Cases of UK police officers and staff taking long-term sick leave for psychological reasons have risen by 35% over the last five years, statistics obtained by BBC Radio 5 live suggest.

The figures, released under the Freedom of Information Act, show cases rose from 4,544 in 2010-11 to 6,129 in 2014-15 despite police workforces shrinking.
There was also a steady increase in overall long-term sick leave.
The government said policing was "stressful" and forces must help staff.
The BBC's 5 live Daily programme contacted 46 police forces across the UK, and 40 provided information.
Data showed the number of police employees on long-term sick leave - defined by forces as either 28 or 29 days or more - rose from 19,825 in 2010-11 to 22,547 in 2014-15.
West Yorkshire Police recorded the largest rise in long-term sick leave over a year - up 44% between 2013-14 and 2014-15 - from 521 days to 748.
Warwickshire Police showed the biggest decrease of 17% over the same time period.
The total number of police officers in England and Wales fell by almost 17,000 from 2010 to 2015, while the number of other staff fell by more than 20,000.
Che Donald, of the Police Federation, which represents officers up to the rank of chief inspector, said there had been "unprecedented cuts to police officer numbers" while demand on forces had not decreased.
He said increased sickness - including for psychological reasons - was not surprising as officers often worked in "highly stressful fast-moving environments" and were exposed to "horrific situations".
"This, coupled with a reduction in resources and manpower, can lead to the perfect storm," he said.
Policing minister Mike Penning said: "Policing, by its very nature, is a stressful and demanding job and it is the responsibility of chief officers - with help from the College of Policing - to ensure that police officers and staff are supported in their work."
He said the government allocated Â£10m in 2014 to help emergency services staff through "mental health, physical recuperation and bereavement support".
Police Scotland could not provide information for the full five years requested by the BBC so the figures do not include Scotland - but last year data suggested more than 53,000 working days had been lost in the force over two years due to stress.


Wayne Rooney's future needs to be resolved to stop it "clogging up" Manchester United's pre-season, says former team-mate Gary Neville.

Rooney, 31, said after his substitute appearance in United's Europa League final victory on 24 May that he had "more or less" decided his future.
The club are yet to say if he will stay for the final year of his contract.
But Neville said: "You don't want to create voids for speculation around such big players."
United's players are due to return for pre-season training on 8 July.
They leave for Los Angeles the following day to start a five-game tour of the United States, which will be followed by matches in Oslo and Dublin.
In 2013, speculation about Rooney moving to Chelsea intensified as United flew to Thailand for the start of their only pre-season under David Moyes.
But the striker stayed, signing his latest contract, which expires in 2018.
Although he broke Sir Bobby Charlton's club goalscoring record at Stoke in January - finishing the season on 253 from 559 appearances - Rooney's involvement receded as the season went on.
Indeed he was only used as an 89th-minute substitute in the Europa League final, with United already 2-0 up.
It had been anticipated the game in Stockholm would be Rooney's last for United.
However, the potential for him to make a lucrative move to China has lessened following the implementation of tighter restrictions on overseas players.
Los Angeles Galaxy are not interested in signing him, and Rooney repeated last month his stance that he would not play for another Premier League club apart from United and former club Everton.
"I am surprised it has not been dealt with," said Neville.
"You don't want that speculation to hang over a pre-season because every single press conference and media session will be clogged up with the issue of whether he is staying or going."
Neville was speaking to the BBC at the launch of an academy at National League North side Salford City, the team he part owns with fellow 'Class of 92' members Ryan Giggs, Phil Neville, Paul Scholes and Nicky Butt.


The Indian Supreme Court has put on hold a recent government order lifting a ban on Jallikattu, a form of bullfighting which has been popular for centuries in the state of Tamil Nadu.

The order came after activists challenged the government decision on grounds of cruelty to animals.
Tuesday's court order means there will be no Jallikattu festival this year.
The Jallikattu festival was scheduled to begin on 15 January across the state. No events were held last year.
At the annual festival held in January, thousands of men chase the bulls to grab prizes tied to their horns.
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The Supreme Court banned the festival in 2014 after objections from animal rights activists.
In its order at the time, the Supreme Court had said that the use of bulls in the sport "severely harmed" the animals and was an offence under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act.
Unlike in Spain, however, the bulls are not killed in the contests in Tamil Nadu.
However, last Friday the government issued an order lifting the ban.
Many believe local political parties had lobbied to have the ban lifted with an eye on this year's state elections.
Also, the Thevar community of Tamil Nadu is politically and economically influential in at least five districts where the sport is popular and no political party wants to antagonise them.
Correspondents say Tuesday's order is a setback for the Narendra Modi-led BJP government in Delhi, which had lifted the top court's ban last week using an executive order.
"With this single act of thumbing its nose at the Supreme Court, the BJP - like the Congress before - has sent the unfortunate signal once again that court orders are binding only upon ordinary citizens, and governments are above the law; lifting the ban on Jallikattu by circumventing the order of the apex court has put the executive on a collision course with the judiciary," a commentator wrote in The Wire website last week.
Tuesday's order shows that India's top court has again reasserted the judiciary's position, many observers believe.
On Monday, the Animal Welfare Board of India, animal rights groups and activists had filed six petitions in the court, challenging the "cruel sport".
The petitioners have welcomed the court's order.
The court, however, has made it clear that the order was an "interim measure", pending further hearings which will begin in February.
In Jallikattu, bulls are released from pens, with bullfighters supposed to hold on to the animal's hump for about 15-20 metres or three jumps of the bull to win the prize.
The ban had been criticised by political parties and cultural organisations in Tamil Nadu who had argued that Jallikattu was a part of their cultural tradition.
Jallikattu is more than 2,000 years old and considered to be one of the oldest sports still practised in the modern era.
Over the years, scores of people have been gored or trampled to death in the contests.
Hundreds, including spectators, have been mauled or injured.


Urgent repairs on the Forth Road Bridge should be completed on time and the structure re-opened to all traffic, Scotland's transport minister has said.

Derek Mackay told the BBC that "as it stands" the work should be finished in early January.
The bridge was completely closed on Friday and alternative travel plans have been put in place.
Extra trains between Fife and Edinburgh have been laid on and 11,000 park and ride spaces made available.
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The trains were very busy on Monday morning with increased queuing at Inverkeithing station but there was plenty of room at the park and ride facilities.
Mr Mackay told BBC Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland programme: "As it stands right now, we believe that if we remedy and repair the fault, strengthen that, the bridge should be operational and open to all traffic on completion of the repair as per the timetable that I had outlined over the weekend."
The Scottish government believes that the urgent work should be completed by the end of the festive season.
It is estimated that about 70,000 vehicles use the Forth Road Bridge each day and Friday saw 11-mile rush hour tailbacks on the first full day of its closure.
A plan has been put in place to help ease travel problems:
Mr Mackay insisted that the fault was not linked to a drop in finance because of the ending of bridge tolls in 2008.
He said: "This is a fault, that we believe on expert advice, only happened in the last few weeks.
"So on routine inspection, it was identified on Tuesday, expert engineering analysis studied that and inspected it fully, information went to ministers on Thursday evening, within minutes a decision was taken on advice on recommendation to close the bridge that evening."
Mr Mackay added that the two reasons for closure were one, not to compromise safety, and second not further damage the structure of the bridge.
Businesses are already feeling the impact of the repair work, including road hauliers.
Martin Reid, the Scottish director of the Road Haulage Association, explained how relatively short journeys have doubled in length.
He told BBC Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland programme: "What we have established is that even the most basic journeys where you are moving from West Lothian into Central Fife - journeys that would normally take 40 to 50 minutes are now taking two to three hours.
"There is on going costs to that, there are delays to service, additional costs attached to running idle when you are in traffic jams. It is having a massive effect there is no doubt about that - to be fair it is affecting everyone in the east of Scotland."


Simon Murray is free to play in the Premiership play-off final second leg after Dundee United appealed against his second yellow card in the first.

The striker was booked twice for simulation in Thursday's 0-0 draw with Hamilton Academical at Tannadice.
But his appeal will not be heard until next Thursday, meaning the 25-year-old will not be suspended on Sunday.
Murray appeared to be fouled in the penalty box by Scott McMann before falling with 13 minutes remaining.
Confirming their appeal, United said in a club statement that they had "subsequently received notification from the Scottish FA that Simon will be available to play in Sunday's second leg".
Immediately after the match, United manager Ray McKinnon had said: "I can only say I'm very disappointed with the penalty decision.
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"At the time, we thought it was a penalty. We've seen it back now and it's obviously been confirmed there was a penalty."
Referee Steven McLean appeared to receive guidance from his assistant before showing United's top scorer a second yellow.
"The referee, Steven, he's made a really poor decision," said McKinnon. "I don't think he's had any help from his linesman there at all. It's very clear-cut.
"All you can ask for in big games like this and good referees like Steven is to get the big decisions right because that could've really impacted on us, totally.
"We were down to 10 men. Effectively, we could've had a penalty to go 1-0 up, so the whole tie would've been different."
Murray had scored in all four play-off games ahead of Thursday's goal-less draw and McKinnon was determined to make sure he played at Hamilton.
"I think that's absolutely crucial because there'd be an injustice if he wasn't able to play in the game on Sunday for us," said the manager, whose side are chasing promotion after one season in the Championship
Hamilton manager Martin Canning, whose side are looking to avoid relegation, said he "didn't see" the McMann challenge on Murray.
"If we go and take our chances in the first half - we had two or three real good opportunities - it could be irrelevant," said Canning.
"There's no goals, but there's people hobbling about at the end of the game for us, obviously a sending off for them.
"Now, it's going to be a difficult second leg - one we need to make sure we compete in."
Accies will be without suspended captain Mikey Devlin, who missed the first leg through injury, and midfielder Darian MacKinnon, who is also banned for the second leg.
Veteran midfielder Massimo Donati and winger Dougie Imrie also ended the game with injuries.
"We'll need to assess the injuries," added Canning. "We've got Darian definitely out and now we've got Massimo and Dougie potentials, so we need to wait and see."


