profits they had made.
The case has echoes of Nintendo's court battles against the Games Genie - a cartridge that allowed players to enter codes to cheat at Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) titles in the early 1990s.
Nintendo also alleged copyright infringement but lost the case after the judge ruled that consumers had the right to "experiment with the product" after paying a fair price for a game. Nintendo's rival Sega later gave its backing to the product and helped fund its marketing campaign.
However, Blizzard has been more successful in this area following 1998's introduction of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which criminalised software designed to bypass digital locks.
In 2010 the firm won a copyright infringement case against MDY Industries, which had sold a software "bot" that automatically played the early levels of World of Warcraft for players.
"The law in this area is relatively new as these forms of online games are only a decade old," Jas Purewal, editor of the Gamer Law news site told the BBC.
"Nonetheless, there have been a number of victories in this area and overall the odds are stacked against hackers and against cheaters once a games company is determined to take legal action."


Assembly members at Stormont will not be allowed to work as Members of Parliament  at the same time after 2015.

The ban on double jobbing was confirmed in a draft law published on Monday by Secretary of State Theresa Villiers.
The bill is also intended to allow those donating to political parties to remain anonymous until at least September 2014.
A few MLAs still hold dual mandates between Stormont and Westminster.
They include the DUP's Sammy Wilson and Gregory Campbell as well as the SDLP leader, Alasdair McDonnell.
The new legislation will mean they will have to give up one of their jobs by the end of this assembly term.
The bill follows a consultation process which also asked the public about a range of issues.
Those donating to political parties will be able to remain anonymous until at least September 2014 an exemption granted due to concerns that donors would not feel safe if their identity was known.
The public was asked about the prospect of having five year assembly terms but there was considerable opposition to this.
Labour's Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Vernon Coaker said: "I want to work constructively with the government on all of these matters and so I will look carefully at what is being proposed.
"It's important that the secretary of state keeps the executive and the assembly, as well as the Irish government, fully involved in taking forward this draft legislation."


Non-disclosure of information on terminations in Northern Ireland could be interpreted as a government "paralysed" by cultural and religious divisions, a senior judge has warned.

Lord Justice Coghlin said continuing delay may diminish public confidence.
He was sitting on an appeal by the department of health,
The appeal, against an order for discovery of documents relevant to a challenge to alleged failure to issue new abortion guidelines, was upheld.
The Court of Appeal ruled that the material should instead be inspected first by the judge who is due to hear the judicial review challenge later this month.
The Family Planning Association (FPA) has issued proceedings against the department over the continued non-publication of guidelines.
The sexual health charity claims there was a legitimate expectation that revised guidance would be completed following earlier court orders.
Under current law, abortion in Northern Ireland is only available in limited circumstances, where the mother's life or mental well-being are considered at risk.
In 2009, the department published a document which, for the first time, provided guidance to health professionals in Northern Ireland on terminating pregnancy.
But later that year the High Court ruled it did not properly cover counselling and conscientious objection issues.
A judge held that the guidelines were misleading and should be withdrawn for reconsideration.
Since then a fresh public consultation process on counselling and conscientious objection was undertaken as part of the redrafting.
Appearing before a three judge Court of Appeal panel on behalf of the department and minister Edwin Poots, Attorney General John Larkin QC contended there was nothing in the documents that assists the FPA's case.
He confirmed, however, that he was happy for the court to study the material, which Mr Poots has been considering, and form its own view.
During the hearing it was noted that departmental guidance has been awaited since a ruling from 2004.
Lord Justice Coghlin, sitting with Lord Chief Justice Morgan and Lord Justice Girvan, said: "There comes a stage in any government activity when delay becomes much more than simply... the government going ahead with its work and it becomes a matter of real concern to the governed.
"In this case it seems to me the danger is in the department taking a view 'no, you can't see these documents' despite the fact it has taken so long to consider what we should do.
"It can be interpreted by the governed not so much as the diligent work of government (but) as a paralysed government that because of its cultural and religious divisions simply cannot bring itself to discharge its duties.
"That's why there is a duty of candour."
Mr Larkin said, however, that Northern Ireland's constitutional arrangements must be acknowledged.
He also pointed out that Mr Poots only became health minister in 2011 and has been working continuously with officials to comply with the requirement to publish guidance.
According to the Attorney General the FPA has been premature in mounting a challenge to emerging public policy.
"We are in a fluid state in terms of the development of government policy," he said.
Lord Justice Coghlin told him: "Nobody is denying for a minute that it's a finely balanced judgment.
"But the longer time goes on the less trust the governed may have in the government."
Tony McGleenan QC, for the FPA, argued that the delay has been "unconscionable".
He claimed there could come a point, not yet reached, when it would amount to an abuse of power.
Following the court's ruling the judge in the judicial review hearing will now decide the merits of the material sought.
Lord Chief Justice Morgan confirmed: "He should inspect the documents with a view to determining whether after such inspection the documents should be provided on the basis of the legal test."


A video game based on a Taliban school massacre in Pakistan's city of Peshawar in December 2014 has been withdrawn following a barrage of criticism.

The game - Pakistan Army Retribution - was released by a government digital agency in the central Punjab province.
Players could act as soldiers shooting the attackers in the school. The agency later admitted it was "in poor taste".
More than 150 people, mostly pupils, were killed in the attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar.
The game was released on Google Play several weeks ago - around the second anniversary of the attack.
However, it became a focus of public attention after Pakistan's Dawn newspaper reviewed the game, declaring that it "failed on every front".
Many online users joined in the criticism, saying the video was exploiting the tragedy.
They described the game as "distasteful" and "insensitive".
The Punjab IT board, which commissioned the game, later said it had withdrawn the video from distribution.
"Thank you for highlighting this mistake," agency head Umar Saif wrote in a tweet.
On 16 December 2014, seven Taliban attackers wearing bomb vests cut through a wire fence to gain entry to the Army Public School.
They went from class to class, killing 152 people - 133 of them children - and injuring more than 120.
All seven gunmen were later killed.
The Taliban said the attack - the group's deadliest in Pakistan - was in response to a government offensive in North Waziristan and the nearby Khyber area that began earlier that year.
The school killings were condemned across the world.
Peshawar - close to the Afghan border - has seen some of the worst of the violence during the Taliban insurgency in recent years.


A 92-year-old man used the internet in an attempt to try to groom children for sex, a court has heard.

But the online profiles were fake and Ivor Gifford was arrested when he went to meet one of them.
Newport Crown Court heard that Mr Gifford, from Abertillery, Blaenau Gwent, had been set-up by a group called the 'Hunted One' which had been monitoring his online conversations.
He has denied three charges relating to sexual grooming of children.
The court was told that he now accepted that he sent the messages, but believed that he was communicating with an older woman between the ages of 17 and 20, who was pretending to be younger.
A jury was told that he communicated with two fake profiles placed online by the Hunted One group.
One of the accounts claimed to belong to an 11-year-old girl calling herself Jessie 875, and another for a girl called Jodie, who was said to be 12.
But prosecutor Owen Williams told the court: "The profiles are fake - the children do not exist."
He said that the profiles were put on the internet and lay dormant until someone tried to communicate with them.
When that happened, they were sent replies making reference to being under the age of 13.
The prosecution said that between September and December 2017, Mr Gifford "controlled, and immediately directed the conversation towards a sexual nature".
He encouraged them to engage in sexual activity in what was described as a "persistent nature", the court was told.
Matters came to a head when Mr Gifford arranged for a fictional child to travel from Cardiff to Llanhilleth, near Abertillery.
The jury was told he planned to take her to his home to engage in sexual activity. He said he would pay for her transport and asked if she "wanted a sex lesson".
But he was confronted by three members of the Hunted One group, who then called the police.
The prosecution said Mr Gifford initially said to police "I hope I die before this gets out".
He denies of two charges of attempting to incite a child under the age of 13 to engage in sexual activity, and one charge of attempting to meet a child following sexual grooming.
The trial is continuing.


A UN expert has called on Cameroon to restore net access to English-speaking parts of the country.

Net services in the south-west and north-west regions of the nation were cut on 17 January.
Cutting net services was an "appalling violation" of the right to freedom of expression, said UN special rapporteur David Kaye.
He said the widespread net shutdown also broke international law and he called for links to be restored.
"I am particularly concerned at the tightening of the space for free speech at a time when its promotion and protection should be of the utmost importance," said Mr Kaye, an independent expert who advises the UN about attacks on free speech.
"A network shutdown of this scale violates international law - it not only suppresses public debate, but also deprives Cameroonians of access to essential services and basic resources," he said.
In 2015, the UN issued a joint declaration which stated that net shutdowns were never justified under human rights law.
Mr Kaye said he and the UN were closely monitoring the situation in Cameroon.
The Cameroon government has not explained why the two regions have been cut off. However, many believe officials took the step to tackle anti-government sentiment there.
Protests have been staged by people living in the English-speaking regions who claim they are being marginalised by recent government policies. Cameroon has two official languages - French and English - but most government and court proceedings are conducted in French.
The shutdown has also hit Cameroon's digital industries, many of which are based around "silicon mountain" near Buea - the south-west's regional capital.
And it has forced 17 year-old coding champion Nji Collins Gbah to move to the capital Yaounde from his home in the north-west town of Bamenda. Net access in Yaounde has not been cut off.
Mr Gbah is the first African winner of Google's annual coding competition that is open to pre-university students worldwide between the ages of 13 and 17. More than 1,300 young people from 62 countries took part in the latest competition.


