Russia has said agreement on a ceasefire deal in Syria is being held up by the United States.

The two sides have been holding talks in Geneva and the US has said discussions are "making progress".
However, a US official later confirmed that deliberations in Washington were behind delays to a deal.
The latest talks came as the UN special envoy for Syria warned that fuel supplies could run out within days in a rebel-held part of the city of Aleppo.
Fighting has escalated between Syria's army and rebels in eastern Aleppo, where 250,000 people live.
Staffan de Mistura said food and water shortages made the situation there even more serious than previously.
He said a ceasefire deal could make a major difference to aid efforts across Syria.
A US state department official said talks with Russia aimed to reach a deal on "a nationwide cessation of hostilities in Syria, as well as sustained and unimpeded access to humanitarian assistance for communities most in need".
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said his officials had been waiting five hours for a response to the latest proposed text of a deal and he was "thinking of calling it a day" until next week.
Mr Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry have been meeting on and off for the past several weeks and the negotiations are clearly proving complicated, the BBC's Imogen Foulkes in Geneva reports.
The US and Russia support opposite sides in the conflict that began in 2011: Washington backs a coalition of rebel groups it describes as moderate, while Moscow is seen as a key ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
On Sunday, Syrian government forces were reported to have  recaptured parts of Aleppo which were lost to rebels last month, placing rebel-held districts in the city's east once again under siege.
A monitoring group said government troops had recaptured two military academy sites in the Ramouseh district, in the south of the city, and severed a recently established rebel supply line.
"There is a growing concern about eastern Aleppo: the issue about food, the issue about the possibility that within perhaps the next few days it will turn out to be dark because there is no fuel, problems of water," Mr de Mistura said on Friday.
UN humanitarian chief Stephen O'Brien told the BBC conditions in Aleppo had become appalling: "Eastern Aleppo is at the apex of horror, where anyone of us if we were there would find life barely possible, let alone tolerable."
Mr O'Brien said civilians were trapped in ruined buildings, subjected to daily bombing and shelling.
He described children in the city as a "lost" generation, who had no access to school.
Over the summer the UN's ability to deliver aid across Syria was greatly reduced because of the increased fighting, the UN said.
Little aid was delivered in July, less in August, and none at all so far in September, it added.
A ceasefire deal that the Russians and the Americans arranged back in February collapsed quickly in the north but it is still more or less holding, or at least influencing matters, around Damascus.
That does not mean that the war is anywhere near over. A Syrian general at the ministry of defence told me they were well aware that the war in Lebanon a generation ago had lasted 16 years.
This one, he said, was much more complicated so there could be at least another 10 years of bloodshed. The collective tragedy is that so many foreign countries have intervened in the war that it has become much harder to stop.
Syria's war is a big part of the historic change sweeping through the Middle East, and it is tied into other conflicts. Power is shifting, with global repercussions. More tragedies lie ahead.
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A 17-year-old boy has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder after shootings in Canada's western Saskatchewan province, police say.

The boy - who cannot be named because of his age - is also charged with seven counts of attempted murder.
Four people were killed and several injured after the shootings at La Loche Community School and another location.
Friday's attack in the remote community was "every parent's worst nightmare", Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said.
At a news conference on Saturday, Grant St Germaine from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said the suspect would appear in court next week.
"The days and weeks are going to be difficult as we come to terms with the impact of what has happened in our community," he said.
"It's a sad and difficult time and no words will take away the pain and sorrow of what has happened."
The RCMP said Dayne Fontaine, 17, and his brother Drayden, 13, were shot dead in a house.
The gunman then went to the school, killing teacher Adam Wood, 35, and 21-year-old teaching assistant Marie Janvier.
The suspect was later disarmed and arrested. The motive behind the shootings is unclear.
Witnesses at the school described screaming and more than half a dozen shots.
The RCMP said officers were called about "an active shooter" at 13:00 local time (19:00 GMT) and detained the suspect 45 minutes later.
"Words cannot express my shock and sorrow at the horrific events today in La Loche," Brad Wall, the premier of Saskatchewan, said in a statement.
About 900 students attend La Loche Community School for kindergarten through to grade 12 (the last year of secondary school).
"I ran outside the school," Noel Desjarlais, a Grade 10 student, told CBC.
"There was lots of screaming, there was about six, seven shots before I got outside. I believe there was more shots by the time I did get out."
La Loche is a mainly aboriginal community of about 3,000 people.
It is located nearly 900km (600 miles) north-west of the provincial capital, Regina.


Chinese triad gangs are making £900,000 a year out of a drug dealing racket in Northern Ireland, a court has been told.

The details of the organised criminal operation emerged during the sentencing of Zen Zyang.
The 24-year-old pleaded guilty to three counts of possession of cannabis resin with intent to supply and transferring £50,000 in cash out of NI in 2012.
The drug dealing operation was discovered following police searches.
Belfast Crown Court heard that police raided addresses in north, west and east Belfast between August and December 2012.
Police investigations and forensics linked Zyang to all three addresses and at one house in west Belfast, detectives from the PSNI's organised crime branch seized cannabis flowers hidden inside a fast food box.
Judge Gordon Kerr QC was told that Zyang, whose address was given as c/o Maghaberry Prison, tried to send £50,000 in cash through Ballysillan Post Office in north Belfast.
A crown lawyer said it was being sent to an address in London and "helpfully to the police the sender's address was also on the package''.
The court heard police went to the sender's address at Oaklee Street in north Belfast and observed a Chinese national leaving the property.
He was stopped by police and found to be carrying a holdall containing cannabis.
"It is the police's belief that organised Chinese crime gangs are carrying out these cultivating operations,'' said the prosecution barrister.
"The money is then sent through the postal system to a figure head in London who receives the money.
"This operation is bringing in around £900,000 annually.''
A defence barrister said Zyang had not "funded a lavish lifestyle'' from the drugs and said he used the money he received for his role for "food and lodgings''.
"In fact, when he was picked up by police he was living in extreme squalor in a small flat in east Belfast,'' the lawyer added.
The court was told by the lawyer that Zyang did not have a "substantial level of authority'' in the drug operation.
However, Judge Kerr Qc remarked: "He was not low level either given that he was entrusted with £50,000.''
The judge sentenced Zyang to a total of nine months for his drug offences and transferring criminal property.
He also ordered the destruction of the seized drugs, drug paraphernalia and the £50,000 in cash.


The Canadian Mounties have reached a multi-million dollar settlement agreement with female members and civilian staff of the national police force after decades of workplace gender and sexual discrimination, bullying and harassment.

The settlement agreement, expected to reach CA$100m ($76m/Â£59m) in compensation, still needs federal court approval.
On Thursday, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Commissioner Bob Paulson apologised to the women affected by what he called "shameful conduct" and the force's failure in allowing a culture of harassment to fester within the RCMP.
"Some of these women left the RCMP, heartbroken, disillusioned and angry. Others stayed and were forced to find ways to cope with this inexcusable condition since they did not see an organisation that was willing to change," a tearful Mr Paulson said.
The two class-action lawsuits that led to the settlement agreement were filed by former Mounties Janet Merlo, who joined the RCMP in 1991, and Linda Gillis Davidson, who joined in 1985.
Ms Merlo, who says she lived with 20 years of sexual comments. pranks and derogatory remarks inflicted by "a minority, but a potent minority" of male colleagues, called Thursday's apology and settlement a "turning point for the RCMP".
"I have total faith that this is the beginning of a new era, hopefully a better era," she said.
All told, the dual class-actions represent some 500 plaintiffs. Federal officials are expecting up to 1,000 women who worked in the RCMP between 1974 and when the settlement receives court approval to seek claims under the agreement.
Allegations of sexual harassment and a toxic work environment have been dogging the RCMP for years after a high-profile Mountie first went public with her claims in 2011.
Corporal Catherine Galliford, a former RCMP spokeswoman, said years of sexual harassment left her with post-traumatic stress disorder and agoraphobia.
The national force has since worked to change the culture, making it easier to report bullying and harassment. They committed on Thursday to initiatives that "support a respectful and inclusive workplace".
The RCMP provides both federal law enforcement across Canada and provincial and municipal policing in eight provinces and three territories. They also police some 600 aboriginal communities.
Women have been able to become full-fledged police officers within the RCMP for over 40 years and now make up about 20% of the force's 28,000 employees.
Mounties who seek claims will be allowed to remain anonymous.  The independent claim process and compensation scheme will be overseen by former Supreme Court of Canada judge Michel Bastarache.
But should female Mounties choose to come forward to RCMP leadership with valid harassment claims, Mr Paulson said, "you can rest assured that the fist of God will descend on the [perpetrators]".


Trains have started running on a second line between London and Oxford city centre following a £320m project.

Chiltern Railways said its new service to London Marylebone would offer "genuine competition".
Great Western Railway already runs a service between Oxford and London Paddington.
The new service started running from the new station Oxford Parkway, when it opened a year ago, but was extended to the city centre from Monday.
Network Rail contributed £190m towards the project, with Chiltern Railways investing £130m.
More than 850,000 journeys are expected to be taken to or from Oxford on the new services in the next year.
Franchise competition is rare on Britain's railways: among the few examples are London to Birmingham and London to Peterborough.
The first official service left Oxford train station for London Marylebone at 0720 GMT on Monday, after a test service used the route on Sunday.
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling said: "This is the first new rail link between a major British city and the capital in 100 years and also a shining example of partnership working".
About 1.5 million passengers used the service from Oxford Parkway, on the outskirts of the city , to London Marylebone in its first year.
In September, the final pieces of track were installed for the extension into the city centre, which involved upgrading a branch line.
Network Rail chief executive, Mark Carne, said privately funded railway projects based on customers' needs were "exactly what Network Rail is all about" and called for "many more railway upgrades following this model in future".


Nottinghamshire pair Jake Libby and Riki Wessels scored centuries on the opening day of the County Championship match against Glamorgan in Cardiff.