More than a million children in Yemen are at high risk of dying from cholera, says Save the Children.

The charity warns that the children are severely malnourished, and living in some of the areas of the country worst hit by the disease.
The number of people infected with the disease during the country's civil war has already reached more than 430,000.
Malnourished children are at least three times more likely to die if they are infected with cholera.
It is because their immune systems are weakened and they become less capable of fighting off the water-borne disease.
Out of the million severely malnourished children under five living in Yemen's cholera hotspots, the charity says 200,000 are at imminent risk of starving to death.
More than 1,900 people have died of the disease since April, a third of them were under 15 years old.
Cholera is easy to treat, but with two years of war destroying much of the health system, and continued restrictions on urgently needed medical and food supplies, the charity says Yemen's children are "trapped in a cycle of starvation and sickness".
Tamer Kirolos, Save the Children's country director for Yemen, said: "The tragedy is both malnutrition and cholera are easily treatable if you have access to basic healthcare.
"But hospitals and clinics have been destroyed, government health workers haven't been paid for almost a year, and the delivery of vital aid is being obstructed."
The warning comes as a senior UN official in the country described the situation in Yemen as "very bleak" with "no end in sight".
The UN says 70% of the population - about 20 million people - are in need of humanitarian aid and 60% do not know where their next meal is coming from.
Auke Lootsma from the UN Development Programme said the situation was like a bus "racing towards the edge of a cliff."
"Historically, Yemen has been one of the poorest Arab nations, if not the poorest, with poverty and corruption, poor governance and poor infrastructure. The war has simply made it much worse," Mr Lootsma said.


Juventus moved six points clear at the top of Serie A with eight games remaining after a draw away to Napoli.

Sami Khedira put the visitors ahead after just seven minutes following a deft one-two with Miralem Pjanic.
Napoli captain Marek Hamsik levelled after the break from Dries Mertens' reverse pass.
Mertens then hit the post from a tight angle after beating goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon to Kwadwo Asamoah's back-pass but Juve held on.
The build-up to the game had been dominated by the return to Naples of former striker Gonzalo Higuain, but the 29-year-old was unable to have a meaningful impact on the match.
Roma's 2-0 victory over Empoli on Saturday had cut the advantage of Massimiliano Allegri's side to five points, while Napoli remain third, four points ahead of Lazio.
Elsewhere on Sunday, fifth-placed Atalanta thrashed Genoa 5-0 away and bottom club Pescara held AC Milan to a 1-1 draw at home.
Match ends, Napoli 1, Juventus 1.
Second Half ends, Napoli 1, Juventus 1.
Foul by Dries Mertens (Napoli).
Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Faouzi Ghoulam (Napoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Juan Cuadrado (Juventus).
Hand ball by Paulo Dybala (Juventus).
Hand ball by Paulo Dybala (Juventus).
Substitution, Juventus. Tomás Rincón replaces Miralem Pjanic.
Hand ball by Jorginho (Napoli).
Foul by Faouzi Ghoulam (Napoli).
Juan Cuadrado (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Juventus. Paulo Dybala replaces Claudio Marchisio.
Substitution, Napoli. Faouzi Ghoulam replaces Ivan Strinic.
Foul by Marko Rog (Napoli).
Miralem Pjanic (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Marko Rog (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Raúl Albiol.
Ivan Strinic (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Stephan Lichtsteiner (Juventus).
Substitution, Napoli. Marko Rog replaces Marek Hamsik.
Attempt missed. Jorginho (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Attempt blocked. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne.
Foul by José Callejón (Napoli).
Kwadwo Asamoah (Juventus) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Marek Hamsik (Napoli).
Sami Khedira (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by José Callejón (Napoli).
Miralem Pjanic (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Napoli. Piotr Zielinski replaces Allan.
Ivan Strinic (Napoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Juan Cuadrado (Juventus).
Dries Mertens (Napoli) hits the right post with a right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box.
Substitution, Juventus. Juan Cuadrado replaces Mario Lemina.
Goal!  Napoli 1, Juventus 1. Marek Hamsik (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Dries Mertens with a through ball.
Attempt blocked. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jorginho.
Foul by Jorginho (Napoli).
Miralem Pjanic (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Napoli. Dries Mertens tries a through ball, but José Callejón is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marek Hamsik.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.


Weston-super-Mare's annual sand sculpture festival has marked its 10th anniversary, despite fears the event might not go ahead.

About 5,000 tonnes of beach sand is scooped up and compacted for the event every year at a cost of about Â£30,000.
In October, organisers raised doubts over the event's future, but announced last month it would go ahead.
Organiser Alec Messchaert said a "flurry of support" had made it possible.
"Weston has always been close to our heart but having to completely dismantle the site each year was extremely disheartening and extremely expensive," he added.
"This is a cost and a hassle we wouldn't face if we went elsewhere.
"We have been inundated with support from local businesses and authorities so we couldn't leave without celebrating our 10th birthday."
Both Weston-super-Mare Town Council and North Somerset Council had also shown the event "great support", Mr Messchaert said.
The festival will celebrate the previous decade by "paying tribute" to each year's theme, including Under the Sea, The Jungle, and Great Britain.
It runs until 27 September.


Redheaded grandmother Angele Grenier doesn't look much like a criminal, but she is one of Canada's most wanted women.

And as such, she faces the likelihood of lengthy jail time, and fines of about 500,000 Canadian dollars ($368,000; Â£245,000).
Her crime? She's a self-confessed smuggler and illegal dealer, someone who sells contraband across province lines.
But what exactly is she selling that has so incensed the Canadian authorities, and seen the police search her property? Drugs? Guns?
Nope, maple syrup - the lovely, sweet stuff that you pour on your breakfast pancakes, or add to your biscuit recipes.
Welcome to the world of maple syrup production in Quebec, Canada's largest province.
Mrs Grenier and her husband have been producing maple syrup at their farm in the village of Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce, 100km (60 miles) south of Quebec City, for decades.
Every spring they bore holes in their maple trees, and drain off the sweet sap. The sap is then boiled down to make the syrup. Nothing is added - it is a completely natural product.
It is a practice that is replicated across Quebec, whose 7,300 maple syrup producers - mostly family-run farms - produce 70% of the world's supply, worth more than 600m Canadian dollars.
The joke is that Quebec is the Saudi Arabia of maple syrup production, such is its dominance of the global market.
The problem for Mrs Grenier, and Quebec's other so-called "maple syrup rebels", is that they cannot freely sell their syrup.
Instead, since 1990 they have been legally required to hand over the bulk of what they produce to the Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers (which in French-speaking Quebec is abbreviated to FPAQ).
Backed by the Canadian civil courts, the federation has the monopoly for selling Quebecois maple syrup on the wholesale market, and for exporting it outside the province.
Producers are only allowed to sell independently cans of less than five litres or 5kg to visitors to their farm. According to the FPAQ, those sales represent 10% of the total sale of maple syrup in Quebec.. Producers can also sell to their local supermarkets, but then they have to pay a 12 cents per pound commission to the FPAQ.
"We don't own our syrup any more," says Mrs Grenier, who calls the federation the "mafia".
Unwilling to put up with this state of affairs, Mrs Grenier and her husband have in recent years been selling their maple syrup across the border in the neighbouring Canadian province of New Brunswick.
In scenes that could come from a Hollywood drugs movie, they load barrels of syrup on to a truck as quickly as possible, and then race it over the border line under the cover of darkness.
The couple are breaking the law, but say they are fighting for the right to sell their syrup for a price - and to customers - of their own choosing.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the FPAQ has taken a very dim view.
FPAQ security staff and police officers have paid her a number of visits, and Mrs Grenier is facing prison if she continues to refuse to turn over her syrup.
The federation has also hit her with a 500,000 Canadian dollars fine, which she is now contesting, as she says she won't back down.
"We want our freedom back," says Mrs Grenier.
Paul Roullard, the FPAQ's deputy director, defends the federation's actions.
He says: "People who say that our practices are totalitarian should go see what happens in China, North Korea, or Africa."
Mr Roullard is also quick to point out that the FPAQ didn't unilaterally award itself its powers, rather that they were agreed by "100% of the delegates who represent Quebec's producers, when we voted them [in]".
Back in 1990 when the federation got the first of its far-reaching powers, Quebec's maple syrup producers supported the move because then prices were low, at roughly $1 per pound.
In return the FPAQ promised to market the syrup better, and set prices with authorised buyers. And in this it succeeded, with demand and prices starting to rise to today's 2.85 Canadian dollars per pound levels.
In 2004 the federation again stepped in to help members when a boom in production meant there was a big surplus of unsold syrup.
To solve the problem, members backed its decision to impose production quotas on producers, which continue to this day. Any syrup produced above a farm's quota is put in the federation's reserves, where it is kept back to maintain supplies in years when there is a poor season.
At present about 15% of a producer's annual syrup goes into the reserves, with payment not made until it is sold a few years down the line.
The FPAQ says the majority of its members continue to back its policies, such as Raymond Gagne, whose family has been producing syrup for generations.
The 75-year-old says: "The federation is an excellent system, thanks to which we know how much our production is worth before the harvest. Prices are stable and increase every year."
Yet the rebels continue to complain about what they see as the federation's heavy-handed tactics, such as Daniel Gaudreau, a producer from Scotstown in southern Quebec.
He says that in 2014 the FPAQ accused him of selling more than his allotted quota, and so seized his entire production. This year, he says, the federation even posted private guards on his property, and is now suing him for more than 225,000 Canadian dollars.
Mr Gaudreau says: "The situation is completely ridiculous. Only a few of us dare to fight the federation because it built a system based on fear, and it has much bigger financial resources than us."
Benoit Girouard, president of Quebecois farming union Union Paysanne, says the FPAQ needs to loosen its rules and methods.
"The federation doesn't have to be as coercive as it is now," he says. "Its system is totalitarian and communist. Producers don't have space to work, that is why most of them cheat."