After years of speculation and allegations of corruption, Malaysians woke up to a major development in the 1MDB scandal.

The US Department of Justice said it would seize more than $1bn (Â£761m) in assets allegedly bought with funds diverted from the state fund and alleged that "Malaysian official 1" received hundreds of millions of dollars from 1MDB.
The individual, who was not named but was referenced 32 times, was described as a "high-ranking official in the Malaysian government".
Many Malaysians believe that the reference is to Prime Minister Najib Razak and the term started being used as a replacement for his name on social media. Mr Najib has always denied all wrongdoing.
#MalaysianOfficial1 quickly became the most trending topic on the Twitter in Malaysia on Thursday with thousands chiming in.
Elsewhere, #1MDB, #Najib, Wolf of Wall Street and Jho Low, which were all linked to 1MDB, were all trending on Twitter.
In this cartoon, a woman is seen asking a man, drawn in the likeness of Mr Najib if he wants to eat curry, with him replying that he doesn't want it as it's too spicy.
In Malay, curry is commonly spelt as Kari, which also happen to be the acronyms for the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative (KARI), the name of a US unit established to curb high-level public corruption around the world.
The 1MDB scandal has been described by the US government as the largest single action ever brought under KARI.
Other users made light of the scandal in other ways.
The Hollywood film Wolf of Wall Street was produced by a production firm co-founded by Mr Najib's stepson Riza Aziz, who has been named in the court papers
While others implied there was another film going on closer to home that was much more interesting.
References to pop culture lyrics were also involved.
Malaysian cartoonist Zulkiflee Anwar Ulhaque, known more commonly as Zunar, used a cartoon to make his thoughts known on the issue.
The cartoonist was last year charged with nine counts of sedition and faces up to 43 years in prison. He says his cartoons are directed towards "fighting the tyranny  and corruption of the Malaysian government".
The cartoon shows a "domino effect" of the 1MDB scandal, according to Zunar.
"The two cartoon characters below show [a] police chief and the public accounts committee chief," Zunar told the BBC. "They are supposed to take action, but instead they choose to be a bunch of lackeys. When things get worse, they run."
"Even though the [Department of Justice] action only affects Riza and Jho Low, in my opinion, the domino effect will come to Najib and Rosmah [Mr Najib's wife], either legally or politically," he added.
The 1MDB incident did not feature in the country's newspapers on Thursday, with The Star online, a local newspaper with a large online presence, running a story about organised crime as their headline.
Bernama, which is the country's official news agency, reproduced a statement on their website by Malaysia's communications and multimedia minister in which he called 1MDB the subject of "unprecedented politically-motivated attacks" and said and that the law suit "has nothing to do with the Prime Minister".
Users on Twitter were quick to pick up the apparent lack of news.
In 2015, Malaysia blocked news websites and shutdown newspapers that had run articles on the corruption allegations surrounding PM Najib Razak.
It also issued an arrest warrant for the editor of the Sarawak Report website who accused the country of "silencing free media".


Scotland prop Allan Dell and South African lock Anton Bresler have extended their contracts with Edinburgh.

Dell, who made his British and Irish Lions debut in the win over Chiefs, has committed to the club until 2019.
Bresler, who joined Edinburgh in 2014, has penned a one-year extension.
"I'm looking for them to really push our young players on and help set the standard for Edinburgh going forward," head coach Richard Cockerill said.
"I've been impressed with Allan's performances for Scotland on their summer tour and it was pleasing to see him make an impact when he appeared for the Lions off the bench against the Chiefs.
"Anton is a physical player and has been a key player for Edinburgh in recent seasons."
Dell, 25, who won his first cap in November 2016, featured for Scotland in their Test wins over Australia and Italy on this summer's tour.
Bresler, meanwhile, becomes eligible for Scotland in the coming season as he will complete his three-year residency period in July.
The 2017-18 campaign will be his fourth season at the club.


The South Carolina man accused of shooting dead nine black church-goers last year admitted the massacre, in a video shown to the jury.

In a videotaped FBI confession aired at the death penalty trial, Dylann Roof laughed several times and made sweeping gun motions as he described the attack.
The 22-year-old told interrogators he wanted the world to know he hated black people and thought they were criminals.
On Wednesday, Mr Roof's mother suffered a heart attack as a survivor testified.
As his two-hour taped confession played on Friday, Mr Roof sat expressionless at the defence table, shuffling papers in front of him.
In the interview, filmed about 17 hours after the shooting, the accused told the FBI he had considered attacking drug dealers but thought they might fire back.
So he said he decided to attack the Bible-study group at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston on 17 June 2015, after reading about it online.
FBI agent Michael Stansbury began the interview by asking Mr Roof what he had been doing on the night of the killings.
"I went to that church in Charleston and, uh, I did it," he said.
The agents asked the suspect to explain.
"I killed them," Mr Roof said. He chuckled and added: "Well, I killed them, I guess."
He complained that his victims had "complicated things" by hiding under tables.
Mr Roof seemed taken aback 45 minutes into the interview when an FBI agent told him nine people had died in the attack. Three survived.
He responded: "There wasn't even that many people in there. Are you lying to me?"
An FBI agent asked him how he felt about the death toll.
"Well, it makes me feel bad," said Mr Roof.
But he told the agents he wanted to kill black people because, he said, they raped white women every day.
Armed with a .45 Glock semi-automatic handgun, he loaded 88 bullets into eight magazines for the attack.
Eighty-eight is a symbolic number for neo-Nazis, standing for Heil Hitler because H is the eighth letter of the alphabet.
Most of the bullets were fired into an 87-year-old parishioner, Susie Jackson, who received 11 shots to her body.
During the interview, an FBI agent asked Mr Roof if he had thought about killing more black people.
"Oh no," the suspect replied. "I was worn out."
During the interview, he also told agents about having watched a 1982 television film about a racist skinhead called Made in Britain, starring Tim Roth.
The Post and Courier reports that the court also heard excerpts from Mr Roof's journal, in which he wrote: "I would love there to be a race war."
On Wednesday, one of the survivors, Felicia Sanders, told the court of the suspect: "He's evil. There's no place on earth for him except the pit of hell."
Amid Wednesday's shocking evidence, Mr Roof's mother suffered a heart attack and was taken to hospital, "highlighting the emotional nature of the proceedings", according to a defence motion.
The accused's lawyers concede he carried out the attack and are focusing on trying to spare him the death penalty.


The European Commission is in talks with the Maltese government about its controversial sale of EU citizenship to rich foreigners under a new scheme.

The Commission says citizenship rules are a national prerogative, but it has raised concerns, as have many MEPs.
Last week EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding said "you cannot put a price tag on EU citizenship".
Foreigners will be able to buy Maltese passports for 1.15m euros (Â£944,000), without having to live in Malta.
A spokeswoman for Ms Reding said "we are in talks, but it does not mean launching infringement proceedings [against Malta]".
"It is always the case that we give a member state a chance to outline, clarify its position and respond to Commission concerns."
The spokeswoman said Ms Reding's primary concern was that an applicant for citizenship should have "a genuine link to the country" - not just the ability to pay.
"We are not prescribing - we are open to clarifications from the Maltese authorities," she told the BBC.
Malta, like most of the EU's 28 countries, is in the Schengen zone, where citizens can mostly travel without passport checks. The EU single market has made it much easier for citizens to settle in another member state.
Owning an EU member state's passport entitles the holder to EU citizenship, with all the rights guaranteed under EU law.
Under the new scheme, called the Individual Investor Programme (IIP), Malta will initially issue passports to 1,800 people. Family members will also be able to get passports, for a lower fee.
The scheme is being managed by a Jersey-based company, Henley and Partners. On its website the company says applicants will be subject to strict vetting and "only highly respectable clients will be admitted". The scheme is aimed at "ultra-high net worth individuals and families worldwide".
The original price tag for Maltese citizenship, set last November, was 650,000 euros. But the government later raised it to 1.15m euros, amid criticism of the scheme by opposition MPs.
In a strongly-worded resolution last week, the European Parliament also criticised the Maltese scheme, saying "EU citizenship should never become a tradable commodity".
The MEPs urged Malta to "bring its current citizenship scheme in line with the EU's values" and called on the Commission to "issue recommendations in order to prevent such schemes from undermining the values that the EU has been built upon".
The MEPs also questioned whether Malta was complying with Article 4.3 of the Treaty on European Union, which enshrines "the principle of sincere co-operation" between member states, who are obliged to assist each other and avoid any measure that jeopardises the EU's goals.
Several EU states, including Austria, Spain, the UK, Bulgaria and Hungary, offer fast-track residence to foreigners able to invest large sums in property and/or government bonds. A permanent residence permit can often lead to citizenship.


Ghana's Football Association says it is launching a legal challenge to a report into the country's poor 2014 World Cup.