The visitors recovered from an indifferent start to reach 335-6 at the close of play with Timm van der Gugten taking four wickets.
Libby and Wessels (120) shared a stand of 123 for the fifth wicket.
Libby, who faced 229 balls for his 109, struck 10 fours, as he reached the fourth century of his career.
Wessels began quietly but was soon into his stride and passed his 21st first-class century off 149 deliveries.
Wessels and captain Chris Read (47 not out) punished the tiring Glamorgan attack in the final session as they added 99, before Wessels was pinned lbw to become Van der Gugten's fourth victim in the penultimate over of the day.
Van der Gugten was the pick of the Glamorgan bowlers in his first Championship game of the season and ended the day with the creditable figures of 4-52 from 21 accurate overs.
Glamorgan fast bowler Timm van der Gugten told BBC Radio Wales:
"It felt really good to be back playing Championship cricket. I was looking forward to this one, coming back from injury it is tough to get into the white ball because they go after you from the first ball.
"It was nice to get into a rhythm and bowl a long spell.
"The pitch was quite slow, so we tried as a bowling unit to bowl as straight as possible and not give any width, and I thought we did that pretty well for the majority of the day.
"It might have got away from us a little bit at the end, but when we stuck to our plans it was quite hard to score.
"I think we probably would have batted if we won the toss so no surprises there, it looked like a pretty nice wicket to bat on."


Three rail unions have criticised the Scottish government's plan for Police Scotland to takeover the work of the British Transport Police in Scotland.

Justice Secretary Michael Matheson wants to integrate railway policing when responsibility for this specialist service is devolved.
The RMT, the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA) and train drivers union Aslef all oppose the change.
It is understood BTP had hoped to continue providing the service.
The force had hoped it would operate with oversight from Holyrood rather than Westminster after control was devolved to the Scottish Parliament, as recommended by the Smith Commission.
BTP is a cross-border police force which employs more than 200 officers in Scotland.
The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union's general secretary Mick Cash said: "It is sheer arrogance on the part of the SNP government that they are ignoring the advice of the BTP and those who work in the railway industry and are forging ahead with plans to merge this important and distinctive policing operation into the wider force.
"Skills and expertise in dealing with the specialist policing needs on the railways would be lost for ever and would result in an inferior policing service which would impact on staff and passengers alike.
"RMT stands alongside our sister rail unions in opposing these ill-conceived and dangerous plans."
Aslef's organiser in Scotland, Kevin Lindsay, said: "BTP in Scotland understands the way the railway works and has the special expertise to deal with the special problems encountered on the railway every day.
"We don't want the BTP to be scrapped and its services delivered by Police Scotland".
The TSSA's general secretary, Manuel Cortes, said: "The SNP leadership know nothing about the practicalities of running a safe and secure railway.
"If it ain't broke, don't try to fix it. The present system is far from broke and doesn't need fixing."
The Scottish government has been lobbying the UK department for transport for control of railway policing since at least 2011.
Under one possible model, the BTP in Scotland could become a specialist division of Police Scotland, known as the Scottish Transport Police.
The Scottish government has promised to consult on the new arrangements to find the best way forward.
A Scottish government spokeswoman said: "The Scottish government is keen to ensure that the specialist skills and knowledge of the railways held by BTP officers is maintained.
"Over the course of 2015, we will continue to engage with all stakeholders including the BTP, the BTP Authority, the BTP Federation and the rail industry on how this can be most effectively achieved within our national Police Service."
BTP is funded by contributions from the rail industry. In Scotland that includes millions of pounds in public money through the Scotrail franchise.
A spokesman for the Rail Delivery Group, representing rail operators and Network Rail, said: "We support the desire for the Scottish people to have greater local accountability and want to see the policing of the railway in Scotland maintain its close links with the rest of the industry.
"With over 21 million cross-border rail journeys a year and rising, it is vital that any changes are very carefully thought through to ensure that police forces continue to closely co-ordinate activities across the network and build on the good work already in place."
The three main opposition parties at Holyrood have raised concerns about the Scottish government's approach and called for a wider debate about the future of railway policing.
Labour said ministers were not honouring the agreement reached by the five parties represented on the Smith commission on further devolution.
Labour's justice spokesman, Hugh Henry said: "We agreed that the functions of the British Transport Police should be devolved with accountability to the Scottish government and Scottish Parliament.
"We did not agree to the BTP being scrapped and services being delivered by Police Scotland.
"Dissolving the BTP into Police Scotland is yet another attempt to centralise services and reduce accountability".
Powers over railway policing are expected to be devolved to Holyrood by the next UK government after the general election in May.
Police Scotland could takeover the work of the BTP by the end of 2016.


Hazardous smog blanketing China's north-east has sparked more red alerts, with authorities advising residents in 10 cities to stay indoors.

The announcement follows last week's warning that a vast area of China would be badly hit by pollution.
Beijing saw its second red alert over the weekend. The latest wave of alerts includes the industrial port Tianjin.
Red alerts trigger advisories for people to stay inside, schools to stop classes, and restrict vehicle use.
An environmental ministry statement issued on  Wednesday night said the 10 cities with red alerts include Tianjin as well as smaller surrounding cities Puyang, Xinxiang, Dezhou, Handan, Xintai, Langfang, Hengshui, Xinji and Anyang.
They are among 30 cities including Beijing seeing "severe pollution". Another 20 cities have "heavy pollution".
The latest news was met with resignation, and even some jokes, by Chinese netizens who have endured bad air quality levels in recent weeks.
On Wednesday, images of  a purple-tinged sunset in Nanjing spread across social media with many users attributing it to the pollution in the city.
"New type of haze: grape flavoured," joked Weibo user Chenyingshisupoman.
Another Weibo user Diliutianmaoxianjia said sarcastically: "Compared to the heavy smog of Beijing, the strong smog of Hebei, and damp heat of Shanghai, I prefer the colours of Nanjing's smog... it is durable and refreshing... once you breathe it in it sticks to your heart."
Beijing's second red alert ended on Tuesday night. The ministry said the capital's air quality was "slowly improving".
But some parts of neighbouring Henan and Hebei regions were still seeing heavy pollution, with levels of the PM2.5 pollutant surpassing 300 mg per cubic metre - the hazardous level in China.
China has seen extremely high levels of air pollution in recent years, particularly in the coal-reliant north east, the industrial heart of the country.
Following criticism that authorities were not doing enough to protect citizens' health, the government has stepped up in issuing health advisories and promised to take action to address pollution.


Mae'n un o gymeriadau mwyaf lliwgar y pumed Cynulliad ond wyddoch chi am gefndir Neil Hamilton fel disgybl ysgol yng ngorllewin Cymru?

Cafodd Cymru Fyw air gyda rhai fu'n cyd-oesi gydag e yn Ysgol Ramadeg Dyffryn Aman:
Mae cylchgrawn 'Y Twrch Trwyth' o 1967 yn adrodd hanes disgybl oedd yn flaenllaw mewn nifer o weithgareddau yn Ysgol Ramadeg Dyffryn Aman.
Roedd Neil Hamilton o 6A yn actio, dadlau ac yn chwarae rhan lawn yng ngweithgareddau'r ysgol. Ond sut ddisgybl oedd yr Aelod Cynulliad ac arweinydd newydd UKIP yng Nghymru?
Mae'r actor Dafydd Hywel yn cofio digwyddiad hanesyddol yn 1966, sef blwyddyn Etholiad Cyffredinol:
"Wnes i sefyll ffug etholiad ysgol yn ei erbyn. Roedd y sylwebydd rygbi Alun Wyn Bevan hefyd yn ymgeisydd. Wnes i sefyll dros Plaid Cymru, roedd Alun yn sefyll fel boi'r Blaid Gomiwnyddol. Wnaeth Neil Hamilton sefyll fel Tori wrth gwrs... a wnes i falu fe! Dwy bleidlais gafodd e - ei ffrind e a fe ei hunan!"
Mae'r 'comrade' Alun Wyn Bevan yn cofio'r etholiad hefyd. "Wnes i sefyll fel aelod o'r Blaid Gomiwnyddol achos doedd neb arall yn fodlon eu cynrychioli nhw! Ddes i'n ail achos bod fi wedi addo rhoi tunnell o lo i bawb fyddai'n pleidleisio drosto fi.
"Felly wythnos diwethaf oedd y tro cyntaf i Neil Hamilton ennill etholiad yng Nghymru, achos y tro ddiwethaf gafodd ei racso gan Dafydd Hywel a fi!"
Cafodd Neil Hamilton ei eni yn y Coed Duon a daeth i Ddyffryn Aman wedi ei dad gael swydd fel rheolwr pwll glo yn Rhydaman. Roedd y sylwebydd chwaraeon, Alun Jenkins yn yr un dosbarth â'r Aelod Cynulliad ac yn ei gofio'n iawn:
"Am fy mhum mlynedd cynta' yn Aman Valley, o'n i'n eistedd rhwng dau foi enwog dros ben sef Allan Lewis, aeth 'mlaen i hyfforddi tîm Cymru gyda Graham Henry, a Neil Hamilton.
"Fi'n cofio fe achos roedd pawb arall yn normal ac yn ffitio mewn ond ro'dd Neil Hamilton yn dod i'r ysgol mewn deerstalker... wel doeddet ti ddim yn gwneud 'na yn Nyffryn Aman. O't ti'n gallu gweld straight away nad oedd hyn yn normal!"
"Ond whare têg, erbyn o't ti'n dod lan i'r chweched dosbarth, ac yn dod yn gyfarwydd â'r boi, o't ti'n gallu dod 'mlaen 'dag e. Oedd e byth yn un o'r bois, a doedd e ddim yn cymysgu 'da lot o bobl o gwbl.
"Oedd e'n ffrindiau mawr 'da boi o'r Garnant, neu Glanaman o'r enw Roy Davies oedd yn slingyn mawr tal, ac oeddet ti wastad yn gweld y ddou o nhw gyda'i gilydd.
"Oedd hi'n bach o jôc, achos roedd y rhan fwyaf o bobl eraill yn yr ysgol yn Gymry Cymraeg ond roedd Neil a Roy'n sefyll mas fel rhyw ddau cartoon character."
Roedd un peth amlwg arall yn sefyll mas i  Alun Wyn Bevan:
"Roedd yr acen anhygoel ma' gyda fe... wel, dweud y gwir, dwi ddim hyd yn oed yn meddwl fod neb yn Lloegr yn siarad gyda'r fath acen.
"Oedd e'n swnio fel rhywun oedd wedi bod i Harrow neu Eton. Beth oedd yn rhyfedd amdano oedd bod y diddordeb mowr ma' gyda fe mewn gwleidyddiaeth o oed ifanc iawn, rhyw 14 neu 15 oed, a phan aeth e lan i Brifysgol Aberystwyth, wel sai'n gwybod beth ddigwyddodd iddo fe wedyn!"
Ond yn ôl i ymgais gyntaf Neil Hamilton i ennill etholiad yr ysgol eto, ac mae Dafydd Hywel wedi bod yn fwy na pharod i rannu ei lwyddiant gydag eraill:
"Pan wnaeth y cyn-newyddiadurwr Martin Bell gipio sedd ddiogel Tatton yn erbyn Hamilton yn Etholiad Cyffredinol 1997, wnes i anfon llythyr ato yn ei longyfarch gan ddweud hanes ein hetholiad ni yn Nyffryn Aman.
"Esbonies i taw ond fe a fi oedd wedi curo Neil Hamilton mewn etholiad 'rio'd a bod hyn yn destun balchder i mi."