Eurozone leaders are back in Brussels to discuss how to deal with the growing debt crisis in Greece.

Greek voters overwhelmingly rejected the terms of an international bailout on Sunday.
Although some countries are keen to strike a compromise, others have taken a more hardened stance.
BBC News takes a look at where each nation stands.
The calls for Greece's ejection from the eurozone are loudest in Germany.
Greece's fate in the eurozone will have big repercussions for Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is coming under domestic pressure to abandon financial support for the Greeks.
Ms Merkel says there is "still no basis for negotiations". Greece is expected to ask for emergency funds from the European Stability Mechanism, the bailout fund to help eurozone countries in difficulty.
Ms Merkel said that without reform in Greece is was "not possible to go where we want to go".
German Vice-Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel has said Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has "torn down the last bridges" between Greece and Europe.
France's Socialist government, more of a natural ally to Mr Tsipras' far-left Syriza party, has been more conciliatory.
French President Francois Hollande says he wants Greece to stay in the euro but it needs to "make serious, credible proposals".
"The onus is on Greece to make some proposals. It's up to Europe to show solidarity by giving them a medium-term outlook, with immediate aid.
"We are not going to speak about Greece every three months. Finally we need speed. It's this week that the decisions have to be taken."
Prime Minister Manuel Valls warned on Tuesday that a Greek exit from the eurozone would have global consequences and insisted the basis for a deal still existed.
"There is no taboo subject when it comes to [Greek] debt," he added.
Alain Juppe, a former prime minister bidding to be presidential candidate for the opposition Republicans, wrote (in French) on the other hand that Greece's departure from the single currency could be organised "without drama".
The Italian government is likely to join France in a push for compromise. Like Greece, Italy has large levels of public debt and is seen as vulnerable to the aftershocks of a Grexit - the prospect of Greece leaving the euro.
Arriving at the summit in Brussels on Tuesday, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said it was in Greece's "strong interest to stay in the euro".
"I believe that they will do everything to reach a deal and I think that not today, but in the coming hours this deal can be found," Mr Renzi said.
But Greece "must follow the rules", he stressed.
"These rules can be interpreted with a bit of flexibility but as all eurozone countries know, they must be followed."
Sandro Gozi, Italy's top EU Affairs official, said both sides were to blame in talks he described as "a dialogue of the deaf".
"If everyone thinks they are totally right and the others are totally wrong we will not make progress," he told Sky Italia.
"Greece forms part of the euro and that's an obvious fact," said the Spanish Economy Minister, Luis de Guindos. "We all want Greece to stay part of the euro."
He said the Spanish government was "open" to new negotiations with Greece.
But Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said that if Greece was to remain part of the eurozone, it needed to undertake reforms to pay off its debts.
"We're inclined to help Greece but Greece must follow Europe's rules,'' he said.
Spain was also badly hit by the financial crisis and imposed austerity measures to tackle a shrinking economy and soaring unemployment.
The radical-left Podemos party, which like Syriza, campaigns on an anti-austerity platform, has enjoyed a dramatic surge in support recently.
It said the results of the Greek referendum were a victory for democracy.
Unusually among the small club of euro nations to have received a bailout, Cyprus has backed Greek calls for its debt to be restructured.
President Nicos Anastasiades said "what is needed, in my view at this stage is to consider the unsustainability of the Greek debt," according to the Cyprus Mail.
Cypriots know better than most the effects of a financial crisis - its biggest banks nearly collapsed in 2013, amid heavy exposure to Greek debt.
Prime Minister Enda Kenny, whose own government imposed tough austerity measures on voters following Ireland's bailout, insisted nobody wanted to see Greece leave the euro.
He said Alexis Tsipras was "doing the right thing" by putting fresh proposals to the European institutions, but warned they must make "economic sense".
Media reports on Tuesday suggested Ireland may have to contribute up to â‚¬1bn (Â£700m) to a bailout programme for Greece if the country secures financial assistance for a third time.
Leaders in Portugal have rejected comparisons with Greece and urged Mr Tsipras to come up with an alternative range of proposals in order to appease fellow eurozone members.
Portugal received â‚¬78bn of loans from other eurozone members and the IMF back in 2011, but insists it has made "sacrifices" in order to move forward.
Speaking on national television Deputy Prime Minister Paulo Portas said: "The Portuguese have made a lot of effort to beat bankruptcy and do not deserve to be associated with the Greek situation."
He called on the will of the Greek people to be respected after Sunday's referendum, but urged the government to come up with an alternative, viable proposal "that would be acceptable to all".
Governments from Estonia to Slovakia have taken a notably harder line when it comes to negotiations with Greece.
They insist they are too poor to pay for its mistakes and believe it should have stuck to austerity measures laid out in its original bailout deal.
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite criticised the Greek government for arriving at Tuesday's emergency summit with "only picture but not papers".
"The picture we know ourselves, we don't need that anymore," she said.
"Europe can find a solution to any problem but for that you need two partners to talk, to trust and understand each other. That's not yet the case."
Slovakia's Finance Minister Peter Kazimir said the prospect of the country leaving the eurozone seemed "like a realistic scenario", while Estonian Prime Minister Taavi Roivas insisted Greek reforms were now "unavoidable".
Latvian Finance Minister Janis Reirs said the country found itself in a similar position to Greece in 2008, and "reasonable comparisons" could be made.
"We made some austerity measures and we put our fiscal matters in order in a speedy manner," he added. "We reduced the public sector by 30% and this was expressed in wages and reduction of staff.
"These structural reforms helped it (Latvia) to become one of fastest growing economies 2012-13."
Poland is not yet a euro member, but must join the single currency as a condition of entering the EU.
"The Greeks said 'No' to [European] aid, so they also said 'No' to the eurozone. This will probably be a new stage towards [Athens] leaving the eurozone," Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz told Polish state media.
The prospect of euro membership is unpopular among Poles, and the government has indicated it will not join until the debt crisis is resolved.
Fiscal hardliners such as the Netherlands, Austria and Finland have offered Germany their support when dealing with the Greek crisis.
Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte told reporters in Brussels he was "very cheerless" about the summit.
"I'm here to keep up the integrity, the cohesion and the underlying principles of the monetary union," he said.
"It's up to the Greek government to come with the far reaching proposals, if they don't I think it will be over soon."
Finland's Finance Minister Alexander Stubb said: "The ball is now in Greece's court."
"Negotiations can only be resumed when the Greek government is willing to co-operate and commit itself to measures to stabilise the country's public economy," he added.
Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel said Greece's eurozone partners "can't do it with a gun to our head or a knife at our throats".
Mr Michel said Mr Tsipras had to "face up to his responsibilities".
"If there are no proposals, he bears a heavy responsibility towards his own people first and the eurozone."
It might be the smallest nation in the eurozone, but Malta is already paying a high price for the Greek crisis.
Its lending to Greece is proportionately among the highest in the region, with estimates putting it at between 2-4% of the island's GDP.
Arriving at the emergency summit on Tuesday, Malta's Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said it was likely the talks were "a waste of time".
The fact Greece hadn't shown urgency and failed to put forward a proposal was "getting off on the wrong foot", Mr Muscat said.
Finance Minister Edward Scicluna compared Greece to a patient refusing medicine.
There are at least three - but at the heart of each of them is what will happen to Greek banks and to the emergency cash funding provided by the European Central Bank (ECB).
More: Will Greece leave the euro?


A US team visiting India's north-eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh has recovered what it says are possible remains of US soldiers who died in a plane crash during World War Two.

Residents of Lower Dibang Valley handed over the remains to the team recently.
Last year, the team had recovered some remains from the same region, and work is being carried out to identify them.
It is thought the remains of up to 400 Americans could still be in the remote state, which borders Myanmar and China.
Many more servicemen went missing during allied operations to supply China's Kuomintang army fighting Japan.
The team visiting Arunachal Pradesh is from the US government's Defence Prisoners of War/Missing in Action Accounting Agency (DPAA).
Members trekked to several locations up to heights of 10,000ft (3,048 metres) where US aircraft are believed to have crashed in the Himalayas.
"While discussing the sites with local residents, the team received a presentation of human remains and osseous [consisting of or turned into bone] material, which a witness recovered near the wreckage of a crashed aircraft," a statement released by the US consulate in the eastern city of Kolkata said.
"After arriving at the site, the team found additional human remains believed to be associated with missing US service members. Once approved by the Indian government, these remains will be sent to the DPAA's laboratory with the goal of identification."
The release said if the team could corroborate evidence at the site with historical records and reports, future missions to the sites may conduct an excavation in an attempt to recover the remains and return them to the DPAA's laboratory for identification.
There are more than 1,300 individuals missing - primarily from aircraft crashes - in and around the border area between India, Myanmar (also called Burma) and China, an area known to pilots as "the Hump".


A Conservative candidate standing for re-election has dismissed as "nonsense" claims he attempted to sway potential voters with cake.

Jesse Norman, who is standing in the Hereford and South Herefordshire constituency, was seen with boxes of treats while out campaigning.
Mr Norman was photographed at a supermarket with a box of chocolate muffins and some cherry Bakewells.
West Mercia Police confirmed an investigation was under way.
It comes after UKIP candidate Kim Rose, who is standing in Southampton Itchen, was told by police he would face no further action over allegations he laid on sausage rolls and Jaffa Cakes at an event in February.
"Treating" is barred under election rules as it could be seen as inducing voters to cast their ballots one way or another.
Mr Norman, who won the seat in 2010, called the claims "nonsense".
He said: "We had a couple of small boxes of chocolate muffins and suchlike. We may have given one or two out to children, who are not even voters."