It said a presidential commission report into their group-stage exit was "hideously inappropriate" in parts.
The Dzamefe Report outlined a $100,000 fee paid to Ghana's equipment manager - dubbed a "ball boy" in the report.
Ismail Hamidu did receive the payment but the GFA said his role as "kit manager" was being ridiculed by a commission it accuses of "posturing".
In earning $100,000 (£64,000), Hamidu received the same appearance fee as players and manager James Kwesi Appiah, but the GFA claims his bonus payments would not have been equal to theirs.
"It is apparent that the description of the kit manager as a 'ball boy' is calculated to bring disaffection for the person in charge of the position even though his role is key for the highly-tuned professionals to perform at the top level," a GFA spokesperson told BBC Sport.
"While the commission is seeking to mock the person, the position or his role in the team, it must be made clear that the payment of the appearance fees to the kit manager was made after government vetted and approved it."
BBC Sport reported the commissions' disclosure of the $100,000 paid to Hamidu, players and staff members on Thursday.
The Dzamefe Commission also highlights some payments during qualifying and the build-up to the Brazil World Cup which could not be accounted for.
But the GFA has been left angered by the reaction to the report and said it has been "led to instruct its lawyers to challenge the findings in court".
The GFA added: "We wish to emphasise that we should not waver from our desire of finding out the REAL REASONS for Ghana's early exit from the tournament and the other off-the-field incidents that brought embarrassment to the country."
During the tournament, in which the Black Stars drew their final group game with Portugal, the country's government flew $3m (£1.91m) to South America to settle a pay dispute with players.


A "smart-ticketing" system is needed for transport across Wales by 2018, a group of AMs has said.

The Enterprise and Business Committee is calling for integrated ticketing for bus, rail and metro services - similar to London's Oyster system.
It found falling subsidies, passenger numbers and bus services were having a "severe" impact, especially in rural areas and on vulnerable people.
The committee also called for a traffic commissioner for Wales to be appointed.
Its chairman, South Wales East AM William Graham, said: "Buses are the most widely used form of public transport in Wales, yet the industry is facing an uncertain future.
"We need ambition - which is why we recommend setting a 2018 deadline for a Wales-wide integrated ticket system, of the kind that is already available in London where the use of contactless payment through bank cards and smartphones is commonplace.
"It is technologically possible and passengers want it."


Politicians and public figures have been reacting to a call by Northern Ireland's attorney general for an end to prosecutions for Troubles-related killings.

John Larkin said there should be no further police investigations, inquests or inquiries into any Trouble-related killings that took place before the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.
Mr Larkin said his proposal was not a formal amnesty, but was a logical consequence of the Agreement.
"I do think it's important to allow Richard Haass to do his work about parades, about flags and about dealing with the past.
"Clearly the dealing with the past part is the most difficult of the three and the most difficult to unlock.
"The second point I would make is that we are all democrats who believe in the rule of law, who believe in the independence of the police and prosecuting authorities, and they should if they are able to, be able to bring cases.
"I think it's rather dangerous to think that you can put some sort of block on that. But of course we are all interested in ways in which people can reconcile and come to terms with the bloody past, so that they can build a viable future and a shared future for Northern Ireland."
"The question of the past is difficult, because it is dealing with victims on all sides of the atrocities.
"I don't think it would be helpful of me to comment on the personal submission made by the attorney general in Northern Ireland, who is in statutory office, and I have to respect his views in this context.
"I think it would be difficult for families on either side of the dark time in Northern Ireland if you were to follow, for instance, that advice and put in place what the attorney general recommended."
"I think what the attorney general has proposed is an amnesty.
"There are 3,000 unsolved murders in Northern Ireland and those families are entitled to the right to pursue justice.
"This process must be victim-centred. It must be the victims who decide how they wish to proceed, not politicians, not law officers.
"In a democratic society, it is the victims who have the right to determine how they should move forward."
"This issue is much bigger than simply the issue of prosecutions.
"Whatever mechanisms are agreed in the future they need to be victim-centred. The views of victims must be central to any effort to deal with the legacy of the past. Their voices must be heard and respected and all victims must be treated on the basis of equality.
"As it stands there is no single view from victims and survivors and it is unlikely that there will be one in the future. Some families seek truth, others seek a judicial process."
"I am deeply suspicious about the timing of this. The timing is strange given that there is an active debate going on centred on dealing with the past.
"I am shocked at the lack of consultation particularly with victims, never mind the executive. I can't believe he didn't understand the hurt and pain he would cause amongst victims.
"There is no doubt that we have to find a way of dealing with the past to allow society to move on, but it cannot disregard victims and survivors. Neither can it disregard the rule of law."
"For the attorney general to suggest that there should be an end to investigations, inquests, inquiries or prosecutions for Troubles-related killings whether caused by paramilitaries, the police or the Army is a dramatic policy change and a cause of real concern for the SDLP.
"The SDLP's primary concern is for victims and survivors of state and paramilitary violence. They are entitled to justice irrespective of the lapse of time. It is very important to consider such a dramatic policy change from the point of view of those who have suffered."
"These comments again raise serious concerns over the role of the attorney general in Northern Ireland. His role is to provide impartial advice to the OFMDFM (Office of first and deputy first minister) and the executive, but his comments today are clearly meant to forward his own agenda. I have to wonder who asked him to interfere in such a delicate issue.
"The Alliance Party believes that we do need to find a comprehensive way to deal with the past, and that simply relying on the justice system alone, as is currently the case, is not providing the justice, truth and reconciliation that victims deserve, and our community needs."
"I am appalled and angry that the chief law officer, who should be the guardian of the rule of law, is advocating immunity for terrorists.
"Murder is murder, is murder. It has no sell-by date. It didn't have for the Nazis, who have still been pursued. Northern Ireland's criminals must equally never be relieved of the threat of the long arm of the law catching up with them."
"NI21 firmly believes that victims deserve all the individual support the state can offer - it is a moral imperative. The proposals made by the attorney general will be painful for many, but victims also deserve honesty from their politicians.
"If, as a society, we are forced to relive every act of barbarism, if we continue to report every atrocity as if it happened yesterday, if we continue to open old wounds, to pick at the scabs of our past, we will never escape our past nor heal our community."
"We welcome the debate into how we deal with the past and will study carefully what the attorney general has said. There is no doubt his views will also form part of the deliberations of Dr Richard Haass.
"It is well documented that the cost of policing the past has a massive impact on how we deal with the present and the future. Whilst we are committed to meeting our current legislative responsibilities, dealing with legacy issues continues to place significant pressure on our organisation and financial resources.
"Any new legislation to deal with issues of the past must be a matter for politicians to resolve."
"I think the attorney general has said what needed to be said - this issue needs to be addressed.
"You can't keep on seeking to prosecute going decades back for offences which may not be possible to pursue, which cost an awful lot of effort and money to try and track down.
"Victims need support and understanding in other ways."
"We would have some concerns about what the attorney general has said, but I do think that John Larkin has made a somewhat genuine attempt to move this process forward and it is worthy of some consideration.
"But the Police Federation for Northern Ireland policy on these matters is very clear as it currently stands - that there should be no amnesty for either those previously engaged in terrorism or indeed members of the security forces."
"To abandon prosecutions, inquests or inquiries into killings that took place before the Good Friday Agreement would constitute a wholesale violation of the UK's legal obligations under domestic and international law.
"It would cause untold distress to bereaved families and seriously undermine prospects for building confidence in the administration of justice, in particular in cases where there is evidence of potential collusion between elements in the security services and paramilitaries."
"When you are talking about what happened in the past, I think our first priority has got to be the victims and their families.
"There is already an agreed way for dealing with pre-1998 cases. I have not yet heard a convincing argument for changing that.
"I think the wider issue for dealing with the past, I think we have to do that in the context of Haass (talks) and I think that is the place where this needs to be discussed, where we get an overall framework for dealing with issues of the past but one which puts the victims and their families and those who are traumatised - and there were many of them - at the centre of what needs to be done."
"I don't think that John Larkin's idea should be dismissed completely, but it can't be isolated from other issues around the past and also the future of Northern Ireland.
"We can't simply 'draw a line' under these crimes, as he suggests, at a time when many of the groups which were linked to violence or apologised for it, are actively celebrating some of the darkest, most murderous acts of the Troubles.  That would send out a dangerous message."
"Human rights require that victims and survivors of the conflict are at the centre of any process to deal with the past. The commission is therefore deeply concerned that the attorney general has made a public statement without any apparent engagement with those most affected.
"In dealing with the past, there can be no deviation from the rule of law. At a time when sensitive political discussions led by Dr Haass are ongoing, the attorney general's action risks undermining the human rights of the people of Northern Ireland."


Pirelli will be told to produce a tyre drivers can push to the limit in 2017 as Formula 1 bosses seek to make the sport more exciting.