A man has died after being hit by a lorry in Birmingham.

The man was struck on Tyburn Road in Erdington near the junction of Bromford Lane on Saturday morning, West Midlands Police said.
Despite the efforts of passers-by and ambulance staff, nothing could be done to save the 62-year-old local man and he was declared dead at the scene.
The incident lead to the closure of the road for about four hours. Police are investigating the crash.


The operator of a coach which crashed in eastern France, leaving two teenagers seriously injured and 11 others with minor injuries, has said it is doing all it can to help.

The Penygroes-based Express Motors bus went into a ditch on the A39 motorway at Lons-le-Saunier, near the Swiss border.
It was carrying pupils from Bournside School in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
There were 42 students, six staff and two drivers on board.
Two of the pupils were airlifted to hospital, one in a life-threatening condition and the other in a serious condition, the school said.
A further 10 students, one member of staff and the drivers were treated for minor injuries nearer the scene.
Most on board were aged 14 to 17.
In a statement, Express Motors said it was "in the process of doing everything they can to contact their drivers and designated tour leaders".
It added: "Once contact is made they will do everything they can do to help accident teams with their investigations and inquiries."
French police said no other vehicles were involved and the road has been closed.
A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We are providing support to a group of British nationals following a coach crash in France. We are in contact with the relevant local authorities."


Monaco have accused some of Europe's top clubs of making illegal approaches for teenage striker Kylian Mbappe.

The Ligue 1 club said in a statement that "important European clubs" have made contact with the 18-year-old France forward without permission.
Monaco may ask world governing body Fifa and the French league to consider disciplinary action.
BBC Sport understands Manchester City are the only English club accused. They have refused to comment officially.
A City source, however, told BBC Sport the two clubs developed a positive relationship over their two Champions League meetings last season.
It is understood negotiations over the sale of Bernardo Silva to City for £43m earlier in the summer were positive, and the ongoing dialogue over £50m-rated full-back Benjamin Mendy has also been cordial.
The source added they did not believe City had conducted themselves in such a way that would breach the trust that exists between the two clubs.
Arsenal have also been strongly linked with Mbappe, and Monaco reportedly rejected an £87m bid for the France international in June.
Mbappe scored 26 goals in 44 appearances for Monaco last season as they won Ligue 1 for the first time in 17 years and reached the semi-finals of the Champions League.
Monaco claim clubs have breached regulations of both Fifa and the Ligue de Football Professionnel.
Fifa rules state: "A club intending to conclude a contract with a professional must inform the player's current club in writing before entering into negotiations with him."
BBC Sport contacted Fifa but it is yet to provide a response.


A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman's body was found at a house in Birmingham.

The body of the 36-year-old was found in Monmouth Road, Bartley Green, by ambulance crews, who called police.
Det Insp Warren Hines said it was "believed the deceased and the man arrested were known to each other".
The 51-year-old man is being questioned by police. The house remains cordoned off for forensic investigations.
Anyone with information about the incident was asked to call West Midlands Police.
A post-mortem examination will take place at a later stage to establish the cause of death, a force spokesman said.


West Bromwich Albion have signed Tottenham midfielder Alex Pritchard on loan until the end of the season.

The 22-year-old can go straight into the Baggies squad for Tuesday's Premier League game at home to Swansea City.
A product of Spurs' academy, he made his first-team debut in 2014 after loan spells at Peterborough and Swindon.
Pritchard, who spent last season on loan at Brentford, where he scored 12 goals in 47 games, has played just once for Spurs this season.
The England Under-21 international signed a new four-year deal with Tottenham last summer.
"It's been a hectic few hours - I was close to going elsewhere," he said. "But when this came about I didn't hesitate to come here."
"West Bromwich Albion indicated that they had no intention of changing their stance on selling Saido Berahino in advance of deadline day, and were true to their word, despite endless hyping of the possibility from outside.
"However much money Newcastle did offer, it wasn't enough to tempt chairman Jeremy Peace to sell, and that in turn made it much less likely Albion would expand their squad.
"The one deadline day signing day they did make was talented young midfielder Alex Pritchard, on loan from Tottenham Hotspur."
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Charlie Gard's parents are spending their "last precious moments" with their terminally ill son after ending their legal fight to take him to the US for treatment.

Lawyers said Chris Gard and Connie Yates want to spend the "maximum amount of time they have left with Charlie".
The couple ended the case after a US doctor told them it was now too late to treat Charlie's rare genetic condition.
Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) has not said when life support will end.
However, Mr Gard and Ms Yates, from Bedfont, west London, said Charlie would not reach his first birthday on 4 August.
In its statement to the High Court, the hospital said it was "increasingly surprised and disappointed" the US doctor, Professor Michio Hirano, "had not read Charlie's contemporaneous medical records or viewed Charlie's brain imaging or read all of the second opinions about Charlie's condition".
GOSH said Professor Hirano had not taken the opportunity to see Charlie until last week, despite being offered the chance to do so by the hospital in January.
Even though the professor gave written evidence at all the court cases, the hospital said it only emerged last week that he had not read the judge's ruling following the first High Court hearing in April.
The hospital added it was concerned to hear the professor state in the witness box at the High Court hearing on 13 July that he had a financial interest in some of the treatment he proposed prescribing for Charlie.
Charlie has encephalomyopathic mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome. He has brain damage and cannot move his arms or legs.
His parents had asked Mr Justice Francis to rule that their son should be allowed to undergo a trial of nucleoside therapy in New York, a move opposed by London's Great Ormond Street Hospital, which argued it would be "futile".
The Family Division of the High Court heard on Monday that US neurologist Dr Michio Hirano was no longer willing to offer the experimental therapy after he had seen the results of a new MRI scan last week.
Speaking outside court, Mr Gard said: "We are now going to spend our last precious moments with our son Charlie, who unfortunately won't make his first birthday in just under two weeks' time.
"Mummy and Daddy love you so much Charlie, we always have and we always will and we are so sorry that we couldn't save you."
Mr Justice Francis said he hoped lessons could be learned from the "tragic" case.
He has suggested that parents and hospital bosses who disagree over life-or-death treatment for children should be forced to mediate in a bid to avoid litigation.
"I recognise, of course, that negotiating issues such as the life or death of a child seems impossible and often will be," he said.
"However, it is my clear view that mediation should be attempted in all cases such as this one, even if all that it does is achieve a greater understanding by the parties of each other's positions."
Mr Gard's and Ms Yates's five-month legal battle started after doctors at Great Ormond Street had said the therapy would not help and that life-support treatment should stop.
They subsequently failed to overturn rulings in the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court in London, and also failed to persuade judges at the European Court of Human Rights to intervene.
The couple made the "most painful of decisions" on Monday after reviewing new scan results which showed Charlie had deteriorated to the "point of no return".
In a statement, Great Ormond Street said: "The agony, desolation and bravery of their decision command GOSH's utmost respect and humble all who work there."
Mr Gard and Ms Yates hope to establish a foundation to ensure Charlie's voice "continues to be heard".
They had raised more than Â£1.3m for the treatment in the US.
Timeline of legal battle


In rural parts of southern Scotland it is easy to think the issue of potential European Union exit is a distant one.