South African photographer Justin Dingwall's portrait series Albus explores the aesthetics of albinism and perceptions of beauty.

Albinism is an inherited condition that results in the absence, or near absence, of pigmentation in the eyes, skin and hair.
Many people living with albinism are subject to negative public attitudes, persecution and violence.
Dingwall's project began with portraits of Thando Hopa, a legal prosecutor using her visibility to address the negative perceptions surrounding albinism.
More recent work features Sanele Xaba, a young model with albinism, and uses specific elements to create symbolic meanings.
"They are not about race or fashion, but about perception, and what we subjectively perceive as beautiful," says Dingwall.
"I wanted to create a series of images that resonate with humanity and make people question what is beautiful.
"To me diversity is what makes humanity interesting and beautiful."
Drawing on elements from nature, Dingwall aims to alter the viewer's perspective.
"The butterfly unquestioningly embraces the changes of their environment and their body," says the photographer.
"For this reason, butterflies have become symbols of growth, surrender, transition, celebration, resurrection and fragility."
In images such as Cerasinus and Indicum, Dingwall paints with light, using bold colours that neutralise the perception of skin tone.
Albinism is particularly prevalent in Tanzania, with one in 1,400 affected, according to a 2006 BMC Public Health report.
This compares with one in 20,000 in Western countries.
Since 2000, at least 75 people with albinism have been killed in targeted attacks in Tanzania.
Many are killed because potions made from their body parts are believed to bring good luck and wealth.
All photos: Justin Dingwall


For many families who have required the services of Birmingham Children's Hospital, news that it is the first standalone children's hospital to be rated "outstanding" is no surprise.

The hospital was criticised eight years ago for having an insufficient numbers of beds, operating theatres and trained staff, but now the Care Quality Commission has praised the NHS trust for "working effectively to provide the best care" at the Steelhouse Lane hospital.
Families told the BBC the accolade was long overdue.
Frederika Roberts' daughters Charlotte and Hannah were both born with life-threatening heart conditions.
Now aged 19 and 17, they have spent their lives travelling between their home in Doncaster and Birmingham Children's Hospital.
"They both had different life-threatening heart conditions, and initially Charlotte was treated in Leeds which is nearer our home," Mrs Roberts said.
"But when I was pregnant with Hannah, I was told about her condition and that the outlook was bleak. They recommended a termination."
Through a family friend, she was told about a surgeon in Birmingham who might be able to help.
"They agreed her situation was bleak but they gave us a glimmer of hope.
"She had open heart surgery at 10 months, and at 14, and now she's about to go into sixth form. She also wants to study medicine, and did work experience at Birmingham Children's Hospital. It was amazing.
"We cannot thank the staff there enough for what they have done for us.
"Charlotte was four when she had open heart surgery and it was quite drastic and ground-breaking at the time.
"Hannah's surgery was also experimental. I really think that without them our daughters would not be here."
Teresa Fletcher's granddaughter Lily was four years old when she was diagnosed with Muenke's Syndrome, where the skull doesn't grow at the same rate as the brain.
She had major head surgery a few months later.
"She had six or seven different consultants, and all made us feel well at ease," said Mrs Fletcher, from Coventry.
"Even right down to the cleaners, they were so jolly around the kids.
"For a bad experience, it was a lovely experience.
"Lily was there at Christmas, and Father Christmas came along to meet all the children. My other granddaughter was there with her on the day and they gave her a present too.
"All the children were really looked after. It made it a much better atmosphere. The staff wanted us to call them by the first names, it wasn't 'I'm doctor this, it was 'call me Pete'."
Taking her son Ben to Birmingham Children's Hospital has been part of Nichola Welch's life since he was born with a cleft lip and palette 15 years ago.
Ben had his first operation at the hospital at about four months old and has had further surgery, as well as regular appointments with staff including speech therapists and orthodontists.
"The staff are just amazing," Ms Welch said. "To be fair I have never heard anyone say anything bad about the hospital."
Ms Welch, from Tamworth, Staffordshire, said staff found the time and patience to put her son at ease, especially as having autism and ADHD could make him feel particularly anxious in hospital.
"Staff are very good at explaining what is going to happen," she said.
"They also talk to Ben and often it is me listening to what he is being told, rather than the other way around."


Five people are vying to become the next president of football's crisis-hit world governing body Fifa in Friday's election in the Swiss capital, Zurich.

All the candidates are battling to get Africa's support because the continent has 54 out of 209 available votes in this much-anticipated contest - more than any other region.
However, Africa no longer decides the outcome of Fifa presidential elections in the way it used to.
Not my words, but those of some of the African leaders who will determine the man to replace outgoing president Sepp Blatter.
In years gone by, Africa, the largest voting bloc in Fifa, held the key.
This was most notable when Brazilian Joao Havelange was elected in 1974 and when he was succeeded by Switzerland's Blatter in 1998.
"It's a cliche," Sierra Leone FA president Isha Johansen told BBC Sport.
"Africa's vote will not come en bloc, as was in the past, so we are not the key issue any more," she said.
This will come as a disappointment to the Confederation of African Football (Caf), which has been urging its members to vote for Sheikh Salman.
The Bahraini, who has had to defend himself from allegations of human rights violations in the run-up to the vote, is one of five candidates.
The others are Swiss Gianni Infantino, Prince Ali of Jordan, Frenchman Jerome Champagne and Africa's sole candidate, Tokyo Sexwale, a South African businessman, anti-apartheid activist and 2010 World Cup committee member.
Indeed, Infantino went so far as to claim that he would win over half the African vote, after a visit to Cape Town's Robben Island with Sexwale on Monday.
Liberia FA chief Musa Bility, who has thrown his weight behind Prince Ali, claims the Jordanian will receive a similar number.
"What I'm getting from Africa is that Prince Ali will get the majority and the second-highest number of votes will go to Infantino," he said.
So would Sheikh Salman, Caf's preferred candidate, not even figure in the top two?
"No, not from Africa," Bility, who was excluded from the Fifa presidential contest on eligibility grounds, told BBC Sport.
Since the numbers don't add up, one of them is obviously bound to be disappointed.
What is clear though, is the whiff of rebellion in the air.
Sexwale's campaign is seen as low-key, even though he says he has travelled to Europe, the Middle East, the Americas and Africa itself while trying to drum up support.
Nonetheless, there are those who are toeing the Caf party line.
"Africa has a leadership called Caf - and if they say go left, you don't go right," Congo FA chief Jean-Michel M'Bono told BBC Sport. "That would be indiscipline."
African football's governing body has already shown that it does not want its choice to be meddled with.
When the South Sudan FA was quoted as saying it would vote for Infantino, shortly after Caf had announced its formal backing for Sheikh Salman, a quick U-turn was swiftly announced.
Days later, the Caf website reported South Sudan FA chief Chabur Goc Alei explaining that his support for Infantino had come because he had "yet to receive official communication from Caf on the decision of the executive committee before making public their choice".
He has since announced his vote for Sheikh Salman.
Caf may well want their members to follow suit but, appreciating the "principle of democracy" and that voting is secret, it knows it cannot control their final choices.
And as Caf president and current acting Fifa president Issa Hayatou of Cameroon will recall, he failed to win the full support of Africa even when he was the only man going up against Blatter in the 2002 elections.
So Sheikh Salman's status as favourite may well be on shakier ground than he might like to think.


MK Dons centre-back Scott Wootton will be out for up to nine months after rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament in Tuesday's EFL Trophy match against Barnet.

The 24-year-old was playing his fourth game since joining the Dons in August after leaving Championship side Leeds.
But after a collision in the game, the former Manchester United youngster will see a surgeon next week.
Dons boss Karl Robinson said the club was "gutted" for Wootton.
"Despite only being with us for a short time, Scott has made a big impression both on and off the pitch," Robinson told the club website.
"He's a leader and well liked by everyone so this is a difficult one to take, but knowing Scott like I do, he'll come back even bigger and better than before."


Promotion and relegation between the top tiers of English rugby will continue for the foreseeable future, the head of Premiership Rugby says.

There were discussions in 2015 over creating a ring-fenced 14-team league, but this plan has now been shelved.
"What is most important for us is the energy within the league," Premiership Rugby chief executive Mark McCafferty told BBC 5 live.
"For the next few years, within our current agreement, that is the case."
Bristol's relegation to the Championship next season has already been confirmed, although they will be given a reprieve if either Ealing or Doncaster win promotion.
"Bristol is a big city, a big rugby club with lots of heritage, and they are investing for the long-term," McCafferty added.
"So I don't think it will be very long before we see them back in the Premiership.
"But we have to be very careful we do generate [that energy], and there are examples of leagues around the world in rugby where there isn't relegation, and it can become a little bit predictable at the bottom end of the table.
"No relegation wouldn't have seen growth of the likes of Exeter particularly and Worcester as well. So we have to try and strike that balance."
Meanwhile London Irish and Yorkshire Carnegie have met the Minimum Standards Criteria and will go up to the Premiership if they win the Championship play-offs.
However, with only two clubs in the second-tier capable of promotion, McCafferty acknowledges the need to grow the Championship on and off the field.
"I think the gap is getting bigger commercially. On the field there is probably not as big a gap as there is off the field," he added.
"Finding the right structure for the Championship is quite important, and we have to work with the RFU and the Championship on that.
"We can't ignore that level of the professional sport, because it is very important within the whole system."


A body recovered from the River Tay has been formally identified as missing Perth pensioner Robert McLaren.