The current tyres prevent drivers from racing flat out because they degrade quickly and need to be nursed.
Cars will be as much as five seconds a lap faster in 2017.
Pirelli has already indicated its willingness to produce a racier tyre next year but says it needs more track testing to fulfil its work.
It has been allocated 12 days for this purpose in 2016.
The BBC has learned that the FIA, which governs F1, will instruct Pirelli to design a tyre that will allow drivers to push hard for longer.
Pirelli chairman Marco Tronchetti Provera told teams and drivers at a meeting earlier this month, where dissatisfaction with the current tyres was discussed, that it could produce whatever the F1 wanted as long as it had clear commission.
Pirelli has been given preliminary information about the performance the cars are expected to have in 2017 so it can start working on tyre design.
The FIA plans to outline how it wants tyres to perform and will provide all necessary data to the company by the end of March.
Pirelli entered F1 in 2011 and was asked to ensure races had multiple pit stops. It did this by producing tyres that suffer from thermal degradation.
Those tyres start to lose performance above a certain temperature - and never recover it.
That means drivers often race below the limit throughout most races in order to manage the tyres and produce the best possible race time.
Sometimes, they cannot even push to the limit on a qualifying lap because they need to keep the tyres below their temperature ceiling.
The drivers have never liked this, but the situation came to a head last season following two 200mph tyre failures at the Belgian Grand Prix.
Alexander Wurz, chairman of the Grand Prix Drivers' Association, recently told BBC Sport that drivers want tyres "fit for maximum-attack racing".
Pirelli has changed the tyre characteristics for 2016 in an attempt to make it less predictable when they run out of grip.
It hopes this will development will enable the drivers to push harder.
However, world champion Lewis Hamilton is not impressed with the new tyres after testing them this week in Barcelona.
"It's definitely not better, that's for sure," he said. "It just feels like a harder tyre and it's not giving me any more grip. I think I prefer last year's."
Plans to speed up the cars for 2017 were briefly derailed when Pirelli said its would have to run its tyres at abnormally high pressures if they were to cope with planned increases in cornering forces.
Teams and the FIA began work on a watered-down set of changes, only for analysis to show that these would not meet performance targets.
New rules agreed this week represent a compromise, based on a proposal put forward by McLaren.
The aim is to have a greater proportion of the aerodynamic downforce produced by the underfloor and to have a greater proportion of mechanical grip.
The cars will be made wider - both in terms of the sideways distance between the wheels and the bodywork - while tyres will be bigger.
The expectation is cars will be four to five seconds a lap faster in 2017.


A migratory bird has shrunk in stature as temperatures warm at its Arctic breeding ground, according to research.

As a consequence of climate change, the red knot may have a lower survival chance on a different continent, say scientists.
The shore bird breeds in the Arctic in the summer and flies to tropical habitats in winter.
Scientists believe shrinkage in body size is a response to climate change in different animals.
The latest research, published in the journal, Science, looked at the red knot (Calidris canutus).
The wading bird is one of the record-breakers for long distance flight, being able to cover about 5,000 km without stopping.
An international team studied the bird over 30 years at its stop-off point in Russia.
"We see a change in body size and also a change in body shape," said lead researcher Dr Jan van Gils of the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research and Utrecht University.
He told the BBC's Science in Action programme: "What is peculiar about this is that we have strong evidence that this is an effect of climate change and people have seen in other species changes in body size in response to climate change."
The study was the first to show that shrinking in response to climate change was a disadvantage to an animal, because the smaller birds had a lower survival rate, he added.
The scientists found that over the course of 30 years, the date of the snow melt in the Arctic had advanced by more than two weeks.
Meanwhile, the birds produced smaller and smaller offspring - probably because the chicks missed the main food supply at the time of the thaw.
The birds pay the price when they arrive in Africa after their long flight.
Analysis of the diet of the red knot in its winter home found that individuals with a longer bill could delve into the mud for molluscs.
However, those with a shorter bill could not reach the shellfish, and were forced to eat less nutritious food.
"There are only a few birds nowadays that make it to adulthood - those are the ones that are small and have a relatively long bill," Dr van Gils explained.
The study shows that long-term changes in the body architecture of Arctic wading birds can affect their survival in their tropical wintering range, said Martin Wikelski of the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Germany.
"Thus, changes in one habitat may have important ecological consequences in habitats halfway around the world," he said in an editorial in Science.
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The number of students from Scotland's poorest areas going to university has fallen, new figures have revealed.

Data from the university admissions body Ucas showed a drop in applications and places awarded to those from the most-deprived 20% of areas.
The figures showed 1,215 applicants from this group got a place in 2015, down from 1,305 the previous year.
The Scottish government said it was "committed to education based on ability to learn, not ability to pay".
A spokeswoman for the Scottish Conservatives said the "damning report" confirmed that the SNP "just isn't doing enough to close the attainment gap or increase opportunity among Scotland's least-privileged".
The Scottish government has placed a major focus on cutting the attainment gap between rich and poor, and increasing the number of Scots from the worst-off communities who make it to university.
However, while the number of successful applicants from the poorest areas fell across Scotland as a whole, there was an increase in Scots from the most-affluent communities going to university.
The Ucas data showed this figure rose from 4,605 to 4,685 over the period.
Of those looking to start a course in October 2015, a total of 1,935 of the applicants who met the June 2015 deadline were from the most-deprived communities, a drop of 60 from the previous year.
A Scottish government spokesman said the figures showed "a long-term improvement in the number of Scottish 18-year-olds from our most deprived areas applying to, and gaining a place at university, since 2010".
He added: "This government is clear that every child, whatever their background, should have an equal chance of attending university.
"Our actions to widen access have delivered progress but we recognise there is more to do."
The Scottish Conservatives have called for students to pay a charge of up to Â£6,000 after finishing their studies to boost investment in education.
The party's education spokeswoman Liz Smith said: "The Scottish Conservatives have been saying for quite some time that students from the most-deprived areas in Scotland are being let down by the SNP government."
A spokeswoman for Universities Scotland described the figures as being a "very useful but highly-detailed and complex data set that needs further examination".
She said: "The one factor that underpins all of the data for Scotland is that whoever you are and whatever your background, it is a lot more competitive to get into university in Scotland than it is in other parts of the UK, and that comes down to the limited availability of places here in Scotland."


Jersey has been granted international status by the World Squash Federation.

The Channel Island, which sends players to the Commonwealth Games, will have a representative side at April's European Team Championships in Slovenia.
The island team will play in the third division of the tournament.
"This is pretty impressive that we've managed to get a team in there and become a member of European and World Squash," the island's director of squash, Nick Taylor, told BBC Sport.
Jersey decided to apply for international status after squash was not included as one of the sports for this summer's Island Games.
Jersey is the  having won 10 gold, six silver and three bronze medals in the three Island Games that have included squash.
"The Island Games is amazing and if we did have the opportunity to compete at the Island Games we would certainly snatch their hands off because it is a fantastic event," said Taylor, who is a former British Open winner, European champion and world number 14.
"It could be up to 10 years before we're competing at an Island Games again, so they need competition.
"We've got hundreds of kids playing the sport in Jersey so we need something to inspire those youngsters as well."
Taylor, along with his wife Sarah and Scott Gautier,  in Glasgow.
He is hopefully Jersey can replicate the success of their Channel Island neighbours Guernsey, who have produced world number ones such as Martine le Moignan and Lisa Opie, as well as current world number 23 Chris Simpson.
"Being a small island it's very difficult to go to a Commonwealth Games and compete for medals," added Taylor.
"It's so important that we are competing at those levels to inspire our younger players.
"Guernsey have produced lots of high-quality squash players in the past, and we've got a world-class facility over here, but we need the events to inspire our young players.
"I think we're doing that with our PSA event, now becoming part of the European and World Squash family, and hopefully Commonwealth Games going forward as well."
Jersey squad for the European Team Championships: Nick Taylor, Scott Gautier, Ian Furness, Mark Le Roux, Sarah Taylor, Kate Cadigan, Beth Garton.


Campaigners have reacted angrily after the Republic of Ireland's power-grid operator said overhead lines are the most appropriate solution for a cross-border interconnector.

Objectors want the cabling - which would run between County Meath and County Tyrone - to run underground.
The Â£250m project is planned to link the electricity grids of Northern Ireland and the Republic.
And EirGrid says overhead lines are the best option.
One campaigner, John Woods, said that he and fellow objectors would remain defiant in their opposition to the plans.
"EirGrid and Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) have to recognise that this is not the most appropriate option for the thousands of people living along the line of the interconnector," he said.
"Modern European countries are now using underground cables but we continue to use this age-old technology."
But in a new draft strategy published today, EirGrid said a 400,000-volt overhead line remains the most suitable option for the project.
The company's chief executive Fintan Slye said: "EirGrid must ensure the necessary grid is in place to ensure that Ireland remains competitive."
"It must do this without placing too great a burden on communities, or too high a cost on industry."
At present, cross-border electricity suppliers are not able to share electricity at peak times in the volumes they would like.
It means cheaper surplus electricity generated on one side of the border cannot be easily shared by customers on the other side.
EirGrid intends to submit a planning application for the development in the coming weeks.
The interconnector - a joint proposal between EirGrid and NIE - links a substation in Woodland, County Meath, with a planned substation in Turleenan, near the village of Moy, in County Tyrone.


A handful of protesters heading down to the massive women's rights rally in Washington say they were turned away at the US border.