They have been an agricultural heartland for centuries and, local farmers hope, will continue to be so for years to come.
You might imagine that - however the vote goes on 23 June - it would have little impact here.
But the moment you speak to anyone involved in farming, you recognise the reality is a little different.
The industry has long-established links to Europe and any change to that situation could have profound effects.
At the same time, it would only be fair to say that the relationship has not always been a smooth one.
Rob Livesey, who farms in the central Borders and is a vice-president of NFU Scotland, sums up the situation succinctly.
£3,388m
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£1,282m Livestock
£488m Crops
£469m Livestock products
£452m Grants and subsidies
"The Common Agricultural Policy and the EU have been key to a lot of how farming has evolved since 1973 when we joined," he explained.
"So, it has always been in our minds and we have kind of behaved in a way determined by how the EU operates.
"Looking forward, the unknown is always a worry and knowing what the options are and what the full implications for us as farmers are is difficult to get a handle on."
He said there were a couple of key questions which any European exit would raise.
Mr Livesey explained: "I suppose, firstly, we would suggest just now that we haven't got much confidence in our support mechanism being maintained.
"Europe has supported us economically quite substantially during those years and whether Westminster or the Scottish government would be able to continue to do that would be in question."
How the UK is affected by the Common Agricultural Policy and EU fishing policies.
The other issue is one of access to markets.
He said: "The EU, with its 500 million people, is a really key place for our products to go both within the UK and outside and we don't see any of those opportunities missed.
"The support that I talked about earlier is being reduced on a daily basis, that pot of income coming into farms is getting less and less and we really need access to those markets to maintain our incomes.
"So anything that threatens that is really concerning to us as farmers."
Mr Livesey believed that was a particularly worry for his sector - sheep farming - with Europe taking the majority of their product.
He said: "We only need to look back to the foot-and-mouth outbreak in 2001 when our market really collapsed and we were in a very difficult financial position.
"That was really because we couldn't export lamb to the continent.
"If you remember back when the French were burning lamb and all that kind of nonsense before we got trade arrangements put in place properly.
"We don't want to see that coming back again - that's a nightmare scenario for us as sheep farmers."
Whether or not Brexit becomes a reality, it is clear that our relationship with Europe will be quite different for the next generation as it has been for our forefathers
Not that he believes everything in the way the EU operates has been perfect.
Many farmers have felt frustrated at the constraints placed on them over the years of membership.
"The other side to it really is that the EU has also imposed on us many regulations which seem irrelevant and anti-competitive," he said.
Gary Mitchell, who runs a dairy farm in Stoneykirk in the far west of Dumfries and Galloway, is one who would be happy to leave that world behind.
He said: "My personal view would be that I think we should come out.
"From an agricultural point of view, it is always talk about subsidies - we need agriculture subsidies to survive.
"I know certain sectors need that subsidy but I would like to see the market actually returning.
"In 1991 we were 75% self-sufficient in food, now we are only 62% - so to me Europe isn't working for our productivity in agriculture and I think that is where we need to see things change."
And what about those at the very outset of their agricultural careers?
Sarah Allison of the Scottish Association of Young Farmers Clubs said they wanted to hear both sides before coming to any decision on how to vote.
"The EU institution has long been a key partner of Scottish agriculture," she said.
"Whether or not Brexit becomes a reality, it is clear that our relationship with Europe will be quite different for the next generation as it has been for our forefathers.
"What our next generation of farmers need to hear is a clear and reasoned debate of the positives and negatives of EU membership, as ultimately it will be them who are living and working with the consequences."
That is why debate and discussion of the European referendum is likely to be just as vibrant at livestock marts and agricultural shows in the days to come as it is among politicians and big city firms.
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IBF champion Lee Selby has accused featherweight rival Josh Warrington of 'bottling' a world title shot because it is so close to his August wedding.

Welshman Selby had hoped to fight his domestic rival before the end of July.
"If I was offered a title fight when I weren't a champion, I'd have divorced my wife to box for it," said Selby.
"I'd have put it on hold. I think he's just bottled it. He's missed his chance. The only chance he's got now is becoming the mandatory challenger."
Selby, who has defended his IBF world featherweight titles twice since winning it in May 2015, added: "I've seen reports their plan now is to become mandatory, where they only take 25% of the purse. And I couldn't see him winning a final eliminator."
A fight between the two had been building as former European champion Warrington's career progressed, with the Leeds fighter saying he wanted to face Selby after he retained his WBC international featherweight title with victory over Hisashi Amagasa in April.
"The plan was to fight Warrington in Leeds at the end of July. That would have been a high-profile fight in the UK," Selby added.
"Carl Frampton's fighting Leo Santa Cruz (for the WBA featherweight title on 30 July), then we were hoping Frampton would win, and we'd fight each other in a unification match. The fight's simple to make.
"Warrington has been calling me out after every fight he has. Now the fight's presented to him, he's pulled out due to the fact he's getting married at the end of the following month."
The 25-year-old Warrington, who has also won the British and Commonwealth titles, had spoken of his desire to instead face Selby in 2017.
The IBF champion's plan is to instead face the winner of July's fight between Northern Ireland's Frampton and Mexico's Santa Cruz.


The Thursday night before a Bank Holiday weekend is usually a time well spent down the local boozer.

But for seven politicians it was a chance to convince the nation that they were worthy of their vote come May's general election.
ITV's The Leaders Debate was a two-hour marathon - that if the broadcasters were to be believed - promised even more drama than the channel's usual 8pm hosts, Emmerdale.
So what did we learn and did it live up to the hype?
The seven fluorescent blue podiums left some viewers wondering if they were witnessing the return of one of our most iconic quiz shows.
And seemingly acutely aware of her set dressings, host and chief moderator Julie Etchingham did her best to channel her inner Anne Robinson.
Donning a sharp suit 17-year-old baby-faced assassin Jonny Tudor was arguably the real winner of the night.
The politics student asked the first of four questions from the audience and was then constantly name checked by the panel of leaders.
"I initially felt quite taken aback about being on first name terms with the prime minister, and that was quite exciting for me," he said.
But despite Jonny's obvious charms, the lady to his side left many wondering whether they were actually witnessing the most unromantic date in history.
Not to be outdone by Jonny - Victoria Prosser interrupted Prime Minister David Cameron as he tried to answer a question on prospects for young people.
The psychology graduate, who was asked to leave after her verbal salvo, told reporters: "My cause is speaking the truth and making sure as many people as possible start questioning people at the top, the 1%, who are not working in our best interests."
While we were promised drama on stage, it was audience that kept on giving.
In 2010 Nick Clegg took the political world by storm by addressing audience members by their first name.
This time round Labour party leader Ed Miliband made a habit of eyeballing the cameraâ€¦.to mixed reviews.
Despite wall-to-wall pre-debate build-up, overnight figures suggest coverage hadn't reached saturation point.
The programme averaged around 7m viewers, peaking at 7.4m.
That's somewhat down on the 9.4m that watched Gordon Brown, Nick Clegg and David Cameron lock horns in 2010, but a decent return for the seven-way verbal joust.
It also accounted for over 90% of all TV-related chat on Twitter, with around 1.5m tweets sent.
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Widnes Vikings winger Corey Thompson will return to his native Australia next season after activating a release clause in his contract.

Thompson joined Widnes from Canterbury Bulldogs in 2016 and was their leading try scorer in his debut season.
He has not confirmed a deal with a National Rugby League club but will stay at Widnes for the rest of 2017.
The 26-year-old said he had "loved" his time at Widnes but wanted "to be closer to family and friends."
"The Vikings supporters have been brilliant with me during my stay, and I cannot thank them enough for their support," Thompson said.
"To score 27 tries in my debut season here was absolutely fantastic. It is an achievement that I am proud of, and to do it in a Vikings team that recorded the club's best ever position in the Super League made it even better.
"I will continue to give my all for the club for the remainder of 2017 before heading back to Australia for the next stage in my career."
The Brisbane-born winger has scored three tries this season for Widnes who are bottom of Super League after 12 games.
Widnes head coach Denis Betts said: "I would like to wish Corey and his family the best of luck for the future and thank him for his service to the Vikings.
"This is a decision that the club was not expecting. However, this now frees up a quota space for us to utilise and strengthen the squad in 2018.
"I have no doubt that Corey will continue to work hard for this club for the rest of this season."


Police have released CCTV images of a man they want to trace in relation to a series of sex attacks on Glasgow buses.

Three women were sexually assaulted on different buses in the city centre between 19 and 27 November last year.
Officers have appealed for anyone who recognises the man, or who may have witnessed the attacks, to contact them.
The man was said to be about 5ft 9in tall and of medium build with short brown hair and a receding hair line.
He was described as being in his mid-30s, and occasionally wears glasses with a thick frame.
The first incident took place on 19 November on a number 57 bus at Jamaica Street around at about 14:45.
The second attack happened on 24 November on a number 6 bus at Argyle Street, in the city centre, at about 15:15.
The final incident took place on 27 November on a number 61 bus at Maryhill Road at about 08:50.


Sylvester Stallone has admitted the success of Rocky made him "insufferable" and think he was "an authority on everything".

"I abused power badly," the US star told host Jonathan Ross during an on-stage interview at the London Palladium on Saturday.
"I read some of the interviews I gave now and wish I could go back and punch myself in the face," he continued.
But he added a dismal showing of a later film brought him back to Earth.
Stallone had left the set of Rocky II to attend a first-day showing of 1978 drama Paradise Alley, only to find there were just two people in the audience.
"And one of them was asleep," he sighed, admitting it had been "a humbling experience" but "a good thing" for him in the long run.
Described as An Evening with Sylvester Stallone, the West End event saw the 67-year-old entertain an audience of appreciative fans with anecdotes spanning the breadth of his four-decade career.
Billed as Stallone's "first West End debut", the 90-minute interview also saw the star of the Rambo and Expendables films show another side to his macho persona.
Bursting into song at one point, he impressed at another by reciting a short passage from Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors.
The evening climaxed with him being inducted into the London Palladium Hall of Fame - an accolade previously bestowed upon Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Discussing the genesis of boxing classic Rocky, Stallone revealed he had been offered up to $300,000 - "a million dollars today" - to let the film be made with another lead.
The Italian-American said it had been a "crossroads moment" in his life, but that he knew he would have "hated" himself had he not stuck to his guns.
The uplifting tale of a lowly debt collector who gets a shot at the world heavyweight title became a box office smash, going on to win three Academy Awards.
Five sequels followed, starting with Rocky II in 1979 and culminating with 2006's Rocky Balboa - which Stallone said was "unquestionably" his favourite.
The actor may reprise his signature role in Creed, a spin-off film that would see the older Balboa train the grandson of a former adversary.
"People think it's Rocky VII but it's not," he said, adding it would be "a very interesting challenge" to revive the character in a different guise.
The actor's John Rambo character, introduced in 1982's First Blood, has enjoyed similar longevity, going on to appear in three more movies.
On Saturday, however, Stallone said the series had "maybe run its course", joking that he would only consider reviving his celebrated commando character if he could be a security guard in Las Vegas.
Moving on to his fellow action leads, Stallone expressed admiration for Expendables co-star Jason Statham, while admitting that he and Arnold Schwarzenegger had "hated each other" during the height of their action careers.
Yet he had little to say about Bruce Willis, whom he called "greedy and lazy" last year in a widely publicised Twitter rant.
There was also no mention of Stallone's actor son Sage, who was found dead last year at his Hollywood home at the age of 36.
Stallone has been in London promoting his new boxing comedy Grudge Match alongside co-star Robert De Niro.
The Palladium event followed a similar one last June, at which Al Pacino took questions about his life and career.


Politicians were not the only ones in shock when the general election exit poll came out, it was also a rude awakening for Britain's impressionists.