Officers carried out door to door inquiries and reviewed CCTV after Mr McLaren was reported missing from his Letham home on 25 February.
His body was recovered on 8 April in the river near to the Friarton Bridge after police were alerted.
Mr McLaren's family said that he would be greatly missed and they were understandably upset by their loss.


The newly elected leader of Kensington and Chelsea Council has been booed and heckled amid continuing anger over the Grenfell Tower fire.

Protesters shouted "resign" and "shame on you" as Elizabeth Campbell was made council leader at a public meeting.
The councillor said she was "deeply sorry" for the "grief and trauma" caused by the blaze in west London.
The fractious meeting ended early after a female resident fell to the ground and was attended to by medics.
About 70 of the 255 people who survived the blaze attended the meeting after condemnation of the council's response.
At least 80 people are dead or missing after the tower block fire on 14 June.
The council has been accused of being slow to react on the ground and not doing enough to re-house Grenfell Tower residents.
Many people in the public gallery at Kensington Town Hall were calling for the Conservative group that runs the council to resign and for new elections.
It was the first cabinet meeting since the fire, after the council abandoned an earlier meeting - which had been planned as a closed one - when members of the press were allowed in after a High Court judgement.
Addressing survivors in the chamber, Ms Campbell said: "I am truly sorry that we did not do more to help you when you needed it the most."
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Former Grenfell Tower residents sat in the public gallery, while at least 150 community members and volunteers were in an overspill room.
One by one, residents and those who lost loved ones gave accounts of their traumatic experiences, voicing their distrust in local services.
One survivor, from the 16th floor of Grenfell Tower, who gave his name as Hamid, said he had "had enough".
"I need a place to go and start my life," he said. "I'm not asking for something big.
"We need to move on. We want to go to work - kids got to go to school."
Another survivor told the chamber he had been living in a hotel room since the fire, with just one double bed between him, his wife and three children.
He said that the residents' main problem was a lack of action.
"I was forgotten about," he added.
"You know who has done something for us? The residents of North Kensington. Our community. Our neighbours."
As the meeting progressed, attention turned to a petition calling for the council's entire elected leadership to resign.
It was signed by more than 1,500 people, passing the threshold for a debate by councillors.
Labour's newly elected MP for Kensington, Emma Dent Coad, said: "I agree entirely with the petition's demands."
Ms Campbell, who was heckled again as she responded to the petition, said: "We will not continue business as usual and we will rebuild trust, as I said, brick by brick."
Earlier, she said 68 new homes for Grenfell Tower survivors would be identified and bought within the next two weeks, and an additional 31 homes would be acquired in the next few weeks.
The councillor also promised that 400 new social houses would be built over the next five years.
She took over as de facto leader after Nicholas Paget-Brown resigned on 30 June.
She later admitted on the Today programme that she had never been in a tower block, but added that she had visited many council houses.
A group of demonstrators stood outside Kensington Town Hall during the meeting holding Justice for Grenfell placards.


Dog owners and parents of small children have been warned to be on their guard after a pet was bitten by an adder.

Karen Foster and Dean Lowden noticed that Hooch, their Dogue de Bordeaux, was unwell after a walk near Derwent Reservoir.
A "huge swelling" appeared on Hooch's face at the weekend.
He was taken to a local vet, then transferred to a veterinary hospital for an anti-venom injection.
Ms Forster, of Blackhill, said: "It was a real shock. People need to be aware that there are adders out there.
"I'm very concerned that children and small dogs might be in danger."
Westway Veterinary Group, which treated Hooch, said: "This case is fortunately very rare, but owners should be aware that there are snakes out there in the countryside.
"With Hooch, it was very serious because he was bitten on the face and it meant the swelling could affect the airways.
"If he had been bitten on a paw, he may have only needed an antihistamine injection, but we needed to get anti-venom with it being his face."
Adders are Britain's only venomous snake, but numbers are in decline due to erosion of their habitat by agriculture and urban development.
While a bite can be painful for a human it is rarely fatal - according to Amphibian and Reptile Conservation there have only been about 12 cases of death in the past century.
A conservation project is being carried out by the Durham Wildlife Trust to increase numbers in the area.


The Natural History Museum has admitted one of its dinosaurs was incorrectly labelled after a 10-year-old boy spotted the error.

Dinosaur fan Charlie, from Essex, has Asperger syndrome and noticed an incorrect sign about Oviraptors.
Although his parents doubted the museum had made a mistake, Charlie insisted the picture showed a different species.
The museum said it was impressed with Charlie's knowledge and it would correct the sign.
Charlie's parents had taken him and his brother to stay overnight at the London museum on 21 July.
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While other children were on a dinosaur hunt, Charlie, from Canvey Island, preferred "reading the signs about them".
On one labelled Oviraptor - a dinosaur with a beak that walked on its hind legs - there was instead the outline of a four-legged Protoceratops.
Charlie knows his dinosaurs, his mother Jade said.
"He's loved palaeontology since he was very young and started reading encyclopaedias when he was about three.
"Charlie has Asperger syndrome and as part of that, when he likes a subject he will try and find out everything about it."
Charlie explained: "I found a side-by-side comparison to the dinosaur, and I saw it said Oviraptor, but then the shape of the dinosaur was wrong and we told a member of staff."
His mother said: "When he told us, we said, 'OK, we know you're good, but this is the Natural History Museum.
"It turned out Charlie was right."
A spokesman said the dinosaur gallery had been "refurbished several times" and "an error has been made".
The museum was "very impressed with Charlie's knowledge" and the sign will be corrected, he added.


The opening one-day international between Ireland and Afghanistan in Belfast was abandoned because of rain.

Torrential showers on Sunday meant no play was possible at Stormont and umpires Ian Ramage and Roland Black called off the game at 14:45 BST.
The next scheduled match in the series will take place at the Belfast venue on Tuesday.
Stormont is hosting all five ODIs between the teams, with the other games on 14, 17 and 19 July.
Ireland squad (v Afghanistan): William Porterfield (capt) (Warwickshire), George Dockrell (Leinster Lightning), John Anderson (Leinster Lightning/Merrion), Peter Chase (Leinster Lightning/Malahide), Ed Joyce (Sussex), Tyrone Kane (Leinster Lightning/Merrion), Tim Murtagh (Middlesex), Andy McBrine (NW Warriors/Donemana), Barry McCarthy (Durham), Kevin O'Brien (Leinster Lightning/Railway Union), Stuart Poynter (Durham), Paul Stirling (Middlesex), Sean Terry (Leinster Lightning/YMCA), Gary Wilson (Surrey).


Songwriter Edwyn Collins is to attend a free screening of his new film in Helmsdale in Sutherland.

His wife Grace Maxwell whispered the name of the village to him when he was in a coma after suffering a stroke and two haemorrhages in 2005.
Generations of Collins' family have had a home in Helmsdale and the musician spent childhood holidays there.
The screening of The Possibilities Are Endless will be held at the Timespan museum on 11 November.
Museum staff said Collins and Maxwell wanted the showing to be a "thank you" to the people of Helmsdale and the surrounding area.
A second screening is planned for December.
Edinburgh-born Collins is known for his work with the band Orange Juice and his 1995 solo hit A Girl Like You.
Made by Pulse Films, the lyricist's new film opens in Helmsdale and explores the singer-songwriter's journey from the brink of death to rediscovering memories lost after experiencing the stroke.
During his coma, Collins' wife would whisper the word "Helmsdale" to him and promise that the couple would return to the Highland village on Sutherland's east coast.
After waking from his coma, the first two phrases he was able to say were "Grace Maxwell" and "the possibilities are endless".
The film is also being screened during the Inverness Film Festival at Eden Court.


Boris Johnson has said it would be "outrageous hypocrisy" for US President Barack Obama to intervene directly in the EU referendum debate.

Mr Obama, who wants the UK to stay in the EU, is expected to visit the UK for the last time as President next month.
The London mayor wrote that it would be "wholly fallacious" of Mr Obama to use any trip to warn that the UK will lose global influence if it quits the EU.
Downing Street said Mr Obama and other leaders were "worth listening to".
And a White House spokesman said it would continue to argue it "deeply values a strong ally in the United Kingdom as part of the European Union".
There have been unconfirmed reports Mr Obama will visit the UK in April in what would likely be his last visit before his term in office ends in January.
In his regular column for the Daily Telegraph, Mr Johnson - who is campaigning to leave the EU ahead of the vote on 23 June - said it would be wrong of the US president to use the visit to argue for the UK's continued EU membership.
He wrote that President Obama would arrive to the UK "sometime in the next couple of months" and "pronounce on the matter".
"The British people will be told to be good to themselves, to do the right thing," he wrote.
"We will be informed by our most important ally that it is in our interests to stay in the EU, no matter how flawed we may feel that organisation to be. Never mind the loss of sovereignty; never mind the expense and the bureaucracy and the uncontrolled immigration.
"The American view is very clear."
He said it was "paradoxical" for the US to support a political union to which countries such as the UK ceded powers, when it defended its own sovereignty with "hysterical vigilance".
The Americans, he said, were "urging us down a course they would never dream of going themselves", making the point that the North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement which the US negotiated with Mexico and Canada in the 1990s was a pure trade deal without any degree of political integration, such as a EU style court, commission or Parliament.
The EU, he added, was not suited to becoming a United States of Europe - as some in Washington hope - because it lacks a single culture, language or allegiance.
In a BBC interview last year, Mr Obama said the UK must stay in the EU to continue to have influence on the world stage.
He said the UK's EU membership "gives us much greater confidence about the strength of the transatlantic union".
While making his point in "typically colourful language", the BBC's assistant political editor Norman Smith said Mr Johnson's remarks would also serve to underline the apparent lack of support for Brexit - not just in the White House  - but more generally among world leaders.
No 10 said the UK's future in the EU was a decision for the British people but the views of international allies should be heeded. "These are people who wish Britain well and they are worth listening to," a spokesman said.
Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said it was important the public knew what other members of the Commonwealth felt as well as global powers such as the US and China.
"Let's just hear how much they actually value Britain's membership â€¦just so the British people are properly informed in this debate and not deceived by some of the suggestions they are hearing about the welcome that might be awaiting us if we leave the EU from our English speaking partners."
Mr Johnson, meanwhile, is facing fresh claims that he changed his mind over EU membership at the last minute.
Roland Rudd, treasurer of the pro-EU Britain Stronger In Europe campaign, told BBC Radio 5 Live's Pienaar's Politics on Sunday that it was "absolutely clear" from their conversations that Mr Johnson backed EU membership but had changed his views "over a weekend."
Mr Johnson has denied his decision was anything to do with leadership ambitions, saying the UK would be better off outside the EU which "costs us a huge amount of money and subverts our democracy".