A few also report being questioned before reluctantly being allowed into the US.
Hundreds of Canadians travelled to the US to participate in the Women's March on Washington.
Thousands more are taking part in companion rallies planned in cities across the country.
Sasha Dyck will be marching in Montreal after he and seven others were turned away by US officials at the Lacolle border crossing between the province of Quebec and New York State.
The 34-year-old Montrealer say they told border agents they were heading to the Washington rally.
"We were told to pull aside, cars were searched, we were fingerprinted and photographed, they confiscated our phones and asked us to unlock them," he told the BBC.
"They asked us a few questions, about whether we there to disrupt or anything like that but mostly had to stew for about two hours and then they told us: 'You're going home, going back to Canada.'"
He said they were not given a reason for being turned away. He also said two companions who were French nationals were told that for any subsequent trips to the US they would need visas.
"I had a feeling they didn't like the look of us, just thought we would be a hassle, that it would be easier to turn us back," he said.
Joe Kroese, a 23-year-old UK national studying in Montreal, said he had a similar experience at the border.
He says that he, two Americans, and a Canadian tried to cross the border on Thursday with plans to spend the night in New York and then likely go to DC for the march on Friday.
Mr Kroese said they did not initially tell the border agents they were planning to attend the protest but were clear about their intentions when asked for more information.
"That was when the vibe totally changed," he said.
He said border agents wanted to know why they wanted to attend the DC march and searched through his phone.
"They were trying to find stuff to, I guess, show we had some violent intent," he said.
Mr Kroese and his Canadian friend were both denied entry after about three hours at the border crossing. He says he was told he was turned away because of his plans to attend the Washington rally and because he did not immediately disclosed his intent to travel to the march.
The student was also told he would now need a visa to enter the US.
Joseph Decunha, a 20-year-old Montrealer, was also turned back at the Lacolle crossing. He said he was asked specifically if he, his partner and a friend supported or opposed Trump.
"We were forthcoming and explained we were quite vehemently anti-(Trump)," he told Reuters.
US Customs and Border Protection has said it was not at liberty to discuss individual cases.
An Ontario couple, Amber Gazdic and husband Chris Bolestridge, told the CBC they were pulled aside at the Niagara Falls border crossing and told "that, as Canadians, we had no right to go and participate in this march".
Ms Gazdic said: "It's none of our business, and Canada has its own problems we should address. The impression that we got was that they were looking for a reason to not allow entry."
The couple were eventually allowed to cross after an hour of questioning.
It is not unprecedented for travellers crossing into the US or Canada Canada to have their phones searched.
In a statement, Canada's federal Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said that, when entering another country, it has always been the case that goods accompanying a traveller may be searched to verify admissibility.
He also said he was unable comment on the operational matters of either Canada's or other countries' border agencies.


Chris Dagnall scored his ninth goal in 10 games as Crewe fought back twice to earn a 2-2 draw with Notts County.

Dagnall cancelled out Adam Campbell's early opener for the Magpies, who extended their unbeaten run to five games.
Skipper Michael O'Connor restored the visitors' lead with a second-half finish against his former club, but their hopes of recording a fifth straight win were dashed when James Jones made amends for gifting County their early lead.
Jones' loose pass was seized on by Campbell who drove a low shot into the bottom corner after nine minutes.
Goalkeeper Ben Garratt came to Crewe's rescue when he turned veteran striker Shola Ameobi's first-time effort around a post.
Dagnall then raced clear to slide the ball under Adam Collin to level in the 39th minute.
Notts County emerged strongly after the restart and after Garratt pawed Carl Dickinson's free-kick over the crossbar they were back in front in the 51st minute when Jon Stead laid the ball off for O'Connor to tuck home.
But Crewe secured a share of the spoils in the 66th minute when Dagnall's shot was blocked and Jones volleyed in the looping ball.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Crewe Alexandra 2, Notts County 2.
Second Half ends, Crewe Alexandra 2, Notts County 2.
Substitution, Notts County. Jonathan Forte replaces Shola Ameobi because of an injury.
Foul by Chris Dagnall (Crewe Alexandra).
Matt Tootle (Notts County) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Shola Ameobi (Notts County) header from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left following a corner.
Corner,  Notts County. Conceded by Zoumana Bakayogo.
Substitution, Notts County. Tahvon Campbell replaces Jon Stead.
Shola Ameobi (Notts County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by George Ray (Crewe Alexandra).
Corner,  Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Richard Duffy.
Attempt blocked. Jordan Bowery (Crewe Alexandra) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Shola Ameobi (Notts County) is shown the yellow card.
Shola Ameobi (Notts County) has gone down, but that's a dive.
Billy Bingham (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Shola Ameobi (Notts County).
Attempt missed. James Jones (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Elliott Hewitt (Notts County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Callum Cooke (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Elliott Hewitt (Notts County).
Corner,  Notts County. Conceded by George Ray.
Attempt missed. Shola Ameobi (Notts County) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Corner,  Notts County. Conceded by George Ray.
Attempt blocked. Jorge Grant (Notts County) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Michael O'Connor (Notts County) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Michael O'Connor (Notts County) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner,  Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Haydn Hollis.
Substitution, Notts County. Mark Yeates replaces Adam Campbell.
Substitution, Crewe Alexandra. Perry Ng replaces Ben Nugent because of an injury.
Substitution, Crewe Alexandra. Ryan Wintle replaces George Cooper.
Delay in match Ben Nugent (Crewe Alexandra) because of an injury.
Goal!  Crewe Alexandra 2, Notts County 2. James Jones (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
Attempt blocked. Chris Dagnall (Crewe Alexandra) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Shola Ameobi (Notts County) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
George Ray (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Shola Ameobi (Notts County).
Corner,  Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Richard Duffy.
Attempt blocked. Jorge Grant (Notts County) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Jon Stead (Notts County) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt missed. Michael O'Connor (Notts County) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.


The mother of a French lawyer murdered at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris has accused Belgium of negligence and vowed to take her case to court.

Many of the 13 November jihadists had a Belgian background.
Nadine Ribet-Reinhart believes the authorities there should have done far more to act against them.
"This is called inaction, and in the wake of such inaction are decimated families and children who will never be born," she said.
Anti-corruption lawyer Valentin Ribet, 26, was one of 130 people murdered in the series of co-ordinated attacks carried out by Islamists. His girlfriend Eva was also shot but survived.
Who were the victims of the 13 November atrocities in Paris?
Paris attacks hideouts found in Belgium
Paris attack linked in Morocco arrest
Who were the Paris attackers?
Much of the planning for the attacks is thought to have taken place in Belgium and authorities there said last week they had identified three hideouts used by the Paris attackers in the hours before they travelled to France on 13 November.
Many of the militants had Belgian-Moroccan backgrounds and were linked to the Molenbeek area of Brussels. Suspected ringleader Abdelhamid Abaaoud grew up in the district and French officials say he was linked to four foiled attacks, including the Thalys train attack in northern France last August.
"Everybody now knows the name of Molenbeek," Ms Ribet-Reinhart told BFM-TV.  "What did the state of Belgium do beforehand? Trials in absentia? Parades of suspects?"
"They could and should have stopped 10 terrorists being present with complete impunity on French territory that night; people who travelled around at will on the metro and in their cars with their mobile phones."
What sort of action the victims' families could take is unclear.
Belgian lawyer Johan Platteau told Belgian radio on Tuesday that the state could be held responsible, but there would have to be concrete evidence of negligence, in the form of proof that it had information and failed to act on it.  The mother would have to provide the evidence, he added.
Ms Ribet-Reinhart said she planned to take action against Belgium for the sake of justice and for her son. "We, with his family and (her son's fiancee) Eva, will provide the means and go as far as it takes."
Other Belgians named as attackers include Chakib Akrouh, who was killed with Abaaoud in a Paris police raid in Seine Saint-Denis, and Brahim Abdeslam, who blew himself up after the gun attacks on bars and restaurants.
Stade de France bomber Bilal Hadfi came from France but had been living in the Brussels area.
Brahim Abdeslam's brother Saleh was able to return to Belgium after the attacks and is still on the run. For several days last November, Brussels was put on high terror alert amid fears of Paris-style attacks.
Another Belgian of Moroccan descent was arrested in Morocco last Friday. Gelel Attar is said to have lived in Molenbeek and had direct links with Abaaoud and Akrouh. Like many of the suspects linked to Belgium he is said to have joined jihadist rebels in Syria.


Three rare white Bengal tiger cubs have been born at a zoo in Crimea in Eastern Europe.

13 October 2015 Last updated at 08:16 BST
Their mum couldn't look after them so they're being cared for by zoo staff in a special nursery of their own.
Staff are bottle feeding the cubs, who are enjoying crawling around their nursery and playing with other tiger cubs.


Britain's Jo Konta continued her remarkable run with victory over 18th seed Andrea Petkovic in the US Open third round.