Many favourites were simply wiped away: Ed Miliband, Nick Clegg, even Eric Pickles. Was Boris Johnson their only consolation?
It was no better for female impersonators: while Nicola Sturgeon was a welcome new voice, the grim reality dawned: it would no longer be possible to put off doing Theresa May.
"My life flashed before me and Miliband wasn't in it," Rory Bremner told BBC Radio 4's The Westminster Hour.
"I lost Galloway, which was a tragedy for impersonators everywhere," says Lewis Macleod, of Dead Ringers.
Pondering his other losses that night, he jokes: "I suffered a heavy defeat and I didn't even get a severance package."
Politicians do not owe impressionists a living, of course, but their art has become such an established feature of British politics that it would be a shame if a dearth of strong characters on the green Commons benches was to kill it off.
It all began with Peter Cook in Beyond the Fringe. His befuddled take on Harold Macmillan, the patrician grouse moor Tory who told Britons they had "never had it so good", was seen as a thrilling challenge to the old, established order at the birth of the "satire boom" in the early 1960s. No one had dared to impersonate the prime minister before.
Much to Cook's annoyance, Macmillan sat in the stalls one evening chortling away as his own mannerisms and voice were mercilessly sent-up, prompting the satirist to depart from his script, saying, in Macmillan's pompous tones: "There's nothing I like better than to wander over to a theatre and sit there listening to a group of sappy, urgent, vibrant young satirists with a stupid great grin spread all over my silly face".
History does not record whether this wiped the grin off Macmillan's face. But if Cook thought his barbs would stop politicians trying to get in on the joke, he had underestimated the thickness of their hide or their seemingly pathological desire to be seen as a good sport.
Sitting with a silly grin on your face, on a chat show sofa, as a comedian mimics your strange mannerisms is now a rite of passage for Britain's political leaders.
It was Mike Yarwood, with his affectionate but deadly accurate take-offs of characters like Ted Heath, with his heaving shoulders and toothy grin, and Denis Healey, all bushy eyebrows and bluff bonhomie, who brought political impressions to a mainstream television audience. He even furnished Healey with a catchphrase - "silly Billy" - which became associated with him in real life.
Yarwood also pioneered the trend for impersonating political journalists - who were (and still are) just as eccentric, or larger than life, as those they interrogate - with his wheezy take on the obstreperous Sir Robin Day.
Rory Bremner took up Yarwood's mantle in the 1990s, although his act owed more to the golden age of political satire than light entertainment. He even recruited two stalwarts of the 1960s scene, John Bird and John Fortune, to add extra bite to his send-ups of Tony Blair's government and the perceived inanity and spin of New Labour.
The one thing all of these impersonators have in common is that they had great material to work with.
The need to look good on television has steadily worn the rough edges off our political leaders. It is not media training - Gordon Brown had plenty of that, but was still a rich seam of vocal and facial tics for the nation's impressionists, more a by-product of the managerialism that has infected the upper reaches of public life.
The tide may be turning, however.
The public's rejection of smooth, identikit politicians - witness the rise of Jeremy Corbyn, Nigel Farage and Donald Trump - could yet herald a new golden age for impressionists.
"When Clinton was the president I think he had been impeached before I had mastered his voice," says Lewis Macleod, who has got in early with a Trump impersonation.
His Dead Ringers colleague Jan Ravens tells the Westminster Hour she is working on her Hilary Clinton, with her folksy, "down home" tones and attempts to come across as a regular "gramma".
Rory Bremner says his Jeremy Corbyn is a work in progress - his starting point is the ineffectual, well-meaning warder Barraclough, in classic prison sitcom Porridge.
But the veteran impressionist has developed a fondness for impersonating David Cameron, despite the prime minister's lack of any obvious vocal eccentricities.
And if all fails there is always Boris, or the political broadcasters, to fall back on.


A 101-year-old man who is thought to be the oldest defendant in British legal history has pleaded not guilty to a total of 31 child sex abuse charges.

Ralph Clarke, of Birmingham, is accused in relation to alleged attacks on three children between 1974 and 1983.
Mr Clarke, of Holly Lane, Erdington, appeared at the city's crown court to deny 17 charges of indecent assault and 12 of indecency with a child.
He also denies two counts of trying to commit a serious sexual offence.
Mr Clarke will appear for trial at Birmingham Crown Court on 5 December.
The former lorry driver, who left court on unconditional bail, was told that six witnesses are due to give evidence at his trial.
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Great Britain missed out on a third consecutive men's wheelchair basketball Paralympic bronze medal after losing 61-46 to the United States.

GB started nervously and struggled with their offence in the opening half, falling 29-20 behind at the interval.
But they drew level midway through the third quarter to give themselves hope.
However, the USA pulled away again towards the end of the quarter and their defence also restricted GB's shooting opportunities.
Steve Serio did much of the damage with 20 points for the USA, who avenged their defeat to GB at the same stage four years ago.
Great Britain, beaten in the semi-final 69-52 by Canada, were unable to make the most of their early opportunities and Serio, celebrating his 25th birthday, capitalised to help build up a 17-10 lead after the first quarter.
The introduction of forward Joe Chambers, who hit eight points in a row at the start of the second quarter, enabled the USA to stay in control.
The game is evolving and getting quicker and it is very hard to get quicker when you get to your mid-30s
GB started the second half with far more purpose and Terry Bywater and Ian Sagar inspired the comeback to level the game at 29-29 with four minutes and 55 seconds to go in the third quarter.
But once USA coach Jim Glatch brought Joshua Turek, Matt Scott and Serio back into the game, they settled back down and dominated, forcing GB into difficult shooting positions, and it gave them a first medal in the sport since Sydney in 2000.
Afterwards, coach Murray Treseder was realistic about his British team's performance.
"We've finished fourth and that's probably where we are at the moment," he said.
"We started nervously and they got on top early on, but we made too many mistakes. I admired our fight in the third quarter but when we got back to 33-all, we made five errors and that just killed us.
"We were chasing our tail in the last quarter as we tried to get back in the game, but give the USA credit, they are a great team."
The Australian has also hinted at changes as the team look to Rio in 2016, starting with next year's European Championship in Frankfurt.
"We have an outstanding junior development programme with lots of hopeful players," he added. "The game is evolving and getting quicker and it is very hard to get quicker when you get to your mid-30s.GB miss out on basketball bronze
"I think the standard we have seen here is quite considerable and we have got to respond to that. I think finding some new low-point players is critical for us and we will go from there."
Patrick Anderson confirmed his status as the player of the tournament as he led Canada to gold.
The 33-year-old, who came out of retirement last year, contributed 34 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists in their 64-58 win over Australia.
Although Australia led early on, Anderson sparked the run that put Canada on top at the start the second quarter, and then helped them pull clear in the third.
"It feels like I have never won anything in my life," Anderson said on collecting his third Paralympic gold. "I feel like a little kid."


Last week was meant to be Pakistan's moment in the sun.

On 1 June it was upgraded from the MSCI Frontier Markets Index and moved into the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, which was a "huge boost to its ego" as one analyst told me and a "reputational boost" for the whole country.
In the lead-up to the inclusion, investors poured into Pakistan. At one point in May, Pakistani shares hit a record high.
But on the day itself, shares fell by a record too. Over the course of last week, the Pakistani stock exchange dropped by almost 8%.
It is important to note that shares go up and shares go down. And often people sell because other people are selling. That's the nature of investing in the stock market.
And by any account, the Pakistani stock market is a volatile one as I previously said.
There were, however, some other important reasons why shares fell as much as they did.
Firstly, Pakistan was upgraded from the Frontier Markets Index to get into the Emerging Markets Index.
In order for this to happen, it had to exit the Frontier Markets Index, and all funds that own shares in that index also have to exit. They don't necessarily have to buy straight back into the Emerging Markets Index either.
Foreign funds were the main ones selling out of Pakistan according to analysts, and were one of the key reasons why shares fell by as much as they did.
Some $500m worth of shares were sold last Wednesday, the day before the MSCI inclusion, in comparison to $450m of foreign funds coming into the country to buy shares.
Profit-taking was also a factor. In the lead-up to the MSCI inclusion, foreign and domestic investors had been showing more enthusiasm for Pakistan shares. But then some sold at a premium, making a tidy profit.
And finally, uncertainty surrounds the new Pakistan budget and what that means for domestic investors. The prospect of higher tax rates on dividends doled out by corporates and mutual funds has perhaps dampened enthusiasm.
Still, Pakistan was Asia's best-performing market in 2016 and one of the best regional growth stories. The government will need to ensure that the country's moment in the sun doesn't fade even before it began.


West Ham chairmen David Sullivan and David Gold have written to fans to warn against discriminatory behaviour during Wednesday's game with Tottenham.

Past fixtures have seen anti-Semitic behaviour by Hammers fans.
Spurs fans traditionally have strong ties with London's Jewish community.
"Any fan acting inappropriately - including racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic behaviour - will be banned from attending future matches," Sullivan and Gold said in a statement.
"It is vitally important that every West Ham United supporter attending the fixture remembers that they are acting as ambassadors for our club and their behaviour should reflect the values and standards that we set," the statement continued.
Gold is of Jewish heritage, and has previously revealed that his great grandfather killed himself after suffering anti-Semitic taunts.
West Ham are currently sixth in the Premier League table, while Spurs are second.


A deal for the release of some of the abducted schoolgirls in Nigeria was close to being secured when the Nigerian government called it off, the BBC has learned.