An 88-year-old blind man has fulfilled a lifelong ambition to drive a car.

John Cramond from Stranraer lost his sight as a young boy and never had the opportunity to get behind the wheel until last weekend.
He mentioned his dream of driving a car to Leonard Cheshire Disability volunteer co-ordinator Bill Milven.
He approached driving instructor James Edgar who has a dual control vehicle and together they hatched a plan to allow Mr Cramond the chance to drive.
Last Saturday morning he took Mr Cramond to a war-time airstrip near Stranraer where he spent an hour behind the wheel.
"I lost my sight when in my early years but I have never let this stop me from doing all that I could to live as normal a life as possible," said Mr Cramond.
"I had a go on a tandem bicycle with my son down south recently and that set me thinking that I really did want to try and have a go at driving a car - a thing that I thought I'd never do.
"After the lesson I was buzzing with excitement all day and couldn't wait to tell my family.
"I want to thank Bill and James for fulfilling a dream wish for me."
Mr Edgar said he had proved to be a speedy learner.
"John was amazingly quick at picking up the basics and we spent an hour going through the gears, braking and steering before finally and safely building up to a short sprint at 30 miles an hour," he said.
"Witnessing the joy on John's face as he was driving after all this time was a truly rewarding experience for me too and I'm so glad I was able to help."


The family of missing Inverness teenager Adam Mitchell have appealed for help in finding him.

The 18-year-old was last seen on CCTV on the city's Longman Road at 01:00 on 10 November.
Police, RNLI Kessock lifeboat crew and the Coastguard have been involved in searches for Mr Mitchell.
His family said: "We are desperately concerned for our son who seemed to have lost his way. We would dearly love for our son to return home to us."
Police officers and dogs and specialist search teams have been focusing the search around Inverness' Longman Industrial Estate and nearby Moray Firth coastline.
In a statement, his family said: "Our son Adam left home on Wednesday afternoon (9 November) to go in town, where he was seen talking and having a laugh with people he met in the Tooth and Claw pub.
"He last spoke to his father at 20:30 in the evening."
Mr Mitchell is known to have left another pub, Wetherspoons, just after 00:00 and he was alone when seen walking down the Longman at 01:00 on CCTV on 10 November, his family said.
The statement said: "Adam is a typical teenager who loves heavy metal music. He constantly wore his off-cut denim jacket that was decorated with patches of his favourite bands, it was his pride and joy.
"He was wearing it when he was last seen over the top of his leather jacket, he always wore black jeans and black boots."
His family added: "Adam has a very distinctive look, long flowing brown hair and a beard.
"He didn't wear jewellery unless you include his headphones, he was always listening to music when he walked anywhere. He was friendly and open with everyone he met and he was a gentle, fun-loving young man who was loyal to his friends.
"This is totally out of character for Adam who rarely strayed from home without letting his parents know when he would be home."


A man has died following a fire at his home in Blackpool.

Crews from Lancashire Fire and Rescue service were called to the house in Warbreck Hill Road just before 08:40 BST on Saturday.
The victim, believed to be in his 40s, was treated by paramedics at the scene but died later in Blackpool Victoria Hospital.
A joint investigation into the cause of the blaze has been launched by the fire service and police.


A young woman has died days after falling from the bonnet of a car in a supermarket car park on Boxing Day.

Police say Ellie Underhill was on the bonnet of a silver Vauxhall Corsa being driven in a Dudley car park, before she fell and suffered a head injury.
The 20-year-old was taken to Russells Hall Hospital where she died from her injuries on 3 January.
West Midlands Police said three teenagers have been arrested and bailed in connection with the incident.
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Police said Miss Underhill, from Quarry Bank, Dudley, was on the bonnet of the car moments before she fell at the Tesco Extra car park at Burnt Tree, Dudley, at about 22:30 GMT.
In a statement, her family described her as a "bubbly, lively girl" who "truly lived life to the fullest".
"As a family we are totally devastated and really need to find out the truth of what happened that night."
A man and woman, both 18, and 19-year-old man, all from Stourbridge, were arrested on 5 January on suspicion of manslaughter and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
They have been bailed until 29 March while inquiries continue.
Officers are appealing for information and would like to speak to people who were in the car park at the time.
Police said they particularly want to hear from the occupants of a dark blue three-door VW Golf, which was in the car park playing loud music, and those of a small red Peugeot with a spoiler on the rear and red tinsel attached.


The Department of Health in England is scrapping its controversial data-sharing project - known as Care.data.

The programme, which was due to launch in 2014, faced widespread criticism - including fears the public had been left in the dark about it.
The announcement comes as Dame Fiona Caldicott and the Care Quality Commission published two reviews on data security in English healthcare.
Their reports put forward a series of proposals to safeguard data in the NHS.
They call for stronger government sanctions for malicious or intentional data breaches, together with tougher criminal sanctions against those who use any anonymised data to re-identify individuals.
Meanwhile, out-of-date computer software and hardware should be replaced urgently, they say.
The reviews recommend an opt-out system so patients can say no to confidential or personal health data being used for anything beyond their direct care.
But this could be overridden for mandatory requirements such as fraud investigations or situations of public interest such as epidemics, they suggest.
And patients could give explicit consent for specific research studies, even if they had opted-out.
Responding in a written statement to Parliament, the Department of Health said it has launched a public consultation on the option of opt-outs, alongside 10 security standards that Dame Fiona suggests NHS organisations must meet.
Officials also say they support stronger criminal sanctions for misuse of anonymised data and are working with suppliers to ensure IT systems are up-to-date.
Meanwhile, the Department of Health said though it had taken the decision to close the Care.data programme it was "committed to realising the benefits of sharing information".
The Care.data project, led NHS England, together with the Health and Social Care Information Centre, was designed to bring health and social care information from different settings together to see what was working well and what could be done better.
It was due to launch two years ago, but was paused after concerns a public information campaign explaining its use was not clear enough and did not reach everyone.


The number of people fined by the courts for speeding offences in England and Wales has risen to its highest level since 2009.

More than 115,000 people were fined by magistrates last year, figures from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) show.
AA president Edmund King said the rise reflected the fact that digital speed cameras were working 24 hours a day.
The Department for Transport said it was magistrates who decided when to impose fines.
The MoJ figures show 115,549 motorists were issued with fines of at least £100 in 2013.
South Wales saw one of the biggest increases, with the number of drivers fined tripling last year to 6,491, from 2,181 three years earlier.
One speed camera in Cardiff generated more than an estimated £800,000 of fines in six months.
The number of offenders fined grew over the same period by almost 1,000 in both South Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, and by close to 2,000 in Staffordshire.
London saw the most people fined last year, although the figure for the Metropolitan Police area fell to 7,736 -  its lowest level in five years.
AA president Mr King told the Daily Telegraph that the increase "is a reflection that cameras are more efficient than ever".
"In the past, cameras in London would only take valid pictures for a quarter of a day and it was pot luck whether you are fined. The cameras are now working 24 hours a day."
A spokeswoman for the Department for Transport said: "Speeding can have devastating consequences and it's right that drivers should abide by the speed limit.
"These fines were issued at the discretion of the magistrates and show the number of fines issued is in decline across many police force areas."
Earlier this year it was announced the maximum fines imposed by magistrates for motorway speeding would rise from £2,500 to £10,000.


87,000 children in England are homeless - that means they don't have anywhere permanent to live.

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With just a few days until Christmas, some children say it's very hard to concentrate at school or see their friends when they're staying in temporary hostels or small hotels.
The figures for the past three months are the highest for five years.
Hayley went to meet one little girl, who's been homeless for 7 months.


Five teenagers killed in a crash between two cars in South Yorkshire have been named.

Bartosz Bortniczak and Arpad Kore, both 18; Blake Cairns, Jordanna Goodwin, and Megan Storey, all 16, died from their injuries after their Toyota collided with a Seat in Conisborough.
Four were students at Danum School, Doncaster, whose head teacher Rebecca Staples said they were devastated.
A 21-year-old man arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving was later bailed.
Police said the man was thought to have been driving a third vehicle believed to be involved in the collision which happened at about 21:40 GMT on the A630.
Ms Staples said: "We are and will do everything we can to support those affected.
"We have opened books of remembrance, and will have quiet rooms on both our sites with counsellors available from the morning.
"This is the worst news a community can have, and we will pull together to support all those in need."
Blake was great fun and had a huge network of friends. He was a very sporty boy and represented the school in football teams. He had a real presence; a lovely cheeky boy who had great relationships with staff.
Jordanna Goodwin never missed a single day of school from primary to the end of year 11 and had received a special reward from the local authority. She was a joyful, bubbly girl who had a fantastic rapport with staff. She was our prom queen this year and looked so beautiful on the evening.
Arpad Kore was always willing to help and assist at school. He was a totally reliable member of our community, a true gentleman who looked out for everybody. He had a tremendous sense of humour.
Megan Storey was a really bubbly young woman. She was totally reliable for all her friends and truly loyal. She was a very caring, mature young woman who was a joy to be with. She too looked stunning at our prom.
Bartek Bortniczak had kept close ties with his school friends since leaving. He was a fun-loving young man, with a lovely character and a real sense of fun, a loveable lad. He was a member of our football teams and a down-to-earth soul.
People have begun laying floral tributes at the scene of the smash.
Kayleigh O'Connor said: "They were really lovely people. It's just such a shock to know they have gone, they were just so young."
The driver of the Seat, a 45-year-old man from Mexborough, suffered a broken leg.
Insp Pete Serhatlic, of South Yorkshire Police, who attended the scene said it was "absolutely horrific" and an "extremely sad situation".
Police have appealed for anyone with information about the circumstances of the crash to come forward.
The scene is just 100m from the site of a collision in which three teenagers were killed in 2011.
A 14, 15, and 16-year-old died when their car hit a tree.