Konta, ranked 97th, converted her sixth match point to win 7-6 (7-2) 6-3 and take her winning streak to 16 matches.
The 24-year-old British number two had never been past the second round at a Grand Slam before this week.
She next faces two-time Wimbledon champion and fourth seed Petra Kvitova in the last 16 on Monday.
"It's all a progression," said Konta. "I feel like I've been playing a good level of tennis all year.
"It's always a confidence boost when you get to play against the best players in the world."
It took two service games and six match points to see it out, but Konta again had too much for a player ranked well above her.
"It was definitely tough because, even if she's not feeling her best, she's one of the best competitors on the tour," said Konta.
"She definitely didn't give it to me, as you can tell from the last three games."
When Petkovic, swathed in ice towels, took a medical timeout during the second set, it was clear her challenge was fading.
The damage had already been done, however, after Konta deservedly took a tight first set of six service breaks in the tie-break.
She had recovered from dropping serve at the start of the match and attacked the vulnerable Petkovic forehand.
Poor service games from the Briton at 4-3 and 6-5 suggested the nerves with which she has coped so well in New York were fluttering, but from 0-2 down she reeled off seven straight points in a superb tie-break.
Petkovic, now wearing a visor despite relatively kind conditions, was clearly struggling when she dropped serve early in the second, and slipped further behind after having her blood pressure taken at 0-3.
Konta came agonisingly close to victory with three match points at 5-1, but converted her second chance to serve it out after one hour and 56 minutes.
After losing to Maria Sharapova at Wimbledon, Konta racked up 10 victories while winning two challenger titles in Canada, three in US Open qualifying and now three in the main draw.
She is the first British woman to reach the fourth round at a Grand Slam since Laura Robson made the same stage at Flushing Meadows three years ago.
Another victory would make her Britain's first female Slam quarter-finalist since Jo Durie at Wimbledon in 1984.
Winning sixteen matches in a row is something most professional tennis players will never experience, bearing in mind it takes five or six to win most tournaments.
Konta recorded 10 wins while claiming two titles on the lower challenger tour after Wimbledon, although Vancouver is at the upper end of that scale and not far off WTA quality. She then won three matches in qualifying, and now three in the main draw.
Konta has now guaranteed herself at least £141,000 for reaching the fourth round - more than four times her previous biggest pay cheque.
She is also set to take a significant climb in the world rankings from her current position of 97, with a current projection of around 58th should she end her run in round four.
That is likely to leave her tantalisingly close to the British number one spot, with Heather Watson expected to be around 56th when the new rankings are released after the US Open.


More than 200 volcanic and coral islands, many of them surrounded by a single barrier reef, make up the northern Pacific nation of Palau.

The scenery ranges from white sandy beaches with an abundance of marine life to dense jungle. Palau favours sustainable tourism, which along with foreign aid is the mainstay of its economy.
Palau became independent in 1994, after being part of a United Nations trust territory administered by the US for 47 years.
It relies on financial aid from the US, provided under a Compact of Free Association which gives the US responsibility for Palau's defence and the right to maintain military bases there. Direct aid was set to wind up in 2009, but the US agreed to an additional package of $250 million in January 2010.
Tourism is low key, although growing in economic importance. Many visitors come from Taiwan, with which Palau has diplomatic ties. Taiwanese aid boosts the economy. The government is Palau's largest employer.
Monoliths and other relics are reminders of an ancient culture that thrived on the islands, and despite Western trappings many Palauans identify strongly with their traditions and rites.
Palau's recent history has been dominated by outside influences from Spain, Britain, Germany, Japan and the US. Palau saw some of the region's fiercest fighting in World War II.
There is concern that the low-lying islands could be badly affected by rising sea levels possibly due to climate change.
Population 20,600
Area 508 sq km (196 sq miles)
Major languages Palauan, English
Major religions Christianity, Modekngei (indigenous belief)
Life expectancy 66 years (men), 72 years (women)
Currency US dollar
President: Tommy Remengesau
Tommy Remengesau was sworn in for a fourth non-consecutive term as president in January 2017, after beating his brother-in-law Surangel Whipps Jr in a closely fought election.
He described the 2016 election race as one of the toughest ever on both a political and personal level.
He has said that his vision for Palau is to achieve a sustainable future for the country by balancing growth, development and the protection of the Palau's environmental and cultural assets.
The law provides for a free press, and there are no reports of official curbs on internet access.
The senate has twice tried to ban foreign ownership of media. In 2012, a clause to this effect was included in a new telecommunications bill. It was put on hold amid international criticism.
Some key events in Palau's history:
circa 2500 BC - Palau's first inhabitants - thought to have come from present-day eastern Indonesia - settle in the islands. The early Palauans develop complex social systems, practice fishing and farming.
1783 - English captain Henry Wilson is shipwrecked on a reef and becomes the first Westerner to visit.
1885 - Spain asserts its claim to the islands.
1899 - Spain sells Palau to Germany, which begins to exploit the islands' resources using native labour. Phosphate is mined and coconut plantations are developed.
1914 - After Germany's defeat in World War I, Japan seizes Palau.
1947 - Palau becomes a United Nations Trust Territory under US administration.
1981 - Republic of Palau comes into being, following the territory's adoption of a constitution in July
1980. President Haruo Remeliik takes office.
1994 - Palau becomes independent under the Compact of Free Association with the US. Palau receives financial and other aid from Washington, and the US retains responsibility for defence and the right to operate military bases. Palau joins the UN.


Huddersfield Town head coach David Wagner said he was "in a fairy tale" after seeing his side clinch promotion to the Premier League at Wembley.

Town beat Reading in a dramatic penalty shootout in the Championship play-off final on Monday to reach the top flight for the first time since 1972.
"I'm so happy and so proud of my players, the whole town and every employee of the club," Wagner said.
"The players have gone from heroes to legends during these play-offs."
Wagner, who took Huddersfield from 19th last season to fifth in 2016-17, felt the club's rise to the Premier League could almost be labelled a work of fiction.
But the former Borussia Dortmund II boss said the desire of his players helped make promotion a reality.
"We said as a group we wanted to leave our comfort zone, because if we weren't able to do that, we wouldn't be competitive," the German, 45, continued.
"I asked the players to do that so many times and they've got paid back for something they've invested in.
"We wanted to find new ways to be competitive. I'm so happy we've proved that experience isn't everything in England.
"Since I arrived, I was always in confrontation of having no experience in English football, no experience in this league, no experience of not having a winter break, no experience of play-offs.
"Experience is important, but if you have passion, desire and ideas, you can match it.
"I'm so happy we've proven this is possible and we've brought this fairytale to a happy ending."
Huddersfield's rise to the Premier League as a club with a playing budget of less than £12m draws comparisons with previous promotion winners such as Bournemouth and Burnley.
But rather than copying those before them, Wagner is keen the club makes its own history.
"I know a little bit about those clubs, but I haven't followed their stories on how they got here," he said.
"We have to be focused on ourselves and this club has created an identity and style now.
"It makes no sense to compare us with others, this club has to create its own story and I think it's on the way."
As Huddersfield and their 39,000 fans celebrated victory and promotion to the Premier League, Reading's players had to take the despair of defeat in a shoot-out they at one stage led 3-1.
Centre-back Liam Moore missed the chance to make it 4-2, blazing over the crossbar, before Jordan Obita had his effort saved by Danny Ward at 3-3.
Reading manager Jaap Stam, who helped the club to third position in his first season in charge, felt his players did all they could to stand up to the pressure in the shoot-out.
"What's important for me is the players took their responsibility and knew what they needed to do," the Dutchman said.
"I've played in games where there's been a shoot-out and certain players don't stand up or feign an injury. That didn't happen here, they knew what they needed to do.
"Misses happen. Of course everyone's disappointed that we haven't made it to the Premier League, but that's sport.
"Finals are there to be won and that's what we tried to do. Congratulations to Huddersfield and good luck to them next season.
"We need to give it another shot next season. Maybe in a couple of days, a week, we'll think we've done so well this season."


American Cristie Kerr overhauled South Korea's Su-Yeon Jang with a six under par final round of 66 to win the Lotte Championship by three strokes.

Kerr, 39, followed up her stunning third-round 62 with another bogey-free round to finish on 20 under par.
Jang  held a three-shot lead at the end of the third round in Hawaii and led for much of Saturday but slipped back with a double bogey at the eighth.
She finished tied for second on 17 under with Lydia Ko and In Gee Chun.
New Zealand's Ko, the world number one, came home with eight birdies in the final 12 holes for a round of 64.
Kerr described her final two days as "an unbelievable run".
She added: "It's been an epic day. It didn't start out so hot, but I knew if I just hung in there and made a couple birdies I would get it going, and the back nine was magic for me this week."
Becky Morgan of Wales finished tied for 16th on 10 under par after closing with a 70, while England's Bronte Law shot a 72 for six under par and a share of 39th place.
Northern Ireland's Stephanie Meadow was two shots further back on two under following a 70.


The head of Israel's missile defence programmes has been sacked for a "grave breach of information security", the defence ministry has said.

The ministry gave no further details of Yair Ramati's offence.
However, Israeli media said he had stored classified information on his personal computer.
Yair Ramati had been in the post for four years, overseeing projects such as the Iron Dome and Arrow anti-missile interceptor systems.
The defence ministry praised Mr Ramati for his achievements in the trial of missile systems.
But it said the nature of the offence meant that Mr Ramati's tenure had to be curtailed.
"Relevant authorities" were investigating, it said.


Both British and Turkish authorities have been criticised for failing to prevent hundreds of young men and women travelling to Syria to join Islamic State.