Some of the girls were set to be freed in exchange for imprisoned Islamist militants, reports the BBC's Will Ross.
Boko Haram group snatched more than 200 girls from a school on 14 April.
Nigeria's government is under pressure to do more to tackle the group and bring about the girls' release.
Thousands of people have died since Boko Haram began a violent campaign against the Nigerian government in 2009 and in the subsequent security crackdown.
The BBC has learned that officials have held talks with the group to secure the release of the schoolgirls.
An intermediary met Boko Haram leaders earlier this month and visited the location in north-east Nigeria where the girls were being held, says the BBC's Will Ross in the capital, Abuja.
A deal was almost reached to set some of the girls free in exchange for the release of 100 Boko Haram members being held in detention, our correspondent says.
But the government cancelled the planned agreement shortly before the swap was due to take place.
The reasons for the withdrawal are unclear.
It came just after Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan attended a meeting in Paris hosted by President Francois Hollande of France where leaders said they had agreed a "global and regional action plan" against Boko Haram.
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The girls, who were mainly Christian, were taken from their school in Chibok, in north-eastern Borno state and are thought to be held in a remote forested area of the state, close to the border with Chad and Cameroon.
Nigeria previously insisted it would not agree to free Boko Haram members in return for their release.
However, the information ministry had earlier said all options were on the table, after the group released a video of the girls earlier this month and suggested a swap.
The video showed 136 girls, and was interspersed with militants explaining that they had "converted" to Islam.
The UK, the US, China and France are among the countries to have sent teams of experts and equipment to help to locate them.
Meanwhile, Nigeria is reeling from continuing violence - on Sunday, 24 villagers died in a raid by suspected Boko Haram militants.
On Saturday there was another bomb in the central city of Jos where earlier in the week 118 people had died in a twin car bomb attack blamed on the group.
A special day of Muslim prayers was held on Sunday in Abuja where the Sultan of Sokoto - the spiritual leader of Nigeria's Muslims - said the country faced a crisis worse than the civil war in the 1960s as they were fighting an enemy without boundaries.
"What is happening in the country is a very serious case of terrorism; terrorism has no place in Islamâ€¦ we must fish out those bad elements amongst us," Muhammed Sa'ad Abubakar told worshippers.
But the sultan said Nigerians cannot hope for their prayers to be answered if they continue to be "corrupt and so morally bankrupt".
"Corruption breeds injustice, injustice has no place in Islam. Injustice is a big barrier to good governance and if you don't have good governance in any society, you don't have the people," he said.


A controversial new 1,000-room palace built for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will cost about £385m ($615m) - nearly twice the previous estimate, Turkish officials say.

Known as Ak Saray (White Palace), it was built on a forested hilltop on the edge of the capital Ankara, on more than 150,000 sq m (1.6m sq ft) of land.
Mr Erdogan opened the palace on 30 August after becoming president.
His AK Party has dominated Turkish politics for more than a decade.
The palace is bigger than the White House in Washington, the Kremlin in Moscow and even the Palace of Versailles near Paris.
Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek, quoted by Turkey's Hurriyet newspaper, said most of the 1.37bn Turkish lira ($615m) cost had been paid, but another $135m had been budgeted for it in 2015.
The palace has sumptuous marble corridors and atriums, as well as high-tech systems to prevent electronic eavesdropping.
Environmentalists accuse Mr Erdogan of spending public money on lavish construction projects to the detriment of green areas. Activists defending Istanbul's iconic Gezi Park clashed with police in June 2013.
Hurriyet says the palace project was controversial because hundreds of trees were cut down to make space for it, in what had been a forest reserve bequeathed to the nation by modern Turkey's founding father, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
The finance minister also said $185m would be spent on a new Airbus A330-200 presidential jet.
A presidential aide, Fahri Kasirga, said other presidential properties would be renovated next year, notably the Huber Palace in Istanbul and a guest house in Marmaris, on the Aegean coast.
Mr Erdogan has moved out of the more modest Cankaya Palace in Ankara, which will now be used by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu.


Seven eurosceptic MPs from three parties have formed a group to act as a precursor to the Out campaign in the referendum on leaving the EU.

The "Exploratory committee for the EU referendum" includes former Tory cabinet minister Owen Paterson and UKIP's only MP, Douglas Carswell.
The MPs say the group aims to "provide resources for crucial thinking".
David Cameron has said he wants a "better deal" for the UK in Europe ahead of an in/out referendum.
The exploratory committee for the EU referendum also includes Tories Steve Baker and Bernard Jenkin, as well as Labour's Kate Hoey, Kelvin Hopkins and Graham Stringer.
The committee also says it is "urgently" seeking to "promote co-operation amongst those who might contribute to an Out campaign".
According to the BBC's Robin Brant, sources say donors and professional campaigners are being approached.
David Cameron is starting renegotiation of the terms of Britain's EU membership ahead of a referendum. Here is some further reading on what it all means:
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UK and the EU: Better off out or in?
What Britain wants from Europe
Timeline: EU referendum debate
David Cameron has said his negotiations to reform the UK's relationship with the EU are getting "a good response".
He has been holding bilateral talks with Irish PM Edna Kenny and European President Martin Schulz this week as he continues to press for changes in the EU, having previously held discussions with other European leaders.
The MPs' statement claims: "The prime minister... described the renegotiation in his Commons statement of 23 March as 'an opportunity to reform the EU and fundamentally change Britain's relationship with it'.
"However, there is little if any indication that the government is even asking for significant reform or fundamental change."
The statement also says legal issues arising from the Referendum Bill and "how an Out campaign might best be formed and run to inform the public about the issues" also require "urgent attention".
MPs recently overwhelmingly backed plans for a referendum, allowing the legislation to move to the next stage of its progress through Parliament. It still has several more stages to pass through, however.


The Bank of England has left its main interest rate at 0.25% but says another cut is still a possibility.

The decision of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to leave rates at their new, historically low, level was no surprise.
Last month the Bank halved its bank rate from 0.5% as it tried to ensure the stability of the UK's banking system in the aftermath of the June Brexit referendum vote.
That was the first rate cut since 2009.
But the Bank said again that it might cut rates further in the coming months, even though the immediate economic after-shock of the Brexit vote now appears to be weaker than first thought.
"A number of indicators of near-term economic activity have been somewhat stronger than expected," the Bank said in the minutes of its latest MPC meeting.
It added that if its economic forecasts in November were similar to those it had formulated in August, then "a majority of members expected to support a further cut in bank rate to its effective lower bound at one of the MPC's forthcoming meetings during the course of the year."
The Bank noted that a variety of economic indicators have suggested that the UK economy has shrugged off the post-referendum surprise in the short-term.
As a result, the Bank is not as gloomy about the short-term state of the economy as it was a month ago.
But it said that it still expects the pace of economic activity in the July-September period to have halved from the growth rate recorded earlier in the year.
The Bank's internal judgement is that growth in Q3 (that's July to September) will now be between 0.2% and 0.3%, a pretty chunky upgrade on its August forecast of 0.1%.
It's not an official forecast, but given the Q3 growth figure will be announced before the next meeting of the MPC in November, it is as close as we are going to get.
Looking at 2017, the MPC says it is harder to make a judgement, but if the present economic momentum continues, then expect an upgrade in growth forecasts for next year and 2018 after brutal downgrades last month.
It still says that is considering cutting interest rates again - to 0.1% - but the chances of that must be lower given the better economic news.
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Under a new timetable which replaces the long-standing practice of monthly meetings, the next MPC meeting will take place in November.
It is at that point that some City economists expect a further cut in bank rate to just 0.1%.
The latest vote of MPC members, who include the governor Mark Carney, was unanimous - at 9-0.
Suren Thiru, head of economics at the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), said: "The Bank of England's decision to keep interest rates on hold was unsurprising.
"Although the post-referendum economic data has been decidedly mixed, we expect growth to slow sharply in 2017.
"We anticipate the MPC will move again to cut interest rates before the end of the year," he added.
The MPC also voted to stick with the expansion of its quantitative easing (QE) policy, which it announced in August.
That means the bank will now buy an extra £60bn of government bonds - taking the total to £435bn - along with a further £10bn of corporate bonds, as part of its continuing attempts to keep the economy from sliding into recession.


Pakistan has ordered more than 100 Turkish teachers at a chain of international schools to leave the country, with their families, by the end of the week.

The teachers work at 28 PakTurk schools which Turkey says are linked to US-based Turkish preacher Fethullah Gulen. The schools deny this.
Turkey accuses Mr Gulen of being behind July's failed coup, a claim he rejects.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, visiting Pakistan, welcomed the move.
In a statement, PakTurk International Schools and Colleges said the teachers and their families, who totalled about 450 people, had been asked to leave because of "non-approval of their requests for extension of visa".
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Pakistan's interior ministry has so far not commented.
The expulsions are not expected to stop the functioning of the schools as most staff members are Pakistani.
A petition by the school management challenging the decision is to be heard by the Islamabad High Court on Thursday, Pakistani media report.
Mr Erdogan described the decision by Pakistan as "very pleasing".
"They moved rapidly in the direction of ending the [Gulen movement's] presence in Pakistan and toward thwarting their attempts at unrest," he said at Ankara airport as he left for Pakistan.
"As you know, Pakistan has asked persons linked to the organisation to leave the country by November 20. This is very pleasing for us."
According to Pakistan's Dawn newspaper, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu raised the issue of the schools during a visit to Pakistan in August and was told the matter would be investigated.
The Gulen movement, which the Turkish government has declared a terrorist organisation, runs schools all over the world.
Since July's failed coup, Turkey has cracked down on any individuals or groups believed to have links to Fethullah Gulen.
Tens of thousands of people from every level of society have been purged from their jobs, including senior military officers, government officials and school teachers.
Critics of President Erdogan say he has used the coup attempt as a way of removing his opponents.


Museums and galleries are to get tax relief to help cover the costs of developing temporary or touring exhibitions, the chancellor has said.

In his Budget, George Osborne also said the museum VAT refund eligibility would be extended to any museum or gallery that offers free entry.
The Museum Association's Alistair Brown said he was "delighted" with the plan.
However, he said Mr Osborne had failed to address "the fundamental problem of diminishing local authority funding".
The refund scheme, which allows organisations to "claim back VAT incurred on most goods and services purchased in order to grant free rights of admission to collections", has previously only been available to national and university museums and galleries.
A consultation into the tax relief for temporary and touring exhibition costs will be launched this summer.
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Elsewhere in his Budget, Mr Osborne announced a £13m package to help support Hull's City of Culture preparations and £5m towards Shakespeare North, a new £19m theatre in Knowsley, Merseyside.
He also confirmed a £20m pledge made in last year's Autumn Statement to a "Great Exhibition of the North" and invited cities and towns in the North of England to bid to host the event.
Mr Osborne also announced a number of other projects, including:


The owner of 24,000 bees stolen from a private estate in South Yorkshire said the theft must have been carried out by someone with expertise in beekeeping.