A huge Minecraft convention is taking place this weekend in London.

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10,000 fans from around the world have gathered at Minecon to see the latest Minecraft tech, and share their top mining tips.
Popular YouTube stars such as Stampy, and Dan from the The Diamond Minecart are at the huge event.
There is also a costume competition, sessions to share Minecraft mod tips, as well as talks from the game's developers.
BBC technology reporter Chris Foxx sent Newsround this report from Minecon.


US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has outlined her plan to curb Wall Street abuses.

Her proposals include harsher penalties for executives, including forcing them to share fines imposed against their institutions.
The former Secretary of State said there was still too much risk in the financial system.
"'Too big to fail' is still too big a problem," Mrs Clinton said.
The plan focuses on reining in Wall Street and holding individuals more accountable. If a bank engaged in trading that risked its financial stability, senior managers would not be eligible for bonuses.
Her plan included imposing a "risk fee" on big financial institutions to discourage short-term borrowing and encourage them to hold more cash.
Mrs Clinton would also impose new taxes on high frequency trading, which has been blamed for market disruptions.
The proposals also strengthen the Volcker rule, which prevents banks from using their own money in certain trades.
Senator Barney Frank helped the Clinton camp draft the proposal. He was the co-author of the Dodd-Frank Act, the most significant Wall Street regulation to emerge since the financial crisis.
However, Mrs Clinton stopped short of calling for the reinstatement of the Glass Steagall Act - a law that separated high street banks from investment banks - saying she prefers "a different way". Glass Steagall was repealed by her husband Bill Clinton during his Presidency.
"We need a comprehensive strategy to reduce risk everywhere in the financial system," Mrs Clinton said in her plan.


China has issued travel advice to its citizens travelling to Turkey after it said several tourists were attacked in protests over the Chinese government's treatment of ethnic Uighur Muslims.

Over the weekend, hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Chinese consulate in Istanbul.
Tourists have been warned to avoid filming protests or going out alone.
China said it has always attached great importance to and fully respects the freedom of Muslim religious beliefs.
A statement from the government said accusations in the Western media that religious rites had been banned in western China's Xinjiang province this Ramadan were "completely at odds with the facts".
Turkish Muslims and Chinese Uighurs share ethnicity and have close cultural and religious ties.
Ankara summoned the Chinese ambassador last week over reports that Beijing had banned Uighurs from fasting and worship during the holy month.
Hundreds have died in violent attacks in Xinjiang in recent years. China blames the violence on Islamist terrorist groups but Uighur groups say the unrest is being fuelled by Beijing's repressive policies.
On Sunday, protesters at the Chinese consulate were pictured burning the Chinese flag and holding banners, one of which said "Turkey save your Brother - China get out from East Turkestan".
China crushed the short-lived state of East Turkestan in 1949. It established the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in 1955.
The Chinese foreign ministry said there had recently been "multiple" demonstrations in Turkey targeting the Chinese government and "several" Chinese tourists had been attacked.
Turkish media reported a group of Korean tourists believed to be Chinese were attacked and tear gas was used by police to disperse protesters.
The last year has seen a crackdown in Xinjiang on what China describes as "terrorism driven by religious extremism".
In some places, the government has banned Uighurs from buying knives and women from wearing veils.
Security check points have been set up on roads and near markets and shopping malls.
In previous years, students have told the BBC they have been prohibited from taking part in Ramadan fasts, and government departments have restricted civil servants.
On microblog Weibo, one Chinese user, Dan Duo Duo 35, said: "Our policies towards ethnic minorities are still not good enough? They have less strict requirement for university exams, special prayer rooms in airports, and food labelled with Halal.
"The Han people are the disadvantaged one."


A couple who caused the death of their baby, who suffered brain injuries during a jealous row between the pair, have been jailed for eight years each.

Tequiilah Burke, who was 16 weeks old, sustained fatal injuries and bruising during the argument in December 2013, Newcastle Crown Court heard.
Victoria Burke, 24, and partner Paul Nicholson, 20, of Crigdon Hill, East Denton, had denied responsibility.
They were convicted of causing or allowing the death of a child.
Nicholson had gone on the run as the jury was about to be sent out on 8 December, but was later arrested in the Byker area.
He was sentenced to an additional three months for breaching bail.
The trial heard the couple had argued in the early hours of 14 December 2013, after Burke came home late from work in a nightclub, and Nicholson believed she was associating with other men.
At some point Tequiilah was injured by one or both of them. She was taken to Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary where she died.
A post-mortem examination revealed she had suffered recent bruising, as well as brain swelling and bleeding.
Judge Mr Justice Jay said: "The precise circumstances leading up to the death are not wholly clear, largely because you have deliberately refrained from giving an honest account of what happened to medical staff, the police and the jury."
Nicholson shouted abuse and had to be restrained and carried from the dock when sentence was passed.
Speaking afterwards, Det Ch Insp Nicola Musgrove of Northumbria Police described it as "a tragic case".
She said "Paul Nicholson and Victoria Burke have refused to accept any responsibility for their action which led to the death of a 16-week old baby.
"Nicholson has then tried to avoid his punishment and led police on a man hunt, which was completely foolish of him.
"They have been utterly dishonest and shown no remorse throughout the investigation. I welcome the outcome of the court today."


University research should have more impact with the wider public, says a review of how billions of pounds of UK research funding is awarded.

Economist Lord Nicholas Stern has published a review of how to measure the quality of university research.
He also wants all research staff to be assessed, rather than allowing universities to submit their own selection of academics.
Research is vital to economic growth, says Universities Minister Jo Johnson.
Lord Stern's independent review examined the mechanism for measuring university research - the research excellence framework (REF) - which is used to determine the allocation of funding.
In 2015-16, this was worth ??1.6bn to universities and the ratings from the REF are used to decide funding for the following five years or more.
The next round of assessments will be used for allocating funding from 2020 - and could be even more significant for universities worrying about the future of European Union research funding.
Lord Stern, president of the British Academy, says he wants a wider interpretation of research "impact" so that it shows "influence on public engagement and culture".
He also wants to stop universities from playing the system to appear higher in the rankings.
He is recommending that all research staff should have to submit work for assessment, rather than allowing universities to put forward a small selection of their academics.
There were warnings of universities seeking to artificially boost their position by recruiting high quality researchers shortly before the date of the assessment.
Lord Stern's review also wants to reduce the bureaucratic burden. The last round of the information-gathering process, completed in 2014, cost ??246m to administer.
Wendy Piatt, director general of the Russell Group, said assessing all research staff "will be helpful in minimising the risks of game-playing".
But Maddalaine Ansell, chief executive of the University Alliance group of universities, said the assessment process "must not just reward universities with the highest numbers of research-active staff".
She said that there could be significant variations in how much time staff spent on research, when some staff might be more engaged with teaching or on contracts with business.
Pam Tatlow, chief executive of the MillionPlus group of universities, said the recommendations would encourage staff to be focused either on research or teaching, which would "drive a further wedge between teaching and research".
But she welcomed the suggestion that impact "should be more broadly defined".
In the 2014 research rankings, London universities were found to be challenging the dominance of Oxford and Cambridge.
The London School of Economics had the highest proportion of world-leading research, followed by Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College and University College London.
The biggest financial winners from the 2014 results, based on the research of 52,000 academics, were forecast to be Oxford, University College London and Cambridge.
The government also has plans to introduce a parallel system for measuring the quality of teaching, called the teaching excellence framework (TEF).
These teaching assessments will be linked to allowing universities in England to charge higher tuition fees.
Mr Johnson said he welcomed proposals for the research excellence framework that could "reduce the burdens on academics" and which could make improvements on previous assessments.
"Lord Stern recognises the advantage that our world-class research base brings to the UK and the key role our universities play in delivering high-quality teaching, driving productivity and economic growth," he said.


US passengers who leave items behind in their Uber car will be charged $15 (£11.50) to have them returned, under new rules from the ride-sharing firm.

The fee is already in place in some US cities, but will be rolled out across the country from August.
In other countries, including the UK, items found by Uber drivers are returned without charge.
Uber said it had acted on feedback from US drivers who had found themselves making unpaid trips to return items.
The company added it would also launch a 24-hour hotline to deal with drivers' support queries more directly.
Uber rival Lyft does not charge for the return of lost property, but points out that "an extra tip is a great way to thank your driver".
However, fees for the return of items lost on public transport are not uncommon.
Transport for London, for instance, charges £20 for a laptop, mobile phone or tablet computer lost on its trains, trams or buses - with an additional fee if the item has been found by a black-cab driver.


Singer-songwriter Michael Kiwanuka made his headline debut at London's Royal Albert Hall last week - a few days later he was back, offering career tips to a group of aspiring teenage musicians.