While Saturday's detention of three Britons in Turkey has been hailed as a breakthrough, one Turkish official told the BBC more could be done to prevent the flow of foreign fighters into Syria.
Three young British men, two 17-year-olds and a 19-year-old, have been released on bail from a London police station having been detained in Turkey, allegedly on their way to Syria.
They were held and returned to the UK after British police alerted the Turkish authorities.
Speaking to the BBC on the condition of anonymity, a senior Turkish official said: "This is a good and a clear example of how the security co-operation between Western intelligence agencies and Turkey should work."
The news follows the disappearance of three British school girls who are thought to have made their way into Syria through Turkey last month.
France's most wanted woman, Hayat Boumeddiene, the widow of one of the Paris attackers, is also understood to have travelled to Syria through Turkey.
Turkey's border with Syria is 911 kilometres long. At some points, the border bisects towns and villages, and families have relatives on both sides of the divide.
Islamic State (IS) controls a significant part of this border, including the crossings at Jarabulus and Tal Abyad.
The distance between Turkish control and IS areas is often less than a few hundred metres.
The official argued that in addition to the long border, 38 million tourists visit Turkey every year.
He said: "We have no means to check every single one of these 38 million tourists, and there is a lot that Western intelligence agencies can do."
The official said the Turks have drawn up a no-entry list of more than 12,500 people based largely on intelligence from Western agencies and have deported more than 1,100 people suspected of joining IS.
A significant portion of the estimated 15,000 foreigners who have joined the ranks of IS fighters are assumed to have travelled to Syria through Turkey.
A much smaller number of Kurdish fighters have crossed the border to defend the Kurdish areas against the jihadists.
Some Kurdish activists have accused Turkey of making more of an effort in trying to stop Kurdish fighters from crossing the border, while not doing the same for jihadists.
Several Kurds, including civilians and refugees, have been killed by the Turkish security forces while making the crossing.
Though Turkey is co-operating to stop the flow of foreign fighters into Syria, the official said the government had key concerns regarding co-operation with Western intelligence agencies.
He said there were concerns over the failure in intelligence sharing between the Western and Turkish security agencies.
There have been reports that European countries are not willing to share intelligence for fear of compromising ongoing operations.
He also complained about the failure of Western intelligence to prevent the would-be fighters from leaving their countries of origin.
Finally he said that the flow of foreign fighters has been aided by a large human smuggling network, with one foot in Syria and the other in western Europe.
Turkey's attitude towards IS outside its borders is a different issue.
Turkish officials have been open about their reluctance to take a more active role against IS inside Syria, in the absence of a comprehensive strategy by the West towards the regime of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad.
Turkey has called on the West to remove Assad from power, as well as combating IS.
The Turkish official said that the Western governments should come to terms with the fact that not all of these extremists would be killed in battle and some might want to return to their countries of origin, where reintegration will become an issue.
He said it was the view of the Turkish government that the radicalisation of Muslim youth in the West went hand-in-hand with the rise of right wing groups and Islamophobia in Europe.


Policing in Norfolk has reached a "critical point" and requires radical change to accommodate looming budget cuts, the chief constable has warned.

Simon Bailey, who is reviewing how the force will work with a reduced budget and workforce, said the cuts are a "game-changer" for policing.
It has a £10m shortfall to the £22.5m in savings required by March 2020, a a figure which is expected to increase.
Mr Bailey said job cuts were inevitable.
"We are undertaking a fundamental review of how local policing services are delivered," he said.
"Our demands have changed, for example the greatest demand every day is reports of domestic abuse, with 50 calls a day, and 30 for concerns for safety.
"So, 80 calls are non-traditional crime related so we need to think about how we tackle this."
Reports of crime excluding fraud were up 16% in 2014-15.
He added: "I don't like seeing fewer officers on the street, but we are going to be working with a significantly reduced budget which means things have got to change."
He said it would be looking at its work with other counties and emergency services as a way to save money, with joint working with Suffolk Police saving the forces £24.3m.
Mr Bailey said: "The next round of public sector budget reductions will be a game-changer for policing in Norfolk.
"No longer can we simply adapt or adjust our existing model - the change required to meet this challenge must be radical."
The Norfolk 2020 review will begin with an internal consultation, and initial recommendations will be made to chief officers in December.


Control of the Welsh NHS could be "grabbed back" by Westminster after the general election, Leanne Wood has claimed.

Health has been devolved in Wales since 1999 and is the responsibility of the Welsh Labour Government.
But the Plaid Cymru leader fears the Tories could "grab back" powers if they increase their mandate on June 8.
The Welsh Conservatives said it was a "cynical attempt to exploit uncertainty".
Speaking on the BBC's Sunday Politics programme, Ms Wood claimed if the Tories increased their majority at the general election they could try to take back powers from the assembly.
She pointed to the list of reserved powers in the recently passed Wales Bill, claiming it suggested there were some powers which could be "dragged back" to Westminster.
"The Tories have attacked the Welsh NHS quite viciously," Ms Wood said.
"If they increase their mandate then I wouldn't put it past them to try to take powers back from Wales over the NHS, and then, of course, we risk our NHS being privatised."
A spokesman for the Welsh Conservatives said: "Responsibility for the Welsh NHS has been a matter for the Welsh Government for a generation, so these claims are a cynical attempt by Plaid to exploit uncertainty over the devolved settlement and should be treated with the contempt they deserve.
"In fact, the Welsh Conservatives in government have strengthened the devolved settlement in recent years, and the recent Wales Bill offers greater clarity and accountability than ever before in the devolved era."


Visa applications for Chinese visitors entering the UK will be simplified, Chancellor George Osborne has announced during his trade trip to China.

Under the plan, Chinese nationals visiting the EU will not need to submit separate UK visa applications if they book with selected travel agents.
Mr Osborne is trying to persuade more Chinese companies to invest in the UK.
But he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that his trip was also about changing British attitudes to China.
"Many people think of China as a sweat shop on the Pearl River. Yet it is at the forefront of medicine, computing and technology. It's a very rapidly changing country."
Earlier, Mr Osborne told an audience of students that his visit was about "much more than a collection of business deals".
"What I really want it to be about is strengthening the understanding between our two nations, deepening our friendship, working out where by working together we can improve the lives of all our citizens," he said in a speech to university students in Beijing.
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"Yes, of course, we have differences, different political systems, we attach value to different things, and we shouldn't be afraid of pointing out where we disagree.
"But let us not do it in a way that is not respectful of each other and tries to understand each other, and let us try to overcome our differences and work together in peaceful co-operation.
"Because ultimately we want the same thing - a better life for our citizens."
Adam Marshall, director of policy at business lobby group the British Chambers of Commerce, said UK businesses would "breathe a collective sigh of relief" at the plans to simplify Chinese visa applications.
"For too long, Britain has courted Chinese investment and tourism without facilitating the entry of Chinese visitors with the same vigour. A responsive visa system is crucial to demonstrating that the UK is open to trade and investment," he added.
During his week-long trip, Mr Osborne has already unveiled a deal in which a Chinese firm took a 20% stake in a new business park in Manchester.
And on Sunday came details of the visa changes.
Currently, Chinese visitors can apply for a single visa to visit much of Europe but a separate one is required to travel to the UK.
It is thought that the extra paperwork is deterring many Chinese visitors from including the UK in a trip to Europe.
A mobile visa scheme that already operates in Beijing and Shanghai will be expanded as part of the changes.
Under the mobile service, which was first tested by executives at Wanda, the company that bought Sunseeker yachts, officials go out to applicants to collect their paperwork and biometric data.
The process can take less than five minutes.
A 24-hour "super priority" visa service will also be available from next summer. The moves will be welcomed by UK businesses who want to benefit from Chinese tourists.
In his speech, Mr Osborne said: "Let me make this clear to you and to the whole of China, there is no limit to the number of Chinese who could study in Britain.
"There is no limit to the number of Chinese tourists who can visit. No limit on the amount of business we can do together."
According to the government, last year 210,000 visas were issued to Chinese nationals and they contributed about Â£300m to the UK economy.


Turkey has shelled a Kurdish militia in northern Syria and demanded it retreat from territory it has seized, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said.

The US urged Turkey to stop the shelling and focus on fighting the group Islamic State (IS).
Meanwhile Turkey's foreign minister said Turkey was mulling a ground invasion of Syria with Saudi forces.
On Thursday world powers agreed to push for a cessation of hostilities in Syria within a week.
Among the targets shelled by Turkey was the Menagh airbase, which was seized on Thursday from Syrian Islamist rebels by a Kurdish militia group known as the YPG.
Speaking on Turkish TV, PM Davutoglu warned that Turkey would retaliate if the YPG did not leave the airbase, which lies south of the town of Azaz and near the Turkish border.
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Turkey sees the YPG as being linked with Kurdish guerrillas from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which has waged a campaign against security forces in Turkey itself for decades.
Mr Davutoglu accused the Kurdish militiamen of attacking ethnic Arabs and Turkmen in what amounted to "war crimes".
US State Department spokesman John Kirby also urged the YPG not to "take advantage of a confused situation" by seizing new territory.
Mr Kirby said Turkey and the YPG were both threatened by IS, whose fighters were located to the east of Azaz.
"We continue to encourage all parties to focus on this common threat, which has not subsided," he said.
On Saturday, Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said it was possible that troops from his country and Saudi Arabia might participate in a ground operation against IS forces.
Saudi Arabia will send war planes to the Turkish airbase of Incirlik to carry out air strikes on IS militants, Mr Cavusoglu said.
The US has so far ruled out a ground invasion of Syria, while Moscow has warned against such a development, saying it could lead to a world war.
World powers have instead agreed a tentative deal to try to bring about a cessation of hostilities and allow more access for humanitarian aid.
Under the plan, efforts will be made to try to make urgent aid deliveries to besieged and hard-to-reach areas in Syria. Steps will also be taken to work towards an eventual ceasefire and implementation of a UN-backed plan for political transition in Syria.
The halt would not apply to the battle against jihadist groups IS and al-Nusra Front.
However, neither the Syrian government nor the rebels were involved in the deal and both have since vowed to continue fighting.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Friday that he intended to retake "the whole country" from rebels.
Syrian government forces, backed by Russian air strikes, have almost encircled rebels in parts of the northern city of Aleppo.
However, Russia has come under pressure from Western countries over civilian deaths in Syria, with France and the US urging greater caution.
French PM Manuel Valls and US Secretary of State John Kerry said civilians were dying in Russian air strikes.
One observers' group says at least 1,015 civilians have been killed in Russian air strikes.
Russia, an ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has consistently denied hitting civilian targets and insists it is battling terrorists.
More than 250,000 people have been killed and some 11 million displaced in almost five years of fighting in Syria.
Why is there a war in Syria?
Anti-government protests developed into a civil war that, five years on, has ground to a stalemate, with the Assad government, Islamic State, an array of Syrian rebels and Kurdish fighters all holding territory.
Who is fighting whom?
Government forces concentrated in Damascus and the centre and west of Syria are fighting the jihadists of Islamic State and al-Nusra Front, as well as less numerous so-called "moderate" rebel groups, who are strongest in the north and east. These groups are also battling each other.
How has the world reacted?
Iran, Russia and Lebanon's Hezbollah movement are propping up the Alawite-led Assad government, while Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar back the Sunni-dominated opposition, along with the US, UK and France. Hezbollah and Iran are believed to have troops and officers on the ground, while a Western-led coalition and Russia are carrying out air strikes.