The hives and bees, worth about Â£2,000, were taken on 26 April from the Hooton Pagnell Hall estate, near Doncaster.
Beekeeper Amanda Clayton said she was heartbroken by the theft.
South Yorkshire Police said it was investigating the incident, which is reported to be the first case of bee rustling in the UK this year.
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Ms Clayton said: "It takes a lot of hard work and money to keep bees - and to turn up and find they were all gone is heartbreaking."
"The bees were active, and the hives were full."
She believes the theft of her entire stock was carried out by someone who knew how to handle and transport them without being stung.
A bee smoker was left at the scene, possibly used to calm the bees before they were taken, she added.
Ms Clayton, who only started keeping bees about a year ago, said she intended to start again, and had taken advice about branding equipment to deter thieves, and to make it easier to find if it is stolen.
Diane Roberts, from the British Bee Keeping Association, said it was the first case she had heard of this year.
She concurred with Ms Clayton that the culprits would have had a knowledge of beekeeping.
"For a start you couldn't just load a hive into the back of a car", she said.
"People would be stung from head to foot."
She said the thieves would have probably sedated the bees using a smoker, before blocking up the entrances to the hives.
It is thought the bees are being divided up and resold by unscrupulous keepers, she added.


A UKIP leadership candidate has stormed out of a hustings meeting in Newport.

John Rees-Evans told people gathered at the meeting he was cautioned by a UKIP official for criticising another candidate.
He is one of four people bidding to take the helm of the party.
Mr Rees-Evans said: "I've been asked not to rock the boat. I'm not going to rock the boat. I'm going to let them do what they want to do. They want a nice decorous coronation."
After leaving, he said: "I didn't believe I had anything positive to contribute", adding the party did not want "contention" at the hustings.
"My own view is that the party is in dire straits and needs fundamental reform," he said.
The four candidates for the top UKIP job - ex-deputy leader Paul Nuttall and ex-deputy chairwoman Suzanne Evans, Welsh activist Mr Rees-Evans and London assembly member Peter Whittle - were due to debate with each other at the event on Thursday night.
The remaining three continued after Mr Rees-Evans left.
Mr Rees-Evans, who said he would not attend further hustings events but would tour the country instead, claimed he was cautioned by an official after he criticised Ms Evans on a debate on London radio station LBC.
UKIP chairman Paul Oakden said he cautioned all candidates "to make sure this leadership contest was contested in a fair and reasonable manner and not to attack each other personally.
"John clearly has taken that personally. I wouldn't say he stormed out. He decided not to participate any further."
Ms Evans added: "I think it's a shame that he didn't stay to debate us. I think members will draw their own conclusions from his inability to do that."
Christine Hamilton, the wife of UKIP Welsh assembly group leader Neil, said: "He's clearly not a serious candidate for the leadership of UKIP because if he was he would not have just walked away from a public meeting."
Earlier, Mr Nuttall said there was nothing a new leader would be able to do to stop a ballot on whether Nathan Gill should continue to double job.
The party's National Executive Committee decided party members would decide on whether Mr Gill could continue to be an AM and an MEP but the ballot is yet to take place.
Speaking before the meeting, Mr Nuttall said: "It's a decision that has already been taken that it will take place. So there's nothing the leader can do about it, because I suspect by 28 November it will be well under way.
"On one level Nathan could give up one of his roles. Or on the other level the other assembly members make a decision and say it's fine for Nathan to double job until the middle of 2019."
Ms Evans said she would "absolutely prefer a grown up gentlemanly agreement," rather than resorting to a ballot.


The unpredictability of Donald Trump's approach to the Middle East means the UK should no longer support US foreign policy in the region, peers have said.

A House of Lords committee concluded the UK could no longer assume the US would "set the tone" for the West's relationship with the Middle East.
The International Relations Committee spent six months working on its report.
Ministers said the UK would continue to work with international partners to achieve security and prosperity.
The report said the Trump administration had "the potential to destabilise further the region".
"The mercurial and unpredictable nature of policy-making by President Trump has made it challenging for the UK government to influence US foreign policy so far, a challenge that is not likely to ease," it said.
The peers point particularly to the US president's hostility to the deal curbing Iran's nuclear programme and his ambivalence to a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict.
The peers said the UK must distance itself from the US and fundamentally reshape its policy.
They said the UK should do more to support the Iran nuclear deal and consider recognising Palestine as a state, to show Britain's continued attachment to the two-state solution.
The committee, led by Conservative former Foreign Office minister Lord Howell of Guildford, said British "confusion and disarray" over Syria reflected contradictions in international policy on President Bashar al-Assad's regime.
"The objective of displacing Assad, as a prerequisite of any settlement, with the current means and policy, has proved unachievable," they said.
"Despite the chemical attack and the recent escalation of military conflict Assad, with Russian support, remains in power.
"There are no good options available in Syria but the recent chemical attack, the urgency of the humanitarian crisis, with the potential to destabilise the EU and countries of the Middle East with refugees, requires the UK, and international community, to redouble its efforts to achieve a negotiated solution."
The committee also called for the government to take a tougher line with Saudi Arabia over its actions in Yemen, including the possibility of suspending some arms exports as a last resort.
"We recognise the importance of arms sales to the UK economy and the Gulf. Arms sales, however, must take place with regard for international obligations," the report said.
"The government must demonstrate that its private diplomacy is working. If not, it should speak out clearly at the UN, within the Human Rights Council, condemning violations, intentional or not, in clear terms."
BBC diplomatic correspondent James Landale described the committee's report as uncompromising.
Last week, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said the UK would be unable to say "no" if the US asked for military support in an airstrike on Syrian government targets.


A number of men from Northern Ireland who responded to requests to perform sex acts online have been targeted by blackmailers, police have said.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said it was issuing a warning after it received "several local reports of cyber-related blackmail".
Recordings of the sex acts were used by blackmailers who threatened to publish the footage online if they did not pay.
The victims were told to transfer money to an account based in west Africa.
The Belfast Telegraph newspaper has reported that the crimes happened in the Newtownabbey, Carrickfergus and Antrim areas of County Antrim.
The PSNI posted the warning on its Newtownabbey and Carrickfergus Facebook page.
In the statement, Det Sgt Neil Maxwell said: "In the most recent cases men of various ages have been asked to perform or participate in a sexual act online which is recorded and then used to blackmail the individual with threats to upload the material on to social media platforms.
"Some victims have paid money because they have felt embarrassed and this usually involves a Western Union transfer to an account in the Ivory Coast.
"We want anyone who has been the victim of this type of crime to come forward. Do not feel pressurised into paying money as this is unlikely to resolve the issue," the officer added.
Chief Supt George Clarke told BBC Radio Ulster's Good Morning Ulster programme that the PSNI are dealing with up to ten reports a month from people being blackmailed online.


Three women were ordered to spend a day in a court's cells after a "vulgar" and unprovoked tirade against a judge.

Vicky Bartram, 42, became abusive after her son was sentenced to 40 weeks in a young offenders' institution.
Two others - Chanelle Godden, 20, and Simone Morgan, 56 - also took part in the "very personal attack".
Judge Katharine Moore pressed the panic alarm to ask for help from security as the women made references to her gender and family, at Norwich Crown Court.
The women pleaded guilty to being in contempt of court during the incident on 31 July.
Sentencing the trio to a day in the cells at a separate hearing, Judge Anthony Bate said: "It was a vulgar and very personal attack against the judge.
"Nobody carrying out public duties should be subjected to that kind of insult."
He said the women had made references to his fellow judge's gender that he was not going to "dignify with repetition".
Bartram, of High Street, Downham Market, and Godden, of High Street, King's Lynn, also threatened to "find out if the judge had grandkids and where they went to school".
In another comment overheard by a police officer, Bartram said: "It's amazing what you can find out on the internet."
Judge Bate also banned the women from attending any court in Norfolk as a member of the public for five years.
Trouble erupted after Judge Moore sentenced Bartram's son Bryn Ballantyne, 19, of High Street, Downham Market over driving offences, on 31 July.
The women were told to leave the courtroom before the disturbances continued outside.
John Morgans, mitigating, said Bartram, who cried while she was in the dock, had sent a letter of apology to Judge Moore.
Godden was described by her counsel Lindsay Cox as having "fragile mental health".
"Sometimes her brain doesn't engage a filter as far as her mouth is concerned," he added.
Morgan, of Fairfield Road, Stoke Ferry, was the "quiet person" of the group and had apologised, said Danielle O'Donovan, mitigating.


Pakistan has yet to report a new case of polio in 2015 - but officials are keeping their fingers crossed nonetheless.