"It was the biggest moment of my life," he told the group, of what has been hailed as a landmark performance.
But his mother had had different ideas.
"Don't you get big-headed," she had warned him in a text.
Less than a week later, he returned, to one of the hall's side rooms, to run a masterclass for teenagers keen to follow in his footsteps from the suburbs to stardom.
"I got a guitar and started a band at 12 years old," he told them.
Kiwanuka grew up in north London, steeped in musical culture.
Every spare minute was spent playing music, and he dropped out of two degree courses before he found success.
This admission hit a chord with some of his audience.
Laurie Mann, 17, who performed one of her own songs at the session, herself quit college only last week to focus on recording her own material.
His story "made me feel like less of a loser", said Laurie, who is from Stratford in east London.
"Music is a very creative artistic thing and being educated in how to make music is quite annoying for some people, and it personally was for me."
Pearl Fish, 19, said she had "messed up" her university applications "on purpose" and was now "busking round London", though she planned to go to university eventually.
"It was really wonderful to hear some genuine, down-to-Earth advice from someone," she said of the masterclass.
"It's all about enjoying it and doing it honestly and making music where you can, having goals but just focusing on the music and getting out and just doing it.
"It made me realise that there are other trajectories to go down that aren't just university based."
But other teenage performers at the event said they were sticking with their education.
Keaton Dekker and Ellie Occleston, both 17, are using music college to boost their performing and recording skills, while gigging in their spare time.
And Myla and Elaria, are both still only 15.
"I am still concentrating on my GCSEs," said Elaria.
"You are amazing," Kiwanuka told the group.
"I don't think I had written a song until I was 20. So you guys are way better than I was at 15, 17, 19."
At his north London comprehensive in the 2000s, "There were loads of bands, putting on gigs", he said.
"You got handed flyers on the way to school. They charged Â£2 just to fill up the venue."
And by the time he was 15, the aim had been "to get your band on to the flyer in the 19:00 slot, and then you could stay in the bar until midnight".
In one crowded, rowdy bar he saw Amy Winehouse play before she was famous.
"She silenced the pub with her voice," he said.
One of her band members was ahead of him at the same school.
Three years below him, another singer, Jess Glynne, was beginning her own musical career.
And he met the bass player he still works with at school, aged 16.
But there was a tension.
"My mum wanted me to go to university and get a degree," Kiwanuka said.
He did two A-levels, the minimum he could get away with, and spent all his free time practising guitar.
The compromise was a degree in jazz guitar, at the Royal Academy of Music, which, he said, had gone badly from the outset.
"I couldn't read music and everyone else was classically trained. It was pretty embarrassing every day. I was pretty dejected.
"'That's Mikey,' the teachers said. 'He doesn't know what he's doing.'"
Eventually, he stopped going.
He started teaching guitar, playing in bands, and writing songs in his room, posting demos on social media.
He listened obsessively to bands such as Nirvana to work out how they managed to sound "so simple but so big", while Otis Redding's voice "just killed me".
Some albums, such as Nirvana's In Utero or the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, he played on repeat, asking himself: "Why does it sound so good, why does it make me laugh or cry?"
"I recorded a song every day, trying to recreate that feeling that you get when you listen to certain songs again and again."
He started another degree, this time in popular music, at Westminster University, but his demos had been spotted online and he was more likely to be found in meetings with record companies than in lectures, and again he dropped out.
Now aged 30 and with two studio albums to his name, he said: "Thank God I dropped out of jazz guitar."
Emotion in songs was vital, he told the teenagers.
Some of his songs are so revealing that he sometimes takes them off his set lists.
"Some of those things I have never told anyone - but it can be really cathartic.
"One thing I have learned is always break your pattern. Go out of your comfort zone. It makes you think more intuitively and viscerally."
"Be passionate about music," he told them.
"Every you time you want to play, just play, write songs all the time, listen to music all the time, go to gigs all the time, read books, just soak it up, and that passion and love for it will get you through and you won't even think you are working hard."
And on the vexed subject of dropping out: "I think the key is not necessarily to drop out but be true to who you are and if you are somewhere you where it doesn't feel like that and it's costing you your self-worth, then run from that.
"It doesn't necessarily mean uni, just anything like that, if it's a record deal, a band you're in, even relationships, anything like that, just make sure it represents you."


Police have released a CCTV image of a woman who they want to speak to in connection with a guide dog that was attacked by two other dogs.

British Transport Police said the incident happened at Glasgow Central station on Friday 20 October at 16:25.
The two dogs were described as a tan coloured Staffordshire or pitbull terrier and a German shepherd.
The woman had long brown hair, glasses, and was wearing a grey hooded top with the number 88 on the front.
Police said she may have boarded the 17:30 train to London Euston.


Ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy has said the French justice system is being used for "political ends" after he was placed under formal investigation for influence peddling.

In a TV interview, Mr Sarkozy denied committing any unlawful act.
He said the "grotesque" case against him was designed to humiliate, and harm his reputation.
It is alleged Mr Sarkozy sought insider information from a judge about an inquiry into illegal campaign funding.
Mr Sarkozy was detained on Tuesday for questioning - the first time a former French head of state has been held in police custody.
He is hoping to challenge again for the presidency in 2017 and the allegations are seen as a blow to his hopes of returning to office.
The interview with the ex-president, which was recorded for TF1 television and Europe 1 radio, was broadcast on Wednesday evening.
In it Mr Sarkozy said: "The situation is sufficiently serious to tell the French people where we stand on the political exploitation of part of the legal system today.
"I say to all those who are listening or watching that I have never betrayed them and have never committed an act against the Republic's principles and the rule of law."
Mr Sarkozy said he was "deeply shocked" by the investigation, and he accused the Syndicat de la Magistrature trade union of seeking to destroy him.
"Everything is being done to give me a reputation that is not true," he said.
Mr Sarkozy added: "In our country, which is the country of human rights and the rule of law, there are things that are being organised.
"The French need to know what they are and, in conscience and freedom, judge what to make of it."
He also expressed his anger at the way he was summoned, saying there "was an intention to humiliate" him with the formal detention.
Analysis: By Hugh Schofield, BBC News, Paris
This was a classic Sarkozy counter-offensive. Barely able to contain his anger, he launched a blistering attack on the forces that he said were trying to bring him down.
The former president is convinced there is a vendetta against him being run by left-wing elements in the justice system. In particular he has in mind one of the two judges in charge of his case, Claire Thepaut. She is a member of a left-wing magistrates' trade union which was openly hostile to Mr Sarkozy when he was president.
Less blatantly, but by implication, Mr Sarkozy also attacked the Socialist government for at the very least knowing of the "campaign" against him, in particular of  phone-taps of conversations between himself and  his lawyer.
Over and again he repeated the phrase "Is it normal?" to describe his handling by the judges. He wanted the same treatment as any other French citizen, he said, but he was not getting it.
Earlier, Prime Minister Manuel Valls insisted the investigation was being carried out independently of the Socialist government.
Talking to French TV, he said "no-one is above the law" but added that it was important to remember "there is the presumption of innocence".
Mr Sarkozy was released from custody around midnight (22:00 GMT Tuesday) after appearing in court in Paris.
When a suspect is placed under formal investigation, they are then examined by a judge, who determines whether there is sufficient evidence for the suspect to be charged.
The step often, but not always, leads to trial. Influence-peddling can be punished by up to 10 years in prison and a fine of 150,000 euros (Â£120,000; $205,000).
Investigators have been looking into allegations that Mr Sarkozy, 59, who was president from 2007 to 2012, promised a prestigious role in Monaco to senior prosecutor Gilbert Azibert in exchange for information about the investigation into illegal campaign funding. Mr Azibert was never given the job.
The inquiry into funding is looking into whether Mr Sarkozy received illegal donations for the 2007 election campaign from late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
Mr Sarkozy's lawyer, Thierry Herzog, and Mr Azibert have also been placed under formal investigation.
July 2014: Placed under formal investigation on suspicion of peddling influence to obtain details from a magistrate about legal proceedings against him in 2013.
October 2013: A criminal investigation into allegations he solicited secret campaign financing in 2007 from France's richest woman, Liliane Bettencourt, is dropped.
April 2013: Judges open an inquiry into allegations that the Gaddafi regime helped finance his 2007 election campaign.
Mr Sarkozy was also named as a witness in February 2014 in an investigation into funding for Edouard Balladur's unsuccessful presidential bid in 1995.
A number of other inquiries are under way into wrongdoing by senior officials during his presidency, in which he has not figured directly.


Campaign group Amnesty International has urged Iran not to go ahead with a repeat execution for a drug smuggler who survived a botched hanging.

The condemned man, named as Alireza M, was found alive in a morgue after being hanged at a jail in the north-eastern city of Bojnord last week.
He is now being nursed to recovery in preparation for his repeat execution.
"The verdict was the death sentence, and it will be carried out once the man gets well again," an official said.
Human rights groups believe Iran is second only to China in the number of people it puts to death for crimes ranging from murder and rape to spying and drug-trafficking.
In a separate incident reported by Iranian media on Monday, relatives of a condemned murderer in the western province of Ilam tried to stop his execution at a prison by hurling a grenade.
Around 30 people were injured but the hanging went ahead.
Alireza M, 37, was left to hang for 12 minutes, after which a doctor declared him dead.
But when the prisoner's family went to collect his body from the prison morgue the next day, they found he was still breathing.
"We found him alive again, which made his two daughters very happy," an unnamed family member told Iranian state media.
The man was then moved to a hospital where he was being kept under armed guard.
"The horrific prospect of this man facing a second hanging, after having gone through the whole ordeal already once, merely underlines the cruelty and inhumanity of the death penalty," said Philip Luther, director of Amnesty International's Middle East and North Africa Programme, in a press release.
He called for both a stay of execution for the hanging survivor and a moratorium on all executions in Iran.
According to Amnesty, at least 508 people may have been executed in Iran this year to date. Most of those killed had been convicted of drug trafficking, it said.