Denny Johnstone netted a first-half brace as Morton returned to winning ways with victory over Queen of the South.

Johnstone opened the scoring with a close-range tap-in on eight minutes.
The 21-year-old slotted Bobby Barr's cross into the bottom corner for his 14th goal of the season to make it 2-0, before Paul McMullan added a third.
Dale Hilson and Gary Oliver hit back for the visitors but Morton held on for the win.


A pedestrian has died after being hit by a car in north Wales.

The incident happened on the A5 between Llangollen, Denbighshire, and Chirk, Wrexham, on Friday at about 23:00 GMT.
North Wales Police has appealed for witnesses.


A Powys opencast mine could be mothballed, resulting in 90 redundancies.

Celtic Energy said it followed an announcement by RWE that Aberthaw power station was unlikely to require large volumes of coal beyond March 2017.
A consultation on the plan for the Nant Helen opencast site has begun with trade unions and other parties.
The company said the state of the coal industry meant "difficult decisions are inevitable".
In October, Celtic Energy announced its decision to mothball its opencast coal site Selar, near Glynneath, for three years, resulting in 70 people losing their jobs.
When that decision was taken, the company said it could not keep the site running along with Nant Helen and the expanded East Pit.


A man who left an 83-year-old double amputee seriously injured after hitting him with a shopping basket during a row in a supermarket aisle is facing a jail term.

Murray Dewar, 45, attacked Jack Wemyss in the Tesco Express store in Dundee's Strathmartine Road.
An argument between them started after Dewar blocked the path of Mr Wemyss's mobility scooter.
Dewar, from Dundee, pled guilty to the attack on 20 November.
Fiscal depute Muhamad Sadiq told Dundee Sheriff Court that Dewar had hit the 83-year-old in the face with the basket, leaving him cut above the left eye.
Police issued CCTV images of Dewar, who later handed himself in.
Defence solicitor Emma Sommerville said: "He suffers from severe anxiety and has had a panic attack today, so is not in the dock.
"He is not in a fit state to come into court, but wishes me to tender a guilty plea on his behalf."
Sheriff Richard McFarlane deferred sentence until January for social work background reports.


A teenage girl started fitting and died after taking MDMA in her own home, a court heard.

Luna Alves, 17, was among a group of teens who fell ill after taking the drug in Bedford earlier this year.
A second teenage girl was found being violently sick at the property, while a third suffered a seizure in McDonald's.
Matthew Duggan-Hill, of Chaucer Road, Bedford, was jailed at Luton Crown Court for four years for supplying the Class A drug.
The 21-year-old had previously pleaded guilty to two offences of supplying a Class A drug, one of possessing a class a drug with intent and a fourth charge of possessing cannabis.
He appeared for sentence via video link.
Prosecutor Nigel Ogborne told the court how on 27 May an ambulance had been called to the home of Miss Alves in Bedford High Street.
She had started fitting after taking the drug that had been bought earlier from Duggan-Hill.
A number of other young people were found at the address. Four of them were taken to hospital.
The court was told police discovered the MDMA had been bought by one of the group earlier in the evening in an alleyway close to Bedford Railway Station.
An examination of the phone records of the girl who had bought the drugs showed the dealer she met had the street name "Banging Dizz Bedford".
Police traced the number to Duggan-Hill.
At the time of the offence he had been subject to a 22-week suspended prison sentence for sending a malicious communication.
Jane Anderson, defending, said Duggan-Hill was "deeply sorry" for the death of the girl.
Judge Lynn Tayton also activated 16 weeks of the suspended sentence to run consecutively.


Papers praise a "good voter turnout" in the fourth phase of the state elections in Indian-administered Kashmir.

The state witnessed a 49% turnout amid calls for a boycott by separatist leaders, papers say.
The percentage was marginally higher than the last polls in 2008, but lower than the first three phases of the ongoing elections, papers reported.
The average turnout was 71% in the first two phases and 59% in the third phase.
Results will be announced on 23 December after the completion of all five phases.
"Braving the cold, Kashmiris came out to vote in large numbers in the fourth phase of assembly elections on Sunday," the Hindustan Times reports.
Kashmir usually sees low voter turnout as separatists urge people to boycott polls, but many voters have "defied" the calls this year, reports say.
"Defying separatists' boycott call, the polling in the four districts - Srinagar, Anantnag, Shopian and Samba (Jammu region) - was 4% higher than that in the 2008 assembly elections," The Indian Express reports.
The NDTV website says an "unprecedented number of first time voters came to polling booths. They said they are voting for change".
Some papers, however, feel the reason for the higher turnout could be to stop the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from gaining foothold in the region's politics.
Senior BJP leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, have promised to develop the region in their poll campaigns.
"In Habbakadal, a traditional boycott stronghold, the turnout of Sunday was twice that from last time... And many of those who voted said they did so to keep the BJP out," The Indian Express reports.
In some international news, papers are highlighting an agreement on how countries should tackle climate change following UN members' two-week talks in Lima, Peru.
Environmental groups said the deal was an ineffectual compromise, but the EU said it was a step towards achieving a global climate deal next year in Paris.
India's Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said "this is not the best text that we could have had but certainly the best that we could have secured in the circumstance", The Indian Express reports.
Differences between rich and poor countries over how to spread the burden of pledges to cut carbon emissions have been the reason for failure to reach a global environmental deal.
The Financial Express says "most of what Lima was supposed to deliver on has been put off for the time being with the hope that they would get decided in the run-up to and during the next climate change conference, in Paris in 2015".
And finally, in a tragic road accident, a drunk driver ran over three policemen in Delhi on Sunday, killing two of them, The Times of India reports.
"Two cops were crushed to death and another critically injured when they tried to stop a speeding cabbie near Kalindi Kunj area early on Sunday," the paper reports.
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A man accused of leading a gang trying to import drugs worth millions into Northern Ireland has links to loyalists and republicans, a court has been told.

Prosecutors said Declan Gallagher also has ties to criminals in Spain and Holland.
The 32-year-old, originally from Londonderry but now living in Greater Manchester, was refused bail on 17 drugs-related charges.
They span a period between September 2013 and October 2014.
The alleged offences are linked to an investigation into a series of cannabis and cocaine seizures.
Mr Gallagher, a former driving instructor, is accused of multiple counts of conspiracy to supply and being concerned in the supply of cocaine and cannabis.
Setting out his alleged role, prosecuting counsel said: "There are separate gangs, for example one would be related to a loyalist group and another to a republican group.
"Whilst they have no contact with one another, these people all have contact back to Gallagher."
The case against him was said to involve telecommunications evidence, surveillance and CCTV footage.
The prosecutor said opposition to his release was based on the risk of further offences being committed.
"Police say he's the principal member of the gang, that he has suffered a very significant financial loss and that Gallagher will be determined to recoup that," she told the court.
Further fears were expressed that he may attempt to flee.
"He has connections with criminal gang members in Spain and he also has criminal links to Holland," she said.
Due to reporting restrictions imposed over fears for his personal security, Mr Gallagher's exact address cannot be published.
His barrister argued, however, that there was no substance to the prosecution allegations.
"What has been presented is nothing more than a lot of smoke and mirrors," he said.
"This is a case really of 'nudge-nudge, wink-wink' in terms of real evidence."
He also said that Mr Gallagher's domestic setting and lifestyle did not fit with the portrayal of him as a "Mr Big".
The lawyer said: "There were no signs of opulence in that home, there were no large sums of cash.
"Details of his bank account have been followed up and he's not linked to any bank account that contains large sums of money."
Refusing bail, the judge said there was a risk Mr Gallagher may not comply with release conditions.
The judge added: "These are extremely serious charges, with a UK and European aspect."