In recent years the Taliban have banned vaccinations in areas under their control, while scores of health workers or policemen guarding vaccine campaigns have been shot dead by gunmen.
It was one of the reasons that in 2014 the country broke its own dubious record of reporting the highest number of cases in a single year for more than a decade - 303, as compared to the previous high of 199 in 2000.
In June 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended that all international travellers from Pakistan be administered polio drops at airports so as to prevent the proliferation of polio virus.
An October editorial in the Dawn newspaper described this situation as Pakistan's "badge of shame".
Officials responsible for the country's polio eradication efforts feel things have changed in recent years. More areas have become accessible to vaccination teams, and the government has been showing added interest in tackling the virus.
But no one is willing just yet to put a time frame on when Pakistan can be declared polio free.
The global initiative to eradicate the disease started in 1988 - the year Pakistan reported around 2,000 cases.
The country was then dealing with polio as part of its so-called "expanded programme on immunisation" (EPI), which was designed to eradicate six different vaccine-controllable diseases.
In 1994, officials organised routine campaigns to administer oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) to children.
There have been questions over the extent of coverage, with suggestions that only between 55% and 85% of children under five years of age had been vaccinated.
"But it did bring the incidence of polio down rather dramatically during the years leading up to 2000," said Ashfaq Yusufzai, Peshawar-based health correspondent for Dawn newspaper.
In 2005, Pakistan recorded only 28 cases - its lowest number ever. But it was also the year a sometimes violent campaign of opposition to polio vaccination started in Swat, a region in the country's north-west which at the time was being taken over by Taliban militants.
"Since then, Pakistan's polio eradication effort has been largely held hostage by militants, and flaws in its administrative arrangements have become more glaring,"  said Ashfaq Yusufzai.
Besides, a constant tug-of-war between the country's civilian and military leadership has prevented civilian governments, at the helm since 2008, from focusing on polio and evolving better eradication strategies.
Parental refusals and occasional manhandling of health workers started in 2005, and became violent after the May 2011 killing of Osama Bin Laden - especially after the ISI intelligence agency accused a doctor, Shakil Afridi, of conducting a "fake" vaccination campaign to help the Americans track down the al-Qaeda chief.
Since then more than 60 health workers or policemen guarding vaccination campaigns have been shot dead by gunmen in the north-west and in the southern city of Karachi, where many people from the north-west live as economic migrants.
In June 2012, the Taliban banned polio vaccination drives in areas under their rule, thereby blocking vaccination of a significant chunk of the population they controlled in the north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and the adjoining Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata).
Officials cite this, and the killings of health workers, as the major reasons for the relapse in anti-polio efforts the country suffered in 2014.
But there have been other reasons as well, points out Dr Iqbal Memon, a member of the provincial polio eradication committee in Sindh province, of which Karachi is the capital.
"There has been no accountability, and so various players (the federal task force, the provincial health authorities, WHO and Unicef) have been accusing each other of failures," he said.
In addition, he added, there have been problems maintaining the cold chain of the OPV - or a temperature-controlled supply line - while field officers have been reluctant to discard bad vaccine in a bid to manipulate their coverage figures.
The motivation level of health workers got a hit not only because of assassinations but also because the responsible officials failed to pay their fees on time, he says.
But many say there have been indications over the last few months that things are changing for the better.
Perhaps the most significant move has come from the military, which started an operation in the Waziristan region to clean up the Taliban's major sanctuary on Pakistani territory.
Vaccinations in areas adjoining this region have picked up in recent weeks, and there have also been attempts to treat children displaced from the area.
Meanwhile the government has set up new "emergency polio cells" to improve security and access for health workers. The army and police have been made members of these cells in addition to health officials, the WHO and Unicef.
In an ideal world - where all of the population is accessible, vaccinators are not cheating on numbers, a perfect cold chain is maintained and at least 90% of the 40 million or so children are inoculated repeatedly during five to six monthly campaigns - Pakistan can eradicate polio in half a year, says Dr Imtiaz Ali Shah, the chief minister's focal person on polio in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
But there's a technical hitch. "Most of our infected children are zero-dose - children who have never had OPV drops before," he says.
"When we are able to restrict the incidence of polio to only those children who've had multiple doses of OPV and were infected only due to low immunity, we can then say that we are close to victory."


International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde has dismissed reports that the body is trying to push Greece towards default as "simply nonsense".

"The IMF conducts its negotiations in good faith, not by way of threats, and we do not communicate through leaks," Ms Lagarde wrote in a letter to Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
Her letter comes after Wikileaks published a transcript of IMF officials discussing bailout negotiations.
One says a "crisis" could force a deal.
Greece publicly demanded an explanation after the leak, suggesting the comments meant the IMF could be planning to deliberately prolong debt negotiations until the country was close to running out of money.
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Ms Lagarde said the "incident" had made her "concerned as to whether we can indeed achieve progress", but said she had decided to allow the IMF team to return to Athens to continue debt discussions.
However, she also warned that the latest bailout deal was "still a good distance away".
She said that the IMF could only support a deal that would enable "robust growth" for Greece, while also allowing it to tackle its debt repayments.
Last year, Greece agreed a multi-billion dollar bailout with the EU and IMF that was needed for the country to avoid bankruptcy and stay in the eurozone.
Talks between Greece, the EU and the IMF on a bailout review, assessing Greece's progress at implementing money-saving reforms and aimed at unlocking further loans, are due to resume this week.
The review has been suspended twice since January due to disagreement among the lenders over the estimated size of Greece's fiscal gap by 2018, as well as different opinions on pension reforms and how bad loans are being managed.
"In the interest of the Greek people, we need to bring these negotiations to a speedy conclusion," wrote Ms Lagarde.


Manager Tommy Wright is sure St Johnstone can hang on to fourth place in the Premiership after picking up a 1-0 win at Ross County.

Steven MacLean's second half finish deservedly earned three points and means the visitors leapfrog Motherwell, who lost to Aberdeen.
"It's a 38 game league," Wright told BBC Scotland.
"We try and prepare them for the whole season and the last few seasons we've tended to finish strong."
Saints have won both matches since the Premiership split in half for the final run in and visit Motherwell next weekend.
"Last season after the spilt we were unbeaten and that's difficult to do as you're playing against the sides that have been at the right end of the table all season," added Wright.
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"We have a tough game coming up against Motherwell but we're in a nice position at the minute with three games to go.
"We knew it would take a good performance coming up here, particularly with the result Ross County got last week at Celtic
"Throughout the 90 minutes we controlled quite a huge chunk of that and never looked in any real danger.
"We passed the ball well, defended well, got the goal at the right time and had not too many problems to deal with so I'm a happy manager."
The only disappointment for Wright was another injury to Chris Millar who had to be replaced before half-time after suffering a calf injury.
"Chris has a problem," explained Wright. "It's not the problem that's hampered him this season, it's a calf problem as well.
"It doesn't look too serious so hopefully he'll get back for a couple of the games we've got left."
Ross County manager Jim McIntyre saw his hopes of finishing fourth severely dented and was in no mood to gloss over an abject performance from his side.
"We were really poor," he said. "I would put that up there as the poorest performance this season.
"It looked as if we had nothing to play for. St Johnstone looked as thought they wanted it more.
"It was a scrappy goal to lose the match but the best team won.
"For the first time this season we didn't have a period in the game where you thought 'we're going to get a goal here'.
"We just had most of the players off the pace of the game, it's as simple as that. We didn't start well and we didn't recover from that.
"We've got professional pride and placing money to play for and that's still achievable but it's going to take a hell of a lot better performance than what we saw today."


Inspectors have questioned Powys council's prospects of improving social services after a failed reorganisation.

There were complaints of neglect after the council cut its list of almost 30 home care providers to four in 2014.
Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales (CSSIW) said the authority faced difficulties modernising services.
Brecon and Radnorshire AM Kirsty Williams said her "grave concerns" had been realised but the council said the report was a "positive" step.
The inspectorate said it would monitor Powys's improvement plans.
CSSIW noted that the quality of care had improved since April and, while people were likely to complain in the past, they were now likely to be "very happy" with services.
In 2013, inspectors highlighted what they called an "increasingly urgent need" to modernise delivery of adult social services.
BBC Wales revealed in April that Powys had terminated the contract of Alpha Home Care - one of its largest suppliers - following critical inspections.
Contracts with three other providers have ended and another withdrawn.
The report said the council's commissioning approach in 2013-14 was "flawed in concept, design, and delivery", and that senior managers were not experienced in this area.
Despite reports of improved satisfaction for some families, it added: "Powys faces a very demanding and ambitious schedule to modernise social services and the failure of the commissioning framework for domiciliary care has made this more difficult.
"The prospects therefore are uncertain and questions remain about the future arrangements."
The council said the report recognised that "significant progress" had been made.
Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Kirsty Williams said she expressed "grave concerns" about the council's "ill-conceived plans" in 2013.
"I take absolutely no pleasure in reading this report which confirms those concerns were realised," she said.
"Whilst the report says things are improving I continue to receive complaints that there is still a lack of staff available, people remain trapped in hospital and there is still a great uncertainty for staff.
"So clearly there is a way to go before people in Powys have the service they need and deserve."


A charity has voiced concerns that one local authority in Scotland is to phase out school clothing grants as part of a £19m cost-cutting exercise.

Angus Council will drop the £20 allowance by 2017.
However, the Child Poverty Action Group believed such a move could contravene a 1980's law stating help should be given to those in financial hardship.
The council's actions were revealed as part of a BBC Scotland investigation into school clothing grants.
The probe found that the majority of Scotland's 32 local authorities had failed to increase the level of payments over the past decade.
At £20 per child, Angus Council offered the smallest subsidy, while at £110 West Lothian offered the largest.
John Dickie, director of charity Child Poverty Action Group, said his organisation would be "hugely concerned" by any move to remove the school clothing grant.
He added: "Every local authority in Scotland has, up until now, at least been providing some level of support.
"Our understanding is that there's a legislative requirement to ensure the provision is in place".
The Education (Scotland) Act 1980 states: "When it is brought to the notice of an education authority that a pupil attending a school under their management is unable by reason of the inadequacy or unsuitability of his clothing to take full advantage of the education provided, the education authority shall make such provision for the pupil for the purpose of ensuring that he is sufficiently and suitably clad."
Up until 2013-14, Angus Council's clothing grant had been £50, but it was cut first to £35 and then to £20.
In 2005-06 the provision cost £160,000, by 2014-15 that figure had fallen to £102,000.
A council spokeswoman said the local authority understood that "people may be disappointed" in the reduction of school clothing grant.
However, she added: "Unfortunately in these tough economic times we have to make some cuts to ensure we can afford to run critical frontline services.
"As such Angus Council took the budget decision in 2014 to phase out the school clothing grant over three years."
She went on to explain that schools had the authority to make "individual arrangements" to ensure the authority "complied with its responsibilities".
The spokeswoman said: "We are committed to making school uniforms as affordable as we can, for example three of our secondary schools use a Scottish company  to produce an eco-blazer which is made from 16, recycled plastic bottles.
"This new approach is not only environmentally friendly, it has reduced the costs of school blazers. Since its introduction this year, there has been a very positive response with a lot of interest and support from parents and carers."
At the beginning of the year, the council passed a £19m three-year savings plan.